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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23

IF the western congressman and SEN
ators who are taking active part
against the opening of Oklahoma and
those who are taking no interest at all
think that. the people are not thorough
ly in earnest in this matter, let them
keep on and they will hear something
drop next fall.-Beacon.
What they will hear drop will possi-
bly, be oklahoma Bill, ;" if the Kansas
press has any influence. Most of the
leading papers of the state have of late
awakened to the real situation, and
are now opposed to the suicidal policy
of urging the opening of the territory.
Among these may be noted the Topeka
Capital, the Commonwealth, Hutchin-
son News, Newton Republican, Abilene
Gazette, Wichita Eagle, Garden City
Sentinel Ottawa Republican, the
Eureka Republican, and any number
of leading weekly papers. Many other
papers are preparing to change policy,
and are giving both sides of the story
The Kansas congressman who opposes
just now, the opening up of the terri.
tory is looking to the best in.
terests of his state, and need fear nc
afterclap on that account. In Kansas
it is only those who are always on the
go that are enough interested in the
opening to make it matterof politics
and as general thing they are people
who are too shiftless to vote.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23

THE science of electricity which is
becoming more and more useful every
year has not yet accomplished the
solution of the battling problem of
what electricity is. General o. E.
Madden, of Boston, formerly assistant
and general manager of the Bell
Telephone company, observes:
1.-The electrical world is still looking
for man who can tell you what is
lard and what is butter. He can
analyze their component parts and
make his results clear to you, but
this subtitle of electricity is still
battling us all. Experiments in cleo
tricity go or for a year, with each
days deductions proving the work and
deductions of the previous day, and
on the very last day the entire work
and deductions of the whole year NAV
be upset and knocked over by some
thing we cannot control and do not
understand. The general laws of
electricity are becoming fairly well
known, but what it is remains q
mystery, theory, an undemonstrable
problem"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23
A SAD ACCIDENT.
Little Edith Jones Meets With an I'm
timely and Fearful Death.
Her Head Shot to Pieces by the Ac,
cidsntal Discharge of a Gun
10 the Hands OfAIfrsd Hughes, While
Attempting to Remove a Cap.
Prof. Jones, the Father, Absent in
independence, Missouri.

Friday morning Mrs. D. o. Jones,
who lives just at the east limit of the
city. went with her son Willie and
daughter Edith to the farm of MIR.
Thos. Hughes, four miles north of the
city to spend the day with Mr.. Hughes
family.
Alfred Hughes and Willie Jones,
both about fifteen years of age went.
hunting and returned last evening
about six o'clock. They went up onto
the porch where the children were
playing and the old folks enjoying the
out door air. Alfred was holding the
gun and they were both taking off the
cap preparatory to putting the gun in
its place. The little girl Edith was
playing around them and just as she got
in front of the muzzle and facing it the
hammer slipped from Alfred's hand,
discharging the gun and emptying the
whole contents in the child's mouth,
killing her instantly, portion of the
charge passing out the back of her
head.
The body rs brought to the city
last, night and the father, who is al
present in the employee of w. c,
Jones, lumber firm of Kansas City
and who has been at Independence
Mo-, for several days, was notified by
telegram of the terrible accident
Fearing the dispatch would not reacf
him, Lewis Humphreys took the mid
night train for Independence, but al
the present writing no word has beer
received.
The coroner was notified of thu
affair and after consultation thi.
morning it was deemed unnecessary t.
hold an inquest, as there were a mum
Der of witnesses who say it was acci
dental.
Little Edith, whose young life wa
taken SO quickly by this unfortunate
accident was about seven years old
very bright and unusually pretty. Sh,
was a favorite with those who knew
| her
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23

Two Congressman the one from Tex
as, the other from Massachusetts, do
not feel at liberty TO designate them
more closely-fell to discussing at the
club the other day the well-worn sub
ject of the tobacco habit. The Texas
man, like many of his southern
colleagues. is an inv6terate chewer.
His friend from Massachusetts, is, on
the other hand, outspoken and fond
of using very strong language, when
ever the subject of chewing tobacco is
preached.
s'Brother -" said he, sis it posi-
bic that you chew tobacco?"
''I must confess do" the other
quietly replied.
''Then I would quit it SIR" senten-
tiously continued the Massachusetts,
man. sit is an ungentlemanly prac-
tice-an uncIeanly one. Tobacco? Why
even hog wouldn't chew it"
Snow, Brother from the land of
baked beans, cod and culture, - resumed
the Texan IN his drawing maner, do
you chew tobacco?"
mo sir" emphatically declared the
other, almost with indignation. No,
ssThen pray asked the Texan, as
be lazily changed the quid from his
right Jaw to the left,n which Is most
Ike the hog, you or u"
Il Is needless to sdd that the Massa-
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23

