The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-02-01
MISCELLA NECUS.

-1Owa's Supreme Court refused to re-
consider its decision declaring void tho
rohibitory amendment OF 1882.
Governor Rich Of Michigan says he is
determined to probe TO the bottom he
frauds in connection with the salaries
amendment election
BY refusal of the Colorado llou>, to
adopt the recommendations of the .oint
committee legislative affairs have become
badly tangled.
and it showed and showed. and it kept
on showing; it really seemed as if all the
overdue snn W which has been accurlulat-
in on the weather mans hands since last
Thanksgiving tried to come down in one
lump tuesday. 1t Il mean. Wet.
sticky OF the sort that gets ii to your
eyes and Sits under the collar Of
your elbow The weather man had
said that there was going &c be a
cold wave, but he seemed % have
turned on the wrong switch. fer it did
not get cold at all when he promised it.
But Tuesday old Boreas' biting breath
was abroad. and from Chicago to Mani
toba and all through the Northwest came
reports OF storms OF -reat severity. ac-
companied by bitter cold. AND it showed.
All trains were delayed. street railways
made utterly useless and bus ness was al
most paralyZed At Des Moines the mcr-
curry fell 80 degrees in twent = four hours.
"A Boston cluLman has III ado an agrees
ment to strip to the skin on Feb 81. and at
the call OF time start on 4 journey around
the world. he guaranteeing 70 return in one
year with IS. 900 in his possession.
The steamship Normanria. Of the liam
burg American Line. which sailed for
Naples and Genoa last Thursday. returned
to New York on Tuesday. after the hard
est tussle with the sea she has ever been
subjected to. On Sunday morning the
steamship ran into ID bowling hurricane.
and about midday great tidal wave. that
tow red mountain high. came aboard 1t
crashed through the deckhouso. where
Second Officer kading was asleep The half
inch steel plates on the sh D curlei up like
paper. and left a mole big enough to drive
a WAGON through The huge wall OF water
swept on into the ladies' saloon. Every
chair and table WAS ripped from the floor.
the partitions were battered down. and the
piano. which was screwed to the floor. was
lifted and hurled az inst plate glass mir
ror The panic stricken passengers rushed
out in their nightclothes Only to fnd them
selves up to their necks in water Their
staterooms were flooded and so was the
main saloon. TIE forehold was flled with
water and the $4,000 cargo OF tobacco
ruine!. No one was killed outright by the
| avalanche OF water that swept over the
| ship, but that was due not to the mildness
, OF the disaster but to the fact that every
| one not on duty WAS below decks asleep
| As it was, Second Officer kadins was badly
, hurt. and may die from his injuries. He
| Is now in the hos iital aboard ship. uncon-
| scious and lowering between life and
death Had the wave come aboard when
| the deck was crowded with passengers the
| result would have been dreadful Seven
| members OF the crew were hurt BY being
| dashed as ainst the rail by the great wave.
| While striving to get food for her
! starving children and sick husband, Mrs
| AIMS Liadgren was SO seriously injured In
the crush at the County Agents Office q,
| Chicago that she died
| Three Eastern roads have been called
to time BY the Western Passenger Associa-