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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-08-23
A Fraud Lxposed.


FARMINGTON, Mo-, Aug. 14.-Prof.
G. w. Peters, the alleged spiritualist.
who created such a sensation in Bonnie
Terre, has been held for the grand
jury, at the circuit court, on the
charge of obtaining money under false
pretenses. Peters has been lecturing
on spiritualism and holding seances at
Bonnie Terre, until there was consider
able excitement. Two women had gone
crazy and a man and his wife had part
cd, and things had gone so far that a
committee determined to investigate
the matter and expose the man il he
was fraud. She seance was held in
the Office of DIR. a. w. Reid. The cir
Gle was formed, lights turned out, and
the rappings were soon heard. When
the tambOrine was lingering and the
bell was ringing at its loudeSt, seem.
ingly by the hands of spirits, the cleo
trio light was turned on and the me-
dunn was caught with his hand ring
ing the bell and the tamborine held in
his teeth. He had completed the cir
Gle by using his left hand, which Was
held by a person on his other side, and
so his right hand was free to perform
his tricks. There was talk of giving
him a coat of tar and feathers, or a SO
we're dose of some kind. hut finally
WAS decided to let the law take it
course. He was brought here and haC
an examination, and is now in Jail.
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war on Bad Charactars.

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 1S.-NO race
issue is involved in the trouble at Able
vile. 1t is a demonstration of public
sentiment of both whites and blacks
against number Of bad characters.
A party OF young men, mostly clerks in
the stores at Abbeville, began cru
sade against these persons Saturday
night by whipping with cow-hides sew
eral men and women. In their rounds
for this purpose they visited house of
a white woman who was living with q
mulatto and demanded admittance,
but in response was fired upon by some
one inside the house with a shotgun,
slightly wounding one of the party
John A. Badie. Monday q call was
made for an indignation meeting,
which convened next day and was par
| ticipated in by about four hundred
| people, one-third of were colored. Res
| olutions were passed condemning in
plain words, the woman and Migrants
whose open immortality inspired the
meeting to order them to leave the
| community. About o'clock that
evening a hundred mounted committee
men. white and black, armed witt
! Winchester rifles and shotguns, pro
ceeded to the abode of those character
and ordered them to depart in tWelVt
hours. At 3 O'Clock Wednesday TIM
committee WAS again under arms t,
continue the marching orders. TIN
only person whipped by the committee
. | WAS a white man. Iii almost every in
stance those ordered away took thei
departure, but concentrated at poin
: nearly midway between New Iberi
and Lafayette. The governor was in
formed that the military was needed
and he directed Captain Code of ia
Iherian guards To investigate tn
; trouble.
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A Successful Robbery.

CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-THE fact has just
been made public that one of the most
daring and successful rObberies that
has occurred in this city for number
of years was perpetrated Wednesday
night at The residence of Geo. w. Wig
ginson, 1886 Michigan avenue. Over
80 600 worth Of diamonds, a quantity of
silver plate and numerous articles of
fine jewelry were taken. The robbery
was carefully planned and skillfully
executed, and the most Jealous work
on the part of the police has thus far
failed to reveal even the slightest cleW
as to the perpetrators. The thieves
| obtained entrance through a rear
basement window and then went
through the house in a careful
and systematic manner They pried
open every closet and drawer and took
every article of value they found. A
large amount of heavy silver plate, two
| gold watches, two sets of diamond ear
rings two pairs of diamond breastpin,
and number of diamond rings were
among the articles taken. Although
the thieves entered bed rooms where
different members of the family were
sleeping, no one was awakened and
nothing was known of the robbery un-
til The following morning. The police
| were at once notified,
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National srssnhaok Conrsntion

