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mon to medium. s. 5O15 co; Colorado steers
s. 1905 40: feeding steers, 81 O094 90; win,
tered Texans, 81 1904 IS; COWS and heifers.
81 00GI4 TO-
Hogs-Rec eipts 1000; shipments. :, 800; ac-
tive and lower; Yorkers and BaItimores
IS S5G6 25; mixed packing, IS SO06 90: choice
to fancy heavy So 20G6 IS
Sheep-ReceIpts, 2, 800; shipments 500: fIrm
and acIIve; sales ranged at a 5018 90.
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c.,rono.trees Nons,ata,a-

His fitness, however, for this place is
universally recognized. Wherever he is
sent the appointment will be received
here as a most creditabie one.
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SUMMER SILKS.

Send for samples of our Summer Silks
the largest assortment of styles and
colors throughout the West, So, 40, So,
70, and IS cents and 81. Our prices
throughout our silk department will be
cent. lower than the lowest elsewhere.
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CHE 4mporia Nsus.
FIFTY-FOUR COLUMNS.
EMPoRIA. FRIDAY, APR. q, 1881

The persistency with which David
Davis maintains his lofty perch on the
fence, is explained by the theory that it
advances the point OF his lightning rod
several feet nearer the political storm
co,ear
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WASHINGTON, d. c., April 10.-The
President has nominated Gen. j. Long
street, now minister to Turkey. as U. s.
Marshal for Georgia; and Philip Fl. En-
erson, Associate Justice of the Supreme
ITO. kr,fT Eel
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Free Canals.

ALBANY, N. Y, April 19.-In the Sen
ate today, resolution making the ca
nails of the State free, was ordered to g
final reading, Is to IA.
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IF You are nervous or dyspeptic try
Carter's Little Nerve Pills. Dyspepsia
makes you nervous, and nervousness
makes You dyspeptic; either one rem
ders yOu miserable, and these little pills
cure both
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BLACK SILKS.
COLORED SILKS.

Send for samples of our actual bar
gains in Black Silks, at 81, $I25, $1.35
$3.50, $1.65, $1.75, 81 and up.
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Found Dead in Bed.

CHICAGO, April 17.-Col. Henry w
FarFar, who was On Gen. SedgWick's
staff during the war, and for ten years
previous to March 1880, was managing
editor of the Chicago Evening Journal,
was found dead in has bed at his sisters
house, this city, this morning. Col.
FArrar distinguished himself by gal
lantFy during the war, and at its close
was bFevetted colonel He was q close
personal friend of General Sheridan, in
whose company for the last year, he has
spent the greater part of his time, except
when away in the mountains inspecting
mining regions. He was at q private
dinner of the Chicago club last night
until q late hour. and returned home
early this morning, speaking to his sis
ter on entering the house. He retired to
bed, in which he was found dead this
morning. A corOner's inquest was held
and death pronounced the result OF
aDOplexV.
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Five Children Murdered by Crazy Mother
ST. LOUIS, April 19.-Additional par
ticulars regarding the killing of her five
children by Mrs. Mutt, near Camden
Arkansas. reported briefly last night, are
that the frenzted woman called the ED.
est child. q boy twelve years old, from q
field where he was blowing, knocked
him la the head, and threw him into the
well, where she had previously thrown
four OF the other children. Finding that
one Of the children was not drowned
but was clinging to the side Of the we'll
she descended into il, and tore away lis
grasp. and thrust it down into the water,
thus completing her diabolicaI work.
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SpRING DRESS G0nnS

DE hINU D1EOS UUUDS.
At our recent grand display of new
Dress Goods it was the universal verdict
among the ladies that we have this sea-
son the richest, handsomest and most de-
sirable stock of Dress Goods ever seen
in Kansas City.
We are now offering the highest nov
elites of the season in rich dress fabrics
BAYADEREs, CREPE UNI, CREPE BROCHE,
WOLFE DE RELIGIEUsE, LAINAGE, CACHE
MIRE HINDOU, CAcHEMIRE BEATRICE,
ARMUREs, HEATHER JERSEYS, ETC, ETC.
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FOREIGN MARKETS.
Kansas City Live Stock Report.

