davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05
COURT NOTES.
From Wednesday,s Dan ,
wen the atairs we're utilized.

Even the stairs were utilized
Even reporters were barred out.
Mr.. Fenion'ied out this morning.
The galleries and halls were packed
by $50.
President Hendy offended the trial
this morning.
The jury went TO dinner and then to
the Jury room.
Nothing could be more prompt than
the bald-heads.
Judge Graves called the docket direct
ly after dinner.
The largest crowds of the trial this
morning snd afternoon.
Thereturn of the jury Is awaited with
almost breathless anxiety.
Hon. Joseph Smith must have . place
inside the bar or fuss.
Between fifty and sixty ladies took
dinner in the court room today.
The PIckaune man seems TO have
caught on. He has got shave.
The last day. and the court TOcm
can't hold two-thirds OF the people.
The counsa, for the defense are doins
all in their power TO win the case.
Mr. Fenlon was very sick last night
but he had entirely recovered this morn
ing.
If Mr.. jay was struck halt ss hard q
HI. Feighan insinusted It would knocl
him out
II they had some of the Irishmani
pursuadoE they might all srTIve 1t tn
same CONCLUSION.
| Mr. Arthur Capper, of the Topek
Capital, returned to this city to be o
hand and note the closing scenes.
Five cent libraries. Police Gazest'
anything and everything IVES usad in u
LEFT gallery 10 pass the time during d
noon hour.
A young lady someWhat resemhlin
Tie notorious frankie Morris was p0in
ed out by Fathsr poFtly man who pr
, fessed TO knOw. Many we're The eurios
elsncss cast 81 her. but when It was di
Z covered shas the gentleman Wes mistsl
, en. Z profues apology asd 9 red fa'
vas tie order Of the day.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05
w. c. T. U.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3.-ThIs was
the last days session of the convention
of the w. c. T. U. Secretary Wood
bridge read report showing the prog
ress of the work among Indian girls.
A resolution was adopted petitiOniDg
congress to pass a Jaw preventing
United States officers from collecting
revenue from the liquor traffic In the
states where there are partial OF total
prohIbitory laws. The committee on
The plan OF work recommended that
congress be memoralized on universal
suffrage.
The following resolution was adopted :
Resolved, That the use OF alcoholic
wine in the holy communion furnishes
moral support TO the liquor traffic, and
is not in our judgment proper type OF
the blood of Christ and we would earn
estly recommend the use OF the pure
unfermented Juice of the grape 81 the
Lords table.
The resolution IS originally reported
recommended "The removal Of ali that
is uucIean from the Lords table"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05
OoURr NOTES.
From Mondays Daily

\ --@ -S-N~S > OoA41s
Cheese that talking.
1 Oh woman, woman.
"Oh, chestnuts"-leit gallery.
The biggest crowd Of the trial.
Keep thssbabies away this week.
Innocence AbEoad-Mark Twain.
We think It was fully appreciated.
HypOdermic injections are great
things.
Mr.. sserry led out with 9 tsaring:ad-
dress.
A noticeable increase in the number
Of old gentlemen.
The aisle was filled with ladies' this
afternoon.
Mrs. WalkuD appeared raaher nervous
this morning.
The house Was about evenly balanced
this afternoon.
Emporla boarding houses are especi.
ally deficient.
The pencils and 4geporters were kept
busy catching points.
The galleries and auditorium were
crowded By ten O'Clock.
Some six or eight ladies occupied seats
before the bar to-day.
Mr. SteFry il not loDg-winded, but he
holds out pretty we'll.
The counsel will probably not be lin.
tied In making their pleas.
An effort will be made to get through
with the case BY Wednesday.
Judge Graves address covered most
fully every point in the case.
Judge Graves began his charge to the
jury promptly at the opening Of court.
Some people have the patience Of Job
to bring lunch basket on 9 day like
this.
Some twelve or fourteen ladies were
occupying seats inside the bar after din
ner.
Evidently the interest felt by the la
dies in this case is not abstlng in the
least.
1t was the most attentive audience this
morning that hes been assembled at this
trial.
A great many professional men were
present to day. doctors, lawyers, and
few merchants.
Mr.. Jay, Mrs. Wallsce, Mrs. Walkup
and Miss Jay occupied seats together in
front of the jury.
At 1890 the crowd began TO gather
into the court and at so there was not
even standing room.
''It u one of the strongest cases Of
clrcumstantisl evidence ever saw" re.
marked q court Official.
The running out and In through the
great crowds at the door is most annoy
ing to those who wish TO hear.
A whole can of cove oysters would
naturally become very detestable to q
mans stomach, eaten In August.
The arguments will evidently be q
great drawing card this week. What
would lunch counter privilege cost?
This is the time when the necessity Of
q new court house becomes apparent to
everybody. You either freeze or sweat
all the time.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05
INDEPENDENT POLITICAL AC-
TT0N

