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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-04-09

The tan Of Richl6oad Wzs nothing s4hs rebel q.
mics the only strategic points to strike att said
the General.
Lee went flying along the north side Of the Apo
mattoK with an army OF 1000 men. Grant and Sher.
idan swept along the south side and headed him on
A tragic and melancholy interest hovers about
Lees last hour in Richmond Gen A. p Hill hfs
friend and one OF his eblest commander had been
killed In the morning. Ehey @huried him darby at
dead OF night, like Sir John Moore Lees last act
was 30 attend this hurried funeral by night Then
he mounted his horSe and rode rapidly away.
President Lincoln Immediately set for Peters,
burg. Grant gave this simple order
Say to the president that Al odlcar and escort
win attend him. but a. for myself, I start toward
the Danv1lle road with the army"
But the president reached Petersburg before
Grant left. The meeting OF the two, Lincoln and
Grant-the good president and the victorious gen
erai-took place April In the porch OF q private
house. In Petersburg.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-04-09
Men Think

they know all about Mustang Lin
iment. Few do. Not to know IS
not to have.
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-05
LATE NEWS ITEMS

THK new State Government or Rhode
Island was inaugurated At Newpors on
the 9Th.
PowHA1rAS PETE, a negro, was lynch .
ed near Brownsville, Tenn, on the a6th.
The Franco Chinese treaty OF D sace bas
been completed at Pekln.
The Senate intar- tate Commences Com.
mittee Logan its session at Boston on the
Goth.
AT nm election in Terre Haute, Ind, on
the 10Th the Democrats made . clean
sweep.
VANDALISM among the works Of art In
the London Academy continues
The residence Of Lawyer r. G. Camp
bell, OF Cincinnati, was destroyed by fre
on the sGtn, during the absence OF Mr.. and
Mrs Campbell.
IN Pennsylvania II will be punishable
oifense 10 handle oleomargarine after
July LIST.
sKcEET conference was held on the
18th by the Pope and the Irish Bishops.
PENSIONS to the amount OF SIC, 900, 00)
have been paid at Washington during the
month.
GERMANY has formed a squadron OF
three vessels for service ia Zanzibar.
JoHS RoAcH wro.e Secretary Whitney
on the 10Th that he would make another
trial trip with the Dolphin.
AT Manila, Ind, on the Goth, William
Riley cut his seven-year -old daughters
throat aud his own killing both.
IHE Duke and Duchess or Connau ht
have sailed rom Bombay for England.
~. W. WEAR, Of Misscuri. recently an.
pointed superintendent OF Yellowstone
Park, has resigned his state Ssnatorship.
THEKE persons Of Toronto, Ont, were
drowned on the 18Th while boating on tho
bay. sqIall swamped them.
HE Baltimore A Ohio Railroad Is per-
fecting arrangements for terminal facil-
tiles n the heart 81 Philadelphia.
DURING the week ending April 3Oth.
there were lsS deaths from cholera in CAL
cuttn.
SENATOR EDxUSDs is going to England
by request to give the British House OF
Lords points on American law.
VicToR HUGO will be buried in the Pan.
theon. The date OF the funeral had not
been definitely settled.
A CRAZY negro ran away with a locomo.
tive and passenger train on the East Ten.
nessec, Virginia & Georgia Railroad. His
dre went out and the train came TO a stop
before any damage was done.
CouNr HERBERT BISMARCK has been "a
called to Berlin. He was German agent
1t the Hague.
IN the quarrel between the Chicago
Board Of Trade and the Open Board 81 |
Trade" the latter seems to DO on ton.
THE Feremeze cotton mill near Paisley
England, burned on the 10Th. A thousand |
employees were thrown cut OF work. J
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-05
SIGNIFICANT FIGURES.

