The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09
TELEGRAPHIC.
Items and Incidents Generally

I
is general rejoicing among Republicans
and salute of thirty guns was fired to.
night over the presidents veto. There
was a heavy storm of rain, wind and
hail this morning, the hail doing consid-
able damage to early wheat and north
windows. 1t has been raining almost
every day lately.
ST. PETERBURG, April 30-A great
fire occurred in the city of Orenburg,
Oral river, Monday and Tuesday last de-
stroying the principal part. Loss enor-
nous. More than half the population
are destitute of food and shelter. A
number of persons were injured.
WASHINGTON, April 30.-TwO men at
tempted to rob the Workingmen's bank
to-day when the cashier was alone at
noon. He wrenched away a revolver one
of them pointed at him. They grabbed
81, 800. but dropped 800 on the street,
which was recovered.
PARIS, April 3O.-The most remarka-
BILE precautions were taken during the
Cars recent journey to Lirodia. Senti-
nels were placed the whole length of the
line. Traffic was stopped, and all access
TO the line prohibited for twenty -four
hours before the departure of the royal
train.
Dies MONIES, April 30.-A salute of
fourteen guns, one for each of the Origi-
nal thirteen states and Que for Iowa, was
fired here today in honor of President
Hayes veto.
CLEVELAND, o., April 3O-Wm. H.
Vanderbilt and party, on a special train,
passed Cleveland at IL 90 O'Clock this
morning. The train is to make the run
from Buffalo to Chicago IN 12 hours.
BOSTON, April 30.-The civil damag
bill which passed the legislature, and
4.
resulting from the sale of liquor from
owners of buildings where the liquor is
sold, was signed by Gov. Talbot this at
ternoon.
BOSTON, May 1.-The present thaw and
rain caused a general rise in the rivers of
New England. The Merrimac is so swol-
len at Manchester, N. H., that the mills
are obliged to shut down and 1000 oper-
atives are temporarily thrown out of en-
ployment.
New YORK, May 1.-The wife of sec
rotary Sherman, their daughter and Miss
Dennison, sailed to-day for Europe in
the steamer Adriatic. The secretary and
some friends of the family, in a revenue
cutter, accompanied the tourists down
the bay.
SAN Francisco, May 1.-The Bank of
California has sold the government 100,-
i OOO vi III dGilNCIJ dl
$1.1OA. The coinage at the San Fran
cisco mint for April was: Double eagles,
81, 81, 900; standard dollars, $1,000,0O0.
The Carson mint was iule during the
month.
ST. LOUIS, May 1.-The grand jury,
whose action during its long session has
been subjected to much comment here
and elsewhere, and who failed to obtain
certain kilograms under a subpoena duces
tectuDi, served on E. ii. Brown, manager
of the Western Union telegraph office,
adjourned today and made final report
to the criminal court. The report, writ
ten by j. Il. Mccullough, editor of the
Globe Democrat, foreman of the jury, is
long, elaborate and caustic. 1t says the
| jury found q chain of strong circumstan-
tial evidence against J. G. Nidelet, late
member of the board of police commits
siOners, in a transaction with the Mis-
souri, state lottery, but it was not definite
enough for the jury to act upon; that
| VIM. @. Jones, recent judge of the GRIM
inal court, while judge of that court, re-
peatedly placed hims elf under pecuniary
obligations to certain parties accused OF
before his court; that he was frequent
borrower of money from men who were
| either defendants in criminal cases In his
court, or well known to the police as
criminals; that some of these boosted of
their influence in the criminal court,
and the evidence went to show that their
boasts were not unfounded that in an in
stance were two men were charged with
the same crime, one of them, who held
Jones' unsecured note for $400 was &C.
Iquitted under instructions of the court
while the other, who was not a creditor
of Jones, was sent to the penitentlary
| The report says that what may be called
the gambling interests have for many
years been source of corruption to the
police department. Four years ago il
had bribed the chief of police with one
thousand dollars to secure his removal
1t has boosted of its power to control the
police, and more than once it has eXer
cised that power. This comes of the po
lice board assuming to regulate what il
should suppress. 1t opposes bill now
before the legislature to make gambling
q felony instead of a misdemeanor, as il
is now, and recommends that the penalty
be changed from fine, as now, to impris
Onment. 1t also scores judges OF the
courts for criminal corruption, for re
ceiving pay for taking bonds after court
hours, and exposes the very loose man
ner in which worthless bonds are taken
in some of the courts. The report has
caused more comment than any similar
document for years.
/ VIENNA, May loving to heavy
rains in Hungary, and melting of SHOWS
the waters have everywhere risen. Gaps
in the dykes at Szegedin have not yet
been closed The waters have risen in
the town, reflOoding the ground already
become dry.
ORENBURG, May 1.-The recent fire is
attributed to carelessness. Nine hun.
dred and forty-nine dwellings were burn
ed, together with one mosque, four mills
two hundred and ninety-two sheds, sew
eral tar coal and fire wood stores, lum
Der yards, meat market, women's gym
nastic club house, work house, police
station and justices court, besides the
buildings named yesterday. The Gar
has contributed ten thousand roubles fol-
the relief of the sufferers.
PARIS, May 1.-The French chambers
will be asked to assist the suffers by the
cyclone in the Isle of Bourbon, March
20, when thirty-five persons were drowned
PEsTH, May IA violent hurricane a,
: SZegedin yesterday destroyed the works
prepared for restoring the railway and
filling the dams. Barges, filed with
binding material and earth, were mostly
sunk The storm caused extensive fresl
breaches in the railway entertainments
and the laborers are in grsat danger. Re
lief has been sent them.
DETROIT, May 1.-The Belle Isle parE
and bridge bill passed the Michigan
house of representatives to-day 1t au
thorizes this city to issue bonds to the
amount of $3.50, 900, TO purchase Belle
Isle and construct bridge thereto.
PTTTsTON, Pa, May 1.-The Senec,
and Twin cOllieries, operated by the Pitts
ton & Elmira coal company of this place
closed operations for an indefinite time
The reason is said 10 be that the compa
ny can buy coal at their selling point.
cheaper than they can mine and ship il
Seven hundred men and boys will b,
thrown out of employment.
CINCINNATI, May 1.-The passenger
train north on the Whitewater VALLEY
railroad, yesterday, when near Brook
Vile, Indiana, ran into a wagon contain
ing Henry Strawmeyer, wife, daughter
aged 20, and young son. The wagon, af
ter being carried one hundred and fifty
, yards, was thrown beside the track, /
complete wreck. Mrs. Strawmeyer wa.
injured internally, supposed fatally. Tn,
daughter was found covered with blood
piece of wood having been driven in
to her flesh, and will probably die Tn,
, father and son received slight injuries.
ST.. LOUIS, May IA Globe emocra
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