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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-07-19
OVER THE STATE

Since the rush Of Kansas 70 Oregon
the inevitable result has followed: The
woods are all on fire and the natives are
praying for rain.
We haYe gained So 900 in the last year
according TO the report OF the state board
Of agriculture. The anti-prohibitiOn
prophets can now see how excessively
silly Was their claim that people were
leaving the state On account of the pro-
hibItIOn Law.
Columbus Courier: There are now
EOurteeu stnrs rooms, brick. t~o story,
in course Of erection in the business
part Of the city. besides two Three-st0rY
hotels. This is AOt bad when we can
count III new residences put up since
tho first OF March.
IL DOW transpires that the Topeka
Commonwealth was enlarged with an
especial view tO running a department
DEVOTED To local dueling aud those dead
ly personal assaults which are common
At the state capital among such of its
citizens AS carry canes. umbrellas and
other agencies ~ war with human lon
gevity.
FreIiOniA Citizen: John Q Smith is the
name III AA eGterpFisiBg gentleman from
Edah0. WHO withiR slse Pnst three weeks
has purchased several hundred acres Of
land about four miles east of FredonIa.
three OF four improved
places. Sheep husbandIy is his forte, and
be will engage extensively in raising
Noolly backs.
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CONE AGAIN

The Wichita Eagle makes some pre-
tensions We believe for its town aud
county. There IL nothing, in its estlma-
ton, In which its town and county does
not lead the whole state, and il really
pities its neighbOrs every time it gets up
on the fence, flaps its wings. and crows.
Now of course Wichita is considerable
pumpkins" as q town and the Eagle Is
bird OF rare plumage, but 1t often
cuta the figure of . bantam rooster
rather than that Of the PROUD bird that
scars alOit. The issue Of that paper of
this week makes q great spread about
the bank deposits of that burg, and
gives the total deposits Of four banks,
two Of which are national, ct $521, 40.
81. u ventures the assertion shat nc
community in tho state or IN the vesl
can make better showing" Can't they
Now we don't want TO make
the editor Of the Eagle too sick all d
once, but will give him the dose By
piecemeal. He can put In the "otheI
two hanks" of Wichita which he has
''not heard FROM" and We will put thu
EmpOria National alone against his sil
immense banks and beat him on depOs
its, that bank, in its last statement
showing total deposits OF $7s2, 2Se sc
| We have not the figures at hand for IN,
other two banks Of this city. but tn
total will undoubtedly reach q million
dollars more than the banks of Wichits
The editor OF the Eagle had better &c
something else TO blow about. w
knock under on wheat, but don't talk {
us about bank deposits.
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TIE TROUBLE WITH THAT

New York Tribune: "WhAt's the
trouble ?" said the judge to the foreman
of disagroeing jury. WELL" replied
the foreman, "Ihe trouble Is Just here :.
Six OF US are on one aide, four of Us on
the other, one Of US Is on both sides, and
enc Of us won't voter
1t was not what might be called q
homogeneous jury. But It certainly
came as near achieving unAnimity as the
Democratic party has yet come in its
deliberations upon the tariff question.
Let US see into how many pieces the
tariff has split the Democracy. One elA.
ment flies the banner OF free trade declAr-
ing that that is the only true Democratic
doctrine A second demands "a tariff
for revenue only" but argues that there
is an apprecIabie difference between
such q plank and free trade. A third,
the southern branch Of the party. favOrs
9 protective policy. A fourth Is on both
sides-shOutIng for free trade with sin
cidental" protection. A 6fGh declines to
vote, preferring to sit with Mr.. Randall
upon the fence. A sixth, with head
quarters ON Governors Island, will have
It that the tariff is merely . local iasue.
A seventh contents itself with assert
ing that the coming Democratic COZ
gress will miss il II It NEEDLES with the
revision OF the tariff accomplished by
the last congress-. An eighth simply
remarks that the coming Democratic
Congress owes iI 10 the party % revise
the tariff revision Of the last congress
A ninth Is for free trade In theory, bui
agrees with Carter Harrison ct the IrO
quois banquet that ''you OAnnOe brins
on . change OF that sort when Q country
is prOsperous." A tenth, adopting IL
convenient policy OF Mr. POdanap IN 10
gard - al dISaGrssahls or embarrassing
things, waves the tariff behind iss back
A majority Of these elements will doubt
less be represented In the Democrats
National convention OF next year. ANT
all the elements represented will doubt
less insist upon naming menber Of In
platform committee. What will be thu
resnlts II the committee was . bod,
IN the nature of q jury il wOuid not b
difficult tO conjecture. The commits
would report to the convention that |
was unable TO agree on . tariff pIanI
the chairman explaining. "SOme Of u
are for free trade. some for prOtecIio1
some are on both sides and some won
vote" But since the committee will b
committed 10 agreeing upon something
The tariff plank shOuld be the bsst speI
linen Of the use Of language to concs,
ideAs thst was ever manufactured upo
, American soil.
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HERE AND. THERE.


