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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-03-21
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MCPHERSON, Kan, March 13.-The
twenty-second annual session of the
Odd Fellows encampment convened in
this city and elected the following Of
ficers for the ensuing year: Thomas
Beattie, Wamego, grand patriarch;
D. NJ. Ferguson, Pdola, grand high
priest: F. II. Betton. Topeka.
grand senior warden; S. Z. Pyle, Nc
Pherson. grand junior warden; Samuel
f. Burdett, LeavenwOrth. grand scribe;
G. II. Schaffer, Council Grove. grand
treasurer; S. IL. Kelsey, Atchison. rep
resentative to sovereign grand lodge.
Tonight the prize team of Sterling
will exemplify the work and will be fol
lowed by the LeayrnwOrth team.
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Shot by Her Divorced Husband.

BENTON, ILL.,, March ia serious
shooting scrape occurred two miles east
of here this morning between John
Martin and his divorced wife, BEETLE.
The facts relating to the shooting are
are about as follows; Martin and his
wife had been divorced for about two
years, but Martin all the while has had
the custody OF their children. To-day,
as many times before, Mrs. Martin
called to see her children and had
reached the yard. Her husband re-
fused to let her enter the house. A
quarrel ensued. and she started to leave
the yard but when just outside the
gate her former husband discharged a
load of shot in her neck and after
ward hit her over the head with the
butt end of his gun. Mrs. Martin re-
ceived some painful wounds, but will
probably recover. AS vet Martin has
not been arrested. Some think he is
insane
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Warned to Leave.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, March 15.-In
the Fourth congressional district in the
last election Lewis w. Turpin, dem
ocrat, was declared elected. Notice of
contest was promptly fled by J. V. Nc
Duffy. the republican nominee. The
taking of testimony began several days
ago and McDuffy went into Wilcox
county for that purpose. In Camden,
the county seat, he was waited upon by
three men who ordered him to leave the
county in forty-eight hours, they
claiming to represent the democratic
executive committee of thecounty. Nc
Duffy agreed to leave as ordered. Before
the expiration of the fcrty-eight hours
the best democratic whites of Wilcox
county held mass meeting and passed
resolutions that such acsion was not
sanctioned by the executive committee
or the white people of the county.
McDuffy asked if they would guar
antee him against harm. Being told
they would not. he very promptly left.
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Chsmpseus and a Kansas Grand Jnry

TOPEKA, Kan, Marcn 15.-The
Grant Jury is engaged in the investi
CATION of the use of champagne and
other wines at banquet given at the
COPELAND Hotel in this city on the night
of March 8. The banquet was given
by a young man from California
named Marco Heliman: who has been
visiting here for several weeks, and
and took the means of complimenting
his yonng friends. Hellman went from
here to Kansas City. The Grand Jury
entertains the idea that Hellmon was
here in the interest of a wholesale
liquor house at Los Angeles. The
participants in the banquet have been
called before the jury, and the investi-
cation is creating uncommon interest.
The developments thus for. show the
consumption of three dozen bottles of
Cucumanga wine and two dozen bottles
of ladies' wine.
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A DISSATISFIED Son in-Law

AUSTIN, Nevada. March ia
terrible tragedy occurred at Italian
canyon twelve miles from here yester-
day afternoon. Samuel Rumble killed
his father-in-law, George Hosking and
his brother-in-law aged fifteen by
shooting them with a shot gun, the
charge of shot entering the neck and
seYering the jugular vein of the FORM
er and tearing away the face of the
latter.
a boy named John King. hearing the
shot, came toward the house. He was
met by Rumble. holding the gun. The
latter asked the boy to shoot him. but
the lad refused. Rundle then took the
boys horse and rode three miles to the
lower ranch. entered the kitchen of the
house and with a pistol shot Mrs. Hos
kin in the head and then shot himself
in about the same spot.
The four bodies were found at the
ranches lying at right angles, forming
a cross. The shooting was the result
of family quarrel over a division of
property. The bodies were brought
here last night and an inquest held
! and quadruple burial will take place
tomorrow.
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Tn. Act usoopstitutional:

SANTA FE, N. M, March 15.-In a
lengthy opinion given to the meat in
spector of Senta Fe county, relative to
the new law regulating the sale of
meat and providing for the inspection
of cattle and hogs prior to the slaugh-
tering, which practically prohibits the
bringing into New Mexico of dressed
beef and pork, the acting solicitor gen.
eral of the territory, says the act is
unconstitutional and void, SO far
as it's effect on shipments
into the territory for purposes of sale
and public use are concerned. The
articles of the interstate commerce he
said, holds that dressed beef and pork
are commodities of this character, and
that the law is an attempt under cover
of the police power to keep out foreign
dressed or uncured meats. Large
quantities Of these meats are shipped
to the city butchers, hotels and railroad
eating houses.
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Trouble Over a Kansas County Seat.

TOPEKA, Kan, March Imam
damus proceedings have been begun
in the supreme court by the state ex rel.
the attorney general, to compel the
officials of Grant county to show cause
why they should not remove their
ofhces to Appomattox as the perma-
nent county seat of Grant county. The
petition charges that at the election
held in October last for the purpose of
locating the permanent county seat,
gross frauds were practiced by the citl-
zens of Ulysses, who bought votes and
voted non-reSidentS, and thus re-
ceived a majority of the legal VooeS
cast. Lists of the names of fraudulent
voters voting for Ulysses ara attached
to the petition, 211 of whom are claimed
to have been bribed and 132 were non
| residents. An alternative writ, re-
| turnable April 10. was issued few
DAYS since. Governor Humphrey re-
ceIved a telegram from the sheriff OF
Grant county at Ulysses to the effect
| that an armed mob had come to thai
place with the intent to take away
| property of value; that they had beer
beaten off, but that if they came agair
there was likely to be trouble. Th'
governor promptly wired the Officer
that he had ample authority to pre-
serve the peace. and that he should d.
so fearlessIy and impartially at al
| hazards
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A Mysterious Disappearance Explained

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, March IA
story is going the rounds which. if true,
explains the sudden. and, at present,
mysterious disappearance of Viccars,
the young man who dropped so COM
pletely out OF sight ON the day set for
his wedding, and after he had made
all arrangements for the event. The
young lady in the case. and, as told, is
as follows: The young lady was en-
gagged to another man, and had no
thought of marrying Viccars. She
| had been led by a gentleman, who
thought it would be fun for all parties
conceI ned, to make a NASH on
| Viccars. She made the ''mash'' ali
right, but did not let Viccars know of
the true state of affairs until the
cOurtship had gone too far, he having
| furnished the house and arranged TOT
the ceremony. Then he called to see
| her. when she told him the ceremony
| could never occur. Chagrined at hav-
ing been made piayt thing OF he dis
| appeared. He was in debt for the
goods he had purchased for his new
home, aud nothing would be mort
natural than that he should disappear
without letting his creditors know any
thing about it. 81. NJ. McLaiu. this
brides uncle. denies the story unouali.
tiedly. He is the junior member OF The
firm o. III. s. Smith & Co. He says al
though she might have married A much
Weather man, she preferred Viecars
and she now Is very much grieved al
his disappearance. He resents thu
story and says it is very unkind to al
parties concerned.
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country. One battle has been fought,
one man killed outright and another
dangerously wounded. This is only
the beginning. as both parties to the
feud have hosts of friends and relatives,
who will carry on the fighting. Green
and William Cofeld, well-to-do farmers
and merchants, were supposed to own
an Illicit still. The still was captured
and destroyed by revenue officers and
it was rumored that George Brown, a
ueighbor of the Cofields had led the
officers on the raid. 4 few nights later
Browns barn and the out-houses, with
all their contents, were burned to the
ground. He publicly accused the Co
fields of thecrime, and they started to
hunt him up. They met Brown in the
road near his home, and, after talking
the matter over few minutes, the
fight commenced. 1t is said the Co
fields first opened fire on Brown. He
returned the fire, killing VIM. Cofield
and badly wounding Green COield.
The Cofields are very popular and
their friends have sworn vengeance
against Brown. and bloody local war
fare is expected. None of the parties
have been arrested.
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Democratic Alderman Arrested