The Rapid Increase OF the Colored Race Ia
America. M Demonstrated by Secretary
Allen Of the frcedmen's Aid Society
some Startling Figures for Political Econ
omists to Ponder.
CINCINNATI, o., May 27.--At the scs-
sion Of The Presbyterian General Assem-
bly, yesterday morning. Rev Dr. n. IA.
Allen, Secretary OF the Frccdmen's Aid
Society, made long speech following
the presentation Of The report Of that so
ciety. To illustrate his remarks he had
hung on the wall back OF the platform
map twenty feet long By twelve feet
wide, showing the ratio OF black 10 white
population Ia the Southern States. IL
was very startling map aud when ex-
planned by the earnest speaker, made q
strong and lasting impression. Here are
q few OF his significant facts:
Twenty yearsa at the close of the
war. there were In the Southern States
s,a47.000 colored people; now there are
more than 1000 boo. Then there were
In Mississippi 30, 900 negroes; now &c.
600. Then there were In Georgia 4Jt.-
600 negroes; now 725, 600. Then there
were In South Carolina 900, 900: now
more than 100000 Five hundred colored
babies are born in the United States
every day. TIE colored population
doubles every twenty years; The white
population only once la thIrty-dve years.
Eighty years will not have passed before
the negroes will be In . numerical ma
jority in some OF the Southern
States. At the present rate Of increase
In 1855 there will be 10000 900 white
people In the United States and 1872, 0O0,-
600 colored people. The day Is not far
distant when II will he physical inpos-
sibility 10 continue the present practical
disfranchisement of the colored people of
the southern States. In South carolina
he has bought and paid for 100000 acres
OF land, which he cultiyatcs. In the south
he pays taxes on more than sol 900 900
Of property. He Is editing, printing and
publishing log newspapers. And vet OF
The 10000 colorcd people OF this coun-
TRIP, more than 6,o00,00 can not read nor
write.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-05
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THE DEBATABLE LAND.

Interest Created by the Visit Of the senate
Committee ON Indian Affairs In the In
dian Territory-A Delay Asked Pending
the Territorial Election.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, May 25.--An In
dian Territory special says: The Senate
Committee on Indian Affairs have ar
rived, and their visit is creating great
interest. They began their work at Mus.
kogee, Creek Nation. The most import
ant question other than the sale OF
Oklahoma and the Cherokee strip will be
that OF citizenship. The Indians say
their territory II being overrun BY whites
claiming Indian blood. Many hundreds
have been declared intruders, and or
dercd to leave, but the Interior Depart
ment has intcrfered and prevented their
ciectmcnt. The proposed sale Of lots
IN the western portion Of their territory
Is being warmly discussed. An outright
sale Is generally opposed; but its advo-
Gates claim II Is gaining ground. In
the Cherokee Territory there Is wide
diversity Of opinion, and com
municatIon, signed by many leading
Cherokecs, has been sent 10 the Presi-
dent, asking that he defer sending the
special committee, who will negotiate for
the purchase, to the Territory until after
the election Of the new Legislature In
August, SO that the measure can be
brought before the people and dclIberated
upon during the campaign. Although
there II no decided stand yet taken by the
leaders OF the i've tribes, who must unite
In decision, the opinion prevails that
principal chief OF the Chero-
KEGS, favor q sale. McCurtaiu, Governor
OF the Choctaws, IL also said TO be In
sympathy with the movement to dispose
81 the land.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-05

| what the Typhoid Epidemic Has Done ~
Plymouth. Ps.-Thc Wonder That Il fsas
Not Done worse-Appcsrence az ISlack-
Tongue Diphtheria ~ Paris Roads, Pa
whole Families Attacked
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May 2C.--The
committee OF citizens appointed 70 raise
funds for the relief OF the sufferers at
Plymouth, Luzerne County, met at the
Office Of the Mayor yesterday. Mr.. A. J.
Drexel, treasurer OF the fund, reported
that the contributions up TO noon yester-
day amounted to sl0, 4524l. A report
from the infected district showed that the
whole number Of cases IN the borough
since the epidemic started was sos, with
total. OF 81 deaths. AT present there are
lS4 convalescents In the town The
whole number Of families In destitute
circumstances Is 24C
An analysis OF two Jugs OF water taken
from the river and from q well made by
Prof. kedzic. showed that both the waters
were unit either for drinking or culinary
purposes. The examination OF this WA
Ter aw.kens surprise, not that many are
sick In Plymouth, but that any should be
well. Police Surgeon French and DIR.
Shakespeare, OF the Philadelphia Hospital,
left for Plymouth yesterday afternoon.
Tor the purpose OF inquiring into the
wants OF the afflicted people.
PiTrsBuRGm, Pa, May 25. - The
epidemic at Paris Roads. Pa, Is spread
Ing. Another child Of Nicholas Trux.
who has alresdy lost two, Is not expect
to recover. Ida Gardner, the step
daughter OF Kennedy Trux, who lost i've
children, aud whose wife Is insane, Is not
expected to live.
At Hanlin's Station, the entire Bilder-
back family and one other family were
attacked.
prominent physician from New York
City arrived at Paris Roads yesterday
morning, and In the afternoon held q
consultation with physicians there He
pronounces the disease black tongue
diphtheria, and says II Is the most yir a.
lent he has ever known. Fears are en-
tertained In the neighborhood OF Paris
Roads that the epidemic will become gen.
cral, and sanitary measures are being
adopted.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-05
KNOCKED OUT.


