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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-11

New York Tribune: There have
been several heavy seizures of opium
lately in San francisco and Alaska. In
the last case the drug was put up IN tea
chests, and would probably have passed
the custom house had not the fact that 1t
was not on the manifest attracted atten-
tion. The Chinese are the most accom-.
plIshed smugglers In the world For
i've and twenty years they have been
engaged In contest of wits with the San
Francisco custom officers, and the most
experienced among the latter cannot
venture 10 say that they know all the
ways that are dark aud tricks that are
vain of the singular people Dennis Kear-
ney used 10 call "moon eyed lepers."
At one time they Struggled quantities of
opium Ia tin cases made To resemble
eggs, dipped IN tar and rolled in saw
dust. AT another time they hid CYL
indrical tins in the bamboo legs of
steamer chairs. Then they utilized
the thick heels of Chinese slippers.
Again they saturated the flock Of bed
ding with opium, and carried IL ashore
rolled in their mattresses Their inven
tive capacity Is prodigious, and keeps
the revenue officers in a constant state OF
and suspicion, and so profitA.
bic Is the opium traffic that probably ii |
oue venture in ten succeeds the snug
glers are we'll paid,
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a Fearful Tale.

ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 4.-DevelOpments
Of q sensational character have been
made in the county chain gang. On the
18th of December Bud" Williams was
sent there. On the night of the memor-
able cold day, Saturday, the 9th ult.,
Williams had both feet frozen, as also
did another convict named O'Nelll. DR..
Boring paid daily visits to the camp and
each time examined Williams feet. The
feet continued to grow worse Early the
next week the flesh began to dropEoff
and the bones to crop out. The conylct's
feet-or, rather, what Is left
of his teet-present q most de-
plorable picture. HIS left foot has
dropped away piece by piece and bone
by bone until nothing but small Dor
ton OF the heel remains. The toes are
all gone, scattered sbost the house, while
the bones making the Instep have dis
appeared too The ankle bone Ii gone
and the bones of the leg are bare Of heah
for three inches above the ankle. On
the right fOet there is little or no flesh.
The big toe is gone and the others are
to the knees and it is with difficulty
that he is able 10 move. The
camps in which those prisoners are con-
fined are rOundly denounced as 3 dis
grace 70 the community. The shell
called house is not a lit place for anI-
mails to sleep ID. Even in moderately
cold weather great cracks four and five
inches wide are the rule and not the ex
ception. The hunks are not even sup
piled with straw, which would be mex
pensIve. The blankets are about as
thick as corn sacks, not even az thick
and warm as meal baggiDg. From the
men in chsrge and the conVicts it was
learned that one blanket is given each
convict, who sometimes sleeps with an
other, thereby using the blankets togeth-
er and Of course getting the benefit of
the two. The feet Of the prisoners will
be amputated Friday. The county COM
missIoners are examining into the case.
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TOO MANY WIDOWS.

The report OF the commissioner Of
pensions presents some curious facts.
At the close of the last fiscal year there
were On the rolls ''2,945 survivors of the
war OF 1912. and 1919 widows of those
who served in that war" In other
words, the widows outnumbered the
SURVIVORS six TO one.
According 10 the same authority the
total number of applications filed from
1871, when the law took effect for this
class Of pensioners, TO 1885 was: Sur
YIvors, 34.673; widows, 1883. This
shows how rapidly the SURVIVOR wild
ows have gained on the SURVIVORS.
When II Is remembered that the war
Of 1912 closed over seventy years ago,
surprise may be well excited that there
should now be more than twenty thou
sand pensioners on the rolls, OF whom
1912 are widows. At what age did
they marry, and are soldiers widows ex-
ceptionally endowed with long lives
Exact answers to these questions would
furnish interesting information. and
might reduce the number Of pensioners.
The commissioner says that extended
inquiries are being prosecuted with q
view TO purging the pension rolls Of the
various agencies Of the names of those
ffaudulently and illegally borne thereon
and great success is attending the work 4"
This assurance is general in terms. and,
OF course. does not apply to any special
class OF pensioners. But every class
should be carefully examined.
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Cane Growers, Conrention.

