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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-12-30

LOCAL EVENTS.

/ LOCAL EVENTS. !
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Uhas. Harrison was down from Zyba
Friday.
A.E.Alexander was in from Mayfeld
Monday.
MM.Barnard of Caldwell was in the
pity Friday.
Commissioner Tom Murphy was up
from Corbin Friday.
Jas. Fl. Franklin dentist office over
security State Bank. If
S. P. Herrick, father Of Judge J. T
ierrick, is very sick.
Geo. Johnson was in from Seventy
TX township Thursday.
Edward Swanson Of Mulyale, was
bere Thursday on business.
Willis Folks returned Friday morn
ing from the City Of Mexico.
Milton Strait and A. E. McKib1en
ere in from Milan Monday.
Harry Buttrey has purchased two
bicycles for himself and Mrs. Buttrey.
Just try 1Oc. box Of Cascarets, the
4 tast liver and bowel regulator ever
If
Creighton has gone to Topeka
knd the State Teachers associa.
Is Pills act easily and promptly
liver and bowels. Cure sick
and Mrs. NJ. E. Heeney of Rock
8 OF, were shopping in the city
huNday.
Nrs.AJ, j. HOge went to Arkansas
" Saturday to visit a week with
e friends.
E. R. DeYoe has purchased a we'll
9rilling machine and is ready to an
Ever all calls. tt
School report blanks at the VOICE
Pfice Sevcnty-fve cents hundred or
pne cent each. I'll
Clarence WeDger came down from
Kansas City Saturday evening to visit
ing the holidays.
lit W0rdeu left over the Rock
mud last Thursday for visit at his
Id home in Iowa.
A new phone has been placed in
lyman Naugles residence on Syly9nJ
Heights, 1t is No. 80. !
Mr.. Bunker, son of one of the
pOuS Siamese twins, was in from
ian Thursday morning.
IT. and Mrs. John R. Sparr visited
ASparr'S parents in Wichita
Is day and Sunday.
Trainer mills are shut down !
fgoing repairs. The capacity
e mill wills be increased.
e1Ada Robinson of Kingfsher
is visiting her parents in the
She arrived last Friday.
irwin left over the Rock Island |
Nday morning for his old home at |
esVille, o., to visit awhile.
he final settlement of George W. |
Fry guardian of George N. Avery,
been made in probate court.
IS Alice Hinchcliffe went toI
rned Saturday to visit a week with
sister, Mrs. W. j. Crumpton.
football game between yelling.
and Winfield has been matched |
New Years day at this place.
Willis Cole and sister, students of
Winfield college, are spending the |
DlldayS at their home in this city.
Born, the 22d, to Mr.. and Mrs. !
Ow Popplewell, living near Rome. a |
FL All concerned are doing well.
V. B. Holmes arrived from Den
turday evening on a visit to his
here. He likes Denver very
Rlnnlng the fifteenth of January !
Santa Re fast mail service from
Sas City will be extended to Cald. |
large two story building is in |
OF erection at Riverdale. A
Hiding is also being built at
arnhill Of Fort Worth, Tex,
the city Saturday morning
to his sister, Mrs. W. NJ.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-12-30

We know Of no review published. in thI,
country or In Europe, which combines 50 success
tuHy as the AMERICAN MONTHLY the alerness.
timeiiness. and energy Of journalism with the
sound Judgment carefully weighed opinion, exact
knowledge. and weil-chosen English Of the purely
literary periodical. The Onoos.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-12-30

the month, Of the political, the
economic, and literary happenings
which are Of value to intelligen;
men and women. The Editor,
Progress Of the World" tells sue-
einetly an illustrated story Of the
month. The LEADING Articles"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-12-30

the opinions which the readers Of
the AMERICAN MONTHLY
have seen fit to express. These
are thinking business men, clergy
men, editors, lawyers professors,
engineers the wids-awake women
Of America. They write that the
AMERICAN MONTHLY "is
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-12-30

impossible to promise particular features that will appear IN ns
AEKCAN MONTHLY" during the coming year. for Il is as the
S0os01an sy great monthly newspaper" As such It prints 70,
Us Racers an illustrated account Of the notable things which make the history Of
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-08
Robbed q Church.

