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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-06-11
Where We Get Asphalt.

Inever look at an asphalt pavement
or roll along over its smooth surface In
q carriage without thinking Of the curl
GUS island and the still more singular
place from which the material is pro
cured. In about the center of the Is.
land of Trinidad, dot In the Caribbean
sea, Just off the coast of Venezuela.
there Is an asphalt lake. It is said tC
cover about 100 acres and is apparent
" inexhaustible. 1t is q black sandy
substance and is believed to be crude
rotten petroleum. A singular feature
of the substance is that, although about
sc, 600 tons are taken out of this lake
annually, it constantly fills up SO that
there is no lessening of the supply.
This singular lake of paying material il
owned BY the Venezuelan Government,
but leased to 9 company in Washing.
ton, of which a man named A. L
Barber is president They have feet
of schooners running to Trinidad, and.
having q monopoly of the business,
they import vast quantities of the ma
Lerial laid on Broad street beyond Co
lumbia Observation-Disclosures Times.
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BgATITG NEWSPAPERS

Sterling Gazette: There is a large
number of people in the United States
who make it their business to beat news
papers out Of subscription dues. They
will walk into a ostofiice from one to
five years and take their papers regular.
ly every week, and think the editor q
real good fellow and his paper exceed.
inglY newsy and readable, until the
aforesaid editor begins to crowd him for
the amount due, when all of a sudden
his tune changes, and also his opinion OF
the paper, and he hands it back to the
postmaster with the remark: ~ do not
want that paper any MORE" thinking by
that means he can escape the debt.
Now, while the law does not hold
such action as criminal, yet 1t would be
good thing for the newspaper frater-
nity If it was so. Next to stealing a
newspaper from the door of your neigh
Dor, the pIlfering of several hundred
from the office of the publisher under
the gulse of being a subscriber, when
there is no intention of paying for them,
the latter thief stands only an inch be-
low the former, and they are both upon
the same grade of depravity.
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following: IF one or more of the bene--
iciary shall die during the lifetime OF
the member, the surviving beneficiary
shall be entitled to the benefit equally,
unless otherwise provided in the certln-
cate II all the beneficiary shall Ole
during the lifetime of the member, and
he shall have made no other direction,
the benefit shall be paid to his heirs at
law. If there are no such, then the bene-
ut shall revert TO the beneficiary fund OF
the supreme LODGE We recommend
that separate beneficiary jurisdictions
adopt the same rules as laid down in the
last two amendments above"
A special committee, consisting Of Mr..
VIM. Il. Barnes of California, Mr.. E. A !.
Every of Wisconsin, and l. b. Askew OF
Maryland, was appointed to submit to
the incoming grand officers form TOT
funeral ceremonies.
1 In the afternoon the supreme lodge
was escorted by the local lodges and
North Star Legion 70 the capitol, Where
they were greeted BY Governor Sherman
and conducted through the state house
At 4 O'Clock carriages were taken for
drive over the city, and in the evening
public reception was given the visitors
at Fosters opera house. The program
| included addresses by Leroy Andrus o
| New York, Rev. John ID. Who'll, ID. u.
/ of st. Louis, VIM. Fl. Barnes OF Cal1for
mia. W. 81. Jones of Pennsylvanla, Hon
John Frizzell of Tennessee, VIM. II
! Baxter of Michigan, Fl. B. LOOMS o
New York, Hon. VIM. H. Jordon of Cal
ifornis, and other prominent members
I If fha OrdaP
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The Topeka Commonwealth has the
following handsome "send-ofP' in its
columns:
Noble L Prentis, one of the brightest
newspaper men of the country, will de-
liver his newest lecture, The Tempta-
tons of Smith," at Library hall, Tues
day evening, June 16, for the benefit of
the Topeka Press club. Mr.. Prentis
needs no Introduction to our people.
His name has been household word in
Kansas for years, and the mere an
nouncement OF his lecture ought to In.
sure him one of the finest audiences he
has had the pleasure to talk to. The
Press club believes that II is conferinp
upon the people of Topeka an evening Of
pleasure and profit when 1t secured the
services of the editor of the Atchisou
Champion. Mr.. Prentis' lecture hsi
received universal commentator, and
fopekans, ought to avail themselves o.
this opportunity TO hear one of our mos
brilliant men.
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Miami county dispatch: There is
great misunderstanding as to the actual
condition of crops in eastern Kansas and
western Missouri; and all over Kansas
for that matter. In this county of Mi.
ami the wheat is absolutely a total fail.
ure, and to day am informed by three
large farmers that they had turned the
cattle into the wheat fields which, two
weeks ago, were expected to yield fifteen
bushels per acre. Others have been
plowed up for corn and it is found to be
all chess. From our neighboring coun.
tY of Cass IN Missouri the same report
comes. Linn, Franklin and John
son counties in Kansas are nc
better, and from the large wheat coun-
ties of Mcpherson, Sedgwick, Sumner
and Dickinson these facts are CLEANED
The stand is thin, small and yellow
acreage one-third less than last year.
The fly IL at work In those fields which
have not turned to chess, and not hall
crop is expected. The secretary of oul
state board will on Friday issue synop
sis for the Associated Press, showing 8
decrease of 80 per cent in the wheat con-
dition since the April report. The corn
prospects are Aot bright. Much of the
seed has rotted in the ground and many
fields have already been plowed up and
many more will have to be replanted
The season Is late and there is yet nc
corn in Kansas presenting fair stand
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A remedy, tested many times without
failure, is published in the Popular Sch
ence Monthly, which says that it can
always be used by some one person upon
q person who has ''the hiccOughs," and
generally by the sufferer himself. You
say to your friend something like this:
"See how close together you can hold
the tips of your forefingers without
touching Now keep your elbows out
free from your side. You can get your
fingers closer than that. They are
toushing now. There-now hold them
so. Steadyp BY this time you can
generally ask: "Now, why don't you
hiccoughY The involuntary tendency
to breathe slowly and steadily when the
attention is fixed on performing a deli
cate manipulation counterscts the con-
vulsive action of the diaphragm.
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ATCHIsoN, June A terrific storm
Of wind and rain swept over this city
yesterday, destroying public and private
property to the extent of 100000. All
creeks overlooked their banks and cul-
verts and bridges and crossings were
swept away or seriously damaged. Gut
ters and sewers could not carry of the
water and the streets on the lower levels
became rivers. Cellars were flooded
mills Stopped and business greatly i'm.
paired. The mayor and city engineer
after careful inspection of the public
property say the damage will reach
$50, 900 on the city works alone, while
almost every business complains Of more
or less damage by water. The ram came
down In q perfect deluge and thunder
and lightning were worse than ever be-
fore known in this vicinity.
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Official Wheat Reporrs.


