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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-11-27
Starting = Daily Paper

Did you ever start daily paper? asks
r. ). Burdetie. No. Well you ought
to try 1t. Falling down stairs with a
stove on top of you is nothing to be COM
pared with it in point of excitement.
The nRme of that paper was the Review.
and 1t was started to fill long-felt want.
Jerry Cochrane was my partner. For
INSTANCE, Jerry and I always knew on
on Monday that We wouldn't have
money enough to paw the
hands eff on Saturday, and we
never did. The hands knew it, too, and
so their nerves were never shocked by
disappointment. We ran that way for
awhile, getting more deeply into debt
all the time. At last, one morning
entered the Office and found Jerry look
ing rather solemn. Jerry" said l.
you want a partner" "Yes, we want 6
new one, Bob" he rejoIned. "a busI-
ness man." said l. "One with execu.
tive ability" said he. "a fnancier,"
observed. "a man that can take hold
Of the thing and turn It into
money" he concluded. "Then I've got
the man you want" I said, and intro
duced Frank Hitchcock, the eherif. Jer.
~ said Frank was the very man he had
been thinking of, SO we installed him 81
once. Sir, be proved 10 be all we Hntic-
ipated, and he ran the paper with greai
success until he turned il entirely into
money. When We wound up the con.
Germ there was nothing left but two
passes-one to Cincinnati and one Il
Burlington. We divided them and wen
in different directions.
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uan.,rioE.a.ain

NEWARK, N. j., Nov. M.-The Dem.
ocrats had a great meeting of rejoicing
tonight. After the parade, Vice Presi-
dent elect Hendricks said: at is impos-
sible for me to address you at length. l
thank you. men of New Jersey. for the
honor you have done Grover Cleveland
and myself at the election. lCheers.
l know no honor possible to be enjoyed
by any man greater than that
which is expressed in the conf
dence of the people, and there IL no
mode of expressing that confidence Of
the people higher than the ballot in the
box. CheeFs.1 On the 4th Of this
month New Jersey did express her judg-
ment that we should be thhsef officers
of this country. That judgment stands,
and will stand forever, because enough
other states have concurred In that judg-
ment of the nation under the constitution
of the United States. For the part that
you have borne IN that grave and re-
spOnsible work, / extend to You my sln-
cere thanks and regards. To the Sulli-
van club of the city, 70 Newark, e part
of the serenadIng body, ! desire to ex-
press my thanks In very special terms.
They have done to enc who Is dearer 20
me than my own life honor tonight.
It was impossible that she should be
here 10 receive this honor attheiF hands
They desire to express to her their re-
spect and their regard for this banner,
the beautiful banner that expresses our
mutual love for Ireland. fCheera. |
Upon that banner It Yves written by her
self, Justice to Ireland" q sentiment
that all men of ali nations and all KIM
dreds OF the earth ought 20 respect and
homer. Justice TO Ireland" that has
given to England her bravest soldiers.
Ireland, that has sent 20 this country Of
ours men who have fought in ali its
wan, men who haYe helped TO develop
this whole land, men who hive illus
trat6d the virtues of Civilization and
CyhriSsIauifV
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ST. JOHN IM KANSAS.

Philadelphia Press: In st. Johns
own state, which has Incorporated pro-
hibitiOn In its constitution, and measures
st. John at his worth, Blaine received
153, 1896 votes and ST John 1878. Never
theless. before the election, there were
some who prOfessed to believe that in
the strong prohibition state of Kansas
tiYely Prohibition candidate, might get
its electoral vote, or at least prevent it
from being given to Mr.. Blaine.
They probably know better In no
state IN the Union has the st John
movement excited such strong opposi-
tion and dIsapprOval. st. John himself
has been repeatedly burnt in efflgy
by the indignant people, q fool
Ish proceeding, but expressive of the
deep resentment and wrath which his
treacherOus course has melted. The
vote he received is consid erably less than
two per cent of the total, while Blaine's
plurality is the largest ever received by
= presidential candidate in the always
Republican state OF Kansas. reaching the
magnificent total of 63, 1856, and next to
that of Pennsylvania, the largest plural.
ity received by the Blaine and Logan
ticket.
There could scarcely be a stronger
condemnation of st. John and the i'll.
advised and suicidal movement which
he led than this. Where prohibition Is
strongest, best organized and under in
tellIRent and effective leadership, and
where st. John himself is best known
his separate party movement was con
temptuously swept aside.
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In times nast lhere has moi baeI

