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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-12-18

INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 1s.-The follow.
| ing is Blaine's letter to his attorneys in.
structing them to dismiss the case:

INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 1S.-The follow
ing is Blaine's letter to his attorneys in.
structing them to dismiss the case:
WASHINGTON, D. g., Dec. 10.-Messrs.
Harrison, Miller and Elbs, counseIlors-
at-law: GENTLEMEN-WhenI requested
you in August last to bring suit against
tie Indianapolis Sentinel for libel, did
so in the belief that the wrong
done me by that paper being
entirely of q Ders Inal aud domestic
character could be fairly tried without
undue influence from political consider
alton. confess l WAS profoundly
amazed to find the matter al once taken
up and the libel reproduced with all
possible exaGgeTation In every
Democratic paper in Indiana
ocratlc party of that state, I never heard
that q word of dissent or disapproVal
was spoken, while the great mass of
Democratic speakers repeated the libel
from every stump IN Indiana, with vi
Imperative rancor. With jibe and ribald
Jest, 1t was thus made, so far
as any matter of the kind can be
made, an issue in an exciting
political campaign and the Democrats
of the state were thoroughly poisoned in
their minds in regard 10 the question to
DC UOCIUCO At law. CuuCE oOCu
tons I: is simply impossible that l can
have fair trial or that can expect any
other result that that which lnfor-
mally attends a political libel suit
growing out of an exciting campaign. In
this country if | were unfair enough to
desire 9 jury composed of my own partl-
sans, l could not have II. A properly
constituted jury in Indiana would be
composed of members of both political
| parties IN about equal proportions.
| When visited Indiana IN October was
repeated advised that Democrats could
| not be found IN the state who, in polit-
| ical suit, would give a verdict against
their leading party organ. This did not
! necessarily convey an imputation upon
| their personal integrity as citizens but
simply that the binding of party pyfj-
udice would utterly prevent an impair.
tIal consideration of evidence submitted.
am perfectly able to
| fight the Sentinel newspaper in an In
diana court, but would stand no chance
whatever against the consolidated
venom of the Democratic party OF the
state with thess surroundings, and with
| this prospect it is idle for me to go
| through the trouble and annoyance of q
trial. The questions propoundej by the
bill of discovery have already been sub
stantially and fully answered by me, and
| | am willing to leave my statement and
answers under oath TO the judgment of
the public. do not choose to have the
/ case indirectly concluded by technical
| ity or suffered to die in silence. pre-
| fer TO make this frank and open state
| ment of the reason which induced me TO
believe the prosecution of the case would
be utterly fruitless.
| Very respectfully,
JAMES G.. BLAINE.
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THE STATE AGENTS REPOR1

THE STATE AGENTS REPORT.
The Junction City Union has had &C
cess to the forthcoming report of s. j.
Crawford, the state agent of Kansas at
Washington, and thus summarizes IL:
tits q brief resume Of the work done
by him in behalf of the state from the
time of his appointment in 1877, TO the
present time Under the four classes OF
claims which Gov. Crawford YVES ofigi-
nally employed to prosecute, he has Sc
cured to the state in lands, 276, 7I627
acres, and of money, $789. 022.60, dissTib-
uted as follows: Patented and to be
patented TO the state, 576.71S.27 acres.
1--we per cent. fund paid and 70 be paid
70 the state, $409 32S military fund paid,
$369. 7S9 ID: direct tax 10 per cent. paid
20 the state $10,761.5O. The lands men
toned above are of course exclusive of
the 900, eco acres Of Santa Fe reserved
indemnity lands which Governor CraW-
ford secured to the state in pursuance of
his commission under the law of 1888
empowering him to Investigate and re-
port upon the various railroad grants.
The governor also treats aI length of the
Santa Fe grants, showing that $50, 725
acres indemnify lands wrongtully GER
titled to that company, being expressly
reserved and excepted from the grant in
PLAIN and unmlstakahle language" and
| also that about 1000 acres within the
4 DETECTED limit of that ROAD
were Wrongfully certified. Besides this
he says that company "has been and Is
now, engaged in contesting the home
stead and presumption rights of . large
number of settlers along the line Of the
road with 9 view of adding still more 70
an over satisfied grant" He urges
/ strongly a. q means of recovering these
wrongly certified bonds, and adjusting
these ana all other railroad grants AZ
fected lands in Kansas, united effort
for the passage OF Congressman Ander-
sons bill. He says: THE bill has been
favor3bly reported by the public land
commIttee of the house, and is now
pending before that body. But unleas g
united effort n made by the Kansas del
egatlon in both bouses of congress-, the
probabilities are that it will never be.
come q law He says that without the
/ passage of this or some similar Law, S.he
important grants viii never be adjusted, p
aud suggests that the legislature pas
resolutions requesting our members and
senators in congress to assist in securiR 6
the necessary legislation and memorial
to congress on the subject. He refers a
length TO the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas and LeavenWorth, Lawrence and
Galveston grants, under which the AlleE
county difficulty has risen, and says Ia
Anderson bill protect all concerned il
! their lawful rights,
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The Fort Scott Tribune says there is
no war between Blair and Click, and
closes q paragraph on that subject with
the worde:
Gov. Click himself, as we understand,
desires the appointment of Gen. Blair as
secretary of the interior, aud is person.
ally using bis iThuence To bring il
about.
But the Kansas State Journal knocks
it all over and gives the whole thing
away again IN the following comment
The above is ali we'll enough, from the
| TTibune's standpoint, of personal friend,
ship for Gen. BLAIR, provided its last SEQ,
fences IN respect 20 Gov. Click are true
| If they are false, as We suspect they are
IL is ill-advised. nav. utterly despicable
and will do Gen. BLAIR much more harm
than god.
Let as have peace.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-12-18

