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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-03-28
Asaaulted vitb a Rsd-Hot Pol.r.

CINCINNATI, o., March 2s.-Patrick
TrAinor, who has been a well-to-do
builder and contractor, but who
through habits OF drunkenness has lost
his business and is without occupation,
depending on his wife to maintain the
family of six children, yesterday as
saulted his wife while she was at work
ironing clothing, and ran a red-hot
poker through her cheek into her
mouth. Her jaw was broken. Physi-
clans say blood-poisoning will most Ger
tainly. follow and cause her death.
Trainor was arrested. Her offense was
in saying, to his demand for dinner
that there was no food in the house, as
she had not received any paw for the
last work she had done.
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CINCINNATI, March 26.-The burial
of Stanley Mathews, late associate JUS
tice of the supreme court of the United
States, was simple ceremony. The re-
mains arrived this morning and were
taken by rail to the cemetery station
of WintOn place, where the undertake
er'S hearse and carriages met the train.
At Spring Grove cemetery q very large
assembly of friends AMI acquaintance
of the distinguished dead had gathered.
The burial service of the Protestant
Episcopal church was used, the rector
being the Rev. DIR. Pise of Glendale.
The day was delightfully."- clear and
Salmy and the assemblage at the grave
was one of more than ordinary interest.
Besides the members of the family
and the justices of the supreme court
and others from Washington, there
were present Governor Foraker, Lieu
tenant Governor Lyons, members of
the Ohio senate, committee of the
house of representatives, Henry Wat
terson, from Louisville, Murat Hal
stead, ex-President Hayes and q com
mittee of the Ohio commaudery of the
Loyal Legion. The latter placed on
the grave the usual emblem of a white
pillow of flowers with the words Loyal
Legion in purple Flowers from the
president and Mrs. Harrison and from
the District of Columbia commandery
were also left on the grave. The fam
ily went to Glendale after the cere-
mony and the others came to the city
and will return to Washington to-
night
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The CONWAY County tArk.) Troubles.

LITTLE Rock, Ark March 23.-The
Conway county trouble took another
turn tonight, and one causing consid-
cradle surprise, although the republic
cans were expecting something of the
kind. To-night's train brought in
from Conway county Deputy Sheriff
Hawkins, who arrested Charles Wahl,
on the charge of gaming, he having
been indicted. The offense consists of
the game of poker in which he had ia
ken hand the night when an att en1pt
was made to assassindte him at Plum
merville. 1t will be remembered that
VAIL was the United States election
supervisor at the time of the assassina-
ton of Col. John NJ. Clay ton. Since
then VAIL has been making Little
Rock his home. His arrest to-day was
witnessed by Judge John Mcclure, who
went on his bond for his appearance
for trial when wanted at Morrillton.
1t is reported that several more arrests
will be made by Hawkins.
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A Hinnnlar Case.

