The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-01-18
RIFFS IN THE CLOUDS
MILL ACTIVITY SHOWS A BOOM
IN BUSINESS.
Outbreak Of Old-time Frontier Justice
Mighty Snow Slide Down q Mountain
To Extirpate An Alaskan vice-Demand
of Q st. Louis Crank.


To Extirpate An Alaskan vice-Demand
of . st. Louis Crank.
r. G. Dun 4 Co.'S Weekly Review OF
Trade says:
business has distinctly improved since
tho new year came. aud the gain IS no
longer visible only in speculative markets.
1t is the only kind Ut improvement that
has In 1t possibilities OF lasting. because II
is based upon actual increase IN tho pro-
duction of industries As all rejoice to
see 1t. there IS perhaps q little disposition
TO reckon the gain greater than 1t Is as
yet, but several largo esta blishfnents have
started part force hoping to increase. and
more smaller works have started than have
stopped Orders from dealers whose stocks
approach exhaustion form prominent
cause; another IS the widely prevalent
I'm IMPRESSION that action ut WASHINGTON VIII
be more satisfactory than many hNve ex-
pected: and belief that In any case the
situation will not be changed until goods
now iu the works can b, marketed has
weight in some trades Whatever the
causes even q moderate gain Is most cheer
Ing
Between / and O'Clock Sunday morn
ing three trembling wretches. without be-
Ing given q moments time for prayer or
preparation. we're hanged by a mob from
the Union Pacific bridge over "a little
prairie stream a Quarter OF q mile west OF
the Russell (kan.) depot Lynch law was
never more quietly and dcterminedly exc
cuted. 1t was such an outbreak Of the old
time frontier justice as has not been wit
messed In Il long time In Kansas The VIC
tins were J. g. Burton. u farmer. William
Gay, who lived with him. and John Gay,
his son. also an inmate OF the household
a W In, hi nd Iu6v
Lynch never took into question his
sanity, as he confessed to having
hand In the murder The murdered man
whose killing was so fr!ghtfully ex-
plated was Fred Dinniny. farm hand
employed by Burton. He disappeared last
July. Burton and the Grays said he had
gone to Oklahoma. No suspicion of foul
play was excited until Burton was seen
wearing Dlnniny's clothes, watch and
other jewclry. Young Gay was arrested
and said that Dinniny had been murdered
by Burton. All three were put In Jail Only
last week was the murder completely
proved Then young Gay led a search
ing party to q cOrnfeld on Burton's farm
and pointed out where Dinniny's body had
been buried. 1t was dug up The skull
had been completely crushed In. The
lynching followed.
With mighty roar. Il terrific snow
slide came down the mountain at Mullan,
Idaho. on Saturday, carrying everything
before IL. Several miners cabins IN its
path were crushed and buried Cornc Jus
McVcy and John Lion were eating dinner
In their cabin at the time. and before they
realized their danger the slide was upon
them. crushing the life out OF them liz a
twinkling. 1t is feared others were buried
under the immense slide OF snow. Not un-
til spring comes will it be known how
many persisted. The town OF Mullan mar
rowly escaped bein: carried away.
BY order of United States Marshal O.
I. Porter of Alaska his deputies are ar
resting every white man in his district
who has native wife. The intermar-
rage OF whites and natives by purchase.
the usual custom. IS not lawful. and Mar
shall Porter has decided tn stop it. Sue
cessive grand juries have refu ed to indict
such offenders. as the members we're in
volved In the offense Every white man
on the United States steamer Pinta is now
in jail. aud many more arrests are ex-
poet I'd
Tho Rev. John Mathews, ID. D., the
widely known pastor Of Centenary Meth
Odist church in St Louis. has received the
Louis: 1--WE hereby demand Of you to open
your church day and night as free shelter
and lodging for the unemployed also to
request your congregation to furnish food
to the unemployed. BY refusal your
church will be destroyed and you will be
punished with death as soon as we are
ready to attack the capitals Of the States
and the First National banks. The great
Of the unemployed. Robes
pierre"
AT the College of Physicians and Sur
geons. Baltimore. Md, u remarkable cleo
trical experiment was successfully made
BY means OF flexible rubber tube di-
minutive electric light was introduced In
to the stomach of q patient The lights OF
tire hall being lowered. the surrounding
darkness permitted over 1000 students to
view the workings OF q mans ep.castric
as thrown upon trans parency
by tho light created in the abdominal we'll
-Ex- Banker Rock afellow, OF Wilkes
barre. Pa, convicted Of embezzlement was
Sc fenced TO two years and two months IN
the penitentiary and fined S1.:50 A year
ago he was the most honored man in the
city.
AT Jersey City. n. J.. u fire started in
the car shops Of the Erie Railroad COM
pany. In short time the shops ard their
contents were entirely destroyed The loss
to the railroad company is estimated at
$l:25 500
Tho 16-year-old colored boy Roscoe
Parker. who four weeks ago murdered the
aged Mr.. Rhine and his wife. was hanged
at O'clock Friday morning about four
miles from Winchester. in Adams County.
Ohio, by mob. The murder was for
money. but oaly $40 was secured. A, the
Jail the mob used force aud despite the
sherid's manly defense soon had Parker,
He refused to pray aud was hanged after
one or two efforts by the awkward execu-
TONERS. who left him after firing bullets
into his body.
AT Eikhart. Ind. l. D. Van Do.en
drew his pension On his way home with
his son they were halted by three masked:
men. who forced the elder Van Doren 70
give up his pension and other money
George w. Lyon. OF the Chicago firm OF
Lyon. Potter & Co. died at Jacksonville
Fla. His death was not entirely unexpec.-