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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-31
RESIIIT OF A SPREE

Monett. Mo-, Aug. 25.-I,ast night four
young men, J. e. Tracy, brakeman; Har-
ry Hefernal and Roy Blanks, sons Ct
after filing up on whisky, started out
to run the town. They assaulted several|
persons on the streets, among them J. F.
Cooper, switchman, whose skull was
fractured fatally. City Marshal Hen
dirk and his assistant succeeded in ar
resting ell but Tracy, who resisted and
started to run, when Hendrix shot him,
three times He will die.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-31
HOMELESS.

Galeton, Pa, Aug. 25.--An early morn
ing fire destroyed seventeen buildings and
rendered nineteen families homeless. At
present it is impossible to estimate the
loss, but it will reach. far into the thou
sands, most of the losers being insured.
The origin of the fire is unknown, but it
is supposed to be of incendiary origin.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-31

Messrs. Corbett and Mitchell could
relieve the financial stringency quite
materially by coming together with a
Diff at some point we'll equipped with
tel egraphic facilities. It is estimated
that more than 100000 were rushed
into circulation by the Sullivan-Corbett
mill. Is Mr.. Corbett a patriot and is
Mr.. Mitchell friendly power?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-31
Tie HAD NERVE

Alliance, Ohio, Aug. 25.-Detectiye +.
T. Clippinger, who has had numerous
s:lloonkcepers here arrested for violating
the prohibition ordinance, was surrounded
by mob of toughs on the street last
night and his life threatened. Several
shots were fred. but the nerve and coal
ness of Clippinger saved him. He held
the mob at bay until rescued by the
nOlice.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-31
SINS AND SINNERS.

Several Indianapolis business men
are arrested, accused Of footing q ma
tional bank
F. 81. Weeks, the embezzler, is in
Costa RIGA, where he cannot be ex-
tradited
A second fight between boomers and
troops has taken place in the Cherokee
Strip. Two boomers were killed.
Six men took Charles Taib, colored,
from an officer near Memphis, Tenn,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-31
FIRE TN SOUTH CHICAGO
MANY BUSINESS BLOChs AND RESI-
DENCEs DESTROYED.
The Extent of Territory Covered,
Nearly Equals That Of the Fire Of
i 1S71-Several Hundred People Are
Homeless-Loss About $1,OOO,OOO.

Chicago, Aug. o. A FIRE, which in,
the extent Of the territory it covered
c1r,als Chicago's historic confagra1ion,~
began in that part of the city known as
South Chicago late yesterday. afternoon:
The 80, 900 people comprising the inhab-
itants of the town were precipitated into
d panic second only in this city to that
which characterized the confagration of
1871 The loss is estimated at $1,000
600, and nearly 700 people are rendered
homeless. The fire within two hours had
consumed at least thirty buildings and
five blocks Of the greatest Industrial
suburb Of Chicago. Among the first build
ings to fall was the First Methodist
church at the corner of Ninety-frst street
and Superior avenue, and the. German
Lutheran church on the opposite corner.
Hardly had these more prctentious struct-
,res been leveled to the ground than the
fire was detected blazing in dozen
places further east. After Superior ave
nue. the flames reached and crossed On
tario avenue, Buffalo, Mackinaw and
Green Bay avenues to the lake. AS the.
pine structures in which lived the work
inglnen employed in the large steel mills,
and in which the smaller merchants of
the place made their homes were leveled
in the roaring furnace, those whose homes
had not. yet fallen fed with their goods.
and household chattels to the other por-
tons Of the city. Streets were blockaded
with wagons containing the effects Of the.
frightened and fleeing residents, and men
and women appalled, by the calamity.
fled in every direction. Before the scoresa
Of engines had made the least appreciable"
effect upon the progress Of the flames
the immense docks Of the Sandy Creek
Coal company, at. Harbor avenue and the
river, were burning. Over hundred
thousand tons of coal was stored ill the
immense bins belonging to this company,
which extend for 500 feet along the river
front. At the same moment the A. r.
Beck lumber yards with dock frortages
almost as elaborate, were foud to be
burning. When the fire began i'll the.
coal yards every engine that could be-
spared and the powerful steamer Yo-
semitic, as soon as it reached the harbor,
was brought to fight the conflagration,
but they were destroyed. The lire was
stopped only when it had reached the
lake.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-31
AlYSTERIOUSLY ABSENT.

