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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-08-11
Another Santa Ee Extension.

Fort Stockton, Tex, Aug. 3.-The
News that the Santa Fe will extend
Its San Angelo branch ten miles west
OF that place is hailed here as an in-
dication that the company intends to
push on to the much rumored cOnneC-
ton with the PeCOS Valley and North
western at PecOs City. The most
practical route would be by way of
Fort Stockton. 1t is stated that the
extension is to be made merely to &C.
commodate stock shippers, WHO can
not well drive through the fenced-up
country near San Angelo, but the
people refuse to believe that. 1t has
been stated for some time that the
Santa Fe has gained control OF the
PecOs Valley road, with which it will
have connection at the northern ter
mlnal as soon as the extension to
Amarillo iscompleted, and this makes
it seem probable that a connection
will be formed between the San An.
gelO branch Of the Santa Fe and the
southern terminal Of the PecoS Valley.
Such a connecting line would take a
very large live stock business away
from the Texas & Pacific and the
Southern Pacific.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-08-11

Sheriff Heskett returned Thursday
from Topeka. where he went with the
expectation of getting reQui>ition
for Sam Smith, to bring him back
from the Indian Territory. The sher-
if had nU authority TO receive Il
requiStlon without the consent Of
Warden Lands, from whose charge
Smith escaped. 1t is understood that
the warden had a deputy in Nowata
when Smith was caught, and the dep.
uty will take him back to the peni.
Tertiary unless Smith is recognized as
one of the men who held up the Frisco
at AndovPr and is turned over to the
authorities of the express company.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-08-11
Flowing with Steam.

Probably the only steam pillow in
Sumner county, if not 10 southern
Kansas, is now in operation ten miles
southeast O. this city.
1t is being run by the well known
thresher, Walter Mikes. The ground
operated upon was in wheat, but the
wheat was pot cut, having been cap.
tured by that beautiful exotic, the
Kansas sanfower, which now covers
the ground with dense growth from
six to twelve feet high. Mr.. Mikes is
using his eighteen horse power thresh-
Ing engine, which Is warranted to pull
six fourteen inch plows cutting six
inches in depth. Atpresent, however,
in the trial Mr.. Mikes is using but
four Dlows. 1t would be utterly i'm
possible to get a team through the
forest which covers the ground, but
the engine walks through without
difficulty and covers the entire growth.
The test is not to determine whether
it will Ilow, this having already been
demonstrated, but whether 1t will be
dS cheap as horse pOwer.-CUnway
Springs Truth.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-08-11

get out of sight 10 the slush and
bushes. He is short, straight fellow
with almost no mustache, though
nis mustache was always mentioned
in connection with his scrapes. He is
not a pleasant looking man in any
respect. The Indian looks very little
like an Indian and is even smaller
than Smith. Today they will he
taken to Ell Dorado, the Frisco rob-
berry having occurred in Butler county.
Both men escaped from the peniten.
tiary June "a"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-08-11

Sam Smith and his partner, Tom
Wind, the Quarter-breed Indian, are
in Wichita, where they were taken by
Wells-FargO special detectives. They
will be taken to Butler county, where
the Frisco h0ld-gp occurred. The au.
thorities maintain that Smith and
Wind helped rob the train. Saturday
mornings Eagle says:
marshal Sid 8lakeman of Leon,
with WellS-Fargo Special Agent Hard
ing, arrived here yesterday with Sam
Smith and Tom Wind, the outlaws
who are wanted foe stealing horses in
Sumner and Sedgwick counties aud
attempting to roo the Wells-Fargo
safe at AndOver on Saturday night,
July Is. The train stopped at An
dover for few minutes and the peo-
pie who witnessed the attempted
hold-up came to the train and identi-
Ted both the men. An old white hat
which the men lost on the night of
the robbery on the prairie near An
dover was put on Smiths head and
: Instantly he threw his hand over his
mouth and refused to look at the
crowd. When Smith was caught he
had On plug hat and was dressed to
initiate clergyman as nearly as he
could. Marshal Brakeman, who lives
at Leon, beyond Andover, was the
man who first suggested the clue that
led to the finding and capture of the
men. He wasaccOmpanied to Nowata,
twenty-fOur miles south OF Coffeyville,
BY the Frisco and Wells-Fargo special
men. Wind, the half.bresd, was
captured while riding through an
alley, and damned into jail. Smith,
as Rev. Blank, was in a private house.
and the oficers had located him.
When the man Of the house was mott
fed that Smith was wanted, he told
Smith that they were after him and
he would have to get out as some OF
his family were sick and he didn't
want any shooting. Smith flew out
at the back door with double. barrel.
ed shotgun and ran headlong into a
creek some 200 or 300 yards away.
Several shots were fred. Smith lost
his gun in the water of the creek.
When he saw that he could go no fur.
ther without being caught, he lay
down in a mud hole and attempted to
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-08-11
The DREADED CONSUMPTION
I: A. Slocum: ". c., the Great Chemist and
Scientist, Will Send Free, to the Afflicted
Three Bottles Of His Newly Discovered
Remedies to Cure Consumption
and All Ling Trouhlas

