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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-11-21
BUSINESS ITEMS.

The total expenditures upon the Brook.
Ign bridge up TO the 31st of October
were $10,g73, 542-11.
The North Pacific railroad is said to
be literally clogged with wheat waiting
to be shipped to Duluth.
The increase in the business of the
Western Union telegraph company is
fully one-third over the same time last
year.
1t is said that a very large number OF
the best gold and silver mines in Mexico
are passing into the hands of United
States capitalists.
Statisticians In the United Ss4tes est.
mates that, with our increased immigra.
ton, the population will be found in
June, 1880. to be about 4S, 100000.
San Antonio, Texas, has a fiourishine
wooden mill which turns out excellent
cashmere cloths AT exceedingly low
prices. The wool is clipped from herds
of sheep feeding in the Immediate neigh.
borhood. 20 -
For the first time in nearly six years
every furnace in Allentown, Pa, is In
operation, the last idle one, stack No. 2,
of the Allentown iron company, having
The comptroller Of the currency re.
ports an increase in the national bank
circulation for the month of about g..
100000. The demand for additional cir.
eulation is on the increase Another ev.
idence Of revIving prosperity.
The coinage executed at the United
States mint in Philadelphia during the
month ending October 81, Is as follows
Gold. Ss45,0d silFeK $500, 1851 base,
50, PIG; total, %, 154, 404- OF this amount
there were II $50 double eagles and l.
SOC, 100 silver dollars.
The fourth annual convention of the
mutual benefit association was held al
Washington, d. c., on the 18th of Octo-
her last. There are now 1856 associations
in good working order, and they have
paid S132, 1886 TO .benefciaries. Their
aggregate insurance is over $4,000, 900,
and il is done At yearly cost 70 mem
bers of 80. IS per 1.6OO.
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THE MErEORIc Showers.

From the St. Louis Globe Democrat, H.
Prot, Tice Vas on the street yesterday,
and expressed his severe disappointment
at the non-arrivsi of his predicted
meteOrie shower OF the morning. The
professor had sat up all night. He had
seen few meteors. They were isolated
and could not be dignified by the name
of shower. At this stage he is not pre-
pared to account 70 the failure of his
prediction. Other eminent astronomers
have failed in their forecasts Then it is
probable that the shower took place after
all, and was visible from other points.
The professor would anxIously await
advises From the interior. Any way lie
had limit Of t@Q days in which the
display should be aaa6e The almanac
said November IS or IL. That It would
occur to-day the professor was act pre-
pared to say. He hoped, but caaid not
actually believe, that the celestial out.
break would occur. He would look into
the matter and If the stars went back on
him altogether, he would avail himself
OF The right of minority aud investi-
gate
Last night = few Quantrell-like
meteors fitted across the sky but. in the
language of the eminent professor, s.they
were not in sufficient number 20 merit
the name of a shower,
Prof, Tiee is perhaps . Httle previous
IN his prediction, this time. Nefeoric
showers are peculiar 20 November 10 or
II, according to the astt1nomical text.
books. The indalgent pablic will there
fore kindly excuse the present mistake,
and give tbs venerable sage another
chance in 1855
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aDEATH TO TILE ONION. /"

These are the words with which the
braggart and rebel, Robert Toombs, of
Georgia, closed his dispatch sending his
congratulations to General Grant. The
New York Tribune remarks that this
message sis too Characteristic to occasion
any surprise and too frank 10 excite RS
sentiment Mr.. Toombs, Of all the sO-called
southern statesmen, may claim the credit
of having not merely the courage of his
convictions, but the candor Undertaking
ly 10 avow them. OF General Grant, he
says with manly courtesy, He fought for
his country honorably, and won; of him
self, Il fought for mine, and lost. 1 am
ready to try 1T over again. Death to the I'm
ion There sno cOneealment nor evasion
here. There is an honest confession of
defeat, but with il stubborn assertion OF
an unchanged purpose and unalterabie
hostility TO the Union which he and his
confeder1tes sought and failded to de
stroy." After all, the notorious "Okolo-
ma States" does not misrepresent the real
sentiments of the southern politicians
very widely.
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/ VOICE FROM THE TOOMBs.