Cincinnati, Aug. rs. = Charles Rein
joint, cashier Of the Chesapeake & Ohio.
and the Louisville & Nashville railways
in Covington, KY, has been mysteriously
absent since last Monday. He has en-
joyed i spotless reputation. Experts en-
amining his books have not reported.
His family AMI friends know no cause for
Lis absence.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-31

Pennington, the air ship man, has
been taking another flyer. This time
the scheme was net work Of electric
railways in central Indiana, with In
dianapolis as the center. He has been
flying in the direction of Canada.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-31

John L. Sullivan ran like q scared
wolf from that man with q gun the
other day. And yet time was when
John used to boast that he was not a
Splinter.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-31

Those brunette Nubians who have
shaken the dust Of the worlds
fair from the soles of their expansive
feet and gone home, do so, they allege,
because the devil is angry with them
for ever leaving their country. AS the
case now stands, the Nubians are be-
tween the devil and the deep sea.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-31

A belated letter from China brings
tie startling intelligence that Ill Amer
leans will be expelled from that coun-
try if any attempt is made to enforce
the Geary law. Thought the Geary law
had been forgotten in the general hub
bub over the Sherman law.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-31

More than 100000 young trees, it
is officially reported, have been plant
ed in Switzerland in the last seven
years in the effort to "reforest" that
country. '
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-31
ACQUITTED.

Menoninee, Mich, Aug. 25.-In the
circuit court Hans Hanson was acquitted
on charge of numbering John Ntatson
last October at Whitney, a small place
on the Fetch Mountain branch Of the
Chicago & Northwestern road.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-31
EXTENSION OPENED

Sioux City, Iowa, Aug. 25.-The ex-
tension of the Chicago, st. Paul, Mime
apOlis & Omaha road from Ponca to New
Castle, Neb., was. formally opened for
business to-day and freight and passen-
ger service inaugurated. The extension
is fifteen miles long, and IS the only road
built in Nebraska this year.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-31
STRUCK BY A TRAIN.

Eaton, Ohio, Aug. 25.-Mrs. Williams
Hapner and her fourteen-year-old daugh-
ter were struck by south~bound Mack
NAV train at Lexington, five miles east
of here, this morning and instantly
killed. They were in a buggy and the
horse baked on the track. The buggy
was splintered, but the horse escaped IN
injured. A two-year-old child in the bug
gy was only slightly burt.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-31

A new government building at Wash
ington to be called the house of records,
and to serve as a storehouse for the
printed proceedings Of congress is a
proposed improvement. The personal
records of the congressman should not
be admitted, for some Of them would
surely make the building unsanitary.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-31
don. The mill has q capacity of 1 900

don. The mill has q capacity of 600
barrels daily.
Charles G. Rumpf Of Reedsburg, Wis.,.
was held up near Rochester BY q party
OF six men. One struck Rumpf with a
club, and, knocking him senseless, took
watch and some money that he car
ried. A few moments later Rumpf re-
covered, and, realizing what had hap
pened, took after the men and started
in to fight for his goods. It was give
and take, six against one, but when the
battle ended three Of the tramps were
in such condition that they had to
be taken to the hospital. Rumpf was
untnjured. Va 4
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-31
K. c. DUNN, Publisher.

The largest desert is the Sahara. 1t
covers an area of 5000 miles from east
to west, 1000 miles from north to
south, altogether 100000 square miles
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-31
FLOYD COI1NTY FAIR

FLOYD COUNTY FAIR.
Charles City, Iowa, Aug. 25.-The IF
teenth annual fair of the Floyd Comfy
Agricultural and Mechanical association
will be held at Charles City Sept. 20, 81
And D. .s.sE j
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-17
MAYFIELD AND ANSON.

