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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-10
Organized For vengeance.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 9.-Several re-
liable gentlemen reported at Mont
gomery, Alabama the following par
ticulars as to the purpose and extent
of the plot laid by negroes at Sunday
Ridge. Lawndes county. The negro
who was mortally wounded made some
very startling revelations. He states
that Friday night last was the time
appointed to massacre tha whites.
Meetings were held by lodges to raise
money to purchase ammunition to kill
the whites if they arrested the negroes.
The principal negro engaged in the
plot was Bob Robinson who was presi-
dent of the meeting. Bob spoke very
bitterly of the whites and implored his
fellow brothers to rise up in arms
against them. Neal Mangum was also
deeply implicated in the daring plot
and was secretary and treasurer of the
lodge. They claim to have large so
cietieS throughout the United States
who have resolved to avenge theiI
fallen ones and protect their color in the
future at all hazards. The negro
claim that Lowndes, Crenshaw and
Butler counties have the largest Clubs
/ and fully competent to do their duty
They state that they have endured the
mistreatment of the whites long enough
and propose to put an end to it, OF
there will be bloodshed. All members
of the lodge were notified by the lead
ers that if they failed to be present
at the meeting of Friday night and dC
their duty in the proposed massacre O
the whites, they would be put to death
! The above statement is from Emerson
Sheppard, under oath, in the presence
of four witnesses. This negro wa
fatally shot in fight with the sheriff
posse last Thursday evening, anC
has since died. He revealed TIT
whole plot, saying the leaders had got
ten him into this trouble, and as he eX
pected to die 1t was his desire to SCI
justice melted out to them. Forty
eight of the negroes engaged in the rio
have been arrested and jailed. TIL
Sheriff 8 posse and state troops seen
to have put an end to the trouble 70
the present, but another outbreak
liable to come sooner or later.
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saeamara 1IaIIinIon

NORFOLK, Va, May THE British
steamer Benizon, Captain Aitken
heard from Matanzas to Philadelphia
was lowed here to-day in distress aud
reports being in a collision yesterday
afternoon shortly after twelve O'Clock
during dense fog with the the steamer
Eureka, Captain Quick from New
York to New Orleans. When the fog
lifted about half an hour afterward
the Eureka was no where in sight and
1t is feared she sunk after the COLI
sion as there was a sound of escaping
Rteam
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Minnesota delivered on the waterside a
large shipment of straw mating that
left Hong Kong February last by
steamer for London, where it was
trans-shipped to Baltimore on the land
side. She was met by a train of cars
from Vancouver that discharged at the
same time the same kind of cargo that
had left China March 18th. This
makes a difference of forty-eight days
in favor. of the Trans-cOntinental
route.
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sunday WHISKY Law.

JEFFERSON Cry, No., May THE
supreme court this morning in an
opinion written by Judge Sherwood,
Teyerses Judge NoOnan's decision up
on the law of 1857. By the Sunday
law it It IS held that the city govern
ment of Saint Louis had authority TO
grant permission for the sale OF wine
and beer on Sunday.
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LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE.
AZ Kansas CITY

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nay 3, Ib65s
tEThe Kansas City Live Stock Market IL
reported especially for the EMPoRIA DAILY
NEWS by FISH, KICK & CO., Exchange build
ing, Kansas City Stock Yards.
CATTLE-ReceiptS, 1.5f0 head; steady.
HO0s-Receipts, .692 head: steady: bulk
hogs, S5.2J05.35; heavy packing and shippers,
s5.3505 45: mixed packers, . .25G5-35; skips ami
pigs, s30004o0; top hogs, $3.50.
WHEAT-Steady; No. soft, cash, elXc.
CoRN-Higher; No. cash, 501zc, June, Soc:
July. 505fc.
OATs-No. cash, 81 &c.
RYE-59c.
EGGs-Fresh, lie per dozen.
BUTTER-Fancy creamery, &c; store packed.
1Sc, choice, I2c.
HAY-Fanoy small baled, 5000.
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Arrvatea tor Conielnn,

HARPER, Kas., May 81. l.. Isen-
berg, editor of the Harper Sentinel,
was arrested to-day for contempt OF
court. The trouble grows out of the
county seat contest and Isenberg's ar
rest was caused by sarcastic editorial
recommending Judge Adams to Presi-
dent Cleveland as a fit candidate for
chief justice. This is the second time
Isenberg has been arrested on thil
charge
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Hardly worth Harvesting.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May at the
annual meeting of the Indiana Miller
association yesterday, C. H. Seybt of
Illinois; president of the National
Millers assertion said he had Just re-
turned from Europe and was sure that
there would be an enormous decline in
the expectation of -four from the
United States this year. The spring
wheat crop in the northwest was toe
late and frost would probably damage
what may be growing now. In the
west he said the crop would hardly be
worth harvesting. Prices would moi
be any higher because India, Russia
Australia and Chill have heavy crops
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FrenchIMatteru.

