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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

YoU are farmer. You are Grip
pied. Your taxes are DUE You must
sell some corn in order to pay them.
You must of course hire a man to husk
and deliver the corn at the market
eight miles distant. One load OF
twenty-five bushels day is as much as
one man can husk and deliver. 1t
costs you two dollars to have that done.
The corn brings fifteen cents a bushel,
or 1915. How much of that is yours?
Sl.75. The hired man gets eight cents
bushel for husking and delivering
your corn, while you get but seven
cents, which is all that remains to rep
resent your labor, your capital. risk,
interest and, not to omit another very
important matter, the amount of pro-
lection which you as a farmer enjoy
under existing tariff laws. The above
is no fancy picture, but the bare state
ment of a case that occurred on Otter
creek inCoffey county lately. 1t is a
matter for farmers to think about. if
they are not afaid to think.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

The Kansas City Times of yesterday
contained some of the most direct and
pointed arguments against prohibition
we have seen in along time. A second
glance tells us they are not original
however. Tney are borrowed from
the dusty arsenal of Col. DR.. Anthony
where they were flung aside four or
FIVE years ago, after they had failed to
accomplish the purpose for which they
were forged by that doughty warrior.
Does the Times think that in turning
his own guns against the colonel, they
will do any greater damage than
when handled by the colonel himself
years ago?
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05
JOE BTNCH'S WORK.
The Robberies on the Santa re end
M, z. ct.
THE WORK OF TIE SANE GANG
The Ear AEarEs OF Joe Buneh Visible
a RObber WOunded-ThO
santa Pc Loss Very
HEAVY.

FORT WORTH, Tex, Nov. 2T.-From
tratnmen and passengers who were on
the A, 7. & s. F. train robbed by high
waymen in the Chickasaw country
Monday night it is learned that large
sum OF money was stolen from the
Wells-Fdrgo Express Company.
j. Elbrun, of Newton, Kan, states
that the men who were in the express
car when the robbery was committed
said at the time that six bags of gold
had been secured by the robbers.
1t is stated on good authority that
two banks in Texas were expecting
| $4,000 each in currency from Kansas
City to pay for cotton. a. B. Smith.
cashier of the Merchants National
Bank here, said last night that in
the past few weeks his bank alone
had received $4,000 in gold and
currency from Kansas City and
that considerable sum of money was
sent to other banks. It is said
also that a contractor named Gus
| Wilkie, now working for a deep water
| harbor at the mouth of the BraZos, had
a large sum of money in transit from
| MessrS. Farwell and Abner TAYLOR to
| pay for work done and that this money
was taken. 1t is believed now that
| the loss will amount to $50, 900.
| The place at which the robbery ac-
Cured is in dense forest and the
twelve or fifteen robbers stood behind
trees as they delivered their
fusilade at Frazer and Ellis, and the
guards who were riding on the blind
baggage.
The engineer gave the warning cry
Robbers, as he was leaving the train,
and when it stopped Fraser opened fire
followed by Ellis. A volley was sent
in reply, and as Fraser dropped to the
ground, one of the robbers cried:
We've got him. but Fraser was un-
hurt and continued to fire his Win
| chester.
Ellis crawled under car and shelter
ing himself behind wheel, fired mag
aZine full of cartridges.
Fraser heard one of the robbers CRY
out: ''Oh, GOdP' and saw his gun
drop from his hands. This robber is
undoubtedly wounded, for pool of
blood was found near the locomotive
and blood spots were found leading to
a large bowlder quarter of a mile
from the robbery.
United States officers here say there
can be no doubt that the gang which
robbed the Missouri Pacific at Pryor's
creek on Saturday night committed
Sunday nights crime. They could
easily have taken the Missouri Pacific
to point not far away from Berwyn.
Joe Bunch is conceded to be the leader
of the gang, every robbery he has been
in being planned precisely as this was.
Four sets of officers are in pursuit
and the Government will be asked for
troops from Fort Sill to capture the
gang. which in the last six months has
made the Chickasaw and Apache coun-
try dark and bloody ground.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

