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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-13

adverse winds drove her to sea. Later
again the winds shifted and despite the
determined efforts of the crew to save her
she struck bow on upon a rocky reef
twelve miles to the westward from Carma-
nah Point. The vessel Immediately swung
around and soon, broadside to the break
ers, was piled among the. sharp rocks of
the rect, where she will remain until the
action cf the sea breaks her to pieces.
AS soon as it became apparent that the
vessel was lost the men set about to reach
the shore-a difficult task in the icy waters
and terrible surf that was running.
Finally after several attempts a sailor
named Chamberlin swan to the beach
with rope and later on breeches buoy
was arranged, upon which all except the
captain were taken ashore in safety. The
old skipper, go years of age, in some way
lost his hold and had to be drawn through
the raging surf hanging head downward,
suspended by one foot, which had become
entangled in the ropes.
The weather was bitter cold and eyerv
man was drenched, some being entirely
nuoe. A count of the crew showed that
the second mate and two men were miss
ing, but there are none to account for their
loss.
The landing was made at the bottom OF
a cliff covered with snow, and over the top
of this was the only means OF escape. A
sailor finally succeeded in scaling it, and
then with a line to help them the others
assembled. Here they found telegraph
line, and one party started east while the
other went west in the hopes of reaching
some settlement. No habltation was
reached and night came upon the stranded
mariners. The parties became separated
and each man was left to care for himself.
The westward crowd had not proceeded
far when they came to river that it was
impossible to ford. They then retraced
their steps, during the trip coming upon
the body Of their master and three men
who had succumbed to the extreme cold.
The bodies were found covered with snow.
and in that condition were left.
Arriving back at the vessel they found
the sea calm, and in lifeboat which had
come ashore the survivors returned to the
vessel. They were pillaging the cabin OF
the captain, when the mate returned. He
ordered the men to desist, and while at
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-13

Chamberlain, London; Cum berliss, Greece ;
Cousin, England; Heath, Russian; Ro-
sario, Manila; Carpenter, England; Will
son, Scotland.
The Cowan viii be total loss. She is a
four-masted steel bark of $500 TONS and
was built at Glasgow, Scotland, six years
ago. She was owned by the Shanklands.
She is still standing on her keel, but there
is no hope of saving her. as she is pinned
fast to the rocks. The Cowan was built by
J. E. Russell at cost of 5000, and is
said to be insured for 100000 At the pres
ent time, the crew now says, she is going
to piecesfast.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-13
CHAMPIONS AMERICA.
John Ditton's Utterances Upon thu Vere-
zHeIdn COntrOeersu.

DUBLIN, IRELAND, Jan. 12.-John
Dillon, the well-known Irish member of
the House ol Commons, delivered speech
in this city to-day, in which he constituted
himself champion of the United States
in its dispute with Great Britain anent the
Guiana boundary.
He said that if Lord Salisbury main
tanned his present lines there would be a
terrible crisis, but if it was proposed to
drag the two countries into war on grounds
appearing to be grossly unjust the Irish
party would be heard from on the floor of
the House of Commons.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-13
SHOT BY MOoNsHINERs.
4 Hunter disseminated in the Mountains
of Alabama,

A Hunter Assasstnated in the Mountains
of alabama.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN, Jan PA. P.
Collins, superintendent of the Tecumseh
(Ala.) Iron Company and prominent
citizen, was assassinated Saturday. He
and his two sons went several miles from
the town on a squirrel hunt. When a
short distance from an Illicit STILL run by
gang of notorious moonshiners, he was
shot.
1t is supposed that the shooting was
done to prevent the discovery OF the hid
den still. The lads escaped. No arrests
have been made
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-13

