The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-04-19

From Ear and Near.
The four negroes who murdered Mr.
Grant. a prominent citizen of Montgomery.
Ala. have been sentenced. Ale Wander.
Joseph and Wilson Woodiey TO be hanged
and Jack Gabriel to the penitentiary for
life. Jim Galloway. another member of
the gang. was sentenced several days ago
to be hanged and Oliver Jackson has been
lynched- The city court has also sentenced
Charles Ezel. another murderer. to hang
There nre now eight condemned prisoner.
in the Jail to be hanged within three
| months There are six other murderers to
be tried. aud at least three OF them will
hang
-Washington dispatch: There is talk OF
| another bond issue According 10 current
gossip the issue will b, made In July. pro-
vided the tariff bill be not passed before
that time The confidential agent OF a
| prominent Wall street bank says that the
real purpose OF Secretary Carlis!e's recent
visit to New York was to discover the SEN
timent OK the bankers in regard to an
Other bond issue aud the prospects OF plac-
| ing it on the same. II not better. terms than
| those which governed the sale Of the last
| issue. This agent says that the Secretary
had extended conversations with the prom
! fnent financial lights OF Gotham. and the
| whole financial situation was discussed ut
| length. 1t was pretty generally agreed
| that business prospects were bright and
that the passage OF the tariff bill vas ali
that was needed to distribute throughout
the country the large sums OF money which
| now glut the bank vaults. Until that bill
| Is passed. however. some provision to de-
| fray the expenses of the Government in tho
meantime and at the same time keep
safe reserve in the treasury 10 necessary.
| AT Buffalo. n ". the plant OF the
American Glucose Company was destroyed.
| The loss Is $1,000. 900, insurance $3.50. Ol0.
1t is feared twelve OF tho workmen we're
cremated. At Cincinnati. Ohio. the Sayres-
| Scovitle carriage factory was destroyed,
! entailing Il loss Of S15. 900
Elk Senator Sam c. Ma ior. long promi-
nent in State politics and one Of the best
| al lawyers in the West. was found
dead in his bed at Fayet,e. Mo Heart
disease was the cause senator Major was
born Nov. "A. 1910. and had been a resident
| OF Fayette all his life He was a lawyer of
| remark III BILE attachments and Il leader in
| Democratic State politics On Tuesday he
announced his declination OF u proposition
to run for Congress In the Seventh Dis
trict He leaves widow and three
| daughters
Miss Lois James. member Of the
Junior class In the university at Ann Ar
Dor. Mich. and second daughter of Capt.
l. l. james, Of Ann Arbor a retired army
officer. committed suicide ny taking
strychnine Her body was found near the
Huron River. She was fine student and
had worried over he. studies and religious
matters. which resulted in temporary alb
sEration. Her father is now in Japan en-
gagged in literary work
The trial Of Dr. Henry G. +. Meyer.
! charged with poisoning Ludwig Brandt In
| order to secure insurance money. which on
Dec. Is last was interrupted near its con-
, ciusion by the sudden insanity OF Juror
| Alexander H Low. was begun again at
| New York before Recorder Smythe in Gen.
eral Sessions.
The Chicago labor lockout has fzzled.
The Oregon Republican State cOnven-
tion made these limitations: Governor
w. T. Lord. of Salem; Secretary OF State.
n. Il kincaid. of Eugene; As. ociate Jus
tice OF the Supreme Court e. +. Wolver-
ton: State Treasurer. Philip Eicham.
of Baker City (renominated); Attorney
General. C. NJ. ldleman. of Portland: SUI
perintendent of Public Instruction, G. H.
Irwin. OF La GranGe.
"A woman named Deli. Corria was
brutally murdered in Anaconda. Mont, by
| an unknown man.
Henry Cribbs OF Nepeuskun. has been
! arrested for the murder OF Banker Mead
at Waupaca. Wis. twelve years ago His
accuser is Mrs. Orrie Jennings, OF Chi
cago. who says that he confessed the deed
to her.
Representative McRae. OF Arkansas,
has introduced into tho House a bill fixing
the compensation of marshals, attorneys
and commissioners OF the United States at
$4,000 per annum. while the clerks of courts
are 10 be paid by fee as now.
| Obituary: At Glasgow. John Clark OF
the great Paisley thread manufacturing
firm, aged Cat BoyOta, Colon ia, lpl
H. II. SadIer, British Vice Consul, former
ly stationed at Chicago AT Gleps Fails.
n ". ex-Congressman Orange Ferris.
aged so.
business men of Milwaukee have won
fight with the Wisconsin Telephone COM
pany over an obnoxious rule
California common " callers. 200 strong.
seized train of twenty Union Pacific coal
cars at Uintah. and are coming East
William Buck. a manufacturer OF La
Porte. Ind, was killet by train while
crossing the Lake Shore tracks
| AT Chadron. Neh. bandit stole &c 500
from a bank and locked the president, ol
the institution in the vault.
| frank Crews. q farm hand near Collis-
burg. Texas. killed his employer. 1hona Is
| Murrell. Mrs. Murrell and IA son.
| Newell b Parsons. OF Saginaw, Mi:h,
has been arrested On a charge of stealing
S4e3 600 worth of railroad bonds
Edward Boone. an employe in the post
Office at South Bend, Ind. has been arrest
Ell for rotbln2 the mails
Governor Peck has written a letter to
the chief OF the Milwaukee fire depart
ment Offering his services in aid of the
families Of 6renen killed in the theater
| disaster.
| charles Gustafson. an employe al
Graceland Cemetery. Chicago. dug a grave
and fell dead in 1t from . stroke Of apo
| Dlexy.