topeka, June 4-Wm. Sims, secre-
tary, has the following to say about the
grain and fruit prospects of Kansas:
AS there has been a great deal of spec
ulation as to what the monthly report OF
the state board of agriculture on the
wheat crop would be and false state
ments sent out he has furnished the as
sociated press with the following state
ment, which was only finished this
morning. The condition of other crops
will be furnished as soon as foot.
ings can be made, probably to-
morrow: The injury TO the wheat crop
from the severity of the winter, insect
depreciation and other causes is now
found to be much greater than appear
ances indicated one month ago. Many
fields which at the date of our last re-
port promised a far yield now show
more chess than wheat and will yet be
ploughed up and seeded to millet. OF
the l ,613, 29S acres sOwn to winter wheat
in the state in the fall of 1884, at least 40
per cent, or 645,317 acres have been
abandoned and the ground seeded to
spring crop, and the work OF destruction
still continues The present outlook
clearly indicates that the harvest of this
year will prove the most disastrous fail
| ure know in the history of wheat culture
in the state and warrents the belief that
the total product Will be required for
seed and bread within the state during
the year. From u careful compilation
of the information received at this Office
the condition May 80 of the area then re-
naming, 967 979 acres is found to be Sc
per cent as compared with the condition
one year ago, loss of IS per cent, from
the condition shown by the report of
this board April 80 l therefore esti-
mate that the product of winter wheat
In the state this year cannot exceed 49,
000, 900 bushels, small fraction in ex-
| cess of % per cent, of the products OF
the last harvest and about 80 per cent of
the acreage and annual product for the
TSignedl VIM. SINS,
Secretary.
Mr.. Sims also add the following:
Corn-Estimated area 1904 ,SS8 acres,
an increase of $50, $50 acres over the crop
of 1884, condition as compared with last
year "a per cent, probable products 160,-
712 0CO bushels q shortage of about So
| OO0,0 900 bushels as compared with the
! crop of 1884.
Oass-The general increase of this
crop throughout the state gives an in
| crease in area as compared with last
year of 70 275 acres, which, with the i'm
| provement in condition reported, indi-
Gates product of S37 600 bushels over
| the yield os last harvest.
Fruit-Reports indicate a large crop
OF all kinds except peaches In all sec
tions of the state, having trees, bushes
and vines old enough to bear. The pros
pect Is good for an abundant peach crop
IN the south and central portions of the
state, In other sections the crop Is fall
HPa
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Wellington Press: A party of En-
poria boys, mostly clerks, are having
some fun and getting themselves widely
advertised as railroad kings. They have
organized and secured a charter, which
cost one dollar, for railroad, called the
Interstate railroad, which travels ali
over Texas, Missouri and Kansas. II
proposes to run through about all the
counties in this state and Missouri. II
might properly be called the transform
railroad. We notice that Wellington is
made one of the many towns where
headquarters are to be established. We
congratulate the boys on their good
taste in this case. We like the idea OF
accommodating all the counties in the
state with railroad. 1t shows there Is
nothing small or selfish about the aver.
age Emporia railroad builder.
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An Interesting Insurance. Case.

