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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-08
GENERAL KEIFER

General Joseph Warren Keller, the
nominee of the Republican caucus for
speaker of the house of representatives,
is citizen of Springfield, Ohio, and is
gentleman of prominence and infiu-
ence in the great state which he has had
the honor to represent three successive
terms in the national congress. His dis
trict, the eighth, is composed of Cham
paign, Clark, Logan, Madison and Mi
ami, and his constituency are among the
Wealthiest and most intelligent people
of the state.
The generals army record is bril-
liant one. and this, coupled with his
singular urbanity of address, has CON
tributed IN no small degree toward the
end of his political advancement
Prior to the breaking out of the war of
the rebellion he was engaged in the
practice of law in Springfield, having
been admitted to the bar in the year
1853. He enlisted in the Union army in
the April of 1861, and very soon there
after was commissioned major of the
Third Ohio Infantry. Shortly after he
was promoted to the lieutenant colonelcy
OF the same regiment, and in the follow
ing September was appointed colonel of
the 10th Ohio volunteer infantry He
was severely wounded in the battle of
the Wilderness and after having served
with much credit in campaigns in diff
ferent parts of the south was appointed
brigadier general by brevet Novem-
Der Both, 1864, for gallant and
meritorlous services in the battles OF
Opequan, Fishers Hill and Cedar
Creek, Virginia" In 1865, he was APP
pointed major general by brSxet 'Hor gal
liant and distinguished services during
the campaign ending in the surrender of
the insurgent army under General r. L.
Lee" Upon being mustered out of the
army after a term of service covering
four years and two months, and having
been four times wounded, he returned to
Springfield and resumed the practice of
law.
In 1868 he was elected to the Ohio
Senate; he was trustee of the Ohio Sol
diers' and Sailors Orphans Home from
Its establishment under state authority
In 1870 to 1878, when he resigned; he
has been a trustee of Antioch college
since 1878; was delegate-at
large from Ohio to the National Repub-
lican convention at Cincinnati which
nominated Hayes; represented his state
with mich acceptability to his consit-
tuents in the forty-fifth and forty-sixth
congresses, and was reelected to the forty
seventh congress by handsome ma
jority over Chance, his Democratic op-
ponent.
General Keifer's military and civil
records proclaim him to be man of
more than ordinary force and ability.
He is said to be an excellent parliamen-
tartan, and there is every reason to be-
lieve that he will grace the position for
which he is a candidate and to which
he is morally certain of being elected.
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DIR. THOMAS VIEWS.

In the course of an interview had by
Chicago press representative with DR.
Thomas, recently, regarding his expul.
sion from the Methodist church by the
judicial conference at Terre Haute, the
reverend gentleman was asked why his
appeal was not heard.
81 do not know" he replied, because
l was not present. 1 did not wish to at
tend the judicial conference because of
the treatment received before"
"Do you inteHd to prosecute the case
furthere"
"Oh,. Z have no chance. They have
expelled me-"
|, "Co0h you not take it before the gen.
ieraA conference by petitionP'
7 well, I had not thought of that. do
not think it is possible to get one. The
government of the Methodist church is
snch that one man has no chance con
tending with the whole organization"
THE prosecutor stated as a reason
Why your appeal should not be heard
shat You belonged to an organization
which was opposed to the doctrines and
discipline of the Methodist church."
"I think that is true. So far as we
have any articles of faith they are sim
ply the Ten Commandments and the
teachings of Christ, and by another Law
than these 1 have been expelled. We
do not believe in trying men for heresy
but in treating them as we would have
them treat ns''
DIR. Thomas stated that he would con
tinue pastor of the Peoples church,
which, for the present, would remain in
dependent or all denominations, but he
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PERsoNAL AND PoLIrIcAL,

The Ohio man got there.
Danford said, some time ago, that he
was worth $75, 1000 above his debts.
st. Louis Globe Democrat: Guiteau's
interest in the hemp crop is increasing.
The name of the new speaker of the
house OF representatives is pronounced
as if it was spelled "Kifer."
DR.. Hollands poem, "Bitter Sweet, y
it is stated, had the largest sale of any
poem in this country-250,OO0 copies.
General Keifer, the new speaker of the
house, parts his name in the middle.
In all other respects his character Is
above reproach.
The Republican leaders of Texas have
resolved to organize an alliance against
the Democracy and support Congress
man G. Nash Jones for governor.
Watterson, of the Louisville Courier
Journal, would like to see Guiteau per-
form the feat of standing on the air
without feeling what he is standing on.
Ex-senator Hannibal Hamlin, United
States Minister to Spain, visited Presi-
dents Grevy and Gambetta Wednesday,
and was received quite cordially. Both
of the distinguished gentlemen congrat-
ulated him on the para he took in the
abolition of slavery in the United States
and expressed hope that the friendly
relations now existing between France
and the United States would become
more friendly.
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HERE AND THERE.

