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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-21
SPOKANE.
A West Virginiau'S View of That
Section Of the Great Northwest.

Spokane, Wash, February 5th, 1897.
Editor Wheeling Register.
Since leaving your section l have
settled in the great northwest in the
beautiful city of Spokane, Washington,
in the center of one of the greatest
farming, mining and fruit growing sec
tions OF the United States. When left
West Virginia | had round trip ticket,
expecting TO take a look at the country
and then return to the old home, but
the attractions Of this section were too
much for ne and | have cast my lot
among this thriving, bustling, growing
people, probably for life. While the
recollections of the old home are very
dear to me, the opportunities for get
ting ahead in the world are very great
inducements to a man Of my makeup.
Shortly after arriving here my atten-
ton was attracted to the mining re-
gions where men were making fortunes
out of small investments of capital and
the buoyant hopeful feeling which per
vaded the atmosphere soon took hold
upon me and ! am now engaged in MN
ing along with the other fellows, WIN
as good chances OF success as they Iiu
at the same stage | am now in. me
/ casual visitor TO Spokane will wonder
whence all the 10000 souls in this clly
come and wherewithal they are red ana
clothed. did the same, but a more III
innate acquaintance with the surround
ing country soon opened my eyes. Spo-
kane is situated, with reference TO the
mining and agricultural regions nlucn
the same as Denver is to Colorado on,
w mat the territory is much larger and
the resources more varied. To the
s south lies the great Palouse country,
. oagnificent wheat, cattle and fruit
growing section. East of it Hes the re-
nowned Couer d'Alene mining country
so famed for it's immense deposits Oh
Jead-silver and free milling gold ores.
west of il lies the great Big Bend wheat
belt and to the north, stretching away
for two hundred miles are the mines
of the Coville reservation, Trail Creek,
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Having occasion to do some important
service for the administration before his
term was over he had a powerful backing
when he went in for Mr.. MacMichaePs
seat in the Senate and won. His wife car
ried matters with rather high hand dur
ing his Senatorial service; and sometimes
when she met the wife Of the Spanish min
lister there seemed TO be battle royal in the
air for a moment, averted, however, by
the sweet frigidity that reduced the sur
rounding temperature below the necessary
heat of conflict. But the latten years have
been passed abroad, where her husband
has held important posts, and where,
whenever there has been a chance to
throw a strong light upon Spanish poll
cles. she has not wasted the opportunity.
| met Mrs Harry Bentinck the other day
in Washington. as beautiful. as imperial
as ever and It brought hen story TO mind.
I hardly thought she had come over with
the simple purpose Of seeing her children,
who are here al school In the resolve that
they shall be reared only as Americans.
And one may be quite sure that, whatever
may be going on to-day in-cuban affairs,
Mrs. Harry Bentinck is IN the midst OF It.
CThe End)
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speak to her of

