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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-09

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 3.-Assis-
tant Secretary Chandler to-day mOdi-
fed the decision of the general land
Office in the case of R. c. Davis VS..
Thos. Bates, involving the fractional
part of section 1, township south,
range % west, Kirwin, Kan. land dis
trict. Commissioner Stocksla9er held
Bates homestead entry for cancella-
ton, but this decision is suspended and
new hearing before the local land
Office at KirWin is ordered.
A similar order is made in the case OF
Hugh L. Mullen VS.. Harry E. Ayles-
worth, involving the northwest quarter
of section IL township 81 south, range
81 west, Garden City Kan. land dis
trict. By decision of the general land
Office Aylesworth's application tC
make homestead entry of the tract
was allowed, Mullen's homestead en-
| try for the same land to stand subject
to the rights of Aylesworth. The lattel
now claims that he was not served
with a notice of a former occupant
| (Hassenberg's entry, and in conse
quence of this showing new hearing
| is ordered before the new Office at
| Garden City.
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You wish to be fully informed as
to the cheapest, most direct. and
most pleasant route. You will wish
to purchase your ticket via the route
that will subject you to no delays
and by which through trains are run.
Before you start, you should provide
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the Memphis route kansas City.
Fort Scott s. Memphis r. r.. the
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sas City to all points in Eastern and
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chair cars, Kansas City to Mem
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Kansas City to Chattanooga. Knox
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Van Buren,, Fayetteville, and al
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ri an Kansas Farmer, an eight page
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reliable information in relation to thu
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Address, j. E. LOCKWOOD,
| G. z. 81 T. A. Kansas City, Mo.
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Obssauies Of Miss N. ]. Roberts.

The funeral of Miss Mary Jane Rob-
Orts took place Saturday at 81
O'Clock. Services were conducted by
Revs. Richards, Rees & Jones assisted
by President Taylor and Professor
Hill representing the Normal, at the
Second Presbyterian church, Mar
ket street. The altar was
beautifully draped and dec
GRATED with flowers. the handiwork of
her sunday school classmates and SIS
ter members of the church. The seats
in front of the altar were reserved for
the G class of the Normal, who met at
Miss Spencer's room and pro-
ceeded in Gu body TO the church.
At 2:30 p. 10. the casket, which was of
polished walnut, with ornamental
trimmings, and was adorned
by elegant wreaths sent by
loving friends, among which was one
presented by the members of her Sun
day school class, each of whom when
| taking farewell view of the remains
carried small bouquet which each
placed on the casket, and another beau
tiful wreath sent by the
Normal c. class The funeral SER
vices were most impressive and affect
ing. The church was crowded to its
utmost capacity, hardly standing room
sufficient to hold the many attendants.
| After the services the funeral cortege
was formed and proceeded to Lower
Dry creek cemetery, where the remains
were laid to rest in the family lot
amidst the tears of The bereaved par
ents, brother, sisters and sorrowful
friends who are left behind to mourn
her loss. ''Rest in Peace
The committee of c class prepared
the following resolutions:
Whereas. It has pleased God in his
own good way and time, to close thus
suddenly the life work of our friend
and classmate, Miss Mary J. Roberts.
be it
Resolved, That we hereby express
our appreciation of her qualities as a
| faithful student, loving companion.
| and a sincere Christian; and that in
extending to her friends our sympathy.
Il we also express our own SORROW
Resolved, That we, the members of
| her class, drape her seat in the as
| sembly room in mourning.
| Resolved, That these resolutions be
| printed in the papers and a copy sent
| to the bereaved family.
RI NJ. Colburn,
comr,i,,oa C. C. McClurkin,
Sue Griffith.
| Elva Clarke
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q body to him If it looked as IL others
could be induced to back him up as a
dark horse. Just then up stepped
Coffey county man, who vouched for
Coffey's six votes for the new man.
He was joined by Lyon county man,
who Immediately promised nine more
This was supplemented by an Usage
county man who said that his county
would give ten votes for the victim and
would give eleven, only he was unable
to control one of his delegation. He,
however, insisted that the would
be candidate should secure his own
delegation. This, however, was a
poser, as his delegation had run him
one or two ballots yesterday, and had
dropped him. Besides, they were then
all in bed. However, he awoke them
all up one by one to pledge them for a
''sure thing" only to find himself the
victim of practical joke, with none of
his friends able to deliver the goods
they were SO lavish of bestowing on
him.
at noon the impression was pretty
general that something would be done
at the afternoon session. Shawnee
being the first on the list, other coun-
ties held back waiting for her to byeak,
and thereby hoping to profit by it. 1t
was generally conceded that Metsker
could not be elected, and the anxiety
to know where his delegation of fifteen
votes would go was keenly felt. About
seven or possibly eight of theln were
known to be friendly to Finch, but the
preferences of the others were not sc
well known.
The self-styled Third House
COMPOSED of newspaper men, and
others about the hotel. assembled in
one of the hotel parlors this afternoon
and chose F. NJ. Cochran of Chase az
chairman, and w. w. Admire, Charley
Harris and A. g. Stacey secretaries
Resolutions were adopted de
claring the convention &
failure and denoumcing the
combination between the candidates
and the hotel keepers, as we'll as de
handing that the railroad issue fret
transportation to the members of thu
third house." The hour had struck
they said, for a ''dark horse" and Co
Iumbus johnson of Morris county, {
colored orator, was nominated ant
elected unanimously. Columbus made
humorous speech. declining to ruI
against J. NJ. Miller, the candidate O
his county. ]. Ralph Burton, Buffalo
Jones, Cannon Ball Green and Patsy
Bolivar of Kerry Patch were then nom
| mated.
If Shawnee had known this after
noon what was in the wind, she would
not have let Usage get the start of he,
in the break to Kelly.
General Harrison Kelly is an OLE
veteran of the war, a good man ant
one of Coffey county's most distin
| guished citizens.
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killsa His psurhtsr,s seoucer