The editor of the Chicago Daily News
telegraphs that Ire has verified the cor
rectness ofthe dispatch he received from
the southern repel, Robt. Toombs, during
General Grants visit to Chicago. The
dispatch which was dated Atlanta,
Georgia, November 10, 1879. has been
compared with the original and found
TO be correct IN every word, hence there
was no garbling of the closing sentence:
"He (Gran) fought for his country hon.
orably and won: l fought for mine and
lost. am ready to try it over again.
Death TO the Union" There are two or
three points worthy of remark in regard
to this telegram. First, it was sent os-
tentationsly, at time wheniits publica-
ton would attract the greatest attention,
and is evidently intended as a fragrant
insult to the loyal sentiment of the north,
and to all the cherished memories of the
war in which General Grant had led the
Union forces to victory. Second, it is
not probable that it would have been
thus sent had General Toombs not
felt convinced that il would
strike a popular chord through
out the south, and hence it shows that in
his Judgment, AT least, the south is solid
for another rebellion Third, it shows
not only Republicans, but all loyal citi-
zens, that If the Democrats carry the
next presidential election and secure con-
troll of the government, that repetition
of Buchanan's cowardly policy and an
other rebellion will be the result.
This voice from the tombs of the dead
confederacy is a timely warning to the
loyal citizens of the United States to not
again let the secessionists have an op-
portunity to rebel Not again must they
scatter the navy abroad, ship the contents
of the government arsenals south and
weaken the garrIsOns of government forts
| in the north below a defensive basis.
Not again must they get control of the
| government treasury, weaken the nation
| al credit, and fill the national offices at
home and abroad with traitors. There
is one way only to prevent another re-
bellion, and that is to keep the govern
ment in Republican hands SO that the
navy, the army and the treasury cannot
be seized by that section which echoes
the CHASTITY, graveyard yell, "Eeath'to
the Union!"
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THE DAILY NEWS.

To-day, a little less than one year from
the first issue, THE EAIPORIA DAILY
NEWS greets its readers with second
enlargement. 1t is about four times the
size il began life with, and we are pleased
to be able TO say that we consider it per-
manently established. II has passed
from AN experiment 10 fixed fact, and
will grow and prosper with the growth
and prosperity of our city and county.
The enlargement to twenty-four COL
umn paper is preliminary to other i'm
provements. An increase of advertising
patronage will warrant us in taking spe-
cial telegraphic dispatches, employing
editorial assistance, and employing also
more type settlers, so that our readers will
have in every respect as good and enter
tanning a daily as is published in the
state. We do not increase either our sub
scription or advertising rates, both of
which are very moderate. We rely rath-
or upon additional patrons at present
rates, and we expect to soon double our
circulation in the various railroad towns
of which Emporia is the commercial
center. THE DAILY NEWS will,
if fairly supported by our bus
| mess men, be of substantial use
in drawing trade to this city and of
adding to its reputation as an enterpris-
ing and prosperous town. We return
thanks to many of our merchants, and
submit to the firms which have so far given
usno advertising patronage whatever, that
Il reasonable encouragement of the daily
is now at least due from every business
house in our city, and We trust that our
advertising columns will soon be filed
the same as those of dailies in Topeka,
Ottawa, Lawrence. Fort Scott and other
places which EmpOria proposes to CON-
pete with. 1t is not our habit to "beg''
for patronage. We ask it as fair re-
turn for the advantages derived from adj
vertising, and as a necessary encourage
ment to the publication of live and
useful daily paper, upon which will be
| spent every dollar of patronage that ii
receives, and which is already a valua-
BILE advertising medium. EmpOria can
not and will not get along without a
daily. 1t has become too handy to be
dispensed with. THE DAILY News is,
we think, the best daily for the money
that any publishers could be induced to
furnish. II is helping the growth of the
city, and we will go to the farthest ex-
tent that its patronage warrants in max
ing it more useful and more acceptable.
both at home and abroad. NEWS,
| Nov. IS.
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IS Jesse LANES DEAD?

