The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-07-18
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EMIIAlEt July 1V-"lAC DOdIu Of
health this morning issued the follow ing /:
We would say TO the people of the
city of Memphis, quietly remove your
families TO "A place of safety until we
can, at least, see whether the few cases of
yellow fever will assume an epidemic
form. To the people along the lines of
the different routes of travel we say there
can be no possible danger of infection
for many days to come.
Five new cases were reported this
morning.
A perfect stampede of citizens is in
progress, the trains being unable TO car
ry away the hundreds who are ready to
/ leave.
| Al this hour, 2 p. m, there has been
no change in the situation. The great
desire of everyone Is To leave before the
fever spreads. Physicians are hopeful
as To the future, but the stampede of the
citizens has almost assumed the form of
"A panic. There will not be cars enough
tonight to carry the people away. Bust
ness is progrcssingas usual, but In lim-
tied manner.
| Fxpiation
Concord, N. H., July 10.-Buzzle, the
murderer of Miss Hanson, was hanged
at II few minutes past II. lie died in
nineteen minutes without a struggle.
Railroad Change.
| CHICAGO, July 10.-The official an
nOunccment is made that hereafter the
Western Union railway and its branches
will be operated directly by the Chicago,
Milwaukee 81 St. Paul, and will be
known as the Racine & Southwestern
Division of that line.
| Died.
NEW YORK, July 10.-Capt. James
| Luce, in command of Collins steamer
Artic, when she went down in 1854, after
the collision with the bark Vista, died
last night at New Rochelle.
Mutton for England
BALTIMORE, July ia Chicago firm
shipped from this point yesterday, for
Liverpool, 200 live sheep, averaging
40 pounds.
The Miners Strike Increasing.
ALLENTOWN, Pa, July 10.-The min
ers at Beaver Brook, Ebervale, Harligh
and Andenviel struck this morning for
an advance of twenty per cent. Jeans
Vile men will stop tonight.
The Heated Term
ST.. LOUIS, July 10.-This has been the
warmest day of the season, the Signal
Service thermometer mark ing an even 100
degrees at 2 p. III. This is two degrees
higher than the mercury reached during
the heated term last summer, when there
were SO many cases of sunstrOke. To-
day there have been only five cases of
pr0stration, one fatal, that of Rudolph
| Flingenberger, lately from Milwaukee,
where his family resided.
The Situation Better.
MEMPHIS, July 10-To-night Il more
| hopeful feeling exists. The panic of to-
day has gradually subsidized, and thor
Ough investigation reveals that there are
only two persons in the whole city pros
trated with the fever Judge Ray and his
son. Two deaths have Occurred-Frank
Mulbrander, as telegraphed last night,
and son of Judge Ray, as telegraphed
at noon.
Uncle Sam Taking up his Bonds.
WASHINGTON, July 10-The Secre-
tary of the Treasury requests the holders
of the 1910 called bonds to forward them
to the department as soon as possible.
He says that it will be physically i'm
possible to redeem promptly on the 18th
and 2lst instant the very large amounts
of them falling due, unless the bonds are
received at an early day. Ifsent forward
at once. they viii be RENTED for at ma
turity
immigration Society.
ST. JOSEPH, July 10.-The st. Joseph
and Northwest Missouri immigration
society held q long and enthusiastic
meeting in this city today, and organ
lied an executive committee of fifteen of
the leading citizens of this city was APP
pointed.
The object of the society is to adver-
| tise and call the attention of capitalists
and emigrants to the agricultural, COM
| mercial and manufacturing advantages
of st. Joseph ana Northwest Missouri
An immigration bureau will at once be
opened in this city, and county organi-
cations will be formed all through the
northwest The movement is formid-
able one, and has already enlisted the
active cooperation of the leading mer-
chants, lawyers and business men of
this section.
Hebrews Discussing Agriculture
New YORK, July 10.-The council of
the Union of the American Hebrew Con
gregatiOn, to-day considered the subject
Of agriculture. An amendment was of
fered, that in order TO carry out the
plans successfully, the executive board
be instructed to appoint committee on
agriculture, and that said committee
shall receive donations of land, farm ing
implements and money; and as soon as
they shall obtain tract of land, they
shall subdiyide it into farms of fifty to
eighty acres for one family, said family
shall have that land free Of any rental
for the term of seven years After sew
cn years the price shall be fixed On ia
vorable terms, for which said family
can buy said land, and the money thus
received by the executive board is to be
reinVesicd IN fertile lands, and to be
given TO OthCr settlers under the same
conditions. The discussion was long
| and intnraStinr Fhn NJ
length adopted, with the following fur
ther amendments: That the executive
committee be authorized TO purchase
such additional tracts of land as they
deem eXpedient and as the funds for
that purpose will allow The executive
committee is further authorized to con
fer with such other organizations hav-
ing kindred objects in view, carrying into
successful operation a practical plan for
Horticultural pursuits.
BY Cable-The Last Straw.
LONDON, July 10 ,-J0hn Joseph Mechi,
he noted scientific agricnlturist, writes
TO the Times as follows: Another week
of flooding storms and low temperature
has put the finishing stroke to the agri-
cultural disaster. 1t is now too late for
the crops to recover. They are cOnsid
erably injured even on we'll Harmed and
drained lands, while on illfarmed and
undrained lands, the matter is simply
rqinous. The wheat viii suffer less than
the spring crops; wedding is hopeless,
and unless we get the promised hot, dry
Weathtt, many grass and clover crops,
ana even pcaE, Will rot ungathered.
Cannot Attend the Princes Funeral.
PARIS, July 10.-PermisSion has been
refused marshals CaFnrobert and I.eboeufi
and admiral Lagviere TO attend the flu
neral of the prince imperial.
Prince JerOme's Exile Imminent.
PARIS, July 10.-Prince Jerome Bona
parte has already virtually assumed the
attitude of chief of the imperialists II
was represented to him that the commit.
tees were working in every department,
and that certain subsidized newspapers
, were advocating the cause of ROnapart.
lists, and that the faults of the present
government were being skillfuliy and
vigorously turned to account. When the
death of the prince imperial came to
check the great and well managed or
ganization on the point of bearing fruit
n Prince Jerome was only anxious, at first
to avoid being eXiled. 1t has become
assured that his hour will soon come;
that he is prepared, even, 10 GO into exile
= Chinese RaideFs.
ST. PETERsHURa, July 10.-The Rus
slams sent a force of 200 Cossacks against
: the Chinese raiders &tHuldia The Cos
Icanlrc hnxN,aNyar IS Al.