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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

AS soon as Secretary Mobiles fiat
went forth fixing the date at which the
cattlemen must abandon the strip with
their herds, all opposition to d peaceful
and speedy settlement of the matters
in dispute melted away. Chief Mayes
announced his readiness to sell the
strip to the government as soon as the
council could get together and take the
necessary steps. The cattlemen also
bow to the inevitable, complaining
however, about the time-June 1st-at
which they must move their cattle,
They would prefer to move in the fall
after a summers grazing when the
cattle are in good condition. They al
so think the government is acting
meanly in compelling the Indians to
take $l.25 an acre for the land, and
say they would gladly give So an acre
Cor it. AS the Indians title to the
land is of very doubtful and shad-
Owy nature, and as it is impossible
for the cattle barons to make any sort
of contract with the Indians, it wilt
be seen that the price offered by the
government is high en- ugh and tn It
the cattle mems talk of So an acI e is
mere bluff and buncombe. Mobiles
fat did the business effectually Great
vir tue in fiat.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07
THE HABIT OF PROFANITY


A great many men swear when they
get mad. Perhaps most men do. But
there is class of men who swear like
Ox-drivers, and all the time too, wheth-
or IN good or bad humor. They enjoy
it as other men do drinking. or betting
or snuff taking. 1t would be impossi-
bic for one of this class to season an
anecdote to his taste without mixing
in q liberal quantum of spicy profanity.
he could never in the world emphasize
an idea without blasting his eyes, OF
consigning his soul and body to the
bottomless pits. He enjoys a good
mouth-1lling wad of profanity as he
does chew of dog-leg tobacco, and
could as easily quit one as the other.
There is no hope for such a fellow I'M
less religion should strike in on him,
which seldom occurs. Of course the
practice is not only sinful, but foolish.
idiotic and wholly inexcusabre. Tho
g man may be ever so bright, constant
profanity will sink him in the estima-
ton of, net only the public, but of the
profane as well. 1t is more fatal to a
rising man than a reputation for hu-
NOR and joke making, and that is BAD
enough among a rushing. money-mak
ing people like the American-with tn,
''Pan" omitted.
Hany young man or boy is in the wa,
otcoutractinG such habit, let him step
1t at once, set his foot, yes both feel,
right down on it, or it viii vet the het-
ter of him. The bad habit won't chok.
him or give him the jimjams or the
govt or anything of that sort, but it
will shut him out of decent society. and
Turn people against him who might
become his friends. Business men
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

The Washington correspondent of
the Chicago Herald moralizes as fol-
lows on the pious ascription to Heaven
by the president of all credit for his
election to the presidency. He says:
THE Lord did it, That is VIII t
the president of the Uni ed S at said
the other day, concerning the Influence
which brought about his nomi alton
it had to be so. Nothing couIi have
stopped it. The will of the Lord has
always prevailed. So saws MIR HAr-
rison. He has said as much with diff
erent forms of expressions to half a
dozen or dozen prominent politicians.
He is in earnest about it too. tie has
really led himself into the faith that he
Is one of the chosen of the Almighty
and that the Lord had Il hand in the
Mr.. Harrison s pet phrase when pol
iticians are at him. 1t is his highly
ingenious and devoutly religious meth
cd of standing them off. His logic is
unimpeachable. fthe Lord did il and
nothing cound stop it, then of course
the labor of the politicians was wasted
upon the autumn air. Even the cor
ruption funds, raised in such large
parts by good Brother Wanamaker.
was unnecessary. All the gentry who
imagine they helped save the day
that but for their efforts the clouds of
obscurity would not have been lifted
from Harrison's vicinity, and that the
man who has prO6ted by their toll skill
and sacrafce should remember them
in this hour of triumph-now find their
mouths effectually stopped. They did
not do 1.-THE Lord did it, - Therefore
all thanks, all gratitude and all glory
are the Lords. The politicians, the
smart men, the sleek fellows, who
fixed things, and the rich men WhJ
raised the money to do it with must
take back seat. 1.-The Lord did it. {"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

