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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-18


For many years past q struggle has
been going ON between the Liberals"
and the Roman Catholic church in all
the countries of South America. And
In all of these countries bat Ecuador
the Liberals" appear TO be gaining
in power. Ecuador sill remains true
TO the church. Its army is divided into
four commands, called respectively,
'The division of the Blessed Virgin"
1.-THE Division of the Holy Ghost"
THE Division of the Son of God" AMI
the "DivIsion OF the Blood and Body OF
Christ" The Sacred Heart of Jesus"
is the national emblem. and the body
guard of the president is called THE
Holy Lancers of St Mary" No pro-
testants are allowed to reside 10 the city
of Quito.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-18
The Dead General.

WASHINGTON, Feb 1l.-rhe secretary
of war and several prominent army
officers will go TO PhIladelphia Saiur-
day to receive the remains of General
Hancock and will accompany them to
NorristOwn. A detachment of artillery
with guns hiss been ordered to pro-
coed from Philadelphia to NorIIstown
to fire q military salute over HancOck's
grave. This will be the only military
ceremony on that occasion as the fun
eral Is TO be private.
The president desired 20 e;tsBd the
funeral of Gen. Hancock, but finds that
1t was impossible for him To do so. The
cabinet will be represented by Secre-
tary Bayard, who will aci Ss a pail bear
er, Secretary EodIcott aud possibly Que
or two others. Secretary Whitley will
not be able TO attend. but will detail q
number of officers TO represent the navy.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-18

We are pleased to notice that the COW
boys on the lonely ranches Of Arizona
do not forget their social duties. When
:he work of the roundup" is ended
thew generally give grand ball which
Is conducted in the most Oon-ton man
ner. At such ball which recently
took place the order of the dances was as
follows: l, grand circle march; horse
hunters. quadrille: 3, csich-horse waltz ;
4. saddle up lancers; 5. bronco racquet 8,
captains quadrlle; Z, circulars gallop
8. roundup lancers; ., cut-out schot.
tische; 10, branding quadrille; IL, COW
and calf waltz; II, night horse lancers;
-. day herders' waltz; IA, maverick
polka; IS, bull and calves medley; 10,
stampede all.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-18

A glance at the list of surviving gen.
erals OF the late war shows that death
has been very busy In that connection,
particularly during the last few years.
In the common course of things, most of
those who won conspicuous places and
identified themselves in an enduring
way with the great movements OF the
Union armies should still be living; but
in fact, since the loss of Hancock, we
have only Sherman, Sheridan and Lo-
gan lett of the really representative
characters of that important and still
comparatively recent period OF our his
tory.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-18

a London psper Grsvely announces
the fact that colonial fne art exhibit
ton, consisting of both oil paintings and
water color drawings from Australia,
New Zealand, Canada and the United
States Will be opened" etc. OF course
1t must be aware that we ceased TO be a
colony when we whipped the British,
years and years ago; but it probably
thinks that the word colony" very tair-
ly describes nation which goes crazy
over so many things merely because
they are English.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-18

1t is the regulation thing TO laugh at
an Engiishman's accent. A traveller 81
a statistical turn of mind, who has iust
been all over this country, asserts that
he found at least fifty fully develcped
dialects. I'VE smile,n be said, Eat the
Britishers' MAJESTY and 'cahnt' and for.
get the 'wa-ar that the Delawareau saws
when he means well. fancy it is an
other case of six versus half dozen. Il
Is q common occurrence In restera
towns to say 'kehf for cafe sKeow'
for cow happens every day. well
educated people say moo Tor new
The affected drswl. which is supposed
to be peculiar 70 the EnElishman. can
be heard almost anywhere Il il een-
orally used by people making doxmsfio
statements of whose truth they are not
quite certain. - kiEadeEckts Press.
Gen. Beaurexard could, & in Franea.
isN4ully wrifs hinsalf Pier4e Gs,Sx@c's
10utsme de BsauFaesrd.
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Growing Anxious.

