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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-12-13
Herbert Rsdolitt visits GEN. Harrison.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 10.-Among
General Harrison's callers this after
noon, was Mr.. Herbert Radcliff, secre-
tary of the Home Market club of Bos-
ton. This club is regarded as the
parent organization in agitating the
maintenance of a protective tariff.
Mr.. Radcliff states that his mission here
was for the purpose of bringing to the
attention of the president-elect the I'M
even and discriminating administration
of the tariff laws through the under
valuations of invoices, among classiti-
cation and decisions of the treaty de-
partment. MIR. Radcliff expressed him
self as being thoroughly satisfied with
his interview with General Harrison,
stating that the latter realized the iJu-
portance of having custom laws hon.
estly and impartially administered and
he hoped to see the abuses referred to
remedied under his administration.
Many stories, and being printed
about the contemplated visit of Sena-
tor Quay, of Pennsylvania, and his
coming is eagerly looked for by the
correspondents. 1t is probable that
Chairman Quay may visit the presi-
dent-elect before many days, but 1t
cannot be learned that any particular
date has been fixed on for his visit.
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AMFRICUS NEWS.

AAIERICUs, Dec. 1O.-Pat King was
in the city Saturday shaking hands
with friends and acquaintance.
Tressler and Lowery's new store will
be ready for occupancy tomorrow.
The Marques family gave a very
interesting show at the school house
Friday night and succeeded in drawing
full house. a success that travelling
combinations seldom meet with in our
town.
The band was out serenading Satur-
day night. They rendered some very
nice music.
Robert McCaw had the misfortune
to have his hand badly mashed in q
derrick one day last week. 1t was
thought at one time that it would be
necessary to amputate the thumb, but
with careful attention it may not be
necessary BURLow.
Clothing still at cost at j. D. Glib
sons.
Robes and horse blankets at j. S.
Crooks cheaper than anywere else in
the county.
At the old Henning stand 1 will sell
-four right down to bottom prices for
cash. during the present hard times.
j. w. LESH.
Albums. silk handkerchiefs, pocket
books, and-so-forth. tor Christmas pres
ents at J. D. GibSon's.
Buy your fresh meat and bologna of
Bircket & White, at the old reliable
city meat market, Americas.
would say to the farmers in ard
around Americas that I am prepared
to grind corn meal and chop at my mill
southwest of the depot in Americas.
j. w. FLOYD.
Look out for a big holiday display at
Tressler s. Lowry's.
JeWelry at cost at Gibson's.
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Exciting Municipal Election.