Remedies TO Cure Consumption
and All Lung Troubles.
Nothing could be fairer. more philanthron,c
or carry more JOY TO the afflicted. than The
oner OF I. A. Slocum. NJ. c., OF lS3 Pearl
street, New York City.
CONFIDENT that he has discovered An shso-
lutte cure for consumption and all pulmonsrv
complaints, and to make It's great merits
known, he will send, free. three bottles m
medicine, to any reader Of the VOICy who "a
suffering from chest. bronchial. throat and
lung troubles or consumption.
Already this new scientific course of med
icine" has permanently cured thousands ~
apparently hopeless cases. "a
The doctor considers il his RELIGIONS dntv-
duty which he owes TO humanity~to donate
his infallible cure.
Offered freely, is enough to commend II
and more so IS the perfect Confidence of the
great chemist making the Proposition.
He has proved the dreaded consnunt,or IN
De durable disease beyond any doubt.
There Will De no mistake in seudinr-the
mistake viii be In Overlooking the generous
invitation. He has on die in his American
and European laboratories testiu. onials OF ex.
perience from those cured, in ali parts Of the
Don't delay until 1t Is too late. Address T.
A. Slocum, N. G., IS Pine street. New Yori
ana when writing the doctor, please give ex-
press and postofice address. and mention
reading this article In the people VOICE.
wellington, Kansas. : ' - 'o''-'
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-08-11

1t absolutely has no equal and all
Others who claim theirs Is as good as
Beggs' German Salve are imitators.
A fair trial will convince any one that
there isnopreparation yet discovered,
that stands even an equal in allaying
pain and in its healing qualities. tf
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-08-11
Give the Children n Drink

called Grain-O. 1t is a delicious,
appetzing, nourishing food drink to
take the place Of coffee. Sold BY all
grocers and liked by all who have
used it because when properly pre-
pared II tastes like the finest coffee
but is free from all its injurious pro-
perties. Grain-O aids digestion and
strengthens the nerves. 1t is not a
stimulaat but health builder, and
children, as well as adults, can drink
1t with great benefit. Costs about
I as muoa as coffee. Is and Csc.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-08-11
Sam SHiIh Caught,

Sheriff HeSkett received a telegram
On the Sd from NJ, NJ. Couch, a deputy
United States marshal at Nowata, l.
T., that Sam Smith, the Walton
township outlaw, who escaped from
the penitentiary at Lansing June "a,
had been caught. Tom Wind, the
quarter-breed Indian, who escaped at
the same time, was caught with him.
The sheriff left for Topeka that night
after reQuisi'ion papers.
The capture of Smith and Wind at
NOwata, in the Cherokee nation, puts
sudden stop to the talk that the
outlaws are at the home OF Tom
Hicks Wright near Belle Plaine
During all Of the rumors persistently
circulated to that effect the sheriff
has maintained a dignifed composure
and held to the theory that Smith
would be first heard from in the terri.
tory or New Mexico. Now that the
outlaws have been caught the sheriff
admits that he has been pretty close
onto the heels of Smith since his es-
cape. The officers at Chandler, OF,
came within thirty minutes of CATCH
ing Smith at the home Of some Of his
wife's relatives there the night he was
reported to be here. Since escaping
from the penitentiary Smith travelled
all through the ChOctaw nation and
finally wound up at Nowata, in the
Cherokee nation. 1t will be remem-
bered that when the officers were first
after Smith, he was located at Nowata,
where LIE was acting as city marshal
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-08-11
A Negro Slaps a White Woman.