SINCE Marsh Murdoch fred a shower
or singing epithess at the editor of
the Hutchinson News, the slightest
unfavorable allusion to prohibition is
enough to throw that nervous gentle
man into ''asterisks." For saving
that prohibition in Kansas would have
to go one time or another, the Globe
Democrat is given to understand bv
him that ''its lying" abOut prohibition
In this state. will not be tolerated
though how prediction can be called
"a lie" is not clear-that perhaps if
has been purchased by the brewers.
that its gall" is astounding, and that
II 1t PERSISTS in such course, it must
De treated as Democratic sheet and
an enemy to the Republican party ,,
NOW lei the Globe quake with fear.
Let 1t call In its Kansas editor. or ineur
the anathemas or the News, and the
dreadful stigma of enemy to the Re-
publican party" If such lingo as this
OF the News be not hystericaI, It is be-
cause Il is 80 excessively jackasSical.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05
A ST. LOUIS EMsEzzLER.

John WaIIaces Jones Arrested at Toronto,
Ont, For Embedding Missouri Pacific
Moneys.
TORONTO, Ont, Nov. 29.-John Wal
lace Jones, of st. Louis, charged with
embezzling about LOCO from the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railroad Company, was
arrested here. lie occupied the posi-
ton of assistant passenger agent and
was allowed access to the local receipts.
A strange feature of the case was the
disappearance of Jones' mother also,
who is believed to have accompanied
her son in his flight, but who has since
returned to st. Louis. Jones is a
nephew of Judge Charles Z. Pope, of
Warrenton, Mo. formerly of the Court
of Appeals, and is also related to
Captain Humphreys, an. Indianapolis
capitalist In view of his family con-
nections the railroad people kept the
matter quiet, hoping that his relatives
would settle with the road, but as there
was no apparent disposition on the
part of the family to do any thing in
that direction the railroad company
secured his arrest. He voluntarily con-
Sented to return to st. Louis.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

THE Wichita Eagle quotes Sir Ed
ward Sullivan to show that wages in
England are very low, and that mil
lions OF people there do not taste meat
oftener than once a week or once a
fortnight. From this premise the
Eagle concludes that free trade, like
vice is a monster to be hated and
feared. Admitting that Sir Edwards
statements are true, though perhaps
greatly exaggerated, it is still perth
nent to inquire whether the English
working classes were nearly as well OF
when protected" by high tariffs and
special privileges half a century ago,
as they are now under free trade. Will
the Eagle tell US what Sir Edward
saws on this Doint2
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05
FRgpERIcKsEN.s FRAUDS.

His Safe Opened and ais Books to BE Ex-
amined.
CHICAGO, Nov. 29.-Dr. Rice, of Hart
land, Wis, who has invested in q large
amount of the alleged fraudulent
mortgages of n. C. Fredericksen & Co.
of this city, called at the Office of the
States Attorney and laid the matter
before Assistant State Attorney Baker.
It was decided that the best way to
proceed was to get at the books of the
firm, which were still locked up in the
safe. Accordingly Cashier Bidgood
was taken before the grand jury, where
he revealed the combination to the safe.
Subsequently subpoena duces tecuIn
was issued and Bidgood, accompanied
bailif to the Office of Fredericksen s.
Go. for thepurpose of opening the safe.
An hour later the books were in the
possession of MIR. Baker. The prosecu-
tors think that they, when examined.
will bring to light many important de-
tails of the frauds.
The theory that Fredericksen is now
in Europe is not received by Mr.. Rice.
"Why," said he, ''there is no question
in my mind as to where Fredericksen
is, but can't bring him here until an
Indictment has been returned against
him. l am sure that he is in New
York City and that is the hardest town
in the United States to get man out
of. Accordingly there is nothing to do
but wait for an indictment. The re-
port that have sworn out a warrant
for Fredericksen's arrest is not true.
Under the circumstances it would do
no good"
do you think that the employees
knew of the frauds practiced by the
frm2"
81 don't believe any thing about it.
know Fredericksen himself told me
not long ago of these swindies and
know some of tile employees were aware
Of what was going on"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

The Philadelphia Record is wrong.
Mr.. Scott Harrison's nephew, not his
son, has received an appointment in
the Kansas City pos.ofhce. Mr.. Har-
rison, who is a gentleman of erudition,
carefully looked the matter up and
found that 'nepos" according to Cic-
ero signifies grandson and according to
Tacitus nephew. AS Mr.. Harrison
has no grandson he made up his mind
that it would be pleasant thing to be
a nepotist, according to Tacitus.
That's all there is to it, and, save a
few politicians, nobody is wroth with
Mr.. Harrison *. G.. Star.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05
THE BRAZILIAN DELEGATES.
The Pan-American Delegates Recognise
the New Government.