THE Kansas City Times publishes
another letter Of Senator ingalls,, writ
ten under date of August 2, '89. to q
man in Horton, Kansas. There is
nothing in it very bad, or whose publ
can would at all iDjurs the writer. It
condemns ami lashes trusts more free
ly than the senator would have tn
courage to do in public. He goes so
far as to say that some of the trusts are
''nefarious, and their pi omoters public
malefactors, whose property ought to
be con6scated by the state" He is es-
pecially incensed against the sugar
trust, but does not see how the
mischief of it can be remedied without
injuring growing Kansas industry.
Remove the tariff and We cut of cur
own noses. "Thus," says he, 1--WE are
between the devil and tue deep sea-
Amid maze of conflicting interests.
he can sea no other way out than
through policy of ''expediency." L t
us see if he will find it 'expedient'' TO
deny the authorship of this letter.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

won't employ or keep in their service a
boy who curses and swears. They
have no faith in him. A clean mouth
Is as taking as q clean face. In fact, a
boy can much better afford to wear q
dirty face than have dirty mouth.
He can much better afford to wear
common and patched clothes, than to
dress well and know how to manipulate
skilfully the word damn in its maI-
tiform use. Everybody hates q boy
who swears, and everybody likes boy
who never swears, no matter il he be
ugly as mud fence. There ia always
something ugly and forbidding in the
face OF boy given to the use of pro-
fame language and vulgarity; some
thing that at glance, turns people
against him. On the other hand, the
boy or man who never swears adver-
tises the fact with his face which al
ways bears 3 placid and wholesome ex-
preston that inspires and wins conf
dence,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

THEY think they have old Mrs.
Bender and her daughter Kate. Well,
maybe they have, and maybe not.
The catching of old offenders has got
to be such a wormy old chestnut, that
people now only indulge an ironical
smile when told that an officer has
caught criminal. Unless an offender
breaks both legs nowadays, he is al
most dead sure to make his escape.
The arrest of the Bender women-if
they are the Benders-is not the result
of any shrewd detective work, but of
the daughters confession of her own
and her mothers identity. When a
woman tells an officer that she is a
murderer, she is pretty apt to get
caught, and the officer aforesaid is
just as apt to demand the reward
whatever it may be.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

For the first time, the public is ap-
prised through the medium of the Cen.
tury Magazine that President Lincoln
prepared and submitted to his cabinet
February 8, 1865, the rough draft of a
message to congress recommending the
offer of 800, O0O, 900 to the slave owners
OF the south, if they would declare
peace, aud accept the constitutional
amendment emancipating the slaves.
The cabinet opposed the idea, and the
message died in the cabinet room. But
dead or alive, the proposal serves to H.
lustrate the large humanitarianism of
Lincoln, and heightens she contrast
between his magnanimity and the Wig
orous policy of the reconstructionists.
There was a. world of difference be-
tween the philanthropic spirit of Lin
coin and the envenOmed bitterness of
Thad. Stevens and Ben. Wade.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

No man ever started bar-room I'M
der more favorable auspices than did
Vice President Morton. The adver-
Using his bar is now getting insures
him fortune. No patriotic republican
who visits Washington, will think for
a moment of wetting his whistle any
where but at the administration bar.
THE appointment of Hon. J. W. Ady
as United States attorney, vice w. G.
Perry, resigned, is universally we'll re-
ceived, as it should be. It is a good
experimentation Scott Monitor.
Certainly it is, but what about the
proposed appointment of Cy. Leland as
internal revenue collector? Will that
be universally we'll received" alsoP
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

THE post Office squabble in Kansas
City is ended. The plum goes to E. S.
Jewett, brother of Ed. Jewett of this
city. Mr.. Jewett had the solid support
of the local politicians, and had no
dangerous competitor until few days
ago when somebody uuearthed a DIR.
Nofsinger and put him on the track.
His only recommendation was that he
had formerly lived in Harrison's ward
in Indianapolis but the little gag failed
to work that time, though as a rule, it
acts like a charm. Mr.. Jewett has
been for many years the passenger and
ticket agent at Kansas City of the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

so Economically in the history of the
greatest occurrences IN the life of any
nation. as peddled out to magazines
at 50 many pennies line, shall be set
right by an impartial statement Of the
trae facts and incidents Of their ca
reers.-Gen. b. +. Butler.
By setting right" the things named
above, the general means the punctur-
ing of lot of bubbles, the exploding &
few shams, the peeling a few
hides, and the exposing few frauds.
Incidentally there will be q good deal
Of truthful narrative, no doubt about
matters within his personal knowledge
and perhaps good deal that is a trife
warped and perhaps apUcryphal.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