LEAvKNWoRTH, June 5.-The noted
HllIman case, in which the widow of
John W. Hillman sues for $4,000 in
surance on her husbands life. was called
in the United States circuit court here
to-day The defendants are the Mutual
Life Insurance company of New York,
the New York Life Insurance company,
and the Connecticut Mutual Life Insur.
ance company of Hartford. Hillman
was insured in each of the companies
for $4,000 and in the latter for 5000.
The body of man supposed
to be Hillman was brought to Lawrence.
where Hillman lived, early IN April,
1879. He was said TO have been acct
dentally killed by John 81. Brown, near
Medicine Lodge. The body was badly
decomposed, and the com panies disputed
Its identity. The case has been IN the
courts since. At the June term Of the
circuit court, 1882, there was Q hung
Jury. There is much interest IN the
present trial and great many represe1-
tatives OF insurance companies ara here
watching it.
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The plan for the benefit of printers
travelling In search of work by which
they should receive mileage and per
diem was voted down at the typograph-
ical conVeption IN session in New York.
That Is correct. Mileage should not be
allowed TO parties having tie passes.
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The Hayes Saloon.

OMAHA, Neb., June 4.-Ex- President
Hayes has for many years owned lot
and building on Sixteenth street. this
city, and for several years his Omaha
agent has leased the property for saloon
purposes, a fact unknown to Mr.. Hayes,
as he claims. Mr.. Hayes attention was
recently called to this matter by various
newspaper publications originating
from story told by Senator Manderson
at Hayes expense, Henderson nei
Hayes in Chicago, recently, and joking.
ly told him that he was depreciating his
(Manderson's) property by permitting a
saloon to be run on his lot opposite
Hayes seemed surprised and laid the
blame upon his Omaha agent, who, be
said, was under instructions not to rent
the premises to improper tenants. This
story, with others found its way into
print and so greatly annoyed Mr. Hayes
that he ordered his Omaha agent to sell
the property at any price. It was &C
cordingly sold today for $14 900, one OF
the purchasers being the saloOnkeeper
who would not give up his lease al.
though tempting Inducements were held
out to him. He will continue to run
the Hayes saloon, as it is now called.
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Globe Democrat: The lady physicians
present at the discussion of the papers
presented BY the Bureau of GYngcology
last evening at the American Institute OF
Homeopathy, attracted taYorable CON-
ment by their number and their interest
In = subject In the practice of which they
are likely to have 4 special work. HON.
eopathy claims to lead in the prominence
and activity Of her lady practitioners.
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The writer had the privilege of meet
ing, at Lawrence recently. the first male
child born In Emporia, John Walker.
Mr.. Walker is now % years old and "a
fine looking, genial young man, marri-
ed, and lives in st. Louis where he is do
ing lucrative business as civil engi-
neer in mechanics. His father, q. NJ.
Walker, one of the earliest Emporiahs,
resides AT Lawrence
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Champion: We notice that Mrs. II
N. Simpson has been appointed librarian
Of the Lawrence public library. From
this we infer that the "senior" librarian
OF Kansas has concluded TO retire from
service. Mrs. Rhoda Trask, whose hus.
bond, one Of the early newspaper men Of
Kansas, was murdered in the Quantrell
raid, must have served the readers Of
Lawrence for at least fifteen years. 1t 1:
very largely TO her intelligent and per
ssvsring effort the city OF Lawrence
owes the fact that 1t has the largest and
finest circulating library in Kansas.
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ST.. LOUIS, June "A special to the
Post Dispatch from Chattanooga, Tenn.
says: A sensational frstricide occurred
near Oekdale yesterday. Tolbert Scar
borough, while under the influence OF
LIQUOR, went 20 the home of his brother
Samuel and sWore he would kill him,
whereupon samuel drew g pistol and
shot him through the heart The muir
derer was aFreafe0
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RHR RaaR

