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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-07-06
THE LAVE CoNYENTIoN.

In numbers the congressional cOnven-
tion of last week was the largest ever
held in the state, and its proceedings
were the most harmonious and fairest
We have ever witnessed in q political
gathering. We believe there was not
an organized county unrepresented.
Many of the sblest Republicans of the
state participated in its deliberations.
The spirit of the convention was excel
lent, and betokens a harmonious and
earnest front for the work Of the cam
paign. It was feared from the diversity
OF interests, local and personal, which
had to be dealt with, that there would
be sore disappointments remaining af-
ter the convention, but SO far as we can
learn there is little Of this feeling. While
the contest was an earnest one between
the candidates of the different sections
good feeling was kept up. There never
was before so much good material pre-
sented to any one convention from
which to make selections. The large
vote received by the various candidates
in the three different districts show this
Messrs. Holt, Baker and Wilson in the
First district; Messrs. Funston and Ben
edict, in the Second, and II. G. Sluss il
the Third are all very strong men, anc
all they will have TO do TO reach The
goal of their ambition Is to wait unit
the state is districted. In the late con
vention they made most admirable
records ana will be heard from again.
The convention as a whole was a glOr
iOus one. The good feeling that prevail
ed on all hands was 9 noticeable feature
and those who say the Republican party
of Kansas shows signs of discord anc
division would have changed theiI
views very materially could they have
witnessed the proceedings of this gather
ing. The grand spectacle-and the sub
lime effect OF the chorus Of three thous
and voices singing John Brown" and
"MaTching Thro' Georgia." as we'll al
the fact that nearly 400 delegates left theil
Offices, fields, shops and stores and re
manned at Topeka through three swell
tering days, together with the enthusi.
asm that was manifested throughout
would have convinced all prophets ol
evil to the party that there is something
else in RepublicanIsm besides seeking
position. We believe the party in Kan
sas TO be more inyincible than ever be
fore
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At Chicago.

CHICAGO. July 5.-IOgs-Receipts. II 600
yesterday, $500; market fairly active and II
cents higher than Monday; light. 81 S09s so
mixed packing, 81 sa0s As; heavy, IS 400
so
Cattle-Receipts. 4. 800; natives. weak ant
3 shade lower; Exports, 81 5O0s 90; good Il
choice shipping. So 5O07 40; common to fair
IS OO16 10; butchers, 81 SCOT 80; stockeri
and feeders. 81 9014 IS; Texans. So 6oG5 %
Wheat-Unsettlei and lower; spring
81 81, regular; 81 l43s July COrn-Firm
and higher, T7xc- Oats-StrOnRer, 49ZC
July. Rye and Darley-Unchanged. Pork
Strong and higher. s2l say. Lard-Firn
and higher. $l2 IS.
The Daily Indicator reports clearIngs
ST. 06O; wheat receipts, 1912; shipments
4.7I2; store. 13 I62; market weak. but more
activei No. l. cash sales, S7a<Q9sc: No. ?, cash
sales. 07c; August. SO; bid. 81; No. 8, cash
sales. 80; August, IS. COrn-Rcreipts, 6.l4Ii
shipments. 6,797; in store. 7S 1852; market
strong and higher; No. mixed, cash sales,
691S070; August. 7nKc; d, 74c. Oats
No. =. cash. Sic b; Sc, e. Rye-No. 2. cash,
55c, u.
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INTERESTING CENSUS FIG.
IIRE0

OhES.
Aichison Champion: There are 0,945,.
DIG families in the United States, and
s,955,Sl2 dwellings. The land surface
of the country exclusive of the Indian
Territory and tracts of unorganized ter.
ritory, aggregating 60 $50 square miles, }
aggregates 2,9O0,17O square miles, and
the population of the nation is $685..
1888. There are, therefore, for every
square mile of territory 1920 inhab.
itants, 3.43 families and 500 dwellings.
The area for every inhabitant is 37.Ol
acres, and for every family 1862 acres.
For every dwelling there are $50 per.
sons, and the families average 5.04 per.
sons each.
The area of Kansas is S1,7O0 square
miles, and the population 900, O96.
The families number 1879, and
the dwellings 1s0 ,432. Popula-
ton to the square mile, 1919; fami.
lies, 242; dwellings, 3.32. The area
for each inhabltant of the state is SO 40
acres, and for each family 264.51 acres.
For every dwelling there are 5.26 per-
son, and the families average 5O4 per-
sons each.
The area of Nebraska is 70, 1876 square
miles and the population 452, 400
There are in the state 80, 1876 families
and S5,S4S dwellings. Population to
the square mile, 5.94; families, III;
dwellings, 1.13. The area for each in.
habitant is 1O77S acres. For every
dwelling there are 5.27 persons, and the
families average sos persons each.
The most denseiy populated state is
Rhode Island, which has 254s7 persons
to the square mile. The state having
the smallest population in proportion to
its territorial area is Nevada, which has
hardly one person for every two square
miles. Massachusetts has population
of 22l.7S persons, and Oregon only 185
persons to the square mile.
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A MODERN EscHoL.
Interesting Letter from Riverside, Call
fOrnia.

