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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-09-16
Il WORD TO WORKING MEN.


With the soldiers reunion at our doors,
large manufacturing enterprise being
worked up, and a court house project al
most sure to carry, the prospects OF EN-
poria are assuredlY looking up. Neither
OF these three enterprises should be neg
lected.
The first is an assured success.
The second needs the aid of our capital.
lists, who, If they look to their own inter-
ests, can and will make a success OF it.
The last mentioned-the court house
proiect-needs only that every citizen
should do his duty by going to the polls
and voting for it, as 1t is q certainty be-
yond all dispute that new court house Is
an absolute necessity.
1t Is also an assured certainty that If we
do not build one now it will haYe to be
done in the near future.
It is also an essuted certainty that It can
meyer be built under more favorable cir
cumstances than at present.
1t Is also an assured certainty that ii
can never be built at as small a cost to th
county as at the present moment.
1t is also an assured certainty that It can
never be built when our credit is bette
han at present or when more favorable
terms from financiers may be obtained.
1t is also an assured certainty that 1t can
never be built when the amount of labor
necessary can be more easily had, at or
near home, only awaiting employment.
1t is also an assured certainty that every
workingman in the county, who has his
own interest, as well as that of the county
at heart, will vote for the project. as it
will make an immense amount Of work
to be done right here at home.
The workingmen may not be able to do
much in the way of subscribing stock for
the proposed mandatory. but they can
make q certainty Of the court house by
simply using their united interest and in
ducinG everyone to turn out and vote in
favor OF the project.
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EncOuragement for Ihe Feebl,

So long as the failing embers OF vitality
are capable of being rekindled into warm
and genial glow, just so long there is hope
for the weak and emacIated invalid. Let
him not therefore, despend, but derive en-
couragement from this, and from the fur
Their tact that there lie q restorative most
potent in renewing the dilspidated powers
of broken down system. Yes, thanks to
its unexampled tonic virtues. Hoststter's
Stomach Bitters Is daily reviving strength
IN the bodies and hope in the minds of the
feeble and nervous. Appetite, refreshing
sleep, the acquisition of flesh and color,
are blessings attendant upon the repara-
tive processes which this priceless invig-
GRANT speedily initiates snd carries to
successful conclusion Digestion is res
tored, the blood fertilized, and Eustenance
afforded 20 each DEMONSTRATING organ by
the Bitters, which Is inoffensive even to
feminine palate. vegetable in composition
and thoroughly safe. Use ii, and regain
vigor.
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State of Trade.

NEW YORK, Sept. 10.-Dispatehes to
Brsdstreet's this week from the leading
trade centers Of the country indicate q
continued improvement in the state Of
trade. The forecasts Of the recent week
regarding trade are being made good.
The western cities generally report trade
brisk and in large volume. Cincinnati
sends word Of general advance of
prices and an increasing demand
since the last reports. A marked
Improvement in the iobbing trade Is
noted at Detroit. At Louisville trade
shows q distinct gain over all preceding
weeks, and a spirited revival as compared
with preceding years. Kansas City
more liberal movement than has been
shown for several weeks. At Pittsburg
and other points further east trade has
been haltiug measureAbly owing to the
unreasonable hot weather. The tempo
rAry i'll effects of the hot weather on
New England trade is noted at Boston.
The bank clearings at thirty cities for
compared with 1854 ,099, 602 for last
week. The decline last week from the
total of the preceding week is 6-1O per
cent and this week the increase is / 8
per cent
The New York stock market shows q
frmer tone, consequent upon an i'm
prevement in earnings and the prospect
that the granger roads will form q har-
mOniouS pool. Speculation until close
Of the week was slack, but transaction in
stocks this week amounted to $780,
GOO shares against 1888 600
shares last week. Bonds were q little
more active, transactions in them
amounting to S5,347 900 (par value)
against "a 1885,, 600 last week. Money Is
much easier, call loans being quoted at
from to per cent, and in some in
stances lower rates are noted. Time
loans are up from to 6 per cent, and
commercial paper Is firm. Foreign ex.
change shows tendency to sitter rates.
The earnings Of fOrty-six rail-
roads throughout the country for
Sig, 557 900 in August, 1885. The New
York cotton market has been dull and
prices slightly weaker. The report of
the national cotton exchange places the
crops Of 1885 and 1886 at 6,275 900 bales,
against q crop Of 100000 bales last
year. The total home consumption OF
cotton for the year was the largest ever
known. Dry goods commission houses
at Boston report q fair amount Of business
with prices firm and an occasional adj
vance. While the mills are actively en-
ployed, consumption keeps even with the
production In the east. The inquiry for
crude iron is moderate. st. Louis wires
that an increasing volume Of iron is reach
ing consumption. The domestic wheat
markets have been without marked
activity. fl
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The Cotton Outlook.

