The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-09-27
CHICAGO N. FRENZY
GIGANTIC UPRISING AGAINST
GAMBLING.
Miners Appeal TO Courts 70 Resist Re-
d"cti"n Of Wa9t'vi Indiana Town Fights
Advance in Gas Rates-TwO Disastrous
sunday IiiaKes.


Federation, haye been made upon many of
the largest gaming houses. AMI the clay
0uisn captured and burned Sports and
gamblers "out Of IA job" stand around
their old launts and swear at the ne"
order OF things Sunday mass meeting
wa, held in Central Music Hall. and
this gatherih, declared against the
evil Rev. II. A. Delano. in his sermon.
depiored the fact that the big spectators
In grain escap ped Unscourged. Rev. Will
liam NJ. Lawrence, OF the Second Baptist
Church, rated bargain day patrons as
gamblers The Fiss5 Methodist Church
was crowded With enthusiasts engaged in
the crusade against gambling, and many
other ministers joined in the crusade.
Fire Sunday destroyed property
worth S1,500.00J II Portland, Ore. Three
men are supposed to have been burned in
al elevator. Park Opera house the chief
amusement resort in Erie. Pa, for forty
years. was burned. entailins loss OF
$50, 900.
The miners Of the Pittsbury district
who are now working under the Columbus
compromise. 60 cents ton-no" assert
that II the operator, who signed the scale
attempt to REQ uce wages they will 90 into
the courts
-Citizens OF Wabash. Ind. are excited
over an advance of - per cent in the rates
for natural gas furnished them. = he price
now Is s cents per 1000 feet and the new
rate is 71a
r. &. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review OF
Trade says:
Pienty VI material for encouragement
and also for discourage ment can he found
by those who seek that and nothing else.
But business men who want to sec the sit
uatiOn exactly as it IS find accounts 80 far
conflicting that /, Is dtfficult to strike a
baianca In the aggregate. business is
about tenth larger than last year. bat
still falls about 25 per cent below y full
volume for the season.
Is Ed ~in Magargee. one OF tho assign
ces OF the Columbia Bank Of Philnd elphia.
says that ex- President Phillips is entirely
innocent of any wrOngdoirs 1T connection
with the affairs Of the suspended bank.
AT Zeiyler Station. Ga. Sheriff L. H.
Brookcr. OF Scriven County. was seriously
shot by George NJ Zcigler and hi, sol
In political quarrel BroOkcr shot
Zeigler seriously and wounded tho son in
the arm.
John Gillcn, II deaf mute, was caught
under IL falling plate glass at Kokomo,
Ind. and fatally hurt
Perry Cook. suspected Of stealing
horses. was lynched near Lincoln. O. L.
Gazing OF the earth from some un-
known cause has created great excitement
among farmers in the vicinity OF wichita,
Kan
Tho Rock Island Road cut it's quarter
ly dividend in two because it had not been
earned. and its action is generally APP
proved.
II thousands OF answers have been re-
ceived by&the Smithsonian Institution to
-
ing some new discovery in regard to air.
"A company has been In Incorporated at
Columbus. Ohio. to build an electric road
from Pittsburg to Chicago and to furnish
heat and light to towns along the line.
-Sccretary Gresham has prohibited pub
LEGATION OF lads" In the bulletin issued by
the Bureau OF American Republics
--Bradstreets reports continued i'm.
provement in business in all sections OF the
country. and notes Chicagos growing i'm
portance as u jobbing center
Charles Watkins. alias Jesse Il. Roper.
a murderer for whom rewards OF 81. 700 are
offered. WAS arrested at Perry. .. I.
Schooner COlone! Cook. which thirty
four years ago sunk the Lady EiSin. where
cy 300 lives were lost. has been abandoned
on Lake Erie
reach Sl2. 900. 900. the largest ia its history.
1t is hoped TO mine s:5. 900. 900 In 1855
People OF Sturs's Ky. have armed
themselves to resist payment OF the rail-
road tax and bloodshed is feared.
Charles +. Gloystcin OF Spokane.
Wash. supposed to have been murdered
by p,pulists. has been found alive at
Grant, Oregon.
Mime. Tursch- Madi. the noted opera
singer. died in New York. She WAS about
0ycarS old.
DIR Rafael Nunez. President OF the Re-
public OK Colombia. died from gastric fever
He was 60 years old.
Charlie, II Norris. wanted at Pearsall,
Tex. tor murder committed ten years
ago was arrested at Chica
Harry Jones. q Chica,o negro. 81 years
old. and tired OF life offered to sell his
body to drug ,iSt Tor So With which he
pr ,po>ed to have y last spree
"A post morten examination Of one OF
the cows inoculated with tubcrculin at tho
Michigan Insane Asylum disclosed tubcr-
culoss.
p {. Patton. u merchant Of McGhee.
Ark. was murdered and his store looted
by u gang OF negroes They were captured.
and II lynching Is en- ccted.
Michael Lewis. Of South Oraa.e. \. J..
a trolley motcrman. was found guilty in
Newark q! ;nunslau.h liter IA causing the
death Of little Martha Henry. Aug I last
Tao full PENALTY to which Lewis Is Liable
Is ten years in the State prison.
Eng neers are surveying u railroad to
be run between Ssriug field. Mo. and Har.
ri.on. Ark Ea~ tern capitalists are inter-
estei in the project
john and Jasper Atkins. white. we're
hanged at Winuesborc. :. G.. for murder.
Tho Governor wished to commute the sen.
tence. but feared to DO So
w H. Hall. George F. Cameron and
Ma jor ". u. Adams. prominent keatuck-
aus. have been arrested. charged with
swiuGiiny business houses by new
method.
Cyrus Conway. % years old. was killed
oy the cars white gathering coal alou. the
galway track at Shrcve. ono
Theodore Barthoder insane. was ar