The farmers' union., 1894-02-22
ROBBERS USE BOMBS.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC EXPRESS
WRECKED At ROSCOE.
Miscreants Throw tho Switch ut tho Little
Siding and Engine and Two Cars Go
Over tho Observation-Disclosures and .
Tramp Killed.


Dttched and Dyna mited
Passenger train No 90 on the Southern
Pacific Road was wrecked by train robbers
at Roscoe station. Cal. early Friday morn
ing. Those shot by the robbers or injured
In the WRECK are: Fireman Arthur Mas
ters. shot and killed while extricatins him
self from the wrecked locomotive: a man
named Granger. who was stealing ride on
the train. shot and killed by robbers;
Wells Fargo express messenger. sup
posed to be buried under his car; En-
gineer David Thomas. probably fatally in
jured by falling OFF his locomotives;
brakeman Foster. cut head and
badly bruised. The robbers made their
escape with several strong boxes belonging
to the Wells Fargo Express Company. con-
tanning currency and half a dozen sacks OF
gold. The robbery was the most daring
and cruel piece of work done in the West
in years. and it is believed that Chris
Evans and Morrel.. the outlaws for whom
California officers have been searching TO.
months. planned and executed the crime.
1T Is impossible to tell at present how much
money the robbers secured, but as the ex-
press shipments were unusually large it Is
certain the gang got away with rich
haul.
The London Daily News says: alt Is
the impression on both sides OF the House
OF Commons that the Lords will not pro-
ceed to extremes. Lord Salisbury's dis
sident liberal allies do not conceal the ap-
prehension with which they view the effect
of the possible loss OF the parish councils
bill on their electoral prospects At the
fOrtnightly meeting Of the Irish Fedora
tion. Dublin, Michael Davitt said he
hoped that the liberals would 60 in for the
nj ho of
the house OF heaven born lawmakers.
whom he subsequently stigmatized as
don OF thieves and rapacious legislative
grants
Assistant Secretary Zell. OF the Colo
RADIO Cattle Growers Association. who has
arrived from Fort Worth via the Gulf Rail-
road. brings the report OF great losses to
the cattle growers OF the Panhandle
country. alt took three engines to pull
one Pullman car through the drifts" he
said. "and the snow fell to q great depth.
The wind was terrific and the cold intense.
The Panhandle country has been stocked
pretty heavily and thousands OF cattle
will perish before change Of weather
comes on. This storm is probably tho
worst ever experienced there"
Obituary: At Boston. General Ed ward
F. HinckS AT San Francisco. Colonel J.
D. Stevenson. aged o. AT Washington.
Passed Assistant Surgeon james +. keenan,.
AT Abingdon. Mass, Banker Daniel Il
Dyer. aged Sat Charlottetown. F. F. l.,
Lieutentant Governor J. S. Carroll, aged
81.
Tho American steamer Paris. Captain
Kandle. which sailed from Southa pton
Saturday bound tor New York. was sighted
ut anchor Off + ,che's Point, at the en-
trance to Queenstown harbor. early Friday
morning. Her unexpected reappearance
caused genuine sensation and it was at
first supposed that her engines had broken
down In midocean. compelling her to put
back under sail. but steamship men de-
clare this impossible, as they knew she had
two sets OF engines. and had one set broke en-
down she could have proceeded on her way
with the other. All uncertainty was dis
PEELED shortly after daybrcak. when the
Paris sisnalled that her rudder was dis
abled. 1t was subsequently learned that
she had not bacn able to use her rudt!er at
all and had been compelled to depend upon
her twin screws for steering apparatus on
her return. The accident is reported to
have occurred when the Paris was $50
miles west Of Queenstown.
--Archimedes C. Dickson. who was prom
iEent in early Illinois politics, died at
Sprin: field.
The value OF 1daho's metal output in
1893 was: Gold. S1.693. Cal; silver. 81, 46.,-
s23: lead. S2.5a4.75a
William Leonard. an Englishmnn. who
shot and killed Jesse Anderson in Septem-
ber last. was hanged in the Frederick Md
jail-yard Friday morning. Before dying
Leonard confessed that he murdered his
third wife and her ne ewly born twins The
man also asserted that his name was not
Leonard. but that he assumed the anne to
keep disgrace from his family. He said
that he was born near Liverpool. England,
In 1874 He has brother an officer in tho
British army and an uncle and six cousins
in Philadelphia. He has been in this
country twelve years and Is the father Of
seventeen children.
May Brooklyn. one Of the leading la
dies OF Palmer's stock company commit
ted suicide at San Francisco by takiur
poison. She played the part OF Mistress
Page in .Alabama." The recent death Of
lover at Cincinnati is given as the
cause.
senator Hoar has introduced bill to
suppress lotteries. including raffles and
gift enterprises by providing q fine OF
$1,000 and two years Imprisonment, or
either. for any person to contrive or pro-
pose lottery. to sell lottery tickets or de-
post them In the mails
The iron steamer Alert. while on 4
oyage from Port Albert to Melbourne
Australia. recently. sank curing q terrible
gale. and of the fifteen men aboard but
one managed to reach land and tell the
story Of the disaster
AT Hagerman. on Snake River. Idaho.
James Cross was under arrest for robbery.
The officer in charge OF the prisoner
stopped at = ranch Samuel Barker and
Robert Wilson. witnesses against the pr,s-
Oner. were there. and C:oss. seiziny the
officers revolver. shot both men dead and
rode away on u horse.
-Chauncey NJ nepew denies emphat-
ically that he Is q member OF the A. p A
Tho celebrated English painter. G. F..
Watts. OF the Royal Academy. has offered
70 present to the United States Govern
nent the painting sLove and Life" which
was on exhibition at the London World $