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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-09-10
AASsIHR RUMANrrY
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SIX Hundred Pounds IN One T,.n,I.
The recent death at PhiladeIph,a Pa
Oh mrs: Emma b. Markley, better known
as Madame Victoria, and supposed 10 be
the heaviest woman In The world. fur
nishes some statisticsfhat are interesting
as well as astounding. The PhlIadel=
phia corresponding of the New York
pun gives the following particulars:
Mrs. Emma n. Markley. who was
cIeuited with being the heaviest woman
IA the country, was buried from her
monte non oSo Lombard street, to-day. She
~ W'e 70 me amusement public as
nnuie. slctodla. Her advertised weight
was over 600 pounds and her act1,ai
weight about $50 pounds She was hnrn
IN Reading, Pa, about thIrty-thret, wears
ago, anc was slim and delicate throuph-
out ner glrIhood. At 10 she weighed 90
Pounus only, but from this age she be-
gah 70 gradually gain flesh. Between
InEeo anu I'VE years ago, when she made
an application for an insurance. nolicv
sne weighed $50 pounds. Afterward
her weight Increased rapidly. until she
gained the distinction OF being the fat
world. - NO' AZ 'ne
A week ago last Sunday, while suffer-
ing great pain, she fell out of her he'd.
number OF strong men tried to lift her
DICK, but failed. They placed her on a
hatlless on the floor, where she Law until
her ueath. Her weight seemed TO in.
Cteese during her illuess, aud some time
oeiore her death measurements of sew
e.aI parts OF her body were taken. The
circumference of her arm at the biceDe
was 80 inches. Her waist measured
oS1e inches, and from shoulder TO shout
uer she measured 361% inches. The
measurement across her hips was lust 4
leet. On the night OF her death It re-
CURED the full strength of nine men to
carry her body from the second-stor
floor.
Inc body lay IN q coffin that was
proOabiy the largest ever built. II was
constructed OF three inch walnut planks,
ana was stoutly braced on the inside
Win doz n heavy iron bars. II was
teet III inches long, as inches wide and
. leet ueep. II was too large to pass
tnrough the door, aud was taken through
tue "lde single window and carried to
tue undertaker's wagon by twelve stout
men. mere was not a hearse in the
city large enough to contain the coffin.
me lnteTment took place at the Odd
Feiiows' cemetery. Her burial was
against a wish expressed by her shortly
before her death. She had n morbid
Tear that her body would be stolen for
the purpose OF dissection, and asked that
IL cremated. Her husbands limited
her wish. .
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-09-10

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An Ensll-hman,s Rat story.

can explain how tho rats removed
the eggs without breaking them, as
that feat was accomplished under the
observation of friend of mine, who
related the same to me. My friend
was in the habit of placing his new
laid eggs in tho tea caddy along with
the tea. but night after night they
were mysteriously removed, and, very
naturally, the servant got the blame.
One night, however. my friend was
reading ut late hour, when he heard
the scuiiling of rats ascending the side
board on which was the tea caddy con-
tanning the eggs. The thought instant
ly flashed across his mind that he had
been perhaps unjustly severe toward
his servants, and silently he watched
the proceedings. 1t was simple mat
ter TO remove the lid; two or three rats
descended into the tea caddy, some re-
manned on the top, and in a minute
the mystery was solved. One rat
clasping the egg was being hauled
along by his companion, gently lifted
and lowered to the floor, whence on
his back and still clasping the egg,
they succeeded in safely carrying II
away, and the whole of them were re
moved without breaking one.-fsOHdOn
TinsSS.
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The Rock spIiur..TrouhI,

CHEYENNE, w. T., Sept. ct is un-
derstood that Lieut.. Col Chymen, in
command of two companys of regulars
at Rock Springs, has requested that he
be reinforced by additional troops. 1t
surmised that preconcerted movement
Is on hand to rescue the ringleaders of
the outbreak now in jail at Green
river, who were to have had a preiimin-
AIRY examination yesterday hut did not
on account of the unavoidable absence of
Judge A. Is. Conway, who ih expected
there in day er two. There are no new
developments at Evanstown. The situa-
ton Is practically unchanged. The
miners at Almy are still idle 1t is re-
ported that General Manager Galloway,
OF the Union Pacific, has notified Beck
with Il Quinn, Chinese contractors, that
they must get me Chinese out of Evans
ton and Almy Immediately and has Is
sued the necessary orders. 1t has been
given to the troops in case of the threat
ened attack
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me noa. a.,

