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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-11-22
s,a,. sunday sohool Convent,or

state sunday school Convention.
At the meeting of the State Sunday
School convention which closed at Man
haitian Thursday the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
President, J. G. Haskell, Lawrence
financial and statistical secretary. j. F.
Drake, Emporia; recording secretary,
Rev. J. A. Bright, Ellsworth; treasurer,
Sanford Topping, Ottawa; executive
committee, T. B. Sweet, Topeka; J. G..
Haskell, Lawrence; H. A. Tucker, Otta.
wa; J. H. Garfield, Lawrence; NJ. l.
Ward, Ottawa; T. F. Dornblazer. Tope.
ka; J. F. Culver, Emporia; c. Hubble
Wichita; H. c. Rash, Salina.
The business committee also reported
list of presidents of the tWenty sub,
districts of the state and list of twenty
five delegates 70 the International Sun.
day School convention at Louisville
Kentucky, in 1884.
Following the election of officers, a
reported by the committee, the eonven
ton was addressed by ]. F. Drake, o.
Emporia, on the "Work of State, Coun
~ and Township Cfficers," and also b.
ReY. d. c. Miner. Of Atchison, on "Tht
Sunday School Assembly and its Work
These addresses were Interesting anC
were freely discussed. occupying tn
morning hour.
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A writer in the Pittsburg Dispatch is
opposed, Oh general economical grounds
to the "Wcek of Prayer" and submits
these business-like suggestions on the
general issue: "When a financial cy-
clone swept over the country in 1857,
with fearful fury, it was meet that the
people should assemble daily and more
frequently if possible, to importune the
Ruler of the nation to abate its force
and restore the country 10 prosperity.
At present, do not know of anything
that should call the people to assemble
daily for prayer. except it might be TO
ask the great Legislator and Governor
among the nations TO adjourn the Penn
sylvania legislature, for 1t would seem
as if the falling of the capitol of Vas
consin has as yet made no impression
upon 1t"
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Jim Baker, one of the oldest Rocky
Mountain trappers, has retired from his
Wild lite, after having spent forty seven
years in the wilderness. Jim, the
Scout" as he is Familiarity called in
Denver, is now over 20, but b is form is
still as straight as an arrow, his eye as
bright as child's and his step as elias
tic. He Is now living in Denver, and
talks of the time when he camped in the
wilderness, which is now the capital
city if Colorado.
It is great thing for C Iuniry village
to raise a prima donna. She sings in
the church as a girl, and her voice is
pronounced divine. The good people
get up benefit for her, and subscribe
money, and she is sent to Italy with the
PASTORS blessing. -Four years later she
is singing with a "PInalOre" company
in America, trampIng over the country
with light baggage. Her trunk has
been left in Texas for board.
A Chicagoan has invented new
means OF locomotion which he calls a
"railbORt." He refuses, however, to
make his Invetion known to the outside
public further than to say that it is after
the style of an iceboat that he can fast
an it TO the tracks of railroad, hoist
the sails, and hurl along at rate of
speed which would surprise anyone
used 70 travelling on the fastest train in
the country.
At the present moment the fashion
able cure for dyspepsia Is hot waiter,
which, after all, is only fashion revived
The London News, commenting upon
this, says that the hot waiter treatment
Is taken externally IN London as II cos
metIc, and internally in America for the
stomach, and that a scalding propaganda
is in progress.
An officer of school In Boston for
the blind says that sightless persons
may become the most expert piano
tuners. Through the constant exercise,
the faculties of hearing becomes so acute
that intervals in the scale of sounds
which are SO slight as to be unnOticed
by other persons are readily detected by
the blind.
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THE NEW TIME
Circular Issued by Superintendent
NIckerAOn.
The following circular, IN regard 20

