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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-17
MRS. ARLINGTON FINED s25.
Pronounced on Her For
Criminally LibeIing Judge Smith, The
Barnes Brothers Fined.

Yesterday morning in Wake Supe-
rior Court Judge McIver fined Mrs
Pattie d. b. Arlington $25 and costs,
for criminally Iibelling the memory Of
the late Chief Justice w. \. II. smith
The Barnes Bros, who printed THE
Criminal Docket" were also fined, X.
T.. Barnes,S5; Guy Y. Barnes, $50.
and II. J. barnes, $15.
The sentences are milder than was
expected, in view of the gravity Of
the offence.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-17
II NAY DO AS MUCH FOR YOU.

Mr.. Fred Miller, of Irving, H., writes
that he had a Severe Kidney trouble
for many years, with severe pans I'D
his back and also that his bladder was
affected. He tried many so-called Kid
ney cures but without any good re-
suit. About year ago he began use
of Electric Bitters and found relief at
once. Electric Bitters is especially a
dapted to cure Of all Kidney and Liver
troubles and often gives almost in
slant relief. One trial will prove our
statement. Price only soc. for large
bottle. At John Y. MacRae's Drug
Store.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-17
TEN CENT DAY AT DUGHFS NEXi
SATURDAY,.

London layer raisins, price poe
Saturday at Zoe.
Fresh nuts, price zee, Saturday ice.
Figs, price zoe, Saturday Zoe.
Loose raisins, price Zoe, Saturday 5c
Dates, price Zoe, Saturday Sc.
These prices are only for Saturday.
The goods are strictly fresh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-17

Edward Baxter Perry, the cele-
hrated blind pianist, appears at Metro
politap Hall the evening of January
27th. The paper for Donnelly and
Girard's famous farce comedy, "The
Rainmakers," was put up here yester-
day This company appears at the
Academy of Music on the 22nd.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-10-15
To the Voters of Sumner County

| am informed that someone has
started the report that have agreed
to select Mrs. Julia Harris as my as
sociate examiner in case of my cleo
tion to the Office Of superintendent Of
public instruction Of Sumner county.
l hereby declare that the report is
positively faE THAT Mrs. Harris never
mentioned the matter in any way TO
me, neither is such my intention. l
also will say, as it has been requested,
that l intend, if elected, to look after
the general good Of the schools of our
county, respecting the diploma exam.
nations as this is one thing l ar
ranged In some Valuoble points differ
ent from what it was when came in
Office. l only charged for the neces.
sary expense OF said work, to which
none objected that l know of.
Respectfully,
JOHN W. McLAUeHL1N.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-10-15

The Republican shouters Friday
night delineated a splendid defni-
ton of confidence. They had con-
6dence that the man they were
honoring was Fire Alarm Foraker,
and it worked all right. But it
makes them feel a little "panicky"
when "pay day" comes.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-10-15
Property Qualification.

A good deal was said about Bill
Hackney'S prophecy in his last let
ter, which the VOICE published, that
there would be demand among the
plF,ocrats before long for a property
Qualification for the ballot. 1t was
vigorously denounced as an extrava-
CANT prediction by some, but it
would seem by the following extract
from one of the Generals" speeches
at Kansas City, as reported by the
Kansas City World Of October 5th,
that Bill Hackney knew what he
was talking about:
General Howard, the next speaker,
said that his thoughts had taken a
different turn from that of Colonel
Blue, which were inclined to resurrect
the bloody shirt. He preached peace
and fraternity. The Democratic
party consisted OF three wings, he de-
Clared, one OF them being led by
Bryan. one by General Sickles with
100000 New York Democrats who
would vote for Mckinley, and one
being the Indianapolis wing. GEN
ERAL HOWARD SAID THAT HE
FAVORED RAISING THE STAN
DARD OF CITIZENSHIP BY
LETTING NO ONE VOTE WHO
COULD NOT READ, BY SHUT
TING OUT FOREIGNERS AND BY
PUTTING A PROPERTY QUAIL
FICATION ON THE BALLOT.
Call it plutOcracy if you will" he
said. General Howard said that he
was bimetallist, but preferred to
wait and get bimetallism sin the
right way"
1t seems that the prophecy of Bill
Hackney was even more ripe than
he supposed. Here is a man who
stands up in presidential campaign
and advocates a property quali6ca-
ZION on the ballot What do you
think Of that, you fellows who
haven't got any capital but your
muscle and your will9 Lett soak
awhile.
Col. Blue who preceded Gen.
Howard is reported as follows:
No statesmen were advocating
Bryan's election, he said. 1t was a
contest between the destructive and
constructive forces OF society. THE
FOLLOWERS OF JEFF DAVIS
! WERE RESPECTABLE, COLONEL
BLUE SAID, BESIDE THE FOL.
| LOWERS OF WILLIAM J.
| BRYAN.
What do you think Of that, com
ing from your congressman-at-largei
How do you think Blue compares
with Botkin, his opponent as man,
a brother and a citiIen1
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-10-15
CONGRESSIONAL.
COUNTY.
Caution!

