The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04

African N. e Conference.
ST LOUIS, May 26-The African NJ.
E. conference, which has been in session
here nearly four weeks, adjourned this
evening, after transactIng large amount
of business of interest to the churches
Abducted.
HUDSON, n. Y. May 26.-Charley
jackson, six years old, was stolen by two
men in wagon, in Stockport, this after
noon. 1t is supposed he was taken to
Albany or vicinity.
Many MnIers-
New YORK, May 26.-Sizty English
millers arrived 10 day on the steamship
Bolivia, on their way to the Information
al exhibition at Cincinnati.
News Briefs
Fifty thousand children participated
in the celebration Oi the fifty-first an
niversary of the Brooklyn Sunday
schools on the Goth.
Seventv-five thousand dollars is the
total loss resulting from the destruction
by fire of Denslow & Bush's oil works
at Brooklyn.
Two boy and a man who went into
cellar at Piqua, Ohio, to look for leak
in gasoline barrel, have ceased to be.
D. Z Anthony's Account of the LeavenwOrth /
Shooting.
LEAvENwoRTH, Kas., May 27.-Thom-
as e. ThurstOn, OF this city, who killed |
his partner Embry on the first of jan
nary last and WAS acquitted about a |
month ago, assaulted d. r. Anthony, |
editor of the Times, on the street to-day, |
and attempted to shoot him in the back. !
| He fired twice, both shots missing An |
thony, but one struck John P. Douglas, |
| u Young man employed in the business |
department of the Times office, going |
| through his ear and inflicting a painful, |
but dangerous scalp wound. other
ball struck Lucien Baker, Esq, who was
| standing upon the sidewalk in the mid
die of the next block about 600 feet dis
tant from ThurstOn, striking him in the
| left side, about two inches below the
nipple, and passing clear through his
| body and though his arm. Baker was
at first thought to be fatally wounded,
but his physicians believe now he will
recover. Thurston, who is a desperate
| and worthless fellow, had been seeking
for an opportunity TO assault Anthony
for several weeks past and to-day when
he met Anthony on the street, and after
| going some fifteen or twenty feet past
him, drew a large navy revolver and
commenced firing. Anthony did not
look around, and both shots were fired
directly at his back. The shooting took
place on Delaware street right in the
heart of the city, and scores of people
were on the walk at the time. Mr.. Ba-
ker is prominent attorney of this city,
and is the one who defended ThurstOn
and cleared him when he was tried for
the murder of Embry. There was great
excitement on account of the affair, and.
the officers of the law had to secrete
ThurstOn and run him out of town to
prevent the people from taking into their
own hands and administering summary
justice.
AstOnished Apaches.
DENVER May 27.-The latest from
OjO CalienIa, present headquarters. is to
, the effect that nj daylight the morn
ing of the 24th inst, part Of the COM
mand consisting of Indian scouts and
, soldiers of the OH cavalry, struck
camp of hostile Apaches, at the head
waters of the Solomon river, about thir-
: " miles south of Ojo CaliCnta, and
( routed the hostiles, completely. Official
reports from the chief of the Sioux
state that thirty hostiles were killed.
The soldiers claim 50 Indians killed.
Several Ravaioes and COmmanches were
found in the camp, showing that Victo-
ria had reinforced these tribes Major
MOrrow's command reached OiO CalIen-
IL on the night of the oath, and although
! lust ia from Il long nights march and
, thoroughly exhausted, four companies
. of the 9th cavalry, composing the com
: mand, were immediately ratiOned and
: pushed ahead by General Hatch to take
; up the trail and pursue the fleeing hos
!, tiles.
. Two of the companies of the 9th caval-
nv. which will reach Ojo Calienta on the
, 9th, although with broken down horses
. and almost entirely worn out, will be
pushed ahead at once. Gen. Hatch will
reach Fit. Craig tonight, when further
> news is expected. Orders have been is
sued to Col. Eugene Carr, at Tucson, to
have his command, the 9th cavalry. scout
the western line of our territory in Va
!, lencia, SerrOcco and Grant counties to
= protect the settlements and trains, and
! to prevent Victoria and his bands from
u doubling on their traIl back.
: Death in a Well.
! EIDORADo, Kan, May 27.-On Sun
!, day morning the 22d inst, George w
:, Pickens and Frank Waite, living twelve
= miles west of here in Benton township
were killed by foul air in a well. Mr.
. Pickens was digging well at his resi-,
= dence and on Saturday was at the depth
of Al feet. He put in blast and fired
the fuse which went out. On Sunday
morning he went into the well to aScer
tain the reason of the failure when he
" was overcome and called for assistance
Il TO be pulled out, but tainted and fell
/ His family sent for Mr.. Waite, neigh
< Dor, to come. Mr.. Waite went down
and found the air so oppressive that ht
O. had them at the top pull him out
" When twothirds up he tainted and fel
n to the bottom, crushing his head in /
frightful manner. Another person theI
in went down but was forced to retire be
IN fore he could tie the ropes to Picken
and Waite. They had to use grab hook
70 TO pull the unfortunate men from TIN
RI well. Life was extinct when they go
them out Messrs. Pickens and Wait
a have lived here for ten years and wer
is good citizens whose loss is dcplored b,
IL all.
Six years ago, in sight of this place
NJ. two men named Parker and Claypool
m lost their lives in similar manner
~ Parker called for assistance, Claypoo
went down TO fasten rope to him ant
ed both suffocated before they could be ea
re- | tricated.
il Relief for Suffering Kansans.
N. TOPEKA, May PIE. L. Drake, &
he Trego county, is here and will be i
Is. Kansas City tomorrow, to ask the pei
he pie for assistance for the sufferers an
he starving people of Trego county. NJ
Drake has strong credentials and whe
i'll he approaches the people of Kansas Cit
g. it is much to be hoped he will meet
as generous response. He reports two hui
dred or more families as already left tn
IL country, and the distress among the r
cd naming is widespread and intens
w. Many are already greatly suffering frol
Tx scurvy, which has broken out with SON
i'd violence recently therefore, 4eI III
he people send, in addition TO bread an
meat, onions, dried apples and came
to fruits of all kinds.
nv Jay GouId's Acquisition.
nj KANSAS Cry, May 26.-The leasing
the NJ, X. d T. railroad to the Nilsson
es. Pacific for term of ninety-nine years
MS looked upon as splendid move ON Il
ed part of Jay Gould TO gain control of (
,se important feeder to his already va
nd system of roads. The line runs fro
in Hannibal through Missouri, the India
Territory and part of Texas, and will
operated as the Texas branch of the Mi
souri, Pacific. IL is understood that NJ
ry. A A Talmage will be made gener
manager. and that the jurisdiction of d
heads of departments of the Nilsson
ms Pacific will be extended over the ina
ces line of the NJ. K. & T.
ore I'm Route to Bangkok.
me LEAvENwoRTH, May 27.-Mrs ar
hat Mrs Haldcrman arrived here yesterd;
Ian on their way to San Francisco, whe
ers they will take the steamer for BangkO
I'M Judge II. was recently appointed mini
Der ter at that place
tie ATCHINsoN, Kas., May EFT.
an Thurston, who shot at Col. Anthony,
!, Leayenworth, yesterday, and severe
the wounded two citizens of that place, 9
of riy,ed here ~ six O'CLOCK This morn,
ost in charge of Sheriff Love and a deput
be and Was safely IodOed in iaIl The mar