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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-30
ENTERED INTO REST.
Death of the Poet LongfeIIow


BOSTON, March "a -Longfellow has
been ailing since his 10Th birthday
February eth last. He became serious
~ ill yesterday, when he became rapid
ly worse and al O'Clock this morning
all hope of his recovery was abandoned.
He has been surrounded by his family,
including Mrs. r. Fl. Dana, jr, his sun
Earnest, and the wife of the latter Dr.
Wyman. his family physician, has been
constantly with him. The news of his
illness was received with profound sor-
row, and today marks of respect have
been shown even by the drivers of
heavy teams, who have slackened their
speed when passing his dwelling. AT
$40 he died. The news spread rapidly
and the whole community shows It's
grief. The city nf Cambridge, from
the professor at The college To The labor
er, is cast INTO the deepest gloom Tue
Relatives have been lelegraphed for
His brother Stephen lives In Philadel-
phia and other relatives are in Portland
BnsToN, March 94-Longfellow is
dead
Saturday last LongfelloW was out part
of the afternoon walking upon the
piazZi, and going into the house, com
planned OF being slightly cold. At din.
ner he was suddenly taken i'll, aud soon
after went To his room, and in a short
time had IA violent attack of vertigo. On
Sunday he complained of his stomach :;
opiates were administered TO allay the
trouble and induce sleep.
His condition seemed somewhat ilr-
proved until Monday, when dang Iuus
symptoms became manifest, and the fam
lily were seriously alarmed. Tuesday
morning these symptoms assumed
graver form, and it became evident that
death was near. Wednesday aud Thurs.
day, however, there was \ slight i'm
proVement and a disposition to sleep al
most continually.
During the afternoon and evening of
Thursday he talked great deal on va
riOus topics and seemed to recover
large portion of his usual bright and
cheerful disposition. Later in the night
he became partially unconscious and
restless. This morning he revived,
though his talk was somewhat inco-
herent. This condition continued until
about an hour before his death, when he
again became unconscious and SO con-
tiDued until a little past 3 O'Clock, suf-
fering but little pain apparently.
The immediate cause of death was
peritonilis. ALI the family were present
at the time of dissolution. The people
of Cambridge were appraised of the
death by five bells tolling; age, seventy
five years, one stroke for each year.
Longfellow has not been in good health
SINCE the death of his intimate friend,
Prof. AgassiZ. That event was a great
shock, and from it he never fully recov-
cred. For nearly two years afterwards
his health was a source of anxiety. He
was unable during that time to enjoy
his food, owing to impaired digestion,
and lived entirely on bread and milk.
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TOO THIN.
That What the Court Says About the
Latest Dodge of the Whisky sellers.

That S What the Court Says About the
Latest Dodge of the Whisky Sellers.
OTTAWA, Kas., March 22.-The dodge
of selling whisky by means of the ex-
press companies and system of orders,
whereby any one could get liquor, has
been widely advertised. The first case
before the court has just been decided
here. 1t was proven that the defendant
gave persons orders with the instruc-
lions that If they would present them at
the Adams express Office and pay
charges they could get the liquor. The
case has excited great interest Its i'm
portance to the liquor men was shown
by the fact that the eminent legislator
from Linn county, Col. James ID. Snod-
dy, appeared before our Justices court
to represent, as he said, Adams express
company. 1t is supposed also that the
wholesale liquor dealers of Kansas City
aided in securing his attendance. The
jury were out five minutes and returned
u verdict of guilty. The defendant was
fined $500 and costs.
The case has been appealed to the
district court, and 1t is supposed that it
will be taken to the supreme court as q
test case. There can hardly be doubt
as 10 the result. 1t IS simply scheme
devised by the liquor dealers and
the Adams express company to
evade and defeat the law. The people
all over the state should at once vigor-
ously prosecute such cases. If any one
express company identifies itself with
Ihts trick the people of Kansas should
see to it that they give all their business
and influence in behalf of some compa-
ny that does not aid in breaking down
the best law on the statute books.
1t might be we'll to have the county
attorney of Usage, and and others to
come here and take some lessons. Some
of the Kansas newspapers have sneered
at the idea that il was difficult thing to
get liquor if one wanted it in Ottawa
We would be glad to have some repre-
sentatives of these papers visit our place,
and think they could have their
expenses paid if they will agree
to publish the facts as to the
results of prohibition here. One of our
leading real estate firms IS sending out
as one of its most attractive advertise
ments, the statement that the prohibito-
ry law is strictly enforced. 1t may be
that every county has not such a prose
cutting attorney as Walter Littlefield, or
such a justice of the peace and police
judge as w. Fl. Clark, nor such consta-
bles and good citizens who serve on ju-
ries and who respect their oaths as we
have in Ottawa and Franklin counties.
am confident, however, that if all over
the state the people took pains to elect
tried temperance men to all offices, and
then backed them up in their work as
the people here, there would soon be the
full blessings of prohibition.
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"GONE AWAY.n

