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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30

COUNT DENIETRIUs ToLsToI, who
died the other day, was known as
1.-The Scourge of Russia AS minis
ter of the interior he became the will
ing and able instrument of the car for
executing the merciless policy of re-
preston and despotism in vogue
throughout the empire. The cardinal
principle of Tolstoi's policy was 1.-The
less people know, the more easily they
are governed" Consequently he sought
to brutalize the masses by denying
them any sort of education. Colleges
where the upper classes were permitted
to get an education were all under gov
ernment surveillance, and all manner
of odious and vexatious limitations
and restrictions imposed on them.
Count Demetrius has gone to join the
HerOds of the past, where his reward
is suitable to his deserts.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30
State Sabbath School AspooiatiOn.

MCPHERSON, May 24.-The State
Sabbath School association held its
twenty-fourth annual session in this
city this week. 1t was the largest ever
held in the state. Delegates were pres
ent from all parts of the state. VIM.
Reynolds, of Illinois, known all over
the world for his Sunday school work
and Mrs. Matte Bailey, of Iowa. took
leading parts In the exercises. Pro-
fessor f. o. Excel, the noted singer
from Chicago, conducted the musical
exercises. Eighty-seven county con-
ventions were held since the conven-
tion of 1888 and $2,624 collected for
state work. The business committee
asks for 900 for next years work,
81 800 of which was raised at once,
SedgeWick aud Shawnee counties
pledging 800 of this amount.
Rev. j. A. Bright, late chaplain of
the Kansas senate, was chosen the as
ISOLATION delegate to the worlds con-
ference which meets III London this
year.
The place for the next state conven-
tion was left to the judgment of the
executive committee. The following
resolutions were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, The state of Pennsylvania
is now earnestly working for the adop-
tiOn of prohibitory amendment to her
state constitution, and
Whereas, The state of Kansas has so
successfully passed and enforced d SIM
liar law within the borders of this
grand commonwealth. therefore be it
resolved,
First, That the State Sabbath School
association convention assembled do
hereby express the hearty united de-
claration that prohibition does pro-
hibit in Kansas. The Drohibitory law
being as successfully enforced as any
other criminal law in the state.
SecOnd-That we are unanimously
of the opinion that a prohibition law is
the wisest, safest and most effective
remedy for the solution of the temper
ance question and the speedy removal
from the state of crime, poverty and
general evil of the licensed saloons.
Third-We hereby announce to all
sister states that prohibition instead of
| impeding our growth. gripping our
| industries and hindering general pros
perity has on the other hand helped to
exalt and strengthen the domestic, so
cial, financial. educational, political,
moral and religious advantages and
progress of our state.
Fourth-That we send our hearty
greetings to the Keystone state approx
Ing the WISDOM OF .n0E present L0lnpSI-
ance agitation, rejoicing in her earnest
faithful and courageous endeavors IN
| behalf of constitutional legislation
against the rum traffic, promising to
her our sympathy. our appreciation
| and our prayers toward the success
of her present efforts and earnestly
hoping that under God the citizens of
that noble commonwealth by an over
whelming majority may carry the con-
stitutional amendment forever prohib-
iting the manufacture and sale of in
toxicating drinks as beverage through
out her border.
A heavy rain fell here last night &C
companied with heavy wind. Hail fell
in the south part of the county dam.
| ageing the wheat some.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30

THE states SO fortunate as to be out of
debt are Illinois, Wisconsin, Delaware,
West Virginia and Colorado. West
Virginia is prohibited by her constitu-
ton from going into debt. California
and Iowa have no debt to settle. though
paying interest on school fund. Ken
lucky is nearly free from debt. New
York owes 81 ,OOO, 900, Ohio and Mime
sofa less than 81, 600, 600, New Jersey
and Kansas less than $2,OOO,O 900. Vir-
ginia is the most heavily burdened,
having funded debt of over S23 ,OOe,-
600, and an unfunded debt of over
S., 900, 900. Massachusetts carries the
next heaviest debt, over S21 GOO, 900,
Next come Tennessee, SIT 200, 600;
Pennsylvania, SIS, % q, 900; North Caro-
lima, SIS, OOO, 900; Louisiana, 2,OOO,-
600, and Maryland, $11 100000. The
total indebtedness of all the states is
1920, 900, 600, which is less than one per
cent. of their aggregate taxable prop
erty. The rate of taxation is heaviest
in Nevada, Nebraska and Louisiana.
And though Massachusetts stands sec
ond in the size of her debt, she has the
lowest rate of taxation in the Union
less than twelve cents per 800.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30

