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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31
InHestirating The Civil Service.

NEW YORK, May 24.-Senators
Spooner and Blackburn of the special
committee appointed to investigate
the working of the civil service reform
law met this morning in Judge Bene-
diets court room in the federal build
ing and began their task of investi
eating the operation of the law in the
custom house. The other members of
the committee were not present.
John b. Hine for the civil service as
sociation was promptly on hand to
look after the interest of the law. 1t
is alleged that gross Irregularities
have existed in the civil service sYs-
tenn of the custom house in this city
and especially in surveyor Beattee's de-
pot. The committee was appointed
under the resolutions passed by the
senate March 10, 1888, giving power to
investigate the whole civil service sys-
tenn of the United States to ascertain
whether that service is being run for
political purposes. The committee is
composed of four republicans and
three democrats.
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All Ronest Men.

NEW YORK, May A.-When Bishop
Foster called the general Methodist
conference to order all the delegates
were in their places for about the first
time since the opening day. When
Dennis Osborne of India announced the
opening hymn the galleries and boxes
were well filed. DIR. Newman was in
his customary seat, and when the re-
suit of the tenth ballot taken yester-
day was made known the ballot resulted
in no election. There was 49, votes
cast and 800 necessary to Il choice. Dr.
Newman received ga, DIR. Goodsell 267
and DIR. Cranston 2l6. The result had
hardly been announced when DIR. Bay
liss jumped up and offered resolution
in the interests of fair count. He
suggested that when the conference
was called the delegates should rise
and pass their votes to the tellers who
should then declare the number of
votes cast, of which an accurate tally
should be kept. The conference would
not hear of such thing; they were all
honest men and did not feel inclined to
submit to any such indignity. The
twelfth and thirteenth ballots failed To
elect a bishop. On the fourteenth bal
lot Newman was elected. On the
fifteenth ballot DIR. Goodsell was
elected bishop by a vote of 800 out OF
I2O
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BUSINESS FOR A WEEK.
Gold Going Abroad in Large Quantities-Tr
and QoIlaoksana Hlou

Gold Going Abroad in Large Quantities
and Oollectisns Slow.
NEW YORK, May 26.-R. G.. Dun s.
Co., in their review of trade say, gold
has begun to go abroad in large
amounts, $3.50 900 having been ship
ped since May. In the present state of
foreign trade suspension of foreign
investment in this country involves ex-
ports of gold to meet current balances,
whether any part of foreign capital pre-
viouslY invested here is called back or
not, but there are indications of foreign
realizing on some securities.
The outgo of gold in view
of the large accumulation of idle
money causes no apprehension. AT
interior points money is scarcely any
where close, and at nearly all points
easier; but complaints of slow collec-
tions do not diminish. The volume of
trade is almost universally unsatiSfac-
tory, but the unfavorable weather is
in most cases accepted as the chief
cause, and some improvement is re
ported at Cleveland and Memphis.
The tendency of prices has been down.
ward, both for securities and for pro-
ducts. The average for products was
temporarily lifted by the speculation
in grain, but has fallen again to point
five per cent below the highest for the
year.
Wheat has declined three cents, with
more favorable prospects in crops.
Corn has fallen two and a half cents
for the week and oats one cent. Hogs
and lard have advanced fifteen cents
per hundred pounds, and coffee half a
cent; but cotton and sugar do not gain,
and oil is three and a half cents lower
than week ago. The decline in wool
since May LIST has averaged thirty cents
per hundred pounds. Hides continue
very dull and leather generally favors
buyers. No special activity is
seen in the boot and shoe trade,
orders failing below expectations.
Iron is very irregular. Definite though
not great improvement appears in dry
goods and grocery trades. The stock
market has been depressed about 81 per
share by gold exports and by liquida-
tions in some prominent stocks, but a
vigorous attack began Friday morning.
The business failures during the past
seven days number for the United
States, 2l3; for Canada, II; total, DDS;
compared with 1S9 last week and 175
for the corresponding week of last
Vaer.
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A KANSAS ZEPHYR.
A Wide swAth Cut Through tie
Town OF Argonia.
A Large Number of Business Houses
Entirely Demolished.
The Streets Uttered With Fsg Ends
Of the Wreck.
The Mae Population Taking Care Of
the Remnants Of Merchandise.

