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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-07-05

Chicago Inter Ocean: An anLi-mon-
opOlist convention Will meet in Chicago
on Wednesday, the 4th day Of July. An
anti mOuOpOlist is q man who wants the
monopolist to divide. A mOnopOlist is
an incorporated fellow who keeps pres
idont and secretary, and has the mack
Of riding around OH special trains and
picking up things that will pay, A
monopolist never holds u convention
He has q nail up bis front d"or and
live across the way in some other mans
house TO get away from the mass con
vention of fellows that are always in
session on his front steps ready to show
him how he can become q rich man
Hence he never goes into a convention
HIS race is TO keep out of one. The
gentlemen who have no interest in any.
thing, who own no farms, no mines, no
railways, no stores, whom no duty would
protect, even if il were levied upon pos.
tage stamps or quarter dollars, to whom
nobody brings plans for getting rich
and whose main resource for the pro
motion Of the general prosperity is tC
pass resolutions denouncIng the geaer-
ally prosperous. are anti monopolists
They will compete with the small boys
and the IRE crackers in the effort tC
monopolize the attention of the people
Of Chicago next Wednesday
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the New York Tribune. commrn,i,

the New York Tribune. commenting
"a ~ the hypOcrilical Democratic de-
u',rciation of Republicans for the re.
d."'Iion of the tariff on wool:
The reduction OF the duty ON wool
~, tiually made by Democratic votes
the senate when Mr.. Sherman made
} - last most earnest effort to have the
ia y ON wool raised more nearly 10 the
e. ent rate, sixteen Republicans and
Nj Davis. of Illinois, voted for his mo-
Ii.'I, and only fourteen Republicans
Z ,tnst IL. while OF the Democratic sen
IL .ns only three voted for the motion
:. twenty.sIx against IL. This was the
- and decisive vote on that question
nj IL Is unspeakable impudencc fol-
u ,nocrats To denounce the reduction cI
- duty on wool as the act of Repub
N congress. In that case, IS IN some
.tr'rs, the Republicans were divided
cough the majority fsvOsed the highel
'ic,y, and the result was determined bS
= almost solid vote of the Democrat
SentY-six for and only three agaIns
.urfian
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DISTRICT COURT PROCEEINGs.

MONDAY, July 2.
L. w. Coleman vs. II. ]. Holmes; Or
dered that Cyrus Wilson, garnishee, pay
into court the amount of the plaintiffs
debt and costs. $3.50, and 12 per cent in
terest from July IL, 1879.
Emporia National Bank VS.. Sherman
s. Richardson !; jury waived and trial by
court; judgment for the plaintiff for
81, 211.25 and costs, which is adjudged
a first lien on the property described
in the petition.
j. 81. Dayi vs.. II. L. LiebiIied; dis
missed by counsel nj cost of defendant.
j. Fl. Davis W. the Santa Fe railroad
company; ver,i ct for plaintiff for $3.50;
motion for nov trial overruied and ex-
cepted to, and defendant given fifteen
days to make and serve case, plaintiff
fifteen days after service TO amend and
defendant ten days after service of
amendment to settle; judgment for
plaintiff for $3.50 and costs.
PC. Cowling VS.. q. j. Greenleaf ct
al. /; trial TO court, and judgment for the
defendant for costs; excepted TO by
plaintiff.
J.O.R II. Campbell VS.. the K. .. & e.
railroad; same entry as in case No.
1883 of This date: judgement for plain
tiff for $9OJ and costs.
w. s. Cu,3k vs.. the K. G. & E. rail
road same entry as in case No. 2. SS3 of
this date; judgment for plaintiff for
81 900 and costs.
j. L. Kregelo va. the K. G. & Z. rail.
road; motion for new trial overruled
and judgment tor the plaintiff for
$2.O45.37 and costs.
Samuel s. Cory vs.. the Santa Fe rail
road Co.; motion for new trial over
ruled and Judgment for plaintiff for
5000 and costs; excepted TO.
State OF Kansas VS.. Charles Wilson !;
pleaded guilty of grand larceny and
sentenced to the penitentiary for three
years from this date and costs Of suit
TuEsDAY, July 8. :
F.E. Smith IS. Van McColioch; con-
tinued by consent until the August Ees-
sion.
In the matter of the appeal Of Il. Il.
McCandliss rs. j. F. StFatton, admins
traitor; plaintiff given fifteen days in
which to amend reply, aRd defendant
ten days thereafter 20 demar continued.
Miles r. Brown vs.. q W. Lumkins
ct al; trial by court and Judgment for
plaintiff against Lumkius and wife Tor
fI,f, a,1,,, Of e1oSs o,,d sa,.ei1
Court then adjourned until August 6,
1888.
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The boy. stood on the back yard fence,
whence all but him had fled. The
flames that lit his fathers barn shone
Just above the shed. One bunch OF
crackers in his hand, two others in his
hat; with piteous accent loud he cried,
al never thought Of thatr" 4 bunch ol
crackers to the tail of one small dog he
tied. The sparks few wide and red and
hot, they lit upon the brat; they fired
the crackers IN his hand and lit those II
his hat. Then came burst OF rafting
sound-the boy, where was he gone
Ask OF the wiDds that far around strewet
blts of meat and bones and scraps o
clothes and tails and tops and nails anG
hooks and yarn; the relics Of that dread
full boy that burned his fathers barn.
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Gnuernor Ruiler,s TeXkshnry in

