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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-04-27
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

The rum3r that Parnell was shot on
his way from England to bis home in
Ireland is unfortunately inaccurate.
The Denver Tribune, concediDg the
frs, place on the Democratic ticket in
1884 10 Andrew Jackson, dominates
james Buchanan for The second place
Guiteau, in his interview with Gath"
very nearly expresses the sense of the
country in regard to Gorham, when
he dubs him the worst kind of a
fraud'
Globe Democrat: Governor Critteu-
den must be pretty good sort of a
man, since one Democratic organ wants
to have him indicted and another wants
him shot.
- Close upon the death of Jesse James
comes the announcement that Wayne
MacVeagh has gone over TO the DEM
ocracy. The Republican party is in
great luck this year.
Alex. Ii. Stephens says he considers
Attorney General Brewster-whom he
has known since the war-Lhe ablest
man who has filed that position since
William Writ held it,
Fortunately The attorney general of
the United States expresses the opinion
that the president cannot reopen the
Fltz John Porter case. The country
will find relief if Porter does not
Probably the old lady Samuels' hope
of meeting her ''slinted Jesse" in
heaven is founded upon the coasoling
fact that the deceased Desperate was
never guilty of playing an ACCORDION
or writing original poetry.
Dan VOORHEES, has been making an
ass of himself about the confinement OF
few alleged American citizens in Eng.
land. There is nothing marvellous about
this, but it is unpleasant to have him do
il in the United States senate.
Il is greatly Id be feared that Barnum
will not get as far west as Emporia this
year, and in default of Jumbo our local
naturalIsts will be obliged TO adhere, for
another season, at least, of going to
Kansas City to see the elephant
The Atchison Champion sets forth the
need of popular school history and
says there seems to be no successor &c
Peter Farley, as a writer of such
works. Why doesn't Prentis, of that pa
per, try his hand at something of thai
kind? We know he could make it win
James Gordon Bennett, of the New
York Herald, is said TO have crossed
the Atlantic more times than anybody
not employed on an ocean steamer And
yet we doubt if there is a man in the
country who has more intense aversion
for water, assuming that his liquor bill:
are accurately reported by newspaper
correspondents.
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HERE AND THERE.

A lecture by Oscar Wilde and the dis
covery of a case of varioloid were among
the local happenings at Topeka yester-
day. 1t never rains but it pours.
There were but 105. 900 Chinese in the
whole Union in 1880, and there are not
more $4,000 to-day. at least $4,000 of
them are in other states and territories
than California.
Professor MODS, of Heidelberg, found
that in ten and half years twenty out
of eighty railroad engineers applied to
him for treatment of affections of the
ear. He thinks that the hearing of en-
gineers should be tested as carefully as
their vision.
The license imposed on commercial
travellers for the whisky trade by the
state of Nevada is so heavy that drum
mers have in several instances paid the
expenses of Nevada merchants to
Truekee, Cal, where they exhibit their
samples and take orders, this being
cheaper than paying the license.
A patent has been granted to Pitts.
burg firm for glass shingles, which they
propose to manufacture. They may be
employed successfully in roofing houses,
but we very much doubt the feasibility Of
applying them, with satisfactory results
that portion OF the average small boy
which ordinarily bears the brunt of pa
rental discipline.
A correspondent describing the presi
dents reception says: Little Nellie Ar.
thur was present during the evening
wearing a white muslin dress and 8
rose-colored sash. A part of the time
she stood under her fathers elbow in
she blue room, looking with round
brown eyes upon the throng of gay sol
der guests. while her big brother prom
enaded with the young ladies. She is 8
plump. rather pretty child. with chubby
cheeks, big brown eyes, and short brown
hair, and on this Easter vacation visit i.
having a gay time with the little play
mates invited to meet her.
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cxcIons ut carrullton.