SANDY HOOK, Sept. z. 7:45 a. m.-The
bay is dotted with yachts of every size
end each one is crowded with peoDle
who have come to witness the race for
the American cup between the Rrlsisb
yacht Genesta and the American vachI
Puritan. Early this morning the wind
was light from the east II caImed
down, however, and by this time Their
is hardly enough wind 10 fill sail, on
the prospects are that there will be wind
enough for the race. The ocean coursC
is quite smooth.
10 q. m.-The wind is now four mile,
an hour and from the north. tn,
weather Is hay. Several yachts ar
beating out from Horse Shoe. Other,
are being tOwed out The sea Is a
smooth as g pane of glass. The yach
Puritan, in tow of the tug Luther C
Ward, passed out at 9:55.
II g. m.-Yaehts, steamers, steam
boats. tugs and sailing craft OF ever
description are going out towards Scot
Island light house, the starting poin
where 70 days race begins. Never be
| fore in the memory of the oldest Inhab
itauts was such feet assembled aroun,
Sandy Hook The Genesta sailed on
under main sail, foresAiI, club topsail
+! lib and lib topsaIl At 1898 When out
side the Hook she took the tug boat 70
/ the light ship The wind is now nv
miles an hour ana still from the north
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Things TO Know.

f, That it is easier to retain health than
to regain it
That serious headaches often come
from ill.fitting spectacles.
That tin cleaned with paper will
shine better than cleaned with flannel.
That cistern water may be purified
by charcoal put in bag and hung in
the water.
That powdered rico, sprinkled upon
lint and applied to fresh wounds, will
stop bleeding.
That salt will remove the stain from
silver caused by eggs when applied
dry with a soft cloth.
That hot, dry fiannels spilled to the
face and neck, is a very effective
remedy for jumping toothaehe."
That fruit or rust stains on table
linen or other white clothes may be re-
moved by soaking in weak solution
of oxalic acid.
That hard waters are to be preferred
to soft waters in the teapot. as the hard
waters dissolve less Of the tannin of the
leaves.
That after tea has been stepped in
boiling water for three minutes, large
proportion of the valuable constituents
are extracted.
That tho most effectual remedy for
Shiny and greasy drain pipes Is copper
as dissolved and left to work gradually
through the pipe.
That plaster of Paris ornaments may
be cleaned by covering them with q
thick layer of starch, letting it dry
thoroughly and brushing with q stiff
brush.
That q room crowded to discomfort
with furniture and ornaments, no mat
ter how costly, is never restful and
homelike. and always suggestive Of
the shop or the museum.
That old feather beds, by putting
them upon clean grass plot during Q
heavy shower, permitting them to be
thoroughly wet through and then dried
and beaten with light rods, will freshen
and enliven the feathers.
That q dark and gloomy room may
be frightened by placing ebonized
shelves over the doors and windows,
grouping scarlet, yellow or gilded fans
upon the walls, and placing pretty
bric-a-brac and vases in positions
where they will be brought into relief
by cheerful background.
That by acting on the following in
structions g nice Summer drink may
be made: Cut a lemon into thin slices,
put them in a jar or pitcher, and add
heaping tablespoonful of sugar and q
pint Of hot water; let it stand until
cool; strain into bottle; place on ice
until wanted.-GOod housekeeping.
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The New York Tribune says in re
gard to the murder oI Tom Davies in
that city u few days ago: 'Oae point of
genuine Interest in connection with this
case has been little touched on. What a
Hood of light has been thrown ON the six
days walking matches and sparring con-
tests ~ Madison Square garden by the
disclosures of the true character OF
Tom Dlviusy He was the lowest aud
meanest uf thieves. His calling from
Oyhood has been robbery. And yet
this rascal who never drew an honest
breath has been one of the most active
and conspicuous promoters OF all the
professional walking contests aud box
Ing bouts which New ork has seen fol
many years. A great many credulous
people have had their eyes opened by
these revelations. They had supposed
that the six days performances OF The
| pedestrians and the exhibitions of tbs
pugilists were genuine struggles IL
which the best men won. The fact wa.
that such fellows as Tom Davies ar
ranged the results in advance"
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A Newport, Rhode Island, dispatch
in speaking of the imposing ceremonies
last week at the laying of the corner
stone of the statue of the famous Com
modore Perry says; The exercises were
performed with all the pomp and ritual
OF the Grand Lodge of Mssons. The en-
tire height of the statue and base.
is about twenty-five feet. The
base is of the best Westerly granite. On
one side is the simple word Perry and
on The reverse side the well known SEN
teuce, first heard on Lake Erie in 1913
We have met the enemy and they are
ours The figure of the statue itself is
striking. II represents the naval hero
rs having just stepped out from the boat
that conveyed him from the ship Law.
renee to the ship Niagara, standing hat
less upon the deck Of the latter vessel
with upralsed hand, giving directions I,
the men aloft to 50 trim the sails as 4
enable him to run alongside the enemy
The statue Is in bronze and weighs abou
four tons"
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A Big SwInale.

