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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-11-10
The Question Of supersedlng COrLhIlI.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 7.--It is learned
from good authority that President Ar
thur is seriously considering the ques-
ton of superseding Attorney General
Corkhill. The opinion here, except in
Star Route quarters, Is that the removal
can't be made any too soon. There has
already been too, long 3 delay in the
matter. The long legal struggle now
going on before the judge, regarding the
Information against Brady and others
was brought about by the action of
Corkbill adj0urning the grand jury
nearly three weeks, in September, thus
compelling the government TO proceed
against Brady by information on certain
charges or be barred on the statute of
limitations. The government counsel
are decidedly of the opinion that the
court will sustain the Information
method of procedure against Brady
ct al. It Is not thought the arguments
On this sublec. will be concluded before
Monday afternoon. -tl -.......... s.
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When the New York Times says that
there is ''too much dWadling over the
star route cases." it voices the general
opinion of the people. A little work
that looks like business is urgently de
manded. The alleged sWindlers
should be tried, and if guilty,
convicted. 1t is not proper that
conviction should pFecede the trial, As
some otherwise reputable journals seem
to think in the present instance; but
the country would like TO know who is
guilty, and the measure Of their guilt;
then let conviction and punishment
speedily follow.
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New York Tribune: The repeated
postponcment Of the star route cases is
unfortunate, to say the least. The pub
has become possessed OF u suspicion that
the cases may be allowed 10 dwadle
along Till the people lose interest In then
and then be quietly dropped. II is amerc
suspicion and is probably entirely with
out reason; nevertheless 1t exists, and
every additional posiponment makes II
stronger. The way to convict the guilty
operators is to convict them, and tho
sooner it is done the better for all con
cernctl. 'tfstt!
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-11-10

A Philadelphian's scheme for enrich
ing himself was to secretly marry an
heiress who was almost idiotic, charge
her to tell nobody of the occurrence, and
wait until she should die, when he would
claim share of her estate. She told
her mother Of the marriage, however,
and by means of u legally appointed com
mission, the contract has been declared
void by reason of mental disability. II
the Democrats want to run as mean a
man as Bill English for vice president
in 1884, they should lose no time in fol
lowing up the clue afforded by the above
statement
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-11-10

An obscure st. Louis paper speaks OF
Major N. A. Adams, The new pension
agent, "as an obscure person from Kan
sas." II seems that Major Adams and
Kansas together, with the aid Of the
Kansas boys composing the delegation
in congress, were just obscure enough to
pull that thing out Of st. Louis, which
was just the scalp they started in for.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-11-10

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This salve is guaranteed TO give perfect
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An eastern exchange says a man in
New York recently took the troub-
lie TO have eighteen ton loads
Ct coal from as many yards,
weighed on city scales. Every
one proved To be short. The heaviest
'ton" proved to be 1900 pounds, and the
lightcst 1850 Are the carbon vendors Of
the east ION To-" the Kansas racket, OF
r;re rerso2
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-11-10

A prominentcitizen of Ottumwa, Iox ..
who was confined to his bed with dis.
iressims kidney disease, says he owes
his recovery to the use Of California
Kidney Tea Il Is the best kidney rem-
edy known. 80 cents buys large pack
age. Try il aud you will gel relief.
Sent postpaid by s. B. Higley & Co.,
sole agents. Fairfield, Iowa, or buy il Of
B. Wheldon s. Co.
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ST. LOUIS, Nov 2. - A Post Dispatch
Kansas City special says: Joseph n. Du-
bois, prominent hide and wool dealer
here, left the city week ago and his
whereabouts Is unknown. He IL al
legged 10 be defaultef for about seven
~ five Thousand dollars. His method of
operation was TO send drafts TO houses
in the east 70 which would be
attached forged bills of lad
ing and 70 underweigll and
vet wool. His principal victims are
Geotz y Lunping. MilWaukes, for five
thousand dollars; Homer Bros, Of Bos
ton, for twenty thousand dollars; Hard
ing, Morton 6 Co., OF Boston for q large
sum but the amount not known, and
Smith 81 Fasset, of New York. A war
rent for his arrest on charge of forgery
has been issued. He IL supposed 10 b.
ia Canada or New Mexicojs xEE
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-11-10

