The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-03-28

people without stint A dispatch from
Santa Anna says a man vallified after
he got through speaking, gave Kearney
an unmerciful beating.
NEW YORK, March 20.-Advices state
that freight rates from Chicago to New
York have been fixed at 20 cents per
class freight. Several hundred dollars
have been raised here for the relief OF
sufferers at Szrgedin.
WASHINGTON, March 21.-ISeHate =
Beck introduced a bill to repeal law
which prohibits the appointment to the
army of late rebels. Hoar offered a reso-
luton condemnIng as unconstitutional
and insurrectiunary the attempt of one
house to make the passage of appropria-
tion bills conditional on the consent of
the other house and of the president, to
provisions they do not approve. Wal
lace offered resolution calling on secre-
tary treasury for detailed statements of
amounts paid marshals in New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Maryland, to
date, and description of services per-
formed by deputy marshals at the cleo
lions in Oct. and Nov, 1878. Conkling
offered amendment covering all
all the states, and as amended resolution
adopted. Edmunds' resolution propos-
ing to confine business of session to OBJ
ject for which called was laid on table by
vote of 30 to ga strict party vote. So
Democracy is against early adjournment.
HOuse.-Mr. Frye said that he desired
to apologize for the remark he made
the other day, that he did not believe in
total depravity. The Democratic party
vote upon the Florida case had shown
him that he was mistaken. Laughter
Without doing any important business
house adjourned.
WASHINGTON, March 21.-The Oliver
Cameron case is still on the docket, but
is too filthy for us. Mrs. Oliver is bad
one, and either old Cameron is fool, or
else she is trying to blackmail him.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 21-557 Chi
men arrived by steamer to-day. Advices
from Japan say preparations for Grants
reception are being made. Although not
expected for many months, there are the
most powerful and ancient people of the
japanese government appointed to re-
ceive and attend upon him, a distinction
heretofore extended to no visitor.
ST. LOUIS, March 21.-E. H. Brown
manager of the Western Union telegraph
Office in this city, was summoned before
the grand jury to-day, on a demand made
that he should produce for the use of the
jury all kilograms sent and received dur
ing several months past, by John S.
Phelps, governor of the state, Jas. c.
Nidelet, police commissioner of this
city, and A. B. Wakefield, alleged to be at
the head of the so-called gamblers ring
here. Mr.. Brown stated to the jury that
he had been instructed by his superior of.
ficers, and advised by counsel, to say that
there are grave constitutional as we'll as
legal points involved in the matter; that
all dispatches passing over the wires are
regarded by the company as inviolably
secret as are letters which pass through
the mails; therefore he must de
cline to comply with the demand of the
jury. He farther stated that the tele-
graph company is anxious to have the
question settled whether it can be com
PEELED to furnish dispatches sent to other
parties TO grand juries, courts, commit
tees, etc, and respectfully requested that
the Jury would take such action in this
case as would result in legal decision
of the question. The question of the in
volatility of kilograms will probably &C
before the courts.
NEW YORK, March 21.-Dispatches
from New Orleans report the excitement
over and the condition of affairs favor
able, no further calls for currency having
been made from this city. PatricE
O'Shea, welLknown Catholic book pub
Usher, has suspended, and asked an ex
tension. Liabilities, 100000; assets
100000.
CINCINNATI, MPrch 21.-At 9 O'Clock
yesterday morning Matthew Creed, pro
prietor of dry goods store in James
town, Ky, having his suspicion aroused
by noise in the store, arose from bed
and proceeded to the store, found burg
lar behind the counter and shot hin
dead, fifteen buckshot penetrating his
body. 1t is not known where the burg
lar came from.