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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08
CAvADTAv DTs0oyTENT

lis matter of fact that there are
portentous signs Of trouble among our
nelghbors In canada. For some years
the country has been prosperous, and
the result has been large emigration
from foreign countries and vast growth
Of her material interests. She has ter.
ritory of vast and diversified interests,
but instead Of harmony there seems to
be widespread jealousy and dissatisfac-
ton. The Dominion parliament has
adjourned after = session devoted TO the
consideration of subsidies for railroads,
q kind OF legislation with which we are
not unfamiliar in this country and which
is by no means as popular as it once
was Having subsidized two great
roads which are regarded as monopolies
by the people, the Dominion govern
ment has sought to allay popular dis
content by subsidizing some branch
roads and extensions. An additional
grant having been made to the Canada
Pacific, the eastern provinces hotly pro-
tested and they had to be pacihed by
brides Of costly character The sItua-
ton Is not very promising as The week,
OF Toronto, suggests, when 1t says:
The terms which the government was
compelled to make with Quebec and
other provinces, as the condition of their
acquiescence in the grant, form. apart
from the startling magnitude of the sum,
an incident Of profound significance.
They at once make more manifest and
wider a rift In the edifice of the cOnfed-
Grafton, which wss too manifest and too
wide before. 1t is evident that several
provinces, and, aboYe all, Quebec, in
stead Of Identifying themselves collect
lively with the Dominion, regard the
Dominion as separate, and almost as
an adverse interest, from which each of
them is justified in exscting as much as
1t can. This is not union, nor does it
promise union" It Is not, indeed.
There is precious little love for union in
Manitoba. Northwest or British Colum-
bia, and the confederation Of our neigh
bors Is not likely to hold together IN its
present shape, especially as the policy of
heavy subsidy giving has generated very
bitter hostility and jealousy,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08

It does not seem to dawn upon the
minds of those who are making a great
clatter about Blaine and his book agents,
a. instrumentalities in promoting his
presidential aspirations, that the agents
are employed by the publishers of
Blaine's book, and are far more inter
ested in getting subscribers to it than in
promoting Blaine's candidacy.
The fuss made about the extracts from
the book, furnished to the press, as is al
legged, by Blaine himself, is equally silly
cackle. The extracts, possibly selected
by Blaine, are supplied by the publishers,
with the obvious purpose of attracting
public attention to the book, and so In
creasing the demand for 1t. As these
extracts are first-rate reading, flesh and
full OF information, newspapers are glad
70 get hold of and publish them. That
10 absolutely all there is in the business
Blaine told reporter of the Wash
ington Capital last week that he had moi
lifted finger to help himself to the
presidential nomination. What had
been done was done by his friends Of
their own motion.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08

The delegates from the southern
states can dictate the nominee of the
Republican convention at Chicago IN a
large measure, but they cannot give the
candidate single electoral vote. Most
ofthem will be Office holders. We are
glad 10 see, however, some disposition
among them not to use their power
against what may be considered best by
the Republican states. Mississippi took
the right ground when her Republican
convention declared that "among the
eminent Republicans named for Presi-
dent the Mississippi Republicans have
no first choice, but will heartily support
any one Of them who may be nomin.
Ated." Another resolution set forth thai
"the delegates from this state (Missis
supply to Chicago should yield their pref
erence for the general good, and, after
careful inquiry, cast their votes for the
candidate most acceptable to the people
Of the Republican states and the doubt
full states necessary to the election"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08
No RevoIution.

NEW YoRK, Msy IA dispatch from
President Scrymser, of the Mexican Tel
egraph company. now at the City OF
Mexico, says the dispatches via Laredo
indicating the probability Of reyolu
ton are exaggerated. There is no sign
of revolution IN the City Of Mexico,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08
About Col. J. W. Hartze,I.

