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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-26
wsico1e Nsys..

LONDON, Fab. 24.-The arrival of Gen.
Brackenburg's column at Abu Hamed
will be a welcome event for the British,
since there will then, for few weeks at
least, be possible line of eommunlca-
ton with Keroeko, shove the second
cataract This line is 235 miles long,
and there Is only one point at which
water is found, but steps will doubtless
be taken t. forward stores OF water 70
E. Murad in advance, and by forced
marches the distance can be covered in
nine days. At the best, this line will be
an indifferent one, but anything is pref
cradle TO the isolation Of the past sew
ersl days.
SoRR EXTRACTS FROM GoRDoN's LET
TIERS.
The papers to-day continue TO pub
ilsh extracts from teleg.ams and letter.
from Gordon as they appear in the Blue
book on Egypt. One of these letters is
dated December 4. It recounts many
incidents of the siege, and has the FOL
lowing narrative: "Once the river rose,
but we drove the Arabs In four fights.
We fred the towns. We sent two ex-
peditions to SEMINAR. We had q battle
on September and were defeated with
heavy loss. our square getting always
broken. It has been quiet since,
we fired twenty towns in different fights
The Arab Krupp guns destroyed ouI
steamers. We have lost three steamers
and built two. All cap.ives with Mahdi
are well TIRE ated, but kept in chains The
nuns among the captiyes ostenslbly mar
ried the Greeks in the party in order e
save themselves from being compelled q
marry Arabs. There is 9 mysterious
| Frenchman from DoDgols, will
Ell Mahdi. Don't let Egyptian
soldiers come and take direct command
of the steamers at Netemeneh."
NOW LET HER WEEP NO MORE.
The queen sent an autograph letter tc
Miss Gordon, sister of Gen. Gordon, ex
pressing her majesty's sympathy with
the lady in bereavement by the loss o.
her heroic brother
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MISTAKEN NATIONAL CHAR


Senator Plumb on the Indian appro-
priation bill: / want to say now, re-
peating what have said heretofore at
some length and which / thought l
would never say again. that I do not
think that the chief end of an Indian
ought to be to live off government, and
do not think the chief end Of the gov
eminent ought to be to encourage the
Indian with the belief that he can al
ways live off the government, nor to
permit him always 10 live of the gov
eminent. l believe that under a proper
system of management nine-tenths of
the Indians of the United States, at least,
men, women, and children, could be-
come self-supporting. Their wants are
simple, or at least they were originally.
giving them extravagant articles of food,
ETC., and we have shielded them because
they have come TO believe to very large
extent that the government was rich
enough and big enough, not to give them
farm, but to enable them to live with
out farm or without doing anything.
That grows, like other vices. by what 1t
feeds upon; and this constant giving
without stunt, ana the understanding that
always whenever there is lack the gov.
eminent Is ready 10 make it up, and that
therefore individual effort can be remit
ted OF abandoned entirely, has produced,
/ think, largely that condition of things
which we find now existing.
I do not propose to attack it now by
means If this appropriation bill, but
want to say that what the senator from
Missouri said ought to be a warning
that we are preceding in the wrong di-
rection, that we are schooling children
in things which can never be of any use
| to them, and that we are keeping peo-
pie in enforced ldleness a: places where
they Can never do better than they are
doing BOW, and thus lay ing the founda-
| ton for the CONTINUATION of this charity
until the end of time. While 7 may
not feem very softheaIted, believe
| have nevar failed to respond 20 de-
mauds for more food when it was said
some body was starving, and l have voted
tor all these emergency bills. and they
have been numerous; but it is improper
that we permit that condition of things
to exist which will confront US with
these emergencies and with these sp-
peels which we can not disregard, and
yet in that way we produce this condl-
ton of things. We are doing great
wrong, not only TO these Indians, but to
the people of the United States, whom
we tax for their support"
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Washington dispatch: There prom
Uses TO b. an Interesting crrteSt among
The aspiring K >nsNns before long Ex-
{ " Click is no~ making every effort
20 oSiri the position now occupied by
Jrdgs McFer!and Of Kansas. commits
sioner OF the G..uernl Land Otfice The
Governor VIII lie iai'rs-d by the
Democracy Ut iar-e in hi@ own state. he-
sides an tXtensive L hleucs outside.
This, howev-r, vii! ioterfere With Gen
Charles Blalr's separations FIR In com
mIssIonership 81 Ialisn af.irs. Blair
Is backed by rhe K ,usss Cuy Times AID
Leaders of the D .mccracy of eastern
Kansas"
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WASHINGTON, Feb 23-It seems that
Governor Click of Ransas has abandon
ed all hopes he may have had 10 become
a member of sir. Cleveland's cabinet,
and that be will now bend every effort TO
succeed Judge Mcfarland as commits
sioner If the general land office. To
Ibis end be Is now working, rs against
Charles Blair, who is put down as an
as pirant fer commissioner of Indian al
fairs Click, it Is said, stands good
show for TecO2nIilt %, the larjer's iden-
tificallnn with al element which cham
pIoned Candidate against Cleveland for
the Democratic nomination has injured
him. Ii is the general talk am0og the
thinking men here, hotn Democrats and
Republicans, that il Kansas succeeds IN
Obtaining the head of prumin ent
bureau ii will he Click and not Blair
v no will succeed
Repre- sentative Dookery has succeeded
m getting 5pecial act passed pension
ing William Lockhsrt of De Kaib coun-
Iy, a soldier of The Black Hawk war.
J. n. Fettele Of Iowa, Is being pressed
by the Iowa delegation in Congress Tor
tie governorShip OF Wyoming.
Secretary OF State Cavanaugh, of Kan
So il ht rP
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Arthur aud the Inauguration.

