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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-13
Directors VINO DO Sol Direct.
Pittsburg Telegraph.

FIIIbUUTE IVItEIdPH'
Some of these days this sort of wrong will be
corrected. The time will come when directors Of
banks will be made personally responsible to
stockholders and depositors to the amount of
every dollar lost to them through their indiffer
rectOrS.
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Eat Slow.

and your teeth will be in condition to do their
work for years. Thousands of dyspeptics bolted
their food because they had no good teeth to
masticate properly Chew fine, eat slow, and use
Sozodont.
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DoN'T DIE IN THE House." Trough on Rats"
clears out rats, mice, flies roaches bed bugs
Fifteon cents.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-03-20
YLRGINTA P0LLTLns.

Col w. Z. Sims the other day related
his political experiences at Danville,
Va, before the congressional committee
investi eating the Danvills riot. His
testimony was published in the National
Republican. Col. Sims considered it
his duty to expose the falsehoods con-
tanned in political circular which had
been secretly prepared in Danville and
sent to other parts of the state for dis
tribunon. After he had concluded his
speech, he received frequent warnings
from his friends that he would be
killed If he did not conceal himself
He went to the mayors office, and there
met one of the "best" citizens, who in
formed HIM that If he (Sims) would get
up before the mob and make retrac
ton. It might allay the excitement, other
wise he would be killed. Col. Sims re
fused to save his life by any such expe.
dent. He passed through the crowd tC
his lodgings without beng assaulted
When he got up in the morning he
found the house beseiged by a mob, and
he was advised not to venture out
but he boldly faced the man who
threatened to kill him and received nc
injury except as might have been Inlict
ed by scowlIng looks. On the nigh
after the riot he was again beset by 4
mob, but happily escaped with his life
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-03-20
C0NGREssIONAL AOTI0N

COH al -AC1IOH.
Topeka Commonwealth; At two ses-
sions of congress prior TO the present
one, the house Of representatives has
passed q bill to organize a bureau OF
animal industry. The bills so passed
were much better than the one passed at
the present session, as it gave the bureau
power TO go into the different states and
stamp out the diseases of domestic anil
mails without consulting with the states.
The present bill provides that a state
legislature shall first give It's consent 10
any action On the part of the bureau be-
fore anything can be done. This was
put IN 10 satisfy the states rights men in
the house.
The following are the principal pro-
visions OF the bill. besides the one we
have named.
That the commissioner Of agriculture
shall organize bureau of animal indus
try, and appoint q chief thereof, whose
duty IL shall be to investigate and re-
port upon the number and condition Of
domestic animals in the United States,
communicable diseases among them,
and the means for the prevention and
cure of the same. He is authorized TO
appoint two competent agents,
whose duty it shall be TO report up
on the condition, look to the trans
porting and caring OF animals, and
the means to be adopted for the sup
preston and extirpation Of contagious
pleuro- pneumonia. The bill further
provides, that the commissioner of agri-
culture may expend so much money APP
propriated on this account as may be
necessary in paying for the animals II is
deemed necessary to slaughter and in
such disinfectIon and other means as
may be necessary to extirpate the dis
ease. The states shall pay one-half the
expenses OF the animals il is deemed
necessary to slaughter, and one-half the
cost of the disinfection and care
of herds of cattle. It prohibits the trans
pOrtatlon from one state to another
of auy live stock with any contagious
disease, and provides for the prosecution
of any person violating this prohibition.
Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
is appropriated to carry into effect the
provisions of the bill.
Before Kansas could receive any ben.
efts from this bill in its present contest
with diseased cattle, the legislature has
got to accept Its provisions and provide
one-half of the amount to be expended
and this can only be done In time to dc
any good by special session of the leg
islature. Thus If the senate should thii
week pass that bill, as Senator Plumb il
trying to get it to do, there Is still ne
cessity for a special session. 1t would
pay to do this if there was not a single
diseased animal in the state at the pres
ent time, because disease is liable t
break out any time, and we ought to b
prepared for it. Coy. Click by calling
special session viii not only do his duty
but show that he has the interests of the
people of Kansas at heart.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-03-20
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