The VOICE has been informed
that some people believe they can
vote fer the Middle of-the- Road
Watson electors and have their
votes counted for Bryan. THIS IS
A MISTAKE. We do not vote
directly for either of the candidates
for president or vice president. We
vote for ten electors, who afterward
meet and cast their votes for presi-
dent. In order to make our votes
count for Bryan we must elect the
ten men named on the ticket for
electors. Their names will be found
at the head of our editorial columns.
If you vote for the Middle Of the
Road electors, OF any other set Of
electors, you take that many votes
away from the regular Bryan ticket
and permit the Republican electoral
ticket to gain a plurality, in the
state, in which event Mckinley will
get the electoral vote of Kansas and
the opposition will have accom-
plished nothing but the defeat Of
both Bryan and Watson. There is
danger here. Let US be careful
Let US solidify on one set of elect.
ors. Do not be careless in making
out your ballot. See that you dc
not vote for the Middle of-the- RoaG
electors. If you do you throw YOU
vote away.
The electors on the regular tickle
are Watson electors, provided
Watson gets majority of tn,
electoral college outside of Kansas
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-10-15
Jerry on the Rack.

The Republican committee had a
stepographic report made of the
Long-Simpson debate, and the Mail
stated in its next issue after the de.
bate that it now had Mr.. Simpson
down in black and white, and would
take pleasure in dissecting him at
leisure. We have been waiting two
weeks fol Jerry to be put on the
rack, and if Mondays ins,allment
is a fair sample, the track" had as
we'll be torn down.
The Mail is very much troubled to
know how Jerry is going to bring the
gold dollar down from 200 cents and
silver up to meet it equitably with
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-10-15

Some are still harplng on the
wonderful increase of wheat produc-
ton in the Argentine Republic, and
urging it as cause for the decline
in the price. Since there are still a
less number of bushels to the indi-
vidual raised in the world than
before Argentine came into compe-
tition with US, We can't see why the
worlds price should be lowered on
account of Argentine. There is no
profit in robbing Peter to pay Paul.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-10-15

Stree the Long-Simpson joint de-
bate the POpOcrats Of this district
have discovered that no good comes
from joint debates. They have been
calling off all joint discussions in all
parts of the district.-Mail.
The Mail and the Wichita Eagle
are The only newspapers We have
noticed who have made this dis
covery. And they were the loudeSt
in claiming victory for Long Come
off, andyniasl
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-10-15

