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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-14
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

COUNCIL CHAMBERS, Nov. 4, 1885,
Regular session of the council. Pre-
sent-MayOr Griffith in the chair and
all the cOuncilmen except Messrs.
Clarke and Whitehill.
Minutes of last meeting read and
approved.
Report Of city weighmaster for
October was presented and on motion
referred to com. nittee on ways and
means.
Report of police judge for October
was read and on motion referred to
committee on police and license.
Report of street commissioner for
October was presented and on motion
referred to committee on streets and
alleys.
Report of superintendent of water
works for October was presented and
referred to committee on waterWurks.
The claim of Mr.. Bushman for extras
in blowing reservoir ground was on
motion referred to committee on
claims.
An ordinance satisfying the follow
ing claims was introduced, considered
by section under a suspension of the
rules, and adopted by unanimous vote:
Richard Strout, salary as city engineer 50 &c
1 Frank Pollard. salary as city teamster 80 OU
| y J. Hiatt salary as street commission
1 ~ 0T - y, :. -.-..ss-. - ~
| Z. J. Fleming, salary as marshal 90 90
Dan Dryer. salary as 1liceman 30 90
James Stafford, salary as Policeman so 90
| II. 8: Alexander, salary as city clerk. 66 66
E. w. Cunningham, salary as city at
w fDrnTs Jay, rent...:::... . Il GO g
: a. BROWN Co. merchandtSe-------- a
Emma Lane, steno0raphers fees -.-..- 50 90
W. a. smith, special police. u 90
J: Evans Son, blacksmithing.------ 30
charles Fletcher, express paid on
u2SASt ------..- ----------.---- =
". R. Irwin, merchandise .--.----.-- 60
Emporia Hardware Company, merchan-
]. Patterson, boarding pauper $500. &C.
Richard strout, for sssisiants..-....--. 10 90
babcock Daily, hlacksmithing IS
). A Moore. merchandise. 10 So
Emporia Daily Globe, printing!. I %
Emporis Electric Gas Light company,
electric lights 3e9 q
J. 8 watson, merchandise. ..-......----. 50
e V. Eskridge, printtng--..... .-...- 40 80
EInporta Hardware Company, merchan-
o1SS s..ss..---.- 49, ----.s"----- y ~
bra1nard, salary as teamster- y %
ID ho1er. repairing nre DelI.:...- ,l3
Judgment IN favor Of John Whi1e-..-.- 100 90 /
]. Carson, labor with ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2 80
". II. SWisher $1,000. n sol
= HEUNus stone. u -
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-14
LETTERS ADVERTISED.

List of letters advertised at the EmDoris.
Postofhce for the week ending November. 6th.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-14

OiMPLES, black heads, red, rough ehapped- aDd
TIM oily skin prevented by CUTICURA EoAP.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-14
Skin Disease ~ Years

have been troubled with a skin and scalp dis
ease Tor seventeen years. My head at times was
one running sore, and my body was covered with
them as large as half dollar. tried great many
remedies without effect until used the CUTIcURA
REMEDIES, aud am thankful TO state that after two
months of their use l am entirely cured. feel il
my duty 70 you and the public TO state the above
case. l.. r. MCDOWELL. ,IaFnesf,urO
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-14
TOWNSHIPS.
New Teaehers, Association

IL "A oIAhL,
County Treasurer
Emporia, Kas., Nov. 1, 1889.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-21
THE TALK or THE DAP.

n,.hor WHITAKER, OF Philadelphia, who has Just
..,,'aned from visit to Cuba declares that the Cubans
,so',,d no very clad TO enter the Union He says
Tho sugar interests are depressed with the prospect
., ,he increased growth Of the sugar beet the United
s.a,es indeed the mercantile aud agricultural com
n,,,r,t,es generally exhibited gloomy aspect The
$40 with tho United States IS immense, while at
,otanzas no less than twenty-three vessels were load
80 NTH surar and molasses bound fo' the United
s,e,es and gentlemen from Philadelphia and New-York
800 % he seen In both cities especially in Havana
eorerlv graspIng for the growing trade. The re-
so,uccs of Cuba are great and capable ot very much
larger development, the soil being unusually pro-
ductlvea
A sensational story paper has begun the pubca-
,,an 81 a story entitled The Daughter OF Robert
Flsmeres II Robert has any more children, It is
hnned Mrs Ward viii XIII them before he ensaional
,rv naners aet an opportunity 20 build stories about
,tery, Nv the way did Robert flsmero ever have
opandfafhcr or an aunt In the counrya IL he had,
s,nt shonId he made 10 prevent them from being
seized ana woven into fiction -tNorristown Herald.
Az weddings among Germans In the southern
colonies $50 years ago. tho groomsmen attended In
beautifully embroidered white aprons. Their duty
was 10 protect the bride from having her slipper
stolen from her foot II any one succeeded in
capturing 1t, tho roomsman paid bottle u wine
for the loss as the BRIDES dancing depended Upon It.
awbat ara the four great lakes between Canada
and The Gulf of Mexlcol ~ ASKED Lewiston m(ther Of
her Youngest and only, whose geography she was
coming "wster" said the boy. The moth'r pom
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-21

