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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16
WORK OF THE WITS.

The world is chock full Of good luck,
but it takes hard digging to let 1t out
Dallas News.
WHEN a mother tells her boy he Is
getting to be just like his father he
knows very well it is not intended as a
compliment.-Atchison Globe.
PERHAPS the time when a woman
most feels that she is the full equal of
any man is when she has begun to feel
at home on bicycle.-Ram's Horn.
By the time girl gets too old to take
much interest in paper dolls she is quite
old enough to take good deal Of in
terest in paper dollars. - Somersville
Journal.
"DE deep sea of oblivion, dear bred
dern, is filed wild de remains OBJ am
bishus men, who, havin' reached de top
OBJ de ladder Of fame, tried TO climb a
little higher an fell over" - Pink
PUNK.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16
CHURCH STATISTICS.
Strength of the Methodist Church Csouth)
and Congregationalists In the West.

Strength of the Methodist Church (south)
and Congregationalists In the West.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE last CEN
sus bulletin shows the following touch
ing the Methodist church South in the
state of Missouri:
Number of organizations, 1,2SO;
church edifces, $780, seating capacity,
264, 2SS; halls, etc, 221; seating capaci-
ty, 10000: value of church property,
s2,O46, $50; communicates, Sc, 1866
This is the largest showing of any
state in the union except Virginia.
Jackson county shows thirty churches
with an aggregate membership of 1908,
and valuation of property of $685., $50.
In Missouri the Congregational church
shows number of organizations, so;
church edifces, SO; seating capacity,
29,55O; halls, ETC., 10; seating capacity,
$50; value of property, s65O,S44; CON-
municants, 1917.
Jackson county shows seven churches
with an aggregate membership OF LOG
and a valuation Of 81, 645, 900.
In Kansas the Methodist church
South makes the following showing:
Number of organizations, So; church
edifces, 40; seating capacity, 10000;
halls, ETC., 2S; seating capacity, S,175;
value Of property, $50, 45O; communi
cantS, 1886.
Congregational church in Kansas,
number of organisations, 1873; church
ed fees, 1872; seating capacity, 34,97j;
value of property, s4S5, 1856; commune
cants, 1913.
The Methodist church South in Ok
lahoma shows: Number of organiza.
tons, fifteen; church edifces. seven;
seating capacity, 1850; halls. ETC.,
eight; seating capacity, $50; value Of
property, SIG, $50; communicates, sos.
The Congregational church in Okla.
homa shows: Number of organiza tons
ten: commandments, 10.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16
Recalcitrant Cinnamon.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 12-The Con-
solidated Benevolent Association of the
Six Companies, powerful Chinese or
ganization, better known as 1.-THE
Six Companies" which comprises all
the wealthy Chinese merchants of the
country and which, together with the
Chinese consular officers, regulates the
affairs of the Chinese in this country.
has issued proclamation from head
quarters in this city, forbidding Chin
ese in the United States to comply with
the terms of the Geary bill. requiring
them to register and have themselves
identified by two white witnesses and
be photographed before April, 1893.
The proclamation states that the
members of the Six Companies, after a
careful investigation, have found that
the registration law is Objectionable
and detrimental to their interests. I,
continues:
Our countrymen must live in these
United States without being registered.
Our countrymen must not get registered.
and il one should do so on his own ac.
count he must not come to us in case
he gets into trouble in this country.
The Six Companies will pay no at.
tention to him if he does When a man
does register he loses responsibility in
the eyes of his countrymen. This an
plies to Cinnamon living in any part Of
the country and in small towns as well
as large cities. If, by refusing toregis
ter, man is imprisoned or punished
he can depend on the Six Companies fol
relief"
The proclamation states that Chinese
will be required to organize and sub
scribe money for the employment o.
legal aid and if necessary enlist the ser
vices of the Chinese ambassadors t.
fight against this alleged injustice
Two lawyers have been engaged herr
Dy the Six Companies.
Each Chinese resident of the United
States is required to pay 81 10 the 81,
Companies for the expense of a suit t.
test the legality of the registration Law
and this money must be paid befor,
Chinese September. The Chinamer
who do not pay will be prevented from
returning to his own country when h,
applies to the Six Companies for hi,
pass.
The proclamation concludes by say
ing that the United States does no
treat the Chinese right, because it com
pels no other nation to do such things
Collector Quinn was seen regardint
the action of the Six Companies, ant
said: re-.
The Chinese have so far neglected
TO register, but do not believe the,
will absolutely refuse to do so. We hat
eight men who had shipped as mes
! bows on one of tho Unitad S+otas 49,;
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Dixon Won.