"THE Lord did it," says President
Harrison, abiding to his election.
When he recently made use of this
pious phrase, in a conversation with
Boss Quay, the latter is said to have
grabbed his bat and darted out of the
executive mansion, never stopping I'M
til he reached home, where he shut
shut himself in an ice box, with several
cases of champagne, for several days
until fully recovered from the shock
given him by the presidents pious
ejaculation.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07
and the bOndsmen Will step down and

and the bOndsmen will step down and
out. 1
Postofice Inspector j. t. Mcclure
arrived in town early this morning and
tonight after the Office closes. viii
formally turn it over to Mr.. Lambert.
A full statement OF. ex-Postmaster
Birdsall's accounts with the govern
ment viii be made out by the inspector
and sent to the department to be audi
ted, after which the bondsmen win be
asked to make good the shortage
p. d. q.
postmaster Lambert will, he SAYS,
make no change in the clerical force of
the office right away. Changes will be
made gradually. The first win probab-
~ be the general delivery clerk, which
is likely to go to Walt Reynolds. There
are applications enough in for an Office
ten times the Importance of this one.
So number Of patriots are going to
get left. Ike says he won't give more
than 81 600 for the fixtures. If the
bondsmen won't take that, he will Or
der new outfit which will take the
shine OF Of anything ever seen in this
city in the way of poStofice fixtures.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

BILLY MALONE is something more
than shrewd political wire puller. He
is the father of two sets of triplets. A
man with talent to accomplish such
feats as that, has a surer foundation
on which to rest his claims to fame
and distinction, than any that bitter
partisan politics can afford. But then
AS Mrs. Malone is entitled to at least
an equal share of the credit and fame
due to this domestic enterprise, Billy IS
glory does not shine so resplendently
after all.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

FORTUNE HUNTER" ''Eoue," ''lib-
ertine," "debauchee. )" etc., are a few
of the complimentary epithets applied
to Prince Hatzfelt, Miss Huntington's
dear lord" 1t is hard to reconcile to
the eternal fitness Of things the extor-
ton of untold millions from the Amer
lean public by schemer and jobber
like Huntington, to bestow them on q
''libertine and debauchee" who
would rival Sardanapalus in his
orgies, if he had money enough. There
is lesson in this for optimists who
hold that whatever is is right.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07
Died From His Wnunds.

LIBERAL, Kan, Nov. John E.
Perkins who was stabbed in the stom-
ach by L evi Walker IN this city last
Friday. died from his wounds This
morning. 1t was said at the time that
the trouble resulted from a dispute
about q moving machine, but it is now
stated that Walker, who intended to
leave for his home in Illinois. had in
formed a neigEbor that he would kill
Perkins before be left the state. Walk
or, who took to flieht Immediately af-
tar the stabing and who Is still at large,
is ahouf 50 YaarH old.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

MEN carrying mouths around with
them seem to be in constant danger.
First it was Corporal Tanner who suf-
fered, and he was followed by Private
Dalzell Last week a reporter of theKan-
sas City Journal got his mouth slapped
by presiding judge, and this week
Congressman Tarsney run his up
against the mucular fist of Mayor
Davenport. In these degenerate days
it is becoming dangerous for man to
have a mouth.-Lawrence Tribune.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

JUDGE MCCONNELL presiding in the
Cronin trial, is a weak brother. He
was forced to recall ruling made the
other day that, if allowed to stand,
virtually ended the case by making it
impossible for the prosecution to intro
duce any testimony of eliminating
nature. A jury is bad enough in case
like that, but a weak judge makes mat
tiers infinitalv worse
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07
HATFIELD
Another Young War Between
the Above Mentioned.
Many Of the Band Killed and
Several Hurt.
A Startling Sensation Added to
the CrOnin Trial.
States Attorney Baker Inter.
views Bob Heffer.

