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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-24
TIE BALDWIN CASE

The Topeka Commonwealth, In CODY.
Ing an article from the News, which
creDt into our columns without editorial
sanction, says:
We do not believe that Governor Mar.
tin has ever said what he is reported az
saying above. We know that some ma,
pers state that Tom Fenlon said The
governor told him that he would do go
We think Mr.. Fenlon was not reported
correctly or that he misunderstood what
the governor actually said.
IL Is true that, rs the NEWS SAYS, thai
this capital punishment question was
wore threadbare fifty years ago, but not
Wtthstandlng this. the cry OF vengeance
goes up all oyer the land. In days gone
oY We discussed this question In all its
forms. That was when the Question of
changing the law was being aRitated
After years Of effort, the law now In
the statnte book was enacted. We
thought then and think now that il was
cowardly way OF reaching the object
sought but IL was reached, and we
dropped the question. We have nothin :
new TO advance, but only make this
statement and believe IL 10 be truth,
IL capital punishment had been IN
vogue, there would not have been one
half the convictions for murder tina,
there has been. It Is an old saying. but
none the less true because cid, or be-
cauee old, or cause we have repeatedly
stated II, that at is the certainty of pun.
tshment that deters from crime and NOT
lt8 severity"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-24
AN IMPORTANT SALE.

From the BuIlingame Chron1cle.I
Many of our readers know that during
the past three years Mr.. o. H. Nelson
OF this city has represented the firm OF
Finch, Lord and Nelson in the cattle
firm of Bugbee s. Nelson, doing bust
ness In the Panhandle OF Texas, IN which
country they have owned q large ranch.
On last Saturday Mr.. Nelson, acting for
the firm, sold 10 Mr.. T. 8. Bugbee of
Kansas City, their half interest in this
extensive property The price realized
was about $500 600, the entire ranch be-
ing valued at something over $4,000
Mr.. Bugbee, by this purchase, becomes
one OF the largest individual ranch own
eIs in the west. Finch, Lord & Nelson
retain their smaller ranch which con.
tains 25 600 acres and 10 adjoining the
Bugbee & Nelson property. This they
have stocked with thoroughbred and
high grade Hereford cattle. They are
also the owners of q ranch of 1000 acres
located on the Arkansas river near
Dodge City, Kansas, the same having
been transferred TO them by Mr.. Bugbee
ia the recent trade. From this II will
be seen that the firm OF Finch, Lord 8
Nelson will still continue TO engage in
the cattle business on an extensive scale,
and Mr.. Nelson, now In this city visit
ing his family, in'orms US that he expects
TO be identified with the cattle trade IN
the Panhandle of Texas for some time
to come.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-24
IMPORTANT. IL TRUE.

A Kansas ameteur geOlogist declares
that the permanent springs of Kansas
are always found on the east side OF "a
vines.-AtehisoR Champion.
The Leavenworth Times says our geo.
logical knowledge was stolen from Prof.
swallow. He certainly was not an am
ateur-EMPoRIA NEWS.
We did NOT charge that Prof. Swallow
was an amateur. We simply stated that
the News made an excellent editorial
out OF one of the professors reports.
The Times commends the News man in
his piltering-he tackles the best thing
going, and as much as we deplore this
terrible act. we must commend his good
Judgment, that's all. - LedUenacorth
Times.
The Times is still wrong. Not only
did our amateur geologist" not steal
from Swallow, but he never remembers
ever reading line OF what he wrote.
Nudge gives the foundation upon which
our geologist builds, but the building is
all his own. And he should receive
credit for the very clever theories he ad-
Vances. If they are found TO be sound
from more extended observations, the
Z e"soo AoJ AhNO ~ AcCOaO oo oCAuOHA-
edged facts:
l. That the inclination of the strata of
Kansas to the west and northwest causes
the water to be secreted on the west OF
slopes, where springs may be found, and
where wells of permanent water may
alone be secured.
2. That owing TO this dipping Of the
strata, 1t is folly TO look east of crop
ping, whether of stone. or coal, for their
continuance.
8. The dip being as stated, and the
surface the opposite. artesian or flowing
wells in Kansas are an impossibility, be-
cause wherever the hole IL bored, the
source of water supply Is east aud lower.
Other theories are being tested, and
will appear as soon as sufficient data can
be secured to justify their publication.
Suffice 1t TO say. that these theories, II
found sound, are Of immense practical
advantage to the state, and deserve to be
published evenIin the Times.
And We hereby agree 20 send q
Chinese peanut to the editor of that pa
per II he can find these theories publish
ed IN any paper, pamphlet, book or news.
paper, unless over the name Of our cam.
atepr geologist-"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-24

