The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-07-25
TEIEGRAPHIC.
Fire at Larned.

Ire al 11Iutu.
Special Dispatch to the Commonwealth.
LARNED, Kansas, July 21.-Patten &
Stokes livery stable burned this morn.
| ing; also eighteen horses and nine bug
giles. Loss, six thousand dollars; insnr-
.ance eight hundred dollars, in the Home.
of New York Frey & Lowrev's build.
ing, adjoining, and Z. w Wheeler,s
jewelry stock were burned Loss. one
thousand dollars; no insurance. Three
men escaped from the stable; two iniur-
ed, and their clothing burned on them.
| The hack driver TO Browns grove bare
ly saved his team Il. H. BAILINGER.
ship Lost.
New YORK, July 2l.-A Belgian dis
patch says the Nova Scotia nip st. Ber
nard, Captain Burns. which left New
York on the 21th of June Antwerp.
has been lost on the banks O. his coast.
Captain Burns, pilot ami FIVE men were
drowned. The survivors have landed
here.
Killed.
CINCINNATI, July 21.-During a game
of cards between james Deadman and
Louis HaSel. in saloon three miles
south of Covington, Ky, last night,
dispute arose between the two men,
which terminated by HageI stabbing
Deadman twice in the neck and breast,
killing him Instantly
ATLANTA, July 21.-John Standing, "A
Mormon preacher, was shot and killed
by mob of ten men, in Catoos;t county
to-day.
The Buford Trial.
OwENToN, KY, July 2l.-Judge Cur
tbs, of New York, opened proceedings
this morning for the defense, speaking
for two hours. He will continue his
argument this afternoon. Rev J. w.
Hawkins, yesterday, preached sermon
strongly in behalf of Buiord.
An Embezzler Arrested.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass, July 21-Ex-
Tax Collector r. G. Walden was arrested
this evening charged with the enlbezzIe-
ment of one hundred thousand dollars
during 1876, II and rs, while in Office.
His preliminary examination will take
| place tomorrow morning
Sitting Bull
ST. PAUL, July 21.-An official who
arrived at headquarters from Fort Ben
ton, today, gives the particulars of
Monday, with 800 men. He left a guard
at Fort Peck and four companies at
Muscle Shell, and started north with the
rest. He should have reached the point
where Sitting Bull is hunting buffalo, by
the last of the week, and unless the In
dians have retreated, collision has
doubtless already taken place on the
journey down the river. The informant
learned that there was considerable ac-
tivity among the struggling hostile, who
were apparently concentrating towards
Sitting Bulls band.
| Free Fight.
LOUISVILLE, July 21.-In free fight at
Smeyer's grove, five miles from this CITY,
Sunday evening, John Hughes, cOlOred,
was killed and several others badly in
jured. The trouble originated in an eff
fort made by roughs to capture the agent
and presidents Car of the road.
| Boiler Explosion.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 21.-Two boilers
in the Central Pacific railway shops,
Sacramento, exploded yesterday, demol-
ishing the boiler house Half of one
| boiler went through the wall and landed
in the car shop, the other in the machine
| shop, and the third in the blacksmith
shop. The other buildings We're some
| what shattered. Damage, $4,000. Jet
Keys, fireman, was blown TO pieces, and
a number of others slightly injured.
Indians
CHICAGO, July GA special dispatch
from Bismarck says that the steamer
Rose Butler cleared yesterday for Old
Fort Peak, General Miles supply depart
ment, with battery of six ROdman and
i Hotchkiss guns, 40 boxes grape and
1900 rounds revolver cartridges; 22O, 900
rounds of rifle cartridges and other sup
plies. Gen. Miles is near Bear Pow
mountains, and has fighting force not
exceeding six hundred. 1t is predicted
that he will be defeated if he strikes
the camp of Sitting Bull, who has a
large force. Miles scouts will do their
utmost to bring about the engagement,
feeling that this is his chance to make a
strike and crafty his ambition towards
promotion. His command have the
same faith in him that the seventh caval
ry had in Custer.
The Weavers.
FALL RIVER, Mass, July 21.-The
most serious disturbance which has oc-
CURED since the present labor troubles,
took place tonight. A woman with her
son came here from Warren, r. l., this
afternoon, and on application of the lat
ter, weaver, he was given work at the
Merchants Mills, and the mother was
| given tenement in one of the company's
houses. This evening the women in the
neighborhood began to make threats
ana rocks were thrown ut the house. and
windows broken. The woman COM
| planned, and officers were sent to the
guard house. The crowd continued to
increase, and the offenders deemed it adj
visable to remove her to safe quarters
As she went through the streets, the
| crowd rapidly increased until about one
| thousand men, women and boys gather
ed on Bayford street ut the north end of
the Mechant's Mill, and also opposite
the office where a number of new spin
ners, including four who arrived this
afternoon, were quartered. Another
crowd about half the size assembled at
the south bend of the mill Rocks were
freely thrown.
Yellow Fever Notes.
| MEMPHIS, July 21.-Fifteen new cases
were reported to the board of health this
morning. Among the most prominent
are w. G. COppinger and wife, j. C.. Har-
ris, well known dentist, Chas. Philmat
and wife, George Nail and the two Misses
Raja. Two deaths have occurred-Dr j.
G. Harris and w. c. Coppinger. The ex-
odus of citizens is in full progress.
Business is almost suspended, and the
general outlook anything but cheering.
| WASHINGTON, July 21.-At the request
of representative Casey Young, of the
Memphis (Tcnn.) district, the secretary
of war has forwarded to Memphis 800
tents, and rations for 10000 people for
twenty days, to be used in aid of suffer
ers from yellow fever.
NEW YORK, July 21.-Two seamen,
suffering from yellow fever, were admit
ted to the hospital today. One of them,
c. S. Cowley, died to-day.
NASHVILLE, July 21-At meeting of
the state board of health, the subject of
quarantine was considered. A dispatch
was sent to Memphis asking that the rules
of the national board he put Immediately
into force. The following was sent to all
farmers in West Tennessee: "The state
board of health, now in session, has de
clared quarantine against Memphis for
the whole state, and additional rules
will be put into operation tomorrow"
New ORLEANS, July 21-New Or
leans is perfectly free from yellow fever
NEW YORK, July 21.-The brig L. T.
Munson, from Cardenas, saw a brig fly
ing signals of distress, ran to her, and
found her to be the brig Akbar, from Ha-
vana for New York, with the captain and
three men sick with yellow fever: one
man having died the day previous, and
her former captain having died in Ha
vana. A navigator was placed on board.
| MEMPHIS, July 21.-Twenty-One addi-
tional cases were reported to the board of
health this afternoon, which makes to-
tai of thlrty-siX reported for today. This
large increase is the accumulation of
several DAYS as most of these rerS0ns