The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-01-04

Not Escaped-Concise Review Of Current
Events.
!. New York has % new cases of typhns fever.
a Gigantic strike of coal miners In 6aar dis
8. Crafts chosen Speaker OF illinois lower
house. Fire At Memphis. Tenn: 1os.wo: e ro1t
900. :. Niagara frozen over. Henry Duncan
jynched at knoxville, Tenn. AT Bakersviile.
,ed; iynehess SUCCESSFUL ea and string Up ca.
:. Natural gas explosion in Chicago; 80 in;
8. Fierce billiards. from Northwest to Allan
ZIG Leeds failure At IT, sioux CITY ON
10. Democratic Inauguration at Springfield.
W::hin sao1o. Billiard in Northwest; s.:
ooO, 600 FIRE at Boston. New York harbor
blocked with ice. Twenty four miners killed
ii. Gen b. F. Butler dies at Washington.
H. Unprecedented ice blockade at New
York harbor. 100000 fire at Kansas City:
II. Southern States visited by unprecedent-
is. Many Ohio and Indiana towns without
Gas or coal for fuel: terrible suffering at Gin
II. r B. Hayes, ex-President. dies at Ere
mont. o.
=: Forty-third anniversary Of California
TO- Couehiin. Of Cronin murder notoriety.
granted new trial.
49, Hugh Dempsey convicted OF poisoning
aon- union Homestead workmen.
Il. OIL train explodes At Alton Junction, ILL.,;
q killed; GU injure ;. many fatally;
-. Associate Justice L. @, c. Lamar. Of
Philips Brooks tho great Clergyman at Bos-
ION.
u. Three killed in collision at Joliet. Ill.
ehosen Senator by the Democrats and Popu-
70. John L. Mitchell. Of Milwaukee. chosen
u. Death Of James G. Blaine at Washing
ton.
50. Funeral of Blaine. .Pottstown. Pa.
bill ' ~ ~
/. Severe storms In Northwest . Negro
Favisher burned ut the stake at Paris, Texas.
by q mob numbering thousands. Minister
Stevens establishes u protectOrate by United
States over Sandwich Islands.
8. Death of Algernon Sartoris. at Capri.
1. Death Of Mrs. W. c. Whitney. :. Pine
Ridge Indian murders. Hawaiian Commits,
on steamer Pomesania by tidal wave '~
e. blizzard through Northwest. mercury
dropping 81 degrees In 10 hours IN Montana.
g. Congress counts the electoral vote.
9. Perished by fire: a lunatics at Dover, N.
H.: hotel guests at Centerville Iowa. and
st Cincinnati. Panama boodlers sentenced
ct Par g.
II. Ten quarrymen killed at Rutland, vt.
Lincoln memorial services In New Nork and
Chicago.
Il. Death of DR.. Norvin Green: famous tele-
graph manager. at louisville. KY. Six min
ers killed at Villa Grove. Colo
Is. Death Of Justice Scholtield of the Illinois
Supreme Court.
Is. President Harrison's message favors Ha-
wsiian annexation. Militia assembled at
II. Populists conccde Republicans claims at
Topeka: troops withdrawn.
IL. Senate confirms Judge Jackson's nomina-
sion to United states supreme Court. = Fail
ure Of Manufacturer Walker. Of Youngstown,
O.. involving Gov. Mckinley $4,000.
20 Death OF Gen. B. beanrega1d at New Orleans
q. Western Indiana switchmen at Chicago
strike observance in all cities OF Washing
son's birthday ~. American nag raised on the
%. Death Of Rufus Hatch. Wall street opera
tor. at New York.
Is. Death Of Alanson Reed. Chicaeo's pioneer
Itano dealer. :. Miss Julie Force, temporarily
Insane. kills her two sisters. ut Atlanta. Ga:
Kansas Supreme Court declares the Republic
can legislature the LEGAL one.
-. Falling wall ut Ahicago kills ten people.
,...Fearful storm OF wind, snow and rain in
the Northwest.
2s. Battleship Indiana launched at Philadel-
oh1x. Northwest snOwbound.
March.
.. Laurhlin & McManus. Philadelphia bro
kers. fail for half million. Big advance in
-. Cleveland tnaueurated President at
s: ssndsate. ENGLAND, is wrecked by the
subsidence Of the earth.
=. Safety Mutual Insurance Company, Of
Sioux City closes Its doors. "A money scare
| In New York causes all markets to decline.
IL. Many killed and s. 900 in property de-
0troyed by fire At Boston.
II. Disastrous floods East and West.
L. Grand River floods in Michigan.
H. Failure OF Kansas Trust and Banking
! Company. Senator ingalls, President, for $780,
"a: Michigan rivers break all food records,
Four killed by falling walls at Chicago: :.
| Death Of Louis Nettelhorst, prominent Chi
cAgOAn.
/ II. Death Of Jules Ferry at Paris :. st. Pa
i. Death Of Squire Abingdon. pusilistic
Minnesota legislature with the coal combine
-Four killed. two injured in saw-mtll ex-
| ploston at Rome Iowa.
70. Confirmation Of news OF loss Of freight
II. Litchfeld Gll1 mill explosion: loss. q, :
800 900. Charles de Lesseps. Baihaut. and
| BlOnCtn convicted OF Panama bribery.
| q. Frazer. = German miner, near Abba Iowa
| murders his wife and sister-iu-law, cuts hi
baby leg of. aud is lynched.
| .. Kelly, Tenn. wiped out by a cyclone
many other towns in that State. Mis- ouri. anG
Mississippi suffer: several fatalities. Five
burned to death at Cleveland. Ohio.
] Is. Failure of Commercial National Bank a.
Nashville; run uron all the other local banks
| 49, Death OF Col. Elliott F. Shepard. editor
| New York Mail and Express.
as. Escape Of Murderer Latiner from Jack
| son. Mich. prison. after poisoning two guards
-. Capture OF Latimer. - Death of Gen. E
| Kirby Smith at Sewauee. Tenn.
So Thcs. F. Bayard appointed minister Il
| England. French cabinet resigns.
April.
/. Five lives lost in burning hotel at B.at-
| .ord Pa . Tee miners killed at Sha.nokin
Pa. Four killed by boiler explosion st La
| coma, Iowa.
| 4. Carter Harrison elected mayor Of Chicago
| by r.a0 ma iority.
$. Temperance OF cholera in Russis.. Pu
| gilist Donovan killed At Syracuse.
&: Dedication of the Mormon Temple at Sail
| Lake .Murderers executed at pittsburS
|aiy, hSn.