The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-09-13
CRIME AND CASUALTY.

three little chtidren to live in II dry goods |
box and boz for food, |
In Il quarrel over boundary lines be /
tween Ean Miguel Achiu;la and Teposcol- |
ma. Mexico, twenty-five persons were
killed.
Masked robbers tortured an aged cou-
pie near Warren, OHIO. and secured 20
cents The old people may die of their
injuries
Two mouated hshwaymen have been
Grating a reign OF terror in Omaha by
robbIny people found out after dark
--Ur. ". IL Houy hland. OF Mexico, Mo.
was killed by the brother OF girl With
whom he had been keepin. company
Tho man Eourke. who assaulted Mrs.
Bone near Waiertown. :. d.. some days a:c.
was caught Monday by mob and hanged
to an electric light pole The lynchin:
had been threatened. and his summary
death was expected.
A farm hand named Farnham. while
out hunting tour miles from West Albany.
n Y. accidentally shot Ella Cross. & years
Old. The child was berrying with her
mother. and received charge OF bird shot
in the left breast killing her Instantly.
Mrs Cross received severa! shots in her
right leg and tainted. After recovering
she carried her dead child half mile lie.
fore she was relieved Of the burden at q
neghboring farmhouse. Farnham gave
himself up
Heavy wind and rain storms wrecked
several buildings at Indianapolis and de-
stroyed hundreds OF shade trees.
"A Wisconsin farmer prevented disas-
trous train wreck near Stevens Point by
taking Off his shirt and setting it afre.
Judge Appel held Theodore Bernstein,
II years old. OF Morris Bernstein. Il
well-known real estate broker OF Mount
Vernon. n. Y. in $500 bail to answer II
charge OF burglary. Theodore Is charged
with robbiny the house OF Clarence Perrin,
chief electrician OF the New York Central
Railroad.
A Baltimore and Ohio express collided
with a Wild train on a bridge near Colum-
bus Ohio. and was thrown into the river.
The engineer was killed and severa! pas
sengers hurt
e. +. Fisher. bookkeeper for the An
heuser- Busch Brewing Company at Okla
hOma. killed himself because he could not
abstain from drink
Gov. Turner intends to make 1t warm
for the NIP III bcrs OF the mob who lynched
the six alleged negro incendiares a. Mill
ington. Tenn 1.-THE Miilington lynchers
must be brought to Justice" he saia. "and
] will begin with Thorough investigation
vt once. l will assist the Memphis author
tiles N every way possible by Offering
large rewards and employing detectives to
run down the beasts who committed the
crime against civilization. such outrages
as the Wilmington affair are disgrace to
any community, and an example must be
made of the savages who Composed the
mob Lynchings must be stopped In Ten
II IN = q /
believe that it is"
charles Moran fatally stabbed Frank
Hickman 1T Kansas City because the lat
ter had made an insulting remark to his
wife
The fishing schooner Rigel OF GiOuces-
ter. Mass. Captain Gorge W. Dixon. has
Just arrived in North Sidney, n b, with
the passengers and crow OF the steamship
Miranda. which left New York July :.
carrying Dr. Cooks party for arctic ex-
plorations After making repairs at st.
Johns. consequent upon damage
ceived by collision with an iceberg OF
Belle Isle July Il, the Miranda made
second attempt to reach Green
land. sailing On July -. Heavy fo,s
and ice impeded their progress. and she
made harbor at Sukker Toppan. Green-
land. Aug. :. She started for Hols en- berg
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the harbor. The Miranda was not con-it-
cred tit to return to St Johns with her
passengers A relief party set out from
Sukker Toppan to Holstenberg. 140 miles
distant, with five E>Quimaux in an open
sailboao for assistance The schooner
Kigel vas met by chance and Capt
Dixon generously responded TO the appeal
OF the explorers and returned to sucker
Toppan with the Miranda's party. Cap.
Farrell of che Miranda arranged with capt.
Dixon that his company should pay 81. 900
for carryin. the passengers home, and the
passengers and food were transferred 10
the RiSe!. and the Miranda then started for
Labrador with the Risel In tow. Aug. 81,
about midnight. while about 100 miles
out. the Miranda sent up signals Of
distress. Enormous ocean swells from !.
distant storm caused her water tank to
burst and the vessel began to till Capt
Farrell was Obliged to abandon his ship
The crew and officers were trans.e ut
dayli.ht, Aug %, to the Riyel and the
Miranda was left to her fate Ninety-one
persons were crowded into the Rigel's
cabin ami hold.
Cashier y. ". Dickerson. OF the failed
Cass County Bank at Atlantic City. Iowa.
has been sentenced to the penitentiary for
six years.
The case OF a. W. Little. a prominent
Kansas city lawyer for shooting and kill
ing J. T. Johnson. lawyer. two years age,
has again been continued at Olathe. Kan,
this time till Nov ~
or Gloucester. Mass. the schooner
Charles Levi Woodbury. picked up a boat
containing two men in u starving condi-
ton. who had been astray for three days
from the schooner Puritan. that was
ashore at Cape jock. n. s. has been float
cd and taken to Port Hawke>bury for re-
pairs
"A terrific storm visited Wichita. Kan.
early Tuesday morning, The lower por-
ton Of the town was Inundated hy II cloud
burst ard many telephone wires torn
down. Lightning was incessant and at
the home OF Thomas Herman a bolt OF
lightning killed his 3-year-old boy. fatally
burned 9-year-old girl. and literally
tore the hous, to pieces
-Four men have been arrested for COM