The following admirable sketch is
from the pen of Noble l.. Prentis, in
the Atchison Daily Champion 1t is a
life.like relation of the experience OF
many u man "who has been there"
Que of the Champions collectors sent
In his list yesterday, and opposite one
ex.subs criber's name were the Signi.
tcant figures, $40. and the words
"Gone Away" The mans paper was
not refused or stopped for any cause. II
was because there was one less man in
Kansas to send paper TO, as he had
"gone away"
As 10 the "gone" man, We "knew him
| we'll, Horatio." As good-hearted fellow
as ever lived, was he; and, If he ever
sees this notice in the land where he
has gone, this is to tell him that he is
welcome as he can be to the $40. lie
would have paid il, doubtless, ifhe could
have done so, but he fell upon evil days
| and when a man who loves Kansas as
much as he did has to give her up and
go away, he will never be pursued by
any bill from this establishment.
lie was one of the first settlers of his
country, away back in the days of In
dian raids; and, being u man of quaint
| speech and boundless cheerfulness, and
hardy frame. he lightened the dismal
poverty stricken lot Of his neighbOrS
with his jokes and prayers and sermons
| for he was, as they say In Arkansas, fright
smart of q preacher" and he stuck Il
the country, when fainLhearted people
ran away from il; when it was like d
| fight for life to stay the five years, anC
in time, he had comfortable roof ovei
his head, and was generally liked by
everybody, and ought to have been thu
happiest man in Kansas.
1t fell out, however, that the Devil il
trip through Kansas in the early fall
when politics began tO bloom ran acr0si
our man, and persuaded him that i
would be fine thing to run for the Leg
islsture. He tried, and the boys
thought it would be q good Joke to elee
him, and he was elected He took int
the House his curious WAYS and ods
speeches. and every body laughed They
had better have cried.
From that fatal election on, hr was
changed man. HIs glowing aud pray
ing became secondary 90, siderHtinns
He became n chronic office $, ekrr HaV
ing once enjoyed the sweets of >Legis
laiive session, he was bound To- go tn To
ptka again at any cost. AT last h,
thought he was going to clutch tn,
! prize. He struck out as n candidate 70
the State Senate. II became \ matter O
money; and hls opponent had the mos
of that commodity. the poorer man wa
beaten; he lost his farm, his all; he wa
so totally used up and flaitened OuI
financially and politically, that he CAV
mp utterly. He had not the heart to IN
again in Kansas, Aad now has gon
away. He had endured cold, hunger
nakedness. loneliness, the constant Tea
Of willy and savage foe, and all that IN
Kansas settler OF twenty years ago wa
called on TO face: had oulliVed all tina
and then sacrificed all for which b
had worked and suffered,-f
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what! To sit in an over-heated
and i'll ventilated hall for
two essions of fifty days each, ut the
munificent salary of three dollars day !;
Ia tat boarding house hash: To walk
through " in! and snow and rain TO and
from The capitol four times day; i0
hear his fellow members cry question"
and consent" 10 listen 10 the hurried
prayer AT the chaplain, and the mOnOt'L
nous calling of the roll TO take part IN
Wehrisome debates about nothing; TO be
invited 10 half dozen Topeka ''Tecep-
IiOns," which are about as cheerful rs
cOngrstive chill; To draw hundred
postage stamps, and wonder what he
WIS going tn do with ihem ali; ia in
dnI.s,. nj tile clsIse al The session, in the
mai rev Try IL IhrIwiHE paper ~Hds,
and grtI,ns hat iH the. back of the brad
" ith an i; slIranc.- report, this Wa. the
bri .hi an'l glOriI - CAREER that lvd this
clever man ItI financial destruction and
finrl rX lr
W. arr talking g's0d .d..tl of Late
about the raVase- nf rum hut il srm>
A. ii ihrr,. are .ihrT evils which pu-h
that monster prrIIy clor. aIid .Tazy
desire Ter "A useless Office j. one OF them.
-AlchIson Champion
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The Quakers propose Ia move on the
great common eDemy's works at Kansas
City. There are large number OF the
soc ETY. of Friends located in and near
that wicked town, and We learn from
the Times that they propose to establish
Il church there. The question is ia the
hands of committee, and action will
be taken at the next quarterly meeting,
to be held at Hesper, Douglas county,
Kansas, and without doubt y monthly
meeting will be organized. The COM
mittee which visited Kansas City TO de.
eide upon the question was composed
of Levi Woodward and wife, Seth W.
Pearson, Richard A. Cox and Mrs. Dru
silla Wilson, of Lawrence; Harvey Stan
ley, Eli Henderson, Mrs. Penelope G Ird
ner, Mrs. Rachel Woodward, PhilandeT
Blackledge, aud James Vestal, of Hesper
assisted by leading members of the soci'
ETY. from other places, among them DIR
William Nicholson, of Lawrence, and
Aaron Hill. Esq, OF Hesper. Kansas
City Is to be congratulated upon such
AN organization, which will attract Us
good "A class of citizens to her Us can be
found among the good people of the
land The Quakers are u mighty good
balance wheel tn any city or community
in these hprrying and grasping days Of
mopey-making and schemipg for person
al advantages
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THE SOUTHERN DISASTER.

