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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-05
DEMAND LOWER RENTS.
Mill Men at Carnegie's Works Working
to secure "a Reduction.

w ~
PITTsBURG, Pa, Jan. THE mill
men at the Carnegie works Beaver
Falls, have inaugurated a movement
which will probably be joined by all
the wage earners in that vicinity TO Sc
cure a general reduction OF
rents. The men who have re-
Gently been reduced in wages
insist that it is impossible to
continue paying high rates on low
wages and that the cut on rents must
correspond with the cut in their earn
ings On the same lines an effort will
be made TO secure something in the
shape Of con cessions in prices from the
leading mercantile establishments, in
Guiding butchers bakers, grocers, etc.
A similar movement has been started
among the business men and working
men at McKeesport, and during the
week demand will be made on all
landlords for reduced rents.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-05
Wa, STARVING Her,elf 70 Death.

DENVER, Col. Jan Mrs. Bessie
Schaefer was removed to the county
hospital last night because she was
starving herself to death under the
hallucinaticn that she had been COM
manded to fast until her husband,
who disappeared week ago, should
return home.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-05
j. NJ. Lacy Very Ill.

PITTsBURG, Kan, Jan. lit is au-
thoratitively reported thatJ. N. Lacy,
late secretary and treasurer of the
United Mine workers of Kansas and
Missouri, is lying at the point of death
at his home in Minden, his physician
assembling his malady to alcoholic pois-
oning.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-05
Two Suicide. in Pitt,bur9 Pa.

PI-rsBUBo, Pa, Jan. 1.-Two we'll
known men of this section committed
suicide yesterday. They were II. II.
Grafton of Sewickley, commercial
traveller for the T. IL Nevin White
Lead company, and w. w. Donohue,
en- oil man, of Mercer.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-05
Erecting a New Steel Rail Mill.

JOHNsTowY, Pa, Jan. 1.-The Cam
bria Iron company has begun the
erection of new steel rail mill, the
estimated cost of which will reach
81, 900. 600
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-05
chicago, Increase in Termination.

CHICAGO. Jan. 1.-At banquet of
business men last night, S. S. Gree
ley, statistician, submitted figures
showing the population of Chicago is
2o45,OO0.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-05
Neyspaper Man Married.

WARREYsBURG, Mo-, Jan. Mr.
Charles D. Middleton, business man.
ager and one of the proprietors of the
Daily and Weekly Star, was married
at noon yesterday to Miss Lillian Har-
rison of this city.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-05
Killed by an "Unloaded" Gun.

LEXINGTON, No, Jan. 1,-Yesterday
afternoon James, the lO-year-old son
Of Lock Terhune. visiting the family
of Elijah Neer, seven miles east of
here, and Neer's two boys were play
ing with shotgun supposed to be not
loaded when one of the barrels was
discharged, the load entering young
Terhune's temple and blowing away
part of his head. No blame attaches
to the two boys.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-05
A M.aarsr HAMS nim.alf

PINE Blue Ark-t Jan. III. D.
McDermott, murderer of G. n.
Brooks, was found hanging in his cell
IN Che local Jail he having suicided,
usinga rope made of his bed clothes
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-05
MRS. LEASE STILL WRATHY.
A Fiery Telegram Sent to the Kansas
Federation of Labor.

Federation of Labor.
Topeka, Kan, Jan. Mrs Mary
j. Lease sent the following telegram
to-day to the State Federation of La
5or in session at Leavenworth:
To the President Labor Federation. Leaven.
worth, Kan I desire TO join my voice with
vour' ana tender time and money in denounc
Ing the executive power that has recognized
rats and seoundrels and ignored the labor or
CARNATIONS. The principles OF the Peoples
party are eternal and unassaiable Through
them we will triumph, but the crowd betray-
ing the trust and the cause OF the people must
be buried out OF sight by the laboring vote.
MARY T.. LEASE
President Board OF State Charities
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-05
Nathaniel Mheeler bead.

BRIDGEPoRT, Conn, Jan. Hon.
Nathaniel Wheeler, president of the
Wheeler and Wilson Sewing Machine
company, died yesterday from stomach
frnl1 HES
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-05
deacon richardson read.