MAX O'RELL, a smart FreDchman
after few months stay in the east
wrote a book full of tittle-tattle, Cos
sip, taffy and nonsense, spiced with a
sprinkling of irony and sarcasm. He
called it Jonathan and his CONT
nent." There was enough blarney and
treacle in it to recommend it to the
average American who loves taffy
above everything. There was nothing
what ever in it, not as much as in one
of Amelie Rives CHAMBERS novels, to
repay one for reading it. But it went
of like hot cakes. Max says that S5-
900 volumes sold at 81 80 each. Think
of that Master Ford. OF course he
is coming back. He will visit his FL
Dorado next January ard gather few
more impressions" of Jonathan and
his people, which he will sell to them
at $3.50 volume.
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MRS. CLEVELAND married a man old
enough to be her father. Her mother,
who is but forty-five, has just married
an old man of sixty. Stanley Mat
thews' daughter, young woman, Is
about to marry an associate justice of
the supreme court old enough to be
her grandfather, and now the mar
rage is definitely announced of ex-Sec-
rotary Bayard and Miss Clymer of
Washington. She is thirty nine while
he is sixty, but as we are assured
"quite robust and agile" He, too, is
old enough to be her father, but then
think of his vigor and agility Well,
this vigorous and agile old Romeo was
said to be engaged to Mrs. Cleveland's
mother about a year ago. But that
was mistake. She was fOrty-ive and
that is entirely too old for your ''ro-
bust and agile'' old grandaddy of
sixty if he be man of wealth and
station. 1t is the fashion nowadays
for the ambitious young woman to stay
her marriage until she can lassJ some
old codger With big bank account and
an exalted social position. Miss Endi-
colt, who married few weeks ago, is
the third wife of Joe Chamberlain who
has children as old as she is. And so
il goes
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30

ONE who claims to know, says that
before Gen. A. j. Smith governor of
the Soldiers Home at Leavenworth in
troduced the sale, under restrictions
and regulations, of beer at the home,
drunkenness among the inmates was
common and most vexatious. The old
veterans who draw their pay regularly,
and had nothing to do, would go to
LeaYenworth, and in the joints, blow
it in for the vilelest compounds sold in
the name of beer and whisky. Finding
no other way of mitigating the evils of
drunkenness so common among the ex-
soldiers, General Smith conceived the
idea OF keeping good beer at the Home,
and selling it in stated quantities and
under rigid regulations to the inmates.
The plan proved to be an easy solu-
ton of the difficulty. Drunkenness
has been almost entirely done away
with. The Leavenworth joints are no
longer patroDized AS they were, and
the health and morale of the Home in
mates are far better. OF course the
friends of prohibition think the sale
of beer at the Home outrageous. They
would prefer to see the old soldiers
Keeling in drunkness from one dive to
another. 1t would be better for the
cause, though tough on the soldiers.
AS they view it, every inOrdinate mug
of beer IS cursed, and the ingredient 4
devil. Perhaps it is. But is it not bet
ter since the devils" cannot be ban.
nished altogether, that their number
and viciousness be greatly decreased;
Is that MT something gained? And
is not every gain-of that sOrt-s
good, and every good blessing and
every blessing from on high?
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30
The Risbop Inoues..

