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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08
R1P H0TEHENr

Commonwealth: The memters OF
the bar In the southwestern part Of the
state have determined to hold a conven.
tion at Wichita on June 11th, at 10 q.
m, for the purpose Of consultation, with
. view OF obtaining reprS sensation on
committee. composed of q N. Sterry,
OF EmporIs, II. g. Ruggles, OF Wichi-
70, and n. w. Suttnn, OF Dodge City :,
were authorized To arrange the details
preliminary to the convention and haYe
issued = circular in which it 10 stated
that each county may send delegates to
the convention as II may desire, and that
all delegates have q right to participate
In discussing matters coming before the
convention, bu; that the convention de-
teTmine the Lun.ber of votes
each county shall cast. The committee
adds "the c invention has not been sug-
gested or this call Issued in the interest
Of are particular person, or OF any par
ticular locality, bat IL called for the pur.
pose OF obtaining representation upon
the supreme bench from our part of
the state. II possible, by agreeing upon
the person best adapted for the place,
and urging his nomination by the CON-
ing Republican state convention for
such place. We hope that this call
will meet with the hearty approval Of
the bar generally, and that they will in
terest themselves seeing that their
county Is fully represented in The
convection, and that the cInv, nt:on
be Of character TO command the a..
tentIon and consideration Of the state
convention. We recommend that each
county have q meeting of it's bar as
early as June let. to select delegates
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Atchibon Globe: Rev. d. @. Miner
pastor OF the Presbyterian church In this
city, has written an open letter to A B
Campbell, president of the State TEN.
perAnce Union, from which we are per.
mitted to make few extracts: "There
is no community in this state where pro.
hibitIon has had such united opposition
as In Atchison. To have attempted to
have put the political and news papers of
this city at once into the extreme advo-
cAcy of prohibition would hAYe been
suicidal. For some time the Champion
has been striking most telling blows at
the lawless elements specially repre-
sented by the saloons. They
have responded by bitterly
denounclng the paper, very
largely Withdrawing their subscription
and advertising support, and recognizing
the fact that they cannot long Withstand
Its influence. Recently encouraged by
improved public opinion. the temper.
ance people of this city and county
made q new start. You came here TO
help the movement. Money was raised
that Was to be spent in Atchisln to ad-
vance the cause of law aud order. You
did not remain on the ground to lead in
the work, because of threatened heart
disease, but went away from here TO To-
augurate war upon the editor OF the
Champion. which paper has done far
more 70 put hope aud life into the law
and order movement than all other in.
fiuences combined"
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Major Joseph K. Hudson, of the To-
peka Capital, is OF.
Willard to Kecne: Shake. old boy,
shake?
IAN OF our good wind gone for moth
ing."-Hurd. Cox. Blackburn, ct al.
There are reasons for believing that
Charley Ford end Jesse James will be
reunited in-the o'her world.
jim Keene seems to lie getting down
TO first PRINCIPLES. AtIesst it is stated
that he began life as jourDa
The Democratic party will ct have to
adopt the platform of General Hancock,
aud decide tina. the tariff is "local is
sue"
That ultra prohibition paper, the Ksn-
sas City Times, is still battering away
at the temperance record of Col. John
A. Martin.
Martin Van Buren, Bennett cuts an ex-
ceedingly picturesque figure as polit-
cal boss in the Republican party OF Kan
sas
Maiame Janauschtk made $i2, 1000
during the past season. Tits does not
include the advance on her Emporis
estates.
Mr.. Blame is sixty wears old. but
10 ks fo.ty.-CCmmOuwetlth.
Blaine was born ia 1880, aud l. hfiy-
four years old, bnt loCks sIxty.
The New York Sun comes out s,rnng
for Gre sham f.r president. Dana ard
the pastmas,er general have probably
had some row about matt. rs pertaining
10 the mailing Of newspapers
Wheh the St. Louis Globe Democrat
is not for Arthur it rs for Lincoln, and
when it is of on Lincoln aod Arthur it
boOEs Logan, add when it Weakens on
Logan il sort of braces up on Edmunds.
1t is SIC ldfast and consistent only in rs
helpful hostility TO James G. Blaine.
We think we have seen Just as good
Temperance doctrine, and plenty of it, in
the Atchison Champion. of which Col.
John A. Martin is the editor, as was pro-
mulgated ct the Teacher meeting al
Topeka on Saturday.
lent it just q lrifie absurd for the
Greenbackers to claim that the recent
decision of the supreme court of the
United States affirming the Constitution.
ality of the legal tenders Is a vindicaiior
OF tl.eir position: Il strikes us tha
theiI o vi has been not about the quail
i'y. hut TIE quantity, of that sort of cur
rvrcN-t FONT upon which the cour
i'd m h NJ. hut which the country has
lotg sin.,- md cunciusiYely decides
again lea
The To. -ss Critic series notice tina
If Col. John A. Martin, of AtchisuD, I
nominated for governor by the Republi
,ans OF Kansas, the original pT.shibi
lion,sts viii not support him. The .,
act amount IF stock owned by Governo
Click ia tbs Crit ia not sisted, thong
it is quite apparent that he dictates n
policy OF that paper.
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NOTES AND NOTIONS.

