The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-06
TELEGRAPHIC.
Murder at Hays City.
SOecfai dispatch to { commonwealth

Murder at Hays City.
Special dispatch 10 Commonwealth.
Il HAYS Cry, May 80, 1 40 a. m.-Sam
ueI p. Ripple, living four miles east q
this city, was shot and killed last nigh
about eight O'Clock, the result of a-diffi
Guilty concerning some land, he bein.
one of two presumption claimants o
Samuel Track He leaves a wife and fiv,
children to mourn his loss. T. 3. Viii
COX, pre-emptor of said Track, is unde
arrest, also w. E. Stackhouse. The sher
if is now III pursuit of Chas Stack
house, who will probably be captured
tonight.
The Indian Convention
ST. LOUIS, May 2S.-Representatives
of the different civilized tribes in the In
dian Territory met in convention yester
day at Eufaula, for the purpose of con
sidering the invasion of the Indian Ter
ritory by the whites, and the settling on
coded lands by the squatters. The lead
ing men of the Cherokees, Choctaws
Chicasaws, Creeks, Wyandots, Sac & Fox
nations were present, and the convention
organized by the election of Ward Coach
man, chief of the Creeks, chairman, and
j. II. Moore, of the ChOctaws, secretary
A committee of one from each nation
was dppOlHlcl " PLCpdIC q IctSOEt Tc-
port regarding the present condition OF
affairs in the Territory. and the conyen-
ton adjourned till to-day.
| WASHINGTON, May 28.-The Presi-
dent will not send his message vetoipg
/ the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill TO the house of repre-
sentatives to-day.
Dies MONIES, Iowa, May 2S.-The
State Greenback Convention met at 10 a.
m, and J. B. WEIGH was made Temporal
ry chairman. He made speech, pre-
dieting the success of the Greenback
party, and that Gen. J. B. Weaver would
be the wOrkingman's Presidential candi-
date in 1880.
Washington Notes.
WASHINGTON, May 29.-SubscriptiOns
to the four per cent. refunding certifi-
Gates since yesterdays report 81 ,575, 24O.
The treasurer of the United States has
decided that the four per cent refunding
certificates may be deducted by national
banks in making up the semi-annual re-
turns of average capital subject to duty,
the same as the law authorizes in cases
of United States bonds.
The house refused to pass the legisla-
| tive appropriation bill over the presi-
dents veto, yeas 113, nays 91-nOt the
necessary twO-thirds vote in the affirma-
| tive-and the message was referred to
the judiciary
The house cOncurred in the senate
amendments to the subsidiary silver bill,
and then adjourned until Monday.
Safes Opened.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, May 29-Sheriff Finn
had the safes of NJ Goldsoll 81 Co.
opened this afternoon. About $1,000
worth of Jewelry was found in one of
them and lot of old papera in another.
but nothing throwing any light on Gold
soils connection with the Broadway
bank was discovered. A petition was
filed in the circuit court this afternoon
by the representatives of the depositors,
asking that John Dierberger, assignee of
the Broadway savings bank, he removed
and another man who may be agreed
upon by the depOsitOrs and directors ap-
pointed in his place.
Hotel Burned.
HAGARsTowN, Md, May 29.-About
two O'Clock this morning a fire was dis
covered in the lower floor of the Wash
ington Hotel in this place. Before an
alarm could be given, the fire had gained
such Roadway that the flames rushed up
the stairways, completely cutting off all
escape. There were upwards Of sixty
persons on the register, besides the reg
nlaF bOarders, nearly all of whom We're
compelled TO espHpc by climbing down
the porch pillars. Several of those who
escaped in this way sustained serious in.
jqries by falling. One man made rope
Of his hedclOthing and attempted to es.
| cape in that way from the fourth floor;
the rope broke as he reached the third
| floor, and he Is now lying in critical
condition. A child Of the agent of the
Cumberland Valley railroad, coming
down the porch from the fourth floor,
fell, and is supposed fatally injured.
Two bodies have been found in the ruins,
burned into crisp; one of them is l..
Trovell, of Cumberland, and the other
one unknown. There are six persons
missing, supposed to be burnt in the ru-
ms. Fifteen persons are injured serious
lly from milling, and about twenty slight
ly injured.
Killed by the Indians.
SAN FRANCISCO, May pa Portland
(OregOn) dispatch says that telegram
from General Howard confirms the re-
port that two m6l haye been killed by
the Sheep-Eater Indians on the South
Fork of the Solomon river. Troops
have sent after the murderers
Cyclone.
ST. JOSEPH, May eA.-At six O'Clock
this evening a cyclone swept across a
part OF Hall and NOdaway counties.
Near Barnard and Bolckow, about %
miles north of st. Joseph, it moved with
circular motion with a velocity of six
ty miles per hour, demOlishing houses,
uprooting and twisting off trees, and de
Stroying property of all descriptions. 1t
| moved IN a nOrtheasterly direction, and
when several miles east of Barnard sud-
denly disappeared. 4 track Of territory
one-half mile wide was devastated by
the whirlwind. A number of casualties
| occurred, but the names cannot be given
tonight. This section was visited with
heavy rain this afternoon.
Foreign Notes.
MEssINA, May 29.-The volcano of
Mount Etna is IN full eruption. Three
new Graters appeared near the township
OF Randazza, al the north west foot ofthe
mountain. Streams of lava are flowing
down the western slope. Several vii
llages are threatened with destruction.
and there is great alarm among the in
habitants. ga
PARIS, May 29.-An official dispatch
from Port all Prince, Hayti, says Nj.
Roche MOnral, the French minister, died
of yellow fever two hours after he was
attacked. His private secretary and the
first secretary of legation are dead from
the disease, and the second secretary or
legation is sick with it.
LONDON, May 29.-The Times publish
es letter from st. Petersburg, which
says the statements published abroad
concerning the situation are exagger
ated. Altogether, living under militia
ry law there is, perhaps, worse than it
was in Bulgaria during actual war; but
| although this state of things does not
sit lightly on many, there are still plen-
ty who can find il in their heads to en-
Joy themselves at the opening of the
summer season. 1t Is not reign of ter
ror, nor state of siege. 1t is only
state of military law, where one half of
the population is set to watch the other.
A state Of siege is step further, and
they have not come to that yet.
Decoration Dav Well Observed,
NEW YORK, May 3Q.-The prepara-
tons made for the due observance Of de.
coratiOn day were far more elaborate
than they have been in recent years. The
most inn