GAINESVILLE, Tex. May 3.-An old
man by the name of Coda. living On
Rush creek. 1. T., about forty miles
north of this city, came to the depot
here to-day, en- route to Paris, Tex,
to surrender himself to the federal au-
thorities there. It seems that some
months ago yOnDg man of unenyiable
reputation by the name of Charlie
Cook dTugoed and seduced the I5-year-
old daughter of Coda. The latter was
informed of the affair by physician
whom Cook had consulted.
Cook, who had sworn previously to
kill both Coda and the girl. If the
former was ever informed of the sedue-
ton, day or two later went to Goda's
house and called him out, apparently
to talk the matter over in a good man
ner. After talking to the old man for
while, Cook suddenly drew his pistol
and began firing at the old man. He
fired several times and missed his
mark. By this time Coda brought his
Winchester. which be carried with him
when called out by Cook. into play on
Cook, killing him instantly, the ball
gong through the heart. Old man
Coda has the reputation OF being q
good man. while Cook for some time
psst haa been Locked upoa IS bad
gl4TzeEs
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luxury AND EAsT TIMF.

The First and Only Line Running Vestibuls
Express Trains between Chicago and Council
Bluffs.
Magnificent VestibuIe Express trains
built expressly for this service with
all the latest experimentation run
daily each way between Chicago and
Council Bluffs, over the Great Rock Is
land Route-time Is hours. This is a
splendidly appointed series of continu-
GUS parlors on wheels, including ele-
CANT dining and palace sleeping cars.
No noise. no dust. no swaying OF
coaches. no cold draughts of air. no
slamning of doors, but reStfui comfort
the entire journey. No potentate of
the old world travels in a more prince
" styIe, or commands greater luxuries
or more of them. than those going west
can now enjoy. if ticketed to or from
Council Bluffs via the Great Rock Is
land Route. This train also connects
at Omaha with the Overland Flyer,
going through to and from Chicago and
San Francisco. Portland, Oregon, and
Los Angeles, in 81 hours. Tickets anC
| rates by the Rock Island Vestibule M
higher than are charged by lines hav
| ing greatly inferior accommodations.
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MYstsrious Disappasrancs.

