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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-01-21
An Astonished Tioket Aeenssd

The Hcnesdals Pa.) Dispatch re
that q neatly-dressed. treeh-loo'
woman, about so years Of age, sr
to Harry Foster. the Erie ticket agtAry
that place, for information Is To-
lowest rate of fare Tor herself and f4na1l,-
How many persOnsr' AsKsd shs
sMysslf ana my eleven. shildrsn. !"
As soon as Agent Foster could catGA
his breath he exclaimed:
eleven childrenP Great Scott mad
amt Not all yoursP'
Certainly, sir" replied the woman
evidently surprised at the agents quee.
tion and manner. Whose would fhay
be IL not miner"
'sIn the name Of goodness, then. how
old sre they" asked the agent moppine
the perspiration from his forehead.
"Wel, sir" said the woman, efter 9
short mental calculation, s'three Of then
are 9, three Of them ara z, two Of them
are 8, and three Of them are ye4Es
old"
Agent Foster dropped into ckaia
Ae though someone had bit him with 9
club.
.'Madanne." said he. ..you deserve =
have . pass for twelve. Come In again
In few days and III zee what can y
done"
The agent ascertainsd that &
Womsn's name was Cullen. aud thaa
she had presented her husband Wit
eleven children ct four birthA
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A Demooratlo caucus.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-The Demo-
cratic senators held two hours caucus
this afternoon to compare views with
regard to the anticipated issues between
the senate aud the administration over
the matter of Information about re-
moVals.
Senators Harris, Maxey and Vest. q
Committee appointed last week by Mr..
Beck, the chairman of the caucus, to
consult with the president and mem bers
II the cabinet ab tut the mater. made
their report, stating the Individual views
ot the members of the administration,
nut outlining no definite policy or line
of action.
D her Individual senators expressed
h-ir opinions al length, but nO,hiDg &C
.;uIr"d in any way to- indicate tn opin-
, IA of the N i ,rUy Finsllv sugges
ion vas nadp thai th- QIesti"n~
luther discussed until the Rspub'icaS
osiIi m had been clearly developed and
the c4ueus all ur""d uiiil the Call al
he Chairman. with tue und r~tanding
h"weveF that IL shouts br call, d v'ry
% q, possibly - NOR
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-01-21

One of the must anus ng episodes
that has occurred Tor long time was the
purchase of the house" by some 500
New York produce exchange men, for the
play of "Evangeline," At the Fourteeath
street theatre. They supplied them
selves with chestnuts, AMI fairly deluged
the actors whenever one OF them got of
q stale gag or pun. The actors reIalizted
on prominent exchange men. warpIng
the play To suit, anu occasionally bring
ing down the house with sharp hits.
The leading actor was particularly fruit
full of gage" But the boys got even
with him by throwing him an elegant
boquet. He did notice the string At.
tached. and as it was pulled off the stage
as ne reached for il. the house fairly
broke up. 10 one part of the play the
term wild oats" is used, aud The boys i'm
mediately commenced bidding them in
and several thousand bushels of ''wilC
oats" changed hands before the aston
ished actors could recover themselves
II was rolIicking time. and the pla.
was not finished until after midnight.
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A y,.io arv Sch M.

WAsHiNeToN Jan 10 j w BueI
IT 81 Louis. # white elephant, Siberian
I'D james by fame, has come on TO
Washington In The Interests of a new en-
'rTprIse he Is about to inaugurate. He
has called fog volunteers for an explnr.
ing trip TO New Guinea Mr.. Buel pro-
puses that twenty 1--we men put in 81 coo
each to general fund TO aggregate $25..
coo 10 purchase q vessel and sail for New
Guinea the largest island of the globe
and about the only unexplored land in
the world.
Mr. Buel proposes to explore it thor
orughly In the hope of finding gold and
silver, at least such specimens and curl
oeitles as will find ready sale TO the
Smithsonian and other museums The
profits of the expedition to be equally
divided among the twenty five voyagers
The expedition is to be fitted out for ar
eighteen months cruise, and il expected
70 visit some of the least known islands
OF the Pacific and touch at points along
the coast of Africa. MIR. Buel is golnl
to Florida, but Will be in st. Louis abou
EehPuarV L
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Snow Causes a Wreck.

