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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
THE CALIFORNIA VENUS.
Her Mother Commits a Sensational MUIR
der and Is "a Maniac.

Her Mother Commits a Sensational MUIR
der and Is Maniac.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. S.-A SEN
sational murder occurred yesterday
afternoon Harry &. Poole, young
man well known about town and of
well-to-do family, was shot anu al
most instantly killed by Mrs Shat
tuck, the aged mother of Estrulia
Shattuck, u young and pretty chorus
girl, at the Tivoli Opera house.
Young Poole was Summoned to
Miss Shattuck's house, where the
girls mother met him and demanded
chat he marry Miss Shattuck at once.
Poole refused and Mrs Shattuck put a
pistol to his temple and shothim dead.
The woman was arrested for murder
and is now raving maniac at the
CITY prison. The girl is also in hyster-
les and unable to talk.
Speaking of Miss Shattuck's appear
ance with the Tivoli company as
header of the Amazon march in the
spectacular production The Island of
Jewels" the Examiner SAYS: The
pleasing Young person with a sword
who leads tie march is perhaps as
much entitled as any one to wear the
title 'lhe California Venus, as she
was the me del of the browning figure
in the Mid-Winter fair fountain in the
Sunset City. and her fac smile in staff
will stand AMID the falling drops OF
waite" in 'front.' of the Administration
buildi, Gas - sample of what Califor
MA can nrOduce in the way of female
lie nj,
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
HELD UP A TRAIN.
Three Bandits Rob a Mississippi Valley
p,ssanrar T,aIn Near Vickshure


Passenger Train Near Vicksburg.
New ORLEANS, La, Jan. 6.-The
Mississippi Valley passenger train
that arrived here at sos yesterday
morning was held up at the crossing
of the Vicksburg and Meridian rail-
road just south of Vicksburg at los a.
m. The train was stopping at the
railroad crossing waiting for the
Vicksburg and Meridian train to pass,
when it was boarded by two masked
men. A third man was standing
guard on the track. Conductor Morris
in an interview gave the following ac-
count of what happened on the train:
I'VE were just few minutes out
from the Vicksburg station and had
reached the Alabama and Vicksburg
crossing in the suburbs of the city.
The train always Stops at this point
and the engineer waits for some one
to come and flag the train. | was IN
the second car of the train 1t is d.
vided into two compartments, the part
in front of the partition being pas
senger compartment and the rear end
the baggage room. l was standing
ia the front part of this rear
compartment with Mr.. Dorsey, the
baggage man, when heard man
yell, Hold up your hands. | looked
through the door and saw two men,
both masked, marching the porter
down the aisle toward u.s. They had
us covered with pistols, and of course
our hands went up. One fellow was
big man, weighing, l judge, about
16O pounds. He kept US covered while
his partner, small, nervous fellow.
went through our pockets. The little
man was evidently new at the busi-
ness.
Dorsey was searched first He had
no gun and nothing was taken from
him. Then they turned their atten-
ton to me had no weapon. | had
$40 bill in my vest pocket and other
little articles which | had in other
pockets They then marched us to
the express car and ordered me to
open the door. | told then the door
was bolted, Then kick it in, said the
big man, and | kicked. | was still
kicking on the door when the porter,
finding himself for a moment uncOv-
cred BY the mems guns leaped from
the train and rushed to the rear The
two men jumped out and moment
later disappeared in the darkness"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
\ Hondurean Grneral Kllled.

MANAGUA. Nicaragua. Jan O.-Gen-
eral Williams, who was taken prisoner
when the town of Sholuteca, in Hon.
duras, was captured January :, by
Bonilla's revolutionists, tried to
escape yesterday and was killed by
the sentinel. General Ortiz has sent
a body of troops to capture Amapalpa,
a port of entry of Honduras on the
Pacific coast
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
ARMY OFFICER MURDERED.
Dead Body of Sergeant Walker, Sixth
Cavalry, Found Near Birmingham.