NEW YORK. Feb. 1O-The Post says
that persons connected with the Broad.
way railroad, now under Investigation
by the state senate coSmittee. are grow
ing anxious: that 1t is reported on good
authority that when the committee
again assemblies on Friday q certificate
signed by DR.. Loomis and another ply
sician will be presented, stating that it
will endanger the life of Dir. Sharp If
he is compelled u submit
TO further questioning, that he is sub
ject to heart disease and any excitement
may tend to aggrevate the trouble and
that he may drop dead at any time; that
the reading clerk of the common conn.,
Gil and several members of that body
who voted for the franchise have gone 10
FLORIDA, and that the man who IA cred.
tied with having distributed the corrup-
ton fund IS i'll at his home In New Jer-
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-18

The Christian AdU0cate wsxes Indig-
nant over the following paragraph
which recently appeared in a secular
paper: "The Methodists of-had full
house and grand time on Christmas
eve at the church. Many presents were
distributed from the tree. Every widow
received package of candy. A few mar
ried and young ladies were disguised
and sold to the highest bidder. The
gentlemen were not very spirited bid
ders, as the highest price realized was
only Il. cents. The purchaser, with his
prize. was provided with ticket for the
amount, for which they received lunch
together In the basement"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-18

The idea that heavily armored ships
were drifting into disrepuie Is not
sustained by the beginning of two mon
sters of the most formidable type by the
British government. The Trafalgar, 9
turret ship, the equal Of the Infiexibie
and of l2,OeO tons displacement, has just
been laid down, and sister vessel, the
Nile, will soon be begun also. Twenty
inches of armOr and eighteen knots of
speed will be their chief characteristics,
not TO mention four 6S-ton steel breech
loading guns.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-18

The Pacific coast is about TO be treat
ed TO another sort of "Sarah Althea"
sensation. Lucky" Baldwin. the we'll
known millionaire turfman, is the VIC
tim of q suit brought by Miss. Perkins
for breach OF promise. For five years
now, Perkins asserts,.she has waited for
"LuckY" TO iuihll his promise, and as
serts that her tender, sensitive heart has
been lacerated 10 the extent OF 100000
a year, $500. 900 In all. She must have
had wonderfully strong constitution to
have survived this amount of damage.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-18

Globe Democrat: The fact that pack.
ages of silver are sent from the treasury
TO California and find their way back
almost Immediately without having
been opened, ought TO convince the silver
men that wherever the difficulty OF
forcing silver into circulation may lie,
the fault does not rest with the treasury.
The efforts to compel the people to take
and use silver have been almost often
siYely persistent, but all in vain. The
dollars. as If by force of gravltAtion, roll
from private pockets into banks, thence
hack into the treasury. and all attempts
to divert the tlOw have been fruI;less.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-18
The Dalrymen

ST. LOUIS, Feb 12.-The morning see.
sion OF the second days session of the
Mississippi Valley Dsiry and Creamery
association VAS opened by the report OF
the committee on resolutions. Among
the resolutions adopted was one calling
a convention OF al dairy associations in
the United States tor the purpose
of framing and procuring the passage of
law prohibiting the sdulteraGion of
dairy products. After discussion az va
rious topics the coDvenuon elected the
following cflcers: Hon. N. J. Coleman,
president: w. s Trueedale OF ST. Louis
and r. A. GuIley, vice presidents; J. W.
Shepherd of ST LOUIS, secretary; and
w n Tfvy of 81. LOUIS. treasurer.
The convention tbs took Q recess until
2 O'Clock this AFTERNOON
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-18
Military Changes.

WAsHIEeT N. d. e., Feb. 10-The
death OF M&jpr GeLeral Hancock and
the retirement of Major General John
W. Pope, which will take effect on the
Sth If March mkt will cause two Va
cancIes il this grade OF officers aud pro-
motions all-slOng. There is coBsIdera-
BILE speculation in regard 70 the prInci-
pal vacancies The general impression
now 10 that BrIgadier General Howard
and BrIgadIer General Terry who are
rirst and second respectively in line IN
seniority will be Dsde msJOr generals,
but the friends of Bfigsdier Generals
Crook and Miles feel that their chances
Tor promotion are equally good.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-18
A RalIrOad

KANSAS CITY, Feb. IA Times
Wichita, Kansas. special says: A strong
local railway company was organized in
the city to-day and chartered under the
name OF the Kansas Midland Railway
company. Tue object is to build and
operate q line from Wichita TO
Red Cloud. Nebraska, VIA Hutch
isou II is believed here the en- the
teTprise has the backing OF
Arkansas valley route, now seeking the
right of way through the Indian Terri
tory from Fort Smith 10 the Indian Ter
ritnry. Cities, counties and townships
along the line will be asked 70 70 Q the
legel aid, and Of this can be done the
line will be built without delay. The
local directory contains the names of
three bank presidents and q number OF
known local gentlemen.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-18

