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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

Senator ingalls, was the first to
introduce q bill to remonetize silver,
as follows:
Be it enacted, ETC., That there
shall be from time to time coined
at the minis of the United States,
silver dollars of the weight of 4l21S
grams standard silver to the dollar,
as provided for in the act of Jan. Is,
1887; and that said dollar shall be
legal tender for all debts, public and
private, except where payment OF
gold coin is required by law.
The bill introduced by Senator
Jones provides for the coinage OF
the silver dollar of the weight OF
4l215 grains Troy, at any coinage
mint or New York assay Office, in
exchange for silver bullion upon the
same terms and conditions as the
gold bullion is deposited for coin
age under the existing law. The
bill also provides that no charge
shall be made for coming standard
bullion into dollare, aud proposes
to make them legal tender for all
sums in payment of all public OF
private debts, except such as, under
existing contracts, are expressed
therein to be otherwise payable.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26
Elections Proc1GmsasSOss

nUBLIC notice is hereby given: That
Z public election will be held in the city OF
EmPoIia. Lyon county, K. ls9s,
On Tuesday,. the 9Th Day Of
November 1877
for the purpose of ell ctinU ,tate and county
ONO ers, as namc d In the 5neri6 e proe'a anna
ton; and that the voting pla .es in ss I'd city,
and the names of the resp -!'ve Jud ges and
Clerks OF such 81 'ctIon in the several PFC
cincts, shall be as follows:
First ward.
John Eskridge's shoe sho0.
JUDGEs Jacob Kizer, G. B. Cooper, end 4.
Stone.
CLERKs-D. Mol rod, e. ii. Fsrde.
Second Ward.
II. B. loves livery stable.
JUDGEs-Van McCulloch, n. Blankenshtp.
CIEExs~F. W. Hi tn. W. o. Ferguson.
Third ward.
Sheriff . ONCE, court hoo =.
JuDGEs-A- z. Bancroft. n. Elmo, Joseph
Brown.
CLERKs-James Emerson. OF Snoddy.
Fourth WaId.
ThoS. Bishops shoe shop.
JUDeEs-E. Boa On, s.. Ti'lOtson. w. H
CLERKs-Fred HAusler. C. B. Sprague.
Dated October I'D. 1877.
1876 al s. WATSON. Mayor
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

The tone of the leading metropol-
itan journals toward the greenback
party has changed wonderfully since
the October elections. The N. Y.
Times solemnly remarks
"Without pausing to consider
how far the results of Tuesdays
elections in Ohio and Iowa are indi-
cStive of party disorganization, we
cannot too frankly admit the signif-
icance of the strength acquired by
the greenback movement.
The details of the contest in either
state are of less Immediate conse-
quence than the fact that in both an
element, which we of the east have
treated as comparatively unimpor-
tant, suddenly reveals force which
disturbs ordinary partisan calcula-
Iious and casts q shadow over the
future of our financial policy. For
there is no reason to suppose that
Iowa differs materially from other
Western States in the breadth and
depth of its greenback current, or
that the condition of things In Ohio
greatly differs from that which lit
Ile time will bring to the surface in
Pennsylvania"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26
Read Notice.

NYOTICE Is hereby given: That petition
IN has been presented to the Board or Conn
y GommiEsioners Of Lyon county, Ksnsaa,
asking for the establishment Of county
rod as follows, t0-Uit: Beginnfn9 e the
nortaeast corner OF the northwest Quarter OF
section twenty, township seventeen, RasRe
eleven: thence south on the middle lire OF
said section twenty; also, through the midi
die OF section sTenty-nIne. 70 tbs south Est
corner OF the feuLh EeSt quarter OF sect -ol
twenty mine, township seyenteen. range eloy-
en-; thence SC 70 the tow nsbi9 line between
Americas and Fremont townships. And ths
James Crib, John Iyy ana ChsEleS Drake
have been eppoin ted and ordered 70 meet q
the beginning Of said roas at 10 O'Clock q m.
On the 18th day OF November, 1e5 I, 70 view
and locate said road, and 70 give to all par
By order Of County Commissioner.
J. s. CRAIG, County Clerk.
October 18th, 1877. zs-3s
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

Gen. John c. Fremont, once such
a prominent man, has had his pri-
Yate fortune badly wrecked by a
destructive fire in New York. His
works for smelling gold and silver,
upon which all his means had been
expended, were entirely destroyed.
He has since sold his house aud fur
niture to pay pressing debts.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26
Road Notica.

