davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-30

Tbs new teltGr pa company, known
a. the q National, . recently chartered st
Alosny. will control the West Shore anu
Nickel Plate lines between New York
and Chicago. and erect spur wires be-
tween the trunk system and tue import
ant eitits near by. II is local concern
ni no particular Importance. But one
OF the corporations has taken pains TO
SAY that 1.-The original investors would in
al probability sell To any one who
wanted Ia buy the lines, arnsided they
c1nid make good thins ont of it,
fhis is q msiter of course The state
mrnt means simply that after the new
c.Hlc' rn gets into wuIking order aud
by ii,s to draw business from the West
ern Uuion. it wall .',..,nsolidaie'' with
that great devourer. The National
Company has Ss5 600 capital, with au.
thnriiy 40 increase the amount 10 $40,
0o0,cOo The frankness with WHICH the
new company announces Ills plans !.
commemorate
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-30

The Chinese merchants in San Fran
cisco are taking every year. with greater
enterprise, TO all the devices OF Ameri-
can trade. They compete actively with
the Caucasian business man ia the man
ufaeture uf clnIhing. underwear. shoes,
cigars. and other important articles OF
merchandise, and of late they haye taken
&, employing commercial drummers,
" h" travel along the whole length OF the
Pacific coast, ami OVer:un Mexico and
Central America with the samples 81
their Monaghan employers. The drum
m~rs are, Of course. CaucAsians, and d
Ill naiiOnalities At one time these
Chinese manufacturers could not dis
pose Of tteIr war, except hy Labelling
them white labor" hut now. il Is no
unlikely that th.ir Caucasian competi
tors may find il advantageous tn imiiat'
| the Chinese labels.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-30
THE NEW POSTAL NOTES.

The necessary Instructions, blanks,
etc, have been received Al the post Office
in this city for putting lpto effect the
provisions of the law passed last winter
providing for the issue of the postal
notes, which law takes effect SPIT. 1888.
These are to be issued and paid only at
money order offices. The amount for
which postal note can be issued is
from one cent TO four dollars and ninety
nine cents inclusive, but no fraction of a
cent eGn be included. A fee of three
cents will be Charged for issuing each
note. The note is on a handsomely en-
graved tinted form of convenient SIZE
for enclosing in s letter. The object of
Introducing these notes is tO afford The
people q convenient means of trans
hitting small amounts OF money at a
cheap rate. Whether they are to be-
come popular for this purpose remains
to be seen. Postal notes differ from
money orders in imp0Ttant PARTICULARS.
No blank application is To be filled by
the purchaser OF postal notes. and there
is no corresponding "advice" to accom-,
pany them. They are made payable to
"bearer" when duly receipted at any
money G=sler Office which the remitter
may select. ans they are also pay
able at the Office = issue.
After a postal note has once been pali
the United States will not be liable for
any further claim fer the amount thereof.
They became iagSIL4 end not payable
upon the expiration 1T thee calendar
months ,iroM ne last day
of the month during which the same
was issued; and the holder, TO obtain
tue amount of an invalid postal note,
must forward il to the superin tendent of
the money order system at w ashingtOn,
together with an application that Will
be furnished by .he postmaster at the Of
flee of issue or paymeLi. duplicate
can only be Issued at Washington. II
must he distinctly understand, say the
Instructions sent out by the postmaster
general, that postal notes arc not to take
tie place OF money orders. 4 rcnIitter
may, VI his option, select either the
money order or the postal ,rnte as a
means Of remitting &SDpTs bV mail.
Applicants must bear in mind that
postal note is gent at the remtter's risk,
while the government is responsible for
the payment of money order 10 the
true payee, il bpsh remitter and payee
comply with the laws, reg
ulatIons and Instructions of
the pOstOfice department. Z person
desiring to remit money in sums wllhiG
the range of q postal note, can take the
latter at an expense at three cents or
the money order at an expense of eight
cents, with the understanding of the
difference in character noted above. If
a postal note be lost or destroyed no
dUplie0fe Mere2T can he issued. This
regulation. says the GepaFtment. cannot
be departed from In any case YhaEeyer,
for the reason that every pOstal note is
payable to bearer. and that no specified
person can therefore satisfactorily estab-
iish she fact Of his ownership in lost
note which, If Eoqn1 at any time. would
he pavahl IN the baaraE
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-30
TIE SITIT4rL0N IN OHIO