WASHINGTON. d. c., Feb. 25.-Presl-
dent Arthur has invited PresideDt-eIect
Cleveland to be his guest at the Execu-
tive Mansion from the time of his srri-
val in this city until he is formally in
augurated. TIE invitation has been
declined with thanks, as apartments
have already been secured for Mr.
Cleveland, and because of the uncertain
ty OF the exact time OF his arrival at the
national capltsl. According to- the pro-
gram the present arrangement the re-
urlng president will cali upon the TO-
coming president at the hotel
and escort him to the cap
itOl 10 be inaguraied Presi
dent Arthur has accepted 40 invitation
to asiend the Inauguration ball and has
assured the general committee of his
cordial support and cooperation in their
eHdeavors to make the affair brilliant
sue cess.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-26

& new horseshoe Is nJw being made
which IL in two parts, the upper design.
ed 10 remain permanently upon the foot,
where il viii last tnr an indefinite time,
as no wear com = up-a It; the other,
thai which cea;ai4s lts corks. sud which
is JOIN 10 the uPpsr 10 an ingenious
manner. Toe lowe r halves of the shoes
are interchangeabic-sharp corks for Icv
weather and dull ones f,r heavy draft
horses. ur they may BE- removed entirely
at night e, prevent igjuFy to the animal
while in the stab
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-26
An ArtIstie Humorous Gem

Tine baltimore American says: the
choicest selection OF copyrighted Amer
lean humOF and one which will delight
every reader rs now hsing distributed
free throughout America. Nearly all
tie humorous and comic artists OF the
country ale represented In II, among
them "BiH Nye;" Robert J. BuTdette,
BurlinGton HaWkeye; +. ID GEssaW ay,
derrick Dodd," San Francisco Post;
C. Is Lewis, M. Quad" Detroit Free
Press; Stanley HaHtley, 'Spoopen
dyke" Op.e p. Read. ARR ansas Travel
er; R. K. NuukIttriek of Puck and 9TH
ers. The book In question Is the unique
annual literary production OF the Chas.
A, Vogeler company Of This city, and is
! STYLED the ST Jacobs OIL Family
| Calendar and Book of Health
and humcr for 1855. While Is has been
gotten up primarily for advertising pUr-
poses, it is 80 repleie with original mat
ter free from advertising reference tina.
| the business feature Is almost second
| arv one. Twelve million copies are is
| sued tor grstuitous distribution, being
| delivered IRON house TO house in large
| cities, and in smaller towns furnished
through the medium OF druggists. II has
been printed IN Il number of languages
| aud Tor different countries. The presS
| of Great Britain and Australia is unani-
NOUS a prsising the merit aud original
/ lev of its cnnieuts. The illustrated
/ sketches are il. sersl s r vel v i;h testimon
iais As 10 The merits CT the wonderful
| paiD-cure, ST Jacobs Oil, The
only remedy which received COLO
medals at the worlds fair.
of Australia, Iudla and other countries
The Red Ssar Cough Cure. Il new dis
covery in medicine, has also space de
voted e, il. BisrGs of hesith OF large
cites. eminent medical authorities
analytical chem 'sts, chIei officers OF stst.
and municipal governments have all tes
titled not only :a the curative effects %
this remedy. hut also e. It's freedom from
narcotics. opIhtes and TnlSons, which en-
ter 50 largely iatn the composition a
oid-time pre- ara ions The former eel
iInns OF this little bpok were very attra6
tive. but IN tine prs sent instance moth tn
publishers and contributors seem 70 hav
Determined that they would give ID
country all that is brightest ADD best /
] American humor.
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AN EXTRA SESSION.