CINCINNATI, March PA singular
phase has developed in the canal MUIR
der in which two young men, George
Duffy and George Droess, confessed
that they had been drinking with a
stranger and took him to the canal and
one of them threw him in, each charg-
ing the other with being the murderer.
1t was first thought that Harry Barnes,
of Newport. Kentucky, was the victim
but he was found alive, subsequently
a man was found who said he was the
man thrown in the canal and that he
had been rescued and the confessed
murdeTers were then released but yea
terday the dead body of man was found
in the canal and suspicion was again
revived against Duffy and DrOess.
They declared the man was not their
victim and to-day it was discovered
that the drowned man is Amos Gar
vey who was on trial at Fayetteville,
Ohio, for killing a saloOnist named
Doyle at that place. He had escaped
some days ago.
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Mr.. WalrOud Wanted.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. March 90
The president has telegraphed to Mr..
Z. T. Walrond, of Osborne, Kansas, to
come to Washington and qualify for
the attnrneyship of the new federal
court Of Muskogee. Judge Shackelford,
of Nashville, the of the new court, has
also been sent for. Mr.. Thomas B.
Needles. of Nashville. Illinois, the
marshal of the court, is here. The
three officials will probably get away
from Washington the last of this week,
and go direct to Muskogee to organize
the court early in April. The president
is anxious to have the judicial
machinery in operation as soon as
possible. 1t is expected with the Okla
homa rush of settlers the court will
have plenty to do. The marshal and
attorney will probably find their places
worth about 5000 yearly. The judges
salary is fixed at IS, 500. The civil
and criminal jurisdiction of the court
over the whole Indian Territory. but
capital and penal offences must be
tried in the federal courts of neighbor-
ing states.
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WASHINGTON, March 25.-Out of a
corn crop of 1895, 100000 bushels, the
largest ever grown, though not the
largest in proportion to the population
of the country, there has been consumed
and distributed up to the 1st inst, or
within about five months from the
ripening of the crop, !, POI 600 900 BUSH
els, or 604 per cent Of the whole. A
comparison for the last eight years
shows this to be smaller percentage
than had been consumed at the same
date in any year except 1886. but
owing to the magnitude of the crop
the relatively low percentage con-
stituted the largest absolute quantity
ever consumed within the same five
months. The PERCENTAGE remaining on
hand Cd March l is always largest in
the south, Notwithstanding the fact
that the period since the ripening of
the crop is longest in that section.
This Mr.. J. r. Dodge, statistician of
the department of agriculture, at
requirements for winter feeding and to
the fact that larger proportion of the
crop, being used for work animals.
needs to be reserved for the period of
spring blowing. The value of the crop
on the basis of present average farm
prices would be as follows: Mer-
charitable corn, at $500 per bushel.
1855, 4S4 1858; understandable corn, at
22.9c per busael. S79,118; total
value on basis of March prices, $685.
2II ,0S5; total value on-basis of Deem
Der prices, SGT, 561 $50. OF the wheat
crop of 1888, amounting in round num-
bers to 4l6 900, 900 bushels, the guam
tity still in the hands of farmers is
estimated at 26.9 per cent, or Ill, 1885,
$50 bushels, out of which is To come the
seed for the spring wheat area. A
comparison covering the last eight
years shows that the largest proper
ton ever on hand at the same date
was 80 per cent, on March 1, 1885, the
preceding crop having been the largest
ever grown in the country, and the
only occasion when the proportion was
materially lower that at present was on
March 1, 1881, the amount then on
hand being 25.6 per cent of the short
crop of 1881.
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Accidentally Shot.

LIMA, o.. March ga young lady
eight cen years of age, the daughter of
Adam Guttman, farmar living near
Columbus Grove. was shot last night
by another girl named Michael, who
had been employed to do house work
by the family. About two weeks ago
an attempt was made by unknown
parties to kidnap Miss Guttman who
keeps house for her father, her mother
being dead. Her father afterwards
purchased revolver to be left
in the house so they could
protect themselves. The girl was
employed yesterday to help do house
cleaning. In the evening both girls
were working up stairs and the
Michael girl was examining the revol-
yer while Miss Guttman's back was
turned. Suddenly the pistal was fired
just as she tnrned around. the ball
striking her in the right cheek below
the eye and ranging downward max
ing a fatal wound. Miss Michael
claims the shooting was accidental
while others say she was jealous of
Miss Guttman and shot her purposely.
The affair will be thoroughly investi-
gated.
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The Gunboat yorktown

PHILADELPHIA, March 26.-The gun
boat Yorktown has been delivered to
the naval authorities at League. Is
land. The vessel was towed down the
Delaware river yesterday from Cramps
ship yards AID. formally handed over
to Captain SeeIye, the commandant of
the League Island navy yard, who gave
the Messrs. lCramp a receipt for the
big war ship. 1t is expected that Sec
rotary Tracy will formally accept the
Yorktown for the government to-day.
Everything about the Yorktown is
completed except the electric lighting
plant, for which there will be reser
Walton Of So, coo until the electric light
ing is completed and tested. 1t will
only take about ten days to complete
the lighting plant. and the Yorktown
will then be completely equipped to
pass out of the Delaware cape.
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Aoopitted of tbe cbarps of Raps.