RIVERSIDE, Cal, June %, 1882.
EDS. NEws:-My friends have asked
me to write something about this coun-
try. We are here, located near the cen
ter of one of the finest orange growing
valleys CT the world. This settlement is
about nine miles long and from one to
five miles wide The most of the valley
is set with orange trees, interspersed &C.
easionally with raisin vineyards and
apricot orchards. Some of these Or
chards yield enormous sums each year
10 their owners. One orange orchard of
thirty five acres at Los Angeles was
leased some years ago for four years at
az annual rental of $1,000 per acre, and
last year the fruit from this orchard sold
for $4,000 per acre. How is that for a
yield? The stories l had read of the
great yield of alfalfa I find more
than verified. A good piece of alfalfa
well taken care of may be moved
each month for seven months in the
year, yielding from one to two tons per
acre of the very best of hay, and the
most remarkable part of it is that horses
will keep very fat oD it the year round,
without grain or other food, if not
worked very hard. The day after ar
rived here the banker, o. T. Dyer. took
me out in his phaeton TO look at the
country. observed that his horse was
almost too fat to travel well, and asked
what he fed him. He said: "Nolhing
but alfalfa hay" / wish some one
would try alfalfa in western Kansas, IT.
rigating it with water from the Arkansas
river. When the water Of taat stream
is made to do its duty in irrigsting the
land along its banks pleasant h0lnes
and great fortunes will be created there
abouts.
This country has Il very delightful and
healthy climate, and also remarF ably
productive soil; yet it Is feariully be-
hind Kansas on the question Of temper
ance. Whisky saloons are everywhere
aud drunken men common sights. | LOpe
the temperance people of Kansas will
not sleep on their honors and let Il " his-
~ AOS
Ough friend of the temperance muvc-
ment be elected. hope to see the coun-
ty committees advertise the primary
meetings well, and further, that the tenn
perance people will make the prohib;-
ton question an issue at every primary
and instruct their delegates 10 nom-
mate none but true temperance men for
the legislature. If Kansas stands true
to temperance many other states will
soon follow where she 50 grandly leads
God grant that every state in the union
will enact as stringent temperance laws
as Kansas now has and enforce them 10
the letter. | would not raise family in
any state that was behind on that im-
portant question. Yours truly,
A G. GILL.
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A st. Louis medium has been inter

A st. Louis medium has been inter
viewing Guiteau since his removal He
seems hardly satisfied with the climate
and the pyrotechnics. He occupies a
berth near Jesse James, whom he de-
scribes as very unprogressive spirit.
He neglected to state whether the
weather of the last few weeks was any
improvement on the climate he is at
present experiencing. The superstition
is that the difference is not sufficiently
marked to excite comment.
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HERE AND THERE.
The hanging of Guiteau gives black
eye to the emotional insanity dodge.