Kansas City Live Stock Report.
Special dispatch to EMP0RIA DAILY NEWS.
Kansas CRY, April 20, 2.45 p. m.
CATTLE-Receipts moderate; market
weak and declining. of fully ten cents
from yesterday.
Hoas-Receipts heavy; market very
bad, fully twenty cents of from yester-
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AGENTS AND CANvAssERs make from
$25 to $50 per week selling goods for E.
g. Rideout & Co, 10 Barclay street,
New York. Send for their catalogue
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Too Much WORK ana Not Enough Pay.

IOO HUGH AUrA anu MOI 6toGSA I dy
ST. LOUIS, April 19.-The street rail-
road conductors and drivers of all tbs
lines in the city have decided to make a
demand for a reduction of hours of lab
or. They now work twelve TO fourteen
hours on short runs, and sixteen to eigh-
teen hours on long runs, and the conduc-
tors receive two dollars and the drivers
a dollar and half per day. What they
want is a reduction to twelve hours per
day all round, at present wages. Tley
assert that if the companies do not COM
ply with their demand they will strike.
A meeting is 10 be held tomorrow night,
at which the demand will be formulated
and presented to the companies.
LOUISVILLE, KY, April 19.-The strike
among the railroad platform laborers il
on the increase to-day. The hands do
ing platform work for the o. & M. road,
Joined in the demand for increased wag-
es. This was brought about by other
strikers, who, backed by the amalgamat-
ed Union, are determined to hold out for
their demands, and are working for q
general strike among the platform
hands of the roads touching at this
point.
PITTsBURG, Pa, April 19.-The boiler,
makers, numbering about fve-hundred
struck to-day for an agreement for one
year on the present wages, which range
from $2.25 to $2.60 per day, and for time
and halt time for repair jobs; double
time for night work; triple time Sun
day and quadruple time for Sunday
night. The contest is one to fix the
rate. Of wages.
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An Insane Asylum on Fire.

An Insane Asylum ON Fire.
Cairo, Illinois, April 49, At one
O'Clock this morning 3 telegram was re-
ceived announcing that the north wing
of the southern insane asylum, at Anna,
was burning and asked assistance. The
Cairo Fire Department was on hand
and one steam fire engine was immedi-
ately sent from here.
The latest intelligence is to the effect
that the north wing was consumed by
fire. 1t is thought to be under control.
It is feared that two or three of the
patients are burned.
Anna, ILL.,. April 19.-The fire broke
out in bath room on the fourth floor
in the west wing of the Illinois South
ern Hospital for the insane, located here
at 1890 O'Clock last night. After get
ting the patients out efforts were made
to stay the progress of the fire, but as the
building had q mansard roof it was not
until the center building was reached
that by the almost superhuman efforts
of the employees and citizens that the
fire was mastered. Three patients were
discovered in room in the second story
of the north wing entirely surrounded
by fire. The thrOng below witnessed
their frantic efforts to burst through {
| window with breathless excitement
Finally ladder was procured and placed
near a window of the room. Although
| the flames coiled around the ladder, thret
men started up the ladder, but werI
forced by the heat, to retreat. One gal
liant fellow, named Grace, ran up the lad
der and thrust an axe into the window
and commanded colored patient, nam
ed Nelson. to cut his way out. He sim
ply threw the axe away. Again 1t wa
| given him, and the crowd below, as will
one voice, yelled TO him to cut the graf
ing loose; this time he did 1t and es
capped.
Mr.. Grace again showed his courag
by reascending the ladder and going mt
the room, now ablaze, with the wall
tumbling in every direction and after
hand to hand struggle with patien
named McClemen, who was nearly deaf
from heat, but desperately determinrt
to stay in his room, forced him head
long through a window, and parties Oh
the outside caught him. Mr.. Grace IN
hailed the heat and suffered intensely al
forwards, but is not in danger.
A patient from Monroe county name,
N. Tenkle was burned to death. Thes
patients were all taken from their celli
but in some way were ordered back
Three fire companies from Cairo arrives
at 6 80, and are working upon the ruins
The superintendent, DR.. Wardner, is i
Chicago on business. The loss is est
mated at $150,OOO. Only the patient
Tenkle, is missing.
MERIDEN, Mississippi, April 10
block OF the principal business house
was burned last night. Loss abou
$3.50, 900; insurance, $125,OOO. Incer
diarY
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PI,AIDS

