The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-08-15


| instantly. Ballet was drunkard. Hi
wife had petitioned for divorce, which
angered HIM and caused the tragedy.
ST. LOUIS, August 6.-Dr. James l.
Roberts, a highly respected citizen Of
Mlllville, Ray county, while sitting in
the store of G. ID. Cravens, Monday even
ing, was accosted by Dr. j. D. Kries, and
charged with talking about his (Kries,
family. Roberts denied the charge
whereupon Kries called him liar, drew
revolver and shot him through the
body, killing him, then mounted horse
and escaped. Roberts was over sixty
years old, while Kries is about thirty and
addicted TO drink
Samuel Nussbaum, an old citizen of
Cape Girardeau county, Mo-, cut his
wires throat early yesterday morning,
and then cut his own throat Domestic
trouble is said to be the cause. Nuss-
baum will die, while his wife may re-
cover
Terrible Accident
CHICAGO, August 6.-This morning
while the maSons were on the scaffolding
OF the dome of the new music hall, corn
er OF Randolph and State streets, thirty
feet above the ground, the scaffolding,
with premOnitOry crack, went through
the floor to the ground floor, where five
hundred pound iron plate, that was be-
ing placed on the dome, broke through
the heavy timber and crushed into the
cellar. Four of the workmen went down
with the frail timber and were terribly
injured. Two brothers, John and Edwin
Snake, caught projections in the wall
and escaped, comparatively without in
jury. Of those who fell, Christian Teft,
foreman, was badly crushed by a beam,
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had leg badly shattered, and was in
sensible; John Schultz had his thigh
shattered and was otherwise hurt, and
Etto Hosman was terribly injured in the
abdomen.
Horse Thieves.
GRAHAM, Texas, August 6.-The sher-
iii of Palo Pinto county and posse had
fight with the Jones gang of horse
thieves. Larkin Jones was killed, John
Jones was wounded and Enoch and old
man Jones and two other thieves were
captured. Jack Morris was left to guard
the wounded Jones and assisted the lat
ter to escape. Morris was arrested, and
twenty-five masked men overpowed the
four guards of Palo Pinto jail and OBJ
tanned the keys under a treat to burn the
Jail, and shot Morris dead in his cell.
Crops In Germany and Russia.
NEW YORK, August 6.-The Evening
Post has a private letter from a gentle
man in eastern Germany who says, There
has been no summer, but rain nearly ev-
cry day. The thermometer ranges from
SO to rs degrees. In some places har-
vesting has begun, but unless we have
some warm, dry weather, much of the
grain must rot in the fields. On our way
recently from the mountains, on two diff
farQnf / nhcnPuQ6 hof of act
half of the wheat we passed was lying
HAT, beaten down by daily rain storms.
All will be difficult to cut, and must rot
or sprOut before j: can be secured. Adj
ding this immense quantity of grain and
other feed crops to those destroyed by in
undatiOns last month, and it looks as if
America would be called on to feed Ger
many as well as England this winter"
The accounts from Russia are not very
encouraging for rye. The crops are be-
low the average in Podlia and Volhynia.
The rye will be very light. In Pultama,
where there is usually large yield of
rye, the prospects are not much better.
Although the harvest will not equal that
of fairly good year, the outlook for
wheat is slightly better in some points,
but in Kieff there are some fields that
will scarcely repay the labor of harvest
ing. In short, the yield of breadstuffs
will fall considerably below that of last
year.
ChicagO'G Accident.
CHICAGO, August 1.-Two of the work
men who fell from the scaffolding in Mu.
sic han yesterday have died. The 9th.
ers will recover.
Ten Thousand Out of Employment.
MANCHESTER, N. H, August 1.-THE
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stop, and makes idle about ten thousand
operatives.
Heavy Wind Storm.
MoNEToN, n. B., August IA fearful
hurricane passed up the Budoshe river
and vicinity last night Eighty build
ings were destroyed and large bridge
carried away. Three people were killed
and many bodily injured.
Revival of the Iron Trade.
ST. LOUIS, August THE PostDis
patch this evening prints an article or
the iron trade of this city, which shows
that there is a marked revival in iron
manufactures and iron mining -Four
large establishments are now running tC
their full capacity.
England Ships us Gold.
LONDON, August Financial writers
say that the withdrawal of gold from the
Bank of England yesterday for the Unit
ed States is a probable sign of large
shipments in payment for American pro
duce arriving here and in France.
Remarkable Honesty.
JUNCTION CITY, August w. B
Clark, banker, of this city, who made an
assignment few months ago, compro
missed with his creditors for 25 cents on
the dollar, and subsequently paid them
10 per cent. additional, announced to-day
that he is ready to pay his obligations in
full, with interest to date.
A Short Rally.
MONTREAL, August THE Exchange
bank resumed this morning as usual, and
determination was expressed by the di.
reetors to sustain the credit of the insti-
tuition at all hazards, but owing to the
other banks insisting on daily settle.
ments, and the refusal of bills by the
merchants, the bank directors shortly
before noon resolved on suspension.
British ZuIuland.
LONDON August 7.-Advices from Cape
Town to the 22d of July say that several
Zulu chiefs submitted to Sir Garnet
Woolsley, at st. Pauls. He assured them
that they will henceforth be governed by
the British government. It is represent
ca lAAot AA1AlS NCtCUoJO has HAtA Mn q
force of only one thousand men. 1t is
believed that he might be captured with
out difficulty.
Silver and Gold.
ST. LOUIS, August IA Washington
special says that the department of state
is in receipt of official adyices from Ber-
lin, stating that the German government
has signiiied a readiness to cooperate
with us in considering the silver ques-
fi6hi, with the view of establishing BIZ
metallic standard. This question, under
the leadership of two such prominent
nations as Germany and the United
States, it is believed, will bring about a
satisfactory solution of this important
question for the financial operations of
the commercial nations of the world.
A very decided effort is being made by
the treasury department to have the
standard silver dollar circulated. The
demand has grown since secretary Shef-
man issued his order to disbursing OFF,
GERS to pay it out, and next day treasurer
Gilfillan proceeded 20 pay In silver ten
per cent of the amounts due department
clerks here. Gilfillan thinks that if he
could pay out ten per cent of the joint
expenses he would very soon get into
circulation the mass of silver in the
treasury that has been growing larger
and larger after each months coinage
More than $50 OO0, 900 of silver dollars
are now piled up in the treasury.
Boiler Explosion
QUINCY, Illinois, August Tone OF
the four boilers of the Newcomb paper
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