The hanging of Guileau gives black
eye to the emotional insanity dodge.
We should not be surprised to hear Of
a decline in beef since the execution of
Guiteau.
Returns frum every county in Iowa on
the prohibitOry amendment election
have been received. The net majority
in favor of the amendment is 29.107.
Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan will
soon bring prohibition to vote, and at
least two out of the three will follow IN
the footsteps of Kansas and Iowa
Very few marriage licenses are being
issued in Wilson county. We have al
ways heard that that part of the state
was settled with very intelligent people.
The house of commons, after a thirty
two hours session, and the suspension
OF about all the Irish members for
obstruction" passed the repression
bill.
A cablegram says that the khedive's
wife and mother-In-law had a fight be
hind the screen while the khedive was
receiving foreign ambassador They
were probably getting themselves in
readiness 10 welcome the khedive when
he came home from the lodge that even
ing.
A Chicago baking powder house cx
tensively advertised their wares by dis
tributing lithogEsphs of Gen. Ben
Butler ia the garb of a baker, with II
silver spoon peeping from his pocket
The general tried TO have the members
indicted by the Chicago grand jury, but
failed.
The Eureka Herald completed its
fourteenth year Thursday. The Herald
is one of the souDdest papers on all OF
the leading questions of the day in Kan
sas, and is a credit to the locality in
which 1t is published. 1t is among the
most highly priced of all our exchanges,
and we wish for it in the future the large
measure OF success which has attended
il in the past.
There are now twenty-three cities in
Kansas with population of more than
1900 and less than Il, 600. OF these, TWEEN
ty-one are incorporated as cities of the
second class, and Hiawatha will make
application for the honor. Galena, the
remaining city, does not want the expense
of q city government. Empire City
which once had a population of 5000
and is governed as a city of the second
class, is now a mere village of few hun
dred people.
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The first anniversary of the Assassina-
sioa of President Garfield was observed
on Sunday at Washington in a most ap-
Propriste manner by the laying of the
corner-stOne of the Garfield Memorial
church, whieh will occupy the site of
the little frame Christian church in
which Gen. Garfield vas for 50 mUny
years a worshipper and commitment,
and of which he was trustee at the
time of his death. A fund of $50 GOO
has already been raised to erect a sub
stantial and enduring place OF worship
which, in the eloquent words of Presi-
dent Hinsdale, of Hiram college, IN his
address Sunday, will be a shrine
around which will cluster the tendrils
Of the heart"
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Barnes, the evangelist, who converted
Governor Luke Blackburn and General
Abe Buford. has, during two weeks
preaching in Kentucky, converted the
governor, the assistant state auditor, the
assistant secretary of state, a county
judge, police judge, city attorney,
fourteen colonies and twenty-five ma
jors and three hundred felons in the state
prison, exclusive of the list given above.
To employ secular figure, Mr.. Barnes
seems to be all wool and yard wide.
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Senator Butler, of South Carolina,
expresses himself as in favor of the re-
peal of the registration law passed by
a recent Democratic legislature of that
State. He also makes the frank and
striking admission that the law furnish
es the Republicans the means of secur-
ing fair vote at elections. His motive
for desiring Its repeal is therefore appar.
ent. The chief Bourbon organ of that
State recently made calculation of the
white and colored vote in it and came
TO the significant conclusion that the
latter have a majority of 10000. How
did the red-handed Butler come to oc-
cupy u scat in the senate in the face of
all thisp
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CONSUMPTION CURED.-An old phys

CONSUMPTION CURED.-An old physi.
cian, retired from active practice, hay.
ing had piacsd IN bis hands by an East
India missionary the foFuHuls Of 8 SIM
Die vegetable remedy for the speedy and
permanent cure of consumption, bron-
chitis, catarrh, asthma and all throat
and lung affections, also a positive and
radical cars for general debility and all
nervous complaints, after haying thor
oughly tested its wonderful curative
powers in thousands Of cases, feels 1t his
duty to make il known TO his suffering
feIloEs. The recipe, with full particu-
lars, Objections for preparation and use,
and all necessary adyice and lnstFuc-
own home will be received by you by
r, iuEn mail. free of charge. Nv address
i.~ ~i.h s',..alp ar stump z >'-H-addr' g.
Il {. u ,'l. ga lsH, y 3 RFiL.
i. : CaISt4, S B.n.:H -, .!.i
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Kansas City Journal: 1t is said that
Kansas wheat this year will grade al
most universally number 2, and the one
million and a half acres will average
nearly, if not quite, twenty-five bushels
to the acre. This means an immense
pile of money to the Kansas producers;
and when we add to this the promise of
a greater corn crop than ever before, an
abundant yield of oats, rye, barley, sor-
ghum and broom corn, together with the
thousands of cattle and hogs, which will
be sent to market next fall and winter,
it would seem that a prediction of pros
periLy would not seem far out of the way.
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Phr.IcIans, CnncInsion-

