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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-07-07
DIRT.
gates.

A few Conservative chaps with heels
on the toes of their shoes;'' aud whose
main ambition is to be check rubbers
on the wheels of Progress aud Liberty,
have issued call for National Conven-
ton of JOhnsOnites to meet at Philadel-
phia on the l4th of August. The call
bears the signatures of Assistant Post
master General Randall, Senators Cowan
and DOolittle and others oft ha same back
sliding ilk.
We shall now have revival Of old
time dirt eating. Our dear. unfortunate
Southern brethren viii be slobbered over
in the most approved style. Aud what
will it all amount to? Who is ;here that
don't know that the Southerners will
tWeak the noses of these doughfaces the
first opportunity? The South respects
only whom she fears. Doughfaces and
Democrats are simply her beasts of bur
den. The Republican party administer
ed disbursement during the war and
showed itself equal to all emergencies
abd responsibilities. It is still an intact
organization. with the prestige and pow
er of victory. II alone is entitled to and
can TIRE at with the rebels It has beaten
The tools and trimmsrs who
Crooks the pregnant hinges of the knee
That thrift may follow awning
viii be as summer flies in the contest that
must now take place for the political
control of the Government.
-Now. as for the last Eve years. the
Is sue is square aud open between Union
and rebellion. Trimmers and dOughiaces
may attempt to stand on middle ground,
but they viii be crushed, between the
supper and neither mill stones of the
two great 4contending parties, one O;
which is destined TO shape the policy of
the Government for the next generation.
Men of Kansas Which shall il be {?
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STATE ITEMS.


There is match factory at LAwrenee that
turns our che thousand gross Of matches per
month. is the only one in the state, and
one Of three in the whole West.
The aggregate value Of the real aud ger.
sOnal estate Of Lawrence, according to the re-
cent assessments s2OI6,3OO.
The Topeka Leader says the Post.
master at st. George has been held to
answer at the fall term of the U. S. Dis
tFIet Court, charged with bEeaking open
letters belonging to other parties. >
John speer has been confirmed as
u s. Collector for the District of Kansas
Johns enemies say he IS not ''sound on
the goose. . politically, bat We have new
er heard any charges against him 10 hi.
othclal capacity. and believe he has been
a faithful and eficiept officer
The Lawrence Tribune says that two
State University building at that place
IS rapidly approaching completion end
will be ready for occupancy during the
present month.
The Troy Reporter says The wheat
eFoP IN DOnipban county is the most
promising ever known.
Indians on the Little Blue murdered
man named Fuller on the ED 1t Is
supposed that she Chsyennes we're the
The ST. Joseph Herald. of the sSth
aits says- Yesterday 4 party of emf
srantss With about twenty wagons and
loms forty head Of Of extra stock, all from
Marshall county, Iowa, arrived IN Cur
sllY, en- Fouls f0r EhaWnss county. Kan
'ass and other parts Of tie Sslts.
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STATE ROADS.

The expenses that ouE Legislatures put
upon the psOpls don't al appear IN THAR
appropriation bills. There Is an average
annual expenditure Of City thouaand dol
lars created By their action which is
known only to Tie records Of the Boards OF
County Commissioners of the several
counties. We sliuis to the creation Of
State rosds-generally running from NJ
where to the same place. and established
without references to existing roads. The
wants Of couniies. and without the kuowl-
edge or consent Of any considerable Por-
ton Of The people interested. And the
expense s then saddled upon the counties
through which the roads run.
OF course in miscellaneous distUbu-
ton of such favors Lyon county could
not be overlooked. TIE Legislature of
1865 established sir State Roads for US,
and the Legislature of last winter. not to
be OutIODe by any previous one, estsb-
lished SIX more Uuoecupied territory
being all exhausted. they established one
o. top of road that they had established
some FIVE yeara previous. a map
of Lyon county. showing all tie roads
that have been established since the or
ganization Of the county, would realize
the description of Rufus Choate's sigma
ture:-''A small gridirou struck BY light
ming" The serious part Of the business
is the expense. Two of the six roads es-
tablishsd last winter foot up bills o.
alone of over two hundred dollars,
and then there are sundry items of dam
age" to swell it as much more. The
whole expense saddled upon the county
for State Roads by last winters opera
items viii nct. probably fall short of on,
thousand dollars. We hope the people 0
the county viii be asked their opinion
about the business before they are GALE,
upon to foot any more thousand dolla
bills Of this sort.
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WAR IN EUROPE.