MANY letters have been received
within the last week from various por-
tions of the state, urging Mrs. Belle G.
Harris, president of the w. R. G. of
this city, to become candidate for de-
partment president, some twenty corps
having already instructed for her, with
out her knowledge or ADVICE. While
this may be considered as a compli-
ment to Mrs. Harris, at the same time
it does look as if it would not be map
propriate to have headquarters for the
e. A. r. and the w. r. C. in the same
city, especially when the central loca-
ton and easy accessibility of Emporia
from all parts of the state is taken into
consideration. The ladies of the W.
II. G. could make no better choice, so
far as capability and thorough-heart-
ed interest in the welfare of the order
is concerned.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23

MRS. CUSHING of LeavenWorth and
Mrs. Sterry of Emporia have been
named as members of the state board
Of charities, intelligent people believ-
ing that one of the five persons on that
board should be q woman. 1t will be
wise as q matter of economy to make
this change. The board buys immense
quantities Of dry goods, groceries and
cooking utensils, of which q woman is
a better judge than q man. But, as q
matter of humanity, the hundreds of
women who are inmates of our public
institutions absolutely need the atten-
ton Of a woman on the board. Who
else knows so well about the health,
the clothes, the body and mind of the
female inmatesP The states that have
adopted this reform are entirely salts
fed with the result.-HiawathaW World.
The change contemplated is good
one, and either one of the ladies mem
toned would be great improvement
on some Of the sticks who are now
members Of the board, and who have
not enough enterprise to look after
their own interests, let alone those of
the state.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23

THE Sandusky (Ohio) Register, anent
the retort of General Sherman that
Wade Hampton burned Columbia,
South Carolina, gives the following
Renaissance Of the destruction OF the
frail old town:
Attached to Sherman's headquarters
was a Wisconsin band, as fine lot Of
fellows as ever enlisted, and pets of the
general on the march from Atlanta to
the sea, and fine musicians. The band
was furnished with wagon and other
special cOnVeniences, and when the
army arrived at Columbia and found it
on fire the band boys went in for their
ings on fire was bank, in the vaults of
which were stored valuable paper, jew
elry, silver plate and other articles of
value belonging to wealthy citizens Of
Columbia, Charleston, and other
cities. The band boys went for
the bank vaults, got them open, went
through them and carried of silver
plate, gold-headed canes and jewelry
to the value of thousands of dollars.
The writer saw considerable portion
of this stuff which had been captured
by printer with whom he worked in a
Wisconsin printing Office. Among
other things he had the gold head Of 8
cane presented by the legislature of
South Carolina to one of the Pinkneys
long years before the war. The gold
head was melted, and, with a quantity
of silver forks and spoons. sold to 9
Chicago jeweler, this particular mans
share of the sDOils amounting to over
one thousand dollars. The writer
asked Tom-why he did not go for the
valuable papers, deeds, mortgages
wills, ETC., which he could easily have
carried about his person and for the 70
turn of which he could have secured Z
large reward. Tom said the boys vert
so eager to get the jewelry that they
scattered the papers about on the hol
stones and bricks and did not stop tt
think of their value.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23

WONDERS win never cease. The
Democrat claims q SCOOP" on THE
NEWS, and, judging by last evenings
editorials, the whole force of the plate
telegraph sheet got on big drunk on
the strength of it. By an inadvertency
the Blaine letter was left out of our
Monday evening" edition. The Demo
crat, however, received it by freight
telegram from Kansas City, stolen, as
usual, bodily from the morning papers
Of that place, and now claims this fact
as proof of great enterprise. While
we did not print the text Of the letter
on Monday, yet we did give our read
ers the substance of it that day. and
more than a column of comments by
all the leading politicians of this and
foreign countries. But even in its
claim of a scoop" the plate paper
shows its snail-like proclivities, as it
has not life enough to have noticed the
fact of our omission, had not a Law
renee paper called attention to a sim
liar matter in that place. Crawl back
into your shell McCOnnor and
O'Cown, and go to sleep again.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23