The Florence Tribune, some time
since. uttered the following, which is
tn the Western School Jour-
nal:
Mrs. SterrY, of Emporia. made q
truthful statement to the discredit OF
modern education, at the social science
club. at Lawrence, when she said that
many pupils In the public schools who
have been taught to diagram q sentence
IN grammar with facility could not
write two consecutive sentences correct
". She might have gone further, and
said that one-hslf OF the public-sehoo
graduates cannot read hAlEcolumn ar
ticle In the current metropolitan pres
with any degree Of intelligibilitY. TIT
fact IL, there are too many machine
methods and fancy flummeries ingrafl
ed upon the public school system; ant
II there isn't return TO more substan
tial and simpler courses of instruction
the evil will become Rrievous enc.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-24

The Hutchinson Herald thus gives its
idea of the work to be done by the next
legislature. After speaking OF the pro-
hlbitory law. Mr. Meredith says:
The demand for q state constitutional
convention, which Is based on two or
three slight defects In the present state
constitution, could be met and satisfied
by the submission of 3 few judlcious
amendments 70 the people az the next
election. One or two additional supreme
judges may possibly be needed. The
part relative TO legislative apportlOn-
ment should be changed. There ought 70
be fifty senators and one hundred and
fifty representatives. In the state legisla-
ture. The machinery of township and
school district government ought to be
simplified and improved. and that Is
about all we can think Of now, that ls
needed to be done. OF course woman
suffrage, or rather woman equality
should bs provided for, but Kansas. that
Is ahead In every other good thing is lag.
cling in this
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-24

Atype-setting contest between Joseph
McCann, of the Herald, and W. c..
Barnes, OF the World, for the champion
ship OF the city and state, took place in
New York on the 18th inst :, in the pres
ence OF large number OF printers. The
purse commended for, $1,000. The trial
lasted four hours. beginning at IL O'Clock.
The type was minion, set without para
graphs. Barnes finished his first
1000 ems in 20 minutes and 80
seconds, and Mccain completed his
first 1000 two minutes later. At 9
O'Clock time was called. Mccain had
set S.O621S ems and Barnes Z ,95I. Then
each man was obliged to correct their
own proof. When the corrections had
been made and the numb Der of lines de.
Quoted which each had lost through
mistakes, It was found that McCann
had 7,6e21S ems to his credit and Barnes
0.376. McCann was declared the win.
mar
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-24

The Wellington Press, Jacob Stoller,
editor, gives its idea Of the relation Of
some corporations to the people in the
following:
The supreme court of Ohio has late.
ly made a righteous decision. Il has
been decided that the laws of that com.
monwealth cannot be set aside to oblige
the Standard Oil Company. The Lake
Shore railway was giving the Standard
OIL Company shipping rates in the form
of draw backs which wal
refused TO other reiners. An 1nde
pendent refining firm applied TO the
common pleas court OF Cuyahoga coun-
ty for an Injunction restraining The rail-
way company from the exercise Of this
iavoritlsm. The injunction was grant
ed and the case appealed to the supreme
court which has just rendered decision
sustaining the lower court, but 1t Woul
have been much better If rendered TEL
wears ago.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-24

is common thing to hear our
business men talk of establishing home
manufactures. Is 1t not strange that we
ship In hundreds of car loads Of vegeta-
bles here annuallyH Is IL not strange
that we sell our hogs for three
cents, and then 60 to q gro
Gerry and pay ten and twelve
cents for Kansas City bacon! Is 1t not
strange that we pay from fourteen to
eighteen cents q bushel for coal while
it probably exists in unlimited quanti-
ties under our door steps? Is 1t not
strange that we buy for our tables sweet
corn raised in Vermont? There is some.
thing needed to straighten up these irreg'
ularities. We ship in tile drain for our
farms from Kansas City and Burlingame,
while we have a better quality of stuff
for making 1t right here at our doors.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-24