ST. LOUIS, Feb, 4.-The seventh an
nual convention of the National Cane
Growers association met here to-day
Col. N. j. Colman. commissioner of az
Ticulture and president of the assOcia-
ton, presided, and E. W. Deming of In
diana acted as secretary.
Col. Colman in his annual address
pointed out that the difficulty IN sugar
manufacture was the great waste in ma.
terial by imperfect extraction from the
cane, imperfect publication and by
scum. he suggested greater economy
IN the process and gave an interesting
history OF the growth of cane. sugar
making, end Improvements in ma
chinery. He expressed hope that con-
gress would make appropriations for
certain necessary experiments.
w. II. Clements of Sterling, Kansas,
reported an increased yield in MS section
over previous years. Charles ROUGH OF
VirdIn, Illinois, made seventeen thou
sand barrels of syrup last year as COM
pared with eight Thousand barrels the
preceding years. Professors Stevenson
and Parkinson of Kansas. and others
spoke about different processes. DIR. H.
w. Wiley, of the agricultural depart
ment, advised double milling and ex-
tracing of all the juice the cane would
Weld. The convention will continue
two days.
ST. LOUIS, Feb 5-Dr. II. w. Wiley's
address before the convention of the
Cane Growers association occupied the
morning session to-day. he spoke of
the result Of his official trip to En-
rope. He spoke of the ex-
traction of juice from cane
by diffusion as a decided success. He ad.
vised the publication of juice by double
saturation, first by lime and carbonic
acid and then by sulphuric acid. At the
conclusion of the address the convention
adjourned until 9 O'Clock this afternoon.
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WashInotnn Kntan-

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5-The senate
committee ON public buildings and
grounds reported fSvorably to the senate
yesterday on the bill making appropris-
tions tor public buildings at AtchIson,
Kansas, TO cost 800, 1000.
Among the bills introduced in the
senate yesterday were the following;
By Ingalls-To authorize the Atchi-
son Bridge company to construct and
maintain a bridge across the Missouri at
point near the city of AtchIson, Kans.
BY Plumb-To appropriate an ad-
dltionAl sum of $3.50, 900 for the compile
ton OF the public building at Fit. Scott,
Kans.
Also bill to appropriate a similar
sum for the same purpose for the public
building at Wichita, Kansas.
Senator Van Wyck, from the commit
tee on public lands, yesterday reported
favorably his bill for the relief of the
settlers or purchasers of lands within
the grant of the Northern Kansas rail-
road.
Several petitions were presented to
the senate yesterday from organizations
of Knights of Labor urging congress 70
open up the settlement of the territory
of Oklahoma.
Rev. Dewitt Talmage of Brooklyn,
New York, offered the PRAYER in the
senate Yesterday
The chair laid before the senate yes
terday q letter from the secretary of the
treasury In reply to the recent resolution
relating to the conscience fund. The
conscience fund, the secretary says, had
Its origin in the popular belief that the
donations of money received from per-
sons unknown were because of money
wrongfully withheld from the govern
ment. The fund now amounts to 3d.
222. 442.
The president has pardoned Geo. r
Sims, convicted of participating in q
conspiracy to defraud the government
in the pension case and sentenced to five
years imprisonment in the Southern Il
linols penitentiary.
The house committee on military af-
fairs to-day by vote of6 TO passed
favorably upon Representative Lairds
bill for the protection of the people of
Arizona and New Mexico. Il provides
for the raising of one regiment of vol
unteer cavalry in each territory for one
years service; Acomposed and differed
by actual residents of the territories
namad
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Making Java CoRee.

Coffee, like wine, becomes better as il
grows older. Age also improves its ap-
pearance. The best old Java Is bright
yellow-the effect of time upon a well
formed bean of dirty-green color. But
all yellow, nice-looking coffee is not
Java, nor is its color proof of its merit.
Cheap Santos by a newly discovered
method may be converted 10 resemble
the best of Java A bean of coffee If put
into water will swell. This is the initial
means employed to produce imitation
coffee out of small, imperfect grains.
Once swollen the coffee retains its inflat-
ed size. 1t is then bleached and dried,
and in a few days is made to resemble
coffee that comes to a rich. desirable
hue through great age. But the imita-
ton coffee does not deceive the elect.
ANY dealer of experience can perceive
the difference between the fraudulent
and the genuine. The imitation looks
better and sells better to the consumer,
and fetches better price than it would
had 1t not been doetOred, but close in
spection VIII show the grains to be of a
withered appearance. lacking in what
may be called tone, and sadly wanting
when they come to pot, in aroma.-E,s-
-NeBs
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LNCOMsLsTANT.

