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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-10-28
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-The president
&C ompanIed by Secretaries Bayard
Eudicott, Postmaster General Villas and
Private S, cretary Ddmont, left here st s
O'Clock This morning on q special train
for Richmond Va, 70 attend the fair Of
the Virginia Agricultu al association.
Drawn up in line were the military. con-
slstiDg of regiment Of Virginia volun-
teers, Richmond Light Infantry Blues
and three companies Of visiting soldiers;
als9 q battalion OF colOred troops. AS
the carriages bearing the president aid
cabinet passed the military remained ct
present arms. Welcoming shouts from
many thousand throats greeted the pres
Ident ali @aIong ths rJute TO the build
fngs where the ps rty Was to be received.
The guests were usbered into the off ee Of
the president Of The agricultural society,
where the members Of the reception
committee and few other distinguished
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WHAT this state needs is more boards.
1t Is q shame that commonwealth of the
importance of Kansas can boast of only
foTty-six boards. We call the attention of
the next legislature to this matter, and
urge it TO devote its time 70 creating few
more of these institutions. II may be said
that they are not necessary, but they are.
There are scores of hypocrites in & ansas yet
unprovided tor, and they are just as good
hypocrites as ever got drunk on drug store
whisky and hiccoughed for prohibition
-TAtchison Globe
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pidRt want Il That Wsx.

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Oct. 22.-News
reaches here from Corbsn that John s.
Kerr, a stock grower of Elk Mountain,
shot younger brother, w. 8. Kerr, yes
terdsy The trouble originated from the
fSct that while j. s. Kerr was away from
his house the brother seduced his wife.
His sen, a boy seventeen years of age,
first t1ld Mr.. Kerr. He Immediately
decided all his property to bis son and
went awsy. Finally attempts were made
10 rob the boy Of his title TO the property
decided to him by his father aud con-
troversy brought j. 8. Kerr back to the
scene. His disgrace in trying to settle
the matter with his brother, caused no!
words TO enfue, and w. s. Kerr shot al
his brother, the ball taking ff5ct in the
leg. j. s. Kerr, the injured husband
shot back and killed his brother. j. s
Kerr last year represented COrbsu county
in the lower house OF the legislature and
was speaker of the house.
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PERILOUS SITUATION.
Fifteen Men imprisoned in Caisson
Beneath the Water.
Bradstreets Reports Another Decline
in Business.
Mr.. Kerr. an Alleged Seducer, Killed
by His Brother.
The Bulgarian Middle Still on the
Tapis.
In the Jaws of ueath.