Thompson. the Cleveland Giant Done Tn
by Negro In just Ninety Seconds.
ST. PAU, MISx., May 26.--Undoubt-
edly the best Eight ever seen In the North
west, Marquis Of Queensbury rules, regu-
lation gloves. came on last night between
McrvIne Thompson, OF Cleveland, o.,
and Billy Wilson (colorcd) OF this city,
at Market Hall, before an audience Of
1880 people. Wilson Is twenty-five
years old, and came from Boston six
months ago. lie weighs, In trim, $50
pounds. He fought 'sBlack Star" in
Clarendon Hall, New York TO draw.
Thompson came here confident that he
would easily best his opponent. After
few seconds Of wary sparring Wilson hit
Thompson right hand face blow which
dazcd him, but he countered and knocked
Wilson into his corner. Wilson returned
with right hand blow behind the car,
aud Thompson fell 10 the floor like
stricken OK. He attempted to rise 10 his
feet, but was knocked down again. He
made another effort 10 face his man, but
was struck behind the ear and fell face
down and perfectly insensible. When
time was called Thompson had mot re-
covered his senses, and Wilson wac de-
clarcd winner. The fight lasted nipety
seconds
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-05

Tnr methods adopted by Mexicans IN
trying an American railroad engineer for
running his engine over Mexca have
called forth formal protest from lhs
American Consul at Eagle Pass.
| the carders aud spinners are on a strike
at Llewelien. Pa.
A STRIKE 81 brakemen on the Grand
Trunk sllway OF Canada IL probable.
SILVER dollars issued during the week
ended the s3i from the minis were see.
io7.
TnE city editor OF the Toledo D.m9cra.
was tarred and feathered a. Nrrwalk, o.,
on the 10Th ~ four men whom he had writ
ten too plainly about.
THg general passenger agents are dis
cussing a seventeen dollar first class rate
from Chicago 10 New York
Thirty Mexican editors will leave tho
City Of Mexico June 18Th for tour OF The
United States.
Tux disease that Is raging at Paris, Pa.
and vicinity, Is pronounced black tongue
diphtheria.
EXPORTS from the United States the past
four months exceeded the Imports by so.
74.,6is.
Tax nail manufacturers OF tho United
States meet in Pittsburgh. Pa, to arrange
the scale OF wages for the next year.
The conference OF iron manufa cturers
and the Amalgana ted Association at
Pittsburgh. Pa, failed to agree, and
strike Is expected
ARMY officers in the isld are urged to
use every exertion possible to suppress
the Indian troubles in Arizona aud New
Mexico.
WHEAT spectators at Chicago are do
ing very little business, but talk hopefully
of the future. Heavy receipts have de-
pressed corn prices.
Tux contract was awarded for furnish
ing postage stamps 10 the United States
10 the American Bank Note Company, OF
New York, at SO 1853 81 per annum
CoMMp xrsrs had their little day in
Paris on the 25th The police allowed
them to celebrate the downfall OF tle
commune.
In view OF the alleged prevalence OF
yellow fever in the northern Mexican
States the Secretary OF the Treasury has
been requested to reappoint the ssnitsry
inspectors on the border line or Arizona.
he will probably comply with the request.
THE workingmen OF Qlebec. in a meet
ing on the .5ta, passed resolution re-
guessing tho Government TO prohibit the
importation OF Chinese labor ia the Ds-
A CITIZEN Of Boston offers to bee ,me one |
OF 100, or 81 20o, or Of $40 to contribute the |
500 needed 70 complete tine pedestal OF
the Barthold statue at. New YORK.
SMALL Pcx Is raging Ia Shenandoah,
Page ccunty, Ia, aud special police are
out guarding the houses infested. Nine
teen horses have thus bcen quarantined.
The Mayor aud the President Of tn Board
81 Health have the Iii ease.
PLErho-rSEUMoSIA has broken ont
among III cattle in various parts OF nm
sylvana, and fears that il will become
are felt. There is danger also
that the outbreak o. pleuro- Pneumonia in
County, Delaware, may spread
10 Pennsylvania. Several herds oil cattle
n Delaware are now affected.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-05
MISCELLANEOUS.