Dead Body of Sergeant Walker, Sixth
Cavalry, Found Near Birmingham.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Jan. "a United
States army officers dead body,
dressed in full uniform, was found by
two boys in the woods in the western
outskirts of this city yesterday morn
ing. He is supposed to have been
murdered. There were two bullet
holes in the neck. A furlough in the
dead mans pocket identified him as
Eugene Walker, sergeant of the Sixth
cavalry. stationed at Fort Niobrara,
Neb. Several hours after the finding
of the body Eugene Byers, cousin OF
the dead man and desperate charac.
ter, visited the undertaker's shop and
identified the body.
Bvers was drunk and did so much
talking that he was at once arrested
on suspicion.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
VERY FAD FOR coUGHLIN.
L!er'riciTn Dardeen Gives Strong Testi-
mJny Against the Ex-Detectiy


m1nv Against the Ex-Detectiv
CHICAGO Jan. 9-The corridors of
the court house were packed to-day
with ! cople anxious to gain admit
tancc TO the Coughlin trial, the an
nouncement that the new state wit.
ness, Frank Bardeen would be exam
ined, having caused revival OF inter-
est in the case. As Judge Tuthill took
his seat and Bardeen's name was call
ed, Il murInur of suppressed excitement
ran through the court room. He re-
piled to the attorneys questions in
in distinct voice and seemed uncon-
distinct voice and seemed undisturbed
by the interest he has created.
Il was supervising engineer for the
Edgswater syndicate and was at
tempting to get the engine at South
Evanston in order on the night of
Mag 1, and after finishing my work
went to the Edgewater station to see
Il friend of mine who was in charge
there. Arriving about 10 o'clock.
found him absent His assistant was
busy, so | went 10 the outside steps
and waited. | sat there on the steps
for some time. 1t was between
| and . o'clock. Hearing the
sound of a wagon approaching from
the west, stood up and saw long
wagon drawn by u dark horse Just
about to cross the tracks. Three men
were in it, but two jumped to the
ground and walked as the rig came
across the tracks. Just as the wagon
was leaving the last rails, the horse
was in front of me. Over the door
was a strong thirty-two candle power
incanJescent light-a locomotive head
Highland as there was a switch be-
side the door turned it on. The
lamp threw strong light south
across the road There | saw plainly
the long wagon, the horse and three
men,
did you see anything in The
wagon?'
Yes, sir; there was box or chest in
the wagon. 1t looked TO me like
tool chest. On it one of the men was
sitting"
! Now where were the men who
walked by the wagon
| lone of them walked on the south
side-neXt me-and the sther walked
behind"
did you know either of those men?"
Eyes sir"
(Which one?"
THE man walking behind the
wagon about six feet"
Who was hep
Daniel Coughlin." replied Bardeen
calmly and clearly"
What did Daniel Coughlin do?"
He sprang for the opposite side of
the wagon and when it partially hid
him he walked rapidly, to the South
until mis- form was lost in the shadow
of the trees on the other side of the
road. The other man, who wos walk
ing, followed Coughlin into the shad-
Ow and they, with the wagon, went
on toward the lake until ! lost sight
Of them"
Upon cross examination Judge Wing
succeeded in confusing the witness
badly. That midnight journey
sounds like Gulliver's travels" he
said, like weird tale from Arabian
Nights"
The witness became more and more
confused as the searching examina-
tion continued and when the court an
nounced a recess seemed upon the
verge of fainting.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
THE RAILROAD BOARD UPHELD
symns Grocery and Union Terminal De-
ci'ion' by the Kansas supreme Court.

'ymns Grocery and Union Terminal De-
ci'ion' by the Kansas supreme Court.
Topeka, Kan, Jan. s-The state su-
preue court rendered several opinions
Of general interest to-day. Among
them the most important was the de-
:islon in the Symns grocery case
This denies the right OF a shipper to
.njoin the state board Of railroad COM
nissioners but il does no. pass upon
the question of the reasonableness of
III rates complained OF.
The old board of railroad commits
'ionerS reduced the rates on car load
ois of beans, sugar, coffee and canned
goods to interior points. but not on
less tnan car load lots and ordered that
they 20 into effect March lG, lsg9. The
Sims Grocer company secured an
injunction from the district court of
Atchson county on the ground that
.he order Disseminated against ship
rers of less than car load lots The
Santa Fe appealed to the supreme
court and filed cross petition dis
claiming any interest except 10 know
what was required of the railroads bv
law.
N the Union Terminal case the
supreme court diSsolves the injunction,
but does not pass upon the merits of
the cas-. giving only rs the reasc.,
for its decision tha: the Terminal
comrany's action was against the
board alone; that it should have in.
cluded also as parties defendant the
Union Pacific and the Missouri Pacific
railroads, which are the real parties
interested.
After the decision was announced
the attorney for the Terminal CON-
pany tiled n motion for rehearing.
and pending that the injunction was
continued i'm force.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
One Wom,n Killed In IA Wreck