In times past there has not been
phenomenal degree of love wasted be-
tween the three leading IndI-
ana Democratic statesmen, though
of late they have been posing
as 3 trio of brethren dwelling to
gether in unity" Bat now since election
it is said the rivalry has broken out with
tenfold bitterness. Mr. Hendricks sees
that "the vice presidency is the short
road To oblivion" unless he can be more
than former vice presidents have been,
and he will therefore demand not only
that the rewards be given to his henc b.
men, but that Mr.. Mcdonald shall not
have a cabinet portfolio. He could not
endure to be bottled up in the vice pres
ldency and see Mcdonald Disturbing
the patronage of cabinet officer, while
the vice president could ohly appoint q
few pages and the senate restaurant
keeper.
SsnatOr Voorhees,, who feels that he
carried the legislature, and having his
eyes on the presidency in 1888, proposes
TO have the patronage In his own hands,
Is determined that Mcdonald shall have
a place in the cabinet, that he may add
that much strength TO his own position.
Is this the inwardness of the little IN
plessantness with which the visit of Mr.
Voorhees, and Mr. Hendricks as mutual
friends to Grover Cleveland Is said to
have terminated? On, the penalties OF
power!
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

A recent estimate was made that dur
ing each presIdential campaign fire.
works, torch light professions, psrades
and similar demonstrations with their
attendant expenses aggregate in cost al
most I'VE million OF dollars. That esti-
mate may seem exaggerated, but when IL
is remembered that certainly not less
than a million torch-beaTers participa-
ted In demOnstr tions for instance in
the last month OF the campaign, and
when there Is taken into consideration
the amount expended for uniforms. for
travelling expenses, for music and the
hundred incidentals about which cam
paign workers well know-the most
lavish estimates of siection expenses OF
different political parties will scarcely
seem exaggerated. Ten of thousands of
public meetings; hundreds Of thousands
OF stump orators trsVetsing the land;
millions Of posters. circulars and postal
cards summoning voters to thess meet
lngs; tons OF campaign doc
uments circulated; the enormous
aggregate expenses Of election day for
ballots, ticket distribution and all the
other etceteras for which an enthusiastic
determination to win will lead men to
expend money; all these summed up
show that the expense of electing pres
Ident-even when only what are consid
cred legitimate expenses are taken into
accounts so great as TO almost defy
estimate. Then add to these expenses
Of the direct campaign, the amount paid
out by candidates In their preliminary
contests for nomination; add the large
sum OF money which il Is a sad Tsfiec-
ton to feel, is corruptly used in every
canvass, ana the estimate is doubled or
trebled. While the machinery of an
electoral system like ours necessarily
and unsvOidably involves large finan-
cial outlay, yet the reckless expenditure
of money in election contests
for display and TO create
an artificial enthusiasm seems TO be a
growing evil; and il is certainly a poor
commentary on the good sense and polit-
Cal judgment Of the average American
voter that political methods OF the "Hur-
rah, boys" sort in the use OF which each
party seems to vie with the other should
be regarded as so potent in molding
public opinion and determining results
at the ballot box. There is little wonder
that with the quadrennial occurrence of
a presidential election the reflection finds
general and tired acquiescence at its
close that our elections come too fire.
quentlY, and that long terms and less po-
litical excitement would be better alike
for the civil service, the morals and the
industrial interests of the nation.
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Shall We Meet Again

The following is one of the most bril-.
liant paragraphs ever written by the Ia
mented Geo. D. Prentice:
1.-THE fat of death ID memorable. No
appeal tor relief from that great law
which dooms rs to dust. We flourish
and fade as the leaves of the forest, and
the flowers that bloom, wither and fade
in Q day have no Trailer hold upon life
than the mightiest monarch that ever
shook the earth with his footsteps.
Generations Of men Will appear and
disappear IS the grass, and the multi
tude that throBg the world to-day will
disappear as footsteps on the shore.
Men seldom think of the great event of
death until the shadow falls across their
own pathway, hiding from their eyes
the faces of loved ones whose living
smile was the sunlight of their existence.
Death IS the Antagonist of life. and the
thought OF the tomb 10 the skeleton of
all teasss.
ave do not want 10 go through the
dark valley, although its dark passage
may lead TO paradise; We do not want TO
go down into damp grave, even with
princes for bed fellows. In the beauti-
ful drama Of Ion the hope of immortality.
90 eioQuently uttered by the death-de-
voted Greek, finds deep response in
every thoughtful soul. When about TO
yield his life 3 sacrifice 70 fate,
his ClemAnthe asked If they
should meet again, to which
be responds: II have asked that ques-
ton of the hills that look eterBal-of
the clear streams that flow foreYeE-of
stars among those fields of azure my
raised spirits have walked in glory. All
are dumb. But as gaze upon thy liy-
ing lace, feel that there is something
In love that mantles through its beauty
that cannot wholly perish. We shall
meet again, Clemantha.
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Cab,n.t ns.Ler. D,.srr.s.


NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-CIeVeland and
Hendricks are reported to have had
dne old row at Albany yesterday after
noon. Hendricks attempted to advise
Cleveland as to the possible formation of
his cabinet aud was sat down upon.
Much to the surprise of the politicians
Vice President-elect Hendricks returned
from Albany late on Saturday night.
He took up his old quarters at the Fifth
Avenue hotel. II was noticed by the
obeservsnt man that he did not register
his name and that his manner was not
so serene as when he left TO go and visit
his principal at Albany that morning.
why, governor" remarked a. &C.
quaintance this evening. "what has
brought you back so soOn?''
"1t was my iuteRaiOn to stay in Al
bauy an hour or two zonlY. There 10 8
press of people around Mr.. Cleveland
congratulating him at present, and until
he disposes of them and the novelty Of
seeing the next president wears of, little
can be done in the way of business"
What do you think OF ME-. Cleve-
land ?"
"He is 9 nice gentleman and hospita
bic, " was the reply.
Gov, Hendricks return gave rise TO
the rUnor that he and the presidentelect
had had q difference of opinion. This
Is what was said Ia whispers here and
there tonight. When Mr. Hendricks
had salufed his chief formally and com
menced talking about the cabinet, Gov.
Cleveland drew the conversation round
| to Mr.. Hendricks BROOKLYN speech, init
mating that 1t was too pronounced for Q
beginning. that they should proceed more
! slowly, and that after there was ample
time 70 arrange matters before the 4th
| of March, 1885. This IL said 20 have
nettIed Mr.. Hendricks, who gave the
president-eiect 90 understand he did not
like the idea Of Senator VOORHEES, assum-
ing Sd much authority in the language
| he had used respecting the next cabi-
ret. ETC. After that the statesman from
Indiana is said TO have left abrupt
/ IL. It is known that ex-senator
| George W. Bright, also OF Indiana. is 9
closs personal friend Of Senator VooF
hees, while he IL not on the best terms
| with Mr.. Hendricks "He has great in
huence over Mr.. Voorhees," was the as
sertion of 9 gentleman, who knows q
thing or two Of politics Be this rs II
may, the senator ana ex-senator Wright
left the Gilsey house together this evea'
ing at Gas for Albany in answer IN Z
telegram, while at the same time Mr..
| Hendricks was taking matters cody in
his rooms at the Fifth Avenue hotel.
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wnahInrton rerrstorv.

WARRINGTON, Nov. "a. - Watson
Squire, governor of Washington terri
tory, In ais annual report says the man
ufactuFIng industries Of the territory
have attained . highly gratifying degree
of improvement, that of lumber taxing
the lead. In many cases Indians are
engaged IN prosDerously culttvstiDg the
soil, and IL Is believed that the system of
allotting Q suitable quantity of land 70
them in severalty ought 70 be en-
couraged. IL they can be induced 20
concentrate altogether and abandon Ger.
tain reservations Il would conduce much
70 the development Of the territory by
settlement and cultivation Of large tracts
of valuable lands that are now unpro-
ductiVe. Touching the territorial law
comforting upan woman the right 70 vote.
the governor says that although many
Of our citizens ere disposed 70 question
the wisdom Of this law. especially when
attended with the requirement. thai
women should serve As jurors, It meets
the approval Of . large majority of the
people, and the women Of the territory
are. for the most part strongly DESTROYS
hat the eHtactment be retained upon our
statute book. Thus far It seems attend
ed with no important results unfavora-
bic TO the welfare Of the people Of the
territory. The report statea that the
value of assessed property Of the terri
tory IL $50, 513, 652, with one county e
hear from. The territory IL entirely on.
Of debt, and on July /, 1884 had . bal.
aoce Of Sz7,951 in tina treasury. The
population Of the territory Is estimated
ct 150. 900, and the governor in conclu
sion presents number Of reasons 20 sup
port The claim Of Washington TERRITORY
for admission into the Union IS 6 state.
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SrR1CTIY AGBJCJ1ETURAL.

