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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-17
AG. a. R. Monnmept.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-A general or
der has been issued from the headquar-
tiers of the G. A. R. in this city, inform
ing the members of that organization
that Washington has been selected as the
site of the proposed G. A. R. monument
TO General Grant to suitably mark the
event and to ev ience for all time the
equal share o. all the comrades of the
Grand Army this work of commence
ration. The various posts are
requested to have prepared
rolls containing the name,
rank, regiment and post of each donor
which, when returned to the national
headquarters, will be bound in two vol
umes and properly cared foi and provis.
ION made to furnish each post a litho-
graphic or other suitable form of engrav.
Ing of the finished monument. The
Quartermaster has been directed to de-
poslt the funds received, with a trust
company, and 1t is to be safely dedicet-
cd TO the erection of the monument and
subject to no other charSe save the cost
of printing and distributing the rolls
and the proposed engraving of the I'm
ished monument, and all time and labor
expended IN this behalf by the Grand
Army or any of its comrades or authori-
ties, shall be Without cost to the fund.
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Buried Alive.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. Cat Akron,
Ohio, late this afternoon sewer which
was being constructed caved in, burying
seven isborers, four of whom were
crushed to death, and the three others
were injured 80 badly that they will
probably die. The cave occurred with
out moments warning. The ground,
which had been frozen for two or three
days, was softened by a shaw to-day
Three of the men we're standing on q
scaffold and the other four at the bottom
of the sewer, which had been excavat-
ed to a depth of % feet. Sud-
denly the timbers began cracking and
the water soaked earth for about twenty
feet on each side of the sewer rolled
down on The unfortunate workmen
William Mcclure, one of the men on
the scafold, escaped, but the others
were caught by the massive timbers and
earth. A great crowd soon assem-
bled. The grOans OF the men who were
buried were heartrendIng. They called
for assistance, but for some reason no
one would venture near the hole. Fin
ally large force of men were set TO
work with shovels, and In half an hour
two of the victims were taken out.
They were yet alive, but in terrible
agony. Another hour of digging
brought them to q third man, whose
groans had guided the rescuing party
Near him was found the body of a
fourth man, dead. 1t being apparent at
that time that the others were dead the
search was abandoned for the night
The list of the killed and wounded is as
follows:
Max Rosenweg. aged 81, single. dead.
Henry Frigert, dead.
Unknown Italian. dead.
John Wyckuf, aged SO, married, chest
and abdomen crushed and leg broken,
will die
Henry Walter. aged IS, married, legs
crushed and scalp wound. It is thought
he will recover.
Augustus Krebst. aged %. believed to
be fatally injured.
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me CIneIanati Elsotlon Case.

COLUMBUS, Dec. 1I.-It is semi
oaacIally announced that the supreme
court will to morrow formally render a
decision In the Cincinnati election cases,
which were brought in error from the
circuit court of that county, and which
directed that the certificates of election
be issued TO the republican candidates
for senators. The supreme court will
revise the circuit court decision in AL
the cases, and tine result will be that the
democrat candidates for the senate and
of representatives. will receive cerfih-
Gates Of election. Judge johnson dis
sented from the opinion of the other
three judges. The court also granted
the peremptOry writ OF msndamus In the
case OF the governor and secretary OF
state, against the clerk of Hamilton
county, requiring him TO make an i'm
mediate return Of the election abstract
The state canvassing board has adjourned
to Monday evening. when II Is supposed
the work of canvassing the vote will be
completed and commissions issued.
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THANEq0D

The shove utierance Is made By The
NRws after due deliberniion, much AZ
Fiction, and IN spirit Of due perseverance,.
We are removed to our new quarters
The best press in Kansas is on its feet
again, though the plaster and dirt is not
yet Gus OF Its polished joints. The
steam pulleys run smoothly overhead,
the editor is gradually assuming his
Wonted smile, the business manager is
growing less profa1e. the foreman Of the
mechanical department perspires less
freely, the bookkeeper has found his
pen, the local editor (lhe best dressed
man in Emporlal has again put in an
appearance, the pressman can again be
identified. the ungodly heathen who
edits the advertisements for money
Is reviving, the good-Iocking employees
of the news room, mail room, etc, think
the millennium is coming, and the ubi-
quitous and omnipresent devil has been
slowed away where he belongs.