WASHINGTON, July 4.-Drs. Harligan
Lamb and Sewers, the committee o
medical experts, in charge of the exam
ination of Guiteau's brain met to-day
They compared notes and the main fea
lures of the report which will be written
by DR.. Lamb, agreed upon good author
ity, for stating the conclusions fore
Swallowed by the associated press dis
patches last week. 1t will embody
many photographs and an elaborate mi
croscopic analysis. Rev. DR.. Hicks,
who authorized the autopsy, was in con
sultatiOn to-day with DIR. Lamb, who
read to him the report as far as com
pied.
John w. Guiteau left last evening fol-
Boston. Mrs Scoville expects to take
her departure shortly.
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Another decision has been rendered
at Denver which puts the stamp of judi.
cial disapproval on railroad discrimina.
ton. In the case of the Denver 81 New
Orleans railroad VS.. the Santa Fe Judge
Hallet, Judge McCrary concurring,
overruled the demurrer to the complaint,
which in effect says that the judiciary
can If necessary step in between the
great corporations and the people for
the protection of the latter.
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The State Horticultural society held
its annual meeting at Clay Center on
the 9th and 18th ults About 80 dele
gates were present from seventeen coun
ties, Douglas sending the largest repre-
sentation. The society adopted resolu
tious Offering a premium of 800 for the
discovery of remedy for peach blight
recommending displays at Bismarck and
at Topeka; and offering Il premium oI
800 for the most tastefully arranged
and best prepared school-house ground
in the state of Kansas, incorporated cities
excepted.
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GniipRn's hrain WEIGHED 1

Guiteau's brain weighed fsrty-nine
ounces. Many will think this an unusu.
al size. 1t is, however, an ounce less
than the weight OF an average adult male
brain, which is fifty ounces. The heav.
lest brain on record is that of Cuvier,
the great French naturalist, which weigh.
ed little less than sixty ounces. That
of Daniel Webster weighed fifty-six
ounces, and that of the great Napoleon
about the same. lpiteap's heart weigh
cd little over nine ounces. which Is
about the average. Both brain ana
heart of the assassin were, to outward
appearances, perfectly healthy.
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The Topeka papers vouchsafe the in
telligcnce that several of the saloons
closed at that place yesterday. Moth
ing else occurred, so far as we are adj
vised, to mar the perfect pleasure of our
natal day nj the state capital.
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Leavenworth Times: The band con-
test at Topeka promises TO be an event
of the kind which has never beer
equaled in the state. The rules and
regulations governing the same have
been published, and it is the wish of the
officers to place these documents in the
hands of every organized band in Kan
sas, and they would be Obliged if those
not receiving copies would notify the
secretary at Manhattan, that he may
keep them posted and furnish them mu
sic for concert playing. Exchanges can
greatly aid the scheme by making note
of this matter.
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A special dispatch from Santa Fe
notes one Of the largest cattle sales on
record. Sam. A. Doss, Of Trinidad, has
sold to the Prairie Cattle Company his
range in Animas county, Colorado. and
Colfax county, New Mexico, and 10000
head of cattle. for 1914, 600 cash. The
Prairie Cattle Company is q gigantic
concern, using English and Scotch CAPT
tai, with headquarters at Kansas City.
and owns ranges IN Colorado. New
Mexico and the Panhandle. The com.
pany already owns 10000 head of cattle
and intends to increase that number TO
10000.
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A Yonnr Lady Outraged.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July "A Taylor
Vile special to the State Journal states
that John Montgomery and two young
men named Clements and Peters have
been arrested, charged with outraging
Miss Bond at Grove City. They are now
confined IN the county Jail at Taylerville
It is expected that other parties in the
vicinity will be arrested on suspicion
1t iA believed that several persons in
the vicinity were concerned in the out
rage There is still much excitement
and a large reward is offered for the
scoundrels. Miss Bond is lying in a
critical condition at her fathers, from
her injuries, which may terminate
fatally
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The Fourth at Topeka.

ToPEKA, Kan, July 4-The Fourth
has passed off pleasantly IN this city
Two small fires occurred in the morn.
ing; loss of property trifling. The G.
A. r. and employees of the Santa Fe shops
celebrated the day pleasantly in Klein's
grove. near this city. Attendance esti.
mated at 1900. There was a large atten-
dance at Hartzell park during the day.
The balloon ascension, which took place
at 6 O'Clock, was a success, the wedding
being performed and the bridal pair max.
ing their aerial flight in the same The
waterworks, now completed, were tested
IN the morning at four places simulta-
asorsly, Water was thrown 1873 feet high,
the display being witnessed by hundreds,
the tests furnishing egld.elce of COM
Dlete success
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wtfa Murdar.

