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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-01-19

A careful examination of the House
Journal reveals the fact that out of the
one hundre / and eight acts passed BY
the legislature only two failed to be
come laws by lack of the constitutions
vote required under the recent decision
Rf the supreme court, and these two
AL VIII. laws To legalize the acts Of no
Inhn S.1ublie.
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The Chetopa Advance Is harassed with
the suspicion that swim ding is rife in
the sale of los in that town, and has
concluded, in view of the uncertainty in
titles Ia make no investments IN real
estate, hut TO allow his $3.50 to remain
in TIE bank at least for the present.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-01-19

The.Lyof has eight counties each oi
" had ave a greater land surface than
ing at tie of Rhode island. Missouri has
afternshe county that is larger-Texas
nal q Kans Is counties are Butler, Clark
, Colnanche, Cowiey, Gre nwood, Reno
Summer and Wallace. Rhode Island il
small in AREA. but big in intelligence
enternrise md wealth.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-01-19

The Atchison Champion thinks there
are two or tire, thousand men in Kan
sas who would compare favOrably in in
tellectual end 'wments, education and
capacity for legislative duties with five
sixths or more of the present members
of congress AMI there are fully that
number at politicians throughout the
state who freely share in the conviction
of Brother Martin
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men themselves that this plan meets
their unqualified approval. mean all
honest ones as all mistakes and misun-
dersiandings will cease or be explained
Hoping your actions in this matter will
be prompt and decisive, and that you
will forgive this lengthy reference ]
leave ii with you.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-01-19

The national debt of the United States
is now less than onc-half that of the
English government; il is but a littls
more than one-thirL that of France, and
among other European nations it is ex
ceeded by the public debts of Russia,
Spain and Italy. The debt of Austria
and Hungary Is about the same as that
of this country. The burden OF the
public debt of this government is by far
the lightest OF any OF the great nations
of the world, China alone excepted. Al
the present rate of reduction we may be
entirely clear withIn quarter of a cen.
tury.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-01-19

Judge Bill Cimpbell, of Wichita,
takes The pains To announce that he will
not he candidate for congress from his
district next year. We have no doubt that
this statement is accurate enough, but
somehow Il calls Ia mind the case of a
fellow who pinned n temperance badge
on his coat in the hope that some one
would ask him la drink under the fal-
laciOas presumption That he would de-
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\ snake tw.lve feet long was found
near Abilene the other day, and two vi
pers were killed in Norton county last
week. II is tolerably safe TO predict
that these incidents will not be related
10y Governor st. john when he delivers
his proposed course of lectures on pro
hibitinn in the eastern states.
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Rev. Mr.. Parker, until quite recently
pastor or the Congregational church at
Manhattan. has quit preaching and gore
into the grocery business. There y
nothing in lhisto surprise the public IN
less il may he the fact that he didn't come
To Emp ,ria with his stock of provisions.
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Se0SiIle's Spleen.-HOw He Went For the
Prosecution.

WASHINGTON, D. e., Jan. 17.-Sco-
vile began by attacking the conduct of
Corkhin in obtaining by false pretenses
the statement from the prisoner, and de-
scribed il as scandalous. The medical
experts examined Guiteau's mental con
dition several months after the shooting,
and had no means Of telling what was
tie state of his mind on July I'd. SEQ
vile criticised sharply the entire course
Of the prosecution as ungentlemanly
They had abused the witness for the de
Tense, but did not attack Or. Spitzka's
facts or theory, because they could not
successfully do 50. but sought TO over
come the effect Of his manly and scien-
tiflc statement by police court methods
They adopted the same course towards
DIR. Kiernan. Both these witnesses be-
lieved the prisoner insane, and were
qualified to pass an opinion upon the
subject
The prosecution objected to the defense
presenting the testimony Of McElfFesh,
the officer who rode with The prisoner
to jail Immediately after the shoot
ing. The reason for the objection was
that MeElfresh's evidence Wo1id show
the condition Of the prisoners mind at
the time of the shooting The defense
wanted TO show insanity by DIR. MeFar-
land and the ill-shaped head by DR..
Clark Mills, but the prosecution OBJ
| jected. a letter was read in evidence of
Guiteau to Corkhill but it was muiilated
and If the truth was known the passage
cut ont was favorable to the prisoner.
The prosecutions witness, Reynolds,
had endeavored to enirap the prisoner
into statements Injurious to his case.
The prosecution also objected to the
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An item 10 the effect that Emporia his
new bank is going the rounds of our
exchanges. There must he some mis-
take about thus unless our usually alert
marshal has been thrown off the scent OF
tbe a. i0ar
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-01-19