The presidential bee still keeps up a
mellitluous buzzing in the bonnet of
Mrs. John A. Logan.
The remains of the late S. j. Tilden
are msnitesting considerable political
activity as the season advances.
1t is understood that Writ W. Walton
will not be candidate for secretary OF
state in Kansas.-Kansas City Times.
Non, what are you giving us?
Hon. Schuyler Colfax is under treat
ment in New York water cure for in
finenza, and the lecture field Is left &c
"Gath," Bob Ingersoll and Eli Perkins
Walnut Valley Times, Gan Eli paper
The Times is for Blaine for president
and John A. Martin for governor, o.
Kansas. We are very "set" about these
two.
Hon. Will Cumback and Hon. JohI
F. Wildman, of Indiana, are for Johr
Sherman for president.-Dayton Jour
nal.
But the cattle men of Kansas seem Il
be for Jim Blaine.
Governor Hendricks writes home
from Europe advising the Democracy
mot to commit itself to anything of any
consequence This suggestion will
strike the public as being trifle tardy
inasmuch as the party has anticipated
Toms recommendation by at leas
twenty five years.
Langtry seems as great a success a
ever. Her receipts for a week IN Brook
Ign we're $11,06l 75. She is certainl,
10 be admired for her pluck. She ha
beaten the critics and conquered he
enemies. Leading papers begin L
speak of her as one of the most success
full stars on the road.
Atchison Champion: Executive Clerl
Tomlinson has discovered and reveals i
the Kansas City Times that fearful pic
has been Matched, or is in process of il
cubalion, to elect ] nc. "A. Martin governor
John p. st. John United States senate
and j. K. Hudson. state printer. Majo
Hudson, who probably knows as mucl
about it as Tomlinson, says, in the Capi
tai, that he is for Dwight Thacher TO
state printer. A renegade Republica
who sells himself out for a job of SWEEP
ing and busting the governors office, i
not the best authority in the world re
garding the wishes and intentions of Re
puhllcans.
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DIR. RoLooNBE,s REPORT.

Eradication Impossible II the Disease
Gets on the Great Cattle Ranges.
DIR. A. A. Holcombe, endorsed as one
of the best veterinary surgeons now in
the employ of the government, who was
sent TO investigate the cattle plague in
Coffey and Woodson counties, has made
full report of his action 10 Governor
Click. Many of the facts stated have
been printed by US, but we give room to
the closing portion of this sensible doc
ument:
That it is foot and mouth disease can
not be doubted when the symptoms are
considered; for TO recapitulate the vari-
Gus cases show: Vesclcles and ulcers of
the mouth; vescicles and ulcers ia the
cleft of the hoof; suppuration and
sloughing at the foot; ulcers of the rec
tum; vesicles and ulcers of the udder;
diarrh9a; a temperature varying from
1O1 to 104 2 5 degrees Fair, and the
most remarkable emaciation, even in
cases where the appetite is good.
How the disease originated / am at q
loss to know. In the past the foot and
mouth disease has never appeared in
this country except when brought here
from Great Britain or Europe. That it
can originate spontaneously do not be-
lieve, for many observations have shown
that specific diseases cannot be produs-
ed except when specific virus is present
in the system, and that this virus Is al
ways the product of like pre-existing
virus.
That the disease was brought TO Mr..
Keith's heard, am fnlly convinced ;
but when, how and where from MY lnves-
| . nm IN M a -
enable me TO say.
On the 7th inst. three new herds were
| reported infected. ! visited them and
found the report groundless.
Since the 9th. twelve new cases have
| appeared in Mr.. Keith's herd and four OF
five in Mr.. Goodrich's.
The infected district has been sur
rounded with quarantine notices, but to
all intents and purposes they are inoper-
| atIve.
That the disease will appear in other
herds unless efficient measures of eradi-
cation are adopted, is patent to all who
are acquainted with the past history of
4 foot and mouth disease.
In my opinion the infected herds
should all be destroyed and the infected
premises quarantined against all cattle,
sheep and dogs for period of one year
The bedding, manure, hay, fodder
fences, ETC., should be destroyed with
the cattle, and the stables thoroughly
cleaned and disinfected. Tho disease is
now so near to the great cattle ranges OF
the west, to which il may readily be
carried, and where Its disastrous effects
would be incalculable, and its eradica.
ton impossible, that any delay of action
is most dangerous to the great interest:
at stake.
am, sir, very respectfully, your ODE
dent servant, Signed]
A. A. HoLCoMBE, D. V. s.,
Inspecting Vet. Surg. U. s. A.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-03-20
NOTES AND NOTIONS.

