The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-04-12
BEAT THE RIOT GONG.
WILD NIGHT At OAKLAND, CAL
IFORNIA.

Sensational Murder and Suicide ut Chics-
go-Colored Preacher Convicted Of PEN
sion Frauds-Pir.tes Looted Old Kear-
ssrge-Mormons Meet at Salt Lake City.
Told n Few Words.
After q night OF excitement Oakland,
Cal. finally got rid Of the regiment OF un .
employed men which left San Francisco
Wednesday to join Coxey's army In its
Journey to Warrington. All night long
every man, woman aud child was on the
streets. the riot alarm was sounded. tho
Governor was asked to call out the ma 9.
fional guards. extra police and deputy
sheri6s we're sworn In and armed with
rifles. and preparations made for fighting
OF the blo0diest kind, because GAO unem-
ployed and desperate men refused to leave
the city. Only u rash word or an unlucky
shot was required to precip:tato O conflict
which would have resulted In tho extinc {.
tinction of this branch OF tho industrial
army. as the men who competed 1t we're
mostly unarmed and could have made but
. feeble resistance to the officers and ctti-
Gems. But the army consented to move
peaceably when it was seen that further
resistance to the wild citizens Of Oakland
was useless.
AT Chicago. Arthur Laperle shot and
instantly killed Mrs Emma Levi and then
put bullet through his own brain. Tho
tragedy occurred At o'clock Friday night
at 4S4 Warren avenue tho homo of Mrs.
Lewis father. John K Allen. The only
cause that has been given for Laperle's
act is that his attentions to Mrs Levi.
who had been divorced from her first hus-
band. were not welcome to her family.
chiefly because he was addicted to the use
OF sttmulants Laperle is 90 years OF age
and Is the son OF W. H. Laperle. wholes ale
and retail liquor dealer. He lived at 7O4
Warren avenue Mrs Levi was the daugh-
ter OF John X Allen. dealer in patent med
tcines. 3l2 Inter o can building.
Much excitement has been occasioned
at Jackson, Tenn, by the receipt Of anOny-
nous letters by one OF Jackson's prOmi-
nent business men. The letters are signed
"a F." and threaten the recipient with
dose OF dynamite II the requests
for money are not complied with They
are full OF anarchy, and say the writer is
willing to suffer the fate Of Prendergest
and valiant The threatened man Is J.
W. N. Burkett, President OF the Jackson
Ranking Company. who has turned tho
matter over to the police.
The Boston Towboat Company's big
steamer Orion is at her dock at East Bos-
ton after an unsuccessful trip to Roncador
reef to attempt to float the stranded Kear-
sarge Members Of the Orion's crew say
that had it not been for the dilatory action
OF the government in sending II warship to
Roncador to guard the wreck from the pi-
rates until the relief expedition should
arrive the kearsarge would now be lying
at Norfolk. From the testimony OF the
pirates 1t appears that even had two boats
crews from the kearsarge staid on guard
at the head OF ROncador reef their pres
once would have prevented any pillaging
OF the wreck
The immense Salt Lake City taber-
nscle was crowded Friday morning whom
the sixty-fOurth annual conference of the
Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day
Saints was called to order. All the vari-
Gus "stakes" OF this great religious Organf-
cation were represented by delegates. while
the seats assigned to spectators were
throng ed with officers and mem bers OF the
church. The First Presidency of the de-
nomination. Milford Woodruff. George Q.
Cannon and Joseph i. Smith. jointly pre-
sided. The opening session was devoted to
devotional exercises
AT Chattanooga, Tenn. the Rev. c. W.
LOWS. colored. pleaded guilty In fourteen
Court. Lewis has been doing bogus pom
sion business Tor years. and fourteen in
dictments were found against him as fol-
lows: One for impersonating Federal
ohicer, six for procuring false affidavits,
and seven for forgery.
"A serious shooting affary occurred six
miles east Of Platte City, Mo, in which
James II. Jones was killed and Richard
Oldham perhaps fatally wounded. The
shooting was done by Marion Oldham.
father OF the wounded man. and was the
result OF an old feud. Jones was one OF
the wealthiest men in the county. The
elder Oldham has been placed under ar
rest
M. Jablochkoff. the Russian famous as
the inventor OF tho .clectric candle.n is
dead.
Timothy Healy OF London denies
that he intends to form u party Of hiso
as reported.
Heavy rains in Texas filed all tho drv
streams. insuring good spring range for
cattle
-Convicts beat Taller McCready. OF
Greensbnrs. Pa. into insensibility and
broke jail Four are at liberty.
"A gang OF seven highwaymen derailed
North Halsted street car at Division
street. Chicago shortly after midnight
Thursday and made a bold attempt to rob
tho passengers The robbery was planned
precisely like train hold-up in tho West,
and would have undou btedly been success
full had not two policemen arrived on tho
scene just in time to rescue the PASSENGERS
and capture four Of the thieves Tho
robbers In custody gave tho names Of
William sullivan. James Moran, Thomas
McGovern and John Butcher The other
three follows got away.
Obituary: At Washington. Rev. J. A.
Walther. who was Mrs SurrAtt's pastor.
aged sixty-six. AT Plymouth, n. H..
Frank Hanlon. the actor and acrobat
Gov. Flower. OF New York, has sirned
the bill making haziug felony.
Rev. W. J. Migrant was fined SO for
scratching his name on the Indian anol,s
soldiers monument.
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