WICHITA, Kans.. April 30.-The
Moline, ILL.,, Daily Republican OF the
25th inst, published at the home OF the
parents of Col John W. Hartzell. presi-
dent of the Wichita Street Railway COM
pany, contains an unwarranted and
fragrant attack upon his character as q
man and f1nancier. c /. HaItzell did
not go TO Iowa, al that paper stated, but
resides here with his family and is now
engaged in making arrangements for the
construction of the Wichita & McPber-
son railway, which enterprise he is
pushing vigorously forward, backed by
the people of this city and county, and
the publication referred to not only
does HIM an injustice but tends TO harm
the intrests of the people Of this city. !.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08
Destructive storm at ConeyviIIe.

KANSAS CITY, April 30.-A Journals
Cofeyville, Kas, Npl cial says the most
destructive wind storm in this vicinity
for ten Yeas visited this city this after.
noon. The new Christian church, near
lY completed, WAS en'iroiy demolished
and its roof ctTried upon dwelling
house adj accent, crushing ps rlion of
the building to atoms. A woman WI til
babe was IN the house ard narrowly
ESCAPED death. Heiden & Whites store,
Kentoess' new house and Long S Co. S
lumber sAt ds were badly damaged, and
four or five dwellings unrooftd. Several
barns were'blown down. The rain fell
in torrents during the storm.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08

George William Curtis. the editor OF
Harper's Weekly, was asked by an in
terYiewer: "Are there any new authors
on either side OF the water of special
promises" His reply was: "Not one
and there Is no important literary
movement Of any kind under way" 1t
10 quite apparent that George William is
ignorant of the fact that both I. Brewer
Peacock poet laureate Of the Kaw and G..
Washington Wander, the Bard of the
Big Muddy, with headquarters at Kan
sas City. are both engaged in the incen-
diary undertaking of publishing their
Yeraee In book form
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08

The Chicago Tribune makes this rec
ord OF the delegates TO Chicago from
the Fourth district of Kansas:
Fourth District-George X. Peck and
William Martindale, both anti Blaine,
with preferences for Arthur first and Ed
munds second.
We guess the Tribune is of IN making
this record for our delegates. There were
no instructions, but 1t was understood
when they were elected that both were
for Blaine unless it was thought best for
the interests Of the party not to nomin-
ate HIM. The delegates who elected
Messrs. Peck and Martlndale voted on
president as follows: Blaine, 35; Ar
thur, 2; Edmunds. ., which we
suppose was about a fair
expression of the public sentiment OF
this district. Had they run as anti
Blame men we do not believe either
would have been chosen, and we think
somebody has misinlormed the Tribune
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08
piles, PiIes,, PiIes.,i

Sure cure for blind. bleeding and itch
ing piles. One box has cured the worst
cases of twenty years standing. No one
need suffer five minutes alter using Will
liams' Indian Pile Ointment. 1t alb
serbs tunors, a!lays itching, acts as poul
tice, gives instant relief. Prepared only
for Piles, nothing else. Hon. j. Gotten
bury, of Cleveland, says: Il have tried
pleasure to say that l have q ever found
anything which gave such immediate
and permanent relief as DIR. Williams
Indiou Pile Ointment Sold by Frazier
Medicine Co pIoprietors, Cleveland, o.
Mailed on receipt of price, 81. w. r.
Irwin, agent at EmpoTia.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08
Great Excitement in the Northwest.

REGANA. N. T., Msy 2.-An indigna-
ton mee ting Of the citizens and squat
teIs last night c1ndsmnei the actiOa of
the Dominion Land B ,ari in trying t.
sell sqCa teTs' claims by auction, ard
called ON the federal government to
rescind the order The government
tried Isl sell the l1Dds, but received no
bids. Great exci;cm, n. prevails and
violence Is fpased
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08

India rubber worms; did you ever see
any? Well the first time you psss one
of these street vendors OF worm candy
he will show you bottle full OF them
but if you want to see genuine worms,
give a wormy child of White Cream
Vermifuge, it brings EN- Sold by D.
w Han,1r
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08

