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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-11-22

The total number of articles Of the va
rious kinds Of stamped paper emitted
was 2, 200, 625, 16O, representing $50. 628, :
321. Statistics are given showing
that in the cheapnesS of postage, the
number Of post Offices, extent of mail
routes, miles Of service performed,
postal revenue and postal expenditure
and number of letters and other
pieces of mail matter transmitted in
the mails, the United States is now
conspicuously ahead of every other
nation in the world The statistics of
letters, ETC., transmitted during
the year which are the first accurate
statistics of the character ever pub
lished by the department are as fol-
lows: Letters mailed 1893, 800. 600;
newspapers and periodicals mailed, L.
O63, 100, 900; pieces of third and fourth
class matter, 672 300, 600; total, 1885,
600 900.
The third assistant recon-
mends that in some of
the larger cities the pneumatic
tube or some equivalent underground
system OF transportation Of mails be
adopted; that the present contract for
letter sheet envelopes be rescinded and
that as a substitute for the franking
privilege members Of congress have an
annual allowance Of money for the
purchase of postage stamps with which
to pay postage on speeches and other
official matter sent in the mails.
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v.In.hI. Ho,,. YIe,h.

SToSY FORD. n. Y, Nov. I6.-In
November, 1876, Governor Leland
Stanford visited Stony Ford and pur-
chased Of Charles Backman thirteen
head of gilt edge trotting stock for
s41 200. This purchase 1.-THE largest
ever made by one man up to that tIne1
included ElectiOneeF by Hambletonian
out of Green Mountain Maid and
Elaine by Messenger Durock,
out of Green Mountain Maid.
The price of this fine stallion
was SI2, 500. and of the filly 1000.
Since then S1OJ. 600 has been refused
for ElectiOneer and Elaine has trottetl
in 2:2O and produced Norlaine with =
One-year-old record of 2:3I IL To-day
William Russell Allen, who is found,
ing bresdipg farm at Pittsfeld, Mass
achusetts, visited Strong Ford with
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Throurh a Railrnad Rridra.

Ell DORADO, Kans., Nov. ga
heavily loaded cattle train of twenty
five cars on the Missouri Pacific rail-
road went through Walnut river bridge
near this city last night. The engine
and ten cars were completely wrecked,
and many crippled. Fireman Kellogg
was thrown about fifty feet, but
although badly bruised. crawled back
into the wreck and held up Engineer
Spencer's head and kept him from
drowning for fifty-fve minutes, until
they were rescued. Spencer was
caught between the engine and tender
and terribly injured. 1t is thought he
cannot recover. The loss to the COM
pany will reach $50, 900.
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The Chiokasaw Governorship.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 16.-Advices from
Indian Territory obtained from a
gentleman who arrived at Little Rock
yesterday from Chickasaw nation rep
resents affairs in that section in q
critical condition. Partisans of Byrd
and Guy, contestants for the guber-
material Office are heavily armed and
the capitol, Tishomingo is in great
been made to submit the election of
governor to cymmittee of five leading
Indians of the Choctaw, Cherokee,
Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole ns-
tions and abide by their decisions. II
this is done the gentleman says blood
she'd will be averted, otherwise the
ChickaSaW will drift into anarchy.
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Hutchinson win Celebrate.

HUTCHINSON, Kas., Nov. 16.-Prep-
arstions began to-day for the republi-
can jollifcation which takes place to-
morrow. Large flags and banners
are strung across the streets with pic
lures of the triumphant ROSTERS while
an immense flag in the center of the
city bears the names of Harrison and
Morton. Several prominent orators
will be present and provisions are pro-
vided for many thousands. All the
bands of the city are engaged and visit
ing marching flambeau clubs will be
present from many points. The com
mittee in charge estimate the atten-
dance at %, 600. There will be at least
ten bands in attendance.
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A aanaral Wraok.