OMAHA, Neb., Oct. PA thrilling &C.
cident, imperiliDg the lives of fifteen
men, occurred at the new Union Pa
cific bridge which is being built to re-
place the old structure across the Mis-
souri, river at this point. At 10 O'Clock Q
leak was sprung in the caisson now be-
ing constructed In the middle of the
river, and before il could be caulked il
had filled the shaft up to the surface; 'hus
cutting III the escape OF the fifteen men
who were at work on The bed rock
under the bottom OF the river. The
! news Of tie horrible situation rapidly
spread and soon thousands assembled ON
| the ieVee 10 await the result OF the ef-
forts to rescue the imprisoned men.
George A. Ledderlee. CHIEF engineer In
| charge OF the work, and his assistant,
Ralph MOdjeska, son OF the actress, has
tened to the cAiason and at once pro-
ceeded to direct affairs.
The pier is 8 mammoth stone struc.ure
six feet long aud twenty five feet
wide. It's surface is now five feet above
| the water and its base rests on bed rock
seventy three feet below the top Of the
river.
At O'Clock the first day shift went
down through the shat into the 6irlOck,
| and thence TO the working chamber be-
low aud began the work OF cleansing and
slushing the rock, preparatory to filling
| in with concrete. At 10 O'Clock, when
| they started to come 10 surface, some Of
them re-entered the airlock and found to
their horror that q small stream of watel
was trickling through pipe, showing
that water was in the shaft above them
To open the door would have let toni
Of the flood in upon them; so 1t wai
presumed at the time that the men re.
turned to the chamber immediate
1
would be safe so long al
they could stand the pressure Of the air
which is absolutely necessary TO KEEP
the water from the rlvar beneath the
cAisson and SO long as the water from
above could be prevented from fUrcinG
the air chamber.
Engice1r Ledderlee ran an engine will
pumps attached to the piers and set 1t Il
work pumping water from the shaft
After working for an hour II was founC
that the engine was inAd( quate to eX
haust the water in time to save the mem
lives, as the men are not allowed Il
work over three hours, any time beyOnE
that being deemed dangerous. Owinj
20 the distance TO pump the water tn
engine could not fully perform its duty
A bucket brigade was then organized
among the bridge employees, who wit
ropes and buckets, slowly baiied the wa
ter out Of the shaft. This was slow an
tedious work and when the men had bee
imprisoned for over three hours in tn
caisson nearly everybody gave up To
hope of ever rescuing them.
| Finally, at about 3 O'Clock the waite
was exhausted, and the men were res
cued in an exhausted and frightenPt
condition. When they were brought OF
wild cheers went up from the crowd o
the levee.
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New YORK, Oct. 23.-An Ottawa, Onfa-
rio, special says: Jeanette Candle, 10
yesr old girl, who, it is alleged, was as
san,ed by ChsEles Theron. proprietor OF
the Hotel France, in New York, last Au-
gust, has, it is sad, bsen kidnapped. The
girl who has, since the time Of the assault.
been residing with her parents here, was
70 have left for New York yesterday 70
give evidence in the case. Monday night
last, however, after eating supper she went
to her room for the purpose Of Ar
rang selection of music.
Her father and mother left the house for 8
short time while che wSs , engaged and
on their return found she had been
abducted. The opinion prevails that the
girl xGs taken AWsy by friends Of the
hotel keeper, who will keep her confined
until after the case comes on for tFfBl, q
she being absent an acquittal will be the
result
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TrinpIe LYnching.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Oct. % News has
been received here of the Lynching of
three negroes IN PIckens county q few
days ago. A mob of seventeen white men
took them from the county jail at Carroll
ton and hanged them to a tree at grave
yard in the suburbs of town. The negroes
were supposed to have sat on fire. fine
dwelling house. the property of Mrs. Amos
Ball. The mob accomplished their ter
rible purpose by practIcing deception
upon Mr.. Chapman, the sheriff. They
went to his Office aud pretended they had
q prisoner who had broken jail few days
before and had been captured by them
The sheriff went to Jail as he supposed to
receive the captured prisoner Once at
the Jail the mob seized hun and forced
him To open the doors Then they took
three negro prisoners out and strung them
up. The mob was quiet, but did their
work quickly and IN q Determined way.
Carol IN is q country town and has no
railroad or Geographic communication
with the outside world.
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Favor. TotaI Abstinence.

CLEVELAND, Oct. 22.-At the Uni
versalist general convention al Akron to-
day, it was decided by unanimous vote
to engage in foreign missionary work,
and q committee on foreign missions was
appointed. A resolution was adopted 20
use all funds subscribed for church
extension for that purpose. instead
OF allowing the IS ne to accumulate
On the temperance question resolutions
were adopted favoriDg united and earn
est work against the demon strong drink,
de claring total abstinence to be the only
cure for incompetence; that the entire
suppression OF the manufacture, impor-
tation and sale OF Intoxicating beverages
is the goal we should work for, and the
honn we shonld demRnd OF the STATE.
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Contested Seat,