NESI "a: l = hereby sIT t g. T i petition
ty Commissioners of Lyon comfy, Kansas,
asking for the establishment Of Q section line
road, a. follows to-Wit: Be@in0ing at the
northwest corner Of section nftcen, and the
northeast corner OF section sixteen. township
twenty, range thirteen; thence running south
Of section dIseen, and the southeast corner
OF section sixteen. township twenty ran e
thirteen And that g: e Harper, BeDjam5.
and ordered to mcet at the beginning OF said
road, on the 9TH tf8y of November, 1877 Ia
view and locate said road, aud give TO all
parties hearing.
BY order OF County Commissioners.
j. 8. CRAIG, County Clerk.
October 18th. Is77. zs-st
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Congressman ARyaa.
Witaon Counkv f.i4,zau

Hon. Thos. Ryan, Member of
Congress from the Third district OF
this State, recently delivered an ad-
dress at Wichita before the Sedg-
wick county fair, that has been very
generally Published by the press in
his district, and fsv0rAbly comment
ed upon. From q casual glance or
two At the address, as well as ct
quotations from it, we are conYinc-
ed that Mr.. Ryan is q man OF prac-
Iicsl ability, and that he is not oEe
of your demagogues who would
endeavOr to hold power by appeal
ing TO the prejudice Of the masses.
We heartily admire him.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

The Interstate says the castor
bean trade at Humboldt has been
pretty good so FAR this fall, there
having been received in that mark
ct, up to date, about three thousend
bushels, the price paid being Sl-OC
per bushel.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26
The Grent texas Frauds.

1t may be that some of our read
ers, in Kansas or outside, are inter-
ested in the Texas lands. If so,
both they and the public generally
will read, with much interest, the
exposure of the gigantic swindles
which have been carried on in that
State, an account of which we give
from the Kansas City Journal, in
another column. This is one of the
boldest and most extensive crimes
in its effect upon the public, ever
committed in the West.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

Spain is excited over the order OF
the United States government in
levying a diiIerential charge of 90
cents per ton on the cargoes of
Spanish vessels trading in AmeIi-
can waters. Retaliltory charges
which would exclude American
ships from trading at Spanish ports
are threatened.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26
sheriR's Sale.

District Court, Fifth Judicial District, Lyon
County, Kansas.
L. LUTZ o.. PETER HINES, ct al.
DY virtue OF an order OF sale issued out Of
ID the District Court of Lyon county, In the
above entitled cause, will, on Monday, the
96th day Of November, 1877, at II O'Clock q. m
at the front door Of the court house in EN-
poria, Lyon couHtv, Kansas, offer for sale al
public auction TO the highest bidder for cash
the following described real estate, to-Wit:
Lot No. one hundred and sixty 1--WE TIC .
on Exchange street. in the city Of Emporia
Lyon county, Kansas.
Said premises viii be sold rs the property
of the defendants, Peter Hines, ct a., to sat.
isfy said order OF sale.
Sheriff = ONCE, October &c, 1877
HIRAM CONNER, Sheriff
43-5t Lyon county, Kansas.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

The New York Bankers Ledger
says that during the last six years,
eighteen savings banks, with over
$9,0C0000 in deposits, have failed in
this city alone. There IL nothing
like getting back to normal con-
1gt;o,,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

While the actual cost of the tele-
phone is less than one dollar, they
rent for ten dollars year, and Pro-
fessor Bell will not sell single in
strument. There are already in
use in New York Cit y clone over
three thousand.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

Gilman, inc New York insurance
scrip forger, who has gone to prison
for five years, keeps his spirits up
remarkably well, while bis wife,
who is q niece of Henry Ward
Beecher, has become insane over her
husbands fall, and has been sent to
a lunatic asylum, and his three
children have been distributed
among charitable friends.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

1t is proposed by Mr.. Edmunds to
put stop to the sharp practices in
the sale of postage stamps, by en-
acting that any postmaster or dep
uty who sells stamps for less than
their par value shall be deemed
guilty of enlightenment and pun
ished accordingly, and by making
postmasters and their deputies
swear quarterly that they have net
been making illegal sales.
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Road Notice.