WHEELING, w. Va, Nov. 16.-Lim-
tied express train No. 8. coming west
on the Baltimore & Ohio road at $50
last night, ran into an open switch q
Valley Falls, ninety-three miles east
of wheeling, and collided with the en-
CINE Of an east-bound freight which
lay on the siding. Both engines left
the track and the mail and baggage
cars Of the passenger train were tele-
scoped, but the other cars were pro-
tect0d by vestibule connections and
suffered no damage. Ed. d. Dwyer,
engineer, and John Shay, fireman, Of
the passenger train, were instantly
killed; Postal Clerk Hall, VIM. Clinton,
engineer of the freight train. and q
brakeman named Contri was also
killed. Two unknown tramps were
were found dead in the wreck. The
freight received orders to side-trach
and Contri, the brakeman, opened the
switch, but forgot to close IL after the
freight ran onto the siding.
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Admission Of Dakota.

MINNEAPoLIs, Nov. 16.-The Jour
nal. Bismarck, Dakota, special says.
It is reported that a meeting of
prominent citizens OF North dakota
viii be held here soon to discuss the
feasibility of calling an early constitu-
tional convention so that the admis-
sion of North Dakota may be brought
about at the first session of congress
after the inauguration of Harrison.
Tho North Dakota campaign commit
tee have demanded of the secretary OF
Dakota territory the certificate of cleo
ton of w. r. Bierly as delegate to
congress. They assert that the vote
cast for Matthews and Hardin are void
South Dakota having the necessary
qualifications for statehood.
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Striking switohman.

INDIANAPoLIs, Nov. 10. The strike
of Louisville. New Albany s. Chicago
brakemen continues and no freight has
been moved into or out of Lafayette.
The company Yesterday afternoon
made up train at Lafayette which
was moved under the protection of the
sheriff and police without brakeman to
a station ten miles out, where it was
side tracked. The strikers endeavored
to board the cars and draw the coup
ling pins, but were prevented. Four
arrests were made and warrants are
out for others. The tracks near La
tayette have been sOaped and CREASED
for some distance. The company
claims that some of the strikers desire
to return to work but have been intim
idated. All strikers have been mott
fed to call at the company's Office and
receive their pay.
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Paiaa atatAmant.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-A dispatch
from the City of Mexico reporting that
ex-Minister Foster had presented
claims against Mexico to the amount
of 5000, OOO, 900 is without foundation
in fact. Foster went to Mexico on pri-
vHte business and presented no claims
against that government. The trouble
recently reported from FL PasO is an
old story. The Mexican government
made the first complaint because an
American company, the Ell Paso Land
and improvement company, were con-
structing works on our side which'
caused the Rio Grande to cut into the
Mexican river bank. The Mexicans,
to protect their side Of the river, began
to build wing dams, which stopped the
damage. but it was asserted by the
Americans caused the stream to injure
the American bank. The whole Ques-
ton IS before the state departments
here and in Mexico. and Will be AMIGA
bly, arranged in such a manner that
property shall not be injured on either
side.
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their use in the time OF war as auxil-
larry to the regular navy.
The Philadelphia Board of Trade
then presented the following resolu-
ton, which was endorsed by the New
Orleans chamber of commerce:
Whereas, The danger Of contagiOn
must increase year by year, common
surate with the increase Of population
and the growth Of facilities of travel.
Therefore. be 1t
Resolved, That the national govern
ment should appropriate larger sums
foc carrying on the work of national
board OF health, and that the efficiency
Of this board should be increased by
any legislation needed in the due ex-
ercise of its powers.
The resolution was unanimously
Afli0nrned alma die
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Dun,s Weskly Review