No calamity that has befallen this
country in many years is so disastrous
in its effects as that now prevailing in
the lower Mississippi states b. reason
of the flood still prevailing there. The
overflow in the upper Missouri and the
Michigan fires last year were bad
enough, but the condition now in the
south is much worse. Ii is estimated
that nearly 100000 REQ pie are IN suffer
ing condition, many of them bordering
on starvation. The war department is
doing the noble part in furnishing ra-
lions, and congress promptly passed
the bill appropriating $I50,OO0 for their
relief, but we suppose this will be "buI q
drop in the bucket" Besides the fond
and clothing hat is needed inr imme.
diaie relief thousands of these people
have lost their homes, their stock and
their all. There is NO misiaking the
duty al The people Of the north in this
emergency. In every city and town
there should be organized agencies for
relief. Lat Il be poured out with u
generous hand. No man with plsnty
should rest satisfied until he has given
TO relieve this unparalleled distress oi
the multitude of our stricken bretheru
OF the south.
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President Lincoln IS quoted by
Charles Gibson, at 81. Louis, rs telling Il
story illustrating Thomas ii. Bentnn's
turn for the drama. Benton and Jackson
had long been at I, I'D, and had not met for
many years until Jackson was president
and Benton senator from Missouri. Ill
was in this room," said President Lin
coin, ut the white house, "that their first
meeting took place Jackson was seated
at this very table, when the door swung
open and Benton stalked in and stood
silently in the Ii+4sldle of the floor. Jack
son looked up and recogn lied him
at once, aud recollected at the same time
that he had no weapon To defend him
self Equally silent he got up, walked
To The door, and locked it and put the
key in his pocket, and went back TO hi:
seat. Then he said: Docs this NEAR
war or peaceP 1t means peace sale
Benton. Jackson again arose, waiket
to the door, unlocked il came back Il
his seat, and then said Colonel Benton
am pleased To see you. Take u chair.
All this time Benton was standing stat
uesauely IN the centre of the room, neve
moving muscle while Jackson wa
locking and unlocking the door, and th'
reconciliation between the two gentle
men was complete"
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A sweenIng Injunction.

ST. LOUIS, March 24-The form of
the final decree to be entered in the Ex-
press Companies cases against the Rail
road Companies was approved to-day by
Judges McCreary and Treat, in the U. S.
Circuit Court. 1t is a sweeping in,
junction, providing for the carrying OF
express matter in charge of the messen-
ger or agent on all passenger trains
Railroad companies cannot open or in.
spect packages or demand knowledge
of contents. Railroad officials are not
allowed 20 interfere in any way
with express matter or the
messengers. Express companie
are to keep an account of carrying ser
vice and to make settlement on the 18th
of each month for the business of the
month preceding. The rate is 10 be
not exceeding so per cent more than
the prescribed rates for transportation Of
ordinary freight, and not exceeding the
rate charged by the railroad company
for any other express matter All pre-
Vious excess in rates and unjust dis
examinations are to he Investigated by
a master in chancery. The injunction
| is perpetual
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HEMP HAPPENINGS.
a Heavy Harvest Reaped by the Hang
man Yesterday