The Wichita Beacon of the 10Th inst,
called aloud to the Usage City
Free Press to explain its assertion. con.
tanned In biographical sketch of Hen
dricks, shat he (Hendricks) was elected
vice president OF the United States on
the same ticket with Mr.. Tfden." II
Is q long distance from Wichita to
Usage City, and as the Press of the
18th contained no response, il is to be
presumed the call Of the Beacon was no,
heard. c,bl-I. 1t Is none of our fish,
but then our geographical position ena
bles US to perform friendly Office for
these extreme neighbors, and hence both
will be Obliged to US, and the next is.
sue of Free Press will undoubted fur
nish the Information required to satisfy
the longings of the Wichita luminary.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-24

The Newton Republican gives the fol-
lowing concise Information relative TO
postal savings banks:
There is TO be vigorous effort to get
this congress to adopt the system Of
savings banks in connection with the
postoffice department. An effort is be
ing made TO show congress the made
Quacy of the present savings bank sys-
tenn OF the United States, and the lack
OF confidence in them, by the very poor
system which was introduced. In Great
Britain they have been q great success,
and have now extended TO Belgium,
Japan, Italy and the Netherlands. At
any postofflce savings bank deposits are
received in any sum not less than %
cents, nor more than $3.50. In one
year, when the deposits amount to So,
| interest is allowed at the rate OF 215
per cent per annum. At every post
| office blank forms can be had tree Of
| charge, upon which 2 cents in postage
stamps can be affixed, and when the
form is thus filled 1t will be received at
any postoffice savings bank. At . de-
post of 25 cents every depositor receives
deposit book, by the means of
which he can make fresh deposits at, OF
withdraw his money from any postoff1ce
savings bank IN the United Kingdom
The popularity of this system ii
shown by the fact that deposits in These
postal savings banks now amount Il
some 800 600, while the number of de
positltors Is nearly 100000. The rea
value of this system Is shown by tht
fact that il seems to have actually crea
ted all these savings, for the business o
private savings banks in the country ha
gone steadily on IN the meantime
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-24

NEW YoRK, Dec. 1.-THE steamer
City Of Mexico, lying at Boards Stores,
Brooklyn, was boarded by custom house
officials yesterday and 8 large quantity
of arms and ammunition found in the
hold, which was taken out and an off,
Ger placed in charge of the ship. The
loading of this steamer with arms Is but
part of what is said to be an extensive
scheme to seize Cuba. The steamer
has been used on the Alexander line be.
tween here and Havana, but was sold for
$25 coo to a Spaniard whose name is
not learned. She was taken to Boards
Stores, where 600 tons of coal were
loaded. A picked crew of forty men
were shipped for voyage not TO exceed
three months. Orders were issued that
no one connected with the vessel should
4 give any Information or answer to any
question:, Steam was made on Monday
night. and the vessel started out, but in
stead of going TO sea backed into another
dock and began TO load q nuUiber OF
mysterious cases. Next day application
was made for clearance papers, but be-
fore they were granted. the surveyor
made an inspection and declined to give
Ii, having found cases of arms, Tnil
/ was OOAoA0CtCA lOI
vessel, and q custom house officer waS
placed in charge. The arms were tax
en- from the vessel and are, it il
claimed, part those which were shipp
edto Cuba about year ago by the Anch
or line steamer Dorion, which was NO
allowed TO land, and were efferWard
stored in Brooklyn 1t is alleged tina
, the scheme of seizing the city of Me1
leo has been considered for some timt
Il Is alleged that acomplete understand
e ing had been arrived at, and that it wa
|. the intention of the people behind th
q matter to take on her number Of mel
TO drop down To Newport. there to g
more men who had been sent there, an
then to proceed to Florida where sti
d more men were to be taken, the steamt
: then to proceed to q small island neI
J: the southearteTn coast of Cuba, where
! landing was to be made and the arm
!. transferred to Cuba secretly in stea
;. launches which were on board.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-24

Kansas is a great state. Read this,
from q recent issue of the Common
toedlth::
Yesterday as train No. on the San
Ia Fe road in charge OF Conductor Mar
shall, was leaving Usage City, a lady
passenger was discovered to be laborlng
IN great distress. and she was removed
TO one of the sleepers. Shortly after
being placed in berth, she greatly
surprised her new-found friends by
giving birth to three large and
healthy looking babies. A physician
who happened to be on the train at the
time was summoned and at
tended to the wants of the lady, who, a
the time of reaching this city, was get
ting along finely and feeling remarka
bly, we'll and happy. Conductor Mar.
shall thinks 1t was Job put up on him
as he was able only 70 punch one tickle
for tour passengers"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-24
Mine Flooded.

