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

JAKE ADMIRE of the Usage Free
Press who seems to know whereof he
speaks, has the following to say con-
cerDing the intent and purpose of the
Kansas law relating to capital pun
ishment. He says:
1t was not the intention of the legis-
lature to abolish capital punishment
absolutely. The law was framed as it
is for the purpose of preventing posi-
bic mistakes-tO give ample oppOrtu-
nifty for the development of palliating
circumstances that might justify the
exercise of executive clemency. But
our goody-gOOdy governors have con-
strued it to mean that there should be
no more capital punishment in Kan
sas. A fair construction of the law
makes it just as much the duty of the
governor to order the execution of a
criminal found guilty of murder in the
first degree, If no facts or ciFeumstan-
ces have come to light within the
twelve month Limitation to show that
the verdict of the jury was wrongful I,
as it is to perform any other official
act. And refusal of our governors to
perform this plain unmistakable duty,
has been simply the result of mandy
pamby cowardice" and "maudlin SEN
timentalism" that should no longer be
tolerated in the executive Office. II
Governor Humphrey desires to com
mend himself to the people of Kansas
in most conspicuous manner, he car
adopt no surer way to do so than by or
dering some of the numerous mis-
creants who are now, or may hereafter
be, confined in the penitentiary, hav-
ing been found guilty of coldblOOdeC
and inexcusable murder, hung unit
they are too dead to skin.
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HARTFORD STRINGS.

HARTFORD, June 18.-JOhn 5. Wal
gamuth has returned from Kansas
City, Missouri.
Mrs. A. u. Howe is visiting her
Emporia friends this week.
w. o. Dreamer, of the United States
mail service, visited his parents and
friends the past week.
Jon Rayl of Burr Oak, Kansas,
brother of j. E. and w p Rayl, is
sp ending few weeks in our city.
The usual clip of wool is being
shipped to st. Louis.
Daniel Harrington of the city of
New York is visiting d. j. Har-
rington, and looking after some lbusi-
ness interests in this part of the state.
Sunday morning the youngest daugh-
ter of Mr.. aud Mrs. l.. C. Knight,
about four years old, fell from the bed,
breaking the arm above the wrist.
Drs. NIaXSon and Sutton were called
and reduced the fracture.
Rev. b. Kelley, d. D., of EmpOria
was in attendance at the late quarter
ly meeting of the NJ. E. church in our
city, and delivered very interesting
and impressive discourse.
DR.. Sutton has just added TO his
handsome residence a bath room and
| fixtures, the most complete we have
ever seen in this country, and now hot
or cold baths can be taken at pleasure
The work was done by an Emporia
| firm. U. l. G.
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scenes as this? Are we as American
citizens drifting to the level of the
, heather? Do the intelligent men of
thecounty endorse such work, and will
they ratify the promise of the dictators
of our city that Mr.. Ballinger can have
the nomination of the republican par
ty this fall? If so the the people are
to be pitied and Fpoor old Coffey coun-
t. again disgraced-Burlington lnde
pendent.
This is about the way the trade was
made and the job set up: Gump and
Ballinger both wanted to be county
treasurer real bad and the thing had to
be worked without friction, so it was
agreed that Ballinger should be ap-
pointed until election, then he should
be elected for one year, or the short
term, and then Gump's turn would
come and he be elected for the long
term, with Ballinger as his chief clerk
or deputy. 1t is nice, smooth deal
and the old machine is getting back
into the old rut again, from which the
people pulled it when they elected
George Hannah. In the language OF
st. John. lit works so smooth, don't
you see!" And many of you country
republicans will come in to your mex
county convention and swallow the
dose prepared for you.-BurlingtoI
| IndeDondont
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PROTECTED "H0G >,