SIhICILA duhI Z 4 LII u hdL.
Geo. w. Martin is consOling himself
by making his spicy journal strictly
agricultural since election. Following
is one from q number OF pertinent para
graphs which he makes. These figures
are more reliable than election returns:
KANsAs-"First in corn, first in wheat,
first in the hearts of her citlzensp' Four
hundred and ten miles long, two hun
dred and ten wide. Every morning dur
ing the corn blowing season the farmers
go out into q corn field as large as the
whole state of New Jersey. Every noon
during harvest the harvesleTs come in TO
dinner from wheat field which contains
20O, 900 acres more than the state of Del
aware. And every night MARY calls the
cattle home" from pasture larger than
Pennsylvania Once called desert, the
state is now garden. The mustang Is
succeeded by the Norman. The buffalo
has turned over the prairIes TO the Dur
ham. Corn tassels where the Sioux
danced. The wheat crop grows oyer the
old prairie dog village. The sun that
crept over wIgwam and cottonwood
| shines on orchard and meadow. Does
Massachusetts educate her people? s.
does Kansas. Has Ohio an energetic
people? So has Kansas. Are Indians
aud Illinois fertllel 80 lie Kansas. Doe
Kentucky boast hne stocks So doe
Kansas.
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4 NEW RATLROAD Project.


The Independence 8 VerdIgris Valley
Railroad company Is a recently Orgsu-
lied corporation at Independence. The
Independence Star says of it:
The capital stock OF the company has
been fixed at a million of dollars; and
the general route to be followed deter
mined upon. The road will run along
the west side of the VerdIgris from H.
dependence noTthward TO the neighbour
hood of Neodesha, where it Will cross
the river, running on the east side for
the rest of the way. From Altoona q
spur is projected TO Chanute, there stink
ing the Gould system of roads
aud gaining access TO the
coal fields of Southeastern Kansas.
In the southwestern part OF Woodson
county, at Toronto. the new road will
lntersect the st. Louis, Fort Scott and
Wichita road, another OF the Gould lines
Still further up the river, at Virgil
another spur eastward is projected to
Leroy, where direct communication
with St. Louis by the Missouri Pacific
will be secured. The northern terminu:
of the line will be at EmpoTiA, whencI
across to the great coal fields of Usage
county will be easy.
That ID q good route and the enter
prise promises to be pushed vigorously
Emporia Will bid it welcome and ough
10 give IL substantial encouragement.
railroad up the Verdigris valley follow
a natural route, aud its building in tim
Is inevitable; and 1t taps one of the i'm
est agricultural regions IN Kansas. Com
up, Independence. Wen JOIN hand
with vous
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sumner County Press: We have re-
ceived from Senator Plumb, since the
election, q public document which has
bt en- u source of great comfort TO us. II
WAS printed in 1873 and is full OF statis-
tical information about the state of Ia
Dor in Europe. 1t could not have come
at more oppOrtune time. We appre-
ciate the delicate humor Of the Senator'S
act In sending US this valuable work At
this time. We care nothing for stuff
about the election aud politics. They
are entirely embarrassing and pages OF
tables about the labor question are as an
oasis We are living 10 hopes that the
Tichborne case will soon be revived. II
1t Is not. We respectfully appeal TO Con-
gressman Peters for few copies of the
agricultural and census reports. They
will poss, IS peculiar fascination fer q
Republican editor during the long whit
er hours watch approaching. Every
wen regulated Republican newspaper
ones ought now TO be supplied with 4
fun ct Of these precious documents.
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4 sTRAEGE DISEASE.

