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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-17
WHAT THE FIGuREs SHOW


" hat yes depression or discs n there
wss last Year ~ tuS ness circles, must
hare come from squeez z Tie usier out
ai sioek. a,d ire 4 g,pfug II aa from
infi-tion 10 n sohd bueluus ia IL Few
boEesi conducted enterprises seem to
have suiierd and If Gould lost $4,000,
GO. ann V ] ard eas doubled up 20 TO
$, eAk, he pglie did mol SITTER much.
The s,ii fisui,s 10 he sli rigat,
and LEY inai-a:e increased prospt riiy,
no,wit standing the talk about depre-
siuR. Tue stock Of coin and currency
~as decreased during the year from
s. 46j 500. 449 10 81 .323 36G, $50; tire IN
ports of merchandise for eleven
InOutbsj deere tsed from $693, $40 pa 10
1852 3d., 2i2. thus lessening~ by $4,000
0O0 the amount we had 10 pay abroad.
Our exports OF merchandise (eleven
months) decreased from 1878 .02f ,O19 TO
| $TI9. 529. 625, by nearly SIS. 000. 600. the
returns To which We are entitled from
abroad, making total balance of trade
in our favor of about sos. OOO, 900. rela
lively ID the equivalent eleven
months of the previous year
The railroads, too, show the same condi-
tion of prosperity. The gross earnings
of the sixty four leading roads oflhe eoun-
try comprising essentially the entire rail.
road business, increased Qor eleven
months) from $244, 391 LAB in 1882 te
$269, 616,69 in 1888. It is in the face
of an actual Incl ease for the year Of
more than thirty millions of dollars il
their annual earnings that the aggregat
ed railroad property of the country ii
estimated as having declined in value
by 81 .50000O,O0O. We apurehend tn,
decline is in ''watered stock" rather thar
in actual value. If this is all nobod,
bat the stock gamblers j
hurt, aud the quicker til,
county is rid of that class the better
Dishonesty and shoddy, the creatures 0
initiation, vulgarity and lmpudence hav
their day, but only honesty lasts. /
1888. with its good crops, and its large
honest business, has succeeded in en-
forcing the lesson that "hoResiy is In
best policy" il ought IN be fondly RI
mem bered.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-17
RAfAIialion

CHICAGO, Jan. IA large number
Of interviews were published this morn
ing ON the action of the governments of
Germany aud France in prohibiting the
sale of American pork in those countries
and the probable effect of retaliatory
measures on the part of congress- I'm.
porters of German and French wines
generally join in the view that If the
import tax should be such
as would prove equivalent to
abe stOppage Of their importation it
would result in much stronger action on
the part of the people of those nations
than the Amarican people have general
ly taken in regard to the exclusion OF
American pork, a. 1t would vitality af-
feet a more numerous class. Any
thing short of prohibitory tariff would
result IN procuring those wines
through the English agents
at q small percentage of increase OF
price. If Sc a gallon were added 70 the
tax on Rhine wine it would drive such
wines out Of the market, and might
cause Germany and France to not seek
to keep out all shipments of American
pork without making any discrimina-
ton as to quality.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-17

Cincinnati Commercial Gazette; Gov
srnor Foster. in his excellent messAgs,
calls attention TO the fact that four years
ago. when the Democrats went out of OF.
nee in Ohio, deficiencies had TO be pro
vided for to the extent Of $s50,O0o. Tue
Democratic legislature which now a.
sumes power. will be confronted with Z
deficiency Of only $4,000. In AddItiou
TO this about two millions Of the public
debt has been paid in the last four years
and by successful refunding OF what re.
mains of the redeemable debt the annu.
al Sotsrest has been reduced about one
hundred and tifty thousand dollars. The
state AJAX may. by reason of Republican
Ssnana gement, be reduced tWo-tenIhs Of {
III. Now we shall see what the Dem.
Is will do.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-17
MORE PRECIOUS THAN GoLp.

MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD.
New York Tribuue: Nos we hsYe Il e
che ,p Judge cry oace mo=e, Judge
Metr4sy Iav ng left The I,abIi srrvice
20 act for a rsiiroa comp ,ny. 1t is right
TO urge taat public servants should be
fully and fairly PAID. Bat ther: are
men IN this worii who would prefer The
homes discharge of resp ,nsiIle and hon
orshle duties. in pr..t cling The public
in,-r 81 a ~ promoting tae pablo vel
lar, ev. II al mod rafe salary in u oaey,
rather ihsn to serve e,rporaiion, some
tim 5 aga nj the public wtilare. for
their private pe,uniary- gam. The race
of men who held il honorable 10 die fer
ones country is no; extinct. Neither is
the rae Of men who hold il ht n orabie
to live for ones country Each man
must judge for himself whether his fam
lily and h-r duties permit him to serve
the pablo, and Judge McCrary is not to
be eensur, d or lightly esteemed because
lie has deemed it right to prefer lasgs
income to public usefulness. But it d
worth while u remember that the re
ward which attends life of honorable
public service Is to some men NOR
precious than gold.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-17

The official returns from nineteen reg
iments of the army, showing their re
spsctive figures of merit for the years
target practice, place the Twenty. fourth
Infantry, now in the department OF the
Missouri. thus far at the top of the. list.
The special interest In this fact is that
the Twenty.fourlh is colored regi.
ment; and we also note that the other
colored infantry regiment, the Twenty
NTH, stands sixth out Of
the nineteen, only four OF
the white regiments beating it. Again,
the figure of merit tor the Twenty. fourth
Is the very high one of 79a2; and all
the white regiments included in the list
are below &C. except the Eleventh, which
reaches - 10 In fact more than half
are below 80. II must be admitted
then, that even If returns hereafter to
he published from the rest of the army
shoNld deprive the colored regiment OF
its present position, ITS record for marks
mamship will in any event be very
creditable
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-17
AGoOn snGGRsTION

Washington dispatches TO some OF
the western newspapers are saying that
southern Democratic congressman are
urging their national committee to hold
the national convention In Baltimore,
Wheeling or Louisville, a. q cOmpli.
ment to the south. Also that the feel
ing in favor OF taking the candidate for
wee president from the south promises
to gather force as time passes. II the
convention is TO 90 south, says the
New York Tribune, we respectfully SUI
gest Charleston as the place. A good
many members Of the Charleston con.
vention Of 1860 would be there, lnclud.
Ing General Benjamin +. Butler. and
the gathering would remind the coun.
try forcibly that while time has It's
whirligigs, mutations and things, the
Democratic party remains pretty much
the same
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-17

Free trade Democrats will not get
much comfort out Of the election OF
Henry b. Payne. the new Ohio senator.
At banquet at Cleveland, on the 9Th Of
January. 1888, he thus expressed him.
self: Free trade has never been &C
cepted by the government OF any civil
lied nation, and is impractlcable aud
impossible, and those words. 'for rev
enue only unwIsely inserted m tn
platform of 1880, lost 10 the Democracy
the presidency and all which tAGt Loo
implied, and like fatality VIII assur
eddy follow a repetition of the folly
In any future campaign We suppose
as he has been freshly endorsed by the
Ohio Democrats, that the above may b,
regarded as the platform OF that partJ
In Ohio on the tariff question.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-17