Topeka Capital: If Guiteau is h 4nged
let it be an awful warning to plag' Iarists
1t is understood that the pre- sent sis
governors of the New Englap.d states
are all teetotalers. This IS bound to make
a painfully protracted interval between
drinks.
An Ohio girl sued man for breach
of promise, and proved him such mean
scoundrel that the jury decided that she
ought to pay him something for moi
marrying her.
The portrait of Garfield, which is
hereafter to honor the scent postage
stamps, is said to be u striking likeness
of the late President Mrs. Garfield is
much pleased with it.
The editors who ventured the rash
observation some weeks ago, that the
Ohio man had disappeared from national
politics, are canvassiDg the propI iety oi
soaking their heads.
Look out for wal between Turkey and
Ohio. Ex-Minister Noycs has rashIy
disturbed the diplomatic relations lie.
tween these two powers by the monstrous
assertion that Co0stantinople is dirtier
than Cincinnati
KAssOn was little too far west while
HiscOck was unfortunate in Mailing
from the Atlantic seaboard. According TO
the revised editions of the bes1 authors,
Ohio is thu geographical center of the
political universe
a n.an has been discovered who did
not know until last week that James A.
Garfield had been assassinated or that
such \ creature as Guiteau had ever pol
luted the earth Il seems superfluous to
add that he is a citizen of Missouri.
Through trains from San Francisco to
New Orleans by the Southerl and Texas
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q right to show my personal relations
to those gentlemen that was cordially
received by them and was well dressed
and well fed at the Fifth Avenue hotel.
want TO show my personal relations to
those men. don't want to except TO
your honor's rulings, but shall DC
Obliged TO do so, and have no doubt
the court in banc will give me q new
trial''
Judge Cox-"Your exceptions have
been noted"
Scoville then called up the subject of
President Arthur's testimony and said
he had not yet received q response to
his interrogatiOns but that the President's
evidence was absolutely essential to the
defense. Guiteau interrupted him excit-
eGly: al do not think it at all essential or
necessary for General Arthur to be here. ]"
(To Scoville) II don't care what you
want; I'm doing this myself. ask as
personal favor that he shan't ha
dragged into court. l think . good
deal of General Arthur. He's president
| of the United States and ! don't think
he should be bothered with this matter -
Striking the desk violently shes presi-
dent of the United States and ! made
him so, and think ! should have some
thing to say in this matter"
1t was arranged between the counsel
that the presidents answers should be
put in as evidence at any stage Of the
trial
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Pacific route viii most probably COM
mence running on December 18th, and
regular through business viii be estah-
lished before the end of thirty days.
The True Messialln has put in an ap-
pearance at Washington, for the pur-
pose, as he alleges, of casting the devil
out of Guiteau. As a scheme for the
utter humiliation of The assassin this
manifestiy challenges successful compe-
tition.
Beer drinking. according to high Ger
man authority, is a science. This ad-
mission would be obviously subversive
of law in state which prohibits the
manufacture and sale of intoxicating
liquors ''save for medical, mechanical
and scientific purposes"
According to Scoville. the country is
to have six more weeks of the Guiteau
trial. 1t would be pretty hard, in the
face of this gloomy announcement, to
get up a popular scare in these parts
over the predition that the world is
coming to an end before New Years.
About the same time that Guiteau
murdered the president of the United
States, LEROY murdered Gold on a rail
way train near Brighton, England. Le-
troy is dead The vengeance of the
law follows swifter in England than in
this country The mother country, il
seems, "holds the edge'' on her daugh
ter in the prompt administration of jus
tice.
A dispatch from Chicago says that a
number of colored ministers who had
been attending convention in that city
after boarding passenger train for home
became involved in free fight and pO
lice officers had to arrest them and put
them under bonds. The development Of
a reasonable measure of personal asper
Ity is not strictly unique feature o.
discussions relating to theology.
A London female aesthetic thu.
Celebrates upon the legs of Irving, thu
actor: "Mr. Irving's legs are limp ant
utter. Both are dellcately intellectual
His slight left leg is a poem" As thu
mistress of genuine picturesqueness o
expression, it seems that the author o
this observation might give even Mr.
Oscar Wilde a tOlerably fair start anC
still walk in ahead of him, and collar
the gate money.
The friends of BOokwalter. The latt
candidate for governor of Ohio. reques
a denial at the hands of the press of the
reportth at shortly after the election hi
rode on a bicycle from Springfield to Day
ton. Ifthe charge is utterly without foun
dation in fact we should sappose that Mr.
Bookwalter could make it pretty warm
for the parties who have sought to ma
lign his character by such O base cal
umny.
Denver Tribune Primer: This is q
Boil. 1t is on the Mans Neck. Would
you like TO Feel it? If you Do, the
Man will Feel it, too. The Boil is 8
Mean Thing, and it is Coward. If you
Strike it, it will Run, But the Man
will not Run He will Dance and make
Remarks. Boils may start Way down
near little Boys waistband, But they
always come to Head at last.
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OF Edwin Booth at Mrs. Booths bur
ial private letter printed in the Boston
Saturday Evening Gazette says: Edwin
Booth stood, with uncovered head, a few
PAGES from the grave, and when he re-
entered the carriage he was so shaken
with emotion and with the bitter cold that
he shivered like man in an ague. We
were glad to get him away from this
gloomy spot. His conduct and bearing
all through this trying ordeal have been
marked by great dignity and propriety,
ard the most perfect taste. III had not
already known the strength and beauty
of his character, its simple nobility and
thoughtful tenderness, ! should have
learned it from what have seen of him
in time of trouble. Only those who
knew him as I know him can under
stand Alright the calm fortitude with
which he has endured trouble, and sor-
row, and bitterness of heart. and cruel
Misrepresentation. No man was ever
more true to duty, and that will sustain
him against all the detraction in the
Worldn
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A FEARFUL sHoWING.