NEW York, Sept. S.-Two alleged
Canadian swindlers were lodged ia Lud
low street Jail to-day. 10y Deputy Sheriff
Brown. They were Solomon Levine
and Isaac Rosenstein, late dealers il
jewellery In Montreal. In the carly part
of the summer Levine and Rosenstei1
opened jewellery store in Montreal by
representing themselves as good fol
a large amount of money, $4,000 to
10000 of tewelry on credit from various
firms. Not long after they closed theiI
store and left tor British Columbia, tax
ing all the iewelry with them. The cred
Itora soon learned the state of affairs
and placed the case in the hands of de-
tectives who succeeded in ascertaining
that Rosenslein s. Levine had,
after selling jewelry in Brit
ISL Columbia at fifty cents
on the dollar LETT there for the United
States. Before doing so they had sent
word to their wives IN Montreal of their
movement, Their wives, on the 31st of
last month, lett for this city. Two de-
tectives Swallowed them to the Grand
Central depot here. when they lost sight
of them. The aid of PinkertOn's detec-
tives was then called In and the
trunks of the wives located at the office
of the National Express company
No. AS Broadway, where they
had been sent to be called
for on Saturday last The detective &C.
cidentally saw Rosenstein and wife in
the Grand avenue street car, and follow
ing them found they were stopping At
III Honey street. A watch was kept
on the house until late last night, when
Levine also appeared on the scene, call
ing on Roenstein. As soon as he ap.
peared, the detectives followed and cap
tured both men
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OPINIONS ON ORTNE


Our exchanges are daily laden with
reports of savage and brutPl crimes that
Seem TO increase rather than diminish in
number, and many of our contempora-
RIGS are unwittingly falling into the Err
ror OF expressing their opinions in such
matters with a vigor worthy of better
cause.
Even the staid and Oft-times solemn
New York Tribune does not hesitate to
say that the recent killing of Tom Davies
IN that City by James T. Halland of Texas
was an all-about which no right minded
person can feel any other roget than tina;
the career of the murdered man was not
ended many years ago; and that in spite
OF the talk about hanging Halland, his
neck is in little danger of the rope.
Expressions like this are quite as
harmful AS expressions of the guilt of q
person charged with crime and who has
not yet been brought TO the bar of public
justice. II the Tribune had printed q
communication from some reputable
correspondent boldly siglIng. his name
To the article the case would have been
vastly different. AS 1t stands, murder
receives the editorial endorsement of d
great paper.
SO with the Walkup case in Emporis
The details have spread from here
through Kansas, the United States, all
Europe. There was al first DISPOSE
ton among newspapers not TO express
an opinion but they came ut last and our
exchanges are loaded with them. 1t is no
excuse to say that, ss i'll the EIalland
case, these opinions are mainly in favor
of the accused.
Justice loses nothing ia the patient
waiting Tor its sometime taUdy steps
and the outside world may rest assured
that justice will be done in the Walkup
case, whether u be 10 condemn the &C
cused u the ielon's cell nr 10 bid her GO
forth free WON IN into the glorious sun
shine of God's green earth.
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Thieves Saptarea IN rexas.