The late Matt Carpenter once said to
a Catholic divine: "PurgatorY is SIM
ply a motion for new trial"
An exchange has discovered that a
communist is a person who has yearn-
ings for equal division of unequal
earnings.
The mission Of the present congress
seems to be to demonstrate to the country
how not to do it, at an expense of $12,-
OeO per day.
The landlord of the summer resort
hotel has begun to prActice the seasons
smile before looking glass.
The Mexican reciprocity treaty has
been ratified by the senate, and now only
awaits the formal endorsement of the
merchants of st. Louis.
The Boston Post says: "Pennsylva-
mia editors lead g quiet, undisturbed
life, and if one doesn't happen to get
run over by hearse, lives to ripe
age"
The fat woman has departed from
Kansas City to st. LOUIS, and there is
talk of sending for the Widow Ssmuels
to come up from Independence and
hold down the town at the mouth of the
Kaw.
If the mouth and foot disease is al
contagious as it has been represented by
veterinary surgeons, congress should
lose no time in guaranteeing the lurid
Mr.. Bedford, OF Colorado.
The prohibitionists, it is said, are
talking of Kansas City as q suitabl'
place for holding their national conven
ton. 1t may seem superhuous to STATE
that prompt measures have been taker
at that place for an effective quarantine
Il cast q gloom over an entire TexaI
community, observes 5iftIngs, when tn
son of Texas Legislator, who had jus
returned with his father from the stat
capital, walked up to the grab-bag and
pnze-cake table and asked that tn
game be explsined to hiEa before b
bought his chips.
The grave charge is preferred agalns
the president that there are fifty or sixtl
vacant offices within his gut which b
has neglected for months to I'LL. W.
trust that Mr.. Arthur may not be tempt
ed to fiy into the face of Providence b.
visiting Ohio just al this time.
An "anxious'' father writes in thu
London Times that Instruction In gen
graphy is gradually dying out IN thu
English schools. We have for s'mi
time noticed lack o! geographical
knowledge among EnSlishmen Wit
write on American topics. When on'
Of these refers to Chicsgo IS suburb o
st. Louis; TO Wichita as water tani
Close TO Newton. aud to Topeka Is tn
capital of the Indian Territory, yon ma
feel sure that geography is dying out il
] England.
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nALLEn.

We are glad to chronicle the fact that
Governor Click, whom we believe was
all the time convinced Chat he ought TO
call the legislature in extra session, but
who was waiting In Difference 20 the un-
expressed sentiment from the different
quarters of the state. has issued his call
converting the legislature in extra sea-
sion on the 18th. We believe this will
prove 10 be one of the wisest acts OF his
administration, which has been marked
by an exercise of good sense and sound
judgment from the first. The people
fighting the scourge will now feel en-
couraged to renewed effort, and those
not effected will feel that they are to be
protected from the disease which threat
ems destruction to the principal industry
of the state.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-03-20
F1rz JOHN PORTER.