SALINA, Kas., March 23.-Rev. Jas.
w. Sar ders was to-day acquitted of the
charge of rape upon the person of Miss
Annie Carper. Sanders was the pas
tor of the African NJ. E. church in
this city until last fall, when he
left for New Mexico to accept the
passionate of the church in one of the
towns there. In December of last
year he was indicted by the grand jury,
Miss Carper having then become
pregnant and testified that she had
been betrayed by Sanders. Sheriff
Gentry procured reauisition
and in January last brought
his prisoner here who was
tried at the present term of the district
court and cleared. Miss Carper took
advantage of the age of consent law as
it then existed. She is buxom
brunette and her four weeks offspring,
it is said, is a pocket edition of the
reverend gentleman. The testimony
was highly sensational and lis
tened to by all the residents
of SaIina and adjoining counties
and had it not been for the efforts of
the defendants council, Senator Mob
Ter. the reverend gentleman would be
to-day victim of the infamous ''age
of consent" law.
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Railway and Mining Property Sold.

FLORENCE, Ala, March Pa con-
trolling interest in the Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railway company has been
sold to Messrs. Abram s. Hewitt. Ed
ward Cooper. Mr.. Murphy and others
of New York city. The above named
company is the largest and wealthiest
corporation doing business in the
south. being a consolidation of the
Pratt Coal and Coke company, the
Coalburg Coal and Railroad company,
and one or two other important COM
panies. They own millions of acres of
coal and iron lands, beside the famou
Pratt and COalburg mines near Biz
mingham, also several Important
branches and mineral railroads in Ala
bama and Tennessee, besides large
blocks of stock of several other of the
principal furnaces in the two states.
A private telegram vouches for thecor-
rectness of this information, while Mr..
Nat Baxter, Jr., of Nashville, presi-
dent of the company, is reported as
disclaiming all knowledge of such a
transaction. However, he does not
positively state that the sale has not
been made. It is said the new COM
pany will meet and elect an entirely
new board of directors on the first of
A pril
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OPENED FIRE ON SIGHT.
Women on a Spree

LAWRENCE. Mass, March 26.-At
about 1850 O'Clock this morning officers
Shea and Sullivan, night patrolmen,
heard terrible screams issuing from an
.alleyway connecting Bradford and
Lowell streets, in the most thickly set
tied portion OF the city. Quickly run
ming to the spot they found lying upoL
the ground woman, bathed in blood
from CHASTITY wounds on the head, face
and neck. The police wagon was sum-
moned and the woman taken to the
police station, where an examination
disclosed a horrible state of affairs.
On the womau's head was found ter
rible cut on the right side of the temple
and on the top of the head, the right
ear had been chopped off, there was a
and the right side of the neck
was very badly hacked. The skull
was fractured and the jaw bone
crushed. The woman was taken to
the hospital and Captain Conner of
the night police with officers went to
the alleYway whore the crime was COM
miLted and began AN investigation.
They found leading from the spot dis
tinct blood tracks which they followed
to house facing the alley on Lowell
street near by and found it occupied by
one Honora Kelleher. a pool of blood
was found in the room of the Kelleher
woman and the woman herself discov-
cred in n bed in a condition of beastly
intoXication, with a bottle of whisky by
her. She was arrested and taken to
the station. Investigation shows that
the injured woman, whose name is
Mary Marshall, had been on q spree
raIIa boz A..
Vious evening. Both women are dis
solute characters. How the row oc-
CURED or what weapon was used is not
yet definitely known.
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RYAN Goes to Msxioo.

WASHINGTON, d. G. March 81
The president to-day nominated
Robert T. Lincoln of Illinois to be en-
voy extraordinary and minister pleni-
potentiary of the United States to
Great Britain.
Murat Halstead of Ohio, to be envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipo-
Tertiary of the United States to Ger
many.
Allen Thorpdyke Rice of New York
to be envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary of the United States to
Russia.
Thomas Ryan of Kansas to be envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipoten-
tiary of the United States to Mexico.
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KANSAS NOTES.
Oklahoma Claim Jumpers Threatened
With Death.
POLITICIANS WAX WARM
A Candidate for Postmaster at Alb
iIene Assaults a Professor.
A CLOSE CALL FOR THE PEN.
A SaIina Preacher Acquitted of a
Charge of Rape.

