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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-12-27
Worth Knowing

Mr.. w. H. Morgan, merchant, Lake
City, Fla, was taken with a severe
Cold. attended with a distressing
Cough, and running into Consumption
in its first stages. He tried many so
called popular cough remedies and
flesh, had difficulty in breathing and
was unable to sleep. Finally tried DIR.
Kings New Discovery for Consumption
and found immediate relief. and after
using about half dozen bottles found
himself well and has had no return OF
the disease. No other remedy can
show so grand a record of cures, as
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con.
sumption Guaranteed to do just what
| is claimed for it.-Trial bottle free al
r. Wheldon's Drug Store.
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The Panama Canal.

PARIS, Dec. 20.-About 700 holders
of bonds and shares in the Panama
Canal company, held meeting to-day
and decided to forego for the present
the payment OF the coupons and the re-
demption of the shares. Ali present
signed documents binding them to sub
scribe to any fresh issue. At another
meeting it was resolved to demand
that the necessary measures be taken
Immediately to Safeguard the Dumer-
Gus interests concerned in the canal.
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HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Dec. 90
The house Of Martin Regina, three
miles north of here, was burned to the
ground Tuesday night, and Regina s
two children and his aged mother were
burned to death. A lamp exploded in
the room where the children and
grandmother were sleeping and Regina
AID his wife were unable to do any
thing to rescue them, having a narrow
escape for their own lives.
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The Presideut's Future Residenoe.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. ia
local paper this morning says Mrs.
Cleveland says she is enjoying her stay
here very much, as she always does.
She is very fond of Philadelphia and
would like to make her home here after
the close of the presidents administra-
ton. Indeed there has been some seri-
Gus consideration of that subject. but
strong business reasons were advanced
in favor of residence by the president
In or near New York. 1t is now quite
decided that upon the expiration of his
term the president and Mrs. Cleveland
will reside at Orange, New Jersey.
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Claims ths Election Of a Republican

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 19.-As a re-
suit of recount of the vote of this city
the Chronicle, republican, claims the
election of Phelps, republican, in the
fetal majority for Quincy. democrat.
is forty-seven, but the Chronicle claims
that Phelps has gained seventy-six
votes in twelve out of eighty precincts.
The Examiner, democratic. contends
that the canvass will show universal
majority for Cluney.
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ANsru Woman

TUsCoLA, ILL.,. Dec. 22.-The explo-
sion of hot water pipe in day coach
on the Illinois Central train last even
ing filed the car with steam
and created panic. Every passenger
attempted to run out of the
car at the same instant and many were
trampled upon and more or less in
jured. Mrs. Ida Pierce of this place
was among the passengers and she
alone retained sufficient nerve to pull
the bell cord and stop the train. a
number of women ATTEMPTED to jump
from the car before the train stopped
but were held back by the male pas.
SeDperS
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A Garrison Thraatanad Ru Pirs

FORT AssINARoINE, Dec. 22.-An
the troops at this post-six companies
of infantry and three of cavaIry-are
out on the prairie west of the post
fighting fire, which started in the
tall grass about six miles to the west
ward about six o'clock in the evening
and steadily advanced in the direction
of the post. The wind is blowing at
the rate of thirty miles an hour and
as the appliances for fighting the fire
limited it is feared that the garrison
buildings. which are all old frame
structures, viii be destroyed. The
loss in such case i'll be heavy.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 2O.-Charles Z. Da-
vies, better known as 1.-The ParsOn, -
appeared this evening at the Office of
the supreme court and fled bill to en-
join Mayor Roche and Chief of Police
Hubbard from interfering with his
show business at the Casino theatre and
the pugilistic exhibitions of Jake Kill
rain and Chas. Mitchell. Judge Alt
geld granted the injunction in bonds
of 300 which were at once furnished
by The ParsOn," with Michael c.
Mcdonald as surety.
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Master in Chanoery Arrested