CHICAGO, April ga special says :
The town OF Carrollton, Louisiana, was
struck by Whirlwind Tuesday evening.
A ekid in the river containing three men
ives eapsiZed and none of the occupants
have been seen since. The wharf was
! lifted and carried q square distant. The
noise accompanying the cyclone was
like deep thunder. Several houses were
unroOfed and property greatly damaged.
The German Catholic school was com.
pletely destroyed. A number of per
sons are reported seriously hurt but
none killed. The outright damage is
estimated at $4,000. Other neighbor-
ing towns are more or less damaged.
A Bloomfield, Iowa, special reports
devastating cyclone in that county
which, however, by good chance did
not strike any town. The damage was
confined to farms, fences and issolated
buildings. No deaths are reported, bat
three persons were injured.
a st. Vincint, Minnesota, special says
that Red river is now forty feet above
low water mark and is still rising. The
Red Wing mills elevator is in q critical
condition, and the draw bridge at Emer-
son worth $4,000 is swept away. The
water will probably recede now.
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THE KANSAS DELEGATION

Aichissn Champion: 4 prominent
editor Of this state recently made visit
to the National capital aad in letter
| from that city hook occasion "a shsrply
critlci<e h rePai4ti II several men,
tiers If tiie Kansas delegation in con-
gress. The editor of the Champion has
recently spent week in Washington
During his visit he enjoyed excellent OPP
Dortpnities for aSesria;ning the general
opinion concerning our delegation. He
talked with several of their colleagues,
with a large numb-r OF prominent men,
and with very tnaay oil those sharp-eye6,
| independent AMI severely critical 10
servers of Washington affairs, the news
paper correspondents And the judg-
ment he formed concerning the reputa-
tinn OF the Kansis Delegation a the
HatIonai capital was exactly the reverse
of that stated by he editor referred 10.
II is very generally conceded that Sem
ator Ingalls, is by all odds The most ready
and vigorous debAter in the senate; thar
in scholarship he has no equal
in that body; that he is an
industrious, Influential and very
able legisIstor, and that he commanfs
the sincere respect of his colleagues in
the senate We heard this opinion ex-
pressed fal more forcibly than we have
stated it from dozen different sources,
some of them not at all friendly, either
personally or politically
Senator Plumb is esteemed as a
strong, fluent. ready speaker, as man
of clear, comprehensive mind, and as an
earnest, Independent and courageous
senator. He is a man of affairs-a prac-
teal, clear-headed business man, indus
trious, energetic and resourceful, and
enjoys the hearty respect of his associ-
ates.
We heard the Kansas members of the
house, Messrs. Anderson, Haskell and
Ryan, spoken of in terms of highest
praise, alike by political friends and
opponents. They occupy prominent po-
siuons on important committees and are
recognized IS among the leading and
controlling forces IN the house
One ofthe best known correspondents
IN Washington, a gentleman of severely
critical mind and never given to gush or
flattery, SAID that no state in the Union |
was represented more ably in the house
than was Kansas.
II is stating simple fact to say that
Kansas has just reason to be proud of
her delegation They look after her in.
terests with conspicuous zeal, industry
and efficiency; in the general legisla-
ton of the senate and house they are
prominent and influential; aud they
command the respect of their colleagues
rs gentlemen of character aud ability
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Atchison Champion: We learned in
a conversation the other night with Hon.
Jacob Stotler, of the EMPoRIA News,
that that comatose institution, the Kas
sas State Editorial Association, is to be
revived, and novel style of excursion
in the shape of a grand tour of the state
Institutions. Such trip, in the variety
of scenery presented, and in the accum
lated incidents of travel, would greatly
resemble trip from Atchison to Mus
cotah and return, yet one object would
be obtained; it would bring the "old
boys" all to together again, for the frs
time in years. With this end in view
We are certainly in favor Of the proposed
reunion" When q serious excurion ].
undertaken, we would suggest the south
as the district to select for the editorial
invasion.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-04-27

Another blacksmith in luckl Thirty
years ago John Potts, village blacksmith
at Brooklyn. Pa, least his bread upon
the waters" and it has just returned
with interest. Away back in 90 he took
into his family poor and homeless
young girl, loved her, cared for her and
educated her. For many years he has
not known where she was; but few
days ago Mrs. James Rutledge, the wife
OF Pittsburg millionaire, made herself
known TO him as the waif of thirty years
ago, took him to her home and gave
him $4,000 In United States bonds, Il
is good thing to have occasional testi
monials that selfishness and pride have
not crowded gratitude on: Of the human
heart entirely.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-04-27

The Shipherd Investigation is getting
to be nearly as much of a bore as the
Whitaker trial, and the result promises
to be about as satisfactory. It seems to
have been started chiefly for the purpose
of hurting Blaine aud has failed. Ship
herd has probably never been anything
else but rascal, and by his oily ways
and talk may have secured the tacii
confidence and endorsement of some
fairly prominent politicians, who have
on that account been compelled TO dc
some fearful squirmIng since the inves
tigation began. The trouble is that al
of these investigations are unnecessarily
prolonged. They become outrageously
tiresome and expensive at the sam.
time, and finally peter out entirely.
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KANSAS CROPS.
Reports from Various Portions of the
State Regarding Their Condition.