LoND rNDERRY, Oct. 23-Justin McCar.
thy, Parnellite, has been awarded a seat
IN the house of commons, for which he
contested In q recent election against Chas.
Edward Lewis, conservative. Lewis has
sat for londonderry ever since 1879. In
the recent election the poll as counted
gave Lewis .78l votes and MCCARTHY Its,
and the seat was awarded to the former,
who up 70 date has occupied II, although
Mccarthy at once entered g
protest ard has ever since been
pushing his claim to the seat, basing the
case largely upon allegations of illegal
electioneering methods upon the part OF
the opponent. To day Lewis counsel
abandoned his clients claim and the seat
was declared to be McCartby's. The result
of the announcement used much excite
ment in the city. MCCARTHY has also q
seat for LsngfoTd county which he OBJ
tanned without opposItiop.
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CHICAGO, ILL.,, Oct. 2.-Ths last of the
Pinkerton guards and about the last
of the non-union men employed by
Armour & Co., left the yard last night.
The train was in charge of a detail OF
fifteen police who gave directions that the
windows OF the cars be kept closed, aud
that no noisy demonstration be made.
When the train reached the corner OF
FOrtieth street and Winter avenue, a shot
was fired at the car ia which the non.
union men were, but 1t was badly directed
and passed over it. No further incident
occurred during the passage of the train
through the city.
The butchers met last night and as q
result OF their meeting expressed their
satisfaction al working as Armour s. Co.,
butchers are now working.
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THE southern democrats with the aid of
brethren In the north are endeAYoring to
start q presidential boom for John G.
Carlisle. They touch the question very
gently however, with the exec tion of the
Alexandria, Virginia Gazette, which
boldly protests against the tail wAgging
the dog any longer and claims that the
candidate for president should come from
the section which furnishes "the great
bulk" of democratic electoral votes
With this emphatic declaration the Ga
zette proceeds to name John G. Carlisle
as favorite son of the south, who is fairly
entitled to head the democratic ticket in
1888.
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Too VILE Tn ME.

PEMBROKE. Ont, Oct. 2O.-A German
who murdered his neighbours wife near
PalmeT's Rapids, this county, few days
ago has been arrested and is now being
soonducted TO Pembroke. His crime IL
most strocious one. He went to the sham
" where the murdered woman lived and
OF which he was landlord and ordered her 20
yscate IT. Being unWen aud alone with
two small children she refused to obey the
unreasonable demand, whereupon he
nailed I'D the door of the shanty from the
outside and set fire TO the premises with
the helpless family inside. The mother
recognizing her perllous position managed
70 break open the door and rescued her
children from the burning building. Tbs
fieud as soon As he saw her outside,
pounded the life out of her with club
and threw her body back into the burning
buildinR.
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Racraf RaaaiOna.

NEW YORK, Oot. 22.-The official
convention Of the Brotherhood Of Lo-
connective Engineers refuse to give any
information at present ss to their discus
eioBs. It is however mysteriOusly de-
clared that the session is the most i'm
portant one of the twenty three years.
existence OF the order. Matters, said q
delegate to day, affecting all the people
of the land are to be acted upon, but
we cannot divulge their purpOrt until
they are definitely settled. He said the
work was SO important that the session
would lest.two weeks.
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PulIed the Trigger vvith Hls roe,

TRENTON, III Oct. % -Sunday even
ing, between and o'clock, Samuel
Fricker, farm hand, IN the employ of
Jacob Richards, a wealthy farmer living
one and one-hslf miles northeast of Tren-
ton, committed suicide Before commit
ting the deed, Fricker had Invested HIM
self of his boots and socks, placing his
wa ch with them, and sat down with his
back to hay stack, placing his toe on the
trigger of the gun and the muzzle TO his
head and then discharged the weapon.
blown aWav, and was ind resting on the
boots and socks few feet distant The
toe of the dead man was still clInging TO
the trigger when the corpse was found.
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A had Texas Pair.

HASKELL, Tex, Oct. 23.-John Sewell,
who was sentenced to two years hard
labor in the penItentisrY at the district
court of this couny last week, was yester-
day morning taken from Jail by his step
brother, Milton Thorp. rhorp appeared
at the door Of the jail as the jailer entered
with SeWell's breakfast and ordered that
gentleman to 'open up aud let that boy
OUT" whereupon the j4ilor delivered him
his prisoner. a. as soon as pos Ible let II
be known in town, and the citizens at
once turned out after the parties, whom
they overlook about six miles west OF
town, and after exchanging about 100
shots the boys surrendered. No one was
wounded. The prisoners horses were
shot in the LEGS
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AID for the Sufferers.