GnVernor Buffers Tewksbury investi
~ on has cost nearly 5000 already
=. the end is not yet. This is nearly
.'l--half OF the amount which he though
Ia. could save by managing the insIitu
u - In his way. So far as the investiga
L. - has shown anything except totA
- ire on Buffers part, il has shown
I, i nearly all causes for complain
due, not To inefficient superintend
IN =. but to inadequate appropriations
Ia ,ead OF the institution being extrav
A..aitly managed II has been demon
s'r'Ied that the appropriations havl
u. Il insufficient to give the Inmate
,r.er proper supervision or, at alItimes
.'I bile food. In other words the gov
pr has put the stat To an expense o
$500 To show that he did not know
{ he was talking about, This is ere
3 .ta.h
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Atkinson Champion: The Leaven-
worth Times Topeka correspondent
sends that paper wierd and wonderful
story of n man once prominent in Kan
sas .tfairs, three times q member of the
KanSas legislature, who has for ten years
liv i in miserable shanty in Topeka
refuses to read newspaper, and has
nrver seen the capitol building. A sick
cn,nE fear comes over US that this story
l. lie. A man who had been three
u.n. q member of our legislature, il
MT ,pt to bury himself; he is generally
discovered rushing around to be elected
az lin, or to secure federal appointment
A ~ IN cannot go out of doors anywher'
in Topeka without seeing the capitol
IT." only part of the story that has al
air { credibiliiy about IL is that the oil
in.i refuses to read the Topeka papers
". can readily believe that.
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The trade dollar is receiving good
deal of attention in the east just now. A
New York paper gives its history in
brief: The coin was first authorized
ten years ago. At that time the Next
can "pIllaE'' dollar was most readily re-
ceived in China. whence came the prin-
cipal demand for silver. That dollar
was worth q little more than our own
and more than any other. TO enable
our dealers TO get the Chinese market
for their silver the United States govern
mens was authorized 70 coin 40 grains
Of silver, nine tenths fine, into piece
TO be distinctly stamped q ''trade dol
lar" This vae little more valuable
than the Mexican dollar, which con
tanned 416 grains. with slightly less al
10y. The new coin was made exciu
slvely for the owners Of bullion and q
their expense; 1t was, however, declared
a legal tender, In common with the trac
tional silver coins. for amounts not ex
ceeding IS.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-07-05

UREA, N. Y, July 8.--In a collisaOE
between Two work trains on the Wesl
Shore road, IN Utica. about ! O'CLOCK
this morning, Michael Brown had both
legs crushed TO the knees. His recovery
is doubtful. Morris BusteTman had his
right foot crushed. and VIM. German
John Ryan. Chas. Adams and Samuel
Newell were bruised shout the head
face and body, but not seriously hurt
Both engineers were disabled. Thert
was very deDss fog when the accident
occurred.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-07-05

Not long ago Mrs. Charles
Baldwin, of st. Joseph, Mo-, received q
postal order for $22. and gave it u her
husband TO cash. By way Of u joke he
handed her only $40, exclAiming that
the postofice charges were %. Think.
ing that this was an exhorbItant fee she
complained, without her husbands
knowledge, to her mother, who had sent
the postal order, and she In turn com
pIaiaed at the Office at which it had
been drawn. The postmaster forward
ed statement of the case to Washing
ton, and the department forthwith sem
Inspector Metcalf all the way TO st. Jos
eph, TO investigate the case. Mr.. Bald
| win Is now ready to acknowledge tina
practical jokes are 3 poor kind Of sport
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Views ofa British Journal Upon Poll
ties in the United States.
Fuosl NFou co.o.sai

