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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-06-12
DEATH or D. 3. E11lGERT.

A dispatch received by W. A. Coz
many of Ft. Scott, now here, from Al.
buquerqe. New Mexico, announces the
sad news of the death Of Hon. D. B.
Emmert In that city this morning.
Dave Emmert Was widely known In
Kansas, having settled 81 Auburn
Shawnee county, In 1850. he
established the Auburn Docket
and afterwards the Fort Scott Mentor.
He WAS once . state senator and chief
clerk OF the house Of representatives.
he moved from Fort Scott to Humboldt
and held, for some years, q position In
the U. 8. land Office there. BE Afterwards
llYed at Wichita and went from there to
Albuquerque, New Mexico, about three
years ago. There will. be many q sad
heart e the announcement Of his death
is read oyer this state.
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RnF,Io Jonas of osr,,.n civ %

Buffalo Jones of Garden City got 10 a
good lick for Kansas at Chicago. He
got onto the floor of the convention and
parsded with an immense banner on
which there were recorded Lot only 4
few encouraging words for the Blame
boom, but some interesting and reliable
statistics about the crops Of Kansas
At first the audacity of the proceeding
rather dszed the staid Republican dele
gates, but soon bursts of laughter sue
ceeded, and Jones' hit was I'M
mense. The only failure there
was about 1t was the
lack of a few words in reference to
the immense benefits of Irrigation. We
are surprised at this oversight on the
part Of Jones. There Is no place on
earth where Kansas docs not advertise
and we now see he benefits of sending
Jones TO Chicago as an alternate. Lyon
county gave him six votes in the con
vention, and feels that it was q good in
Vestmeni. We used TO wonder why
Jones was created, but the workings o.
providence are not only mysterious, bu
are ever teaching US new lessons.
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Festive resismeDy.

LWAsHINeToE, D. G. June 10.-Chas
d. Coiemaa, an attorney Of Plymouth,
Mich, in his testimony before the com.
mfttee investigating the star route trials
said that WIN. A. Cook, one of the gov.
eTnment counsel in the prosecution, &C.
cepted several hundred dollars to prevent
the Indictment OF Colgrove, q star route
contractor. DR.. COlgTOve, witness said
was inteFested in q number Of routes and
was innocent of any fraudulent action,
but preferred paying out money to pre-
Feat an Indictment rather than 70 have
the n0toriety which would have ensued
had bill been found. Negotiations
Coleman said, were conducted through
Cole, partner of Cook.
The witness continued: 81 went To ColG
and conferred with him upon the subject
He told me he thought he could aid Dr.
COlgrOve- said TO him to go from the
room in which we were into an adjoin
Ing one aud have a confeEencs
with Cook. He came bach
and informed me he would
be able 70 help the doctor, and he would
want, In the first place, $500. but he AFT
EDWARDS got, think, $3.50. Coleman
told ne he got the money, and he alsC
told me he divided with Cook" "Wal
il at the time Cook was in the govern
meGt servlce?" asked Springer. ayes
sir; It was during Gen. Garfield's sick
aeas At ElIteron,n
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AKANsAs CENTENNIAL.

Wysndotte Herald: A few of the
Survivors of the WYanGotte constitution
al convention held reunion in this
city on the Goth day of July, 1882, at
which time it was decided to celebrate
the twenty-fiith anniversary OF the sign
ing of that instrument. This quarter
century celebration is to lie held in this
city on the 20 day Of next July.
Ex-ChiCf Jusic Kingman was Sc
lected at the reunion two years ago to
deliver an address on the coming occa-
sion, and as he took an active part in its
deliberations his address will no doubt
be valuable contribution to the early
history of Kansas.
Since the reunion two years ago two
of the members of that now historic con
vention haYe died, Geo. II. Lille and
DIR. L. r. Palmer, and but q few years
will elApse before they will all be num-
bered among the silent dead. In view Of
this fact, it seems TO US the coming
quarter centennial gathering should
partake more Of the character of stat
celebration than of Q local affair. Oul
citizens should meet and take steps Il
make 1t q memorable occasion.
We merely desire at the present time
to call attention TO the matter so that II
the excitement of Q national pOlItica
contest the meeting may not be lost sigh
of, and We earnestly request our brethren
of the press to give the matter as wide
publicity as possible BY calling atien
tion to 1t through the columns of theil
respective journals from time to tim,
Till the meeting occurs.
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A VAR ADMISSION