Our ASSOCIATION with the Emporia Re.
publican has ceased aftsr two weeks Of
brotherly love. They are very kind. but
If good providence win excuse Us, We
nope 1t win be long time before We
shall have to call on them again for fa-
vors.
In conclusion. we would state that we
have carefully sharpened guillotins
prepared for the next subscriber who
,alls TO stop his paper because he can
rot read IL, or does not get it on time.
Brethrenl let rs be thankful.
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BIS FUNERAL ExGITRS LITTLE
PUBLIC INTEREST.
A Terrible Tragedy.
Surveyor Of Public Lands Found In
q Room with His Threat Cut.
Another Man Dead in the Same
Room.
Strike Troubles Ended.
Senate Caucus Agrees Not to Antag.
onizs Presidential Appointments.
The funeral Of va.asrb,ls.


NEW York, Dec. IL The last sad
rites of burial OF the remains of w. ii.
Vanderbilt were begun this morning.
when the body OF the deceased was
removed from the Ice box 10 the coffin
which was then taken to the bedroom on
the east side OF The house a small
group of people began TO gather op-
posite the house before seven O'clock.
and shortly alter eight these groups in.
creased to small crowds
The crowd was orderly and the serv.
Ices OF The police were not needed. AS
the hour for the beginning OF the ser
vices approached, carriage after Car :
risge drove up aud left their occupants
al the entrance. Each carriage bore a
coachmen and footmau, and all these
wore mourning lIVeries Shortly before
nine the immediate family looked Tor
the last time upon the face of the de
ceased.
The services were conducted by Rev.
DR.. Cooke, and were simple aad touch
ing, consisting OF prayer, few words of
remembrance and consolation The cot
I'm was then closed and Mrs. Vanderbilt
retired tothe apartment which she has
| occupied since the death of Mr. Van.
| oerbilt. The coffin WAS raised up on
the shoulders of the undtTtakers and as
| ststants aud preceded by the clergy
men and pal1-bearers was borne down
the broad staircase through the CORR
doris, and through the open doors, never
| more to re enter
At 9:45 the funeral cortege started for
| the church. No crowds were on the
streets through which i; passed, and the
police along the line almost outnum-
bered the sight seers AT quarter pasi
| ten the doors of st. Bartholomew church
were opened, and porters, bearing upor
their shoulders the coffin, passed duwE
the central aisle. Preceding the coffin
walked the pail bearers, wearing whit,
| sashes. The deep tones of the oTgrn
! were heard as the procession walked
| down the nave of the crowded
church. An assistant minister walked
IN advance of the solemn procession, and
read the we'll known lines from the
burial service: Il am the resurrection
and the life" etc
Following the coffin came members o
the Vanderbilt family, headed by Cor
nelius Vanderbilt and wife When ths
| music of the funeral march ended, thu
choir sang lord Let Me Know NJ,
End" After a simple service tor tn
dead had been read, the choir and con,
| gregation united 10 singing NEARER
| My God to Thee" 1t was ten minute,
after II o'clock when the doors of tn,
church again swung back ward, and tn,
| solemn procession returned TO til,
| streets, when it proceeded TO the GENE
terry. No enc was admitted excep
friends OF the family and representative
of commercial, business or educstI0na
bodies. As result there were less thai
4 az Hr =
the service. Prominent among the bus
mess men were the presidents and heal
| departments of all the roads with whicl
/ Mr. Vanderbilt had been cnnnec ed
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A youthful Preacber.

While in Adairsville recently saw
] something that struck me as very unusu-
al and strange. Quite party of gen.
| tlen1en were sitting around the stove
when little boy about five years old en-
tered. he was a quiet-looking little fell
low, and there was peculiar expression
on his face.
Cant you preach for us, CharlieP''
asked one of the party.
1t seemed he was used to that, and
without any hesitancy he placed chair
for pulpit, took two little books that
were handed him, and pulled off his hat
ior business. Before saying word he
knelt by his chair In silent PRAYER for q
moment. He then arose, and after look
ing carefully through one Of the little
books he announced the number of his
hymn, gave it out In language that was
Ispng and hard to understand, and then
sang It through and alone. He then
knelt again by the chair and PRAYED
this time aloud-but In words that no
one could understand He took a text
from one of the books, and for eight OF
ten minutes he preached with much ear
nestness and spirit The little audience
was profoundly quiet, and not a smile
fitted over any face. To me It was
solemn scene.