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 10.-The Ma
tional Cotton exchange report, made up
by @. h. Parker, secretary, for the month
Of August, based OF the full returns from
al parts Of the cotton belt, says In COM
parison 20 last years cotton this seasons
cotton had not nearly 80 good star, and
low averages prevailed during the early
months, except west Of Mississippi and
In Tennessee, but in the Atlantic states,
and nearly all the territory east Of Mis-.
giseippi there has been an
improvement during the whole
Of August, and the fruiting season has
shown an advance instead Of retrogres-
sion. Within this area, however, the
crop Is generally late, and therefore
more exposed TO any future unfaVorable
influences. On the other hand. In the
former high rated states Of Texas and
Arkansas, and portions Of LouisfaEs,
the plants have suffered from lack Of
sufficient moisture, bill and prairie lands
being, Of course, the most seriously az
fected, and shedding has been frequent.
Taken altogether, however, the loss on
one side has been more than counter
balanced by the gain on the other, and
the general condition Of the crop e i'm
proved.
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CINCINNATI, Sept. 10.-Golden Smith
twenty year old son OF Judge Fsyette
Smith attempted to kill himself at his
fathers residence IN Arvondale Yesterday.
He has been in school until this summer
when he went into business at MlddletoWn,
Ohio. Night before last ne came home
aud seemed very much depressed
and yesterday morning after breakfast
the family was startled by the report of a
pistol shot coming from his room and
when they opened the door he was found
lying on the floor with a revolver by him
and bullet hole in his left side. His
physicians have some hope of his recov.
cry. A quarrel with young lady to
whom he was paying attention is supposed
to be the cause
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Applying a Neck Stretcher.

WAY Cross, Ca, Sept. 1O.-Near
Browns turnpike still, In this county,
Wednesday afternoon three negroes seized
Miss Williams, pretty eighteen year old
girl, the daughter of q prosperous planter,
as she was passing along the road-bent
on assaultlng her. Miss Williams scream
ed and resisted 80 valaintly that two Of the
assailants fed. Ths third, however, was
more desperate and threw her to the
ground. At this point her cries attracted
the attention of Mr.. Warren and at his ap-
proach the remaining negro fed. Mr.
Warren persued and after q chase of 9
mile and half through a swamp overlook
and overpoVered him after a desperate
hand to hand struggle. Having been led
back to the scene OF his crime and iden-
titled, the negro was hung to a convenient
tree and left swinging until this morning.
Two more necks will be stretched if his
companions are caught.
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WhIsky, bets. end BuIIets.

LACYGNE, Kas., Sept. 1O.-The pre-
Viously pleasant and successful fair held
in this city, closed this afternoon with q
tragedy, as the race was in progress.
Grant Ogden, about 20 years Of age,
while intoxicated. In clustering man
ner scccsted stranger, DR.. Weather
man, for bet. After a few words Og-
den drew his revolver and fred ct
Weatherman, who was not hit, the bullet
taking effect In the skull Of Chas. Smith, g
carpenter. aged 80 years, living q few
miles west Of LaCygne. Ogden then
fred Q second shot into the crowd,
which took effect in the thigh Of Bill
HungerfOrd, jr., OF the firm Of Hunger
ford Bros. g Hartman, RaVenden, Ark,
aged about % years, who was here visit
ing. Both Smith and Hungerford are
most estimable gentlemen, AID while
seriously injured ft IL not thought they
ara fatally hurt. Public indignation g
very strong and mob violence is appre-
hended. Ogden Il under arrest.
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The Balloon Rurst.