MILTON, W. Va, Nov. 2-Reports of
another battle between the Hatfeld's
and McCoy's have reached here. Fri
day night party of about thirty of
the McCoy's came across a Blumfeld
camp in the woods about six miles from
Green Shoals. Both bands were bound
for the headquarters of their respec-
tive factions and were heavily armed
When the McCoy's discovered their
enemies they sent out scouts, and dis
covered that there was about a score
of them in camp. They crawled up
through the dense underbrush and
poured in volley upon their sleeping
foes. In an instant the volley was re-
turned, and the Hatfield's, although
taken by surprise, were SO much bet
ter armed than the McCoy's. having
repeating rifles, that they soon put
them to fight. The one volley fred by
the McCoy's did terrible execution.
Half dozen men were wounded and
two were slain. John Blumfeld one of
the leaders of his faction was instant
~ killed. By his side lay Edwin
DIOnHs OItC oOu VI Tue WOuldu WHO
WAS shot III her farm house at Fudge s
creek. Two bullets had gone through
his BODY, one of them piercing his
heart. Six other men were wounded,
one of them, whose name is unknown.
was fatally hurt. After dawn the
Hatfields found two more men dead
and four desperately wounded men
were captured. Some OF the woaDded
Mccoy must have been carried off
by their friends, for the trail of their
retreat through the woods was marked
by their blood stains. The prisoners
captured are Charles Lamkin, John
Cain -- and Pete Mccoy. The
names of the dead men are unknown.
The Cain whose first name was not
learned was so badly wounded that
his captors left him to die where
he lay, but the other three were COM
PEELED to march to the Hatfield head
quarters, which they reached about
noon. Yesterday as soon as the story
of attack and capture was told a court
martial was held. The prisoners were
not allowed to speak in their own de-
Tense and after a short elaboration a
vote on their life and death was taken
by the Hatfield party. The result was
unanimous and the three men will be
tied to trees and shot to-day. Nothing
can save them unless the McCoy's
can defeat the entire Hatfield party
and effect a rescue. This is not likely
as they are Outnumbered two to one
and the Hatfields are better armed.
The courier who brought this news was
shot at twice from ambush while riding
through Lincoln county.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

POSTMASTER GENERAL WANAMAK-
ER has officially declared the telegraph
rates which the government is willing
to pay the Western Union. The rate
of one cent word for distances of 400
miles, is fearful come down from the
one mill rate which Mr.. Wanamaker
said some weeks ago should be the rate
for government messages.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

THE rumors yesterday Of the pur-
chase of the Chicago & Alton by the
Vanderbilts at 40, met with emphatic
denials from the. Alton officials. There
is such a tangled web Of mystery and
lies flung around big railroad transac-
tions, that it is seldom possible to get
at the truth.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

THE semi political alliance between
Mrs. Logan and General Alger has
stirred up feminine row at Washing
ton. The wives of other ambitious
men are growing jealous of Mrs. Logan
as female Warwick, and are doing a
deal of uncomplimentary talking about
it, all of which will be heard from
later
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

THE match between Prince Murat
the Frenchman and Miss Caldwell is
off, SO madam rumor says. The prince
who is another blase old codger, and
penniless tuft hunter, placed his fig
ures too high for the young lady's
purse, and she refused to pony up.
Miss Caldwell wants a title, but is toe
stingy to put up her stuff.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07
AZ Inerease is wages ordered.