= h1.O Was q Stfdnge H9nG In the little
fellows eyes and . peculiar glow on his
face as he preached. He was scarcely
as high as the chair behind which he
stood, and yet he was composed and
easy m his manners 7 sat there watch
ing him and wondering what mysterious
power was moving him. His child voice
rang ont in way that stilled the crowd
of loafeTs into solemn and almost pain |
ful silence. We could not catch the |
meaning of his baby words that were so |
broken and hsping, but we could see the |
Hash Of his black eyes and feel the pow /
az Of his presence. When his sermon |
was done he sang . song, took up coli /
lection (receipts ID cents), announced /
quietly a. he came learned that the /
scene was no uncommon one and that he /
sometimes moved his audience to tears.
.C1ytersr5EEe Amerfcdn.
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The NEWS last night, in gloryfying
itself over getting into its new quarters,
neglected deserved mention of Mr.. Ed.
Baty, the Republican FRESHMAN, who, in
addition to his regular work, did double
labor IN printing the NEWS for two
weeks, thus keeping him mp many
nights and days from much needed rest
The NEWS feels itself rnder peculiar OBJ
legations to Mr.. Baty for his uniform
courtesy and kindly labor in our behalf,
and he may rest assured If anything
ever happens his cogs or rollers, he will
hsve our press and help cheertully. To
Governor Eskridge and his many gen.
tlemanly and efficient employees we are
also indebted for favors received. May
the shadow of the Republican never
grow less, and may one and all OF our
neighbors, Individually and collectively
"live long and prosper"
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Plase systems. Frederick ", Who d
about 30 years old, is director in all
The most Trustworthy estimate piacss
Mr.. YandeFhIItss fortune 81 eI7e. 600 600.
His pylnc1pal Investments SO ar IS can
be learned are about as follows. Govern
ment bonds, SIS, 600. 900; raiiwsy bonds,
s. 600 coo. New York Central stock,
IS ,000, COO; Lake Shore stock, $4,000, :
600; Michigan Central stock, 1000
600; Northwestern, s.. coo 600. He also
had a large amount of real estate and
cash. 10 say nothing Of lesser interests
in corporations not mentioned above,
All of bis estate hiss. according TO good
authority, been LETT in trust. The tIus-
tees are understood 20 be his widow, O.
NJ Depew. Cornelius Vanderbilt. Hen
rieits McKa Twembly and JOAN B.
Deieher.
sHoRT SKETCH OF his CAREER.
Born in New Brunswick. N j., May
8, 1921, Mr. Vanderbilt entered the rail-
way service as receiver of the Staten
Island railroad IN 1851. In 1858 he
was elected president Of the same com-
panY He became vice president and
president successfully of The New York
& Western railroad, and was vice Dresl.
dent of the Hudson River Taiload Gem.
pany from 1869 mp to the dale of the
consolidation with the New York Cen
tral in 1869, when be became vice presI-
dent of the consolidated lines He wal
president of the same company from
1877 to 1888; vice president Of the Lake
Shore 8 Michigan Southern. 1874 e
1877, and president from 1877 70 1888
| He was president Of the Michigan
4 - - A.. 4
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NEW YonKs Dec. - AT 1925 O'Clock
exJudge Rspolto, followed by Chaun-
eey II. Depew, Cornelius Vanderbilt,
VIM. &. Vanderbilt Frederick Ward
and George Vanderbilt entered tie ser.
rogate's office and Immediately appesr-
ed before the probate clerk, Charles
Beckett, for the purpose OF filing the
viii of w. II Vanderbilt The will be-
queaihs 10 his wife the dwelling house
N which they have recently been living.
all the household goods, including the
plate, statuars and ali works of ART, all
the horses. stables. harnesses. carriages,
etc.. and an annuity of $3.50 600 per
annum, the above TO be In lieu Of a
doweTy.
The will bequesihs $4,000 coo 10
each of his eight children, nearly 81,
000, 600 10 charitable institutions, and
the remainder of his fortune is divided
equally between Cornelius and VIM Z.