Stltisiics show that there is less crime
today IN Maine than any other state in
the union. The number of state prison
convicis in Maine Is one To every 3,200
population; in New Hampshire, one TO
1900; in Vermont, one to 300; in
Massachusetts,, one To 200; in Connect
cut, one TO ., 100, and in NewYork, one
40 400
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wiring. from Warrington

WASHINGTON, Nov. SIT is stated
upon good authority that President Ar
thur some time ago promised the friends
of John &. New, of Indiana. that. he
would he recognized by this administra-
ton and that the President has decided
TO fer New the appointment as Minister
To Russia. made vacant by Fosters rcsig-
nation. New's friends say he will ac-
cept.
Sir Leonard Filley, Canadian minis
ter of finance. is here to consult with
the West, British minister, in regard 10
the international copyright treaty.
Pickering, u. s. Commissioner to the
Melbourne exposition in Australia, is
here and has rooms in The state depart
ment, and he will distribute prizes and
diplomas tO American exhibitors.
The u. s. senate committee ON ap-
preparations, which was directed To In
vestigate the expenditure of contingent
funds by the different government de-
| partments says the committee has
laid out its preliminary work and will
| not do anything more until congress
meets. The clerk of the committee on
appropriations was Instructed TO 60
over all the appropriation bills for ten
years past and pick out the
amounts appropriated to the contingent
/ suuu vi cdCu Ahu every ucIdItllicHt-
The committee addressed circular 70
the head OF each government bureau
calling upon him for a statement of con-
tingent expenses in his bureau for the
past ten years. When congress meets
the committee will take up these state.
| ments and see how the expenditures
compare with the appropriations. A
member said that as the senate never
has any work until after Christmas, and
as all the appropriation bills must Origi
nate in the house the time of the coming
session will be devoted to this inVestiga
ton. A member talking this morn
| ing said the committee, pro
pose to make the Investigation
thorough and sweeping, no matter whom
it may strike. He said the committee
will insist upon having testimony taken
by thestreasurv committee and that the
ex-eustodian of the treasury, Pitney, will
be called as one of the first witnesses
that Assistant Secretary Upton, Chiel
Clerk Power, and all treasury official:
who are supposed TO have any knowledge
| of the expenditure of the contingent
fund will be called and that the country
will be satisfied with the thoroughnesl
4 of the investigation. nsrH;
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TsrrIhIe TrIppIe TrasedY.

Iowa CITY, Ia, Nov, ,5.-This city
was thrown into great eXciiment this
morning by a terrible triple tragedy.
A. Stein, a prominent figure in politics
for several months, cut his wife's throat,
chopped up his mother-in-law and killed
himself by poison. Stein and his wife
are dead. and the mother-in-law may re-
cover. Jealousy, insanity and liquor
are the causes. t 1--
Stein has had trouble with his wife
for several months. She left him last
summer aud began suit for divorce.
He subsequently, attempted To abduct
her, and created great excitement 10y
dragging her to a carriage
This morning he went to see his
wife who resides with her father and
mother and finding his wife and mother
in-law at home, he was far gone with
poison and brutality hacked his wife and
mother-in-law until the former died and
he himself fell dead. The coroner is
investigating the case, ,.f .4..s
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-11-10

There is some curiosity on The part of
the public in regard 10 the identity Of
the parry who voted for Russell at
Americas.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-11-10

The hardware dealers must feel very
much depressed when they face the
mournful fact that no more lies will lie
naiIe for a whole year.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-11-10

Topeka is exulting over a prospective
extension of the Missouri Pacific from
Kansas City u that place. The state
capital is n great rlilroId scenicr.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-11-10

An article in the next number OF the
Century magazine will detail the ex-
periences of DIR. Bliss in his treatment OF
the Late President Garileld,s case
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annailY far SherInan

