The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-31
TELEGRAPHIC.

81. JOSEPH, Mo-, Jan. 25.-The insane
asylum was burned down to-day. All
the inmates were gotten out safely, and
except those who escaped, are now lodg-
eel in the new court house, underground.
Few OF those who escaped have been cap
tured. The building cost $3.50 600, and
like the other state property, had no in
surance.
LONDON, January 25-The weather in
Great Britain continues severe, and the |
of distressed poor is greatly in
In Paris traffic is almost sus-
pended by the snow. In Brittany and |
other provinces telegraphic and railway |
are interrupted. The |
light ships are abandoning their stations |
on account of the ice Navigation of the |
Schedt is declared dangerous, and YES |
sells are only granted pilots if the masters |
of the vessels assume all responsibility. |
Russian and German medical journals |
state that the east of Europe is in a state |
of the greatest alarm at the rapid pro- |
gress of the plague toward the north and |
east of Russia from the Caspian sea along
the course of the Volga. One difficulty in
preventing the spread of the plague is
the want of physicians. About One-third
of the Russian doctors died either during
the war or from typhoid fever which fol
lowed it and large number of young
students have been summoned from hos
pals or medical schools 10 take their
places. One medical journal insists on
the importance in the interest of all Eu-
rope of providing Russia with doctors
and helping her keep down the plague
LITTLE Rock, ARK, Jan. 25.-The
Legislature to-day elected j. d. Walker
U. S. Senator by SO votes to Al for
Robert w. Johnson, pending the vote,
representative d. Holifield read state
ment declaring he had been offered $500
to vote for Johnson.
WASHINGTON, Jan. %. - President
Hayes has approved the bill allowing
arrears of pensions.
CHIcAGO.-A part of Armour & Co.'s
warehouse burned yesterday; loss, &c.,
900. G. NJ. Nelson, treasurer of Fayette
county, Indiana, is under arrest for en-
bezZling $4,000 county funds Thurs
day night o. p. Hull, a farmer living
near Nashville, Iowa, split his daugh-
ter Emma's head open with an ak, and
then shot and killed himself. He was
fond of his family, and no cause for his
unexpected deviltry is gwen.
NEW YORK, Ian. 25.-President Hayes
Locust gap mines, near Sharnocken, Pa,
are on fire 300 feet below the surface
A large steamer is being converted into
floating theater, to give entertainments
in a cool and refreshing place during the
hot season, and evade the Sunday anti
theater law. 1t will seat 800 people, and
contain bar and restaurant; ali under
the management of Edward Waugh, of
Philadelphia.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 27.-The plague
is reportrd to be near Moscow. The press
here approve of the prOpOted interna-
tiOnal medical convention, declaring that
the matter concerns humanity at large.
Special health commissioners are being
appointed, and military pickets invest
the towns affected.
LONDON, Jan. 27-The British gun
boat Gashawk left Cork Saturday seeking
the alleged pIratical steamer The Gas
hawk overhauled many vessels but learn
ed nothing.
CHICAGO, Jan. 27.-The body of NJ. S.
Pritchard, town collector of Cherry Val
ley, was found murdered and robbed at
Rockford yesterday. Charles Woodward
and George Lee, alias Snatch, robbers,
who last August stole $4,000 worth of
jewelry from Max Freund, travelling jew
eler, who had a room in the Palmer
house, pleaded guilty this morning. in
the criminal court, and were remanded.
Woodward squealed. The goods have
been recovered.
t-NAIS " ~ Il OotCI,
widow residing alone, three miles east
of this city, was brutally murdered last
night by unknown persons, who crushed
her skull with a hammer. A band of
masked men last night broke open the
Jail at Holly Springs, Miss and released
DR.. Britteum, who was confined there
for contempt of the L. $. circuit court.
The town of Lockport, Texas, was struck
| Sunday by a tornado which demolished
forty buildings, including the churches,
court house and Masonic hall. One
child was killed and several persons bad
ly hurt
CINCINNATI, Jan. 27.-At Urbana, o.,
yesterday, John Ham, engineer on the
Pan Handle railroad, fell 20 feet and was
killed. The First National bank of
Granville, Ohio, has suspended, but the
depositors will be paid. J. n. Dickman,
treasurer of st. AnthOny's church, Cath
Ollie, is defaulter to the amount of So 900,
and Jacob Rennicker, treasurer of the
German Catholic cemetery association,
to the amount of 81 200. At NOrthamp-
ton, Ohio, yesterday, Patrick Dun shot
and killed Elisha Whipple. They were
farmers, and Dun was jealous on &C.
count of his divorced wife.
New YORK, Jan. 27.-Edward Belden,
of Milwaukee,, and Peter L. Eanness, OF
this city, began their long distance walk
this afternoon at the Fifth Regiment
Armory. Vauness walks 1000 miles in
1000 consecutive half hours, and Belden
1000 halfmiles IN 1000 consecutive TWEEN
ty minutes. The Milwaukee man is the
vavOrite with the betters. DIR. Fulton
clerk of the Baptist conference was sus-
pended to-day, by vote of % to IL, fol
using personalities and refusing to obey
the chair. In the billiard tournament
to-day, Heiser beat Randolph in so inn
ings, 600 to 422, Slosson beat GARNER II
eight innings, 600 to 257. Slosson made
4O3 on the seventh inning, and left the
balls together. The National Marine
bank of Oswego has closed for want OF
profit. AT MOrtville, Maine, Saturday
) an insane man named ROwell killed
John Metz and daughter, and was ther
killed by neighbOr whom he next at
tackled. DR.. Linderman, director of thu
mint, died to-day, at Washington.
SHELBY CITY, KY, Jan. 26.-At tn,
Democratic primary election held herr
yesterday to nominate a representative
and iailOr, bad whiskey for time go
the best of reason, and as usual resulted
in a street fight, that for downright pur'
cussedness beat any thing ever witnessed
in this locality A white man by TIT
name of George Phillips got into diff
Guilty with a negro named John Given
and fired two shots at him, one taking
effect in Given's groin, making an ugly
but not dangerous wound. There wa
little or no cause for the shooting, anC
with other real or imagined grievance
caused the negroes to cry for blood
They charged on Phillips and his friends
forcing them to retreat to the DOdd hote
and then surrounded it. There being NJ
officers in town, they had things thei
own way until the O'Clock stage 70
Danville was ready to leave, when it wa
thought best to send Philips to Dan
vile for safe keeping, and accordingly
he was slipped out of the hotel and pu
in the stage with an officer. The negrOe
were of the impression that Phillips wa
being helped out of town by his friends
and no sooner heard that he was on tn,
> stage than they made rush for it. Tn
driver, Lee Withrow, took in the situa
ton at a glance and put his horses dow
to dead run for safety and Danville
The stage being heavily loaded with pas
=, sengers and baggage, it was tight rae
: and was kept up for half mile, wheI
the negroes gave it up as a bad job
They then came back to town, and witt
} lot of drunken whites from the knobs
E made things lively. They were finall,
, dispersed and at present everything i