New York Tribune: Some prominent
Democrats now urge that they want an
extra session of congress Il hey say
that at first it was de sired by Repub.
licaus ard feared by Democrats. But
they urge That al extra session has now
Cleveland's administration, and must
not be prevented IN the fear that the
party in congress would make an ass of
itself" There is ground, il is true, to
apprebend that the Democrats in con-
gress would disgust the country as
usual. There is also ground to
believe that they would make it very I'M
comfortable for Mr.. Cleveland 1t is
certain that the presence of a Democratic
congress in session ALWAYS disorders bus
mess and threatens industry, and is re-
| gaTded as calamity by conservative
people. The country usually thanks
| Heaven with profound feeling when a
Democratic congress abolishes itself
|, Nevertheless, unless congress can do
some necessary things quickly. an extra
]
tainty and financial disturbance are TO be
deplored, it is true But if the question
| is whether the uncertainty shall
| last for a whole year, or only
tor mouth or two, the country
will b. compelled reluctantly to prefer
an extrS session. Mr.. Cleveland may
look upon the matter in the same light.
If he has 10 face this wrangling Of fac
tons and somehow deal with 1t; if he
has to meet Democratic stupidity in leg
Islaiion, and somehow to get the better
of it; it may seem best 10 him to begin
the job as soon as possible.
1t Is a question tor Democrats to settle
If they cannot do their duty at the reg
ular session, they ought to he compelled
TO meet again. IL IS their own fault that
there is any possibility that 30 extra
session may be needed.
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Locomotive EneIneer.

OsAHA, Feb. 25.-The locomotive en-
gineers, meeting in this city from every
division OF the five branches of the Union
Pacific railroad. have been accorded a
formal hearing by General SuperIntend.
en-: Smith. and the result is announced
as satisfactory to both engineers
aud management Two Objectionable
paris OF the old rules will bt
taken from the new rules aud an engIn
eer will not he held responsible for acct
denial damage 10 his engine, neither j.
be required to sign wsiver 10 all claims
for personal injury Tnr delegaIes vii
remain here few days in consultation
on other parts Of the new rules
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-26

In the 3. Is o. depot at Was bibgt, n
during the Inauguration all will be
serene and comoarstivtly comfortable;
no confusion 0f trans or danger OF get
ting IN or off at The wrong time and
south come in VIA enc division, and
those from the east aud north by smother.
The B. & o is the only line east and
west via aud through Washington. This
tells the story, and those who read it to a
profit and app-eciRtr The moral viii go
r 20
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-26
THE NEWS thinks that tn. okl.h.

THE NEWS thinks that the Oklahoma
boomers are wrong in going down into
that country before they can do so under
the sanction of the law. We will how
ever, endeavor 70 continue TO present ON
readers with the Information on Okla
homa matters twelve to thirty six hours
ahead OF other papers. Tuesdsy We
gave the news of the passage of the
Dawes bill in the senate. Other news.
papers give the same information Wed.
nesday. Meanwhile we present IN this
issue the full text OF the DIVES measure
which Will appear in less enterprlsiDs
sheets some time during the course of the
week.
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Hendricks Hot.