that it would have been extremely difficult
to have touched the Presidents letter without
adjoining it; and although Mr.. Whites literary
performance is by no means up to the Chicago
standard, he certainly cannot be held on the
odious charge of defacing work of art More
over, he can plead in justification that most of
the Presidents communications to the public
would have given his friends more comfort
and his Administration more credit If they had
passed through the hands of capable COM
positor with large box Of parentheses before
him. Mr.. Whites worst fault is that he chose
the wrong man to perform that delicate func-
tion, and never took the author into his con-
iidence. The more we reflect upon the trans
gression the more we are inclined to- think that
the secretarys motives were honorable, and
that if his opportunity had come at the begin
ming instead of the end of the Cleveland
regime, he might have been instrumental in
creating the new Office of Parenthetical Secre-
tary, though he could never have hoped to
hold the place himself.
In what different setting would many of
the Cleveland jewels have appeared if he had
had an alert and penetrating master of the
parenthesis at his elbow during the last four
years Under the circumstances we feel war
ranted in displaying few of the gems which
would then have shone with ever-increasine
ustre as the years rolled by:
Public office Us an individual perquisIte, although
most Of my predecessors have acted on the ridiculous
assumption that ~ is public trust
We recognize in the eligibility OF the President for
reelection he most pleasing and satisfactory feature
Of the American system. Just let me be elected once
and IL VIII be cold day when anybody hears me al
lude to 10 as) most serious danger.
Offensive (cphets have been applied TO me by GER
tain shortsigted persons who don't know enough to
read between the lines and discover that my opinion
the only thing which win save me and the party IS
immediate and universal display of red-hoD partl-
sanship.
II IS a condition (of my success In this campaign
that should pretend to profound knowledge OF
many subjects which don't Understand I'm the least,
and consequently afraid all the while Of making
dreadful blunder But can't SEQ what harm
II could possibly do to say that It Isl not theory that
confronts us.
Innocuous Us IN the dictionary and seems to be an
adjective, so will use II along with another queer
word happened TO come across the other day and
which Is spellcdl desuetude
IL VIII be seen ut glance that il a slilful
lapldary had been nj hand to put parenthet-
ical polish on such nuggets Of wit and wisdom
as have been mined from time TO time in the
White House bewilderngly beautiful assort-
ment might have been collected before this.
u is now too late to do more than offer tho
foregoing Illustrations Of what might have
been with all difLdence 20 the inspection Of
President Cleveland and the unfortunate Mr..
White
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-21

he meeIly and cheerfully acquiesced. This
last discriminating act, which etfectuaily dis
credits his own honesty and intelligence in the
transaction, occurred after the Commission
was organized. m =,
As the case stands, "The London Times"
is convicted of purchasing and publishing the
letters ON the strength Of an experts opinion
tbat the signatures were genuine. The solicitor
and the business manager accepted Mr.. Hous-
TOMS Judgment, and helm turn took Mr.. Pigotts
word for it. II remains to be proved what that
word is worth, especially when all the doc
umentary evidence except the letters has been
deliberately destroyed since the investigation
opened. Pigott entered the witness bOx dis
credited in advance by his own lncnmlnating
act !; and the expert will have to face Mr. Par
nelps emphatic declaration that MS name has
been forged, and that the form OF signature
which was initiated was an old one and not
that which he was in the habit OF using at the
lime when the letters are alleged to nave been
written. Everything betokens decisive VIC
tory for the defence unless some starting sur
nrise has been planned By the prosecution
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-21

