The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-07-16


sidercd that Mr- Tilden had been elected
president IF the-G nited States, and Gen.
Grants term of office expired at mid
night on the Sd of March that regard
less of anything SIr Ferry might do, if
congress declared that Mr.. Tilden was
elected president le (Gen Hancockl be-
lived he had Il right 10 take the oath of
office wherever he might be; and that
if Mr.. Tilden did take the oath of Office,
and he should receive any orders from
Mr.. Tilden, as president OF the United
States, after midnight on the Sd of
March, he shoald obey them.
This is Mr.. Atkins's statement, which
he says he derived from General Smith,
and Gen. Smith tells Tribune reporter
that y ) correct. Again he says he
states il AS 4 fact, ard of course it is
| This statement from two ni Hancock's
earnest supporters n Cincinnati, one of
| them his intimate personal friend,
! leaves nothing 10 be desired.
| Ii shows that General Hancock. IN the
first place, took il upon himself 10 de
eide that HIr- Tilden had been elected,
| and III the second place 10 announce to
his superior officer that, no matter what
might be done by the vice president in
counting the votes, and by inference, no
matter what authority, judicial or other
wise, might sustain the vice president,
General Hancock was prepared, if Mr.
| Tildeu claimed the Office under con-
| gressional declaration, 20 disregard the
orders of the general of the army and
| recognize those of a SO called president
| in Gramercy Park. If General Han
| cock is content with this showing, the
Republican party is. 1t is proudly
claimed for him that he is the one sol
| der who has, above all others, subordi-
mated the military To the civil power.
| He seems, from the testimony of his best
| friend, To have been ready to outrage
| both, and Ia have been equally cool in
| proposing a civil war, and in ellipg his
superior officer that in certain emcrsen,
cies his orders would not he Obeyed.
Bold Train Robbery at Winthrop
| ATCnISON, July 10-Friday morning
AT II 40, a local train, running between
this place and the main line Of the X.
| c., 81. Joe & c. B. railroad, two miles
away, to connect with the north bound
train from Kansas City, was boarded at
! Winthrop by two men who clapped
masks over their faces, and with rcvol-
VeTs at the head of conductor and L. 5.
express messenger Timms, they disarm-
| ed him in the presence of four passen-
gers and marched him TO the baggage
car and compelled him to open the eX-
press safe. J C.. Connolly, baggage mas
ter, and Frank Gearheart, depot watch
man, were also covered by revolvers and
searched, but no weapons were found on
their persons. One of the williams
searched the safe, Yhile, the other guard
cd. The leader took from the safe q
package containing $2G5 and a case of
jcwelry, but allowed the conductor to re-
tain $50 which he had in his pocket.
The robber seemed surprised at the
slight haul he made, and asked where
the other package was, but upon the
statement of Timms that there was no
other money i'll the safe, he stopped his
| search and marched the train crew to
the platform of the car, and when the
train neared the railroad junction he or
dercd Timms TO signal the engineer to
stop, and the two leaped off, the leader
first, promising to send Timms his re
volver.
They wore dark confederate SLOUGH
hats and were heavily masked. The
leader wore suit of dark cloth, and his
pal wore Il gray linen buster. and was
the shorter and stouter man of the two.
The passengers in the coach made no
effort to arrest the robbers, and remain
ed in the coach during all the time the
rascals went through the safe. At the
junction conductor Timms telegraphed
the fact tn ST. Joseph and Winthrop
station. He refused to receive valuable
money package from the north bound
train which was destined for this place
and came back here without molestation.
1t is Il theory among the railroad men
who were on duty Thursday night, that
1.-The robbers had come up from Kansas
City, knowing that q large money pack
age would be shipped that night, and
had laid plans to rob the train. II is be
lievetl that the rascals boarded the train
at the wrong time, thinking il had al
ready met the train from Kansas City,
and that Timms had received the money
package and had il in his sa!s.
Wheat in the Northwest.
ST.. PAUL, Mimi, July 10.-The reports
now beng distributed from the centres
of the grain trade Of the failure d the
wheat crop in the northwest are founded
upon facts, but the fact Is exaggerated
and dis tOrted, and 1t is difficult even to
get nj the facts rs to the condition of the
crop in ihe midst of the panic. The
grain dealers n st. Paul claim that the
crop is nearly ruined throughout the
state. The Minneapolis millcrs say the
wheat has not suffered seriRusly in the
region tributary to Them Every rail
road company has glowing reports from
along its line, which in many cases are
: conlIadicted by travellers. With the re
ports carefully sifted, the average
: of all the evidence seems 70 be about
this: In the southern and river county
of Minnesota, embracing the heaviest IN
the wheat farming, district, in northern
Iowa and northwestern Wisconsin, tho
) crop has suffered severely. Since Tho
heavy rains Of the first week of June
wet weather followed by the warm sun
5 induced the rust, which IS not very dan
gerous at this stage of growth, and soT
of blight of the stalk rs if scalded, which
| is more serious Certain countieS-Dim
stead, Houston, Winona and Wabash
have also suffered from the raVages oftht
chinch hug. In localities that have SUI
fercd most, 80 to 40 per cent is probably
} a safe estimate The loss from com
bincd causes, of course, average for
whole section still more for the whole
! state will be less The western and from
! tier counties, including those on tbs
main iIpe OF the st. Paul, Minnesota anC
Manitoba road have suffered much les.
from wet weather and rust and not at al
from bugs, while reports from the north
+, ern Pacific country and Red River Val
! ley where the rains We're not followed
by warm weather, rs in the south, ar,
informally favorable.
, The Oklahoma Boom,
, ST. Louis, July 12,-The scheme t.
, settle on the government lands in thu
. Indian Territory is gaining strength
daily, and quite a boom in its favor il
being started here. T. d. Grad
. dock, lawyer, and one of the Oklaho
: ma company who came here few day
r ago TO work up the scheme, has received
, kilograms from bingham, Maroa ant
other places in Illinois, stating that
number of persons will be here Monday
! early to go to the Indian Territory. AID
vices were also received from western
Kansas that hundreds of families whC
have suffered from the drouth in tina
country, are on their way to Oklahoma
A letter has been received from III. L
Hill, an old scout who was with Capt
Payne last spring, in which he says thu
party which left Wichita, Kansas, las
Monday, arrived safely at their ole
headquarters and found the corn anC
! vegetables planted in the spring in fini
condition. Jack Bottle, scout from
! Texas, was found there, and he STATED
that a thousand men from Texas woulC
; be in the territory in few days. Hill
wrote from Arkansas City. at which
point he telegraphed TO nGnierohs par
: ties along the AtchisOn, Topeka & SAINT;
Fe and Kansas Pacific railroads to pusl
. on at once. It looks as though the in
vasion of the Indian Territory would bt
formidable, and that if the military arr
instructed to eject the intruders there
will be a conflict.
The Democratic National Committee.
+ NEW York, July lathe NatiOna
: Democratic committee meet at the Fiji
{ Avenue hotel at noon to-day. William
= III. Barnum, of Connecticut was uani
7 mously elected chairman, and Frederick
: o. Prince, of Massachusetts, secretary
l The committee then adjourned to Gov
ernor's Island, TO attend the presentation
of the nomination of General Hancock
NEW YORK, July 13.-The committe,
l TO notify the candidate arrived lat Gov
: ernor's Island on a special boat The,
were met by General Hancock IN thu
2 parlor of his house. John P Stockton