Mr.. Blaine was not the Philadelphia
Ledger's particular choice for the presi-
dency. HIS aggressive tendencies alarm
that representative of peace and good
will, but It Is able to say this Of him
fairly and we'll:
"As q student OF American political
history under the constitution Of the
United States, there Is probably ne man
better versed and very few 30 we'll. This
knowledge has not been wholly acquired
through his contact with public affairs
in the house of Representatives, the sen
ate and the state department, but has
been supplemented by extensive reading.
In these respects of large experience IN
our public affairs and acquired knowI-
edge of our political history IL
il quite probable that
he Is more amply equipped
for the presidential once than any nomi-
by his party. What his supreme ability
in debate is, and Of Whist high character
is his Intellectual force, are matters
within the common knowledge of all
who know anything OF the affairs of the
Federal government; and So TOO, Of his
party courage and devotion, and his In
| tense patriotism IS an American His
party, considering it aa the lineal sue
cessOr of the old Wing organization. has
had no such brilliant. forclble and pop0.
lar champion since the days of Henry
Clay. His nOmInAtion must be sccept-
ed everyWherr, abroad as we'll IS At home
as thai of one OF the foremost among
living American statesmen; and ii he
should be elected, n one can repFoact
the people of the United States as hav
ing gone tn the subordinate ranks OF
their public men for the chief Gxecnliy,
of their county.
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Norns AHu NOTICES.

The dyspeptic kickers can Organize Q
party and vote Tot that miracle Of puri-
", Ben Butler.
The New York Times ahotld remanl.
Der that lie man who sW6Ars meyer
catches airy Ash,
Atlanta Constitution: Il il said that
when Ohio people go abroad they pas
themselves OF as Americans.
Tbe Chi6aeU TIi1iss has set up in the
''puriacation'' bIsiEess. Tits d the
great mastodohic Joke Of the season.
An eastern exchange says that Ben
BUtler is expecting . nomination from
the COnc0fd sch6ol Of philosophy.
If the New York Times had been pub
lished 1900 years ago it would doubtless
have been the organ Of the men who sc
cused the Savior of eating with publ
cans AID sinners.
Aichison Globe: The owner of 9 COW
says: ~ believe 1 never got dollar
ahead in my life that I was not COM
PEELED to pay It out for bran. My COW
dies to night at sunset"
PIT. Barnum, it is said. has gwen
orders that none of his circus clowns
shall engage In stale jokes in the ring.
II IS probable, therefore, that references
10 Mr.. Tilden's ekndldaey en- NOS be
permitted under any ciredtistanGes:
Norristown Herald: An exchange
wants to know whether Andrew Jackson
was free trader or pro,ectionist? We
have lost the score, but our impression
is that he was; and Tn smas Jefferson
was another. Hence it will be perfectly
sale to nominate the 'Old ticket
We want to assure our readers that the
Republican nominee is very faiF look.
ing man and the pictures bfesented OF
him in many of The newspapers look no
more like the genuine Blame than .
last years birds lest looks like hay
stack. They ought TO be prosecuted
for issuing such pictures.
The civilized world has been so abb
sOrbed over the result of the Republican
convention at Chicago that We fear the
unhappy lady who has consented TO
share the destInies of Oscar Wilde has
not received the measure Of popular
sympathy which her position claims.
This matter should now receive atten-
ton.
NOfristoWn Herald Workmen, while
tearing down building in New jersey
town recently, found violin that once
belonged to Tom PANE, the infidel. The
TACT that the infidel crop Among the old
est Inhabitants Of the town IS very small
is accepted as proof that Paine didn't
play much on his violin in that nelgh-
borhoOd. If he had it is probable that
his skeleton would have been found
alongside of the fiddle.
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OvrR rHs SrArE.