WELLINGTON, Kas., May PA cY-
clone struck the city of Argonia, about
twenty-five miles west of here, last
evening at 8 o'clock, and destroyed a
great deal of property. A special to
the Daily Standard says: The follow
ing is list of buildings damaged by
the cyclone:
Samuel Livergood's residence; to-
tally demolished and contents de-
stroyed.
BeSt's store building; blown down.
A family living in the second story
went down stairs and sat down on the
floor, and escaped with slight bruises.
Hodges music store and contents; to-
tally destroyed.
Ferguson's two stores, occupied by
the DOstofIice and "a grocery and Cur
it's hardware and implement store;
blown down and stocks damaged.
JarbOe's confectionery building and
stock; "A total wreck.
Salter's law Office all gone; library
damaged.
Mrs. Hosier's millinery store build
ing and stock totally destroyed.
Logan's livery barn about half blown
away and the carriages badly damaged.
The Methodist church is a total
wreck.
The skating rink was lifted up in the
air bodily and carried several feet and
dashed to pieces.
Joe Arnold's law Office was blown to
pieces and the safe carried forty feet
from the foundation.
Kinsey's barn entirely blown away.
The Badger Lumber company's sheds
are all gone.
Muncie's photograph gallery a total
wreck.
W.D. Tannahill's residence a total
wreck and the contents badly dam
aged.
Mrs. Avis residence was totally
blown away.
Wilson's store and Baughman's drug
store fronts were either blown in OF
badly damaged by flying timbers.
Kinsey's hardware store, the Airing
ton hotel, Argonia State bank, earns
dry goods store and IIarper's livery
barn, were all unroofed.
The west end of the Palace hotel
was blown in, kitchen of Bhodes'
residence was blown down, and the
Baptist church, Wilson's store-house,
and several smaller buildings, were
blown off their foundations.
The streets are filed with debris and
large numbers of men are at work
taking care of what is left of stocks of
merchandise. Mrs. Hosier and
Samuel Duncan, editor of the Argonia
Clipper sustained, slight injuries. No
deaths. Reports from the country
state three persons were slightly in
jured and buildings demolished, but
no deaths.
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PnlitInaI Rnnmsrs.

New YORK, May 2S.-The Tribune
says: HALT one moment, Mr.. Boom
er, it is perfectly legitimate for you to
say that you prefer the nomination of
Mr.. A, or Mr.. c., or Mr.. X, Y, L.,
but you have no business to say that
Mr.. Blaine told his party that it ought
not nominate him. He did tell his
party that he did not want it to nom
mate him, which is a very different
thing. The strict truth is desirable,
and never more necessary than now.
The earnest men of the Chicago Blaine
club, whose figures indicating clear
majority for Mr.. Blaine on second
ballot, were telegraphed the other day,
| do not appear to consider that there
may never be a second ballot. II
| their impressions are right regard
| ing the judgment of the delegates, q
/ frank, friendly comparison of opinions
/ which will proceed any balloting what
ever is not unlikely to bring about con
| siderable harmony of purpose and
action. If that conference disclose:
that more than a majority of the en-
tire convention think and represent re
publican constituents who think tina
Mr.. Blaine is the strongest candidate
who can be nominated it is quit
likely that there may never be more thai
one ballot. But this conference mus
first be frank and friendly and if j
discloses that q majority of the con
vention believe and represent cOnsti
ltuents who believe that some othe
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BoNHAAI, Texas, May PA destruc-
tive cyclone swept over BrowntOn,
twenty-five miles east of here, yester-
day afternoon, destroying the Meth
odist, Baptist and Congregational
churches and eight dwelling houses.
One building was carried across the
railroad track and crushed and Aman-
da Will, colored, who had taken refuge
inside, was instantly killed. Eight
persons, including tie sheriff and
county recorder, were fatally injured.
The damage will exceed 81, 900. The
path of the storm was three hundred
those limits, crops and fences, barns,
outhOuses and trees, were swept away.
y terrible rain, hail and lightning
storm followed.
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CHANIBERLAIN m CUSTODY.
Pirhtinp Over a Shoe Store.