There is natural bridge In ArizOns
which, It is said, far s1rpasses Ia sizs
the weIl-knOwn. natural bridge In Vir.
GINA.
At Oshkosh. Via. shs other day, nlau
hOcd up IN his garden his wiEe's wed.
ding ring. which had been lost twenty.
one years.
NOTrisiOWn Herald: Turn the ras-
Gals Out" shrieks the Ne~ York Sun.
Why. they are out. They were turned
ont over twenty years ago. WHEN they
stole all the money in the treasury.
rihed the arssnAls, ami attempted TO
split the UniOn. and they have been out
ever since We supposed the Sun knew
that.
There is cheerful probability that
several alleged "physiclans" in some of
the rural localities Of Michigan will
seek employment in The lumber woods
when the new statute restEictIng the
practice oil medicine Ia those WIN are
propsrly equipped goes into effect
II is sail that the sum of $50 900 has
been sul'acribed to pay the expenses Of
the eXD-diiI"n which haS iIs.. "rganiz-
ed In Parts by The Abbs Moignn Ia, dir g
The b 'rinin al the Rad Sea FIR the char
IOts 'nlal. trs.a-ures OF T'ilaranIs'a army. |
THIS suggests chance for Sid. Clarke. |
George Grant, u eoiored man who shot
and killed Kansas City policeman 10 |
April. iSS9. has beea convicted OF muir
der IN the first degree aud received the
ieAth sentence in that city on Tuesday. |
A hanging in Kansas City would be al |
most. IL not quite. as unique a proceed |
ng rs q conviction under the prohibito-
y law at Topeka.
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high as $4,000 IN gold 70 the ton.
Grant and Socorro counties show wire
silver in greater profuslon than was ever
before presented in any exposition
The pr0grsm for next week and the
week following is expected to attract
many thousands of people from the south
and east, and at meeting the knights
of Coronado to day full program was
arranged for the grand historical pageant
and tsbieaux on the 18th, 10Th and Goth
Of July. These parades promise to be
the most novel and interesting feature
of the celebration. There will be no
less than thousand in the procession,
including large delegations from the
principal and Oldest indian tribes, who,
on Wednesday, will represent the
life of Aztecs as 1t was four or five GEN.
turtles ago. before the Spanish conquest.
Next day viii be a grand parade of
Spanish caballeros in full costume and
armor, representing Spanish conquer.
ors. Friday will be devoted TO the rep
of American occupation, the
ship OF the plains, locomotive, printing,
telephone and telegraphic industries he
ing characterized features of the parade
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The rertIo-nrilIennIal

TOPEKA, July 13.-A dispatch from
SAINTS Fe to the Commonwealth says !:
The beautiful weather to-day brought
out another great crowd at the Tertio-
MllIennial exposition. ASIDE from the
regular exhibition OF mineral and indus-
trial appliances and works of art and
industry in use two or three hundred
years ago, the special program Of to-day
was made up of sports and games by the
native people, including the Sun Indian
game OF the hidden belt.
Large additions were made to the ex-
hibltion to-day. II is without doubt The
grandest display of precious ores and
minerals ever made from single terri
tory. Among The added exhibits is one
from eight mines In the White Oaks dis
trict. which looks more like grea1
bunch OF wire gold, and which assays e
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Reduced Rates for the G. a. RS

TOPEKA, July i1.-Department Com
mander Anderson announces TO the men,
bers of the Grand Array of the Republic
who wish to attend the national encamp-
ment at Denver, that the Colorado pool
lines have agreed to allow connecting
lines in Kansas TO use the $15 G. A. X.
rate in basiDg the rate for through tick
cts for posts belonging in Kansas. 1t
has also been agreed that G. a. r. posts
in Kansas travelling westbound on said
tickets, can return singly any time dur
ing the month of August on the pay
ment OF $50 extra, such return ticket
to be good only on the line over which
tbs passenger travelled westward. This
action on the part of the railroads re-
moves the last obstacle, and Il is expect
ed the attendance from Kansas will be
very large The Colorado lines are
making extensive preparations 20 take
care OF all who wish 20 attend the ms.
tional encampment-
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CONSUMPTION.