What do you think of me? That
would ask young lady not to marry
you?"
1T might be as well to wait till you
knew that l myself had asked her to do
So"
Then it is not fixed-then you have
not
One thing that have done is to
give notice that l shall tomorrow ask
the attention of the House TO some re-
marks upon a resolution in favor Of ac
cording beliggerent rights to the Gu
bans"
Il think we will drive home, John
son-home," And Mrs. MacMichael
threw herself back in the corner of the
carriage and did not speak till 1t drew
I'D before the X street house. and Mr..
Bentinck sprang out and took off his
hat and offered her his hand to de-
scend.
How very silly you are!" she said
then. How very silly we roth are!
Come back. am goilng to the Airing
tom
And at the Arlington ii turned out
that the young Creole's mother, Vir-
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| is absolutely necessary you should nave
a change. If you stay here, you will
never recover
II do not know that 1 want to recov-
err" she sighed.
ct want you to do So" he said. "And
you must come away with me for 1t. You
must break off all these associations. You
must put the mourning. the past behind
you. You must come over seas and begin
new life-with me. Gloria"
Tears swan up as she lay there and
clouded the splendor of the great black
eyes. "There is something will say to
you," she said slowly. after a little while
Perhaps when you have heard II, you
will want nothing more of me. L have
put the past behind me, as you say. My
brother, till see him again. The free
dom of Cuba till q more fortunate day.
But that is not it. You must not look at
me. or l cannot say i'll 1t is this
when 1 first let you love me-when l.
when you-when I kissed you'll did not
love you. Oh. it is shame to me. thought
only of my country, and L thought Of what
your influence might be in delaying hostile
action. in intimidating the administration
even so little and giving us time; In bring
ing other friends in your train, in adding
70 our strength and numbers. And l
thought of your money and of our need Of
gunboats and of guns. l thought nothing
cf you-almost nothing, that Is. You see,
I did not love you then. 1 let you think
did You can never trust me again. And
now. now, / will tell you-it is shame, 1t
is humiliation, and you can cast me off II
YOU will-but 1 love you with my whole
heart and soulr And the next moment
the face that she had turned TO the wall
was caught back between his hands and
was covered with his kisses, and life was
mourning through all her veins again.
There was a very private wedding at
Mrs. MacMichaers, not long after that;
and Mrs. Harry Bentinck took a certain
proud pleasure in making wedding jour
ney TO Havana, where, as the wife OF an
American member of Congress. very beau
tiful very languid, very sumptuously ar
rayed, she could defy all the power Of
Spain with impunity.
It was not, however, long visit; for II
was not altogether safe; and, besides that
she had no idea Of her husbands resigning
his seat in Congress. On the whole, the
Cuban business had given him credit both
for enthusiasm and sincerity; It was I'M
derstood that he was owned by none Of the
great interests
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had been chatting Harry httle aDo'' i'''
wasted opportunities.
you will have to be picking ont place.
abroad Bentinck," he said. 'he1e
nothing on this side for you. You Il Dhd
It easier to resign your seat than TO face
your friends at home. You can't nave
London or Paris: they're occupied Anu
you're too young. But I~suppose YOU
could get SPAIN" he said slyly.
do Won imagine we could go 20 that un-
nameable country" cried Gloria An"
the 1--WE" made Harry's pulses leap She
had never been more beautiful than SIZE
was at that moment. The excitement ub-
der which she lived, for she was hour'"
expecting word from Virgilo, Kept her
eyes burning and her ivory pa'lor warm
with just a dream of life.
The day had been one of the delicious
DAYS that often come in Washington IN
mid-winter. like spring days wandering
backward. filling the air with rich earth
scents and touching the buds to swell
ing, the soft wind seeming TO dow out
OF some unknown region of Paradise, and
at it's close at last, in a dreamy mist
thundergust had gathered and had brok-
en- while they waited here; and then the
sunset had burst over the high heaven, as
II q. vast ruby had let out its secret,
TRANSFERRING the parallel marbles and
making the dome of the Capitol only a
rosy cloud.
The crimson light fell through tho
drawing room windows and kndled what
seemed a new depth in Gioria's smile,
and made one think of Galatea glowing
from marble to flesh.
She turned to look out at the splendor
of light and exclaimed, as a carriage at
that moment stopped below, why, there
Is my aunt! And who-why, it is the lit
tie appe-wom oh, it is General Piers
Petersen! He is back-so soon-they have
failed! And where, where, where is Yer
gilo!'
Almost as she spoke Nine. D'Arco was
in the room, majestic that moment with
love, with grief, with compassion, her
arms outstretched TO Gloria and the gen
eral towering behind her.
Gloria flung out her arms as II TO ward
them off. Il know 1t ALL" she cried. as If
that might hinder them.
YES" said the general, and was silent.
"My Gloria! My Gloria! sobbed Nine.
DArco.
Tell her tell her, general" cried his
wife. "Oh, Mrs. MacMichael"'
There was treachery," said the gener-
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thar he would at some time be called
10 me cabinet, and he would make his
fame md achieve his purpose IN snap
-r- enc policy Of the nation % MS viii
Whel t8 was weary OF tnat' elInef
tina Decus would have abolished the
di-lCmct body altogether, relying on
the consular service, or they "oulu
bsve raised certain posts 70 an am
~. -ad0rial rank, and he would pass
-,I~o wears in plenipOtentiary power
..b-~,5. not q position that would allow
G;, ~ he a dining and Wlning ana
sreecbm2king dgurant, with the real
-, +raDsacted over his head be-
60, the foreign office abroad ana the
e+,to donartment at home, but one re
-.,,frioe- lie best skill and knowledge
III ecnraqe. He did not by any means
+birl- Of himself in small way IT.
IN no seen. but &c was a sense OF con-
scioue mower that possessed nluh' anu
MOI I'm the least one OF personal vanity
r.--.,lv this unformulated thought
e.. se,ea OF conscious power Was SO
,[ +, him that the letters Oh MS
,onst ..ueuts failed TO proQuCS Slle en-
+t.- had been intended NY
ell ovav unanswered FOR Ihe present,
-. had better business IN manu- II U-o
-C+ Uccur to- MIN that ne was ss'Vli-
e-s,e, his future 10 passion lud.' do
A~cbimedes needed q place on "u WIFI
- sfana with his lever before moving
e.. rid. so q politician neeus Ioo1-
-, constituency, and no states
N..'- - 80 do ANYTHING IN the beglnnlns
Ia -, is rails. on the shoulders OF
u ,,l.5so-,le AN he thought was that ne
tuo 30 man to fall; that II one
W ,,,sra not possible. another Wa,
1ol-S for the rest. the love OF GLORIA
G hu &c S,,,.-,vas worth ell else that CeS-
Ca-lt - ~ offer. And he had re"cueu
Tiny -, - hero he was no longer con-
the Pr 'itL irs+ the bliss Of being allowed
ten 'iei- -, ,-os determined 20 be IoNeu
=. a'r- .,,--. vera not standing
Ro- --| ~ contrary. they We're NOV
20 viii ran ity. tleIy 'E5,.tjnct,or
h-+-ned with al 7nture % ~ sront and
,-erv day coming 10 1llo -,
cysre purchased anu ~, l, s7.,,-,,scts5
q. - for whatever might ~, - scfivitv
IL, ,r,ss CampeadOr's poll.lO,'I - was
% sort 90 public SEE e or,+b,siasn
VIZ regarded as the eu ,,aI ,,Csj-
--rrtv woman whose 800 -yScse who
OF q ~. not To be ignored - all
Zen, %.,I of their agents S,,n I'm their
by means .eosons for keepIhS NJ NJ
things n@S 90 themselves, ana sue - a.
kno% s.,ends had great latl'e .tror Nc hand
+orv movement. A'''0'
might interfere or the dinner Of high 61 e I0r
t T .sSc N who might n. nUl men mem
Ell ,,s dav care to have his 1 taEing out
a. Ia III that Mr.. Bent ,.ais seated be-
ano'p rlor ia. She was in . olaeH and there
slos lin cut jets, with with ne rom head to
Ing ~i Syiamond glitteTing, = tr tSe dead Of
OF Ike IN The melancholy OF Of nT rap nr1I
the oa i.'ression heightened me man
and s1PrSSi that made the yopp az her
OF Oe4't tYTemble as he iGoH oU air half
almost ,s verv silent, with d" md IL listen
distF RAJ, or rs knew not what, ,,,rmured by
ins sue Io' GOES tonight" she Ips' tcrumbled
and py ~ INV Virgilio' lot said her
me- =, round? on, yes. snT him. her
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''suI IS91, by Harrlett preecott