CHICAGO, Dec. 19.-Charles S. Cut
ting, a master in chancery and a meIn-
Der of the county board of education,
was arrested this morning charged
with being accessory to burglary. Some
ware firm. Cutting, it is said, began
negotiating for the return of the bonds.
This lead to his arrest. In police cir
cles this morning the case was con-
tinued. His Office was searched for
the missing bonds but they were not
found.
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been necessary to stay them with
heavy timbers. This forenoon q large
gang Of men were at work on the mid
die bridge when the ice suddenly and
without warning began to move, pre-
cipitating the bridge and eleven men
over the falls and into the water.
Three men were drowned and the re-
naming eight were rescued in an in
jured condition. The drowned men
belonged at Sun Cook. A relief train
has been DISPATCHED and the injured
men will he brought here.
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been considered one Of the safest in
New York Stock Exchange, but its
earning capacity has been seriously i'm.
paired by paralleling and extensions of
rival lines. The road has paid z per
cent and over for ten years previous to
the present year. and in 1880 paid a
script dividend Of 100 per cent. The
last dividend paid was II per cent for
the quarter Of September, or at the
rate of 9 per cent per annum.
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WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 21.-The
senate committee on contingent ex-
penses to-day reported favorably upon
the resolution extending until March
4th the operations of the special COM
mittee investigating the management
and system of Indian leadership. By
that time the committee expect to have
finished their work and report thereon.
At present they have under CONSIDER
alton certain contracts made by con-
sent of the Indian commissioner for the
winter and spring which will probably
be approved.
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Renews Her Youth

Mrs. Phoebe Chesley, Peterson, Clay
Co.. Iowa, tells the following remark
able story, the truth of which is
vouched for by the residents of the
town: IT am 73 years old, have been
troubled with kidney complaint and
lameness for many years; could not
dress myself without help. Now / am
free from all pain and soreness, and am
able to do all my own homework. /
owe my thanks to Electric Bitters for
having renewed my youth, and removed
completely all disease and pain" Try
bottle, soc. and 81. at Ben Wheldon' s
Drug Store.
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misunderstanding in regard TO these
facts when Mr.. SeWall returns.
The Race Troubles.

NASHVILLE. Dec. 21.-The AmeT1-
cans special correspondent, who has
been Wahalak, Mississippi, report
ing the race troubles. telegraphs as
follows from Artesia, Mississippi, to-
night: ION my way to Columbus
from Wahalak, where I though
trouble and war was over. i was
intercepted by message which read as
follows: II have just received note
from Hills reporting the negroes sur
rounded and showing fight. They
outnumber the whites, who will de-
fer an attack until aid comes.s
Similar kilograms have been sent to all
adjoining towns representing the
necessity for men as urgent. 1 viii
return this tomorrow
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ST.. LOUIS Dec. 2O.-The telephone
case to determine whether the NUM-
cipal assembly of this city has the right
to establish rental rates for the use of
the telephone was decided to-day by the
chief point of the decision is that mu-
inequalities cannot control rates
charged by a corporation deriving its
charter and franchises from the state.
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Convention Of ths Dakota pemOcrats

MITCHELL, OAK, Dec. 20.-The con-
vention of South Dakota democrats
here to-day for the purpose of taking
action to advance the cause of state
hood was attended by delegates from
twenty-One counties and was very en-
Enthusiastically in favor of the matter.
A committee of the leading democrats
of the territory was appointed to go to
Washington and present the matter to
congress.
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Murdarad for Thsir MonaH.

LITTLE Rock. Ark, Dec. 21.-The
dead bodies of Charles Kutz and his
wife were found in their house. nine
miles from this city yesterday. They
were lying in great pools of blood in
different rooms and large blood
stained butcher knife was by the side
of the man. Kutz was a prosperous
farmer and had sold a lot of cotton the
day before, which leads to the belief
that the couple were murdered for
their money.
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BOSTON, Dec. 2O.-Representatives
of the hackers of Jake Kilrain to-day
decided to cover John L. Sullivan's de-
posit of S., 600 at the New York Clipper
office. 1t is understood that the editor
of the Police News, of this city, will be
final stake holder and he will give a re-
ceipt to Kilrain's hackers for the
money.
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The Lawyers Convention.

