The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-24
AT ITS LOWEST EBB.
WHEAT DROPS TO THE VERY
BOTTOM.
Meyer, the New York Assassin. Will Get n
Life Sentence-Chicago Unable to Get
Sufficient Vaccine Virus-Wrecked by q
Cow.
From Far and Near.


Never In the memory OF the Oldest
traders on tho Chicago Board Of Trade has
the wheat market been SO paralyxed as it
IL right now. The bears have all they
want Traders dare not buy and the feel
Ing OF uncertainty is 50 strong In the
ring at the wheat pit as to make the
body OF them feverish and wild. here
seems no hope OF reac ion no pros-
pect for a permanent bracinS OF the
mart. and there Is not an expert on the
floor. bull or bear. that has the hardihood
or the courage to predict The market IS
IS II 1t had been hit in the head with
hammer, and seems unable to recover COM
seriousness Opinions differ as to the cause
OF this remark able movement. that in IL
few months has carried wheat down to a
point that has not been cquale1 In
nearly seventy years he decline
has acted like u. facilitating drug
On the spirits Of the traders. Money
has been made by the bears. but quick ac-
ton has been a thing almost foreign to the
board except in one or two instances that
came with sudden drop OF prices and as
sudden read justment from purely Incl
dental causes. The trend OF the market
has been and IS that way still-dOwnward
About the only ones who are losing money
by the conditions. however. arc the spec
ulators, as very little actual trade Is done
by the farmers.
1T took "A New York Jury in the Court
OF General Sessions fourteen hours to de-
eide that "Dr Henry G. f. Meyer. the
pOi-Oner. is guilty Of murder In the second
degree. I'm causing the death OF Ludwig
Brandt. an accomplish whose life had been
heavily insured. The verdict means a life
sentence for the little assassin, whose
hands are perhaps stained with the FLOOD
Of more victims than those OF any other
Grimm al in history. Meyer expected an
ac4uittal and broke down entirely when
the verdict was announced. His friends.
however. are inclined to think that he has
b.cn very fortunate In escaping 4 death
sentence
One OF the greatest dangers which has
yet developed in connection with the Chi
ca-o smallpox epidemic is scarcity OF
vaccine virus. and DIR. Reynolds is having
great difficulty in getting points with
which to carry on tho work OF incubation.
For the last week he has been engaging all
the physicians and senior medical students
he could find to do vaccinating After 400
had been set to work. he was Obliged to
stop taking others because he could not
get vaccine points enough for them to use
The city IS now using from SO. 900 to 10000
points IA day. and AS smallpOx Is now found
in all sections Of the country there is Il
heavy demand on the vaccine market At
present DIR. Reynolds Is getting vaccine
points from Massachusetts, Pennsylvania.
Now York and Wisconsin. To make mat
tiers worse the largest factory for the man
ufacture OF the ivory points on which tho
viru; is placed burned down. materially
contracting the supply OF points The
danger Il that with such Il demand all
over the country. a poor article will be put
upon the market
"A train OF two coaches when backing
over the approach to the Parkersbury.
Ohio. bridge. struck n COW and both coach
cs were thrown down the emhan ment
G. J. Lund. County Treasurer elect lad
his right arm crushed; John Hawks. OF
Cincinnati. and J. G. Arnold. OF Parkers-
burg. had ribs broken There we.e but
few passengers aboard
Up to nightfall Friday the furious gale
had driven eight vessels on the beach ut
Chicago. and ten sailors were known to
have persisted. The vessels were the
schooner, Evening Star. C. G. Mixer. Myr-
tie. Lincoln Dali. Jack Thompson. j. LOOMS
McLarcn. Mercury. and Rainbow. The
Myrtle alone lost six men. At Milwaukee
seven men were lost, but her crew es-
capped. At other points. from Milwaukee
around to Ashtabula, O.. twelve vessels
were driven ashore. but there was not
great loss OF life The gale was
furious aud long continued and
every harbor held boats which had
put in for shelter, while out
side each port there were many at anchor,
the attempt to enter being too dangerous
Still others went up or down the lakes
under bare poles before tho scream ing
wind. their crews knowing no rest or safe
~. The catastrophes of Chicago and
milwaukee, were witnessed By thousands
OF people. and some OF tho sailors
persisted within Il few feet OF shore This
was tho worst storm known on the lakes I'm
years and 1t came with II suddenness that
caught many unprepared. aud with no
forewarnin- from the Government signal
service The full list OF casualties VII,
not be known for several days.
A tramp giving his name as Lacey j.
BAIRD arrived In Knoxville Tenn, and
asked TO be admitted to the city hospital
- he sick. A few hours afterwari a,
]. Sharrack. land commissioners CT the
Burlington Railroad system. arrived in the
city in search OF Baird. whom he had fol-
deed for u valuable piece OF land in Edge
mont = II. Sharrack went to the hosp!-
tai and In n few minutes paid Baird $500
for property which lies In the heart OF
-Edgcmont. and Il valued ut S1ooooo
Ba'rl left Dakota several years ago after
having paid for the property. and has
been y tramp ever since. The burlington
Railroad Company has spent hundreds OF
dollars trying to io.ate him.
detective Harris. shot by Robeer Az,ff
at Boulder Greek. CAL. died at Almeda
from the effect OF his wounds All effort,
60 discover the whereabouts Of the rohb,r
or his confederates have proven unavau-
ing.
Obituary: At Boston. Mrs Catherine
Cullom Hardie. daughter OF Senator Gull
ION: at New York. Rev Dr. Edward
Bright. editor OF tho Examiner. AGED SO:
Mt Detroit. Rev. Peter j. Lesson. s J., for.
merry connected with ST. 1gnatius' College
in Chicago; at Hamilton. Ohio, William H.