The Bishop Inquest
NEW YORK, May 4.-At to-day's
session Of the inquest in the case Of
Washington Irving Bishop. Mrs.
Bishop, the mother of the deceased,
was called to the witness stand. She
appeared to be deeply affected. She
testified that on one occasion her son
had lain for six days as if dead, but
she held to the belief that he was alive
and on the seventh day he rose up and
was himself again. This, Mrs. Bishop
said, was when he was boy and ne
had several similar experiences since.
She further said that he
had a horror of the surgeons
knife while in these frances and always
carried paper about his person ex-
planning this feeling. Witness said
she saw the paper with him when he
left Philadelphia for New York on the
Saturday preceding his death. Mrs.
Bishop said that her son carried this
paper in his pocket at all times. In
full it read:
!. To PHYSICIANS AND FRIENDS:-1
forbid an autopsy or the use OF electric
ity on my body or being put on ice till
my mother has seen me or till my
mothers counsellor, Colonel lngerSoll,
has seen me.''
que Sc4Iu SIG SAW GLIS PdpCI Will
an hour before he left Philadelphia on
the fatal evening. Although she came
on at once when she was notified of
his illness they would not let her see
him but said that the doctors were
with him. She had a preSentiment
that they would cut him with their
knives before they would let her see
him. She argued with them to no pur-
pose and said HE is simply in trance
and they do not understand his case. -
On Tuesday morning was brought to
the undertaker's and there shown the
body of my murdered boy.
Miss Ida Orme Jones, the poetess,
who has known Bishop fifteen years
told of trance of Bishop in Cincinnati
where physicians pronounced him DEAD
and of his recovery half an hour after
he had been laid out.
Louis Aldrich, the actor, related the
finding of prescription on the clothes
of Bishop when he saw DIR. Irwin seize
it, saying it was unfit for perusal. The
paper was produced in court by DIR.
Irwin and found to have no bearing on
the case.
DR.. j. Edwin Briggs corroboRted
Mrs Bishops testimony as TO his atten-
dance on her soon in 1873 and stated
that the doctors who were with him,
Ford and Leech, had pronounced him
dead although he would not be con-
WINGED, having had charge of similar
cases.
Mrs. Mary Marinot, the actress.
stated that Bishop was always in the
habit of carrying a written warning
about his person but admitted that
she had Tot seen such paper within
eight years.
Mrs. Mary SWEET. of Brooklyn, told
of another instance when Mr.. Bishop
fit zen years ago had gone into a
trance and they thought he was dead.
The inquest was adjourned till Mon
day. AT the next session the experts
will be asked to give their testimony
Kansas Christian Sunday School Association.
MANHATTAN Kan, May 24.-The
Kansas Christian Sunday School assO-
citation closed its ninth annual conven-
ton here last night. Two hundred
delegates in attendance and over 81 ,I0C
were raised for the state work and
Sc, 900 toward the endowment of Gar
| field university.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30

A PARAGRAPH has been going the
rounds of the Kansas papers for sew
eral days announcing that the people
of Brown county are going to knock the
filling out of the Irvine trust by erect
ing at Hiawatha factory for making
Irvine from flax. They may make the
Irvine, but will it answer the purpose
after it it made? The present article of
Irvine made from MANILA and sisal
was reached only after repeated at
tempts and failures with other grasses.
If flax would have made a serviceable
Irvine, the fact would probably have
been known before now.
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un,.ilinr Of . cout.d.r... hopunsut.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 24.-The
unwilling of the monument to thereon
federate dead of this city, took place
TODAY. A presentation speech was
made by r. T. Daniel, of Richmond.
The Grafton was by Governor Lee.
The committee in charge of the affairs
was appointed only four years ago and
to-day their labors were crowned with
success. when one of the handSOmeSt
and most striking statues in the coun-
try was revealed TO the gaze of the as
sembled thousands. The figure Is that
of confederate private taken from
the picture APPROXIMATION by John
A Elder, a native of Vicksburg, and
onwed by the state Of Virginia. It was
modelled and cast by Casper Bnberl a
sculptor of Bohemian descent, but a
citizen of the United States.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30

THE Usage Free Press, Jake Ad-
mire's paper, severely condemns the
action of the government in removing
Marshal Jones from Office in the sum
mary manner employed, and thus dis
grazing him before the people without
giving him fair opportunity of being
heard in his own defense,' merely be-
cause he was a democrat. The Free
Press is the only republican paper that
had the courage to denounce such a
sample of bogus civil service reform,
and that too while its editor is holding
lucrative federal appointment.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30
The Cronin Case.