BosToN, Dec. 1I.-To-day's election
closed one of the most exciting munich
pal campaigns ever held in this city.
Bitter personalities nave characterized
all sides, and especially has this been
the case in the discussions of the public
school question, the principal issue OF
the campaign. This issue was brought
before the people last summer by the
school board in the removal from the
public schools of a certain book which
contained statements diStateful to the
Catholic citizens, they believing that in
this action they saw an entering wedge
by which Catholic supremacy in the
control of the public schools was to be
ultimately obtained from the friends
of the public Schools" have had fire.
quent meetings to protest against such
interference, and public feeling has
been wrough up to the highest pitch.
A mass meeting was held in Fanuel
hall, and the outcome Of it was that
the committee of one hun
dred, irrespective of party, was
appointed to prepare list of school
committee members for election to-day
that should contain only the names OF
persons who " ere known to be friends
of the public schools" The unusual
interest aroused in the this question
was most noticeable among the wO
man voters and is shown by the fact
that while only S37 woman were regis
tered for the municipal election last
year only rs voted. The total
registration this year reached 20,126
The school board consists of twenty
four members, of which eleven were
elected to-day, and of the thir'
teen members who hold over
eight are of the Catholic faith, and il
being held by the republican commit
tee that this is sufficient representation
of that sect on the board, the ticket as
presented by the republicans to-day
contained the names of no Cath
olics whatever. The republican ticket
was endorsed by the citizens commit
tee of one hundred. The democrats
ON the contrary renominated three re-
firing Catholic members. Miss Car.
dine Hastings, NJ. D., was renominated
by the republicans, the citizens and
the committee of one hundred, but
WAS dropped by the democrats, who
named instead Mrs. Burrows, wife OF
the editor of the Christian Register
Robbie Solomon SCHNEIDER was the
only candidate whose name appeared
on all the tickets. All the tickets were
badly scratched and this, with the fact
that the vote for school trustee is
larger than ever before, Will make il
very late before definite results can be
known, except for mayor, the Tepubli-
can being elected.
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Tha nndlnu Inttsr.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. S.-The federal
grand jury took recess this evening
until Dec. II. During the interim, the
federal court will hold a session at
Fort Wayne. AS to just what progress
the jury has made in its investigation
of the letter associated with the name
of Colonel w. w. Dudley, late treas
urer of the national republican COM
mittee, it is difficult to ascertain as the
court explicitly charged the jury Just
prior to adjourning this evening to
carefully guard all matters that tran
spired while they were in session
More than hundred witnesses were
examined before the july during the
week and it is thought a goodly nm
Der OF them were summoned in the
Dudley case. 1t is known that copy
of the letter alleged to have been writ
ten by Colonel Dudley was submitted
to the jury and a dozen or more
chairmen and secretaries of republican
county committees TO whom it has been
supposed copies of the letter were mail
ed have heen called into court. Some
of the witnesses are reported to have
admitted that they received similar let
tiers, bearing Colonel Dudley's name or
saw copies of the same in other hands,
but this is here given as mere rumor as
nothing absolutely reliable is obtainable
as to what the witnesses testified to. 1t
Is certain that all the witnesses in the
Dudley case have not been examined.
The editors of the Sentinel who are
supposed to know who received at least
one copy of the Dudley letter, have not
yet been before the grand jury. Chair
man Jewett, of the democratic state
central committee, was one of the wit
nesses examined to-day. 1t is sup
posed that the copy of the Dudley let
letr which finally went into possession
of the Sentinel passed through his
hands.
Col. John G. New, member of the
national republican committee. from
Indiana, returned home from the east
to-day.
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Committed for a Criminal Oneration.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Dec. S.-Cir-
cumstances connected with the death
of Mrs. Henrietta Kreichtmany aged
"a, of No. 2513 Lerthlow street, who
died on the 14th of September last from
typhoid fever, as alleged in death GER
tificate of DIR. Emil Howard, her at
tending physician, were inquired into
by the coroner to-day. The deceased
was the wife or Peter Kreichtman, who
on the morning of November 18TH shot
and killed instantly Mrs. Matilda Hell
lerman, his next door neighbor. After
his arrest, Kreichtman alleged
that Mrs. Hellerman had administered
drugs to his wife, which had been fuTn-
ished by DIR. Herwig for an unlawful
purpose, and that matters had so
preyed upon his mind that he was
compelled to kill her. When this
matter was brought to the attention
of the coroner he had the body of Mrs.
Kreichtman exhumed and a post NOR
tenn was made by the coroner's physi-
clan. Examination was concluded
yesterday and the inquest in the case
was held. Testimony was presented,
including that of the murderer himself,
showing that Mrs. Kreichtman was at
tended in her last illness by Mrs. He'll
erman and DIR. Herwig, and the jury
returned verdict of death from crimi-
nal operation at the hands of DIR. Her
wig. The latter was then committed
to await the action of the grand jury.
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Militia Start For Bsrier.

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 1O.-Two COM
panies of the third regiment Missouri
National Guard left at six o'clock
this morning for Bevier under COM
mand of Colonel Milton Moore. Gov
ernor Moorehouse decided that the
state troops were necessary to protect
life and property at the scene of the
strike, not so much from the present
situation as from the opportunities of
both sides to the strike. The fact
that the town was occupied by two
standing armies and that neither
side felt safe, caused both to ask for
state protection, while the citizens
who took no part in the struggle, de-
maDded that their property be protect
ed. The fire of Sunday morning was.
not in the Loomis u Shively block as
first reported, but started in another
part of the town, and is now believed
to have been accidental. 1t is thought
by those who are cOnverSant with the
state of affairs at the mines that it will
be necessary to have state troops there
for at least three months if any good
is to be accomplished. AS there is no
appropriation for the maintenance of
the troops while on duty. and as there
is no fund upon which to draw for their
pay, the poor clerks, who compose a
majority of the members, are apt to be
in a bad position from the loss of their
salaries while on duty.
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BUTCHERING RATES
Railroads Resort 70 crooksdnasa to
Keep Up Local Rates.
Scalpers and Others Paid Big Com
missions on Through Tickets.
A 7rsctics Net intended by tina Inter-
State Commerce Law.
The ScaIpars' Occupation to be Aboi-
ishsd by The Commission.

