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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14
ARoUr THE oArrLn coMBInK.

ABOUT THE CATTLE COABAnk-
Even sturdy old Sol Miller argues In
a rather half-hearted manner against
the meat inspection bill. He too,
thinks 1t win cripple the farmer. Soi's
GOOD sense deserted him when he
penned that idea. OF all the argu-
ments used against the bill, that seems
the weakest, emptiest and --LATEST.
The farmer is already crippled" To
make his condition much worse. it
would be necessary to cOniscate his
cattle If he were getting remuner-
alive price for them now, the argu-
ment would have the poor recommend
alton of plansibility only. AS prices
are, it is simply audaeious and ridicu-
lous.
Here is the argument of those OPP
posing the bill. Look at 1t a moment
and note its absurdity. Pass the bill
and you cripple or destroy the dressed
beef enterprises When you have done
that where will you find market for
your cattle? Who will buy them?
The inference is, of course, that
; there would be no market, just as
t though people would all at once turn
vagetarians and quit eating beef. The
, answer to the query is that marker
would be found where it was before
. there was such a monopoly as th'
dressed beef combine, and that wheI
a Kansas farmer took a car load o
cattle to Kansas City, he would find
t instead of four men who had agrees
e before hand on the market price TO
q the day, fifty or hundred, or severa
e hundred buyers, bidding against eacl
other. That is where and hoy
he would find market,
u the dressed def combine wer
out of the way. And that is what tn
! Kansas farmer wants, unless he is
I" simpleton. So rsue
Tie idea that there would be no maj
= ket If the combine were driven on
m rests on the absurd assumption ths
n people would quit eating meat or woul
Ne eat less than they do now. That is to
h. nonsensical to talk about.
The point that interests the farmt
is this, shall he be forced to sell h
y, cattle and hogs to combine with III
II limited power to control prices regard
ie less of the laws of supply and demand
N OF shall be allowed to good into anope
III market where competition is free, an
where he has something more than Il
,f caprice of a huge monopoly to rely upu
70 for fair price. That is the gist
"a the matter.
~ When it is clearly shown that an irr
Nc sponsible and all powerful mOnop
furnishes the cattle raiser with a safe
steadier and more reliable market tina
"a can be had by competition in the o
~ way, then will the Arguments OF tho
Ia opposing the meat inspection bill ha'
lie force and validity, but not before.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

The first move made by the London
Times when it opened up the Ameri-
can branch of the Parnell inquiry was
to put in the witness box professional
informer called lie Caron. AS everyone
knows the professional spy or informer
is hateful wretch, who would as read
lily swear away a mans life to earn his
pay as he would crush a reptile.
Well, this LIE Caron, who was in the
service of the English government,
came to this country many years ago,
and went at once about learning the Sc
crets of the Irish societies in this coun-
try. He joined every organization, good,
bad, or Indifferent, into which he could
find admission. Being shrewd, crafty
and :insinuating, he wormed himself
into the schemes, plots and conspira-
cies of the invincibles, dynamiters and
extremists generally. and gathered a
mass of facts and figures which the
government paid for and turned over
to it's friend and supporter, the Times,
| to be used as a bludeon against Par
| nell.
OF course there were such societies
in this country which advocated violent
methods, and LIE Caron. the adroit and
INSCRIPTIONS spy, is depended on tC
make the necessary connection between
them and Parnell at whatever cost
That was his mission. If he failed il
that he failed utterly.
Well, he has been on the stand fol
several days, and what evidence hal
he produced of the alleged connection
between 1.-THE force party" and the ma
tionalist leaders in Ireland? Not ;
single document, line or letter has b.
produced in evidence. His testimon,
on that point is fiimsy texture mad
from a skillful weaving together o
} some truth and considerable lying.
: The attorney general was in conse
quence forced TO admit last week tina
he was never prepared to prove tina
J the nationalist leaders were PERSONAL
connected with mArderous outrageS
: He only commended that they were a
lied with criminal agents whose chal
acter they ought to have known. An
this is all there is in the Times case.
! What a miserable farce it is. If
: man is to be bounded and prosecute
for what he ought to have known,
and not for what he knew and die
what safeguard OF protection has he
a land that boasts of its law and r,
spect for equal rights.
The Times, through the instrumeI
talities of the government, proves tina
certain futile and inconsequential col
e spiracies were Matched in the Unite
States by cranks and irreconcilable
L and then declares that Mr.. Parnel is
o criminal because he ought to have
:. knowledge of them and to have bee
t conyersant with the facts. What vi
It famous bosh, what empty, stale an
disgusting tiummery it is. If such
case were brought before the cOmmi
g sion by Parnell instead of the Time
s it would be unceremoniousiy kickC
e ont of court.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14
Death of Rrs. B. E. Myers

