The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-23
A. o. U. W. in Missouri.

ttANl tOT Tie NStkIg
$4,000. The report of the grand recon
er says the lodges in the state have il
creased during the year from SO to II
and memberships from 1890 to $500
And Still They Come.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 1.-THE colored relit
board received letter today from tn
president of the colonization society c
the south, stating that since the Goth G
December over four hundred negro EN-
grants have left Caddo and Bassir pal
lshes for st. Louis, bound for Kansas
Some have money to pay their way, bu
many of them are without means. Tn
council has received petition from min
hundred people on the Red River, ask
ing that steamer be sent up that stream
to take them up north.
A letter from Corinth, Miss, says tina
about fifteen hundred persons in tina
vicinity were ready to start north, anC
that five hundred were now at Corintl
awaiting transportation.
AdVlces from northern Texas say tina
nearly two thousand immigrants hav,
left that section for Kansas by railroad
within the past two weeks.
A colored man from NeWberry. s. G..
who arrived here with his family, eI
route to Kansas, says that fully one
thousand people were anxious TO leave
for the same destination, but they have
little money. The railroad companie:
are willing to sell tickets, but this mar
says the whites in the neighborhooC
| threaten violence to the road if the ne
! groes are taken away. A number of ref
ugees are expected To arrive here to NOR
row, and the relief board, which is
wholly without means TO aid these PEG
pie, appeals for assistance, in the shape
OF money, food, clothing, etc.
A Mob at the Stock Yards
CHICAGO, Jan. 14-There was con
siderable excitement at the stock yards
this morning, owing to assaults made by
the union men, who, being unable to Sc
cure their old positions in the packing
houses, busted themselves going about
the yards abusing the non-union men
stoneing and striking them with sticks as
| they passed in and out the gates. About
four hundred in all We're engaged in
these outrages, and several of them were
arrested and marched to the police sta.
ton at the point of revolver, followed
by hooting crowd of their friends,
The most ofthe strikers, and all the more
reasonable ones, are at their halls, but
should the arrests continue, it is feared
they will join in the trouble, and cause
bloodshed. The police authorities re-
gard the situation as critical, and have
transferred large force to the stock
yards.
While the mob of union men were at
lacking workman named Andrew
Deckman, on Halstead street, this morn
ing, he drew butcher-knife and stabbed
Frank Cough, a leader of the malcon-
tents, who is largely responsible for the
excitement, intllcting serious, but proba-
bly, not fatal wounds. Deckman was
arrested, and taken by the police into a
street car, whereupon the mob nearly
demolished the car with sticks and
stones. The superintendent of police
has ordered the saloons closed in the vi
cInlty OF the stock yards for the present
At the latest accounts all was quiet, and
no further trouble anticipated.
Hurricane in Oregon.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14.-TeIegraDhic
communication with Portland, which
has been interrupted for a week, was re-
stored today. Dispatches state that on
the Sth instant, Portland was visited bv
the most severe storm know since the
settlement of the country. The direction
OF the wind at the commencement of the
storm was southwest, but later veered to
the south. But little rain accompanied
the storm, though heavy clouds passed
N'NAAA~@ANt ITO lie
damage to property of the city will not
fall short of $4,000.
At Umatille much damage is done.
The gale attained for short time veloc
ity of eighty-miles per hour. A num-
Der of houses were blown down. So far
as is known there has been but little loss
of life from the storm.
A great number of cattle are reported
killed from falling barns and trees.
AT Acentre, Washington Territory, a
tree was blown against a school house,
demolishing it, with twenty children in
the building. A son and daughter of
John w. Bartlett were instantly killed,
and another daughter seriously injured.
No damage TO the shipping at Astoria.
AT Vancouver, several houses at the gar
rison were Frustrated; no lives were lost
Much damage was done at Salem The
roof of the state house was torn off: also
the roof of the academy of the Sacred
Heart.
To Vote Bonds.
ELDORADO, Kas., Jan. 15.-Township
were submitted to-day to
vote bonds for branch of the st. Louis.
Wichita q Western railroad from Au-
gusta to DuylOn, distance of twelve
miles.
New Town.
BELGRADE, Kas,, Jan. 15.-The Ger
man colony, which bought large body
of land on the line of the Florence, Ell
dorado and Walnut Valley railroad, are
laying out town, preparatory to build
ing a large Catholic church and school.
There are three hundred families in the
colony, enough to settle up two entire
came II this week, and the others will
follow shortly. They all have money
and have come to stay.
Railroad News.
NEW YORK, JAN IA new railroad
project was launched here to-day: The
Pueblo " st. Louis railroad, to be built
from Pueblo, Colorado, down the Arkan
sas Valley to Great Bend in Kansas, $40
miles, to which point a short connection
is to be meanwhile built by the Kansas
Pacific company from its Salina extern
SION at Mcpherson, and another by the
Missouri Pacific from Wichita, which is
to be reached by the latter COM
pany during the coming summer. The
portion of the line in Colorado-15O
miles-it is understood will be built by
The Denver Il Rio Grande railroad COM
pany, and the cost of the line is estimat-
ed at ten thousand dollars per mile.
A peculiar feature is that it is contem-
stock and without bonds The primary
object of the line is to supply the large
temand of emigration in the treeIess val |
ey of the Arkansas for coal and timber
rom the foot hills to the Rocky noun
aims, and the counter demand for hay.
grain and provisions for the mines in |
Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and
Utah into connection with the Missouri |
Pacific and Kansas Pacific, and the rest |
1f the Gould system on east.
A Golden Wedding.
OswEGo, Kansas, Jan. 14.-Nearly |
our hundred guests from Labette and |
counties assembled last night |
1t the Opera House, to celebrate the |
golden wedding or fiftieth anniversary of |
he marriage of Mr. d. w. Clover and |
wife, of this place. The aged groom is
me of the founders of Oswego, and the |
Oldest Free Mason hereabouts. The oc.
aston was happy one, and the gold |
presents numerous
An Advance.
BUFFALO, Jan. 15.-The passenger
gents of the western trunklfnes have
Iecided to advance the passenger fare
rom Buffalo TO the regular schedule. and
o abolish all special limited rates to
Detroit and all western points the change
D take effect at once.
100000 Damages.
TORONTO, Ont, Jan. 15-The Canada
CENTRAL railroad was codemned to pay
'eter McLareD, a lumber merchant, at
'harlton Place, 100000 damages for
lumber and other property destroyed by
re, caused by cinders from one of their
Great Banquet.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 15.-It has been de-
to give the largest banquet ever
iven in America on the occasion of the
oming celebration of the opening of the
incinnati Southern railroad. The Mn
&c Hall will be used, and room will he
lade for z, 800 guests. Fifteen thousand
ollars has been already subscribed, and
is expected twice that sum will be
asily obtained. The guests will mainly |
e southern business men