We are in receipt of some rather in.
terestlng reading matter consisting of
abstracts from letters written by some Of
the leaders Of the court house meeting
here last Saturday. These letters were
written TO parties in Eldorado and are
in support of the Santa Fe project As
against Iihs G. E. 8 s. W. railroad.
Strange, isn't it that these gentlemen
should be writing letters urging the sup
port of the Santa Fe project in Butler
and Chase counties while they are At the
same time doing their utmost to defeat
what they claim TO be part OF the same
Santa Fe project IN Lyon county, their
main opposition to the G. z. s. 8. W.
railroad being made upon the ground
that 1t is part of Santa Fe scheme to
lock other railroads out OF our city and
county. If these gentlemen are work
ing in the interests OF any road for pay
or IL they are seeking to destroy any
project that does not include them, they
could scarcely be more inconsistant 10
their ways.
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Mr.. Gladstone's personal triumph is
one Of the most remarkable in all his
tory. It may have been won, as charged,
by strategy and indIrection. but that
does not alter the fact that he has proved
himself to be the most potent man of his
time in British affairs. and compelled
royalty TO turn to him in q sense for the
privilege of continued existence. Per-
haps he will not be able to maintain his
position Tor any great length of time
but his chances in that respect are
clearly much better than they were
when he was last at the head of the COY.
ernment-snd even If he shall only con.
tinue to hold the reins for month, II
will still remain true that he mas
achieved victory which materially in.
ereases the measure of his fame.
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TALES OF WOE.
People Suffering With Cold in
Western Kansas.
Prisoners Fest FrOzen OF in a
a Georgia CalabOOse.
An. Eccentric Old Lady Found
Burned to a Crisp.
Terrible suffering.

+ AEAvBSWoRTH, Feb. IA travelling
man uamed w. e. Pell. who travels in
Western Kansas for Arthur Simmons,
the cigar manufacturer, came in yester-
day and tells of his terrible experience
At Ness City. Meas county, during the
recent cold weather. He says the cold
was intense out there, and 1t was almost
impossible to keep from freezing
in the house beside the IRE.
The supply OF coal gave out and the
people were compelled 20 burn corn. for
which 20 cents . bushsl was charged. A
banker had purchased the lest ton of
csal Left In the city for e32, the ordinary
price charged being $25 per ton. There
was terrible suffering amOnd the poorer
people OF the place, Is It WAS almost Ger.
tain death 70 venture out OF doors dur
ing the coolest days. Mr.. Pell staid
there two weeks. and finally decided
after standing all kinda OF hArdships, TO
ry and reach the railroad ct Hays City
which WSs forty-tiVe miles away. The
Journey across the plains was one never
to be forgotten. All along the readable
were seen hundreds OF cattle frozen TO
death. The bleak, sharp winds were
very cutting, and before they reached
their destination blizzard struck them
and when they reached Hays City Mr
Pell's hands. feet and ears were badly
frostbittsn, and his companion was 90
badly frozen that his recovery ia doubt
full.
He says that the same state of affairl
existed in nearly all of the extreme
western cities IN Kansas, and that the
cattle frozen will amount to an Immense
number There also has been somt
loes of life
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Prize Fight.

New YORK, Feb. 3.-The fight ar.
ranged recently between Jack Dempsey
and Jack Fagarty of PhIladeIphIs, for a
stake amounting TO 5000 occurred in
this city at an uptown house last even.
ing.
Dempsey Is % years old, stands 5 feet
So inches and weighs 14S pounds,
FagartY is 81 years old, 5 feet inches
and weighs 149 pounds.
The men entered the ring this morn
ing. In the fret round Dempsey fought
cautiously, hitting at the stomach, while
Fagarty cOuntered on the chin.
During the second round Dempsey
planted terrific letthsnder on Fagar-
y e nose making the blood squirt.
In the third round Dempsey almost
closed F0gArty's left eye. Fagsrty fought
gamelY but hit short while Dempsey
made every blow tell.
In the fourth round Dempsey almost
knorked his antagonist down with q
blow In the stomach Fagarty then be.
gan to show weakness but rallied in fine
style.
In the eleventh round Fagarty was
knocked down by blow on the jaw but
he got up and fought again although
covered with blood
In the sixteenth round Fagsrty
twisted Dempsey on his his back, but
did little harm and IN the next round
Dempsey broke Fagarty's nose with q
left handler.
Fagarty kept growing weaker but
came up 70 the twenty. seventh round
when he threw up the sponge and Demp-
sey was given the battle. Time one hour
and forty.seven minutes, kid gloves. By
the terms of the match the men were TO
weigh $50 pounds each and the winner
was to take the entire amount ct stake.
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A Murderous Prisoner.