AKRON, Ohio. May 26.-The shoe
store of Samuel D. Levy s. Co. was lev
led upon by creditors yesterday in a
startling manner. This action was
taken on information that Levy, who
is member Of the firm of Liberman 81
Co. of Chicago, was defaulter. Three
firms sent men here, who boxed up
some of the goods and sent them away.
Then it was charged that Levy had
sold the store to Liberman & Co., and
an attachment was put on the remain
der of the stock and the sheriff took
charge. Moses M. Ritterband, for
Greensfelder, Florsheim 81 Co. of
Chicago, began suit for 1900, and fled
sworn affidavit in court, stating that
Levy & Co. had disposed of the goods
to defraud their creditors, and that the
defendants had some of the goods con-
cealed. Henry Levy, father of S. D.
Levy, has been in charge of the store
here, but now Charles r. Solomon of
Chicago is said to be the authorized
agent. Heavy creditors from Cleve-
land, Boston, Utica, New York, Chi
cago, and a bank here, are having a
lively war to get hold of the stock that
is left.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio. May 23.-Late
this afternoon VIM. j. Mcfarland, a
fireman in the employ of the Standard
Oil company, quarreled with his wife
while under the influence of liquor. In
his fury he took revolver and at
tackled his wife. He shot her through
the wrist, left shoulder and body, then
turning his attention to his little
daughter, three years old, he shot her
through the body and right hand. One
bullet yet remaining, he held the pistol
to his breast and pulled the trigger.
He fell with a fatal wound near the
heart. All will probably die. McFar-
land and his wife until month ago
lived most happily together, then an
oldest child died and he has been
drinking more or less ever since.
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A Disastrous Wreck.

KANSAS CITY, May pa disas-
trOus railroad wreck, followed in ten
minutes by another wreck occurred
this morning at a point five miles from
this city, where the Hannibal and Wa
bash roads run parallel. The accident
happened about 3 O'Clock, and resulted
in the death of four men and the in
jury of three others, one of whom Will
die. Last nights terrific rain had
washed away bridge across ravine
and the first accident occurred when an
east bound Rock Island freight train
was thrown into a ditch. G.. RaySton,
a brakeman of Edgerton junction,
Kansas, WAS on top of one of the cars
that went down into the debris and he
was crushed beyond recognition imme-
diately afterwards.
Edward g. Armstrong, brakeman,
was sent ahead TO flag the Hannibal
freight. lie mistoOk the tracks and
was walking along the Wabash road
when Wabash freight dashed around
"a curve and instantly killed him. The
Wabash train met the same fate as the
Rock Island, as the two bridges
were only two feet apart and were
connected, and the heavy cars plunged
down on the wreck of the first train
Two dead bodies were taken out soon
afterward. Neither of the men could
be recognized and it is supposed they
were two tramps. Engineer Ben Nc
Chillar, of the Wabash train, was badly
hurt in jumping and Ben Norris, a ne
gro youth, was so badly hurt that he
is expected to die. John Snyder, the
Rock Island fireman, also suffered
slight injuries.
II will be sometime before the tracks
can be cleared. Meanwhile both roads
will use other tracks.
Later-It now appears that sever
lives were lost in the wreck. Benjamin
Harris, the negro who was fatally in
jured, says that an old man and his
son were in the box car with him and
they have not been accounted for
There is also said to be another tramp
buried in the ruins. One hundred
men are at work for the Rock Island
clearing away the debris and sixty-fivt
are engaged in the same HoIk for the
Wabash.
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NaItreetipg a MiseF.


NAPERvILLE, May 26.-David Web
ster bachelor farmer nearly seventy
years of age is well known and eccen-
tire character who lives in misery and
solitary manner on his farm few miles
south of this place. He is considered
wealthy and is known to have large
sums of money in his possession. at
times. Thursday night a couple of
masked burglars burst open the door
of his house and seized the old man
before he had time to make any re
sistance. They then proceeded to
force confession of the place he had
his money concealed by means of
torture. The old man was choked
and beaten until he became insensible,
but failing by this means to attain
their object the brutes bound and
gagged him and in this condition he
was carried to his barn some distance
away and the robbers returned to
search the house. They only found S27
although among some of the rubbish
in the house a large sum was con-
cealed. The old man was not dis
covered until nearly noon yesterday
when he was in an insensible con-
dition and nearly dead.
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DELUDED PILGRIMS
A White Man With Stained Skin
Passes for a Colored Savior.
Negroes Promised a Paradise on Max.
ing Him their Banker.
He Dscamps With the Funds but i
Caught and Hanged.
An Indiana Sheriff Fatally Beaten by
Prisoners who Escape.

