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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-05-14
The Greek idea of Death.

A writer in MdcMtlEdn's MaoastSS,
says Greek peasant looks upon death
quite differently from what person Of
the western world is taught to believe.
To him it is the end of all Joy and glad
ness; the songs over his body (myriolos
pues) speak Of the black earth, the END
of light and brilliancy. A popular
Kleptfc song on the death Of Zedros.
when read by the side of Sophocles'
description of the death Of Ajax, shows
how curiousIy alike are the ideas OF
death as painted in the two pcems.
Charon is still believed to be white
haired old man with long and fearful
nails, and in myriologues or lamentA-
lions, which are still of everyday oe-
currence in the islands, you actually
hear of Charon's caiaoe. De Is now.
spoken of as Charos. In some parts oz
Greece they still. it is said, put money
in the mouth of deceased person "a
paw the passage. At the funeral Of {
child in q MOUNTAIN village Of Naxos {
wax cross was put in the chiId's mouth
| by the priest, and on inquiry the writez
| was told that It was the freight moneys
SO completely has the eastern churcn
incorporated into itself the ancient
| ideas
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-05-14

On the eth OF April THE NEWS pub
lished an editorial paragraph question
ing the truthfulness Of the Lelblried
case. We asserted that il was impOssl.
bic for Mr.. Leibfried TO be able to read
and write, distinguish people and color
in any other way than through some one
of the five senses We also expressed
tho doubt that il was impossible to re-
ceIve such knowledge and at the
same time be UNCONSCIOUS of IL Our
skeptIcism in this case has remained un,
shaken since that time, and We believe
now more decidedly than ever that Mr.
Leibfried can both see and hear anC
that his feigning is simply the phenomi
nal accompaniment of that peculiar dis
ease, h sierra, which the committee o
doctors now assert to be Mr.. Leibfried'
trouble.
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now IT IS DONE.

And How It IL Not Done Where the Truly
American Right of SelE-ChOice u Per
mItted.
There has been q good deal said Of
ate about ''the fastest trains in tbs
world, ;" and some in interest would have
it appear that all the glory In this re-
spect effulgated upon q single road. In
deed that one line absorbing everything
there was in railroad life worth living
for and all the others simply hanging
upon 3 verge of despair as precarious as
pitIable. Thus the situation. and be-
cause of it from the monopolistic stand
point, the full justification OF doubling
OF rates and extra charges generally any
thing but conducive 20 popular hilaritY
these DAYS, when not only dollars but
nickles count. In accordance with its
Enthusiastically American way Of
doing things, the Baltimore and
Ohio long since established Is an
InViolable principle the system
of an entire absence of eXacting
extras upon any of its trains, limited or
otherwise. The B. s. o. does not believe
IN privileged classes, has never been &C.
cused of apeIng exclusiveness, or in any
there could be good and sufficient
grounds for oolY doing its best in the
matter of time and equipment when
paid at double rates therefor. 1t Is thor
oughly well satisfied to run truly repre-
sentative American trains, accepting for
passage thereon regular tickets at the
regular rates and maintaining q time
schedule absolutely without parallel. A
strong statement in the face OF the loud
boasts of competing lines of running
"the fastest trains in the world" but a
com parison OF schedules from and to
Washington proves it beyond caVil. The
Chicago Limited leaving at 10 q. m.
reaches destination next morning Of
8 :55. quicker than any limited upon any
other road. The Cincinnati Limited
leaving at 3 80 p. m. runs through in the
remarkable time of sixteen hours, arriv-
| ing z As the succeeding morning, four
hours ahead of any other limited. The
st. Lnuis Limited is over an hour faster
than sny other limited tc
that city, as is also the
| Pittsburg Limited. East-bound from
| all the cities named, the B. s. D. limited
trains are equally sdvantageouslY run II
every instance, making time uneQualleC
| by the limited train service of rival
lines. and upon which the practice o
making extra charges and doubling
rates is as rigidly adhered to as 1t is no
| on picturesque B. & o. The equip
ment of the latter line Is in every way o
the finest, trains running through sole
and composed ofmsgnIfcent new Buffet
Family room, Sleeping, Psrlor and Din
ing cars. and elegant day coaches. Oh
all the B. s. o. limited trains passenger
go as they please, pay their money AMI
take their choice, and not as upon othe
roads running limited trains, compelled
whether or no to take and pay for Whs
may be provided by those who know
more what the passenger wants than b.
does himself
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-05-14