Circular Issued by superintendent
NIckerNOn.
The following circular, In regard 20
the new standard time which goes In
effect to- morrow, will explain itself:
oFFIcK oF SUPERINTENDENT
OF MIDDLE DIVIsION,
NICkERSoN. Kan. Nov. 10. 1873.
To all Employees of the Middle Division:
At 10 O'Clock q. IN. Sunday, NoVem-
Der 18th, the time by which this LiVi.
sion Is operated will be changed from
jefferson City time To the new standard
time which is o minutes faster than Jet
ierson City time.
At 10 O'Clock a. m, Sunday, Nov. 18th
all clerks in offices ia this division and
the watches of all employees on this d.
the present jefferson City time.
| Employees located at stations where
there are no telegraph offices wall gel
the correct standard time as soon q.
| possible after l0o'clock a. m. of the 18th
OF November from the conductors OG thS
first train passing their station.
Train dispatchers Will require con
ductors and engineers on the line o
the road 81 the hour above named Il
answer that they have changed thei
time to correspond with the new stand
ard.
This also applies to conductors an,
engineers starting out from termina
points after 10 O'Clock q. m, of Novem
her 18th. II. II, MCPHERSON.
superintendent.
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We are glad TO note that the Rifles
social last week was a success in every
particular. About forty couples par
ticipated in the festivities of the Occa-
sion and have nothing hut words of the
highest praise for the managers nj the
entertainment. The evening, until
abOut II o'clock, was devoted IN social
intercourse and the serving of splen-
did supper which was furnished by
members ofthe company Alter supper
IA excellent TerpsiohoreAn program was
placed Ia the hands Of the merry makers
and, to the music of Romaine's superb
orchestra, the time until 3 o'clock this
morning, were most joyfully Whiled
away. 1t is we'll known that the Rifles
boys never do anything by halves, and
last evenings entertainment did mo-
serve To belle that reputation.
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A Sacnnd Guitaau.

PARIS, Nov. 18.-Whlle Prime MIN.
lister Ferry was in the senate chamber q
man eighteen years of age went to the
ministry of public Institutions to see
Ferry. The latter's secretary informed
the youth that Ferry was absent. The
stranger then left, hut returned ten
minutes later and forced his way into
the reception room, keeping in his hand
a revolver. which he kept pointed as il
ready to fire. Officials seized and after
a struggle overpowered him. While
being held he shouted, "VIYe la com.
mune I" The revolver was fully loaded
and thirty cartridges were fond on the
person of the youth who gave the name oil
Currie. He said he was born at Hague
nall. Ia Alsace, and was baker by
trade. Currie said the murder of the
French ministers had been agreed upon
at secret society at Lille, and he came
to Paris to execute the mandate of the
society. He regretted he had not been
successful, and that when liberated
would make another attempt, which
would he successful.
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THE RATE TARIFF.

