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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

infamous one, and = travesty on the
name of law. No man is safe or can
feel secure under it. ANY trihing visit
is sufficient to give color to charge
that will ruin aman's character or land
him in the pen, innocent though he
may be. A charge of that kind is one
that is easily brought and next to i'm
possible to disprove. Hence the policy
of the law has been to discourage it.
Our Kansas statute reverses the COM
mon law, and goes so far as to put a
premium on it. 1t is shame and q
disgrace, and if the lower house OF the
last legislature had the courage OF
a chicken it would have corrected it
instead of turning tail and running
away from it in the most cowardly anC
dis0racefuI manner.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04
CASE IN POINT.

The case of Bachman against Beck
brought last Tuesday before Judge
Fletcher for preliminary hearing, an
account of which appeared in the
NEWS of that day, beautifully illus
trates the wickedness of the existing
law in this state fixing the age of con-
sent at eighteen.
A brief narrative of the fla cts as
sworn to OH the witness stand by the
complaining witness will prove what
we have just said.
Last June when sixteen years old,
Cora GraysOn visited Kansas City,
staying five weeks in the house in
which young Bachman lived. She
then came home. In August her moth
or suspected that she was enciente and
spoke of it to her. Cora admitted the
fact and said Bachman was her seduc-
er. Both went at once to Kansas City
to see what could be done about it.
An interview was had with Bachman
and his parents. 1t was finally decided
all around that the boy should marry
her. A license was procured and the
marriage took place in Wyandotte. On
the day of their marriage her husband
left her and she returned to Emporia.
About three weeks ago her child was
| born.
These are the facts as narrated by
her on the witness stand. Yet, al
though she admits telling her mother
that Bachman seduced her in Kansas
city, she now swears that she lied to
her, and that young Beck is the father
of her child. Bachman, she says. never
touched, never made love to her, never
kissed her, in fact, had nothing what
ever to do with her.
Why did he marry her then, under
more or less compulsion, and the same
day run away from her? Considering
this fact in connection with the time
Of her first visit to Kansas City, last
June, and her subsequent admission to
her mother that Bachman seduced he1
while there, the Inference is natural
ana unavoidable that she told heI
mother the truth. Now she changes
her mind, and, probably hoping to in.
duce Beck TO marry her, or else go tC
the pen, she charges MIN as the guilty
party. Beck firmly protests his inno-
cence.
As the law now stands it is minute
rial whether Bachman or Beck was her
seducer. If she can persuade a jury
that the latter was criminally intimate
with her since her return from Kansas
City, he must go to the pen for at least
five years. The boy is only eighteen
years old, and admitting that in the
last five or six months he has had
stolen interviews with her.
which he denies, does any
sane man or woman believe that he
should have his life blasted by incarcer-
alton for five years in the penitentiary
for it? Who knows whether she, and
not he is the seducerp And if so WHY
not punish her instead of him. He has
been well raised, has a father and
mother now well nigh heart-broken be-
cause OF the apparent impOssibiIity un-
der an Infamous law of rescuing their
son from the tolls of designing wo-
man.
To say that the boy is guilty OF rape
as charged is an outrage. The Law
that makes such charge possible is an
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04
MODERN sORoERY.

