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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-07
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JOLIET, H., January 81. "A convict
was released from a six year term at
Joliet prison this afternoon, who, un-
der the circumstances in which he was
placed, shows remarkable energy and
pluck. John Dayton was his name,
and Springfield ILL.,, the place of his
conviction. When he arrived at the
prison he knew no trade. They put him
at work as a granite cutter. He soon
became SO expert at the work that he
was able TO do the work of three men,
and in a first-class manner, too. The
consequence was the contractor in the
department offered Dayton pay for all
work he should do over a regular days
task. From that time on the convict
renewed his efforts, and on his release
from prison today was handed the sum
of S531 and some cents, which repre-
sents the amount of overWork money
Dayton has earned as a convict dur
the last three years. The funny part
of the thing is that Dayton was farm
er's boy and never knew a thing about
cutting piece Of granite until he came
to prison. but now he is an expert and
can easily earn SO a day outside of
prison walls.
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overruled By a Chinese Court.

DENVER, Feb. 1.-Ah LOV obtained
a judgment of $50 against 500 Hoo
Chung in Justice Palmer's court last
Tuesday. The defendant was not sat
isfied and brought the case before a
Celestial court IN Chinatown, which is
in session nearly every night. There
Justice Palmer's decision was over
ruled. Yesterday the clerk Of the lat
ter court went to Chinatown to collect
the $50, he found Chung in a room with
a number of his countrymen. The
money was paid, when Chung, thinking
the money was still his and that the
handing it TO the clerk was a mere for
mality to satisfy the Mexican court, :"
grabbed his money and handed it to his
cousin. The door was locked at the
same time and the unfortunate clerk
was held prisoner until achievements
arrived to rescue him. 500 Hoo
Chung and Foy Sing were taken to the
city hall on charge of larceny.
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Oklahoma RnomArs.

WICHITA, Jan. 31.-Major Lille,
who went to Arkansas City last night
to look up the situation there, return
ed tonight, ssying that while the
boomers are there ready to make the in
vasion that the soldiers are also there
to stop it. He says that the territory
cannot be entered from Arkansas City
and that the boomers wagons
in small bodies will be
drawn to some other point from which
the invasion can be made with less
danger of interference. This will be
Caldwell or HunneWell. One of his
plans has, by this concentration of
troops, been gained. The organiZa-
ton has succeeded in getting into
Oklahoma 500 men, who are now at
work there upon their claims. This
change of plan will not in the least
stop the intended invasion Saturday.
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his resolution il preferable to certain
others on the same subject already in
troduced, for the reason that it pro-
poses something definite and clothes
the president with authority which he
is believed to be wanting. He, as well
as other members OF the naval commit
tee, resent the assumption by the Ger
man government Of the right to search
American vessels. They recall the
fact that just such an assumption on
the part OF Great Britain led up to the
war of 1872, after which the doctrine
OF right OF search was pretty thorough
ly exploded by the position Of the
United States government, and that
from the exercise of similar authority
our OWL government was forced to re-
treat in the case Of the steamer Trent,
In which one of our naval vessels
stopped the British vessel and took OF
the confederate commissioners.
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Ringing Resolutions.

WASHINGTON, Feb. News of the
recent action of the German forces in
Samoa have given rise to quite COM
motion among the members of the
house of representatives. Much indig-
nation is felt at the announcement that
the Germ ans intend to search all YES
sells arriving at Samoa. Representa-
tive Thomas OF Illinois, who is a partic-
ularly active and influential member
of the committee on naval affairs, has
prepared the following resolution which
will be presented to the house at the
first opportunity: From reports trans
mitted to congress by the president of
! the United States, and from current
newspaper accounts the rights of
American citizens appears to have been
Rrossly invaded and the commercial in
terests of the United States leopard
tied by the action of the German gov
erDment through its naval forces in the
! Samoan Islands.
y Whereas, late newspaper dispatches
show that steps have been taken look
ing to the acquisition of the Smoan
Islands by the German government
In violation of rights and integrity of
the government with which the gov
eminent of the United Snates holds a
treaty on commercial relations and in
VIOLATION OF the treaty rights of the
United States therefore be it.
Resolved, By the senate and house OF
representatives of the United States
in congress assembled that the presi-
dent is hereby authorized and di-
rected to take such steps, forcibIy Il
deemed expedient, as is necessary and
proper to protect aud maintain thu
honor, dignity and interests of the fiaS
OF the government of the Unites
States, its citizens wherever dispersed
against the acts of the emperor q
Germany or his forces
Mr.. Thomas is Of the opinion tina
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line islands. on her run to Hiogo, Cap
tain Atkinson, for some unexplained
reason, landed on an island near which
the vessel CHANGED to be passing, and
left her to her fate. Nothing more was
heard of the abandoned craft until she
was sighted off the Gilbert islands
when the German steamship Eboe was
searching for an island on which to
land MalietOa, the exiied Samoan king,
who was put ashore at Jaleul, an island
of the Marshall group. The Rock Ter
race was passed under easy sail, which
had been set by her DESERVING crew
months before, but the German COM
mander, thinking her all right. paid no
attention to her until on his return,
when he saw her stranded on the out
lying coral reefs of Tarma island, one
of the Gilbert group. The natives sue
ceeded in getting out the entire cargo,
which so Iightened the vessel that she
worked further upon the rocks and
broke to pieces. Consul Blackjack, at
Apia, has been authorized to send an
agent to look After the cargo.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
German Oficials will Search all Yes
sells Arriving at Samoa.
Samoa Times Suppressed and Apla
Police Controlled by Them.
Representative ThomaS Stands on
His Dignity In the Samoan Case.
The President Sends to Congress the
Latest Correspondence.

