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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-09-17
Free.

Freei what does if mean to be free2 --,,..
see, ~
" ts II measure created by mind.
by laws invisible, weighed and def1ned7
Ereei Is this term whose limit and rule
mas ever been fixed by schedule, or school?
mas 1ts birth been traced in the annals of
Or its sounding been taken by plummet or
Freedom of self. or freedom of land,
Means growth of the spfrit-the power TO ex-
The knowledge of needs in life here on earth,
And the solving of these by u standard OF
To be free is to throw OF the freightage of
To petition for truth. and when it appears,
Ihough startling in form or strange to the
To welcome it frankly in name of the right.
To be free Is to stand at the center of being
and pray
That our own inner lives be attuned in
way 90 7rT
That the chords of consciousness answer and
thrill
To the touch Of the Infinite hand and the In.
finite will = = 80
Ella Dare
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rreasnlasaino, ato.eIrr,,,.a.,.n.

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. Colonel
Mccullough, one of the special, land
commissioners, has forwarded 10 Gov
ernor Elaborate report showing that
school lands are being, extensively used
for free ,Grszing in Violation of law in
Preside county: The report gives the
names Of number Of deprecat0rs,
Some are occupying vast ranges FOL
their cattle where they have not leased
an acre of land and others occupy
ranges, only small portion of which
they have leased from the state. The
labors OF the commissioners are ex-
pected 60 make further startling reveal.
tloDs OF these whOlesalS tresspassers
upon public lands, and lead u 4. re.
ciaimAtion of the lands from such abuses
which have been going on1or years So
extensively, and depriuIg The state oi
large revenue. -
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with the Brewers:

e CHICAGO, Sept. ,15.-At the opening Of
thee council meeting last evening Mayor
Harrison submitted a message vetoIDe
the ordinance imposing 5000 license
ON brewers. In giving his reasons
Mayor Harrison said that when high
license went into operation, the brewers,
in. order TO enable the Retailers 10 pay
their licenses. voluntarily reduced the
price of beer 10 per cent, amounting In
all 10 $500, OoO. If, therefore, the license
be imposed on the brewers they would
have 10 pay double tax.
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Sensational n,.oIo.n.es

.. CINCINNATI. o. Sept 15-Publics-
tion q made here to-day of startling
disclosure IN society clubs sf Cellna,
Ohio, whese three or four youths. scarce.
ly OF age. sons of leading and wealthy
citizens, are under bond for burglaries
committed Ia thai place. One of them
Clayton Marsh, son of Hon. A. D. Marsh,
speaker OF the Ohio house of representa-.
tIVee; another is the son of County Clerk
Landau, who is q student at the Ken
lucky Military Institute. Several others
are suspected bur not vet arrested The
matter became public through the
nephew OF the sheriff, who had been in
trusted, with the sale of some of The
stolen jeVe1ry. Young Marsh, It In said
made confession. He and young Land.
fair and banker named Joseph Schil
ling, have been arrested and are under
bond. Tho whole town Is wild with ex
element and the citizens fear that nj
adequate prosecution can be had owins
to the iphuencs of the friends of the de-
PENDANTS. a fund has been started to EN-
7ploy competeGt prosecution
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3. ,CHICAGo, Sept. 1.-THE war of rates
among the east bound roads yesterday
assumed s&new phase, in that as the
freight lines operating over the Erie,
,Lackawaans and Vanderbilt roads. with
the. exception of the Blue Line, have
ordered an advance in grain rates TO
New York to 10 cents. The Pennsyl-
vania people claim not to have been
taking grain at lees rate than 12 cents TO
New York. and. are not anxious to carry
it At that figure. None of the roads
will agree TO quoting shippers present
rates fog more than twenty four hours in
advance, and all. indications point 10
q speedy advance from all interior west
Ern points. In this connection a state.
ment is made by people IN the conf
fidence of the management of the east
ern trunk lines that an agreement has
already been made, providing for seven
years money pool on the business TO the
eeabOard. -|-TT-r- -s' -rf=-s-.'F - r.
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An Oath Under PreHs1F,