CINCINNATI, July "a Little Rock,
Arkansas, special says that news of a
tragedy in Cross county is just received.
4 negro named Rason Jones living near
Wittsburg started for the railroad station
some miles distant, accompanied by his
wife, At lonely spot they quarreled,
when he struck her on the head with a
slung shot, then cut her throat and es-
capped. She recovered sufficiently to
crawl to the house of Colonel n. p.
johnson, where she told her story and
then died. Her husband has not been
arresfad
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Job Harvey Ridgeway, inventor OF
the Ridgeway refrigerator system,
and whose novel proposition to freeze
the body of Guiteau and exhibit 1t for
the benefit of the relatives of the assas-
sin attracted widespread attention some
time since, died on Sunday at Philadel-
phia. It is not likely that Guiteau will
ever be frozen now.
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THE BUSINESS MARTS.

THE PRICES AT TRADE CENTERs
At st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS. July 5.-FlOur-Dun and m
changed. Wheat-Lower; No. 9 red. 81 III
cash; No. 3 red. 81 O41l91 O6; No. Aired, CSC
bid Corn-Higher. 770Tsc cash. Oats
Higher, JO6D52kc cash. Pork-Higher; job
bIng. s2a022 25. Lard-NominalIy higher.
Hogs-Steady and firm; shipping pigs,
81 1907 Is; packirG, 81 S0Gs %; butchers
to fancy, 81 250s 60; culls. So OO16 80; stock
ers. S 5OlS6 rs; receipts. 800; shipments.
none.
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Tornado at Usage Mission

Usage Mission, July A tornado
visited the country about nine miles east
OF this place last night Several houses
and barns we're blown down. The town
of Beloit IN Crawford county. suffered
badly, and q number Of houses were
blown down. Girard in the same comfy,
suffered severely. No lives were lost as
far as heard fEom,
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rhn onieiaI Vote.

PORTLAND, July 4--The following is
the official canyass mAjorities: For
Congressman George, 1866; Governor
Moody, 1925 Supreme Judge Laird,
i, 4Oi; Secretary of State Earhart, 2,Sl6
Treasurer Hirsch, 2.652: Superintendent
of Public Instruction McEln'y, 8. i43
State Printer Bycrs, l:9S
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James w. Crandall, fifteen years OF
age, is the youngest pensioner in the
United States. He was shipped as boy
in the navy, lost his hearing by typhoid
fever, and will draw thirteen dollars a
month while he lives.
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It is denied that the Junction City
Union of last week declared that it
would oppose tho election of st. John
if he was nominated. Martin doesn't
banker after crow, but he can eat it
when there is nothing else on the bill
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THURSDAY. JULY 8. 1882.
REPuRLICAN srArE coNvENrIoN

A delegate convention OF the Republicans
of the state OF Kansas will be held In the city
OF Topeka. on Wednesday,, the 9th day Of
August, 1892, at the hour OF O'Clock p. m,
for the purpose OF nominating candidates Tor
the following Offices:
Governor.
Lieutenant Governor.
Secretary Of state
Auditor.
state Treasurer.
Attorney General.
Superintendent Of Public Instruction.
And Tor the purpose OF electing Republi-
can state Central Committee.
The basis OF Representation in said conven-
ton shall be one delegate and one alternate
for every $50 votes or Any fraction thereof oI
l75 cast for presidential electors at the
November election in 1850, and one delegate
and one alternate Tor each HnorganiZed eoun-
ty attached to an organized county Tor mu-
nIcipai purposes. which delegates and alter
mates arc appOrtioned 10 the several counties
folloWs.
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Champion: There are 10000 SWIVEL
ing humanitarians in this country who
will work ten times as hard to save q
cold blooded murderer or assassin as
they would to give a ragged Dick start
on the right road to life.
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The Wellington Press says that with
in the last thirteen years forty murders
have been committed IN Sumner county
and only three of the murderers have
boon convicted and punished. Caldwell
"a In Sumner county.
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The Eldorado Times sensibly says
that papers should be established ana
run on business principles, and should
no more be free from postage than the
articles of any other business enter