The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-14
MANY MEN DROWNED.
DISASTER TO COxEYITES ON
THE PLATTE RIVER.
Meyer Goes to Prison for Life - Bridge
Burned ut Martins Ferry - Treasurer
SimsrOtt Found, Insane from Drink
Murder In Indiana pOlls.
From Far and Near.

From Far and Near.
The number or names OF the Coxey-
ties drowned in the attempt TO navigate
the Platte River in Colorado cannot yet be
told Tho river MAS u raging torrent
Thursday and many boats were wrecked
at the bridges Twenty nine boats. con-
tanning 1s5 men, passed Henderson I,land
bridge. Only twenty. with less than 100
men. reached Brighton Some boats were
deserted. their occupants taking to the
road On the Mckay bridge several men
were drowned At Henderson Island bridge
twenty-one men were In the water at one
cine. but we're rescued with ropes by Ralph
Lee and Louis Branter. The boat OF one
man from Utah. known as "Frenchy." has
been recovered OF one boat.oad OF eight
six are said to have been lost Most OF the
bodies have been washed down stream.
Many OF the COxeyites believe fourteen to
twenty men we're drowned. Many men
chung to the trees along the river banks.
and an order was telegraphed to Denver
for skiffs to take them on.
DR. II. G. +. Meyer. the pOisoner OF men
Tor insurance money. was sentenced to life
i'm prisonment in Sing Sing by Recorder
6n'ythe at New York. Meyer appe AIRED
before the bar looking very pale and On
ceedingly emaciated. The court was
crowded with spectators anxious to get
last look at the notorious pOisOIer before
he retired to seclusiOn. His motion for u
new trial was Withdrawn. The Recorder
talked for u few moments on the atrocity
Of the crime and then. passed the sentence.
uo regretted that the jury did not return
. verdict OF murder In the first degree for
the poisoning of Ludwig Brandt. which
would have meant death for the prisoner.
Mrs. Meyer. wife Of tho prisoner. will soon
b placed on trial for murder
Early Friday morning an unsuccess-
1ul effort was made at Martins Ferry.
Ohio. to run two coal trains on the Cleve-
land. Lorraine aud Wheeling Railroad. after
. weeks tic-up Ties were placed on the
track, dynamite was used. "a revolver fred
and knives exhibited. Four deputy mar
shsls and two reporters were on the train.
Their lives. together with those of the
trxinmen. we're threatened II the train
was not run back. and this was done The
mob, including women, increased from
fifty TO 400 In ton minutes. The bridge at
Whisky run was burned. and troops have
been ordered to the fields Troops have
gone to several Ohio points
ability" Simsrott. missing treasurer OF
the Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association,
Is back In Chicago He IS in a semi insane
condition In sanitarium for inebriate-.
lie was found In Boston and brought home
by his faithful wife. He can give no ac-
count of his four weeks absence His
relatives themselves tell con nicting stories
~ to where he Il and what Is his condition.
The officials Of the Switchmen's Association
know nothing about him except sundry
Wild stories they read in the papers. The
return OF Stmsrott has left his case as
mysterious as ever. and the mystery may
grow.
Horace Greeley Douglass, u prominent
Democratic politician OF tho Fourth Ward.
Of indianapolis. was found dead ut his
home early Friday morning. His skull
was fractured. his face bruised and bloody,
and all the indications point to murder as
mysterious as the many Others which the po-
lice department seems unable to unraveL
The wounds are mostly on top OF the head
and could hardly have been received in u
fall The police think it probable that
Douglass took poison and then In flicted the
wounds upon himself to give his death the
appearance Of murder
Tho railroad race for Rainy Lake City
and the gold region thereabout has begun.
and surveys are being made by ut least
three American roads 1t is likely. how
first The Port Arthur. Duluth and Vest
ern has been granted subsidy OF s.. 500 4
milo for the thirty five miles necessary to
be built, and work will 10 begun this sum-
sner.
AT Boston wreaths of roses and Of ivy,
with punches Of lilies pinks, violets, and
other flowers. we're laid Thursday about
the tomb. in Auburn Cemetery. OF Edwin
Booth. and loving hands scattered loose
flowers in abundance around the monu-
ment that was erected Il few months since
TO the memory OF the greatest actor that
the new world has ever produced. Thurs
day is the first anniversary OF his passin:
away.
II II. Lansdon & Co. OF MINNEAPOLIS.
have secured a 81. GOO. 900 canal contract in
Arizona The country to be irrigated Is
400 900 acres. mostly In Maricopa County,
and the water is to be obtained from the
Rio Verde The canal will start above
Phoenix and will be ITO milcs long.
The Ohio Frohibitionists have put the
folio wing ticket in the field: Secretary OF
State. Mark G. McCasl:n. OF Kent; Judge
of Supreme Court. J. W. Roseborough, Ell
mira: state School Commissioners, Profess
sor F. V. Irish. Columbus: member Board
OF Public Works. H. T. Earles. lronton
Kansas Republican nominations: For
governor, f n Morrill,: for lieutenant
governor. James A. Tron,man; for associ-
ate justice Supreme Court. W. A. johnson:
for secretary OF state. W. C. Edwards; for
auditor. George f Cole; for treasurer Otis
l. Anterior: for attorney general, F. r.
Dawes; for superintendent, public ins,ruc-
ton. f Stanley: for congressman ate
large. Il W. Blue
Queenstown dispatch: The Cunard
steamer Lucanta. which arrived Friday
from New York. has lowered her best rec
ord by thirteen minutes. and at the sane
time sailed seventeen more miles than ON
the earlier trip Her time on this occa-
sion was days Il hours and SIS minutes
Lawrence Spiller. convicted of the
murder OF Lottie Rowe en- April IS in the
suburbs OF Stauntcn. Va. Wa. hanged FRI
day. The drop was only four feet Death
seemed instantaneous
The Costa Rcan Congress has levied
an export tax OF shiliings per Guin,ai on
coffee.