Oakland, Cal Jan. 5.-The com.
munion service of the Sacred Heart
church was stolen by irreverent thieves
last night. They stripped the taber-
nacle on the altar of all its vessels, and
carried the safe which contained most
of the service to convenient point
near the church, where they blew it up.
The work was evidently done by ex.
perts. The crime was not discovered
until this morning.
The principal articles stolen were a
silver chalice, taken from the safe, two
ciboriums, also of silver, and silver
paten. Melted down, the value of the
silver would hardly exceed $50.
Sacred Heart church was robbed in a
similar manner six " ars ago, and Fa-
ther L, Sierra, the pastor, this morning
said that it was possible that both rob-
berries were committed by the same
thief. The church was recently pre-
sented with very valuable communion
service. and it is thought that this was
what the thieves were after.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-08
A sNoW-BoUNo TRAIN.
Passengers ON the Santa Fe Road Did
Not Go Hungry.

Passengers ON the Santa Fe Road Did
Not Go Hungry.
Topeka, Kan, Jan. Passengers
on the Colorado express, westbound,
on the Santa Fe road, had trying ex-
perience in Sundays blizzard. At 1880
O'Clock in the morning, at point ten
miles east of Dodge City, Kan, the
train stuck fast in deep cut that. had
been filled with snow, and until noon
following not wheel was turned.
The passengers were warm and COM
Portable in the cars, and when, after
nearly ten hours imprisonment, they
began clamoring for something to eat,
the trainmen proved equal to the emer-
gency. In the express car the con-
ductor found several crates of eggs and
several pals of fresh oysters. The ex-
pressman had some cornmeal and salt
and pepper, which he had been carry
ing for an emergency. The trainmen
then turned in with these articles and
prepared a Sunday dinner, that was
served to the hungry passengers on
pieces of pasteboard, shortly before
noon. Six tramps who had been rid
ing on the brakebeams were called in
and partook of the express messengers
bounty.
Railroad traffic throughout Kansas
was considerably delayed on Sunday,
but today reports from throughout the
state indicate that the storm is subsid-
inU+s
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-08
WILL APPOINT CIVILIANS.
Corps of Inspectors of steel Will Be
lncl eased.

Corps of Inspectors of Steel Will Be
lncl eased.
Washington, Jan. 5 Secretary Her
bert has practically decided to increase
the present naval corps of inspectors of
steel used in the construction of naval
vessels Of the United States by the ap.
pointment Of number of expert civil
ians. At conference held by the sec-
retary with Assistant Secretary Nc
Adoo, Naval Constructor Hichborn
and number of bureau chiefs, the SUBJ
ject was fully discussed, and it was the
opinion of all present that the situation
demanded this action. 1t was repre-
sented that the number of naval in
spectors suitable for the duty was not
sufficient for the needs of the service.
Captain Mccormick and Chief Engi-
neer Smith, of the Norfolk navy-yard,
are expected to arrive here soon, when
the details preliminary to the appoint
ments will be completed. It is thought
that the civil service commission will
be called upon to furnish at once
twelve or fifteen men who. by rigid ex-
animation, have proved themselves ex-
perts in this line, and when secured,
they probably will be distributed
among the works now furnishing the
steel and iron used in the construction
of our naval vessels. The experts will
be sent to Bethlehem, the Cranegie,
the Phoenix, the Vail. the Thorlow and
the Midvale works.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-08
SURPLUS IN DECEMBER.
Government Receipts Larger Than
Expenditures.

Government Receipts Larger Than
Expenditures.
Washington, Jan. 5.-The monthly
comparative statement of the govern.
ment's receipts and expenditures
shows the total receipts for December
to have been $25.S57,114; expendi-
lures, $23. .812, ,664, which leaves sur.
plus for the month of So, ,044, 450. For
the six months of the fiscal year, how
ever, the deficit is shown to be $37,-
902,39 This is the second time with
in year receipts have exceeded the ex-
penditures.
The surplus this month is largely
accounted for by partial receipts from
the recent sale of first mortgage bonds
for the Pacific railroads belonging to
the Central Pacific sinking fund, which
appears in the statement as repay
ment to the civil and miscellaneous
expenditures. The independents bond
transactions surplus would have been
about 100000. Receipts from GUS
toms in December amounted to $10.-
779,412 an increase for the month of
about $8O0,0 900. Internal revenue re-
ceipts aggregated $53, 1913, 998, nomi-
nal gain over November.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-08
CLOSING UP THE OLD YEAR
Triple Murder in an Atlanta
Boarding House.
THE ACT OF AN INSANE MAN
of the Boarders Concluded That
All Must Go-TXo BADLY Hurt.