COMMITTEE 10 welcome the Bartholdi
statue has been appointed by the New
York Board Of Aldermen.
The railroad strike at Denver, Col. Il
assuming a violent phase.
The United States treasure at cinc;n-
natl has been removed from the old
quarters to the new building.
THE sanitary conference at Rome has
declared land quarantine useless
Ok the 23i receiver was appointed Tor
the Havana, Rantoul a. Eastern division
Of the Wabash system.
The people Of Pine County, Arizona.
have voted S.co.V0o in aid Of railroad.
THxiSecretary OF the Navy insists on
another and thorough test Of the Dolphin.
GERMANY Is expelling thirty thousand
Russian Poles from her territory.
FRANCE has given $,0J TO defray IN.
expenses Of Victor Hu,o's funeral.
TIE Presidents French cook has been
superseded by an Irishinan.
RECEIVERS have been appointed a. New
York for the Postal Telegraph Company.
THE inhabitants OF Washington, ID. G..
are greatly agitated about the alleged Inn
purity OF tho water supply OF tho city.
The Government Of India asks loan OF
|o,0oo,Oo) from England for railway ex-
tensions.
AT Birmingham, Eng, thirty thousand
rifles are being made to I'LL an order from
the Amer Of Afghanistan.
DENIAL comes from Boston OF the re-
port that tho Union Pacific had to.borrow
80, 900 to pay its May interest.
The cHorfa ooIa - Ix..l~.-
the quarrel between Guatemala and San
have failed.
THE United States Senate Inter State
Committee, having finished their business
" New York have moved 70 Boston.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-05
GRIMES AND CAsUALrrEs.

WADE \. HAMPTON, nephew or the South
Carolina Senator, postal clerk in Iowa,
mas ben sentenced 70 q year In jail for
rifing registered letters.
OK the 10th Louis Francis, a French.
man, was arrested Ia New York while
carrying the mutilated remains or q wom-
an, tied up In . bag, toward the river.
ne said she died natural death, but in
oications point 70 most brutal murder.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-05

The Rapid Increase of the Colored Race la
America. n Demonstrated by Secretary
Allen Of the frcedmen's Aid Society
Some Startling Figures for Political Econ
omisfs to Ponder.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-09-24
WINTER COMING.
Massachusetts,. New Hampshire and
Vermont Visited by Snow Storms.

MILFORD, Mass, Sept. %.
A violent snow squall prevails here with
very high winds. The temperature has
dropped 10 degrees in 90 hours. The crops
will suffer extensively in this vicinity
LITTLEToS, n. H., Sept. %
A heavy snow storm prevailed here all the
forenoon and still continues.
WEIRs, n. H., Sept %.
This has been the toughest day on Lake
Winnepesankee this season, the white caps
running very high. The steamer Lady of
the Lake laid here all day and cancelled all
trips until tomorrow. terrible gale is
blowing with frequent snow squalls.
LANCASTER, N. H., Sept %.
A snow storm has prevailed nearly all dav
and the hills are white in all directions.
MoRRrsvTLLE, VT, Sept. %.
Snow has fallen in squalls all day
ST. JoBNsBURr, VT, Sept. %.
1t has showed here considerably today and
the hills are white. In Maiden the snow is
three inches deep.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-09-24
A DESCRIPTION
OF the Ship Willie Rosenfeld Launched
at Bath, Wednesday.

BATH, Sept. %.
The ship Willie Resented of Bath, was
launched Wednesday noon from the yard of
A. Sewall & Co. builders. The ship is among
the largest of the Bath feet, and is a magnifi-
cent one in every particular, being 1865 feet
long. "A feet deep, 1871 feet wide, with
gross tonnage of 2i55.03. The spar deck is
26l 25 long, ll6 feet high and has sixteen
divisions. The poop deck is 81 feet long and
80 feet high. The ship has all the modern
improvements. The work and the material
are of the best. She is double beamed and
sanctioned The masts are all set with the
exception of the yards. She has Hyde
windlass, is coppered over, 4. 200 sheets being
used. The cabins are extra fine, being of
solid cherry 18th ten panelled doors, the top
panel being engraved. On the cut-water rests
a life sized statute in wood of Willie Rosen-
field of San Francisco, after whom the ship
is named. Capt. Dumphy of Gardiner, will
be commander. The owners are A. Sewall
& Co of Bath. and San Francisco parties
She will be ready for sea in two weeks, and
is chartered to load coal from Baltimore fo-
San Francisco. She is tended for the Pacific
trade. Capt. f. P. Mslleti was master
builder.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-09-24
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Meeting OF the Maine Woman Suffrage
Association in Portland.