FORT SCOTT, Kan, Dec. 20.-The
lawyers convention to be held in this
city on the 18th of this month promises
to be a great success. The attendance
will be very large. The Kansas City,
Fort Scott s. Memphis, Missouri Pa
cific and the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
will sell tickets at excursion rates
Delegates will pay full fare coming
and one third fare returning. Tickets
good on the 9th and 18th, and good
to return until the 30th. The leading
hotels will make reduced rates to ali
visitors, and the people of Fort Scott
will endeavor to make the occasion
pleasant and memorable.
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Honkina Pardnnst.

WAsHNeToE, DEC. 21-The presi-
dent to-day retu mel to tbe attorney
general the papers IN relation to the
application for the pardon of Benja-
min Hopkins. of Ohio, under sentence
for embezzIing and misapplylng the
funds of national bank with the fol
lowing endorsement: the condition
of this convict's health is such as APP
pears from the examiu atm which
have set On foot, that the question Is
presented whether he shall die in pris.
on or at home. On this presentation
II aEa willing that he shall spend his few
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Riddlad With Bnllstts and Hung.

WAHALAK, Miss, Dec. ia re-
port has just reached here that an
armed posse overlook four of the negro
participants in Sunday night stragedy.
One of the four resisted and was rid
died with bullets, the other three were
then hanged to surrounding trees.
The posse has sworn to run down all
the negroes who fed to the hills on the
night of the affray. There are at least
fifteen other negroes in hiding.
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Wellington in Dnrknana.

WELLINGTON, Dec. 2O.-For some
reason or other the Gas company
has totally failed to fulfil its contract
for street lighting since the 9th of
last month. Last night at a special
meeting the city council repealed the
for twenty years and the city is de-
pendent ON electric lights for street
lighting. 1t is rumored that a new
gas company is forming to buy the
plant of the present company which is
said to be one of the finest and most
modern in the state.
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AWm Case Compromised.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., Dec. 90
The case against the codicil to the will
of the late Christopher Myer has been
compromised and the will was to-day
admitted to probate in the Orphan s
court. Mrs. Myer will be given $780,.
600. The court allowed A. N. SchnPck
S., 900 as counsel fees and s., 500 to At
torney w. Z. Voorhees, and General
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Tn ola Landmark Rnrnsd .

BOSTON, Dec. 2O.-The old Doty tav-
ern, on Blue Hill avenue, in Canton,
was burned last night. The building
was a noted stopping place in revolu-
tionary times. Both Washington and
Lafayette dined there, and it is said
that rough draft of the declaration
of independence was prepared under
its roof
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INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 20.-About noon
to-day while Mrs. Stoff. colored wo-
man. was away from home, the house
caught TIRE and her two children, aged
three and five wears were bzrned TO
death before assistance could be rem
dered.
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Accidentally Killed .

EUREKA, Kas., Dec. PA special
to the Daily Republican from Severy
says that Frank French, brakeman
on the Frisco road, whose home is at
Neodesha, was accidentally killed at
Severy to-day while attempting to make
a coupling. His death was almost in
Simultaneous. Both limbs were severed
from his body. He was the only sup
port of a widowed mother.
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IN \ and reliable Medicines are the best
NV todepend upon. Acker's Blood Ell
ixir has been prescribed for years for ALI
purities ofthe Blood. IneveFy formo of Scrof
ulous, SyphiIitic or Mercurial diseases, it Is
Invaluable. For Rheumatism, has no equal.
Louis & MclHandless
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The German Governments Action DsnOuuos

