The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-10-11
4 FEARFUL CHARGE.
ALLEGED RESPONSIBILITY. FOR
THE FOREST FIRES.
Craa. Losses In Four Cities -Nil'iona're
Brown Arrested Mr.. H.au Wants Dam
ages for Biish:ei Affections o2ed
with Her Divorced Husband.
TOfti In: Il Few Words.

Told Tn u Eew Words.
A paper filed in the District Court Al
Nina pots, Mann. makes the startling
charge that an cmp.oyc OF Lard Il Rnsle.
who owne,. "a saw,n!l!. set the fire which
afterward burned Hinck ey. he pAner Is
aer to :. suit bruush. by Laird 4
Boyle against Wisdom X Cannon. who also
own rlIli a Pine City. and With whom
there were sotiation> pending for an en-
change Of pro .,erties the defendants to put
In Il note for y 500 and make some other
concess ions. The answer alleges that the
plaintiffs ought not to recover. since the
lEl! WAS burned Sell. l by fire. (which
was set and kindlei by the plainti1s. their
servants, and employees: that IL occurred
wholly and solel" by reason OF the care
le.sness and ne-licelc. OF the plaintiffs
and their emp Dyes. aud that the fife So
set and kindlel was the same fire which
thereafter and the same day destroyed
the village OF Hiucblev and large
amount OF tim Der, 5 the defendants verify
believe
six dead AMI 4 score In jured il the rec
ori OF the fire which destroyed the furni-
tura store Of Keenan, & Jahn At Detroit
Mich. FIRE broke out in The kidiy furniture
building At Buc han lon. W Va Twenty
houses. including AL on both sides OF Main
street from 1. Farms "orth's building To DR.
j. W. Browns flock. were burned out.
+ h" loss will amount to $4,000. insured
. FOR less than half that amount AT Nash
willie. Tenn. the Young Mems Christian
Association Ruiidin. was destroyed by
fire The loss is $4,000; insurance. $4,000.
Fire Thursday night in tn. business
; par Of New Haven. No. cau,ei 4 loss OF
500. co., half Insured. The principal losers
are EnnbroN Bros, general store. Sl0.o io:
Sherman Bros building. 10000; Walkers
saloon. $1,000. Bridges drug store and
shoeSman building. $1,000: Norman
building $50. 900: Hebbeler's store and
building. $1,000: Mrs todts residence
$4,000: Mrs. Digs. miIliner. S2.0o,. Other
small losses bring up the total to $4,000
Lyman Brown. the New York million
air.. has been arrested at Montreal Que.
on charge OF conspiracy preferred by
his daughter -fn-law. Some weeks ago
Browns son was arrested for falling to
provide fer his wife. and it is alleged he
VA, spirited away by his father
Miss Grace Green. "a pretty young
| woman living In ktngsviile Ohio. has been
sued by an ex-lover. Clayton G. Ryan.
WHO demands s.. 200 damages because OF
Miss Green's alleged refusal to marry him
He says also that she declines to return
presents worth s:0a This Is the first case
OF the kind IN that portion Of the State.
Mrs McCurdy. wife Of wealthy farm
er. has eloped with Samuel Douglass. AN
ex-convict Four years ago. "a girl OF IA.
She eloped with Douglass and was married
at sea- After living in san Francisco some
months She deserted her husband. secured
divorce and married Samuel McCurdy.
Douglass was released f;om prison. where
he served two years for larceny, few
weeks ago aud the second elopement fol-
lowed.
AT Eliston, Ind. the bank was robbed
OF $1,000
Antonio Cerevas1n. a noted scientist.
has just discovered some OF the most won
derful and most interesting ruins yet found
in Mexico While exploring wild and
wooded district in the valley of the San
Pedro River he came upon an ancient de-
sertci village which is surrounded by
eighteen pyramids. These pyramids are
thirty meter, high and are constructed OF
brick and stone.
AT Seattle. Wash. q de 'perado wake
into the Mug saloon and ordered the
dozen men present to brow up their hands.
Charles II. Birdell. the barkeep.r. reached
for his pistol, but the desperate was too
quick for him ana shot him through the
. heart Birdel fell dead. and tho dcspera-
3 voiver. backed from the saloon and es-
capped 1t s. rumored that he Is the Puyxl.
lup murderer
--Ebenezer NJ. Bycrs. the wealthy iron
merchant OF Pitsburg. has been declared
lun,tic. 1t was stated that the luna
tics interest in the firm o: A. NJ Byers &
. Co. wa, worth over 100000 Mrs. Byor-
will uuw go into court and ask to be made
trustee o: her husbands person and prop
T crty.
n AT Detroit a deal was closed 10y which
, natural gas from Canada Is to be pumped
> into the ci,y through pipes laid urderLeatt
: the Detroit River. This is believed o be til,
: trst impor alton OF gas into this country.
an / will probably come to the attention Of
the Treasury department. According I,
the arrangements made. about 5000 90
cubic feet per day will he pumped in to He
city.
The final business session OF the Arm,
of the Tennes>ee's twen,y-nlnth reunio,
closed Friday at Council Bluffs The unl,
matter, other than routine business dis.
Gus Led was a bit Of correspondence be-
tween Colonel Merit Barber, Assistan
: Adiutant General OF the Department
OF the Platte. and the local committee
havin: in charge the arrangement
for the reunion, Colonel Barber was q
arointed on the Committee on Music. an,
A.. was requested to NEE. the Local Commit
> tee In reply to the invi, alton he wrot
that he did not know such an organiza ton
had no interest in it and would have moth
ing to do with It, The di,respect to tn
- veterans implied was discussed. but no &C
tiOa taken.
Phillip W. Goodman. . veteran latel
. discharged fr om the Dayton Soldiers home
committed suicide at L-avenworth. Kan.
by taking morphine. Re was about I
> eater the Leavenworth soldiers home an
had been drinkin heavily for some days
The Laclede Car Company. the S,
Louis Car Company. the American Ca
Company and the Brownell Car Company
al. of St Louis. and the St Charles ca
! Company Of St Charles. Mo-. are soon {;