Mrs. Ann Myers, wife of the late b.
F. Myers, died at o'clock Thursday
evening, at her home three miles east
of this city. 1t will be remembered
that her husband, B. F. Myers, died
about a month ago. Five children are
lett-three girls and two boys. the
youngest little girl about three years
old. The immediate cause of her death
was erysipelas, terminating in blood
poisoning and death. The sympathy of
the community is extended the children
and relatives in the sad affection that
has SO suddenly overtaken them. May
merciful Providence temper the wind
to their sad hearts and enable them to
bear up under the irreparable loss they
have sustained.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

know this. But are we doing anything
about itP Il Is q great detrimens to
our city, and We should take speedy
action in the matter and place Empo-
ria in the first rank Of Kansas towns.
The gentleman spoke highly of Kansas
City and the enterprise and energy of
her citizens. and said that Kansas City
had labored under difficulties which
we do not have to contend with-the
bluffs and narrow streets. Let US have
little more enterprise. put in decent
system of sewerage, and let our great
ADVANCES be known. Let us have q
little more of the energy and life of ouI
progressive neighbor in Missouri, and
we will thrive as she has DONE
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

THE Kansas City Star cOmmiserates
the fate of President Harrison because
his administration will be ''hoodooed'
by the Blaine spectre. Nelson has no
respect for Blaine, and says that Meth
er Sherman nor Allison would enter a
cabinet that will be dominated by his
evil genius. As Blaine Is tavorite in
Kansas, we think Brer Nelson is sing
ing out of tune.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

The Central Loan and Land COM
pany, the Oldest money loaning con-
Germ in the country, always lends it's
money at the lowest rates of interest
obtainable in the state and on any
kind of time you wish, closes loans
the day you apply if security and title
IS all right. No extra OF unexpected
charges. Interest payable here.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

THE young crown prince OF Austria,
who was nothing more nor less than
an accomplished Don Juan, has, by
his dishonorable end, attracted peo-
pies attention once more to the coming
royalties of Europe. AS for ability.
they have Rome, except to do mischief.
Their characters lack steadiness and
fiber, and their morals are almost " it'll.
out exception execrable. From Wales
of England to Milan of Servia, they
are scurvy and utterly demOralized
gang
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

Mr.. BURROWS bill to regulate COM
binationS wasn't meant to influence
time locks.-Hutchinson News.
No, nor combinations of any other
sort. If the bill were calculated to
hurt anybody Jim would let up on it.
He is sympathetic cuss whose heart
bleeds for others, and who could not
injure worm knowingly.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

LORD SNIALLEY' has telegraphed
the New York Tribune denial by
Lord Salisbury that Sir Julian Paunee-
foot was appointed minister TO Wash
ington. The premier says that no
minister will be appointed during Pres
ident CIeveland's administration. An
avowal OF this intention by Lord Sails
bury is now announced as the reason
why Minister Phelps came home sooner
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

UNCONSTITUTIONAL and the fact
that borrowers must not be choosers,"
as member put it yesterday, were the
principal reasons assigned for knitting
Senator Mohler's bill granting an ex-
tension of time to mortgages whose
property is about TO be sold under fore
closures. Poor consolation for the
debtor class in that.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

THE Kansas City Times added an
other chapter yesterday to the peniten
tiary matter by publishing what pur-
ports to be fac smile of the secret
agreement between the men who con-
tracted with the directors for the out
put of the coal mines. The agreement
is signed by D. n. Barnes, James a.
Lopez and F. g. Buckley. 1t provides
for division of the profits among the
contractors, and contains the clause
whereby they agree to take care" of
the directors and their friends. Krohn
is said to have drawn itup. 1t contains
grammatical errors and bad spelling,
none of which Krohn could be guilty
of. Hence, we conclude that Krohn
did not write it, or it is bogus.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

THE house of representatives pro-
poses to senda committee of five to
Arkansas to take testimony in the
Clayton breckenridge contested cleo
ton case. This seems to be the only
way in which, since the death of Clay
ton, the truth and facts of the contest
can be arrived at. Breckenridge is sat
isfied with the plan, and no one will
ipterpose any objections, since some
such plan was deemed necessary to re-
move the doubts now surrounding the
election in the Second COMPRESSION al
district.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

SPEAKING of wonders, wG read that
the Salvation Army. under the man
agement OF Mrs. BAllington Booth, Il s
succeeded, after great effort, in break
ing through the barriers of exclusive
ness surrounding New York's upper
tendon. Mrs. John l.. Sullivan may
vet get into good society.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