Hon. John Martin who Is one of the
most remarkable Democrats of this state
recently returned from Washington,
and IN al interview with a Capt.
tai reporter said that no Kansas man
nFed expect any important appointment
outside the limits of the state, and what
the people OF this state get from Wash
ingtnn will be q favor rather than a
right. We have Republican majority
Of immense proportions, and have no
Democratic representation in either
branch of congress, and under such cir
cumsIsnces the Democrats of Kansas
should expect nothing. The large Of
dces will be gwen to men from state;
which are Democratic or doubtful,
where they will tend To shape matters
for another campaign.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-05-14
RaIIroafl Electon.

ST. Louis, May 13.-The annual cleo
ton of the directors of the st. Louis &
San Francisco road was held to-day
The following were elected: Edward
F. Winslow, Jessie Seligman, L. Stan
ford, w. F. Buckley, Jay Gould. Russell
Sage, w. L Frost, Horace PorIer, G. P
Huntington, A. T. Hatch, Bryce Gray
q. W. Rogers and 8. s. Hays. The an.
nual report WAS read aud showed . good
result for last year. The party leaves in
special train for trip over the TO I'D
this afternoon.
RThe annual Ticket Brokers association
was held at the Planters house to-day
with full attendance. The report Of
the executive committee was read and
approved. A banquet will be held to
morrow night.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-05-14

When Mr.. Lathrop of Michigan, re-
Gently appointed minister to Russia,
called on the president, Mr.. Cleveland
said, There is a man to my liking"
aud from that time the president was
determined TO honor hun with an ap-
pointment. Democratic appointments
It seems, are made on the 'loVe st firsI
sight plan. A few good selections may
possibly be made in that way, but if the
Democratic administrator does moi
wake up some time II find that it has
"mistaken ITS man." then we have miss
/ ed. our guess.
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AnrhonvExe,tad

Fort scorT, Nay 1.-The completion
Of the st. Louis. Fort Scott s. Wichita
railroad to Anthony, the county seat of
Harper, has set the inhabitants of that
lively town in 8 Juror of excitement,
and they propose on Wednesday,
the 18th inst, to celebrate the
advent OF the iron horse in Q maa-
uer that will parslyze all previous efforts
of . like character BY any town in Kansas
| Preparations are now being rushed for.
ward on the grandest scale, and the
| word has been pledged that not Q man
woman or child will fslIer in the Ieas
toward making the event the eiectrii
light of Publications.
This Il grand opportunity to 90 on
and see . country which u "a fair an
ever turned ont of Natures workshop
and people - full Of vimsand snap Is
streak Of lightning. Harper county is
queen, and Anthony II gem she WeaE
right out in plain sight. An aboardl
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angus CANNON up for sentence.

SALT LAKE, Utah, May 11-When
Angus Cannon of this state, was called
up for sentence yesterday, he said he was
conscious Of having violated no law, and
his conscience was serene. He had
obeyed the Edmunds law as he uCder-
stood il, that is, while living in the same
house with his wives he had had inter-
course with but one; he loved his child
rem aud was gratified to hear the court
say that law had made all his children
equal heirs. He inferred from this that In
case he died interstate, his children would
be equal heirs before the law, and he
thought in view of this fact it was uDjust
to hold a man criminal for eating with
them and their mothers st the table. His
record was before the country, and his
heart and conscience were visible to
God who created him. The record of
his life in contact with this peo-
ple-here he turned and waved his
hand to the crowd-bore him up to re
ceive such a sentence as the court should
impose. He felt pleased, also, that the
court had stated that his conduct towards
his respective wives since the passage of
the Edmunds bill should be taken into
consideration when sentence was being
passed. He would now submit and bow
to the DEGREES of the court, trusting TO be
able to bear up under any sentence II
may inflict in such manner as to give
evidence to his children thqt he had mol
| lost his manhood. Cannon's speech was
| received with great applause, which the
marshal had to check. When the couTl
| asked Cannon If he declined to make
! any promise Ia regard to the future, he
replied, ~ have never been in the habi
of making to my children promises, les
| thew ahould fail -
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-05-14