SANDWICH, Mass, May 3.-The
community here is considerably stirred
up over the mysterious disappearance
of Mr.. Samuel Fessenden, treasurer Of
town about two weeks ago, since
which time nothing is known here con-
corning his whereabouts. He was also
treasurer of the Unitarian church, and
at the time he went away had in his
possession the funds belonging to the
Episcopal church. The money of the
Cape Cod Canal company is all gone,
and Fessenden has left behind him
large number of unpaid bills and
notes, which are not provided for.
Search is now being made for him, but
so far it has been unsuccessful. His
family has also disappeared mysteri-
ously, and no one here knows where
they are.
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Kan..s C-on.

TOPEKA. May 3.-The secretary of
the state board of agriculture tonight
issued the following official crop re-
port for Kansas:
There has not been time in many
years when the condition of crops,
fruit and cereal, has been at this date
so universally good throughout every
portion of the state as now. About
500 correspondents OF this board, repre-
senting 1OS of the 106 counties
of the state report the condition of
wheat, rye, oats, grass anu fruits of all
kinds above the average condition for q
term of years, and the indications
everywhere seem to warrant the belief
that the farmers generally throughout
the state viii reap an abundant harry
est this year.
Wheat-Winter wheat in few coun-
ties in northwest Kansas and small
portion of the early sown wheat
was seriously damaged by the extended
| drouth in the fall and is reported
plOWed up, but as no reports of like
character come from any other portion
of the state the area thus plowed up IN
proportion to the total amounts practi-
cally to nothing and the estimate acre
| age of wheat sown in the fall of 1888
| Il 1886, 427 acres) as given in the
March quarterly, will probably
| be the acreage harvested this year.
The average condition for the state as
compared with the general average for
| a term of years IS los per cent.
Spring Wheat-The increase in area
sown to spring wheat in 1899 as COM
pared with that soTn the previous
| year is estimated at SO per cent, which
gives total area for the year of 81, go
! acres, an excess over that of last yeaI
of Is ga acres. The average condition
compared with the general average fol
a term of years is ITO per cent.
Rye-The condition of rye for the
state compared with the general aver
age is 1O3 per cent.
OatS-The increase in acreage sowI
to oats in the spring of 1889 as com
pared with that soWn the previous yea
is 14.7 per cent, which gives total are;
for the year of ,901 1852 acres, or al
excess over that of last year of pa las
acres. The average condition as com
pared with the general condition is 10
per cent.
Tame Grasses - Tame grasses
throughout the state which had suf
fered from the effects of drOuth the
past two years seem to have fully Tt
covered and the average condition o
these grasses is reported at 103 pc
cent.
Fruit-Eruit of all kinds Throughout
, the state is reported in unusually goo
; condition and unless some future Ca
amity befalls it there will he a
: abundance of fruit in Kansas TIL
year.
Rain and Chinch Bugs during til
a Month of April.-Rain has fallen
t every portion of the state in sufficieI
quantities to meet ali requirements {
/ plant life In some sections, especial
e in the south and southeasteI
= portions of the state, there h;
q been an excess of rainfall whiC
4 has in some localities retardt
e farm operations, particularly the plan
!. ing of corn, whils chinch bugs are I
ported in large numbers in some cou
ties. The abundant rains and CO
weather are disastrous to their prop
cation and if the season continU
e favorable to thrifty growth of plan
Q no damage to cereals is apprehended.
Q M. MoHLER, Secretary.
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Becauls Der Son Wa. Ploerad