CHICAGO, Dec. 11.-Net since the
interstate commerce law passed has an
investigation of the Interstate COM
merce commission revealed such an
amount of erookedness on the part of
railroad companies as is now being
made IN this city 10y Chairman Cooley
methods pursued by railroads in trans
acting their traffic. The evidence al
ready obtained is sufficient to convict
nearly every road centering in this city
of willfuI violation of the law, not
only as regards the long and short haul
clause but also as to discrimination
between passengers. The charges
heretofore made that nearly all through
passenger traffic OF the roads is done
through scalpers for the express pur-
pose of avoiding open reduction and to
keep up rates between local points has
been fully substantiated.
Not one of a large number OF rail-
road officials who have been examined
were able to give plausible reason
for selling to Scalpers at much lower
rate than they sell them at their own
offices, nor tell why they persisted in
paying enormous commissions for the
sale of tickets to scalpers, hotel run
ners, hack drivers, and others who
only excuse was that they had to do
it because their competitors were doing
it.
The commission has now come to
the conclusion that heroic measures
are required to bring the railroads to
a realization of the fact that they Can
not longer violate the law with impu-
nifty and the practice of doing their
through business through scalpers, who
admitted that their business is carried
on in violation of the law, will have to
be stopped. The method of paying
commissions for the sale of tickets
either to scalpers or coupon ticket
agents will also have to come to an
end as it is intimated that the commits
sioners will render a decision that
| these practices are contrary to the
letter and spirit of the law and that
whatever rates are made over
any road by Scalpers or other parties
must be made at the regular ticket
offices of those roads, and 1ntermedi-
ate rates must be made to correspond
with through rates, whether by scalp
erS or the railroads themselves. Thus
| if a commission is paid and the COM
mission is used to cut the regular rate,
| by scalpers or anybody else. the road
/ will be guilty of a violation of the law,
unless it reduces regular rates cores
pOndingly. This will surely end the
occupation of scalperS and others en-
gagged in the sale of railroad tickets, as
the railroads could not afford under
any circumstances to sell them tickets
at reduced rates or pay commissions
The commissioners Will meet the mar
ayers of the various roads =centerlng
| in this city to-day.
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DIsIILLERY DESTROYED BY dynamite
The PrOpristors Believe the Threatened Vengeance
of the " hisky Trust haS been Carried out.