PARIS, May IA salient point of
the preface of General Boulanger's
book is the generals advocacy of the
right of the army to have voice in the
question of the policy of war. The
French squadron has been ordered to
rendezvous at Yokahoma and there to
await sealed orders from home. This
is denied by Admiral Krouetz, minis
J ter of marine.
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Committees were appointed by the
president as follows:
Finance and taxation, Kynaston, La
kin and Hall; claims, Jay, Scott and
Jackson; building and grounds, Lakin,
Kynaston and Edmiston; supplies,
Eastman, Edmiston and Hall; teachers
and salaries, Scott, Lakin and East
man; grades, studies, and text books,
Morse, Jay and Kynaston; regulation
discipline, Hall, Scott and Jay; visi-
tation, Jackson, Morse and Edmiston.
On motion the committee on build
ing and grounds was instructed to at
tend to the drainage of Central avenue
grounds.
On motion the matter Of a fence on
the north side of Garfield grounds was
referred to committee on building and
grounds with power to act.
On motion the committee on build
ing and grounds were instructed to
examine the roof of Garfield building
and report at next meeting.
On motion the committee on supplies
instructed to furnish supplies for grad
uating class.
On motion that the next examine
ton for teachers shall be held Juns
End, commencing at a. m.
The treasurer's report was received,
examined and found correct.
There being no further business the
board adjourned.
w. EASTMAN, Clerk.
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AZ Chicago.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, May Q, 1883.
HOGs-Receipte, 900 head; market active
and firm at full former prices; light, $50
SO; rough packing, Is 1880: mixeda 86o0
SIS; heavy packing and shipping, e6-169t.So.
CATTLE-Receipts, 5, 200 head market strong:
beeves, q. I0EI5.Io: COWS, e2-O013.00; stockeFs
and feeders, q. o0z13.75.
SHEEP-Receipfs. 5000 head; market steady:
wooled natives, 8 000S.90; shorn natives, as
16I00; Texans, A1UsfD6.1O.
WHEAT-Firm; No. red. cash, size;
jun. 65asc: July, So 7-1ec.
o1ls-steady: cash. s4,sc; June. sas<c; Ju-
iy, 32zkc.
RYE-G31Sc cash.
BARLEY-Nothing doing.
PRIME TINOTHY-S2.60.
FIAX-S1.45.
WHIsKY-SI.7.
LzRD-steady; cash and June, ssso: July,
SHORT RIBs-s765 July.
BgTrER-Firm; creamery, 2l025c; dairy.
E00s-Firm; fresh. T2Gl2xe.
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blew His UneIess Brains Out

LOUISVILLE, May AT Bardstown,
Kentucky, yesterday Reeves Sims. a
bachelor. who has brought up his sis
ter s three children, undertook to chas-
tise his nephew, Nat Reeves. AGED
twenty. Nat seized a shotgun and
blew his uncle's brains ont.
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Vetoed the Had Holsann Rnll-

ALBANY, May 7.-Governor Hill to
day vetoed the bill passed by the Iegis-
lature repeating the law past last year
making Saturday afternoon half hoIi-
day. The repeating bill was passed by
majorities in both houses large enough
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a. 30. aleuis

ST. LOUIS, No., May ., 1883.
CATTLE-Receipts, LOO head: strong.
HO0s-EecetPts. 200 head: stronger: choics
heavy and butchers, MOODS 80; packing e. "a
Q5.G5: light grades, 5. 3015.60.
SHEEP-Receipts, 100 head: firm.
WHEAT-Excifed aud two cents hfgfer: No
red, cash. sec; Nay, See; June. $50; july
STzSc. August, STs<c; December. sc.
CORN-HISkeT; cash, 521zc, June, Sxc: Jus
ly, see.
Oars Higher; cash. s59ssc; May. ss4c:
PoRE-IobhinR, 4l4.e5.
LARD-s7.ST3k.
WHIBKx-sI1I.
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WASHINGTON, d. c., May IA petit
ton for a re-hearing OF the Bell tele-
phone case was iled in the clerks Office
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KlNGCORN.
A Chicago Syndicate SHAT Commenced
Buying last FAN.