AUCKLAND, Jan. SI.-Advices from
Samoa state that the German officials
have given notice that all vessels ar
riYing there will be searched for arti-
cles contraband of war. They have
suppressed the Samoan Times. A pas
senger on the British steamer Wainni
who visited Matafas' camp was placed
under arrest, but was subsequently re-
leased In compliance Of a demand Of
the English consul. A proclamation
has been issued placing the Apia police
force under German control. Matafas'
followers number 5000 and they are
strongly entrenched and other Samoans
are rapidly joining them. Upon the ar
rival of the steamer Richmond she was
boarded and searched by Germans.
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Cattle Men Conbins.

KANSAS CITY. Jan. 30.-A dozen or
more close mouthed cattle men are at
the Midland representing most Of the
1Irger cattle interests of the west.
Their scheme is to combine for the pur-
pose of handling their stock them
selves, thus doing away with the ex-
pensive commissions now in vogue.
Among the more prominent of those
engaged in the enterprise are: S. Lasa-
rus, of Texas. who now has 5000
head of cattle on the market. Ike
Pryor. of Texas; Judge Drum, of this
city. Milt Bennett, of the Indian ter
ritory, and representatives of the
Montana association known as the
''1O1 combine 1t is intended to form
an organization for the purpose of
marketing cattle with headquarters at
Kansas City and branches at Omaha,
Chicago, st. Louis and New York.
Capital stock to the amount of $50,
900 will be issued and an endeayor will
be made to get all the leading stock
men of the west to iOin.
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KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
The Senate Discusses and Passes the State Nor
NAL Appropriation BILL

The Senate Discusses and Passes the State Nor
NAL Appropriation Bill.
TOPEKA, Jan. S1.-In the house to-
day, Colonel James F. Legate intro
duced resolution condeming the as
sassination of John NJ. Clayton. of Ar
kansas, and memoralizing congress to
take such steps as will secure to the
citizens life and liberty and protection
from the hands OF southern Ku Klux.
The resolution was unanimously
adopted.
In the senate minor and unimpor-
tant business was transacted in the
afternoon, while the time of the house
was taken up in the discussion and
passage of the Emporia Normal school
appropriation bill after it has been
amended by striking out a dozen
items recommended by the committee
on ways and means.
Both houses adjourned to meet at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning.
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Worth Knowing,

Mr.. w. II. Morgan, merchant, Lake
City, Fla, was taken with severe
Cold, attended with a distressing
Cough, and running into Consumption
in its first stages. He tried many So
called popular cough remedies and
steadily grew worse. Was reduced in
flesh, had difficulty in breathing and
was unable to sleep. Finally tried DIR.
Kings New Discovery for Consumption
and found immediate relief, and after
using about half dozen bottles found
himself well and has had no return of
the disease. No other remedy can
show so grand. record of cures, as
DIR. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption Guaranteed to do just what
is claimed for it.-Trial bottle free at
B. WheldOn's Drug Store.
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Samoan Correspondence


WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The presi-
dent today sent the following message
to congress:
February las supplementary to
my previous messages on the subject,
have now the honor to transmit a re-
port from the secretary of state relating
to affairs IN Samoa.
TSignedl GROVER CLEVELAND.
Mr.. Bayard to the President: s'As
the question of German action and
American rights in Samoa is under
consideration by the congress, 1 beg
leave to transmit herewith, with a
view to their being laid before congress,
copies of correspondence touching
affairs in Samoa which has taken place
since January 30th, the date of YOUR
last message to congress on the subject.
This consists or telegram to this de-
partment from Mr.. Blackjack, vice
consul of the United States at Apia.
dated Apia. January Is and a para
phrase of my telegraphic instruction of
the same date to our minister at Ber-
lin of which copy was also sent to
the charge de affairs at London and nv
note of the same date to Won Arco-
valley.
Today was waited upon by the
German minister at this capitol who
read note from his government which
transcribed from his dictation and
now enclose a copy of its text.
The enclosed telegram from Mr.,
| Blackjack reads:
| AUCKLAND, Jan. Sl.-The German
consul declares Germany at war with
Samoa and under martial law.
The paraphrase of the note to Minis
fer Pendleton is as follows: Mr.. Bay.
ard nstructs the minister of Ehe United
States at Berlin to inform the German
government that adviees from Anil
state that the German consul has de
clared Germany 20 be at war witt
Mataafa, and Samoa to be under mar
tlal law. Mr. Bayard informs Ministe
Pendleton that the German minister a
this capital under Instructions from
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Renews Her Youth

