The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-03-11
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ITEMS.

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We learn from special to the Tope-
ka Daily Record that Col. John Wilder,
editor Of the Kansas City Daily Jour
nal, was shot and almost instantly
killed at Kansas City, on the 9Th in
stant, by man named Jas. A. Hutchin-
son, q butcher. No cause is assigned
! for the shooting. The murderer was
Immediately arrested.
A dispatch from Concord of the 9th
gives the following in relation to the
New Hampshire election, which took
place on Tuesday:
Returns from POP towns give Stearnes
8, $3.50; Bedel, g, 2S6; Flint, 1854; Bar
rows, 1,159. The remaining towns viii
give about 5000, leaving Gov. Stearne's
majority at about I,200. The Rcpubli-
cans win have about fifty majority in
the House.
After three night sessions in the Mis-
souri, Legislature, for debate on the
proposition to submit to the people the
constitutional amendment extending
suffrage to women, the whole matter
was indefinitely postponed by the
House, by vote of GO to 81.
The Chicago Repu61icon says: 1--WE
are permitted to announce that two at
least of the great railroads leading to
Chicago, viii, the first of next month,
announce the payment of specie change
at all offices.p .fl,.s ~
A private dispatch from Montreal,
Canada, says that eighty thousand dol
lars worth of United States silver coin
was shipped from that place on the 9Th
inst, for New York. af '-a
Mr.. S. r. Caniff died at Burlingame
Thursday last. He was formerly q
member of the House of Representa-
tiyes from Usage county, and was an ac-
tive member of the "third house at
every session. 4sa.reg 'o-a
A story comes to us through the tele-
graph that trouble is apprehended on
the Usage lands between the settlers
and Indians We must say we do not
put much credit in this report. We
have seen persons from the western
part of the lands within the past week
who said nothing. about the matter.
The settlers desire peace, and the In
dams know too much to make war on
the large number now on the lands. Sd
The wonnan's suffrage bill passed
by the Minnesota. legislature, submit
ting the question to a vote of the adult
male and female citizens of the State at
the fall election, is now law, having
been signed by Governor Austin. So
we shall see whether the women are
really in favor of the measure or not.
Won't they have warm times in that
northern climate?
Father HYaeinth has remained entire
ly silent since his return to Europe. :,
The Emperor of Russia has sent COM
munications by telegraph to the Gov
eminent authorities at Washington and
Pekin, expressing his profound sorrow
for the Affections beth nations must
bear in the death of Arson Burlingame.
On the 22d, the legislature of Texas
elected Morgan c. Hamilton and John
/ w. Flanagan United States Senators
the former for the long term and the
latter for the short one. Mr.. Hamilton
is brother of A. j. Hamilton, former
Representative in Congress and late Pro.
vissional Governor of Texas. He is q
native of Alabama, but for twenty-five
years resident of Texas and owner OF
an extensive cattle rancho. In the late
Constitutional Convention he was the
recognized leader of the a6 SaStio OIL
extreme radical party, while his brother
Andrew j. led the conservative repub
licans. His colleague, Flanagan, is the
present Lieut.. Governor elect.
The Fayette county (Ohio) Court ii
opened with prayer. That certainly il
an innovation. .57
A general sympathy is expressed fol
Alice Gary, the poetess, who is lying
dangerously ill at her residence in New
York. She has been an invalid for many
years, and her disease is insidious, pain
full and incurable, greatly affected b!
changes in the weather, and certain t.
eYentuate in death. 'r..- -er ~,
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