1t is said that $1,000 people die an
nualIy in the United States alone from
this disease. In some sections of the
country one death in every three is from
consumption. This can be, and should
be avoided; our people are too careless
about an ordinary cough or cold, and
the other symptoms Of throat and lung
affections that lead TO this disease. You
should arrest il while it is in the germ
Two or three doses of DR.. Bosanko's
Cough and Lung Syrup will relieve an
ordinary cough or cold. It does not
dry up cough like many preparations
on the market and leave the disease be-
hind it, but acts directly on the Ghroai
and bronchial tubes, removing all the
phlegm and morbid matter that aecu.
mulates in the throat and lungs. II
allays all irritation, and renders the
voice clear and distinct. Call for sam
pie bottle. Sold by Charles Ryder and
]. A. Moore.
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PILES.


PILES are frequently preceded by q
sense of weight in the back, loins and
lower part of the abdomen, causing the
patient to suppose he has some affection
of the kidneys or neighboring organs.
at times, symptoms of indigestion are
present as flatuencY, uneasiness of the
stomach, etc. A moisture, like per-
SEPARATION, producing very disagreeable
itching, particularly at night after get
ting warm in bed, is very common at
tendant. Internal, External and Itch.
ing Piles yield ct once 70 the appliea
ton of DR.. Bosanko's Pile Remedy
which acts directly upon the parts al.
fected, absorbing the tumOrs, allayine
the intense itching, and efecting per
menent cure where all other remedies
have failed. Do not delay until the
drain on the system produces perms-
nent disability, but try it and be cured
Price, SO cents. Ask your druggist tol
il, and when you cannot obtain It o
him, we will send it, prepaid, on receip
of price. Address The DR.. Bosarkt
Medicine Co, Piqua, Ohio. Sold b.
Chas Ryder and j. A. Moore
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Nothing Short Of UnmistakaAle
Benefits

Conferred upon tens OF thousands Of
sufferers could originate and maintain
the reputation which AYERS SARsA-
eARnLA enjoys. Il Is q compound of
the best vegetable alternatives, with the
Iodides of Potassium and Iron, -aH
P0werfhl, blood-making .blood-cieansing
and DEMONSTRATING and Is the most
edectual OF all remedies for serofn-
Ions, mercurial, or blood disorders.
Uniformly successful and certain, ii
produces rapid and complete cures Of
Scroflla, Sores, Boils, HumoEs, PIN
pies, Eruptions, Skin Diseases and al
disorders arising from fmpurity Of the
blood. By its inyfgoFaking effects II
always relieves and often cures Liver
Complaints, Female Weaknesses and
Irregularities. and fs Q potent reneweI
OF waning vitality. For purifying the
blood Il has no equal. 1t tones up the
system, restores and preserves thl
health, and fmparts vigor and energy,
For forty, years tE hes been in extensiye
use. and Is to-day the most esailabls
medicine for the suffering aiek.
Bog 80 - a dS9agsse.
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GLTOR,S GANE

Marion Record: The little game Gov.
Click is playing is trifle too gauzy not
TO be clearly seen through. In pardon
ing convicted rumsellcrs and attempt
ing to saddle the costs of their eonvic-
ton upon the people, as In the Marion
county case heretofore ventilated, Mr.
Click sHbserYes two purposes: First,
he repays, at others expense. the debt
he owes these law breakers for helping
10 elect him; and secondly, he manu-
features an unfair argument for dema-
gogues and fanatics like himself, to use
against prohibition. II he should sue
coed In reversing the decisions of
courts and juries, and compelling the
various communities TO foot the bill for
all these convictions, he and his kind
would be telling on the stump, in the
next campaign, what burden this law
was upon the people. But It won't pan
out. Mr.. Click has no legal right to re-
init these costs, and he will not be al
loved to usurp the right.
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PsnnsylvaaIa Republican Convsntio,