man Ac5SCEAdSs
CLEARFIELD, Pa, March 24.-J. A.
Nerling, convicted of the murder of
Samuel Pennington, in February, 1890,
was hanged here this morning. After
he mounted the scaffold, the doomed
man exhibited a knife which he had
concealed on his person. This demon
strated that he had at no time desired
TO commit suicide.
ANGELICA, N. Y, March 24.-,Tohn c.
McCarty was hanged here this morning,
for the murder of Pat Marley, Novem-
Der last. When asked If he had any re-
marks to make he said to the district at
torney: "You are bloOd-thirsty brute,
you are, and you know in your heart
that / am not guilty OF this crime
Almost Immediately the rope was cut
and he died without u struggle.
MIDDLEBURG, Pa. March 24.-Jona-
than Mayer, who participated in the
murder of Gretchen KintZler on the 9th
of December, 1877, this morning met his
fate courageously. He professed reli-
gion and expressed a strong hope of
reaching Heaven. This morning Mayer
made final statement to one of the min
listers in which he said he knew moth
ing of the murder on the Friday
of its occurrence, but was told of
il the following evening by Ettinger, and
that he had only aided in the division of
the money.
Rock ISLAND, Ill, March 24.-William
Heilwazon was hanged to-day at 30 p.
m, He was convicted at the last term
of court of killing his daughter-in-law,
Dora HeilwaZon, on the night of the 5th
of September. He went to the house,
and, driving her out into a cornfield,
crushed IN her head with a hammer.
The evidence leading to his conviction
was purely circumstantial, and turned
mostly upon statements made by He'll
WAGON in regard to Dora's absence. when
no one but the murderer could have
known of 1t. The murdered woman
was separated from her husband, and
there were strong suspicious that he had
committed the deed himself, the more
so as she had been unfaithful to him.
HellwaZon made 3 long statement,
which was published in Wednesdays
Argus, in which he asserted his own in
nocence, and in direct terms charged the
murder on his son, the husband of the
woman. HeilWaZon WAS a man A years
cid, and bore q bad character. The en-
| tire family are low. The prisoner pro-
tested his innocence on the scaffold, and
stated that his own son had sought 10
| implicate, and had succeeded in fasten.
/
| the hope that the murderer would be
| found after his death. lie died without
a struggle, his neck being broken by the
fall.
PIrrsBURGH. Pa, March 25.-The
first execution in six years occurred in
| the county court yard in this city at noon
to-day, when Edgar Frank Small was
| hanged for the murder of Nicholas
Jacoby. Small was q man of good nat.
uFal parts, bun from his birth his sur.
roundings were of the worst character
| His victim was q mill workman, who
had married q woman named Lottie Nc.
Aleese, who had gained considerable
notoriety some years ago in rowing
boats for prizes On the evening O!
January 16, 1879, he found his wife In
company with Small, who had JUS
been discharged from an eight yeal
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Zinc works Destroyed.

PARSONS, Kas., March GA special
to the Sun reports the destruction of the
new zinc works building at Weir City
by fire last night. The zinc company
are doubling their capacity by the cree
tion of four new furnaces, two of which
had just been completed, and were first
charged hast Monday.
The fire originated in the roof where
it Joined one the flues. The furnaces
were damaged but little.
The little town of McCune, Crawford
county, is intensely excited over having
struck five and half foot vein of coal
at depth of 367 feet.
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In IL single week lately there were
shipped from New York To Europe g.
12G bIrr.-ls o. apples, l,647 pounds Of
beesw~x. 81. 203 barrels of wheat -four.
1901 barrels Of corn meal, 4Sl ,2j2 bush
els wheat, 2.G62 bushels oats, 40 bushels
barley. 2,033 bushels peas, 427 ,24l bush
els corn, 1887 b lies COTTON, 402 bales
hay, 492 bales hops, I0,0G7 gollons lard
oil, ,0S2 gallons linseed oil, 1898 bar
rels pork, s04 barrels beef, 1000 tierces
beef, 5,5IS20l pounds cut meats, 74,444
pounds butter, GI5,l5l pounds cheese,
2,s54,GSO pounds lard, 80 barrels rice,
57T.62O pounds taiiow. 439 hogsheads
tobacco, I, 926 packages tobacco and 40,
S3s pounds manufactured tobacco 1t
will Jake II goodly supply of foreign pc.
taloes and saur kraul Ia make the ex.
change even
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Globe Drm"crar: The Republican
Congressman next fall will be called up
on To give an nccoaIfi "f how they have
disposed of bu.iness that lay before them
and If they do not change their tactics
very quickly and materially, they will
find them selves wonderfully embarrsss-
ell Tor the want of an available reply.
The Democrats ut Washington are re-
ported Ia he IN II high glcc with the
manner in which things are being con-
Quoted. and they are busy in accumula-
ting tn. campaign capital which the 10.
cal nurIowncss and national inertness OF
the neutrality-suspicious. are furnish
ing them. The Democrats are certainly
no more patriotic and energetic than
the Republicans. but they are not on
trial
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Illinois Crop Proapects,