One nf the oldest houses Of worship
in the state is The Presbyterian church Al
Leavenworth, which WAS built in 1856
Tnerc is probably No town in Kansas
in which the wear and tear on sacred
eiifice4 Is So nearly reduced TO the min
mum rs In Lcavenworth
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-01-19

The acieIge of wheat growing In
Kansas is much smaller than last year.
The prospect is generally good. A
large area of spring wheat will probably
be soAn, as the winter has been very
favorable for blowing.
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Timely Measare.

ALBANY, Jan. 1S.-Govern or Cornell
sent a message to the legislature calling
its attention to the recent railroad acct
dent at Spuyten Duyvii, New York, and
recommending prompt and vigorous
legislation to prevent a recurrence of
such calamities. The governor referred
to the above mentioned accident
as one easily prevented and unwarrant-
ed. He denOunces the present mt ans of
heating and lighting railroad cars, and
suggests that all trains be required by
law to carry appliances for breaking
into wrecked cars and for the extinguish-
ment of fire. The Legislature adjourned
without organization.
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The Unite States seams hip Rich
mond is mis- ing and nobody knows
where she is. To avoid further conIin
gencies oil this kind it might he vel
hereafter tn keep our navy in AN aqua
rinnn
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-01-19

The acts "r the Ktusa4 legislature
which are void because passed by the
vut's Of certain members who had no
right - seats in the house. are very few,
anil are local and unimporian;.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-01-19

Susan ID. Anthony and her cO-laborers
in the work of securing to woman q
more extended sphere of action will
finI II germ at consolation and encOur
agemcnl in the fact that female forgeI
has been arrested at Decatur, Illinois.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-01-19

The supreme court Of Kansas has de.
ciled thai school bnard has no author.
ity to purchase apparatus for school
rooms unless authorized to do 50 by vote
of the distriei.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-01-19

MIR. ID. ". Eastman, Of This city, Is
nominated by the Chase county Leader
n' II candidate for stale treasurer. There
are god many people up this way
who would support thar ticket.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-01-19

The cry is raised in Washington that
the Kansas Pacific oai has 10000
acres OF land in Kansas. which It won't
have surveyed on account Of the taxes
which would result.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-01-19

A mighty gO'd advertisement for Bur
li1gtOn and Emporia Is that both Of
them have more school children than
they know whit to do with.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-01-19

Judge Porter's "long, bony finger"
will make a pretty thorough. finish Of all
that is left of Guittau and the insanity
Dlea
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-01-19

A luxuriant crop of candidates tor
state officers are terminating under the
fructifying influences of the mild, open
winter
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-01-19
The CatIettsburg Trial.