out having a $50 cent dollar. There
is nothing new about the point.
Long made it in his speech, and
really there is nothing in it. People
have intelligence enough to know
that the silver dollar Of today is a
80 cent dollar in bullion-measured
in gold-they have been told that
quite frequently by Republicans.
Well, now if we take half the stress
off of gold and place it on silver, we
reduce gold 100 per cent. and in
crease silver the same, which would
cause them to meet at about 100
cents; would it not, andy? Can you
figure, old boy? Get your pencil
and try it, and if you can't make it
out get Chester to help you.
Suppose you have two reservoirs
of the same size, side by side; one
has eight feet Of water and the other
two; suppose you connect them
with subterranean pipe; the water
would flow from the one into the
other until they reached a common
level, would it not? Any school boy
will tell you, andy, that that level
would be FIVE feet-the deeper basin
would come down three points while
the shallower one would rise three
feet. But it is useless to waste space
on so simple thing. The wiseacre
Of the Mail understands it, and so
does Chester, bat they have to have
something with which to fill in time
and space, and appear wise, and
give their blinded followers some
thing to confuse their minds and
hold them to the old party.
The second point the Mail makes
is that after "making the bold state
ment that the price Of gold had
doubled" Jerry said that "since 1874
England had arbitrarily by law fixed
the price of gold and it has not va
RED" To the Lord High Master of
Technicalities here is an apparent
contradiction, and he proceeds
at once to write Simpson down
as an arrant demagogue. But let
us see who is the demagoguel In
the latter case Jerry spoke OF the
nominal value of the gold dollar,
while in the former he spoke of its
relative value to other products. III
the gold dollar will buy twice as
much Of anything on the earth as it
did formerly, in other words, if its
purchasing power has doubled, its
relative value has doubled, while its
nominal value remains the same.
If the Mail can come no nearer
impenetratihg Simpsons speeches.
Gin black and white"-than its first
effort, we fear it will have to adopt
the Wichita plan Of "doctoripg."
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-10-15

At Hamilton, Ohio, a few evenings
ago delegation OF working men
marched and carried Bryan torches,
wearing masks to protect them from
anticipated discharge, should their
identity become known. The masks
were made of cloth.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-10-15
picious.

When ,he Republicans of Well
lington were cheering Fred Vande-
grift Friday night thinking he was
Foraker, they doubtless felt more
like shouting from the fact that they
were cheering good Democrat.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-10-15

The Republicans are as mute as a
mouse about having shouted and
cheered and extended unusual cour-
tesies to Democratic Kansas City
newspaper man last Friday night,
who was put up in their parade to
represent Foraker. Many think the
story was all a hoax. Fred Vande-
grift, the dummy, wrote it up for his
paper, the Kansas City Star, of last
Sunday, himself, and the burlesque
has been sent whirling around the
nation by the associated press.
Wellington people have been held
up to scorn all over the nation for
their apparent verdancy. 1t was a
great piece of deception played upon
our people.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-10-15

The VolcE hopes the Populists Of
Kansas will give Tom Watson the
marble heart. He has put himself
without the pale of Populist SYM
pathy. Let Republicans form his
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-10-15
President Cleveland was condemned

President Cleveland was condemned
by the POpOcratic national convention
for sending United States troops to
Chicago to save that city from pilage
and the ire-brand, For weeks past
the silver mines OF Leadville have
been and are still under the protec.
ton of United States troops, to enable
the silver mine owners to work their
mines with non-union men. How
does tcOme that not a word of coudem-
nation has been uttered by the POpo-
Gratis Of this action? Was it wrong to
protect Chicago. interstate commerce
and the United States mail in 1894,
and right to protect the silver mines
in 1S96?-Mail.
False again, Annaniasl No Unit
ed States troops are at Leadville.
They are all state troops, ordered
there by the governor Of Colorado.
When the state of Colorado fails to
put down instruction, should there
be any, the governor will call on the
president, whose duty it will be then
to supply troops. In Chicago, you
remember, the president did not wait
for the governor to ask for help. He
usurped the governors authority
Pullman and the railroads wanted
help to crush the backbone OF the
strike, and they got it quick. AND
they will set it quicker when MARI
Hanna gets control. Railroad mer
will make note Of this fact.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-10-15

If Fred Vandegrift ever comes
down to this town and plays Foraker
for the Republicans again we will
see that he is disciplined in the
Bryan party.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-10-15

Republicans cheered a Democrat
Friday night. How they do love to
be deceived.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-10-15

Fred Vandegrift is said to be a
better looking man than Foraker an
way.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-10-15

audiences everywhere. Principle is
greater than any individual, svea
when circumstances are not sus-
picious.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-10-15
AS TO CIRCULATION,

The American Newspaper Directory, pub
lished by Geo. P. Roweil & Co., New York.
gives the following rating to the VOICE:
ITO this paper is accorded larger circula-
ton rating than any other paper in Sumner
county gets ere It for. And the correctness
Of its rating is guaranteed by the publishers
Of this Directory, who will pay reward of
800 to the first person who successfully as
sails its accuracy"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-10-15

Republican papers seem to be do
ing all the advertising for Watson's
meetings in Kansas.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-10-15
People, S Voice.
By LYMAN NHUGLE.
TERMS: Sl.OO Per Year in Advance.
Official County Paper.