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-George o.
Jones, chairman of the national COM
mittee of the national greenback party,
has issued a call for a national conven-
ton of the party to meet at Cincinnati,
Wednesday, September IL, 1888, to
nominate candidates for president and
vice-president of the United States and
''to take such further action as may be
deemed necessary to preserve the name
and organization, and to keep before
the people the great principles on which
that party was originally founded ,
The call states that 1.-THE chief reason
for calling the convention at Cincinnati
is that all railroads will sell tickets t.
that city and return at about half rates
during the continuance of the centen
NAL exhibition which holds until mex
December"
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DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 1.-THE
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
is here to-day to celebrate the quarter
centennial of its organization. Detroit
was the birthplace of the order and
that the celebration of this twenty fifth
anniversary should take place here is
eminently appropriate. Special trains
and excursions were coming in all night
and this morning and it is estimated
that upward of 1000 members are now
in the city. Delegations from nearly
all the states in. the union have come.
Most of the high officers are present,
including Chief Engineer p. M. Ar
thur, First Grand Assistant Engineer
Harry Haines and w. r. Robinson OF
VinceuneS Indiana
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Kansas Citv to Lose Hsr Fast Trains


KANSAS City, Aug. 17.-In spite OF
the protests and remOnstrances OF the
public the fast trains between this city
and Chicago will be removed one week
from next Sunday. No official notice
has been received at the Office in this
city of this act, but the managers OF
both the Chicago and Alton and the
Burlington roads have signified their in
tentions to the passenger agents. ThlS
is not the result of threats of a rate
war from roads not running fast
trains, but it is done simply for econ
omy. The railroad people say there is
no truth in the statement that the
LONG roads" have threatened to cut
rates, and that the only reason Tor
withdrawing the trains is that above
given. The fast trains, they say, cost
$500 per day, and that their contlnu-
ance would soon swamp the roads.
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southvertern Kansas W. c. 7. U.