BROOKLYN, N. Y, Jan. 2-William
Richardson, or better known in Brook
lyn as Deacon" the railroad mag.
nate, died this home here yesterday.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-05
TROUBLE IS AHEAD;
Ths BLACK TOMAHAWK" IN
DIAN LAND TITLE CASE.
MANY LEGAL DIFFICULTIES ARISE

The Recent Decision OF the Interior ID, .
partment that the status OF a Child
Born of an Indian Woman aud
White Father Follow the
Condition OF the Father
Likely to Play Havoc.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-05
VICTIMS OF COAL GAS.

G. W. Read Of Independence. Kan. aud
Servant Dead-Wife and Child Dying.
INDEPENDENCE, Kan, Jan l.
This morning G. w. Read, agent
of the Long-Bell Lumber COM
pany, was found dead in his house in
the western part of the city, and his
wife and child are in a dying condi-
tior. The servant girl is also dead.
Escaping gas from a large stove was
the cause of the deaths.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-05

Great preparations are being made
for the marriage Of Miss Virginia
Whiting Of Hampton, Va, to Senator
Faulkner Of West Virginia
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-05
POOR MARKSMEN.
THE INDIAN NOT MUCH OF A
BULL'S-EYE HITTER.
FAR INFERIOR TO TEE WHITE NAN.

The Sights on the Rifle Are Incom-
prehenslble to Him and He Does
Not Seem to Grasp the Principles
of Marksmanship-Repo on
Scores Submitted to the
War Department.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-05

William A. Bennett, one OF the
best known bank tellers in Provi.
dence, T. / il defaulter for SEQ, OOQ
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-15

field. Such ticket must be posted four
days before the election. So far. there
are not less than six men spoken of
for the head of the ticket, the same
number as there were candidates for
the head of the political ticket last No.
vembcr. They are Edgar NJ. Snow,
Marvin A. Farr, s. Il. Gross. Joseph
Donncrsbcrgcr. Edwin +. Getchell and
Walter II. Wilson. These gentlemen
are Of the highest standing in the pro-
fcssiOn, successful In their various
lines of business to the highest degree
and each has hosts of friends. They are
not candidates in the common accept,,-
ton of the term; In fact, several of
them declare stoutly that they are not
seeking the office. Yet, the position of
President of the Real Estate Board Is
so conspicuous and influential that a
dcclinatiOn to serve In case of an cleo
ton is an unheard of proceeding.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-15
THE NEW COUNTY BOARD.

The newly elected County Board bids
fair to distinguish itself In more ways
than one.
1t started out In its initial meeting In
large rumpus over the county patron
age. although the entire board Is Re.
publican. as was its predecessor, prac-
tically speaking.
In the middle Of this ructlOn comes
the black smudge of Doodle charges. 1t
certainly was startling to find board
In the very act of entering upon Office
discussing insinuatiOns of bribery
against some of It's own members. Be.
fore this smudge has been removed we
find this same County Board starting
out after another public official Of co.
ordinate power In different branch Of
the public service, namely, the States
Attorney, hurting Doodle charges Mt his
head and demanding that he submit
the affairs Of his office to their investl.
cation. Now this Is not merely surpris.
iilg--it would be laughablc were 1t not
for the natural Indignation aroused by
uncalled-fOr and reckless slur cast upon
an honorable public officer, Il good citi-
zen, and an upright, gOOd-hearted, ana
deservedly popular young man. Tho
Hon. Jacob Kern has filed the Office OF
States Attorney with ut least as much
ability and honesty as any Of his pre-
dccessOrs, and this slur comes with bad
grace from body which has already
bcsmirched itself. Would 1t not have
been more decent on the part of the
board to have waited until the Doodle
charges made against itself had been
Investigated before undertaking to in
vestigate the States Attorneys Office?
Would not the proposition have en-
anated with more grace from the lips
OF any other Commissioner than the
one whose name has been connected
with the unsavOry $4,O0O,OOO court
house bond proposition, which was so
emphatically repudiated by the people
at the last election and which would
have carried its author with 1t into OBJ
liviOn but for the landslide, which
would have elected ring-tailed mon
key on last falls Republican ticket!
No doubt there Is some sinister motive
back OF this attack upon Mr.. Kern.
There Is something more than mere
partisanship or politics In 1t, and doubt
less, too, Mr.. Kern will In due time and
In his own way uncover 1t.
That is. OF course. IL he notices the
matter at all. for there Is cOnsiderab BILE
doubt whether the Board of Commits
siOners can set any wheel of the county
machinery going that can pull Mr..
Kern or his office under the Jurisdiction
of the board for the purpose Of investi.
cation or anything else.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-15

