The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-11-22
SHED TEARS OF WOE.
ARMENiANS WEEP OVER THEIR
NATIONS WRONGS.
Starting Tale OF Murder AMI Conspiracy
Ives Defeats Sc!Iief"r at Eiiiiart's-
Heavy Fire Loss at Winnipeg. Man.
Damage in Colorado.


Men cr.ed ike chiieren IA n meeting
Of Armcni,n- at h.cago on sunday ni@h'.
When the story OF :ttrocitir, ~ the i"rt'
WA, retuld tho listeners burst into sch,
AMI buried their faces in their
hands Some were there VIII, may hive
lost sisters. brothor-. AMI parents i'll the
recent slaughter OF Christian Armenian, %
the kurdS p!tifui peais were sent up
for tue Christian people II the world -
take cogEizance OF the creslifai Ber>ecu-
tiGn Of the Armen:ans. Otner speaker,
spoke of taking up arms and dying In the
cause Of liberty and vengeance. Himpart-
70 IA u! Carahedyan. finely educated
Armenian who stu ylng il Chicago.
spoke words of eaeOurag.m mt tn his oor-
rowing c,untrymen In or Ter to ASST
our brothers In Armenia" SAID NE cara
bedyan. ave must raise our voices IN IN
appeal to the Christian teopie or the
world. 1t j. useless for Us TO try To accorn-
plish anything by force our national
strength has b Ell disintrsratcd ny
Centuries OF cea,"le>e persecution
Our people know nothin, Of tIe-
arms and it would be folly to rise
up against our Opprcs-or,. Relief must
be secured in another way. Whatever our
religion belief may be. it has nothing to
do with national feeling. and ,he persecu-
ton OF the Turks l. incyCusHDie and :nde-
fens!ble. We are not anarchists or plot
ter, against the turkish Government We
sim ly ask for Justice"
The arrest in Boston of II, H. lIoimcs.
OF Chicago. is the police claim. the pre-
lirninary move in the expose OF he big ,c,t
insurance. ,windlinE scheme ever con-
cocted in this country. the police
say the pr.sone" Vas the ringleader.
and that murder was committed in
order to secure $4,000 life in
surance The prisoner has confessed
everything but tho murder. He admits
that there was conspiracy to defraud
the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Asso-
citation OF Philadelphia. but asserts that
hi, partner on whose alleged death the
money was paid IL still alive. j he latter's
name is Kenjamin +. Ptczel.
Iran, C. Ives. the "young Ma poleon OF
billiards." demonstrated his right to toe
title OF champion bi:iiurdist Of the world
Saturday night. at New York. BY defeat
ing Jacob : 'haefcr. the "WiZard." by
score OF 300 to 3.0'4 points. Ives has
been CHALLENGED by Eiuard Fournl the
French. expert to play for 500 side.
Five fires during the day Ut Winnipeg.
Manitoba. started by incendiarie, caused
q total loss OF 2iO.0 900.
Forest fires hitch have been sweeping
mining chmp' In the vicinity OF Boulder.
Colo. have b"ca checked after destroying
property worth S1.oto,0O0
r. c. Dun 4 Cos Weekly Review OF
Trade SAYS:
IN nearly ali branches Of business grad
Nal improvement Il, le,rs. ana the hopeful
feeling observed last week continues. 1t
will take time to llf1 business from the
dspressio n. and the progress made. II less
than tho >anguinc expected. is ut least
enc"ura Sin. 1he decision to offer :aJ.-
o0o.OUO bonds for inc responsiveness OF the
Treasury reserve Wa by banker, gem
orally. approved, II Is generally assumed
that the bonds will be taken at once. The
reported importation Of gold from London.
with loss Oh its face OF $500 at the
present exchange rates. IS presumably
meant to affect bond Su Scriptipn-. There
have already been some withdra walls OF
gold from the treasury by resumption OF
noes to make payments for bonds, aud
goods rather than gold are likely to co,ae
from EurOp. Resumption OF work and
increase OF working time have been m"re
conspicuous In tho Cotton Industry than
In others. but NO increased demand for
goods appears
William Dawson. u storekecprr Of
Smiths Ferry. Ohip. WAS killen by "A shot,
gun no had >et tor burglars ard f. r:ottcn.
The schooner Lulu Whiting. with Il
cargo Of pork. -four. etc. WAS ablndone .
by her crew on saginaw BAY.
Emanuel Otto. Il wealthy farmer living
near Morton Mimi. was killed by rub1crS
who'ritlad his money chest
Joseph Conrad fatally wounded John
Mariz AT Lionsvillc Ind. aud narrowly es-
capped iynchng ut the hands OF ci,..cus
ALLEN Prime. OF Louisville. tried to lii
his wife aud mother in law wounded hi.
sister in-law and thea >h 1t him>c!r
-Robcrt Museey. OF Doinite Ala a
negro. is re ported to have been sho, dc; /
bv :cighb rs fpr a>sauiting Mrs Thomas
Hayne
Charles rackwood was killed by a train
on ,hs Louisville. New Albany and thic,s 20
Roai. near Borden Ind.
Scarlet fever ana dphthcria have
broken out in Montreal. Canada S.ven-
teen cases of scarlet fever and diph,herin
nre known To exist in tho Protestant In
fans Home and twelve in the Founl.in:>'
Home There have been i've deaths
Individual operators OF the Lahi:l
Vale, Coal Company have taken stels "a
secure an All JUST nent of prices
Investigation shows tHe Americ,r,
Building. Loan. and lnvestmcn, Society.
o. Chicago, t. have been a most hear,!es-
aid cx,tn i've >wisdle.
Augustus G. Wesley. one of the mos;
prominent citizens OF cottage tity. Mass
has onfessed to setting fire to the Wesley
House in that ,c"n the night o. Nov. IL
for the sole purpose q. Obtaining the in
surauce Wesley - the soc owner OF IN.
property. The insurance /. said to b.
Sis. 600 on property taxed for 5000.
-Rope,'S lumber mills At Gilmo-tnn. Va
were destroyed By hra The los is So. 900
Three hundred men are thrown cut q: en-
Hi yment
Rev Richard CARROLL. aged 50. a prou,;.
npnt Baptist preacher. committed >uic.i.
by hanging ut MaynardsviIle. Tenn
While attempting IL pat out u frs
started Ivy children. Mrs ! Ii Ellen bur
OF For, Wayne lud. was fatally burned.
--Kobert G. Win hrop. formerly "A Seaa-
tor from Massach u>e,tS. died q. his hysnl
in Boston Ct heart failure
-Comniss:oner DAuini Far OF Co>hnc-