The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-08

rom their work of constructing bnlk
leads GEO feet away. Twelve men were
overcome by sipoke and barely saved
heir lives. After great trouble the
euikheads were built, preventing the fire
rom spreading, and the flames are now
confined TO radius Of fifty feet from the
uican shaft and completely under CON
-roi. All the shafts are Theoretically
closed to exclude draughts, and will re-
main so four days. Work will be sus-
pended IN all the mines for week and
perhaps longer. Nobody was seriously
hurt. The damage amounts 10 about
So, 900, caused by delay of work All
leads and drifts are full of gas.
The Connecticut Elections.
New HAVEN, Conn, Oct. 5.-Of I42 |
towns heard from rs are carried by the |
and 55 by the Democrats, |
with ~ evenly divided There are but |
few changes from last year. The Dem |
ocrats claim q gain in the aggregate |
Local issues predomini.ted in most towns |
and the result has little political signiii-
canoe. New Haven and Bridgeport
held no election. In Stamford, VIM.
Standard, Republican. was arrested for
buying votes, and held in $4,000 bail
on six counts.
NORWICH, Conn, Oct. 4.-Town meet
lican ticket by 400 majority.
MERIDEN, Conn, Oct AIN the town
election here the entire Republican tick
ct was elected by an average majority of
$50.
HARTFORD, Conn, Oct. 4-The town
election took place today. This city
elects the Republican ticket by 400 ma
jority, the town clerk being the only
Democrat. OF seventy-six towns so far
heard from, forty-six are Republican,
twenty-four Democratic and six equally
divided. OF the towns the Republicans
gain eleven and the Democrats four.
|e lisN The st. Louis Fair.
ST.. LOUIS, Oct. 4-The twentieth an
nual St. Louis fair opened to-day with
fair weather and an unusually large au-
dience All the departments are not
complete yet, and considerable confusion
prevailed to-day, but everything will be
in order by tomorrow and open for in
spection.
As has been the case for several years,
this has been the children's day, all the
public schools being closed TO al low the
scholars to attend, and they improved
the opportunity, for not less than 10000
of them were roaming through the
grounds and crowding the various de.
partments and packing the great am.
| phitheater. The city IS already full OF
strangers, and the exhibition promises
| to be quite as successful as any previous
| one.
Female Suffrage in Utah.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 2.-Tht
| Mormon suffrage act is considered VOID
because it does not require women to be
taxpayers and citizens of lawful age, OF
to have q stated residence IN the coun
try, all of which is required of male vot
| ers A mandamus was issued to compe
| the resignation of her officers and strike
women from the list on these grounds
Justices Hunter and Emerson denied
the writ, holding that it will not prop
| erly apply in such a case, because thu
registration of voters is not ministeria
act They did not pass upon the validi
ty of the act. Justice Bowman held tn
women suffrage act to be invalid, ant
that the mandamus will apply to com
pei the registering officers to strike of
illegal voters, and that the writ ought Il
be issued.
/ Indian News.
OURAY, Col, via Lake City, Col, Oct
4-On the Goth ult. a party of freighter
in camp on the Cimarron, about fou
miles from Cfine's rancho, were visited b,
number of Uncompaghres Utes, VIII
demanded supper. On being refuses
one of the Indians attempted to shoot
when freighter fired, killing an Indian
named johnson, a son of Chief ChavG
rams. When the news of the affair wa
communicated to the agent at Cline
rancho, the freighter was arrested. Will
on their way back to the agency the,
were surrounded by party of Indians
who overpowered the guard and took tn
prisoner from them. There is it'll
| Ao,,I,f h,1f hof tho Indiana hava murder
ed the freighters.
The Ute Question.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-Mr. Russell,
member of the Ute commission, arrives
in Washington with ratification paper
signed by SIT Ute Indians. The amour
due the Utes is $4,000, and arrange
ments have been made for the paymen
of this sum in accordance with the term
of the bill. Russell expresses the opir
, ion that the work of settling new land!
, surveying them, and making allotment
in severalty, work which must nece!
, sarily be accomplished before tile II
dians can be removed, will probably nc
be commenced, owing to the lateness {
the season, until next spring, and for thi
, reason he thinks the removal of the Utt
cannot be effected until next year.
: Lawrence Ablaze.
LAWRENCE, Kas., Oct. 4.-The CRANE
!, est Republican demonstration of I'll
= campaign took place in this city to-nigh
| An immense torchlight procession, heai
q ed by the various flambeau clubs of Il
| county and a number of bands of must
4 paraded the streets, after which mo
e ster meeting was held in Liberty hal
/ Gov. st. John, T. Dwight Thacher al
Col. John Brown, the .colored orator
Topeka, being the speakers. The grea
a est enthusiasm prevailed and the met
e ing lasted until nearly midnight
e A villainous Scheme Unearthed.
DENVER, Col, Oct 5.-The systemat
: robbery on Kansas Pacific roads whiC
y has been gong ON for several month
!: has just been unearthed by detective
q and the principal conspirators are thr
q conductors and baggage masters-arre:
g ed. Their scheme was to steal by bog
tickets over the X. p. road, cautionII
purchasers TO leave Denver on certa
C train, thereby taking them through
o Kansas City under the supervision oftl
y three conductors engaged in the CO
g spiFacy. The amount stolen is unknow
! The Colorado Election.
# DENVER, Col, Oct. At seems to
the impression in the east that the Col
:. RADIO election takes place tomorrow, b.
J. under the new constitution 1t is held n
vember I'd. The Republicans claim Il
!. state by from three to five thousand m
= jority. The Democrats concede this {
governor, but claim the election of the
national and the balance of the sta
i ticket by small majority. They clai
# that the emigration has been so large
a Democratic as to overcome former r
b publican majorities.
|. Affairs In Georgia.
1t WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.-The followiI
/ telegram from Atlanta, Georgia, was !
J, ceived at the Internal revenue bureau I
d day: To-day the body of armed M
II who forcibly rescued the property he
for violation of the United States Int
, nal revenue was at Dalton Friday nigl
"a their sheets. ! have visited Dalton al
"a obtained some information. The invt
Re tigation is progressing favorably.
ie The Grain Trade at Duluth.
u CHICAGO, Oct 4-The growing /
ceipts of grain at Duluth are attractiI
considerable attention. During Septel
ls her there were received over the Mort
T. ern Pacific at that point of No. ha
4 wheat, 421 ,426 bushels; of No. 1, 500
u No. 2. 232, 222; rejected, $40; tot
!, | 4oOio1S. II IL ESPECIALLY nOItCedUic IL
over 81 per cent. of this grain is of q
p highest grade. very unusual showil
e in such statistics.
10 Georgia M0onshiners.
D. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-The commi
L. sioner of internal revenue received 4
ID following from Atlanta, Georgia: T
lqf United States grand jury found true bIl
IS against thirty-eight citizens of Georg
is for, armed attacks on revenue officers
he the Second district, while dischargiI
te lawful duties. Twenty of these outla,
r belonged to the gang that burned depu
j. collector Stewards property and fired U
Z on his family.
70 Capsized.