The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-28
SOUL NOT At ENTITY.
REQUESTS FOR MASSES SET
ASIDE.
Fearfully Close Cal for Street Car Fas-
senxers-Sturses Mus, lse Paid by the
Farwells-Hich Vein OF Gold a. Cripple
Creek.
Told Ina Few Words.


A decision in 4 novel case has ceen
handed down by the supreme Court or AL
ADAM. Some time ago Il prominent ko-
man Catholic died ia Mobile ana be-
Queathcd s., 001 to be used for masses
for hts soul The court held the Sequest
void because there was no living benet-
Cary OF the trust cndeavored TO 10 cree
atca, the sou! not being An entity IN COM
tenn lat:uu OF the law
The passengers in an interurban cleo
trio car. bound from It. Paul to Mlnnea1-
ellis. had "A narrow escape from death at
o'clock Thursday morning, The car WIS
crossing the bridge high over the Miss>-
sipli At good rate OF speed when Ioi
underneath became detached aud striking
the pavement deraiicd the car, The rear
end plunged against the railing and tore
OF Il long section Of it and when the car
casue to Il >,andstill the passenger, saw to
their horror that the rear where the only
exit was. hun. cut over the chasm OF sew
en,y feet beneath, where boiled the waters
o: the river. A few feet more would have
plunged the car and its contents into the
river and to certain death.
The famous Sturges- Earwell case at
Chicago is at la It concluded. Judge Tuley.
in u lengthy aud full decree. decided what
the contestants were entitled to. The
. court rendered e decision in favor OF Mr.
Sturses in part. Out OF his original claim
OF about 81. o0o.0 the court allows him
sl4.aoo ~ OF this $4,000 Is to be paid
by the FarNclls to Mr. Stur.es in cash and
the balance is to be credited on amounts
Que by Stur.es to the defendants The
decision gives to MIR. Farwell about Si.i.-
0o0.
"A strike OF fabulous richness has been
made in the Pixies Peak mine, Cripple
Creek. Colo. The new find consists OF an
eiGht-inch streak OF dccomposed quartz
and tale. which averages sixty ounces OF
gold to the ton. being very much the same
character as the other three veins found in
the property. The Pixies Pea, is by far
the richest gold property discovered in
Cripple Crock
AT Perry. O. T.. great excitement was
created by the arrest OF several prominent
men and politicians on charge by indict-
ment from the grand jury for perjury aud
conspiracy. Among the number were Dr.
W. J. Gillett, formerly OF Illinois. who is a
candidate for Congress on the Fopulst
ticket and leader OF the CoNey movement
in Oklahoma, and l. II. Cornell. promi-
nent attorney. charged with perjury. and
Sheriff C. f. Parker. OF Lincoln County.
and William Mercy. government surveyor,
charged with conspiracy
Violent storms swept over Iowa. Min
ne sofa and portions OF Illinois and lndi-
ana. doing much damage. -Four persons
we're killed By lightning.
Ninety one students at the Ohio Wes-
, leyan University were given diplomas a!
the close of the anniversary exercises at
Delaware
In Il Chicag test, bicycles as n means
OF delivering mails. were found to tie SUI
perior to the ordinary transportation.
One OF the directors of the diamond
Match Company states that its earnings
are increasing at the rate of IL per cent.
over last year.
, -Representative McRae. OF Arkansas,
has introduced bill in Congress TO forfeit.
. land grants OF roads which have not COM
piled with the law.
| Owing to the fact that northern lines
take too much business. the Immigrant
! poo! is liable to collapse
M NJ. Estee has been nominated for
Governor by the California Republicans
=. Vermont Republic ans have nominal ed
u. A. Woodbury. for Governor and L. NJ.
Mansur for Lieutenant Governor.
! Stephen Kirk. a telephone lineman,
was killed near Rochester. n Y, by COM
e Ing in contact with a live wire.
William Bunch. last OF the gang OF
Kankakee freight thieves. has been cap
tured. Four Q: his companions are already
. in the peniientiary.
- According to Washington dispatch
4 ex-Secretary Charles Foster Is 10 manage
General Harrison's campaign for the ne n
Republican Presidential nomination.
n Rev. ii. Il Swartzbar. a native OF no
d rocco and q member of Livingstone's ex
plnrn. party in Africa, arrested a
Cincinnati on charge OF murder com
= mitted Two years ago in Chattanooga
After being locked up he managed t
cut his throat, and now lies in q critica
coalition.
AT London Frank Guiodo. musician
obtained a verdict OF ESQ de- maRcs for libe
AGAINST the Evening News The News re
Gently enormously announced the death o
Guiodo. and in doing said that he wa
suspected OF kno ~ing something about tn
Fenian outrages and the death OF Dr.. Pat
: rick Henry Cronin. the Irish nationals,
. who was found murdered at chicago O
May 90. 1859. The Evening News also de
clared tina: Guiodo was the trusted agen
Of the Irish extremists in London an
America ana toat MS profession OnI
? served as a blind TO his real occupation
Captain Anson's long fight 70 secur
the appointment Of his father as pos,mas
- ter of Marshallsown. Iowa. has come I
E nauyht The President mas decided I
: give the Office TO IL l. Ge:z The base ba
player did lot OF work for his father an
1t was believed that he would succeed
But it is understood that the President de
cided thai the father OF a son who playe
< such poor base ball would hardly fill IL
"a hill.
"A terrific locomotive boiler explosio
occurred at Hiwa>see Station. Tenn ia
Devers. fireman. vas killed: and J.
Devers engineer; J. c. Sanger. Saggag
:, master: and A. D. Bentley. brakema,
): were badly hurt. sanger probably fatal!
:, e G knoppee. bookkeeper Of the Chic
opee National Bank. Springfield. Mass
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