WELKEsBARRE, Pa, D C. 1S.-The
water in the Susquehsnna river at Nsuti-
coke broke through the workings of No.
slope of the Susquehanna coalcompany
this a. m, and at noon there was about
six feet of water in the slope. Alarms
were sent through the working where
the danger was apparent, and all the
men except seven Hungarians, who are
believed drowned, hurried 20 the mouth
of the slope and were rescued. The
mules and most of the tools were saved.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-24

Our friend A. D. Brown OF the Bur
lington Patriot Is beginning to don his
war paint. The Independent of that
place has hung card in Its ONCE win
dow upon which are the words: "The
legend of Mott and Brown" associAting
the name of the defaulting treasurer
with the name Of A. D. Brown, editor OF
the Patriot. MIR. Brown Is so well
known in Kansas that he should rather
smile than be offended at such treat
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-24

The AtchisOn Globe has its peculiar
vieWs concerning the alleged crooked
ness OF the stats board Of charities, and
among other things says:
A man by the name Of Raymond pub
fishes an article charging crOokedness
upon the state board OF charities, and
especially upon DR.. K7ohn, In the pur-
chase of supplies for the state ssylums,
more particularly In the article of tea
BE says that they are paying much high
er for q poor article than they could gel
the the best quality for, and leaves the
inference that there Il plumber and q
division Of profits going on. Mr.. Ray
mond may be q truthful and honorable
man, but the edge OF his complaint II
somewhat dulied by the little clrcum
stance that he Is the agent OF 9 tel
house.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-24
OVER
500
Cloaks,

comprising all the Late
Styles and Shapes,
which must be closed
out during the next
three weeks, and we
are sure that the prices
we have put on them
will accomplish our OBJ
ject.
The original selling
price, which is lower
than the same goods
were ever sold before,
is Marked in Plain Fig
ures IN BLACK, the
Reduced Price being
marked in RED INK,
SO that all may see for
them elves the Heavy
Reductions we have
made.
Our C1oaks are all
from the Best Factories
in the country, correct
in style and in every
way reliable. Now is
your chance to get a
Strictly First-class Gar
ment at the cost of
manufacture.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-24

The esteemed EMPoRIA NEWS. whose
sensibilites have been softened by long
contact with the charming widow
Walkup, crIes out against the execution
OF Bald win and says that the object Of
the law is simply 70 protect society and
not to punish men. II that is so and
the sentiment Of the people of Kansas Is
against hanging, why is IL that the law
Is so inactive In the punishment of
lyDchInR parties, of which Kansas has
been 30 prolific Of late ?-RGnSas CITY
Times, Dec. 10.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-24
A Young Criminal

Troy, N Y. Dec. 1S-Eddie Town
send, aged eleven, Indicted for man.
slaughter In the second degree, was yes
terdaY sent to the house of refuge. The
boy, with another lad, named McAllister,
in the males orphan asylum, visited a
clay bank, from which ne pushed his
companion off McAllister stuck in the
clay Townsend left him, and the next
morning found McAllister in the bank,
dead. Townsend attempted to cover
the body with dirt.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-24
Found GUiity.