Third Day OF the Commissioners Con.
ference with Traffic Managers.
Commonwealth: Matters took more
of business shape yesterday, between
the Board of Railroad Commissioner
and traffic managers, than at any pre-
Yious stage in their conference. Monday
| and Wednesday were consumed in dis
cussion, and Tuesday the managers were
off by themselves, preparing a schedule
Of rates to be presented. Taking the
Beloit decision for a basis and the Mis-
souri, Pacific road IS their text, presume
bly, upon the grounds that there is
where all the trouble came from the
first, they made their tariff
to cover distance rates on
through freight from Kansas
City to Beloit. After the commission
ers figured awhile, they found that said
proposition raised the rates, from point,
to point, on first-clAss freight
to about 76 cents per hun.
dred, whereas the present tariff
is only 20 per cent, and the board in it,
Belolt decision reduced that sum TO GO
per cent.
The board agreed To accept the dis.
lance rates proposed by the managers on
through freight, provided 1t be applied
under the same conditions that the tar
ifs have been applied heretofore. II
submitted TO, this, it Is thought, will
make a reduction OF about 10 per cent
The managers asked thirty days to con-
slider whether they would accept that
decision or refuse it.
II was further demonstrated wholly
impracticable, on account of the cOndi-
tons prevailing on different lines of
road, to adopt uniform rates. effecung
all alike, therefore the Board proposed
to meet a representative from each road
and with HIM prepare schedule of
rates. Without saying whether they
would do this or not all the managers
left except Mr.. Emerson, OF the Missouri
Pacific, and he renamed to prepare .
schedule for that road. The Missouri
Pacific, Union Pacific, Fort Scott &
Gulf and the st. Lsuis s. San Francisco
lines can probably all be covered by q
uniform tariff.
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Standard oIi Company Investigation
NEW YORK, Nov. I6.-The committee
OF the Pennsylvania Legislature began
to-day It's investigation INTO some mat
tiers in connection with the Standard oil
Company
Henry AI. Hagler, former secretary of
the Standard Oil Company. said he
knew nothing of the alleged payment of
money G. G. Patterson. He was aware
of suits having been brought some years
| ago against the company and for tue
purpose of being paid off.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16.-JObn ID. Arch
bald, of this city, a member of the Ex-
ecutIve Board of the Standard OIL Co,
| gave the history of the present litigation
suit as growing out Of q demand made
| by the Auditor General OF Pennsylvania,
| in 1881, for statement of the business
relations of the company TO other indus
| tries of the state. The limit OF time al
| lowed for its submission was so small
| that the statement conld not be pre-
pared, and the matter went by default
subsequently, when proceedings were
about to be begun by the state, the wit
ness offered to furnish all the desired
Information If the proceedings were
abandoned Patterson appearing in the
case, he was objected to on the ground
that he represented elements in the state
I antagonistic to the company, and when
several Intellectual attempts to get him
out Of the case had been made, II was de.
caded 70 let litigation go on. Witness
continuing reviewed the matter up to
the time when Patterson agreed to de,
sist from further action, and his rela
tions with the company since that time
have been friendly.
On cross examination by Mr.. Gowen
witness said Roger Sherman alleged
that Patterson was in no way connected
! with the Standard Oil company or any of
its branch companies. and never had
been. The meeting with Sherman and
witness took place in the Metropolitan
hotel. and was essentially tor the pur'
| pose of notifying witness that Patterson
| was no longer party To the agreement
| at Harrisburg by which the. trial was to
be hal.
"Did not Sherman propose" asked
Gowan. 'that if Patterson could get as
/ mnch from your company as he could
from the state he would change his posi-.
| ton with regard to the suit?"
| "NO," answered the witness. asher.
/ man said Patterson would listen to no
Overtures for friendly relations until he
| was reimbursed for the expense he had
| incurred in his numerous litigations
| against the Standard Oil company. Al
| this time it is understood that he WAS
| preparing a new attack against the com
| panY. The amount paid him according
to contract was $4,000. and he WAS
/ placed in a position in the Enterprise
Transit Company of Pennsylvania, u
corporation, at 5000 salary. The
Standard Oil Company has So, 500 900
aggregate capital" The aggregate can
| ital ofthe affiliated companies charter
| ed under the laws of Pennsylvania was
| $50, 00O, 600, and they ali paid taxes to
the state in proportion to the assessed
| value of their property. The commit
tee then adjourned TO meet in PhiiadeL
phia, December g.
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He READiNG News.
EDITED BY Nary DE zEAN


WEDNESDAY, Nov. IA. 1883.
There are something over 5000 steers
being fed in this vicinity this winter
Rev. G. B. Norton went TO Baldwin
City on Monday.
DR.. TIC. Biddle's father from Indiana
Is here on the street.
Capt. Loydston and Thomas Dickey
have gone 70 Coffey county to visit and
look for farms to rent.
The cold weather today makes peo-
pie think Of winter.
People come and go from our depot
the same Is they did before L.eho came
intc existence.
The village Is improving more this
year than usual.
Another insurance agent, representing
Q WateGloo, Iowa insurance company,
has visited our town, and for q feg dol
Lara agrees to give every man insuring
in his company. enc thousand dollars
ss the end of ten years. Our people
here are mostly Industrious and work
for aliylng, and il is hard to arouse them
II
70 . realization of getting thousand
dollars 90 easy. The old sdage used 20
be, "You cannot get something for
nothing" 1t Is different now.
FRIDAY, Nov. 18, 1883.
The CongregationAlists hold a festival
tonight. Supper IN the church and
l literary exercises in the school house
The proceeds to go towards repairing
the church building.
Mr.. Charles Clark, of Clay Centre.
Kan, arrived IN town to-day and will
stop oyer Sunday.
The editor OF the EmpOria Democrat
| was in town to-day.
g. L. SWarthOut Is appointed 10y
Sheriff White as jailor and he viii
move To Emporia about the first of Jan
uary.
B0rn-A daughter TO Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel E. Hunt, Nov. the 18th.
Charles w Douglass met with an ac-
cident a few days ago while riding
horseback. The animal fell and injured
Charley's back, but he is able to be out
to-day.
The windows are being put into the
H. e. church. They are lead sash and
look very neat.
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SUSPENSE.
s. RurH HApLE1

