The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-03-12


purpose, and from in any manner inter
iering with the use and operation of said
lines, and from making such additions
and connections, and from using said
wires, or any of them, in transmitting
any commercial messages, or any mes
sGges other than those relating to the
railroad business of said defendants, the
railroad companies, until the further or
der of the court, and plaintiff files bond
in the sum of 81 100000 with securities
and conditioned according TO law, and
bond approved by the court.
The Harris Trial.
| ATcHIsON, March 6.-The evidence in |
the trial of Chas Harris, accused of the |
murder of E. H. Long, on the Missouri |
river bridge, al this city, in July last, |
closed to-day, in the district conrt. The |
argument will be heard on Monday and |
| Tuesday and the case will then go to the |
Jury. Harris acknowledged in his ties
timony that he shot Long, but claims
that it was in self-defense. He has here
tofore denied the shooting.
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
NEW YORK, March G. President
Hayes will open the metropolitan mu-
scum of art, March 80 1t will be a
grand occasion.
Grain Rates.
CHICAGO, March "a through rate of
fourteen cents on grain from Chicago to
New York by propeller was offered here
to-day, as marine insurance is likely to
: begin March 18th, instead of April LIST.
1t is probable that heavy shipments of
: grain by lake will begin shortly.
5 San Francisco Matters.
SAN FRANCIsCo, March S.-The recent
military movements here continue to ex-
cite some interest. Arms and men are
: being concentrated at old city hall, and
. Gen. Mcdowell, commanding the divis-
ion of the Pacific, was telegraphed yes
: terday from Washington to bring all
: available troops in his division to San
: Francisco, and companies, amounting in
4 all to 500 men, are already en- route, with
q more to follow, probably 800 altogether.
) 1t is impossible to discover by whose or
r. ders these movements are made, as the
/ officers refuse to give any information
o but conjectural. The movements are un-
der the direction of Gen. Mcdowell, and
are due to representations made to the
=, Washington authorities by Col. Bee,
, vice consul of China, regarding the sup
=, posed danger in which the Chinese
h stand 1t is further understood that the
10 present precautions will be maintained
4 until settlement of the existing agitation
" is had; at least until the question of the
n constitutionality of the law forbidding
corporations to employ Chinese has beer
a. decided by the L. S. courts, and the ques
h ton cOndemning Chinatown settled.
n. The Utes.
n WASHINGTON, D. c., March 6.-Nego
a. tiations with the Utes were concluded
Is today. 4 formal agreement provides
Al. on the part of the Indians, that they viii
cs procure and surrender those of their HI
n ton implicated in the murder of agen
nd Meeker; that they .cede to the Unitet
il States all of the present Ute reservation
in Colorado, and that they agree to settl
ne ON unoccupied agricultural lands on tn
&C La Platte river In Colorado and NeN
of Mexico. The government agrees to SUI
in vey and patent TO the Indians in severa
Ii ty the lands reserved for them, and
pay, as soon as practicable, the annuitie
all provided for the Indians by congress
ce amounting at this time to 100000. !
he commission will be appointed 10 supe
Ist intend these terms of settlement.
Fire at OswrsO.
nc OswEGo, Kansas, March S.-A d.
DE s;ructivc nine thousand dollar tlre o.
CURED here at O'Clock last night, burr
&c, ing two large wooden store building
to and small office between them, on III
ro- corner of Commercial street and Fit
airs avenue The loss is as follows: Mr.
Hobart's, building, loss, $4,000; McA!li
III ter & Martin, dry goods, loss, tuli
zen covered by insurance, $4,000; l.. Hopp
TO artist, loss, $500; Parnell, Office, los
icy $500; Kemper, building and some good
cir loss, 1900. Origin of the fire u
a known.
Canal Matters
lge New York, March S.-A special Lo
on don cable says: The Standard tn
the morning, referring to the United Stat
on claim for preponderating influence
re- the Panama canal says this pretensl'
ted .I,n IlritiSb iS bOun1
watch, and if necessary resist. No mo
at Panama, than at SucZ, can the pl
we'd pUnderating influence of another pow
be allowed to lay hands on the trade
England.
the The Ossawutomie Fire.
pa PAoLA, March S.-The main builds
lied of the state asylum at Observation
larry caught fire this evening about D ocloS
md and was completely under Roadway
any fore il was discovered, in the center
500, the building. and spread to other p'
sth tions. The damage is estimated ut s
,uth O0O The wings were saved by gre
anv effort. The officers and employees act
me, coolly, and by their efforts no lives we
lave lost, and the inmates prevented from
e to Gaping. Several persons were sigh
rep injured in fighting the flames. The
with is under complete control. Great eXcl
m it ment prevailed in the surroundl
lion towns. The Paola fire and hose com
ited ny on the alarm and call Tor help, WI
rue TO the scene of the destroying eleme
any arriving in time to render valuable sc
The ices and assistance, also every availa
nder wagon was put in service, loaded W
sent people and sent forward in haste to T
ope- der all assistance in their power, it bel
one known that the institution contain
be- about 800 inmates The institution
ma ing miles from this place much valua
" or time was lost in getting there.
the PAoLA, Kas., March 0.-The fire at
hich state asylum ut Osawatomie is not
ould disastrous as at first supposed. AT
ions. hour the walls of the main building
lean not materially injured; the fire is ex
with guished, and no lives are lost. The
cited igin of the fire was spontaneous coml
BORA ton, and was first discovered in the a
) in of the building. No insurance. d.
gree, age estimated at $4,000.
| the Citizens Protective Union.
4uro- SAN Francisco, March 9.-The
pro lowing manifesto will appear in the
On tomorrow morning:
Z ta t To the people Of San Francisco and
the State Of California:
elled That the motives of the present org
rclse ization of citizens known as the Citiz
lntry Protective Union may be properly
ana derstood and appreciated by though
pTl- men, the following statement is sub
'ork' ted:
mer- We declare the objects and purp
the of this organization TO be:
A..