NYOTICE is hereby given: That q petition
AN hrs been presented to the Board OF Coun-
ty commissioners of Lyon county, Kansas.
asking TO, the alteration of 8 county road. as
follows. to-wit: To vacate so much Of . coun-
ty road as lies between sections four and nine,
township nineteen, range eleven, in said
county. And also to establish coauty rOad
sixty feet in width Oh the line between tie
north half of the northwest quarter of sec
ton nine, and the north half OF the northeast
quarter OF section eight township ninet cen.
range eleVen-ail in said Lyon county. And
that John Weaver, Lewis LutZ and Z.
Walkup have been appointed and ordered 80
meet on the 9th day of November, 1917. 10
view and locate said r0aGi, and to give to all
parties hearing.
BY order County Board of Com missioners.
j. 8. CRAIG, County Clerk.
October 18th, 1871. ss-at
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

Cleopatra's Needle was abandon
ed in q storm by the steamer that
was towing it to London, but has
been found floating in its box near
the Spanish CO lst, and ia voyaging
to London.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

The Episcopal Conference at Bos-
ton, has decided to adhere to the
present name of the church, "The
Protestant Episcopal Church of the
United States of America"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

The Inter Ocean says that Prof.
Bell charges ten dollars per year fol-
the use of u telephone, that they
cost only one dollar to make, that
he won't sell any, and that 5000 are
already in use in New York city.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

Ex-Governor Stone, of Iowa, was
elected member of the Legislature
from his district, and the Boon
County Republican believes that he
is the coming man for Speaker oil
the next House.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26
sherfRs Sale.
District Court, Finn Judicial District, Lyon
County, Ka1sAs.
ISRAEL WELLS,


-.
UEsLKY AND r. W. BRAzIKR,>
DY virtue Of an order Of sale issued ont Of
ID the District Court, sitting within snd for
the county OF Lyon, State 81 kansas, viii, on
Monday, the S5sh day OF November, 1877, Ct 10
o'clock .. m-s 8e the front do0e o. the court
house In Empogie, Lyon county, Ksnsae, offer
for sale e public auction, 20 the hiSest bidder
for cash. the following described rel estate,
to-Wit:
The southeast quarter Of section fourteen,
IA, township seVCnteen t17l, range eleven
iii. And two aires Of tiEbef land as fol-
lows: Beginning At point on the east line
OF northeast quAI Ter OF eee sOn 4hiHty-6ge,
TOW 1shiD seventeen. rae 80 elem east, thif-
ty-tWo Iod1 south o. Eoss beat corner Of said
qua. -er; thence west forty rods on line p. r.
south eight re6ss thence east forty ros .
ction hHe; thence 1srsh eight rods 10 place
Il f1EiBg. All In Lyon county, Kansas.
e1.s premises Will be sold Is the property
OF The defendant, 70 satisfy sA1d order q sale.
s7SgiG 3 once, October "a 1871.
HIfkAN CONkER, Sheriff
4-5k Lyon county, Kansas.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

Congressman Haskell, of Law
renee, is dangerously i'll at Wash
ington, with Brights disease of the
Kidneys, complicated with an nfTec-
ton of the liver.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26
GENERAL MARKETS.

GENERAL MARKETS.
ST LOUIS.
81. Louis, Oct. g.
FLoUR.-;mproVed order demand; prices in
vor of buyers; fall ext-a, $4.l595.,o; Xxx,
GEIIN-Wheat frmer and higher; No. 8
led, 81 S6@1 s63< cash; $l.s61z91 q Nov; No.
do Sill bid cash. Corn .higbef; 94SsS
cash 27kc Dea emker. Barley unchaD Scd.
PRoDUCE-BuGter and e5gs unchanged.
PRoVIsIoRs-POrk dull; jobbipg. $1S.7b.
Eulk meats dull; packed lots of summer,
1915, 81 70. So. Bacon Gull; T.76 20 $3.50.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. Oct 3.
FLoUR-Qniet and steady.
GRAIN-Wheat in fair demand and higher.
ranging from 81 .10,s Cor No. /, 10 81 03 for No
s. Corn active at 441.(GfIHc. Oats IN fair de-
mand at 23!S. RSe 63l<; Barley b9si.
PKOVIsIONS-lork In deIna I'D at $14.6O9
1a65. Lard So 5G9$s.e0. Eulk meats steady
aud unchanged.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

Gov. Anthony, in his speech at
the Neosho Falls fair, said that next
to raising stock, fruit would be the
great remuneratiVe industry OF
Kansas.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