John Wslruff, the Lawrence brewer
that was forbidden the right to manu-
factrre liquors and sell the same, has
issued g proclamation declaring that his
brewery will be operated regardless of
the Judges decision and in defiance Of
the law. Walruff, it seems to Us.
undertakes rather large contract
for one man when he sets himself up as
being beyond the reach oil law. Such
defiance of the law. whether the law be
just or unjust, is evidence of q treacher-
GUS and dangerous person, and the ear
Iier the authorities can"shut the mouths
and "stop the actions" Of such individ.
uals the better it will be for the honor
and integrity of the state.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-05-14

ST. PAUL, Mimi, May ia Calgary
diapatch says Gen. Strange, with e de-
tachment Of mounted police and the
Slxty-ffth battalion, left EdmundstOn on
the 9th tor Fort Pitt to give Big Bear
and his tribe dressing. Col. Osborne
Smith and his detachment arrived In
Edmundston the same day. General
Strange left q company at Winnipeg
The light infantry arrived here from
Gleichan last night and will go north or
Thursday.
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champion: Young Kansas has the
muscle. At the physical examination
OF candidates for West Point, held at
EmporiA recently, only three out of
thirty-three failed. At AN examination
OF the kind held in New York, only nine
out OF thirty-five could pass. The Kan
sAs climate gives to our youth the appe
lite and muscular power of our own
grAsshopper, who can eat thousand
times his own weight aud jump hun
dred times his own len 9Th
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-05-14

10 one month from this week the an
nual convention of county superintend-
ents will meet IN EmpOria and remain
in session three days-June 9, 10 and IL
The deliberations OF this body will be
held at the Normal. A large delegation
is expected to be present and an inter-
ting meeting win BE- the result.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-05-14

A Nihilist congress which has been
10 session in Russia has instructed the
dynamite element Of the czar's empire
to withhold all contemplated attacks on
the royal family for two years. During
this time they will lend every effort to
assist the government IN any trouble
with England. This fact and the con-
tinued strengthening of the frontier
posts, the equipment of 100000 reserves
and the delay in arranging the details Of
the arbitration, makes it appear as II
Russia was hauling between a peaceful
settlement and the declaration of war.
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RaiIroad ConventIon,

CHICAGO, May 13.-ThO general man.
ayers of the western connection of east
ern trunk lines constituting the Gen.
trail trafic association began a session
here this forenoon. The attendance is
not as large as at the first session. 1t ID
hardly thought 9 restoration OF rates can
result from the present meetings IS q
number of roads are not represented. A
proposition was made to refer the ques-
ton of rates to the committee Of eighteen,
and the proposition has been discussed
at some length without any result up to
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-05-14

The plague that is said TO be visiting
the city of Plymouth, Pennsylvania
with such dIsasterous results is said to
be sort of malaTIal fever. Physicians
and nurses are arriving at the unfortu-
nate city from New York, and the
wealthy citizens of Philadelphia are
contributing money for the sufferers. a
deserted school house has been convert
ed into hospital and the prospects ar
good that the contAgion will soon b
successfully checked.
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skating Tournament

NEW YORK, May 12.-Spectators of
the six days roller skating tournament
in Madison Square Garden were very
few. This morning it was reported that
Omelia, with a score of 235 miles, and
Walton, with a score OF 268 miles, had
retired, leaving only nine men in the
race, Hartman was IN good form and
skated easier than yesterday. Snowden
looked worn and haggard. OF the others
Scheck and Msddocks appeared the
freshest.
1p m.-Score: Snowden 383, One
liza 242. Emery 255. Maddocks 377, Wal
ton 272, A. Boyst $50, Shock 357, w.
Boyst 374, Francis 269, Reynolds 319,
Hartman 317.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-05-14
A Strike in Wisconsin.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 12.-The Dis
patch's Eau Claire, Wis, special says:
Fifty men who were laying pipes for the
water works this morning were over
powered by a crowd of 200 lsborers and
forced to quit work. A crowd of SOC
marched to the Pioneer and Sherman saw
mills and forced them to shut down
Some violence was used. All the saw
mills shut down before the strikers got
there, except the Eau Claire Lumber
Co., whose mills are still running. The
demand of the Water works strikers II
for 81 so per day. The saw mill work
men made no demands, but were forced
by the strikers TO quit work.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-05-14
ALattar Ahnnt PrnlIAr.