Office OF publications: East Harvey Avenue,
first door east Of postoffice, Wellington.
- Telephone No s..
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-10-15
N.R.P "A. K.R.P.A
THURSDAY, OCTOBER Is, 1876.
OUR TICKET.
NATIONAL.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.

For President. WILLIAM J. BRYAN
For Vica President {TH0MAS WATSON
~ IIN9-No"0 lOl ARTHUR SEMALL
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-07

. . .
der tho circumstances given them In
the transfer The first "trip was mndc,
leaving AiOundsvlllr at noon aud Sec
Onh trip was mn1D by tho same boat
Into In the afternoon The Eliza II.
wnH also used In transferring.
An lntolliEchcOr reporter mndr tho
trip from Wheeling aud return and
viewed tho scene Of destruction along
tho route. Tho Pittsburgh, Ohio VAL
ley and Cincinnati railroad, on the
west Hl1r OF thu river Is covered all
along from AioundSvlllc tn WcEcc and
IN many places tn track IL washed
out and hangs over the river bank. The
telephone lines were down through tho
"narrOws," Tile electric ear tracks In
the same vicinity are bndly damaged
and much OF the track Is pushed out OF
position,
In tho ROgcrson oil field n great deal
OF damage lAsrGpOrtCd, hut no definite
Information has been received rs Ia It's
extent Late last night It was learn.
ed tho damage was not great.
East Of MOundSvillr trains were dc.
lnycd ton hours during tho night. by
land slides nlOns the baltimore n Ohio
road The town OF lluSnCssburE. o..
was completely wished away. Hardly u
A'u'v icHHhliih SbhllHhISt nut ny u MIR
aclc Tho residents saved their lives,
There can DO no estimate mnde OF tho
damage, but II will run UP into the
thOuSanda All the crops nlOng tn
crooks In the lOwlandS nro destroyed
Crews were working all night on both
roads and u rivalry seems to be exist
Ing between the two railroad companies
as TO which one VIII get trcstlcs built
first. ready for running trains through.
l}y ibis evening It IL expected that the
Two fOAls VIII be Open lnmInrnrLlY
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-07

two reports OF drowning are reported
but the narrow escapes were many.
AT MoundsvilIc the heavy iron
bridges Of the Baltimore & Ohio and
Ohio River railroads across Little
Grave Creek were washed out. The
south abutments were weakened by
the waters and finally SuccumDed, 60
Ing down with n crash early yesterday
morning. The Ohio River bridge went
ont at about $50 n. IN. and about half
hour later the Baltimore x Ohio bridge
gave way. Both bridges HrC darnoliSh-
ed. The former was carried II hundred
yards out into the river. phc other fell
down into the creek. The north abut-
ments OF both bridges are standing, but
they nrc thought to be unsafe. y great
hole Is washed where the old ahutmcnts
stood and II Is not certain that Il fhun-
dalton can be secured again. but that
the tracks will have to be moved out or
their present course.
The supcrintcndcnts and officials Of
both railroads arrived early IN the
morning on special trains md begun TO
lay their plans for repairing the wreck
age.
The baltimore 6 Ohio camp ground
switch IN also washed away for several
hundred feet. The low wooden bridges
are entirely gone.
At the "narrows" above MOundsvillc,
for distance OF mile the hillside
slipped down. covering the baltimore
IL Ohio track completely with mud,
stone, trees and rubbish several feet
deep. Wrrcking crews were gathered
up along the road and sent Mt once to
the scene OF destruction and set IL work.
clearing on the debris. Late last night
III" track wnE cleared NJ that one pas
%cmEGr, train could he run to the
M0undsvlli" bridge where the transfer
OF passengers. baggage. express and
mails was made by way OF the county
road bridge. which luckily escaped de-
structlOn. but which Is reported In an
unsafe condition.
Arrangements were made nj the car
Hest possible time with the steamer
Jewel by both railroads to transfer
their passengers to Wheeling. The
passengers had every convenience un-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-07