WAsaINGrqN, Nov. The pubiica-
ti0n Saturday evening Of the sWofh an
dayiG Of Paul Brown for work dong bv
him on Secretary SheFman's house e TIE
expense Of the government has caused 4
decided sensation in political circles,
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A nEammeth GraIu Daai.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-THE Inter. Ocean
has an interesting history during Octo-
Der, Of j. r. Hobbs, of this city, who
bought and sold sixty million bushels
OF corn, the largest grain deal made or
conceived by one man or firm. He
signed checks for ten million dollars
while making this deal. The great
point in the matter is that during OctO-
Der he had some three million bushels
of corn ready for shipment east
He told the yesselmen he would
give them all they could do for
the rest of the fall, Offering them
three cents per btishel TO carry corn 10
Buffalo. The Vesselmen held off for az
cents and after consulting together per.
emptorially declined his offer. The de-
cisfon was terrible. Within one hour
the railroads learned OF il and offered to
carry corn 10 New York foreleven cents,
which sum was to include the three
cents terminal charges It was
an unprecedented offer which no
man could refuse and Mr..
HObhs' principals telegraplsea In haste
for him 70 accept. The offer was taken
and in twinkling the yesseImen found
the most gigantic game on which the
eyes Of sait were ever laid they had
kicked from their OWN grasp. They
have since came down 70 three cents,
two cents, one and one-ha1f, one cent,
and even offered vessels free so as to
have ballast, and are now stripping for
tbs wirter, having refused work
enough TO occupy every vessel
on the lake until winter.
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WaIsea . VossiT

Po8TnAHD, Oregon, Nov! 5--Ta, the
lower house Of che Washington territory
legislature bin giving The tight Of sui.
frage 70 women passed, Is 10 IL Asin,-
liar bill Mss defeated Id theeppeR house
ca liae 18th nls-. ~ . seae-ef Ito s. but
y VIII come HPa ~ another shape,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-11-10

DETRotT, Mich, Nov. s.--Ds, B. Bar
mum. a. OLD and Pfominent physIEIan Of
|diseeting tahlei Sunday ard ei56ts him
self through Tho heat. He kad saasred
tong time from NERVOUSNESS and dis
eases Of painful nature. -. !. =
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A Terribie RaIIFoad Hccidsstl

PoRT JERvTs, N Y, Nov. ga ter
rible accident occurred this morning It
Erie, ten miles from this place, killing
three men instantly. Two freight trains
were ascending the mountain with an
engine At each end Of the train, when
the engine Of the rear train ran. inSO the
pueher OF the forward train, driving in
Dorr instantly. Jerome Grover and
MARI 'CoxsoH, engineers ofsihe engines
colliding were. instantly killed. both
trains are badly yzracked
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-11-10
A whoIsso.ae Precedent.

DANvILLE, KY, Nov. Embellishments
for murder have BEEN found against
Vim. Tate, sngiheef aad E.F. AcNsIls,
conductor, fbF thei kiIliag Of five men
e = sAn9Fg p raS aas G ss9sIa ss,
of since the day Of the killing. A re-
ward will le offered by GgeeFBar Rack
burn for theiE approximation -,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-11-10
AIssoufFs PFospeetS for Representatives In
- assfssz the Cabinet ,sV