COLONEL JEEMs HALLowELL, of
sanguine temperament. believes, OF
says he does, that Kansas will have a
place in the cabinet. AS he does not
say by what process Of ratiocination he
arrives Mt that conclusion, we must
suppose that General Harrison whis.
pered something in his ear when taking
his leave the other day.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

The EMPoRIA NEWS wants to know
IL we would have the legislature ignore
the charges made by the Kansas City
Times. We answer squarely and en-
phatically, yes, always.-Atchison
Champion.
SO says Governor Martin. The ques-
tiOn is therefore between him and the
legislature as to the expediency or wis.
dom of acting on the charges preferred
by the Kansas City Times.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

GovERNoR HILL ran down to Wash
ington on some business a week ago to-
day. Secretary Whitney gave dinner
in his honor that evening, at which the
president and Mrs. Cleveland were
present. During the night the presi-
dent left for New York on business,
while Governor Hill remained over the
next day. Straightway the faultflnd-
ers set up a howl about the presidents
diacourtesy to the governor. 1t all
turns out to be tempest in teapot.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

Is the source of health; therefore, to
keep well, purify the blood by taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla. This medicine is
peculiarly designed to act upon the
blood, and through that upon all the
organs and tissues of the body. 1t has
specific action, also, upon the secre-
tions and eXcretions, and assists nature
to expel from the system scrofula, hui
matter through the lungs, liver, bow
els, kidneys, and skin. It effectUallv
aids weak, impaired, and debiiitated
organs. A trial will convince you that
it does possess peculiar curative pow
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

Guy Serviss, one of our WeIl-knoWn
farmers. reports owning another hen. OF
great business capacity. She lately
brought of brood OF nine little chicks.
This is the second case of this kind
which has happened on Mr.. Serviss'
farm. The hens must be endeaving to
boom Kansas.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

The reduction OF interest bill will,
wesuppose, follow the foreclosure bill
into the soup. Let the tail go with the
hide. A man is "a simpleton to fall in
debt. Everybody should he rich and
wear gOld-rimmed glasses.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

GOVERNOR NJ ARTIN rejoices that he
is no longer bottled up'' as he was
for four years, and is dice more free
to hit back at 1.-The envious the mali
cious and mendacious." From
the freedom with which the
governor is using his journalistic
bludgeon it would seem that he means
to compensate himself fully for the four
years he was compelled Ito sit dumb
as an oyster. and take all the abuse,
and submit to all the utilization
poured out on him.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

CHARLEY SCoTr writes the Topeka
Capital that Senator Plumb is highly
gratified with the action of the legisla-
ture in urging his appointment to a
cabinet place, but says that he is en-
tirely satisfied where he is, and could
not accept portfolio if one were ten
dered him.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

A NEW YORK girl who wanted a
European husband with a title. but
knew before hand what the conse-
quenees were likely TO be, set about
learning the law, and SO qualifying
herself to protect her property from
him after she got him. What trials
and dangers viii not a woman undergo
for a tinsel baubie, and social position.
wholly forgetful of the fact that 1.-The
rank is but the guinea stamps
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

IN large number OF states in which
Legislatures are sitting this winter, the
Australian ballot system is being dis
cussed with a view to its adoption.
This valuable electoral reform prom
isss to become general, and when it
does, will relegate the heller and
striker to the rear.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

THE members of the Kansas legis,
lature resent that part of the chaplain's
prayer in which he sometimes begs
that they be granted wisdom and fore,
sight. Do the gentlemen want tc
: make the chaplain's Office more of q
sinecure than it isp
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

The Leavenworth Times thinks the
testimony Of LIE Caron, the spy, has
hurt Mr.. Parnell considerably. The
Times man has been so busy denounc-
ing the Kansas City Times of late that
its information on current events is
sadly deficient. Better stick to home
affairs, brother Smith. Parnell is all
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14
Clothing still at cost at J. d. Glib

Clothing still at cost at J. d. Glib
sons.
At the old Henning stand will sell
-four right down at bottom prices for
cash, during the present hard times.
j. w. LEsH.
Buy your fresh meat and bologna OF
Bircket & White, at the old reliable
city meat market, Americas.
Bulldog brftches. You can't rip
them. For sale by j u. Gibson.
Despite the low prices of butter and
eggs TressIer s. Lowry viii give the top
price for them. in groceries or dry
goods. We have some splendid flour
for little which we recommend you to
buy
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FELT also
thinks that General Harrison will offer
Senator Plumb the treasury portfolio.
Two of the committee have been heard
from. What have the other members
to say about their visit to the next
president? Do they think differently
from Hallowell and Felt?
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