Prussia aud It7ly have declared war
against Austria. and the movement o.
hostile forces has begun. One small en-.
gagensDt has taken place. The Prus-
SLAMS already occupy nearly the whole OF
Saxony. Of the causes which have led
this war it is useless. now, to speak.
Enough to know that the sword oace
drawn ths people have a voice in saying
when and on what terms il shall be sheath
ed Il does not seem possible thai this
var can go on without advantage to the
l0srai cause. Fresdom's baptism has 81
ways been in blood: II is in the shock
o. srms that thrones 60 down and Re
psolles come up. This war wiz prove
me beginning Of work of regeneration
Tor the doWn-troddsn mass.s of F,,o,.
As cannot close without nev cone..ss-..
and guarantees for the people. TS SiI.s =
depre0ate var and bloodsled YET $500 -
through al to the prospects cf Si,- $500
% the Gauss Of Liberty snd Hansen;ss ..
have no regrets &c tie eonmspc.-,s.s,, =. -
lhls struggle. 7
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A GREAT CALAMITY!


In another column our readers WIZ fud
full particulars of the mOurnfui tragedy,
which will doubtless result in the death
of Senator Sames II. Lane. The excite
ment which prevailed in this community
when the facts bscams known, was IN
tense and uniYersa Political auimosi-
ties seemed for The time to be hushed,
and feelings of sadness and regret were
shared by all. SsBator Lane IS still liv-
ing as We so to press, asd may survive
f TO- dav or two, but the nature Of his
wound is such as almost 10 preclude the
possibility of recovery.
Upon the family of the dying Senator,
some Of whom are IN attendance at hi:
bedside, this blow will fall with crushing
effect. He was their pride and uainstay
and bis death viii leave void anon gs
them which time can never fill Tha
they viii have the heartfelt sympathy o
every Kansan, We feel assured.
Anticipating the sad intelligence which
is morally certain to come, We have no
heart to add more at present.
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ATTEMPTED sUIOTDBOF GEN. LANE.

Wednesday nights mail brought the
startling Intelligence that General Lane
had attempted to commit suicide, at Leav-
enWorth. by shooting himself through
the had, and that. though not yet dead
from the effects OF tie shot, be was wholly
unconscious, and his life beyond the pos
sibility of hope. Thursday a gentleman
from Topeka brought word that General
Lane had died. But last night the mail
brOughtus the LeavenWOrth and Lawrence
papers OF the 4th, the sum Of the news in
which is contained in the subjoined dis
patch from Hon. John speer. We for.
bear comment until the distressing sus-
Pense is removed:
Special to the Kansas Daily Tribune.
LEAEESwoRTH, July 3.
Gen. Lanes symptoms are more favorable.
He opened his eyes twice or three times this
afternoon.
One of his physicians seemed hopeful, an
expressed the opinion that he would not die
for forty eight hours; and if be had vitality
enough to survive the crisis Of recreation
might recover
The probabilities are against his recovery
but there is possibility he may live
JOIN SpEER
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TIE CROPS.

The last monthly report of the Depart
ment of Agriculture gives an interesting
statement in relation to the condition OF
the wheat crop throughout the country,
and the prospects of the yield. It SAYS
that ''With favorable weather and absence
from casualties before harvesting, the
indications point to three fourths of an
average
In Indiana there will probably be half
a crop. Ohio, sbouLshe sams. Illinois,
at least three fourths of crop; Wiscon-
sin the same; Iowa. at least an average
crop; Pennsylvania, about eight-teuths;
New York, the same; Missouri has a pros
pect for full crop of winter wheat, gith
FIVE per cent. more than the usual breadth
of spring wheat, looking nearly as well
as usual; Kentucky, FIVE and tWo-thirds
of tenth; Michigan. seven and half
tentks; Minnesota, ten and FIVE nin:hs of
a teath for winter wheat and nine tenths
for spring wheat; Kansas, fourteen and
one-thiTd of tenth for winter, and twelve
tenths for spring wheat. Among the
States named, Kansas stands first, Mis-
souri, second, and Minnesota third. The
section west of the Mississippi, compris-
ing Minnesota, Iowa. Missouri and Kan
sas, taken together, promises more than
an average crop of wheat.
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RIOT AT WILLIAMsPoRF, KANSAS.
Six Men wOunded-one kt,,ea.