The New ORR Tribune has turned its
telescope upon The Ohio situation, add
after a proper time for deliberaiion, pro.
ceeds to say:
II will be Governor Foraker, and that
by good round majority. The cam.
paign in Ohio has not really opened,
and yet the Democratic party is in q
state Of decentralization, with the cleo
ton six weeks off. One disaster has fol.
lowed another, most e. them beng due
e the PQliticsf Stiffness # Judge
The fact Is, Judge Hosdly's defeat has
been admitted. privately, by leading
DemocI ats, at the west As well Is here,
for ten days past. He was the poorest
choice the party could have made, and
almost every day of the campaign has
given fresh proof of it. His political
record was against him, 10 begin with.
II was that of man with q mania for
deserving his party anu his friends. II
his motives wore good, he mis-
took Vaclliati6fl dor indepen-
dence: if his motiEes ware . not
good he was not TO be trusted al all He
was the only man who had the effrontery
to defend the attempted CronIn steal Of
an electoral vote. He offended the rank
and file of his own party by his daclar-
alton of new Democracy" which con-
sisted in an admission that everything
thet the old QemocrscY had striven for
yss wrong. 1Ee corruption by which
his nomination. was obtained vas Hoto-
riaus long before ''gayhaWkeEs made
his charges, and the manpeF. frst blus-
terlng and then tImid, In which be treat.
ed them convinced the decent p9klic
that they were probably true. Between
times, he boosted. when he was down
south. and apparently under some os-
Erich- like idea that he was out of the
bearing Of tie newspapers. how he had
bounded GARFIELD ;ghsn alive. These
were few OF his mistakes 10Y c0pee
his deseFtion Of his Cincinnati ffien,iSIo
get MeI.ean's support. The Judge Nas
right His nomination did cost him
''tOo much"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-30
The Presidential Party.

YELLOWSTONE PARK, VIA LIVING
STONE, Mont, Aug. 28.-It was the in
teEtion Of the presidential party to re-
main oyer Sunday at Upper qeE2er be-
sip uRtil it Vss ascertained that the Vi
ciaity of the camp offered insufficient
forage for the animals. This discovery
made it necessary 70 resume our march.
This morning we broke camp at the
usu i hour, r.turned 10 ShOshOne lake
BY me same trail which we had ridden
over Trig ~, a4d pFoceeheti thence to
" llOwsbotie lake, ON whose borders we
arr now epcampdd The Journey t6-day
hes beeR somewhat tires9me. The diff
cui ies cap perhaps be most efectualIy
summarized in the statement that We
have twice crossed the continental di-
vide In the space of twenty mlles. For
abundant compensation since we halt
ed. Our camp is in one OF
the moet attractive spots which
has greeted our eyes since
We began our trip through the Rildet.
ness. 1t has afforded rs 8 view across
the widest breadth of 3 more. mRgnif-
cent sheet of water than that of any 9TH
er OF equal altitude in the known world,
Ii has given some OF our party an op-
poFtunity to test and verify the truth Of
the statensnt which has often been made
but widely doubted, That IL Ws5 possible
10 capture'a trout I'd the waters Of the
lake, and, without deIaching il from ths
book, fling it into an adjacent geysef
and bring It thence cooked 10 sEii the
taste OF the most critical. II is NOT gen.
orally known that this locality abonnda
in the natural phenomena, which are
the chief attraction of the lower geyser
basin. The paint pots of that region
here find worthy rivals. Within hun
dFed yards OF our encampment mud
geyseFs are constantly busy fashioning
the CURIOUS creations which have BEEN
so frequently described, a few steps
from these geYseFs are hot sPrings Of "a
rinus si9es and temperatures, their wa
tiers as clear as eEystai. and clnse % the
edges grow flowers rich in color, dainty
in structure as those which caTpeted
Camp Lincoln. The day has been
by sunset which has glorifled
the summit of the distant mountains |
with rich rosy light, reflected upon the |
shining level a the laize. With dark
ness has Genre a. msst refreshing rain, |
the first which has visited us for many |
days. While not serious enough TO |
gage InconyenIence, II will stfiiee TO lay |
for to mnrF6Wfs l.safch EiEEh Of the dpst |
and heat which have given to the mach /
NJ today M small part Of its discomfoFt.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-30
: <Ass
IN TIVE pOTRd