dered a moment and then looked 1t the geoQaphv
agan and found herself IN error s She should nave
question repeated the s wo 1 knSws so ss rs
tween cen wRas ana whIch.-lIcwsDn journal
DR. Hole tho English Dean Of Rochester, protest,
against the addition Of three commandments 70 Tia
pecaogue, Thou shalt not play carts.7 aTbou sbalt
not drink glass Of wine," and "1hou shalt moi
dsnces The Dean also advocates the opening Of
museums and galleries on Sunday.
Small Boy-AIamma where does leather como from
Mamma-It comes from animals, ny son. II Is
tho skin tanned.
Mamma--Of course not.
Small Roy--1'hen what part does sde leather come
from.-(W ashington Critic
In speaking Of certain man who hiss been generous
in his gifts to religious objects, The Religious
Herald' says: He gives money to good causes; but
he does it in the unpleasant AMI Internationally
way that you well conceive Of
Great Expectations.-As troloeer-c in. You
are business man, l see. The shrs tell me that
you expect 10 add to your fortunes shortly. four
thoughts are entirely on money. Am not right
sirl
Caller-well, yes that is
81 thought so. 1 never make mistake. The
money you are looking for You VIII receive. Therd
win be no trouble about it no delays Of any kind.
One dollar, please. Always come % no when you
You mistake ] did not como here 10 have my
fortune told. am the proprietor Of the grocery
this BILL three weeks 0verdue.D
Aheml Please call again. Philadelphia Record.
club man got married. Three das after his
marriage he said one evening TO his wife:
Darling have got to go out this evming to sec
some oneD
81 anticipated that, DEAR and have several bottles
Of wines and liquors In the pantry. Yot can see
some one without the trouble Of going ou.'
visitor-where is Mr.. Moneygrab this EVENING"
Young Mrs Moneygrab (who didn't marry for Lowell
AT divine worship, presume.
Vlsitor-I supposed he would be at his counting-
room, IL anywhere.
Mrs. Moneygab-Yes, that's what I sad.-tTerrs
Haufe Express
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-21
TIRE PARYELL F0RGERIES.

The weakness Of 1.-THE London TimeS's"
case against Mr.. Pamel, as so far disclosed
strengthens the suspicion that important evil
dence is still held in reserve. The testimony
Of the solicitor, the business manager and the
Secretary Of the Loyal and Patriotic Union has
tended 20 discredit the prosecution and to cor
roborate the theory of the defence that the
leading English journal was easily duped by
penniless knayeS and clumsy forgers. As the
story has been told by these three witnesses
Mr. Houston issued rowing commission to
Pigott TO search for discriminating evidence
against the Irish leaders, and after paying his
travelling expenses on the Continent and in
America believed everything that he said
Mr.. Soames and Mr.. Macdonald were equally
credulous. accepting Mr.. H0ustons Judgment
respecting Pigotts revelations on no stronger
evidence than the statement of a single expert
in handwriting. 1t seems incredible that an
experienced lawyer and sagacous business
manager should have depended on corroboratiye
proof so finlsy as this. The worthlessness Of
expert testimony Of this sort has been dem
onstfated in so many celebrated will cases in
England and America that it is hard to believe
that one mans opinion could have been ac-
cepted as decisive without reference to the
sources from which the correspondence was
obtained. 1t is reasonable to infer that the
prosecution has barely opened this branch Of
the case, and that evidence Of heavier calibre
will speedily be produced.
Broad as is the scope of the investigation,
and voluminous as the testimony offered has
been, the authenticity of the discriminating
letters is the vital question at issue. A failure
to establish the genuneness of the signatures
and the credbility of the informers who sold
and delivered the correspondence will be fatal
to the prosecution. II the defence can sue
ceed in proving that the letters are forgeries
and that THE London Times" has been
traficking with hireling impostors unworthy
Of credence, the case will be won before the
bar Of public opinion, without reference to the
conclusions Of the Commission ON collateral
issues. The testimony Of the last ten days hps
proved most destructive to the prosecution.
Mr.. Macdonald has been the worst possible
witness against his journal, since he has con-
fessed his incapacity for forming an indie
pendent Judgment, and his blind and unques-
tioning reliance upon Pigotts employer who
had expended a large sum in securing tho
correspondence anu uSSifeu W De REIMBURSED.
Dir. Houston has even surpassed Mr.. Macdonald
in revealing his incompetence in dealing with
dsreputable informers. He seems to have
taken with amazing credulity the goods which
he had hired Pigott to obtviA and to have con-
sidered ID indelieate to ask any unnecessary
questions. BY his ovy, admission his response
bility ended whep - furnished the letters for
publication. II was not his function to judge
Of the evidence, and so confiding was his nature
that when Pigott asked him TO destroy their
private correspondence relating 10 the letters
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-21
PERSONAL.