TOY ID Ilss hsss toNn In Kansas 20 or'
ganiSs . Blaine elub. Troy h the town
where Sol Miller liYes.
An AtshlasA msa Me1t 70 the Cries
90 cOuveHtiSn with $40 % and fstgrhed
with &s.20., Il msy appear supeEAuous
70 ed that BE Ssss . hsSSpaper man. 3.
The relatives Of biAiRe ere beginning
to bob up sefensiY." Asshls6a and
LeavenwoEth counties have both already
furnished second cousins. Ne are visit
Ing wifi palieAce IL hear from wichita
McPhersOa Freeman. The tesSsn.
worth Times in making . mean light on
John A. Martin. TIE Times is making
. tretense Of supporting Martin - an
antl-prOhIbisiOh c4pdidate. However
the Times will fool no person. That
paper has spent its political influence in
Kansas and hereafter It's chlFping viii
be fos its own amusement and will hurt
no person.
A communicative Nhish seems to have
been delayed has reached iis kl9iDg 40
account Of An enthusiastic ratification
meeting over Biaine's nomination Al
Council Gro G. speeches were made
by Presidential EIectoe Miller, Judge
w. 4. AcCullom, J. Z. johnson. F. P.
Nicholas, j. L. Sharp, n. l. Richie. IL
3. hiclef, +. 4. Bforiaffy and Others.
The ticket il regsrded at tbs Grove tbs
strongest that c6ald hs4e been made.
The pressure of advertisements on the
columns of the Daily Eagle is already
90 great IS t, compel an enlargement of
its Sunday edition to nine columns
While the Eagle management have moi
seemingly learned the art and value Of
small adds, 1t is all right 50 long as i;
can fill twenty-five or tWenty-three col
Huns With large ODes. The Eagle is a
success, as we knew it mist bs from the
start IN such q live to#fi as Wichita.
We congratulate both the town and the
publishers Of the Eagle.
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THING 70 REKEMBER.

New York Tribune: No estimate of
the result of Mr.. Blaine's nomination
has any value that does not start with
the fact that the people, and the people
alone, nominated him. Since the days
Of Andrew jackson no other candidate
of either party has been so clearly the
choice of the masses. Mr.. Blaine had
no patronage TO help him. The organi-
cation of the party was wholly OPP
posed To him. Ali the machinery
that usually shapes nominations
was employed to defeat him, and
still he prevailed. His votes did not
come from states where the Republican
party Is weak and helpless. Most of
them represented Republican maiori-
ties, and his delegates were chosen In
spite of patronage AMI party Organlza-
ton. A nomination so obtained means
something.
Those who oppose Mr.. Blaine ought
to consider whether they are opposed to
free government. Is II true that the
people cannot be trusted3 Must we ad-
NIT that the excellent gentlemen who
voted for Mr.. Edmunds al Chicago have
all the virtue that the people lack? Must
we conclude that they alone are 1T to gov
ern this country, and that the people
are not; Il seems q little harsh
to say that our form Of government
ought 70 be changed, 80 that small
minority can rule, but can we come to
any other conclusion if we consider the
opposition to Mr.. Blaine iuktiiAble9 In
the old daYa, the enemies of General
jackson insisted that they we're alto
gether pure and worthy. and that he
was the worst man the country had ever
seen, and still, notwithstanding his
election, we have managed to exist all
these years. Is there not q bare posi-.
bility that passion and prejudice warp
the judgment of men now, as in earlier
times? ....-..-.y
TIE Republican party is going to pre-
vall this year, as 1t has for quarter Of
a century, The worthy citizens who dc
not like Mr.. Blaine have honorable ex.
ample in the other worthy men who OBJ
jected to Mr.. Liscoln In 1854. Mr
Wade was one of them, and Mr.. Sum
ner another; and yet they lived to learT
that the nation was wiser thanl they
Let US be patient, Mental dyspepsia Il
not an objectionable sin. The goot
people who consider Mr.. Blaine an oh
jectionable candidate will feel better al
ter few days
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nona.xsIr onn1ArHE


He ThiAks tho RlAkGoTm . Good Oa0
and tina B2ataa WIN De Elected.
81. PAUL. MINI, June 9.-Hon. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Of New York, spent
Sunday in 81. Paul On his way to his
Montana ranch. Speaking Of the issues
of the Chicago convention, Mr.. ROose-
VeIt said: "The platform il an admira-
bic oae-as strong IS the party has had
since The old war days. kwill give "a
thousands of votes all over the
country. There Is scarcely Q Re
publican or Independent Of con-
serYGtiYA Judgment but must iHdorse
it heartily. The Democratic party must
follow in the main our platform or give
up the fight. ] did not tAYOf either
Blaine or Arthur. Ny preference was
Efmunds. Aside from his own strength
Of $50 odd votes thaS would stick TO him
through thick snA thin the Plumed
knight was the second choice OF two
thirds of the remainder Of the dele
gates, as soon as they ssW
tie nomination OF their candidate
was impossible and Blaine's nomina.
ton was probable. they tocked to him
in body. This is Why no combination
oS0AAcS 41AoAAC " 40 RO1otOAS'
been so positively tor Edmunds I don't
know but would have been carried
away myself by the cOntagion and found
myself throwing up my hand for Blaine
Blame is the choice Of two-thirde
OF the rank and file OF the party. shall
bolt the nomination BY no means. ]
have no personal objections 20 Blaine.
think you Will find no fatal 6issatsfac
ton. believe Blame viii
be elected. He will SWEEP
the west and Ohio and will carry all the
New England states. I have been called
refortlier but ! am q Republican. It Il
too early to speak of New York. Nc
one To- day can tell how that state viii
vote. do not think it impossible fol
Blaine TO carry It. do not beiieVC
there will be al independent
candidate. Those who will n6e vote the
Republican ticket will stay away from
the polls AS to the bolt of the New
York Times, am inclined to think thai
it would support either Cleveland o.
DorsheImer If nominated by the Demo
-
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over the Falls.