The board of managers of the New
Orleans Worlds Exposition has set aside
the sum Of $4,000 to meet the expense
incidental to . grand encanpment OF
veterans of the late war between the
states The arrangements for the friendly
meeting of the men OF both sides in the
great struggle have been confided to a
JOINT committee. comprised of ak men,
bers; three from the Grand Army
OF the Republic, and three from the
Confederate associations of the Armies
of northern Virginia, and of Tennessee.
General c. Edward Wheeler, OF Lincoln
Post No. 1, Topeka, Kas., General A. s.
Badger and Colonel York A. Wood
ward of New Orleans, on behalf of the
Grand Army of the Republic, and
Messrs. E. d. Willet, Col. Louis Power
Walter H. Rodgers and e. Liliehthal on
behalf of the ex .confederates were the
chlef promoters of the undertaking thAI
is expected TO strengthen the ties o
amItY and good will between the vet
Grams of the armies that commended FOL
the mastery twenty years ago. TIT
state OF Kansas has rendered Genera
Wheeler the use of 500 tents tor thu
camp.
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Inr..r,ra.anr Rark.r

WARRINGTON, d. c., Dec. 16,-A mum.
Der of witnesses were examined to-day
by the subcommittee investigating the
alleged irregularities in the first comp
trolIer's Office relative to the reputation
of ]. ]. Barker for truth and veracity
E. w. Ayers, correspondent of the Kan
ses City Times, said Bankers reputation
was bad, and he would not believe him
under oath. He said he volunteered
testimony against Senator Ingalls, Ia in
vestigatinR that gentleman's election TO
he senate several years ago which
proved q lie from beginning TO
end. Ayers continued: A great many
KRnsans come here aad want 70 know
where that 'slIar," Barker is. Papers
have denounced him as the universal
and mastodonic liar Of the age.
"Whst do you think Of me, Mr.. Ay-
ers?" asked Barker. 81 think you are
the grandest liar of the age.
Ex-Governor Crawford, Kansas, said
thst for ten years past he had not spoken
to Q gentleman in southwest Kansas rel
atiYe 20 Barker, who had spoken of him
in favorable terms. He considered
his reputation for truth, Versc-
ity, honesty and integrity to
be bad and be would not believe him un-
der oath. Barker produced 8 letter
written by Ex-Governor Crawford to the
secretary Of the interior in which the
writer said Barker was an applicant for
pension examiner, that he was q good
lawyer and be thought he would do the
work satisfactorily.
"Why did Vou write that letter if you
knew my reputation TO be bad ?" asked
Barker.
II said ia that letter you were q good
lawyer. did not cay you had good
reputation. / wrote the letter at your
own pleading and because of your fam
lily, and because thought you were try
ing 20 reform and become an honest man
instead Of 8 thief"
sDO vou know me 70 be thief 80
"You know your reputation in Kan
sas. One man said you ought 70 be in
prison 90
Irving, messenger Of the house of rep
Representatives, said: "0ne prominent
Kansan had pronounced Barker 20 be
one Of the dist rascals out Of jail.'''
Witness testified that Barker's rePuta-
ton was bad.
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ALBANY. n. Y, Dec. 15.-Lieutenani
Governor R. A. Campbell. Judge james
A. LindIay, Hon. John @. Prsther. men,
Der Of the Democratic national commit
tee; John Q. Martin, one OF the CIeYe-
land electors, and John G.. Priest Of the
national advisory committees OF Missouri
called on Governor Cleveland this after.
noon. They came 70 suggest James o.
Broadhead OF 81. Louis for attorney gen.
eral OF the United States The gentle.
men afterwards made 3 tour of the CAPT.
toll
When Senator Thomas r. Baysrd
came TO Albany he paid his FeapecSs e
Presidentelecs Cleveland. II Is under.
stood he LEFT for home with the assurance
that he could make the choice of apy
position In tbs cabinet and he would re.
ceiVe the appointments Ii 10 said. on
good authority, that after having DUR
deliOerssed over the matter, the DELE
ware senator sent note 20 the governor
which was received yesterday, Stains
his preference for the portfolio Of secre
tary of treasury, and IL WA Famored h,
viii be accordingly appointed.
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sprine.r,a Wil, Proha,ea.