but upon the force which IL honored
by his membership the encomiums of
the public and the press of all classes
and shades of political belief.
In the terrible Barnes murder trag-
edy Inspector Hunt has surpassed him
self.
Within forty eight hours after the
promised to be one of the darkest muir.
der mysteries that ever baflled the pO-
lice force of Chicago. Hunt had all
of the perpetrators behind prison bars.
their full confessions In hands. with the
details of the whole horrible crime laid
bare.
1t is conceded to he one of the finest
pieces of police and detective work
ever accomplished in Chicago or else
where. Chicago should be proud of Me
Hunt. Modest, unassuming. kind
hearted, whOle-souled fellow that he Is.
he claims no glory for duty well per-
formed. silent and retiring in council
or on parade, he is vcritable lion I'm
action and bloodhound In pursuit. Hunt
claims no glory, but the public of Chi
cago Is generous and he will receive
his reward. 1t Is not at all beyond the
possibilities that the SUPPLEMENTARY
of the police force of Chicago awaits
Mr.. Hunt some time In the future.
He deserves It and would be a credit
to the office, for he has no superior as
a police officer in this country. Mean
time The Eagle joins with the rest
of the community In saying, "Well
done, Me Hunt"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-15

Although Il comparatively young
man. Mr.. l.. q. MunfOrd Is considered
ono of the best all around lawyers at
the Chicago bar. lilo was born In
GAINESVILLE, Tenn. Feb. 13, 1854. and
IN "a scion of one of the oldest Southern
families, being u son of the late Hon.
VIM. b. MunfOrd, who was In his day
one Of the leading men of Tennessee.
being president of the Memphis, Clarks.
vile and Louisville Railroad Company,
also president Of the Bank of Tennes-
see. Mr. MunfOrd's mother Mrs.
Amanda q. Munford, who Is still liv-
Ing at the old MunfOrd homestead In
GAINESVILLE, Is now 20 years of age and
Is we'll known throughout the South.
having been corresponding secretary
and one Of the leading spirits In the
Tennessee Confederate Orphan Asy.
lum until that noble institution ac-
cOmplisled Its mission. The great
Wing leader, Gov. James g. Jones, Of
Tennessee, married Mr.. MunfOrd's aunt.
His uncle, Colonel Il. w. MunfOrd, was
member of the staff of Gen. Albert
Sidney Johnston. His Oldest brother,
VIM. b. Munford, who was killed at
the battle of Franklin, Tenn, was a
member OF Gen. VIM. A. Quarles' stan.
He Is also a brother of Judge Arthur
II. MunfOrd. now judge Of the Circuit
Court Of GAINESVILLE, Tenn.
The subject Of this sketch was edu.
Gated at Stuart College and admitted
TO the bar jan I, 1875, was elected city
attorney of Clarksville In February, 1876,
and was reelected tho following year.
He went to New York City IN 1881 AM
was ass~ciataaaI tlsssS IN tas psactice u
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-15