Mrs. Phoebe Chesley, Peterson, Clay
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able to do all my own houseWork. I
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Drug Store.
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Why the Samoan Times was Suppressed.


SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31.-The Sa-
moan Times, the newspaper which the
Auckland cable states that the Ger
mans have suppressed, was published
at Apia by an English subject named
Cusack. A number of copies of the
paper were taken in this city and ever
since the trouble began in Samoa the
paper was sought for, for an intelligent
summary OF the happenings in the
islands. The opinions expressed by
the paper were conservative and the
journal was regarded as publishing an
unbiased review of the happenings in
the recent battle between the Germans
and the Samoans. The Times declared
that the latter did not fire until the Ger
mans had fired a number of shots and
killed two of the natives. The Ger
mans have not been friendly to Cusack
and it Is related by the correspondents
at Apia that on the night Of December
18th a number of sailors from the Ger
man man-of-war Elgi and Adler went
ashore Apia, and one of the chief sub
jects of their search was Cusack. The
correspondent said: 'tCusack had on
several occasions criticised the Ger
mans in his editorial columns for their
general conduct in Samoa, thereby in
curing their hatred. When the Ger
| man sailors came on shore they began
to look for him and he was obliged to
go to the British consulate for protec-
tion; they, of course, did not venture to
| follow him there, -
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nama1as for saduntinn.

WICHITA, Kas., Jan. 3I.-Martin L.
Clever VS.. John G. Mcfarland, was the
style of suit fled today in the district
court, in which the plaintiff asks for
500, 600 damages from the defendant for
the seduction and debauchery of his
daughter, Cora. The girl is quite well
known in social circles. The defendant
is the proprietor of the Wichita foundry
and a very wealthy real estate owner.
He has gone with his family to Califor-
mia. An attachment has been issued
covering his real estate.
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Prince Bismarck had already acquain-
ted this government Of the declaration
Of war by Germany against Mataafa
and had accompanied the notification
with the statement that Germany
would Of course abide by the agree
ments with America and England
touching Samoa, and preserve under
all circumstances the rights Of this
government established by treaty.
But, in view of the adYices from Apia.
MI. Bayard lnStructs Mr.. Pendleton
to say that this government assumed
that the German officials in Samoa
would be instructed carefully to refrain
from interference with American citi-
Gems and property there since no decla-
ration Of martial law could extend Ger
man jurisdiction 30 as to include con-
troll Of Americans in Samoa. Such q
preteDsion could not be recognized or
considered by this government.
The remainder of the correspond
ence as transmitted by the president
reads as follows:
Mr.. Bayard to Count Arcoalley,
informs him OF the receipt of q tele-
gram from Mr.. Blackjack and says:
Not knowing what construction might
be given to his authority by the Ger
man consul at Samoa in said proclama-
ton of martial law, deemed it ex-
pedient at once to communicate TO our
minister at Berlin, informing him of
the precise language of the telegram
from Mr.. Blackjack and stating that
the declaration of state of war by
the German emperor against
Mataafa and his party in Samoa had
been previously communicated through
you, and that Prince Bismarck in his
instructions to you also stated that the
German government would OF course
abide by the agreement with America
and England with respect to Samoa
and pay due regard to all instructions
to the rights Of these powers establish
cd by treaty. Our minister was there
fore instructed to make it known at the
German foreign Office that the
United States assumes that German
officials in Samoa would be instructed
scrupously to abstain from all inter-
ference with American citizens and
their property in Samoa and that no
increase or expansion of German
jurisdiction over American citizens or
their property would be caused by the
German declaration uof NATAL law
nor would such jurisdiction be recog-
nized or conceded by the United
States''.
Count Arcovalley to Mr.. Bayard,
under instructions from the prince
chancellor, February l.:
AS q state or war was declared
against Mataafu the commander of the
| German squadron issued a prOclama-
ton by which the foreigners estab-
lished in Samoa were subject to mar
tial law. International law, would to
certain extent not prevent such a
measure, but as Prince Bismarck is of
1 the opinion that our military authority
| has gone too far in this instance the
military commander has received tele-
| graph orders to withdraw the
part of the proclamation con-
corning foreigners. In negotiating
with Matafa our consul at Samoa, has
asked that the administration of the
Islands of Samoa might be temporar-
| lily handed over to him which demand
not being in conformity to our pre-
viOus promise regarding the neutrality
| and independence of Samoa, Mr..
Knapp, has been ordered by telegram
to withdraw Immediately his de-
mand."
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Whita Cans IN Indiana.