PORTLAND, Sept 90.
Ameeting ofthe Maine Woman Suffrage As
sociation began in the Chestnut street church
tonight fair sized audience was pr esent
An address of welcome was delivered BY Rev
DR.. Bsshford. He said he believed the cause
was just, and was represented by pure and
self-sacrificing workers. He said the meet
ing would hear in person or by letter from
Gov. Robie. Congressman Reed, Hon. j.
II. Drummond and Hon. Nelson Dingley.
The cause has won seven or eight ministers
OF Portland. Among those who have favored
woman suffrage in the past are Abraham
Lincoln, Chief Justice Chase, Wendell Phil
lips, John G. Whittier, Charles Sumner,
Henry Wilson, President Hayes, Hon. John
ID. Long, Bishop Gilbert Haven, Thomas
Bowman, John F. Hurst, Matthew Simpson,
John Stuart Mill, Ralph Waldo Emerson.
There are many famous women who have
advocated the cause, Harriet Beecher Stowe,
Lydia Maria Child, Lucretia Mott, Julia
Ward Howe and many others. Woman suf-
IfdPe mas Ueen ttleu IN wyoming eTFltOEf
for fourteen years and won approval against
strong opposition. The restricted form has
been tried in England since 1864, and ex-
tended TO Scotland in 1880. The vote for
full suffrage for woman in the House of Lords
was IA to 1874. Prayer was offered by Rev.
Mr.. Collins. Mrs. S. J. L. O'Brien presided
in the absence of Mrs Quimby of Augusta.
Rev. Lorenzo Haynes of Rockport, Mass ,
was introduced and addressed the convention.
He said that the right of suffrage must be ex-
tended to women or give up representative
government. Cora Scott Pond in an address
referred to the successive steps and sure
progress of the cause. Rev. DR.. Bashford
then read a letter from Gov Robie. who said
it was impossible for him to be present. but
was in full accord with the objects of the as
sociation. Rev. f. T. Adams of Portland,
in an address, said nothing in the bible for
bids woman suffrage. When women vote the
millinum will come.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-09-24
FOREIGN NEWS.
The European War Cloud-<sreat Excite.
ment in Mscedoaia-Turkey without
Fu"d>-The Situation Beco,aing More
Critical Every Day.
BERLIN, Sept, IS.

BERLIN, Sept. IS.
A semi official statement il made that the
powers will not look calmly on the breaking
Of the treaty cf Berlin, but will side with
Turkey. and if Russia opposes them she will
be isolated. Only after the Bulesrians have
been restored to common sense can
can the powers decide what shall be
done for Bulgarian unity. Prince Bismarck
has acc, pied the apology of Spain for the
Madrid.
CoNsrANrlNoPLE, Sept. %.
The Porte has issued a circular to the sig-
natory powers of the treaty of Berlin. pro-
testing that the conduct of Prince Alexander
of Bulgaris, in relation TO the rising in Rou-
melia, is a violation Of the stipulations of the
treaty of Berlin. and declaring that the Sui
tan has resolved on efficient action To carry
out the rights of the Porte continued in srticle
l6 of the treaty, which provides that in the
event OF internal or external complications
the security of eastern Roumelia being
threatened the Porte, after notifying the
powers of the exigencies that so require, may
send Ottoman troops into the province.
The excitement in Macedonia is increasing
and grave events are feared. The Porte is
embarrassed 10 obtain funds for the trans
portation of troops. Turkish vessels have
been forbidden to enter the Gulf of Boorghas.
The Roumelisns are tearing up the railways
on the frontier and forty ing the roadways.
They cut the telegraph lines and endravored
to blow up the bridge over the Mania river,
hrt were prevented hy a body of Turkish
troops with whom they had slight skrmish.
Turkish funds have fallen heavily in Con-
stantnople. | is believed henccf forth, that
the Roumelian tribute will not be paid
LONDON, Sept. 23
An uneasy feeling prevailed on the Paris
bourse TO day. Rumors are current to the
effect that serious disorders have occurred in
Macedonia Russian newspapers consider
the situation in the Balkans as becoming
more critical everv day. They doubt the
possibility of restoring the "satu quo"
Prince Alexander has issued a circular to the
powers in which he announces the union of
eastern Roumelia and Bulgaria. lie Gays he
has accepted the popular election in no
hostile spirit to Turkey. He recognizes the
Sutan's suzeranty and holds himself rvspon-
sible tor public security. He asks the pow
ers to intervene in order that the union may
be recognized AS an accomplished fact. other
wise the people are resolved to do everything
in their power to uphold the union. Prince
Alexander has also sent a respectful despatch
to the Sultan of Turkey, asking him to recog-
nize the union. At Constantinople their is
great excitement over the situation. The
Sultan presided at a council which was called
Sunday last u settle the question of sending
troops to Roumelis. Pending the decision
several battalipns of troops have been con-
centrated on the r ,umanian frontier.