CATLETTsBURG, KY, Jan. 1S.-Court
was late in converting. Ellis was placed
on the stand and the cross-examination
resumed. He spoke loud and clearly
Neal, the prisoner, was very laxative
ana frequently prompted his counsel
Ellis was asked by counsel if CONVEX
sation could be told in court which
Ellis, Wise and counsel had
some days ago. Ellis said:
mot yet" Ellis was told TO face the
jury and state II he was not lying
throughout. He looked the jury square
in the face and stated with ua1sual en-
phasis that he believed iR1God and ex
pected to answer for his stalements, and
then declared positively that cal and
Graft were the persons. kithout
a possibility of mistake who
committed the murder. The
council read an additional confession
to Ellis as made in Jail at MaysviIle and
the witness stuck to it. The cross-ex-
animation is searching but Ellis does
not waver from the first statement. All
other witnesses are strictly prohibited
from being in the room during the ex-
animation of Ellis. The court room is
packed with an intelligent audience.
FIGURING Mills Burned-Roasted Alive.
CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 18.-A Times
Star Greenburg, Indiana, special says:
Barney Kourse's Touring mill at the
village of Millpansen, seven miles
south of Greensburg, burned this morn
ing. Loss $4,000; no insurance.
A Times-Star Little Rock special
says: A prominent Delaware
Indian, Run-AboutSix, while hunting
In the Delaware district, Indian Nation,
with three other Indians got drunk
along with his companions and lay down
to sleep by fire in large heap of logs.
One of the logs in the night rolled on
Run-About Six and roasted him TO death.
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sooyIle. PI Lee e. saIsssssas 4 Convinced


WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Mr. Scoville
began his argument this morning by
publicly returning thanks to the many
eminent counsel throughout the country
who had, by mail, assisted him with
such good counsel relative to q proper
presentation of the defense, so as to ena-
bic him to accomplish what he had
done and might yet do in spite Of his
great inexperience In criminal practice.
The Jury should divest themselves of
emotion and sentiment and consider the
case from q purely intellectual stand
point.
THE CASE WAS ONE
in which the plaintiff was called upon to
sit in judgment CT the defendant, and
in which the jury were part Of the
government, part Of the people, part Of
the nation, for the killing Of whose chief
magistrate the prisoner was called on
trial, and on that account were bound TO
be extraordinarily careful to diyest them
selves of their personal feelings before
forming judgment. They should forget
that President Garfield was one Of them
selves, and perhaps personally acQuaint-
ed with some Of them; they should steel
their hearts against the attempts which
Judge Porter would undoubtedly make
TO appeal TO their feelings. The speaker
naG IEom 6o1 uksb keto maj Guiteou was
insane, and that insanity was the only
issue of the case. The District Attorneys,
Porter aad Dayidge, and Doctors Ham,
ilton, Mcdonald, DempstsH, Gray and
Worcester had conspfre0 together 70
hang the accused. American Journal
ism disgracefully anticipates the yer.
dict Judge Davis chsFge in the Cole
man case was an attempt 20 influence
the decision OF the court in this csse.
Davidge here interrupted and Gait.
eau told him TO keep quiet. sYou talked
two days a1d said nothing. NoX give
rs q chance"
He eaad the Jury we're boand 70 acouit,
then, If they fcnnd Gniteau knew no diff
ference betWeea right and WFona on July
Sd. and fthey also believed that through
Enentat disease, he believed God urged
him to do the deed for the good Of the
country. 20 avert civil war. The prose
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ROOREY 81 RINGLE,
WANTS TO PAY HIS DEBTS.

ding TO prove that Guiteau was bad
man and unlikely to be sincerely affect
ed by any religious feeling and delu-
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HypOcritical Can't Guiteau Transmits His
Address to the Public,


WAsHINGToN, Jan. 15.-The following
has been furnished for publication, to
the National Associated Press:
/ Gentlemen-I have the honor here
with to transmit my speech. It is an
historical document and desire it sent
broadcast to the American nation. /
am not certain that Judge Cox viii al.
low me to deliver it, but send 1t to my
and they, and the President
of the United States, if necessary, will
finally adjudicate my case. have an en-
.comium on Judge Cox at the close Of the
speech which I allow to stand, but don't
think it possible that he really intends
to gag me and prevent my delivering
my speech. If he does his name will 20
into history blackeRed as gag-law man.
am sure that the able chief Justice and
associates who represent the Washing
ton court an 6aRe will spit with scorn
upon the position of Judge Cox, and ]
am sure that the heightened men Of the
nation will do likewise, because I ana
nay own counsel, and it is infamousI if
liam not permitted to address the jury
when my life is at stake. would not
trust the best man in America to- Close
my case I take no stock in ScoVille's
or Reeds theory of this defense. i re.
moved the President, and thIs speech
contains my defense, and should be
read by every American, and l desire
you to give It the widest circulation by
printing it in its entirety. .5g5sJ
] have the honor TO be, Yours etc.
(Sighed) CHAs. GUTTEAU,
- IT q TaifN
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THE SPEECH