Judges and courts differ in their opin |
ion Of things just as common and un-
people do. Two recent
one in Wisconsin and the
other in Maine, illustrate this tact. The
parents of a Wisconsin boy sued q
clairvoyant healer for making Grip
pie for life of their son, who was treated
by him for acurable hip disease. The
doctor set up the plea that the pa
rents knew or his peculiar methods OF
treatment before employing him, and
were willing 70 trust their child in the
hands of clairvoyant. The supreme
court decided that holding himself out
as healer of diseases, he must be held to
reasonable skill in the exercise of his
vocation. Failing in this, he must be
held liable for any damages prOximate-
ly caused by unskillful treatment of
his patient"
In the Maine case. the supreme court
held that where a party had called in
a christian scientist" knowingly, who
used no drugs but depended on
Christian science alone to effect a cure
he was entitled to no damages because
he got what he bargained for, that is q
good dose of Christian science. If il
did not make him whole, why the fault
probably was in himself, instead Of the
doctor" His store of faith was al
ebb tide perhaps, or something els'
about him weak and insufficient.
We like this latter decision better
than the one in Wisconsin. If peOpl
can not learn from observation and b.
reading the newspapers the folly o
employing in cases of sickness the ser
vices of impostors who profess to cur
by supernatural agencies, why, there i
no other nor better way to teach then
than by experience. No one wonder
at savages resorting to the incanta
lions of the sorcerer as a means O
healing the sick. They are ignoran
and superstitious, therefore know n
better. But when people reared i
Nineteenth century civilization, an
surrounded by intelligent and capabl
physicians, resort to sOrcery and claiI
vOyancy, equally as senseles an
ridiculous as any in vogue anon
the American Indians, there is a caus
for wonder, wonder that the spirit c
superstition still fingers in spite of a
that has been done to Danish it.
If precept and example cannot teac
people the folly Of it, perhaps expel
fence will. When the patient of
Christian scientist turns his toes to tn
daisies, it is quite likely that hi
friends will be likely to call phys
clan the next time instead of a Sol
cerer.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
March 30 1890

COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
March %, 1889.
Council met in special session with
Mayor Weaver in the chair. Council
men present: Mccain. Clarke, Tyther-
leigh, Wells and Phillips.
The clerk read the following CALL
To the Hon. n. E. weaver. Mayor of Empo-
ria:
The undersigned members of the
city council respectfully request you to
call meeting of the council to be held
at the council chambers this evening
at 7:30 o'clock for the purpose of con-
siderinR matters connected with the
ground on which the reservoirs are To-
Gated. Dated March 10Th, 1889.
w. V. PHILLIPS,
j. d. TYTHERLEIGH,
ED HOFFER,
w. p. SEXTON,
FRANK MCCAIN.
A. a. WEELs.
A meeting of the city council is here
request. N. E. WEAVER,
Mayor.
After full and thorough explanation
of the title of the land on which the
reservoirs are located being vested in
A. S. Kimble, of Los Angeles. Califor-
mia, by City Attorney Scott, and act
ing upon his advice. the council, on
motion of Phillips, voted unanimously
to purchase the land at $50 per acre.
including the right of way for the pipe
line, also road leading to reservoirs.
On motion of Mccain the matter
was referred to the mayor and city at
torney to finish all necessary arrange
ments for the purchase. Adjourned.
H. S. ALEXANDER, City clerk.
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THE PAuPeR LOVERS GIFT.