THE Kansas editor is ever ready to
sing the praises of his state. An ex-
ample of which is the following from
the pen of hat5interesting writer, J.
8. Painter, editor of the Garden City
Herald: "Kansas is full of beautiful
women and many of her men are not
otherwise than handsome, and the
state is full Of beautiful things. Ma
ture appears to better advantage in
Kansas. She shines in sunfowers, in
the parties, the timber" the bluffs
and in her valleys, hills, ravines,
mounds and rivers. Natures beauty is
here supported by all the wiles of art,
and the beauties of Kansas are seen in
her towns and cities and homes and
cultivated fields; in her massive walls
Of coru and waving masses of wheat in
their season. In her liberal ideas, her
progressive spirit, her undaunted en-
terprise, her towering majesty as a
state in the Union, too, lies in this
great commonwealth beauty"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23

I'm England, the republican tells its
Granger" friend, he will have to pay
SlS to $35 for suit of clothes that over
here will cost him only SIS. There is
not word of truth in this statement.
But let it stand for arguments sake.
How is the absurd statement made
good? by saying that England, raising
no wool herself, is forced to pay such
prices for it as foreigners choose to put
upon it. Yet those same foreigners
who sell wool to England duty free,
pay at our custom houses duty of Is
cents a pound, and yet sell it to US at
such figure that we can manufacture
it into clothing and other fabrics cheap
er in the market than English made
goods. Now, if imposing duty on
wool will decrease the price Of the man
ufactured article, would not England,
and every other nation in the world
that manufactures it put duty on
II! Taxing an article to make it cheap!
Is not that a splendid argument
dear readers? If that argument were
worth button Americans should be
the happiest and most fortunate peo-
pie in the world, for almost everything
they wear or use in this life is taxed as
high as an opera acknowledgements.
The above is a sample free trade ar
gument. Messrs. O'Cown and McCon-
nor have evidently forgotten that they
do not now live in the old country,
where they have to pay tax on i'm
ported wool, while here in America we
grow our own wool and make our own
clothes, which are not taxed. This be-
ing the case, competition regulates the
price in accordance with the prices
paid for the wool and the wages paid
for labor to manufacture it. OF course
if England could get her wool from us
free, manufacture it with pauper labor
and return it to us free of tax, she
would be enabled to undersell our man
ufacturers and drive them into bank
ruptcy.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23
An EIernnf Preeent.

In the show window of 1. D. Fox &
Co. g jewelry store may be seen one of
the finest silver water services that is
often gazed upon. It has been beauti-
fully engraved with the following in
scription: Emma A. Bedell, from Wo-
mans Relief Corps, Department of
Kansas, Feb, %, 1887 1t is to be pre-
sented to Mrs. Beden of Larned by the
corps of the entire state, each having
contributed a dollar towards the gift.
Mrs. Harris is the custodian who has
the matter in charge, she having been
selected for the task by Mrs. Tim. Nc
Carthey of Topeka, who is department
inspector. The presentation will take
place on February Esd at Winfield.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
CITY TRANSFERS.