In new cOlorings and effects in Cancels
Hair, All-Wool and Silk-Wool Fabrics.
The kinds of Plaids we have are almost
numberless, and the beautiful effects
have never been surpassed. Send for
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NEW STYLES FOR SPRING IN
Scotch, French, Zephyr and Madras
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Every novelty IN material, design or
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WASH FABRICS,
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BARGAINS IN DRESS GOODS.
BARATHEAS-4 inches wide, in all
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houses ask $3.50 for them.
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THE NEWS.
DEATH OF LORD BEAcoNsFIELD.
Burning of an Insane Asylum ia illinois
A Crazy Mother Kills Five Children.
Congressional


WASHINGTON, ID. c., April 1S.-SEN-
ATE-The vice president laid before the
senate as unfinished business, the reso-
luton for the election of the senate Of
ficers.
Senator Harris referred TO the article
recently quoted by Senator Malone from
the international Review. to the effect
that the state of Tennessee repudiated
eleven million dollars OF her debt and
asserted that there was no truth in the
statement. Tennessee at no time had
repudiaied single penny Of her debt.
Ii had been stated that Porter Of the
census bureau, had been the author OF
the article, thus giving it semi-oficial
character. Porter had indeed been the
author, but had in a communication to
him (Harris) denied that it was an offic.
ial statement of the debt of Tennessee
and corrected various miSstatements IN
the article.
The motion to go into executive ses
sion was lost; yeas, 20; nays, 81.
| Senator Johnson was permitted 10 Of
fer q resolution, which was adopted, call
ing on the attorney general for certain
papers in relation TO the report Of spe
cial agent of the treasury department
touching the western judicial district Of
Virgins.
Alter some time consumed in roll call
and various dilatory motions, Senate
Dawes said he did not care q coppet
whether one officer or another was II
office, but he would like to have it set
tied before the country whether this wa
a government Of the majority or not
The debate was continued by Senator
Dawes, Salisbury, Burnside and Beck
The latter argued against the right 0
the majority to elect officers at an extri
session, and declared that in Decembe
next they would be willing TO conside
the resolution, but in his Judgment Rid
dleberger would not in December b
made sergeant-at-arms. The Virgins
election would then be oyer, and If tn
Republicans did not tender somebOd,
else, they would tender for sergeant-at
arms q man who is q conservative Re
publican who had fought through th
war in the Federal army, who would b
here with his wounds upon him, ant
then the Republicans could choose be
tween the confederate repudiating Rid
dleberger and that man who would b
rendered to them, he thought, by Re
publican senator. It might as well b
understood that in December next tn
Republicans would not put Riddlebel
ger in, and any promises which h
might make in Virginia would prov
fallacious.
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IIu 80 Hrkala.

NEW Y0zk. April %.
Nouey-2xl5 per cent closing a4 3.
Prims Mercantile Paper-60s Per csat.
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WANT COLUMNS.

WAN SO6OWNs
Advertisements are inserted in this column
for i've cents q line each insertion-eyer-
aging seven words to the line.
TNoR SALE OR TRADE-A heavy, three
large roller, Is Inches IN diameter, two evsp-
oratiDg pans and all the necessary appara-
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ply to or address, II. =. HOLMES, Reading.
Kansas.
oTRAYED-From the subscriber, i've
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head-stan on. Information leading to her
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AYOTICE-To all whom 1t may eoncern
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KANSAS CITY, April 20.
Gatale-Reeeipes &.c10; shipment1s 80; mar
ct active at 1o0lSc decline on sefppina
1rslles and IS 20 sc ON mixed butchers geu4;
SxDorteFs teas CO., fair - good Ehippi1R
S1sers. s. aca5 60; common 70 medium, Sc 8
GEco: Colorado steers, s. SG95 =; corn led
Texas sfeera, s. s89l 90; COWS and heifsrs,
Ho3s-Recsspts, g go; shLpEents 9,eI3; mar
kef slow and decling, fully 5 cents lower;
choice Packers IS eos 20; medium, s l60s $;
81. L0UIs. ApHIts0
Cattle - Receipts, iull: Shipments 81
easieP but not qaOtably lower; exporteDl
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ORDER YOUR DRY GOODS BY MAI