BATTLKFoRD, June 4.-Only one cour-
Ter has arrived here since Gen. Middle
ton left. He reports that Gen. Strange
has had three engagements. in the last
Of which one man was killed and three
wounded. Big Bear sent flag of truce
TO Gen. Middleton, but the bearer was
killed by a shell. Gen. Middleton has
arrived and is within three miles south
of Big Bears camp.
Laser-Big Bear is reported to haze
1One north
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Gaua HtmaaIfun.

LANCASTER, Pa, June 4.-Abe Buzz
zard, noted outlaw, walked into the
Lancaster county prison about midnight
and surrendered himself to the authorI
ties. He was accompanied by his broth
ers, Mart and John. Before giving him.
self up he exacted q promise from his
brothers and the prison keeper, Burke
holder, that they would not claim the
reward OF 81 600 offered for his capture
Buzzard surrendered at the instIRstioI
of prominent citizens of the eastern par
of the county, who will use their efforts
20 secure q communication of nine years Of
his sentence, which it is generally
agreed he upjUstly deserved.
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Mr.. Crafts, a m ember of the Illinois
assembly, Is responsible for the remark
that "the present Legislature had made
itself the most odious to the people OF
any ever assembled In the state" Mr..
Gratis, It may be observed, is a Demo
crat and was "forninst" Logan.
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Ferdinand ward.

NEW YORK, June 4.-Ferdinand Ward
who has been indicted by the grand jury
for larceny in the first degree for steal
ing $15, 600 900 worth of bonds and Be-
curities from the Marine bank just prior
to its failure. was brought down to-day
terday, and arraigned in the court OF oyer
and terminer. He plead not guilty and
his case was postponed until the 18th
inst Ward. after the date was fixed for
his trial, was Temanded to the custody ol
the sheriff and taken back TO jsil. It Ii
understood the other indictments will be
found against Ward to-day and that he
will be again arreigned in court to-mor-
row to plead them.
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Topeka dispatch: The secretary OF
the state board of agriculture will give
out no information as to tbs bushels of
the wheat crop, although lac has his re
port ready for the printer. From pri-
vate sources learn that the Hessian fly
and chintz bug are making sad havoc,
and 1t Is not believed now that we shall
net harvest of over fifteen to twenty
million bushels of that crop.
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Webb Wilder: The flag of Kansas
floats over every county and protects
them all. The fear of the desert" no
longer frightens men, women and chill
dren. Whatever man has done man
may do, and the Kansas man can do lots
of things that nobody has ever done be-
fore. Pioneering is rough and hard, but
it Is the way TO get to the stars. Tens of
thousands are travelling the Eestern
roads this year.
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R.iIzoaa a&.aa.r,