Murderers are finally getting the hang
of things at Cincinnati.
1t is stated that four of the Greeley
party cow hemmed in by arctic Ice are
from Ohio, but this report, IN the very
nsture of the Gaze, needs combination.
Last year there were 1877 murders in
the United States against SO legal execu-
lions. What this country seems to need
is more rope factories ami less criminal
lawyers.
st. Louis Globe.Democrat: There is
too much counting of chickens D9fore
the hatchIng this year. We believe it
would be quite as well to give the old
hen a chance.
By peculiar irony of morals the late
tornado which visited Jlmtown, Ohio,
wrecked all the churches and did not
harm a single saloon. There seems to
be great paucity of material for tenn
perance tract in this occurrence.
The oldest hotel clerk in the United
States recently died at New York. A
painful evidence of the deterioration of
the associated press service stands con-
fessed in the failure to state to whom
the deceased left his diamond pin.
The "staI eyed goddess" will be buried
with the presidential boom OF Mr.. Nor
rison clasped in her dead arms. Of
course this will tend tn harrow up the
feelings of the mournsrs, but, under the
circumstances, it would seem like reck-
less extravagance to dig two graves.
II is now admitted on all hands that
the trouble among the cattle in Woodson
county is simply erdRtbemG b0UiHG gran.
greROsa contGgiosa. 1t IS exceedingly
gratifying TO know that the alkaii, ergot
and foot and mouth factions have 6nally
compromised upon a basis which can
not fail TO entirely conciliate the scien-
tiflc editor of the Wichita Eagle.
Rev. Mr.. Tslmsge. in jeremiad de-
livered by him last Sunday, setting forth
the shocking deterioration which the
stage has suffered within the past de-
cade, observSs that "what Is wrong Ia
the parlor is wrong on the stage, and
that it ought to take just as much COM
pleteness of apparel to be honorable in
one place as Ia be honorable in another"
We are quite really n copcede the truth
of this as q moral proposition, and
yet the fact remains that scores and
hundreds, yea even thousands of fsstidi-
Gus young men aud modest
young Womea who would promptly
proceed TO crawl under the piano if Alice
Oates or Lydia Thomson should invade
the drawing room in professional attire,
experience no special embarrassment in
contemplating their extreme economy
IN the matter of dry goods upon the
stage Mr.. Tslmage Is just q trifie in
advance OF the PROCESSION.
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II is Enormously stated in some quar-
tiers that god is leaving our country,
chiefly because silver, q cheaper metal,
drives it out. The real reason is that for
eign bills Of exchange are scarce, owing
TO the fact that our shipments Of agricuI-
taral produce have fallen very much be-
hind and there is nothing to draw
against, and Americans have to pay
European obligations in gold coin.
Silver is not driving gold out of the
country. The amount OF silver now in the
United St1tes cannot aud will not drive
god out, nor Is the theory that silver
drives gold out true, where there
Is = much larger amouas of silver
on hand than We have. In France
there Is three times as mush silver IS in
this country. although the population is
nearly twenty millions less; yet the re.
cent statements of French finance show
that the gold reserves OF the Bank q
France are largely increasing ewrJ
week. According to certain school o
finance there ought not 10 be & dolla
Of gold IN France.
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OVER rHE STATE.