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 15.-Ie the
court please Gentlemen Of. tie Jury:
am patriot. Washington was q patriot.
Grant was patriot Washington led
the armies Of the Revolution through
eight years of bloody war to victory and
glory, and today the nation, is. prosper
GUS and happy. They raised the old war
cry of "Rally round the flag, boys" and
thousands of the choicest sons of the Re
public went forth to battle, to victory or
death. Washington and Grant. by their
valor and success in war, won the adn1i-
ration Of mankind. To-day christmas,
1881 suffer in bonds as a patriot be-
cause had the inspiration and nerve TO
unite great political party to the end
that the nation might be saved another
desolating war. I do not pretend the
war was immediate, but ] do say en-
phatically that the
BITTERNESS OF THE REPUBLICAN, PARTY
last spring was deepening and deepen-
ing hour by hour, and thai within two or
three years or less the nation would have
been in the flames Of civil war. IN The
presence of death all hearts were hashed
aud contention ceased. For weeks.and
weeks the heart and brain Of the nation
conferred on the sick. man in the
white house. At last he went
bac-Woy VI otA ucSt d10 thC- 4LA-1bsO1
was in mourning. To-day am in the
presence of this able and careful iurist
and this fine jury charged with wicked
.ly and maflciodsly numbering President
GarleTd. To-day sufferlin boads as d
patriot There Is not she frat element
Of murder Is this case. To Constitute
the crime of murder two elements must
c0-exist. = 81
First-An actual homicide.
Secoad-Malice in law or malice In
fact.
The law presumes malice from The
fact Of the homicide. There is 20
NO HOMICIDE 1ETHEs .pAsRyss
and therefore no malice in law. Malice
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THURSDAY. JANUARY 10, 1882

pntercd AZ the post oi;icr NJ EmporiA n
cOnd class matter
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and providence saved the nation this
time and as time advances the public
will appreciate this more and more.
Gen. Arthur as President is doing
splendidly.,. No man can do better. l
am especially pleased with his concilia-
tory spirit and wisdom toward the OPP
position. 1t is exactly what I wished
him to do, viz, unite the factions of the
Republican party to the end that the ma
ton may he happy and prosperous. The
New York Herald, of a recent date,
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have introduced certain witnesses who
are. guilty Of rank perjury, and It has
excited my wrath, and I have denounced
them in plain language. hate the
mean, deceptive way of the prosecution.
NY opinion of the district attorney is
well known. The defense has been un-
fortunate in having insufficient tesfi-
mony. but Notwithstanding this / ex-
pect justice will be done and nv mo
tive, inspiration, indicated.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 16.-The people
are saying: swell, If the Lord did it,
let it co." and Paul, the great apostle,
went to an ignominious death. This
happened many centuries ago. For
eighteen centuries no man has exerted
such q tremendous influence on the
civilization Of the race. as has the de
spised Galflean and his apostle. They
their Almighty Father. And so must
all inspired men. They must do their
work and leave the result with the
Deity, whatever becomes Of them.
The vufst that men can do Is to kill
you, but they cannot prevent your name
snd work from going laundering
down the ages. God Always axen1sS
thoee who Injure heir fellow men.
Cnrist's cctemp0 rarfes cruciAed the Al
mighty s only son, but he got even with
the Jewish rsce e the destruction Of
Jerusalem, A. ID. 20, when Titus, .
Roman general, razed the city 70 the
ground and slaughtered over q million
Jewa And from that day 60 this, The
Jews have 'been despised. do1nfrod-
den race.
The miIis Of Gods grind slow but
grind sure Woe unto any man or men
who persecJIte Gods man. The ALI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-15
OBITUARY.
EX-GOVERNOR C. C. wAsHBURN. -