An affair of a very serious and probably
fatal character occurred at Willamsport.
some ten miles west of this place. on
Wednesday night. For seine time past
there has been i'll feeling existing between
the propFietors of the town of Williams
port and the mill property erected there,
and the squatters in that vicinity. The
settlers claim their right az pre- emptors.
while the town company hold their title
from the Railroad Company, who deliye
thier title from the United States. The
squatters have twice destroyed the founda-
ton OF house Mr.. Williams has been At
tempting 10 erect, and made threats of
Iurther violence very often. The trouble
had assumed such proportions that the
town company had erected block house.
and established guard to protect their
property. On Wednesday night. the en-
ployees about the mill discovered a Mia Of
wood, short distance below the mill
that belonged to the railroad company. on
FIRE, and three of them started down to
put It out. Wien Hithin a few yards of
the wood. they were fred upon by party
OF concealed squatters, and all wounded.
They returned to the mill, and few mo-
ments after were attacked By some forty
or fifty men armed with shot guns, mus
kets. rifles and reyolvers. The sJuatsers
came mp close to the blocE,hou aud the
first volley seriously wounded Mr.. Jacob
Rlddlemau and another employee at the
mill. The fire was returned, fatally
wouneing one Gaflep. Of The attacking
party.
The names OF che wounded men. he
sides those mentioned above, we're =. 3
" hIttlesey, Henry Root, William Fisb
and one whose name Ne we're unable to
Two ofthe squatters, John and Christie
pher Pifer, have been arrested and con-
fined IN the Jail here, while several Others
are well known and vii probably be- ar
rested soon.
Mr. Williams is fearful OF another a.
tack, and was in town yesterday, trviDo
10 procure men 70 assist him in defsuding
his property, with what success re we+s
Ruable to ascertain.
Since the above vas IN tyre. We IsarD
hat troops have been sent from Fogt
LeaxenWorth, on the application Of Mr.
Williams, for the preservation of De 4
0eaee- These troops passed up last even
ng % the scene Of disturbance, and their
presence viii doubtless prevents rsDsti-
lon Of the outrage Of yesterday racrnipo.
I5s6ssBes JIsne a9sk .
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Forest Trees.

A special Washington dispatch to the
Missouri Democrat says: ''The Congress
sionsl movement for promoting the growth
of forests on public lands seems to have
attained practical shape The bill in
troduced By Representative Donnelly has
been changed by its author, after con
sultation with Judge Edmunds, of the
General Land Office, so that it fully con-
forms to the usages of that office, and
amply protects the Government from
imposition. Under this bill, Ottawa Iu-
dian University, IN Kansas, has GOO, 600
acres of public lands, for paying for the
same in plants. cuttings and seeds, to be
distributed through the West as Congress
shall hereafter direct. No title is given
until 100 miles of hedge and 10000
acres Of forests are grown by the Univer-
sity. Various sorts of native and exotic
trees and plants are to be tried, and an
nual reports are to be made of the meth
DDS and results of experiments
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REPUBLICAN, STATE CONVENTION.

The Republican voters Of Kansas Who are IN
hVor Of Keeping traitors out Of the halls Of
Congress, and Of assert ing and maintaining
the right Of the loyal people, through their
representatives In Congress, TO fix and de-
tefmine the conditions On which States istely
In rebellion shall be permitted TO participate
In the Government Of tke Unit ed States. are
requested to meet ct Topeka in Delegate Con-
Vention On Wednesday, September 9TH, 1906,
at twelve O'Clock n, for the purpose Of Plaeing
in nomination candidates for the following Of
ficers: Governor, Lieutenant Cove rnOr, Secre-
tary Of State, Auditor, Treasurer, SuPerin-
tendent Of Public Instruct ion, Attorney Gen
sral, Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court, and
a Representative In Congress; aud for the
Transaction Of such other business as shall
come before the Convention.
The ratio Of representation shall be one
Delegate and one Alternate from each Repre-
sentative District Delegates viii be elected
in each Representative Distri et on Saturday,
September j, 1866.
BY order Of the State Central Committee.
SIDNEY CLARKE. Chairman.
JACOB SToTLER, Secretary.
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Suicide or eEE. LANE.