The whiskyItes ct Wichita have begun
to burn the churches of that city. Whom
the gods would destroy they first make
mad.
Governor Click has issued his proc
lamation Offering a reward Of $500 for
the arrest and conviction OF the person
or prisons who burned the Methodist
church at Wichita op May 2.
The Atchisan Globe Gays hit the
most digraceful result Of IrIhibiii N in
Kansas is the burning OF The Methodist
church at Wichits. b s.,ms means
We have been lab ring under the impres-
sion tbatlt was the whIskYitns and not
the temperance folks who arc rep ,nsi.
BILE for that CRIME.
From persons who have recently been
TO Saiina, it is learned that over 100
head of cattle have recently died in the
vicinity of that place from disease
similar to or identical with the affection
which has been claiming the attention
of the veterinary surgeons Ia WeodsoD
county.
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A BLASTED BOOK.
me oklahoma Raiders Moving Nortl
ward undar Arrest

ward Under Arrest
FIT. RENO, /. It. May ga detach-
ment of Capt. CarrolI's command left
The Oklahoms country May / with q
number of boomers under guard, and ar
rived here late last evening under Lieut..
Gibbons. The boomers NUMBERED thirty
eight men, with tWenty-one wagons.
They were turned over to the post com
mandanfs here, and will be started for
Gald we'll, Kas TO morrow morning IN
der guard The trip to Caldwell can be
made in five days, unless protracted by
the impossible condition. of streams
which have to be crossed. Thirteen of
these boomers are from Emporia, two
from Winfield, two from Wellington, sew
enteen from Arkansas City, and the re-
nfainder from nearly everywhere. They
are a sorry looking outfit. Many of
them are without teams, provisions
or blankets. and have suffered severely
from inclement weather. Nine of the
officers of the Payne colony are among
them, excepting Rix, deputy surveyor.
The cOlonlsts sill profess to believe in
Fayne's honesty and the justice of the
Senator Plumb severely, and say he in
formed them that the boom would not
be interfered with. They are also very
bitter towards the cattlemel who are
fencing pastures IN Oklahoma. Their
VIE fences are often twenty-five miles
lohg. Capt. Carroll's command has been
ordered in, excepting q small detach-
ment to guard fores and scout the east
ern country. The pasture-owDers will
be ordered to take down their fences,
houses and permanent Improvements
Immediately, or they will be destroyed,
Maj. Demer. commanding Fort Reno,
has been notified that forty-fiVe recruits
for the 10th cavalry await him at Cald-
we'll. The troops which escorted the
boomers to Caldwell will bring these re-
cruits 20 Fort Reno.
The weather has been bad for q week,
raining hard and north-easters most of
the time. The streams are all swollen,
and the crossings uncertain and impas
sable The boom has substantially end
ed for this sDriap
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Hospitnl Rallwax servics.

.Sr. LOUIS, May IA CIRCULAR issued
by he fourth vice-presidcut, Talmage,
extends Ia the Wab ash system the hos-
pltaI service of the Missouri Pacific
system, which has become very
successful and exceedingly popular
under the careful supervision of Vice
President Hoxie. The service of the
reads east of the Mississippi river will
be Ia charge and under the control of
DR. W B Ou,tsn, with headquarters at
St. Louis and the service of the lines
west Of the river will be in change of
DIR. J. w. J tcksop, with headquarters
at Ksnsss City.
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The Democratic bluster about the
Mulligsn letters don1 amount TO row
of pins. The sum and substance OF the
charges made against the Maine st4tes-
man are that While speaker OF the house
of representatives Ia 1869 he ruled IN f.
vor of the renewal of land grant 10
the Little Rock & Fort Smith railroad
in behalf of interested friends who after
ward resped -fnaHciaI benefit. The ex.
plantation OF the mstter has often been
given and exonora'es Mr. Blaine from
Coanivance or corruption. and be /.
made all the more magnetic because he
has 50 long been made the victim of the
assaults If demagogic Democratic De
Pers. which well know his popularity
and power.
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"Scattering" includes three Indiana
delegates for Gen. Sherman, one for
Grant, and one Neg York delegate for
Lincoln.
The number Of votes required TO nom
mate Is All. so that acc jIding TO friend
" estimate Blaine lacks 81 votes.
II 10 thought the HaWley vo:es would
90 TO Edmunds rather than TO Blaine.
bat 1t may be safely assumed that
Blaine's closest friends would prefer
Arthur to Edmunds, AMI on a pinch be
tween Blaine and Arthur or Blaine and
Edmunds. II seems likely that Blame
would get eRough from the Logan and
Sherman strengih-cightY-two volts
TO put him through without drawing
upon Kentucky, Montana, Florida, New
Mexico, Hawley, the scattering, or the
unknown. But there are very few ngur, S
In the returns from the state delegations
that are not disputed.
In reply TO inquiries Saturday as TO
the Washington estimates Of the strength
Of the Republican candidates the Cincin
natl Commercial Gazette received the
following:
"There are no very close estimates
here on delegates, owing TO conflicting
claims from several distinct quarters.
One Blaine estimate shows the follow
Ing up to the close OF yesterdays con-
ventions:
"Blalns. sse; Arthur. 2ss; Edmuuds.
81.
"An estimate here, made In quarters
not unfriendlY 10 Blame, shows, includ-
ing estimates from Florida and Ken
lucky, Blaine, $50; ArthHr, 1854; Ed
muhds, n. In this latter estimate the
sixteen votes Of Louisiana are counted
for Arthur. Mr.. Kellogg declares he
shall do what he can to change that. He
will probably be able to change quite q
number and by some Il is claimed he
will take fourteen TO Blaine"
The Chicago News has Washington
dispatch claiming 444 votes for Arthur
and Edmunds; 337 for Arthur and 1O7
for Edmunds; and Blaine is only allow.
cd by the News 271 votes.
The New York Tribune and World
give figures showing the number of
votes, according to their estimates, as-
sured TO Mr.. Blaine on the first ballot in
Chicago. The Tribune totals give him
$40 votes, or within thirty-two OF q nom-
ination, while If the Straight out Virgin
ians should be admitted to the conven-
ton he will have eighteen more.
The Worlds estimate gives him 1928
votes, showing an increase Of II votes
In northern and western states over his
strength at the last convention. The
Worlds estimate omlts the southern
states, except Maryland and West Vir-
ginia.
There are about one hundred and
twenty five holly disputed votes, and
dIsputation will only be settled when
the national convention takes q ballot;
and 1t seems possible that there may be
q vote of much Significance on the ques-
tion OF the admission Of the coniest.ng
delegations from Virginia.
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The Atchlsnn Patriot says tdat Col
A. G. Dawes, 50 long of The Kansas City
& Council Bluffs road, has been ap-
polDted general passenger and ticket
agent OF the Hannibal d ST Joe road,
vice s. X Hooper. signed. Col.
Dawes is one of the best known railroad
men in the west, and is esteemed by
everybody. We believe he old favoriie
Hannibal route,has made = fortunate
change IN securing the services Of Col
Dawes, in The important relation which
he now occupies 10 that company.
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Not So Bad 81 supposed.