The Alta, published at San Francisco,
has the following to say in regard the
spirit of peculation which has developed
such fearful results in this country
within the past ten years:
While we are considering the relations
of education 10 crime, it is worth while
to read over the following list Of mann
moth defalcations during the past seven
or eight years: CarlstOO, of the Union
Trust company stole, $4O0, 600; Phelps,
of the treasury department at Albany,
$500, coo; E. d. WinslOw, Boston, preach
or, lecturer, treasurer, 100000; David
Gage, treasurer, Chicago, $500, 900 (;
Wardwell, bank cashier, Providence,
10000; Abraham Jackson, lawyer,
trustee, etc, Boston, $500, 900; John c.
Tracy, bank president, Hartford, $780,
600; John s. Morton, Philadelphia, ST.
100000; Henry Nicoll, lawyer, New
York, 100000; G. Van HOllern, colloc-
tor taxes, Chicago, $130,000; Oscar L.
Baldwin, $2,6O0000. This is only par
tial list. Many defalcations, smaller in
amount, are omitted. and some of the
heavy ones also. Each of the eleven
men named above was we'll educated
and of high social position and most of
them were conspicuous in the churches.
1t is not only the hoOdlum and the I'M
educated boy who steals and goes to
prison. The biggest thieves are those
who have stood high in the community"
The prison commission are respectfully
rendered the question for consideration.
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GuITEAu FINISHED

Judge Porter's conduct of the cross
examination of Guiteau, the murderer,
has added to his fine reputation as a
lawyer, and received the admiration OF
all who have followed his work as il
has been presented in the newspapers
from day to day. To our mind the claim
ofinsanity has been completely explod-
ed by the exhaustive and searching
cross-examinaIion, and there is nothing
left of the murderer but the two promi-
nent characteristics, insolence and
egotism. Often during the cross-exami-
nation these were INDUCED in by him
to a degree that seemed almost unbeara-
BILE, but both the court and Judge Por-
ter seem to have allowed Guiteau the
greatest latitude and liberty in. his en-
deavor to fix up his testimony
to suit him. His. tpua char
acter, ss fixed by Judge Por-
ter, is that of. an eEsatie, prenten-
tious, revengefulg weak fool, and that is
all. Says the Topeka Capital: "Unex-
pectedly to the prisoner, to. the court,
and thespeetators, the witness was dis.
missed after he had been trapped into
answering one significant question DO
.tNa hael any remOrseP Wearied, it may
b, with battling against his powerful
adversary, and thinking by the plain, di-
rect truth TO shorten the ordeal. Guiteau
replied in, the affirmative, intending TO
qualify his answer later on. But he
was denied this opportunity. Quick as
a flash Judge Porter announced: That
will do, prisoner; your cross-examina-
ton is closedP He had secured from
the assassin the one fearful admission
most fatal to his pretense of insanity,
for the insane feel no remOrse."
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OFFICIAL LIST OF STRAYs.
Taken Up In Lyon County, K0nsas.-RS-
port for the Week Ending
nao 3. 1881