The election yesterday, If 1t means
anything, plainly shows the drift OF .
strong public sentiment in favor OF IN
dependent political action when vital
principles are not at stake. The day u
dassed when the people will submit to
the dictates of convention, Of whatever
party, which puts toward unworthy
or incompetent men. In ali such cases.
the people will administer rebuke.
Very many of the best minds OF the
country to-day believe there is a. much
danger to the Republic through the I'M
scrupulous Vaccinations Of political
managers as there would be in open re-
bellIon. The danger is great because 1t
is hidden. Safety lies in a just discrim-
ination, and to that conclusion the coun-
try is rapidly moving.
We must apply the same methods and
principles in our political action
as we do in personal business. There 10
no good reason why citizen should
vote for an incompetent man for an Of
fee, il he would not be willing 20 en-
ploy one In the conduct of his private
affairs.
A manly, independent course Is al
ways the best, and is our only safety.
The time is rapidly approaching when
parties will be more careful IL the selec-
ton of candidates to represent them and
the sooner that day arrives, the sooner
will the public service be purified and
siren glhened.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05
sub.i.tenes supplies .

WASHINGTON. Nov. 3.-The annual
report of the commissaFy general shows
that the total amount 70 the credit Of the
subsistence department fog the fiscal
year ending June, was a, o43, i31, and
the total expenditures $3,051, 7o5, lsay-
ing 1891 1855 on hand at the end of the
fiscal year. The average price paid for
fresh beet for the frat half Of the fiscaI
year Was 10 "a 100 cents, and for The last
halt 1900 cents. The value OF sab
| sistence Issued to the Indians during tie
year was $41.526. The average cost pei
ration was traction over 5O1< caafe.
being 80 increase of 9-1O offs cent OF he
| previous year.
Gen. MacPeeley earnestly invites e
tention TO the importance Of proVidlns
by law for the enlistment Of cooks an6
bakers for the army a. 9 measure calcu
lated TO preserve the health ana promoel
The comfort and efficiency Of the troops
Gen. MacPeeley recommends thai n
existing orders limiting the number 3
commissary sergesnts 60 10 be revoked
e may be practicable to havs & conuss
saEy sergeant at each military post. 8
| place Of deposit cfsuppIies.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05

s. T. French, who lives in the south
part OF Lyon county, near Madison. got
Q check from the government last week
for S1,O01 .5S back pension since I865.
His application was filed seven wears
ago, bat 1t was reserved for Democratic
administration 20 in part make good the
losses he has suffered in the service of
his country by extending this act of ius.
tice. MI. French recently attended The
reunion of the old soldiers In Iowa and
afterwards that of the old soldiers al
Kansas at Topeka last week which
makes his pension timely now inst afte,
reviewing with his old comrades the in
cidents and dangers which thew passet
through.-EmPoria Democrat.
Mr.. French, who Is a democrat
called and handed as the above articl,
from the Democrat, saying that he woult
have got his pension just the same, ever
If Blaine had been elected, because
was q just claim. Mr.. French siso sal,
he believed the pension department wa
run regardless of politics and in this h
is right This is little matter. but In
Mr.. French shows himself to be a high
minded, honorable gentleman.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05