The PrOprietors Believe the Threatened Vengeance
OF the Risky Trust has been Carried out.
CHICAGO, Dec. 10.-Shortly after 6
O'Clock this morning an attempt was
made to destroy Shufeldt s. Co.'S. dis
.tillery in the northern portion of the
city by means of dynamite. Enough
facts are not yet known TO justify a
conclusion as to whether it IS the work
OF anarchists or of some one who has
personal grievance against the Shu
feldts. at the hour mentioned the
earth was shaken by a tremen-
dous explosion, shaking the buildings
in the neighborhoOd, breaking many
panes of glass in the surrounding
houses ana causing people to rush into
the street Ia great alarm. 1nYesti-
cation showed that bomb
had been thrown probably from
used for storing high wines, this build
ing was shattered. The hoops were
burst off many Of the casks and the
heads of some of them were driven in.
Very soon afterward q package wrapped
in paper was discovered lying in the
street. 1t contained severalsticks of
dynamite and some Illuminating caps.
A fuse connected with the package
showed evidence of having been lighted
articles are now in the possession of the
police who are at work on the case.
There is no doubt in the world that
it is the work of the trust, said MIR.
Lynch. They have been threatening
us with vengeance for some time past,
and the other day we received word to
look out for damage. We supposed
! they meaat to cut prices and we told
| them to damage away. / never
| fhnn0rht fhRyy would no ryt1i1fU of Sy1Oh
an act as this.
Was there any cause for the taking
of such desperate measures by the
whisky trust?
Well, 1 should say there was. Ev-
| eryOne knows the war they have
waged anainst us without success;
they have tried every means within
their power to force us into the trust,
and they played their last card when
the froze us out of feeding cattle. When
| they saw that it had no effect they began
to issue vague threats to which we paid
no attention. Now last week there
| came the news that house was about
completed in st. Paul with capacity
Of 10 900 bushels day land only short
time before another antitrust house of
10000 bushels daily capacity was start
ed in Pekin, Illinois. Another house or
several bushels in capacity in Danville
| 1ChOunOCO dllCRJdHCC W C11C u uSIi nAAN
then Kentucky distillers began chang
ing their product from WHISTLES to high
wines, which brought them into direct
competition with the trust and raised
the antitrust capacity to II 900 bushels
day.
Mr.. J. D. Lynch, manager of the
Shufeldt company, offers a reward
of S25, 200 for the person who threw
dynamite on the distillery building, and
for the name of the men who employed
him to do the work, or such informa-
tion as will lead to the detection and
arrest of the parties responsible for the
act.
The members of the whisky trust ridi-
cule the idea that the attempt to dis
troy the property was the work direct
ly or indirectly of their organization.
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VIII saiITo-naH.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 11.-Or-
ders were issued by the navy depart
ment to-day for the United States
steamers Galena and Yantic to sail
FROM New York tomorrow for Port au
Prince, Hayti. to enforce the demand
of this government for the release of
the steamer Haytien Republic. They
will sail in company and be under the
command of Rear Admiral Luce. who
has been instructed to transfer his flag
from the Richmond to the Galena.
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Hanss Confaasas Hin Crima.


BIRMINGHAM, Dec. 10.-The facts in
HAYES murder case, and the massacre
of Saturday night are slowly coming to
light. The following important points
in the case have just been learned by
the Associated Press:
The coroner's inquest to-day is en-
deavOring to get at the bottom of the
facts in Saturday nights massacre.
Excitement still runs very high and
the people are divided over the action
of the officers. One very remarkable
feature Is that nearly every man killed
was shot in the back, showing that the
crowd had turned away when the fir
ing was begun.
1t Is reported that Halves has Just
made a full confession of his crime.
Business is going on as usual to-day
except all saloons are closed by
order of Colonel Jones, and
the only evidence of the trouble
remaining is the line of troops and
cannon guarding every approach to
but it is subdued. Sheriff Smith is
still in jail under arrest for murder,
and Chief of Police Pickaw was re-
leased on SO, 600 bond this morning
Smith may leave the city under mill
tary escort until full examination of
the case is made by the coroner. But
it has not been fully determined as
yet.
Certain prominent officers in the
city have telegraphed the governor that
they considered it necessary for him to
be here, and have asked him to come at
once. The governor will no doubt in
vestigate the situation personally and
make arrangements for the removal of
Halves and Sheriff Smith.
Many kilograms concerning the stu
alton passed to-day between Governor
Seay and the authorities.
Miss Ora Brown left yesterday for
her home near Marion. to attend the
wedding of her sister. She returns to-
morrow.
Engagement Between the State Navy and Pirate
Dredgsrs.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Dec. IA dis
patch received here to-day says that
there has been an engagement between
the state navy steamer Governor Me
Lean and the pirate dredgers. Two of
the dredgers boats were sunk and a
number of them captured. One Of the
crew of the Governor Mclean was
shot. This is the first fight between
| the state fishery force and the dredgers
with cannons. The dispatch received
was from Centreyille and signed by
Captain 7. b. G. Howard, Command
ing the steamer Mclean, and
dated to-day to Commander PloWman.
and stated that the steamer had
a severe fight last night and that
it had sunk two boats and capsized one
and had papers of two others. The
steamer was riddled with balls aud one
of his crew. Mate Charles Frazier, was
shot in the arm. Captain Howard re-
lquested that help be sent az once. The
Governor Thomas, Captain Laker. was
sent Immediately TO his aid. The Nc
Leans twelve pound cannon was
mounted last night and size started i'm
mediatsIy for Chester river where il
was thought that the Illegal dredging
on Fort Siddon ground WAS continuing.
The Governor Thomas cannon is
aboard and carpenters went with heT
! with the hope of mounting il before she
reached the scene of action.
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Brutal Treatment Of a eirl.

