The farmers' union., 1894-08-09
CRIME AND CASUALTY.

Citizens Of Foster. Ohio. tied John Nc
Gregory. An ex- convict. TO a post and ap-
Piled u horse whip until he was tnsenstble.
then ordered him out OF town
The names Of the men drowned BY the
sinking OF the schooner Glad Tidings by
the whaleback Pathfinder were: Captain
Michael Westphal. August WestphaL Jo-
seph Glaskie. Tony Minnock.
-Moritz Baurer was arrested in New
York. charged with defraudinz S. Silver
stone. OF Peoria, Ill. u relative. out OF
$4,000.
-. c. F. Ryan. well-known farmer and
stock-grower. who lived eight miles from
Marysviile. Mo. and q son. while driving
in buggy to pay a visit t. a neighbor.
were struck by lightning and instantly
killed The team was also killed
-Neighbors in Pannies County. Nebras-
ka, Quarreiod over hogs running loose As
q result James Abbott and Charles schults
are dead and Schultz's two sons. Frank
and Oh harles. are wounded
The White Star steamer Majestic. from
Liverpool, ran down the fishing schooner
Antelope. OF the Newfoundland banks 1t
was during . dense fog at ;: 80 In the morn
ing when the lookout sighted the Antelope
but a few rods distant and directly ahead
The big liner. although backing with both
propellers at full speed. crashed into the
fishing schooner. striking her on the port
quarter and splitting her completely t. the
starboard bow The lifeboats ~ers in
stantly lowered by the Majestic and seven
out OF the eight mon on board were quickly
hauled into the boats Tho eighth man.
named Gabriel Mitchell, aged is, native
OF Burin. n. F.. was below when the
steamer struck the Antelope and was
drowned One OF those picked up. William
Woundy. died on the Majestic from the in
juries he received
"A terrific rainstOrn. the worst IN years.
swept over western Lincoln County, Colo,
doing great damage. particularly to the
railroads In the vicinity of Lake station.
on the Union Pacific, several hundred feet
OF track was carried away. Passenger
trains were delayed many hours and
wreckfng trains were sent out from Chey-
enne. Wells and Denver. Fear is expressed
that the reservoir on the Big Sandy Will
break.
Rob Roy and Frank Egan. two OF tho
Morrilton band of boy bandits. have been
captured eight miles below Little Rock,
heading for New Orleans They wero in q
housed boat loaded with plunder They ad-
mitted that they were suspected OF con-
nection with the gang. They lie in jail
awaiting the arrival OF Conway Comfy
officerA 1t turns out that the boat had
been built for the purpose Of trading at
Now Orleans the plunder they had OBJ
tained.
Harry r. Hinkson. a Chicago barten-
der out of EN- ploy rnent, shot his wife Grace
four times Wednes esday and then turned
another revolver upon himself and tried to
commit suicide by firing four bullets into
his body 1iinkson was taken to the
Mercy Hospital. where 1t is said he cannot
recover. and the wife was removed to the
Michael Reese Hospital. Some hopes are
entertained that she may get we'll.
Architect David NJ Orr committed sui
eide At Denver because he had lost his po-
sition as superintendent of tho Union De-
pot which is being rebuilt
The notorious Cook gang raided Guth-
rie. O r.. and robbed tho Lincoln County
Bank OF between 5000 and $780, Citizens
chased the gang, and managed to fatally
shoot one of the robbers ]. NJ. Mitchell.
one OF the pursuers was killed
BY q premature explosion Of blasting
powder at Dolese & Shopard's quarry at
Hawthorne. near Chicago three men were
killed and several injured The boiler ex-
ploded folio wing tho discharge Of dyna-
mite and wrecked the building.
Will Wakely. City Clerk of Omaha,
Neh. climbed on top Of a bathing resort
pavilion and blew out his brains before
tho crowd.
For the second time within twenty
four hours the Blue Island avenue lumb
district Of Chicago, was swept by a mael-
strom OF fire Thursday night. and but for
thefavorable direction Of the:wind the loss
would have been even creator than tn at Of
the previous night The John Spry lon. Der
company was the sufferer, one-t third Of Its
stock burning at a loss OF 100000 Sf0uI-
taneously with this fire. another was rag =
Ing in the seven-story manufacturing
building ut Nos 15s. 100. 1862 and 164 Van
Buren, street. The wind. which blew ut the
rate of forty miles an hour. carried sparks
and burning brands far and near. and for
two hours. while the fire department strug-
gIed for the mastery. the great manufac-
turing district OF the West Side stood in
peril. The building was occupied in several
stories by sewing machine and picture
frame works. The combustible stock aug
mented the fury Of the blaze. and made
more difficult the work Of the 6remen. Tho
fire once got beyond control and crossed
into the building at No 1856. occupied by
the Consolidated Copying Company. 1t
was fought back, however. and restrained
10 half OF the great building whore it
started. Total loss $l36, 900