Judging from the criticism of the
EmpOria NEWS upon what we said
about Andrew Carnegie, the editor
of the NEWS must thoroughly under
stand the subject. Then, will it please
inform us what the tariff has to do
with Carnegie'S reduction of his mems
Wages?. Repeal the tariff. and would
it compel Carnegie to raise the wages?
Men have been Oppressors, misers,
hogs, when there was no tariff. and
there Will be when there are tariffs.
There is no tariff protection against a
hoggish nature. Hundreds of heavy
manufacturers i'll this country, pro-
tected by the tariff, pay their work
men satisfactory wages, and never
have strikes. But when IA Scotch skin
flint comes over here, and attempts to
grind down his wOrkingmen, it is at
once laid to the tariff.-Troy Chief.
Oh nc it isn't. Nothing of the sort.
The tariff has enough to answer for.
Nobody we believe charges it with
that, not at least directly. 1t has NO
more to do with the reduction of wages
in Carnegie's mills than it has with an
increase of the same: Not bit. And
there is just as much sense and logic in
averring that the tariff lowers wages
as that it increases them. Wages il
all protected industries have beer
tending downward for some
time. Every body knows that.
Carnegie is not the only
protected hog who takes advantage
of the decline. They are all alike il
that. 1t is pure nonsense for the Chic
to attempt fooling anyone by making /;
scape goat of Carnegie. He is really +;
better man than majority of his pro
tected brethren. They all measure tn
, wages paid their employees, not by tn
standard fOolishly Supposed to be fiXet
by protection, but by the condition o
the labor market. Not one of then
pays $50 day if he can hire anothe
man for S1.25.
) Will removing the tariff compel Car
negie to pay higher wages, asks tn
3 Chief? No. But 1t will do this.
: will enable his men to get more fo
their money than they do now. Is'r
that something? Besides, it will II
lieve the government from the odiuI
D of lending aid and protection to "A hOrd
r of ''hogs" and ''Oppressors" who sho
h their gratitude as Carnegie does, /
:, grinding down. the wages of thos
b for whose benefit the tariff is said
O have been invented. Does the Chic
: believe that such hogs deserve pr
= lection?
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ALEXANDER SULLIvAN's record
gets worse and worse as it is brought
little by little into the light. He
burned his Detroit store for the insur-
ance. A Michigan politician secured
for him a revenue relationship in
New Mexico from which he was kicked
out for embeZZling $4,000. Through
the help of Steve Elkins he was after
wards made postmaster at Santa Fe
where he did more embezZling. While
in that territory he had shooting bee
with Governor Heath whom lie tried
to kill. He then went to Chicago and
by his audacity and we'll feigned love
for Ireland, became a leading patriot
and schemer in secret societies. In
1884 he made "A desperate effort to get
himself recommended by the Clan-na-
Gael to the national democratic COM
mittee as a candidate for vice presi-
dent on the national ticket with Mr.
Cleveland. Such was the reward he de-
m anded of the democratic COMMITTEES
for preventing the threatened
detection of the Irish vote. His dy-
Mantle friends, Boland Egan, Kir
win and the rest were present at the
Clan meeting when the proposition
was made. Mr.. Eagan is said to have
been especially enthusiastic in favor
of the idea. 1t did not take, however
being voted down, and Sullivan ant
his friends went to work for Blaine
Who will say, in the face of this re
cord, that CrOnin's story of Sullivan
embezzlement of Irish funds was i'm
probable, or that he was incapabl
when accused of such a crime, of re
moving his accuser?
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READING NEWS.

READING, Kan, June 1s.-We had
four inches of rain fall Saturday and
Sunday.
j. E. Fem is again very sick. He is
far from being a we'll man any of the
time.
Dean A. y. Wright of Boston was in
town Monday.
Miss Lottie L. Buss, of Leoninster
Massachusetts, has been visiting the
family of Capt. j. "A. Stratton few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Severy went to
EldoradO Sunday night.
Our tOWnsman, Hon. a. w. Plumb,
has at the request of our people and a
continued effort on his part, secured
| his brother, Senator p. B. Plumb, to
| speak to us. Therefore our citizens
are preparing the David Nickel grove
| for Fourth of July celebration. A
we'll is being dug, pump is to be put
| in and our drink will be pure sparkling
| water. The Reading Cornet band is
| to give us music, Senator Plumb is
orator of the day. Capt. J. A. Stratton
naTRs Tssident Henry A 1nsS6y chief chief
police and w. o. Davis, toast master.
The Sons of Veterans put up the lib
erty bell. Mrs. Sadie Brewer reads
| the Declaration of Independence.
There will be singing by the Reading
| and Arvonia singers, both of which we
feel cOnfidant will give us excellent
music. Refreshments-ice cream lem
onade, etc, will be for sale on the
grounds, and we sincerely hope that
| all the people for forty miles around us
will come and enjoy the day with us.
1t is expected there will be sack race
and band concert in the village imme-
diately after the ringing of bells and
firing of cannon at sun down.
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ORDINANCE NO. 10.