90 heavily that It was practlcallyn cloud
burst. Here In Wheeling tn. rain was
not felt to. a great extent. hut 10 the
south OF the city on both sides Of the
river an immense amount OF water TEL,
All OF the tributaries OF the Ohio. includ-
Ing Wheeling creek md Its branches.
Cnldwells run, BOGES run. JimS run.
Grave creek, all on tn" West Virginia
side OF the river. and Wheeling creek,
weSee creek. Pipe creek and smaller
streams over the river In Belmont coun-
~. put out immense quantities Of water.
, so much 80 TINT the Ohio river raised
several feet during the morning.
The loss OF lie was small. only three
persons being drowned, Mrs. Berry
and her infant daughter. and
the Richie child. whose sad ending
Is described elsewhere. The property
loss Is immense and Is difficult TO esti-
mate this morning. The Terminal rail-
road will loss heavily by the falling in
OF It's trestle work above It's passenger
station, and the loss of the Baltimore 4
Ohio through the destruction OF the
northern span OF the bridge that sup
ported the train shed Of the passenger
station and the falling In Of an ad-
joining bridge. will be great. In add
ton the Baltimore * Ohio company SUI
4 lerfu Ut MOEUuSN lIle as pTlhaI'N u.s.
where by the washing away of Its bridge
over Crave creek. also In the Mar
rows" above Monudsville. where there
was an extensive landslide.
Over the river the Bellalrs. GAINESVILLE
& Cincinnati road suffered greatly on
Wegee creek. and the Ohio Valley rad.
btween BellaIre and Powhatan. did not
escape The MoundSvillc & Benwood
electric road also suffered heavily by the
washing away OF the Marshall county
road In the "NarrOws."
Altogether the damage to the railroad
companies in this vicinity will reach
from $4,000 to 100000. possibly more.
The loss by landowners. particularly
farmers, along the creeks that r1E "ut.
will be hard to estimate, but II Will reach
fully as high figure as the railroad
companies losses. One man. ex-Sherir
/. Lewis Stcenrod, lost fully 500 by the de-
structIon OF growing crops on his farm
near Mt. d. Chuntal Though thc rain
storm did not extend north OF Wheeling.
the wind was heavy early yesterday
morning and destroyed fields Of stand
ing wheat and oats.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-07
EAST OF THE CITY.

A Scene Of Devastation Along tho Hot
toms of Zig nnd Middle Wheeling
Crtrks-A ihrr Lost Ia MnrNi,nii County
The Sconc along the bottoms OF Biz
Wheeling and Middle Wheeling creeks
rs seen yesterday afternoon after the
Hood had begun to Subsidc was one "
destruction and devastation. At the
stone bridge Of the baltimore 4 Ohio
road, just before the tunnel Is reached.
there II acre on acre OF wrcCkngu heap
I'd upNagninst the bridge. II IA cStima-
ted that the farmers OF the two Wheel.
Ing creeks have lost IN the nclghb3r-
hood Of 5000 chlckcns,und OF TINT NUM-
Der Il appears as though 0nc-half have
lodged against the Baltimore 4 Ohio
bridge east Of the city. In fact, there
Is city OF hen houses piled UP there,
but Il IL 4 city OF the dead.
farther out the creek In the neighbour
hood OF MI. lie Chantnl. the bottom
lands were overlooked by tho creek yes
tcrdNy morning md great damage done
to cultivated fields. MIR. Lewis Stccnr0d
estimates that his loss will reach 500.
and others have lost about az much. II
will be difficult matter to get an rsti-
mate OF the loss on crops, but the figure
Will reach Into the tens OF thousands
without doubt.
The waters were beyond the limits OF
the creek at n number of places between