ATcHIsoN. Kan, jan. l6.-On Wed
nesdaY last Train consisting of an en-,
CINE with snow pillow attached, q heavy
clal Car and the locomotive behind
while engaged in clearing the track Of
snow on the western division, encouH-
tered n heavy snow drnt near Marvin
fhe locomotive drew back for u good
Start and Dashed ioTS ~. The leadIng
engine encountered broken rail under
he snow and was thrown fourteen feet
off he track, turning over on its side
There we're fur men IN the cab At he
time, but fortunately all escaped IN
hurt.
The coal car was thrown cFOsswise,
but the other locomotive stuck TO the
track. The cuts between Marvin AID
LenOra, about twenty miles, are full oil
hard snow, and II is estimated by those
who have seen the condition of the
track, that 1t will take ten days to clear
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Paupers in Nearly ali Trades.

A gentleman who is connected with Q
charitable organization that contributed
to the relief of about nine thousand dis
tressed people in this city during the
past year, when speaking of the liability
of the different grades OF working per-
sons to come to want, said:
My experience shows that no class il
exempt from absolute pauperism, but it
is very plain that some trades furnish
better livelihoods than others, and thst
any trade is better than no trade, unless
it is the trade of seamstress for a woman
Thus we were called on to relieve SO
laborers and only 55 carpenters, 70
'lOngshoremen, and z plumbers. and
that shows. too. the difference between
trades Among builders we notice .
striking popularity. Relief was given
to sc painters and 26 masons and brick
layers, while only 6 hod-carriers were
found to be in need. l think this is due
to the solid front presented by the Hold
Carriers Union. Among the metal
workers we relieved ~ brass-fitters, z
boiler-makers, % blacksmiths, 20 ma
chinists, Is molders, and Is tinsmithA.
L was somewhat astonished to find that
81 engineers were needy. They were
men trained to care for stationary en-
gines in nearly all cases. Horsemen
seem to be as well off as most wage
workers We relieved 10 coachmen. g
drivers, and % truck-drivers. The clerk
and statesmen relieved numbered los,
but the saleswomen numbered only 5.
Against this small number we have to
place 369 seamstresses and $50 washers
and scrubbers. There are "a nurses on
our lists also. The servants of the city,
considering their number, are not badly
= A
and S5 other servants. Among otheY
trades we supplied the wants Of Il
printers, press-feeder, shoe-cutters,
trapeze performer, 81 tailors. ] UNDER
taker, watchmakers, / robe-maker, 5
milliners, paper-hangers. 1s seamen.
and 8 photographers The professions
were not exempt for we had phyatr
clans, organfst, clergymen, Is leach
ers. 4 lawyers, artists, and one editor.
There are no paupers among the re-
porters. IN r San.
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TELEGRAPH TOPICS.
Troops Ordered to the Scene of the
Nine Trouble.
The Berkenhead and Liverpool Tun-
mel Opened To-day.
Other Items of Interest From al
Sources.
rroons Sent to the nI,nss


PTrTsBURG, Pa, Jan. ia car loaC
of uniformed police was to-day dis
patched from this city 10 the scenes o.
the riotuous disturbances in the coke
region. The police were sent in re
Spouse 70 q telegram from Colonel
FrIck of the Norwood and Standard
coke works asking for aid. The officers
will be sworn in by Sheriff Stewart Of
West Moorland county as deputies. Il
Is thought the small body OF uniformed
men will have more effect with the
rtotOus Hungarisns than three times as
many officers In citizens dress.
Governor Patterson also has been
called. upon for military aid, but has not
yet responded.
The situation of the coke strike to-
night may be summed up as follows: In
the Conceivable, Mt. Pleasant, Stone
River, Scottdale and Bradford districts
a total of 2, TIE ovens are idle, or about
one-thIrd of the ovens in the region.
Sheriff Stewart failed to make any
arrests, thinking it best not to make
aLy attempts to arrest with his small
force. The fugitIves of Saturday are
still free. The HungarIans numbering
800 IN the hit. Pleasant district are HARD
to handle, the women being worse than
the men.
A Mount Pleasant special says: Sher-
If Stewart arrived at 8 o'clock tonight
with nineteen additional deputies who
will be placed on duty at the Alice mines.
The strikers who attacked these miners
Today and drove off the workmen de-
stroyed all the tools, barrows and coke
wagons and everything movable. The
sheriff has ordered his deputies to pro-
tect those that want TO work.
The HuDgarians are parsdiDg about
he streets of the village recklessly bold
o night, and threatening violence to all
who attempt to return to work, and de-
-'ructlon to the cOmpany's property 8
Greensburg. The members of the
militia are holding themselves In read.
mess for orders from the governor to
proceed to the seat of war
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INFoRMArIoN RANrED.