| GELvEsroE, Sept. ga special to the
News from Gainesville says: about
IL O'Clock Monday night . wagon ar.
rived In this city with the dead bodies
OF Jim and Pink Lee, noted desperadoes
and outlaws, who for two years past
were the terror of the people of Della
ware, Bend and Cooke counties. Their
plan of operation was to steal cattIe on
the Texas side and drive them across the
Red river into the Indian Territory
where the Lee boys had ranch. Last
spring while John and Henry Rolf, two
highly respectable cattle owners of this
county, with two officers, one of them 6
deputy United States marshal, were on q
scouting expedition in the ChickasaW ne-
ton for cattle bearing Roti's brand they
came upon stronghold of the Lee gang
and bSavely approached the stockade TO
arrest the cattle thieves. The despera-
does opened fire through port holes of
their fertilization, killing both the Roffs
and two officers, whose bodies lay ex-
posed for several days, and were par
TALLY eaten by hogs. Since then large
rewards have been offered for the cap
ture of the Lees dead or alive. Bill
Lee, together with two members OF the
May and taken TO Fort Smith for trial
before the U. s. Court. All efforts to
ocate and capture Jim and Pink Lee
proved unavailing until Monday even
ing. Many detectives have at various
times worked on the case in the hope of
securing various rewards which aggre-
gate 81 GOO. Yesterday Detective Heck
Thomas of Fort Worth learned that the
Lee brothers were somewhere in the vi
entity of Decatur, q small village of this
county, and taking two officers named
James Taylor and James Settles with
him he started out in search of the des-
peradoes.
HOW THEY WE'RE TAKEN.
About B o'clock in the afternoon
the officers came upon the outlaws
on John Washington's ranch where they
were cutting q pasture fence. The oth-
GERS dIsmouDted, crept to within forty
yards of the brothers and ordered them
to surrender. For an answer the out
laws opened fire on the officers, which
the latter returned with their Winches-
ters, killing Pink Lee and wouDding
Jim in the neck. With the first VOlley
Jim fell, but continued to fire, discharg-
ing as many as ten shots at the officers
before he was killed. Thousands of
persons viewed the remains Yesterday.
The faces of the dead outlaws show
them to have been ignorant and brutal.
Jim and Bill Lee were leaders of a
gang of about twenty thieves. They
are said TO have committed over forty
cold blOoded murders within the past
two years. No band of desperadoes and
thieves ever infested the Red River
who were more terrible to hon.
est cowmen than the Lee gang. The
Coroner held an inquest on the bodies
this morning, as 1t was thought necessA-
~ in order to secure the rewards to the
officers.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-09-10

The proceedings at the st. Paul Wa
terwaYs convention are marked with q
cOmmendable spirit of earnestness,
showing that the delegates have deep
interest In the improvement of the
means of water transporliOn.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-09-10
The Fire Record

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. TAT 2 20
this morning fire started in the Doane
Oil works and caused an explosion OF
three stills. The OVERLOOKING and fam.
ing oil emptied into KiDgsburY creek
and ran into the Standard oil yards,
setting fire to the agitators south of the
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio
track, The loss to the company is
scarcely in proportion to the magnitude
OF the fire; not more than five thousand
barrels of oil were consumed and the
value was less than 5000. The loss on
plant is estimated at from $50, 600 the
$4,000.
FIT WAYNE, Ind, Sept. THE ware
rooms of ). Bash s. Co, dealers in wool
seeds, hides, etc, burned last night,
Loss, 81 600; fully insured
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-09-10

1t was thought just alter the change
in the administration that applicants for
office would besiege the civil service
commissioners in droves. II appears,
however. that the increase has been no
greater than usual. At u recent examl-
nation IN New York there were only
twenty applicants
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Race POSTPONED.

