The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-07-12
GIVEN NO WARNING.
SHOCKING FATE OF A ClNClN-
MATT MAN.
Chicago Il In Dire Straits-Accident at
the Yacht Race - To Investigate the
Abandonment Of n We ,sel-WOrlds Fair
Ground, Swept nv Fire.


From Far and Nenr.
Henry l. Driver. the Idle but good
latured son OF an indulgent rich mother.
me, with terrible death at Gin
cinnati on Wednesday night II. was
literally torn to pieces by the explosion OF
something in his pockes tina, must have
been dynamite Ali the lower portion OF
his body was blown TO atoms. The bones
were pulverized. His RICH: hand WAS
thrown int" door twenty feet away. In .
Drivers pocket was a postal card from the
United safes Mutual Life Insurance COM F
pany. New YORK. notify ing him that his
life insurance policy for so. 900 would en-
pire at midnight on Wednesday,.
The strike. up to Friday morning. had /
deveio ca new and alarming conditions a.
Chicago Though it Is sad the railroad
men themselves. as a body. were passive.
s;ill it is true that throughout the city
mobS were in control OF the Rock Island
tracks, obstrGctins trains aud wreck
ing and burning railroad property.
United Stale, regular, would
sooner clear one vicinity than trouble
would break out afresh at other oints
Re en- forcements were ordered Governor
A!tgeld demanded of President Cleveland
that he withdraw Federal troops alleging
that the state OF Illinois was able to han
die the trouble. and declaring that State
troops had not been asked for in any in
stance yet where real trouble existed.
though several times they had been Dis
patched to points where they were not
needed. President Cleveland decline, to
order withdrawal Of troops
A dispatch from Hunters Quay. Firth
OF Clyde. says: TIE Valkyrie. Lord Dun
ravens fleet yacht was sunk by the SAT-
- Nil. 1t >l,. a
Hook Yacht Club race. Thursday. These
two yachts. with the NiSiiant aud Britain
MIA. we're Just coming up to the starting
line preparatory to beginning the race
when the accident took place In some
way the two craft became locked together.
and in few minutes the Valkyrie settled
down and sank. While the Satanita was
badly damaged that she was obliged to re-
tire. No lives we're lost
The abandonment OF the British bark
entine James II. Ham;en. with a cargo OF
general merchandise valued at S33. 900.
while bound from New York to Demerara.
and the recent towage OF the vessel into
the Permuda Islands apparently intact,
has induced the marine under writer's In
Philadelphia and elsewhere to make an
investigation. The abandonment, the un-
derwriters believe. was premature There
/. some evidence that the cabin was fired
AT the old Worlds Fair grounds.
Thursday night. fire destroyed the Admin
t>tration Building. Machinery Hall. Agri-
cultural Building. Court OF Honor. Mining.
Electricity. and Manufactures Buildings.
Parties outside OF the city the flames.
and hund red, OF kilograms were received
asking II anarchists had fred the city.
A Je'fersonville. Ind, woman. who be-
Came engaged through an advertisement.
declared the wedding off on seeing the in
tended groom.
-Four churches in Nj ssissipp: were
blown down by tornado and several per-
sons killed
The blast furnaces Of tho Illinois Steel
Company in Joliet closed down with nc
coke. On account of the railroad strike
The strike has stopped the expected ship
ment Of coal from Ohio to the Northwest
The Blu ffalo fueling companies have sue
ceeded in getting enough coal to supply
steamers. but have been unable to &C
cumulate ATTY ahead. The National Crack
er Company MANUFACTURER. plants shut
down at Cedar Ra lids. Iowa.
Mayor Hopkins OF Chicago. has issued
an order to the police to do their duty In
arresting turbulent strikers lie also
issued a proclamation. warning citizens to
avoid strike centers and against congre-
eating in unusual numbers.
AT the internal revenue Office In Pc
orla. Ill. the record for single days
business v as broken, the amount OF whisky
tax reaching s239. 100
New pers in Rome disclose . plot by
anarchists to destroy the heads OF several
/ European Governments
Chief Arthur. OF the BrOt herhood oil
Engineers has ordered his men to continue
! at work. This means the end Of the flock
Ing Valley strike.
Owing to deaths In the ranks OF PEN
soners Secretary Smith has covered $2A =
! GEO. 900 back into the treasury.
Food supplies are becoming very
scarce. the only sources being point.
reached by lake vessels.
Col. James NJ. Van Hook shot and
killed Anton Schaefer at Charleston. Ind
in a quarrel over woman.
The Red d Line steamship Caracas
which sailed from New York for Venezue.
Ian ports returned on FIRE. AS she passed
sandy Hook she signaled to the operator
stationed there OF her predicament II,
promptly notified her agents and The Ere.
boat New Yorker was sent down the ba J
and met the Caracas of Robbins reef Al
soon as the New Yorker came alon2sid,
the burning steamship she began pumpin;
water into her hold to sink her 1T tn,
docks
/ Italy proposes to establish AN Office a
/ Ellis Island, New York. to furnish Italian
emiyrants with information in regard L
work. which Will be collected by the State
Boards and by the federal authorities
Joseph Hubscher. of Chics 20 has beer
under arrest on suspicion OF murder a.
Santos. Brazil. since March. He has beer
examined three times. but no ev'denc,
was presented against him. and ths
American Consul General has been ap
pealej to-
Among the passen ,ers on the steam
ship Majestic. which arrived at New Yor.
were Richard Croker and his sons and Lore
and Lady Randolph Churchill.
A masked mob OF CPur d'Alene miners
attacked the Gem mine. killing one mar
and capturing the superintendent. fore
man aud two otherS The prisoners wer,