of the Treasury Benjamin II. Bristow
ana Hon. Edward II. Whitney, now
Assistant Attorney General of the Unit.
ed States, ana distinguished himself by
writing an article for the New York
Nation defending the settlement of the
Tennessee State debt, rs being Il wise,
just ana constitutional measure.
Mr.. MunfOrd was one Of the counsel
for the defense In the celebrated MUIR
der trial of Frank Rankin ut Louis
vile, Ky, IN 1854. and the Courier
Journal eulogized his speech as most
ably made In the presence of the largest
crowd ever seen In n Kentucky court
room. Ile was employed during the
years 1850 ana 1890 to assist the city
attorney OF Fort Worth. Texas. In some
important litigation. In May, 1891, Mr..
MunfOrd concluded to take up his life.
work In Chicago, city whose future
he believed In, ana whose Interests he.
Is ready to defend upon all occasions.
Mr.. MunfOrd has been employed In
several prominent cases In Chicago,
notably the Hall breach of PROMISE
case. the Pipp divorce case. the John
son murder trial and the suit of the
Metropolitan Elevated Railway Com
pany w. Yundt, ct III.
Being a man of more than ordinary
fierce OF character aud u faithful ad-
herent to any cause he embraces, he
has won the confidence and esteem of
his community and gives promise of a
future that shall confirm his right to a
leading place among ChicagO's most en-
tcrprising ana successful men. He Is u
.hbcY ~ tho lir'1 Of III ,:nGs Il Mum.
Sbed. III Unity Binding, and yesidea
Ut the Auditorium hotel.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-15

The Secretary of the Navy asks that
he be allowed to construct twelve
torpedo boats Of from 100 to 800 tons
each, to cost not exceeding an average
of $4,000. This IL not an unreasona-
BILE request, In view of the fact that
while the United States. with Its exten-
sive sea coast, has but six Of these
boats, including the three about to be
built, Argentina, Brazil and Chile have
twenty-five each, Germany 1877, En-
gland 175, and France 214. The value
OF these boats Is no generally recognized
abroad that large numbers of them are
being constructed for European navies
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-15

The Manchester Ship Canal. the
greatest experiment In municipal on.
tcrprise ever attempted In England. II
u disastrous failure. The earnings OF
che last eleven months We're only $500.
q00. which was II per cent. less than
vm working expenses. The trade OF
Me canal IL dwindling steadily ana
S!"r" Is no reasonable prospect of oh.
aiming nm adequate return for the 20
million dollars expended on the con.
,truction. The stockholders ana the
Manchester ratepayers are In despair
What to do with the canal IL with them
an important question. There Is talk
of turning 1t over to the state. bur this
transfer Is averrcd to DO impossible,
and II 80 the only recourse will be to
sell it to the railroads. which will repay
themselves by advancing their freight
rates after having bought up the COM
petition. The result might have been
expected from the beginning. The pro
jcctOrs ana supporters of the scheme
ought to have known how 1t would
work. that the railroads would bid
against the canal for the carrying bust
ness. and name figures sufficiently low
to abolish the induccment to patrOnize
the inland waterway between Man
chester and the sea. They might have
gained little useful liG'l, Oh the sub.
jcct by studying the history of the Erie
and Welland Canals on t;iis side of the
Atlantic. and then taking side glance
ut the commerce of the Illinois AMI
Michigan canal, which now consists
of hardly anything else than a few boat
loads of stone. They could have as.
certained that the bOatInen on the Erie
Canal complain that they cannot make
expenses, though the canal Is free. and
that an effort now Is being made to
induce the United States Government
to assume the cost OF operating the Ca.
madam canals because the Dominion
people end their costly canals do not
pay expenses.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-15

The people of Maine fear that the
wild game IN their forests will be en-
tirely destroyed, and more stringent
game laws have been enacted. Our
Northwestern States should see to 1t
that the pot and market hunters are
not allowed to shoot deer day beyond
the time allowed. The cold storage
houses of Chicago are to-day filed from
top to bottom with the carcasses of
deer The great fires drove them from
their old haunts. and they fell an easy
prey to the hunter.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-15
WELL DOVE. mex HUNT!

Once again The Eagle takes pleasure
In bearing testimony to the worth Of
that splendid police officer, Inspector
Nicholas Hunt. Time and again has
this man demonstrated his great abil-
ity both as detective and as gallant
police officer In times Of danger and
Of stern duty. lie las time and again
brought down not only upon h!uselc
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-15
our SPRINGFIELD BUREAU.