p ] Heilman to Jas Stafford, I6e
Merchants street, $500.
M w Gilchrist to William Jay, part
"a and 76 Merchants, ST, 900.
Elmira Hornsby to Hamilton Allen,
159 Sylvan, 5000.
PIP Chapman to Alexander Lucket.
20 State street SIS.
Elizabeth j Robyler to Harriet S
Coulton, "a Exchange, 81 200.
William H.. Bentheen to Thomas
Scofeld, 81 Congress, 500.
Charles A Holloway to G c Terren,
% State street Copley addition $3.50.
J K Finley to e W cunningham.
part 20 Merchants, 50, 400.
P 81 Rich to Noyes Spicer, IS East
street, S143.26.
John Jones to Maria Phoenix, part
lot and Whittlesey's addition $500.
Elmera Hornsby to w G Spencer, "a
Union street, 5000.
Annie II. Aldrich to Thos. Elbows,
%. "a, 25. %, %, %, 20, 80 Aldrich s
sub div. 81 500.
Frank L Roberts to Jas R Stafford,
142 Congress, 81 200.
Jas R Stafford to Frank L Roberts,
1873 Merchants, 1880.
Mary s Lakin to I D Peters, "a
Neosho, $500.
c Hood to I D Peters 1O1 and 1O3
Neosho. $3.50.
Thomas Elbows to John G Rickett,
q and % Aldrich sub div, $500.
P NJ Peyton to E B Peyton, go and s
hf 81 Rural, $500.
1T Burton to W A Strain, 6 of Lam
berts sub div Of n hf lot block Rug
giles add, $3.50.
Albert Lakin to Mary S Lakin, 81 and
SO State street, 81.
Jas L Balm to Sarah Wilson, part of
40 and AZ Union and 20 Commercial
street, Randolph's addition, g, 200.
PJ Heilman to p II Nicely, IL and II
MoloDey's subdivision, Ruggles' addi-
ton, $500.
J NJ Ritchie to L n Carter, 81 East
street, 81 200.
I'D Peters to Clara 81. Newman, 145
and lat Constitution street, So. 600.
Re Periey to Mary E. Thompson, so
State street. 81.
Matte S Fawbush to Edward Brier,
"a Commercial street, RuggIes' addi-
ton, 500.
TJKnox to Rachall F. Reat, 81 Con
gress street, 81 $50.
Neil Campbell to Barbara Campbell.
undivided half of of 1S2 Commercial
street, g, $50.
LIN Carter to Jas NJ Richie, 81 East
street, 81 200
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23

THERE are now remaining within the
limits of Kansas about 100000 acres of
government land open to homestead
and presumption entry, and in addition
to this great body of public land there
is also embraced within the state near
~ 800, 900 acres of railroad lands that
can be bought on long time with low
interest at an average of IS per acre,
to say nothing about the millions of
acres Of other lands that can be bought
at from 50 to $40 per acre.-K. G. Star.
If this is so-and it undoubtedly is
what good reason is there that Kansas
people should tear their clothes in at
tempts to take away from the Indians
what little land they have left them.
Why not wait until it is needed?
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23

DUBNe the past few days many
graduates Of prominent institution
of learning who are resident in this
city have received circulars asking for
statement Of their accomplishments
since graduation. please write, -
is the request, ''the official positions
held by you, name the books which
you have written" etc. One of the
circulars was received by a young
matron, who cleverly supplied tho de-
sired information as follows: ''At
graduation received the degree of
A. NJ. Since graduation have trans
posed the letters.-Buffalo Express.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23

A NOTE from Mr.. T. B. Murdoch
who is now in New York under the
treatment Of DIR. Knapp, bears the hap
by information that the sight of one
eye has returned sufficiently for him to
discern objects dimly, but that said OBJ
jects appear the natural size, right
shape and the proper distance. The
light some three weeks ago reappeared
in that eye but everything appeared
distorted. The doctor don't believe
that he will ever regain more than a
dim vision in the one eye, but for that
much he has strong hopes.
OF the eight doctors-eye experts
who examined Mr.. Murdock's case, in
Guiding the experts of the pension de-
partment, that of DR.. r. J. Lewis of
Philadelphia was the most nearly cor
rect, to whom is due the credit of the
improvement 80 far made.-Eagle.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23
RETURNED.

Elijah Moore Arrested In No Mans
Land-Hn the Hands Of Sheriff TVOrs-
ter-S5, 900 Bond.
Nearly all the conversation and ex-
element on the street Saturday was
concerning the arrest and return to this
city of Elijah Moore, who left the
county several weeks ago, leaving sew
eral creditors behind without any Sc
curity.
1t was learned that Moore had been
in correspondence with Jabe Johnson,
ex-sherif of Chase county, and he it
was who was deputized for the pur-
pose of going after the missing man.
He was arrested in No Mans Land.
The deputy arrived to-day noon, and
a little after 1 o'clock the prisoner was
taken before Justice Fletcher and
the charge read. He waived pre-
liminary examination and was
bound over to appear at
the next term of the dis
trict court in the sum of five thousand
and was committed in default of bail.
The charge is preferred by Major
Calvin Hood for the Emporia National
Bank, as it will be remembered he
owed them "a 200 with very little sec
curity. The prisoner is charged with
unlawfully, falsely, willfully, felonious-
ly and fraudently representing to said
bank and to said affiant that he owned
> lot of steers, COWS, hogs and corn
described in the charge) and secured
a 200 for chattel mortgage of the
same, and that at the time he
owned only twelve COWS, the corn and
portion of the hogs described in said
mortgage and said charge.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23
Died.