The largest and most complete stock OF
clothing aud gents furnishing goods in
Emporia. is now ready for inspection at
L. Z. Perley's popular clothing house.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

Col. join w. Forney has sold tie
Philadelphia Press for one humid
red and fifty thousand dollars.
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slO TO e&S dey SURE nsds BY
ChFomos. CI.5yo1s, Reward Aetfcs ScrIpturo
Taxt Trszsn1razt Picture and Chnomo Cards
I0e aamDIeS. worth -, cent postpaid for ne
IlIugtrexed catalogue free. j. II. BURHoRDs
soNS, Boston. Established 1e9Q. Iso-1y
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

Mr.. Thurman thinks there isn't 8
doubt but the initials of the next
President will be A. u. L.
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ShariR,a Sale,
AKERIcUs. KANSAS.


County, Kansas.
s. n. WHRELER,l
JOSEPH RoHRR>
DY virtue Of an order of sale issued out Of
sas. in the ab0ye entitled sSuse. Viii. on
Monday, the 96th day Of November, 1877. 1T
l0K O'Clock q. m, as the front door OF the
court house, in EmpoFla, Lyon county, oHeF
for sale at public auction "a the Highest bid
der for cash. the following described real
estate, to-Wit:
The southeast quarter Of the southwest
quarter OF section lcuv ri township eighteen
isl, range eleven III IN Lyon county. Kas.
of the defendant, Joseph ROher, to satisfy
said order OF sale.
Sheriff = Office, October q. lS77
HIRAM CONNER, Sheriff
Est Lyon county, Kansas.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

A fire damp explosion in coal
mine near glasgow, Scotland, on
the 231, killed all the miners, over
400.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

II J0a1PH E1N0Ts Glnnty Treasurer Of LvOn
TIE foregoing statsAent, sheWing the amount
Of money IN the treasury Of said county on
SnSs - Se, n Se,>.se - e co.,.
and tras, 20 tie bess Of my BELIEF.
9ubecTsbed and gworn to before me shts
eth day q October, 1871.
Es-lt ]. 8. CRAIG. County Clerk.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

The French elections being over
Gen. Grant has gone to Paris.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

Mrs. Judge Leeompte died in
Leavenworth on the 23d, from lock-
jaw caused by running rusty nail
into her foot.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26
TREASURER'S STATEMENT

STATE OF KANSAS,
LYON COUNTY.
COUNTY TRRAsURKR's OIFICx,I
EAPoRIA. Oct. 24th, 1871.
AKONEY on hand for the several funds I'm
w the County Treasury ct this date, as
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

Prof. Riley assures us that the grass
hoppers Will not again trouble US for q
number of years.
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Sitting Bull declines 10 leave Man.
itoba end return 20 the United
States. lie will make an occasional
raid.
The Union dime savings bank
of New York city and the Manches.
ter savings bank of Allegheny city
Pa, struck hard pan on the 23rd.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

Kansas City the Headquarters of q
Gang OF Most Precious SeamPs.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

They are Put in y Hack and TranspOl tee
to Texas Cars In = Hurry.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

UnearthIng Of a Most stupendous sys-
tenn OF Forgery and Fraud.
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MANY ALIASES,

Ham having no less than thirty and
Stevens thirteen. Our readers will
no doubt be surprised to learn that
our Ham was known elsewhere as
J. p. Bates, j. d. Barry, E. P. Bates,
Joeb d. Barry, JOeb N. Davis,
Thos. Dalton, j, 3. Ford, w. H.
Gibbs, j. B. Hamilton, John 3.
Hall, j. B. Hughes, j. B. Hamil,
John Il. Hudson, Orlando Keigcr,
John T. Martin, Jas. N. Martin, A.
j. Smith, B. f. Williams, aud some
tWelte other names.
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IL % II = W 4 = = - - n >
or Montgomery County.
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NEW YORK MARKET

FINANCIAL.
NEW YORK, October s5.
GoLD-Stea1y at lO2X9lOaX.
LoANs--CarTying rates, 10 8 per cent.
Loans were also made nat.
SILVER = Bars 81 2sk in currency; 81 19st
In gold; silver coin x@Xc discount.
GOVERNMENT BoNDs-Steady.
RAILROAD BoNDS-Dull.
STATE sEcURIFIEs-Quiet-
KANSAS CITY MARKET.
LIVE STOCK.
KANSAS CITY. October IS.
CArTLE-The following are this weeks
0yr0r
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EMPORIA NEWS.
CHEF Justice of supreme Court,