An ordinance to amend general side
walk ordinance No. II.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Coun-
cilmen of the City of Americas:
SECTION /. That all sidewalks of the
fourth class shall be three feet wide
and be constructed of stone or lumber,
and in the manner following, tO-wit:
If constructed of stone it shall be made
of good fiat stone, containing not less
than one foot square. The outer edge
shall be dressed so as to preserve uni
form width of three feet; the surface
shall be compact and reasonably
smooth, without any elevation Or de-
preston exceeding one inch, and not
less than one and one-half inches
thick. If constructed of lumber, it
shall be made of good sound pine
plank, two inches thick, one foot wide
and twelve or sixteen feet long, and
laid down lengthwise, on sound 2x4
sillS, four feet apart; or constructed of
one-inch plank, three feet long, laid on
three stringers. 2x4, from twelve to
sixteen feet long.
SEC. 2. And be it further ordained;
that sidewalks of the fifth class shall
be constructed of stone or plank, laid
IleDgthwise, as described in section one
of this ordinance, and that the middle
plank or stone may be omitted except
over water courses.
SEC. 3. That the above mentioned
walks shall be laid tWenty-four inches
from the line of the lots, aud shall be
constructed under the supervision of
the sidewalk committee, who shall fix
the grades to correspond with the
street crossings, or as near as may be.
SEC. 4. Any person who shall build
or rebuild any sidewalk, in whole or in
part. in such a manner or of such ma
terial as that the same when built or
rebuilt will be or become a nuisance,
by the provisions of this ordinance
such person shall be deemed guilty of
violation of the terms and conditions
of this, ordinance, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined in any sum not
less than one dollar nor more than ten
dollars, and costs, and shall stand COM
mitted until such fine and costs are
paid.
SEC. 5. And be it further ordained,
that so much of the said ordinance No.
Il. and all parts of the same which are
IN conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance, are hereby repealed.
SEC. 6. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after
its publication.
Approved June 10th, 1889.
JOHN BoNp, Mayor.
w. II. EGoLF, City Clerk.
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FrOmm r.Bowman.

Rev. DIR. Boyd, the pastor of the
First Baptist church. spoke yester-
day morning on the "PeriIs CT Think
ing, - in which the danger was pointed
out of seeking to find and know God
through the cold avenues of speculative
philosophy. One must needs think in
diligently and profoundly in order to
grasp the fundamental truths of the
Gospel, but there is another realm
beyond that which can only be entered
by faith and love and every effort to
enter by finite reasoning and
human penetration must of
the souls view of God, which only
comes to it when we yield our hearts
to Him il loving trust and obedience.
The sermon was mastery effort, log
ical, instructive and eloquent. The
musical services were of special inter-
est, owing to the presence. as guest of
the Cecilian choir, of Mr.. James Sauv-
age of London, one of the most dis
tingulshed oratoric and opera bafitones
on the English stage. Mr.. Savage is
visiting here for a few DAYS. and. at
my request, sang at the offertOry the
great aria from MendelEsChn's Eli
Jah, 1T is Enough There
was a large audience present,
including many of the most
W
it is entirely safe to say that Newark
has rarely enjoyed such treat in ora
torio singing as Mr.. Savage gave
them in this selection. The audience
sat Spelf-bOund as the4ragic utterances
OF the stern old prophet fell upon their
ears. every word fashioned and enun-
ciated, not only with entire distinct
ness, but with dramatic perception
and power of expression combined with
a beauty and nobility of voice which
thrilled every hear. Standing at this
organist's side, without the mechan-
zeal embarrassment of the text. the
singer poured forth his song with
an intensity of expression and
utter self forcetfulness that made
IL almost possible to imagine that it
was the voice of Elijah himself. As
the singer ceased, DIR, Boyd advanced
TO the pulpit desk and, in voice trem-
bling with emotion, said: ~ feel like
pronouncing the benediction and send
ing you home to mediate upon tina
sublime sermon in song to which Ne
havn just listened The temple was
again crowded last evening. many
doubtless coming with the hone that
the gifted artist would be heard at the
evening service, but another ENGAGE
ment prevented his presence.
Il. NJ. BOWMAN,
In Newark Advertiser june Bird
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There is the widest possible diversity
of opinion between Governor Martin
and Jake Admire, touching the true
Interpretation of the law relating to
capital punishment. Jake says that
the intent of the law in ordering a de-
lay Of one year in the case of a GRIM
inal convicted of a capital offense, was
not that he should he indefinitely in
generated, but that abundant caution
should be taken lest he be wrongfully
hanged-a needless and even absurd
precautiOn, where punishment should
be swift and sure. He derides the
''namby-pambyism" of our ''goOdy-
goody governors who refuse to exc
cute the law, and sneers at it as moral
cowardice.
Governor Martin is even more en-
phatic in an opposite view of the law.
He contends that the policy of the law
when enacted contemplated the prac-
teal adjustment of capital punish
ment in this state. and says that mo
man win ever be reelected governor of
Kansas who will order the hanging of
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EDITORIAL b REYITIEs.