~ OMAHA, Nebr. Sept. 1A,-A mob of
citizens of Chester. Nebraska, started
out late Saturday. night to hang Warren
Coon, blacksmith, who had repeatedly
beaten his'wife and threatened to burn
the town =, For several d sys he kOd'teen
drunk and had whipped: fiis wife several
times. His threat to burn the town ex.
cited the citizens and culmiRatedsin a
determination tO hang MIN! They sur
rounded the house, captured Coon and
were about 20 lynch him, when his wife
pleaded for him on herknees aud prayed
To heaven and to the 9Inub. 60 SPARE
HIM and give - him one more
chance "'' 20 be- "a mau. Coon
finally followed suit, prayed on his
knees and promised on oath over the
Bible never again to mistrear' his wife
and to stoD drinking, upon the funderx
standing that violation of his oath would
result in hanging. The mob concluded
TO let him have. apotheE chance and there
upon Dispersed. '--.' -'''''', - -|''F''
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W.T." HHVyO IOtUIuCU HUMt ON MOn-
day from, Yates Center, where he had
been visiting friends for a few days. He
reports corr mot as good In that
part sEthe stateias in Eagle Greek WI.
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The Wichita Eagle tells us there are
l,5OO pupils already enrolled in the city
schools, and still they come. The pes
ent buildings are already crowded. In
some rooms there are three pupils to a
seat. while in some other rooms the
pupils are divided into sections, one sec
ton attending in the forenoon and the
other In the afternoon. What better
evidence OF the intslligence and growth
Of city can be asked than this! -
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pestt, bra.Pron,,nent Man

Z -CfkCTNNATi,' s' Ohio, Sept. 15.-Col.
Geo. Ward Nichols, president of the
college of music, Cincinnati, died this
morning'aG his residenceon East Walnut
Hills, this city; of consumption. He
was at wurk'at the cDlleEe until short
time before his death. Col. Nichols
served upon Gen w. T. Sherman's staff
during the war. and wrote "Sherman's
March to the Sea-" He married a
daughter of the late Nicholas Long
worth, of this city. and for tie past fife
teen years has devoted himself TO mu-
sical education, having founded the col
lege of which he was president. In this
work he was greatly aided by the mu-
nIficence of the late Reuben Springer
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Tha o,asr. Of Cino,nna,ns.

CINCINNATI, o.. Sept. 1.-THE order
of CincinDatusI the assccratroh whose
object is to. produce annually public
pageant, resembling somewhat the Mar.
di Grss ceremony in the southern cities,
have arranged fora public reception of
front for to morrow night. There will
be a night pageant for Wednesday. 25
cars illustrating the poem LaiIa Rookh,
and q ball on Thursday night at Music
hall. An effort has been made to have
the entire affair as imposing ss post
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DAVIS county Omc,rr.

JUNCTION City, Kas-. Sept 15,-Tbe
following ticket has been placed in the
field by the Republicans of Davis coun.
ty: Clerk, HUI Gemeny. sheriff, G. L.
Linton register of deeds, A L. Barnes
surveyor, F. W. Sjou,;, commissioner,
second district, Fl. L Milling; treasurer,
g. b. Stebbins. The Democrats will
have n convention on September 26th To
nominate a straight ticket. The Central
Kansas fair occurs at this place Sep
TENDER 5O?h and Octobcr LIST and %.
Preparations have been made which in
sures the best fair ever held al Junction
City. The officers of the association are
wide awake and are getting up some
spIepdid Attractions.
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kansas Pozt,nnatera