= WASHINGTON, NOV. 1.-THE friends 81
Col. Van Horn, editor of the Kansas
City Journal, and fnembef-efect 20 con-
gress from the 9Th Missouri district. are
urging him fer Secretary Of the Interior
with good deal Of Yigor. IL Is claimed
by some that this is merely !
movement 20 head q the appoint
ment Of CT. Filleg, Of s.. Louis. as
Postmaster-G General. = Filler claims that
tbs position named postmasGesseaer
has been formally tendered 10 ane ac-
cepted by him; but the Van Horn folks
say this is not correct. and thai their
man has As good show as FiI1ey. The
special fitness OF 81 Col. y Wan
Horn for the Thdian depart-
ment Is conceded by leading ! Re-
puhlieans from the ReaE and his frieeds
from Missouri claim that his selection
rs member Of the cabinet would be far
preferable 80 that Of FiIley fog political
effect in that state. Is Is being urged
against Van Horn that bis promotion TO
the cabinet would endangcr Re
publican control 7Assf the next'
House, IS the Republicans could
hardly hops to eject = s6ccessor to him.
A project Is % foot TO take him out of
the cabinet race by promising him the
speakership of the House, but II faeets
with no favor from his frfehds, wis0 say
they psop0seto push him for aecretaEy ss
yIgorousiy as possible, The spsEzos Of
the matter may be that no cabinet APP
pDintInent viii go 20 Missouri 'sk
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Ths Joplin Oosra ae.se nu-,..l.

Sr. LOUIS, Nov, 1.-The opera house,
ct Joplin, Missouri, burned last night.
The building Is an entire fcss. Several
merchants occupying the ground floor
are heavy losers, the principal ones be.
lag Gibbons & Co. and D. A Loose &
Co, clothing and dry goods, both in
sured. The big Four minstrel troupe
which played in the ihoRzel lssk snight
i 1881 nlne.ssn tsgnks and their Hpslcal
$4,000. The bidding Is Insured for
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-11-10

The Philadelphia Easy Hour men
tions Mr.. J. A Walton of 1245 N.
Twelfth street, that city, as an enthus-
iastic indorser of St jacobs Oil for the
relief and cure OF diseases of horses
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KanaaG AKs.i

WasHIEsfoA, Nov. 4 1.-The aehsnade
By De Aias0aEi delegatioa In 4k0sdl the
pesnioE agency ct 81, LQ1is, or IA the
event OF q failure, to SECURE IT'S removal
70 Kansas City, was quite vieorods. but
the pressure Of RepsEblicaaGz aahAs' with
the sdvsntage Of being In the caeisr OF
the district 9idthe work. Kansas people
Washington are highly elated over the
ariE.aOrz .L.Ea-a =. -.
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81 Clerk Of ne Unssea STATE
GeuEt, Smith. at Omaha.

OMAHA, Neb., sNovembez a.-About
10 80 o'clock last night Col. w, B. Smith,
clerk Of the United Siates district coart
was assassinated in the door Of his uaice.
on the third floor OF the posfofice build
ing, He had attended church, afser
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-11-10

We understand thatIhefriends Of Tom
Ryan are making arrangements for a
dead heat between him and Foxhall.
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TnURsDAY, NOVEMBER 10, ISL.

Tha ''boys in blue" "whooped it up
for Chalfant Tuesday.
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Another renement House Horror.

NEW YORK. Nov. 9-Early this morn
ing a three story tenement house at the
corner of South Fifth avenue and Grand
avenue fell in, burying the occupants in
the ruins. The fire department up 10
9 O'Clock, with the assistance of citizens,
eXtricated five victims, two dead. OH
ers were seriously injured. How many
were in the building at the time
OF the accident is not known. The
removal of the debris is being
pushed with all speed. The ground
floor of The building was occupied as a
liquor store and the upper portion by
tenants. Mary Bald and John Rudolph
with his children were taken out of the
ruins slightly injured. Nay Savalee is
probably fatally injured. They have all
been sent to the hospital The firemen
have taken out the dead bodies OF Fran
els Knapp and son. Catherine Bader
was also taken out fatally injured. The
whole fire department is exploring the
FuiDs.. ,.sE 4 -
The building was three story brick
structure with an attic, owned by
o'Brien, who kept liquor saloon on
the ground floor Two years ago he put
up an extension without strengthening
the foundations and This proved too
much weight for the understructure,
Up to IL O'Clock five dead bodies were
taken from the ruins. They were Mrs
Francis Knapp and her son, Mrs.
John Rudolph and tVo others whose
names could not be learned
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and has resurrected the report that Judge
Folger will make things lively IN the
treasury department. 1t is known that
two or three men are armed with lnior-
nation very damaging to certain officials
now in the department, as well as some
recently retired. All have been prom
ised places under the new administra-
ton, under consideration that they will
furnish the facts These people claim
in some way to have obtained possession
of testimony taken by the treasury in
vestigating committee, which, now that
the commissioners report has been
made, has been allowed to be officially
forgotten. II is probable that more
than Sherman are interested. The
matter will be made public The new
secretary of the treasury will himself
take steps TO have congress investigate
the whole matter thoroughly to the ef-
fectual purging of. the department, the
same plan having already been officially
determined on in the other departments
1t is certain that the coming congress
will be particularly lively in the way OF
investigation and report.
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To Geo. ScOUfIle, Esq.
DEAR SIR: Your note of the 31st ult
has just deem received. You recall our
association many years ago in the de-
Tense on trial for the murder of young
Mclaughlin. 1 would like to be pres
ent at the trial of Guiteau, but have
engagements which 1 cannot put off. /
remember the boy Mclaughlin. We
saved on this occasion an innocent lad
from the gallows. 1 do not know
whether Guiteau is guilty; whether he
was sane when he committed the cruel
act for which he is to be tried. This is
the question the court and jury are to
try and Guiteau is entitled to fair trial,
which he cannot have without able
couuaal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-12