SANDY Hook, N. j., Sept. S.-The
lower bay is this morning again full of
yachts. The Puritan is anchored near
the Sandy Hook dock, and the Genesta
is farther in. The signal service officer
reports light southerly winds under five
miles an hour. Brisk winds are pre-
dicted towards evening, with increasing
cloudiness and rain.
1890 &. m.-The Puritan and Genesta
are now under sail and beating towards
the point of the Hook to try issues again
for the American cup. The wind Is
light from the east; weather is hazY
The Puritan was at anchor all night Of
the government wharf The Puritan and
GeneSta got under way shortly after 10
a. IN when the judges boat and stake
boat came near to their anchorage.
There ia quite q number of yachts
anchored and under sail around the
Hook. The yachts soon got under sail
and both passed outside the hook near
together at 1925.
10:45 a. m.-The wind is increasing
from the south west; weather fair and
prospects good foT q fine race to-day.
The Puritan and Genesta are drawing
near the Scotland liChtship, from which
point the start will be made.
II As a. m.-Tfe Puritan had her
mainsail badly torn while III collision
with the Genesta.
1885 p. m.-The judges bna;s have
taken the Genesta in tow and are coming
to Sandy Hook. The Puritan is return
ing under single reefed msinsaiI. All
the other boats are coming back. The
Genesta has got her bowsprit on deck.
1p. m.-On account of the accident
to the competing yachts, the race is of
for to-day.
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The largest hotel in Santiago, Chill,
recently built. has its Oddity, ike other
things in that country. The oddity is,
says correspondent of the SeH, the
bar in the cafe where ladies are ex-
pected to lunch eft is,'i he Odds,
''the only hotel bar in South America,
and the proprietor Of the hotel. who
wanted TO introduce all the modern i'm
proYemenfs, was rather beWildered In
selecting the location Of this one. But
it Is q beautiful bar, and the ladies ad-
mire it as much as the men. At first
they were disposed to walk mp to It and
say The same for me, IL you please,
with their brothers or husbands, bat
have been convinced that the proper
form is 70 sit ct the tables and take
their drinks there. To see lady drink
ing cocktail Ia the bar-room of the
Grand Central of Santiago may startle
the prohlbitionist who comes here, but
It is quite as much the fashion as t.
suck mint julePs through 8 straw on
the balconies Of Long Branch hotel -
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The Cincinnati Gazette expresses q
volume IN the few lines in which 1t says
Returning poetry that tor literary, Do.
litical, religious, historical or mechanical
reasons Is not acceptable, should not b.
considered equal to personal assault
It is only in very remote parts of the
country that the author of rejected
verses 10 required by the social laws e
appear with shotgun and settle with
the Responsible editor.r
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Indianapolis Journal: y bashful
young Georgian, who was afraid 10 pro-
pose To his sweetheart, induced her to
flre at him with pistol, which he as
sured her was only loaded with powder,
and after she had done SO tell down and
pretended to BE- dead. She threw her
self upon the body, calling him her
darling aud her beloved, whercupon he
got up and married her
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Shot Inv a Neirhhnr.

GREENvILLE, Ohio, Sept. Ton Sat
urday night Jno. EssIcks shot and killed
VIM. Wise. Essicks while in his back
yard heard his wife soream in the house
On entering he saw VIM. Wise, a neigh.
Dor, running out OF the front door. Seiz
ing shot gun he fired and sent the shot
through Wise's body. Wise died at mid.
night. Before death he denied that he
was at Essick's house with any wrong in
tentiOu
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A NewTrial GRANTED .

Usage MISSION, KSs., Sept. 8.-Judge
StilIwell IN the noted frankie Morris
murder case, has granted new trial to
the deiendent on the grounds of oppro-
brious expressions of the counsel One
OF the strong grounds urged by the de-
PENDENT tor q new trial was the analysis
made by Prof. II. D. Garrison, of Chi
cago, ia which he found but a slight
trace of arsenic In the liver of the dead
woman, Nancy J. Ponisette.