KANSAS CITY. March 1.-THE re-
publican primaries in Kansas City.
Kansas, tonight were attended by
lively incidents. Mayor Hannon, who
was elected last year on the republican
ticket and who has been nominated
by the knights of Labor, was opposed
by large number of republicans for
denomination and resulted in his
overwhelming defeat. Alderman
Reagan and Looney (democrats) of
this city, tried to help Harmon out
by taking thirty-seven across the line
to work in his interest. They chal-
lenged every voter and made them
selves obnoxious generally until finally
both Reagan and Looney were arrested
on the charge of drunkenness and dis
orderly conduct. Reagan resisted the
officer and was severely dubbed on the
way to the station house. Both men
were bsiled out. Their followers re-
treated in good order to the Missouri
side of the line and none of them were
arrested.
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BUTTE, Mont, March 15.-One of
the smelters of the Anaconda Mining
company at Anaconda burned, entail
ing a loss of fully 81 900, with no
insurance. The fire was first discov-
cred in the middle of the roof of the
ore house at the lower works, which are
situated little below the town on the
north side of Warm Springs creek
The Anaconda company had what was
considered perfect fire system of its
own. and carries its own insurance.
Hose is distributed in all parts of the
buildings, and there is a tremendous
water power on hand for use in case of
fire. In spite of this it was not ten
minutes until all efforts of the firemen
were entirely futile. The main efforts
were then directed to saving
the adjoining buildings. In this
concentration and stamp mill are in
the same building as the ore house and
were saved. The great smelter build
ing lies just north of the house where
the fire caught and contained twenty
of the Bruekner furnaces. Within two
| hours alter the outbreak of the fire
this great building WAS entirely des-
| troyed and not Il stick in its whole for
est of frame work was lett standing.
The wreck was total. The flames then
spread to the new building 400 feet
| square, which was being erected for
| calciDe furnaces and this was also con-
sumed. At least One-half of the great
plant was destroyed and what is left is
rendered inactive altogether until the
rest can be rebuilt. The buildings
were all new. as was also the main
chimney which was heavy ana eXpen-
| sive. There exists but little doubt but
that the fire was of incendiary origin
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A Jumbo Job.

NEW YORK, March 14.-Negotiations
are now in progress for the property
now occupied by the old buildings at 5,
z, and IL Broadway, and extending
through to Greenwich street, which
cover an acre of ground. The plans
for IA new building to be erected On the
spot have been prepared. A syndicate
of Chicago capitalists, in which are
Senator FarwelI and Phil. Armour, is
bidding for the site. The plan of the
contemplated building is now OH exhi-
bition at the office of the architect
The building will be sixteen stories
high on Broadway and seventeen on
Greeplich street. The building will
contain $50 offices, and the architect
says this will be the largest building
in the world. The estimated cost of
the building is 81 $50 900.
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A Conr.rtI1 PrIrhtful Vininu

WINDSOR, Ont, March 13.-Elder
Morris related in a Baptist church Sun
day evening that one of his recent con-
verts in South Colchester had a fearful
vision a few nights ago. The new con-
vert, who is young colored man, saw
hell. place of liquid, boiling flames,
rolling over and over, and gray-haired
men rolling over and over in them /;
also, he saw and heard lot of young
men popping up in the flames like IA lot
of popcorn in stove fire. The elder
drew a friGhtful picture of Gehenna,
soaring his hearers so that several
women went into fits, while men
groaned and wept amid great excite
ment. Monday Mr.. Morris was noti-
fed to drop the old-fashioned he'll or
stop preaching.
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Thew Must AapR.


LITTLE Rock, Ark, March 13.-The
three doomed colored men. Willis
Green, Anderson Mitchell and Dan
Jones, whose day of execution was
fixed for March 18th, are now left to
their fate. Application was made to-
day to Governor Eagle to commute
their sentence to life imprisonment,
but he tonight refuses absolutely
to interfere, and the condemned, who
are now in the Clark county jail, at
Arkadelphia, will be notified to-mor-
row morning. These men are three of
a gang of five who last September muir
dered a colOred man by whipping him
to Fdeath in the woods near Arkadel-
phia. The other two of the gang es-
capped with life sentences. The three
who are TO be hung Friday we're origi-
nally sentenced to be executed October
20 last, but an appeal was taken to the
supreme court, where the judgment
WAS affirmed.
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The Verdict Unanimous.