1t will be remembered that THE News
doubted the story told by Shepherd, and
printed in the Kanss City papers of the
killing of Jesse James. The story did
not seem very reasonable to us. 1t was
not "well built" so to speak. The New
York World answers the question at the
head of this article as follows:
Detective Robert Pinkerton, of Pink
erton's national detective agency, declar-
ed yesterday his opinion that Jesse
James, the leader of the Missouri out
laws, had not been shot and killed by
George Shepherd, but, on the contrary,
was alive and in cOncealment and likely
to be heard from in another train-wreck-
ing exploit at any moment. mo one,
said detective Pinkerton, should know
more about Jesse James than / do, for
our men have chased him from one end
of the country to the other. His gang
murdered two OF our detectives who had
traced them down, and ] consider Jesse
James the worst man without any excep-
ton on the face of the American CONT
nent. He is utterly devoid of fear, and
has no more compunctiOn about cold
blOOded murder than he has about eat
ing his breakfast. / don't believe that
George Shepherd would dare TO shoot at
him. / know Shepherd, and know what
kind of Il man he is. think that Shep-
herd has been wounded in a private fight
with Cummings or some of Jesse James
party, and that he is fooling the marshal
or sheriff Jesse James body has not
been found, and l believe that he is
alive
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MAKING WAY FOR BLAINE.


In politics the latest story here is
that Gen. Grant will certainly be
out OF the presidential race within thirty
days. Whitelaw Reid told a friend of
mine as much within few days. The
story that Colonel Scott will retire from
the presidency of the Pennsylvania rail
road and that Grant will take his place
may not have any truth in it. but there is
certainly something on foot to fix Grants
future. The report comes that senator
Blaine, who has been in New York, if he
is not there now, said recently that Gen.
Grant would be out of the way in thirty
days, and that his Grants course would
be such that all his personal and politi-
cal friends would be satisfied. This is
news of the highest importance if it is
true. All accounts from Grant agree
that he does not want the office and will
not seek it, also that he would refuse it
in the event that any contest was had in
the convention. James +. Wilson, for
many years a member of the house, and
who was offered by general Grant the
secretary of state before Fish was ap-
pointed, has kept up his intimacy with
Grant; has had letters from him. Will
son says he knows that general Grant
will not accept the nomination If it comes
to him through a contest; that he does
uOb l1C DluCC, Dul IlldI IL lie were
nominated with any degree of unanimity
he would feel Obliged to accept. None
can deny that there will be contest in
the next Republican convention. Blaine's
and Sherman's friends, respectively, are
not going to let general Grant or anybody
else walk off with the next presiden-
tial nomination without contest"
The friends of both will go into the
convention for the purpose of kicking
up row to drive Grant out. Wilson
says that Grant will have friends in the
convention who will be severally in
structed To withdraw his name in the
event of row, and that they will follow
the instructions. This much must be
said of Grant, he has not sought the of
flee. Even his closest friends can get
nothing out of him with reference to the
subject more than the fact that he is not
candidate and does not think of it.
With Grant out of the field, whot is
leftG Why, Blaine, of course. Blaine
is strong, fOF he is the choice of all those
who supported him at Cincinnati, and he
is the second choice of all the Grant
men and all the Shermen men. Of
course Grant would rather have Conk-
ling, but then COnkling is out of the
question. and even a heavy man like
Grant can see that. Grant and Blaine
nave never Deen particularly friendly IN
their social intercourse. Blaine dis
liked Grant and Grant suspected Blaine.
1t may be different now, for Grant has
forgiven everybody but Bristow, and
Blaine is a man who cannot treasure an
imosities-notwithstan his attitude
toward Conkling, with whom he has not
passed word for over thirteen years 1t
would not surprise me at all-indeed
rather look forward to it-lfGrant should
keep out of the convention that Blaine
should be nominated. 1t will certainly
be Blaine or black horse. Itcannot be
Sherman, Conkling or Washburne, and
nobody else has been suggested of con-
sequence thus far.
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INTERESTING TO HoRsEMEN.
Southwestern Kansas TrOtting AssOcia