MISSOURI VALLEY, Neb,, Jan. o.
The st Paul passenger train on the
Northwestern road was wrecked this
morning just as it turned on the ~"
and the ladies coach and the sleeper
thrown down steep embankment
and badly wrecked. Mrs. I. VI. Fens-
Ter of tn city was killed. None Of
the other passengers or trainmen
were seriously hurt.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
PROBABLY GAS VICTIMS.
Mrs. Read Throws Light at Last on the
Independence Mystery.

Mrs. Read Throws Light at Last on the
Independence Mystery.
INDEPENDENCE, Kan, Jan. Mrs.
George W. Read, the sole surviving
member of the family of four, two of
whom were found dead in their house
here Monday, has recovered conscious
ness and is able to throw little light
on what has been a deep mystery
heretofore, with rumors of poi
son She said to-day the fam
lily retired early Saturdag night aftera
light supper. Shortly afterwards she
thought she detected the olor of gas
and called Mr.. Reads attention TO it
but he did not think 50 and did not
get up. Later he thought the rooms
were growing cold and lit the gas in
both the stoves. After this he went
for doctor for neighbor, and on
his return returned to sleeo, which is
the last she remembers. She declares
that there was no person about the
house. As she improves she may be
able to recall some additional details.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
THE MARKETS.
Kansas City Grain.

Prices were quoted at the close as follows
No hard wheat.5jlsc: No. hari wheat52&c;
No hard wheat, 5lrc rejected 4Sc; No
red wheat. SEC: No red wheat 53S.c No
red wheat 5ld52c
CoRN-Sold readily at steady prices. Bids
for round lots to ship were NC higher, but moi
high enou.h to get any. Small receipts are
expected this week Receipts OF corn to-day,
Il cars a year aio, 50 cars No , miXel sold Of
3&G3Oi:c, Kansas City; No miVed,
;Oc; No 99c; No white, Sic; No white
SOnc; No white and mjved sold at SIC Mem
phis, Shippers bid SIC Mississippi river fol
No aorn
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
K.nss Industrial revenue Facts.

LEAvEXwoRTH. Kan, Jan. For
the last calendar year the internal
revenue collections for the district Of
Kansas amounting 10 $3.50, 57k0O.
against $3.50, 900 10 for the year 1892.
This is an increase of S59, 96l. 90 in
favor of 1893 The collections for
December were s?s. 500 IL. or about
81, 500 greater than for the same
month the previous year The dis
tribution was as follows: Ole omargar-
inc, $50, 562. so; special tax stamps,
s2,O11.33; tobacco stamps, s144.7s;
cigars and cigarettes, $500 81; spirit
stamps, SIS; beer stamps, $3.50; on
lists, s333.3i.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
pUN's REVIEW OF TRADE
Condition of business Continues I'm
altered From Last Week.

New YORK, Jan. s.-R G. Dun &
Co S weekly Review of Trade says:
THE cloud of uncertainty does not
lift as yet Strong confidence is ex-
pres ed in nearly all markets that
trade must improve with the new
year, but it is yet too early to expect
important change, if really on the
way. In the main the conditions con-
tinued unaltered. But the proposal
of an income tax is not calculated to
inspire confidence, nor does it encour-
age hope that the uncertainty about
revenue laws will be speedily termi-
mated.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
County Eeeor,ls DESTROYED.

Av"0aA. Neb.. Jan. 9.-The court
hou at this place was burned yes
trrday morning about clock. The
,ntire building was burned to the
GROUND The records in the Office of
the cotal. c ERIK, county judge and
ale kcf 'he district court are sup
posed o be safe. but the door of the
trel,urefs vault was found open and
il is supposed was blown open and
g.. til. records were destroyed
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
NcKinleX to Visit Kansas.

EMPoBIA. Kan, Jan. s. - Bernard
Kelley of Topeka has just returned
home from Ohio, where he went at
the request Of the Ottawa Chautuaqua
assembly to secure the engagement OF
Governor Mckinley as orator for the
Chautauqua's Grand Army day. Gov
ernor Mckinley made the engage
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
Confirmation Not Likely.