-'s'' by Harriet Prescott
Sponord)
SYNOPSIS
a.. ~ Harry iarry Bentick. at the time Of the
- - Cu d revolution, is a young mem
oV 80. oI congress, with great ability and
Iort0ne. He is popuiarlv snnDCseS ~
49,. - raining to succeed Senator Mac
, tI1SlI IN his position when that gen
t ttS-. retlres. One day. when Wis
rs the Senate, Bentlck is imressed
~ ne beauty and attractiveness of q
ySu-s cuban girl, Gloria Campeador.
~ ~'' y Is slItlng In the gallery. surrouuu-
- oy attentive admirers. She has been
oIOusAt up IN New York. but is devoted
~ L.e cuban cause. and has come 10
We 'lngton with her wealthy aunt.
1SIhe. - Arco, to further its interests.
DSi-,inek and Gloria become acOuaint-
ca ana she applies herself to the task
" fascinating him and securing his in
Iue1ce. He calls often and meets her
brother VirgiliO, who. with other Gu
oau A1herents, gains his interest in the
e-'Oit 20 nee Cuba. Just as he has fully
come under the glamour Of the girls
beauty, and has promised to devote him
SCI and his fortune 10 the revolution
ISIS, ne receives many letters from his
constituents, urging him TO resist the
encro2cnments OF the Cuban sympa-
t1iZers.
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When Mr.. Harry Bentick entered
pe--lcs, he had, perhaps, no very def
nt I'm. He certainly did not expect
SD pr president, as he knew that reward
ally falls, from long habit and neces-
,-r, not 20 the brilliant, the ardent. the
sreat. but 10 the man whose colorless
career has made no enemies. 10 the
stup.d, the cunning. or the obstinate,
- e available He had meant. how
ever to'lo one Of the Senators from his
Stat1. irst Of all; feeling that, short OF
NE premier Of Great Britain, no one on
earrl held a prOUder position than the
S5usrOr Of a sovereign State. After
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KILLING JEsrs.
New York Press.