KANSAS CITY, Sept. 1O.-A special to
the Times from Charlottesville, Ind,
says: Miss Lulu Bates Of Cincinnati
made an ascension in gas balloon from
the fair grounds and came near losing
her life. When five miles north and
half mile above the earth she attempted
to descend. The graphing hook caught
but the anchorage was broken by q strong
wind which carried her among some
trees. The balloon was torn, the hooks
feet, when the balloon suddenly burst and
the basket decended like lightning.
She had the presence Of mind to brace
herself firmly against the top Of the bas-
ket and thus saved her life. She was
badly Jared however,
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An Ex-ConvIcs 1dentrnsd.

SEDALIA, Mo-, Sept. 1O.-Through q
communication received from the warden
of the Jeffersonville penitentiarY, con-
tainIng description Of an ex-convict
from that place. the burglar killed In this
city June 5, 1885, while engaged In safe
blowing, Is fully recognized as the party
referred to and named Carney, his father
being w. w. Carney of Bloomington.
Until now the identity Of the burglar has
been q profound mystery. as well as that
of his three accOmplices, one of whom is
believed to have been his brother, and
another companion convict released at
the same time with him. Further efforts
ing burglars,
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CHICAGO, Sept. 1O.-Mrs. Frank Com
fer, q widow, % years old, made q des-
perate and perhaps successful attempt
this afternoon to end the lives of her
three children and herself. Since the
wOman's husband died, year ago, she
has had several fits Of melancholy.
Strange noises in her apartments to-day
caused the neighbors to break in. Mrs.
Confer was found lying on the bed, and
clasped in her arms were her children,
aged two years and seven months re-
spectively. Upon the floor was an
empty bottle, marked corrosive subN-
mate. Mrs. Confer was conscious, but
hysterically resisted any attempt to save
her life. The babies were In q etupor.
Their mother was soon q corpse. To-
night st the hospital the little ones were
still alive and it Is thought they may be
saved. The mother has been out OF
money for some time and seemed to have
had no friends.
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AKRON, Sept. 9.-Sometime ago the
city council passed an ordinance giving
the Valley railroad the privilege Of CROSS
ing Ash street on grade with q switch.
The provisions OF the ordinance were
not generally known until yesterday,
when attention was called to if in pub
lished card. Fearing that the ordinance
might be revoked, the Valley road OIL
cials to-day ordered that force Of men
be set to work building the switch across
the street. They began shortly before 1
O'Clock. Soon several hundred men
came to the spot, being shortly REIN
forced by hundreds OF others.
The railroad men stood their ground,
but the shouting crowd closed about them
and in five minutes more, amid shouts
and cheers, ripped up the ties and rails
and threw them over into the Ohio canal.
Fer q moment It seemed a. though .
riot would be precipitated, but cooler
heads interviewed.
Tonight several hundred citizens are
standing guard, and arrangements have
been made to ring the city bells and call
out the whole town IL q further attempt
9 made TO lay the track.
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THE inconvenience of plate telegrams re-
ceived by express from Kansas City were
we'll illustrated in Garden City on Tues
day last, when the Washington dispatches
regarding alleged land frauds at that place
appeared in the Herald of that city, and
were not properly toned down to suit the
locality. A column article of explanation
appeared next day in the Herald, IN order
no doubt to save the editors scalp, as the
opposition paper had already opened the
ball by publishing an editorial headed,
"a Lie Nailed" The following is q sam.
pie Of the toning down process:
The headlines of the Washington dis
patch which appeared in the Herald yes
terday evening should have been that an
investigation should have been ordered in
the Garden City land district instead of
"Garden City land Office" In the rush of
getting out daily paper it is impossible
to be very exact and the use of the wrong
word often changes the meaning of the
writer and misieads the public.
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Rdmnnds nr che Genate,