Young and rapidly progressive COM
munities need little governing. When
there is plenty of room for everybody,
men to n great extent take care of them
selves. They are so busy in making their
own fortunes that they have little temp
tation and little time to interfere with the
similar pursuits of others. Order must,
of course, be maintained; but there is
little call for that delicate adjustment of
Conflicting interests, little apparent need
of that constant and jealous defense of
individual rights, which make govern
ment so difficult and so serious matter
when the struggle for life is harder, the
opportunities of getting on comparatively
fewer and more keenly competed for.
And then the very vastness of the field,
the magnificence of the rewards of mate
rial enterprise, have drawn off the best
strength of America in that direction.
Art and literature, it must be remem-
| bered, have languished under the same
influence almost as much as politics. 1t
Is the dazzling effect of unparalleled in
lustrial and commercial progress which
led distinguished American politi-
ciam," quoted by Mr.. Bryce in a Fort
nightly Review article, to make the char.
acteristic though most short sighted re-
mark ''that government in America is a
mere survival, a relic of past times, which
has no hunger the Importance that it still
| pIssesses in the old world" No longer
Il would be far truer to say not yet.
The time is fast approaching far az
the older and more crowded states of the
Union are concerned, has already come
when America can no longer afford tG
leave her administration in the hands 81
second rate men, or TO suffer profession
ais" tn make trade of government
| ALREADY there is looming on her hori
z n Il labor question :Is vast as any thai
clouds the social sky in European coun
tries. Already the unscrupulous en-
croachmPnts of monopolists upon the pub
lie interests are awakening a wide spread
spirit of resistance among all classes oil
the people. The most hopeful sign of tlt
time is that the ''beiter men," who have
hitherto despised politics, are beginning
to wake up to the new duties which the
} altered conditions of society Impose upOr
them.
Mr. Bryce gives some interesting in
stances of the manner in which undel
their leadership the usually apathetic ma
i,rity nf iiainterested citizens have revolt
p ell, and successfully revolted, against tn
tyranny of political jobbrrs. Jobbery
however well organized, is only reall,
formidable rs long rs public interest il
! political questions is weak. There is a
least this merit in free institutions, tina
they give men the means of REFRESHING in
, justice and defending general interest,
they have the will to use these means
At present that will has been wanting il
America, because the need of energy il
D such matters has not been felt. Their
has been little vigilance, because thor
has been little sense of danger.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-07-05

The new high license laws in the west
differ widely. In Illinois all licenses
hereafter for the sale OF spirits and
wines are to be granted upon the pay
ment Of $500 year, and for beer al $50
The Nebraska law puts the fee in cities
OF certain grade at $1,000. and at-$5OC
for all other places. The Law Of lows
permits the town to fix the amount. and
there is no uniform rule on the subject
In some places it is as low As $75, ant
in others as high as $1,000, while Their
has been q large increase IN the averag'
amount throughout the state. and con
siderable reduction IN the number Of Ii
| Quor sellers. -,
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before the election occurs.

fudge Martin, OF the Shawnee county
u, trict couri, has rendered decision oil
r.tportance 10 liquor dealers, both in
A out Of this state. In 1881 Sachs
10 chased bill of liquors from Feinan
y 10, OF Kansas City, and did not pay
w. hiil. Suit was brought. The de-
: 4ant's attorney set up that the con.
"a was void, because It was for the
IL or intoxicating liquors 80 the de-
1. -dant, to be bartered aud sold in To-
p-xl, in violation of the prohibition
St~I Of the state. Judge Martin In.
= ruaied the Jury that the contract was
4 if il was for the sale OF intoxicating
J mrs TO the defendant 20 be by him
/. s9or used IN violation OF the law, and
4 ~ Jury returned verdict for the de-
ondnnt.
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Mexico Is paradise Tor drummen.
One from Chicago writes home as toll
lows; "A drummer cannot skip into .
Mexican town and skip out egain dur
ing the day with 3 pocket full Of ordezl
and make another town. Time Is NJ
object 70 The Mexican merchant OF the
average Mexican. The main object
seems 70 be TO dad Something To kill
time, end nothing suits . Mexican meE
chant better than to have . drummei
stay over day OF two with him. 81
opens bottles Of wine, passes arouHd tn
cigarettes and feels highly hoaored ger
1 ar0Itw -
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New York Tribune: Senator Plumb
= Kansas, is sanguInc Of q Republican
nmph Ia the nation NEXT year. He
Il, ~ his expectation on the belief that
! party will be better organized than
ever before and will make steady and
cong march I" victory. AS TO candi
tSs. he has no choice and thinks all
niecture in that direction premature
10 party is in thinking attitude and
>. disposed 90 make up its mind in q
Idrry. Senator Plumb, like every other
-,acious Republican leader, is evi
L lily undisn,aYed by the loud boasts
VI tho Democrats. He has become used
-eelng the latter carry the country one
before the election occurs.
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shet 5 aole rhreuEh HIm