1t is now predicted tina, the Standard
Oil company will make q bold strike to
obtain control of one or both OF the IA.
tional conventions. Its power IN some
of the eastern states is illustrated by an
incident in Pennsylvania That state,
some years since, commenced q suit
against the company to recover taxes due
for nine years, estimated TO amount to
oyer $S,0OO.OOO, on appeal from = judg-
ment of acourt below awarding k3s,sO1
the supreme court of the state reduced
the amount to SIS, es9. The attorney
general had employed one
X. L. Patterson TO obtain evidence TO
be used in the states case Suspicion
having been directed Ia the alleged
bribery OF Patterson and the suppress
sion of the evidence he had obtained,
the Pennsylvania legislature appointed
q committee to ascertain whether these
suspicious were justified by the fActs
A member Of the executive committee
of the Standard company testified that II
did bride Patterson for that purpose
paying him 49, 900 la cash, aud giving
him q position worth 5000 . year
Having captured the ID emocratic party
in Ohio Il would be just like = greedy
corporation to attempt victories in 4
wider field.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-17
STOCK sourss.

POinas aAA ItsDs Akoat Kansas Stock
Hog cholera has made its appearance
in Chase county.
Dr.. 4. II. Edison. Lyon county. ha.
fourteen pare bred jersey cows.
Twenty-six bead Of stock brought
S2.9f5 ct auction, 10 AcPheFson recent.
N.
Yates CsaGer News: Ed. Austin re.
ports The prevGle1ce Of hydrophobia u
Peter Saith has already Lost Q valuable
COW and several had OF fat hogs ana 4
is feared that the sad is no. yet
Dodge City Globe: Range cattle from
every quarter throughout the west ara
reported - doing excellent, and a. We
hare IesG bat lIttle flesh. Should iht
mild weather c0ntinue for month long
eT cattle would pass shreugh ihe winter
with but very slight loss.
Dodge City Globe. Peter Harding
who is nov ia Texas looking up horss
stock, reports range saddle horses yery
scarce and high in price; stock horses
though qnite plenty. rather thin in 6esh
and held As 3 good figure. The drive
fog Texas horse stock will be smaller
than last gear; cattle about the same.
Kansas Central Cowboy Frank Dole
who was IN Sindney this week and is al
em1Ioge on the ID Cross ranch south oI
Dodge CITY. In Ford county. saga they
have branded 9 .0C0 head OF calves this
season belonging 70 that ranch and thaI
the nrosDec4s nov are that they will
have about 10000 beeTes for shipment
next season.
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The Waves Beating AGAINST the Sandy
Foundations.
Two Grain Houses Go Under IN New
York.
DemOrall1ed Grain Market IN Chicago.
a Mob fake Possession of Train in
And Threaten Serious Trouble. Troops
Sent 10 Queli Them.
Talk About Retaliation for Germany and
France.
Immense Destruction OF Property in West
Virginia by Floods.
Haavy ratlurae In Saw york

Heavy EatlnrOe IN New York.
NEW YORK Jan 12.-Much excite
ment was caused in the produce ex-
change and neIehborhood by the an
nouncement that the firm of E. w. Cole
man & Co., aour and grain commission
merchants at 8 Water street, were unable
to meet their obligations. In conse-
auence of this news the market declined
from Q centand-a-half TO two centa on
wheat and from three fourths toone cent
on corn. Soon Afterwards Il was an
nounced that j, d. Fuller & Co., grain
brokers, Bridge and State streets, had al
90 suspended and made an assignment
The failure az Coleman q Co. caused
great surprise as the firm hRi been es-
| tablIshed more than thirty years and had
done an extensive business. The firm
was first damaged By the heavy failure
of a Buffalo firm some years ago
Coleman s. Co. lost largely by this fail
1 ure, and Of late iE Is aaid they
| they have transacted too much specu.
latiVe business for the amount of mar.
| gins they required from cussOmers-be
Ing long of wheat and corn, principally
wheat. and they gradually got into such
a position that nothing but q decided
turn of the market could relieve them
from embarrassment, and as such turn
of the market did not occur
Coleman q Co. have made
an assignment for the benefit
of their creditors. 1t is impossible al
| present to estimate their liabilities, but
they are heavy. The assets are chiefly
of such character that they are not avail.
able at present. Most of the firms in
debtedness Is due outside of this city.
Il is supposed the failure Of Fuller &
Co. was precipitated by the decline In
tue market consequent upon the suspen-
sion of Coleman & Co. The firm has
been doing q speculative business and
was long of the market 1t was
embarrassed about three months ago
but managed TO tide over the difficulty
al that time without suspension. Full.
Ter, a year ago, claimed a cash
capital of $4,000 His father
is q wealthy brewer in Brooklyn
and advanced him money occasionally
Jas. M Fuller made an assignment tC
Geo. G. Martin. giving the preference to
his father, James A. Fuller
for $4,000, for money loaned
At the Office it was stated
the liabilities would probably not ex.
coed 100000. The failure is due di
rectlY to the heavy decline in wheat. anC
also 20 losses by the failure'Of Lane &
Son and Detroit house a few months
ago.
The firm OF E. W. Colman 81 Co
was supposed TO have capital of 5000.
600 and Coleman's individual wealth
was estimated at $4,000. At their of
flee all particulars were denied, except
the mere statement that they had sus
| pended and made assignment.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-17