WABASH, Feb. 1.-White Caps have
made their appearance at North Man
chester on the line of the Wabash
g. Western road. DIR. w. H. Clair was
assaulted on the principal street of
that place and ordered to leave town.
The White Caps beat Clair over the
head and shoulders with clubs and then
fired revolyers at him, one of the bull
lets inficting pailful wound. Clair
claims to have recognized some of his
asaiIants and will prosecute them.
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A Eianine VAaaal Fnnnd.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Jan. 3I.-Infor-
nation has reached this city that the
loDg-missed clipper ship Rock Terrace.
which was supposed to have gone down
a year ago while bound for Japan. had
drifted in to the Gilbert islands in a
sound condition, with only few inches
of water In the hold. The Rock Ter
race sailed from the Standard oil works
at Point Breeze on September I'D, 1887
for Hiogo, japan. Her cargo was val
uea &C eIO0. 900. lRhen near the Caro-
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Death of the Grown Prince of Austria.

VIENNA, Jan. 39.-The Crown
Prince on Monday went on shooting
excursion to Meyerling accompanied
by several guests, including Prince
Phillip of Coburg and Count Hohoves.
He felt somewhat indispoSed
yesterday and therefor excused
himself from attending the family
dinner party at Hofburg. When the
shooting guests assembled this morn
ing the crown prince did not appear
Immediate inquiries were made and
the guests were overcome by the terri
BILE news that the crown prince was
dead from stroke of apoplexy. The
shock of the calamity struck the
HofbuTg like lightning at 6:45 a. IN.
The official announcement that apo
plexy was the cause of death modified
the alarm of the police arising from
rumors thathe prince had been killed
while shooting. Large crowds ira
versed the main street and assembled
in groups, discussing the event.
news through the bourse of
Commissary General Carstern and 8
paralysis of business ensued. Mem
bers rushed to the streets and besieged
the telegraph offices. The house was
Immediately closed and the committee
decided to keep it closed until Friday.
The reichsrath also adjourned amid
great excitement. The court theaters
and all the private theatres and places
of amusement give no performance to-
night.
EMPEROR WILLIAM AGITATED OVER THE
DEATH.
BERLIN, Jan. S0.-Emperor William
was agitated by the news of the death
of the Austrian crown prince. He
drove to the residence of Count
Szecheny, the Austrian ambassador
and remained there half an hour
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s,,..4c.,s t-,t..

NEW YORK, Feb. 2. The fifth day
ofthe surface road tie up opens with
abundant evidence that the spirit, If
not the backbone of the movement, is
broken. A very great number of sTri-
kers ara looking for work at the
stables and those who still stand aloof
appear to be only half hearted in their
obstinance. at the hour for start
ing cars on several lines that were
running yesterday scarcely a striker
WAS to be seen. At $50 a. m. all the
cars of the Third, Fourth and Sixth
avenue lines were running. The
Blocker and Twenty-third street road
has consi lerably increased the num-
Der of cars they ran yesterday. The
Third avenue line has policeman on
every fourth car.
at about 1915 a mob at the Tenth
street and Avenue G cross-town sta
bles tried to force green driver from
his car. A couple of policeman, after
hard struggle, drove the crowd back.
One striker was severely dubbed.
There was smash-up on the Broad
way road road at Becker street this
morning and one of the company's
horses were killed and passenger had
his leg cut. The tIouble was caused
by green driver of the Broadway line
running his car into y Blocker street
car.
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AM persons afflicted with

All persons afflicted with chronic
ailments should consult DIR. Robert
Lyon, a physician of fifty years. stand
ing. Thousands of people who were
ON the brink Of death will testify to
his great skill. The doctor is not
like many so-called physicians, here
to-day and gone tomorrow; but has
been a resident of our city for five
years, and here to stay. Read his ad-
vertisement in another column and
consult him at his rooms at Hotel
Whitley.
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crowd. Eye witnesses say that q tan
man with brown overcoat staggered
and fell the instant the shot was fired.
but was assisted to his feet and rushed
away by his companions.
NO MATERIAL INTERFERENCE.
BROOKLYN. Feb. -Four Of Deacon
Richardson's cars were run in Brook
Ign this morning without any material
interference from strikers. Five hun
dred and fifty policemen were on hand
to snbdue any possible outbreak. Ten
were on each car. Rails
were found to have been torn up on
Fifth avenue but this was quickly
remedied. A committee again called
on the deacon this morning for a con-
ference but met with no success. The
report that all lines would be tied up
this morning was . mistake.