State Regarding Their Condition.
ARKANSAS CRY, Kan, April 20-The
cold rains of this. week and last have
entirely destroyed the chinch bugs in
wheat in this section, and the prospect
for an abundant crop was never more
favorable. Grass is about two inches
high all over the upland prairies, and
affords plenty of feed for all kinds of
stock Before the rains it was very
short, but it was never known to contain
more nutriment. 1t had grown very
slowly and required but few DAYS to
show the good effect on horses or cattle.
Water is abundant in the buffalo wal
lows on the prairie and in the small
streams. Corn is two inches high in
many places. although one-half of the
farmers have not planted yet. Sheep
are being driven into the territory, close
TO the Kansas line, in great numbers to
Craze. The Cherokee Indians, who
have control of the unoccupied Indian
lands west of the Arkansas river, and
south of Kansas as far west as the Pan
handle of Texas, and almost to the Cim-
maron river on the south, charge fifty
cents per head each year for cattle and
| fifteen cents per head for sheep, and
sheep-men are complaining, on the
ground that one COW requires ten acres
where sheep requires one. Most flock
masters will sell the wool where IL is
sheared, and more than 100. 000 pounds
Will be offered at this place before the
middle of June. The lambing season
has begun, and is attended with fair sue
cess. The cold rains will cause the
death of many, and large numbers can
not be raised on account of the ewes be-
| ing poor, from lack of care during the
winter. A great number of hogs in the
Indian territory starved to death last
winter on account of the failure OF mast.
Heretofore hog raising among the jack
oaks has been q very lucrative business,
attended with little expense. Many of
our cattlemen who went to Texas and
/ Arkansas returned without purchasing,
saying they could buy stock cheaper on
the range in the territory than In those
\ states.
HAYS CITx, Ellis Co, Kas., April
I20.-Wheat and rye are in the finest
condition ever known IN this section al
this time of the year. Oats and barley
are ali Gown. Gardens are all made.
Early potatoes are planted The ground
1 is in splendid order. owing to the rains
/ the first week in the month. Farmers
have been busy blowing the past week
for corn and other spring crops. Sheen
i and cattle wintered through with slight
losses and in good condition The wea-
ther is fine today.
| WICHITA, Kas, April 90.-Your cor
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Train Robbery in Te1as

DALLAS, Tex, April 21.-About 10 rs
this morning, as the west-bound through
express pulled up at Ranger, a small
station 121 miles west of this. point, the
engineer was confronted and seized by
band OF eight outlaws disguised as In
dians. Marching him in front
THEY ENTERED THE EXPRESS CAR
and robbed the messenger of $3.50
There were four rangers, or state troops,
asleep in the rear coach, and these
were awakened before the bandits
had time to enter the passenger coaches.
The rangers Immediately opened
hot fire on the robbers, who returned
it with interest. Some thirty or
FORTY SHOTS WERE EXCHANGED
as the quasi-Indisns retreated into the
brush. It was supposed that one of
these was MORALLY wounded, as he fell,
sNEAKED AWAY By HIS COMPANIONS
before the officers could reach the spot.
The express coach was badly splintered
by shots, and the station agent was
slightly wounded.
The general impression among the
officers Of this section ia that this is
part of the noted Jesse James gang
driven from Missouri by the death OF
their leader
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The PennsyIvaaia rornado.