The Bill for His Relief Passes the Senate.
WAsHIEGToN, March 13.-The senate
passed the Fitz John Porter bill 80 to
%, with an amendment which will take
il back to the house.
Henderson and Logan addressed the
senate at length in opposition to the
measure.
Conger expressed desire to amend
tue bill by striking out the word 1.-THE"
and inserting the words IAN additional
before the words Retired list OF the
army" His object being, he said. to
save from disgrace the regular retired
list of the army and have separate re-
tired list provided for General Porter
and those like him.
The chair declared the bill not sub
Ject to amendment at this time except
but for additional sections.
The bill was then read third time
and was then passed, 36 yeas and %
nays. The result was received with
mingled applause and Misses from the
galleries.
The vote is as follows:
Yeas-Bayard, Brown, Butler. Call,
CockrelI, Coke, Colquitt, Fair, Farley,
Garland, Gibson, German, Gr0ome,
Hampton, Harris, Hoar, Jackson, Jones,
OF Nevada, Jones of Florida, Lamar,
Mop herson, Maxey, Morgan, Pendleton,
Pike, Pugh, Riddleberger, Sabin, Sauls
bury, Sewell. Slater, Vance, Voorhees,,
Walker, Williams.
s-Aldrich, Allison, Blackburn,
Conger, Cullom, Dawes, Dolph, Ed
munds, Frye, Harrison, Hawley, Hill,
ingalls,, Logan, Mcmillan, Henderson
Miller of California, Mitchell, Morrill,,
Palmer Plat, Sherman, Van Wyck,
Wilson.
During the vote the following pairs
were announced: Beck, yea, with Hale,
| nay; Cameron Owls }, yea, with George,
nay; Miller (N.Y), nay with Camden,
yea: Plumb, nay with Vest, yea; Saw
| yer, nay, with Kenna, yea.
The motion to go into executive seq
sion was agreed to, but while the doors
were being closed it was discovered the
preamble 10 the bill had not been passed,
so the doors were closed and immediate,
Nv reopened The preamble then passed
| yeas, 80; nays, %. During the vote Mil
| Ter, of New York, expressed wish to
vote. and without objection transferred
| Camden's pair to AldTich who was now
absent. Miller then voted nay.
The preamble to the bill as passed re-
| cites that the board of officers convened
| by the president to examine report
/ upon the case of Gen. Porter stated that
1 JUSTICE tt4C CoiOCHb W
| the findings aud sentence OF the court
martial In Gen Porter's case and restore
him to the position from
| which his sentence deprived
him, such restoration to take effect from
the date of dismissal from service; that
the president had RENTED SO much OF
the sentence as disqualified Porter from
| holding office, and thai in order to do
| Justice to General Porter it was enacted
etc.
The bill then authorizes The president
by and with the advice and consent Oh
the senate to appoint Gen. Porter to the
position of colonel in the army, the
same grade and rank held by him at the
time of his dismissal, and authorizes
the president, in his discretion, to place
Gen. Porter on the retired Inst rs of thai
grade, Gen. Porter, however, to receive
no compensation or allowance prior to
his appointment under the act.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-03-20
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.
Over One Hundred Men Killed by "a CO
Mine ExDIosion

Over One Hundred Men Killed by a Coal
Mine Explosion.
LYNCHBURG, Va, March ia spe-
cial from Pocahontas this morning says
there was an explosion in the coal mines
here last night at 10; 80 and from a hun
dred and twenty to hundred and fifty
miners were killed.
NO FURTHER PARTICULARS.
LYNCHBTRG, Va, March 13.-No
further particulars have yet been re-
ceiYed of the explosion in the coal
mines at Pocahontas, Virginia. Great
confusion prevails there and accurate
Information cannot be had before even
ing. A special train with surgeons on
board lett this city for the scene of the
disaster at l 05 this morning.
Petersburg, Va.-Intelligence Just re-
celved confirms the story of the terrible
explosion IN the coal mines of the
Southwest Virginia Improvement Co.
at Pocahontus, Tazwell county, this
state. It occurred at 1 O'Clock this morn:
ing. The particulars are very meagre.
Nothing is learned as to how 1t occurred
Over one hundred men are knownto be
killed. These mines are owned by
joint stock coal company, mostly Of
northern capitalists.
Further intelligence from Pocahontas
represents the work of destruction at the
coal mines as horrible and complete
There were so men in the mine at the
time of the ex plosion, not one of whom
is believed TO have escaped. Those not
killed outright by the terrible force
of the explosion most likely
| perish from after damps. The cause OF
| the explosion is not yet definitely ascer
tanned, as the entries to the mine are al
full of bad air, but the presumption is
that one Of the miners struck q fissurG
of gas.
Several parties Ventured into the mines
this morning but could not long endure
the foul atmosphere. A number o.
bodies were discovered horribly mangleC
some of them with their heads torn from
the trunks, and others with their limb!
all gone, presenting an appalling spec
tacle. The work of destruction was no
confined entirely to the interior of thu
mines, but houses two or three hundred
feet from the mines were overturned anC
IN several instances entirely demolished
A large ventiiator of the Southwes
Improvement company was blown
to atoms and the mine can
is constructed for the purpose of freeing
the atmosphere of its suffocating fumes
This work is now progressing speedily
A large force is engaged on the outsid,
of the mines, constructing collins an
periecting other arrangements for tn
interment OF the dead miners, most O
whom are foreigners.
The latest intelligence Is that the ex
ploring party has entered the mine
short distance and brought out 81
bodies in frightfnlly mutilated cond
ton. There is no hope that any will b
, | rescued alive.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-03-20