Southwestern Kansas TrOtting AssOcia-
ton.
There was good attendance at the
Tefft House last evening from all parts
of the state, to organize a trotting asso-
citation. j. w. Hartzell was elected chair.
man, and w. p. POpenoe, ST., secretary,
Hon. II. II. Luddington. of Lawrence
was elected president of the association
j. ii. Ricksecker, of Sterling, vice presi.
dent; 5. w. Hartzell, of Topeka, secre
tary, and NJ. II. Case, treasurer.
An executive committee of five to ar
range for the circuit was appointed, con
sistiug OF James Dustan, of Topeka; A
ID. Carson, Lawrence, w. II. Page, Ster
ling; T. NJ. Lane, Wichita. and w. ID
TourtilOtt, Newton. The president and
vice president were made exr officio mem
beers of the executive committee. Com
mittee men were allowed to vote by
proxy ut all meetings.
The first meeting of the circuit viii
commence at Topeka on the second Tues
day in May. the meetings of the circui
TO be arranged by the committee.
A committee Of five was then appoint
ed to draft a constitution and bylaws
This committee consists of II. II. Lud
dington, Lawrence; NJ. II. Case, j. w
Hartzell and L. l.. Stringham, Topeka
and Il. NJ. Lane, of Wichita.
The meeting then adjourned.
The executive committee are To NEE
at Newton on the first Tuesday of Decem
ber.-Commonwealth.
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SOUTHWEST.

Newton has foundry.
Madison wants union church build
ing.
Anthony is building Congregational
church.
The Winfield rifles are to get sixty
stand of arms from the state
Bro. File, of the Florence Herald, is
just recovering from long spell of sick
ness.
Newton has "How do you like it"
club? We suppose most of 'em take it
straight
Newton is circulating a subscription
paper TO raise funds for lecture from
Theodore TiltOn.
Buckner was chosen by the voters Of
Hodgcman county for the county seat at
the election last week.
The proposition for the levy of one
mill for two years for the purpose of
purchasing poor farm in Morris coun-
ty, was carried by 6O3 majority.
Burlington claims TO have added a
thousand people to its population this
year. Five hundred and thirty votes
were polled there at the last election.
The st. Louis, Wichita s. Western rail
way has passed Cherryvale and is push
ing forward at the rate of two miles Il
day. About 5000 hands are at work.
| The band convention will take place
| on the 25th and Goth. Accommodations
have been secured at the hotels for over
hundred musicians What a time we
| will have when all those fellows. get to
| blowing at once. The occasion will
be ahead of anything of the kind ever
before held in The state.-Newton Re
publican.
AT the recent election held in Harper
county, 1859 votes were cast-almost
three times as many as there are voters
in the county. The commissioners un-
animously refused to count such vote,
as they could not do it without making
themselves liable to the severe penalty
of the law. This leaves the county seat
at Anthony for an indefinite period, un-
til the case can get through the courts,
at least couple of years, and practical
| ly settles the question permanently.
! The old officers will hold over until the
next general observation-disclosures journal.
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THE NEW CENSUS.
Kan-a. Divided into three districts. S

Kansas Divided into Three Districts.
The following telegram is hint for
parties who want to help to take the next
census:
WAsHIXGToS, Nov. 17.-The forma-
ton of supervisors districts, under the
provision OF the census act of March 3,
1879, has been completed by superintend-
ent Walker The appointments of su-
pervisors must be made in each instance
by selection from applicants residing
within the boundaries of the respective
districts. These officers will practically
control the thousands of local appoint
ments necessary for the work Of taking
the census, and are 10 be filed by the first
of January. The following is the form
alton of districts for the states named:
Kansas, three districts. First district
Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Cherokee
Crawford, Douglas, Franklin, Johnson
Labeite, Linn, Miami, Montgomery, Ne
OshO, Wilson and WyandOtte counties
Second distrIct-Chatauqua Elk, Green
wood Coffey, Lyon, Usage, Shawnee
Wabaunsee, Morris. Marion, Mcpherson
Rice. Barton, Rush, Ness, Lane, Scott
Wichita, Greeley, and all other counties
to the west and south of the line thereof
Third District-Doniphan, Atchison
Leavenworth, Jefferson, Jackson, Potta
watomle, Riley, Davis, Dickinson, Sa
line, Seward. Russell, Ellis, Trego, Cove
Wallace, and all other counties to the
north of the line thereof.
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A RIG CHANCE.