NEW ORLEANS, Sept THE fight
last night in the Olympic club arena,
the second of the high-priced attrac-
tions. was contest between white and
black in which public sentiment was
nearly all in favor of the Caucasian and
the public betting nearly all on the side
Of the African. Dixon upheld the con-
fdence reposed in him, winning in the
eighth round. -'oTq 3 ad I!s s7.tT
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16
The Plague In Europe.

HAMBURG, Sept Interpretations as
TO the abatement Of the plague have not
been realized in the last two days.
Saturday there were S21 new cases or
twenty-five more than on Friday.
Yesterday there were 79S fresh cases or
twelve fewer than Saturday and 2S1
deaths or twenty-four more than Satur-
day. The number Of persons in cholera
hospitalsand barracksSaturday was 8, 124
and yesterday was $3.50. A city physi-
clan says that the average rate Of NOR
tally has been three cases in five. The
most conservative figures place the
number Of cases at II, 900 and the num-
Der Of deaths at 1000. The number Of
burials was 457 on Saturday and yester-
day AIS, or so far in excess of the num-
Der of deaths that the city's hospitals
are believed to be practically free from
dead bodies saG1.4 -lB. 1sl.g.
p ST. PETERsBURe, Sept. l2-The chol-
era statistics show that 1885 new cases
of the disease and 1869 deaths occurred
throughout Russia Saturday. In this
city during the same time eighty-one
new cases and thirty deaths were re-
ported.
HAvRE, Sept l2.-In this city seven
new cases of cholera and five deaths
from the disease were reported Satur-
day.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

marked by bruise or
blood. His face was
aglow with steady
interest. 1t wore a
half smile and he
was ready to attack
his foe with furious
force had he been
able to rise. Sulli-
van was reeking
with blood, smashed
and bruised. These
were the evidences
of defeat and it was
i -
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16
EIGHT MEN KILLED.
Terrible Collision on the Clearfield q
Cambria In Pennsylvania. A

Terrible Collision on the Clearfield q
Cambria In Pennsylvania. 4
ALTOONA, Pa, Sept 1O.-Eight men
were killed and three fatally hurt in o
collision on the Clearfeld & Cambria
railroad at 6 o'clock last evening. A
work train met an up bound passen
ger train in deep cut near Eckenrode's
mill The cut was filed with wreck.
age. Engineer C. W. Ferry and Fire
man L. Parish, of the passenger, were
taken out dead
The engineer and fireman of the work
train jumped and escaped with slight
injuries. Six foreigners, members Of
the work crew, were killed. Thei
names are unobtainable.
None of the passengers of the ur
bound train were hurt. The enpinee,
OF the work train is said to have dis
obeyed orders to lay over at Pattons to
let the passenger train through.
The Clearfeld & Cambria railroad
was recently opened by the Pennsyl.
vania company.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

JAMES CoRBETT. one rounds to do it.
Truth told, it seems as though Corbett
won easily. The impression left by the
rapid spectacle is that Sullivan was at
no moment in the path of success. And
the physical evidences Of this were ap-
parent at the finish. What were they?
Corbett, the winner, at the moment of
his victory was keen, quick, alert, I'M
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

some new senSa-
tons. So has James
Corbett. One has
been knocked off
the pedestal of pugi-
listic championship
and the other has
climbed into his
place. The Califor-
MIA heavyweight,
James Corbett, has
knocked out Cham
pion John Sullivan
and won besides
some $4,000. 1t re-
quired just twenty
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

home of friends near
here at 4:9O o'clock
this morning.
Nearest relatives
and DIR. Douglass
were at the bedside
when death came
and the poet seemed
to be conscious of
his surroundings at
the last moment.
The news of the
death of John G.
Whittier was re-
...l -
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

home, Haverhill, Mass. with universal
feelings of sadness and regret. The city
hall bell was struck eighty-four times
at o'clock as indicating the age of the
deceased. and flags on the public build
ings and school houses are displayed at
half mast as tokens of respect for the
dead poet.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16
DARING TRAIN ROBBERY.

A Missouri Pacific Express Train Robbed
a nest Within the Corporate Limits O,
Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Sept 9.-Last
night telegram was received at the
central Office of the Pacific Express Co.
in Kansas City from Messenger G. P.
McNaughton, of the Wichita passenger
train of the Missouri Pacific railroad.
saying that he had been bound, gagged
and robbed by bandit between the
Grand avenue depot and Sheffield, and
that the robber left the car at that sta.
ton.
McNaughton had charge of the ex
press and baggage combination car and
made the run alone He carried an old
fashioned strong box for the express
company, and in it was money esti
mated at from $1,000 to $40, 900. Nc.
Naughton says the robber climbed into
his car at the Grand avenue depot and
secreted himself behind a pile o.
trunks When the train was well 10
motion he arose and with pistol in
his hand introduced himself to the
much astonished messenger. He then
tied McNaughton's hands and feet
with piece of rope and put a gag in
his mouth. He took the big key to the
antique safe from the messengers
pocket and, opening the strong box,
slowed away in his own clothes the
money contained therein. Leaving Nc
Naughton in an uncomfortable position,
the robber left the car at or near Shelf.
field. McNaughton's predicament was
discovered at Dobson, a small station
ten miles further down the road, and
the train was held while he sent a tele.
gram to the company in Kansas Citv
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16
The True Lnxatlye PrInciple