Vanderbilt. He directs that ali of the
| railroad stocks be held in
bulk and administered to the
best interests of all, and that none oi
| them shall be disposed of without the
common consent of all concerned. Nj
Chauncey n. Depew and Mr. Henry
Henderson are constituted Rdminisira
| tors OF his will
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Uncle SANS Naval ChapIains

Out of the many thousand gentlemen
who find snug shelter beneath the Gov
ernment's fostering wing none enjoy the
peace, prosperity and general happiness
in equal Measure with the twcnty-one who
are chaplains in the navy. They toll
not, and seldom pray, but draw their
salaries with elegance and precision.
These salaries are large, or would be for
an ununiformed wording. For the past
five years of service each chaplain culls
$500 per year and his rations, if at sea,
from benevolent National Treasury,
$1,000 if on shore duty and 81 600 if on
waiting orders, the last named being q
condition of complete inertia. Ever
after the five years mentioned the re-
Enumeration is $500 more, in all stages of
service. Rations consist in the main of
hardtack and pork, with smack of SUI
gar and coffee thrown in, and can be
traded off for canned chicken or any
thing palatable to wardroom appetites.
With the exception of giving the ship
sehoolmaster an occasional lift in his
duty of driving simple educational facts
through saline skulls, the chaplain does
nothing. He holds no services, except
now and then at stray funeral. The
only Sunday features of man-of-war are
extra clean decks and officers in full
dress uniforms, including buttons. The
chaplain wears just as many buttons as
any of them, but he does no preaching
Except for q provision in the naval regu-
lations it would be hard to tell why any
ships carry a chaplain. This says they
must, and they do. There is no lodging
naval rules with salaries attached to
them. No chaplain on shipboard wearies
himself with stirring up religious senti-
ment among the men, or worries about
their tarry souls.
Not every ship carries chaplain.
Only fiagships are thus adorned. Chap
lains are too expensive. The plain leaky
cruisers can not possess them. Four
hagships thus ornamented are the Ten
nessee, North Atlantic squadron; Pensa-
cola, European squadron; Trenton,
Asiatic squadron, and Hartford, Pacific
squadron. The Nipsic, both fleet and
flagship, cruising alone on the South At
lantic station from Rio to Cape Horn,
gets along without a parson. Each of
the three training ships, Minnesota, New
Hampshire and jamestown, carry a
chaplain. and one is attached to each
working navy-yard to look out for the
spiritual welfare of tars newly gathered
in on the receiving ships.
The rest of the twenty-one are on
special duty or waiting orders. Not a
few of the shore chapfains are prosper
ously quartered on denominational
parishes, thus securing pleasing additions
to their several incomes. Those sta
toned at navy yards make the most
show of professional usefulness. Local
churches or missions usually afford ser
vices of some sort on the receiving ships
in which the chaplain co-operates. But
altogether the lot of a chaplain is most
happy one, and that of chaplains at sea
especially so. Without nksome labor of
any sort or responsibility, he can join the
Captain of marines, another flagship
luxury, in perennial siesta on the ward
room sofas.-AelO York Sun.
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peath Of W. ii. Yanderb,lt

NEW YORK. Dec. Civilian H
Vanderbilt is dead. At O'Clock Mr..
Robert Garrett went up to Mr.. Wander
bilt's house to zee the millionaire. Mr..
Vanderbilt greeted him cordially and
engaged in long and animated CONVEX
satlon with him about railroad matters
The two railroad magnates were discus
sing the new terminal faciIIties OF the
Baltimore g Ohio, and Mr.. Vanderbilt
showed q lively interest in the results
that were to follow from The new enter
prise. Il was while the talk turned upon
the scenes OF hIs childhood and early
work, conirasted with the tremendous
achievements of bis old age, that Mr..
Garrett, sitting on q sofa snd facing the
millionaire. who leaned upon his arm
chair, as was his habit when thoroughly
interested, that the president of the Bal
timore q Ohio was suddenly made aware
of slight Indebtedness IN Mr.. Van
derbilt's speech that grew into aninartic-
ulate sound. AS he leaned over 70 catch
his words, Mr. Vanderbilt pitched for
ward, without word of warning, and
fell heavily on the floor on his face. Mr..