NEW YORK, Sov. 16.-R. q. Dun &
| Co.'S weekly review of trade:
The volume of legitimate trade con-
tinues large, but in important branches
the transactions in anticipation of an
improvement in prices were so large
prior to the election that comparative
dullness has followed.
The war of rates between trunk lines
is the chief cause of disturbance in
speculative circles, but there is also
some foreign realizing, and men are
beginning to consider whether the dis
putes between this country and Great
Britain may not disturb the current
of investment. The stock market has
therefore been heavy and the average
price has declined during the past
week about 81 .12 per share.
Wheat speculation has been sat up
on heavily by the stOppage of exports
from the Atlantic ports and the enor-
nous movement from the Pacific coast.
Another depressing feature has been
the export Of 4, zoo, 900 bushels of corn,
| in five weeks against z. 800 COO last
year, pointing to less foreign demand
for wheat. With assurances of larger
supplies corn is 8 to cents cheaper,
with speculation narrow and sales of
only 4 200. 900 bushels for the week.
Oats are one cent dearer. Cotton
has risen an eighth with sales of $780,
600 bales, and coffee has risen a quar-
ter with sales of 200 GOO bags, while
oil, after little advance closes as last
week. The market for cottons is rath-
er quiet, and print cloths with light
goods Of low grade are very firm.
WoolenS move eluggishly, but with
out some advance in the price, which
the cheapness of foreign goods resists,
enlargement of production is scarcely
to be expected.
The boot and shoe trade continues de-
cidedly active and promising.
Excessive production has weakened
the anthracite coal market. Interior
demand for bituminOus coal has fallen
of. The coke output in western Penn
sylvanIa' exceeds ali past records.
While the demand for iron and steel
was larger, the production appears at
present TO have increased even more
rapidly and the market seems rather
weaker. Sales of No. ], southern. here
at 1850 are reported. Bar IS also
weaker in tone, quoted at $l85 and it is
stated that steel rails have been sold at
S26 in one case at Pittsburg. and the
Chicago quotation, S29. 80. Is
hardly equivalent to that figure,
though some eastern sales at S2S are
also quoted.
Money Is not easy at Nashville, firm
at Kansas City and in active demand
at Memphis. but nearly all points have
an ample supply and the treasury
observes that the demand for currency
has fallen on. Scarcely any complaint
IS made of collections.
The bank clearings outside Of New
York continue large but foreign trade
does not improve.
| Treasury disbursements for the week
have exceeded receipts by only $780,
600.
| The failures during the week mum.
Der 237 as compared With u total of 22e
last week and go the week previous
For the corresponding week of last
/ year the figures were 225.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, Nov. 15.-Rumor
reached here this morning from Chris
tian county, the home OF the famous
Bald Knobbers, notifying Dave Walker
to the effect that five of the witnesses
who testified against him in his trial
for murder have been lynched by ex-
Bald Knobbers. 1t is said the friends
of waited until the supreme court had
passed upon the case of Walker, and
when it was announced that the ex-
chief of the Bald Knobber regulators
must hang they Swore vengeance on
the five living witnesses who brought
him within the shadow of the gallows.
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unreilinr Of tbs Seward Statue.

AUBURN, n. Y. Nov. 15.-The cere-
mony of unwilling the Seward statne
took place to-day in the presence of q
large concourse of people, including
many distinguished guests from out OF
town. The w. b. Seward republi-
can club of New Y ork came in q body.
The public schools were closed for the
day and several local military and civic
organizations attended in body. The
weather was unpropitiOus and the
outdoor exercises with the exception
of the simple act of unwilling were adj
journed to the opera house.
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Offering Big Inducements.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, NoY. 15.-C.
j. Jones, of Garden City, Kansas.
member of the legislature and a
wealthy rancher, has purchased Major
Benson's entire herd of tame buffaloes
consisting of fifty head, and here for the
purpose of conveying the animals to
his ranch in Kansas, where he has
about a dozen head. 1t is said that
the dominion government is Offering
big inducements to Mr.. Jones if he
will resell the buffaloes so as to retain
them on their corral at Stone Noun
tain
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Annual Report OF the Chief Constructor of the
Navy.

annual report OF Gh9 Gn!oI COneuuctor OF Tue
Navy.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-Chief Con-
structor of the Navy, Theodore Wilson,
has submitted to Secretary Whitney
his annual report of the operations of
his bureau during the last fiscal year.
1t shows that the sum expended in the
repair of ships, purchase of tools, ETC.,
the payments made on account of YES
sells building under contract up to Oc-
tober 81, aggregated IS .266 1876. The
present strength of the navy and
condition of the vessels is stated as
follows:
Five double turreted monitors await
ing completion.
Two belled cruisers preparing ways.
Thirteen single turreted monitors in
ordinary.
TWenty-three unarmored steel and
iron vessels. four of which are in COM
mission, eleven building. two re-
pairing, five on station and
one, in ordinary, twenty-eight
wooden steam vessels nearly all on
station or undergoing repairs and
eleven iroE and wooden steam tug
boats.
The estimates for the next fiscal
year aggregate, is 1896 ,562, while the
appropriations for the current fiscal
year were $685., 952. In addition TO
these estimates @35, 400 will be required
to meet payments on account of bulls
and outfits of new ships. but this sum
has already been appropriated.
The report states that the old sloop
OF war. Hartford, can be repaired for
SIG, eco and would be valuable for ser
vice as cruiser for several years. lie
adds that her past record
OF Admiral Farragut's flagship
victorious in battle, both over iron clads
and forts, not only endears her to the
American people, but when she has
Outlived her usefulness as cruiser,
she would be preserved as q receiving
ship as q monument of her past
achievements.
Tools are now being delivered to the
New York and Norfolk yards and the
chief constructor says that we shall
soen be in possession OF two yards,
well equipped for building steel and
iron vessels Of war of every size and
type. OF the Mare Island, California,
| yard. he says, that being the only one
| on the Pacific coast, it is now being
with q complete outfit of modern ship
building tools. The climate is such
that it Is perfectly practicable to con-
duct ship building without the shelter
| of ship houses, which are expensive.
both In first cost and repair, and do not
| favor rapidity OF construction or excel
lence Of workmanship on account Of
the darkness.
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Assls.aat Postnastsr ssepsraps Rsport