GALVESTON, OCT. 22.-Measures for
the relief of the Jod sufferers at Sabine
Pass and Johnsons bayou have in nowiss
aba.ed here. The subscriptions at CAL
weston now aggregate 500. Houston
has cent several carloads Of clothing and
provisions and couple Of thousand dol
lars The mayer of Beaumont has re-
csived telegram from Mr.
C. p. Huntington donating 81 600
on behalf of the Northern Pacific raj =
road company, also q telegram from
Col. BelO, stating that President CIeve-
land has RENTED TO him draft for 500
for the sufferers. Il IL estimated thss
altogether S20, 900 has been subscribed,
but il Is expected by the Galveston,
Beaumont and Orange relief committees
that this sum will be increased 70 nearly
eIOO, 900 within the next few days.
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THE city pays w. T. Soden $3.50
a year for the privilege of taking water
from the Cottonwood. Humphreys mill
has probably as good right to demand
the same amount of damages. This only
applies up to May l, 1887, so that In. SIX
months from now We will be at the mercy
of one man. so far as the city water supply
Is concerned, unless we vote to move them
TO the Neoaho.
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RabT Ouakes.

CHARLESTON. Oct ga sharp earth
quake shock occurred here at 6:2S this
morning, the duration teIng about twelve
seconds. Houses were ehsken and win
doHs ratified. but no damage WAS done.
The shaKe was sharp also at Summervllle
and was followed By several baby qHakes
as they are called there. Telegrapbic ad
vices state that the shock was te1t at S4van-
nah, AuRusts. Columbia, Orangeburg end
other points in this state. While $ Fecur-
renee nf these quakfs is trying to women
and children. u csuses no interruption
either in business or the work of repairing
damages. which Is progressing vigorously.
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MORGAN Rising.

Ell PAso, Tex, Oct 23.-onIy a few
days ago there was an attempted rev lud n-
airy rising in Zscatecas, scarcely any par
Iiculars of which reached the United
Ststes. The attempted rising was for the
purpose of making Gen. Garcia De La
CAdena president, but the federal troops
quickly suppressed II, and thirtY-five of
the conspirators were placed IN jail to be
tried by court martial after which they
will be shot. General Cadena escape.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-The follow.
ing telegram from General Miles dated
Fort Apache, Arizona, October 0, has
been transmitted by General Howard to
the war department. "Detachment
under Captain Cooper, Tenth cavalry,
has Just arrived at this post, having cap
tured Mangus and his whole party, CON-
sisting of Msngus, three sQuaws and five
children, twenty-nine mules and five
ponies. CSigned1 VIELE,
Captain Commanding.
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JUST think of it: $61O annually or its
equivalent and $4,000 railroad pass is
what 1t costs Emporia, IN the shape of al
lodged damages to Soden's water power,
for the poor privilege of taking water for
the domestic purposes of our city from a
river that God put at our doors, but which
w. T. Soden has had fenced in by law.
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Wrecked.

LONDON, Oct. 21.-The British dis
patch boat Imogcne has been wrecked Sc
GaIlipoli during . fog. She was 81 the
time proceeding from Constsntinople TO
SaloDica, from where she was to convey
Sir William White, the newly appointed
British minister, 70 OOnstsntinople. The
crew were saved. The Imogene Is Sn
iron yacht Of 460 tons burden
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Trouble on the L. . N.

LOUISVILLE, KY. Oct. 22.-The day
IN the Louisville & Nashville
yards, thirty-four In number, quit work
this morning, and not one Of the old
force are on duty. Transportation Of
freight has been greatly delayed, but the
railroad CT yials claim they will have an
ample force at work in few days. No
distur bance Is reported. The men say
they do not intend to GO back to work
until their demands for more pay ara
granted. They say they do not intend to
resort TO violence.
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MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, Oct. 23.-The ma
tionAl w. G. T. U. this morning will hold
sectional meetings and the afternoon ex-
ercises at the Casino will include an ad-
dress on social purity by by Mrs. E 81.
Bradley of England. The session will be
devoted briefly 10 business. In the even
ing there will be young woman's meet
ing and the annual report will be pre-
scented by Mrs Frances j. Barnes to be
followed by an address and musical exer-
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Opening efa New Road

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 22.-Pre-
paratiOns are beng made for throwing
open of the mammoth cable railroad early
next month. The road Is nine miles in
length, running from Glasgow Junction
on the Louisville s. Nashville line 20 the
Mammoth Gave In Kentucky. 1t was
built by capitalists of Nashville and
Louisville and Ii standard gauge.
Through Governor Knott Of Kentucky
the governors OF all the stAtee, and re-
representatives. Of 100 leading newspapers
Of America will be invited to attend.
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Quick Work.