ATLANTA, Ga, May Pa few weeks
ago man of mysterious manner and
appearance located in Green county.
He called himself ''Abbidigal'' or
''Holy One," claimed to possess di-
vine nature and said he had received
instruction by divine revelation to free
the negroes of Georgia from the bond
age of false religion. He gained the
confidence of the colored people and de-
luqed them into believing he was their
colored savior. He had many follow
ers, hundreds coming from adjoining
counties and villages to listen to his
strange doctrines. He held services in
the fields and groves and adorned him
self on these occasions with gay tur-
bans and flowing robes. He had beads
and ornaments, which he sold readily
as charms against the power of Satan,
and in this way was reaping har-
vest. He was regarded by the
whites as a harmless crank, and no
attention was given him until it was
discovered that he was a thief and i'm
poster. The stranger secretly informed
the negroes that there was a ''land Of
promise" which he had recently dis
covered. It was, he said, a place pre-
pared for the negroes, where they had
neither to work nor starve; a paradise
that was TO be the nome or all VINO IOl-
followed him. He babe them steal or
sell all they had and put their money
into his keeping and on certain night
they would meet and together start on
their journey. A dozen families sold
their cabins, crops, mules and all
they possessed and put the money in the
hands of ''Abbidigal." The swindler
appointed a place for the meeting at an
isolated spot, and the time for
starting on the journey was two nights
ago, when band of about forty men,
women and children congregated and
waited in vain for the coming of
"Abbidigal." In the meantime it was
ascertained that the ''holy one" was
several miles distant in an opposite di-
rection, making his way across the
country. When the pilgrims realized
that they had been deceived and rob
bed, they pursued "Abbidigal, caught
him, hung him to a tree, and the ex-
asperated mob dashed his nude body
with briar reeds until they believed
him to be dead, when they left him.
He was found some time later by white
people and cared for, but cannot re-
cover. He is white man. but had a
stained face, hands and hair, so as to
DaSS for negro,
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starkeY in Canals.

CHICAGO, May 26.-Lawyer William
T. Starkey, who is under indictment
for jury bribery, and who has been
vainly searched for during the last
two weeks, has at last turned up in
Canada. Starking's name has been
prominently connected with the now
noted case of alleged jury fixing for
which Sumner C. WEIGH, claim agent
of the Chicago City Railway company,
is on trial, and in connection with
which President c. B. Holmes had re-
cejved severe raking from the prose
cution. Starkey writes letter from
Toronto, in which he says he left
Chicago because he did not desire to be
prosecuted under a guise of being
prosecuted. He finds fault with the
conduct of the WEIGH case, but says
he will return now that an indictment
has been brought against him and will
meet any legal proceedings instituted
in proper form.
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SAN Francisco, May "a The at
tempts that were made Saturday night
to burn st. Nincent's Orphan asylum
newed Tuesday night and YESTERDAY
morning. The asylum has within its
walls about six hundred orphans. 1t
seemed positive that the fire in each
case had been started by one or more
of the children in the building. One
boy has confessed having aided in
starting fires and several of them are
now under arrest. These fires have
thrown the majority of the orphans in
to the greatest fear, as during at least
one of the incendiaTy attempts, the
building came near being consumed
From the partial confession made il
would seem that the boys simply tried
to burn the building down in order Il
escape.
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A republican caucus was appointed
for tomorrow Immediately after the
adjournment of the house, and dem
ocratic caucus is to be held tomorrow
evening at p. m.
The senate spent several hours again
to-day in secret session, ostensibly dis
cussing the motion of Senator Thomas
to proceed to the consideration of the
fisheries treaty with open doors. but in
reality debating the merits
of the treaty itself. Senator
Morgan was the principal
speaker. The afternoon session is re-
ported to have been remarkably dull as
a general thing, but it is said that a
coloquy between Senators dmunds and
Morgan in regard to things the presi-
dent is likely to do, if the senate does
not ratify the treaty, would be read
with interest If made public. No ac-
ton was taken on the treaty, which
though under discussion, has not yet
been formally taken up.
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Msthodi.t Elaot;ops.