a Chicago Syndicate shat Com menee9
Buying last FAN.
CHICAGO, May 9,-The Daily News
says: That there is a syndicate behind
corn is now definitely settled. In fact
its personnel, or part of it, is known
to select few on change. A local
banker and two wealthy local mer-
chants constitute the party and they
are practically in control of all the corn
which are believed to be reliable, these
three gentlemen, believing that corn
was iegitimately worth more money
began to buying it early last winter.
They have been at it ever since. With
the exception of a small lot which is in
control of the Buffalo Glucose factory
and larger quantity which was bought
by Mccormick people at st Louis for
foreign export, nearly all of the avail
able corn has passed into their hands.
With few exceptions shippers and re-
ceivers did their buying for them, as
they could do it without attracting
so much attention as regular Specula-
tors. Quietly and from day to day
for weeks and months they have picked
up May corn until their holding be-
came something enormous. AS the
time for a settlement of May business
shorts change their May contracts to
June at two cents difference. This
has continued for time only. Shorts
in May future realizing their inability
to fill their contracts have been more
than willing to make change and at
the two cents difference it is prof
liable to the syndicate. There will
be nOcorner, say the syndicate, but local
shippers will not be allowed to hold
I11ncy rxrHaS n 10
mand justifies higher prices Mean
while two commission houses are
practically controlling cash corn for
them and every bushel that goes out
never comes back. The syndicate
knows whether it is going to supply
genuine cOnSumptive demand before
they letgo of it. The line of march, as
marked out by he syndicate, is to
keep well up to sixty cents for all of
the months up to the marketing of new
crop and incidentally of course to
make money out of the transaction.
A,T.& S. r Stockholders Meeting.
CHICAGO, May THE stockholders
of the Atchison, Topeka 81 Santa Fe
railway and auxiliary lines, held their
annual meeting to-day in this city.
The following were elected directors of
the road: Henry w. Bishop, A. F.
Gown, Charles IL. WOOu, u. a. CnaS0
S. b. French, Charles E. Town, EN-
mons Blaine, d. l.. Gallup, Norman
Williams, William b. Strong. b. p.
Cheney, Isaac Burr and n. w. Nicker-
| son.
The board subsequently elected the
| following officers:
Presidents. B. French.
Vice President Henry w. Bishop.
ecretary-Charles S. Sweet.
Treasured. l.. Gallup.
The Chicago, Santa Fe s. California
elected for directors: Norman Will
liams, E. S. Washburn, Edison Kent,
William b. Strong, Charles l.. Hutch
inson, j. B. Morrison, SidneyUA. Kent,
| Nelson Morris, VIM. J. Watson, Ben
jamen z. Cheney, Abram Poole, and
Isaac T. Burr and five officers:
| President-NNm. B. Strong.
First Vice-President-C. w. Smith.
Second Vice President-A. A. Rob-
| inSon.
Secretary-Ch S. Sweet.
Treasurer-D. l.. Gallup.
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Another Version OF the SuItana's Ex
plOslOn.

ST.. LOUIS, May THE awful ex-
plosion of the steamer Sultana, near
Memphis twenty-three years ago, in
which nearly two thousand union SOL
diers lost their lives, has always been q
mystery. The survivors, at their re-
union, have recently made number of
statements regarding the affair, but
the most sensational story has been
told by a resident of this city, William
@. Streeter. His statement fixes the
explosion as the result of design. He
claims that noted confederate block
ade runner and mail carrier, named
Robert Lawden, better known during
the war as Charles Bate, was the au-
thor of the terrible disaster. Streeter
claims that Lawden told him after the
close of the war that while the Sultana
lay at the Memphis wharf, he snug
gled aboard q large lump of coal, in
which was concealed a torpedo. This
he deposited on the coal in front of the
boilers, for the express purpose of
causing the destruction of the boat.
Whether the responsibility for the aw-
ful crime rested solely with Lawden,
or whether he was acting under direc-
tiOn of others, Streeter is unable to
say. Lawden had an adventurous ca
reer, being captured several times
while running blOckadeS, and once
narrowly ESCAPED execution. What
has become of him is not known.
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Forty-oIEhs n1ays Di1sr nee

BALTIMORE, Nd. May IA singu-
lar meeting took place Saturday at one
OF the wbarves here. The steamer
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-10
A CLOUD BURST.
The Town Of Maize, Kansas, Flooded
bya Terrific Rain Storm.
One House and Its Occupants Washed
Into the River.
A Statement that the Sultana ExplO.
sion Was the Result Of Design.
Two Sister, Mysterious and Sudden
Death at St. Louis.

