The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-11-19
NEWS By TELEGRAPH.
Condensed Summary OF Telegraphic
Reports In the Daily Papers.
MONDAY. NOV. s,

MONDAY, NOV. s.
The body of a man aged about 40
years old, found cut to pieces and tied
up in sack in the river Independence,
rs. Have the Blenders returned p
The steamer Pacific, 900 tons, running
between Portland, Oregon, and San
Francisco, foundered at sea October %,
and all on board but one passenger
named Jelly, were drowned. There
were 60 cabin and 40 Storage passen-
gers, from Portland, and the crew.
Boat valued at O,OOO.-The earth
quake shock very plain at Kansas City,
Mo.-The older of united Irishmen has
condemned Patrick S. Welsh to death,
for telling secrets. This is the third
victim it has condemned to die, and
they are all eating hearty yet.-Oficial
Republican majority in Pennsylvania
I4,5I0.-Official vote of Massachusetts,
1888 for Rice, rep, S,246 for CASTOR,
DEM, $685. for Baker, prohibition, 1,779
for Adams, and POI for Phillips.-Com-
bination of steamship and railway
companies made to direct European
travel to Asia via the United States
j. T. Phillips, hat importer, New York,
failed, for 50,000.-Barnett's mill at
Camden, Ohio. worth $4,000, burned.
Hotels and stores at Whitehall, N. Y.
burned; loss ,OO0.-Clyde mill at
Oswego, Il. l., burned loss &25, 000.-
The Atlantic &c Pacific railroad COM
pany surrender the Missouri Pacific
railroad to its own directors.-Henry
a. Mann, treasurer of Saratoga coun-
ty, N. Y, defaulter to extent of $780,
GOO. Has been illegally issuing and
selling county bonds tor two years.
Prince of Wales arrived at Bombay
Gold Hes.
TUESDAY, NOV. 8.
Republican majority in Minnesota,
nearly official, 10000. Legislature SO
rep to 80 dem-The steamship City of
Waco, from New York, arrived at GAL
weston, in heavy gale, and anchored
outside the harbOr, with many other
vessels. About a. m. she was discov-
ed to be on fire, and her boats with
crew and passengers drifted through
the feet out to sea. The storm was so
heavy that no ship dared launch any
boats. The vessel burned TO the waters
edge and sunk, and none of the boats
could be found I'm the morning. 1t is
that all on board were drown
F. Jelly, the surviving pas
senger of the steamer Pacific, sunk at
sea between Portland, Oregon, and
California, reports that she was struck
by an unknown vessel, which was ev-
identity pretty badly damaged, but con-
tinusd on its course.-5,O 900 majority
for the new constitution OF Missouri
Gold 1147s.
WEDNESDAY,, nov TO-
Steam tugs and pilots search the
coast and the gulf for the missing
boats Of the steamer Waco, but find
nothlng.-Neil o. Haley, one of the
crew of the steamer Pacific, found. He
was floating on raft, and corroborates
Jeliey's account of the disaster. The
boats could not be launched in time to
save any Dody.-Thos. A. Doyle elect
ed mayor of Providence r. L, for his
tenth term.-Viee President Wilson
taken aIarmingly i'll at Washington
Stanley reports himself at Utisas, in
Central Africa. The king he is visit
ing has 2,OOO, 600 subjects, and 500
wives who are quite civilized. The
extreme source of the Nile is the river
Shimey. Victoria Nyayga IS bat one
lake, but has two islands and 3 PENN
,ula. Stanley IS discovering every thing