point OF ragged r6ek, and grey.
stretching out into the sea;
Standing ever bold and calm
here the thundeFous blliows bte.
beach Of molten, cleaning gold,
Running down to meet the blue,
Tossing back with Shining hands
All the waves OF purple hue.
Standing th0nghtful on the beach.
Dearest girl on earth 10 me,
Bright hair streaming on the breeze
While her sweet eyes sail the sea
viii those bright ships sailing home
Rare good fortune bring to laef
Come they reighted with lovese treasure
From the yeaKninz, thro6bing ssa7
Or will they, like many another,
Wreck upon the cruel rock3
Will the sweetness and the brightness
Be my own, or viii they mosk7
VIII the waves bring me glad tidIngs.
Running up onto the shore,
Or the pillows heavy crashing
Drown hopes voice forever HaoreS
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He Sold whisky.

CHICAGO, Nov. IA Daily News
Romney, Indiana, special says: At mid
night band of citizens masked, went
to the store of q. @. Sutton, bound him
and then destroyed his stock and totally
wrecked the building. Sutton sold
whisky and the destruction of his prop
erty was made On that account.
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A DossIble topic at the coming session
of congress will be the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe Indians lease of 3,1l7 9OO
acres of grazing land at two cents al
acre. The syndicate which got the
lease, which runs for ten years, have
just made the second halfyearly paw.
ment, aggregatinG over $4,000 Ev@r
man, woman. and child of both tribes
was paid So, the money being in 81 q
So greenbacIs. The next payre,'
will be in cattle, as the lease CALI ]
half money and half cattle. In g. !
dian Territory 1t is believed that pu''t-
Der Of United States Senators and NJ M
bers of the house of representative are
Indirectly interested IN The lease
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A festival was held last Friday Al the
Walkup school house, the proceeds Of
which are TO be used for the purpose of
buying Sunday school library. The
program consisted Of music, deciama-
tons, supper, Ntc. The receipts we're
$3.50, Great credit is due the ladies
who conducted the affair for the success
of the same, for, consldering the size OF
the district, the receipts were very
large.
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coMMTssIONERs' PR0CEEDINa,
COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE
NnTennher Il 1894

The county commissioners met to-day
and transacted the following business
The bond OF John w. Floyd Of Amer
icus, as constable. was approved
The bond of ]. A. Overstrest, d. D.,
as coroner. was approved.
The bond Of VIM. Ernst, as treasurer
for s15O.OO was approved The sure
ties are VIM. Ernst, Carl Scheel. Robt
Best. II. W. Pearsall. H. Dunlap, John
W. 10y, Lewis HGver, ID. A Stahl,
Mrs. Joseph Ernst. Albert Ernst
Phillip Ernst, A. G Edmiston, C. Hood
An assignment on certain lots in
Amsricus was granted 20 W. H, Ander.
son.
The board then adjourned.
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DrsrRuoF coURT PRoCEEDusus

SATURDAY, NOV. II
John Geo Seegar "a Anna May Sec
gar; decree OF divorce granted.
Harriet a. Quinn vs.. Samuel HelsOe;
decree a. prayed for.
]. II. and J. n. WiGgam Va. the K, @.
s Z. r. r. Co.; r. McCullough
appointed guardian I'D lffess for plain
tiff. J N. Wiggam, qualities. and Is
made n party to this appeal; trial to
court and judgment for plaintiffs for
Al 200 and coata.
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3 j.. X. WAlk1p. Peter a. Hughes and
David Davis have formed co-partner.
ship and have opened mp q
stock OF groceries at No 1877 CONNER.
Il etAlstre9t. Their assortm=nt Of goods
Will he first class in every particular,
and the firm Is one that cannot fail "a
command generous share Of the public
patronage. The business at the old
stand OF the Emporia Mercantile assO
,riatioa is being rapidly closed out by
Mr. Walknp.
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. ]. =. s !, : .,,i ns- z,

! DtA%@Ne-, VI Otois" ANapt'tSs @AicuiBNhs
islnthe city endeavorng 10 introduce
!. tlAS spiral spring buggy manufactured
at that place. A NEws man enjoyed =
ride in oae of these vehicles yesterday
and can speak with confidence of the
peculiar merits which Is CLAIMED for it
The principle ~ the same as that ap'
piled 10 Pullman cars, and the re-
!. sults inJnro lie largest measure Of ease
and comfort. These wagons are said u
be veSy durable, and we believe that
manufacturers and dealers will find Il u
their advantage To handle the goods
which Mr.. Baker is here To intro
dnca
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DISTRICT COURT.