WAS H1Nar''N, Sept. 15.-The Post
master General today appointed the
folio wing .fen'tb-class p,,smastyrs fol
Kansas ;Wathepa, B, mi. N. Nnrbes
Dakota GEtss. BENZ p. Cowan; Eidora
do, ]. c. Marshali7 Maitland, A j. Sher.
man; HaWIeyyJ. T. Haddeu; LaGrange
j. M. Walsh; Athni. c. NJ. Sullivan
Siget, A: c. ES,armODi Bartlett, E
Smith. or. 50. =. n >. g, =
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4 according to csAnsus returns, the, ,nsr
gH"s 81 the ii are DOT ih1iiiEiyrhn Dul
ot all proportion 10 the whites as somt,.
prorfurnr wrrtcrs would have us be-
lieVe. The pCs sentage Of births among
-hHeSross ia higher than anDSg the whites
but the death rats which is also N UGH
higher among the former serves to equal.
ize the net result. The ratio OF deaths
AMONG the whites for the whole countr,
is IA "a per 1000 and among the blacks
rrT2s. Ss& cities have Kept their death
statistics tor the two races separately.
In Louisville the white death rate is
2Q.O4 to 1000 and among the blacks
SfF6; in Washington the PROPORTIONS
are II 80 Tor whites to 35 As for blacks 4;
10 Richmond. 10 12, to 81 81; : In BsIti-
more, 22.7l to 1851; IL New Orleans.
% al to 1851; In Charleston, 23.7s to 45.
Tho mortality among young negro chill
dten is much greater than among whites.
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A mob IN Nebraska yesterday en-
deavorcd TO lyHcA a man becRuseI be
drank whiskey. boat his wife, ard
threatened To burr the town. Finally
the mob yielded To the prayers of him.
self and wife, and gave the drunken
wretch another Chance of life after he
had sworn over the Bible that he would
never touch another drop of liquor,
with the understandingth that If he should
do so. he was to become the Victim Of
the rope. Such public sentiment would
be as good as a prohibition law.
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rraIiInl1 Mr,e.crkeh-

+, CINeINNATI, O., Sept, 15,-The Times
Stag Lexington, Kentucky, special says
"A passenger train on the Kentucky Cen
trallrailroad, when near that place thi:
afternoon and while going at a rate Of
forty lies per heur. left the track AND
tell dOwna steep embaukment, The
engineer aud fireman were buried under
the wreck and many passengers were
injured. r TIE iIHInes aud extent of the
injuries, CanBslt be .ascvFtained. Among
the injured Us I'D Nichols turimau ol
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Kansas City Journal: Gen. Black,
commissioner of pensions, will be ban
quoted at Atchisou when on his way to
attend the soldiers reunion st Topeka on
the 3Orh inst. II is expected 70 ec1ipse
the Bayard banquet in Lawrence for
Atcbison Is not a cold water town.
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A wAnton and cowardly attack has
been made bv tho Mormons- upon the
United States Commissioner, Nc
Kay, stationed at Salt Lake
City. When an order loses all
respect for government officials ii -fs
certainly time that steps should be taken
to look after the conduct of such an or
ganization. ON the same PFincIpl that
the government takes into its care those
who become mental wrccka. ~ -
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One OF Pinkerton's men arrested a
deiaulting bank cashier who had sought
refuge in Canada by persuadIng him to
go on fishing excursion to American
watera where the arrest took place. The
detective perhaps acted wiser than he
knew. as this may serve as a check on
Canadian nabobs who arc accustomed to
catching American fish. Let the Cana
dians fish on their waters. II
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Kansas City Journal: Mesalliances
are bad things all around. butlt must
be rather CALLING to be distinguished or
designated only as the husband of your
wife, as the Marquis OF Lorne Ia, OF
that other Englishman, Sartoris. who is
known only as Nellie Grants husband.
II Is not pleasant position for - manly
man to occupy, while TO a loving wife
1t must also be. irritating; The moral
OF this briet homily Is that It is a great
pity that Nellie Grant did not marry
an American instead OF beef-eatl6g
Brituu. .- ',r-..s-v -,
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- Knows Ie~

>, Hiram D: Maxheld, formerly of Silver
Springs, Il. l. has no doubt about the
wonderful curative powers of KIoney-
+ MORT 4e-~asse afflicted with KIDNEY
Complaint that he could not stand ON his
feet from pain and weakness. AS soon
IS he cpmmenced using Kidney Wort he
Inexperienced simmediatsf reltei and at
onee>begeHto grow Strong -sni was re-.
lieved of all pain and unpleasantness.
&4e se5s 81 k1~IS- Fhave beSn eursIf nv
kidney WOrts'' 80
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Chnrnh Cnn,..acn,,.,n.l

New York. Sept. Ia The mission
church of the Holy Cross at avenue c
and Fourth street was consecrated to-
day with imposing ceremonies. The
consecrated services 'WeEe conducted by
| Aseistantant Bishop Potter and Rev.
J. O. g.. Huntingdon, The sermon was
preached by, Rev 9DS., Huntington
Bishop Seymour, of Springfield, Illinois.
and number OF clsrgYmen and mum
Der of new order of the'Sisters Of Char
ity participated. ~. 49,, ~, -.l.l...,
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FancyLave stock,