HELENA, Montana, July 1O.-Sunday
afternoon while the ferry boat at Thomp-
soa's Falls was crossing the river the
cable broke and the boat went over the
falls, three hundred yards below. The
boat had on 1t eleven men bound for the
Occur de Alene mines and thirteen pack
horses, each carrying three hundred
pounds Of supplies for Eagle City. The
current was very swift and powerful,
and as soon as the cable broke all the
passengers except two jumped over
board and struggled vainly TO reach the
shore b1t were swept over the falls. The
boat righted amer going over
the brink and lodged against BellknaI
bridge . short distance below where the
two passengers who still chung to it were
rescued, and two men on shore took &
skif and tried 10 rescue those who
jumped INTO the wster. but were alsC
swept over the fails. OF the thIrteeE
men concerned eleven were lost They
were all strangers going TO the mines
and their names are not known. ALI thu
pack animals were drowned.
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The second largest source OF revenue
70 the q. s. Government from any one
branch Of BUSINESS, Ii derived from the
pzoducssoa and manufacture Of tobacco.
BiackWeIi's Durham Tobacco Co., Of
Durham, North Carolina, claims
TO be the largest manufacturer
Of smoking tocscco in the world.
The reputation OF BlackWell's Genuine
Boil Durham Smoking Tobscco lie firm
~ established. In another column the
readers OfthIs paper win notice their
new announcement which IL Of interest
TO all lovers Of the weed. The company
announce that they will give away $11s-
ESQ In cash, and they mean just Wh8;
they say. Smokers will find an oppor.
tunity Of combining business with pleas
ure Iy reading their announcement
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Brainard's Musical world: A Derfecs

BrAinard's Musical World: A perfect
galaxy OF portraits appear In this mosth's
issue Of the Musical World. and The
miscellany and other matter Of interest
70 musical people is especially attractive
This popular monthly II the oldest of lie
class in this country, and IL an authority
on musical topics. The musical news
from all parts Of the world, and the in
structive articles on teaching, ETC., a.
well as the biographical sketches, make
the June number Of the World . most
welcome visitor. In the music pages
We notice one Of the most popular songs
ofthe day-"A Boys Best Friend L. HIS
Mother" and there are other musical
selections, AL new and beautiful. Price
of the World Per annum, $50; single
copy Is cents. 8. BrainaCo's Sons, 136
State street, Chicago, Illinois
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WEARY OF LIFE.
Suicide OF General Abe BufOrd. OF Ken

Suicide of General Abe Buf0rd. OF Ken
lucky.
INDIANAPoLIs, Ind. June 9.-GeneFal
Abe Buford, of Kentucky. committed
suicide at DanvIlle, Ind., this morning,
at the residence Of his nephew, BeDjs-
min e. Buford. Gen. BufOrd came 70
Danvill0 last Wednesday u visit rele-
tives and attend the races this week. BE
seemed much depressed, which was wis.,
bly, increased after reading an article IN
the newspapers giving an account Of the
decadence Of the BufoF6 family. written
IN connection with the return Of MF. Blu
ford TO the Anchorage Is . physical
and financial wreck. The Generals
fortune had also been swept away. He
retired 10 his room just after breakfast
this morning and had been there but q
short time when the report Of Q revolver
was heard and be ives found m dying
condition, having shot himself in the
head. He dIed without . struggle.
Two statements, one dated this morning,
were found saying that financial mis-
fortune, death 10 his family and the
trouble of his brother Tom BufOrd, who
killed Judge Elliott were the causes OF
the acf. His remains Will be sent 70
Lexington ss requested by him.
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A prominent politician and business
than of philadelphia says: Like thou
sands OF other irish Americans who
have always been steadfast Democrats,
want . chance TO vote tor BlaIHe. No
restraint could hold US back from giving
our ballots 10 man who has dignificd
conception OF the value of American
citizenship and the majesty OF the
American Republic. 10 US that 10 the
biggest Issue on hand. and Blaine is the
only man named for the presidency that
appreciates it. Why, for every vote
that he may lose from the Independent
kickers he can get two from Irish DEM
Ocrats right In New York and Massa-
chusetts, where he will need them
most
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Huntinr q Candidata.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 9.-Mr.
Dams, who for years has teen the trusted
personal and political friend Of Mr..
TIlden, publishes q two column srticle
announcement in the Sun that Mr.. Til
den refuses TO be candidate, and says
that the time has nOw arrived for a
calm review of other dis
tinguished Democrats from among
" hOm the crnyeEIion will be likely 70
select 8 candidate. Mr.. Dana then re.
views In terms of highest commentator
the strong points and eminent qualitica-
lions of Senator Bayard, Justice Field
and Messrs Thurman, Groesbeck, Ran
dali, Cleveland, Flower, Payne. Trum-
bull and others, but admits that Mr.
Randall cannot be nominated, ana thinks
it unwise and Impolitic to take an Ohio
man in view OF the fact that that state
holds an October election.
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TIE KRK toRk PRESS.