PITTsBURG. Pa, Feb. A. It Is report
ed that Q revolt occurred In the River
peniteAtiarY this morning 10 which three
deputies were injured. A prisoner
named jas. Clarke, serving seVen years
for burglary, had been ordered 70 the
dungeon for dIsobeyIng the rules. nc
Kahn and Greeves repaired 10 his cell 20
escort him to the dungeon.
In a8Nmgarded moment be turned upon
them with large knife which he had
secreted in his coat. He first made Q
desperate lunge At McKsin and plugging
the knife into his neck. He then stabbed
hum in the right temple. Turning
from McKain he thrust the bloody Weap-
on into Greeyes right shoulder-bIade
twice. Deputy Edwards hearing the
noise came 20 the aid Of AcKain
aud GreeVe, bat before he could
reader them any assistance
Clarke fellsd him 20 the gro0nd with Q
terrible blow and jumping on him beat
and kicked ham in . frighsful manner.
By this time the guard had been aiaRm-
ed and Clarke Vas OverpoWered and
placed Ia the dungeon. McKain is Der.
haps MORALLY wounded. GreeVes and
Edwards are seriously hurt. but will re-
coVeF
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Topeka Commonwealth: There has
been q good deal of surprise manifested
that the committee on spportiOnment
did not sooner present bill to the legis-
Isture, but, in view of the result, it sp-
pears that the delay INDUCED in by the
committee was the part of wisdom. The
senate committee did not agree upon
any item in the bill without counseling
each senator, and learning from HIM his
first, second and third choice of the ar
raDgement of counties IN his district, or
that were proposed to be placed IN it. A
strict regard for their wishes, consistent
with the best interest of the state, was
observed in all cases. AS q result, thirty
two senators had signified their inten-
ton to support the dill before it was in
troduced. Only three were disposed TO
make any serious objection to the bill
ard they were not objections to the ap-
portionment for senators, but 10 the
arrangement of representative districts
In view OF the enoTmity Of the work in
their hands, the committee on apportion-
ment are to oe congratulated upon 80
happy an issue out of the fluctuations
which surround legislative spportion-
ment
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Mr.. Horace seAVer distinguished him
self In Boston the ether evening at the
anniversary celebration of the birth of
Tom Paine. According to the Boston,
Post. Mr. SeHver "told the audience some
new and remarkable facts in history.
he followed the history of Tom Pane
from Long Island TO Yorktown, where
CORVALLIS surrendered to the American
forces ewing entirely to the fact of Mr.
PAine's presence" At this the audience
applauded, and man In the gallery
said:thAt "SeAYer knows more history
than Macaulsy." Evidently it was q
great evening for Seaver and American
history. Mr.. Paine, belng dead, is pre-
cluded from coming out in card re-
questlng that he may be saved from his
friends.
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G. A. r. EncaInpmeur