Guests We're at Dinner When One
of the Boarders Concluded That
All Must Go-Two Badly Hurt.
Atlanta, Ga, Jan. "A triple MUIR
Ter was committed New Years eve in
4 boarding house kept by Mr.. and Mrs.
g.. w. Allen, at Poplar Springs, SUBJ
arb of this city.
just. as the inmates of the house were
sitting down at the supper table, Theo-
dore Flanagan, boarder, entered the
aining-room, smiling and greeting the
guests with ':Good evening, my
friends. y He added: 'The old year
is going, and I think all of us would
be better if we were done with it. T"
he then whipped out revolver and
shouted: "Prepare to meet your God
sonight.
Without further warning, he fred
into the affrighted people. The first
bullet went crashing through the brain
Of Mrs. Allen, an old lady of 65. She
fell to the floor dead. without word.
u. w. Allen, aged 70, was the next
victim to fall. The next bullet killed
Miss Ruth Slack, the 18-year. old
daughter of Colonel Slack, of Green's
boro. Ga, who had arrived at the
house on visit. Other boarders ran
out into the street to seek safety, two
of them badly wounded by the flying
bullets. Flanagan is now in Jail,
having narrowly escaped lynohing. He
feigns drunkenness, but the testimony
Of all who were present was that the
man was perfectly sober when the
shooting occurred.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-08
THE RECALL OF wEYLsR.
The Orders. Tt is Said, Will Very Soon
BE Issued.

New York, Jan. 6-News has been
received by the Cuban junta from
Washington that the Spanish govern
ment has positively determined to re-
call Captain-General Weyler.
General Primo de Rivera, it is said,
will succeed General Weyler in Cuba.
He is captain-general in the Spanish
army, and in favor with the Canoyas
government.
Minister Taylor, it is said, informed
Secretary Olney several days ago that
the authorities at Madrid were on the
point of relieving General Weyler of his
command in Cuba and of appointing as
his successor Captain General Rivera.
Reasons We're given in brief why a
change was deemed advisable and a
statement was made as to the probable
time when the orders would be pro1nrif-
gated.
1t is. learned the Madrid government
is displeased at the fact that General
Weyler, with about 200, 900 troops, has,
not put down the Cuban revolt. 5Hg
has expended large sums of money,
but so far has made no decided head
way in accomplishing his main object,
that of quelling the insurrection and
restoring peace and good order in Cuba
His troops have been victorious on oc-
casions, but they also have met defeat
and the total result, considering
Spain's outlay in life and treasure, is,
far from satisfactory.
Too much may have been expected of
Weyler; just as the exaction was too
great in the case of Campos. Still,
the one great requirement, success, has
not been fulfilled, and Weyler has con-
sequently fallen in official esteem in
Madrid.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-08
Death of c. ii. Lewis.

Portland, Or, Jan. &C. H Lewis
the best-known of Portland's mer
chants, passed peacefully away at 2:4'
this morning, after AN illness of twf
days, from paralysis. He was sur
rounded by his family at his. death, bu!
was unconscious to the last Mr.
Lewis was stricken with paralysis Sat
urday afternoon while ON his way te
business. He was Immediately taken
to his home and given al theassistance
that medical skill could provide, but
gradually sank and fingered until his
death. His wonderful vitality was all
that held death at bay SO long. The
paralysis at first extended only over
one side, and DR.. Holt G. Wilson, his
nephew and physician, hoped that the
stroke might be only temporary. But
paralysis at Mr.. Lewis advanced age
almost invariably proves fatal, and the
case Of Portland's greatest merchant
proved MO exception to the rule.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-08
SLAVERY IN NICARAGUA.
A Terrible State of fairs in the Labo
Market.