WASHINGTON, Jan. ct is regarded
as practically settled that Scott Har-
rison's nomination to be customs col
lector at Kansas City will be rejected.
1t is also said to be more than nroba-
bic that the nomination of Mr.. Horn.
blower 10 the supreme court bench
will be rejected by the senate.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
Remarkable II Reliable.

MoBERLY, No, Jan. Peter
Hunt, colored, who claimed to be l04
years old and to have been the father
of no less than seventy-six children,
died here Thursday. During his
slavery days he had thirteen masters
and names innumerable. He was well
Fixed financially.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
FOR PENSION FRAUD.

Agent Moore of Buffalo and Six As
slstants Charged With Crookednsss
BUFFALO, n. v, Jan. w Bowen
Moore, the most extensive pension
agent in Western New York, lis
son Allan and FIVE clerks were ar
rested this afternoon by United States
officers on charge of defrauding the
government and eXtorting money
from pensioners. The whole amount
involved is said TO be $50 900.
The pension department had been
investigat ng Moores methods for
three months The evidence is highly
sensational.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
Coolest of the Winter at st. Paul.

ST. PAUL, Mum, Jan 9.-To-day
was, officially, the coolest day of the
season. According to the weather
bureau report it was 90 below at
o'clock this morning down town, while
in the outskirts of the city the mer
curry ranged from 80 to IS below.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
ROCK ISLAND NEGLIGENCE.

The Coroner's Nerdi't la the Investiga
tIon Into the Llnwood Disaster.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. s.-The cor
oner's jury at Linwood, Kan, conclud-
ed its investigation into the recent
railroad accident at that place, BY re.
turning a verdict to the effect that j.
W. Atwood, j.. J. Kelly, w. A. Geer
and Herman Smize came to their
deaths in a wreck of Union Pacific cars
by Rock Island train, second 80,
through the negligence of the en-
ployees of said Rock Island road.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
NEW MONETARY CONGRESS
A Note From the Pre- ,ident to Belgium's
Ruler Made Public.

LONDON, Jan. "a note which the
late Baron Selvyns, recently Belgian
minister to England, sent to Lord
Roseberry, secretary of state for for
eign affairs, was made public to-day.
1t says that the Belgium government
has received a dispatch, dated Wash
ington, from the president of the
United States, saying that he does
not feel called upon to ask that a
monetary conference be convoked.
The note referred to was sent to Lord
Roseberrv November % last.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
A PLACE FOR MRS. LEASE,
The Kansas Populist Leader May become
the Editor of on Omaha Organ.

OMAHA. Neb, Jan. 9.-The Popu-
lists who were bound to start daily
paper in this city and were di'grun-
tied when Kearney received the Of
fetal sanction as the location. claim
that they cIn offset the Kearney en-
terprise by engaging Mrs. Mary Ellen
Lease of Kansas, and that she has ac-
cepted an offer to come here and be
their editor.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
Shielded Rather Than Hang a Woman.

MELBOURNE, Jan. 9.-Jones. the
public hangman Of Victoria, has COM
mitted suicide by cutting his throat,
owing to the fact that he was not
willing to execute Mrs. Khorr,
woman who had been sentenced to
death for causing the deaths of in
fants when she received them at a so.
called "baby farm"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
CORBETT'S BLOOD UP.
The Champion Ready to Meet Mitchell
In Private for Honor.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla. Ja3. .-Corbett
is doing all in his power to make
Mitchell fight He said to day that if
the club should find that it could not
have the fight without interference
on the part of the governor he was
willing TO forego the purse and have n
meeting in private beyond the reach
of state officials. lie made the same
communication to Manager Bowden
OF the club who said that he did not
think that any such arrangement
would be necessary.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
No Territory Admissions at Present..