GEUDA SPRINGS, Kas., Aug. 1S.-The
w. C. 7. U. and Womans' Suffrage as
ISOLATION of the counties of Harper,
Cowley and Summer have just con-
Guided joint session here. Mrs. Den
ton of Anthony presided. Speeches were
made by Mrs. Denton of Anthony and
Mrs. Smith of Wellington, Rev. Il. G.
SWartZ, presiding elder, Rev. Durham
and Kicking Bird" of Geuda Springs.
The following resolutions were passed:
Whereas, Two highly esteemed citi-
Zens of Geuda Springs, while faithful
ly discharGing their duties in the IN
terest of prohibition and law and order,
were cruelty shot down on July i, 1888,
by dastardly emissary of the liquor
traffic, and,
Whereas, Nj. c. &. Furry, justice of
the peace, has since died and Col. Ken
Won, the honored mayor of Gueda
Springs. is still in critical condition
| therefore,
Resolved, That we, as representa-
tives of temperance and reform, eX-
tend to these bereaved and afflicted
our earnest coincidence and sympathy
and we will ever hold the names of
| these brave men in grateful remem-
brance.
Resolved, That a committee of three
be appointed to lay before the state
meeting of the w. c. 7. u, at Wichita,
September Goth, the matter of raising a
| fund for the family of Judge Furry,
and that they ask the association to
recommend each auxiliary society to
raise fund of one to three dollars, to
be sent to the president of the Sumner
county w. C. T. u, to be invested by
her in the purchase of a home for the
family of Judge Furry; further, that
the local unions be requested TO petit
ton the legislature to appropriate a
fund for the support of the family
Curns of Winfield and Mrs. NJ. w
Reynolds of Geuda Springs were ap-
pointed as committee to lay the mat
ter of the resolution before the state
association.
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HOPKINsvILLE, KY, Aug. 14.-A
fatal cutting ARRAY took place late
yesterday evening at Herndon, a viii
lage south of this city, between w. S
Duncan and Charles Fleming, during
which Duncan stabbed his opponent in
the left side, inhicting wounds from
which he died almost instantly. Dun
can had taken his niece to Herndon,
where she was to board with Mrs. Z. j.
Fleming, the divorced wife of the
deceased, and while he was in the
house talking to Mrs. Fleming hen
former husband came in, abusing
Duncan and threatening to whip
him. Duncan tried to pacify
him and finally declared he would kill
him If he did not desist. Fleming
seized and dragged Duncan into the
ward. Duncan succeeded in drawing
his knife, with which he stabbed his
assallant three times in the side. but
Fleming continued to assault him
Duncan dealt him fourth stroke and
Fleming sank to the earth, expiring
in few moments. Duncan at oncS
surrendered himself to an officer. He
was brought to this city and lodged In
jailto await his examining trial, which
is set for Friday.
The excitement occasioned by the
killing was only intensified tO-da,
when Mrs. Fleming was arrested ON
charge of bein- an accessory to Tia
deed. She was brought to this city
Her trial is also set for Friday, ant
she is out under guard
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G. A. &. Rates.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. 15.-W. IL.
Dixon, assistant general passenger
agent of the Milwaukee, laughs at'the
idea that there will be a break of any
sort in the &. A. r. rates. There have
been rumors of still deeper cut, and
railroad officials have portentous-
ly shaken their head and shrugged
their shoulders in a depressingly du-
introduced. These little external eX-
pressiOns of a pretty well-dehned fear,
strengthen the belief that there will be
sudden drop.
Il don't believe word of it, said
Mr.. Dixon. II have heard rumOrs OF
that kind but they strike me as being
all bOsh. Just look at it. The Mil
Waukee has announced rate
of laps for the round trip
with the guaranty that should the
rate be lower when the time arrives
of everything. We shall carry five cars
from California, one car each from
Oregon, Washington and Montana,
| and the commauder-in-chief and suite
Occupyinp five coaches. The MinneSo-
| Ia and Northwestern will carry the
Department of Minnesota. That has
! all been arranged. Now, if the Other
roads make an effort to cut the rate be
low / cent a mile, which is the lowest
rate they can afford to do business il
will be because of malice or envy
Should they do it, it would he for the
purpose of making us carry the excur
siOnists at a low figure and bear tbs
burden, while they sell merely to few
outsiders to whom the rate will be al
advantage in other respects. dom
believe there is q passenger agent ii
the city so reckless as to demoraliZ
rates lust for amusement.
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lava Railuan SHIFTS.

WATERLOO, Iowa, Aug. 1.-THE at
torney who has charge of the suits
brought against the railroad companies
for extortion in freight rates, when
asked if it was the intention to bring
the cases under the different sections
of the law, replied: mo, we do not in
tend to do that for this reason: If test
cases were brought and the railroads
got them into the federal courts they
could delay final adjudication for years,
and in the meantime the Iowa jobbers
would be ruined. Our plan is to begin
large number of cases, so that the
heavy penalties in case the railways ART
defeated would be an incentive fol
them to have the matter settled as
soon as possible.
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HALF AND HALF.
Louisiana Regulators Adjusting the
Domestic Fabric.
Officers of the Militia Anticipate
More Trouble in Stevens County.
Suffragists Defeated IN the Washing
ton Territory Courts.
Thieves Make Big Haul of Diamond
in Chicago.

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 17.-Great ex-
element has prevailed in and around
Abbeyville. in Vermillion parish, dur
ing the last few days, over the attempt
Of the regulators to break up miscegen-
alton there. The movement, which
has been general in the state for some
tune. recently spread to Vermillion,
where the regulators, or Caucasians, as
they are called, warned all white men
living with negro women, and vice
versa, to leave the parish. On Tues
day the regulators whipped one while
man, but when they came to the resi-
dence of a negro named Shepard, who
was living with white woman, the
woman rushed with shot gun and
fired on the crowd, fatally wOunding
one of them. This created great ex-
element and company of rangers in
the adjoining parish of Iberia was sum-
moned to arms. A disturbance is
feared
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Kansas County Seat Pights.