Garrett sprang 20 his feet WITH an ex.
clamation of alarm and seizIng q pillow
from q sofa laid il under his friends
head, then summoned Mrs Vanderbilt
and George, the youngest son. Messen-
gers were sent IN haste for physicians.
Such simple restoratives as were at hand
had been applied, but human aid was in
vain. Dir. Vanderbilt never spoke or
moved after he fell under the sudden
stroke and died within q few minutes
without q struggle. To ell intents and
purposes he was dead the instant he fell
forward upon the flaor.
eAusE or DEATH.
DR.. Mclean pronounced his death the
result of 3 sudden stroke of paralysi
due 20 the bursting of large blood YES
sci st the base of the brain, of the kind
that are absolutely fatsl at the moment
he stated that Mr.. VaHderbillss death
was a. painless as il was sudden. The
doctor knew his patient most intimately
and promptly certified to the cause of
death TO avoid the unnecessary formal.
u OF a coroner's inquest or an autopsy.
Mr. EANDERBILTs FAMILY
The Children Mr.. Vanderbilt iesves
ere,in their regular succession IS to age,
from Cornelius, who is about 20 years of
age, down: Cornelius, William K.
Frederick W., and George W., ana fouF
daughters-MFs Elliot T. Shepard, Mrs.
William D. Sloane, Ars. Hamilton Mex.
TwombIy and Ars. DR.. Seward Webb.
Cornelius and William & are both
actively engaged in tbs management OF
family railroad interests, and will 50
continue Cornelius is the chairman of
the board OF directors of the New York
Central and the Michigan Central sys~
tens, end William K. holds the same
Office IN the Lake Shore and Nickel
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"May HiS soul Rest IN Peace. u

WASHINGTON. d. c., Dec 1O.-Solemr
requiem mass for the repose of the soul
Of the late King Alfonzo was celebrated
at st. Matthew's Catholic church in this
city this morning. Invitations were Is
ssued to the president and his cabinet,
diplomatic corps and others. The audi
forum of the church was draped In
mourning. In front of the altar rails
stood catafalque, on which
was g state casket of black,
ornamented with silver mountings.
the pillars of the tabernacle being en-
twined with black bunting. a simple
floral wreath was on the top Of the
casket. President Cleveland and cabl.
net occupied seats In the front pews on
one side of the center aisle, and the
spanish legation in corresponding pews
on the other side. Back of these sat the
diplomatic corps and = number of prom
Inent people invited were present Mo-
sart,s reQuieum mass was sung by the
regular church quartette assisted by q
special choir, with thirty voices
and with orchestral accompaniment.
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WAsHINeToN. D. O.. Dec. 10.-The
president sent the senate this morning,
for action, all nominations made by him
duriug The recess. No names are In
The IisT except those that have already
been given IN these dispatches.
Various petitions, signed by citizens
Of Iowa. were placed in the petition box
OF The house To- day, Iecitlne that the
president, secretary of treasury. AmerI-
can Bankers association, and leading
newspapers of eastern cities have Joined
in conspiracy TO increase the value and
purchasing power of funded debts, and
fixed incomes, through the depreciation
of general values by demonitiZation oil
silver or the suspension of its coinage,
The petitioners ask congress TO place
the coinage of silver on an equality
with the coinage of gold, and ask that
the coinage be continued; thai
the reissue be made of one and two dol
lar notes, and that the public debt be
liquIdated as rapidly as the revenues Of
the government will permit.
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PublIc nealth Assoelation.

WASHINGTON, d. c.. 1.-THE closing
session of the American Public Health
Association was held to-day. The sub.
ject of severe distinction was referred
to committee on disInfectants, which
was continued for another year. The
resolution of DIR. Hunt, urging the
practical teaching of hygiene IN the
schools and enlarging the committee on
that subject, was adopted. The advisory
committee recommended that congress
be urged TO appropriate funds to enable
the war and navy departments, through
their medical corps, TO investigate the
course of infectious diseases. They also
reported that Toronto, Ont, haS been
selected for the place of the next an
nnal meeting, the time for which will be
fixed by the executive committee. The
officers for the ensuing year were elected.
Adjourned sine die.