The triumph of Payne in Ohio is a
triumph of the worst elements of the
Democratic party. Ex-senator Thur
man denomInated the effort tn beat Pen.
dleton As combination of personal
hatred and overgrOwn wealth" 1t has
created the most intense excitement In
that state. and thousands of protests by
Democrats poured in to members of the
legislature from all quarters of the
state against the election of Payne. The
people feel that an outrage on decency
has been committed, and the Republi
cans and decent Democrats consider the
election of Payne as certain to create a
political revolution in Ohio by next
wear
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a1na ono 10. hr = r,nna.

CINCINNATI, Jan. 12.-The Times
htar's Charleston, West Virgins, specia
says: An unprecedented rise In Elk riy
er, q branch of the KanaWha, caused 1
loss of not less than 800. 600 In slaves
bark and lumber. Among the losers arl
the Axley Slaves company of thirteen
valuable bargee OF slaves; Pastor 6taYs
company, 5000 slaves: EEalley &
Threckeid. saw mill, $4,000. The IA
nAWha il not yet broken mp.
CATTLETsRURe, KY. Jan. IA dis
patch TO the same paper says: A rise IL
the Big Sandy had begun and report
from Louisa court house indicate |
greater rise still coming. No damag
vet, but lumbermen fear it.
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10 Inan.nn.a asinn-n

TRENTON. Jan. 1.-THE jury, which
was out twenty-five hours, gave the
plaintiff verdict for Eli, eS3an 3 suii
which Ada Davey, widow Of Wn. l..
Davey, brought against the Rtna Life
Insurance company OF Hartford. twas
tried in the United States circuit court
Davey was insured for $1,000 The
company insisted that Dagey's death re
suited from drunkenness.
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a Rival for lEli PsrkLas.

LOWELL, Mass. Jan. 1.-THE Times
notes some stories sent from here re-
Gently to newspapers in different partl
OF the country, giving the details Of the
elephant triplet tragedy and the doubly
fatal issue of hight between an Eng
lish Earl" and 1.-THE Bear" and the ex
perience Of a physician with ghost and
adds, There IL not one i0ta of truth
in any of the yarns referred 20, and Ell
viewed by TImes's reporter, admitted
the authorship, and said he eeut them
simply 20 cater TO the morbid and sensa.
tlonal tastes Of the people. He eaid b
got well paid for the lies and that va
. All he cared for.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-17
THE GOVERNOR ON PARDON

ING.
The governor has written . letter to
some city attorney giving his view Of
his duty in relation to granting pardons
TO convIcts convicted of breaking any
law. He said:
No pardons will be issued unless 1 am
satisfied thai the parties were deprived
OF having az honest or fair trial, or were
not guilty. Ii jurors and witnesses were
bulidozed. juries packed, and other pro.
ceedings had by which the parties were
deprived of having fair trial in court
paTdOns ought to issue. It is the duty
of the executive TO protect the people
against lynch law in court, "a well as to
protect life and property outside of the
courts. AS To what the facts are IN the
cases you refer to know nothing about
but IL petitions are presented they shall
have full and fair consideration.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-17