The reading public Is not likely to sympa-
thize with the censure just how so freely Wis
ited in England upon Mr.. Froude for having
published without alterations or omissions the
"reminiscences Of Mr.. Carlyle, left in his charge
by that gentleman. In the first place, accord
Ing to Mr.. Froude himself. he once advised Mr..
Carlyle not to authorize the publication OF the
"reminiscences In the form they were left; but
In this view Mr.. Carlyle did not concur. But
even had full discretion been allowed to MI.
Froude, 1t is not easy to see how he would have
been justified In changing or emitting any
thing. To have altered or withheld any part
would have been alike unfair to Mr.. Carlyle and
to that gentlemans readers. Mr.. Carlyle knew
very well what he wrote, and why he wrote it;
and II there was anything he did not want to
appear he should and most likely would have
destroyed 1t himself. But this he did not do
even after being advised to that END. AS the
matter stands, therefore, Mr.. Carlyle must be
understood as having painted his own portrait
and the portraits Of his friends exactly as he
wanted them TO appear to those WHIP might see
them, and Mr.. Froude had no right, expressed
or implied. to make any change In the pictures.
II Mr.. Carlyle'5 own work expos ID his true
character and showed him in a less favorable
aspect than he had always appeared TO his ad :
mlrers, so much the worse for Mr.. Carlyle, but
so much the better for the rest OF the world
It, after all. Is only interested In seeing a man
as he really is and knowing what he really
thinks.
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The addresses delivered al the Cowpens cen
tennial yesterday were by Thomas wentworth
Higginson, one of the most advanced of Massa
chusetts radicals" and Senator Wade Hamp.
ton, one Of the most prominent representatives
OF the south. Each fought gallantly for his
respective section during the rebellion, but
there was not the slightest difference of opin-
Ion between them in regard to the glory and
grandeur Of the revolutionary struggle and the
magnificent future of the republic established
by that struggle. Slowly but surely the bitter
memories OF the rebellion are dying out, and In
a generation or two the great struggle Will be
locked upon by north and south with the sam ,
complacent feeling that the English and Scotch
people hold In regard to their old hot warfare.
which testified to the mutual bravery Of the
onO fpstapta
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-12

The democratic state central committee o.
Virginia yesterday decided not to change the
date fornely fixed for the state convention to
an earlier day. The convention had been called
for August 4th, and subsequent to the call the
readjusters selected an early day In June for
their state convention. This rendered some OF
the democrats uneasy. They urged that the
readjusters should not be permitted to get two
months start In organizing their campaign and
preparing Tor the November fight. Appeals for
an earlier convention were SO numerous that
the state committee held another meeting to
consider the proprlety of a change OF date The
determination to adhere to the f1rst-named
date postpones the heat Of the Virginia contest
until September and shortens the struggle.