CINCINNATI, Dec. 15.-The will of the
late Reuben Runyon Springer was pro.
batsd to-day. The document, with six
codicils, covers nearly forty pages OF
legal cap manuscript, the whole in his
own handwriting, and the will declares
sit is made without the advice OF
any human beng" The largest public
bequest Is $50 shares of special gusran.
teed stock of the Pittsburg, Fit. Wayne
s. Chicago railroad to the Music Hall
association of . par value of seventy five
thousand dollars. The income only is
to be for the support of Music Hall
building. He gives also $49, 1900 to the
college of music, and $4,000 TO the TAU
scum association, besides pictures AND
works of art. In bequesta &c
the church the will executed March
9th, 1878. was changed by codlci
dated, march Is. 1884, doubling
the same and largely increasing nearly
all the others. The final requests are
To st. Mary's seminary of the west fol
the education of Roman Catholic priests
800, 900; to the little sisters of the poor
$35 coo; Good Samaritan hospital, $35,
600; Franciscan brothers, $S5, 900; Sis
ters of Charity, Cedar Grove, for found
ling asylum, 10000, and others.
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THE NORMAL SCHOOL LANDS.
An item, based on statements In the
Wichita Eagle, has been extensively cir
culAted by the press of the state. The
item reads as follows:
The Wichita Eagle says it has good
authority for saying that the regents Of
State Normal school, some time thIa
fall, transferred all the endowment lands
Of the state school TO Q syndicate or 9
bank presldent tor the nominal price Of
50 per acre, and that the purchaser pro-
ceeded to New York, where he placed
them In innocent purchasers hands, 90
that they are beyond the control Of the
state.
The Wellington Press, which has sew
ersl times called attention TO the same
matter. says in commenting on the
above:
The bank president referred 70 is I'M
doubleday 81. G. Cross, of the First Ma
meF the regents sold the remainder Of
the Normal endowment lands, between
seven and eight thousand acres 70 Mr..
Gross for $3.50 per acre, not 80, g the
Eagle has II. The lands are located In
Mitchell county, and are represented TO
Ms as being worth 81 Or 50 an acre.
Whether Mr.. Cross made the purchase
| for himself or for the Emporia syndicate
We have never learned, and a. we saic
IN our former article the purchasers
could not be blamed much by their code
of morals, for jumping at q transaction
| in which they will pocket cool $685.
600. Whether the excheQuer of the
State Normal school can stand depletion
| at this rate is another thing, and IL 6
matter in which the public il directly in.
| terested. We have been told that at the
time the offer of 50 so was made
an offer of a per acre was pending
Called out by these statements, Regent
Sharp in his paper. the Council Grove
Guard, gives the following in defense OF
the regents course:
Now for the facts the regents were
compelled to sell the lands in question
to keep the school running up to the ca
pscity of the attendance, and upon ex
animation of the lands it was found that
there was so much poor land that the
good must be made sell the bad, hence
all were sold in q body. The regent:
were offered two prices, one at 81 pei
acre In contracts of single legal sub
division or $3.50 per acre and sell 1t al
I
the governor and Attorney General w
A johnson, now associate justice
Oh One ns supreme court; II go w q
hid for them from Mr. Cross Who also If
fered the 81 bid, for the reason that i
sold in body and default In payment Q
snVeaese OF pEinclPsl Wa aue ~. wo ~.
law, whereas If sold in separate con
tracts of legal subdivisions the purchss
er might sell the good land at iargt
pront ana Iet the poor lano ioileN OacA
Co,'d - tSasS,a liz s 80 ~,
school would have been crippled and
the state left with five or SIX thous
ana acres OF land worth not ntty cenu
ArJ ansir tho rsoan,s h0,,eve tb;,
would be a yery good subject for q Re
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Bob Ingersoll has been charged by q
correspondent OF the Globe Democrat
with plagiarism OF his lecture on the
Mistakes Of Moses" He says It 10 found
In an work on "EVidences Against
Christianity" by an Englishman named
Hiltell.
Mr.. Ingersoll comes to the front in q
reply IN which he says: al will gIvt
$1,000 reward to any one who will pro
duce any book, published before my leo
ture was delivered, In which my lectur,
can be found. The charge made in thS
article 10 simply q stupid falsehood The
malice Of those who love their enemies
10 simply amazing" As the man whC
makes the charge Is himself avowedIS
an unbeliever, the last clause Is simply
. stupid fling.
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THE WORLDS EXPCsyrIoN.