CHICAGO, Ill.,, Dec 19.-Jasper E
Sweet, who shot and killed DR.. Waugh,
a practicing physician of this city three
months ago, on the alleged grounds that
the latter hal seduced the wife of the
accused, was found guilty. this morning
and given two years in the penitentiary.
B F. q. Hubbard was found guilty
this morning on the charge of embeZ-
zlIng money of the First National bank
of Monmouth, lii. Sentence was de
feFred
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-24

The EmporIa NEWS has moved into
new and more comfortable quarters, and
Editor Newcomb congratulates aud re-
joices much thereat. From The tenor Of
his remarks we are led to expect even Q
better and more spicy line of editorials
than ever. The NEWS is always good,
barring the amount of taffy 1t filings 20
the Democracy.-Pea6ody Gazette.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-24
RecrI.ss shnntinr

WAY EsBURG, Pa, Dec. 19.-Three
men were shot last night at place call
ed Lippencoit four miles east of here
by David Lindsey Tanner. Their names
are Merchant Lippencott, VIM. Woods,
and John Rice. the two latter are said
to be MORALLY hurt. Tanner is worth
less character and has been drunk for
several days. It is said there was no
provocation for shooting, The citizens
are much incensed and threaten to lynch
him if results are as bad as reported.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-24
Doing. 81 the O...ls Conn.ssss at


WICHITA. Dec. 16.-The joint commit
tee consisting Of State Senators J. D.
Young and d. L. Marshall, and Repre-
seniatlyes Wiley. Bolinger, w. G. Pat
ten and r. E Lawrence, appointed by
the legislature last winter to INQUIRE in
to the workings OF the live stock SAM
tary commission, met in the parIors of
Manhattan hotel in this city at two D
%. to-day. After free interchange of
opinions with large delegation of stock
men who we're present, the following
resolutions we're adopted:
ResOtced, That the state should pay
for all animals condemned and killed
which proved on examination after death
not to be affected with any malignant
or contagious disease.
Rcsojced, That 1t is the sense of this
meeting that q chair of veterinary sci.
ence be established in our state agcicul
tural college.
Res0EUed, That the control of contagi
our diseases among live stock should b
with local authorities and not with tn
state. Be 1t further resolved that we ar
IN favor of q national live stock com
| uuieziOl.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-24
Rather HANG Than Go to Sch.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1S-For the third
time John Hannah, aged IL, was ar
ralgned IN the police court this morn
ing. charged with attempting to take his
own life by hanging. The father Of the
boy stated that the boy would not go 10
school when sent, and when spoken to
about bis conduct, went off deliberately
and planned to end his life. The justice
committed the young would-be suicide
to the Catholic protectory
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ApaIost the LIauor Men

ATLANTA, Dec. 17.-This morning III
the United States court Judge Mccoy
refused to continue the Injunction restra-
lining ordinary clerks from announcing
the result Of the election and decided
the case against the liquor men an every
point There is in the bill adopted a
provision that Georgia wines may be
sold, as wines from ether states are ex
cluded. That portion of the bill the
Judge decided as unconstitutional and
no wines could be sold.
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The NnhIn Rsh Man

ST PAUL, MINI, Dec. 19.-The Pho.
neer Press, Helena, Montana, special
says: The latest reports from Arlee
say that Indians are gathering there In
large numbers. The leader is known as
big JIm," al Indian said to have
killed eight white men. The Indians
shot by Coombs have not been identified.
Major Ford, with three companies eff
troops, who left MissOula for Arlee,
feared that the tribe making the demon
STATIONS are joined by the Flatheads
who are inclined to commence hostilI-
tiles against the whites In that section.
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We flnd the Following in the Larned

We md the following IN the Larned
Chr0nOseOpe:
One of the chief remedies for the troU-
bles Of negroes in the south Is practical
education. 'Their ignorance on practi-
cal matters" says q Georgia correspond
ent of the Evening Post sis simply APP
palling. ALI the armies we could ralse
would not keep some of them from be-
ing cheated by others or give them the
ability TO earn g livelihood. Much
has already been done in Georgia
and much is doing to furnish
education to these people. Be-
sides, the public schools as IL we'll,
known, there are many special institu-
lions. Atlanta is peculiarly we'll fur
nished with schools and colleges, and
some two thousand colored persons are
now In them. That they are doing
much to elevate the colored race Is GER
tain. Students that go out from these
places scatter through the south with
their better manners, ideas and morals
The only question is whether the ed
ucation IL practical enough.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-24

The frequency of damage done to the
Washington monument by lightning at
the National capital. has induced the
government to erect lightning rod.
This rod will have two hundred points,
and be gold-coated for two hundred feet
of ita length.