DALLAS, Tex..s May S.-Last night.
in West Dallas. occurred one of the
strangest suicides on record in this
community. It was that of Mrs.
George Rice, who died from the effects
of an overdose of strychnine. AS far
as can be learned the circumstances
are: a neighbor complained to Mr..
Rice that the latter's boy had been
beating his son in an unproVoked man
ner. Rice very firmly replied to his
neighbor that the bottom of Master
Rice's pants should come violently in
contact with the paternal slipper. Mrs.
Rice entered a demurrer to this pro-
ceeding. and when Mr.. Rice insisted
on carrying out the programme she
replied that if he did she would IN
herself. Both programmes were enac.
ted TO the letter. Rice logged Master
Rice, and Mrs. Rice went 60 the strych.
nine bottle and took a big dose OF it
Rice came over to town in search of 8
doctor, which he failed to find in time
TO save his wife's life She died Il
agony IN short while after she haG
swallowed the fatal DOSE
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LIMA, o., May s. A band of alleged
White Caps again attacked the resi-
dence of Thos. Lowry at Allentown,
last night, and completely dismantled
his house. Three of the leaders of the
party who made the attack last
week were tried before a justice of the
peace, but by strong swearing were
cleared. There were about thirty in
the attacking party last night and with
stones and clubs completed the ruin of
Lowry's place. His wife, who is aged
and infirm, is seriously i'll over the
affair and is likely to lose her mind.
Lowry is shoemaker, and is honest
and industrious. The grand jury will
be asked TO rigidly Investigate the
affair.
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At the quarterly examination held
April 9th at County Superintendent
Stevens Office, there were no first
grades and the following received sec
ond grades: Arthur Williams. Kate
Harvord, W. H. Reider, Endre d.
Stout. Alta H. Stout. a. o. Sax, W.
A. Gleason, Lizzie Rummei and A. S.
Strain. The following received third
grades: Clara AgreIius. Belle STRAIT
ton, Ruth Hubbard, Mrs. 81. W. Alex,
Ionia Williams. Minnie Marshall,
Chas. A. Smith, Matte Edwards, Ada
Manning, Eta MeMulIin. Eva L.
Stout, j. E. Stout. W. E. Robb. Addie
williams, Mary Gordon. Viola De
Long, NJ. E. De Long and Mary Storey
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of the Fourth congressional district of
the state OF Kansas at our first conven-
tion after the success of the republican
party in the campaign of 1888 in which
by the loyalty of republicans Harrison
and Humphrey SO grandly triumphed
over democracy have reason TO con-
graduate each other and sing praise
God from whom all blessings fiow."
"From the hills and from the valleys
Whence In weary days before,
The soldiers OF the Union marched
The Nation to restore,
Came again q valiant army.
But with neither sword nor gun,
And we saved with snowy ballots
WHAT the Union soldiers won.
Resolved. That we recognize that in
the Hon. Thos. Ryan we mad faithful
representative of most excellent ability
and unquestioned integrity, and we ex-
tend 10 him our best wishes for his
happiness and success in the new and
higher field of labor to which he has
been called.
Resolved, That we hereby reafirm
our devotion to, and endorsement of
both the national and state platforms
Of the republican party OF 1888.
Resolved, That the administration
of President Harrison has fully met
our expectation in its loyalty TO true
American principles which guarantee
10 AmcElcdu5 Tie IndEk6I5 Oh AuoIl-
ca, and Promises to secure fair vote
and honest count to all citizens north
and south. black and white.
Resolved. That we most cordially
endorse the appointment of Corporal
Tanner as commissioner OF pensions,
and commend him for the course he is
taking in granting pensions to disabled
and wounded soldiers as being in con-
formity with correct principles of law
and in the line of equity and justice,
believing with him that the value OF
the services of the union soldier should
not be weighed on apothecaries' scales.
Resolved, That we renew our CRATE
full devotion to the survivors of the
war of 1861 to 1865. Not alone by
empty words of praise and fiattery
but by more substantial evidence, de
claring ourselves in favor of granting
to every honorably discharged soldier
and sailor, their widows and orphans
or dependent parents, pension fol
service as we'll as liberal pension fol
disability to those who are disabled
from any cause not the direct res ult OF
vicious habits. We favor the equaliZa
ton of bounties and are in favor also
of the repeal of the limitation act OF
1878.
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RALEIGH, N. c., May S.-Reports
continue to come in concerning the
devastation wrought by the terrific
cyclone which struck the town OF War
saw yesterday. Warsaw is Il post
hamlet in Duplin county, in the east
ern portion of the state and is part of
township which has a population of
about $4,000. The dwellings in the
village were many of them light frame
structures and in the terrible gale
some of them were raised from their
foundations and destroyed. Other and
more solid houses had their windows
broken by the hail stones and then
chimneys and cupolas blown over by
the wind
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Things are getting squalIy at Guth-
RE. The people are up in arms against
the municipal officers lately elected.
Indignation meetings have been held
condemning the rascalities of the Off
Gals. who are charged with divers acts
of robbery and rapacity, of deception
and fraud. According to a special to
the Wichita Journal, indignation
against Mayor Dyer reached the boiling
point, and at general meeting of the
people he was declared ousted as unfit
because OF his rascality, to act as may
or. The new survey ordered by him a
few days ago is said to be the cause of
the uprising. Ex-senator Kelly of
this state also incurred popular dis
pleasure, and that enterprising boomer
was ordered out of Guthrie. The fun,
it seems, is just beginning in Okla
homa, and we may expect to hear
something lively in few DAYS.
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All persons afflicted with chronic
ailments should consult DR.. 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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A Sound Ieeal nninion-