The Pan-American Delegates Recognize
tho New Government.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-The Pan
American Congress assembled promptly
at two o'clock yesterday afternoon,
Senior Zegarra, of Peru, in the absence
Of Secretary Blaine presiding.
A favorable report from the commit
tee on credentials of the Brazilian
delegation led to some discussion.
DR.. Min, Of Uruguay, wanted to
know whether the credentials
emanated from the Emperor or the
new Government OF Brazil. Delegate
HurtadO, OF Colombia, questioned the
propriety of making this inquiry at the
present time, but DR.. Min insisted that
he could not vote intelligently on the
question of approving the report Of
the committee without this informa-
ton. Senior Romero, chairman of the
committee, then stated that the Gre
dentials originally came from the EN-
peror, but subsequently and after the
recent change in the Government in
Brazil had been Endorsed by the new
Government, and the delegates had
been fully empowered to act for the
Provisional Government. This ex-
PLANTATION seemed satisfactory to all
delegates and the report was adopted
unanimously.
The congress then proceeded to the
election of secretaries. F. G. Pereira
and Fl. Ransom Whitehouse were NOM
mated by the foreign and home dele
gates respectively and were elected.
Mr.. Whitehouse is citizen of New
York and is at present secretary of
legation at the City of Mexico. Mr..
Pereira is also from New York, and is
connected with the Spanish-American
Commercial Union in that city.
The congress then proceeded. to the
consideration of the report of the COM
mittee on rules. taking up rule 8,
where it had left off last Friday.
Little or no progress was made up to
five p. M, when the conference ad-
journe d until Wednesday.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

YESTERDAY morning was the coolest
OF the season so far, the mercury run
ming down to about ten degrees above
zero, with stiff breeze prevailing.
The clouded condition of the sky in the
morning indicated colder weather, per-
haps blizzard, but about noon the
sun penetrated and finally scattered the
clouds. The remainder of the day was
bright for the most part, the air being
crisp and bracing. OF course appetites
were all the better for it, and every
body who had one, enjoyed his turkey.
Good digestion waited on appetite. and
health on both.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05
FRAUDS IN REAL ESTATE.
Extensive SwIndIes BY Fredericksen {
Co., of Chicago.

Extensive SwindIes BY FredericIsen .
Co., of Chicago.
CHICAGO, Nov. 27.-It is now said
that the amount involved in. the alleged
fraudulent transactions of Frederick
sen & Co., in connection with their
cashier, Bidgood, who was arrested
yesterday, will reach 81, O0O, 900. The
charge is based on alleged crooked trans
actions in giving mortgages on lands to
which the Fredericksens had no title.
These mortgages are said to have been
pledged as security on loans. Fred
erickson & Co. have been doing large
business in Western railroad lands,
selling for the most part small tracts
of forty or fifty acres on the in
stallment plan, the purchasers usually
being immigrants or poor people
who wished to invest their earnings in
farms. After certain number of pay
ments had been made Fredericksen
gave a deed, mortgage on the land
being taken for the unpaid portion Of
the purchase money. This mortgage,
it is alleged, was then given as collat-
eral for loans or sold outright through
ont the West
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

WHEN the Pan-American delegates
were in Philadelphia, John Wanama.
ker decorated his big store gorgeously,
until it was veritable wonder. After
the distinguished visitors were gone,
he invited the public in to see it. by
way of advertisement. But he didn't
invite them while the distinguished
foreigners were there. John Wanna
maker is a descendent of the old
Dutchman who, after Dragging on his
splendid cider, drank it down, and re-
quested his neighbor to smell of the
mug.-Troy Chief.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05
SENT HIM CRAZY.
Religious Conviction Too Much For Art
BOsIsr's Weak Mind,