A DEMOCRATIC SUGGESTION
In the condition of extreme doubt in
which the Democratic marty finds itself
in reference TO the next presideAcy, the
Galveston News, (Democratic), makes
q suggestion whereby the south could
help the Bourbons into control. It's
suggestion In brief is that the Democrat,
ic legislatures of the confederate states
shall chose their presidential electors
instead OF submitting the choice TO the
people. BY this means the Republicans
of those states Will have no voice in the
electoral college. Under the national
constitution the Legislature may do this
and not resort 10 popular vote. The
News in speaking of the feasibility oI
Its plan says:
The states of the south by their legis
latures can elect 153 electors. Ohio
with Democratic governor and legis
lature Democratic in both branches, car
elect twenIy.three electors. California
with q Democratic governor and a legis
lature Democratic in both branches, car
elect eight electors This would leave
twelve votes short of the number requi
site to elect a president. The Indians
legislature Is Democratic In both branch
CO, but has Republican governor and
that state is entitled to fifteen electoral
votes. The states Of Pennsylvania
Wisconsin and New Jersey have Demo
cratic msjorities in their legislatures on
joint ballot and Pennsylvania and New
jersey have Democratic gov
errors, but rs the bloody shirt issue will
not be applied TO any of the northern
states and only to few OF the southern
states, II may be well to allow popular
suffrage TO elect the electors except In
the states likely to be singled out by the
Republicans for the rejection OF theiI
votes. These states, from present ap
peArances, will be Virginia, South Caro-
lima. Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida
The advocacy of an appeal by the
Deliberate party from the people to the
legislatures is a confession of weakness
and points out the fact that Democratic
victory can only be gained by thwartine
the win Of the people. Whether thu
scheme win be tried or not is a matter
Of doubt.
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The practical manner in which Sena-
tor Plumb has interested himself in be-
half of Kansas in her present emergency,
In connection with the cattle disease
which has made its appearance in the
state, Is in keeping with his record in
the national legislature. II has been
truthfully said that the senator Is a man
of results. He understands fully the
needs Of Kansas, and no representative
from this commonwealth has eyer labor
ed more successfully for her interests
than Mr.. Plumb His hard, practical
sense and his splendid business
qualifications have proved invaluable
to his constituents, and the advantage TO
the state of having man Of affairs at
the seat of government Is again demon
strated In the prompt measures which
our junior senator has taken for aiding
Kansas in her present trouble. The joint
resolution introduced by Mr.. Plumb ap.
propriating SOS. 900 to be used for the
suppression OF the cattle scourge is meet
ing with some opposition, but we are
certain that the measure could not have
more Jealous and influential advocate
than It's author.
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A good many newspapers are oppos-
ing the appropriation OF millions every
year for the improvement Of the Mis-.
sisslppi river, and declare 1t nothing but
a well organized scheme to promote job
berry. It would seem there is ground tor
this charge, because the money is regu-
larry spent and the river is not improved
TO any perceptlble degree. The recent
overflow in the lower states along that
stream shows how futile are the efforts
70 conhne II within its banks. There
will be no disposition to oppose the ap-
propriations of money II any useful
plan can be adopted for the benefit Of the
sufferers in the overflowej regions.
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81. Lou,s Globe.Democrnt. INC Car

st. LOUIS Globe Democrat: The Car
penter murder trial, at Petersburg, ILL.,,
will be watched with interest. The evil
dence against the accused viii be purely
circumstantil. 1t looks like case in
which the definition OF a "jury," as given
IN one oithe comedies OF the time, would
hold good; "a jury Is a body of men
brought together for the purpose of de-
termining which side OF case has the
smartest lawyers"
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The public is moi asIeen in =

The public is not asleep in respect TO
sewing machines, and q lady, now a.
days, buys a machine, not because i,
had good name fifteen years since, but
selects the machine that pleases her best,
has the most Improvements, and does its
work in the most quiet and ladylike
fashion. The New High-Arm DAVIS.
with its vertical feed, fills the above re-
qulrements, and is said to combine all
the advantages of other mschines, with
many that are original and peculiar to
the Davis" Indeed, any lady who is
the possessor Of one, may rest assured
she has treasure M. r. Roblee, agent,
166 Commercial street.