Miss Kettle Mccarthy, a waitress at
the Arlington hotel, SwOre cut a war
rant before County Attorney Rogers
Friday for the arrest of Ha6e Nealy, q
negro, second cook at the hotel, ca
the charge Of assault. NeGly skipped
town on the Rock Island local AID
went to Wichita. The authorities
there we're notified to watch for and
arrest him.
Nealy was Safeguarding and rats
ing Cain generally in the kitchen al
the Arlington Friday while dinnes
was being served and Miss Mccarthy
upbraided him for it and asked him
to cease using foul language. TIE
negro became incensed at her and
slapped her in the face several times,
and sheok her. When Miss Mccarthy
signife1 her intention of having him
arrested, he went to the hotel Office,
drew his pay and caught the north
bound Rock Island freight before the
officers could find him.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-08-11

c. j. Humphrey has bought of
Mariah Churchill Of Pike county,
Illinois, l6O acres Of land In Spring.
dale township for 81 1900, and l6O acres
Of land in Springdale township of Ida
M. Slater of Arapahoe county. Colo.
RADIO, for 81 500,
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-08-11

Jacob Engle is building an addition
to the rear Of his dry goods store. Ii
will beSOx25 feet, with a raised floor, 10
be used as a cloak room. 1t will be
one of the finest cloak rooms in this
part of the state when completed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-01
CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY.

1-Soranton merchants decide that the
morning newspaper is the proper
medium in which to insert bargain
sale advertisement.
2-Street Commissioner Dunning sees his
shadow and retires for the regula-
ton period of repose.
3--Eing winter takes another lease Of
life.
"A Wilkes-Barre citizen ruptures his
face laughing at one of Sam Boyd $
5--John L. Roche publishes a statement
of the number of square inches in
the Wyoming avenue extension.
G--The Wilkes-Barre Times jack-knife
artist dislocates his vision.
THE Sunday Free Journal charters
another freight car.
S-EX-Boss John Fahey decides that the
local political situation is colder
than Klondike.
9-Editor Lyhett orders q fresh stock OF
calamity howls suitable for the
spring trade.
10-The Nay Aug park commissioners
hold a session and decide that there
is too much landscape on the plot.
1.-THE spring poet pens the first stansa
of his ode to st. Valentine.
12-Warm sugar parties are reported by
the rural correspondents.
l3-Local architects become dizzy while
drawing plans for Parker David
sons new waldorf"
14-Scranton letter carriers contend that
the presence of the fool killer would
tighten their burdens.
1j-The school board of six is rendered
homeless.
1G-Tom Jennings announces that he
would rather resign the presidency
the school board than remain in
office for life.
lI-Billy Welsh banQuets the loyal 'leVen.
lS-Several original Bryan men of Scral-
ton suffer from lockjaw.
l9-Treasurer Boland has his vest pocket
enlarged to accommodate the South
Side vote.
20-Manager John Kirby's gray nag
passes everything on the road-going
in the opposite direction.
2l--Mayor Bailey sharpens a lead pencil
22--Many Scranton young ladies are Won
dering who George Washington was.
23-The rumor of another base ball club
for Scranton causes Charlie Fowler
to emit warwhoop.
2i--Jimmy Judges hands grow rigid at
the thought of Tommy Ryan,
25-Professor Coles presents a blizzard
26-Richard Beamish begins active oper-
ationS ON his annual output or
spring poetry.
Pinot on record.
2S-Wait and see!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-01
DANGEROUS TrifIing.