WICHITA, May IA strange atmOs-
pheric phenomenon was witnessed ut
Maize, west of this city yesterday.
A storm cloud burst and extended
over a space parallelogram about
dfty yards wide and one mile in length.
For half an hour rain came down IN
torrents, the heavens were black and
darkness almost to night covered the
entire cara = People ran frightened
from their homes, many crying that
the end of the world had come. Maize
Is situated on the south bank OF the
Arkansas river and the streets were
turned into rivers which fortunately,
found ontlets into the Arkansas. An
eyewitness described the rain as
coming down in torrents washing
away q number of houses and moving
others from their foundations. The
house in which family named Rocky
lived, was picked up by the floods and
carried to the Arkansas river where
1t sank, drowning Rockby, his wife and
two children. The water from the
cloud seemed to come straight
down. The bodies of the Rocky
family have not yet been recovered.
The amount of damage will be very
large. A great many head of horses
and cattle were drowned.
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PITTsBURG, Pa, May 5.-EmmOns
Blaine was in the city this morning,
en- route to Chicago, and in an inter
view with Observation-Disclosures re-
porter he said that the Philadelphia
Times story was news to him, but re-
fused to say anything further. He
Rome a few days ago. The letter
stated that the writer was in the best
of health and intended leaving for
Genoa in a short time and from there
would go to Nice by coach.
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Col. Harry Richter of Council Grove
Was at the convention
The names of Blaine. Gresham. and
ingalls,, were the ones which were re-
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Our readers viii favor Us by call
ing the attention Of neighbors TO the
WEEKLY News. We ask each Of
our friends to endeavor to send us
at least one new subscriber during
the coming month.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

An orphan cannot be committed without
something being known OF its parents or their
circumstances, and without formal papers of
transfer. This routine exposes many frauds
and leads managers TO reject thousands Of
applicants for admission. Managers like to
boast of the cases they have rejected. With
foundlings, nothing Of the sort occurs. The
girl whose weddings to temptation have made
her a mother be she in high life or in low,
the Incorporate who prefer to use their
mears for drink to rearing their own Of
spring, the society people who have boasted
that there will be no children in their families
One and all-have but to leave their Off
spring as naked as little Moses was when de-
posted at the Nile, either in a vacant lot or
upon some handy door step. Under cover Of
darkness all is secret. Either policeman, or
the irate citizen whose door step has been in
vaded, quickly and safely transfers the waif
to an asylum. The reminders of sin and
folly, as well as the burdens of the parents,
have thus been put far away.
Were society organized to encourage tbs
very business, it were impossible to arrange
it more satisfactorily. But eternal shane
should rest upon the weak minded, benevo-
lent people who by their i'll advised altruis7l
cultivate such degradation in society. One
tenth of the money spent in detecting and
Furnishing these parents for their unnatural
crimes would teach society the needed lesson.
More pains than we take to catch a murderer
should be spent upon detecting these criun
nals.-Charles W. Smiley in Popular Science
Monthly
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

There are more ways than one of going
down hill Besides rolling over prec-
ipice, rushing down a toboggsn slide and
other methods. you may. If you neglect
to rectify an erratic digestion, discipline
rebelllous liver, and restore regular
habit of the bowels, rapidly descend an
incline whose bottom is tie grave. A
failure in vigor, impairment of appetite,
troubled sleep, loss of flesh and mental
energy-these are the infallible indica.
tions that show decay. and ought to sug>
gest repair. The finest, surest, pleasant>
est means Of repairing physical energy is
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Where the
mineral poisons and weak sppetizers fail,
this potent botanic invigorsnt succeeds.
Whether feebleness is the attendant Of
disease, inherent in constitution, or the
companion Of convalescence, often very
slow sfter wasting msladies, the Bitters
has proved reliable means of remedying
it, through the medium of improved
digestion. The bitters cure malarial
complaints, rheumatism, constipation and
kidney troubles.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30
ADVICE To RuTHERs.