AichiSon Champion. The Tnpeka pa
pers say there is talk Or g speeisi-sessiOn
Of the legislature this winter. What for +?
Vino wants iIy What good would 1t do?
OF what practical benefit would it be to
she state or the people? 1t would cost
$5OJ00G to $4,000. and for what?
We don't belieYe lhere is any call for
or need OF special scssiaH. Ws Gon,t
believe that any considerable aumber 81
the people OF Kansas expect or desire
special session The state is prosper
Gus and the people contented. The
laws need no tiRkering that cannot be
postponed fGr year. There is no IN
tersst of Kansas THAI iG sick unto death,
or even moderately suffering for Ssnt IF
legislative dOctoring. IL special ses=
sion was called, it would lie the fegisla
ture Of last winter that would c6nvehe.
And If that body did not perfect ali
needed legislation during its sixty days
session, is it reasonable to expect thSt
IL would do better In thirty days ses.
sion.
This talk of an extra session is rub
bish? We have seen only two reasons
urged in favor OF It. One is that
the prohibitiOn amendment should
be submitted 10 : zCte of the
people; the other that aHdiiiopal nail
road legislation is needed. But the leg.
islatnre that would assemble 10 the
event Of called session last winter re-
fused, by very decisive vote, 10 submit
the prohibition amendment again. And
as 20 railroad legislation, the law now
on the statute boaks bag pot been fairly
tried, but it appears to be gIsing .efson
able satisfaction. The commissioners
are at least gathering large iBDd of
valuable information. and when the reg.
ular session is held, year from next
January, the stLte will have body of
men coz paleni tn make intelligent sng-
gessiOns eonceJntng abe forms of law
necessary TO regulate the railroads IN
such manner as TO protect the inrep-
csts Of the people without unjusily op
pressing the roads.
In any event, it strikes US, an extra
session of the legislature this winter is
unnecessary and undesirable. We can
thIpli CT few possible good results that
would be likely TO dow from it, while
the eh snees are thalit WoEld york great
mischief. &C the cost of The tax-psyers
The people. by an immense majority,
voted for biennial sessions, aud their
decision should be final
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-30

John Kasper, . venerable German
hailing from Franklin county. 3d.. ar
rived last Monday in East st. Louis,
whore he had ascertained that his wife,
who hrd iarg supposed him to be dead,
was living with apotker husband. But
KAsper had no fancy for &c role of
EnOch Arden. He engaged policemen
to accompany him tOthe house in which
the woman who thought that she was
Mrs. Henry Bates was living with her
lord, a precautiOn which subsequent
events fully justified. He found the
couple at home, and was Immediately
recognized by his wife, who INDUCED
him IN . fond embrace. TbereupOn Mr.
Henry Bates arose in majestic wrath,
bat the p0iiccEae interposed and CON-
mAnded hearing Tor Epsbsnd Number
One, who announced the intention of
taking the woman away with him, she
herself cordially concurring. This was
too much for Bates, who at once began
such q vigorous assault that the officer
was obliged to take the entire party to
the police station. Bates grew more
abusive and violent and was locked up,
while kasper and ihe woman escaped
in each others company.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-30

AtchisOn Globe: If lac gets his Seat,
we intend Ia nominate. sam Wood, of
Kansas, as 8 compromise candidate for
speaker Of the house. Oar first choice
was Tom 0clAIl.ee, Of Texas. but the
mere suggestion Of HIS Aallse FafseJ E
storm Of indignation aHlDsg The fTiendE
of one Randall. They declared with
oaths that they would rather gee iha
party disrupted forever than 10 see Och
iilree in the speakers chair. The
frtrnds Of Ochlllree on the other hand,
prOfaneiy &sseyerass hat they would see
the party IN Perditiap before Hey Ysuld
vote for Randall. 1t is evident that q
compromise must he effected, and ne
shall INTERESTINGLY present the mana
Of sam Wood. provided he Is given hiG
seat
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-30

st. Louis Globe. Democrat: The Kan
sas prohibition amendment does not
seem to have settled the temperance Agi.
taiItiOn altogether. The prOhibiIiGnists
find il necessary to hold public meetings
to maintain their views. although those
views have already found expression in
the organic law. Prohibition, il seems,
d,%s not entirely prohibit. In one or
twn instances joint debates between the
advocates Of prohibition and high H.
ceOse are to be held. This is very CON-
mendAhla. The most important differ
ence between conscientious high license
people and prolIibitIOHists Eelates 10 the
comparative merits of &he'tWO systems
rs a means for preserving public order,
quiet AMI decency. A frank interchange
Of arguments upon this subject before
intelligent audiences is desirable.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-30
Passsnger Traln IeIrsd Iato =.