New York Sept. ia sale of twer.
V-seven head of registered Jersey cat.
tie. took place to-day a. the Madison
Square Garden. Nearly 200 herders and
dealers in fancy stock attended the sale
A bull cali, son of BLACK Prince of Lin
den" sold for 5000; "Fill Pail ID, g
4: year old COW. brought 81 900; the bull
"Black Prince of Linden" went al
$1,750: the COW, WestphalIa," sold fol-
81, 1G0, and the famous COW "OxfcrI
Kate" sold at So, &c. ',,e"-5'-
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tln tlI. Northeru 4x-.n,ve.

y, FIERRE, OAK. Sept Is All Is qui t
in the Wfiine!bngo and row Creek res
eEH'Alnns. The rc'nt order sent by
Agt4tt drsmap lpt jet SELLERS refusing
t'I leave will not bs enforced The set.
tiers are qu'ctiY submitting To the order
aud ltavin- ht their own accord. but it is
'lho determination of all having taken
claims there t1retnrn as soon as a final
HOpehlng takes, place. =, - - -
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Poor Jumbo

T--THoNAs, Ont, Sept. 16-Jumbo
the $4,000 elephant. was killed on khe
railroad track. half mile east of herr
last night HIS keeper was leading him
along the track to TOAD hin -, LII I
freight train came up behind unnotieed
and ran him down. He wss Injured ~
badly that he died in thirtv minn,ss
The trick elephant Tom Tbumh -
also injured, his leg being brokea.,, -
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Georgia has just been provided with q
local option law which leaves the mat.
ter OF permitting or forbiddInR the sale
of liquors of any kind entirely with the
people of each county. An. election
must DO heid on tho question Whenever
one-tepth of the voters petition for II !;
and in the event OF decision, In favor OF
license, another election may be held
two years later.
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The Presia ent and CabInet.

".WAsHIHGToN, Sept. 1.-THE Presi-
don't 10 day appointed james G. Reed to
be postmaster at Corihth. Miss. A
meeting of the cabinet was held today,
at which ali the members were present
except Secretaries Bayard and Endicott
1t Is understood that the silver pulley of
the sgnvernTent was one of the ques.
lions ems iduftd. if"-.
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The yacht race at Sandy Hook has
once OF twice been postponed ON account
oil too light a wind. What u lily that
some OF the breeze the Associated Press
reporter at that place has been giving
the country could not be utihzrd. ~
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zoRRdboE.s ~, 8 = y, 2 - =.

4,v.HADOES AND CYCLONES,
Ytpg APPEARS tOroase the sytuua
tnies OF whole people sedeeblvS AZ ~.
tetfiplse Local calamity such as .hs
which visited Washington Court HOUSE
~ ONO and nearly swept Il ont Of. exzs.
encei iItis estimated tn al about twenty,
I'VE thousand visitors made q piiofin,,
age TO the Place in one day; looked on
NE desolAtion and left some subs,aDtisJ
token Of their sympathy behind. .-,l.,.-
. The'iioss viii amount 70 abons ore
million dollars; but this IA notbInr,S1 ~
cVmPayis9p 70 the lives that cannot he
restored, or.to The wounded suffers, or A
tue homes destroyed in toto or rendered
desc late forever. ?
It is difficult for. ths, unsiscinl,nad
MIND mine 20 reconcile q. this awful calamity
VAN the attributes Of the All.wise and
AI-merciful God; nor .;s the human
mind disciplined or otherwise, called
upon to Contemplate IL in that way. The
'0rnaqo "a! and the eYcloRe have their uses
not ID me destructloH Of life and proper.
", Out in The publication of the
NM In giving vent to The
CONCLUSIONS. Of nature, 4, and, in
restoring the equilibrium of disturbed
forces They sweep through the min
hanited .iotests, or the Populated towns,
with equal fury. They are no more
sent as eyisftalion TO one than the other.
The cAlamity:is terrible; as also are the
results OF The thunderbnIt, or the burn.
ing dwelling 1fffeu WIN human beings,
OF !ne ship at sea going down under the
9f, I4tr Stormy butt ahtfa-
are Ills. t4lybieh nur eatlh h sun
1ec'ed by the force of natural laws,
.soa we can only bow submissively and
with paiekeled sytnpathles, seek tp
relieve the distress around us.
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The Apaches continue to plumber and
murder in New Mexico. Long ago the
historians told us that ''to the hunting
grounds Of his iorefathers the red. man
had bid farewell" Is It not now time
for these wild aborigincs to bid fare
we'll to the warpathg
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The aastapnI r.,n.