The Walnut Valley Times is an excel
lent paper, published at FL Dorado, 6
proposed point on the Chicago, EN-.
poria & South western railway. Al
present, ITS nearest market Is st. Louis,
and it deserves q speedy and close con-
nection with the great central metropo.
lis OF Kansas-Emporia. During its
intervals of repose, after struggling
with this great railway problem. the
Times turns its INTEL, ctusl calcium
light upon its neighb,rs. II recently
focused on the NEWS, as will appear by
the following paragraph:
For the life OF US We can't det' rhine
whether the Enporia Neaos 10 Demo
cTat Republican, Independent or
Third Party" (PruhititionJ paper.
Now which, jus' 10 get us out Of our
misery, Mr NelesP
OF course We are not responsible for
the clouded political vision of our es.
,eemed contemporary. The course Of
this paper has been so open and free
that we cannot conceive how il Is p ssh
bic tor the imSs To have misConceiVed
our po>ltlOu upon any question. One
thing Is certain. WE do not draw our po-
liucsI imspnaIIon from anv
source east of thu Missouri
RIVER An eastern man once said there
WAS NJ origioI political 'hauRht SSest
Of the Miss ssppi. While not zcknowl-
edgiDg the truth of the assertion, the re
mark impressed us. The NEWS treats
every question upon its merits It il
essentially political paper, in that it
accepts the term politics In
It's broadcast sense and tries to
SEEK out the best We hold ourselves
free to praise or condemn as the occasion
requires We acknowledge no politica al
boss" II Is said there used tn be a
wire Leading from the NEWS office to
Washington, but we found 1t lncon-
venIent aud expensive, so cut it. Ifthe
Times will read the NEWS carefully, we
doubt not that paper will be greatly in
structed and benefited. but we must eau
ton our neighbor against testing US by
The usual standard of Kansas politics.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-01-21

The telegraph editor OF n daily news
paper is an important factor. He is not
permitted to write for his paper, but sup.
plies the headings for the dispatches as
they pass rapidly under his pencil before
going to the printers. The heading,
however. frequently leaves greater and
more lasting impression with the reader
than the bare facts recited In the dispatch
itself, which Is necessarily brief, aud con
fined 10 a conservative statement OF the
simple facts. Particularly is this true
of associated press matter. II Is there
fore a curious stuOY 10 read the head
ings over given dispatch In various
journals. Take the two followInI
headings over an assOcistsd press dis
patch in two Kansas City DANES
The Times gives It thus: "Burnet
While Asleep. Twenty Homeless Bs
varian Wanderers Lost bya Haystack'
Burning" The Journal puts il
"Tramps Roasted. A SORE of Person
Burned In Bavaria" We leave tn
reader TO judge the qualities and cha
Acters of the two knights of the ouil
from this specimen OF their work. w
now give the bare dispatch as It cam
into beth offices.
LONDON. Jan. Is -News hes in,
heen received at the burning OF an eno
mous haystack At LimbeTg, B vsri
which had been used during the Cal
weather as q shelter tor vAerants N,el
before last q larger number than usu
~ the homeless wanderers were as)ee
under u and the haysiack caught Are.
Twenty bodies have already he.
( ken frDm the Fuins and Il 10 thong
aany others have lean burned 70 dssl
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Oklahoma.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-Gen. Weaver
addressed the committee on territories
yesterday in advocacy Of his Oklahoma
bill. Representative Townsend followed
with an argument in support of his
measure which differs in some details
from Viewers. II seems highly proba-
BILE now that the committee will report
in favor of the organization Of 6 terrific
rial form OF government over what IL
now the IncIaH territory, the whole 70 be
called Oklahoma The provisions will
encourage the divisions Of the Feserva-
tons In severalty, bat will not iuais!
upon "a arbitrary course which csn be
construed a. al Infringement OF the
treaties The Indisns will be encouraged
but not forced 10 become citizens.
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weaternWater WAYS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18-About thirty
i've delegates from the Western Wafer
Ways conventions held at st. Paul. Kan
sas City and New Orleans met IN JOINT
conference In this city this morning
Remarks were made by several of the
delegates. councIliIng unity of action
among the delegates.
Upon motion of Congressman Adams
OF Illinois, q committee was appointed
from each delegation to consult witt
the committee on rivers and haTbnr,
and TO formulate plan for the prrsen'a
ton of the resolutions aud views OF tn
three cOnve ntions represented, and =
report to a subsequent meeting OF tn
j int conference
The 8, Paul delegation appoint I'd
Mark M. DunnslI If Minnesota III
Kansas City delegation w. H n ie'
and the Ne Orleans d'lsgsInn Joht
W Bryant of NV O-le4ns Th@ meet
ing then adjourned until to morro'
pranin0
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ousar Legal Proceedings.

