The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-03-18

but let me tell you one thing; if you
press this claim it will ruin you; it will
make you poor man, and will destroy
your peace of mind before you get the
money-if you ever do But will fight
| it for you If you say So" OF course
| Mr.. Clymer did not believe anything of
| the kind and therefore he insisted on
urging his claim. Last Wednesday or
Thursday the claim was passed and
signed by the president for the original
sum 1t had gone through one house or
the other of congress repeatedly, but
could never be got through both IN the
same congress. Mr.. Clymer, when he
finally put his money, was an old man,
and, as Benton had predicted, he had
spent all of his fortune in pressing his
claim.
Senate Committees
| WASHINGTON, D. c., March 10.-Fol-
| lowing is the membership of the SEN
ate committees agreed upon by the
| Democratic caucus, the first named of
each committee being chairman. Stand
ing:
Hill Gal, Vance, Pugh, Call, Hoar, Lo-
gan, Sherman, Plat IN. "
Foreign Relations-Johnson. Morgan,
PendIeton, Salisbury, Jackson, Conk-
ling, Hail, Miller, Mitchell.
Finance-Bayard, VOORHEES,, Beck,
Mcpherson, Grover, MorriI, Ferry,
Jones New Allison.
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (W. Al, Beck,
Ransom, Cockrell, Harris, Allison, Sher-
man, Harvey, Conger.
| COmmerce-Ransom, Coke, Farley,
Vest, Brown, Conkling, Mcmillan. Jones
| New and Harrison.
| Manufactures-Willi ams, Grover, Nc
1 Pherson, Rollins and Dawes.
Agriculture-Slater, Johnson, Davis
w. Va.), Brown, George, Blair, Van
Wick, Sawyer and Mitchell.
Military Affairs-GrOver, Cockrell,
Maxey. Hampton, Malone, Burnside,
| Plumb, Cameron (Pa.) and Logan.
Naval Affairs-McP herson, Jones fla,
Vance, Farley, German, Anthony, Came
ron (Pa.), Frye, and Plat, On. Y
Judiciary-Davis Qll), Garland, Bay
ard, Lamar, Hill (Ga.), Pendleton, Ed
wards, Conkling and Sherman.
Postoffices and PostIoads - Maxey,
salisbury, Farley, Groome, Pugh,
Ferry, Sewell, Sawyer Van Wyck.
Public Lands-Jones (Fla.l, McPher-
son, Walker, Fair, Camden, Plumb, Hill
| (Col.), Van Wyck. Miller.
Private land Claims-Edmonds, ALL
son, Hale, Jones, Call.
Indian Affairs-Coke, G. II. Pendletnn,
Walker, Slater, Williams, Allison, In
gals, Saunders, Logan.
| Pensious-Groome, Slater, Jackson,
Camden, George, Blair, Kellogg, Plat
Comm, Hawley.
Revolutionary claims-Anthony, Nc
milan, Dawes, Jones Fla), Davis CIV.
Va.)
Claims-Cockrell. Pugh, Jackson,
George, Fair, Mcmillan, Teller, Hoar,
and vacancy to be filled by the incom-
ing senators.
District of Columbia-Harris, Butler,
Vance, German, Camden, Ingalls,, Rol-
Inns, Mcmillan, Conger.
Patents-Call, Coke, Williams, Ger
man, Hoar. Plat (Ct.), Ingalls,, Slater,
cancies.
Railroad-Lamar, Grover. Williams,
Jonas, Malone, Fair, Dawes, Teller,
Saunders, Harrison.
Mines and Mining-Farley, Hampton,
Fair, Cameron (Pa.), Plumb, Hill (Cal.).
Revision of Laws-Garland, Pendle-
ton, Davis Qll.), Hoar, Mcmillan.
Education and Labor-Brown, Maxey,
Lamar, Malone, Burnside, Morrill,,
Blair, Hawley.
Civil Service and Retrenchment -
Walker, Butler, Beck, Groome, Teller,
Rollins, Conger.
To Audit and Control Contingent Ex-
penses of the Senate-Vance, Davis (W.
: Va, Jones (Nev.)
Rules-Morgan, Call. Walker, Ed
munds, Hale.
Engrossed Bills - Conkling, Jones
New, Ransom.