Religious Conviction Too Much For Arthur
BOsler's Weak Mind.
BURLINGTON, Iowa, Nov. GA sad
case of religious insanity has occurred
in this city. A young man named Ar
thur Bosler, rather bright and intelli-
gent heretofore, was among numer-
GUS converts at a recent religious
revival held in this city by Mrs
Robinson. So infatuated did he be-
come in the progress of the meetings
that he neglected his work and went
about from house to house praying and
singing. He claimed to have wonder
full visions of Heaven and messages
from God. His insanity became crit
ically violent at church Sunday, when
he created CONSERVATION by wildly
rushing to the pulpit and haranguing
the people. He was adjudged insane
and taken to the asylum at Mount
Pleasant
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

GREAT men like me or Booth" re-
marked Col. John l.. Sullivan, speak
ing of his contract with the California
Athletic Club to fight Jackson, "do
not tie ourselves up so,'' etc. By the
freedom with which John alludes to
his own greatness, there can no longer
be any doubt as TO his fitness and quail
ification to shine as a congressman.
He has the prime requisite, gall and
abundant assurance.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

JUDGE GRESHAM declares that the
standard of excellency in the legal
profession is not so high as it was
twenty-five years ago. and that the law
is drawing less and less upon the ablest
men Of the nation. The truth IS, we
have too many men for the business
there is to do, and this fact tends con-
stantly to lower rather than elevate
the tone of professional service, and to
divert strong men to other pursuits
Globe-DemOcrat.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05
Nebraska Bank Failure.

OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 27.-R. 6. Dun's
mercantile agency yesterday received q
telegram from York saying that the
Citizens State Bank at that place
had failed. The immediate cause
Of the suspension was the failure
of ]. F. McConaughey, the cashier,
who also runs large general store at
York. The store closed its doors and
this was Immediately followed by the
failure of the bank. a branch bank at
Benedict, in the same county, is also
said to have CONS under. Details are
not Jet received.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

The GlObe-Democrat is trying to
persuade Tom Reed that he would
make better chairman of the WAYS
and means committee, than he would a
speaxer OF the house. That is the
Globes way of saying that the speak.
ership should come to the west but Il
won't. The west gets what the east
does not want, and very little else.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

THERE is genuine grief at Leaven-
worth. The old seakeTs are especially
est monument, the pontoon bridge.
better known, perhaps, as the s.beer
route" was torn by an ice gorge from
its mornings and carried down stream
distance. It will be restored, of
course, but think of the age between
drinks inVolvedI
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

IF the Republicans had any thought
OF looking after the interests of the
west. they would make western man
speaker OF the house. The east is not
only able to concentrate all its own
forces on an eastern man, but to cap
ture a few westerners besides.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

The president would like to see Joe
Cannon of Illinois made speaker Of the
house, but this fact does not add a
mite to Joe's strength. Perhaps if the
president would say a good word for
Reed, sentiment might turn to Cannon.
The bosses are not falling over each
other in their eagerness to please the
chief executive.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

CHICAGO is not devoting all its at
tention to the worlds fair. It is pre-
pairing to celebrate the memory of
Andrew Jackson, January 8, in an
elaborate manner. the proceeds Of the
affair to be devoted to identifying
and preserving THE Hermitage Jack
sons OLD home near Nashville. Ten
naoaoo
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05
The ssa. of pain and p,...nrn

The nervous system. often suffers q diminu-
ton Of vtgor, and causes mental annoyance,
and even positive disturbance, >witho { dis
ease In the sensorium itself 1t acts as q mere
reflector. in many cases. OF inactlon in the
stomach, and consequently OF incomplete as
course weakens IT. In common with the rest
OF the tissues. and renders IL less able to bear
WITHOUT suffering an ordinary strain that
would make no impression upon strong
nerves. To supply deficit of strength and
remedy = supersensitiVeness IN the nerves in
Sident % lack OF Vigor. Hostetterss stomach
6lttera Is lar better adapted than any mere
nerHihe or simple tonic, since the offspring Of
rs .uses complete digestion. 10 the vigorous
ana early parent ct nerve force and cuistIlde
kidney e0uplasnis sussanb . ne BilesFs.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