w. D. Suit, Druggist, Bippus, Ind,
testifies: II can recommend Electric
Bitters as the very best remedy. Every
bottle sold has given relief in every
case. One man took six bottles. and
was cured of Rheumatism of 10 years
standing. Abraham Hare. druggist
Belliville, Ohio, aftiTms: The best
selling medicine I have ever handled
in my 20 years experience, is Electric
Bitters." Thousands of others have
added their testimony, so that the
verdict is unanimous that Electric Bit
tiers do cure all diseases of the Liver
Kidneys or Blood. Only half dollar
bottle at Ben Wheldon's Drug Store
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The Rarrstt Bow Confsas.

M1SNEAPoLIs, Mimi, March 15.-The
Barrett boys, sentenced to hang March
% for the,murder of TOllefson, street
car driver, on their trial tried to prove
an alibi and denied the crime. They
have now confessed. Mrs. Mary A
Monk, who is interested in saving the
Berretts from the gallows, said last
evening that they had made confes-
sion to her.
AFTER we had prayed together Sun
day." said she, ''they made full con-
fession to me and told me the story OF
their life, and am as sure as | am OF
ANYTHING that they were telling me
the truth. They spoke alternately
and when one would make statement
the other would nod his assent. The
confession was made freely, and with
no hesitation on their part or solicita.
ton on mine. 1t was made in the full
presence of their fate, and l doubt
whether they had any hope to escape
| hanging.
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Psrishsd in thu Flamss.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March ia
special to the American from Hollow
Rock, Benton county, tennessee, says:
The house of William Flowers was
burned last night and Flowers, his
wife and two children, persisted in the
flames. Neighbors saw the fire. but ar
rived too late to be of any assistance
not single occupant of the house was
left to tell how the fire occurred. An
idea prevails that murder and robbery
were committed and that the fire was
started to conceal the crime.
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cnnfannion Of Two Thiauan.

WICHITA, Kan, March ia con-
fession made this morning by two
youths named Fitzbaugh and Viii
liams, arrested last night for recent
burglary of jewelry store here, has
created sensation in police circles
FitZbaugh was the first arrested, and
on him was found some of the stolen
property. This led to the arrest OF
Williams, who has of late passed as an
officer of the Kansas Detective Bureau,
Williams confessed and implicated DIR.
Crabtree, chief of the bu-
reau, in whose Office he
said the robbery had been planned and
most of the stolen property placed the
day after the robbery. Crabtree al
leges that Williams came to him with
a story that FitZbaugh was thief, and
that a scheme had been cOncOcted be-
tween them to rob this jewelry store.
He tCrabtreel was to be present and
catch the burglars in the act and
arrest FitZburg, letting Williams es-
cape.
"Tha plan would have worked all
right" said the detective, had l moi
made q mistake in the night, but as il
was was not present and the two car.
ried OF the goods and divided them
Williams brought his share to my Office
next day and 1 was trying to locate
FitZbaugh's portion when the officers
arrested him."
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aladstnnian Mamhsr ElaOtad.

LONDON, March 15.-An election was
held in the Remington division Of
Lambeth to-day to fill the parliament
tary seat made vacant by the resigna-
ton of Mr.. e. G. Davis Ia conserva-
uive.) The election resulted in a victory
for Mr.. Beanfry, the Gladstonian can
didate, who polled 4.O69 votes against
8 ,4S9 for Mr.. Hope, the conservative
nominee. At the last election Mr.. Da-
Wis. the retiring member. received 8, 222
votes and Mr.. Beanfry 1872.
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Stras. Car LinA Sold.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 15--Presi-
dent Hutchinson, of the Corn Exchange
bank, Chicago, Charles b. Holmes, gen.
eral manager of the Chicago city rail-
way and d. g. Hamilton the Chicago
real estate man, have purchased the
controlling interest in the st. Louis
railroad or Broadway line. It is said
the entire sum paid over to the st.
Louis stockholders was 1871 600. It is
understood the Chicago purchasers
will put in a cable and add new equip
mont
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rn Rnuoott Cnioradn nattl..