Professor Berry. OF Carmi, Ill, says
that he is an Egyptian scientist and q
tornado crank. By holding his ear to
the ground he can tell 9 cyclone when it
is many miles away, and has exclusive IN
formation in regard to s wonderful Cave
in the Winds situated in the rocky fast
nesses of the Ozark region We conn.
IDENTIFY expect to see Professor Berry
blossom out as regular royal arch
weather prophet.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-18

In some places down south where
there has been plenty of snow. but no
sleighs, a number of enterprising people
hltched up horse TO their family rock
ing-chairs. and seated In them, went
speeding over the snow. But the fact
that the average rocking-chair would
only hold one person, tended to make It
uDpDpular
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-18

In Mississippi town the town coun-
ell was recently summoned to appropri-
ate money to paint the school house red.
Not member put In an appearance, q
fact which led the local paper to remark
that they would not have been so remiss
If they had been called together To paint
the town red
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He Resigned.

LEAvENwoRrH, Feb. u.-COunty
Attorney Wheat of this city. against
whom quo warrsnto proceedings have
been commenced in the supreme court
of the state for failing to do his duty in
prosecuting viOlatOrs of the prOhibitOry
law, ielegraphed q friend here to-day
that he had resigned the office Of county
attorney. No reason was given, but IL
is generally understood that he not care
to fight tue quo warranto writ
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-18
Dairy and Creanery.

ST Louis, Feb. 1.-THE annual con-
vention of the Mississippi Valley Dairy
and Creamery association was called to
order in the meeting room of the school
board in the Polytechnic building at 10
O'Clock this morning. Fully two hun.
dred delegates were present, from all
portions of the United States. The con-
venlon was presided over by the aseo
cations president, Hon. Norman J
Coleman. who opened the session with
the annual address of welcome, and alter
the appointment OF committees the con-
ventIon adjourned until 3 O'Clock this
aftarnoon.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-18
The Apachss,

SANTA FE. N. NJ. Feb 12-Advices
have been receIv-d from Fort Bowie,
Arizona. 1t military headquarters to the
effect that General Crook Ieavss there
To-day 80 meet Chief Geronimo at the
Mexican line and confer concerning the
surrender Of the Apacbes now on the
war path. Lieutenant Maus arranged
for . meeting Q month ago and the
Apaches bave SO far kept the compact
then entersd into. the hOsiiles are
worn out sod starved. General Crook
Will adopt more stringent measures than
ever n keep the Apaches on the reser-
vafiau
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Sensational.

KANSAS CITY, Feb IA Times
Columbus, Ksnsss, special says: Con
siderable excitement was occasioned
here by the arrest of B. Baer, n. IL.
Edmislon, r. q. Law;on, b. v, Gam
gar, j. Watson. C. 8. Woodruff, j s. B.
CopliD, A. Coplin and l.. W. Archer,
under a chsrgs of frauduIent trenssc-
lions concerning the mort4sgIng OF land
in this county az well As coupling some
of them with an attempt to destroy the
records of the land titles In this county
by dynamite last Summer.
The complaint was sworn to by Ed
win Austin, assistant attorney general of
Kansas, before squire Harper of Ca
lena. q. o. Stockslager, county attorney,
and the attorney general appearing for
the state.
The parties are to- night at Galena to
set hearing. The detectives who claim
TO have worked up the case have not
given the slightest Indication OF the ma
ture of the evidence, and while Tumors
are aflOSt about the matter, none of them
can be definitely traced.
Among those arrested are some very
prominent business men, and all are
prominent citizens of the county. It 10
generally understood that the matter was
worked up by Pinkerton's detective
agency.
While q great zeal of excitement ex-
ists there seems TO be desire among the
people to give the parties q fair and i'm
partial trial. with no desire to persecute
the innocent but q determination TO fer
ret out the guilty and let the law take
its coure.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-18
a Boy who Understand. EN-