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 5-TwU hundred
and thirty posts of the q. A. R. of this
state are represented at to-day's annual
meeting of tha State Grand Army Brig
AIDES. Among the notable persons pres
emit are General Lucius Fairchild, Gen
eral Edward Bragg, Colonel James
Davidson and General Rusk, now gov.
ernor OF this slaSe
This is the twentieth annual encamp-
ment of the order in Wisconsin. Be
cause of the tact that politics worked
their way into the order early in its his.
tory, II became weak and almost died
out, and was for number of years little
better than nothing in this and other
states. During the past eight or nine
years it has been nOn- politicsl IN its
character. hence it has prOspered.
This afternoon a special meeting OF
the members of all the old Wisconsin
cavalry brigedes will be held to make
arrangements for q celebration of the
18th anniversary of the first organization
OF cavslrV regiment In this State,
which will occur April 10th next.
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Our esteemed contemporary, the
Louisville COurier-J OurndL, asserts,
with good nature but positively, that the
major and most interesting portion" of
a recent report made by the Hon. J. J +.
Ingalls, upon a resolution directing the
preparation of an official seal for the use
OF the senate" was taken from the COur-
ieT-JOurTaGL. If Mr.. Ingalls, expects to
be candidate for q certain nomination
in 1888, he cannot too soon make it a
rule not to steal anything whatsoever.
Besides, he's smart enough 70 write his
own reports.-NeD York Sun.
Betcher life. j. j. Ingalls, is from
Kansas
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A Missouri paper says Frank James
holds Ex-Governor Crittenden blameless
for the death of his brother Jesse. He
says he don't believe the ex-governor
ever contemplated their assassination or
gave the Ford boys instructions to kill
either OF them. Now that Frank has
extended his forgiveness, it brings Gov.
ernor Crittenden from the depth of DO
litical obscurity, and makes him a no
mean opponent of Cackrelrs In the sen.
atorial contest
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Globe Democrat: Sunset Cox is gen.
orally regarded as a mercurial and flip
pant sort of person, and yet when he was
offered liberal number of shares OF
Pan Electric Telephone stock he return
ed them with the wise observation that
they could not be very desirable ''or
they would not be sent around so fluent
ly," whereas Mr.. Garland. who is espe-
cially celebrated for his profundity,
caught at the bait very readily, and now
bangles in the atmosphere for davis to
peck at. This seems to prove that 1t is
better sometimes TO be humorist than
to wear the sober mien of deep and un-
compromising wisdom"
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The following still remains on the
statute books of New jersey: "Thst all
women of Whatever age. rank, profess
sion, of degree, whether virgins. maids
or widows, who shall after this act i'm
pose upon, seduce and betrsy into matri-
mony any of his majesty's subjects by
virtue of scents, cosmetics, washes,
paints, artificial teeth false hair or high
heeled shoes, shall incur the penalty of
the law now in force against witchcraft
and like misdemeanors"
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A virginia Lady OF che oIaea Tins


But what is the Virginia lady doing
all this timer 1t is not hard TO -.
when one thinks Of the great house, tie
many servants. the hospitality shown to
strangers, and the absence Of towns.
She Is housekeeping body. She has
to provide for her household, and g she
can not 60 shopping 70 town, she must
keep abundant store of everything ahe
needs. Often she must teach her chill
dren, Tor very likely there Is NO school
near, to which she can send them She
must oversee and train her servants.
and set one 70 spinning, and another 90
sewing; but she does not find it so EASY
to have nice work done; her black slave
are seldom skilled, and she has to send
70 England for her finer garments.
There is no doctor near at hand, and
she must try her hand at prescribing for
the sick on the plantations. and must
nllrse white and black. In truth. the
the Virginia lady save.; the Old Donip-
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Not coed Example.

ATLANTA, g., Feb 5.-Bisbop Beck
with sunounced his decision In the &C.
cIesiastlcaI court Ia the Armstrong case
this morning. The court found Arm.
strcng guilty of violation Of his ordIna-
tion vows. He confessed 70
beer IN . hotel and
visiting = house of ill-fame. AL.
though 90 a lzudsble mission it wa not
setting good example TO his flock. The
penalty - Doe more than ten yearA sus-
pension, bat the bishop has not pro
no1nced the sentence yet.
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Lo, the poor Indian, is best taken care
of when represented by a wooden i'm
age placed 10 front of q cigar shop.
When thus represented and dressed in
traditional habiliments, he Is subject
Of attraction and admiration. In this
guise he is a non-consumer and non-
producer. He pays no taxes. but never
theless receives stAtutatory and police
protection. Occupying this position
Lo is designed for q sign. Aud without
a sign of recognition on his part he at
tracts, for which no reason can be as
signed other than that, like the good In.
dian of old, he is resigned to his fate. The
real Indian is fast disappearing, and in
the future by this sign he will be known.
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Colonel NJ NJ. Murdoch Is busy now
refusing To run for governor. Marsh,
where have you been keeping this mod
esty all those years Topeka Capital.
The "modesIy" struck Brother Muir
dock last Sunday evening after the spirit.
ual ''see-once" in the Wichita opera
house by Prot. Hume.