NEW YORK, May Manager Camp.
of the clearing house, states that there
are no new Developments In the Marine
bank failure. The situation Is not nearly
so bad as at first supposed. It Ii now
stated on excellent authority that Presi-
dent Fish exhibited undue haste In clos
ing the bank, and that the directors
would not have consented to his action
had they been made aware of the exact
status of affairs. The same is said to be
true of the Grant s. Ward failure,
which Is claimed to have been brought
about by Ward remaining away from
business and practically losing his head.
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GUESSING.


The delegates TO the National Repub-
lican convention are now all chosen, and
the newspapers are guessing on the
probable result at Chicago. Only four
weeks remain between now and the
time OF settlement Of the rather serious
question as TO who the candidate Of the
Republican party shall be. One thing
seems certain to begiu with, and Il Is
that Ar. Blaine will have. as he had In
the conventions Of '70 and 80, majority
Of the delegates representative Republi.
can states. There is remarkable uni
Sormity In the Blaine strength in the
strong Republican districts.
The Chicago Tribune is for Blaine,
and In the habit OF making close calcu-
lations. The following is the Tribune
summary, made . few days ago, not In
GLIDING Florida 8. Kentucky 90, Mon
tana 2, New Mexico 2-total, SO votes
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A Missouri shooting

KANSAS CITY, Mo, May THE
Evening Star. Blue Springs, special
saws: Jno. Gill, shoemaker, presum-
ably insane, shut and fatally wounded
Jno. Stanley this morning while the lat
ter was passing his shop with his
fathtr, Daniel Stanley. The father
having a shotgun thurned TO fire at Gill
but was prevented by the bystander. un-
til Gill had shot at the crowd once or
twice. Then he was released and filed
ellis face full of small shot, putting out
both his eVeH
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Rnin from enc Foreat Flres.