CHIcA6o. Sepa. 16.-rhe national ian
ners. hide and leather dealers' essocis-
siOp began theif. session today. I've
hundred representatives. OF the Industry
are in attendance The principal sub
jectOf discussion in the convention will
be the raising of stock with q view OF
Obtaining tle best possible results as to
hides. "a resolution will be iatIoduced
coDdemning barb wire fence. It Is
claimed that barb wire ruins more hides
than gFubs or any other cause, and
whenever an animal is scratched by 4
barb, if renders tbs hide, when tanned
useless 10 cut no in harness leather.
The Episcopal church is undergoing
renaira
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PATRONIzE HONE INsrlTUrIoNs.

PATRoNIZE HOME INSTITUTIONS.
sas Road -.-------'S -
And Is thoroughly identified With tbs
Interest and progressof. the state of Kan.
sas and Its people, apd affords its patrons
tacihties pneqpaled by any line in east
efn and southeastern, Kansas, running
through express tralps daily between
Kansas CITY and OIsthe, Ottawa Gar.
nett, lola, Humbplj, Chanuie, Cherry
vale, Independe Winfield. Weilin gton,
Harper, Attica. and iutermedia.e Toiufs'
through niatl trans daily except Sun
oaF between Kansas City and yelling
eon' and Intermediate stations, making
close Connections at Ottawa. Chsuute
ana Cherryvale with our trainp for EN-
'Rorla, Burlington. Guard. Walnut, and
Cofeyyf1le..
AccommodAtion trains daily !; esx q ssspIs,,
Sunday between Kansas City, ,Olafhe
Remember that by purchasing tickets
via this line connection Is made in the
Union depot at Kansas City with
through trains 10 all points, avoiding
transfers and changes 81 way statlonsii =
Through tickets can be purchased VIA
thus line st any OF the regular coupon
stations, and your baggage Checked
thrnugh to destination east. wrss, DOTth
| OF south
Pullman SleepArs on ali, might Er ri :;
For further inf0Fm ation, esse mape md
folders, or can on or address. - !
y = 'ss''fs s. B. Hrs. : :
- ;'sH Gen1 Passenger Az. z.
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Abeline claims TO have bad builG
within her limits during the past eight,
months over 200 residences, many ~
which coat from 1000 10 $1,000. ..
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What WIII Snra,-n.,.

!, Ones hair begins to fail out, from
.m1ny causes the important .onestion
Is: What Is sure. to make. IL s,rov m
again? According 10 The, Testimony a,
lhouSands,. Packers Hair Balsan will do
IL. II quickly covers bald spots re-
stores the original cnlor when the hair
: IS gray or faded, Graduates dandruff and
causes the scalp to fe,l cool and we'll
IL Is not dye. not greasy. highly per.
tuned. safe. Never disappolnis those
"o3 Eeeuirc's '01ee' reliahlr dTessing.S
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Some Of the Kansas. towns that are
claiming an unreasOnable population
must have taken the census when SHOW
was IN town, -.
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Two hundred French Canadian operL
atiVes employed by the Adams Tobacco
company at Montreal went on strike
rather than TO be vaccinated. .r.. -r
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=
The. Kansas City council haa ord roal
a census taken OF that growing metropo-
ltA, The population figures are expected
to bob up seTenel1 10 about 15O, 600. =. :
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1t Will yet require another month for
the cattlemen 10 remove their stock
from the Indisn Territory. ~
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II is estimated that the corn crop Of
the southern states for 1885 Will show an
Increase Of 100000 bushels over the
crop Of 1881. ----------------------
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Army of tha cn..--,

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. Sept. 16.-The
society OF the Army OF the Cumberland
began its seventeenth annual reunion
mere Today About 500 members are h
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1909 yino tnorini,I .,aa;rpx o-oc
-'n71GFi 70 =; = e7,-.crt -o3
,s..- y. =.
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Atchlson has been awarded the Or.
PhAns' asylum. Orphans SHOULD be-
placed where they will have. good mtJtn.
eriy care, 81 Atchison was selected. -.