The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-11

may be associated with a deep thank
fitness in the minds of the people for
all of our blessings in the past and q
devout supplication to God for their
gracious continuance in the future. the
representatives and the religious creeds
both Christian and Hebrew have me-
moTialized the government to designate
an hour for prayer and Thanksgiving
on that day
Now, therefore, /, Benjamin Harri-
son, president of the United States of
America. in response to this piouS and
reasonable request do recommend that
on Tuesday. April 30th, at the hour OF
8 O'Clock in the morning, the people OF
the entire country repair to their re-
spective places of divine worship to i'm
plore the favor of God that the
blessings of liberty, prosperity and
peace may abide with us as a people
and that His hand may lead US in the
paths of righteousness and good deeds.
In witness whereof l have hereuntO
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States of America to be affixed.
Done in the city of Wash
ington this 4th day of
April in the year of our Lord One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty
Nine and of the Independence of the
United States the one hundred and
thirteenth.
(Seal) BENJAMIN HARRISON.
BY the President.
JAMES G. BLAINE, Secretary Of
State.
\ KANSAS LAND DECISION.
WASHINGTON, April 5.-The secre-
rotary of the interior to-day affirmed
the decision of the general land Office
in the case of Thomas F. Everett VS..
Fred 7. NJ. Winnie, involving lots 8, 10,
II and u, section %, township 26 south,
range 25 west, and lots IA and Is, sec
ton so. township &c south, range "a
west, Garden City, Kansas, land dis
trict. This is branch of the case of
Wine ct al. VS.. Frost, heretofore dis
posed of by the department. and 1t is
| therefore considered in advance of
! what would otherwise be its proper
time. Winnie, it appears, was first
| upon the land, which lies juiG outside
| the city limits of Dodge City, Kansas,
but his claim was contested by Everett.
After filing upon the land Winnie be-
| came city attorney of Dodge City, but
still resided upon his claim. Everett
| alleged that WINES residence was
necessarily in Dodge City, and that
consequently the claim had been aban-
doned. Later, Winnie went upon the
road as travelling agent for an insur-
ance company, but i'll his absence he
kept d tenant upon the land. He sub
| seQuently returned, and has since made
his home upon the tract in dispute.
The secretary holds that abandonment
of the claim by Wine has not been
shown, and he therefore afiirms the de-
cisiOn of the general land Office allow
ing Wine the property.
AN ERRAND OF MERCY.
WASHINGTON, April 5.-SenatOr
Plumb and Representative Peters
called at the White house to-day on an
errand of mercy. Two Kansas men
named Miller and Woods were con-
victed of having committed murder
in the Indian Territory and sentenced
| to be hanged. A number of Kansas
people have asked that sentence be
committed and the attorney general
has recommended that this be done
) 1t is probable that the president viii
, grant communication of sentence.
SENATOR INGALLS, KANSAS HOME.
/ WASHINGTON, d. c., April 5.-Sena
tor Ingalls, will leave Saturday for hii
3 home in Atchison, Kan, to arrang'
4; tor building a new house. His Atchi
, son home was burnt about year ago
= and he proposes to erect a new build
ing on the old site. lie will remain
o | west the greater part of the summer Il
order to superintend the construction
!. AFTER A TEXAS POST OFFICE.
= WASHINGTON, u. c., April 5.-Co
e Thos. Gaines, former resident G
l nincy, and a good officer in the 50t
:, Illinois, who moved to Texas nearl
twenty years ago, is here with stron
Endorsements for the Clarksvillt
Texas. pOstOffice.