Feb. 13-Nice, bright weather
again in sunny, southern Kansas.
They talk of fine weather and a
healthful climate in southern Cali
fOrnia. Having lived IN both places,
our verdict is in favor of Kanaas.
J. A. Felt is recent arrival from
Illinois. He has purchased the
Sweeney farm, adjoining the town
site of Mayfeld, where he will make
his home for the future.
The Cumberland Presbyterian con.
gregatiOn of May1eld has retained
Rev. FOose as pastor for another year,
There was public sale at the farm
of j. T. Wise on Saturday OF last
week. Cattle brought a good price,
bat the demand for horses was not SC
good.
Rev. Mark Vols, pastor of the Bap.
tist church in Maytield is growing in
popularity with his congregation.
We heard Mr.. Vols preach his first
sermon five years ago in another part
VI the state, but from the fluent man.
ner in which he spoke, one would not
have supposed it was his first at
tempt.
Mr.. Martin, who purchased a sec.
tion of land near Mayfeld last fall
recently came out from Illinois again
with another son and his family.
ANONYMOUS
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-17
County Correspondence.
CICERO.
JOHN W. MCLAUGHLIN.

NfNENO.
Feb. l3-We are having tough
weather on the growing wheat now
and some which was under the heav-
lest drifts is pretty Thoroughly done
up.
All Of ]. P. Wright's family, but
two, are down with fever, with but
little hopes Of Mrs. Wrights' recov-
cry.
e. E. Friend, Of Friend Bros, has
sold his interest in the store to his
brother George, and has gone to the
Iowa country, Oklahoma, where he
has bought a claim.
G. W. Fanchier is sick, but do not
know how seriously.
John |. Anderson was around this
week looking up some OF the Curtis
Mercantile Co.'S business.
Burt Williams rented Geo. W.
Friends Cicero property and moved
in this week.
The Harmon Alliance is getting a
hump on itself since the County ALI
ance. They have some redhot discus
sions nearly every Thursday even
ing.
Two or more weddings are looked
for in the near future, but we prom
lsed not to give them away, so mum
is the word.
A. E. Ellis arrived from Oklahoma
the past week. He says he will keep
his store at Cicero another year. Cic-
ero Is getting to be one Of the best
trading points in the county.
The threshing machine run the
past season by Frank Miller, was TAX
en- in on chattel mortgage last Satur-
day by its former owner.
E. A. Wood and ]. c. Bingner have
not threshed their grain yeG. 1t will
be threshed by the Alliance machine
in the near future.
Geo. Friend, ir., bought a car load
of hogs the past week for which he
paid s7.25 per hundred. They were
shipped to Wichita.
A stove butcher from Wichita was
around last week patching stoves.
making them as good as new.
AUNT LIB.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-17
George Camp Surprised.


About I o'clock Monday evening
while Bro. George Camp was enter
tanning neighbOr, some one suddenly
opened the door and in rushed twenty
or thirty people and pounccd upon
him in a furious manner.
George was, or had been. up to that
time, engaged with his friend in ad-
mirlng some children'S thumb pa-
pers," but so instantaneous was IL,
ingress Of the mob u that George
tried TO put nine of them in his pack
et' but the ladies pounced upon him
and took them AWAY from him. lie
SkirmiShed around and tried to find
chairs sufficient to seat them. but
could not, so great was his amaze
ment.
After order was restored, the ladies
proceeded to the dining room and
spread feast that would out rank a
ngS table. Great mountains Of
cakes, pies. etc, and last, but not
| naSt, they began making oyster stews
and such elegant soup was never be-
fore plrtaken Of
The company dispersed about II
O'Clock. Thirty-five persons were
present. MeSdameS Amos Cam, Fred
Cam, Frank Curtis, c. L. Forbes.
John Camp, r. +. Piummer, Lud
Frambers, A. FramberS, - Hunt
with their husbands, MeSsrs. T. Bar
nett, G. W. Ewing, T. B. Nicholson,
ChaS. Hall and dozen more whose
names the writer did not obtain, in
Guiding number of handsome young
ladies, who lent their charming faces
to drive away Georges fears.
A most enjoyable time was had and
we cannot find words adequate to
praise the ladies for the part they
played in the matter. George is one
OF the Staunchest Alliance men in
the county and his neighburs are
proud of him and took this method of
showing their appreciation.
A GUEST.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-17
Why that School Officer Suffers.