PETERsBURe. Va, July 3.-About
midnight last aIght q diflcultY occorr.
ed in RlaHdf0rd between Barney Jones
and WoodsOn Dunn. Jones accused
.Woodson and his brother Lewis Dunn,
of having induced his (JonesO wife
e0d daughter to follow them,
tives we're underlying their action.
Worda ensned aRd Jones seized an old
army musket loaded with bird shot and
fired At WOodson Dunn, the charge en-
ieriDg his right groin and passing
Through the body, making a wound two
inches in diameter. Dunn cannot re-
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The Chicago Inter Ocean says: "The
largest book ever printed in the west, if
not the largest ever bound. when essI-
mated by the amount OF reading matter
therein contained, is "The History Of
Kansas" from the publishing house of
A. T. Andreas This immense work
contains nearly, 1000, 600 ems Of type,
and the edition required nearly eighty
one tons Of paper. The total sales reach
the enormous sum Of S2OS.00 A ven
ture Of such magnitude. is character
istic of Chicago, and proves the advance
ment OF of this city asa publishing cen
/ faY
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-07-05

A new post Of the @ A e was esiab-
lished At Americas last Saturday night
by WI. Chalfant. of this city, assisted by
D. F. Gard. j. II. White. Col Traylor
and others. The officers elect are Ma
thaniel Wise. post commander; John Z.
Moycs, senior Vice-commander; VIM.
McNabney. junior post commander
Elias Morehead. adjutant; n. s. Hutch
ms, chaplain; John L. Butler, quarter
master; w. H. Anderson, officer Of the
day, and L. A. Wood, officer Of the
guard. The post ksaFls out with TWEEN
ty-one charter members. 81 good men,
and with every prospect OF most sue
cessful career.
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Drowned.

ST.. Louis, July "a special fiom
Mitchell, Ills, says Thomas Hosman, a
contractor of Meridian street, Chicago,
drowned at Long Lake yesterday, was
in boat with Mr.. Kreger, proprietor of
hotel here, when 1t capsized. Kreger
cued.
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s.uain~ An EIerhana.. skin.


Not long ago, Ward dispatched a man
TO India to shoot an elephant. He OBJ
tanned permission from the Governor of
the Madras Presidency flor the elephant
is protected by. the law, and after
long hunt, in which the natives joined,
finally secured the largest stuffed speci-
men in the country, now in the Museum
of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge,
Mass
The elephant was shot through the
isssad Careful measurements were first
made of the body and limbs, and then
the skin was removed in three sections.
One incision was made at the top of the
neck, along the back 10 the tail; another
divided the skin from the throat, along
tie middle of the body underneath,
neeting the first iRcisiOn ut the tail; and
/ = thir.i cut severed the head frcm the
oHiy. On the iusi,is. of each leg an in
cisiall was made from the sole Of the foot
u, the abdominal npening. The skin was
removed by working from the latter and
the back cnis at the same time, the legs
l.eil,. eat ofi at the joints. Then the
b.mv was pulled aver, and the operation
/ WIS fFiAsitls Tic aiI0
iiruIk were skinned The absence of
hair firm the skin facilitated the treat
tu.,li .f both sides with preservatives.
Boil, sides were washed With arsenicai
&,ap aud salt. and rubbed with Il fiat
-ioiIe The skin was then rolled up and
narkp.i away Two days later it was
stlT..:ld out, and the pieces of flesh adj
hering were removed. After heing again
tr,.aled with arsenic, it WIS left undis-
, iurht,l fer a week. ut the expiration OF
which time the fibres we're found to be
'lardenr,l, and the epidernis thoroughly
ct Powdered alum was now freely
I n. Il, and ilr skin left To dry in thC
: ,iIs,lt.
] Twenty days after the commencement
Il III. operation. the skin, then weigh
! "a: only two hundred and forty pounds
IA. shipped to America. Upon its arriv
al aitiier. four bars of wrought iron, eacl
o ;w,l, e fec: long and one aud quartz
j ui,.u.s thick. -wefe bent into shape fo
e | Ii. legs and firmly boltcd to a beam six
Le.a fc.-t long and four inches thick
\ rIgi- was To serve as backbone for thu
attIciI;uent of ribs, pelyis, and scapui;e
Semicire,llar shaped bones were attaches
IS a thu harkhone, aud iaths nailed thereon
Il ril"Il :, wcodru pelyis and shoulder blade
10 were set, and at each joint of the legs
v round piece of wood wis fitted abOu
the leg iron, and laths nailed from on
Joint to the other. An exact copy c
'e the skull in woDd was boltel on IN pr
Of siriOn. Then the several parts wei
E. wrapped with wisps of straw, and tn
manikin was covered with the skin {
10 the elephant. From the measurement
" that had been made, the distance betwee
the various extremities were copied, an
"i the protrusi0ns initiated by siuffin
20 The trunk was filled with straw, and IL
" wooden imitation of the skull coyerC
with clay and nodded in shape. Aft
ID the skin was thoroughly dry,-for pr
tn vious to mounting it had been in the 7
ty lapsing tank,-the seams were sewt
to together, and the elephant was complet
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An old War Flae brought no.D.