The other morning = boy about IA
years of age knocked as the door Of .
house On Brush street and asked the
woman If she didn't want the snow
cleaned of the walk.
How much?" she cautiously inquired.
Thirty cents
Il won't pay it Hyou want to do the
work for 10 cents you can go ahead
He leaned on the handle of his snow
shovel and looked thoughtful, and she
finally queried:
''Well, what do you say?"
Its just as that woman around the
corner told me-" he replied. 81 shovel
ed off her snow and she gave me so
cents. l told her / was coming to ask
you, and she said"
II don't know her What business is
it TO her?''
Yes, but
What did she say?''
She said I'd get left She said that
any woman who wore a plush sacque
and passed 1t of for a $500 sealskin
would be mean enough TO go out nights
and shovel her own snow
Boy, whispered the woman. as she
turned white clear around her neck, sI
want You 10 clean OF the snow. When
you are through I'll give YOU a silver
dollar, and want you to o around and
tell that woman that any one Who buvs
and wears dollar store jewelry and IL
shilling shoes hasn't got sense enough
% fall of a bob-taiIed cari''-Desrosa
Free Press.
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The @ a. 3. REUNION ), Ig,eh,.a.

WICHITA, Feb. 10-COl. Stewart, the
department commander Of the g. A. r.
for the state of Kansas, has recelyed of.
fetal notification from all the railroad
lines 10 the state that q one fare for the
round trip has been agreed upon for all
parties attending the annual encamp-
ment which takes place 10 this city on
the 2Sd of this month, and that the
Union Pacific will run an extrS tram
from the weet, connecting with the Santa
Fe At Topeka. The department Officers
announce that II will be one of the mosi
important public occasions and demon
trations that eyer occurred In Kansas for
which the Wichita post are making
great preparations.
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A Annwer sTnntsn.

Can any enc bring US case Of kidney
or liver complaint that EleGtTic BitleTs
will not cure? We say they cannot. Sc
thousands Of cAses already permanently
cured and who are daily recommending
Electric Bttlers. Will prove. BFIght's
Disease, diabetes. weak Lack. or any
uTiusTy complaint quickly cured They
purify the blood, requisite the boWeIs.
and act directly on the dIseseed perts.
Every bottle guaranteed. For sale At
Soc. per bottle by B. Wheldcn e
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Inv sttE atIag.

COLUMBUS. O.. Feb 12.-The legisla
tive committee investigating chsrges OF
bribery in connection with the election
of Henry B. Payne, the senate to-day
heard the testimony of s. z. Duncan
who made the original charges, Con.
gresham G. 81. GrOsvenOr, ex-Represen-
tAtive Kahale of Putnam county, and
others. The session was secret and the
members took renewed pledges to make
none OF the evidence public. The COM
miItee adjourned to Monday.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-18

The New Orleans Pieaystase doesn't
ike the plaa frequently adopted of al
milting people TO revival meetings by
ticket. l. says: "By careful and ju
dIcious distribution OF tickets Of invita-
ton. It is believed that all SINNERS can be
kept away from Moody and Sanky re-
vfval v,1aafinOa
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No Reasons.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 10 = Secretary
Manning has prepared 9 reply to the
resolution Of the senate calling tor
papers relating to the administration OF
Internal Revenue Collector Mccormick.
of West Virgins He will forward
copies Of the periodical reports Of the
are all of the of1cials' papers on the
dies. They show no reason for Nc
Cormick's removal and none will b.
kiVea
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-18

Colonel Wright, the statistician, says
that the clergy throughout the country
are taking great deal OF interest IN sta
tIstics. "They have quite cleaned me
out of my last report" he said recently
and are studying these questions Of
practical life with 30 much vigor. that
in few years look to see them forget
al about their theological fights"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-18

Honduras is not a particularly pleas
ant country to live in. A stay three
months on its coast Is said TO be sure
death. while the anterior is infested with
all kinds of poisonous reptiles, so that it
does no good to take to the woods,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-18

There appears TO be about halt q
dozen malcOntents In Emporia who are
trying to stop the building of the Chi
cago, Emporia Il Southwestern. They
evidently have never heard of the bull
and the locomotive -Chase County
Leader.
You couldn't have hit the mark bet
ter If you had lived in this city for
wears.
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Rlowa 70 Pieoes.