The opening of the exposition At New
Orleans was doubtless an occasion
Of marked interest; and during the six
months In which IL is expected to con-
tiRue the influx OF visitors attracted to
the beautiful southern city, the display
of the worlds industrial products there
and the important bearing which 1t is
felt or rather hoped the whole exposition
will have upon the industrial and polIt-
zeal history of our Union, Will make It
for the time the great center Of national
and international interest. There Is eV-
cry Indication OF the entire success Of
every department of this great industri-
al enterprise, and the preliminary ar
Fangements, If as represented, certainly
reflect great credit on the several COM
mitiees entrusted with such ar
rangements. Just how much
has been done and Whist
is TO be expected may perhaps be best
expressed in the statement made IN the
past week by Director General Z. A.
Burke:
The world: never witnessed an expo
sition Of the magnitude of this. More
machinery. more art, more agriculture
more diverslfled industries, more ex-
hibits of the natural resources OF Amer.
lea than the world has seen before at one
time. Two thousand carloads of mate
rails have been carried to the exposition
and the buildings are not yet halt full
Two thousand car loads of freight are or
wheels and In vessels, and We will open
9TH FnHiNnnn
been seen In an exposition heretofore.
As TO foreign exhibits. go TO the books
Applications for space have been allotted
for British, French. Belgian, Russian
Austrian, Italian, Spanish, Chinese
japanese, 'Siamese. Central Amer
can, and Mexican exhibits covering I60.
900 square feet of space.
Our floor space is about 2.5O0 ,OOI
squA-e feet, and we have not been abl
TO allot space for week, because tn,
ground floor and galleries are full q
OVERLOOKING.
We shall add building 400 feet Z
the main building. and have II fnIshe,
by the 18th.
But beyond the magnitude aud com
pleteness OF the arrangements made 70
the display Of the products of the worlC
the exposition has an added and esps
cial Significance IN lines Of infiuenc
to which The NEWS from time TO tim
has called AitentIon-vIz-in its bearin
on the great commercial question OF tn
present. the development of the SpsuIsl
American trade, and the great politics
problem yet unsolved, the establishmeI
of more cordial relations. more perfe,
understanding and mutual interchAnl
OF interesss between the north and soutl
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Stein Arrested