KANSAS CITY. Nov. IA special to
the Times from st. Joseph, Missouri.
says the general manager OF the Grand
Island Branch Of the Union Pacific
railroad has ordered an increase IN the
wages of engineers OF the road from
50 Is to s. IS and OF flremen from 81 IS
90 81 Is per run Of . nunderd miles.
The order Eas issued voluntarily and
went into effect 6aY.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

THE cooking mama now prevalent
In Kansas, has caught the fancy of the
Wichita Eagle. Colonel Murdoch has
tender corner in his heart for the
woman who studies the mysteries of
the cuisine, and can compound bis
cult that won't engender stomachic
rebellion.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

PEOPLE are anxiously waiting to hear
from General Rice of Fort Scott, COLI
corning the promised appointment of
Cy Leland as collector of internal rev
enue. There is much curiosity about
the extent TO which the general will
slop oyer.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

THE Kansas towns and communities
that did not vote bonds TO build sugar
works, are Cow congratulating them
selves. In many instances perhaps,
their good fortune was due rather to
their old fOgyism and lack Of public
spirit, than to their sagacity and pene-
tration. Some new fad will catch
and do them before they have run their
courses. There is not wisdom enough
extant to innoculate against fads.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

The Pan-Americans were taken out
to zee the Argentine Shelter, then to
the opera house where they saw Keene
In Richeleu, and afterwards viewed a
pyrotechnic display, Such was the
programme at Kansas City, but it
takes nearly two pages of the morning
papers to tell all about it.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

Mr.. C. McGregar, editor of the Stark
County Democrat, at Canton, Ohio,
arrived in the city Wednesday, in COM
pany with his daughter, yrs. j. R Sen
berry, of this city. who is returning
home from Wis with her parents at
Canton. The rain On which MIR. Nc
Gregor and Mrs. r 'Seuberry were pas
sengers- wa, wrecke in Iowa. and The
engineer sustained serious injuries
With this exception the passengers for
tunately escaped with severe shaking
up. Mr.. McGregor will remain in the
city for some time, visiting relatives
and looking over the country.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

WERE a man, says the gushing
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, II would not,
esc ETC." From the number of naugh-
ty things Ella would not do if she we've
q man, it is pretty safe to conclude
that her husband is quite brick.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

CHIEFS MAYEs and Bushyhead of
the Cherokees, have signi6ed their
Willingness to sell the strip on the
governments terms. These gentlemen
instantly saw the weak points in their
titles when they beheld the angry spot
glowing on Uncle Samuel's brow.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

ST. JOE is making big splurge in
asking for the worlds fair. and yet she
allows foot pads to garrote people on
her streets in broad daylight, strip
them of their clothing, chloroform and
cast them like animals into a ditch.
st. Joe has more ambition than police
Sa0acitV
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

ODIN. Ills, Nov. 2.-The $50 miners
employed here struck yesterday for
higher wages and cheaper supplies.
They claim the company charges them
more for blasting powder than the
market prices and that their supplies
are not obtainabIe except at places
controlled by the EMPLOYERS,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

The Atchison Champion and Law
renee Tribune can see nothing what
ever in the last Ingalls, letter published
in the Kansas City Times, that ire
fleets on the writer" Read the EN-
poria Republican on the letter.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

PROF. SNOW reports the October
rainfall below the average for that
month, being for the state only 2:O9
inches. For the ten months of this
year, the rainfall has been Abs inches
III this state, or ten inches in exces IS of
the general average for the same
months in the preceding twenty-on
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

THERE is sensation in London that
makes people forget about the diseased
Kidneys of the Prince of Wales. 1t is
that Madam Adalina Patti has blon-
Ain0d her hair
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

THE EmporIa NEWS calls Jim Snod-
dy an ''Atchison statesman" We
have been accused of a good many
mean things and borne it with pa
ceases to be virtue. 1t is lie
Atchison Patriot.
All right. Now what has Snoddy to
~ about the ''Iie?'
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

ST. JOHN is scandalized and Mortified
by Levi p. Morton's elegant Washing
ton bar. That fact won't damage the
reputation of the bar among Kansas
prohibitionists, especially those of
them who visit Washington for SUI
thin
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

EDITOR WAITE of the Lincoln Coun-
ty Beacon was convicted of criminal
libel at Salina. The chief prosecutor
was State Senator Mohler, who en-
Ployed Jay Burton to aid in the prose
cution. jay is said tn have made a tell
ing speech in the case.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07

The EmpOria Republican is still
whacking it to Senator Ingalls. The
governor entertains the opinion that
the Senator and not Kansas is s'be-
tween the devil and the deep sea-