Improvement of the Mississippi river
and tTibutaries.-Jones, Cockrell, Lamar,
Jackson, Kellogg, Harris, Conger.
Transportation Rates, etc.-Sharon,
Beck, Cameron, (Pa.), Blair, Plat, IN.
W
Select Commissioners to examine the
several branches of Civil Service
: Hampton, Groome, Malone, Logan,
i Dawes.
To take into consideration the mat
ter. of a plan for ascertaining and
declaring the result of elections for
e President and Vice observation-disclosures
Bayard, johnson, Garland, Maxey, Ed
: munds, COnkling and Teller.
p To make provision for taking the
/ Tenth Census-Pendleton, Morgan, Har-
' ris, Davis, of Illinois, Hill, of Colorado
and Morrill,.
r To investigate and report the best
. means for the prevention of the intro
v duction and spread of epidemic diseases
Harris, Lamar, Garland, Jones, Plat,
It of Connecticut and Miller.
b Joint committee on public printing
4 Hill, (Ga.), German, Anthony
8 Enrolled bills-Pugh, Call, Rollins.
e Library - VOORHEES,, Ransom, Ed
\ munds.
Public buildings and grounds-Vest
/ Jones, (Fla). Salisbury, Dawes, Morrill,
!: Additional accommodation of the
e library OF congress on the part of the
: senate-Voorhees, Butler, Morrill,.
It The Kansas City Blaze
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 10.-Tht
0 greatest conhagrstion that has been il
' Kansas City for many years occurred
e this morning on Union avenue, between
Mulberry and Santa Fe streets, by which
> was destroyed that part of the magnifi
cent new block of buildings occupied by
y Woodward & Faxon, wholesale drug
e glsts; Kelley. Willis & Co, wholesale
o hardware; and Oglebay & Co, wholesale
grocers. The flames were first seen Il
o burst forth from a rear window of Fax
l. on s. Co.'s, and by the time the f1remer
E arrived, at O'Clock, the roofs and win
lie dowS glared terriically with the leapins
IS red flames within; and now began a sc
s. ries of grand explosions, which are saIC
c by several old soldiers to have reminded
7. them of a fierce cannonade. These sx
q plosions numbered not less than sew
e eDty-flve and were caused by cans o
= gun-pOwder in the establishment o
l. Oglebay & Co., and by barrels of coal OF
r. in the drug house of Woodward s. Faxon
These explosions were so terrific as Il
s, have been heard by hundreds of peopl
III throughout the city, and by familie
le even as far out as Woodland avenue,
" distance of not less than two miles from
is the scene of the conhagration. Tn
re three buildings named were given up a
r beyond being saved, and the creates
10 efforts were directed to saving the mag
e nifcent building of McCord, Nave
~ Co., Immediately adjoining on the east
m and that of L. Deardorf, Immediately Oh
the west. The water pressure, which
IN should have been ninety pounds to tn
ne square inch, was scarcely sufficient :
ot carry the stream to the second story VIE
5; dows. Woodward, Faxon s. Co.'S los
er is Ss5, 600, insured for $50, coo; Ogleba,
IN & Co.'S loss is $50, 900, insured for $75
Id coo; Kelly, Willis 81 Co. lose $S0,00(
y, fully insured. The building were va
u ued at $50, 900, on which there is $2S
'c- 600 insurance.
Washington Notes.
he WASHINGTON, March 10.-The pres
IN dent and Mrs. Garfield received to-da
"a the diplomatic corps and ladies, wit
10 their families, members present, an
u Hayes cabinet, with their ladies ais
u present.
Secretary Kirkwood informed the u
IT'S compahgre Ute chiefs that no chang
ng would be made in the terms of the r
cent agreement. If sufficient agricultU
u raj and grazing lands cannot be foun
re- in the Grand river valley they will
selected in Utah.
Charles d. Gilmore, an attorney an
ar claim agent of this city, brought suit Il
Sc day in the district court against Ca
ar Schurz, claiming 100000 damage
es The allegation is that Schurz, withol
On any Just cause, disbarred Gilmore froE
ch practice in the department of the il
- terror and thus broke up his legal bus
IN ness, estimated at 1000 year.
en- The president has nominated Sanfor
lie A. Hudson, of Wisconsin, associate ju
N. tice of the supreme court of Dakota.
.er A delegation of congressman an