The late Professor Carroll Of tho University OF the
City Of NowYork, ranked first In HsFyaIds class OF
1868, OF which President Eliot j. G. Pafrey, Justin
winsor and many other distinguished men were mem
bos.
Mr. Stead treats tho world to an uncommonly
picturesque spectacle in connection with the Bis
marck Dynasty article. a. As so many statements
saws The Pail Mall Gazette E" had been made fixing
the authorship on the Editor OF The Pail Mall Gazette
our news editor sent interviewer TO ask his chief
he could throw any Hight on this subject Ana then
MIR Stead caused himself 20 be interviewed ~ the ex-
tent OF half column In his own paper, and headed IL
I'M big letters Interview with the Editor Of the
p. NJ. or
A young lady who aspired to fame as musician
went one day TO Rubnsteln for advice. She played
for him, then asked, "What shall dof Get mar
rlcd,' was the reply
Dr. Albert Zabriskic Gray, rector OF Racrs.ollege'
who died few days ago, intended TO spend the rest
Of the winter in North Carolina and then go TO Europe
uosslby 30 the Levaut to prosecute Biblical ard his
torlcal studies "My son counted greatly" says his
father upon these journeys. He needed rest and
desired opportunity for further mental Improvement.
lie was in his prlme-but fOrty-eght years OF age-ahd
no anticipated with pleasurabe emotions the oeneh's
that would accrue 10 him from travel and the oppor
,unItles which would be afforded him In the Old World
for investigation OF favored intellectual pursuits Ho
had always been student and his nature was highly
-
Isbed and many Of his poems have received high en-
comiums from competent critics. lie Is the author
also OF a work on Mexico and one upon Palestine. He
vas however, essentially theologlan-a minister OF
tho cospel-devoted 20 his work, lie was graduated
from, New York University and had been for twenty
wears an acceptable minister Of the Episcopal Church
asst wear Columbia College conferred upon him the de-
gree Of doctor of divinity. He has been married for
frenty wears but 10 children blessed his marriage For
eght wears prior 10 HIS coming West he was rector Of
re Enlscopal church al Garrison's, opposite West
Point IN me Hudson In his proposed trip TO Europe
NV son proposed taking with him my grandchildren.
his nephews and neees, that they might profit by his
valued Instruction.
The Queen Regent OF spain IS the subject Of grace
l story aoropos OF death of the sister Of Senior
Emilio Castelar, Her Majesty received the news In
tho midst of the hustle Of the birthday festivities of
the little King as she entered the receptouroom where
the guests were assembled for the great banquet She
d,d NOT call for one of her high nconaies, but said
10 tho nresdent OF the council himself, Go and tell
CASTELAR, that forget that he is the head OF the Re
nuncan marty that only see In MIN National glory.
sTeat orator an artist who has no peer, and that
Se fhe deepest sympathy with him In his loss, both
spanlatd and as Sovereign
Mr. Phelps. late United states Minister 10 England.
o.lea NJ the White House yesterday and had inter
view with the President.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-21
G.. CTS PERORATION ON G. c.

ENTER rabble of Democrats and Mugwumps G. ueve-
iandius appears above.) .
q. C.-Frends, countrymen. and the Old Ronany
lend me your cars:
come to praise G. c., not to bury him,
Though we'll know that he politically
Hath both feet in the grave up to the knees.
Before go away TO practise Law
Cwhere I'll give special care to pension cases),
want to say word about myself:
Twas was right-the people all were wrongi
(fsxit part Of the rsbble.)
In every move rye made since coming here,
have been right I'm always right. Hear mss
when have said a thing, course announced,
A letter written, or movement made OF any sort,
have been right. 1t is q way have,
And am not afraid to mention it,
Free trade right though voters by the thousand
Thought not, and cast their votes accordingly.
Exit rabble-groaningj
Misguided mon, they knew not what they did
When cast they from the Presidential chair
The greatest man that ever sat therein.
MY tariff views were right-my vetoes right
So we're my treaties, so ali my actions.
Behold before you, The Man That's Always Right
fEleyates nose and folds arms Exit oil Of the
Fabbc except three Mugwumps)
Yes. was right-the people, sixty millions strong,
But showed, in voting as they did, that they we're
wrong!
First Mugwump-o bitter shame. that he so great,
good,
should DO the victim Of Nation wrongl
Second Mug.-AlasI
(DisA)
Third Mug.-Yes, very true, alvi
Looks around little and also concludes TO dis)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-21
PAREyTHErIc1L Possibilities.