eral import. Alter paying several com.
plIments to the Hon. VIM. jay and 8
touching appeal TO the sympathies
of the jury. Mr. Scott closed and /. e,
Lambert began for the prosecution.
He said he knew that Walkup lived
in this community an hOnOred and re-
spectsd citizen for II long years with
ont ever the breath Of alander being
raised against him, and IL Is only now
after he e dead and IN his grave
that people from abroad are brought In
here TO besmIrch the character against
whom no man In this city has ever
spoken unexpectedly. Mr.. Lambert
then went on TO uphold the medical ex.
perts who have been upon the stand in
this case, giving some strik-
ing illustrations to sustain
his view of theiE testimony
He said: The whole defense In this case
seems to be youth, beauty, tears and
sympathy, broken family circle In
New Orleans, etc. He would rather
this had been left entirely out of The
case, but as 1t had been brought in,
might as well oct on both sides.
Mr.. WaIkup had Q daughter who
though perhaps notas beautiful was
equally as deserving of sympathy. Was
not there family circle here In Emporia
that wonld never reunite in this world ?.
and why not equally divide all the chick
en- hearted symptoms which might sur.
round the case and then deal
with the facts as they
were presented to you.
Here came detailed and very unfaV-
orable account of the character of every
witness tor the defense until the speaker
came to "The Hon. VIM. Jay" when he
seemed TO grow inspired. His denunci-
stions Of jays testimony in regard to
the knife which WaIkup took arsenic
from IN the formers Office were
unparalleled. He stigmatlzed it as
lie from beginning to end and said he
would leave 'Old man Jay" alone with
his "God and his conscience"
Court adjourned until / 80 D. m, at
which time Mr. Lambert will continue
his argument.
Most of the afternoon was consumed
by Mr.. Lambert IN going over the de.
tails of Walkup's fatal ILLNESS and then
Thos. P. Fenlon began the closing
speechfor the defense, but before he had
fairly began he was taken sick and court
adjourned till a. M, when he will con.
clude his argument.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05

Speaking theOloglcally, the Kansas
City journal says the devil is dead! II
not the wish father to the thought in
this case? THE NEWS is not theologi
cally inclined, though the organ Of the
ministerial association Of Emporis
yet it inclines to the belief that the devil
instead OF being dead, increases his
personality in marked degree. Think
of prominent newspaper not knowing
the difference between profanity and
talking in ltalics!
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05

We have received copy of N. w.
Aver & Co.'s volume of newspaper sta
tistics. It is the best publication of the
kind eyer made in the United States,
and is complete in every detail. It gives
the name Of every newspaper IN the
United States and Canada, with their
circulation, and population and salient
commercial features of the towns In
which they are published, and includes
all class periodicals.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05
From Tuesday g Daily.

How do they get ins
We thought 1t wsssarsenic.
Dude Anderson hangs on we'll.
Was Walkup's complexion bad9
If you don't like it, don't take 1t.
The number OF ladies was estimsted
at 400.
Over 40 ladies occupied seats inside
the bar.
Mr.. Traylor was driven from behind
his desk this afternoon.
Judge Torrance of the 18th. judicial
district was in the court room.
This moraing as the fire bell rang. d
stampede was made from gthe left gal.
lery.
Judging by Mr.. Lambert's looks, il
makes one hot to take lung tester like
he does.
The ladies ere evidently intending tC
take the last opportunity to hear and
see the trial.
The house was packed from floor tC
ceiling. An estimste was made and
placed at 800.
Mrs. Wslkup shook hands with Judge
Buck at the conclusion of his speech
last evening.
Mr.. Fenlon used one end Of the STEM
ogrsphers table in taking notes as the
counsel spoke.
The ladies hold the Fort at the cour,
house. The men being too busy taking
care Of their candidates.
The counsel for the defense sat bacl
with o smile on their faces this after
noon. Look out for an explosion.
Mrs. Walkup sat in her chair perfectly
calm and cool. She seemed to bI
weighing every word a. 1t was uttered
Quite little amusement was: caused
by the attempt of the court balliE q
clear the gallery stairs. 1t was only q
attempt.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05
THE MATERIAL AND SPIR-
JTHAE