KANSAS CRY, March IA buyer
for one of the biggest Kansas City
dressed beef houses to-day made a
statement to the effect that the passage
of any hostile legislation to the packing
house industry would be resented by
the peculiar means of boycotting the
cattle of the state OF states enacting
such legislation. Colorado has already
passed such a law and buyer said to-
day siyou may rest assured that va will
not buy bullock that has a Colorado
brand on it and the same policy viii be
pursued with other states that pass
similar laws.
What the effect of the boycott would
be was not stated but the buyer affirm
ed the boycott would not enrtaiI opera
lions of dressed beef houses because
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Confederate soIdisrs Hnms

New YORK, March 14.-Secretary
Oliver Downing, of the New York citi-
zens committee to aid the National
Confederate Soldiers Home at Austin.
Texas, has received a letter from Gen.
eral Alfred Pleasanton containing
money. another letter from Mrs. Gen
eral Grant encloses a check for $25
The letter is aS follows:
Oliver Downing, Secretary, etc.
DEAR SIR:-General Grants Kindly
feelings toward the southern people
though they were once his enemies, is
Mrs. Grant reason for sending the
enclosed check. She wishes you suc
cess in your efforts.
FRED. D. GRANT,
For Mrs. Grant.
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Disarmiae Id Unaeen Zoe.

This was sometime paradox. /" ss Hamlet
says. Since. however. the people Of America
and other lands have been enabled 70 pit
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters against that un-
but an easy possibility. Wherever malaF1e
evolves its misty venom to poison the air, and
decavfnR iinWholeSome vegetation tmpreg-
mates the water, there. IN the very stronghold
of miasma Is the auxiliary potent TO dis&Tm
and aqua, bilious rem1fteDt, dumb eSue and
aRue cake no matter how telaci0nsly they
have fastened their clutch On the system. are
first forced TO relax their grasp and eventually
70 abandon II altogether: But ie Is its pre-
yenfiVe force that should chiefly recommend
the Bttters 70 persons dwelling IN malaria
cursed localities, for f Is . certain tuek1er Of
defence against which the e0eny is roWerle1a.
Cures, likewise, dyBpep1l4, fneQE1aftsm, KID
ReF and bilious HiiMent9s
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A Wnman,s Discovery

Another wonderful discovery has
been made and that too by lady in
this county. Disease fastened its
clutches upon her for seven years she
withstOOd its severest tests. but her
vital organs were undermined and
death seemed imminent. For three
months she coughed necessarily and
could not sleep. She bought of us a
bottle of DR.. Kings new discovery for
consumption and was so much relieved
on taking first dose that she slept all
night and with one bottle has been
miraculously cured. Her name is Mrs
Luther LutZ." Thus write w. c.
Hamrick s. Co., of Shelby. n. C.-Get
trial bottle at B. Wheldon's drug
store.
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thurman PLAYING Poker.

NEW ORLEANS, La, March 15.-The
fact was brought to light in the Grim
inal DISTRICT to-day that the jury in the
case of George Dunn, tried for the kill
ing of James Weir. when locked up for
the night after the case had been given
into their hands, played poker for four
hours. Judge Evans, counsel for the
accused, who was convicted of man
siaghter. in making an appeal for a
new trial by testimony offered in open
court. showed how the jurymen had
passed their time. In deciding the APP
pIieation, Judge Baker said: Twelve
men, supplied with a quart bottle of
whisky a deck of cards and a handful
of beans. who played poker from IL
O'Clock at night to 4 O'Clock in the
morning and holding a mans life in
their hands could not possibly give the
prisoner fair trial. as long as be
presided over the court he could moi
sanction such thing, and therefore hI
granted the prisoner new trial.
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EXCITING Encounter With . Burglar

INDEPENDENCE, No, March IA
daring burglar broke into the house of
Charles s. Cryster, prominent attor-
ney of this city, this morning about 3
o'clock, by using forceps to unlock the
front door. He was first discovered in
the bed room of Mr.. and Mrs. Cornell
Cryster, who had been aroused by some
slight noise. Thinking it was some
member of the family they asked what
was wanted, and were told to keen still
or their heads would be blown off. Mr..
Cryster immediately jumped out of he'd
and started toward the burglar, wher