port fortho week EndIng
Dec. 3, 1881.
reported each week for TIE EHPoRIA
NEWS by W. Z. Ewing, county cIeFk.I
CoW-Taken mp by 8. Hamilton OF Center,
on the 29d day Of November 1881. one red
. rSsa SoE s aFS0peS horns, branded Etth Letter
HEIFER.Taken up by 8. Hamilton, OF
Center. on the 23d day OF November. 1881. one
red ant white roan heifeF; spO: in forehead 5
no brands; one year old; value 4l3-
EImcndaro. on the 18th day of November.
1881. one red hcifer with white face; some
% point the Of Ss horn S
marks or brands; one year old; value, SIS
COw.1Taken up by Aarsn Archer. OF Jack
son,on the 18th day OF November. 1883 ,One l.
scar on right side, and under-slope in lsft ear
Also one cali, with rope around It's Aock about
10 feet long. Value, SIS.
HEIFER-TGken up by Jno. Bradfort, OF
jackson, on the 18th day Of November, 1881,
one l-yesr old light roam heirer; also one
sss n st e.1 win her h' and under
FILLY.-Taken up by W. r. williams, OF
EmPoria, on the cath day OF November, 1851,
one 2-year-old bay oily; white spot Ia fore
head. Value. $40
ef. OF Emporla, on the 18th day OF NOqember,
1881, one 5-year-oid bag geldlnE, with star in
face. Value, SIS.
FILLY.-Taken up by g. H. sonnedeksr. OF
one 3-year-old bay fIly. Value. SO.
FILLY.-Taken up by John Britt, or
Waterloo. ON the 18th day OF November, ISL,
enc Swear old bay oily; Is hands high; three
white feet, and white on the end OF nose; LEFT
hind foot crooked at the ankle No other
marks or brands. Value. $40.
PONY.-Taken up by Danl Doty. of JACK
son, on the 18th day of November 1881, one
6-year-old bay pony; IA hands high; branded
on left hip, brand not known; scar on rIRAe
foot front and scar on the breast Value. e2s.
STEER-Taken up by Is. II. Sonnedeeker,
OF EmIoria, on the 18th day Of NoVenbeP
1881. one l-Year-old red steer; some white
On the nose and flank; value $40
COW AND STEER-Takeu MP by W G..
Pollock, OF jackson. on the 73th day OF No
vember. 1881. one 7-yeAr-old COW, red ami
white spetted; crop on Of right ear. A'kO 1
red steer calf, crop OF both ear; also ono
red ana white spotted steer calf: no marks or
brands, value. so.
SFEER-Tsken up by Swan Eager OF
w Waterloo. on the 18th day or NoVcmbs! 1881,
one l-year-old red ard white steer; no MARKS
or brands; value. SIS.
STEER-TAken up by Vim. Moore. OF En-
poria. on the 2lst day Of November, 1881, one
S.yeeF-oid red and white spotted steer. brand
ed Il NJ" on right hip. and dim brand on
STEER-Taken mp by WIN. Moore, Of En-
poria. on the 21st day Of November, 1851 Ooo
S-year-oid red. speckled steer, branded SH's
on lett hip; value, SO
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New York Tribune: With the close
of Guiteau's cross-examination we may
suppose that the most important testi-
nony in his case bearing upon the mo-
tive which led him 10 commit the crime
il before the pulic, and that the signif
cant evidence yet TO be given will be
chiefly that Of the medical experts who
express their various opinions on the
question of insanity. Three theories ex
it us 10 the assssSin's motive: First
i0at he wished TO be revengeG ON the
president for not giving him an Office
second, that his purpose was to accom-
plush political revolution and bring
the Stalwarts INTO power; third, that
The motive was a mixed one combining
The two just named. The last theory
will probably find the most supporters.
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The New Orleans Times gives this de-
scrintjOn Of n RourhOn Democrat.