Inc herman doVernment's ACTION denounced
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20.-The
chamber of commerce adopted a me-
mortal to congress to-day denouncing
the aggressive action of the German
government in the Samoan islands as
destructive to American interests and
cruel to American residents there. The
memorial urges congress to adopt de-
cided policy and suggests that the
course of action at this time in Samoan
affairs would result in some aggressive
policy by Germany in regard to the
Hawaiian isiands
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BuckIen's Arnics saIye.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum,
fever sores. letter, chapped hands,
chilblains. corns, and all skin erup-
tions, and positively cures piles, or nc
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refund
de. Price 25 cents per box. For sale
by 3. WheldOn.
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Ringing Noises

In the ears, sometimes a roaring, buzziDg
sound. are caused by catarrh, that exceed
ingiy disasreeable and very common disease.
Loss of smell or hearing also result from ca
tarrh. Hoods Sarsapa:illa, the great blood
purifier, is peculiarly successful remedy for
this disease, which it cures by purifying the
blood. If you suffer from catarrh, try.Hood's
SarsapariIla, the peculiar medicine
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suoOes,fully Placed N Po,itisp.

CHICAGO, Dec. 20.-The seventy ton
granite monOleth TO mark the grave OF
ex-Mayor Long john Wentworth.
was successfully placed in permanent
position at Rosehill cemetery this after.
noon. A large number of engineers
and architects were among the crowd
of spectators. The shaft is the largest
single cut stone in America except thS
Egyptian ohelisk at New York.
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La tha Kniehts Of I,ahnr.

PTTTsBURG, Dec. 20.-The railroad
miners of western Pennsylvania at a
convention, representing 1900 miners
held here, decided to join the Miners
Progressive Union. Most of the miners
were members of the Knights of Labor
and their desertion will be hard blow
to the district assembly.
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sane to-day. He recently invited forty
them q dinner which ended with cham
payne. When an officer peered into
the Office to see what it all meant he
found himself looking into the barrel
of a revolver held by Clarke, who
made him throw mn his hands.
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Killad hvan Exnlnsinn .

FRANKFORT. Ind, Dec. 22.-The
boiler in Bracken's stave factory ex-
ploded yesterday. Martin Nolan, the
engineer, was killed outright and Wal
ter FenJemacher and Albert FrantZ
were mortally wounded. Nolan was a
prominent young married man and
leaves a wife and two children.
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LrrCHFIELD, H., Dec. 2O.-S Some
miscresnt threw dynamite bomb in
to the cupOla of the Litchfield Car and
Machine Cos foundry this morning.
The missile exploded tearing the
cupola to pieces and seriously injurins
two of the employees
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Three Men Droxaed and Eiest Ipiuraa

HOoKsET, N H., Dec. ia short
distance north of this station are three
wooden bridges spanning the Merrimac
river. on the Sun Cook branch Of the
Concord railroad These bridges have
been undergoing repairs and on ac-
count of the ice and high water It has
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Meeting of the Council Of Administration.
\

MILWAUKEE, Dec. 20.-The national
council of administration of the
Grand Army met in this city to-day to
set the date of the national encamp-
ment next year, locating it
officially in Milwaukee. After confering
with the local committee, it was
decided to hold the encampment dur
ing the last week in August, the open
ing day being August %. Besides the
members OF the national council
commandments Warner and Ad-
jutant General Eugene L. Weigle were
present at the meeting here to-day.
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COLUMBUS, Ind, Dec. 21.-rhe large
boiler in the spoke factory of Eminent
s. Sons, at Mount Vernon. exploded
yesterday, instantly killing James Lett
of this city. James Lee Joshua A.
Low, Andy Jones and Charles Reed
were fatally wounded and several other
emDlOVeS Xere injured.
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VIII Bring Salt.