Settlers are rapidly pouring into Okla
homa. It appears that Senator Plumb
wrote TO some Of his personal friends at
Emporia that settlements could be made
on those lands. This information was
quietly circulated, and about five hun
dred persons have gone from Lyon
county alone. It looks as though the
senator was endeayoring to steal Capt.
Payne's thunder.-Augusta Gazette.
Senator Plumb never wrote any such
thing 10 some Of his personal friends. {"
On the contrary, he wrote that he could
not advise any one 70 go to Oklahoma;
that there had been no change in the
status Of those lands; that he was going
70 offer bill to bring portion of that
land into market, but he doubted If II
could be passed at this session.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08
UNITED STATES SENATE,
WASHINGTON, AprIl %. 1884.
A. Reiman, wichita, kansas:

E. A. Reiman, Wichita, Kansas:
SIR; am In receipt of your favor OF
the 10th. II you will read my letter
again carefully, you will find that did
not say was not in favor of opening up
Oklahoma to settlement. / am in favor
of opening 1t Just as soon as it can be
done legally. You claim that the H.
dams haye no right down there, but
those who know better than YOU or
think differently. Certain it Is that
they were placed there by the govern
ment, and If they are to be taken away
where are they to goI My belief is that
there are lands there which are not nee
essary for the Indians, and which the
government can acquire, which 1 am in
favor OF its doing as soon as possible,
and opening them TO settlement 10 all
who need homes.
You are entirely mistaken in suppos-
ing have any interest in cattle in the
INDIAN territory. / haven't a dollars
worth down there and have not had for
nearly two years, and never expect to
have again. If the entire Indian terri
tory were 10 sink out of sight / should
not be one dollar poorer that know of.
II the Indians, having reservations which
they are entitled to, see fl to lease their
lands to persons holding cattle In order
that the grass msy be eaten off, don't
know as that concerns me. They ought
TO have Just as much right to do with
their own what they please as you or /.
Respectfully yours, p. B. PLUME.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08
a smuIICveion.

ST. Louis, NJ, Mss "A Del RIO.
Texss special says: "A cyclone struck
this town last tYtn;ng. The rev Epesco
pal church tie southern Pacific saloon
and n number of small cabins were
swept away Many other buildings
were twisted olt OF shape. five persons
Nerc Injured and one was killed Los
to the town. $1,000
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08
West virginia for Blaine.

MARTINsByRG. w. Va, April 30-The
Republican STATE convention to-day So
lected dele g,ses at large ard alIernates
to Chicago, and instructed for Blaine as
long as there Is a chance for his nomIna-
ton. This resoluIien was fought hitter
ly BY the Arthur men, but passed after q
warm debate on both sides by good
FaaiOrity
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08
Tha sedan Ionrnal verv sensihlu !,

The Sedan Journal very sensibly re-
marks that "Col. John A. Martin has the
confidence Of practical Prohlbitlonists-
those who are Prohibitionists and Re
publicans-and as prohibition is con-
stitutional provision in Kansas, there is
no reason for renewal of the OLD hos
tility on the part of people really con-
cerned for the success OF party princi-
pleg.D
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08

Listen to the voice of tie public, sc
solitary scepiic and hear it prnnoarce u
Blessing on The greatest cough medicine
OF the age, CouSsen's Honey oil Tar,
which u i'll cure Group, hoarseness. brnG-
chitis ard al diseases of the throat and
lungs Sid by D w. Hanhr
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08

Prudence dictates that great care
should be taken in the selection of d
sewing mechine. We recommend the
Davis Vertical-teed. This machine is q
gem, which, once obtained, will never be
exchanged. 1t is the favorite for the
family, and the possessor of one is al
WAYS glad to recommend 1t. 1t is the
only machine on which all kinds of
sewing can be done without tasting,
NJ r RoBLEE, Ag't.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08
Who has not know n some specimen O

"the bold yeoRanry, their cnuntry'f
PRIDE" who carried Buckeye in his
pocket, ignorant that II contained viz
tues which haYe been utilized by DIR.
Tabler, in his Buckeye Pile Ointment,
an excellent remedy for piles or Hemorr-
holds s. Id Law D. w Hanier.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08
IL Beats Dynamite

