The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-08-01
Aching Conscience

Aching Conscience.
NEW YORK, July 2I-Francisco Po-
latko, who last week killed Bolander,
foreman of candy factory, entieavored 10
kill himself today in the Tombs.
KiIled.-Cards in Saloon the Cause.
CINCINNATI, July 29.-While w. r.
Henderson, of Greenfield, Ohio, and
Hansford Hoon, were engaged in game
of cards in saloon in Washington G.
ii. Ohio, this afternoon, adifliculty arose
concerning the manner In which play
was made, during which Henderson
stabbed Hoon through the heart, killing
him instantly.
Educational.
PHILADELPHIA, July 29.-Thc eigh-
teenth annual session of the national ed
vocational association met here to-day.
The delegates were welcomed to the
city by Mayor Stokeley and Edward
Shippin, whose remarks were responded
TO at some length by John Hancock of
Dayton, president of the association,
who also delivered an address.
Sad Accident
ST. PAUL, Mimi, July 29.-John
Krause, of East FarmingtCn, Polk coun-
ty, drove to the lake with six children
in his wagon to water his horses The
horses becoming frightened, ran into
deep water, upset the wagon, and Krause
and five of the children were drowned
One boy escaped by swimming. The
eldest child was girl of II.
Yellow Fever Notes.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, July 80 -SiX new
cases reported to the Board of Health
this morning.
Late last night passenger arrived
from Raleigh, Tenn, for nurse. to at
tend Dora Athey, who was reported
down with the fever.
Col. Cameron, with his detail of col
ored soldiers, took quiet possession of
the grounds which had been selected for
the establishment of a camp, and by 6
O'Clock this morning, had one hundred
and twenty-five tents erected.
The first train with refugees will
leave this afternoon at five O'Clock.
The policy of the authorities to furnish
rations only to those who are in camp
will be strictly observed.
All mail matter leaving this city is
thoroughly disinfected, under the perso-
of the National Board of Health.
The weather remains sultry.
NEW ORLEANS, July 29-MontgOm-
cry, Ala, and Vicksburg, Miss, have es-
tablished quarantine against New Or
leans.
NEW ORLEANS, July 29-No new
cases are reported in the city.
| WASHINGTON, July 29-The Execu-
tive Committee of the National Board
of Health has issued Il circular on disln-
lection. 1t advises Il thorough scrub
bling and moist cleaning, to be followed
by the fumes of burning sulphur at the
rate of eighteen ounces per 1000 cubic
feet Of space to be disinfected.
MEMPHIS, July 29.-Two more cases
was reported to the Board CT Health
this afternoon.
Four deaths from yellow fever have
been reported by the undertakers.
About fifty people went down to the
camp this afternoon. The weather has
greatly interfered with the removal Of
the poor The camp has been named
Camp Marks, in honor of the Governor.
The Howard Association to-day, as
signed ten additional nurses to duty.
ST. LOUIS, July 29.-LizZIe Brandy,
Il little child of Mrs. Brandy, from
Memphis, died at the yellow fever quar-
antine hospital this evening.
No new cases have developed there
yet.
John c. Gwathney, clerk of the steam
er Ouchita, has been released from the
quarantine hospital, and is now in this
city.
LOUISVILLE, July 29-B. +. Fetch,
one of the most prominent dry goods
merchants of the city, died in the
city this afternoon. He has been i'll
for week past of typhoid fever.
The quarantine is being made more
effective by the health officers and the
President of the Board of Health. To-
day instructions were issued 10 the man.
ayers and conductors of railways and to
owners and officers of steamboats, arriv-
ing and departing from the city of
Louisville, to allow no baggage to pass
into or out of the city until the same
shall have been inspected and disin-
fected. Persons leaving the city, no
matter in what direction they may go,
Will be compelled to have their baggage
checked by one of the quarantine Off
GERS before the same will be allowed to
leave the depot at this point. No new
cases of yellow fever have been reported
here, and the only ones we have are
four in the yellow fever hospital, all be
ing reported as doing well.
CINCINNATI, July 29.-Mr. Nash, Il
broker, who reached here from Mem
phis last Thursday, was removed to the
hospital to-day sick with yellow fever.
The Red Skins.
| GALVESTON, Texas. July ga dis
patch from Fort Davis says that Major
Courtney skirmished with the Indians
at Salt Lake, seventy-five miles west of
ly wounded, and ten horses captured
from the Indians.
Once Again.
| ST. LOUIS, July 29-The directors of
the exchange bank of this city decided
this afternoon to go into liquidation, and
deposited with the commercial bank
S39, 800 in currency, bonds and eastern
exchange, which will pay all current and
time depositOrs, and leave a surplus of
several. thousand dollars. The other as
sets of the bank will be taken in charge
by Dwight Durkee, president, who will
realize on them as speedily as possible,
and 1t is thought pay the stockholders
about seventy per cent.
Cablegrams-IriShP Potato Question.
LONDON, July 29.-The Colorado bee
tie has made its appearance in county
Cork, Ireland.
American Capital.
ST. PETERsBURG, July 29-American
capitalist have offered to build navy
yard ut Sebastopol for the construction
and maintenance of a volunteer fleet of
cruisers for Russia.
Interesting to Egyptian Monks.
CONsTANTINoPLE, July 29.-The Min
: lister of foreign affairs has informed Sir
Austin Layard, the British Ambassador,
and Fourier, the French Ambassador,
that the Porte has resolved to grant Tew-
fix Pasha all privileges and prerogatives
secured to Ismail Pasha by Fireman of
1878, but will require the Khedive to
submit all treaties he may conclude to
the Porte. The Ambassadors, however,
insist on the substitution of war.