Almost any week day there is some
where in our county travelling man
or agent, who has studied his plans
thoroughly, watching for that man
who can be persuaded into his snare
We do not mean to say that all trav.
cling men or agents are dishonest,
but we do think it is high time fol
men to exercise sound judgment in
business transactions. While behold
ing the facilities for acquiring a gen.
eral education all over our land
the training in business colleges, the
experience of public men generally, il
becomes astonishing to see how easily
men with years of public training
and experience, men who are really
intelligent, will forget all and walk
quite innocently into some cunningly
devised trap, which could easily be
avoided by dealing according to strict
business principles.
A Quack doctor once came TO Oul
city in Illinois and Notwithstanding
we had class Of tried physicians OF
whom our city could be Justly proud,
our citizens fOcked to this wonderful
advertiser, who claimed to perform
very unreasonable things charging
one-half of the pay in advance and
the remainder when cured, and by
getting the patients to diet them
selves, which is all that is sometimes
needed, he effected wonderful cures
by giving cOlored water and some
harmless powders. So when he had
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-17

bIyer at Hukle, iscOntinually loading
grain and he says there are in the
neighbOrhood about 10000 bushels of
wheat and oats yet to go on the mark.
ct, also quite a number Of cars of
corn.
The committee, E. WOolley, ]. T.
Noel and J. n. Hukle, having in
charge the building of the Christian
chapel at Peck. Kans, are aiming To
complete the work by March |. They
are paying as they 60 and deserve the
thanks OF all for their untiring efforts
in the undertaking, which only pluck
could thus far have succeeded.
Our fellow citizen. O. S. Pickens.
one of our best and most worthy citl-
zenS, surely deserves the sympathy of
all. A short time ago he lost lIS wife
in death. Later, sickness invaded
his home, one Of his children dying
and now it is thought another one of
them will not live twenty-four hours
iphbNi' buiNlg MS Nup vi SOllOh UdS
been filled to overlooking.
Wallace Hukle, nephew of the HUI
kle boys, has just landed here from
the high hills and deep hollowS OF
Kentucky. He looks pretty wild
when surveying our broad prairieS
but thinks our land all right and will
make his home in Kansas.
How times, customs and people de
change. Two years ago at this post.
office, there We're about twenty-five
copies of Republican and Democratic
papers taken by the farmers rOunC
about. Now, there are two Republi
can and one Democratic paper taken
Instead of these minus eighteeI
sheets, there are twenty-five copie,
of papers devoted to educating tn,
people in the science Of good and juSt
government. Presently the light viii
begin to dawn.
PROSPERITY.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-17
MORRIS TOWNSHIP.

Feb. l3-There is a good deal OF
sickness hereabQuts, with something
like the grippe.
j. Sears has daughter from Mis-
souri, visiting him.
j. A. Burnett, who went TO Texas
with c. c. and John NaylOr, returned
week before last to attend to some
business and went back to VelascO
last Thursday. John Johnston went
with him.
Rev. Ream and wife attended meet
ings in Harper county last week.
Rev. Whicker, of Caldwell. preached
at Grey Sunday morning and evening.
Rev. Ream has purchased new top
buggy.
John Henderson was in Winfield
last week in the interest of the Argo-
mia Exchange company. They are
going to put in man to handle wheat
for them.
Miss Lou Manela returned from
Conway Springs, where she has been
staying with her aunt, Mrs. Burnett,
who came with her.
JUMBO.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-17

