The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-10
RAMSEY NOT GUILTY.
NO HAND THE CEDAR RAPIDS
WlRE-CUTTING.
Destroyed at Sea by Dynamite-A Lone
Highway man Does n WOrkmanlike dob
Three Killed in a MMl-Rich strike
of Ore.
From Far md Near.

guilty by the jury at Cedar Rapid. Iowa.
Ramsey. as Grand Chief of the o der OF
photographers. was charged with aiding and
abetttn, wire cutting on the Burlington.
Cedar Rapids ami Northern Road during
the ,eiegraphers' strike two years aga
The trial began on April % No attempt
was made to prove that the wires were
actually cut. but 1t was charged that they
were made useless at the direct suggestion
OF Ramsey in speeches that he made ut
meetings OF the photographers at their head
quarters
The British steamer Nessmore. from
Boston. has arrived at Graveseud. having
on board the crew Of the German ship
Cleopatra, from Bremen. March II. bound
for New York. The Cleopatra was aban-
doned on April 90 In latitude Al north.
long itudes5O west The Cleopatra. when
sight ID. was enveloped in flames Tne
Nessmore bore down upon her. aud when
within three miles Of her a terrific eNplo-
sion was heard At dawn the crew OF tho
steamer discovered small dingey which
contained twenty CT the crew OF the Gle y
patra They were rescued e captain OF
tie Cleopatra said there was an eNI l">ion
| of eighty cases Of dynamite on board. The
lifeboats were burned before they could
| be launched. and the crew barely ESCAPED
! with their lives in the dingey.
! "A lone hishwayman held UP stage
| between Sonora and Milton. Cal He or
| dcred the passengers out Of the stage. and
then in their presence coolly proceeded "a
| blow open the iron safe with giant pow
| der. In the explosion u valise and seal
| skin sack belonging to n lady passenger
| were blown to pieces The robbcr got moth
ing from the safe. He ordered the driver
and passengers to go on and not look back
for five minutes. and they obeyed
! Two sons and a daughter in law of
Sam Cannon. who lives near Cockrell. In
Jackson County. Mo-. we're killed by foul
air while cleaning out I'm old well. The
eldest OF the boys went down into the we'll
and was asphy MATED by foul air. The
younger brother went TO his rescue. aud
he. too. was overcome Tho latter's wife
became hysterical when she saw her hus-
band was dead jumped into the we'll. and
was dead In few minutes.
One OF the largest and richest mineral
bodies ever found in Colorado has been I'M
covered in the Golden Fleece mine at Lake
City. 1t is an eight-f foot vein of salio
tellurium and ruby silver that Will run ut
least So. 900 to the ton. For a long time
thirty miners have been taking out OF this
mine from $780, 900 to $50, 900 worth OF ,oro
| per month
| Obituary: At Baltimore. George w.
Abel. managin. proprietor OF the Sun.
aged SO: at Lyons. Iowa. eX State Senator
Norman Boardman. aged 81: at Decatur.
ILL.,. DE-. I. I. DorHin. aged CO; at Scales
Mound, Ill. Mrs Henry Martin. aged so:
at Elkhart. Ind. Mrs. Frances Compton,
ased 81: at Rock Island, Ill. Franklin IL.
Zuck. aged 80.
Samuel Gompers and James Duncan.
President and Secretary OF the National
Federation OF Labor. an / A. Furnsette. OF
the legislative committee OF the National
Seamen's Union. called at Washington and
| met a number OF Senators. to whom they
made protests against the ratification OF
tne Chinese treaty. The delegates ex-
pressed the opinion that they had made
considerable progress
| William S. Gordon. u convict at Joliet
ILL.,. aged "a. jumped from the west wing oil
tho penitentiary. head first. n distance OF
forty feet to the stone floor He lived bu,
few minutes Gordon was sent up from
. Quincy three months ago for year and q
half. and bad been Respondent
Near Muncic. Ind. Charles Willis at
tempted to throw half pound Of dynamite
stick into Buck Creek to kill fish. The
: explosion occurred too soon and Willis lef
hand and arm were torn into fragment:
above the wrist The man is believed I.
be fatally injured.
Thomas F. Benedict. OF New York
nc.nin ated for Public Printer. has beer
confirmed by the Senate.
III. II. kohlsaat ha, sold his interest il
the Chicago Inter Ocean Tor 100000. Tn
purchasers are VIM Penn Nixon and K :
: ! Peall. the publisher.
w. G. Wallace. one OF the leadin,
photographers OF Marshailtown. Iowa
was found dead in Riverside Cemetery. ly
ing across the grave OF Miss Maymie Bin
: ford. who died two months ago He hat
taken poison. Wallace infatuate,
| with Miss BiuforG who was the dauyhte
Of IL leading attorney there. and it 1
thought that grief over her death an,
business troubles caused his suicide.
The Central Pacific Railroad owes tn,
Government SOS. 100000
-:1ine villages on the Island OF Eubna
Greece. we're destroyed by Fridays earth
quake.
Colonel A. l. Newman. exc presiden
OF the Commonwea lth Bank co:nmitte
2 suicide at Boston.
Man is never too old to love Henri
c. Brown. a 1o-year-old Denver million
ARE. has married Miss Mary Louisa Ma,
=
|years old.
david =. Jones, who has just die
near Burr Oak, Wis, must have been
yer; attractive man. He has left te
wives behind him. and was kept on III
move most OK his life to escape prosecu,io
for bigamy.
The Lexington {ky.p Ministerial Unio
has unanimously adopted resolutions d.
, ella ring that Col. Breck:nr dge's canvass Il
: re- election to Congress Is IAN open de;
ance OF ali personal chastity, dome>t
purity. and religious inteSrity.'
--Imre kiralfy intends to erect In Oh
cago 4 new thea,er for the production
spectacular drama
= Special examiners claim to have VI
ea:thed wholesale pension frauds in Ne
/. York. where il is said 600 pensioners al
drawing pensions procured by faxed ah
iavits
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