WICHITA. Kan, March 23.-The
news today from Oklahoma City is to
the effect that the recently dispersed
boomers, but few of whom were cap
tured by the soldiers, are rapidly re-
turning to keep watch over the claims
they have staked out. It is also learn
ed on good authority that a self-protec-
tive league has been formed and now
numbers nearly 1000 boomers, which
has for its object the prevention of any
treacherouS conduct on the part of
those who are now taking the names
of those who are stalking out claims,
with view of taking advantage of the
clause in the opening proclamation,
which is intended to debar any one
takinga claim prior to the opening
from right to file on any land in the
new territory. The boomers look
upon these men in the light of claim
Jumpers, and seem to have banded to-
gether to protect themselves. One old
fellow, named Williams, who has
watched claim for six years, says
death will be the lot of all claim
iumDerS
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Ponnd pniaon ln the we'll.

GLOUCESTER, Mass, March 23.-The
police are investigating case of pois-
oning, the cause of which was FORUM
ately discovered in seas on to prevent
fatal results For some time the fam
lily of Senator Benjamin A. Cook, who
are adults with the exception of IA
year-Old daughter, Eva, has been COM
planning and in bad health. Mr.. Cooks
residence is at the Farms" suburb
of Gloucester. For the past three
months considerable sickness has been
experienced in the family, members
were taken with vomiting fits and
were in poor health. The one most af-
fected was the daughter whose health
has been rapidly failing. Last night
a son named Benjamin became violent
ly i'll. The water supply from a well
was suspected to be the cause of the
trouble. The well was examined and
large amount of paris green found
in it while the sides of the well were
covered with the poison. There is no
clue as to how it came in the well.
Mr.. Cook is now serving his third term
in the state senate.
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unproHoksd Ashanti.

ABILENE, Kas. March 23.-The
Second ward caucus, the largest ever
held in Abilene, nominated H. H.
Keel and John Shane for council and
John w. Baker and T. Emmett Dewy
for school board. It was citizens
caucus. While the votes for school
board officers were being counted d. r.
Gordon, prominent candidate
dastardly and unprovoked assault
on Prof. A. V. Jewett, superin-
tendent of the public schools. Prof.
Jewett's injury is a severe one, the
molar arch of the left cheek having
been crushed. Gordon was immedi-
ately arrested and furnished bail for
his appearance Tuesday morning. The
sympathy of the city is entirely with
JeWett, and Gordon, who was regarded
as the strongest candidate for the
pOstoffice is now out of the race.
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A nonuiot,a BAD stnru.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 26.-H. c.
Still. veteran forger, who was par
doned out of the Missouri penitentiary
last month by Governor Francis, was
sentenced here to-day to five years in
states prison, for obtaining money on
bogus check. When asked by the
court If he had anything to say why
sentence should not be pronounced,
Still rose feebly from his seat, the tears
coursing down his crime-hardened
face, and told in few clear-cut SEN
fences a story that deeply affected the
crowd in court. He admitted his
guilt, and acknowledged also
that he WAS an escaped convict
under a sentence from this county
many years ago. He gave graphic
account of how he escaped from Jail
and was recaptured, and how, with re-
volver in hand, he made good his sec
ond escape from the penitentiary at
Nashville, after being fired upon by
the guards. He admitted that he was
bad man, and his life had been ons of
crime, but declared he was born a gen.
tleman. He told how he got position
as night clerk in an Arkansas hotel I'M
der an assumed name, and how firmly
he had resolved to live an honest life,
and, if possible, TO live down the dis
grace JHdI dIJdcu0U 10 Ills name.
But" said he, II hadn't been in
my new position long before round
headed puritanical gentleman with
hymn book in hand discovered who l
was and exposed me-"
He spoke feelingly of his wife and
daughter. He said that they would
have been here to offer him whatever
aid and consolation they could but for
the blOodhounds of the press, who
would have pounced upon them because
they were unfortunate enough to be his
wife and daughter. He was not asking
for mercy. He was poor old man,
whose life would probably be ended be-
fore his sentence expired. So far as he
was concerned, the faded hues of life
had fled" He had nothing to hope for
nor wish for. What was called Chris
tian charity, if it had possessed the
elements of redeelning love, could have
saved him after his first offense, but in
stead of that it had logged and pursued
him through the world with the relent-
less vengeance of a Nemesis, driving
HIM from one infraction of the law TO
another. and taking away from HIM
the possibility of making an honest liv-
| ing,
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AMinistsr pivoresd.