work and sleepless nights. The machinery
of the whole system is demoralized.
business man feels that he cannot afford to
be i'll enough to quit work He drags along
day after day. makes bad deals, says the
wrong thing, and health and business coll
lapse together. There's no need of either
disaster DR.. Pierces Pleasant Pellets are
a gentle, effective renovator of both storn-
ach and bowels. They assist nature with
out threatening to tear the body piece-meal.
There are no gripping pains, no nausea.
One is barely perceptible laxative. Two
give more noticeable results, and they may
be continued until the system is throughly
renovated, strengthened, and put into har-
mony with nature. One need not tear
habit" of taking the Pleasant Pellets. "
AS soon as health is restored they may be
discarded without a return of illness be-
cause of their absence. Therefore, you
don't become slave to their use.
A GREAT BOOK FREE.
When Dr. R. v Pierce. of Buffalo, N Y, pub
Hshed the first edition of his work, The Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser, he announced
that after 68oooo copies had been sold at the reg
ular price $3.50 per copy, the Proht on which
would repay him for the great amount OF labor
and money expended in producing It. he would
distribute the next half million Jres AS this
number of copies has already been sold, he -
now distributing absolutely FREE 500 900 copies OF
this most complete. interesting and valuable
common sense medical work ever published
the recipient only being required 10 malI 10 MN,
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cent stamps TO cover cost of mailing ony and the
book will be sent postpaid. Is VerltaDle med
ical library, complete in one volume 1t contains
over 1000 pages and more than 900 illustrations.
The Free Edition is precisely the same as thoS0
sold at 81 50 except only that the books are bound
In strong MANILA paper covers instead of cloth.
Send NOW before all are given away; ..
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-13
DECLARED INVALID.
Judge Man,UeIps Opinion on the Nebraska
Sugar Bounty Act.

UUtTttUTI
Sugar Bounty 4ct.
LINCOLN, NEBR., Jan. u. - Samuel
Maxwell, ex-Chief Justice of the Nebraska
Supreme Court, has written an opinion
declaring the sugar bounty law passed by
the last Legislature unconstitutional, in
that bounty for both sugar and chicory
was provided in the same bill. He also
declares that the warrants issued for the
payment of the bounty are illegal, because
they could not be legally issued, no
specific appropriation having been made
for them.
Justice Maxwell has been retained to
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-13
Thre,c Concentrated Lye.

CINCINNATI, ONO, Jan. 12.-Joe Nc
Cowinski, proprietor of the new Gait House
restaurant, was blinded this evening by
Joe Coleman, a cook, who threw concen-
trated lye in his eyes as the result of
quarrel. McCowinski was talking to Liz
zie Waldron, waitress, at the time and
portion of the lye entered her ewes. 1t is
believed both will lose their sight.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-13
NoRMAN'S NEW PLAN,
Easy Method of Settling the anglo
american Dispute.

american Dispute.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 12.-Henry
Norman, the special commissioner of the
London Daily Chronicle, cabling to his
paper before leaving Washington to-day,
says:
There is a simpler solution of the
present difficulty and restoration of cordial
relations between England and America
than any have yet suggested.
''Why should not Lord Salisbury attach
to the Bering Sea arbitration treaty, which
is about to be returned to the American
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-13
Turfman Perru Dend.

New YORK. N. Y, Jan. 12.-Homer S.
Perry, well-known authority on horse
racing, died tonight of heart disease and
congestion of the lungs. Mr.. Perry has
been ailing for several days. Perry for
many years kept the stud book published
ny Kellogg. He was 81 years of age.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-13
GLADsToNE,s rIEw UNCHANGED
The Er-Premier StiH a Firms Belieper.
in arbitration.

LONDON, ENG, Jan. 12.-The Daily
Chronicle, whose dispatches from Wash
ington anent the Venezuelan dispute have
attracted much attention, telegraphed yes
terday to Mr.. Gladstone, who is at Biar-
ritz, France, asking:
"Can you, with reference to the pending
controversies, reafirm your agreement
with the House of Commons resolution in
favor of arbitration between the United
States and Great Britain?''
In reply which the Chronicle will pub
lish tomorrow, Mr.. Gladstone says:
"My opinion on arbitration is un-
changed, but l think that cannot use-
fully appear in public discussion at this
moment" :"
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test the constitutionality of the law, and
action will begin this week. Many
thousands of dollars are involved in the
case, which excites much interest.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-13
DIED IN THE FLAMES.
Il Negro Murderer Refuses to Enserf
From q BMrnit,n HIT.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Jan. 12.-Near
Newmansville, in Alachua County, yes
terday, a posse chased Harry Jordan,
negro, wanted for assaulting DR.. McCIoud,
into an unoccupied hut. Jordan refused
to surrender and fired on the posse. The
building was then fired and the negro
perished.
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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-06-04

Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky.
Tennessee, West Virginia. Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Flor
ida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and
Louisiana all combined. These six
teen states are nearly sixteen times
as large and have more than four
times as many people as New York.
Why this reversal?
Rhode Island, another one of these
same New England states, is perhaps
the most barren patch on the CONT
nent. 1t is not as large as the two
smallest counties Of Arkansas. lt'has
less than One-third as many people as
Arkansas, yet this little patch Of sand
and stone and salt water grew in
wealth during tue last decade forty
one millions more than the four great
states Of Illinois, Indiana. South Car
Dina and Mississippi. all combined.
These four states are 1876 times as
large and have tTenty-One times as
many people as Rhode Island-just as
earnest, just as honest, just as indus
trious people, al! toiling just as eager
to make wealth.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-06-04

same experts" and by means Of the
same kind Of corrupt law that they
afterwards again doubled theirlwealth
by curtailing the supply Of metallic
money by one half in 1873, thus in
creasing their wealth $50 per cent by
sheer legislation from 1854 TO 1879
s. Experts" who are 50 fruitful
Of excuses, calmly tell the people that
tue existing condition Of low prices
and approaching money and debts
are the result Of oyerproduction.
OF course We must admit that tex
perts' really believe this, for they
are accustomed to believe anything
however false or foolish, which
is to their interests to believe. But
the census reports brand this as
another falsehOod.
In the State of Illinois alone the
farmers and laborers have suffered a
loss during the last decade Of an
amount equal 10 the growth OF her
cities plus $50, 100000, and during the
last year, from 1893 to 1894, OF s24,
100000, a total loss of $3.50, 0OO,OO
Need ! tell you that this means
that they are unable TO purchase or
consume goods by this large amount
in one single State. II you curtail
demand you necessarily curtail SUP
ply, for nobody will produce il they
cannot sell. Ifyou curtail supply you
necessary curtail labor and machinery
engaged in making this supply. So
your COxey armies Of tramps and your
smokeless factories are the logical 7
necessarily inevitable result Of
expert" legislation OF the past tweli@
ty-five years.
Have ever king, Clergy and nobility
in Europe or the Orient plundered
people more ruthlessly however much
more extensively under the guise Of
law, than our own experts" to whose
tender care you so considerably CON-
mend the American people?
Mr.. Cleveland you and your Tex
pert" associates labJr under the mis-
take that you can fool the people all
the time. Your mistake would De
ludicrOus If it were not pregnant with
such evil pOrteDt-a pOrtent fOrbear
TO discuss because | shu1der TO con-
template.
But, Mr.. Cleveland, a parting word
o. admonition. You and the holders
of these stolen millions-none the lsss
stolen because wrung from a patient
people under the forms Of law-would
do well not to forget that lesson Of
history, Whom the gods wish to de-
strOy they first make mad" am,
with great respect for your Office,
W. NJ. FIsHBACK.
Fort Smith, Ark, March 81, 1896.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-06-04
RAILROAD TIME CARD.
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Nos. and 3 run through TO Fl Worth with
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al trsins run daily.
Free reclining chair cars on all passengers
10 Kansas City and st.Joe. where direct con-
nertion Is made with all lines north. east
San Antonio. Tickets sold and baggage
checked 10 all important points 10 the UNI
ted States and Canada.
E.F. HIGeISs. Agent
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-06-04