| YEDDO CREPES-fashionab shades,
very stylish, 81 and $125
NUNS VEILING-all the rage this
season, 40 inches wide. All the fash
iOnable shades-$1. The same. "a
inches wide, so cents.
CHUDDA CLOTHS-all colors, and 45
inches wide, only 81 %; would he
cheap at $1.65.
CAMEL'S HAIR SERGES in beauti-
full new shades, 45 inches wide, 81;
regular price $1.35.
INVISIBLE PLAIDS-stylish for COM
binatiOn and polonaise, As inches wide,
S125, $3.50 and $1.75.
TWEEDS-Very popular and fashion
able this season, 45 inches wide, brown
and gray mixtures, 81.
CAMEL HAIR DEBEIGE.
A POPULAR BARGAIN. ALI. WOOL
36-inch at so cents, worth 60;
44inch at So cents, worth rs;
48inch at So cents, worth 81.
LOW PRICED DRESS GOODS.
AN IMMENSE ASSORTMENT.
Wool Filling Cashmeres, ali colors, 15c.
Melange Beige, darksgrays and browns,
IS cents.
Poplinets, spring shades, IS cents.
English Cashmeres, yard wide, all col
ors, 80 cents
| Plaids, in endless variety. %, IS and SOC.
Damasses, satin finish, all colors, 81
cents per yard.
BLACK GOODS.
ALL THE NOVELTIES OF THE SEASON.
BLACK CASHMERES, a., so, 60, 70,
and S5 cents. 81 and up.
BLACK BUNTINGS, 20, 81, IS, IS, so,
| 80. 65, rs, and S5 cents, 81 and up.
BLACK MOHAIR, %, so, 35, 40, As, so,
90, 60 and rs cents.
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custom in this respect, in our official res
idence in Washington as we had done at
Columbus was not total abstalnef
when / became president, but the dis
eusslon which arose over the change at
the executive mansion soon satisfied me
that there was no half way course in this
matter. During the greater part of my
term at least, during The last three years,
have been, in practice as in theory, a
consistent total abstinence man and shall
continue 10 be SO. All statements, in
Guiding the one you send me, inconsist-
ent with the foregoing, are untrue and
without foundation.
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DRANK MCCAIN,
Plain and Ornamental Plasterer
EMPoRIA, KANSAS.
Materials furnished and work done on saort
notice in the best manner.
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WOOL, HIDES. &C.

Report corrected by Epstein & Co.
Tub-Washed, per Id --.- 40
Fleece washed, per h. 80
Unwashed, medium, per lb $685.
UnWashed, fine, ..--.. 15GD
Dry flint, No. 1, pr Id. wholesale, 10
Green, %
Green sailed 70S
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ENIPORIA MARKETS.

GRAIN.
Wheat report corrected by W. t. soden, deal.
er in wheat.
Wheat, No. 2..................- 30
{" No, ..-....- .....------ SOQS5
Grain report Except wheat) corrected by N
Whittlesey, dealer in grain.
Corn, good. wholesale ......- 40
Corn, retail.---..-... As
Oats wholesale ........ IS
Oats retail .... .... so
Bran retail ...... 10
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LIVE STOCK.

FRESH MEATS, sc.
Report corrected by John Henning, dealer in
meats.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-03-03
Red Tape In Time OF War.