D. r. Anthony chuckled to the Atch-
ison Globe editor over the publication
by the Kansas City Times of the secret
agreement to dispose of the profits OF
the penitentiary coal contracts. The
colonel considers the publication of
the secret contract as completing the
the chain of evidence against the con-
Snirators
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

BoULANeER prefers not only our
constitution and general form of gov
eminent, but our women as well, fol
one Of whom, st. Louis lady, he is
about to put away his wife. The lady
IN question Ia q rich young widow
Mrs. McLaren, before marriage q
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

WASHINGTON society having learned
that the president will practice law in
New York after March 4, is now eager.
ly discussing the question will he and
Miss Cleveland be able to break into
the sactum sanctorum of the sacred
AOO
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

Hon. Tom FENLoN Of Leavenworth
was Frustrated at the Copeland hotel
in Topeka yesterday by "A stroke of
paralysis. At last accounts his condi-
tion was improving.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

A COUPLE of Cherokee chiefs argued
before the senate committee yesterday
against the passage of the Oklahoma
bill. Their attorneys and the cattle
barons are still on the ground to fight
it. - What the result will be is yet I'M
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

The meetings at the Grace If. E.
church, in the southwest part of the
city, are still in progress and.are very
largely attended. A great deal of good
is being done.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

VIM. Adds sale on Dow creek this
week was success in every particular
The stock brought good prices. A well:
known gentleman said that three times
the usual number of people who attend
sales were at the sale.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14
COME ''BEFoRE''-If you want

CONE BEFORE If you want to
find out what low prices are, come to
see US before you visit so called "spe-
cial'' or CLOSING" sales. When we
show people our prices. marked in
plain figures, on dry goods, and they
are sick because they. have bought, !" il
does them but little good, but had
they looked before buying they
would have been benefited.
]. w. LATHAM & Co.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

SOME funny things occur now and
then to keep US in good humor, and
provoke laugh at the caprices and
foibles of men. y cotOrie of gentle
men met Friday night at the Windsor
hotel, Topeka, and having whereased
briefly, resolved that the legisla-
tule exceeded its duty III recommend
ing Senator Plumb for cabinet posi-
ton, and in sending delegation Ito
the HoosIer capital to Overwhelm, over
awe and bulldOZe General Harrison
into taking him into his cabinet. "
The resolutions, which appear to be
written by Jake Admire, express con-
fidence in General Harrison's ability to
choose a cabinet without the aid of the
Kansas legislature, and say that Sena
tor Plumb is now where the people
want him and that he should be left
| there
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

The state senate, as committee of
the whole, recommended for passage
yesterday an amendment to the grand
jury law providing that no grand jury
shall be called until petioned for by
onaihundred tax PAYERS.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

evening of the sd inst. The proceeds
are for the benefit of the Rev. Walker
and towards founding q library in con-
nection with the school.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14
MT. Atchison, one of cur cattle

Mr.. Atchison, one of our cattle deal
ers, brought in eighteen carloads of
cattle of the Howard branch. and
took them on through to Chicago.
Mr.. Beecher went with him. The
train was running on special time. It
came into Emporia, changed crews,
engines and caboose and got out on
train time.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

IT has come to this, that If the legis-
lature votes down the meat inspection
bill in the interest of the dressed beef
monopoly at Kansas City, there will be
a strong suspicion of Doodle in the pub.
lie mind.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14
the meeting adjourned.

We had the pleasure of an interview
to-day with Alderman Finley of Kan
sas City, one of the most prominent
citizens and member of the board of
aldermen, gentleman full of energy
and enthusiasm, and who has been
foremost in building up the metropolis
he represents. One who sees Mr.. j. A.
Finley need not be told that he has push
and ability. His very appearance de-
notes that. He spoke frankly about
our beautiful city; admired our wide
streets, location, surroundings. He
said in passing through the state he
heard more about Emporia than any
other Kansas town, and said that he
thought it was presumably because
Senator Plumb lived here, but upon
learning about our educational institu-
tioDs, and the many advantages EN-
poria enjoys above other Kansas towns.
he could readily see why we were so
much talked of throughout the eoun-
try. But he said, and we feel deeply
ehargrined to make mention of it, that
yet while Emporia had these
great advantages of beauty, convent
ence and learning, she had not one
thing. which : the. want of was
a source OF shame to the city. That
while We had one of the finest systems
of water works in the state and could
justly be proud of it, yet we lacked
feature Just as essential to the growth
and the health of town as the water
works. Said he: You need first
class system of sewerage Yes, We
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14

THE Panama canal scheme has
failed completely. An effort is being
made to form new ompany on the
ruins of the old. but il work on the
Nicaragua route CONNIE nces soon, it
is doubtful if anything more will be
done towards completing the Panama
project.