PsnnsylVAAIa RspubIican Convention
HARRISBURG. Pa, July 11.-But few
persons other than delegates were in the
convention when 1t met. The faces of
the delegates were unfamiliar, the ma
jority being present at the state couyen-
ton for the first time. Most of the can
dIdates were in the hall quietly az work
while the delegates assembled. Men,
bers of the legislature of both parties
were present In force. The convention
was called to order at 1916 and the roll
of delegates read. No contests.
The committee on credentials report
ed, and General LemueI Todd, of Cum
berland, was elected chairman and re-
ceiVed with applause. He returned
thanks and without further remarks H.
Vited the convention to proceed to bust.
ness. The CONVENTION then proceeded
to select members of committees on per-
mAneht organization and resolutions,
and at l O'Clock recess Was taken until
o'clock in order TO give the commit
tees time 70 prepare reports.
After recess John Cessna was made
permanent chairman and q platform
was apopted.
First, UnquAlifedly approving and
demanding the continuance of the pro-
AlAAAsA8S4
ing attempts to reduce the rates OF tar
i'll below level necessary as an incent-
I've to industrial skill and development
and guarantee q just scale Of wages.
2 ThS the surplus of the public
| treasury ehnQld be devoted % paying
the national debt and distributed among
/ the states for relief of local taxation and
education Of the people.
5. Declaring it the duty Of congress
70 fully redeem the trade dollars.
4 Protesting againat assisted emf
grafton.
5 Commencing the administration
of President Arthur.
@. Approving the course of congress
| in giving the preference 20 soldiers il
positions under the government
| z. Commanding thorough civil ser
vice rdform.
g. Requiring all offices bestowed
within the party TO be upon the basis Of
fitness.
8 and 10. PIedging the party to legis
latlOn securing more rigid adminIstra
ton of state affairs that interests the
people.
IL. Holding the Democratic party ne
sponsihle for the expense of an extrl
session OF the Legislature, and finally
ineGructing the state committee to ex
ammo the advisability of fixing q uni
form day for holding primaries for tn
election OF delegates 10 the state conVen
ton.
treasurer. The Vots on the sixth baIlo
stood: Einsley, OF Allegheny, 40; Hu
ling. "a; PassmOre, %, Eye, 5. A Teces
was then taken.
!. On resembling Niles. VsndeFslIct
! 0rimesen end Poles were nominated 70
| anditos. On the fourth ballot Niles n
J ceiveo 100. Grimesen, SO. The nominl
J tioa OF Niles was made unanimous. Al
journed.
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THE srORI
1t Covers Large Scope OF Country and
is Attended With Serious Acct
dents and Great Damage

I
ST. Louis, July 1.-The restoration
of niegraphic communication, which
was badly broken last night. reveals the
fact that the storm, part of which swept
over this city, was general in character
and Travelled not only a large part of
| Missouri but covered various seclIons of
Kansas, Iowa and Illinois. The Yelo.
| city OF the wind in this city was fifty
miles per houe, and il came apparently
from nearly all directions, but mainly
from The north and northwest.
No serious individual losses
were sustained but great
number OF minor ones are disclosed in
the way OF damage to roofs, gable ends
OF houses, chimneys. shutters, signs,
fences, trees, shrubDery, ETC., the whole
OF which will aggregate many thousands
OF dollars. Some slight injuries To per-
SONS are reported: but nobouy was seTl-
ously hurt. East st. Louis also suffered
In a similar manner and a train OF TWEEN
ty-five Cars moving on the Belt railroad, |
on the river front, were blown |
from the track and most OF them |
badly shaken up. A number oI
houses were more or less injured, |
none seriously. At Alton, Illinois, three
churches lost part of their roofs and
l.
lsked. Several other buildings were
slightly Injured and the streets were liz
tered with fallen trees. At Summer, IlIi-
nois, large Towering mill was unrOofed
anu heavy damage was caused TO the
and stock from the deluge of
rain which rushed through the building
from top TO bottom. Several other
buildings were more or less injured. at
Carml, Illinois, several houses
were slightly shattered but no
serious damage was done. At
Olney, Ill, two churches were badly
injured and II large number of trees
we're uprooted and other damage done.
4 dispatch from Keokuk, Iowa, saws
the storm ragged ieariully throughout the ]
country southwest of here. The train 4
which left Burlington ON the Chicago,
i Quincy road at 7:I5 d. m.
was blown from the track mile and a |
half south of Browning, Mo-, and the ii
baggage car and one coach {
were turned completely over Conductor \
Watson was badly hurt; the baggage {
nan, was slightly wounded; SIX passen- {
gers were injured. The latter were Z
AIKEN to Linneus, Mo-, and cared for. /
Mrs. Perry, of Linneus, had her ribs and q
,ollar bone fractured and will probably | 8
lie. Mrs. Lolley, of Sullivan county, '
No., was badly hurt in tho head and '
nde; Alex Craig, St Joseph, Mo, ribs 4
broken; Theo. ]. Shea, Cincinnati, /
ohio, wrist dislocated and r
myers broken; j. G. Ross {
II Linneus, shoulder fractured; s. It. d
smith, Ottumwa, Iowa, jammed between
he cars and badly hurt; A. Ross, Lin C
lens, scalp wound. In the vicinity of 4
4inneus the storm did great damage to i
rops, buildings and farm property gen. I
rally. At Wellsville. Mo, school q
ouse was nearly destroyed. At Jeffer-
on City, No, the main cell building of 4
he peniteptiary was unrOofed and one q
r two other houses damned. Il
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COULD DEMOCRACY HA
DOME REPTERP
HAVE