INDIANAPOLIS, June "a special
from Sheibyvllle says: Last night the
south bound freight train on the Jeffer-
sonvllle. Madison s. Indianapolis road
ran onto tree, blown across the track
by the storm, and the engine and SIX
cars were badly wrecked. A brakeman,
Charles Monroe, was instantly killed
The freight in the cars was destroyed.
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The type-setting contest between Jo-
seph McCann OF the Herald and Ira
Sommers of the World, for a purse OF
$500, has been decided. The men sci
for three hours, Mccain putting uI
$685. ems of solid minion, without par
agraphs, and Sommers 6,022. In tue
FIRST hour Mccain set 2,122 ems, beat
Ing the best previous record of ., OG4
made by Compositor Arensberg some
waara aRO
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Wichita dispatch: The Wichita &
Western Railway, heretofore understood
70 be jointly owned by the Santa Fe and
the St. Louis and San Francisco roads,
has been placed under an independent
MANAGEMENT, at least as to local opera
lions, F. NJ. Hill of st. Louis, formerly
nth the Vandalia, who has been APP
pointed superintendent, arrived in thus
city to-day, and will open his offices I'm.
mediatelV,
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KanaMOasnr

LAWRENCE, Kan, june 5.-The exer-
cises Of the State University commence
ment opened last evening at University
hall with the prize oFatoFical contest.
There were ten contestants. The Rev.
Chamberlain of Seneca, New York, the
Hon. w. A. Starrett of Chicago, and the
Rev. Osborne were the judges. The
first prize, an encyclopedia, was won by
W. E. Higgins Of Rich Hill, No., his
subject being "Toleranc9;" the second,
e15 cash, by J. d. McLAren of Minnea-
polls, Kansas, subject Cardinal Richie
heu's Ambition. Tomorrow evening
the Dread and Orophilian literary so.
cieties viii hold their annual contest.
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The Missouri Press ASSOCIATION unani.
mously indorse Col. Robt z. Yorks,on
for public printer. MIR. Yorkston is
the prince of good fellows, a thorough
printer and very popular throughout the
west. AS long as it must be Democrat
We hope Col. Bob will be the fortunate
ona
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stephen B. Elkins III address to stu
dents at Columbia, Mo The aggressive
civilization of 10 day, the one that will
conquer the world and supersede all
others, the one that has proved the best
for man, and that has lifted him up to
higher planes than any other. is that
built upon and shaped by the teachings
of Christ. The best thoughts of all the
best thinkers and writers upon the in
dustrial problem have found nothing
equsl 20 the words, "love thy neighboT
as myself" do unto Others as you would
have them do unto you" All correct
philosophy, all sound teaching and rea-
soning, conduct us unerringly to these
simple truths, which combine in them.
selves every essential principle neces-
sary to the solution of the industrial
problem. A solution based upon these
would abide because it would be found.
ed on simple justice between man and
man.
Not on swords and spears
Is the reliance of the coming years;
Not by the lannon's throat shall truth pro-
Her mighty mission-not with blood and
Inscribe her lessons In the book Of Time;
Her strongest weapons shall be words sub
Her armies, thoughts; her banners. printed
sheets;
Her captains, voices crying in the streets
The earth is good, and 6ountiful and fair;
Her choicest blessings are the destined share
OF all her children, who IN love combine
| Wisely to labor.
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Presidential Amendments.

WASHINGTON, D. G. June 4.-Th'
president to-day made the following ap-
pointments: Herbert Foote Becher, Il
be collector OF customs for the distric
of Puget Sound, state of Oregon anC
territory of Washington; Archibald
SkilIman, to be collector Of internal rev
enue for the district of Nevada; Bakel
p. Lee. to be collector OF customs for the
district of yorktown. He also commits
stoned the following postmasters: An
drew Borders, Sparta, Ills; Willie e
Towelle, Colina, Ohio; Samuel n.
Smeed, Fond du Lac, Wis; W. b
Bates, Denton, Texas; James E. Cack-
lev Vincennes. Ind
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GansnIGnat,

NEW YORK, June 4.-"Father had &
good night last night. He slept well,
though not continuously sll night" said
Col. Fred Grant this morning.. Ale Is
comparatively free from pain this morn
ing" continued the colonel, though
this closely hot weather Is beginning
lately to make father feel uncomfortable
and less bright"
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Marion Record: Senator Kellogg o
Lyon county. a clear-headed lawyer, /
wise legislator, and a mighty nice gen
tleman, was In town this week. Or. S
The reputation of EmpOria lawyers rem,
ders 1t due to Mr.. Kellogg to say that h,
did not write the above, though the rep
utation Of the Record, we reckon, is sui
ficienL on that point)