When rumors become current that q
certain bank is unsafe and there is the
prospect of a run on the institution,
no more effective way has been found
for reassuring scared depositors than
for the bank officials to have at hand
a sufficient sum of ready money to meet
all demands This is a kind OF reply
which every depositor can appreciate.
To be sure. the bank could avail itself
of the law requiring Il certain advance
notice from dcpositors intending to
withdraw; but it has been the general
experience of bankers that unless the
banks of any one community empha-
size this requirement unitedly the
bank which pays on demand gets the
business and the banks which don't
pay ON demand don't last long.
The United States government has
borrowed money from different persons
giving therefor bonds payable in coin.
At the time that those bonds We're
issued silver differed so slightly in mar
ket value from gold that neither the
borrower nor the lender thought it
necessary to specify in writing which
kind of coin was meant. Both of the
parties to the deal being presumably
honest, it was supposed as a matter
of course that the value of the repay
ment would be in every respect equal
to the value of the loan.
The American silver dollar today con-
tains, speaking roughly, so cents worth
Of commercial value plus fifty cents
worth of government guarantee. A
party which fourteen months ago polled
6500,000 votes in round numbers is
seeking to cancel that government
guarantee. Under these circumstances,
TO enact a law threatening the holders
of our bonds with repayment in dollars
which another presidential election
might make worth only about half
what they are worth today would be
not only to deal unfairly with them,
but also to invite run on the bank"
Holders of bonds, now we'll satisfied
With their investments, would then
rush to unload: American credit the
world over would drop like a flash and
unless we had the gold at hand to pay
off every bond and redeem every out
standing obligation to the utmost limit
of our agreement-which at this time
we haven't and aren't soon likely to
haVe-we should soon bring down upon
ourselves a crisis worse than any this
nation has yet known.
1t does not pay to fool with so i'm
portant a matter as the national credit.
Men in public life willing to kick it
about in partisan debate need to be dis
ciplined. The house of representatives
yesterday did well to squash the Teller
resolution
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-01
Buying the Forests.

The New York legislature took u step
i'm the right direction last year when
il passed what was known as the
Adirondack Park act, which carried
with it an appropriation of 81 900, 900 to
be used at the discretion of a board of
commissioners in the purchase of lands
needed to carry out the scheme of re-
storing the forests of the state which
We're rapidly disappearing under the
axe of the ruthless lumberman. The
recent report made by the commission
ers indicates that big years work has
been accomplished by the men intrust-
ed with this important duty. Every
purchase made by the board has been
with view to its value as timber pro-
perty, and it is expected that the bene-
fits resulting from their discretion will
be of untold value in the way of pre-
serving the water sheds of the Empire
state.
According to the reports the commits
sion has purchased 250,1l7 acres of land
for 1921 ,699 The expense Of the years
business amounted TO $l8,702, about
$4,000 of the foregoing being for legal
services. That the people of New York
viii approve OF the work of this COM
mission is certain. They doubtless
realize, as many do in this state, that
the work Of saving the forests from the
inroads Of the lumberman has been
delayed too long, ard that any sum Is
not too lavish when expended in the
preservation Of wooded tracts Of land.
Many readers will doubtless wonder
how long the Pennsylvania lawmakers
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-01

the king OF Spain by Boves and Morillo
during the struggle for independence in
South America when, in Cuba, General
Weyler In less than two years, extermi-
mated over 100000 peaceful non-combat-
ants in Cuba, slaughtering them not only
with fire and sword, but by the pangs
which Dante put among the first of hell
the slow and ruthless torture OF hunger?
o
What Is the record of Spanish atroci-
ties in Mexico and Santo Domingo when
within three months after General Blan-
cos landing in Havana, $4,000 persons
perished i'm Cuba from starvation, or
were assassinated, regardless of sex or
age, in the manner described by Blanco
himself in his decree of Jan. of 1885, or
dering his soldiers not to kill any more
men, women and children aged, unarmed
prisoners, or defenseless pacficos? 4?
These are horrors such as have never
been committed before at any time in
any country by the most bloodthirsty
savages who have tainted the pages of
history.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-01
COLLEGES AND CHRISTIANITY
q the Philadelphia Press.