No Crussus /. with Golfers full Of gold
And kinsly caSksts, filed with precious gems;
10 costly gifts my loves white hands enfold.
Upon her brow no cleaning diademS
II held sway DER ali the peopled world
And owned it's stored wealth by right divine
Its richest, rarest treasures would be hurried
So, since own nor gold nor jewels rare.
No Queenly pearls or rubies royal red
meekly send this love Of mine most fair
A knot of faded Violets, instead
And yet poor how'rs! all withered. dead and torn
Better than gold and gems and all the rest
I've loved them, In my solitude foElorn-
Because my love once wore them at her breast
Chicago Journal.
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with me to her fathers house, about a
mile distant.
Don't you know that you might have
been killed by some of those people you
frightenedY' asked.
'sNo, sir, never thought of that
Everybody who saw me ran away"
When we got to the farm house where
Jennie lived it was half past o'clock
Everybody was in bed and the lights
were all out, but boldly knocked at the
door. A window opened and mans
voice said:
s'Whose theres"
sMe."
"Who's meg'
'sThe detective"
ssYou're rather late. Why cid you not
wait until tomorrow? Better come
around and see me in the morning"
ST want to see you now. have the
ghost"
At this the window was closed with a
bang and / heard hurried steps on the
stairs. The door opened and old Baylis
stood fin the doorway. He was draped
in a very long old fashioned white gown
and wore tall steeple shaped night cap.
One hand held up tin candlestick and
beard sweeping under his chin from ear
| to ear made him look very comicaL He
looked at me in establishment, and when
he saw his daughter and the sheet
thought he was going into commissions.
''You, JennieY' he asked at length.
eyes, father" said Jennie very humbly.
Old Baylis sighed and said, "Come in.
He sent for the neighbors Immediately
don't. know what was said at theil
meeting, for I was not admitted to it
but old BayEs gave me a letter to the
captain and packed me off on the mid
night train. Next morning reached
the Office early and found all the meI
present, waiting for the captain to detail
them. The men grinned at me anC
passed the time of day pleasantly enough
They all knew where had been and an
ticipated wonderful tale of disaster AND
defeat, which they were ready to laugl
at, although was favorite with them
having done many piece of extra worl
for every man there.
ST thought sent you to Fort Wash
ington, Harry" said the captain.
Eyes, sir"
made an ass of yourself, supposeT
There's letter, SIR
While the captain read the letter tn
men guyed me.
s'This is a very nice letter, Harry,
said the captain. "Boys, the youngste
captured the ghost"
did hep said the men.
Eyes, sir, he did. The boy is credi
to u.s." and then the captain read the lei
! ter of the selectman out loud. At ever
sentence grew foot.
"Wel, now, how did you do it?" sex
eral inquired.
told the story, and you can be sure
did not refrain from giving myself plent
of credit. My tale was very highly CO
ored When it was concluded Long JiI
Langdon drawled out:
Harry, tell the honest truth. Wa
you frightened when that match wer
out!"
'sNo, of course not!'' said I. But wa
: frightened two years later when aske
} the ghost to marry me, and thought sh
} was going to say no. However, sh
didn't.-Philadelph Times.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04
OKLAHOMA.

If you contemplate homesteading i'll
Oklahoma, bear these facts in mind.
The only legal way to secure $50 acres
of land is by hOnesteading it. No
presumption nor timber claims are al
lowed. Even the Communication clause
of the homestead act is omitted. I'm
der that one could acquire title to
his land after six months residence on
it, by paying $l.25 on acre for it. In
Oklahoma you are given 100 acres
having only to pay the necessary fees,
but you must live on it five years be
fore patent is issued to you. The on
ly exception to this is in case you are a
soldier or sailor. when your time of ser
vice in the late war up to four years
In no case can you secure title under
one years residence. The residence
must be continuous, the settler taking
care not to absent himself more than
six months at any one time during the
period necessary to perfect his title.
The law with respect to soldiers and
sailors, applies also to their widows.
You will also be required to make an
affidavit that you are not making an
entry for speculative purposes, that
you are an actual bona tide settler, and
no one else has any interest directly GI
indirectly in your claim.
A lard office has been located al
Guthrie on the A, T. 81 S. +. railroad
in the northeastern part of Oklahoma
and another at King Fishers station
in the northwestern part of the cedec
territory. and off the line of the rail,
road. The Rock Island IS building {
road from Caldwell into Oklahoma
and before long will be running trains
into the territory.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

THE motion to reconsider the vote
refusing to confirm Murat Halstead S
appointmentment as minister to Berlin
gave his enemies an opportunity to say
some very bitter things about him.
Senator Payne, for example, would be
glad to have him sent to Siberia.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

JAKE ADMIRE's appointment as re-
ceiver Of public money in Oklahoma
reduces by one the number of candi-
dates for congress from this district.
No one will particularly object to a
further simpliiicatio4 of matters by the
president in that direction.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04
GRAND N0NTHLY DRAWING,