1t is favorable part Of the schemes
Of yourself and allies to avoid a dis
cussion of financial questions, as
usual among intelligent men, upon
history and experience, but boldly TO
predict all sorts Of calamities the bet
ter to hide the ealamities that already
exist a d TO denOunce those who are
guided 10 their reasoning by the ex-
perience Of the past as ''cranks, +"
'knayes." etc. With a lofty, super
cillious self Importance, too, born of
the impudence Of unholy wealth, the
advocates of your schemes, in the face
Of all experience, in the face OF the
most cherished doctrines Of Demo
cratic institutions, calmly tell the
people that they are unfit TO discuss
their finances. but should leave all
such questions to experts"
IL would be affectatiOn in me. Mr..
Cleveland, to suppose you have not
read history. Assuming that you
have. will you point OFT single des'
pOtism that ever reared itself upon
the necks Of an enslaved people,
which had not for its foundation
stone this very same doctrine, that
governmental affairs should be left to
experts And is there anything
in all history to lead US to suppose
that the characteristics Of the breed
are not the same everywhere, wheth'
er in Europe. the Orient or in the
United States? True they are called
10 monarchical countries king, clergy
and nobility, while here they are cal
led fnaaciers. True, too, you have
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-06-04
THE ATCHIsON, TOPEKA 4 SANTA FE
RAILWAY COMPANY.
ARRIVALS.

ARRIVALS.
From north and east
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80. Kansas division
No, 28. Express 9:i5 q m
No. 2ie, Accom- 300 d m
From the west
No 2Oi. Passeng7 1890 D IN
From the south,
Hunnewell branch
No. i36 Accom- $50 a m
DEPARTURES
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-06-04

Is it possible, Mr.. Cleveland, to sup.
pose from these facts, that, left to in
herent, withdrawing capacity, any
part OF the New England or the Mid
die states could ever successfully COM
pete with the South? and particularly
since her labor became free?
Yet mark the overwhelming re-
yersal after our laws began to create
wealth for a favored few.
In the last decade, from 1880 to
1890, Massachusetts,, one Of these same
New England states. grew in wealth
in these ten years eleven millions
more than Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois,
Indiana, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi
and Louisiana, all combined.
These are ten among the most fer
tile states OF our Union, and are sixty
one times as large and have nine times
as many, and just as industrious peo-
pie as Massachusetts,.
Ask and answer to yourself, Mr.
Cleveland, why this wonderful con-
trast of the two periods?
Pennsylvania, one of the most bar
rem of these same Middle states. that
the South was so surprising during
the first decade, in the last decade,
from 1880 to 1890, grew in wealth thir
teen millions more than Kansas, Ne
braSka, Iowa, Illinois. Indiana. Ken
lucky, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima. Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis-
sisSippi aud Louisiana all combined
These sixteen states are nearly fif
teen times as large and have more
than four times as many people a,
Pennsylvania. Why this remarkable
change? New York, another one O.
these same Middle states, grew il
wealth during the last decade sever
millions more than Kansas, Nebraska
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-06-04
AN OPEN LETTER To CLEVELAND,
Ex-Governor Fishback of Arkansas Is the
Writer of the Letter.
Striking Statistics Showing Enrichment of the
East and ImpOverisfment of the West.
This Is Not Due to Tariff Legislation, but to Cur
renCy Legislation Since the War.

Hon. Grover Cleveland. President of the
United States:
Dear Sir: Your evident determine
ton to force upon the Democratic
marty the alternative Of adoption Of
YOUR financial schemes Il use the
word adviSedlyJ or disruption of our
great organization, imposes upon ev-
cry patriotic Democrat in the United
States the duty Of speaking out in in
dignant protest.
l feel it especially incumbent upon
myself since having 1een invited by
the National Democratic committee
to canvass Indiana and New York in
your behalf, during the presidential
campaign, and having, Iregret to say,
cheerfnlly complied with their re-
quest under the belief that you were
an honorable man, vino would carry
out the pledges Of the party to the
people, am not willing by my silence
to become particepS criminiS to the
inexcuSable deception through which
YOU attained a second term in the
presidency.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-06-04