EX-GOVERNOR c. c. WASHBURN.
EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark, May 14.-The Hon.
C. c. washburn, ex-Member Of Congress, and
Ex-Governor of Wisconsin, died here $50 o'clock this
afternoon OF paralysis and Brght's disease.
Cadwalader Golden washburn was born at Liver
more, Oxford County. Maine, April D. 1918 He was
brother OF Israel washburn who served five terms In
congress and one term as Governor OF
Maine, and OF Elhu B. washburne, who was
Congressman from Illinois for nine successive terms.
and for eight years afterward Minister TO France.
Cadwallader the youngest OF the three.
After receiving an academic education in his
native village he went to Boston aud entered mer-
camille life, but finding that little TO his liking
ne soon abandoned It and went west Settling finally
at Mineral Point Wisconsin, be studied law and began
the practice OF that profession. at the same time en-
gagng in extensive land specuatons, in which he was
generally successful In 1854 he was elected TO the
AAXlNth Congress- and was subsequently reelected TO
the XXXYth and XXXyIth Congress a Republican.
serving on several important committees. In
1851. having declined denomination TO Con-
gress, he Wisconsin delegate to the Peace Con
vention Of that year. and then entered the Union Army
Colonel Of the Cd Wisconsin Cavalry (yolunteers In
June, 1862, he commissioned by the
President BrigadlerGeneral, and was engaged
during tnat year IN the Arkansas campaign after which,
lie served through the Siege ~ Nicksburg. and
then went to the Gulf Department in command
or the Thirteenth Corps. In the fall OF
1853 he went into Texas and captured Fort Esperanza
the entrance To Matagorda Bay. He relieved General
Stephen 4. Hurlbut Of command OF the district or
West Tennessee, at Memphis, in April 1861.
and continued in that position, with lille inter
ruption, until the close OF the war, when,
June /. 1868 he resigned his commission In 1866 he
a delegate to the Soldiers Convention at PtsOurg
Penn. and in 1867 was sent back & his old place IN
Washington member Of the XLth Congress lie
reelected to the XLIsJ Congress. and
active member of several important
committees In the fail OF 1871 be- elected Governor
Of Wisconsin for the years ls7273 since then he has
held no public office, but has lived at Madison, S ana
devoted himself the interests OF his extensive
business enterprises, which include large lumber
mills at La Crosse Wis, and flour mills az Minneapolis,
MINI. Although private citizen he was an earnest
supporter Of President Hayes. and did much to resist
the nrOads OF The imitation into Wisconsin pOtlcs
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THE BRUTALITY or PIGEoNSH0o1WG.
A LETTER FROM rHURLow WEED

70 the Edttor Of The Tribune.
SIR: In protesting against the Inhuman practice
of demonstrating THE TRIBUNE touched a
chord which will vihrate far and wide among it's
right-minded and rejecting readers. Civilization
in its quiet but resstless progress has done much
and is doing more, for the canse of humanity Duel
ling so long practsed and tolerated, Is no longer IT.
sorted TO a. an honorable method Of settling dis
putesA Dog-fghts seldom heard of Prize-hght-
ers are not now a. formerly lioniLed The recent
attempt TO introduce bull-balting" encountered
indignant and almost universal dlsappro baton
Even horse-raccs are ceasing 20 attract those
who formerly spent their time and lost their
money in beta with the knowing Ones y
But pigeon-shooting is still practised as sn
amusement and hat Is worse, this cruel. wautOn,
and heartless sport Is monOpOIZed by gentle
men! The maTk~man who bags the largest
number of innocent, harmless birds plumes himself
upon an achievement at which humanity shoulders
Ny present purpose, however, Is not so much 10
express the indignation which this brutal sport
arou-es a. 10 suggest remedy against future repe-
tItions Of the barDarities dlsgracefIl 70 all VINO
participate in them. II our city journals Will send
reporters TO tho contemplated scenes OF slaughter
for The purpose Of giving the names OF the gentle
men enjoying the sport, with tie number OF pigeons
each gentleman murders, 70 the p1bhc, the practice
will hereafter be honoled rather more II th-
breach than The observsnce.D T W.
Aer- York, May D, lS52