ITUAL.
The Kansas City Times gives US its
usual weekly homIiy, taking for it topic
this time, Spiritualism, in which 1t tries
to make it appear that there is much in
this matter worthy of the careful atten-
ton of scientists and religionists.
It quotes some marvellous transactions,
the result of mental processes
which are indeed astonishing, and as the
Times asserts their truthfulness we can
not but accept the premises upon which
it bases Its careful conclusions.
But while this may be all true of that
inconceivable and incomprehensiblec con-
dition of poor humanity after shutting
off this mortal coil, there is
so much in the material world
that is deserving attention, and
which remains unaccounted for, that we
are little surprised that our contem-
pory should devote so much space to the
calculation of this speculative topic, to
the ignoring of that which is of i'm.
mensely more importance to US mortals,
Every day we read of marvellous things
as unaccountable as spirit rappiugs
Take, for instance, the presence oil
q pin III the great toe
which had been swallowed a year
before! How did 1t get there? Another
Northumberland case of the searching
faculty of the swallowed pin, was the
finding it in the body of a newborn
babyl And more remarkable still, 6
lady swallowed pin which was after
wards found in the hip of the hired
man.
While such mysterious thiugs art
about and around us materially, th'
| Times must be indeed hard up fol
| topics, to be racking its brains with tn
thin and insubstantial affairs of spirit
i dom
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.-The President
to-day received large number OF tele-
grams from prominent Democratic poll
ticians in ali parts of the country, but
principally from New York congratulate
ing him on the result of the election OF
New York as an Enthusiastically endorse
ment of his policy.
RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 5-AdditiGnsl
returns do not change the Bindicationl
telegraphed last night as tn General
Lees majority reaching 25 Co., and Il
may go $4,000. AS for the Legislature
sufficient returns have been received TO
show the Democrats have already 50 oui
of 100 members of the house, and % oul
of 40 members of the senate. Counties
vet to hear from will increase the Dem
Ocratic membership to two-thirds ma
iority in both house,.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05

Speaking of the new political factor
the banquet orator, the Colorado News
says:
aft there is creature On earth who
ought to be treated like Nebuchadnez.
Ear and turned out to grass, It Is this
newly defined Cross between q mugwump
and neutral. There is no room for the
eunuch In politics.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05

Another phase of the Andrew John
son controversy has just appeared, the
question being whether he mixed whisky
with water or water with whisky. II
we remember correctly, there was very
little water IN the whisky he drank
just prior to his taking the oath oil
Office as president of the United States.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05

Small pox is reported to have become
epidemic in st. Paul. This winter
promises to be marked by q wider range
Of small pox disease than before for g
century. Vaccination is . sure prevent
i've. and should be generally adopted
and enforced.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05

w. A. Morgan of Cottonwood Falls
has accepted the position of city editor
on the Lawrence Herald. Tribune. He
is graduate of the State University
and son of W. A. Morgan. proprietor Of
the Chase County Leader. We believe
he will become prominent In Kansas
journalism, having the journalistic in
stinct we'll deYeIoPed.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05

The Northwestern Miller, of Mime.
apolis, says: "a million-bushel elevator
is one Of the latest local enterprises that
we have heard of. 81. L. Gordon and j.
81. Hedderly have piece Of land below
the gas works on the line of the North
ern Pacihc's new extension to st. Paul
which they think of utilizing.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05

A female base ball club has struck
Kansas City. "They played to q good
business in Lesvenworth, !" says the Kan
sas City Star. This Amazonian renais-
sance is startling, to say the leasti It is
not stated whether they intend taking
the Santa Fe circuit, but as this is .
popular line We should not be surprised
If EmpoFia is visited.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05

Prof. F. Il. Snow, of the State Uni.
yersity, sends us his customary weather
summary for October. He says:
With one exception Q669) this was
the coolest October On our 1S years rec
ord. 1t was the fourth successive month
with rainfall above the average. The
cloudiness, wind velocity, and atmos-
pheric pressure were all below the aver.
age. The first white frost of the season
occurred on the 4th, three days later than
the average date; and the first black
frost followed on the 9th. thirteen days
earlier than the average date.
Our first white frost in Emporis, was
October 3D..
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05

The Howard Courant thus relieves it.
self:
The Walkup poisoning case is being
tried at EmpOria and is the cause Of
much excitement and unsual interest
The difference between this and the or.
binary murder case is found in the fact
that the accused is q young, interesting
and EathinG good-looklng woman.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05
ceref1I scTniInv 81 nm evcb