The New Orleans Times gives this de-
scriptiOn of Bourbon Democrat:
Men who have grown up under the
shade of Bourbonism are like potato
vines in a cellar. They are rank but
nearly leafless, abnormal, bearing neith-
or bloom nor fruit. But they are ambi-
tIOus. They spring up briskS in the
corner of the cellar, and they push out
long, pale stems, which seem TO grow
with frantic haste toward the light, yet
never reach the light. The south is par
ticularly full of these moldy aspi-
rations and fFuitless stalks The
stalks will rustic when they hear this,
and will Eeebsy brace each other up
while they pass some resolutions de-
nounciDg such observations as "insid-
iOus'" in conception and hellish in ex-
preston. Nevertheless, there seems to
be no hope for such shade grown wretch
es, unless it be to insert a shovel under
them, lift them gently out of their
moldy hole, and plant them somewhere
in cultivated soil open to the sunshine.
Even in that case the seed of them is so
depraved that it may take several seneP-
ations to produce a crop worth the Ia
Dor expended on them.
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The forty seventh conguess began its
lahors Monday. Ills understood that q
number OF. bills involving important
questions of public policy, among them
the Mormon problem, tho matter of
what constitutes presidential inability, a
revision of the tariff, etc, will be in
troluced after the holidays and the ses-
sion will doubtless be one of more than
uaual interest. II is to be hoped for the
reputation OF the country that its delib-
cTations will be Characterized by moder-
alton and dignity, and that the disgrace
full scenes enacted in congress under the
auspices OF Democratic ascondancy, will
no, be repeated.
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The Chicago Times has the following

The Chicago Times has the following
to say in relation TO the Danford case:
"Out of their madness and their mel
anchOly those exasperated Kansans depos
itors who have delinquent bank presi
dent in custody cannot rise philosophi
cally to the contemplation and the reali.
cation of the solemn tact that civiliza
ton protects swindlers of that kind
These misguided men should surrender
the unhappy banker to the officers of the
peace. 1t is a crime against a bank
president TO interfere with his busting
process, which includes a safe de
g1arff.ra
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the act, al the time of its commission,
have sufficient judgment TO know what
he was doing and that it was wrong TO
do it? The fair application Of this le-
gitimate test in the case of Guiteau can
lead but TO one conclusion, and that is
the establishment OF his guilt During
the entire course OF the wearisome trial
which is now pending at Washington
against the assassin of James A. Garfield
there has not been scintilla of evidence
adduced to disprOve the almost univer-
sal belief that Guiteau, when ne shot
down the President on the morning
of the second day of July, did
not fully realize the enormity
of his act and appreciate its probable
consequences. The cool deliberation
with which he planned the murder, and
the rational measures taken by him for
his subsequent escape, proclaim in the
most unmisakable manner his thorough
apprehension of the moral complexion
of the deed at the time of its commits
sion and brings him within the limit of
the law as set forth by Judge Davis and
other equally eminent jurists.
1t remains to be seen whether Judge
Cox, in his charge to the jury in the Gui-
teau case, will place the same construc-
ton upon the criminal code in its rela.
ton To the plea set up in defense Of the
assassin as that employed by Chief Jus
tice Davis; and yet, it would seem that
there can be no other tenable interpreta.
ton of the law in his case. Any other
view would be manifestly subversive OF
the ends OF justice and would open the
way to transgressors of all classes for q
successful evasion of the law which
guarantees protection TO life and proper
ty, by asserting an irresistible impulse
in the direction of crime and by es
tablishing an responsibility which,
recognized by the courts, would speedily
unsettlc the foundations of society and
substitute anarchy for civil order.
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Nearly everybody knows Mullett, OF
tas at least heard of him, but very few
know what ails him. He was formerly
supervising architect of the treasury and
while occupying that position suffered
from an enlargement of the top end OF
his person, disease popularity known
IS the big head" which portion of his
b sly became sore and tender soon after
he was allowed 10 vacate his position
Every little while Mullett pops up aud
exhibits his sores 10 the public. II now
iranspires that it is this very Mullet who
is the author or the ISLANDERS about SEN
ator Sherman.