The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-11-24

in the Giro testimony looked like her
daughters writing, but she was cont
dent some other person was the author.
Wheat is reported to have made rapid
progress in England during the past two
weeks.
Senator Fair. of Nevada, passed
through Omaha Monday evening en-
route to Washington.
Herbert n. Theirs, the defaulter from
Kenosha, Wisconsin, was captured Mon
day at Chicago.
A nun al Kenmare, ireland, who has
been an invalid for nine years. got up
and knelt, after being carried 10 an altar
during mass.
A number of Baltimore merchants
and manufacturers visited the exposition
at Atlanta Monday.
James c. Guiteau. cousin of the as
sassin, was arrested at Grand Rapids,
Michigan, for drunkenness.
OF twenty Republican congressman at
present in Washington, eight are candj-
dates for speaker of the house.
Continued lighting is reported between
the Arabs and the French. The French
OOAuAAAA 70 od'oHSAhS sOutHN0 iNs
Bankers OF the District of Columbia
called on Secretary of the Treasury Fol
ger, Monday, and paid their respects.
A rifle tournament is to be held at At
lanta, December 18Th. continuing five
days A number of prizes have been Of
fered.
Mrs. Dunmire, Guiteau's former wife,
is on her way To Washington TO testify
against him. She thinks he ought to be
hung.
One hundred and thirty magistrates
met at Dublin Sunday and noted that
the land bill is working very satisfac-
tory in Ireland.
A terrible boiler explosion in New
York Monday injured several people
and destroyed properly to the value of
$4,000.
Chief Justice Waite has decided that
the capital of a bank invested in foreign
countries can be taxed by the United
States.
The Kennebec Journal states on good
authority that Mr.. Blaine will retire
strictly to private life when he leaves
the cabinet early next mouth.
A construction train on the Texas
Mexican railroad crossed the temporary
| bridge near Laredo Tuesday, the first
train to cross the Mexican border.
A Mrs. Waldron. at StrafFord, N. H.,
called her granddaughter to her bed
side and cut her throat from ear to ear.
She afterwards killed herself.
It has been learned from the records
of the county court in Cook county, Ill
that some years ago Guiteau appeared
as witness OF cousins insanity.
DR.. Loring stated to committee of
the national grange that he could not
urge any action looking toward making
his position cabinet Office. This he
left to the country.
The Jail at McDonough, Ga, burned
Monday. While the building was in
flames the prisoners were released by
citizens, not before two, however, were
\ so badly burned as to die.
Ex-Collector Thomas Murphy, of New
York, says President Arthur tells no
body of his intentions about the cabinet,
| and that no man living, except the pres
ident, knows who will go into it.
Acting Postmaster General Hatton has
decided that matter produced by hand
stamp, type writer or copy press is sub
ject to first-class postage when the mat
ter is intended for personal use.
While workmen were engaged in tear
| ingedown house al st. Joe, Monday, its
roof fell on them and buried several of
them in the ruins They were dug out
and will probably all recover.
The judicial conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church which is to try
the appeal of Rev. DR.. Thomas, will
meet at Terre Haute, Ind, November
80. Bishop Merrill will probably pre-
side.
Over sixteen hundred miles of cable
for the Central and South American
Telegraph company have been shipped
from London, and direct communication
with Peru and Brazil is promised by
June.
A. B. Thornton, editor of the Boon
vile, Mo-, News, was shot and killed by
| Marshal MacDearmon of that place.
The trouble grew out of an article in
the News rejecting on the marhal'a ac-
tions.
A telegram was sent to Philadelphia
| stating that the star route trials will be
indefinitely postponed, and prosecution
| ultimately abandoned upon. payment of
| loss sustained by the government IN re-
letting contracts.
Mr.. Lowell, minister to England, has
been heard from at Rome. His health,
which suffered from pressure of work
aud anxiety during the last summer, has
much improved. He returns 10 LQndon
at the end Of the month.
The Central National bank, of Boston,
Monday paid out $2OO. 900 and took IN
about 100000. The directors claim
l 81, l. So Tn
possible. Examination is still going on
at the Pacific bank.
President Arthur has approved the re-
port of the government commissioners
on the recently completed section of
one hundred miles of the Northern Pa
cific road, and also fifty miles examined
during President Hayes administration.
Edward Deatney, Indian commission
or for Manitoba, has been appointed
| lieutenant governor of the northwest ter
ritory The seat of government will be
removed from Battleford to some point
on the Cansdian Pacific road.
Mr.. Robinson withdrew from the
Guiteau case yesterday. He said he
couldn't consent to remain after being
treated by Mr.. Scoville as he had been.
Guitead made a speech to the court
yesterday and 9coville made an address
Of come length to the jury.
Tucker Basham, whose life has been
| threatened on account of his testimony
against Bill Ryan and other train rob
bers, has suddenly left his home at In
dependence, owing 10 the receipt of
three threatening letters, signed respee-
lively jessie" Ed" and THE Boys"
4 French and Arab scrobatic troupe
| 10 performing at Constantincple, in
which there are twelve English children
virtually retained as slaves and horribly
| i'll treated. 1t IL understood that Lord
Granville ordered the consul general to
recover possession OF the children and
forward them to England.
A woman was found In New York
| Sunday night who told a most Sorrow-
| full story. She went to live with her
son in Michigan. He was burned out
| by the recent forest fires. She escaped
with her life, and went to New York TO
live with her sister. Upon arriving
there she found that her sisters house
was one of the two buildings which re-
Gently fell, and her sister dead beneath
| the debris.