SENATOR EDMUNDs predicts that the
coming session Of congress will be a
long one and unfruitful Of practica
results. If the prediction comes true
then look out next fall. The late cy-
clone "from Alpha to Omaha" will be
but summer zephyr in comparison
with what we shall then see.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05
Bedford streets.

beuIOEu SLIc6t$.
Among the seriously injured are:
Michael Atkinson, policeman; John
HALEY, hoseman; Thomas Quigley;
District Engineer Bartlett; Edward
FTohan, foreman; +. Daeey, fireman;
Fireman Russell.
The origin of the fire 10 not definite
~ known, but is generally attributed
to the electric wires.
The most conservative estimate Of
the loss is $1,000, 900. The insurance
is g, 6OO, 900.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

They say at Kansas City that Mis-
souri, river packet line means a saving
to Kansas in freights of s26 ,OOo, 600 a
year. There may be some exaggeration
about that, but there can be no doubt
that water rates on the Missouri will
be advantageous to Kansas.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

lr may not have struck everybody as
being funny, but we confess that we
could not repress a smile when reading
Major Hudson's criticisms upon the
legal deductions of Judge Foster
Lawrence Tribune.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

DRINK wAter and be merry, % says
the Arkansas City Traveller, prescrib-
ing Thanksgiving menu for its read
eTs. Eat cobs and grow fat" has as
much wisdom when addressed to a
horse. But perhaps the Traveller
speaks of a certain kind Of water, fire.
water, for example.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

THIRTY-FIvE thousand people gath
ored In the mud and cold at New York
Thursday to see game Of foot ball.
and yet they say that Americans have
no taste for any thing but money get
ting.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

Mr.. Terry, brother of ex-Judge Terry
of California, who was recently shot by
Neagle, United States deputy mar
shall, intends to lay his side of the case
before the Department of Justice at
Washington.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

ALL the assignee" shoe sales will
now be succeeded by sales of damaged
shoes from the great Lynn fire. Most
OF the shoes that participated in the
Lynn fire are in fit state to be used as
fertilizer.-State Journal.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05
satolII.s New Mission,

ROME, Nov. 29.-The assertion that
Mgr. Satolli will be dispatched on a
mission to Ireland upon his return from
America is confirmed by the statement
that Father Hewlett, young Irish
priest who was formerly in a pulpit at
the Academy of Nobles in Rome, has
been designated to accompany him.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

SENATOR FARwELL says the civil
service law is sham and fraud. II
is not the civil service law, but LiCe
Halford that makes the Illinois sena-
tor SO sore. 1t is safer, however, to
vent his spleen on civil service than on
Lige.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

If anyone wants to know how Con-
gresham Anderson stands with re-
spect to resubmission, let him remem-
Der that Mr.. Anderson said with en-
phasis the other day, II am a candi-
date for reelection
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

THOSE of a sympathetic turn who
remember the Kansas legislature of
last winter, are bestowing much pity
on Montana now afflicted with pair
OF legislatures
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

THEsugar trust thought it had Claus
Spreckels in a corner, but Claus smiles
and rattles off homely remark about
the bitterly cold state of the weather
that will have to prevail when such a
trick is worked on him.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

BLAINE has AN attack of lumbago
but Unc!e Jerry Rusk's health was
never better. The size Of the seed
packages he puts up for the grangers
is very light strain on his back.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

Two hundred thousand volumes of
Looking Backward have been sold.
A mark of the interest people feel in
looking forward to something better.
or in other words, longing for some
sort Of reform as yet i'll defined.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

"a SHORT horse is easily curried, +" re-
marked the president to 'Lige. land
so think will send short message
to congress" 'Lige saw at once the
wisdom of it and said, every weIl.n
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

NOTHING less than the free and un-
restricted coinage of gold and silver
will satisfy the st: Louis silver conven-
ton, If the report of the committee on
resolutions fairly represents the senti-
ments of the delegates.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05

WHAT has become of the Brown-Se-
guard elixir, is like inquiring after last
winters SHOWS. 1t is a wonder that
somebody has not recommended an
Injection OF it for Senator ingalls,.