STRONG CITY. Kss, Aug. 26.-Lasi
night about o 30 O'Clock. as the night
passenger train was standing at the de.
poi al CFawsfordsville, a small station
sixteen miles gest IF this city. three
drunken msn-L q. Hawkins, J. Fl.
Hawkins and H. +. Arth-Vho had
come up on the same train from Flor
ence, fired six or seven shots at the train,
one OF which passed clear through, 60
ing in at one window and passing
through the window on the opposite
side, and threw large stone through
the sleeping car window. which fell up
an The berih of n lady ami little child,
failing .belweeE the tEa Neither shots
4r sinne did ANY l"dfly haFHt.' Retec-
tive Dustin was on the train. and after it
pulled ont stopped the train and Wtlked
bach but could not And the parties He
then came in on the train IN this city,
procured q warrant and the assistance
Of Deputy Sheriff Chamberlain and went
up this morning and arrested the above
named parties Considerable credit Is
due the officers for their prOmptness in
securing the d2speradOes. The prelim
mary eEamiRatIon is set for Wednes-
HatJ e
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-30

Eew York Tribune: Now and then
. court bnt vest goee ehead in palpable
and most cruel disregard III public SEN
timeRt and the finer feelings Of IN entire
commonwealth. Here. for instance. lisa
Missouri court actually proposing 10 try
as able, accomplished and versatile a
murderer as Frank James, just as if he
gas made out OF common clay, and had
not wrcheT the gRFId With feats Of
high Waymanship. 20 thF eFedit q
Frank be 1t said that he bears the insult
put upon hiS by 81 uasppreciative
court with an engaging restraint. He
hasn't shot . man since the business of
empSneIlIug q Jury began.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-30
searvxick COuntv DenOcrats

WICHITA, Aug. 25.-As q probable
painter To the future policy of The Dem
ocratic party of this state. the first Dem
Ocratlc county convention tor the fail
Wss htE i Ia this city to-day and adopted
the folln9Iug platform;
Be il resolved by the Democrats ot
SedgWlck county, in convention ASST
bled:
Firsi-ThAt the election at I4"VtrnoI
Click was an instruction u the legislS
ture tn re submit to the people at thG
ballot the prOhibit0ry constitutions
amendment, and the refusal of the legis
laiure 70 c.lmply with that instructor
was fragrant dtsragard Of the wishes o
the people.
SecOnd-That time continues IA dem
0nstIate the folly Of prohibitIOn and thu
necessity of its speedy repeal.
ThiTd-That We are in favor of Ii
cense law az the best means for regulRt
ing the traffic in intoxicating liquors.
FOurth-That we are opposed 70 Q pro
tecttVe tariff and in favor of tariff to
revenue only.
FIith-That we favor an honest Ad
mInistratiOn of county affairs, and re
ductiOn Of taxation 70 the lowest amour
consistent with the public good.
The following ticket was nominated
For sheriff, John Fisher; for treasures
C. IL. SOule; for clerk, Edgar +. Wright
for surveyor, Oliver Mulvery;. for cOrn
ner. E II, Nigent.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-30
Fire at (IIrartl. lkauaas

GIRARD, Kan. Aug. a6.-At O'Clock
last evening fire broke out in the lamp
room Of the st. James hotel, ia this
city, and the whole building was soon
envelOped in flames. A prompt atten-
tion OF the fire department, together
with the active cooperation OF the citI-
Zens, saved the brick portion of the
building and prevented che fire from
spreading to adjoining property. The
Cottage house upon the opposite side
of the street was several times on fire
but the flames were extenguIshed. Had
the fire once got under Roadway across
the street, the whole northern part of
the city must inevitably have been
swept clean. including the court house.
As it was, the loss was about 5000 to
$1,000. with 5000 insurance on the
building The loss on furniture is
about $4,000 with An insurance of
81 500. The building was oWned by
John FOnt9, and the furniture by the
lsndlady, Mrs. King. The hotel will.
without doubt, be rebuilt at an early
day. This was the first real test of our
new system of WaterWOrks, and the re-
suit was such as to make every citizen
satisfied with the investment
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-30
Atchison Globe: Tho aagrant man

Atchison Globe; Tho gsgFant man
nsr in which the liquor Jay is violated
in AtchisoR can hsye but Dne results
popular uprising which viii cost the Of
Tenders great deal Of money and an
noyance. While the people might sub
NIT to few open saloons decenily con-
Quoted, they are horrifed and disguised
at the Sunday traffic, end the consequent
rowdylsm. II the saloon keepers get In
% serious trouble, they can blame them
selves for Il, Their conservative friends
have warned them repeatedly. but they
have only been snubbsd for their pains,
and many of them will finally Join the
law and order party.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-30
Dried sprIcots are likely 70 be prom