There are often chances for big specu
Iations for those who have ready money
if they watch the moving events sharp
" enough. Take, for instance, the rise
Monday in St. Louis Gas company
stock. Last week it sold, in $50 shares
for 500 per sAaEe, . very good figure
There had been . long pending suit be
tween The city and the company, and
Monday the clerk of the Missouri su
preme court telegraphed that the couri
court, and had ordered the receiver to
turn over all property, profits and bust
ness to the gas company. This sent the
shares up from sos to $3.50 each, and
here was a chance for smargins, /" ST there
had been any one sharp enough to fore
see the decision in favor of the company
The Gauss Of the iRmense rise is that in
the settlement Of the case the city will
have opay the gas company about $50,
600 for-eas consumed during the several
years prior to the commencement Of the
litigation, and the interest on this amount
court costs and attorneys fees, will in
CREASE the aggregate to very nearly OIL
quite million dollars
The receiver of the ga company ha:
almost million of dollars in his poses
sIon in the way Of profits realized since
his anRointment three years ago, and thi:
with the amount due the company by
the city. under the decision, will pay a
dividend on the company's stock OF
about one hundred and sixty per cent
This is not very pleasant for the tax-pay
ers, but the stock holders feel happy.
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Judge Lochrane. of Georgia, has made
most important revelation. He says
there is actually on record an instance in
which Hendricks took strong ground on
only one side of II great question. "He
spoke at an agricultural meeting and
openly opposed hog cholera" This an
nounccment should be embodied in a
circular by the Hendricks Admiration
Club, of indianapolis, and sent broadcast
over the country. 1t is the one hope
left of starting Hendricks boom.
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OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Improvement in Buslness-The Sugar
Trade.


Improvement in BusHness-The Sugar
Trade.
NEW YORK, Nov. 18th, 1879.
The effects of increased business pros
perity are to be seen everywhere in New
York. People are spending more money
and prices are higher than they were in
the spring, when everything in the com
mercial line seemed TO have touched bot
tom. Some things, iron and rubber for
instance, have from special causes almost
doubled in value But it is the increase
in the cost of food that most nearly
touches us, and surely we cannot bear
much in that direction, as the depres-
sion of the past six years has brought
the incomes of most of US down to the
lowest point. The recent increase in
the price of flour, sugar and other COM
modities, is an indication of what we
may expect The advance of one cent
pound on sugar alone will take mil
lions of dollars from the consumers.
Few persons realize what an enormous
amount of sugar there Is used in the
United States. As many as forty ship
loads have been received in the port of
New York alone in single day. The
trade is now very much unsettled and
disturbed by the difficulties experienced
by importers under the present system of
determining the amount of duty to be
paid. Instead of fixed tariff upon
sugar above and below a certain grade,
the attempt is now made 10 determine
the quantity or degree of sacharine mat
ter present in each cargo of sugar re-
ceived. 1t is impossible TO do this
accurately as samples taken from dif.
ferent parts of the same cask. will of
ten vary. 1t is left to the government Of
ficers to judge of the quantity of sugar,
and thus fix the amount of duty the i'm
porter must pay. This subjects the Off
Ger to temptation and throws wide open
the door to fraud. 1t is openly charged
that certain importers are favored in this
way, and when it is remembered that a
very trifling mistake, such as might be
honestly made in estimating the quality,
would make difference of ten OF twelve
thousand dollars in single cargo of SUI
gar, it will be seen how great is the temp
tation to dishonesty, and how injurious
such a state of things must be TO the hon
est importer. Prices are unsettled and
the people suffer in the end. We ought
to have tariff system that would enable
the importer to know in advance just
how much duty he has to pay, instead of
| leaving it to chance, or worse. A fixed
! tariff is what is demanded for the best
| interests of all.
| The receipts of the elevated roads for
| October amount to about 100000. At a
| five-cent fare this would amount to $780,
600 gross receipts, would give the COM
panies fair margin of profit. AS it is,
the elevated road-is a rich bonanza.
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TEXAS PACIFIC.

Mr.. Thomas Scott being cornered by
reporters in St. Louis, is repOrted to have
SAID: 'sThe Texas Pacific road is deVel-
oping sapidly, and is already producing
a trade beyond the expectations of Its
friends. Last month its business was
the largest in its history, showing its
ability to take care of all it's obligations
and to provide for Its immediate extern
sion to the west 1 expect when I get
home to complete u contract for the ex
tension Of $50 miles west of Fort Worth,
to be finished in two years, connecting at
the western boundary of New Mexico
with the Southern Pacific road, which is
the western part of the Texas Pacific.
This connection will form another
through line from st. Lous to San Fran
cisco. Our line will develop an immense
agricultural as well as mineral field. 1t
will run close to the border of Mexico,
and will be open all the year round, and
100 miles shorter than the Union Pacific.