people, | am not willing by my silence
to become a particeps criminiS to the
inexcusable deception through which
you attained a second term in the
presidency.
There is abroad iE the land, Mr..
Cleveland, a not unfonnded suspicion
that you are not aware Of the exist
ence Except upon the map Of any
other portion OF the great country
over which you preside, than New
York and the states east of the ALE
ghenies and north of the Potomac.
If you were aware of the existence
Of this great outlying empire, includ,
ing the rest Of our Union, it would be
difficult to decide whether you were
recklesSly ignorant or criminally reck-
less of its interests. q
The founders of our government
wisely ordained that a national census
should be taken every ten years. For
what purpose, do you suppose, Mr..
Cleveland? Was it for mere fun? Was
it not that every intelligent voter and
especially every government official
might learn what effect upon national
prosperity national policies were pro-
duCing?
Our constitution makes it hy impli-
cation one of the most important du-
ties of the chief executive to study
these census reports and to make such
recommendations to the congress as
his information derived from this and
other sources may suggest.
II you have not studied these Gen.
sus reports in regard to the effect Of
national policies upon national pros
perity, you are recklessly ignorant
and are unworthy Of the exalted posi-
tiOn to which a connding people have
elevated you.
If you have studied these reports
and have seen how s.artlingly the
prediction of Mr.. Carlisle has been
verified, so far as the West aud South
are concerned, as we'll as certain
classes Of other sections, when he said
February q, 1878;
"The conspiracy which seems g
have been formed here and in Europe
to destroy by legislation and other
wise from three-seyenthS to one-half
Of the metallic money Of the world, il
the most gigantic crime of this or any
other age. The cOnsummation OF
such scheme would ultimately en-
tail more misery upon the human race
than all the wars, pest:lence and fam.
ines that ever occurred in the history
az tho world -
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-06-04

For an illustration, a few, corrupt
government officials, together with a
syndicate Of money-lenders, might
accumulate several millions of wealth
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-06-04

Then your reckless disregard of the
rights and interests Of upwards of ten
elevenths Of our Union is a crime-a
crime against justice, crime against
humanity and treason TO your cOur-
try.
am unwilling to believe that you
are criminal, but shall assume that
you must be ignorant OF the discloS'
ureS of the census reports, and have
therefore imposed upon myself the
task of calling your attention to few
statistical facts which might wei
startle every thoughtful, patriotic
man in the United States.
shall also assume that you are slf
iciently informed to know that it i,
an automatic truth of political econo'
my that not accumulation of wealth
but its proper distribution, is the tru,
measure of the prosperity Of the PEG
pie.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-06-04

by issuing national bonds of a cOun-
try and mOrtgaging without their
consent the entire property Of the
people to secure their payment, but
this corrupt accumulation of wealth
would be scarcely regarded as an evil
dence of the prosperity of the people
who would have it to pay. Quite the
reverse.
Congestion of wealth in the body
polite is as much an evidence of dis
ease as congestion of the blood in the
animal body. That such a congestion
has taken place in this country, let
the following facts from the census
reports abundantly attest:
That you may appreciate the full
force of these startling statistical dis
closures. let me resort to comparison
and contrast Of periods.
| select the last decade before the
Civil war, from 1850 to 1860, when
economic Conditions in the United
States were normal and our govern.
ment had not yet entered into cor
rupt alliances with the law.created
wealth of the world, and the last de-
cade, since the war, from 1880 to 1890,
as being freest from the complications
of war and reconstruction.
In 1850 the New England and Mid
die states combined land these are
the only states whose interests you
seem to think entitled to your cOnsid-
Grafton had more than twice as many
miles Of railroad as THE South" Ten
years afterwards, in 1860, "the South"
had 3S7 miles more than they.
In 1850 the New England and Mid.
die states combined had $3.50, 900, 900
more of wealth than"tAe South" Ten
years afterwards, in 1860, 1.-The South"
had S75O,OOO,OOO more than they.
During this decade the New Eng
land and Middle states combined in
creased their wealth s2,46O,OOO, 900,
while the South increased theirs
3,4SO, 100000, or upward of a thousan nd
millions more than all New England
and the Middle states combined.
In 1860, although the South had less
than One-fourth Of the population of
the Union and less than one-third,
including slaves, and though the white
men OF the South did little or no
work, while the negro did only so
much as he was compelled to do, and
although the South had but little over
half as much invested in farms as the
balance Of the Union, yet she pro-
duced three hundred and twenty.seyen
millions more of agricultural products
than all the rest Of the United States
combined.