CHICAGO, Aug. ia dispatch from
Wichita, Kansas, says one of the Off
GERS of the militia Company which has
returned from Stevens county relates
that there is every prospect of another
outbreak between Woodsdale and
HugotOn, as the people of the former
place avow they will be avenged for the
death of their four citizens. The situa-
ton in Grant county, he says, is also so
strained that the citizens asked Gen
eral Meyer to leave one company at
each of the two towns, Cincinnati and
Ulysses, and the bitterest rivalry exists
over the county seat question. Both
towns are paying lot of lawless ruff
fans from the neutral strip 81 per day
to remain with them, and boarding a
lot of men to stay and vote with them
on the county seat elections. Arms are
said to be in possession of the beliger-
ents. Each side is afraid of the other
hence the request for troops.
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No Truth in the Report.

New YORK, August 15.-In regard
To the Herald Washington special
which was sent in these dispatches
this morning, the Washington special
of the Pest this afternoon says:
The attention of member of the
committee on finance was called this
morning TO published statement that
Mr.. Blaine has sent "a message to
Washington through Senator Hale
that it is inexpedient for the republi-
cans of the senate to report tariff
bill. He said:
This report is true in no particular
| 1t is a fact that Mr.. Hale has returned
/ to New Y ork. but it is not true that hc
has brought any message from Mr.
| Blaine to the committee or to am
one on the subject of the tariff or OF
any subject. Mr.. Hale did not see Mr.
Blaine, but it is fact that a gentle
man, very prominent republican, VIII
did see Mr. Blaine in New York an
talked with him on tariff matters df
bring q message to the committee
The message Is that Mr.. Blaine doe
not see that the republicans of the ser
ate have any alternative except to pr,
} pare and report a tariff bill. That
the only suggestion that has come I
) the committee as to the views of III
: Blaine on the subject of tariff bill.
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Invsstigating the White Caps.

CoRYDoN, Ind, Aug. 16.-Attorney
General Michner has been in consulta-
ton since yesterday regarding the
proposed prosecution of the White
Caps. He said to reporter last night
that from all he can learn there is no
organized band of White Caps. There
are occasional outbreaks, however, but
they are merely local, inspired by local
feeling against fellows in community
who have made themselves obnoxious
by bad conduct. Farmers and citizens
would club together and take such a
person out and give him fOgging, as
the best and cheapest means of pun
ishment. The people of COrydOn are
law-abiding, and regret very much that
the White Caps in the adjoining coun-
ties are bringing Harrison county into
disgrace. The principal scene of the
White Cap Outrages is Crawford and
Perry counties. The investigation will
begin in Crawford county.
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TaLsn to the PsnitsntarH.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. Isl. 7. Foreman
was arrested at Hannibal, Missouri
last night for crime committed =
quarter of century ago. In 1853 Fore
man stole horse from james Robin
son of Rollo county. His plea on trial
was that he had taken the horse by
order of Captain Livingstone who
commanded the company Fore
man was in. Foreman was
found guilty and sentenced
to the penitentiary for a term Of six
years. A guard of six men was placed
over him, but he escaped during the
night and his whereabouts have been
unknown until yesterday. Foreman
claims he has been within radius OF
one hundred miles of Hannibal ever
since he was sentenced. He has been
taken to the penitentiary at Jefferson
CitV
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Pound Forest.