CHICAGO. Oct. 21-F. j. F Bradley, ex-
manager of the Pullman Palace Car COM
pany, was lodged in the county Jail this
morning. At 8 80 he was arraigned be-
fore Justice Lyon on a charge of EN- bezzle-
ment and waived exam1nau IN. II is IN
derstOod his trial in the criminal
court will take place Immediately and
that by Saturday he will be lodged In the
penitentiary. Bradley was taken before
Judge Collins at about II O'Clock
this morning and plead guilty.
The officers said he expressed his wishes
to be sent to Joliet at once, ss lie was anx
ious TO get out again and have the matter
over with as soon as possible.
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A WaTran1 Cor HoIstead.

CINCINNATI, Oct. 23-CnaIles Heron
and Ferdinand Springmeir were before the
police court this morning to answer to
charges of falsely certifying to pay rolls
aud other vouchers whereby money of
the city was misapplIed, while they were
members of the late board of public works.
The cases were set for hearing early in
November. Charles Heron Immediately
afterwards swUre out q warrant tor the ar
rest of NJ. Halstead OF the Commercial
Gazette on q charge of libel. for publish
ing two days ago of what purported to be
a sketch of HerrOn'a life
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Hon. VIM JAY was somewhat surprised
TO learn last evening the "old settler"
who 80 ably answered his communication
against the bond proposition was his own
son, w. 8. jay. The latter feels quite
proud that he has, as he thinks, "done up'
the old gentleman in good shape.
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WITH the reservoir system a continuous
running of the water works system pump.
ing machinery will be unnecessary, as the
engine may lie idle for weeks at q time.
OF course this will reduce expenses In fuel
and labor from the present method, as
at present with the engines not kept
continuously going the water supply would
be Immediately cut off.
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CornnIent Clereland.

NEW YORK, Oct. ga WASHINGTON
special says: An expert from the New
York school of massage who has helped
Secretary Manning SO much had an in
tervieW with the president yesterday.
Cleveland intends to take course Of treat
ment to see If he cannot reduce his flesh.
lie has gained 80 much in the last six
months that he has had to have the buttons
on his coat moved three inches.
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SOME of the opponents of change of
base in our water works claim there is no
use to rush things. In January 1882, a
resolution passed the city council unani-
mously favoring removal of the present
works to the Neosho. Instead of this be-
ing rushing things, it Is actually awaiting
until the eleventh hour. Why wait until
after midnight?
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MONARCHY Is compared TO merchant
man, which sails we'll, but will sometimes
strike rock, and 60 to the bottom
whilst g republic is raft which will
never sink, but then your feet are In water
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Rutier,1 RroIher-In-Lavx.

LOWELL, Mass, Oct. 22.-Col. J. NJ. G
Parker very wealthy resident of this
city, and g hrother-in-laW of General 3. r.
Butler is, missing. For several years he
has been subject to temporary fits of
insanity although at no time has he been
violent. Itls generally thought he has
made away with himself. He was IS
years OF sge and won his title by meTi-
torious services in the rebellion.
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JOHN ELIOT. the Indian Apostle, drank
water AMI said of wine: ''It is q noble,
generous liquor, and we should be
humbly thankful for it, but, as 1 re-
member, water was made before it."
King David poured out on the ground
unto the Lord the water which three of his
warriors had brought him to drink at the
peril of their lives
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A KNIGHT OF the razor in Washington
takes pains to let the public know that the
President is not 30 bald now as he was
before his marriage. Whether this is aa
advertisement of some new hair renewer,
or an assurance of amicable relations be-
tween the executive and his young wife
is not definitely disclosed.
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II W.T.. Soden has not already received
$3.50 in city scrip and had water main
laid down south Commercial street to his
property, at cost of 81, 500 to the city,
and if he does not hold free pass over
the Santa Fe for forcing the company to
build their own works and pump their
own water, at loss to the city waterworks
by rent, of another $4,000. let him deny it.
Our columns are open TO him.