The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-10-04
GLORY OF HER YEARS
BIRTHDAY t,oNoRs TO MISS
WILLARD.
Wheat Seems to lie Wholly Within the
Grasp Of the Bears Other Cereals be-
presSed-Mex.cans Threaten to Invade
Colorado Pasture Lands.


From ar and Near.
Frances f Willard invited 900 wom- :
en- out to have Il drink Friday. and the
enthusiasm with which the audience &C. .
elteI the invitation would have done !
! credit to Il county convention She led
the way down the marble corridor OF the
Woman's Temple at Chicago. and In the
rush that follow ell one two good women
fain ted the crowd packed around the
corner drap ped in &. national flag and white
ribbons Miss Willard picked out tine
/ longest band. quoted Il line from the good
! boos. pulled the cord. aud from the new
/ fountain OF marble and alabaster pushed
n stream o! water which shall run night
and day as long the rock Staada And
SO the women took a drink. This dedica-
ton waS the end of IA birthday celebration
given b! the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union in honor OF the world famous
president. 1t woull probably tie con-
sidered mean to say above whisper that
it marked the fifty fifth milestone in
this eventfui life. but everybody knows it
is true. and besides Miss Willard does not
look half as old. The cele bra tion was also
a city welcome to the woman who has just
come home from abroad. brin .inc with her
the congratulations and admiration OF
kings. queens and lords. and new tribute
to the one woman above all Others who is
queen In this land without rel :ninS
Wheat never sold in recent times AS
low it did Friday. The regular contract
grade of the article was disposed # on
Change at 30 cents per busheL bu>hel
OF wheat will yield about f,rty pound OF
the best grade OF flour AMI that will make
at least fifty pounds OF bread. So that
without adding the cost OF baking. bread
Cnp,iH h.a 10. MI, I s4rfl
pound. A man would need to hire an
press wagon to take HON, half u dollars
worth of bread. and II his family did not
consist OF more than himself and wife and
two children his 50 cents would keep them
all in bread for two week.. estimating
their united bread appetites 3,2 pounds
per day. Bread cannot. however. tie
bought at what 1t costs the baker He
needs his usual one. two or three hundred
per cent to keep the Welt from his own
door. SO that paterfamilias will have no
occasion to have the floors in his house
r strengthened to hold up his weeks supply
OF bread
, Colorado cattle men and ranchmen
are excited over reports that Mexican cat
1 tie barons intend u ship stock into Color
Z ado to fatten On Government lands,
Efforts Will be made to shut out foreign
cattle by National and State quarantine
:. regulations State Veterinarian GrosswelI
has received word that the first shipments
| from Mexico have been detained In quar-
: antine in New Mexico. and rather than
q hold them there ninety days the owner
vii rush them into the Kansas City mar
ket.
q Two owners OF property in which gam
: bling was carried On and fifteen keepers OF
. gambling houses we're indicted ut Chicago
{ ttft q tirs fsAu in vest l.
cation of gambling by the grand jury.
John Blackburn. student who va,
working in the Ri. Four shops at Dala-
y ware. Oaio during vacation. was fatally
injured by Il fall. The affair rendered his
5 wife insane.
Two timers and two laborcrs were
I killed in the coliery OF Simps n Wal
= kins. ut 8 mpson. Pa Their man yled re =
= main. lie beneath u pile OF rock which Is
ten feet wide. six feet high and extends
d for at least sixty feet into the Rangway of
the third slop. Of the mine. Tug Wits. a
driver. was the only witness at the horror
= He was sitting alongside the track waiting
u for car to be loaded by the men, when.
4 without a word OF warning. the roof OF the
: ganyway fell in within three feet OF him
Q He ran to the head Of the SLOPE AMI gave
Is the alarm 1t Is feared the bodies OF the
intom bed men cannot be reached for sew.
:, cral days
AT Nanaim). c.. two men wer,
II burned to death. two other men and little
70 girl were badly injured and 500. 900 worth
OF property de stroyed b. Ore at the corner
70 OF Wharf aud Commercial streets In the
- Royal Hotel. which was destroyed. TIL
% the newer part OF the town was not COM
pietely wiped out was due to the absence
- OF wind and the heroic work of the volun
q tecr fire brigade.
y The New York Constitutional Conv en-
tion has adopted the ne constitution "a.
n reported from the committee OF the whole
rs he vote s,ood 95 yeas and IS nays
i Forest fires have broken out in Gro,
Wing County. Minnesota
Geronimo Valdese, liquor dealer o
AntOnito Colo. arrested for creating
dis: urbance. was shot and killed by Sheriff
Garzia. whom he attacked in the jail in a.
attempt t. escape Garzia has been exon.
= Grated by the Coroner's. jury.
= The Altoona Manuf ,cturing Company
? hish-srade engine builders at Holidays
burg. Pa. assigned to the general man a
= ger. NJ Asbury Greene. The recorded Ia
deb,edness OF the concern IL slO5. 900 Tn,
unsecured claims will probably swell thu
aggregate Indebtedness to S135. 00a.
jane Lathrop Stanford has filed in thu
= Probate Court her Il st annua. account a
executrix OF the estate Of the late Senate
Stanford The account covers the perio
from June. 1898 to September. 1894. durIn
- which time Mrs. Stanford has handle
money frcm the estate to the amount g
SI.5e5,00 and has disbursed during tn
same period S1.3:l.G0a
The Carnecie Company proposes TO read
jus, the wages OF its 500 en-, lDye, At tn
Edgar Thomson Steel Works This mean
a reduction.
Columbus Hayes. who has been tuic
convicted Of murder in the first degree
and is now under sentence of death. es
capped from jail at Savannah. Mo
. Frank Holman. an American. recent
from Georgia. while cr4zed by Mexica
!, liquor is reported to have murdered hl