ST. LOUIS, May 12.-Chief OF Police
Harrigan, to-day received letter from
J. 81. Dixon at Bradford, Ontario.
Dixon was the employer of @. Arthur
Preller, who was murdered at the South
ern hotel by w. II. Lennox Maxwell.
The letter states that Preller's father has
made arrangements TO get the dead mans
effects through Frank Schiissinger of
New York. The letter contains no other
information of any kind. Papers on
which the demand for MaxWell's extra
dition will be based, were finished to-
6av
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-05-14
Harsss Burncd in I.arnsd, Kan

HARMED, Kan, May 11.-At 5 O'Clock
his morning fire was discovered in the
loft OF the livery stable of Capt. Calvin
Burrows. An engine on the track gave
the alarm and an effort was made to save
the horses, but twenty-five out of thirty.
two persisted, together with buggIes
harness and robes, valued at $4,000. The
Laclede hotel adjoining was totally de.
stroyed, also the feed and grain store Of
Tabor & BatoO. The loss on the stable
and stock is $1,000; insurance, 5000
There was no insurance on the hotel.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-05-14

Mr.. Stotler announces in the Daily
Press that he has secured the morning
Associated Press report of the Western
Union and will. in about ten days, be-
gIn the publication of u genuine morn
Ing daily. The Press has always been a
spicy paper, and the people of yelling
ton are to be congratulated on their pros.
poets OF metropolitan journal.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-05-14

1t If DOW believed that an effort will
be made - secure a mediator to settle
the difficulties between the Canadian
government and the halCbreeds. Eng
land has such faith IN the veracity OF
Russia that the car might be asked to
perform this little service, and besides il
might be coil on the troubled waters" oil
the Asiatic dispute
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G.neral Orsnt ~ : Baa N,rb.

NEW YORK, May 13.-Between 10
and 10 O'Clock last night hypodermic
injection, containing five drops Of NOR
phlne. was administered TO Gen. Grant.
This quantity of opiat usually neutrslizes
the constant pain in the throat so that
the patient is able to sleep. This was
not the result last night, as the general
during the day had talked toe much
with visitors. The air during his noon
day ride was chilly. his throat had sWol-
len little and the pain WAS 30 increased
that the usual Opiate did not produce the
usual result. The general found no
sleep until O'Clock this morning. At
O'Clock he slept and continued to do 30,
with breaks of wakefulness, until be.
tween 8 aud 8 O'Clock this morning. Al
O'Clock he arose and dressed. 1ncreas
ed swelling of the throat is to-day notice
able, and in the words of Col. Fred
Grant, Father is not 80 well this morn
Ing as he was yesterday morning."
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killed while BurgIarIzine.

HUTCHINSON, Kss., May 11.-About s
O'Clock yesterday morning q man named
R. L. Stewart, attempt to burglarize the
store of John Shahsn, taking out a pane
of glass, was shot in the abdomen by the
CLERK, Will Foraker. who was sleeping
in the store. Stewart will die. His
home was in Wichita. His wife has
been telegraphed. His father is min
lister and lives IN Republic county, Kss.,
three miles from Republic City.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-05-14

Topeka Mail: The Dispatch band has
gained AN unenviable reputation for hog
gIshness in the various contests thai
have taken place in the state; and It's
actions In the recent Washington excur-
sion was somewhat doubtful. Topeka
might as we'll MIKE up her mind to take
back seat when Clay Center wants any
thing. She will be askihs tor the state
capital next.
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KniRhta OF Honor.