INDIANAP. LIS. lad, Feb. 24-Gov.
HeLdrIcks and wlfe have been much
annoyed at the recent appearance in
ST veral newspapers Of what purported TO
be picture of Mrs Hendricks. accom-
panied by flIppant reference to her
supposed ambitions. The vice pTesi-
deutelect telegraphed the following let
ter TO Mr.. Cleveland st night:
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. %.
To Hon. Grover Cleveland, Prosident-elect:
MY DEAR SIR: Mrs. Hendricks and
[ have been much annoyed by the publi-
cations in some of the newspapers at q
picture somewhat resembling her, and
an article in bad taste attributed to her
ambition, quite unauthorized, l need
not say thai the pubilca;irn wss Ni1hout
our knowledge aud !h~t ~ no persons
can it he so offensive a To ourselves. l
understand that sUca practices and arti-
Giles are prepared in New York and fur
nisbed to subscribing newspapers for a
small price. We trust that 1t Will not be
an annoyance to yourself or the ladies
Of your family, and with the greatest re-
spect. T. 4 HENDRICKS.
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g Mcpherson Press; Mis- Cure lShcrtt
bss been commi>si 'ie-i = no;ary public
By CIV. NTtia Sc msdr her appIici-
t'ol 10 Sow. Gil K. bHt t WAS reis cted
We h. iievs sa-- l. tac n.'s female otary
In the stats- she i C ptble and will
maze = hefi"r on'ary public than many
mea We k'.'.~ Of. she Is yell a. quaInted
with the dudes thst may b. assigned To
her, having Tor a,%riy three years q, nc
most Of iii work IN the ofEee OF Justice
rf The pesee
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-26

The noted through-csr system gu the
b. II o. afpIds uu qualled opporluui-
tics for journeyIng without extra ex-
penSe, It's solid trains passing from ter
miaal polu, TO Washington without
change OF cars Of any cltss. even To the
baggage car. To ali trains are attached
sup 'rh sleeping and psr,or cars T the
faultlesS accommodation of those who
prefer travelling in that wav.
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TIE b. 81 o. never did think half
loaf better than no loaf when it comes to
meeting the demands of the public upon
occasions when a reduction of rates is in
order. Some other lines evidently 90
upon the contrary principle, and when
thew make reduction of fares, add such
stipulatious as to prove the action one OF
compulsion rather than OF pleasure. 10
other words, the low rate with them is
good only upon certain trains, not fast
trains. Thus it CONES about that only
the B s. o., of the lines running limited
express trains to Washington, accepts
the Inauguration tickets upon such
| graipa
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HONOR TO THE OLD.
Wellington Press: Web Wilder says
IN the Hiawatha World:


Ia the HiaWatha World:
Very soon, IN our conventions and
legislatures, those who came here in the
Ffties VIII not see single face that
comes back from the old But the new
men are better than the old more full
OF lite and progress. and they will see TO
IL that fhe republic suffers no detri-
msnt."
We are very much inclined to doubt
the latter part OF the above paragraph
The new men will not be better friends
OF Kansas than the old ones have been.
They will not be more thoroughly de-
voted to the principles of freedom and
humanity. They will not be ready to
make more sacrifices for the welfare
OF the state. They will not push into
new regions. break toe soil, drink creek
water, camp on the prairies for months
At q time, live in huts, on parched
corn, on bacon, beans and sorghum
molasseS, like the old crowd did. The
new crowd will not have halt the
hgbt in them the old ones had. What a
state the early settlers have made. Look
at our railroads. our cities, our schools,
our churches. Commencing on nothing
but the virgin soil, here we sre at the
end of the FIRST quarter of a century at
the very head of the procession in every
thing--yes, eyeri thing. Me-. Wilder, the
"old crowd" did this, and say you the
new men are better: We tbt1k you will
have TO retrsct. You have been a prom
Inent actor, aud you do not do yourself
justice. Would your new men stand the
drouth of go and the grasshopper raids !
Would they shake with the sgue half q
dozen years and g to conventions and
camp out? Would they wear denim
and pillow cora all day bare. footedY Will
they ever know how to make
constitution or conduct a
county seat hGht? Will they
have more enterprise and intelligence
than has been shown bv the early set
tiers? VII, they know how to get up q
fork-Pomerny tragedy? Will the new
men turn out almost unanimously il
another attempt Is made to destroy the
Union, and fight for the country as the
old Kanssns did? Will they be aciuated
by that same lofty spirit of patriotism
and self denial which always was the
ennoblIng motive of the old settlersr
Please tell US in what respect the new
men are better: They are good enough
of course, but not better, not greater, not
brighter than the men VINO have shaped
the destiuies OF our Institutions. The
old Kansans builded we'll. aud we doubt
If the new men would improve on what
has been done, taken as a whole.
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while you eat, drink aud be merry
and sleep in comfortable beds" said
General Cord IN, 1--WE are always fighting.
Why dn you not answer the letters l
have sent YOU? My gallant men can
not long hold out among these
treacherous Arabs" How pathetic is
this on the ore side, how unieeling 90
the other. We hope some of The English
themselves will have taste OF the hard
ships Of war II they must have fighting
10 th.ir behalf.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-26

young lady who returned from a
sleigh ride last evening was soapparent-
" ont of humor to-day that she was
asked ii she had qusrreled with her es-
cert.
"Well, be trled IN kiss me. snd l Just
told HIM TO behave" Mas ths reply.
"Well, did he kiss you?" was asked.
mo; the idiot bchav d." WAS the re-
DfsDsn
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AnImnnrtan1c nsk