TOLEDO, o., Dec. 20.-This even
ing's Blade is authority for the state
ment that suit will be entered in the
common pleas court of this county to-
morrow TO recover from the state of
Ohio large tracts of canal lands in
tins city and in Spaulding county.
The land andbuildings are now worth
40 600 OOO
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Boston, Dec. 20.-Edward N. Ding
ley, son of Representative Dingley, of
Maine, and editor and proprietor of
the Kalamazoo (Miehiganl Telegraph.
was married tonight to Miss Merriam
Robinson, of Rochester. The couple
left imme lately for New York.
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Ra nm nm Collected

ROME, Dec. 2O.-The letter sent by
Cardinal Gibbons and the American
bishops to the pope with reference to
the Washington university. announces
collected for the new institution and
that the university buildings are now
in process of erection
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Rook I.land Dividend, R.dno.a.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.-The reports
which have been current for some time
in regard to the reduction of the Rock
Island dividends proved correct to-day
when twas learned that only I Or.
cent would be paid to the stockholders
Tor the present quarter. The stock has
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Sd Tndiotnsnt Will b Pound.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 20-The federal
grand jury is still in session and ex-
amined a number of witnesses to-day.
The impressions seems TO be growing
that no indictment will be found in the
DUDLEY case.
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Raanit.a = Fahrnnrr1h.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Dec. 90
William Walker and John Mathews
the Bald Knobbers sentenced to be
hanged on December % and January
Is, have been resplted TO February Is
by the governor. on the request OF
Jndge Hubbard. who tried them.
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Praiehf a. Rnrrlar. fI.nah..

CHICAGO, Dec. 2I.-Freight car
burglars have been of frequent occur
enee in Louisville. New Albany and
Chicago switching yards during the
last four weeks. After much trouble
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eentenosd % b Hanpsd.

KANSAS Cry. Mo. Dec. 20 Charles
Mitchell was to-day sentenced To be
hanged February 18th, for the murder
d. q waiter in q low variety theatre
several months age
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nriHa.

SABU1A, Ohio, Dec. GA great fox
drive was participated in here yester-
day by over 1 900 hunters of Clinton,
Fagette and Highland counties, the
center of the circle ten miles in diam
eter. was two miles northeast of
Sabuia. Nine foxes were espied by
the excited crowd when they closed in
upon them. but some of the crowd
broke the circle and seven foxes es-
capped. Two were captured and sol d
to the highest bidder for six and eight
dollars respeCtiVelV
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shooh os E.,.h,,.I.

Troy, n. Y, A shock of earthquake
was felt in Washington and Warren
counties at $40 this morning. The vi
bration lasted about four seconds.
Buildings were violently shaken.
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Advice TO Mothers

MIS-. Winslows Soothing Syrup
should always be used for children
teething. 1t soothes the child, softens
the gums, allays all pains, cures wind
collie, and is the best remedy for
diarrhoeP. Twenty-Five cents a bottle
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remaining days among his friend, re-
CARELESS of any other consideration
connected with the case. and on this
ground alone his pardon is eranfed. :,
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the police have located the headouar-
tiers of the gang which has been fIoIno
all the work. In the basement of 3
lodging house on Clark street. the
police found wagon load OF plumber
which had been stored there after the
foEages OF the gang. The police this
morning made descent on the place
and captured nine men who are sup
posed to be connected in the robberies.
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~ N0\> would enjoy your dinn4
NON and are prevented by Dys-
pepsia, use Ackeris Dyspepsia Tablets.
They are positive cure for Dyspepsia, In
digestion, Flatulency and Constipation.
We guarantee them. 25 and 90 cents.
Lewis & NcCandless.
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All persons afflicted with chronic
ailments should consult DIR. Robert
Lyon, a physician of fifty years. stand
ing Thousands of people who were
on the brink of death will testify to
his great skill. The doctor is not
like many so-called physicians. here
to- day and gone tomorrow; but has
been a resident of our city for five
years. and here to stay. Read his adj
vertisement in another column and
consult him at his rooms at Hotel
Whitley.
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NEW YoRK. Dec. 2O.-Orlando Clark,
treasurer and manager of the New
York Brass company. was declared in