The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-07-11

liCunS IniS morning nominated Hon. r.
q. Phelps for railroad commissioner of
this district
A Virginia dispatch last evening states |
that a fire broke out in the deserted |
wings of Yellow Jacket mine running |
from the 900 feet level to the 2, 135 feet |
level. Bulk heading was AT once began |
and was put in on 2,040 level, just near |
1000. Drift from incline and another |
on 2,135 level class TO the wing was
where the fire originated; this drove the |
smoke and gas along 2, 135 north into the |
bullion, and the dense volume passed up |
the shaft. Fire is now under control, |
and the damage is not over five hundred |
dollars. Three bullion miners are mis- |
sing-John Croker, William Perry and |
ID. D. Donohue. They were at work in |
bullion incline, and were probably suf- |
located
The Arkansas Travellers"
ST. LOUIS, July 2.-The Arkansas |
Press Association, numbering about one |
hundred and fifty gentlemen and ladies, |
arrived here between ten and eleven |
O'Clock this morning. They were met at |
the depot by the local reception commit |
tee. including the president and secreta- |
ny Of the Missouri Press Association, |
who come To ST. Louis for the occasion,
and were escorted to the Lindell hotel, |
where they partOok of breakfast specially |
provided for them. About one O'Clock |
the party visited Merchants Exchange,
after which'they were driven To the st. |
Louis Cotton Compress, where they were |
handsomely entertained by the Compress |
company. They were then driven to no |
table places in and around the city To |
night they are enjoying Pinafore at Uh- |
rigs Cave, after which ball and supper |
viii given them.
By Cabsl-Ths "Pouyth" Abroad.
LONDON, July 2.-Phe Americans will |
celebrate Independence by banquet
Saturday.
Threatened With Death.
LONDON, July 2-The Etaile d'Belge |
states that on Sunday last placard was |
posted ON the royal palace of Lucken, |
threatening this King with death if he |
ratified the bill passed by the Belgium |
Parliament, depriving the clergy OF the |
control OF elementary education.
Foreign Crops Destroyed.
LONDON, July 2-The official reports |
of the Italian harvest say: Rain and in
undations have rendered the prospects |
in the north deplorable. Central Italy |
promises moderate good harvest. south. |
west and Sicily tolerable one. and tho |
southeast and Sardinia an excellent one. |
On the whole, anticpations are under an |
average.
According to an Odessa newspaper,
the situation of the crops in southern |
Russia and the Caucasus has been scarce
ly ever so bad as at present. What was /
left by the drouth and hail, is now en-
tirely annihilated by frightful swarms
Of grasshOppers and corn beetles, in the
peighborhOod ofthe governments of Bees
saTabia, EkatripOFi, TheTsol, POlatira.
Iiftis, Terrek, Buku, Stareiepal and
Outlaws.
New Pretender
PARIS, July 2.-Dix Neuriame circles
says numerous groupes of BonapartjEts
have some idea of bringing forward Je-
rome Bonaparte Patterson, American, as
pretender to Napoleonic succession.
Preparing for Battle.
PANAMA, July 2-The Chillians are
said to be preparing for an attack on
Lima and CallaO, with un army, of TO-
900 or $4,000 men. While the ironclads
viii engage the attention of the present
garrison, the main army of Peru, PisO-
qua, Iaique, Area and Tocga, and with
gunboats guarding Callao Bay, relief
for the beleagured city would be impos-
siblc for more than month. The Huas-
can Is undergoing repairs ut Callao.
Leaving Washington.
WASHINGTON, July 2.-The President
and Mrs Hayes, the Secretary and Mrs.
Thompson, and Secretary McCreary and
others, will leave tomorrow on the Tai
lopoOsa for Norfolk and Fortress Mon
roe. The party will be absent for sever
a weeks. Upon returning the Presi-
dent will go 20 the Soldiers Home He
Will only be absent from the city for a
few days at the time. Secretary ThOmp-
son will leaye shortly for Indiana.
sherman goes to Ohio and Maine; will
make one or two speeches in each state.
Investigation.
The senate committee on privileges
and election have arranged to distribute
themselves rs follows, for the prosecu-
ton Of inquiries authorized by the SEN
ate in the Spoftord- Kellogg case, and in
Ingalls, investigation, during the con
gressional recess. The Kansas sub
committee will consist of Senators Sauls-
bury, Bailey, Vance, Cameron of Wis.
consin, and Logan. They will COM
mence their labOrs in Kansas during the
early part of September. The Louisiana
subcommittee will be composed of Sen
ators Hill, of Georgia, and Houston, as
its democratic members, and either Cam
eron, OF Wisconsin, or Logan, as repre-
sentatives of the republicans, Senator
uoar's engagement making il impossi-
bic for him to serve, The louisiana in
Vestigation will not be resumed until
about the Goth of November, when the
subcommittee will assemble at New
Orleans.
"'Ware the Cat"
WASHINGTON, July Accommodation
arc preparing to circulate new fives and
tens tomorrow.
Butler Aillng.
BOSTON, July 2.-Gen. Buffers physi-
clans require him to retire temporarily
from business.
Grand Display ut st. Louis.
ST: Lotus, July 2.-Very unusual and
in some respects extraordinary proper
atoms are being made here for celebrat-
ing Independence day. The main feature
will lie grand military display and a
parade by the Eight Hour Labor League
and Socialists. The former will be the
sTaRdGst Thing of the kind ever gotten up
here, and will embrace cavalry tour
nament, dress parade by some fifteen
hundred troops, and sham battle by
the infantry, artillery andicavalry. This |
Will take place on the beautiful grounds
Of the st. Louis Jockey Club, and will |
he participated I'm by all regular militia
ry organizations In the city The plan |
Is so extreme and novel that all railroads |
centering here will run excursion trains |
at a low rate. The Labor League and
Socialists also expect TO have over five
thousand men in their ranks, including |
two armed companies, but not with |
standing the latter features, no trouble |
inent events, there will he scores of pic |
MICS, excursions, etc. Business will be
entirely suspended, and the day given
wholly To patriotism and pleasure.
Rates Established.
ST. LoUIs, July 2.-Representatiyes of
four of the five trunk lines from here to
the east, and two western roads, met here
to-day and established passenger rates
from Kansas City TO New York At $24.75
Topeka Horses Winning.
KANSAS City, Mo, July 2-Wolfs
Jno. Bender won the $50 race; Ned s.
second Doc. Snyder and Pine Leaf dis
ianced; Ned Forest won the three min
ute race; VOLTS Jennie second
Masonic
NEW YORK, July 2.-The corner stone
of the German Masonic temple was laid
to-day. The parade was imposing.
Shot and Killed
ST. LOUIS, July "a Post Dispatch
special from Glasgow, Missouri, saws
that William Pierce, a laborer on the
construction train of the Chicago & AL
ton railroad, and son Of the foreman of
the yards of the PittsbuFg, Fort Wayne