The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-17
THIS is SCANDALOUS.
SAMPLE OF THE LIES GIVEN
CURRENCY IN ENGLAND.
Duel to the Death in Oklahoma-kHle0
by a Crazy Fellow Prisoner Poisoning q
Pachyderm Horsewhipped Her Tra-
ducer-Family Murdered.
From Far and Near.

From Far and Near.
The following extraordinary para
graph is published in the London daily
paper called tue Morning: allow the fol-
lowing story has escaped the various news
agencies is not to he explained. For sheer
nalignity and depth OF fendishne,s 1t
surely has never been surpassed. In An
American town the occupier OF "A house
was unable to pay his rent, and resented
the attempt OF the landlord to collect It.
In revenge the house sner took the OPP
pOrtunity, when father OF the family was
absent to lock the wife and children
in an upper room. and then deliberately
set fire To the premises. Before the mag
i,trate he admitted his guilt. and was de-
tanned pending an inquiry into his sanity"
Thi, story is going the rounds OF the pro-
vincial press credited to the Morning. and
in many cases with the caption. "a Fiend-
ish Landlords Exploit
A duel to the death was fought on the
POttawattamie County line. near Lexing-
ton. o. T., between Deputy Sheriff Norman
and One Head, horse thief Norman had
been searchD. for Heal for some time.
lie received word that he desperate was
near LIE King ton and started for that place
On reaching the county line Norman met
Head and the battle began Both we're
wounded and fought until each fell frum
his horse. The searching party found them
exactly as they had fallen. with weapons
claspcd in their hands and both stone dead.
The system OF confining more than one
prisoner in a single cell resulted in IL
bloody tragedy ut the Chicago Hridewell
Friday. George Dunlap. u prisoner brought
from Evanston. became suddenly insane.
and with IL cell bucket founded to death
ia H.. mai In Nal The
ter was kept quiet as long as possible by
the Bridewell officials. Night Waterman
John Farley narrowly escaped sharing the
fate OF the unfortunate Maher only the
tim .ly arrival Of two deputies prevented
she maniac from Draining Farley.
Tip the big man killing elephant at
Central Park. New York, who had kiile
nine men. became dangerous that it was
decided to kill him. Poisoning by cyanide
OF potassium was the means. but for
long time the big brute rejected carrots
and apples in which it had been placed.
Finally he accepted balls Of wet bran
which we're loaded with the deadly stun.
and in twelve minutes he was Il dead clc-
pI.ant.
-MrA Elizabeth Mccoy. Of Cleveland.
Ohio. publicly hOrseW hipped William W.
Guptill. because, as she charges, he cir
culated scandalots stories about her lie
made no attempt to resist, but had the
woman arrested. She pleaded guilty and
w1s fined S..
Gus Meeks. hisw lie, and four children
were found murdered near a strawstack in
an open field at Browning. Mo-. Thursday
evening The murderers are under ar
rest. and Il lynchin: will probably occur.
Meeks and his family lived at Milan. aud
cd law tn viSif rala tfco
when they were waylaid. the cause Of
tha crime Is said to lie in the fac: that
Meeks was a damaging witness in Il big
cattle case last September.
"A great strike IS on at Pullman. Ill
Moved by some mysterious influence 1000
mon threw down their tools Friday and
began struggle which. IL carried Ou:.
means weeks OF idlcness to the strikers,
privatOn to their wives and children and
p s,ibly blOodshed Their action was a
complete surprise to the officer, of the
company, who regarded the temper OF the
mon as such that IL crisis would not be
reached inside OF ten days and that a, the
end Of that time an amicable set,lemen,
would be reached.
Miss Katie Taylor. OF South Carolina,
was to have been married to Randolph
Epps. OF Jefferson County, Florida Mr.
FppS - u nephew anu helF OK late Ma
jor Il ". Rellamy. the largest planter in
Florida. and Miss Tlylor belonged to one
OF the best families OF South Carolina
For some unknown reason. Mr. Epps broke
the engagement with Miss Taylor. who
was overwhelmed with grief and took IA
lar:e dose OF poison, from which she died.
"A strike at the Muncie. Ind. Flint
Glass Works. where ninety small boys had
m hnd ~,
turn. The management advertised for 100
girls to fill the boys places and this scared
them They all returned TO work.
AT Watertown. s ID. II terrific sand
storm ragged Friday. All business was at
- standstill. the schools were closed. and
session of the Circuit Court ad iourneC.
Tue fire department was held in readiness
for any emergency.
Ludwig X Goldhorn. the youn. cashier
for the American branch OF the Mannheim
Insurance Company. who disappeared from,
New York on April Is. after forging checks
an the company to the extent ot <.S.3.,.
was Captured ut St Thomas. West Indie.
"A head-end collision l. reported be.
tween "a passenger train and \ fsci:h,
train. near Menuminec junction. Wis The
trains we're running slowly. approaching. II
bridge. The express messenger aud :: IN all
clerk were killed outright. The fireman
had both legs cut or and died soon after.
Several others were njured.
The fresh ha!ibut n.arke: at Glou
cester. Mass. Is Slu,,ed aud prices ur,
likely to drop
"A IT. Louis and Hannibal train Wen,
through u bridge which had been under
mined by \ waterspout near Hannibal, Mo
Thursday. All the passengers were hurt.
The more seriously injured being: /. Cart
wright. " Liberty. Express Messenger L.
W. Cobb. Brakeman James Garland. PostaI
Clerk {. H. Harris Dan Hofner, Hannibal:
MR.. ]. NJ. Nasbook aud two children. J.
W. Lane. Quincy: Patrick Murphy. Fire
luau Torrer and II Webb
Michael l. ". POWELL. who has been
director OF the United States Geolosica
Eurvey since 1851. has signed on accouu,
OF ill-health.
Richard Croker has resigned as leaSe,
o! Tammany Hall. and John McQuade ha:
ben chosen to succeed him AS cnairma,