A letter was received yesterday by
Mr.. W. B. Miller, informing him Of
the death of his brother-in-law, Mr..
Percy J. Laughlin, aged 80 years, Of
consumption, on the 7th inst, at
Oeeanside, California.
He left this city last July for San
Bernardino, hoping to receive some
benefit to his health, and later went to
Oceanside, where he was joined by his
parents last November. Mr.. Laughlin
was one Of Emporia's Oldest and most
respected citizens, and the news Of his
death WIN Be heard with profound re-
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23

lions In his cabinet such outspoken
rebels as Lamar and Garland, and
such a secession sympathizer as Bay
ard. Then came the vetoes Of the phi
vate pension bills followed by a veto of
the dependent soldiers pension bill.
Captain Martin was trying to make up
his mind TO excuse those acts of the
democratic president when his order
flashed over the wires for tho restora-
ton Of the rebel flags. That settled
the question, Is far as Captain Martin
was concerned. and he declared last
night that he would never vote an
other democratic ticket as long as he
lived.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23

THE wild westerner in congress who
is now giving that body considerable
trouble is Oklahoma Bill. He's a ter
ror-to the Indian agent sympathizers.
State Journal.
Yes,.a when Bill to open up No
Man's-Land and Bill to take away
all lands from the Indians Joins him.
possibly terrors will become too nu-
merous, and Kansas will realize that
the matter has been overdone.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23

APRoPos of the early recurrence of
Arbor day, the following from the Sci
entlhe American on the subject of tree
painting Will be of interest: THE will
low and some other trees will grow if
planted upside down, and many trees
Will grow with the south side to the
north; but with the trees difficult to
transplant at best. it is mistake. very
apt to prove fatal, to turn the soutb
side north, and the older the tree the
greater the damage from changing the
sides in transplanting.'
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23

his opponents asserting that he was
born in Ireland, and is therefore ineli-
gible. When asked about the matter
himself, it is asserted that the bluff
soldier, who certainly is no politician,
referred the inquirer to his Satanic
majesty for information. In other
words, told him to go to hades. It has
been ascertained, however, that hs
was born in OHIO, where presidential
timber seems of late years to be about
as plentiful as it was Of yore in Vir-
0inia.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23

ATCHIsoN CHAMPION: Captain Geo.
j. Martin delivered a remarkable
speech last night at the G.. A. R. camp
fire. He said he had affiliated with the
democratic party for several years, and
when Cleveland was elected ne rejoiced
IN the triumph of that party. But q
shudder ran through his frame when
the president appointed to high posi-
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23

A fast mail services is to be put on
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad. between Chicago and Omaha
on March Is. The train is to make con-
nection with the Union Pacific railroad
fast mail train and viii shorten the
time of mail between New York and
San Francisco by twenty-fOur hours,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23

George f. King, of Kansas City, pro-
prietor of the illustrated World, land
a newspaper man widely known in
Kansas and Missouri, died yesterday
under circumstances which led to the
conclusion that he had committed sui
eide. Domestic trouble and financial
embarrassment were the probable
causes that made life burden and
death preferable.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23

The jury in the district court at Cot
tonweod Falls returned verdict of ac-
quittal in the case of the State VS..
James, charged with stealing cattle.
The trial was one OF great interest and
was closely watched by great many.
The other men arrested on the same
charge were dismissed and this settles
the list of cases on this question, for a
time at least.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23

THE Rossville Tyre has suspended
operations, but the one on the Kansas
City Star still survives. The following
is his latest:
The churches of Emporia have de-
cided to discontinue the custom of tax
ing up collections on Sunday, at least
until sufficient amount of money has
been subscribed at that place for the
employment of professional base ball
Climb