The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-04-01

the Republican caucus by several sena-
tors that the senate should go into exc
cutiye session and dispose of the NOM
nations before them. Conkiing strong
ly opposed this, and after a sharp con-
test it was voted down. 1t was further
decided not to permit an executive SEES
sion until the pending resolutions for
the election of its officers had been
| adopted. Unless this is reversed there
may not be an executive session for sew
eral weeks. Thus will Mr.. Conkling be
! enabled to accomplish his purpose. He
and his friends are at work to persuade
| the president to withdraw Judge Robert
sons nomination, but President Gar
| field has probably not the faintest idea
i of complying with their wishes. If Mr..
Conkling desires TO make an issue with
him on this matter he is ready to meet
it, and thinks it had better come now
than at any other period.
Bogus Butter-The Oleomargarine Investi
| CATION.
NEW YORK, March 26.-Before the
oleomargarine investigation committee
of the assembly, Chas A. Butler testified
| that some manufacturers made oleomar-
| garine from fat and offensive meat, and
| extracted the fat, melting it at a tempera-
| ture of 100 degrees, which was nearly
| 100 degrees below the temperature nee
essary To destroy the animal life in the
| fat. He had little faith in legislation
as a measure 10 prevent the sale of the
| adulterated article for genuine butter,
but thought small license fee and a
penalty of $500 for each offense might
do something toward suppressing adul-
| terators. He would compel the grocer
who deals in bogus articles to display
the sign: "Adulterated butter and cheese
sold here"
Walter Carr testified that an immense
amount of lardine, or lard-butter, was
disposed of in the New York market,
and is manufactured principally in west
ern New York This article is more
easily detected than oleomargarine. Both
lardine and oleomargarine have serious
| ly affected the trade and weakened
prices. Not one hundredth per cent. of
the bogus article manufactured is sold
for what it is, and the grocers sell it at
an enormous profit for the reason that if
they took only a fair profit customers
| would suspect the character of the ar
ticie sold them for better. Customers,
if they knew what they were getting,
would not buy it.
Considerable meriment was caused by
the testimony of the next witness, who
gave his name as Herman Gershel, and
said he lived on Eighth avenue, and had
no business. He told how his daughter
visited him one day and brought with
her some nice, fresh. looking butter.
1--WE all thought it was splendid" he
said, "und my wife asked her where she
got it, unds mine daughter she say, in
der Bowery, between Spring and Prince
streets, where der is a shop that had q
sign dot say: Fresh butter every day /;
twenty-five cents a pound" / went
down and bought a pound for my wife,
1 md htlf Tuifo che
wanted to fry some fish, and got some o.
dot butter with it. Suddenly she said /:
Herman, der is grease in dis butter
and we den took it und put what was left
on der winder-sill, outside der winder.
I went down to dot grocery store on der
Bowery and asked der man if dat was
/ fresh butter, and he said yes Den
asked him where he got it, and ne said ::
From Turbers.' CThurber's.) 1 saw in
der paper about dis investigation, and
brought piece of dat butter down, and
here it il, he continued, throwing about
quarter of a pound of stuff wrapped in
brown paper on the table. The sample
was examined by the committee. It
looked more like axle-grease than but
ter, and the presence of lard or some 9TH
er fatty substance was apparent. Some
1 of the experts pronounced it stale butter,
1 while others were positive that it was
oleomargarine-
| 81. K Thurber, of the arm of H K.
and F. B. Thurber & Co., testified that
he is now manufacturing about $4,000
tubs of oleomargarine weekly. Last
year he exported nearly One-half Of their
| manufacture, but this year only seven
| per cent. He branded all his goods as
| required by law, but was aware that
some retail dealers removed this mark
when they had oleomargarlne in their
possession.
| Illness Of Mrs. Beecher-
NEW YORK, March 27.-After he had
| dismissed his congregation tonight Rev
Henry Ward Beecher stepped down
from his pulpit 10 go to his pew, in
which were his wife and two other
ladies' Mrs. Beecher was sitting up
right and rigid, and when he spoke to
| her she was unable TO answer. He soon
saw she was in an almost unconscious
condition. Thinking the crowded state
| of The church had caused her to faint he
stood upon the seat Of the adjoining
pew, and asked the congregation 10 pass
out The tone of distress in which he
spoke created some alsEm and surprise,
and nearly all stopped to inquire what
was the mstter, but he repeated the re-
quest and the church was soon eInptied.
/ In the meantime several ladies had tried
with assistance, carried her into
the lecture room and there, though
every effort to restore her was
made, she grew worse, and present
~ became entirely unconscious. From
the first she was unable to speak. The
carriage had Teen ordered at the first
alarm, and she was carried 10 il and
taken home.
Down and Ont
NEW York, March 26.-The board of
directors of the Western Union tele-
graph company held 3 meeting yester-
day and accepted the designations OF
William H. Vanderbilt and Samuel F.
Bafger, Fred. & L. Ames Of Boston,
was elected 10 I'LL one of the vacancies.
Nothing was done in regard to the other,
for the reason that Mr.. Vanderbilt's
resignation was not expected before
July, and no steps were taken 10 provide
an acceptable substitute. Mr.. Wander
bil;,s letter was therefore quite q sur
prise when It was received this morning.
Mr.. Vanderbilt gives as reason for his
action that his interest in the company
Is At present so light as not to warrant
him in giving the time required by his
duties as a director. Privately he Is
stated 10 have said that he would have