PTTTsBURe, April 2O.-A dispatch
special says. A storm swept over Lyon
Ter valley to-dav. wrecking barns and
dwellings. Reports from all over the
country show that the damage to prop
erty has been considerable. The dam
age by yesterdays storm In Fairetse
county is worse than at first reported
and the loss TO property will exceed S75
600. The tornado started ct Bradford
and and subsidized seven miles east Of
Pennsville.
The tornado, when il first started. wal
of grevish color but afterwards as
sumed dark red. II was funnel shaped
with the larger part down The funne
had swift rotary motion and was ahOul
200 yards wide. In its course trees q
large dimensions were uprooted, houses
blown down and fences and barns de
molished. One old lady by the name o
Conderof was killed and Q number o
others so badly wounded that shsy MAJ
not recover.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-04-27

Judge Hilton, the intolerable, purse
proud snob, who became a millionaire
by stepping into dead mans shoes,
started out with great flourish of
trumpcis TO engineer the colossal bust
ness of the late A. 7. Stewart. AS
might have been expected of a man of
his size, lie has made dismal failure OF
1t. He began by turning up his aristo-
cratic nose at certain class of citizens.
He established big branch house at
Chicago, and promised TO surpass Stew
art himself. To-day he seems to be a
gentleman Of very modest pretenrons.
There is meat enough in this To adorn
several tales and point an indefinite
number of morals.
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nnruin Dad.

LONDON, April 2O.-Charies Robert
Darwin, q we'll known scientist, is dead.
He Was born At Shrewsbury, England,
February 18th, 1909.
NEW YORK, April 20.-Prof. Darwin
is dead. He had been i'll some days
and was supposed 20 be recovering, but
he had q relapse Tuesday and never
rallied. He suffered good deal lately
from heart disease, but continued labor
till the last. He was taken i'll Tuesday
with pains in the chest and died on
Wednesday.
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The London Lancet declares that
"there are no appearances Of the eyes
worthy of a moments serious notice in
the diagnosis of insanity. The wild
ness unnatural brightness restless
ness 'dullness,' vacancy etc, so fire
quently mentioned in certificates of in
sanity are utterly groundless as evi
dences of mental unsoundness." It i.
added that ''thsre is incomparably more
restlessness, vacuity and the like in the
eyes of the sane than those of the in
sane" Those of our readers who viii
recall the clear, lucid gaze of San
Wood and other prominent Greenback
ers win easily concede the accuracy o
the Lancers position.
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outhraak Amonr ,h. INDIAN.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. April 20.-A
Tuscon dispatch says: In view of the
recent outbreak among the Indians
General Wilcox has ordered two com.
panies Of cavalry TO scour the Dragon
mountains. 4 detachment will also s.be
sent TO the Dragon and Mule mount
aims TO look for renegade Indians. Gen.
eral Wilcox In q dispstsh TO Governor
Tuttle says: 81 do not know how far
this outbreak will spread, but advise the
military 70 be notified everywhere
Governor Tuttle has notified the settlers
at Globe, Bowie and Clifton, and also
Governor Sheldon, Of New Mexico, Of
| the outbreak.
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a nungIing Hangman-Ths TerrOrs OF
the GalIOWs.

NEW YORK, April 21.-William Sim
dram was hanged this morning in the
yard of the city prison for the murder of
his landlady, Mrs. Crane, In January,
1881. The criminal mel his death with
lortitude, and never showed any signs
of fear from the moment the hAngman
called upon him until the black cap was
irIwn over his eyes and the halter ias-
tened to the clip hook overhead, and
himself swung into eternity at 3 :S3
O'Clock The procession emerged
from the prison led by Sheriff
Bowe aud Under Sheriff Stevens.
Alter them walked DR.. Morgan, praying
aloud, and Immediately behind him
came the prisoner, walking firmly, hav-
ing on either side u deputy sheriff. Sim
dram was calm aud moulded to those he
knew as he passed on his way to the
galIows The hangman's assistant was
nervous and forgot 10 lower the cap IN
til reminded. Siudram's face twiIched,
but he merely SAID, Hurry up," pulling
the cap down with q jerk. The
assistant stepped in front of the peep.
hole and when Sheriff Stevens gave the
signal it could not have been seen by
hangman, and it was many seconds be-
fore the difficulty was discovered and 8
signal again given, when the body shot
into the air five feet and settled back.
The arms ana legs twitched convulsive-
ly. In three minutes the body was low.
cred within nine inches of the ground
and six minutes afierward the pulse
ceased to beat and the heart stopped its
action in fifteen minutes after the dfol
fell He was not lowered until ten min
utes afterwards, when it was discovered
that death was caused by strangulation
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oregon Republican state convsntlon