PoRr JERyIs. N. Y, May 5.-The
village OF Gilman's Depot is desolate.
Nothing remains but the smouldering
feed barns The residents are compelled
TO sleep Ia barns Many spent last
night in the mill, sleeping on the saw
dust. They have lost everything.
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Mr.. PendIeion endesvored to reform
the civil servics, and has ever
since occupied an exceedingly ard and
altltudinous position on the shelf as a
politician. Mr. Morrison attempted the
same thing with the tariff and this morn
ing he Is occupy ing position on the ex-
treme len. 'rne,sIatesmNn who is yearn-
ing 70 fire the Dym &c attic heart must
inscribe upon his ganIAIOn some legend
other than Reform"
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c.,, v.nk Rn.,.a

New YORK. May 6-Tbe suspen ion
of Grant s. Wsrd. Wall street, was an
nounced on The stock exchange. The
firm is composed of General u. 5. Grant,
Jsmos u Fish. Z. s Grant, Jr.,
and Ferdinand Ward. Aboa, 600 shares
of the G C c. and Omaha, Alton g.
Terre Hsuie, were closed out under the
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PIumb's Land Bill.

WASHINGTON Nav 5.-The bill intro
duced by Senator Plumb, to prevent the
acquisition of real estate by aliens, pro-
vides that aliens who have not declared
their intention to become citizens shall
not acquire title to real estate in the ter
ritories or District of Columbia. 1t also
provides that no foreign corporations,
where more than 10 per cent of the stock
is held by aliens, shall acquire title to
lands in the territories OF the District of
Columbia, and that no corporation. ma
tive or foreign, except railroads shall
acquire more than 5000 ACRES. The ex-
ception respecting railroads limits their
privilege tn lands neces sary Tor the tran
sIctiOo af IBcIr business. TN such as
may have bsen grIntei by the govern
meut. With re>p,cl 10 the government
giants the bill provides that lands must
be sold within ten years or they shall
revert 10 the government.
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Where is Mr.. Ward?-GraDt Don't
Know How His Bank Stands

NEW YORK May 6.-Keernan's Wall
Street agency furnishes the following
rumors of the defalcation of $500, 600.
accompanying the suspension Of the
Marine Bank. The party IN
question said he had close relations
with the bank.
We have Investigated and get the fol-
lowing statement concerning the embar-
resment Of Grant s. Ward. 1t is said
ON reliable authority To be due 10 the
absence of one Of The firm who has not
been at his place OF business
since Saturday. Various runners
are atloat in financial circles respecting
Viii h Mr.. Grant. the sebior member OF
the firm, says: Il caDro' feny CT cor
robate reports current. We are nearly
$500 600 short Our safes are locked
until we eau fiid Mr.. Ward. l car not
saw hew We stand"
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6ver ooo GOO 40 a single County.

Over ,ooO 600 Ia . single county,
sPITTsBuRs. Pa. May 5.-Ralph Bags-
ley, president of the Arthur Lumber
Co. uf this ciiY. returned from the scene
of The conhagration 10 Elk county this
morning and reports The devastation
great He estimates tie loss in Elk
county alone AT over million dollars
The he vics: l,sers are the mill owners
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where ia Diogenese

ST.. LOUIS, May 5.-To-daY Moses
Fraley notified all his Chicago creditors
that he was prepared to settle all his &C.
counts by paying 100 cents On the dollar,
and asked them 70 send In their state.
ments as he wanted 70 clear of his In.
debtedness.
Mr.. Fraley's creditors offered esettle-
ment with HIM at 331S cents, but he de-
cllned the proposition and has notified
them all, not only in Chicago, but In
New York, Philedeiphia and other
places, that he will pay dellar for DOL
lar and requests them 70 draw on him
for the amount due them. The aggre.
gate Indebtedness outstanding is $780,
600, of which $4,000 Is duo
In Chicago. This with the maFgins
paid prior to the suspension makes Fra
iey's total loss $780, 900. This action ia
paying dollar for dollar, particularly In
face of the proposition Of his creditors 70
settle at q much less figure is highly
commended by all Glasses Of dealers
here and he has received quite mum
Der of very complimentary dispatches
from Chicago.
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The PRAYERS of the Women.

NEW YORK, May O.-Ihe NallonaI
Women's Christian Temperance Union
will soon send on: call TO prayer in
view of the presidential campaign. AD
address to the christian p, ople OF Amer
lea Will b. issued, fixing Tuesday, May
9th as tine time. Each hour has a
special subject assigned, including
prayer for pastors and editors that they
may lead the people away from dead Is
sues and towards that of national traf
tic in intoxicating liquors as drink;
for party leaders. thst their
platform may recognize this issue and
their candidate be one whose habits shall
be an example to the young men; also
and emphatically prayer for Christian
voters, that their spiritual perceptions
may be quickened, their nscIences
aroused and their home constituents,
meaning the women of the households,
reprt scented by them at the bollot box.
The day is to be observed throughout
the nation. Pastors are requested
preach on the Sabbath following upon
Qnd in Unvornmaut