LeavenWorth Standard: An alarming
disease, which mystifes the physicians
who have seen II. has brOkensOut among
the conVicts confined in one of the wards
at the peniteniiary. The malady resem-
bies ship fever. and has the appearance
of being 8 very low and malignant
form OF typhoid. In its last stages
sores break out all over the body Of the
patient, and when the fever leaves death
ensues in a few hours. Up to this time
about sixty of tire convicts have had the
fever and ten have died of It in
the last two weeks. The
prison physician, DIR. Neatly,
assisted by doctor who lie serving out
a sentence for bigamy, is doing all in
his power to prevent the spreading Of
the disease, and the number of deaths.
which have averaged tour a week, are
now steadily decreasing. The fever
only affected the convicts confined in
this ward, which has been rigidlY quar-
antined from the rest of the prison.
The disease Is all the more inexplicable
from the fact that the cOnvicts have the
best of fare, and everything inside the
walls is kept as neat as wax, the penn
Tertiary being well known to be the
cleanest 10 all the surrounding states.
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The usual summary of the tax law

The usual summary of the tax laws Is
now going the rounds II Is one OF the
items that are always in order. Taxes
are due aud payable as follows: Until
November 20 ei,her one-halt or the
whole of the tax may be paid
II the whole be paid rebate
of 5 per cent on The second half
will be allowed. aud il only half be PAID
the remaining half may stand until June
20 following without cost. December
81 penalty OF 5 per cent attaches: to
all on which q payment OF one-half has
not been made prior 10 the 2lst OF De-
cembsr. June 81 a penalty OF % pei
cent is attached to all taxes still remain.
ing unpaid. Lands are advertised IN
July, and sold the first Tuesday In Sep.
tember, and after the sale the taxes anC
costs will draw interest at the rate OF p
per cent per annum until paid. Thre'
years from date of sale the holder of tn,
certificate will be entitled TO a deed. anC
five years hereafter the deed become
absolute
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Atchison Champion: A convention of
the postinasters of the Fifth CoDgTes-
sional district was held in Clay Center
on Tuesday and Wednesday of last
week. They came together in pursu-
ancs of request issued by Congressman
Anderson last month. He had become
impressed, during his late canvass of
the district, with the fact that the smaller
villages and the country people were not
as we'll provided as they should be with
mail facilities; and it was the work II
this convention to look over the star
routes oil the district, and suggest such
changes in them as would better accom-.
mediate the classes above referred to.
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Grau4 OperH House Burned

81. LOUIS. NoY. 2S.-The Grand opera
house. on Market street. between FiISh
and Sixth streets, burned this Afternoon.
entailIng . loss OF from $4,000 70
$4,000. The fire broke Uat in the
front part of the base0ea1 sscended by
the stairWaYs 20 The roof and thence
spead all over the 61i.dIng, and in tie
course of three hours the beautiful thea
ter, with its handsome decorations. val
liable machinery, scenery and effects,
was mas OF ruins, nothing
beinS left but the bare wallis
stroyed. The Nat Goodwin company
was to open tonight and all OF their
baggage was in the house, but the FIRE
starting in the front part Of the building
gave the company ample time and they
saved all Of their property. John w.
Norton. manager, was not so fortunate,
however, and his entire personal ward
robe and valuable actors library being
Ia the front part of the building was to-
tally destroyed. Loss about $1,000
The insurance on the theaier was about
$4,000.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 24.-The insurance on
the Grand opera house Which burned
last evening fortunately proves to be
cies on the building amount to $55, 200;
machinery, furniture, scenery. etc, $2Y,.
600; total $84. coo. The building is q
total wreck. The question of recon
structIon is not yet decided. Messrs.
Choteau & Morton only had the lease of
ground on which the building stood,
and they have not determined what
course TO pursue. The theateF was the
Oldest place of amusement in the
city. having been opened By Jo-
seph Field over thirty years ago and
has since then had on its boards all the
famous actors and actresses of the world.
A testimonial benefit will De given man
ager Norton next week at The Olympic.
Seats will be sold at N1ction next Mon
day. Nat Goodwin and j. NJ. Hill,
Margaret Msther's manager, each
authorized bid of $500 for box.
Goodwin will play his engagement this
week at the Casino, arrangements hav
ing been made to that effect with its
management. Clara Morris, booked for
next week At the opera house, will play
here but at what house IS not yet de-
cided.
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CouL eli Grove Cosmos: BY reference
10 the table of election returns by coun-
ties, we find Morris county credited Tor
rather debited) with casting 142 votes
for "John Martin" tor governor. These
142 votes we're cast in Elm Creek town
snip. and const itute the entire vote poll
ed in that township for Col. Martin.
They we're cast for "John A. Martin"
and should have been so counted by the
judges of election. Tue judges, DOT the
veters, are guilty OF the error by which
the Republican vote In this county on
governor Is cut down just 142 under what
IL should be-