The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-06-20
SPARKS From rHE TELEeRArH.


house, coal house and store rooms
were all consumed. The loss will be
over 1000, with little insurance.
Spontaneous combustion is thought to
have been the cause of the fire.
YANKTON, Oak, June I3.-The law
increasing the retail liquor license is
now In force. The tax has heretofore |
been SSOS per annum. Under the new |
law the lowest tax that can be imposed |
Is 500 and it may be as high as 81 800 |
at the option of the county commits
sioners. There are twenty-five saloons |
in Yankton and after July l there |
Will probably not be more than five.
LAWRENCE, Kas., June 1S.-No |
foundation can be found for the report |
in the Leavenworth Times this morn
ing that Hillman, or the alleged Hill |
man, had been brought to this city by
q detective. George J. Parkee, attor-
ney for the insurance company. says it
is not true, but intimates that Hillman
was not far from here and that deVel-
0pmentS will be made in q few days.
WASHINGTON, June 1S.-Mrs. Har-
rison, accompanied by her father, DR..
Scott and her two grand children and
their nurses, left Washington at $50
O'Clock this morning for two weeks
the cottage of Post Master General
Wanamaker, which has been specially
prepared for their use. 1t is probable
that the president will make them a
short visit next week.
WASHINGTON, June 13.-JOhn
Houghton of Pennsylvania, was to-day
appointed messenger in the treasury
department, Houghton is a colored
man and was a porter on the passen-
ger train which was wrecked in the
JonnStown disaster. Mrs. Halford, IwifS
of the presidents private secretary, was
a passenger on the same train, AMI it
was largely due to Houghton's heroic
efforts that she was aided to escape.
He was to-day rewarded by an APP
pointment in the treasury.
LEAvENwoRTH, Kas.. June 13.-
Sheriff Ayers of Saline county, Mis-
souri,, came to this city yesterday aud
arrested w. Z. Howard, alias s. E. Har-
den, and took him to Marshall, Mis-
souri,. The prisoner is charged with
bigamY. He has Il wife in Marshall,
| Missouri, d wife and several children
| in Gentry and another wife at some
point in Missouri. Reports from other
states not vet in. He is a druggist
and has only been in this city few
weeks. So far as heard from he has
not made any matrimonial alliances in
these parts.
TUsCON, Ariz., June 13.-The pre-
liminarY hearing of the parties who
robbed PaymaSter w. j. Wham was
closed yesterday afternoon. Gilbert
Webb, Clifford Webb, W. E. Cunning
ham, Nat Follett, Lyman Follett,
Thomas Lamb and David Rogers were
held to answer before the grand jury.
| Edward FOllett was discharged. ALI
the parties held were, identified, and a
adduced against them. Other parties
will probably be arrested soon.
HoPKINsvILLE,K KY, June 12.-News
has been received from Nebo, a village
in Hopkins county, in regard to a kill
ing that took place at collored funer
al near there last evening. Several
| yolved in quarrel over jug of whisky
when Harry Perkins suddenly drew a
revolver and fired upon Dick Green,
shooting him through the head. Green
| fell and expired instantly, when Per-
kins fed and escaped. He is still at
large.
OLATHE, Kas., June 12.-The Kean
family of this city have fallen heirs to
S44, 600 left them by W. H. Miller, an
uncle, who died last week in Nashville
Tennessee. Each of the six boys
Will. Julian, Walter, George, Ben and
Dudley-get "a 900, and each of the
young ladies-Lulu and Kate-get 3d.
600. They were notified yesterday OF
their good fortune by the executor of
| their uncle'S estate. They are all very
young people, and their good fortune is
all the more agreeable because it was
not eXpected.
VICsBURG, Miss, June ia col
ored farmer living near Lula. Mississ.
Ippi, OH the Louisville, New Orleans
| s. Texas railroad, had a fight with a
panther On Monday about mile from
town. in which he came out victor
iOus, killing the animal by shooting
him. The panther had killed deer
and when Moore came upon him he
sprang upon him and had TO be beat
Ell off his horse several times before
Moore could get shot at him. The
animal measured seven and hall
feet.
BLOOMINGTON, June 1.-THE col
lege of letters and science of the Hi
nois Wesleyan University of this city
held its commencement yesterday. The
address the alumni was delivered by
the Hon. Marc Fullenwider of e. Do
RADIO, Kansas. Among those upoI
whom the university conferred degrees
were the Rev. Bernard Kelley of En-
pOria, Kansas; Rev. j. Oliver Wilson
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Rev. Bis
hop p. +. Stephens, Charleston, SOutl
, Carolina; all Of whom wee made doc
tors of divinity.
LEAVENwORTH, Kan, June 49,
Last Saturday woman came to thu
Planters House in this city, and reg
istered as Mrs. Matte Brown, of En-
poria, Kan. She was well dressed anC
had pleanty of money with her, abo Vi
$500. Nothing was thought of heI
until the last two days, when she be
gan developing signs of insanity, hel
hallucination being that her children
are here and that people are trying II
came so violent to-day that the prOpri
etors of the holel had her taken before
the probate judge, and he committed
her to the county jail, where she viii
remain until her friends claim her, o.
she is taken to the state asylum. Shl
is a woman about SO years of age, fiv'
feet high, weighs $50 pounds, light BLU
eyes and very high forehead.
SPRINGFIELD, H., June 14.-Gov
ernor Fifer has issued proclamation
similar in terms to the one heretofOrI
| in force regarding the importation o
southern cattle, considered dangercu
because of the liability to convey Tex
as or splenetic fever, in which TIT
rules of the board of live stock com
missioners, including the sections Of
, the emergency act passed by the las
general assembly, which define the du-
ties OF railroad transportation and
stockyard companies under the procla
nation are given, and adding one sec
, ton declaring the manner in which
cars shall be cleaned after shipment
! from those districts. This proclama-
ton is made necessary in order to taxi