CINCINNATI. Jan. 18-An unusual
proceeding occurred 10 day before Judge
BuckwaIter of the court of common
pleas in the hearing OF the contested
election case, in which BoetIger IS en-.
deavoring TO get the Office of county
treasurer from Ralterman, who has GER
tlf1cste of election. An affidavit had
been filed last week alleging that Judge
Buckwalter was unfit to try the case, and
asking change of venue. The judge
refused the motion.
When the case was called to-day Rat
terman's attorney showed a transcript
from the clerk of Butler county, that
the case was docketed there and set fO'
trial. 1t was stated that on Saturday
night, on an affidavit by Waterman that
no Judge in this county was fit to try
the case, Clerk Dalton certified thu
case to the Butler county court. Judge
Buck waiter discontinued the hearing,
and said he would appear in the Butler
county court when the case came to be
heard
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The following item appeared in the
Chicago Tribune n few days ago. and
was copied INTO the Topeka EUenfng
Journal: "Jscnb Troup starved "a
death AZ Lima, Ohio, and his remains
were buried At public EXPENSE. He had
a son In Kansas worth $50 900, who re
{, 30 IN recognize or aid him" As yet
NJ ne OF the papers Of the state have
shown up the Kansas Mr.. Troup. There
fore, we call attention 90 IL again, with
the state, be will b. unearthed. Ii not,
the libel On Rsnaas should be refuted -
TOpekI CAPITAL
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A convenient little advertising plan
that comes from Italy is quite good
enough to have been Yankee concep-
ton. ItIsa railway ticket with pocket
for an advertising card. aud is In use on
the North Italy railway. The device is
SO simple, aud withal so servicesble TO
both traveller and advertiser, that It is
almost wonder that none OF our Amer
lean inventors has contrlYed a similar
Arrangement. II one buy s, for instance,
ticket from Milan to Venice, be finds
Inserted In the pocket 4 neatly print
ell sheet OF paper giving all
necessary Information regarding the
Venetian shops aud hotels. Each Ad-
vertisement sheet is divided into forty
spaces, twenty on each side. The price
OF advertising IN one of these spaces IL
fiflren francs. ar about three doilars, tol
ten thousands copies. When all the
spaces are occupied. the railway CON
pany thus makes an additional hundred
and twenty dollars on each ten Thousand
tickets sold.
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CHICAGO, EAPORIA d sOUFR-
WESTERN.

The more the matter OF the abov'
named road is studied by the buslnes'
men OF Enporis, the more they
realize ITS importance. The sus
gestion Of RocH Isl sud Interest attach
ing In NJ wav decreases the interest. Il
Chase cuun'y II really appears that the
aid will be voted, notwithstanding tn.
efforts of the Santa Fe to secure the
right Of way. II appears 10 us that it IL
''now or never" win Us ia railroad maj.
ters. These railroad booms come abpui
once in ten years, aud II is now hoOo
tide.
The mee'iog called for next Ssiurd y
IN this city will tell the Story. Enpof
is wall then have an opportunity Of
making record IL is 10 BE- hops d
that record will be a right one. Lit the
Whitley opera hCu be file from b. sc
TO dome On the occasion, anC every in
terest pertaining g our welfare as .
county, brought before the people
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Mis- Bayard,a Dea,h