Of the plants used in manufacturing the
pleasant remedy, Syrup of Figs, has
permanently beneficial effect on the human
system, while the cheap vegetable extracts
and mineral solutions, usually sold as medi-
zines, are permanently injurious Being
well-informed, you will use the true remedy
unly. Manufactured by the California Fig
Syrup Co.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16
Myer Kuocksd or,

NEW ORLEANS, Sept e.-TheS first Of
the series Of prize fights took place in
the ampitheater of the Olympic club
last night between Jack McAuliffe and
Billy Myer. McAuliffe won in the ff
tenth round.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16
AlyYIre Walker Killed.
Killed by Lightning.

ATcHIsoN, Kan, Sept 12-Mrs. Anna
McCourt, wife of Barney McCourt, and
daughter of John Delaney, both well
known here, was killed by lightning
during a thunderstorm Saturday even
ing.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

.
was due to nervou y
prostration, which
affected his brain.
He has been i'll for
several months but
W as re ce n thy
thought to be recov-
-ering. A change for
! he worse came and
sle sank speedily I'M
Ill death resulted.
Only the immediate
members of the fam.
lily were present. in
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

The treasury department has received
specimens of a dangerous counterfeit
silver dollar which is being circulated
very freely in the northwest.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

DANL DoUGHERTY. Guiding his son, D.
Webster Dougherty, the well known
attorney. He was born in Philadelphia
December II, 1926.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

BARONESS BURDETT-CoUTTs, although
eighty years Old, avows an intention to
come to the worlds fair at the head Of
the philanthropic section.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16
THE CHAMPION BEATEN.

John l. sullivan Knocked Out BY Cor
bett, the California Wonder.
New ORLEANS, Sept. 9.-The laurel
has shifted. John L. Sullivan has had
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

FROM what a man says you can often tell
what he is.-Ram's horn.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

THE gambling tables at Monte Carlo
last year Melted their proprietors over
a.. 600 001
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

you're not satisfied, they'll refund the
money? Why not do the same when
you buy medicine? , .1u Van 80 M
% DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
d sold on that plan. It's the only blood
purifier so certain and effective that It
can be guaranteed to benefit or cure, in
every case, or you have your money
back.
Its not like the ordinary spring medi-
cines or sarsaparillas. All the year round,
It cleanses, builds up, and invigorates the
system. If you're bilious, rundown, OF
dyspeptc, or have any blood-taint, MOTH
my can equal 1t as a remedy.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

IT is rather strange that the northern
coast Of this continent should be so cold, con-
sidering the number Of capes it has on
Harper's Bazaar.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

The man who is satisfied with himself is
always being disappointed with other peo-
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

A BOAT often has to give bail for its APP
pearance, when arrested by storm.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

The genuine tramp, whatever else he can
be accused OF, is always prepared for a rest
Philadelphia Times.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

You cannot always tell the amount Of gas
In poem by its meter-Texas Siftings.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

ONE secret Of living long is to learn how
70 live one day at time.-Ram's Horn.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

YES. Mars must be inhabited, else who
could have painted it redl-Boston Tran.
script.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

SUCCESS shows of our good qualities;
lack Of success shows Of our defects
Texas Siftings
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A STAB.-Doctor-" man has to die
more than once.n Maud-"Aren't you
sorryf'-Life's Calendar.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

THE change register that checks up the
drinks SOLD in saloon is the bargain
counter.-N. o. Picayune.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16
THE CHOLERA.
Another Hamburg Vessel Arrives
Filled With the Disease.
The scandia Had Thirty-two Cases-Her
Passengers Mostly Russian Jews
Excitement at Fire Island
The Cholera In Europe.
Another Pest Shin.