NEW YORK, May 26.-At the Metho
dist Conference the Ballot for mission.
airy secretary resulted in the election of
J. o. Peck and a. B. Leonard. j. L
Carlburt was elected secretary of the
Union and Tract society. DR.. Men
denhaIl was elected editor of the
Methodist Review. Nominations for
editor Of the Christian Advocate was
then in order. The names presented
were J. n. Buckley, the present editor
and Miss Francis E. Willard, president
of the w. G. T. o., and one of the re-
jected women delegates. J. NJ. Buckly
was elected editor of the Christian adj
vocate. The vote cast was 395; DR..
Buckley received 2S4, Miss Willard got
los votes. j. H. Baylis was reelected
editor of the Western Christian Advo
cate. Arthur Edwards was reelected
editor of the Northwestern Christian
Advocate.
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FORRIGNNEwn.

CONTEMPLATING FRENCH NOTES.
PARIS, May 24.-The bank of Francs
announces that forty-five counterfeit,
500 franc notes are known to be in
circulation. The forgers are Ameri-
cans.
The glass workers strike in the de-
partment of the Seine has ended.
swARMS OF LoCUSTs.
ALGIERs. May 24.-ImmenS swarms
of locusts are advancing upon Tarcil.
The insects extend in semicircle, the
diameter of which is calculated at
fifteen kilometers.
CARTRIDGE WORKS EXPLODE.
PARIS, May Pa terrible explosion
took place yesterday in Merlotz' cart
ridge fireworks factory, between Pan
tin and Pre-st-Gervais, by which seven
buildings were destroyed. Eleven dead
bodies have been taken from the ruins
and twenty-one persons more or less
injured have been rescued. The search
for victims is proceeding.
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A RoyaI Marriage.

BERLIN, May 2.-The marriage GER
emory of Prince Henry, second son of
Emperor Frederick, and Princess Irene,
third daughter of Grand Duke Luding,
of Hesse, was solemnized in the chapel
of Charlottenburg castle to-day. All
the bells at Charlottenburg were rung
at noon to announce that the ceremo-
nv had commenced, and a salute of
thirty-six guns fired at 1:30 announced
that the bride and bridegroom had ex-
changed rings. Both Emperor Fred
erick and the dowager Empress Au.
gusta were present during the cere.
mOnV.
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Rsnndiata tha Nomination.

CHICAGO, May 25.-The action of the
Cincinnati convention of labor men in
nominating a national ticket, was re-
pudiated by a three-fourths vote at a
meeting last night of the Land and
Labor club No. 1, although the presi-
dent of the club, Mr.. Cowdrey, is the
nominee of that convention for the
presidency. Cowdrey was also rebuked
ton. Mr.. Cowdrey said: 'Some one
has been saying the single tax had now
been forced to take independent action,
and that had said that all good single
tax men would now be compelled to
vote for the nominees of the Cincinnati
convention. 1 never said anything Of
the kind"
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Worth Knowing.

Mr.. w. H. Morgan, merchant, LAX
City, Fla, was taken with severe
Cold, attended with q distressing
Cough, and running into Consumption
in its first stages. He tried many So
called popular cough remedies and
steadily grew worse. Was reduced in
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
DIR. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption Guaranteed to do Just what
/ is claimed for it.-Trial bottle free al
] B. Xheldon's Drug Store.
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ST. LOUIS, May 24.-Advices from
the Indian Territory SAY, serious
trouble is existing in Pickns county,
Chickasaw nation, between nOn-resi-
dents and !Chickasaw officials, on &C
count of collecting 81 per head tax
on all st k. Stockmen have armed
themselves with rifles and are keeping
back the collector and posse by force
of arms. The collector has appealed
to Governor Guy for help. The militia
has been called out by the governor,
but is unable to cope with the mob.
The United States government will be
called upon for help by the Indian
authorities.