used our citizens about all he could.
he saw proper to locate elsewhere and
of course never called for remainder
of pay according to contract.
1t is a splendid idea to make
strangers, especially physicians, stand
upon the merits Of their wonderful
ability. And when you want to test
all such characters, just tell them
you will give them double the amount
when cured and nothing in the mean
time. OF course this gives them
task, viz: to throw yOn off your guard
by some seemingly, very intelligent
reasoning, which too often proves sue
CesSful and One-half the money is ad
vanced.
Ny object principally in writing
this article is to call attention to some
work of our school boards in Sumner.
Agents are going over our county sell
ing school apparatus and succeed in
getting the school board to sign a
contract. holding themselves individ-
ually responsible for said apparatus.
This is unwise, to hold yourself re;
sponsible for goods that belong to
other parties, being purchased by
their money. My advice to school
boards is to call a meeting of said
board and at this meeting draw your
own contract and make the agent
sign it; and if said agent objects,
which he will do, and as above, rea-
son you out Of such nonsense many
times, let him go without any sale.
would say, buy the apparatus and
then see that all your teachers use
them. know some of our teachers
fight the use Ofapparatus, but have
nearly as much experience as any
teacher in Sumner, which enables me
to know from a practical standpoint,
that more lasting impressions are
made often by presenting to the eye
the subject under discussion. shall
now answer some questions sent me
through the mail.
A teacher has no right to send a pu-
pill away from school. 1t takes the
board, after which the pupil can ap-
peal to the county superintendent.
| would advise all our teachers to get
authority from board to use the stick
at the time Of engaging to teach their
school, or not engage. OF course the
punishment is to be reasonable, and
not to be considered unreasonable, be-
cause Of red mark. Never keep
children in at meal time, but lc
them enjoy dinner and il SOL =
settlement is to be made, attend to
it after eating. Never keep children
after school hours.
Respectfully,
JOHN W. MCLAUGHLIN.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-17
A Feast and q Surprise.

Last Friday being near the close of
the winter term Of school at ii. & s.,
the patrons Of the district had Sc
cretly planned two-fold surprise for
their teacher, E. W. Cott.
In the morning on going to his
school room he found a nice chair
near the teachers desk bearing a card
marked, presented" and giving the
names and amounts Of the parties
who had contributed. This was a
surprise, for after reading the card be
had to ask the children. "Do they
really intend to present the chair to
me or to the schOOl?"
School not being out till the next
Tuesday he never dreamt Of any fur
ther demonstration Of their generOs-
ity and appreciation. But little
after he had dismissed for noon, a
cart drove up to the school house
door, well filled with baskets. This
was the first intimatiOn Of anything
out OF the natural order, but on going
to the door he found the yard full OF
teams and baskets and people with
loads Of well filled baskets. lie threw
open the doors and told them that he
surrendered and to come right in,
which they did. Soon, as nice a
spread of good things to satisfy the
physical man, as was ever marched
up to, and all partook freely. except
Mr.. Ford, Mr.. StOddard and myself.
We were trife bashful when il came
to cake and pie. Eli says the women
OF this district can cook and he also
noticed the men could eat.
After dinner was over, short pro-
gram was rendered extempOre, con-
sisting of singing, declaiming, spell
ing, and short talks from the patrons
Of the school, when everybody went
away, feeling that it was good t.
have been there. A. PARTAEER.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-17
SLATE VALLEY.

Feb. l4-Phere is not much sickness
in this neighbOrhood at present.
Miss Dora SOmmerville's school
ended the 18th. She commences her
summer school the 14th. She is well
liked.
Mrs. Myron Hunt moved to town
the first of the week. We are sorry
10 lose her from this neighbOr-
hood.
r. B. Mercer and son have been
hauling their wheat off, so they can
go back to their claims in county C.,
Oklahoma.
Frank Nicholson goes back to his
claim this week.
Mrs. W. ID. Daley, who was hurt so
badly by a team running away, is
some better at this writing.
Jap Holmes i; getting ready to go
on his claim in Oklahoma.
Pm. Jickner is stepping high be-
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-17
Consistency of the Republican Press

Just now we hear through the Re
publican press of Kansas, much said
about State Treasurer Biddle'S bond.
Some of those papers tell US that
many of the farmers on Biddle'S bond
are practically not worth ONE CENT.
And telling us that these same
farmers have sworn that they are
worth from $1,000 to $4,000 each.
We are not prepared to say how these
Republican editors know as to the
sOlyency of these farmers on said
bond, but one thing we do know quite