The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-07-18
TELEGRAPHIC.

Celebrating the Crossing of the BOyne."
NEW YORK, July 12.-The Orange
men of New York and neighborhood are
celebrating the 18th, by excursions up
the Hudson river on boats and barges.
Men, women and children are profusely
decorated with the orange and blue,
while the bands play Boyne Waters,
Croppies Lie Down and Protestant Boys,
which makes the people happy. There
was no street parade. A large number
of policemen are with the excursiOnists.
NV Orleans Healthy"
NEW ORLEANS, July 12.-The Aux
Hilary Sanitary Association makes the
following statement:
After thorough investigation by the
officers and members of this association,
supported by the testimony of the board
of health and the New Orleans medical
association, we hereby declare this city
is in perfectly healthy condition, and
that there has not been q single case OF
yellow fever in this city the present sum
mer. The city is in a better sanitary
condition than for many years, and the
absence of ievers which usually pre-
cede the yellow fever inspires the belief
that we shall escape serious sickness
The country will be officially notified
should the yellow fever make its appear
ance.
Vrdict in the Seymour Tragedy.
NEW YORK, July 15.-The inquest Of
the shooting of John +. Seymour, broth
er-in-law of Bishop Seymour. began to
| day. Many persons were present, be
sides thirty-three witnesses. Lloyd
| Woolsey, student in the seminary
testified. lie was aroused late in the
night by the screaming of a female, and
jumped up and opened the shutters, and
heard two or three voices. The first
words he heard were, "Shut your mouth, ,
in the words of "a man. Then followed
| the cry of murder from woman; theh
a woman ran down the path, nearly OPP
posite his window some one called out
''catch her." and she then ran back
The woman then cried ont, "StudentS
come" He dressed himself and yent
out, and saw people gathered about Mr.
Seymour's body. Bishop Seymour told
the story of finding the body of his
brother-in-iaw. PaulN Streekes affirm
ed that the boy only fired blank
cartridges from the seRiEary window
and other witnesses testified to seeing thu
firing from the window The jury re
turned a verdict that Mr.. Seymour came
to his death by pistol shot wound
evidently received at the hands of some
person unknown, IN the grounds OF thu
theological seminary, on the night o
the third of July.
| Extensive Fire.
SAN Francisco, July 12-CouteIville
Mariposa county. was partly burneC
Wednesday night. The loss not stated
The fire spread to the timber near tn,
village, and over a considerable tract @
of the country over the river
i Topeka Wins.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, July 12-GeOrg
VOLTS John Bender, won the free 70
all race to-day. Col. West second.
Fatal Casualty.
ST. JOSEPH, July 12.-Three men wcr
killed by the bursting of the boiler of
steam saw mill, yesterday, five mile
north of this city, and several wounded
The killed were, w. Riley johnson, 0
Iowa, aged %; Isaac N. Edwards, of Az
drew county, aged 81, and George Lie
T bring, of st. Joseph, aged %. Edwar
Nation was so badly burnt and injure,
that it is not thought possible for hin
10 recover, Several others were injured
but not fatally.
By Cable-Funeral Of the Prince Imperial.
I LONDON, July 12-The funeral @
the Prince Imperial took place in accord