CHICAGO, Feb. PA test case of i'm
portarce, involving the legality of the
Iowa liquor law is in the United States
Court here by firm of brewers at Mar
shalltown, Ia, against the Northwestern
Railway company. The claim is made
that the clause in the Iowa law which
prohibits railways from transporting
liquor. except to certain persons holding
permits, is 10 violation of the federal
constitution, which vests in congress the
power to regulate commerce in several
states.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-26

InsteAd OF banging" the HAIR 1t is
now said To- be tie proper thing for
ladies To brush it straight back, showing
the whole Of the forehead and temples,
knot It very carelessly on the very tip OF
the head, and wear It without the faint
est SUSPICION of a curl or crimp.
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InauE ura,iOn Preparations


WASHINGTON, D. e., Feb. 24.-Next TO
the problem OF roofing the pension
building, the most serious question the
inaugural committee has had to gcapple
with hss been,shsg of precedence of the
rival New York city organizations in
the civic division of the procession 1t
was decided tonight That Tammany
should have the right of the line, and
| cnpgratuiat0rS kilograms have b=en
sent on to New York by the
score. So on the great day the
braves will come down Pennsylvania
| avenue with big Tom Brennan ahead
and the band playing, SOLID Men tn the
Front" while the banners of Irving Hall
and the county Democracy Will wave 10
| the rear.
The interior of the Pension building is
bt ginning to look as II q ball would be
held there. The loose boards and scat.
| folding that presented a confused ma,
| in the hall have been removed, and III
the glare OF the electric lights, which are
Necessary now that the roof IS on, erlne
| idet. Can be obtained of the great extent
! of the ball room. To-day the workmen
are levclIng the earth floor in the cent? r,
| and al zach end the wooden floor IS be-
| ing lald. The decorators are Al
work stretching the white co;t'p
over The walls, thus making
background for the decorations. Im-
mense ladders rest sgaibst the pillars
aud the workmen are preparing to begin
the decoration. The large Siemen burn.
ers in the rooms on the first floor and in
the ballroom are in place. and will be
used for night work. With the excep-
ton of the four brick walls which in
close the bail room, everything Will be
provided by the committee. including
the heating apparatus, the gas pipes, the
roof, the flooring and the windows. The
decoration OF the room, the contract for
| which has been gwen tn leading New
York decorator, will, it is said, be the
| finest ever seen in this country. The
supper is to be cooked IN New York
and brought TO this city on a special
train. So far the Civic committee have
on their lists organizations numbering
1875 men aud S73 musicians. The mil
itarv now on the roster plumber $4,000.
so that there is every reason to anticipate
an escort of at least $4,000 men in uni
form to accompany the new President
from the White House TO the Capitol.
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II Is really shameful to thiuk that the
organ OF the Democracy al Topeka calls
our euterprIs,pg real estate man and OLD
time solid Democratic friend u. E. Mas
ton. His name is Harry Norton. and
dnu't you forget it hereafter, II you want
any standing Ia your party.
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A New Partz

New YORK, Feb. PA new political
movement which aims at corrections of
sundry evils Of both the principal par
ties in this city, was inaugurated at a
meeting held here to-day. The meeting
organized as the "Independent Citizens
Association of the State of New Yosk !"
and the question under discus
sion waS how 10 bring to-
gether the different independ emit
political organizations of different parts
of the state, so all may work as a unit
toward nominating and tlecting the hest
men to office. Tney especially wished
the cooperation OF the forces which
acted when Mayor Lowe of Brooklyn
and Mayor Grace of New York were
elected be sought, ami the principle
then Inaugurated be carried out.
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We wish to remark for the ben, d OF
people "t tie east vIsiuny Kan as At
present. that the prevailing weather is an
exception "a the rule Out here. Ia this
connection We may say tlat any lnd all
bad weather, and any AMI al l;,tle dis
crepAncIes thar an eastern mai may
notice existing 10 this g.eat and glorious
state are eXc.nuons