Toronto. May 5.-one cartridge
founi beneath the provincial paFlia-
ment buiiding was anaIy zed and found
to be made of duslin, 8 stronger expio-
siye than dynamite
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08
A Daring Attempt at Bank Robbery

Daring Attempt at Bank Robbery.
KANSAS CITY, April 30.-A Times
Harper, Kansas, special says a courier
this evening brings news of daring at
tempt TO rob the Medicine Valley bank
of Medicine Lodge, thirty five miles west
OF here, in which the cashier was killed
and the president fatally wounded. At
10 o'clock this morning four men, armed
with Winchester repeating rifles and re-
volvers, rode up TO the bank, two re-
naming with the horses while the 9TH
ers entered the building and demanded
the money. E. W. Payne, president, and
Geo. g. Gephart, cashier, were in the
hank. They refused TO comply with the
result above stated.
The city marshal just then appeared
and opened fire on the men outside. The
citizens gathered rapidly, and the rob
bers seeing the game was up, quickly
mounted and galloped away, without
having secured any booty. Within ten
minutes thirty men were 10 hot pursuit
and the chances are that the robbers Will
be captured and summarilY dealt with,
Their is no clue to their identity. Mr.
Gephart was promising business man
while Mr.. Payne is editor of the Index.
and wealthy, Influential stOckman.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08

A pure and simple compound. plras-
ant, effective, containing honey and tar
two Ingredients v hose virtues are sppre
ciaied by all the world, is Coussen's
Honey al Tar, al unequaled remedy for
coughs. colds and all diseases Of throat
and lungs. Sold by ID. w. Hanier.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08
PLUKR -AND OKLARnMA

While a public man cannot stop 10
deny or take notice of all the stories cir
cuiated in regard to him by parties
whose interest it is to circulate evil re-
ports IN regard to his action, we are glad
that Senator Plumb has given the fol-
lowing unequIvocal denial to the reports
of his connection with the cattle inter
ests in the Indian Territory. The letter
is as follows, and needs no further com
ment.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08

NEW YORK, April 30.-The announce
ment at 8 O'Clock this afternoon of the
failure of Jas. r. Keene, a well known
Wall street operator, was received by
many with Incredibly. Il created ~
first a tremendous excitement among
smaller dealers and operators, who had
apparently no anticipation of such re-
suit. The Effect on the market was not
apprecIabie. as the announcement came
so late Very little accurate infoTma-
tion could be gained in regard to the
failure, although rumors of q most con-
Trajectory character were circulated in
great numbers. II was learned, how
ever, that Keene has for some time pas;
confined his stock operations 70 transac-
lions in privileges and selling puts and
calls. A large number of these contracts
fell due to-day, and it is said Keene
began this morning. paving them
OF, and after expanding $4,000 in
cashing the differences resulting from a
falling market he found himself run
ming short, and having no more money
at his command he was forced to refuse
stock rendered him. The news spread
and soon ais Office Was besieged with
customers and creditors, who fought
with each other TO gain entrance. His
secretary, Mr.. Wells, confirmed the re-
ports of his failure to meet his engage
ments, and said it was owing TO unfavOr-
able speculation. He said Mr.. Keene
would make no statement to the public
at present, but would furnish a state
ment at an early day to those who are
interested in his affairs. His
transactions have been principally
in stocks of the Erie, Western
Union and Pacific companies. He
was severely bitten in the recent shrink
age in value of Northern Pacific and
Oregon s. Transcontinental stocks. he
refused TO see any reporters at his Office
to-day, and at his house this evening il
was said he had gone out of town and
was probably In Newport. Later in the
evening, however, the following state
ment was issued for publication to the
Associated Press reporter:
After paying out a million of dollars
in cash in the last few months in my
efforts to protect my privileges in fall
ing market. have to day determined to
call halt in the interest of those with
whom have business.
tSigned), JAS. r. KEENE
Shortly sitter the announcement of his
inability to meet his engagements Keene
was offered by a number of friends and
fused TO accept, saying he did not pro.
pose TO make matters worse by keeping
up bis margins any longer.
The failure was the absorbing topic
of conversation among bankers and brok
ers who assembled at the Windsor hotel,
and various comments were heard by
those who had been friends or opponents
of the great operator.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08

Bank robbery promises to speedily
become one of the lost arts in the great
southwest.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-08-15
The Saloon and Society.