ST.. PAUL, Mimi, Dec, s,-A terrible
story of the brutal treatment of IA Grip
pied Indian girl by one of the teachers
in the government school at White
Earth, has just reached here. Two
weeks ago Lizzie Seal, with couple of
girl companions after school hours, Wis
tied some friends who lived near the
school. In short time the janitor
came and roughly informed them that
they were wanted at the school imme-
diateiy. On their arrival there thew
were met by the principal who was
very angry. He carried a walk
ing stick and at once be-
gan to use it on the back and
shoulders of the Seal girl Her cloth
ing was very thin and was poor pro
lection against the blows OF the en-.
ragged teacher who broke his cane Ia
pieces on her shoulders. After the
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The Interstate Commerce CommissiOn.

CHICAGO, Dec. S.-The Interstate
commerce commission began Its ses=5n
here this morning. Colonel Morrison
and Judge Cooley are conducting the
inquiry. The proceedings were secret,
but Judge Cooley just before he got
down to business. said, There are GER
tain abuses in the passenger and
freight departments of certain roads
which will be thoroughly looked into.
Pooling on passenger business will L
considered. In a week from now we
may know a great deal more than we
ever expected to-"
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The Papana Canal sobeme.

PARIS, Dec. I1.-Reports that the
government will eventually substitute
or give a guarantee for the Panama
com pany are discredited and financial
houses have their eyes open to the fact
that America might not tolerate the
conversion OF the Panama venture into
a state enterprise. NJ. DeLesseps has
his own scheme to save the project ce
making it an international one. A-a
cording to his plan, England, America
and other great powers will be invited
to contribute in the ratio Of their tonagy
with an equivalent share in the control
of the shares.
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beating she crawled away to a friends
house where she passed the night and
was later taken to her home where she
has been confined TO bed ever since.
Her father is dying. of consumption
and her mother is just re-
covering from a spell of sick
ness while the girl is now
in a very Critical condition. a gen
tleman who investigated the story
found her on blanket spread on the
floor, the body a mass of sores. In
many places the skin was still raw
from the effects of the beating. The
injured girl will probably be unable to
survive the assault and her friends are
very indignant and propose to bring
the case before the proper authori-
ties
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rube Workers Engaged to 90 to England.


PITTsBURG Dec. ia couple of
PIttsburg tube workers have just been
engaged to go to England to teach the
employees of Longmore's tube works
some new points in the manufacture Of
tubing. They have made a contract
at S. per day. Thomas Longmore, one
of the proprietors of the great English
plant was in this city to-day and
left for New York this afternoon. He
has been making a tour of the iron
and steel mills of this country. He said
hewas greatly impressed with what he
had seen and pleased with his recep-
ton, which had been rendered him by
the manufacturers of the PittSDurg,
Ohio.
am taking a couple of workmen
back with me said he, but l do not
care to discuss this matter to any ex-
tent. l am afraid your manufacturers
might think l was trying to secure
some of their best men.
Mr.. Longmore observed while visit
ing the mills here that the American
wOrkmen were more rapid, and had a
better system of doing work, perhaps.
than the foreign Workmen of England.
The two men he took back with him
are among the most experienced. MI.
Longmore's principal object is to grad
ually inauguTate the new system in his
works and to run them on the Ameri-
can plan as it were. Mr.. Longmore
said that business was exceedingly
brisk with the iron men of England
and that he saw no reason to complain.
We have, said he, very good trade in
America and 1t is increasing.
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Washington Notss.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 10.-G. H.
Harries, a reporter on the Evening
Star. to-day swore out warrant charge
ing Representative Martin, of Tennes-
see. with assault and battery. The
assault took place last Sunday forenoon
in the corridor at the capitol. The
trouble between the two dates from the
time Major Martin arrived in Wash
ington and took his seat in the
Fiftheth congress. at that time
Major Martin was staying at Wilkes
hotel and according to story written
by Mr.. Harries at the time for the Re-
publican blew out the gas on retir-
inc