On yes. the republican party is the
friend of prohibition
WHAT is the matter with Pennsyl-
vania? Is she not alright?
WEwill have to be satisfied with a
majority of about $4,000.
AN Atchison paper calls DIR. Nun
halls prayers sensible and business
like"
SPEAKING of Waterloos, what do
you think of that in the Quaker
state?
IN spite of Moneymaker and Boss
Quay, the friends of whiskey carried
the day.
THE register of deeds at Wichita is
said to have made clean SlO0, COO dur
ing the two years of the boom.
Too much water did it. Hereafter
let us pray for drOuth when the pro-
hibition question is to be voted on.
SOME of the silliest things in print
are the stupid attempts of certain
newspaper men at dialect writing.
THE saloon republicans of Pennsyl-
vania have made the saloon democrats
of Texas ashamed of their little 80 ,OOC
majority.
AN AtchIson paper finds that the
most attractive young ladies at
that place are those who earn their
own living. That is true of most
places.
Mr.. SECRETARY WANAMAKER' S
Sunday lectures on prohibition were
quite convincing To be sure. But
somehow or other they seem to have
convinced the wrong crowd.
COMPRESSED air is said to be the
coming motive power. The people of
Kansas should rejoice and be glad.
They can use their surplus politicians
to drive sugar machinery.-K. c..
Globe.
DR.. MUNHALL says that mine
tenths of the poodle of this world are
unsaved." Well. who is to blame for
it? The doctors experience ought to
to have supplied him with a correct
answer to that.
LAST year and the year before, the
rush was to Los Angeles and Southern
California. This year it is to Seattle
and Washington Territory. Next year
the rowing and disconnected will chase
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a murderer under the present law. We
make this confident assertion because
the people of Kansas will never elect a
cOld-blOoded, ignorant, unfeeling brute
as their governor. 1t would require
an executive possessed of those de-
graded qualities to execute a man I'M
der the present law"
Now that sounds a tride extreme.
According to that view of the law,
Governor Humphrey would be "a cold
blooded and unfeeling brute" if he
should order the hanging of Oliphant
in case that murderer should have beer
convicted by due process of law, in
stead of being lynched. Whether Ad-
mire or the ex-governor be right does
not matter much. The law as it stands
is ridiculous humbug, a farce and a
! disgrace to the statute books. None
but cowardly and stupid legislature
could have enacted it. 1t is shutting
and evasive, and was meant to satisfy
those who wanted capital punishment
while it plaeated those who opposed it
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subsidized, and the citizens are engaged
in discussing the pros and cons of the
day herd law ordinance.
The ladies of the NJ. Z. church are
going to give an ice cream social at the
J. w. 10y building, this following
Thursday evening. Everybody is in
vited and we predict for them success
and a glorious good time.
Arrangements are still being made
by the G. A. r. and w. r. G. for the
proper observing of the Fourth of
July. Eminent speakers will be pres
ent. The committee meet again next
Saturday when the program will be
perfected and all arrangements COM
pleted in ample time, that we can keep
our readers posted in next weeks pap
er. Suffice it to say that there will be
no necessity of our people going away
from home to be entertained.
BURLOW,
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KANSAS NOTES.