Are you disturbed at night and broken
of your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teeth2 If 30,
send at once and get a bottle of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. Its value is incalculable.
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
mediately. Depend upon it mothers.
there is no mistake about it. 1t cures
dysentery, diarrhoea, regulates the stom-
ach and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums, reduces Inflammation. and
gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
TEN. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for Children Teething is pleasant to the
taste, and is the prescription of one Of
the Oldest and best female nurses and ply
sicians in the United States, and is fol
sale by all druggists throughout the
world. Price 25 cents per bottle.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

sell shoe that costs me 81 at the original
price, and use it as leader Then mark
my Si.25 shoes at sl50, the So at $3.50, the
S225 at 81 and the s260 goods at s.. Sect A
customer wants to look at my low priced
grades; show them, and bring out all my
principal lines. Likely as not persuade him
Or her to pay s., and this secures me a fair
profit. No, don't sell many at 81, and even
if did, the less economical buyers make it up
to me by giving me a handsome profit on the
better shoes.-Sho- Ani Leather Reporter.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30
A Divinc's Startling Figures.

Agood English divine, going to show the adj
vantage of a life like ours in preference to one
like Methuselah, according to the tradition,
has made some figures that are startling. He
shows that if one of Noahs boys, after the
famous food, had lived to be 500 years old,
having his first child at 80 and his last when
40 and allowing for one addition to his
family each three years, and supposing them
all to live, he could gather about his ample
board at the last l41 sons and daughters
With a reasonable degree of prolific bearing,
his grandchildren would number between
10000 and l., 900, and the whole little family
would be the two figures added together.
This estimate is moderate, if monogsmy
alone be considered But under polyga-
nous system the figures would swell enor-
mously. Some of the consequences possible
under such state Of affairs are appalling.
Globe Democrat
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30
Twelve Years Afflicted.

bLUFFTUN, Inu., FtD. o, 1867.
have been afflicted with blood poison
for twelve years. Have used prescriptions
from physicians offered me during that
period. Through the druggist. W. A.
Gutelius. l procured one bottle OF B. B.
B. and since have used three bottles. and
am satisfied it has done me more good
than anything l eyer used. am almost
well, and am sure, within two or three
weeks | will be perfectly well. after
twelve years suffering intensely. Write
or address JOSEPH FEST,
Wells Co, Ind. Baker and Confectioner.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

The average length OF life is on the in
crease. The science Of medicine has made
great progress; many diseases are now
controlled that were formerly thought in.
curablo The greatest discovery is DR..
Bigelow's Cure, which cures consump-
tion in stages that other remedies are Of
no benefit. Coughs, colds. Group, whoop.
ing cough, bronchitis, and all throat and
lung diseases spsedily and safely. Price
10 cents and 81. Of druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

Nearly all diseases originate from in
action of the liver, and this is especially
the case with chills and fever, intermit.
tent fevers and malsrial diseases. Tc
save doctors bills and ward disease, take
Simmons Liver regulator, medicine
that increases in popularity each year
and has become the most popular an(
best endorsed medicine In the market fo
the cure Of liver or bowel diseases.
TELEGRAPH. DUBUQUE. Iowa.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

In the pursuit of the goo1 things OF
his world we anticipate too much; We
eat out the heart and sweetness of world
ly pleasures by delightful forethought Of
them. The results obtained from the use
of DR.. Jones Red Clover Tonic far exceed
all claims. 1t cures dyspepsia, and al
stomach, liver, kidney and bladder
troubles. 1t is perfect tonic, appetizer
blood purifier, sure cure for ague and
malarial diseases. Price. 80 cents, oi
druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

We will pay the above reward for any
case of liver complaint. dyspepsia, SICK
headache. indigestion, constipation OF
costiveness we cannot cure with Vests
Vegetable Liver Pills, when the directions
are strictly complied with. They are
purely vegetable. and never fail to give
satisfaction. Large boxes containing 80
sugar coated pills, csc. For sale by all
druggists. Beware of counterfeits and
limitations. The genuine manufactured
only by John c. West s. Co.. s62 W.
Madison ST.. Chicago. III.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

Over forty years has Ponds Extrac
been used by the people and profession
as the best remedy for pain, sores, ca
tarrh, etc. Note name of sole proprie
tors on every wrapper. Ponds Extract
company, New York and London.