CHICAGO, Dec. 16.-Orth q. Stein.
charged with the murder of George
Fredericks at Kansas City, and released
on bail to await a second trial, was ar
rested here last night on the statement
that his bail was declared forfeited
Lawrence Beatty, the notorious thief
and ex-convict, and upon whose testi-
mony the police expected to make good
their charge against Michael Coleman
of the murder of Police Officer Ma.
honey, here in 1881. escaped from his
cell in the Central police station Sunday
night, and the fact was not disclosed till
last night. Coleman Is under arrest al
East st. Louis.
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The question of state geological sur
vey Is receiving large attention from
scientific men In Kansas now, and the
subject will be pressed upon the Atten-
tion of the next legislature which ought
to make provisions for that end. A bill
was fAvorAbly acted upon at the last ses-
sion OF the legislature, but did not reach
final passage on account of the pressure
of business at the close OF the session.
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Clay Center Times: In taking In"
the soldiers Home 1t appears the
Leavenworth people bit of more
than they can mAsticate. They
expect to go before the legislature this
winter and ask that the $4,000 which
they pledged to the managers of the
Home II II should be located near LeaV-
enworth, be assumed by the state. Fail
ing in this they will take any lesser
amount offered. Ex-Governor Anthony's
particular business is to lock after this
little bit of nnanciering. If LeaVenworth
Is sick of her bargain there are other
towns In the state which will gladly
take It of their hands and not ask REIN
bursements before payment.
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K.i,rnad discrimination

SPRINGFILD, Ill, Dec. 15-Ninety
business firms of this city have signed a
petition asking the state board of rail-
road and warehouse commissioners to
take action in the matter of unjust dis
elimination by the Chicago & Alton,
Wabash, st. Louis 8 Pacific and Illinois
Central roads against the city of Spring.
field in charging merchants 8 greater
rate for freight transportation than other
cities on their line nearer point of ship
ment. The matter will be considered
here at the meeting of the railroad board
here this week. The specific allegation
Is that the roads are charging less be-
tween Chicago and St. Louis than Chi
cagO and Springfield.
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Kansas WOODEN MIL

Ell DORADO, Kss. Dec. 13.-The But
Ter County wooden mills, with six looms
and a capacity of one hundred thousand
is now IN full operation, and is turning
out blank cts, flan1els, yarns, and other
WOODEN goods for the trade of our city.
It is in the center of a very large sheep
growing district, and it Is anticipated
that the new enterprise Will develop in
to an important industry. Il is probably
the largest wooden mills in the state.
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Ernun ME- RIaina-

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-The Tribune Of
Tuesday will say editorially: Mr.. Blaine
desires to have it stated that all the re
ports of interviews held with him since
his arrival in Washington, are entirely
unauthorized. The one In which he il
represented as discussing his relations
with Mr.. Conkling and has been exten.
sively published throughout the country
is from beginning to end an Inexcusable
forgery. Mr. Blaine asks that his friends
will do him the favor to dIscredit utter
ly any and all expressions in the form OF
interviews which msy be imputed to
him If he has any occasion to commu-
nicate with the people he will do 40
over hiR own name
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Wichita Eagle: 1t Is likely to be the
most profitable year the post Office de-
partment has ever had. Democrats have
taken to writing letters. A two-eent
stamp is not much, but when 100000
expectant office-seekers address all their
dear friends, and they write back Yours
truly, you help me and will help YOU"
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Ruu,ors ofWar

BALTIMORE, Dec. 17.-Capt. Forbes.
Of the bark AlbemArle, arrived at this
port yesterday from Rio De Jsniero. In
an Interview he says when he left Rio
De Janlero, November 70, there were
numerous rumora Of war between Brazil
and Argentine ReUuhlIc- The Brazilian
authorities were eonscripting for the
army, and Condo Den had gone to the
frontier to investigate the situation, and
action would be settled by the cabinet
when he returned An American gen.
tlemen who arrived Is Rio from Buenos
Ayres told Forbes fhat Argentine Re-
public had 12,000 men ready 70 throw
acrces the frontier Is sooD - war vas
declared The Brazilisn navy 10 being
gotten into readiness for active service.
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PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 16.-The secre
tary of the American Iron aud Steel as
soclation, says he has just returned from
an extended trip to Pittsburg and Other
points on the Pennsylvania railroad
and its connections, and must frankly
confess he found most branches of busl
ness IN a depressed condition. although
there is a notable absence of the hopeless
vailed in the year follow ing the panic
of 1879
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Hunting Horse Thieves.

Kansas CTTYn Dec. ia Times
Deiphos, Kas., special says: There have
been q number of horses stolen in this
vicinity recently, and to-day a stranger
was arrested on suspicion, who, after be
ing strung up several times, admitted
his completely in the thefts. He stated
there was an organized gang Of horse
thieves, and made known their place OF
rendezvous. A band of citizens are now
out In search OF other members of the
gang.