The saloon is an institution which
makes the poor poorer continually. If
only half the expenditure of Che wage
earning classes upon drink were saved
the elevation of those classes would pro-
ceed by leaps and bounds The saloon,
however, is ever lying in wait for the
weak or the social wage-earner. In this
great city, on any Of the main avenues,
be can not walk block without passing
a mandatory of misery. At every
turn the purveyor of drink entices him,
gets between him and his family, be-
tween him and his manhood, between
him and his happiness. The pergading
influence of rum pursues the slaves of
appetite increasingly. and makes their
lives constant struggle or a succession
of disastrous falls.
This subtle, prevalent influence is the
bitterest curse that rests upon modern
civilization, and it will destroy civiliza-
ton if it is not itself destroyed. For
the discomfort, the anarchic tendencies,
the seditious doctrines, the dangerous
dispositions that are manifesting in CEN
ters of population, together with the
vices of administration which alarm the
thoughtful, and the difficulties in the
way of reform, which are due to the in
tractability of the material dealt with
al have their spring and origin in that
habit of drinking, that potent drink in
fiuence, which battles the enthusiasm of
the reformer and laughs to scorn the
appeals of religion, of reason and Of
self-respect This evil influence is de-
grading and brutalizing society, and
progress will be slow and unsatisfactory
until public opinion is formed which
refuses to palter with the abuse longer.
IN Y. Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-08-15
Cultivation in Dry Weather.

VI a
Bulletin No. 6 from the Missouri
State College Farm brings further re-
ports of tests made by Prof. Sanborn
to determine the movement of moisture
in cultivated fields during the growing
season. Two sheet-iron pipes six
inches in diameter were driven into the
soil to the depth of six inches, one of
the pipes with its earth enclosed being
furnished with a wooden bottom, driver
under it from outside after the pipe
was fixed in place, the soil in the other
pipe being without such ''cut off, from
the earth below. The tests were car
ried on during the months of Septcm-
Der and October, the weather being
generally rainless. "a 6Hs.I
By repeated weighings of soil taken
from the upper two inches, and the
second two inches, and dried by arti-
fic;al heat to determine the per cent. of
moisture each contained, it was shown
that in every case the surface contained
more moisture in the early morning
than in the previous evening, and also
that in every case but one. Ca very
foggy morning,) the upper two inches
contained less moisture than the sec
ond two inches. The inference is that
the surface soil of a cultivated field is
constantly giving up moisture in dry
weather night and day, and that the
moisture is drawn upward by capillary
action from the soil beneath. In evil
dence of this it was found that the
earth in the pipe with a board bottom
in no case lost so much water by dry
ing as the earth in the pipe having
nothing to interrupt the upward move
ment Of the moisture through the soil.
These tests appear to contradict the
old theory. SO often advanced, that Gull
tiyating soil deeply in dry weather
keeps it damp by attracting and absorb
ing the humidity of the atmosphere dur
ing the night. 1t would seem, there
fore, that when the housekeeper's
clothes hung upon line to dry during
the night, are found in the morning to.
have given up their moisture, or por-
ton OF it, to the surrounding atmosp-
here, the earth too has been giving up
its moisture to the air, and that under
such conditions the deeper and more
frequently soil is stirred in dry time.
the dryer that soil Will become. The
preventive measure, as previously re-
commended by Prof. Stockbridge, is to
cultivate the surface only in dry time,
say one orstwo inches deep, in order to
keep the ground covered by thin coat
of soil, so thoroughly dried that it can
not readily conduct off the moisture
from below Stirring the surface light
ly disturbs capillary attraction, and
prevents the moisture from rising to
the surface to be absorbed by the night
air. Deep cultivation in dry weather
it is claimed exposes the earth to the
absorbing acton of the air.--New Eng
land Farmer. q.