NEW YoRK, July 3.-The Lexington,
Va, cadets arrived here this noon and
were received by the Twenty third reg
iment Of Brooklyn. and escorted To their
quarters. They bring flag Of the 154th
New York regiment which was eaptuf-
ed during the rebellion, and will form
ally present it to the mayor and city
government tomorrow. No New York
City military took part in the reception
or escOrt tsAdaY
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Monument to Cus,:r anna nis n1sr

MoNTELLo, Wis, July 3.-The gran,
lite shaft which is to mark the spot where
Custer and the seven companies of the
Seventh United States cavalry LAID dowI
their lives, was shipped to Montana
yesterday. The monument consists OF q
cube of MOnieilO granite, 415x5M feet
resting on base OF the same material
1t is inscribed with 400 letters, the
names OF The shin
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Fine WheaL Cron.

SALTNA, Kas., July 3.-Fully two,
thirds of the wheat crop of this section
has been harvested IN fine style. The
weather has been clear, and farmers
have never h:d hetter weather for their
work. 1t is really the best wheat crcI
for wears
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nanee of neath

CHICAGO, July ga DAILY News Lit.
tie Rock, Arkansas, special says: a
fight occurred at an Indian dance at
Bird Creek, Indian Territory, last night.
Over 100 PawHr es, with drawn revoIvers
and knives took part. Two Indians
were killed RId others were wounded
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An ordinance providing for Sidewalks
on Commercial street north of Seventh
avenue was introduced, considered by
sections under a suspension of the rules,
and adopted by unanimous vote.
Application of parties on Cottonwood
street tor special water rates in consider
alton OF their tapping the main on Syl-
van street, was referred TO committee on
waterWorks with power to act.
Bills on clerks desk referred.
The council went into executive ses-
sim.
The mayor prtst nled the following:
To the Honorable ity tolncil OF Emporia,
Kansas:
.GENTLEMEN:-The superintendent of
waterworks, ID. Hammond, has continu-
ously absented himself from the city
ever since the 25th day of June, 1888
without the consent of myself or the
committee on water works, and without
making provisions for the performance
of the duties of the office during his alb
sence, and at this date. We are not in
formed as to the time OF his intended
return This time II the year is partic-
ularly busy in the conduct of the
business of the city waterWorks,
and some person should be APP
pointed at once To discharge the duties
of the Office of tIl superintendent of
waierworks, and | earnestly request
you at this meeting declare the Office
vacant and to anis tut some suitable
person To ill the W. ncY in order thai
the Interests of the .riv may be properly
attended. Il peeIlully,
3. Is WARREN, Mayor.
On motion of Mr. YalkuP the Office
Of superintendent G. waterworks was de5
clared vacant. and the council proceed
ed to I'LL vacancy, the vote standing as
follows:
r. w. Jeremy. 4; W. T. Hobbs, 8.
The mayor declared Jeremy appoint
ed.
Clerk was directed ip advertise for
bids for city lots in Washington Park
addition; all cash, or one-ihird cash and
one-third in one year, and one-third in
two years, with 8 per cent interest.
Committee on water works, with the
mayor and city attorney, W re instruct
ed to report amendments Ia waterWorks'
ordinances at the adjournment OF this
meeting.
Council adjourned nntil mex Monday
at O'Clock E 81. FoRDE,
City Clerk.
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Thought to be - Little Mixed.

NEW YORK, July ga Sun special
says: The town of Cromwell, c., was
destroyed by cyclone yesterday and
four lives lost. The. assoeiated press
have asked for particulars. but thus far
nothing is received. The story is gen.
orally discredited.