The Boston Traveller SAYS that Presi-
dent Bruce, Of the Massachusetts senate,
and Speaker Marden, OF the Msssachus-
etts house Of representatives, were born
in the same year in the same town in
New Hampshire, and were graduated in
the same class NJ Dartmouth college.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-17
TT1- S--,.- 49,,

Mr.. n. E. Allison, HutchisOn, Kan:
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Of DIR. Kings New Discovery for Con
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and AL Throat and Lung diseases, it is
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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-17

While Baking Powders largely adver.
tised as being absolutely pure are found
to be enlIvened by the presence OF Am
monia," and others betrAy Alum as
an item of composition, DIR. Prices
Cream Baking Powder is found to he
free from every trace Of impg 1per or
harmful ingredients. DR.. Prices Cream
Is the most perfect powder.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-17

WslDut Valley Times: The Emporia
News Is shouting for . reduction of tax.
% in that village from S5.13 to $500 per
hundred. In EmporiE, as everywhere
else in Kansas. the taxes would seem
lighter, and would certainly be paid
more cheerfully, it property was valued
for assessment at its real worth, thus
lowering the per cent Such will never
be the case, however, under the town.
ship assessor plan.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-17

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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-17

CHICAGO, Jan. LIB. Frank Moore,
recently arrested. convicted and fined
for using the mails in the interest OF the
Louisiana State Lottery. was placed nm
dar arrest again on similar charge.
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SENATE.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. Ivan
Wyck, from the committee on the i'm.
provement of the MIssIssippI river, sub.
mitted joint resolution appropriatIDg
$1,000 600 to continue the improvements
begun IN the Mississippi river. After
debate it was amended SO as TO give II
che form of bill, which passed.
Call introduced a bill providing for
the establishment of a university OF
medicine at the capital Of the United
States for the advancement of the
science, discovery and Inn
proved methods of the treatment
and cure of diseases. IL appropfiAtes
81 600, 600 for q perpetual endowment
the interest on which shall he paid
for salaries of professors and cost
OF experiments, 100000 additional,
is to be appropriated for the purchase
of grounds and the erection Of suitable
buildings. The allapathic, homeopathic
and eclectic methods wall all be repre-
sented In the prOfessorship
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CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. l0.-Dawes intro
duced bill providing for the creation
of United States postal telegraph com.
pany under the direction of the pOeI
office department. 1t creates the Office
of fourth assistant postmaster general
This official shall be president Of the
board of directors of the company and
shall provide for the establishment oil
postal telegraph offices at the post
offices throughout the United States fOI
the transmission of correspondence from
such offices.
Sawyer introduced q bill to pro
hibit the mailing of neWspa-
pers containing lottery advertisements
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-Clardy, o!
Missouri, who had been sick since be.
ginning of congress, appeared at the bar
OF the house and took the oath.
Belmont asked leave to offer pre-
amble and resolutions, providing epe.
cial supervising of agent fo1 the treasury
department. He declared that sys
tematic frauds had been commit
ted on the people by the sYs-
tenn of customs rated by invoice
valuation OF merchandise consigned
TO the United States that certain consul
lar officers were cOgniZant of such IN.
LIBERALIZATION and had repeatedly report
Ell them, and requested the president q
transmit to the house copies of such
consular communications since January
LIST, 1888, either to the state or treasury
department
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-17

The News platform: Close up the
saloons. cut down the taxes and extend
the CITY limits.
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PoinSa anA Itsna Akout Kansas stock
Hog cholera has made ifs appearance
IN NhSe<, lo,,04v
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FINANCIAL DISASTERS.

Two Grain Houses Go Under IN New
York.
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