The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-08-22
From the North Pole EzpcditiOn,

TIC steamer Je3neJte arrived at Port lllu.
luic Island, off Alaska, August Sd. She
was to sail August 9th for st. Nicholas
after taking on fresh supply of water
and provisions.
Death of an Old Settler.
LAWRENCE. August 15-Hon. George
w. Benson, brother-in-law of the late
Lloyd Garrison, died at his residence in
this city to-day, aged II. Mr. Benson
was a prominent abolitionist in Massa-
chusetts in the early days of the anti-sla-
very struggle, but had lived in Kansas
for the last 90 years.
Yellow Fever Notes.
| MEMPHIS, August 10 Fourteen
cases in all were reported to the
board of health to-day, II colored, and
one additional interment reported-Aus.
tin w. Dowell, late engineer of the steam.
er George w. Cheek. As an additional
precaution guards have been placed on
the several streets leading into Chelsea,
to prevent communication between that
healthy suburb and the infected portions
of Memphis. 1t rained nearly all the
afternoon, and fires were in demand, the
thermometer having dropped to 60 deg.
| All the prominent sick are progressing
favOrably except Ed. Schloss, who is
| worse.
1t is decided to continue perfectly the
system of the isolation of Memphis, un-
der the rules of that board, which have
already given such good results; to use
every possible means to induce the ne
groes, who now constitute the main
source of danger in Memphis, to move
into camp, and thus deprive the fever of
material upon which to work.
Twice Again.
WASHINGTON, d. C., August 15.-Wm
W. Roach, cashier OF a bank in this CITY,
is defaulter to the amount of $50, 600.
His bondsmen pay $25, 900, and he him
self turns over his own property to the
bank.
LEAvENwORTH, August 15.-Fred NJ.
Spaulding, City Clerk of Leavenworth,
has been found to be defaulter, and has
absconded. An investigation of the
| affairs of his office is now being made,
but the total amount of his shortage is
| not yet known.
BosTON, August 15.-The loss by the
burning of the fremont Temple building,
last night, will not exceed $105, 900. The
loss on the building is about $1,000.
The loss of the various occupants will
probably reach $25,OO0. The latter are
fully insured The American Baptist
Publishing Society had a stock worth
$4,000, most of which is saved. The
Baptist Missionary Union suffers slight
loss.
Found Murdered.
| Boston, August 15.-Jas. F. Frye,
aged about 40, dealer in hides and leath-
er, was found murdered this forenoon,
at his residence, ID Jay street A letter
carrier, seeing the door ajar, entered and
found Frye lying in the front of his open
safe, with a bullet through his head.
The safe had been robbed of its contents.
Frye was last seen at his place of bust
ness about o'clock last night. His
family are away but are expected home
| tomorrow.
| A Depraved Tramp Printer.
CHICAGO, Ill, August ia tramp
printer, who was attempting to force
an entrance last night into the house
of II. W. Baldwin, residing in the
suburbs of the town, was shot dead by a
charge from shot gun in the hands OF
the son of Mr.. Baldwin, who happened
to be in the house. Two accOmplices es
capped. 1t appears that the tramp was q
former Journalist of irregular habits, who
many years, having once been reporter
on Chicago papers. His name is ]. D
Trairor.
The Sprague Affair.
| PROVIDENCE, August 15.-Mrs. Viii
liam Sprague remained at Canovchet las
night, Kindsman, from Ohio, being onC
, of the friends in the house; but the pc
sitIon was exceedingly uncomfortable
for all parties. Sprague declares he will
have the children at all hazards, and for
bids the servants to obey any of his wife
orders without consulting him. Mrs
Sprague is reported to be greatly pros
Ao1 <Nf \ l.,
: the cruel reports of the newspapers, ant
| by apprehensions for her children.
The Lawrence Camp Meeting.
LAWRENCE, August 15.-The weathe
to-day has been fine, and the ATTENDANCE
at the National Temperance camp meet
ing has very much increased. To-da,
!, was the first annual meeting of the Won
> ems Christian Temperance Union. Mrs
Smith, of Topeka, presided, and deliv
J. cred an address. The meeting was ais
, addressed by Mrs. Drusilla Wilson ant
| Miss Amanda Way. E. H. Campbell,
4 noted temperance orator from st. Louis
r arrived today. Representatives of til
: press from St. Louis, Kansas City, LeaN
enworth and Topeka are on the ground
1 Tomorrow occurs the first annual NEE
! ing of the Grand Phalanx of Temper
J., ance Volunteers of Kansas.
Railroad Accident.
I ST. LOUIS, August ia construction
: train on the new KeOkuk and st. Loui
: railroad was thrown from the track we:
! terday afternoon by running over COW
! about twenty miles south of LouisianS
Mo-, and Nicholas Dubois. chief engin
eer of the road, instantly killed. Tn
, conductor, Ehos. Carol, had both leg
i broken, and several men belonging to tn
: train were badly hurt, including Jane
Brady, superintendent of bridges. DIT
bois resided at Washington city. Hi
/ remains will be sent to Great Bend, Pa
4 for burial.
}. An advance in eastern railroad freigh
of five cents per hundred will go int
e effect on the 25th inst.
: The Ship Laborers' Trouble.
i QUEBEC, August 15.-The ship labol
t ers' trouble eliminated today in a feal
:. full free fight, in lower town in Chan
plain street, near Allen Roe & Co.
3 wharf No. 5. There were about 800
y men on the French Canadian side, an
not so many on the other, which wa
composed principally of Irish Catholics
L Shots and blows were freely exc hange(
: to the injury Of a great number in Tia
J, crowd The French Canadians WEI
= finally driven back, having lost, accorC
y ing to report, five killed and sewers
J. wounded. The mayor did not allow ia
!; police to interfere, as he had but fort
men.
The Camden Railroad Collision.
al PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 15.-The inquei
= over the bodies of the five persons kille
u by the collision of trains on the Atlanti
p City Railway, yesterday, resulted IN
4 verdict that VertZ, the assistant superb
9 Itendcnt, is criminally censurable for en-
e ploying incompetent persons to manag
u trains and for negligence in the pc
i Torrance of his duty. The evidenC
u showed that the running of train
amounted to guess work, and that the a
= sistapt superintendent as rule gave h
messages orally to the telegraph operate
>, at Camden, and that the transmission (
u one of that description led to the disaste
!, The freight conductor swore that
% knew nothing about running trains an
had charge yesterday for the first time
Mormonism.
nnel WASHINGTON, August 10 - The
!. seems to have been a great misapprehe
sio1 an the part of the London Tim
= and Press about this country, as to Il
= intention of the circular recently Issue
- by the state department ON the subject
- higamy. The circular simply calls Il
r attention of the foreign government
% the United States statutes again
- bigamy, and TO the fact that religious