3.134 Prizes. amounting to- 81 .O54, 500
NOTE Tickets drawing Capital Prizes are
not entitled to Terminal Prizes.
TX For club rates, or any further informa'
ton desired, write legibly to the undersigned
clearly stating your residence, with State
County, Street and number. More rapid re.
turn mail delivery will be assured by your en-
closing an envelope bearing your full address
I'M PORTANT.
Address NJ. A. DAUPHIN. New Orleans, La
or NJ. A DAUPHIN, Washington, d. e.
By ordinary letter. containing MONEY Or
DER issued by all Express Companies, New
York exchange, draft or postal note. WE PAY
CHARGES on CURRENCY sent to us by Express
lin sums of $500 or over.
Eg Address Registered Letters containing
currency to NEW ORLEANS. NATIONAL
BANK. New Orleans, Louisiana.
REMEMBER, that the payment of prizes
is GUARANTEED BY FOUR NATION.
AL BANKS of New Orleans, and the tickets
are signed by the president of an institution
whose chartered rights are recognized in the
highest courts; therefore, beware of all imi.
tatiOns anonymous Schemes
ONE DOLLAR is the price of the smallest
part or fraction of ticket ISSUED BY Us In
any drawing. Anything in our name offered
for less than Dollar is 4 swindle.
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III. S. ALExANpER, CITY clerk

David Thomas. nominee for trustee,
was born in Wales sixty years ago, and
came to America in 1854. He has been
"a citizens of Las Vegas for three years,
coming here from Emporia, Kansas,
where he was engaged in the dry goods
business. He is man of means, a
sturdy, straightforward, honest gentle
man, respected by all who know him,
and devoted heart and soul to the up
building of Las Vegas, where all his
interests are located.-Las Vegas IN.
M Optic.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

BALMY is the air, refulgent is the
sunshine and soothing the breeze as it
riots DER the emerald sward, but the
man who throws aside his Overcoat or
his wOolens is as simple as he who by
persistent importantly expects to
get his shares of the loaves and fishes.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

IT is reasonable to suppose that Jake
Admire will b. thoroughly satisfied
with his appointment. The business Of
receiving money public or private, will
have for Jake, as newspaper man, the
added charm of novelty to enhance the
Measure of il
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

THE Lawrence Tribune is a tribe
pessimistic on sugar making in Kan
sas, as the following lines Indicate:
MIR. Parkinson again comes to the
front with the assurance that sugar
making is an assured success. 1t is
necessary to say this very often, and in
the future it will have to be said more
frequently. The Tribune is one, and
perhaps the only paper in the state,
that is of the opinion that within five
years every sugar factory in Kansas
will be bankrupt. They will not be a
success and can not be made so here.
Mark our prediction.
Very well, we will: But what are
your reasons for thinking so? We too
are of the opinion, as we intimated a
day or two ago, that Brother Parkin-
son doth protest too much. The assur-
ance that sugar making in the state
will be a glorious success has been
made over and over again, with some
thing like damnable iteration, so much
so as to excite suspicion about it.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

THE Lawrence Tribune intinates
that possibly letter written by Sena-
tor Ingalls, during the Chicago couven-
ton finding fault with General Harri-
SON. s faulty record" may account for
the meager share Of patronage doled
out to Kansas. The point is well ia
ken
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

THE announcement of the nominal
ton Of Hon. Thos. Ryan to be minister
to Mexico will be received with un-
mixed approval. Cap Com.
Yea, very verify, by about IA dozen or
more very excellent.and slightly ambi-
lions gentlemen, each of whom would
like to succeed him.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

MEXICO has taken leaf from our
tariff book and proposes to use it
against Us by forbiding the importa-
tion of American lard into that country
The embargo is placed on the ground
that the lard Is unhealthy, the same
pretext alleged by Bismark against the
American hog. As Mexico has been
taking 10000 tierces per annum of our
lard the loss of her market viii be felt.
OF all the lard made IN this country
more than three fifths of it is exported
If others follow the example of Mexi-
CO, quite strain will be put upon the
home market.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

OPTICAL facts and figures show that
the manufacture of whisky is increas-
ing in quantity. y knowledge of the
fact must have got abroad in New
Hamphire the other day.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

LEST the people suffer for lack of
towns in Oklahoma, lot of philan-
thropic gentlemen in Topeka have
taken it upon themselves to look after
the comfort and convenience of the
colonists in this little matter. They
must have all the modern improve
ments at whatever expense to-them-
selves
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

WHEN the Topeka police are called
on to make a raid on a gambling den
they take good care to warn the pre-
prietors beforehand. Nothing is found
and the city's reputation for law and
order remains unsmiIched. Happy
idea. Thou0htful police.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