SPRISGFTLD, Ill, March 23.-Informa-
ton from nearly all quarters of the state
represent the crop prospect as unusually
catering, and winter wheat looks well
and blowing is already well advanced.
tensions are expressed for the fruit
crop, but it generally promises well ex-
cept in the drouth stricken counties
Farmers report stock in ten to twenty
per cent. better condition than last year
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Grand Rapids. Michigan. is II city Of
about 5000 ihhabitInts, and has very
large manufacturing interests, street
railway. gas and electric lights, water
works. ia lact all he modern improve
ments thar are necessary io success.
That il Is progressive, wide awake
aud Prosperous basin, ~ community can
not b. dcneh.i Yst Grand Rapids has
arranged 4" get along without any ex-
pensjye city buildings, markets or large
public debt. Her business streets are
attractive and neatly kept, and the city
is an ornament to the state and should
he less I'll To our enterprIsing little
municipality.
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Ere a. Leaxenwor,h.

LEAVENwoRTH, Kan, March 23.-The
large Touring mills and elevator of Ha-
veus & Co, burned this afternoon at
o'clock. The cause was dust explosion
in the dust room, after which the whole
building seemed wrapped in flames in
an instant A. B. Hayens, of the firm,
John O'Day and one or two other en-
plOyes, were seriously but not danger
-ously injured. Twenty thousand bush
els of wheat and about twelve thousand
dollars worth of -four were stored in
the elevator. The loss is estimated at
100000 with So, 900 insurance. A small
frame residence across the street, and
some of the framework around Ferris
brickyard were also burned, aud the
ireght depot narrowly escaped.
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The Chinese propose I" retaliaie, If
the bill Gov before congress passss. by
diss''lying its diplomatic relations with
this country, and by discriminating
against Americans trading with their
nannlr.
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If anyone thinks thai The evil at Nor
mOBism. can be r.'uiei gut without he
roic and wade re aching ueaiIn' mt let
him consider the ficis AIMING other
things u ap.n-ars thai the children in
Utah have the principles of evil drilled
into them at schSnl, where the Mormon
bible and the Mormon catechism are used
as text books despite the Law. Teachers
cannot obtain situations unless they are
members Of the Mormon church. The
"Propl~t SEER" Taylor. is the supsrIn
trndrnt "f public, instruction. The
Morm"ns have we'll understood the wis.
d"m d building up the fabric Of their
peculiar institution from Ih,. b"tlom
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Spring business in New York.

NEW YORK, March 23-For the past
two weeks the different downtown no.
tells from Fourteenth street to the
Battery have been doing rushing trade.
This is caused by the continued arrivals
of buyers of spring and summer goods.
The majority of these men are long
distance travellers. The employees of
the large dry goods houses are now kept
very busy from early in the mornI: g
until late at night attending to orders
and purchases of their numerous Gus
toners. The spring trade, so far, has
been most satisfactory, and, while the
number of buyers visiting the city is
| not as large as usual, yet the purchases
have been heavier. The cause of this
falling off in attendance is partly owing
to the heavy floods and rains in The west
and southwest. This has caused a GER
tain amount of depression in business
| in that section of the country. Some
| kinds of cotton domestics and prints
are. a little cheaper than last year
Otherwise the price of goods is about
the same.