NEW YORK. Sept. 11.-At l o'clock
this morning the arrival of the long
awaited Scandal of the Hamburg Amer
lean line at lower quarantine was an.
nounced, and with the telegram came
the'report that the worst misgivings
had been. more than realized and that
the vessel was infected in every portion
and during the voyage had been a
charnel house.
The Scandia had left the plague
stricken part of Hamburg August 81.
with l,OS6 souls-9sl Storage and
twenty-seven cabin passengers and
seventy-seven seamen. Before she had
been many days out the cholera had
broken out and before she arrived the
pest was fairly raging on board of her,
thirty-nine cases occurring in half a
week. Of these thirty-two succumbed
before she arrived at the lower quaran-
tine anchorage. One by one, by couples
and by threes the bodies of the I'M
fortunate victims were dropped over
board
Dr. Byron boarded all the vessels at
midnight He found all well on board
the Normannia, the Rugia, Moravia
and Wyoming, but when he reached
the Scandal he found this terrible tale
of disaster Thirty-two deaths had
taken place, of which twenty-nine were
in the steerage, two in the crew and
one in the cabin. There were still
eleven virulent cases on board and
these he removed to Swinburne island.
The Scandal is the first vessel to ar
rive thoroughly infected with cholera.
So far as known the cholera record
is:
Moravia-Twenty-two deaths at sea,
one in port, two sick.
Normannia-Five deaths at sea- nine
deaths in port, twenty-five sick.
Rugia-Four deaths at sea, five deaths
in port fourteen sick.
Wyoming-Two deaths at sea, one
death in port
Scandia-Thirty-two deaths aats e,
two deaths in port, eleven sick.
Totals-Sixty-three deaths at sea,
nineteen deaths in port, fifty-two sick.
The Scandals passengers are for the
most part Russian Jews. They all
boarded at cheap and dirty lodg.
ing houses near the wharves in Ham.
burg before they boarded the steamer.
All classes were allowed to intermingle
during the trip. To-day they were all
removed to Hoffman island and there
given bath. They will not be re-
turned to the steamer, but will be
isolated and their clothing and bag
gage thoroughly fumigated and disin.
fected.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

GENERALLY a slow match "a bashful
young mans courtship. brakes Magazine
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

William E. Sharon, member of the
national republican committee for
Nevada, has written to NJ II. De.
Young, acting chairman Of the
executive committee, resigning as a
member of the committee. He saws
that owing to his views on the silver
question he cannot remain on the com.
mittee.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

An American sailor of the cruiser
Newark was murdered in a lodging
house at Genoa.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

WHERE there is always Concord. In New
Hampshire
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

HALF holiday is better than no loaf
Pittsburgh Press.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

BETTER late THAI never-going to bed
brakes Magazine
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

THERE is wide difference between horse
sense and horse talk.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

Official returns Of the Arkansas cleo
ton have been received from twenty
one counties They give Fishback,
democrat for governor majority over
both Whipple, republican, and Carna
han, populist, of 1851. At this rate
Fishback's majority in the state will
exceed $1,000 ! 1t is believed that the
poll tax amendment has been defeated
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tric light
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WHITTIER DEAD.

The Quaker Poet Passes to His Rest at
the Age of "a Years.
HAMPTON FALLS, N. H., Sept. S.
John G. Whittier, the poet of Free
dom, passed away peacefully at the
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DANIEL DOUGHERTY DEAD.

Nervous Prostitution Affects His Brain
aud Causes Death.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept Z. Daniel
Dougherty, the silver-tongued orator,
died at his residence in this city yester-
daV afternoon. Mr. Douobertv,s dao+b
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DEFENDANTS DISCHARGED.

The Examination of Klmsey and Hutton
at Sedan For the Murder of Cattlemen
Ends in Failure.
SEDAN, Kan, Sept. TO- Yesterday the
preliminary trial of the Frazier Gibson
case was resumed, the forenoon being
occupied by the defendants in offering
testimony tending to show the wherea.
bouts OF the defendants on the day the
murder occurred and concluded the tes-
timony about noon.
The afternoon was consumed by the
attorneys in arguing the case, conclud.
about 5 o'clock p. m. The arguments
on both sides were able. County At
torney Mcclure surpassed the expecta-
tons of his most ardent friends.
At the conclusion of the argument
the justices, after conference, deter
mined that the evidence did not war
rant holding the defendants for trial
and discharged them from custody.
Fiji lAlwIre WALKER KiIlea.t
'LiScohS, Neb.,, Sept Mrs Biha
Croya, wire walker, while performing
at Burlington Beach slipped and fell,
Her chin caught the wire in her de,
scent and she was thrown thirty feet.
She alighted ON her head, fracturing it
in two places, and death ensued an
hour afterwards.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

The health of Mrs Harrison, wife of
the president, was reported unsatisfact-
orv.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16

THE hare may be timid, but he dies game.
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HOW DO YOU DO

Then you buy
shoes or cloth
ing {? Don't
you 60 to the
place (if you
can find it)
where theytell
you that you
may wear the
articles out,
..I Al "a