ALB ERT H. ri ON,
OF Atehison County.
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.RECTEO.Ne N.ATR

II WILL OFFER for sale, - The highest and
= best bidder, on Saturday Nov. Sd, '57,
at one O'Clock p. m, az my residence y mile
south OF the city of Empcria, the following
property: II No. Mich COWS. 6 feal lings.
Calves, span work Horses, PloW, l shovel
Flow, S-Horse Cultiv1t ", 1 Harrow.
TERMS OF SALE.-Nino months time with
10 per cent. iniercst. IAs-2tl r HOVE.
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of The workings of this nefarious
swiDdle has been the destruction of
public property In various parts of
the country. 1t is not believs ed that
the chief operators in Kansas City
knew that they were suspected, but
other members of the gang must
have had an inkling of it, In III ose
sections where their plans were be-
ing unearthed, and things were
found to be getting too warm for
them. no less than 80. .s...s...- -,
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Par Lieutenant Governor.
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THIRTEEN COURT HOUSES

have been burned in the last year to
destroy evidence that could be
brought against them. Startling IS
This statement may seem, the evil
dence will be brought forth at, the
proper time. Taken altogether, it
has been the deepest scheme of viii
lainy that has been brought to
light for many a day. The parties
10 this extensive swindle were resi-
dents of some thirteen different
states, Kansas City being the pin
cipsl headquarters, and j. r. Ham
the chief. New Orleans and Indi-
annapolis are also mentioned as be.
ing prominent points o. operation
in Texas lands.
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HQRsEs.

The following are the current quotations
for this market:
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discounted at the st. Louis National
bank, and the proceeds placed to the
credit of the First National bank of
Wichita, for the purpose of taking up
a note of Rine, due in that bank, for
about that amount. This note was
endorsed by the cashier and the vice
president and the bank, and also by
two friends of mine at Emporia.
When this note came due it was re-
newed, the same parties endorsing it.
When it came due the last time, it was
charged to the account of our bank,
and it was not credited at that time.
On the Goth of August, 1876, L gave
my notes to the bank, fer this amount,
with added interest, and the st. Louis
National bank was credited.
The reason I became involved in so
large an amount TO the bank, was be-
cause, since the panic of 1873, and the
grasshoppers and drought following
that year, added to the shrinkage in
values of all kinds, rendered IL i'm
possible TO sell any property, as had
expected.
After the panic, the bank was not in
q condition TO make as large dividends
as formerly, and interest was accumu-
lating. From time to time stock
holders were either becoming dissatis-
fed with the dividends they were get
ting. or wanting 70 use their money in
other business.
bought stock of q number of these
parties, solely for the purpose of keep
ing up the credit of the bank, hoping
thereby to tide over les affairs, and 20
reach more prosperous times. 1 some
times gave my notes to the parties,
and, in two instances, got my ban
friends to indorse for me, when my
notes came due, and / was not in 3
condition 20 pay them from the sale of
property, borrowed the money from
the bank, or some of its correspondents.
In the yer 1874, made loan 70 some
parties, who were building the Wiehi-
q Water Mills, which proved to be an
unfol tunate loan, as the parties failed
before getting their mills into 3 con-
dition 20 make money. There were
prior encumberances on the property,
and unless these could be lifted, and
the mills put into condition to make
Concluded on 3rd page.
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necessary to his use. A Journal
reporter has examined documents
printed by Ham that are exact cop
les of the originals. Ham and Ste
vens found it necessary 10 work I'M
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

for secu ring titles to the land was
to make duplicate copies of deeds,
issue fraudulent script for the pur-
chase of land, and even deal in coun-
terfeit money to make bona tide
purchases. The scheme grew on
apace,
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METHODS CT OPERATING,

Tulis ana Ham first began their
operations by examining the old
records of various counties, and
where the titles were invested in par
ties who had not been heard from
for some time, they would person
ate the absent owners. The next
step was to secure confederates al
different points to represent them.
selves as the missing parties. New
Orleans and Indianapolis were the
chief points, although many minor
places have since furnished theil
quota of "Texas land owners"
ANOTHER PLAN
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26
Kansas CITY Daily Journal.

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