OLArHE, Kan. March 26.-Rey. J. l..
Whitla, United Presbyterian minister
at Edgerton, this county, gotta divorce
in the district court here today from
his wife, Anna J. on the ground OF
abandonment. Their marriage was
rather a romantic one. Thirty years
ago they were lovers and engaged to be
married at their old nome, back in
Indiana, but became separated through
force of circumstances. In the mean
time the gentleman became twice a
widower, and the lady twice . widow,
when fate threw them together again
about four years ago. At this time
both had grown families, but the old
fame was rekindled and they were mar
ried, expecting to realize at last a hap
by fulfiilment OF loves young dream.
But the poetic passion of their youth
full days would not fit into the prosaic
life of frosty old age; so they parted,
the lady going back to her old home in
Indiana. Mrs. .Whitla applied for di-
YoFce and allmony last spring, but
failed, after which Mr.. Whitia began
the present suit. which resulted as
stated above
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WIN Pusb H;s Claim.

WHEELING, w. Va, March 25.-
General n. Golf, the republican guber-
national candidate, who received the
majority of the votes cast at the re-
cent election in this state and who is
now engaged in a contest before the
legislature with Judge Fleming to es-
tablish his claims, arrived here this
evening for a conference with his
friends in this pant of the state.
At an interview this evening he insist
ed in the strongest terms his determi-
nation to push his claims in all posi-
BILE ways and before all proper tribunals,
and said he felt confident that the leg
islature would from the evidence he
should place before the special commit
tee finally acknowledge the business of
his position and the Soundness of his
claim to be the legal governor Of the
state.
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INDIANAPOLIS, March 23.-The Jour-
nal learns from Peru. Indiana. that q
terrible accident occurred few miles
west of that city late this afternoon,
in which the wife and 1eldest daughter
OF Aaron York, a wealthy farmer, were
killed, and besides, other members Of
the family injured, though not fatally.
farm, using. dynamite for this pur-
pose. He placed several sticks in the
stove to dry and stepped outside for a
few minutes. The sticks exploded
with the above result and also
entirely wrecking the house, York
ESCAPED uniniured.
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Honest Abe Lincoln.

MEMPHIS, March 23.-Abraham Lin
coin, a colored man, came in to-day
and reported the finding of S75 900 in
legitimate currency. His bonanza was,
he says, brought out of an old gum
stump in Crittenden county. Ark, OPP
posIte this city, across the Mississippi
river. The most singular feat
ure of the case is that
lincoln, who is piOus fellow.
wished to advertise for the owner and
surrender the money upon sufficient
proof of ownership. His friends, how
ever, have kept HIM in hiding for fear
that some one will take advantage of
him
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COLUMBIA, s. c., March 23.-Seldom
was the truth that murder will OUT
better exemplihed, and after so long an
interval, than in the case which occupi-
ed the attention of Governor Richard
son to-day. In June. 1880. nearly
twenty-nine years ago. David E. Jeter,
a white man residing in Union county
fell out with his bruther-in-law, James
Busby and later waylaid and shot him
fatally. The murderer fed from South
Carolina, and has been lost trace of all
these years until few days ago. His
own indiScretion in talking caused his
arrest at jackson, Tenn Requisition
papers on the governor of Tennessee
were to-day made out and intrusted to
Sheriff Long, of Union, who will GO
and bring back Jeter to stand trial for
the crime he committed so long ago.
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Charges Againrt sr-aorsrnor Eartrspft.

HARRISBURG, Pa, March 26.-Dur-
ing the discussion of boiler insurance
bill in the house to-day Representative
Baker, of Delaware county made some
serious charge against Ex-Governor
Hartranft and alleged that as the
president of the board of trustees of
the NorristOwn asylum he had violated
the law in that he had insured some
boilers OF that institution in
company and received a
commission of 20 per cent for it. Mr..
Baker exhibited the check in payment
of this commission. Mr.. Patterson, of
Philadelphia, defended Ex-Governor
Hartranft and claimed that Baker, who
expected to take Senator Cooper's seat
when the latter became collector of
Philadelphia, decided to break down
General Hartranft who was a rival can
didate for the collectorShin.