WASHINGTON Nov. 1.-THE annual
report Of the third assistant postmas-
ter general shows that the total cost of
the postal service for the fiscal year
Inclusive of amount earned by the
Pacific road companies for mail trans
pOrtatiODl was $3.50, O04. The postal
and money order receipts amounted
to SIS. 695. l76, leaving def
cheney OF 81, 40 ,83S. This deficiency
is owing meinly, it is said.
to the great extension of the free de-
| livery service ami the increase Of rail
WAY transportation The total NUN
Der OF pieces of registered matter trans
United during the year was Is ST., 1855
and or special delivery matter / ,484 .4O0
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namars IN VassIas.

LONDON, NoY. 16.-Violent gales
have caused numerous wrecks on the
west coast of Great Britain. Among
the vessels which have met with disaa-
ter is the Norwegian bark Hypatia,
Capt. Thomasen. which left Parisboro,
n. s.. Oct. 25, for Liverpool. She was
wrecked at Church Bay near Holyhead
on the Welsh coast. No lives were lost.
At Glasgow the wind blew with hurri-
cane force and did much damage. The
dome of the exposition building was
demolished and the ladies' industrial
department in the building was
wrecked
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Deoliues TO Issue auy InstruotiOug

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-Coilector Of
customs at San Francisco, reports to
the treasury department the arrival Of
a vessel at that port with a number OF
Chinese from Seattle, Washington
Territory. The vessel touched at Vic
toria, 3. c., on her voyage, and the
collector inquiries if that fact makes
their landing at San Francisco unlaw-
full on the terms of the Chinese exclu-
sion act. The treasury department
declines to issue any instructions IN
the matter and leaves it entirely to the
discretion of the collector
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caught bvaTr.ip
c,pC, Oh;o ~ Ne /,

CIRCLEvILLE, Ohio, Nov. 16.-Three
young girls, Mamie Tam, Allie Red
mond and Jennie Nickens, while cross
ing a canal bridge yesterday were
caught by train of the Cincinnati s.
Muskin9um Valley road. Miss Tam
suffered the loss of a limb and died
last evening. Allie Redmond was in
stantly killed having a leg taken OF and
her body cut in twain. The Niekens girl
jumped. alighting upon a stringer of
the bridge where she lay until the train
passed over
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-The chief of
the bureau of statistics reports that
the total values of the exports Of do
nestle breadstuffs from the United
States during the ten months ending
October 81, 1885, as compared with
similar exports during the correspond
ing period of tho preceding year as fol-
lows: 1888, 800, 912 ,83I; 1887, $l3S, 5l5,-
93S.
The chief of the bureau of statistics
reports that the exports of cotton from
the United States during the two
months ended October 81, 1889, is S40,-
6Sl ,807, as against $512, 1920 during
the corresponding period in the proceed
ing wear.
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Construction Train Wrsotsd.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. ia construc-
ton train was wrecked on the Pan
Handle road near Kouts, Indiana,
yesterday 1t consisted of caboose,
and two cars carrying 20 men. Some
of the men were imprisoned among the
wreckage. Nine were taken out of
the wreck helpless. One, an unmar-
ried young Irishman residing at
Winamac, was dead when carried out.
1t is believed the sufferers viii all re-
cover
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A Past Express Train.