FROM the PnllauelDnla freSS.
At Cornell So per cent. of the students
are protesting Christians and at Prince
ton 65 per cent. Colby university reports
so per cent, and Williams college 60 per
cent. At Brown about two-thirds of the
young men are church members. Am
herst reports 20 per cent of her students
as communicates, Denison university 50
per cent, and Boston university So per
cent. In 1895 DR.. Angell Of the Michigan
university, took religious census of
the state universities. Taking the state
universities of Indiana, Kansas, Michi-
gan, Washington and West Virginia as
representative in regard to size and geo.
graphical distribution, it was found that
out of 5,173 students enrolled, 4407 were
affiliated by membership or attendance
with some religious body, 2,5sl (55 per
cent. of the number enrolled) were church
members. In sixteen state universities
which in 1895 had an enrolment of IA
G97 students, 1857, or more than 20 per
cent, were church members or adher-
ents. In the university of Indiana so per
cent. Of the male students were church
members, and "a per cent. of the female
students. In Michigan university SO per
cent. of the men and 70 per cent of the
women were members of the churches.
The same proportion holds in other
states,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-01
A Word of Reminder,

There are times when Scranton feels
in duty compelled to doff it's hat to
Wilkes Barre. The assertion by Harry
A. Fuller, esq, president of the Young
Mems Christian association of that
city, upon the occasion of the celebra-
tion Of that associations twenty sixth
anniversary, that since last year an as
sociation debt of $4,000 has been re-
duced to $4,000 and will in less than a
year more be- wiped out, supplies one
Of those times. Enterprise like this,
which is not primarily put forth with
a view to pecuniary profit, is therefore
all the more praisewOrthy. being in in
ception unselflsh; yet We dare say that
the liberal citizens Of Wilkes Barre
who have contributed to this encourag-
ing result have in more ways than they
suspect got their moneys worth, and
will continue to get this for ar indeh-
mite time to come.
We are not advised at this moment
of the extent to which the past year
has witnessed a reduction in the in
debtedness of the Scranton Young
Mems Christian association, but that
the figures will not compare favorably
with those just cited we feel sure, more
shame to Scranton. And yet there is
no city in the country which has
greater reason to feel grateful and gen.
erous toward an institution of this
broad and useful kind than Scranton
has; and We question whether there is
one wherein the percentage of benefit
returned to the community on the lat
ter's investment in the work has aver
aged higher
This is not a begging appeal. We
have no ulterlor purpose. Nobody con-
nected with the local Young Mems
Christian association knows that these
words are going TO appear in print
But it seems to us, from glance at
the progress which is being made in
Wilkes Barre in association work, that
Scrantonians need on this subject q
word of reminder. If citizens who have
means would do for the local institu-
tion what its merits warrant in the
way of practical aid and cooperation,
they would not only maintain the lead
over Wilkes-Barre which Scranton in
most matters is entitled to, but, what
is of vastly more Importance, they
would also perform duty to the COM
munity which stands, we fear, in some
danger Of being neglected.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-01

on chickens imported into Cuba the
Spanish tariff amounts to 30 cents
apiece; on eggs, nearly 2 cents, and on
hogs of the quadrupedal variety, s.
apiece. With interior Cuba converted
into a waste and these high duties
kept up by Spain it is small wonder
that Spanish rule is tottering for fall.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-01

will turn deaf ear to the pleadings Of
the small out enthusiastic band that is
battling for the protection of the grand
old forests of Pennsylvania. Notwith-
standing the warnings that are given
by the condition of the country in the
vicinity of the trceless tracts of land
in many localities in the lower antnra-
cite coal belt. the grab legislator con-
tinues on the even tenor of his way,
unmindful of the vandal who DESTROYS
in an hour that which cannot be re-
placed in generations.
In recent address Governor Hast
ings pointed out with startling distinct
ness the dangers that are attending
the process of tree destruction in Penn
sylvania. 1t is a pity that his advice
on the subject could not be ever before
the lawmakers of this great common
wealth, and before the voters also.
None save the statistician realizes the
perceptihle decrease in the water sup
ply each year, which is due almost
solely to the destruction of the patches
of woodland which are becoming more
rare as time moves on.
Some means should be provided not
only for the protection of the remain
ing forests but for the announcement
of tree planting in all sections. In
many localities there are a few we'll
meaning persons who engage in the
work of tree planting yearly, but they
are but u handful when compared to
the greedy horde that is continually
hewing and hacking regardless of the
burdens and sufferiugs that they are
bringing upon future generations.