81. LOUIS, Feb. IA special from
Joplin. Mo TO the Post-DIspatch states
that terrible mining accident occurred
at Webb City. Ho, last evening. Two
miners in the employ of PAge 8 Co.
he'd located = heavy charge OF eighteen
sticks OF giant powder for . 6nAl blast,
and were tsmpIo9 IL down. when the
whole amount exploded. Two men,
WEIGH and Peterson, were literally
blown 70 pieces. the largest fragments Of
their bodies that were found being .
foot and portion of lower limb
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Arrested.

MT. PLKAsANT. Penn, Feb. 12-Petes
Wise, president of the strikers organize
tloB, was arrested this morning by
Sheriff Sterling and taken to UnIousown
Jail. he was followed by numerous
fTiecds with ample means 70 bail hin
out Charges Of resistance aDd sssauli
EIll Be preferred against him.
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ChoIarn.

HILLsBoRo, Ill, Feb. pa violent
form of hog cholera is raging in this
section. A farmer Tt siding q few miles
north of here, lost ever eighty hogs out
of q drove of one hundred and fifty
within Q short time. He has tried every
known remedy, but 50 far has failed to
find anything that cur or prevents the
disease. A large number If Other farm
ers src also lOsi0g hogs rapidly.
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kearIee Fever.

SHENANDOAH. Pa, Feb. 1.-The
scarlet fever epidemic which began here
in December cont nues TO rage, and il
aggravated by the unreasonable weather
Of the present week. Upwards of two
hundred children have been carried of
by the disease within the last two weeks,
and there are over hundred cases now
In town.
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1t would appear that Mr.. Gladstone
and Sam" Jones do not agree. "5am"
despises theology aud botany, but loves
religion and flowers, while Mr.. Glad
stones great love for religion and flow
ers leads him to love theology aud bota-
ny also. When "Sam" hears this he
will probably say that he would not wipe
his feet with Old Gladstone.
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ProAlblainE S :nday Concerts.

CINCINNATI. Feb. lO.-The Law and
Order league has apparently accomplish
ed It's mission in closing the theateEs
and concert saloons in Cincinnati on
Sunday. Last Sunday there was no
thestF:c4l performances, but the saloons
With variety performance were open.
To dsy when Paul Hartman, proprietor
Of ore of filsse. Was called TO answer in
the police court, be said be and others
OF bis kind had signed al agreement ct
the Z. quest al The Law cod Order league
to give no more varsity performances oG
sunday hereafter, whegeupon tbs cass
Eas indeauitely postponed,
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NEW YORK. Feb. 1O.-COI. Z. G..
Kemble. a we'll known Journalist, and
for some years past the representative in
this city Of the CAlIfornia press assOcis-
ton, died tonight from pleuro pneu-
monia. He figured in CaliforniA's early
history and organized q committee on
the Pacific coast 20 assist emigration,
which served rs q pattern in the settle
ment Of Kansas and other western states
COLUMBUS, O.. Feb. 10.-Jobn @.
Thompson, land claim agent in Wash
and formerly sergeant-at-sTms in the
nstIOnal house, died at Seattle, W. T.,
this morning.
Troy, N. Y, Feb. 10.-Laura Don,
the actress. died at Greenwich this
morning.
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John L. Sullivan has issued chal.
lenge TO Paddy Ryan to fight with kid
gloves for 5000 a side. He also adds,
that unless Mr. Ryan accepts the chal-
lenge he will brand him as a coward
Of course If John l., brands Paddy as q
coward, that settles 1t, coward he is. and
coward he will be the rest of his natural
lifetime-accordin to the statoots.
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Dead

DENVER, Colo, Feb, 12-Hon. Geo.
q Bates died here at late hour last
night of Inflammation of the bowels
after an illness of less thsu 3 week, aged
II years. Bates was q native of New
York, moved to Michigan in 1884. was
one OF the organizers of the whig party
and was made 3 delegate TO the national
convention which nominated Har
rison IN 1910, ana Clay in
1884 He Was q close friend
of Webster, was United States district
attorney Ia California under Fillmore,
was appointed 10 Q sImilar Office from
Illinois to the territory Of Utah, where
be became famous in defending John
Lee Of the Mountain Meadow massacre
He came 10 Colorado in 1879, where he
resided until his death