Terrible State of fairs in the Labor
Market.
Managua, Nicaragua, Jan. ga
terrible state of affairs prevails in the
labor market here, and the system of
selling labor has reduced very large
numbers of men, women and children
to state of slavery. Owners of coffee
estates recently held a meeting, with
the object of influencing the govern
ment of Nicaragua to establish in Cuba
a labor agency to induce Cuban la
borers to migrate to Nicaragua. Men
and women here are now endeavoring
by every possible means, excepting an
armed revolution, to escape from the
servitude incident to the sale of their la
Dor, authorized by the constitution of
Nicaragua and enforced as vigorously
as possible by military power, until the
money for goods advanced to them and
interest thereon, and heavy fines for
delinquency, have been paid in full by
labor, at low rates. This years crop
of coffee in Nicaragua is estimated at
about 80 per cent Of full crop. The
deficiency has been caused by INSULT
cient rains during the year. The
twigs on which the coffee crop of
1897 is to be borne are from drought
SO small and short as not to be able to
yield full crop in many estates in
Nicaragua next year.
!. A number of persons in Nicaragua,
especially in the eastern portion, are
making preparations to cultivate sugar
cane instead of coffee, as heretofore.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-08
JUMPED INTO THE LAKE.
Banker Hammond, of Chicago. Took
His Own Life.

Banker Hammond, of Chicago, Took
| His Own Life.
Chicago, Jan. 5.-W. A. Hammond,
vice-president of the National Bank of
Illinois, committed suicide during the
night by jumping into Lake Michigan.
Hammond called on Percy Palmer,
an old friend and confidential adviser,
at 8 o'clock last evening. He talked
gloomily about future prospects. About
II o'clock Hammond went home, and
at 1880 retired for the night. He and
his wife slept in adjacent rooms.
Early this morning Mrs. Hammond
discovered her husband gone, and noti-
fed friends, who found a trail of scraps
pier at Dempster street. The rain had
soaked the scraps of paper and made
the contents almost illegible.
The ifesaving crew was notified, and
began search for the body. a tug
Was aiso sent from Chicago Sqs .ts,s
same purpose.
Sixteen-yesr- old W. F. Rodney with
companion, was walking along the
beach in the vicinity of Church street,
when they sighted the body floating
only few feet from the shore. An
ambulance was called and the body
was removed to an undertaking estab-
lishment, where it was soon identified
by friends. Mrs. Hammond is COM
pletely prostrated and under the con-
stant care of a physician. The ex-
banker was the father Of four children.
Hammond is said to have been the
business head of the bank since Presi-
dent Schneider was too feeble to do
practical work, and the large loans to
the Calumet Electric Company and
others, which resulted in closing the
bank, are understood to have been
made by Hammond.
Hammond was accused of being
''kiter," deceiving the directors of the
bank and depesitors and deliberately
violating the national bank laws. His
alleged Irregularities were said to have
begun many years ago, when it is al
legged he began to use the money and
credit of the bank in outside specula-
tions in such manner as to deceive
the directors and bank examiners.
Even old employees of the bank are said
to have been unaware of what was 60
ing on.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-08
THE ARTICLES SIGNED.
fftzsimmons Has Agreed to Meet Cor
bett on March II.