From the LeavenEorsh Conservatives July Sd
Gen. James 81. lane. o. s. Senator
from Kansas committed, or rather at
tempted to commit, suicide on Sunday
evening. He vas temporarily residing
with q brOther-in-laW. Mr.. Mccall, in
charge Of tie Government Farm. with
whom he has been since his arrival from
St Louis last week. OR-Sanday evening,
being apparently in comparative good
health aud sound mind, Senator Lane
rode out With Mr.. Mccall from the Farm
House Duriug the time he made excuse
to leave the carriage several times. sssm
lnglE having in view 4 morbid plan OF
self destruction, until, arriving al a gate,
Mccall alighted to open il. As the latter
reached the gate Senator Lane sprang
from the carriage and. being then IN the
rear of It, exclaimed, GOOD bye, Mac, -
aud immediately fred pistol, the mug
zle being placed in his mouth The ball
struck the roof Of the mouth and emerged
from about The uppeE. center OF the Gran
iuz, having evidently passed through the
brain and almost perPendicularly through
the head. With a convulsive spring IN
to the air the Senator fell, apparently lie.
less, TO the earth The evidently pulse
less body was Immediately placed in Tbs
carriage by those aceomPanying-McC Cal
aud Caps. Adams, a brother of Gen
Lanes son-in-law, and taken to the house
and surgeons summoned as speedi y a
possible. who proceeded to make iexamiu
alton b to the nature aud extent of ia
woand. At present writing (12 N th'
| Senator IS still unconscious and 10 hopes
are entertained of his recovery.
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sTATB POLITICS.


The cnnyass for the different Offices to
Be 6Ilsd the coming fan. and for > Ssna-
tor to Be chosen by che next Legislature,
Is becoming quite animated, though as
vet but few Of the papers of Che State
have takea any position in regard 10 can
didatss for the leading positions the
Topeka Tribune and Leo ompton New Era
are, we believe. the only papers out OF
Atchisoa. that have, thus far, openly es-
pouzed The cause OF Senator Pomeroy-
Both these papers also support Mr. Clarke
for reelection as Representative. 1t IS
generally understood shat Governor Car
uey viii Be leading competitor Of Mr.
Pomeroy's. Marc. Parrot is also looking
in the same direction. and Gen Blunt,
Gov. Crawford, aud dozen others We
might name are only waiting for some
body 10 propose their names to become
candidates .'in good faith"
Mr. Clsrke's ambition TO be bis own
successor as Representative will be met
by Tom. Osborne, U. S. Marshal. Cox
Martin, Of Atehisoa, Colonel Burris, of
Olatbe and late Speaker Of the House OF
Representatives. Col. Potter, of Coffey.
and Others whose privacy we will not at
present disturb BY the announcement of
their names.
Gov. Crawford seems to have the in
side track fo5 denomination, notwilh-
standing a dead set is being mad,
against him by the Lawrence Journal
Leavenvorth Times. Topeka Tribune
Mound City Sentinel aud Burlington Pat
riot. Col Houston (also of Ands rsOr
county is announced as a candidate il
opposition to Crawford-whether with O
without his consent we are unable to say
The Colonel would make good Govern
or. Anthony has no Office. now. aud b
would not mind being Governor. Will
Blunt and Cloud, have also been men
toned.
Crozier Is a candidate for reelection a
Chief Justice. in which aspiration he i
opposed by Judge Kingman, of -Atchison,
formerly one Of the Associate Justices
and an accomplished Jurist. and Homes
Bill Spriggs, of Anderson, present State
/ Treasurer, who Is said By Gov. Shannon
to be the "bes. read lawyer" in the State
Judge Ruggles Of Emporia. has ais
been mentioned in connection with tn
position. There Is no doubt ofhis capac
ity. aud entire fitness. but we do no
know that be is a candidate.
For the minor Offices, except Auditor
there is "grist" of candidates. Mr.
Swallow does not, as yet, seer to. hav,
any competitor. He ought to be re-Dom
mated unanimously.
We cannot see anything that indi
Gates split in the Republican party o
Kansas. The great effort is to control it
The Convention already called. will set.
tie all disputes about principles and per,
sous. We have small doubt that its &C.
;iOn will be acceptable to the party it viii
represent. Candidates, therefore, would
do well to look out for TIE choice of dele.
gates.
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MILITARY.

