Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-09-28
tion to make the operatives yield tc
their terms.
WEST AND SOUTH.

A NJ StOhiC Dsh oNh WAC tONA VI LCEOY,
MINI, near the Iowa line, on the 2lst
and three persons were killed. The
depot and stock yards and several
buildings were destroyed, A fire also
caused considerable damage
Owing to suspension of mining work
at all the copper properties in kewee-
nav county Michigan, it is proposed
dropping its county organization. Ke-
weenaw was once the most populous
county in the upper peninsula and con-
tanned the largest towns on Lake
Superior.
On the 21st three prisoners confined
In the county jail at Springfield, ILL.,,
made their escape By knocking the
jailcr down when he came in with their
noon meal. One of them was awaiting
trial for murder, and the other two
were serving out sentences for bur-
glary.
Seven prisoners escaped from cells in
the city Jail at st. Louis, Mo-, on the
22d. They ascended to the roof and,
jumping to adjoining roofs, ran in
every direction. Four were recap
tured, but three others are still at
liberty.
Knoxville, Ia, and vicinity was Wis
ted by terrific hail storm on the 22d.
In the home for the adult blind 100
window panes were broken; in the
court house large number were
broken, and the damage to private
residences was general. The hail was
as large as walnuts and fell to the
depth of two feet in places.
Two freight trains on the Big Four
railroad collidcd on the o3d at Harsh
man, six miles east of Dayton, o., and
Brakeman George NUM- was insanity
killed and Silas Crawford and Theo-
dore Hess were probably fatally in
jured.
Four prisoners in the county jail at
Carlinville, ILL.,, broke Jail on the 2Sd
by overpowering the jailer and locking
him in cell. They made good their
escape. One of the prisoners was in
for murder and another for attempt at
murder.
The fve-story building at st. Louis
Mo-, occupied by the Columbian Mill
ing Company, was burned on the ED.
Loss, 5000, 900; insurance, 100000.
Indictments have been returned by
the grand jury at Birmingham, Ala.
against twelve of the alleged leaders
in the massacre at the Pratt mines on
July l6, when a deputy sheriff and
several negro miners were slaughtered
by strikers.
The pophlists and democrats of NORTH
Dakota have agreed to fuse on the
democratic candidate for the supreme
court and the populist candidate fol
congress-
While d. NJ. Stevenson, living nenI
Clearfeld, Ia. was driving home will
his.wife and three children on the 23t
they were run into by a runaway team
Two of the children were Instant,
killed and Stevenson died shortly after
ward.
Ex-United States Deputy Marsha
Hubbard, said to be the ringleader o
the Wilson Halfley gang of counterfeit
ers, which have been operating in Mis-
souri,, has been arrested.
] Arrangements have been made b,
the University of Chicago for the pub
lication of an Astronomical journn
which will bo international in scop
and character. A large guarante
fund, sufficient to insure the success O
the project, has been subscribed b.
wealthy patrons of the institution.
At Oakland, CAL, on the 23th 81
Mary's college, handsome brick an
stone structure, erected five years ag
by the Christian brothers, was dan
aged by fire to the extent of SloO,Oo(
insurance, $4,000. The building wa
completely gutted