CHICAGO, May M.-So far there have
been no developments in the Cronin
case. The police are jealousy guard
ing vacant cottage in Lake View
which was rented shortly before DIR.
Cronin's death, but has not been occu-
pied since. There are rumors that
blood spots have been found IN it but
nothing definite can be learned.
A reporter gained an entrance into
the cottage this morning and discover
ed the blood stains on the front parlor
in the hallway and on the front steps.
The steps were saturated with blood
and the stains can be plainly seen al
though the murderers evidently made
an effort to wipe away the evidence of
the crime. The parlor floor is covered
with bloody marks although here the
aSsassinS made strenuous efforts to de-
stroy the blood stains. The floor is
daubed with brown paint and it can be
plainly seen that the work was not
done with the hand of an expert and
that the job was done in hurry, but
the murdSrerS did not succeed in com
pletely covering up the life blood of DIR.
Cronin.
There is said to be good reasons to
believe that the detective found bloody
clothing concealed either in the base
ment or the attic.
In the paint around the entire floor
were the print of bare feet. Evidently
the person who made the marks was
very much excited for the toes pointed
in every direction and the foot prints
indicated that the owner had been
rushing all over the room. The length
of the foot prints was about inches.
The walls were examined, but there
were no marks upon them. The re-
porters were unable to complete their
Investigation before the arrival of
detective who put stop to the work.
Before breaking into the house the re-
porters had peered through the base
ment window and had discovered
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30

GEORGE w. CHILDs, who has begun
to publish his personal memoirs i'll Lip
pincott's magazine, says that he sup
ported himself at the age OF twelve as
an errand boy in Baltimore book
store, on salary of two dollars a
week. After that he says he was never
out of employment, always finding
something to do, and eager to do it,
by industry and frugality he accumu-
lated some money and finally purchased
the Ledger in 1864 which he made
highly profitable.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30

CoNINGsBY DIsRAELI is the ambi-
tiOus name Of young nephew of the
elder Disraeli, who has made his debut
in English political life N a manner
very much like that which his IL
lustrious uncle employed in his young
days, that is by tongue lashing some
body. For the purpose of getting him
self talked about, this young fellow
pitches Comanche like into Parnell and
the Irish party whom he abuses in the
most approved style.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30

meeting the evils of intoxicating
drink. The seventh member intro
duced minority report in which he
declared in the most unqualified man
ner for prohibition. His report was
cheered to the echo, while the majority
report fell like wet blanket on the
assembly. Members were on theiI
feet instantly when the reports had
been read, and everybody wanted tC
speak in favor OF of prohibition. The
strangest feature of it all. is that a com
mittee Of seven could with only ont
dissenting voice make report so com
pletely at variance with the genera
sense of the assembly.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30

To THE county attorney of Shawnee:
Call Mr.. c. X. Holiday proprietor OF
the Kansas Democrat, and ask him a
few questions concerning the existence
of joints and dives in Topeka at pres
eht. From his letter in the Kansas
City Globe defending Colonel Tomlin.
son-at present in Pennsylvania-the
inference seems fair that Mr.. Holiday
has personal knowledge of joints
which Colonel Tomlinson did not have
that would have would make him ar
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viii san hi. Players.

MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, May 24.-St
Paul may yet be with out base bal
team. The ministers of the city are
making strong fghton Sunday games,
with every prospect Of success. Presi-
dent Thomson told the associate press
representative that if the anti-Sunday
people secure an Injunction he viii sell
his players and go out of the business,
as the week day attendance will not
support the club.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30

IT will be time enough to say wheth-
er or not marriage has been failure
for the husband of J. Ellen Foster
when we know that he has or has not
received the appointment to Office
which he asks of the government as a
reward for the services rendered the
party by his wife. Ordinarily the re-
ward would go to her, but as she is
able TO get along without it, she asks
it for hubby.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30

MURAT HALsTEAD excuses the pres
ident for appointing relatives to Office
by quoting the precedent set by Presi-
dent Adams, who appointed his son,
John Quincy Adams, minister to Ber-
lin. If whatever is justified by prece-
dent, be excusabIe or allowable, what's
the matter with crucifying Schwein-
furth who claims to be Christ.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30