Cincinnati Commercial Gasettei The
hostility Of . majority oFthe New York
newspapers to Blaine was discounted
before his nomination. It Vas Known
the Times, the Herald, the World, the
Sun, the Evening Post, and the CONNER
cial Advertiser would bitterly oppose
his election, II nominated: But this did
not alarm BlaIne's frisAds, 5t dampen
the enthusiasm for him.
The time has long past when the Peo-
pie sought for the opinions Of the New
York City newspapers, and listened a. if
thsy &ete ths dttsranee5 of inspired ora
cles. Without much influence Oh the
politics OF their own city, - repeated ex-
pertinent has proven, they exercise still
less in the state At large, and none what
ever In the great middle and western
states.
The Herald recognizes that It is pub
lished in q city Europeap in everything
but locality and name, and therefore de-
votes itself chiefly TO foreign news and
topics, and Is fairly intelligent in Affairs
three thousand miles away. What it
thinks and says Of home affairs is a.
important as the opinion OF any other
foreigner.
The World THINKS itself . Democratic
organ, and would naturally oppose ERy
Republican ticket, though the angel
Gabriel we're on it. Its opposition ID
expected, as is that Of tue Tammany
Hall organ. though that lie about the
only 20 Mt on which they agree.
The Sun Is chronic grumbler aud
an ancient mud pot. There is not .
man in public life olmau, Of Indiana,
perhaps exeepted-that 1t has not FidI,
culed and bespattered with fts stddIous.
lY assorted garbage. Ils disposition to
belItiIe and bemean has become an in-
durable disease, and when it has a good
word for anybody, its readers fun
BILE the paper over and read It's title
to be sure that 1t Is the Sun they are
reading.
The Times is simply eoured.
1t arrayed itself against Blaine
and Arthur long before the Chicago
convention, and showed an in
disposition TO be pleased with anybody.
1t wanted candidate created in the I'M
age and fashioned In the Imagination OF
its editors, and just capable Of recogni1-
ing the miraculous wisdom Of Its creator.
As none of the candidates answered
these superlative requirements, and
least of all Blaine, 1t prOclaims its pur-
pose to make wat upon him.
The Evening Post Is the exponent Of
the transcendental id politics. AS was
said of the Nation, it is edited in heaven,
or, at least, 30 far above tn plane Of
ordinary mortLls that Its in
fiuence Is chiefly in the
air, where few perfect political saints
catch its inspirations aud console them
selves that they are not as other men.
The Commercial Advertiser-well,
since Hastings death, 1t Is hard to say
what it is, and as its circulation is quite
limited, il Is but of small consequence
what il Is.
There is Job lot OF small newspapers
in the city about whose opinions there
Is as much indifference Is there Is about
their existence. What they think or sly
Is not impressive.
1t Is their privilege, Que and all, to
hght Blaine, but they will discover in
the end that their aid is not Indispensa
BILE to his election.
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me DenosrasIe CosyeBtIon.

CHICAGO, June 0.-The local commit
tee Of arrangements 10 prepare for the
National Democratic conYention have
procured an architect TO prepare plans
for the Ee4TrADgemfnt of the convention
ball, by which the seating capacity will
be enlarged 50 rs 10 admit $1,000 people.
The sccOmpodHtiODs fer the press will
also be enlarged, and the local managers
conddeniIy exDect q larger attendance
than WAS the case with the Republic an
convention, q the DcmOcrAtIc political
clubs from all parts of the country have
announced their intsnsion 70 be present.