Captain ID. w. McClung pleasantly re-
sponded to the toast 1.-The Quartermas
ter at,the reunion and banquet of the
ex-army and navy officers in Cincinnati,
one evening recently, and in the
course of his speech related the fol-
lowing:
81 had friend, General Simpson, who
was an officer of engineers, man of the
keenest honor and most sensitive con-
science. A short time before the battle
of Nashville General Thomas ordered
him to purchase and forward 12OO-foot
pontoon train. He rejected my advice to
get it in the quickest possible way and
forward it to the front on the ground
that the law required SO many days no.
tice, the taking of proposals, submitting
them to the head OF his bureau. l urged
that time was everything. The penalty
was plain and enormous, and disobedi-
ence touched his honor. urged that
any law that interfered with saving the
country in time of war, whom centuries
are compressed into days, when human
life and happiness are staked upon the
crisis, ought to be broken. Break the
law and save the country. But he replied
that he WAS not responsible for the law,
and, if it ruined the country, its authors
were responsible. The result was
that, thirty days after the battle of Nash
vile was fought. my friend had an ex-
cellent pontoon, all legally bought and
built, which was stored TO wait the next
war. l would have committed q felony
in like circumstances, but, all tho same,
Gen. Thomas would have had his pom
toon, and the remnants Of Hoods army
would have crawled through . smaller
hole than it required after his rout. In
pursuance of this policy Of obstruction.
Of making men honest by law, the Gov
eminent undertook to bind everybody by
o repetition of oaths at every transac-
ton. The amount Of swearing was enor-
nous. Everybody was required to swear
about everything Oaths were required
to bring every horse and mule into the
service, and oaths were required TO mus
ter them out The army in Flanders
swore terribly but it was nothing TO
the legalised and compulsory profanity
which afflicted the Quartermaster De-
partment. In ono year paid more than
e12OO for swearing ct IS cents per oath
OF course, such legal enactments, such
pious profanity, such righteous moral
bonds. could not fail TO make vsrybody
honest, except. possibly, Congressman r
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Hunting OstrIches.

Lady Florence Dizzy thus describes an
ostrich hunt in Patagonia:
"Choo choo! Platav' cry to the dog
who followed at my horses heels, as q
fine male ostrich scudded away toward
the hills we had just left with the speed
of lightning But the ostrich suddenly
doubles to the left, and commences a
hurried decent. The cause is soon ex-
planned, for in the direction toward which
he has been making great cloud of
smoke rises menacingly in his path, and
baked of the refuge he had hoped to
find amid the hills, the great bird is
forced to alter his course, and make
swiftly for the plains below. But swiftly
finds down-hill race much more suited
Foot by foot he lessons the distance
that separates him from his prey, and
gets nearer and nearer to the ast-sinking,
SHELTER pown the hill. Plata is alongside
spring at the birds throat.
He has him, he has him p shout to
to Gregorio, who does not reply, but
uISGu Ills uOISc OH Will WILD alu spur.
Has lie got him, though ?"
Yes-no-the ostrich with rapid
twist has shot some thirty yards ahead of
his enemy, and, whirling round, makes
for the hills once more. And now be-
gins the struggle for victory. The
ostrich has decidedly the best of it, for
Plata, though he struggles gamely, does
not like the uphill work and at every
stride loses ground.
Can he stay?" cry to Gregoria, who
smiles and mods his head. He is right,
the dog can stay; for hardly have the
words left my lips when, with a tremen
dous squirt, he races up alongside the
ostrich. Once more the bird points
for the plain he is beginning to falter,
but he is great and strong, and is not
betrayed yet. Unconscious
of anything but the exciting chase before
me, l am suddenly disagreeably reminded
that there is such thing as caution, and
the necessity to look where you are
going to, for, putting his foot in an I'M
usually deep tuca-tuca hole, my little
horse comes with crash upon his head,
and turns completely over on his back,
burrying me beneath him in a hopeless
middle.
Fortunately, beyond shaking. am
unhurt, and remounting, endeavor to re-
join the now somewhat distant chase
The ostrich, Gregorio, and the dog have
reached the plain, and as gallop
quickly down the hill can see that the
bird has begun doubling. This is sure
sign of fatigue, and shows that the
ostrich's strength is beginning to fail
him. Away across the plain the two ami
mails fly, while Gregorio and press
eagerly in their wake. Suddenly the
stride of the bird grows slower, his
doubles become more frequent, showers
of feathers fly in every direction as Plata
seizes him by the tail, which comes away
in his mouth. In another moment the
dog has him by the throat, and for few
minutes nothing can be distinguished
but gray struggling heap.