The telegraph announces soma impor-
tant changes In Commanders of Military
Departments. Owing to the continued
ill-health of Gen. Hooker, the War De-
partment has decided to relieve him from
command at New York, aud he will be
granted a long leave of absence. Gen.
Pope will succeed Gen: Hooker, General
Hancock takes Gen. Pope's place in com
mand of cur Western Department, and
Gen. SchofeId takes General Hancock's
place at Baltimore. We dislike to lose
Gen. Pope. whose ''head is leYeP' on In
dian matters-though there can certainly
be little risk in taking Hancock. Peace
on the plains means stern dealings with
the Indians. NOrhslf- way measures will
do-and the sooner the Indians realize
the strength and determination of the Gov
ernment in war. the sooner will our great
Western Commerce ego unYexed" to the
mines.
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RAILROAD FRE1eHrs.-Since the stop
page Of trains on the Wyandotte and
Lawrence branch the McGHI brings up
about thirty tons Of freight daily for the
vest The imProvised ,eyee at the depot
Is constantly, piled with goods for Law
renee and points west, and the company
has been compelled to decline freights in
some Instances until they can ger rid Of
portion of the rapidly accommodating
amount, or secure storage. The freight
bGsTnes Of the Union Pacific is above The
capacity Of It's rolling stock.-Leavsa-
sg0Fth Conservative
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-LEsAyENwoRTH, LAWRENCE AND FoRr
GIBSON RAILRoAD.-The Lawrence Tri-
bune says; "Col. YIiet, the engineer,
has returned frop the work of locating
the line of the L. L q G. R. He in
forms US that the linz of the road is def
nitely located very near the south
line of the county, and arrangements are
being made for the commencement of the
work of grading in very short time, :"
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The Darlington Patriot Of The sOsh1
ult., says a man named CLARK. who lived
in WoodsOn county. while attempting one
day last week 10 cross the river near Le-
ROY in skiff, came TO 8 sudden death.
He fell dead while IL the act Of rowing.
The JsnetionsUnion, late date. says:
The German Methodist preacher of Lyons
creeks, was dfoWned in that stream, near
Mr.. Staatz's. He was on his way home
feOm Turkey creek, travelling with his
wife in buggy The stream had risen
greatly. bat pTesumiug il to be still ford
able. he left his wife upon the bank and
drove in. when tie current carried them
down the stream. drowning himself and
the horse. His body was not found until
the Saturday following.
Timothy c. Green, private in Co.
G !, of the 4th Michigan cavalry. which
captured JEFF, Davis, was in the city yes
te rday, for the purpose of having the nee
essary papers prepared to enable him to
procure his share Of the 800, 600 reward
offered for JEFF. Davis's capture.
Mr. Green resides on Grasshopper
creek. in Jefferson county. - Latgrenee
Tribune.
The Usage Chronicle says: In a
ride across the pTairies, taken the other
day. in the direction of the Capital, we
could not help noticing the thrifty ap-
pearauce of the crops upon every hand
Tie late heavy rains seems not to have
injured anything except very low portions
of corr fields. The hay crop will be stu
pendous. We called at the cheese Factory
of Messrs. Ferry L GiHett. They are
making two hundred and fifty pounds o
cheese per day from the milk of one hun
dred and thirty COWS.
We learn that Hon. James Fletcher
of Shawnee county. has been appointed
an Inspector of he Treasury Department
of this State.
Gen. Blunt paio visit to Topeka
few day ago. The Gens1al is looking
we'll, and says that he is feeling bette
than for The past four years. =
/ -FoR ARIzoNA.-A party of abou
fifteen men, organized by Coz. Mckinney
left the city yesterday, to make their for
tunes in Arizona. The Colonel is to fol
low with several others, and join the ad
vance at Topeka The object of the com
Pany is mining near the head waters o
Gila river.-LeaU. 3 BuIIetin.
The junction City Union says:
party of gentlemen appeared in town tn
other day, representing the Santa Fe Stag
Company. This Company has a maj
contract from this point to Santa Fe ats
the first day of July. They purchase
the stock stable of the Kansas Stage Com
pany on the Addition, and the stock vii
be brought over from Council Grov
about the lst inst.
"A letter came to the Burlington post
Office the ether day containing the follow
ing sGPerscription: monsieur Lase
EULER and Madamoiselle Rose Moggy
He is re man Frenchman who-wat taze
ze Pictur licensees in the city vile o
Burlington
Usage LAEDs.-Messrs. Clarke an,
POmeFoy send the following despatch t
the Lawrence Journal;
WASHINGTON, June 81.
The Osage treaty has been confrmet
and amended so as to give settlers uoI
on the lands their homes at one dolla
! and twenty FIVE cents per acre. IN
Fat Gibson Railroad gets alternate sec
ions not occupied by settlers.
SIDNEY CLARKE,
S. G. PoMEROY.
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The Missouri Pacific Railroad has
been completed to LsaveuwOrth, and il
now open fOrTegular business. Through
trains now run from LeavenwortHPto st.
Louis. The completion of this road must
tell favOrably upon the prOsperityOf both
cities With the completion ofNho road
10 Cameron. which is promised this fan
LsaveuWOEth viii be the great Railroad
center of the State It costs money and
work to accomplish such things. These
LeaFenworth has given and now she has
her reward.