LICE HALFoRD assures US that the
rumors of disagreement and dissatis-
faction in the cabinet are ''unmitigated
falsehoods." Blaine says ''they have
not even foundation enough for the
imagination of a liar to build on"
Others are equally emphatic, so we
conclude harmony enough exists in the
happy family to stock a national con-
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30

WE read every day lately of all sorts
of people riding or driving into swol-
len streams and getting drowned.
Why they do not exercise more
care or manifest greater fear is
almost a mystery. Rushing water
seems to have a sort of fascination fol
them, not having seen swollen streams
for so long, and when they come to one
move heedlessly into it to be swept
away and drowned like so many blind
puppies
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30

There shall be no more WyandOtte
forever. Even Sol. Miller speaks of it
now as Kansas City.-K. G. Star.
Not much, he doesn't. Sol says that
according to the law uniting the three
towns Wyandotte, Armourdale and
Kansas City, the consolidated city
should bear the name of the one most
pOpulous. AS Wyandotte has more
people than the other two, its name
should be the name of the consolidated
burg, and that is what it shall he
called even though it should drive
George Martin to suicide.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30

IT Is hardly a week ago since we
read that the authorities at Wichita
decided to clean out the joints of that
city for good and all. Not a trace of
them should be left. Now we read
that they are flourishin0 as of old, sew
seral new ones having been added in the
last few days. Wichita's misfortune
Is that her attacks of virtue are parox-
ysmal and therefore brief.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30

ANDREW CARNEGIE reduced the
wages of $500 of his employees, and will
now go to Europe to spend the summer
and the money he makes by the reduc-
ton. And yet he is one of the leading
philanthropists of the age. Sheol is
peopled with such philanthropists.-
LAWRENCE Tribune.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30

ONE of the remarkable things con-
nected with the Cumberland Presby-
etrian assembly now in session at
Kansas City, was the report made
by the committee on temperance. 1t
was signed by SIX out of seven of the
committee and pledged the church to
Temperance and moral suasion," as
the proper and most effective way of
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30

THE Kansas City Gazette fears that
the beer rumpus between the police
and the Knights of Pythias at Leaven-
worth lis calculated to make prohibi-
ton farce" DO you fear it. Then
must we think you are weakening on
prohibition.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30
IEnrria Count1 Rsfurna.

COUNCIL GROVE. May A.-Ohicial
returns of Morris county give Kelley
613: Oyermyer, 8; scattering Is.
Last night this vicinity Was visited
with the heaviest rain and hail storm
ever known. Over FIVE inches of water
fell and much damage was done to
fruit and gardens in the western part
of the county. The hail did great dam
age, breaking many windows and cut
ting down crops.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30
ABOUT THE CHEROKEEs.

E. G. Boudinot, at present the Cher
okee representative at Washington,
stated the following facts about the
Cherokee Indians to a reporter for the
Globe-Democrat. He SAID:
1.-The Cherokees have been very anx-
iously awaiting the appearance of the
commission appointed to treat with
them for the outlet, being anxious to
will make to them. They desire the
commissioners to come among them
and see them as they are. l fear that
the number of people who have cor
rect idea of the Cherokees is very small.
We are rapidly advancing in many
things. Our government is modelled
after that of the states, having three
departments-exec legislative and
judicial. We have a supreme court
and circuit courts and try all cases in
the English language. We have 25, 900
We have sthree times that population,
having a great many living with us I'M
| der permits. but who are not voters.
| Our territory, without the strip, COM
| priseS little less than s, 000. 600 acres.
The strip contains about 5000, 600
acres. We have 103 common schools,
two high schools and an orphan asylum.
we Ceacn En2IlSn exclusively In our
schools, using English books only and
| furnishing them free to all pupils.
Whenever aneighborhood can give an
attendance of fifteen children we es-
tablish school for it. So rapidly are
the Cherokees learning English that |
do not believe there are fifty school
children who do not speak it. We
recognize the fact that we will some
day have to be citizens of a state, and
are preparing accordingly. but we will
come to it far more rapidly if let alone
than if interfered with. All over the
territory the Indians are likewise i'm
proving, and the next generation will
be fully able to cope with the whites. y
He also said that in his opinion if
the question of selling the strip were
put to vote, it would be defeated two
to one. They would certainly not, he
said, sell for less than So an acre.