BURLINGTON, VT, Dept. 1.-TWO hun.
dred and i've out of 240 towns have made
returns. The result shows that Edmunds ii
assured of reelection by an Overwhelming
majority. One hundred and sixty-eighl
towns have elected Edmunds represents
tives; twelve unpledged republicans, slx
anti Edmunds, sixteen democrats and
ahree Edmunds democrats. OF
the remaining thirty FIVE towns twenty five
will probably elect Edmunds' men. The
senate will be unanimous tor Edmunde,
franklin county electing the only demo.
cratic senator who is for Edmunds. The
republican state ticket is elected by 1900
to 1900 majority. The republicans have
elected all their local ticket. Tho state
prohibition vote will be much smaller than
was expected.
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What NIexico NTuatno,

NEW York, Sept. 10.-A Washington
special says the secretary of state, not.
withstandlng the release of Cutting, will
1t ID said, insist upon the aDrogation oi
article 1856 Of the Mexican penal code
which confers upon Mexican courts juris.
dlction under certain circumstances over
foreigners for offenses committed outside
OF the Mexican territory, or at least, Mr.
Bayard will insist upon the Remuneration
by Mexico of the right to subject Ameri-
can citizens under that code on the ground
that American courts have exclusive Grim.
inal Jurisdiction over offenses committed
within the. territory of the United States
by American citizens.
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war Agalnse the Lake shere.

CHICAGO, Sept. 11.-War against the
Lake Shore Railroad company In the town
Of Lake has broken out afreah and this
time In new and dangerous manner.
The latest method Is the use Of explosives
and the attempt TO destroy property Of the
company might have involved in loss of
life. A few moments before 70 O'Clock
last night James CALVIN, Night operator,
was setting N the signal tower Of the Lake
Shore company at the intersection of the
main and STOCK yards tracks. The tower
lie thirty feet high and In il Is machinery
by which switches, signals and gates for q
long distance along the line of road
are turned. Calvin was alone IN the top
Of the tower and had noticed nothing I'm
usual when he was suddenly startled by
seeing q column Of smoke arise az the out
side Of the structure. Il was . bright,
moonlight, 30 that he was aware of the
cloud, and an instant later the little room
was completely flied with binding
smoke, which had almost suffocated him.
CALVIN started TO rush down stairs 70 in
Vestigate the cause OF the unusual phe-
nomena, but as he reached the landing
below Q deafening explosion took place,
and at that moment CALVIN saw the
figure of Q tall, slender man dart
away from the building. The man ran
west toward the STOCK yards ana was lO5t
en- q labyrinth OF cars which cover the
tracks. At the instant the explosion oc-
turred CALVIN was thrown to the ground
with extreme force. Such was the force
of the explosion that a number of tools
were lifted from the floor and crashed
through the windows Calvin did not
lose Consciousness, and after pulling him
self together rushed out on the tracks
Officers Donovan and Costello were on at
the time at Root street crossing. A search
/ of the tower was made and a twenty incl
piece of gas plpe and a package of some.
thing which looked like cotton soaked in
some kind of dark LIQUID
was found, and smoke coming
from 1t and bright sparks were thrown OF
| A bottle containing what is supposed ID
be acid was picked IN near bv the door OF
| the signal tower. A lar and some danger
GUS explosive had been thrown on the
| floor. The explosion shattered all the
glass In front of the house. In the cellar
are batteries used for electric signals, and
there were one hundred battery cells in
the room and of these thirty four were
broke, not only this but the pneumatic
tubes, also used in signalling, was twisted
and the whole system ls utterly ruined. II
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HIGH CRIMES.
A Memphis Man Killed for Being
Found With the Wrong Woman.
A Negroes Neck Stretched for As
saulting a Young Lady.
Allen Cooper Hanged for Outraging
Young Girl
Important Land Decisions at the In
terror Department.
Geronimo stopped.


WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.-General Drum,
acting secretary of war. has given instruc-
tons that Geronimo, Natchez and other
hostiles who surrendered with them, be
stopped at San Antonio and kept III prison
there until determination is reached as
70 what course of procedure Will be taken
against them. 1t is officially known that
the surrender was not made without con-
ditions, but what these conditions were,
beyond an agreement that they should not
be surrendered for trial IN Arizona,
Ia not yet reported. It was
in compliance with this con-
dition that General Miles started with
the hostiles for Florida 4 determination
of the course of procedure will probably
be made by the president, but not until the
terms of surrender and all attendants cir
cumstances shall be officially known.
With the present knowledge it seems
probable that the offenders can neither be
tried by court martial nor by the civil
authorities, but may be tried a. the
Modocs were-bY military commission.
This is tribunal for the Institution of
which there are many well recognized
precedents in our own history, though it
is one which has as yet no recognition in
statutory law. The atrocities of those
prisoners though terrible as they were are
not thought to be such as would bring
them within the Jurisdiction of court mar
tlal which Is very limited, nor would the
civil courts in the absence of witnesses
meet the requirements of the case, al
though their guilt Is notorious. Under the
circumstances the military commission
which seems to be an intermediate be-
tween court martial and q tribunal Of
Judge Lynch and which is recognized by
leading publicists as Q necessity
under certain circumstances Is perhaps
the only court by which Justice could be
melted out to these murderers. The COM
mission Will be composed OF military OFF,
GERS and its proceedings would be similar
in character to those of Q court martial,
and little doubt is entertained by those
who know the character of the Apaches,
that there will be found among them q
member who will readily betraV Geroni-
mo and other leaders to save his own neck
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TAUNTON, Mass. Sept. IO-A singular
case is puzzling the doctors here. Miss
Minnie Clark was taken sick suddenly
Tuesday night and died Wednesday night
Her symptoms were somewhat puzzline
and after her death, DR.. Jones, of the state
board of health, was called In. He Is il
doubt, but says If there was single case
OF Asiatic cholera anywhere about he
should call this genuine case. In the
meantime he will see that every precau-
tionary measure ia taken 10 case it Is choI-
era. Medical Examiner Presley was seen
but refused to say anything about the mat
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ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. 10-The knights
OF Labor and members Of Central Labor
union and other labor organizations OF
this city, have combined, under the
name united labor party, and will hold
q convention Of delegates from various
assemblies and unions on October z, for
the purpose Of nominating a full city,
congressional and Legislative ticket.
This central committee has recently been
in conference with the greenbAck COM
mittee, and an alliance with them will
probably be formed. Prominent Knights
of Labor say that the new party will
have the balance of power in the coming
elections and If they cannot elect their
own candidates they can elect those of
either opposing party as they wish.
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Committee Tor CoussHps.

SAN FRANCIsCo, Sept. IO.-In Feb
ruary last Frank Jaynes, general super
intendent Of the Western Union tele-
graph company. was subpoenaed to
produce before Judge Mcguire Of the
superior court certain kilograms which
had passed between San Franoisco and
New York city, sent by either Of tbs
various persons named in the subpoena
70 any one Of the persons,
ON each and every day for
several successive days, covering
Q period Of six months. Supt. Jaynes
refused to search for or produce the tel :
eRrams and was committed for contempt
by writ Of habeas corpus and Of ceTtsoF-
aFi. The proceedings OF the superior
court have been reviewed and reversed
by the supreme court, and Supt. Jaynss
ordered discharged frsm custody.
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DURING the visit of the veterans of the
Grand Army to Los Angeles they Joined
in an excursion to the beautiful suburb
Pasadena. While there they learned
that Jason and Owen Brown, with their
sister, Mrs. Thompson, we're living near
by. They were at occe hunted up, and
the children of the old hero of Ossawato-
mie were put into a carriage, the horses
unhitched, and with long rope attached
the Kansas, Iowa and California boys
formed in procession and hauled the
family through the streets. the band play
ing John Browns Body" and the whole
enthusiastic crowd singing the stirring
hymn and cheering. The demonstration
visibly affected the occupants of the car
riage. When the procession reached the
depot Owen Brown made q pithy and
characteristic speech.
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State University.

NEW LAWRENCE, KAs., Sept. TO-
Hon. T. dwight Thatcher OF Topeka de-
hvered the address to-day before large
and appreciative audience Of students
and citizens on the occasion Of the open
ing of the fall term Of the state univer-
siEy. His theme was ttThe duty Of q stu
dent in q state institution An unueu-
ally large number OF new students have
been enrolled, quite number from otheI
colleges entering the freshman and high
er Glasses. An enrolment considerably
larger than that Of last year will un-
dOubtedly be reached. The outlook Il
most encouraging.