The Republican party has made very
good record In the management of the
finances of the country, and TO the Dem
Ocrats who are hunting up Arguments
for change in politics . few statistics
may be interesting. These statistics are
the more forcible when We consider the
condition of the country at the close Of
the last Democratic administration. 1t
could hardly borrow money at any
prIcs, and the United States securities
went begging at disgracefully low fig
ure. The Republican record is Is follows:
The close of the fiscal year shows that
during the year 1928 our public debt
was reduced almost $13S, 600, 600, and
that during the month of June, when
the revenues are not specially large, the
reduction amounted to over SIS, 600, 600,
the largest 10 any one month under the
existing system oftaxAtion. In August,
1885, the bonded debt Of the United States
was $2.Ssi $50. 294, Of which 81 ,281 1885,
80 bore Q per cent; $3.50. co., 600 q per
cent, and eSos. 175.7 S7 per cent inter
ess, the total interest charge being $780,
S77IeS7. The debs statement issued
June 50, 1883. reported the bonded debt
Of ths government 10 be 81 ,SS8, Pa, $50,
OF which eas 062. 600 bears 81 per cent,
$SO4J eO4. $50 Sper cent, eS5O. 600 600 ~
psr cent. and $77S.6 500 per cent In
teresE. That Il. all Of the rates Of inter
est are now from TO per cent less
than they were In 1855. Now the inter
eat charge on the public debt il S51 1926.
zoo. In ether words. the interest bear.
Ing debt has been reduced $1,O43, 3Ol,
IA during the past eighteen years, and
the Interest charge almost 500, 600 600
Gould the Democrats have done better
than this?
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Not a MARRYING Man


q Washington correspondent gossins
thus about the president:
'Half dozen girls and their ambi.
tlous mothers have believed they had
fairly 'bagged' Mr.. Arthur, when, in
TACT, he never thought the second time
about them. / know of some very fun
ny things growing oIt of this sort of
fancy, | will tell yon one Last winter
there was very pretty girl here from
the principal city of a great western
state, and she was presented to
the president. OF course, he
was polite, as he always is, and she i'm
mediately thought she had him. Her
knowledge of the world was extremely
superficial, and her mother had very lit
tie sense or knowledge of the usages of
the best society. She boosted on her
daughters conquest TO her acquaint-
ances, and finally the story was teIe-
graphed TO western paper. A friend
OF the president saw the dispatch and
showed it to him. That evening there
was something going on at the white
house. Our famboyant child of
the accident was there
clothed in her radiant love-
iIness and a perfectly fitting gown from
fingat's and she WAS pretty. She had
@-eao-AASe~N " oOOut tWcuIy ITIcuuS LlaL
she meant to parade her captive. So,
with an air of assurance born of her
coarse vanity, she endeavored TO monop-
olize him. But, to her utter amazement,
she could not get into the circle of the |
intlmates at all. He barely looked at her,
did not ask her to promenade, and when |
supper came took down al
Virginia cousin of his late wife, who |
was neither young nor pretty, and had |
meyer heard of Pingat. The girl went |
home crying with modification and |
rage, and Mr.. Arthur was never polite |
TO her again. We'll, but is the presi. |
dent marrying man % asked my in
Iormant. No. think not. If he had |
cared to he might hsYe married an i'm
nense fortune before this. There is lady |
In New York, the widow of man five |
times millionaire. She Is not over so, |
and one of the handsomest women in |
America She would be very glad to /
marry him, know, and at one lime / /
thought he meant something by his at
enticn In that quarter. There are other |
instances, but this is the only one in |
which saw any possibilities. No, / |
1on't believe he will ever marrVn