ST.. LOUIS. May 13.-The Supreme
Lodge of the Knights of Honor met again
TO-DAY. The grand secretary's report
was submitted and showed there were
on the LIST of January, this year, zoe
working lodges In the country with 9
total membership of 128, 4SO. Since
then twenty-five new lodges have
been added and there has
been q net gain of 2,250 members
making the present membership 131 ,106
During the year of 1884 twenty assess.
ments were called, which yielded ar
aggregate Of $2,7G9, 561, and the mum
Der of deaths was !, 4O9. The supreme
treasurer presented the financial state
ment which shows that since the last
annual meeting the receipts haYe beer
81, 400 ,696; disbursements, 81. 264, 100
leaving albalance in the widows and or
phans' benefit fund of $145,5 $50.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-05-14

The war department under the Demo
cratic administration is preparing to fly
hIgn. A PhIladelphla manufacturer
has lately received orders t. construct 9
"DIrigible war balloon" which WILL be
90 feet through and 1s5 feet high. with
a lifting force of seven tons. The mo-
tive power will be compressed air aud
the cost of the affair will be $4,000.
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wb.n Won r.s, p,u.

and your back aches. and your head feels
heavy, and you wake unretreshed in the
morning, aud your bowels are sluggish
or costive, you need Kidney Wort IL il
natures great remedy and never fails %
relieve all cssee of Diseased Kidueys,
Torpid Liver. Constipation, Malaria,
Piles, Rheumatism, &C. II operates
simultaneously on the Kidneys, LiVeI
and bowels. strengthening them and re
storing healthy action. Put up in b0tl
dry and liquid form. Sold Big all drug
gists
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We have heard and believed =,

We haYe heard and believed some ex-
tremely large stories that have been or
iginated IN the west, bit We are puzzled
to know whether an eastern editor who
tells OF music teacher that has taught
IN one iowa for fifty wears, making
$40 consecutive terms. is Try ing to per
petrate q joke ar testing his imagIna-
ton. II true, that Instructor should be
placed on exhibit at the next State
Teachers association OF Kansas.
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Breaking IntO , Postomes.

ST. LOUIS, Nay IA Macon, No.,
special to the Post Dispatch says
Burglars ralded the postofice at this
place last night. Forcing the rear win
dow open, they blew open the safe, &C.
curing about eco In stamps, SO Ia
money and some registered letters. One
arrest has been made on suspicion, but
nothing was found against the prisoner
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All the exchanges that come 10 this
Office, with the exception of one patent
Plate weekly and one daily. have con
tanned THE NEWS New Orleans special
either in full or in part. That daily says
that no authentic informatIo. has beer
received from New Orleans since Mr.
Walkup's return, several weeks ago.
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The Locust Plague Coming

WASHINGTON, May 12.-Prof. G. v.
Riley, etomologIst OF the agricultural
department, says: This country will
soon be visited by two great broods OF
locusts Of the seventeenth and thirteenth
year variety and this will be the first
time in 22l years that they have appear
ed in conjunction. They will not prove
greatly destructive and the injury they
viii infilct viii probably be confined &C
fruit trees. The visitation will be pro
IoDged until late in July.
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Kansas City is a great town, but she
cannot match her powers of justice with
st. Louis. People in Kansas watched
with interest the progress of the Mott
trial and learned with regret the COM
plele failure of the prosecution so far as
conviction was concerned But at St
Louis a similar case has been before the
courts with an entirely different result
The parties on trial, the Miller family
were held for $1,000. ard we're sent II
Jail. The court classed .ISeir seauce'
under the head OF tricks aud confidence
CANINE
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-05-14

Postmaster Palmer of Chicago has
been suspended and a thoroughbred
Democratic politician. Mr.. Judd, ap-
pointed. Mr.. Palmer, although a Re
publican. was not an active politician
and his term would not have expired FOL
nearly three years. Democratic civil
service reform Is 10 say the least most
uncIvIl at times.
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Moving 70 tlne Front

OTTAWA, Ont, May 12.-Gen. MID
dIeton has ordered up the forces to
strengthen his column and wants more
cannon and Gatling guns. The Bruce
battalion has been called out, and the
Montreal Garrison artillery has started
for the front. The Toronto field battery
is In expectation of receiving orders al
any moment. The Prince of Wales
| rifles and Montreal and Sixty second
regiments of st. John, N. B have bott
haAn ordered ont