HARRISBURG, H., Aug. 16.-This
morning MIR. Lotion Price, farmer
living two miles south of this place,
while riding along the Saline Bottom
road, was astonished at seeing being
apparently half man and half beast
cross the road in front of him and hide
himself in the thicket. He gave pur-
suit and soon overlook the fugitive.
which he found to be man whose APP
pearance indicated fast OF probably
several weeks duration. His only
clothing was battered OVercoat, al
most alive with vermin. His feet were
bare and their Soles tough as horn.
Ills hair, which hung in tangled and
matted locks from beneath the rem
nants of an old straw hat, reached well
below his shoulders; his finger
nails had grown to anaunusual length,
and his hands looked more like the
paws of a beast than like anything hui
man. His eyes were wild and his Ian
guage to Mr.. Prices ears, only unintel.
ligible jabbering. He followed, how
ever, dOcile enough at his captor's bid
ding, and was brought To where he was
soon the center of curious crowd. 1t
was suggested that he was n foreigner,
and Mr.. Stack spoke to him in Ger
man. and after some parleying learned
that his name was Anton Schierboogel,
and that he was 80 years old; that he
came to America from Rentlin-
gen, in Wintumburg, nineteen years
ago. He only remembers of having
been at Baltimore, in Ohio, and lastly
at jackson, Michigan, where his left
arm was paralyzed. How he got into
the Saline Bottom forests he did not
know, but he had tasted no food for
four weeks. having lived on roots and
herbs. 1t was evident that his priva-
tiOns had affected his mind and he was
accordingly adjudged county charge,
and after getting a shave, haircut and
bath, and voraciously devouring much
more than square meal, was commit
ted to the county poor house.
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HCiti.sni, Doss not Inolude Womsn,

OLYMPIA, w. T., Aug. 1.-THE SUI
preme court of Washington Territory
has decided the law granting suffrage
to women unconstitutional. The
grounds for the opinion were based on
the fact that the legislature exceeded
its powers granted by congress. The
court took the ground that the word
citizen in the organic act can mean
nothing else than male citizen. An
appeal will be taken to the supreme
court of the United States.
The popularity of the legislation on
woman suffrage in the Territory is that
this is the second law passed and the
first one was also pronounced unconsti-
tutional. Two years ago an election
was held and women cast votes in al
the counties. The Territory is q
stronghold of female suffrage advo-
Gates, and they will fight this case tC
the end
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Took a Fatal Dos. Of MorUbiue

WICHITA, Kas., Aug. 1.-THE dead
body of l.. l.. Bevers was found this
morning ON the bank of Chisolm creek.
The diseased was of somewhat disso-
Lutte habits and addicted to the use of
Opiates. He had lately been discarded
by his sweetheart and this seemed to
prey greatly on his mind. To
his friends he spoke frequently
of ending his life, and a
letter found on the body stated had
partaken of several dozes of morphine
yesterday. The letter was addressed
to DR.. w. Beavers, a brother, in Lath-
rop, Mo-, and spoke of the writer be
| ing in trouble. The body when found
lay within few yards of the house il
which lived Beavers sweetheart, an(
the scene this morning when she saw
the body was most distressing. Thu
coroner's jury returned a verdict Of
Suicide
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Reunion Of The Blus and GRAY

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Aug. 1.-THE
veterans reunion was begun here yes
terday, under the auspices of the Tex
as ex-confederate association. About
900 veterans are at present IN camp.
which is pitched in the beautiful San
Pedro Park, two miles from the center
of the city. The camp is under COM
mand of General w. H. Young of the
United States Army. The city is de-
corated in honor of the happy coming
together of the Blues and Grays. The
military post here, under the COM
mand of General David Stanley, COM
commander of the department of Tex
as, will take part in the Grand parade
The reunion will continue three days
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strnok NV LIGHTNING.

DIES MONIES. Iowa, Aug. 16.-Re-
ports from Tuesday and yesterdays
storms say they were among the most
severe that have occurred in this state
for many years. The railroads here
were greatly damaged and trains were
delayed many hours. WaShouts are
reported on nearly all the roads and
crops were badly damaged. During a
severe electric storm yesterday after
noon a bolt struck among group OF
threshers on the Joe Armstrong farm,
near Oneida, knocking them all down
One of the men was instantly killed
and another so injured that his recov-
cry is deemed improbable. The cloth
ing of both was torn into shreds. The
teams ran away and the straw stacks
were hurn0d