Mr.. John u. White, secretary OF the Ma
tioDal Tariff Reform League, awoke yester-
day morning to find himself famous-famous
as the only man in our history who ever under
took without authority TO improve upon for
NAL document issued by the President Of tho
United States famous, moreover by reason OF
the large and unbecoming confusion upon his
cheek produced by the official announcement
that the Presidents letter to the convention
suited Mr.. Cleveland perfectly in its original
shape, and must therefore of necessity have
suited the ReformeIs. without addition or
amendment. Mr.. White was going about Chi
cago on Tuesday in state Of the most pleasur-
able excitement and cackling cheerfully over
the egg that he had laid. lie could not wait
Cor the coming session Of the convention, but
caused the Associated Press TO announce all
over the country that the process had been
completed, and that his egg was already snug
ly deposited between parentheses In the middle
Of the Presidents letter, where the whole
world could gaze at and admire 1t. Tuesday
was glorious day for Mr.. White. His fellow
Reformers looked upon him with awe, and
stouty denied, wherever they went, the irrev-
erent suggestion that the egg was made of
porcelain and nothing, more nor less than a
decoy. They might have saved themselves
the trouble; never was an egg 80 badly added
within twelve hours.
II now becomes an interesting question what
the Tariff Reform League will do with it's
secretary. II appears from the Presidents
prompt disavowal that he had not the re-
hottest semblance Of authority for LAYING the
egg, and is no better than an oficious inter.
meddler This gratuitous Interpolation would
have been bad enough il it had been tucked
away in an epistle from Larry GodlSin or the
Parsee Merchant, but displayed in all its wan
ton superfiuity above the sign-m mammal Of
Grover Cleveland it assumes National dimen.
sions.
We would not be understood as denying
that from purely syntactical point OF view
the value of Mr.. Whites parenthesis is at least
open TO argument Indeed. it is our opinion
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-21
amusements.


ACADEMY OF DEsIGN-Day and Evening ATT EAhD4'i0n
ACADEMY OF MUSIC s-The Old Homestead
AMBERG's THEATRE Sat the Grand Opera
AMERICAN INsTITUTE-Day ana evening"
BIJoU THEATRE Sir Tag.
BROADWAY THEATRE s-Iattle LORD faun''eiOs'
CASINO S-Nadjy $3.50
pAIYrs THEATRE 8.l6-The international aia'ch-
pOCKSTADER'S- S-Keiar.
EDEN MUsEE-wax Tsbieaux-
rnAND OPERA HOUSE e--'Twixt Axe ana croWn'
uARRIeAN,s PARK THEATRE- s-Pete
rycrIyN THEATRE sl5-sweet Lavender.
...nrsox aouAgE THEATRE s:3G-cspt. Swift
MADISON SQUARE dARDEN-s a. m TO 10 p m.-Dos
show ,,,,
METROPOLITAN OPERA HoUsE-e-Arion BAH
NrBIo.s-2 and S-water Queen
p.INrR,s THEATRE Sic Maitre de FORCES.
STAR THEATRE s-stowaway
STANDARD THEATRE S-Pearl Of Pekin.
THE GRAND MUsEUM-l0a m. TO 10 2. M.
sTH.AyENUE THEATRE SHADY Of Lyonsl
14TH STREET THEATRE Sic Voyage En- Suisse
ATH.AvE. AND l9rHsT.-Getiysburg
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-21
/, STRONG YANKEE TEAM.

Prom The Minneapolis JV1'f1a1
r,o, npessnt indications 10 Is pretty safe TO say
now that The new an American nine for the season
1850, and probably for a. least three seasons mor
in their batting order:
Harrison, G. captain and catcherJ
blaine s. $. Short stop
Wirdom d. (paymaster.i
Pusk 4 b. tights battles.)
Thomas r. T. Quns the foaters.)
Estee l. 4. Cos friend
Noble /. b. tends to Blackstonel
Wsnanlaher. m. b. (inal boss.l
Miller, Q. I. (corn felder)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-21
MUSIC.
"AIDAo AT THE METROPOLITAN
Haute EXPIRES

Mr.. Stanton and his assistants at the MetopoltaR
Opera House have made a brave spectacle q verdfs
O. Aida" which had its first representation after
lapse of two years last night 1t Will be remembered
that considerable of money was expanded IN
decking out the opera before last and that m
expected triumph defeated BY tho
iueficiency OF the tenor Zobel The re-
vivai last night was accomplished undsr cirs
cumstances which justify the hope that better fats
Is In store for II this time. in every respect the
performance was better than It's predecessors
and the exhibition OF interest and approval On thu
part of The public must have been in the highest
degree gratifying to the management Tho clim.x Of
enthusiasm was reached in the triumphal cene
which, in the book, concludes the second act bit is
presented as the fourth act in the Metropolitan pro.
duction the curtain being dropped at the end of eery
scene. Mr.. Habelmann was extremely successful In
grouping the hundreds who occupied the stage in his
scene and the picture presented was glowing mass
of fantastic forms and colors. Exactly why ,he
Egyptian furniture made 10 approach mar
the monstrous might be difficult for Egyptoloass
70 expaln however.