The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-16

brought out evidence sufficient to hold
Blanchard for trial, and Campbell was
released. The preliminary examination
is set for next Wednesday.
Much preparation is being made for
the Saengerfest, which takes place here
June 6, z, 8, and 8. The city will be
handsomely decorated and illuminated.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, May 13.-Alexander
Barlow cashier OF the Fishki1l bank, con-
victed of embeZzlement, has been SEN
fenced to five years in the peniteDtiary.
LONDON, May 14.-Empress Augusta,
of Germany, arrived at Windsor Castle
to-day, TO visit the queen. A gentleman
who has Just returned from Russia saws
the effects of the policy OF :aDressIon are
hardly noticeable in st. Petersburg. He
traversed large portion OF the CITY late
at night without interference. or cues
ton. Sunday, the 4th inss, being a
bright day, the streets were thronged
with promenaders, happy and l:ghtheart-
ed, apparently, as there is in any other
continental city. He saw princess Dag
man driving through the streets IN her
carriage, alone and unattended.
WASHINGTON, May II. Secretary
McCreary, in coDnt ction with the d els
ion of Judge Dundy. in the Poncas ha5eas
corpus case, directed that these Indians
be released. L. E. Eggres and F. S.
Stumbaugh, of Kansas, had hearing to-
day before the senate committee on priv
lleses and elections in regard to the al
legation of memorial signed by them
and others, charging that the election of
senator Ingalls, was procured bv bribery.
Captain Eads has made application for
the amount of $500, 600, claiming that he
has obtained channel at the mouth of
the Mississippi river, twenty-five feet
deep and two hundred feet wide.
ST. LOUIS, May 1.-THE Evening Star,
OF this city, which passed into the hands
of receiver week or two ago, was sold
at auction by order of the court this noon
and realized seven hundred and ninety
dollars. This leaves the field of evening
journalism to the ost-D;spatch.
The negro exodus is subsiding. The
officers of the latest arrived boats saw
they were not hailed on the way up nv
negroes, and they don't believe that there
is any such number of refugees on the
river banks as has been stated They
further state that the excitement is diving
out, and will cease altogether in a short
time.
NEW YORK, May 14.-Subscriptions to
the extension of the Denver and Rio
GIande railway, were opened to the pull
lie here to-day. Up to close of business
to-day, applications had been signed for
five and half millions of Z per cent.
bonds, which are taken at 80. The OBJ
ject is to build 565 miles to the most
important mining centres of Colorado
and New Mexico, Immediately, which
includes the line through the Arkansas
Cannon to Leadville.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 14.-The disease
which has broken out in Caucasus proves
fatal in "a hours. In Derby, which con-
tains $50 houses, 20 persons died. In
Mediricheria, with 200 houses, there are
200 persons dead. The mortality else
where is on the same scale.
LOUISVILLE, May IA special from
Paducah says: Two years ago a man
named Dan Edmunds, who lived in Liv-
ingston county, Kentucky, ran off to Ar
kansas with a neighbours daughter, leav-
ing wife and family behind. A short
time ago he started back to his former
home with the woman and child, and
when near the Mississippi river, killed
and buried both. On returning, he took
up with his lawful wife The goods of
the murdered woman and child were
found and identified, and search was in
stituted for Edmunds. Yesterday an of
ficer from Arkansas arrived at the home
OF the murderer, and took him back to
the scene of his crimes.