The Delmonico hotel at Wichita has
been closed by the officers of the law.
The electric, motor will soon supply
the place of cthe mules in propelling
the street cars at Wichita.
The floods in the Walnut and White
rivers near Augusta did great deal
of damage to the crops yesterday and
delayed traffic on roads running
through that section.
At an Emperia wedding the other
/ evening the wedding march from 10
hengrin" was sung by quintette of
female voices as the bridal party en-
tered the drawing room. This seems
to be in the nature of a horse" on To
peka K. G. Star,
The great wheat crop in Southern
Kansas has given rise to very favorable
expectations on the part of the railway
companies. who are making special eff
forts at present to secure the crop for
transportation to the markets of To-
peka and Kansas City. The storage in
transit question will soon be decided
| by the railways in the Trans-MiSSouri
association, but the grain movement
this year will be subject to more COM
! plicatiOns than ever before.
, Immediately upon the appointment
OF MI Z. T. Goodrich as postmaster Of
Lawrence, clean sweep was made of
all the pOStoffice employees, carriers and
all. A little surprise WAS occasioned
Saturday evening when it was made
known that instructions had been re-
ceiYed from the department at Wash
ington to the effect that under the
civil service rule the carriers could not
be discharged. and that they must send
in written designations to the depart
ment. This thew refused 70 do and all
appeared at the Office to-day, ready to
assume their old places.-Lawrence
Elk.
Daylight was slowly appearing on
Thursday morning, May 80, when a
horse and carriage drove into town
from the west-tWelve short hours af-I
ter Geo. Hamman's deaEh-and it con-
tanned man who was after the Office
the dead man had so honestly and
faithfully filed. Is the greed OF otties-
seekers coming to such dlsEaeezaA
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RATHER sENsATIONAL

The Chicago police have found man
who tells strange and not altogether
improbable story of the way in which
Cronin's body was TO be disposed of,
and says that his clothing-which
have not been found. were sent to
Europe. Says this unknown infor-
mant. DIR. Cronin's clothes were TAX
en- from his dead body and placed in a
box which had been provided for the
purpose. In this box we've placed all
the clothes worn by the doctor at the
time of his death, his watch and chain
and in fact every. article of wearing
apparel found ON his person. This
box was expressed to a man in New
York city and by him sent to London.
1t was first sent to New York as pre-
cautionary measure, in the event that
any question should arise or an at
tempt be made to trace the clothes
outside of Chicago.
In few weeks, at an opportune mo-
ment, DR.. Cronin's body was to have
been found on the banks of the Thames
river, England. The body which was
to have been found would have been
in an advanced state of decomposition.
In every material particular this body
would have corresponded exactly with
that of L. II. Cronin, who suddenly
disappeared from Chicago on the night
of May 4, 1889, who was seen in Tor
onto few days later and who several
weeks after that was interviewed in
Paris. Upon his person papers were
to be found which would have revealed
the motive of his murder and branded
him as an English spy and Irish trai-
tor. Such was to have been the de
nOuement of the Cronin mystery.
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The NeOshO river has DESTROYED
10000 acres of wheat in the region of
Humboldt. Bad, very bad. And at
Fort Scott great damage has been done
to city property by the floods. Else
where in Kansas the loss from excess
sive rainfall has been trifling. A few
days of dry weather will enable the
farmers to harvest their wheat crop,
which is now about ready for the
reaper. Corn is pretty we'll along, and
though weedy in places, is doing splen-
didly. Unless providence turns its
back on US altogether, this will be a
great year for Kansas.
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ADMIRE NOTES.

ADMIRE Kan, June 1S.-A6 the coal
shaft of Fl. w. Brown & Co. there has
been a vein of eighteen inches found
All prospects are good for a permanent
mine.
Tax paying is here and the farmers
are rustling.
The corn is growing rapidly. The
best stand for several years
The adjuster of the German Insur-
ance company is settling with f. c.
Paine for a mule that was killed by
lightning.
There have been new gates put in
at the livery stable, which adds to the
appearance of the place.
Mrs. G.. A. Hege of Halstead was
the guest of Mrs. Fremont Miller last
week. She returned to the home of
her mother OH Sunday where she will
remain until the 23rd inst.
The merry party who went to En-
poria to attend the commencement
last week, returned last Thursday
night. They report a good time but
were glad to get home. where their
weary souls might find rest.
Fremont Miller and wife spent Sun
day visiting friends near Dunlap.
Louie Valentine of Topeka is spend
ing part of his vacation with his
brother, J. w. Valentine of this place.
NORTHERN ZEPHYR.