THE EAGLE will maintain q Bureau
at Springfield this winter In order to
keep Its readers we'll posted on the
work Of the two branches Of the
Legislature, as we'll as on the politi.
cal situation and the various phases
OF the Senatorial fight.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-15

Respectable people out driving will
find the Grand restaurant, Calumet
avenue and Thirty fifth street, near the
head Of the Grand boulevard, a splen.
lid place to stop for refreshments. Tho
bcst the market affords cau ~ found
there ct oil times.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-15

A telegram from the East states
George Gould Is In consultation with
a well-kn0wn bodybuilding firm rela.
tive to the construction Of q new cup
defender. 1t II creditable to the yOnng
man that fraction OF his millions IS
" w gwen gvr defense.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-15
The Eagles
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-15
PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITIES
For the Real Estate Board.

Members of the Real Estate Board
are filling In the aching void caused by
the absence of business by elcctioneer.
Ing. The campaign is essentially their
own. for the men worked for and
against are the officers of the board to
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-15
CURRENT COMMENT.

Residents Of the west end of the
Fourteenth Ward are bound to be rep.
resented in the City Council next
spring. TO this end they are pushing
Charles NJ. ok to the front. Mr.. ok
IL an old resident of the Fourteenth
Ward and very popular. He would
make an able member of the Council.
lie Is engaged in the real estate and
insurance business.
Col. John u. Adair, the able lawyer
and popular citizen, Is talked Of for
City Attorney next spring.
A great many prominent Twelfth
Ward Republicans IRE urging Francis
NJ. Woods TO accept the nomination for
Alderman. Mr.. Woods Is President Of
the Mcnoken Club, very popular, and n
warm friend Of Alderman Conrad Kah.
Ter. Ex-Ald. Martin can have the nOini.
nation for the asking, but, while he
Is not a candidate, II il claimed he will
spend 5000 II necessary to defeat Jim
Campbell, whom It Is rumorcd Twelfth
Na".'crs propose to relegatc to private
life this spring, having tired Of his &C.
ccntricities.
The young generation Of Twelfth
Ward Republicans are much pleased Oh
account of County Clerk KnOpf's hav-
ing given Mr.. Fred Sherman a perna-
ncnt position In his Office. Fred Is a
hustler ana his appointment Is II popu-
lar one.
Uncle Daniel w. Alderman. ex.Al.
derman of the Twenty.cighth Ward, IL
being urged to go back to the Council
next spring. but declines emphatically
In this instance. rs his business Occu-
pies 40 much Of his time he cannot see
his way clear to accept. He made the
best member ever sent to the Council
from the INventy.eigh Ward, and
was. In fact, one Of the ablest Of our
city fathers. He IL u gentleman Of az.
fable disposition, and mild AMI unas.
Stunning manners. and man of sterling
integrity. whose word Is as good rs his
bond. He numbers his friends by the
tlousnIIS, ana nus Us many uruent Nu-
mircrs among the Democrats Us among
his own people who belong to the
grand old party"
Among those prominently mentioned
by Republicans for alder..ianic hOnorS
In the Twelfth Ward, ana either of
whom would make live representa-.
tive of the people. are Mr.. John J.
Straw, the well.knOwn druggist, Wni
Il. Monroe, cX-wardcn Of the County
Hospital, ana eX-Alderman Alex.
White.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-15

submitted Mt the regular meeting In
January, ana must be posted by the
secretary on the bulletin board ut least
six days before the election.
1t Is quite likely that the committee
will report two tickets for the ensuing
election, ana 1t Is not ut all imprOba-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-15

Mr.. a. w. Ring. the popular boot and
shoe man. who is resident Of the
Twcnty-lifth Ward, IL likely to be
asked to accept the nomination for Al
dcrmnn In the spring, ana, II nomi.
mated, he will be elected by a hand.
some majority.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-15

and lively one, and several times the
propositions made by the nominating
committee have had very narrow IS.
capcs from defeat. Tho nominating
committee this year consists OF william
A. Bond. Edward =. Dreycr, Josiah l..
Lombard, Willis q. Jackson and Will.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-15

work of the nominating committee
somewhat arduous. because the riv.
airy between friends Of candidates
for the various offices, especially that
Of President, II fully rs pronounced rs
In n political contest. or late years
the campaign has been u protractcd
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-15

Col. John ID. Adair, the able lawyer
and popular citizen, Is talked Of for
City Attorney next spring.