New York Press.
Look alive. there" cacklei
~ Ptolemv H.. as party
burst through the side o..
@SSo use . returned the m -hI
mes III sadly: "they have u
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-01
Snain Coming to Time.

Havana, March 25.-General Lee is
quietly pushing for the release Of one
American after another, and one by
one they are coming out of prison.
The tone and manner of the
Spanish officials at the palace since
the stand he took in the Ruiz case
and since Mr.. Sherman took Office are
very satisfactory to the general. The
impression here is that there will he
no change of consul general soon on
account of the nearneSS of the hot
season, and of the unsettled cases.
The story that General Lee agreed
to SCOTS release on his promise to
leave the island is false. Scott will
leave because the authorities insist
on it. although they failed to convict
him.
Complaints are coming in from
American plantation owners that
strong efforts are being made to force
them to pay taxes. They resist be-
cause very few have been able to work
their land or grind their cane. The
government has not afforded Them
protection. NOtOnly have they made
on money for two years, but, owing
to Insufficient troops, their property
has been damaged or destroyed. They
have refused, therefore, to pay taxes
under such circumstances, and will
continue to refuse, pendinga decision
from Washington. This is one OF the
uueS, ions Mr.. Olney had under con-
sideration for Il long time and left m
settled.
A strong effort is being made to Sc
cure the release OF Ona Melton. one OF
the Competitor prisoners, on account
of sickness.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-01
Negroes Can Be rlade White,

Prof. Lucien ]. Blake of the chair
of electro chemistry of the Kansas
university said in a lecture recently:
The negro owes his color to a car.
bon pigment in the tissues OF the
skin.
IF current of electricity be sent
through the tissues of the body that
contains moisture, as all tissues Of the
body do, the tendency of the current
is to decOmpOse and transport certain
of the elements that make up those
tissues and liquids. Gold and silver
and all the metals are deposited out
of their solution by currents of elec-
tricity 10 this way ia the arts. If it
can be found that current of cleo
tricity will thus transport carbon out
Of its pigment layer, as found in the
negro, hen this pigment will lose its
black color. Whether this carbon can
thus be removed will have to be made
the subject Of experiments.
at is a fact well known to medicine
that certain diseases will make white
blOtches upon negrO's skin, and it is
equally we'll known that this result is
accomplished by the removal of the
carbon from the skin tissues. If this
process were known and could be &C.
cOmplished srtifcially, negro could,
beyond doubt, be made white at small
expense"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-01
The Kansas labor Report.

