The farmers' union., 1894-08-16
RuE AND CASUALTY.

-Nssked and armed AEx,dits made an
unsuccessful attempt Monday night to
hold up the Lake Shore Atlantic express.
No. IL. q: kessler. JaE. The presence OF
mind Of the cool and deliberate engineer
baiIied the highwaymen. and as the en-
gineef opened vide the throttle and rushed
past bandits. distractions and An open
.split switch" the disappointed robbers
vented their rage by fling volley OF
shots At the engine -cab and train. The
Cleveland, Onio. on time
Martin E Yate-. of Goshen. Ind COM
mitted suicide by taking opium at a New
York hotel
Tho boiler OF q dredging boat exploded
1t Philadelphia. Five men we're injured
and one blown into the water and drowned
Governor Altreld issued a requisition
for the extradition of Smith Wilcox. wanted
At Waterloo. Monroe County. for larceny.
Wilcox IS now uncer arrest at sta Gene
We've, Mo
United sa,larshals have arrested
four more OF gang of counterfeiters
that have been Working Oklahoma Terri
tory. They consisted OF Mrs. Walker and
her two sons and John Curley. A large
number Of plates and dies we're found in
the latter's farmhouse. near Tecumseh.
John Grum, the leader OF the gang. who
was arrested few days ago. turned States
evidence and took the officers where they
could find the plates and dies. which were
most ingeniously constructed.
d O. Evans. of st. Louis, for many
years travelling passenger agent o: the
Chicago, Peoria and St Louis Railroad
Company. while asleep in the Wabash de-
pot at SpriLxheld. Ill. ON Tuesday night,
was robbed OF his sachel. con attaining bonds
and notes OF the face value OF s.. 500. be-
sides sl2O in cash and gold watch and
chain valued at ss5. which were taken
from his pockets
indications are that the Oregon hay
crop will be the largest ever harvested.
Ono estimate places the yield at 10000
bales
Harry A. Gardner. cashier of AL
toona pa national bank, has dtsap-
pea-ed with $4,000 OF the institutions
funds
Eight of the men who resorted to up-
lawful tactics in the labor troubles at
Paterson. n. j.. were given sentences rang
ing from three months to six years.
San Die.o Cal. dispatch: A stranger
giving the name OF Smith. claiming to te -
Pedro on the schooner Merchant last week.
He disappeared at once and has not since
been heard from. He had 81. 500 In greer
backs in his possession. according to the
skipper OF the schooner. and had paid for
passage in advance to return to san Pedro
AT Alexandria. Ind. Charles Ripley.
car inspector for the Big Four. from
Wabash, had his neck broken by the lever
from q jack striking him. He lived only
ten minute< lie leaves a wife and two
children.
Hereford KatliH was arrested at
Morgan Shaft located about seven miles
northeast of Pittsburg Kan. by City
Marshal Mitchell and Detective Ferrell.
for = murder committed in Charleston. w.
Va. about three months ago He is a
desperate character and made an effort to
shoot the officers. but was overpowered be-
fore he could do any harm.
&C. c. Evans. a well-tO-dO farmer. was
killed in Hamblen County, Tennessee. by
his young son. "Bud" Evans The father
WAS drunk and was about to shoot Walter
lvey because he refused to vote the Repub-
Can ticket The son attempted TO prevent
the father from committing the deed.
when a ball from the old mans rife pene-
trated his leg The boy drew pistol and
put three bullets in his fathers body.
William n. Evans. Of Philadelphia.
fatally wounded his wife. killed her uncle,
with whom she was living. and sent bull
lot through his own heart lie was jeal-
GUS
Heart broken and despairing. Mae
Hastings, Il beautiful woman, 23 years Of
age. committed suicide at the Grea: North
ern Hotel. Chicago She took fatal dose
OF morphine This was the first suicide to
shadow the prosperous career Of tie Great
Northern Hotel. and the excitement
among its managers. clerks. employees and
guests was intense and profound. The in
terest in the sad affair was colored and in
tensifed by the unusual mystery and ro-
nance with which 1t WAS surrounded.
The most disastrous wreck in the his-
tory OF Nebraska occurred at 10: 80 o'clock
Thursday night, when the east bound
Oklahoma and Texas express on the Chi
cago. Rock Island and Pacific plunged
through AN overhead bridge fifty feet high
into e creek five miles south Of Lincoln.
killing ten OF the passengers all of the
train crew but q brakeman. and wounding
many others 1t Is not known what caused
the disaster. After the crash fire broke
out In the wreck and cremated manv
bodies.
AT scottdale, Pa. Lizzie Daniels. II
years old. shot aud killed Miss Weaver,
aged 16. The girls had been swinging in a
grove near by and got into q violent quar-
rel When they returned home Lizzie pro-
cured revolver and shot her companion n
through the left eye. the bullet entering
the brain The Daniels girl had previous
ly threatened to kill Miss Weaver and two
OF the latter's brothers. The youthful
homicide iS now in jail
THE FIRE RECORD