The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-04-25
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Dill. Cn1el MUSES. anu OH
er Indians called at the executive Man.
sion to-day, and were presented To the
who said to them: am glad
to see you, my friends hope the Sec
rotary (refering to ShurZ) Will make a
settlement with YOU that shall be salts
factory. We are friendly towards you,
and want to deal with you with exact
Justice l hope you will always be our
friends. Some Cmatilla Indians this
morning, at the Office of the Secretary
of the Interior, expressed their dissatis-
faction with the ternE agreed upon yes
terday. Chief Moses, however, stands
to the contract The SECRETARY of war
has addressed letter to Gen. sherman,
in case of Sitting Bull, or any
of his followers, cross from the British
possessions, they be held as prisoners of
war until further orders from the Pres
ident. In view of this action, Sitting
Bull and band have voluntarily subjec-
ted themselves to the authority of Great
Britain, and cease to be subjects of the
United States. They will not now, even
with peaceable intentions, be permitted
to recross the frontisrs.
Representative DeLaMatvr to-day fill
ed petition embOdying bill to estab
lish Greenback currency and TO relieve
the financial distress of the country by
granting aid to certain companies incor-
pOrated by the state authority for inter-
nal Improvements. 1t provides that the
secretary of the treasury be required to
have prepared notes and obligations of
the United States 10 the aggregate
amount of ten hundred millions of dol
lars, to be known as the "Greenback cur
rency," for general circulation, in
amounts and form as the bill provides,
which notes or obligations shall consti-
tute a legal tender for all debts, and TO
be receivable for all classes of United
States government dues. These obliga-
800, $500, 1000, 5000 and $4,000
each, in such relative proportions as
may be found necessary to meet the re-
quirements and conveniences of the
business wants of the country. The sec
rotary of the treasury is authorized to
loan from such greenback currency to
corporations, providing they file their
bonds payable fifty years from date there
of, and bearing no interest for five years
from said date, but at the expiration OF
five years the bonds shall bear interest of
three per cent. per annum, legal tender
money, the interest to be paid semi-an-
nually. The following are the corpora
tons maintained that shall have the adj
vantage of loans: James River and
Kanawah Canal company, S60,O0O,OO0
Atlantic & Great Western Canal com
pany, $4,000, 900; Florida Coast Canal
company, $12,OOOO00; Phillip Canal
company, $1OOOO,O 600; for railroad to
connect the waters of the Mississippi
with the Pacific, Rock Island & Henne.
pin Canal company, $13,O00,000; Oswe-
go Canal company, $25, 0O0, 600; LeXing-
ton & Big Sandy railroad company So
100000, and Niagara ship canal company
$14,OOO,OOO.
NEW YORK, April 19.-Gen. John A
Dix Is lying at the point of death.
SAN FRANCIsCO, April ia Victoria
dispatch says: Tuesday morning a fire
was discovered in No. 10, Level Yelling
ton coal mine, at Departure Bay. Ii
was supposed to have been eXtinguished
on the following day; and on Thursday
morning when twenty-five or thirty men
entered the Level to resume work, an eX-
plosion occurred, blowing the working
machinery of the Level into ruins, kill
ing eleven men and injuring others seri-
Ously. Volunteers who entered the Lev
ell in the afternoon report the foul air So
strong that they could not remain below
for any length of time. The Level will
have to be flooded, as the mine is still on
n
and this moaning burned half the town
including the largest business houses,
hotels and newspaper offices, telegraph
office, marine building, and great many
dwellings. Three hundred families are
destitute, and 1000 people without shell
ter. Loss, 100000.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, April ia serious
accident occurred on the Kansas City
branch of the III. s. st. 10. railroad this
morning. AS freight train No. z, bound
west, was running down a heavy grade
a bridge was discovered to be on fire, and
in spite of all efforts to stop the train il
ran on the bridge, the engine passing
nearly over, IA cars breaking through
one after another and piling them in an
immense wreck in the creek bed below
All the cars were soon envelOped in
flames, and with their contents entirely
consumed. The engineer stood at his
post until the very last, only saving him
self by jumping as the engine turned
over. The fireman jumped before reach
ing the bridge. One man, sleeping in Il
car of household goods, was burned to
death and another rescued after severe
injuries. The men were on their way to
Kansas.
KINsLEY, Kas., April 2O.-A terrible
fire has ragged here to-day, destroying hall
of the business portion of this city. The
fire is supposed to have originated by an
explosion in Hampton 81 Lackey's meat
market. A high wind was blowing al
the time. The following persons were
burned out, losing a large amount OF
goods; Sherman, merchandise; ReitlOIr
merchandise; Nudge, merchandise
Wilmington s. BerthOf, merchandise
Cuddy & Sons, bankers; Emmerson
4 60, dc.
and A. ID. Kroenk & Co, livery men
lean Hotel; Graphic office; Voyles
drugs; Rummett, saddler; Wilson, ba-
kerry; Price, saddler; county offices
treasurers books all destroyed Lane, and
Wilson s. Pamblon and Lackey, meat
markets; Curtin Block, with the new post
office; Talbot, insurance office; Lamont
bakery; Ellis s. VandiveFt, Taylor Flick
attorneys; Mcclure, confectionery
Bradley, saloon; Shredder & Heiss, sa
loon; Jackson, barber. The fine Gem
hall, occupied by the Sons of America
and the Odd Fellows and MasOns' hall
were totally destroyed. The city is in
mourning. G. L. HUBS.
LONDON, April 21.-The Times con
graduates secretary Sherman upon his
success in converting the 10: 40 bonds
bonds in 1881 is likely to depend more
than the present operation on the main
tenance of the credit of the United States
abroad. The reviving trade in the Uni
ted States will, by 1881, probably render
it impossible to obtain money there at
per cent Now that conversion has been
carried as far as it can for two years
Sherman should direct the attention OF
congress to the national policy of reduc
ing the capital of the debt, which has
been for some time neglected. Durham
miners finally resolved, by vote of %,
633 to 224, to continue the strike.
LAHORE, April 21.-Gen. Roberts is
ready to start on his march through
Shutargordan Pass at a moments notice
with two splendid brigades, with which
he will be able to occupy Cabul, even il
unassisted by the other column.
CALCUTTA, India, April 21.-Contin
ued drouth causes much anxiety. There
has hardly been any rain in Bengal since
Christmas.
VIcKsBURG, Miss, April 21.-Arrange
ments are being made for the accommo
dation of the labor convention of the
Mississippi valley, which meets here or
the 9TH of May. Colonel Murrell, color
ed, of Corral Parish, Louisiana, now at
| tending a colored convention at New
Orleans, has given notice that he viii
attend, with q large delegation from the
river parishes of that state. The object
of the convention is to take steps Il
check emigration of labOrers to Kansas
KANSAS Cry, April 21.-The JOurna
will publish tomorrow morning a pa
per prepared bv Col E c. Bomidot