FRIDAY, Nov. 10.
Harris vs.. B. A. Hilton; bond given
by defendant and gaEnishee discharged
Abednigo Pittman W. r. Il. Smith
defendant 6toner made party and PEP
united TO nIe answer. and case to stand
for trial on day assigned al option Of
DlalntIff
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Harry Williams, u lad who is employ
ed AZ the dry goods store Of @. w. New
man, sprained his ankle so severely TO.
day on defective sidewalk, that he was
Obliged to crawl quite distance on his
hands and knees, when he was seen 10y
some passers-by who picked him mp and
carried him home.
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The construction of a street car line
connecting the Santa Fe and Missouri
Pacific depots will be commenced n
soon As the iron arrives.
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X II. LOckridge, of SagammOn
county, Illinois. has arrived In the city
with lot Of fine stock which he will
winter here. He has rented the house
ofMrs. Hinsr at the corner Of Eighth
avenue and Union street.
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q. b. Peters will handle the spiral
spring buggy at this place and has al
ready number of these vehicles At his
warehouse on Fifth avenue.
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A fish six inches and half long wa
found In ducks craW
At the water works last week. The
gun with which the duck was shot car
be seen by applying to Chief Engineer
nraa,wa,,
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An autopsy held last week on the re-
mains of the late Mary Green, whose
death was noted in THE News Friday
disclosed the fact that the sudden taking
OF of the deceased was due to the rupture
OF one of the blood vessels of the brain.
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A cornet band has been organized al
the Normal with the following men,
beS; Messrs. Mountjoy, Boughton, Job
layton. Reynolds and Starr, and Misses
Baker, Weeden, Coombs and Looms.
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II. ParkmAn purchased Thursday OF +
McHArdY a Galloway bull, COW and
two calves. The bull brought $500 and
the balance satisfactory prices.
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Wooden pavemeDrs may do for ~
like ST. Louis, but If Kansas City K
poets to continue busiuess at the did
stand she had better put down some
thing more durable.
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Jas. Stockwell and wife and two
daughters, OF Hillsboro. Ohio. have At
rived IN Emporia, and will locate here
Mr.. Stockweil Is the father Of Mrs. G. r
Dvnes.
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People who desire to keep their clocks
with railroad time under the new stand.
ard regulation will have TO set them
forward nine minutes.
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The managers of the Whitley opera
house are preparing TO put two Addi-
tionAl registers in that place of amuse-
nent, step which will he heartily com
mended by the public
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The ladies Of the NJ. Z. church clear.
ed fifteen dollars at their oyster supper
last week, which was dong quite we'll
c0nsldering all that was gong on in
toWn last evening.
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A horse belonging to Ed. HornAdAy
g9cut one of his hind feet very seriously
Saturday In the alley IN the rear Of New
mania sfora
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ChAs Gardner should have good house
On next Tuesday evening. He is an ex-
eellent artist, has fine support and .
linton play.
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A marriage license was granted Saiu.
day TO John Edgar Atkins and Lydia
Brunger, of Waterloo township.
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= Commonwealth: Marshal Cochran
was successful yesterday IN securing the
return of his wile's gold watch. which
was stolen some. time ago from his
brokers establishment at No. 100 Kan
sAs avenue. II was found in a clOIhing
store at Emporia, where 1t had been put
up for $l7- 1t looks very much as If
this theft was one of number commit.
ted by the same gang recently. There
was associated with them, some time ago
Aman named Reed, who is said To have
been the one guilty OF this theft.
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The Emporia News.
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER %, 1888.

The prospect for the ice crop is quite
encouraging.
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A new and elegant carpet was place,

A new and elegant carpet was placed
On the floor Of the telephone Office Fri
day. A railing will be put in in a
few days 20 fence off Miss
!Clark's portion of the compart-
ment, and then she will have as
nice quarters as could lie wished She
is very proud. too. of the new clock with
which the company yesterday supplied
her Office as well as the balance Of the
Offices in this circuit.