La careful scrutiny Of our exchanges
We ind that politics count little this
fall In the selection of county officers.
Fitness Is the prime essential. Several
denominations haze developed wonder
full incompetencY, when the matter has
been looked into. The county clerk Of
Greenwood county, The sheriff of Usage
county and the sheriff of Lyon county
are among the number.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05
At. AaRaRk

BosTON, Mass Nov. 3-The net earn
ings ofthe A 7. & s. F. r. r. for Sep
tember $750.O56. Increase of e61. IA
over September 1884. Gross earnings fol-
nine months TO September 10th S11, O38,
5S5, decreas $S142S5 from corresponding
per1od last year. Net earnIngs months
$4sUSS. ga. decreas 3415, 556 Is conpaf.
Cd with corresponding months in 1884
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05

In Concordia, the people took vote
on the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. question.
Six hundred and eighty.three voted for
the Bible, and two hundred and eighty
voted against it. Over six hundred
voters did not care enough sbeut the
question 70 vote.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05

There VIII be no more October cleo
tons in Ohio, the constitutional amend
ment having carried abollshing them.
The amendment was also carried to
change the term Of township officers
from one to three years.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05

LONDON, Nov. 5.-The trial Of Stead
of the Pail Hail Gazette, end otherl
defendants in the Armstrong case, Wa
resumed to-day. Mr. Charles Russell
counsel for the defense, declared thai
taking the child Eliza away with heI
mothers consent, was no crime, but the
Judge held otherwise. Mr.. Stead, who
is his own counsel, made q powerful
speech to the jury, dwelling particularly
in the righteousness OF his motives IN his
transactions respecting the girl, and de.
Tended the action of Mrs. Jarrett in re-
fusing to betray her confederate.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05

The Wichita Beacon (Dem.) comment
ing onsthe sale Of the Journal Of Tope.
ks, to Republican interests, and the fact
let the state capital is without . Demo.
cratic newspaper, mournfully exclaims
"Who viii care for mother noW?"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05

Our old friend, w. 81. Morgan, of the
Peabody Gazette, sends US an Invitation
to his wooden wedding, printed on wood,
TO be celebrated IN the Gazette sanctuU
November 1S, 1885. Mr.. and Mrs. Nor.
gan have our Congratulations. ''W. H."
lie one of the most successful publishers
in the state, and his excellent lady con.
tributes in no small degree 70 his sue.
cess. The Gazette is always opened with
pleasure. 1t is well printed, carefully
edited. and Ia q fit representative Of our
thriving Enthusiastically.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05
This is the way the siar and Kausan

of Independence, elevates It's nostsils:
About the most pntrid case that has
ever Offended the nostriIs of the people
Of this state, is the one now being tried
at EmpoFia. where Mrs. Minnie Walkup,
seventeen Year-oid bride, has been ar.
Ranged for the murder of r. Wslkup
her fftY-ysaE-old husband, who was the
president of the city council, by arsenic
poisoning.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05

WASHINGTON, D. C. Nov. An
dications for lower Missouri valley are
Local rains, followed by fair weather ;
variable winds, generally shifting to
southeasterly; slowly rising tempera-
ture. preceded in southern portion by
colder weather.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05

CHICAGO. Nov. IA statement is pub.
ished here that the New York Central
S Pennsylvania railroads Contemplate
Withdrawing their fast passenger trains
between here and New York, owing q
the tact that they are not profitable.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05

Hon. WIN. E. Smith, Of New York,
has been appointed sssistAnt secretary
Of the treasury, in place Of Charles E.
Coon. resigned. 70 take effect NovembeI
10. Mr. Smith hiss been a leader Of
what Is known as the young Democracy
and has been identified with the TIlder
element ofths party.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05

eve wanted honor, interity and en-
iment business talent on the county
board. and therefore - All Kansas
newspapers want legal rates.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05

The Louisville Courier journal re.
marks: Politics can never be thorough.
~ regenerated until Ohio itself is sboI-
ished."
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05

The Wichita Beacon calls the Kansas
State Temperance Union, ''shs umbili
cal coEd, connecting church and state
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05
Court Heuse harmed.

CHICAGO, Nov. "A Toledo, Illinois,
special says: The court house Of Cum
berlund county burned here this nom.
ing, destroying all Of the county records.
Loss on building, $4,000; no insur'
ance.