The following particulars have been
learned regarding the sudden death OF
Miss Kate Bayard at Washington last
Saturday:
Miss Bayard had accepted an invita-.
ton TO assist Miss Cleveland at her re-
Ception this afternoon. and that lady
and her guests, Mrs. Utley and Mis-
Love, who were also 10 asslst at the re-
ception. were awaiting Miss Bayard's
arrival when they received the news OF
her death. Ii was Just about five min
utes to 3 O'Clock and the reception was
70 begin on the hour. The marine
band was statIsned in the vestibule
| and the leader was conversing with Col.
j. N Wilson with RECORD to playing a
tune as q signal for the opening of the
reception. Many guests had already ar
rived and were waiting for the doors of
the blue room TO be thrown open. The
president was engaged in conversation
with visitor in the library. Miss
Cleveland and her guests were chatter
Ing with Col. Lamont ia q parlor on the
second floor PRIOR In descending to the
blue room, where the reception was to
take place. The absence of Miss BaV
ard was commented on as singular, as
she was usually very prompt in such
matters and was momentarily expected
to arrive.
While they were wondering at her
delay a messenger notified Col Lamont
that MIR. Harry Bryan, private secretary
to Secretary Bayard, was 10 mis- Office aud
had something important TO communi
cate t. the president. Col. Lamont ex
cused bimseit and went to see Mr. BRYAN
That gentleman informed him that Mas
Bayard wss dead and that Secretary
Bayard mad instruct d him to commuli.
cate the fact To The PREF 11ent.
Col Lamont at once informed the
president who was very much shocked
al the unexpected intelligence and tn
two gentlemen j nned the ladies and an
n"uHced the sudden death OF their
friend. Orders were at once issued to
close the house The band was u.s.
missed and the people In waiting were
notified that the IT ception had been post.
pOOed, and ushers we're stationed at he
main door and at the carriage entrance
to Inform the callers that the house was
closed tor the day.
Tue news spread quickly throughout
the city and universal regret was ex.
pr sstd at the sad occurrence
The president On receipt of the M g.
sage firm Secretary B4Yard announcing
the death of his 4uRhtsr. recalled the
invitations tn dinner which be had lnA
tended 10 give Monday rvenind in honor
Mr. and Mrs. Ersstus Corning.
The pLSsicians exPFs;~se:f thu opin-
ION that Miss Bayard had been d, al for
sew raj hours when the attempt was
MADE to awaken her The inierment
will take place probably on Tuesday
next, at WIlmin gton. Delaware. where
T. cretarv Bavard's relatives are Buried.
The news of Miss Bavard's suddea
death caused profound sensation
throughout the city and tor . time IN
the absence of Any definite details q |
number of wild rumors circulated. The
facts as stated above are from an unques
tionable source.
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Brute in Human Form.

LINCOLN, Nh, Jan. 16.-A terrible
case of brutal lnhumanity in connection
with the cold weather developed here To-
dav when George Piner. a German .Iv
ing near here, came 10 town and inform
ed the county commissioners that there
was q family At mis- house which be
could not longer support and demandtd
that the county should take them.
The commissioner and phycieianl
went out to Piner's house and found his
sister her husband and their two child
rem In 9 horrible condition.
The man, whose name ts Kober, anC
who is parti lily paralyzed. had beer
compelled to herd cattle until his hands
and feet were frozen.
The first joints of the fingers of thu
right hand had dropped OF and one lei
will probably have 70 be amputated.
The hands and feet of the woman
we're terribly frozen. Yet this morning
her inhuman brother compelled her 4
go out and milk twelve cows.
Intense indignation prevails.
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DynamIte In Glardner.

OLATHE. Kas., Jan. 16.-In the town
of Gardner IN this county about $50
O'Clock last night an attempt was made
70 blow up billiard hall with dynamite
placed under the rear. Considerable
damage was done to the building and fur
niture. but fortunately no one was seri-
Ously hurt, although there were several
persons in the room at the time. A bit
ter feeling has existed for a long time in
the town against the hall, and several
attempts have been made to burn The
building.
Considerable damage was done by the
breaking of bottles in Shean Bros. drug
store, which adjoins the billiard hall.
TheIe is no clue to the perpeirstor OF
the deed, but Suspicion rests upon q
woman. the wife of one of the very fire.
quent visitors to the place. which has
the reputation OF being very bad hole
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DROPPED DEAD.
The Eldest Daughter of Secretary of
State Bayard
Dies Suddenly While Preparing to
Attend the Reception.
A Member of the Virginia hOuss o
Delegates Falls Dead.
Sudden Deaths.

WAsHINeToN. Jan. 16.-EIIss Kale
Bay ard. eldest daughter Of the secretary
of slate died suddenly about 8 O'Clock
this afternoon. The reception at the
White House was suspended immediate
iy upon the receipt of the news of her
death. Miss Bayard dropped dead a.
her home just as she was starting to the
White House TO attend Miss Cieveland's
reception.
RICHMOND. jan 16.-Dr. Thomas W.
Keene, member ofthe house of delegates
from DanvIlle, fell dead on the floor OF
ihe house few minutes before l O'Clock
today from heart disease. He had iusl
taken his seat after addressing the house.
he was sixty five years of age.
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Tbs neonIe - M Un,,a1 s,.,es

The people of the United States will
watch with deep intert st the impending
contest between the Republican senate
of the United States and the Democratic
president. Let everything be conduct
al openly aud above board. The NEWS
will watch the votes of the Kansas sen
ators with deep interest, and will also
be curious to know If the president can
be hOnorably accused of bad faith to the
people in his adherence to the pledges
male before ana after his election. An
important crisis is evidently at hand,
and somebody will get hurt