Dried apricOts are likely to be prom
inent article OF export from CalifOrnia.
Herelofore this fruit has been put up al
NOS eptirely IA tn esBs. hut. 10 conse-
auence Of oyerpf6ductioG, the canning
factories EedHced the price paid to the
farmer to such figure that he vas
driven 70 experimenting in various pro-
cesses of drying, and discovered meth
cd that leaves the fruit In a delicious
state. California fruit growers are now
going largely into apricot drying, but il
is Thought they wild negeF nToduce more
thap the msrksis Of the pn1tsd States
sloRe ape prepared 10 consume. "
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-30

A penalty of 800 was imposed on the
Western Union Telegraph company the
other dayIp Neg York City for refusing
to take message during ting strike "a
cept "snbjeet To delay" IS gel forth in +
placard duly posted over its COUNTER.
The decision was rendered in what is
known as the FIRST District CIViI Court,
and concludes as follows, after quoting
the statute: Upon these facts as matter
Of law, ! conGlEee that the company re-
fused ID accept The messages Of plaintiffs
unless subject To the above nientionsa.
conditions, anu the such refusal was
tatamoqpt to On tsiisoiute refusal 10 re-
GeiVe sEd transmit Riessages, anil was
such an act IS the legislature rnntem.
plated IN adopting the foregoing
statUtc'
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-30
The Lincoln Iosrna. thaa ae

The Lincoln Jo6rnas thus aeecrlbes a
we'll known species: There Is Aeiass OF
men 10 whom access To The columns OF
newspaper is fascination similar %
i5oE Of matches to an half Wittesi child,
and il ehsEce pFesents l!lself TO create
. sensation by desiF9ying HE ehsraeter
sf neighb0r they EEsh al illt. job, with
the same wild joy that the idintle boy
with the Inc.fers goes for an open barn
door To starr confiaeFAtiOn.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-30
Editorial NEWs NorRs

ICSpeaks we'll Tor The new civil ser
vice system that the first appointment
under lie operation WAS :aAt .,f wsman
Miss Mary F Hayt.s m C.,nn-ctieut.
and graduate of va-sar e"ilrsr
~ see thar tide story all mm Miss
Churchill being E'urd ~ k-oknk is n
canaTd. IL would he kind at humiIiA.
ting if she should prove tnle Ia stay
under longer than I di,I "-Ind.s Ches-
ter Rrum.
A Cleveland boy died r,o.n the effects
OF eating eolored pop cora. This err
enmstance would seem Ia indicate that
the Ohio man may benrTesI-,l by means
al poison il t,ken in his ncipient
stages.
The fact that the cnunity has showed
no indications Uf tipping over within
the past two weeks is qnit' compliment
tary To Postmaster General Gresham.
VINO is The only cabinei nfficcF now at
Washington.
Kansas City Times: Miss Phoebe
CouzIns reports from Minnesota that
she is safe, and was not in The track of
the cyclone. Neither was the cyclone
in the tract OF Miss Pha.l,-. aud it was a
very happy occasion ali around.
Atkinson Globe: john NJ Price tor
congress, John A. Martin for governor,
John J. Ingalls, tor Uhned States sena-
tor anu - NJ. Cr,well for United
States marshal Four lacks! What
other town holds rs gOnd hand:
An AichIsOn man eni"rt ,int>I seventy
bOils 81 one time without fracture oi
the third commandment And yet 4
good many people inclin' ia the belief
that old Job is a myth, and that th'
book which bears his name Ia = Gun
ningly devised fable.
The Chicago News vouchsafes the in
teresting and important information
that Mr.. COnkllng thinks Folger an ole
fogy, Brewster an old fool, Lincoln 1
worthy but embarrassing young man
: Chandler small trickster, while will
Teller and Gresham he finds no fault,
The eminent tragedian, John McCui
, Tough, will begin an engagement of
i week at Kansas City next Monday even
ing, when he will appear as Virginius
He will also present "Richelieu," Rich
= ard III" and the "GladiatOr." TIL
. will be one of the greatest attractions {
It the dramatic season at that place.
An exchange says that little Made
of Butler county, has eaten "Rnugh o
d Rats swallowed a penny. showed
n bean, a button and kernel of corn up he
IS nose, and still lives. The fact that nOtf
e ing is said in this item about cartridge
or corrosive spblimate proves that i
C author is, after all, a comparatively il
|. experienced lIar.
e A young man nistak ing the sex Of D
B. Mary Walker by her costume. struck b
blow under the eye on the streets
is Washington the other day, as the resu
II of a quarrel in which they became il
,s vOlved while witnessing the open q
@ operations Of an itInerant dentist. W.
men who insist on wearing trouse
should not forget that great privilege
= entail corresponding responsibilities.