New York, Jan. 6.-The only hitch
which now>seems possible to prevent
the meeting of Corbett and Fitzsim-
mons will be the failure of Stuart to
secure place where they may settle
the long -talked-of contest. On De-
cember z, James J. Corbett affixed his
singature to the articles of agreement.
This afternoon, Fitzsimmons, accom-
panied by his manager, met Dan Stuart
at Jersey City, and Fitzsimmons signed
his name underneath Corbett's on the
articles.
As to the side bet, Fitzsmmons said
he would put up from $5, 900 to SIC, 900
There was very little quibbling and it
looked as if all parties concerned were
in earnest about wishing to decide who
is to be the recognized heavyweight
champion of the world.
The articles call for purse of SIS,
900 to be given to the wig and each
of the principals to posgS So, 500 in the
hands of stakeholder to guarantee an
appearance in the ring, the one failing
to live up to this agreemet to forfeit to
the other and Stuart. ;. AS guarantee
of good faith, Stuart agrees to post
SIS, 900 with stakeholder, to be divid-
ed between Corbett and Fitzsimmons,
if he (Stuart) fails to carry out the
provisions incorporated in the agree
ment. Stuart further agrees to post
the remainder of the purse, SO, 1000, in
the hands of stakeholder, thirty days
prior to the date of the contest, and
that the said $1,000 will be forfeited
by him to Corebtt and Fitzsimmons, if
Stuart fails to bring off the contest on
March II. Five-ounce gloves are to
be used.
George: Siler, of Chicago, is agreed
upon as referee, and Fitzsimmons de-
cided that Al Smith of New York,
was satisfactory as stakeholder for
him. Stuart refused to say where he
expected to bring the mill off, but the
articles called for him to notify the
pugilists of the place. one month prior
to the date of the contest
Fitzsimmons' right hand was band
aged fronisthe effects of his fight with
Sharkey, when he received an injury
to one of his knuckles in delivering a
blow. Julian, his manager, would
not say where or when Fitzsimmons
would go into training, as he had not
yet made arrangements.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-08
OUTRAGE AND MURDER.
A Man and Woman Charged With Kill.
ing a Little Girl.

A Man and Woman Charged With Kill
ing Little Girl.
Topeka, Kan, Jan. Al B. Viii.
liams, aged 80, and Mrs. Jane Mayes,
aged 81, living north of this place,
were arrested today, charged with the
outrage and murder Of Anna Belle
Williams. the 12-year-old girl whose
body was found Wednesday near Eu-
dora. The body bears evidence of
dreadful assault on it's person. The
finger marks on the neck and body
shows that the murderous fend who
committed the assault covered up his
foul work in sealing her lips with
death by strangulation. Williams is
the father of the girl and accuses the
Mayes woman of the deed. The pair
agreed to take the girl to Kansas City,
in order to have her placed on a poor
farm, the woman to accompany the
girl. She says that when they reached
Eudora she became sick, and a strange
man offered to take care of the girl.
That is the last she saw of Belle. The
pair are in Jail, and the officers expect
to prove deliberate scheme to make
away with the girl.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-08
the Panama Canal.

New York, Jan. GA Herald dis
patch from Panama says: Much COM
ment has been caused here by the pub
lication of dispatch from Paris which
states that extraordinary efforts are be-
ing made to reorganize the Panama
Canal Company. The fact is that a
new canal company was formed two
years ago and work has been going for
ward on large scale for some time.
At present the company employs nearly
8, 200 men.
Your correspondent interviewed sew
eral officials of the company. They in
formed him the report was premature.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-08
FLOOD AND BLIZZARD.
Terrible Weather in the Mississippi
Valley States.

|
Valley States.
Chicago, Jan. 5.-From all parts of
the West, reports of damage by food
and storm during the last twenty-four
hours are coming. In Illinois, heavy
rain has fallen, streams are flooded,
making the roads impossible and dam
aging winter wheat. Joliet is threat
ened with one of the worst floods in its
history. Hickory and Spring creeks
are out of their banks, and the Des-
PLANES river and the lower level of the
canal has raised sixteen inches today.
Families are moving out of their
houses, and lowlands are flooded. Wa
ter is sweeping through the lumber
yards, and the Rock Island track is sub
merged in the vicinity of Lacon.
Wheat has been damaged badly by the
twenty four hours rain, and the roads
are impossible. The Sanagmon river
is rising, threatening destruction to
thousands of bushels of corn. 1t has
rained for sixty hours, and is still rain
ing, but growing colder.
In Northern Michigan the rain is
also severe. Near Menominee, it has
rained for forty eight hours. Logging
has been suspended. Ice gorges at
Fisher and other points on the Menom-
inee river threaten serious consequences
to Menominee and Marinette.
In Minnesota blizzard ragged all
day with alternating rain and sIees
South Dakota suffered a severe snow
storm, which prevailed all day. The
snow drifted and railroad blockade
is feared.
Nebraska is suffering from the worst
blizzard it has experienced for years.
Snow was twelve inches on the level
tonight, and the wind piled great
drifts six and seven feet high. Trains
are delayed in the vicinity of Hastings.
Tonight binding snow is falling and
sharp wind blowing. At Grand
Island there are several feet of snow in
the Union Pacific yards.