Tupeka. Kas., March 26.-Trades
unions, wage earners and general
manufacturing are the subjects dealt
with principally in the annual report
of the state bureau OF labor now ready
for The printer.
In regard to the packing industry,
the report says that it, while not
widely distributed, is the most i'm
portqnt in point Of magnitude in the
states commerce. Twelve of the
leading packers made reports showing
on total capital of sl4, 74S,5SS, a
slight increase over last year. Ten of
these plants were in operation all the
wear. and one of them ten months.
The business done shows a slight in
crease over last year and several of
the firms have made extensive ad'
di,ions to their plants, During the
wear 524.6S2 cattle, 37,2S7 calves. 4O5,-
72O sheep and l,l5S,93S hogs were
slaughtered. The value of the pro-
duct was $50, 742, 1886, the raw material
cost $4S, O27, 6lOand s3,4l4, S35 was spent
in wages. The wages of skilled labor
ors averaged s2.52 per day, and CON-
mon laborers sl.42 per day. The
average number of employees of these
plants was $3.50, and eleven of the
plants reported az increase of 10 per
cent in wages.
The report Of the milling Industry
was not so gratifying. Tue scarcity
of good milling wheat had made the
last two years especially severe on the
millers. On the whole fairly good
condition was reported, however, and
the large mills complained little.
Eigbty-four millers reported a capital
of s3.OlO,5is, which the report says is
not 40 per cent of the total Kansas
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-01
The Santa Ee's Big Deal.

The San Francisco Chronicle this
week sdy>:
a great railroad deal, the accom-
pIiSnlngnt OF which is near at hand
implies a revolution in trans-conti.
nenta! citations and the opening OF
the wc> cJasJ trade Of Mexico to Cal.
ifOrnia in general and to San Fran.
cisco in particular.
The parties to the arrangement are
the >0d.hern Pacific company and the
At;mern, To. eka & Santa Fe,. and
the Gea,contempIated is the exchange
in ownership Of Two long and import
ant stretches Of road. BY its cOnsum.
nation the Southern Pacific will en-.
ter into possession of a direct route 10
the city Of Guayamas on the Gulf Of
California, while the Great Eastern
organization will be able to reach the
Pacific seaboard over a line wholly in
dependent of the Southern Pacific and
owned wholly by itself.
The project is one of the biggest yet
conceived 10 transportation and in
wolves advantages of the most sub
stantial kind to The two corporations
involved as well as benefit to the COM
mercial interests Of California at
large.
The scheme includes the exchange,
pure and simple of the MOjaVe divis-
ion OF the Southern Pacific from
MOjave to the Needles for the New
Mexico and Arizona railroad and the
Sonora railroad at present owned and
operated by the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe. By this means the last
named road will be able by its Allan.
ia & Pacific and Southern California
railway to run its cars direct over its
own tracks into San Diego and Los
Angeles and will be in position TO
make connections when the Oppor-
tune moment arises with the San
Francisco and San Joaquin Valley
railroad which is rapidly building
south from Fresno towards Bakers
field.
On the other hand the Southern
Pacific will make connection at Ben
son, ARR, with the New Mexico and
Arizona railroad to NOgales and from
that point by the Sonora to the city
of GuayamaS.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-01
First published in VOICE Feb. %. 1897.
Publication Notice.
No. 1886.