E. cambridge, Munday Esq, County
Atty, Clay county, Tex. says:
Have used electric bitters with most
happy results. My brother alsowas -ery
low with Malarial fever and Jaundice,
but was cured by timely use of this
medicine. Am satisfied that electric
bitters saved his life.''
Mr.. D. ]. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave,
KY, adds like testimony. saying: He
positively believes he would have died,
had it not been for electric bitterS.
This great remedy viii ward Of as
well as cure all malariai diseases, and
for all kidney liver and stomach disJr-
ders stands unequaled. Price SOC and
81. at B. Wheldon's drugstore.
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9,hou.n sh.ken TdkaaIaaf

By the most trivial causes, weak nerves ara
easily susceptible of invigoration, term whish
also imports, in this instance, quietude. Tho
nervous have but to use Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters systematically to overcome that super
sensitiveness Of the human sensorfum, which
is subversive OF ali bodily comfort and mental
tranquility, and which reacts most hurtfully
upon the system. The dificulty underlying
this as wen as many other ailments, IL imper
feet assimilation, no less than incomplete
digestion Of the food In the discharge OF both
the CIiRestIye and assimilaEiVe fUncttone, the
Bitters are the most potent, the most reliable
auxiliary. As the body regatns vigor and reg
uIaFify by It's aid, the brain and nervous system
are also benefited. Persons subject to the
influence Of malaria. dyBpePuc and rheumatic
fnValids, and persons whose bdneyS are mac
tive. should also use the Bttters.
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Destructive HYs.

DIXON, Ill, May S.-The neighbor-
ing town of Foreston is burning. A
call for aid from the surrounding towns
has been sent out, and an engine from
Amboy has gone there. The fire origi-
mated IN an elevator and spread thence
reached the main street and is still
burning. Foreston is a town Of about
eco inhabitants.
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Probable Ocean Raca.

NEW YORK, Nav 3.-The steamers
City of New York, City of Rome, and
the Trave, crossed the bar at Sandy
Hook for European ports yesterday
morning at S:31, S:45 and $40 O'Clock
respectively. When the steamer State
of Nebraska arrived here this morning
she reported that at 4:30 O'Clock yes
terday afternoOnshe passed the City of
New York leading the City of Rome by
ing the Trave by three miles. Ship
ping men say that the prospects for an
ocean race between the three steamers
are good.