PTTTsBURG. Nov. I6.-The Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne s. Chicago Railroad COM
pany will put on a new fast express
train next Sunday which will leave
Pittsburg at a. IN. and arrive at Chi
ca2o at $40 D. m. The train is to carry
nothing but express matter. The OBJ
jeet is TO have all of the express matter
that struggled On the different passen-
ger trains put on one train and have
It run through to Chicago in unusually
short time.
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Cure fnr Piles

4 Itching piles are known by moist
ure like perspiratiOn, producing a
very disagreeable itching after getting
warm. This form as well as Blind,
Bleeding and Protruding Piles. yield at
once to the application of DIR. Bosanko's
Pile Remedy. which acts directly upon
the parts affected, absorbing the tu-
mors, allaying the intense itching and
effecting a permanent cure. so cents.
Address the DIR. Bosanko Medicine Co.,
Piqua, Ohio. Sold by Chas. Ryder,
EInporia. Kansas.
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GENERAL NEWS
Byrd and Guy Withdraw from the
Contest for Go.srnor.
Perry Belmont Appointed U. S. Min
lister to Spain.
Dun Reports the Volume of Lsgiti.
mate Business Continues Large.
Annual Report of the Chief Construc
tor Of the Navy.

KANSAS CITY. Nov. IA Times
special from Muskogee, Indian Terri
tory, reports the amicable adjustment
Of the difficulty between Governor Guy
of the Chickasaw Nation and the Byrd
faction. at the suggestion of Governor
Guy a conference was held at Tisho-
mingo which resulted in the withdraw
al of both Guy and Byrd and the agree
ernor Chief Wolf, one of the second
chiefs. The partisans On both sides
have laid down their arms and are en-
gage din a celebration of the happy con-
clusion or what promised to be serious
outbreak,
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PRESIDENT -ELEcT HARRIsoN's HOBBY

An Ebert tolBEing About Change in the Re-
latioas Between North and South.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 15.-Prophets
and statesmen abound in profusion
these days about the corridors of In
1ianapolis hotels. Cabinets are being
made and unmade with French rapid
ity. Last evenings News says:
1.-The latest bit of cabinet gossip
connects Senator Sabin Of Minnesota
with the administration. 1t is report
ed that he has declined to be candi-
date for election to the senate, after
having prepared the way for his re-
turn. Even as late as q week ago he
said he was looking after MinneSota
Legislators whose votes he might de-
sire, and he had succeeded in getting
pledges from more than half of them.
The explanation for his change Of mind
is that he has been given an intimation
that there is q higher position await
ing him, and that it would be Just as
well to let some other worthy man go
to the senate. It is given out that he
will be in Indianapolis in few days,
and that he does not come without the
assurance that his presence is desired.
1t is expected that some extraordinary
things will be done by the new presi-
dent, but probably the greatest move
that he is likely to make will be an en-
deavor to bring about a marked change
in the relations between the north and
south. Next to his Endorsement of the
protective doctrine there is nothing
that General Harrison has advocated
with more emphasis than free ballot
and fair count.
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a aENERAL DENIAL.
ABadRaoord.

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Nov. l4.-John
VanKorff, engineer at the steam gauge
and lantern works was arrested by
Chief Detective Hayden and Assistant
Superintendent Mccormick last night.
on suspicion of setting FIRE to the works
on Friday night last. VanKorff is IS
years old and married. He has been a
resident of Rochester for eight years,
moving here from Syracuse.
Some years ago he was a brakeman On
the Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia
raAroad and was suspected of haSina
set nre 70 = loaded freight train, aftel
which he was an engineer OF n buil,iin,
n broadway in this city. Three time
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Ertandea fnr Rirtu DAYS.

CHICAGO, Nov. 15.-The offer Of a
reward of 900 for the arrest of
Tascott the murderer of millionaire
Smell was expired by limitation on the
9th inst. but it has been decided by
the family not to abandon the search
as long as there is any hope of finding
the fugitive, and they accordingly an
nounced the extension of the offer for
sixty days or until January 18th, next.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Nov. I5.-For
the first time in nearly three months
train load Of passengers left here
north via Macon. Georgia. The
passengers were locked in the car and
not allowed to leave it until they
reached Macon. The party was got up
by Mr.. G. B. Rogers and consisted Of
seventeen persons.