No. $3.50.
State Of Kansas to Patrick O'COnnOr anC
Mary J. 0'COnnor his wife:
YOU and each If you will take notice that
L ;. L. COnklin. as plaintiff, did on the 26th
day I January 1897, file his petition in the
district court In and for Sumner county. state
Of X; nsas, against Patrick O'Connor. Mary
0'CCInor, his wife, Mary + Walker, W A
Noble and Mrs. W. A. Noble. his wife. as de.
fend nts, setting forth that defendants, Pat
rick Conner and Mary J. 0'ConnOr his wife
eXecU ted and delivered amortga to Jarvis.
COnklin Mortgage Trust company on the fol.
lowing scrlUeu lind, situated in the county
of Sumner and state Of Kansas, to-wit;
The south hslfCs) of section six C6) in TOWNSHIP
thirty-hve '3jl south, range two ~ west OF
the sixth principal meridian. containing
three hundred aud twenty c20) acres. more
or less, to secure the payment of the sum OF
$3.50, a. cOrding TO certain note or bond re-
ferred TO in SAID mortgage. and praying judg
ment against said defendants, Patrick O'Con
nor and Mary j. OCOnnor, his wife, for the
sum Of $3.50, now claimed to be due and un-
paid, with interest at twelve per cent. pei
annum from the first day of January, 1893 OF
that said premises be sold. without apprase.
ment, to pay The same. That you must ap.
pear and answer SAID petition on or before the
10th day Of April, 1897,
or said petition will be taken as true agains
you and each of you and judgment for sslC
amount and decree forever barring you Of
any right, title or interest IN and to said lands
after the sale thereof, will be rendered against
you. and further decree that said lands b.
sold 10 satisfy any sum found 10 be due
the plaintiff upon said note and mortgage.
Witness my hand and official seal, this q:
day of February. 1897.
tsEAL. W. NJ. COPELAND.
Clerk said District Court.
BY E. NJ. BELL. Deputy.
W. j. PATERSON, Attorney for Plaintiff.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-01
First Published in VOICE Mar. Il. lsg7.
Summons:

First Published in VOICE Mar II. lsg7.
Summons:
State Of Kansas TO T. W Coverdale and En-.
ma C0verdale, his wife, Susie A.COverdale.-
Coverdale, COverdale,- -Coverdale, heirs
at law of J. ID. Coverdale, deceased. whose
first names are 70 the plaintiff unknown,
Lydia +. Wilds and ]. Frank Wilds, her
husband, Sallie ]. Spruance and Louis J.
>pruance. her husband. J 2. COverdale aud
Nettle COvtrdae, his wife, W. T. Coverdale
and Minnie COverdale:
YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE that you have
i been sued in the district court OF Sumner
county, Kansas. by Pyle & Brown, and
that unless you answer the petition filed by
said plaintiff on or before the
1,d day Of April, 1897,
said petition will be taken as true and iudg.
ment rendered against you accordingly
f0reclOsing mortgage executed and
delivered by Sarah 4. roverdale and n
II COverdale TO The Southern Kansas Mort
gage Conn any, dated - on the
following described real estate in Sumner
County, Kansas, to-Wit
Lots four a.. five 81 and six in block seven "a
10 GOdfreys a ditiOn TO the town NOW city
q; Wellington, Kansas, and for the SAFE II
said real estate. with appraisement. 10 pay
the debt secure by said mortgage.
Witness my hand and the seal of said court
this 10Th day Of March. 1897.
". Nj. COPELAND.
Clerk Of said District Court.
BY f. NJ. BELL, Deputy.
HERRICK & ROGERS. Attorneys for Plaintiff.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-01

milling capital. Sixty-thfee mills re.
ported the total wheat ground as
6.625,346 bushels, costing S4,56S, SS4.
The total output of sixty-One mills
was 1858, $50 barrels Of flour. OF the
eighty-fOuT mills reporting sixty.six
are run by steam and the average
number of persons employed was 545.
Only thirty-ave of the two hundred
creameries reported. The value of
their product was 81, 229,lS9, and the
raw material cost 1868, 43l. The wages
amounted TO Sll6,3jl.