PORTLAND, April 21.-The Republi-
can state convention met yesterday, with
G. NJ Fulton as its president. The fol-
lowing nominations were made:
For congressman, n. G. George; for
governor, r. B. Moody; secretary of
state, R. E. Esrhat; treasurer, E. G..
Hurch; superintendent of public In
struction, E. II. McElroy; supreme
court judge,-W. P. Lord; state printer.
w. II. BYers.
The platform, in addition to the usual
clause regarding the economy OF the I'D
ministration, education, legislative con-
troll of corporations, etc.. holds that wool
raising and manufacturing interests Of
the state demand the fostering care of
the government; that the Hawaiian
reciprocacy treaty is an imposition on
the government and the people, and
should DC abrogated; deplores the
assassination of Garfield; regards the
Presidents veto of the Chinese bin &c
unwise, unjust, and condemns the pol.
icy which prompted it; is opposed to
the principles Of the Republican party
as expressed in the platform OF the last
national Republican convention, and
demands of their representatives il
congress TO persist in advocating the re.
striction of Chinese immigration.
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NOT CoNF1NED TO THE WEST.
Destructive Tornado in PennsylvanIa.

Destructive Tornado in Pennsylvania.
PITTsBURG, April 20.-A Scottdale,
Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania,
special, says: A storm struck Mt. Yer
non, . mining town in the mountains
five miles from here. last evening, ND
roofing trees, demOlishing fences and
blowing down houses and barns. Among
the houses demolished are the following !:
VIM. Cooper's, killing and wounding
seven children; Nose Stauffers, serious,
" hurting one child; Joseph Glass
Burners. whole family injured and
roof blown two miles; Jacob Miller, no
one injured. At Pennsville, the roof of
Graham Shoemack's barn was carried q
quarter Of mile and a dwelling was
blown down. Pennsville is five miles
from Mt. Vernon and damage was done
all the Wav
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THE BIsMARck FAIR.
Another Meeting of the Directors


LAWRENCE, Kan, April 2I.-Another
meeting of the directors of The Western
National Fair association was held here
to-day. The total sum offered for pre-
miums is $685. 900. Two thousand of
which is for the speed ring. A gold
medal Is offered for the best general dis
play By railroads, and some have
promised to compete tor it. Col. II. j.
Payne, of Kansas City. was elected gen.
eral superintendent, and j. c. Walton,
general assistant superintendent; j. Car
ter, of Coffee county, superintendent of
the cattle association; Maddox, of Kan
sas City, superintendent of poultry !;
John WarmOld of Clay county, Kansas,
superintendent of sheep; Col. j. W
Barns of Kansas City, superintendent of
the horse department; B. l. Kingsbury
"f Burlington, superintendent of horti-
cultural department; W. w. Dickinson,
superintendent of agriculture; Col j NJ
Nave of Kansas City, superintendent of
dairy products; Col. Hammerslough,
superintendent of merchandise; Chas
Sears of Williamsburg, superintendent
OF textile fabrics; Miss Sarah Brown of
Lawrence, superintendent of education.
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Mr.. John q. Thompson, of Ohio,
thinks he sees ample reasons for exult-
ing over the prospects of the Democratic
party in tina: state. lie believes it can
elect its state ticket and carry ut least
four congressional districts now repre-
senied by Republicans. But then John
q. has always been poor guesser.
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A.oth.r co,.,vs..,vw.-s 5000

STERLING. Kan. April 20.-The con.
test over the county seat in Stafford
county has at last been settled. After
trying the mstter six times II the poles
st. John has been declared the peFma
neEt county seat Of Stafford county, by
3 majority Of sixty-six. Stafford county
will now have time to devote to the de-
yelopment Of its splendid resources
The aparfy by the name of Johnson
will receive cold comfort when he hears
from the Arkansas Valley on the guber
Material question
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Alaska Mining Interests.

SAN Francisco, April 20.-A Victs
ria dispatch says steamer has arrived
from Alaska with advices from juno
q rush of miners during the coming sum
mer. and lawlessness and blOodshed are
anticipated unless some form of govern
m0nt was instituted in the territory.
Placer miners are arriving on every
steamer, and they announce their inten
tion Of locating on quartz claims, and II
some instances they have already don,
50 and say as there is no law in the terri
tory, they will hold their claims By
force.
The United States steamer Wauchu
sets leaves for two months cruise il
few DAYS