The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-24
THOUSANDS AREDEAD
SNOW STORMS SLAUGHTER CAL.
IFORNlA SHEEP.
stupid Blundcr In Adjusting Armor on
Our Cruiser Columbia-Smuggling To-
bacco Over from Canada-Eive Die In y
CyclOne-Firc Record.


Told n II Few Words.
Tho snow. rain and wind storm that
| prevailed in the Sierra Nevada foot hills
| during Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday
| was most fatal to sheep. The road from
Sonora UP to Strawberry station. II distance
| OF thirty-two miles. is lined with dead
| sheep The sheep havin. been sheared
| before entering the country. were in All
unfit condition TO meet the wintry blasts
In the ravines and beside the boulders
| along 'he road the dead animals are piled
two and three deep Up to this date some
$4,000 sheep have entered this country en-
route Tor the mountain ranges. and as all
| or them were caught in the storm it is a
| low estimate to say that one-t third have
persisted. At one place 1000 sheep were
| found frozen to death in one heap. where
they had tried to find shelter among the
| trees The snow was two feet deep on top
OF them. There are thousands OF sheep
farther back in the mountains and they
Cannot be reached on account OF snow.
There is hardly a possibility that they can
be saved II they were not frozen to death
during the storm they will die of starva-
ton before the snow meltS
There has been much interest In the
Navy Department in finding out who made
the mistake on the Columbia In placing
the portfolio plates OF the four pound guns.
1t was found that these guns could not be
elevated. the tube being jammed against
the top OK the portfolios. Comparison OF
the plans shows that no error has been
made in measurement The explanation
accepted as the most plausible until a
more extensive and practical examination
tan be made is that the officers who placed
the plates in position reversed them so
that the bottom came mere the top should
De. This was a natural mistake make
In each OF the four plates IL the error was
made in placing the first one in position.
/ and there was no way Of discoverin; the
error until the muzzlc Of the gun was
showed through tho portfolio From the
reports received the experts in the Navy
Department believe that the mistake can
be easily corrected by turning the plates
| around.
special agents of the Treasury Depart
ment have discovered an extensive aud
ingenious conspiracy to smuygle Sumatra
tobacco from Canada into the United
/ States. The tobacco is packed in ordinary
trunks. Struggled by boat and wagon owe:
| the line. and then sent by express to New
York City without attracting su ,picion.
Five persons were killed, two fatally
and one slightly hurt by cyclone ut
| kunklc Ohio
AT Meadow Lake. Mimi. large cold
storage building recently erected has been
wrecked by dynamite and an attempt
| made to fire another similar building. The
trouble is attributed to the opposition to
| the sale of liquor in the village.
| Owing to the coal famine the Grand
Trunk Railroad refuses to accept lake and
rail shipments OF grain from Chicago
! Fuel is saved to haul the mails
| Election Commissioners Hutchiu:s
! keenan,. and Schooner. of Chicago, were
fined $1,000 each for contempt by Judge
Chetlain for refusing to turn over ballots
to che Grant Jury. Anticipating this ac-
| tion the Commissioners purposely absent
| ed themselves from court. to escape imme-
date removal to Jail They submitted to
arrest. and were given liberty by habeas
corpus proceedings
| Chicago experienced sudden changes in
| temperature Thursday. At . o'clock in the
| afternoon the mercury had reached So, but
1t dropped 80 degrees In two hours
-Scandinavians of Chicago celebrated
the national anniversary OF Norway with
street parades picnics and banquets
| -Geor!e Griffiths. OF London. has just
coml leted a trip around the world in sixty
four days eleven hours and twenty min
| utea
british royal commissioners to the
Worlds Fair In their official report pay q
| glowing tribute to the great enterprise.
! Twelve thousand troops. under COM
mand OF the Duke of Connaught passed
In annual review before Queen Victoria at
Aldershot.
| English clergymen have issued q mani
testO against the disesta blshment Of the
church in Wales
! The Missouri Democratic State Con-
vention nominated Francis NJ Black for
Judge OF the Supreme Court. and W. r.
Caring ton. for Superintendent Of Schools.
james R Dewitt OF Detroit. Mich,
has been arrested at New York upon re-
! quest OF the police of Detroit. for the
forgery of a check passed upon the pro-
prietors Of the Cadillac House
| III. H. Mcdowell was elected Depart
ment Commander OF the Illinois G. A. r
Mrs NJ. Il NJ Wallace. OF Chicago. was
elected President Of the W. K c.
| John Applin. a farmer Of Ohio, was
, swindled out of $4,000 by two confidence
men who engaged him in cards
| Leading Texas lines have agreed to
join the direct Western roads in advancing
! :ates to tariff May 90
| -fOFtu2aI mas asked tn0 mediation OF
England in the dispute with Brazil caused
by the granting OF asylum to rebels
! the Ohio Department G. A. r has
elected these officers: Department COM
mander. F. E. Mutt. OF Sidney: Senior Vice
Commander. John B Sampson. OF Cincin-
natl; Junior Vice Commander. George J.
Miller. OF ColumbiAna Tue next encamp-
ment Will be held at saadusky.
|
| Obituary: At Dubuque. Iowa, Judge
/ Thomas s Wilson. aged sL-At London.
/ Louis Clovis Bonaparte. grandnephew OF
the first Napoleon. AT Noblesvil!e, Ind
Levy Farley. aged fiat West superior.
Wis. ex- Mayor John Scott, aged s.
brazilian government forces are re-
ported to have been defeated by insurgents
near 1Zuazu. with n loss Of 140 killed.
Fire at Pawtucket. r l.. devastated q
! quarter of a mile OF the river front. de-