The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-10-11
NEWS Summary


Blaine delivered a political address at
Burlington, Iowa, General Logan at Au-
gusta, Ill, Gen. Hawley at Mendoza. -.
Returns from Colorado indicate the cleo
ton of the entire Republican ticket over
the combined Greenback and Democrat
ic vote. Cheyenne Indians crossed the |
Kansas Pacific railroad at Carlisle sta
ton, with troops in pursuit of them. -.
Bancroft, the historian, was thrown
from his carriage, at Newport, r. l., and
seriously injured. Fires occurred at
Easton, Md; loss 100000; Bangor,
Maine, $4,000: Newberg, N Y, boat,
loss $120, 600. :. Cashier Calder, of the
Producers bank, Providence, r. l., has
proven a defaulter to the extent of $780,
600. The annual session of the Amer
lean Board of Foreign Missions is being
held at Milwaukee. The Secretary of
the Treasury's September statement of
the condition of the finances, shows a
reduction of the public debt during the
month of $3,OO0,O 600. >. Fifty deaths &C.
CURED from yellow fever at Memphis;
at New Orleans, deaths "a, cases report
ed 231. The disease is spreading in the
country outside of Memphis, Vicksburg
and Port Gibson. An official report
came from Louisville, from surveyor
general Woodwork, with reference to
the prevalence of yellow fever. This,
however, is denied by the Mayor and
health officers. The Austrian ministe-
rial crisis may involve the resignation
of all the ministry. The Hungarian
ministers declare they cannot provide
the money required as Hungary's con-
tingent of expenses Of the Bosnian Occu-
patton. The present Austrian plenipo-
Tertiary to Washington is officially an
nOunced as minister to Roumania. "A
Bombay dispatch says the latest news
from Afghanistan is that opportunity
has been offered the Amer to make
amends for the affront offered the Brit
ish envoy. The Paris International
Peace Congress ended to-day with sit
ting which was somewhat confused and
occasionally stormy. Judge William
Keogh, of the court of Common Pleas,
Ireland, is dead.
OCT. "A fight with the Cheyennes
and Arapahoes, near Buffalo station, re-
suited in a loss of 1S citizens killed and
five wounded. E. The annual meeting of
the trustees of the Peabody educational
fund took place at New York. Presi-
dent Hayes was in attendance. De
structive fires occurred at St. Joseph,
Mo-, Newark, N j., and Palestine, Tex
as. Reports from Ogallalla, Neb.. say
that Indians were seen a few miles
southeast of that place. -Lieut. Col. Lew
is remains were taken to his late home
at Sandy Hill, N. Y. In the Republi-
can, congressional convention, in the 7th
Mass. (Butler's) district, resolutions
were adopted denouncing Butler and
demanding his resignation. The ma
tional brotherhood of railroad conduc-
tors is in session at Chicago. :. The Yer
mont legislature met. ;. Yellow fever is
increasing at a rapid rate at Baton
Rouge. A large number of new cases
are reported at Memphis, Plaquemine,
Carrollton, and other localities in Louis
lana. The plague is spreading through
the country adjacent to Vicksburg. The
people are terror stricken, and the pan
ic is described as worse than a routed
army. "A serious insurrection has bro
ken out on the Island of st. Croix, West
Indies. The city bank of GLASGOW,
Scotland, failed with $5O,OO0,O 900 habili-
ties, affecting seriously financial matters
both in America and Europe. /. . "A dis
|patch from Rome says the negotiations
ibetween Germany and the Vatican have
failed. :. The Austrian Emperor has ac-
cepted the resignation of Herr Sell,
Hungarian minister of finance. .Advi-
ces from Casabianca, Morocco, report
two hundred and seventy-seven deaths
there from cholera, out of a population
of 1000, between the 18th and 10Th of
September. News from various parts
of Bosnia, shows that the Turks and in
surgents have abandoned further open
resistance.
OCT. 3-The yellow fever relief steam
er Chambers received her cargo and was
placed under command of Lieutenants
Bremen and Hall. e. At Greenville,
Miss, the total population at the begin
ming of the fever, 1850; number of
deaths to date, 260; number now sick,
112; number of convalescents, 657; num-
Der still to have it 1923; new cases
to-day, 25. At New Orleans 81 deaths
are reported. No improvement at Ba-
ton Rouge, Chattanooga, and other
points. The subcommittee of con-
gress on Indian affairs are visiting the
Indian Territory. The Colorado Re
publican majority is about 5000; the
legislature is four-fifthsR Republican.
Gen. Grant is in Paris. :. Gen. Hawley
was nominated for Congress by the Re
publicans of the 1st dist. of Connecticut
The Nebraska Republicans nomi-
mated the following ticket: For govern
or, Albinus Nance; lieut.. gov, Edward
G. Carnes; sec. of state, 8. s. Alexander;
associate justice, Gen. Amasa Bobb; for
congress, long term, Ed. K. Valentine /;
short term, Thomas J. Majors. %. .Depu-
ty Marshal Woodland, of Little Rock,
captured ten Illicit distillers in Sharp,
Baxter and lizard counties, Ark. .Har-
Ion was still victor in the Han-lon-
Courtney boat race in Canada.
OCTOBER 4.-The excitement has con-
siderably abated over the failure of the
City of Glasgow Bank, although much
painful anxiety exists in financial circles.
& The American trade will not be affected,
: most of the banks transactions being in
East India and Australia. AT Mem.
phis 1873 cases of yellow fever are report
ed. -. The physicians of the Howard
: medical corps there have effected an or
ganiZatiOn. The situation remains
about the the same at other places. .
? The question of government aid for vel
low fever sufferers was discussed in the
cabinet. The Cheyennes crossed the
) Union Pacific railway few miles from
? Ogalslla, Neb., with but six hours start
of the troops. The insurgents in San
! Ia Cruz have burned the city of Fred
E ericksted and destroyed numerous plan.
g tations. :. .Albanians have massaered a
s Turkish Pasha and one hundred and
: fiftv-six officers and men Bombay