WASHINGTON, Jan. Q. - General
Wheeler, chairman of the house COM
mittee on territories, has no hope Of
getting up the bills for the admission
OF New Mexico and Arizona until af-
ter the tariff bill is disposed of. Then
they will be the regular order.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
MRS. CoCKRELL's FUNERAL.
Relatives and Intimate Friends Present
at the Service, in Washington,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The funeral
of Mrs. Cockrell, wife of Senator Cock
rell of Missouri, took place last even
ing. Only the relatives and a few in
innate friends were present The ser.
vices, which were brief and simple,
were conducted by Rev. George b.
Patch. The honorary pail bearers
were Vice President Stevenson, Sena-
tors Vest, German, Allison, Hale and
Walthall. The remains were for
warded to Warrensburg, Mo-, for
burial, and were accompanied b. Sem
ator COckrell and his children
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
THE SHERIFF SAYS NO.
He Will Put a stop to the Corbett-
Mitchell Fight.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Jan S.-The
Duval Athletic club ran against an
other snag yesterday in the person Of
Sheriff Broward OF this county. 81
tell you," said the sheriff, that the
fight will not take place in Duval
county if | can stop it. don't believe
the men wanting the fight will at
tempt to have it when | tell them my
intentions. | am not acting for friends
or enemies in this matter, but officially
under orders"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12
DEATH OF MRS. W. A. HARRIS

Wife of the Large From
Kansas dies at Her Home.
LAWRENCE, Kan, Jan s.-The wife
of Colonel W. A Harris, congressman
at-large from Kansas, died yesterday
at her home at Llnwood.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12

Ex-Citv Collector Frank Anderson
of Nevada, Mo-, has been sentenced to
four years in the penltentiar- for EN-
oezzement in 1891 of 500.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-02-12
A Strange Race.

"There is a race of people in Hawkins
county, Tenn. whose origin is q mystery, .
said G. J.. Rabbit TO the corridor man at
the Laclede "They are called the Melun-
Reons and are found no place else. They
have been traced back to North Carolina,
but further than that nothing is known.
They are not Indians, they are not negroes,
they are certainly not of any known race
Of white people. But few of them can
speak the English language, although
they have lived here for over century,
and the language they do speak is an UNI
known one to the most accomplished lin
guist.
"They are dirty and degraded, but with
n race pride rSout them that prevents them
iutermingling with the lower order OF
Americans or with negroes. A Melungeon
will work when he is hungry, but only I'M
der press of necessity.
They avoid the towns and cultivate
small patches of corn on the most barren
mouptainsides. the rest of their scant liv
ing being obtained by hunting and fish
ing. Every attempt made as yet to better
their condition has been failure, and yel
the race continues to exist independently o.
tho white people, growing no smaller ant
changing none of its attributes. st
Louis Globe Democrat
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-02-12
Gladstonc's rads.

a man Of politics and man Of books.
Some one or other has said that he is a
statesman OVERLAND with literature. 1t is
dark cpigram, but suggests the impor-
lance Of the literary side Of his life. His
library is one of the most varied private
libraries in England. In fact, the walls
of Hawarden castle may be said to be pa
pered with books There is literature OF
every sort under the sun, from sacred
Scriptures. ancient parchments, Homers
and virgils to ponderous parliamentary
reports, the latest books OF science, art,
poetry. fiction and ephemeral criticism.
Mr. Gladstone reads omnivorously and
writes-what has he not written? One
remembers articles on theology--he is a
stalwart churchman--Greeka and Latin ro-
etry, jammaking, Italian art, the Bulga-
rian question, forestry, the Homeric ques-
tion, old China, Dante, the Irish question
and the women novelists. These and a
hundred other topics he has taken up and
discussed with the authority that comes
from an adequate knowledge.-New York
World
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-02-12
Daily Xfuuehse gpasssl.

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less than seventy-fivc cents.
ALL ADVERTISING ANNOUNCEMENTS OF M.
TERrAlNMENTs, whose object Is the raising Of
money will be charged at the rate OF fifteen
cents line.
ADVERTISING NOTICES, news form, will bc
excluded from our local columns, @ kept srcb
az refer to advertisers occupying space in
der n separate head ON the local pages.
Subscribers who fall to receive the Jora.
NAL promptly will confer favor by notifv
Ing the Office Immediately
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-02-12

The chief Of the Leslies is said to have
prayed before battle; Be on our side! An
gin We Gamma be on our side, aye lay low q
bit, an yen see thae carries get a-hidin
that must please ye. An old covenanter,
who ruled his household with rod Of
iron, is said to have prayed in all sincerity
at family worship: 20 Lord, haze a care O.
Rob, for he is on the great deep, an thou
holdest II in the hollow o. thy hand. An
hae care o. Jamie. for he hae gone to
fight the enemies % his country, an the
outcome o. the battle is wi thee. But We
need ma fash o. yersels wi wee Willy, for
haze him here. an I'm cawpable o. lookin
after him myself. San Francisco Argo-
maui