THE following editorial paragraph
is taken from the st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch of recent date.
The boom of the Post Dispatch Per
nell defense fund is growing and It's
circle of good work is spreading every
day. To-day the names of liberty low
ers of EmpOria, Kansas, must be added
to the list of contributors to the fund.
The sum of ffty-siX dollars has been
received from that city and it is COM
posed of purely voluntary cOntribu-
tiOns. Lists were placed in four banks
of the city and citizens who felt so in
clined contributed with the handsome
result mentioned.
The names of each and every SUBJ
scriber to the fund are published in
the same issue with the above.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

WHEN a member of the African
Methodist church ut Saliua makes a
bad moral break, he is brought up be-
fore the church to be tried, and is ac-
quitted.-K. Q. Star.
Which goes to show that jnries re-
fuse to execute the outrageous age of
consent law now in existence in this
state.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

To DIVERS JayhaTkers in Washing
ton: Come home, gentlemen, and look
after your gardens. Onions. peas and
other garden truck should be in the
ground. Come home and you'll be AL
the happier next summer.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

The political sky in Kansas grows
brighter. An appointment Yesterday
and one the day before is not bad. Let
US all rejoice together, and pray for a
continuance OF similar favors.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

TIE Wichita Eagle gets more and
more disguised as time goes by. 1t
is now sneering at Postmaster Wana-
maker as an official dear to the hearts
of the mugwun1p and the democrat.
Such kicking is childlike and sense
less. President Harrison is doing for
republicans just as Cleveland did for
the democrats. that is, dishing up TO
them plentiful supply of civil SER
vice reform. Colonel Murdoch laughed
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

ID. r. ANTHONY seems to be running
for mayor of Leavenworth on the
strength of his reputation and notorie-
ty. He ought to win if notoriety
counts for much in the race
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

ID. r. ANTHONY is sure of an Office.
If the people won't elect him mayor of
LeavenwOrth, the governor will make
him police commissioner. Dan
catches the coon, gWine or comm.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

To reflect on the senate's conGrma-
ton of Whitelaw Red, Thorndyke Rice
and John G.. New all violent partisans,
must be gall and wormwood To Colonel
Halstead.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

HENRY WATTERsoN says, "Cleve-
land in New York reminds one of a
stone thrown into the river. There is
a PUNK, a bubble and silence"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

IT took the democrats of Atchison
just five minutes to nominate b. p.
Waggener for mayor. Now if they can
elect him in twelve hours they are dali
sizes
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

A FEW obliging desperadoes helped
the boys out yesterday by creating q
vacancy in the post of United States
marshal for Kentucky.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

THE st. Louis Republican regards
Senator Ingalls, as one OF the best pre-
siding officers that ever sat in the SEN
ate. Praise from Sir Hubert is praise
indead
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

GOVERNOR HUMPHREY has decided
that the law is mandatory, and that
Fort Scott must submit to the metrop-
olitan police law.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

OWING to the burning of the grass,
range cattle in the Cherokee strip are
diving of starvation in great numbers.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04
Irarmers tor south America.

Patagonia and Argentina are gaining
large accessions of farmers by immigra-
lion Il is said person may become q
citizen on his landing there, and he can
get land fer nothing Boston Budget.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

RYAN goes to Mexico. Now let us
have General Bradford sent as consul
to Jerusalem. He is too good a man
for polygamous Utah.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

APRIL IL is Arbor day, but April %
is Oklahoma day, and that's Of much
more consequence, let Mr.. Toots say
what he pleases.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

KANSAS CITY is to have a new union
depot at cost all told of three million
dollars
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

THE ocean has a rival in the Larned
medicinal salt we'll lately opened.
Kansas conquers by land and by sea.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

Bob LINCOLN for the English mis-
sionl That may be regarded as the
greatest surprise of all, and one that
will provoke some criticism.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

THE mayOress and three lady mem
bers OF the Oskaloosa city council like
the taste they have had of public life
so well, they ask for reelection.