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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-19

The excellent train service from st.
Louis via the Vandalia and Pennsyl-
vania route to Philadelphia, Balti.
more. Washington and New York. is
attracting considerable attention
throughout the west. This line
keeps abreast with the times. and all
new features in Day Coaches, Pull
man Sleeping and Dining Cars, which
tend to the comfort and safety of the
travellers, are adopted by it at the
first.
This policy on the part of its man.
agement makes the Pennsylvania
route via st. Louis particularly de.
sirable one. A trial assures the trav-
eler that no mistake has been made
and that it is she only good way to
90 east.
Write to J. NJ. ChesbrOugh, Assist
ant General Passenger Agent, st.
Louis, Mo-, for copy Of map folder,
which contains much information OF
value.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-19
POLITICAL LIGHTNING.
It Strikes Sumner County Citizens.

The state board Of charities at its
meeting last Thursday named ap
pOintments for the different institu-
tions Of the state under their charge.
and among theln are Mr.. John Hinch-
cliffe, deputy district clerk, as Assist
ant Superintendent of the Reform
ScOol at Topeka and Mrs. HinchclifTe
as Assistant Matron. Mr.. Hinch-
cliffe's friends had made strong
fight for him for the first place, but
as far as salary is concerned, there is
little difference and neither Mr.. II.
nor his friends will make any kick.
1t is hardly necessary to say that the
appointment is wOrthily bestowed, as
our readers well know the recipients
labors for the reform movement and
his worthiness as a citizen. lie is pc
culiarly fitted for the place to which
he has been appointed, being one Of
the best natured and most discreet
men in the county, yet firm and ur-
swerying when discipline and good
judgment must be enforced. As
chairman Of the county committee
and member Of the congressional COM
mittee, big share Of the credit for
the success Of the party last fall is di-
rectly due to Mr.. Hinchcliffes man
agement Of the campaign and no one
will envy him his good fortune. while
his friends will rejoice that worthy
worker has been rewarded. The
VOICE predicts that he will Ill his
new position to the satisfaction Of
all.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-19
JAMES A. RAY.

VuuSC vi Juc DlSUTlCU court.
In using his name, which l could
not avoid, wish it understood that |
do not in any way reflect upon Mr..
DOdd in his efforts to become prof.
cient. Such efforts are very laud-
able, and do not desire to even ap-
pear to make light of them; on the
contrary, they should be encouraged
by all LEGITIMATE methodS.)
Casual observers will no doubt be
prone to assert that the occasional
liberal Interpretation of the statute,
winch have Just demonstrated, has
had its origin in what might be dag
nosed as intermittent attacks of
nepOtiSm. And however unreliable
a careless diagnosis may generally be, |
think it will be confessed, by all those
who look upon things dispassionately,
that in this particular instance it is
singularly accurate. But, Mr.. Editor,
this is a popular disease" 1t per-
meateS the entire gamut of Office
holders, from the humbleSt road over
seer to the president of the United
States. And great credit should be
given Mr.. Ray in having been able to
resist this inslduous malady as well
as he has.
Mr.. Ray says: Il had as early as
August last about determined to dis
pose of Mr.. Welch." This is more re-
freshing news to me. However, l
have no disposition to doubt it, be-
cause AUGUST LAST while in this
city, Santa Barbara, Cal.,) l was in
receipt of confidential" letter from
him requesting me to enter into a
certain scheme. But | very politely
refused by return mail. | am not at
liberty to state the contents of these
letters without the Judges consent.
But if he thinks my conduct needs
any further ventilating he has my
permission to rush into print with
that August correspondence also.
In concluding | will say that short
ly before leaving Wellington learned
from very good authority that just
before the election Mr.. Ray was in
quiring of my acquaintance how
stood politically, while a simple in.
terrOgatOry put to me would have
saved any necessity of further in.
Iquiry, because | could have furnished
him with pretty reliable information
as to how | intended to vote; and if
he didn't notice the WIDTH of the
tlCheU put III Une DallOt D0X II was
his own fault, as he was within ten or
twelve feet of the polls at the time.
| have no grudge to satisfy. If he
wanted to, he had a right at any
time to dispose" of me for any
reason or no reason. The thing that
now surprises me most is, that | was
not disposed of in the latter part of
1891, when he says began "lOOting
the county treasury"!!! In classic
legal phraseOlOgy, 81 deny the allega-
tiOn and defy the alligator" to prove
it. Yours truly,
CHAs. Z. WEIGH.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-19
A REPUBLICAN SPEAKS.
What Ex-Lieutenant Governor Felt
Thinks of the Greenlee Bill.

The Greenlee bill should not and
cannot be considered as a Republican
measure although it was unfortu-
nately introduced by a Republican:
not, however, as a measure tending
to meet the reforms pledged or the
relief demanded by the Republican
party, but as species of special leg
iSlatiOn for the benefit of the individ-
uals introducing and supporting the
bill, and operating to the detriment
of all other localities and merchants
in the state.
We regret to admit that Mr.. Green
lee, the father Of the bill and Presi-
dent of the Hutchinson Wholesale
Grocery company, so far forgot the
equitable principles of his party in
his enthusiasm for his mercantile es-
tabllShment as to sacrifice them TO
his personal interests, and we equally
regret that so great a man as Speaker
Douglass allowed his love FOR Wichita
to outweigh his knowledge of justice
to all. =
There were but two points in the
Greenlee bill. The first provided tor
what is termed commodity rate in
car loads" only of a few articles of
staple heavy groceries, hardware and
drugs, and fixed maximum basis for
such rate.
No provisions were made for lower
ing the rates on less than carloads of
these goods, nor did it consider even
incidentally the rates on coal, lumber.
salt, grain, live stock or any other ar
ticle shipped in or out of the state.
Hon. John Seaton offered a amend
ment restricting the railroads from
making a greater difference than five
cents per hundred pounds between
car load and smaller shipments of
these sO-called commodities so that
the retailer and consumer could be
equally benefited but Speaker Doug
lass and Mr.. Greenlee opposed and it
was lost. This opposition to so fair
an amendment leaves no doubt that
Glle Oil was intended to be solely in
the interest Of the jObbers in Wich-
lta, Hutchinson and Salina and tlnt
the author Of it was willing to sacri-
flee the entire state for self.
The only point in the bill was a
provision that the orders of the rail
road commissioners, whether right Of
wrong, whether procured by fail
means or foul, should be in force un
til set aside "by a court of complete
Jurisdiction" or in other words, thu
supreme court.
1t is just such selfish attempts I,
use the legislature for personal end,
that has lost the Republican party
much of its prestige In Kansas. anc
in order TO again Influence Republi
cans throughout its length an(
breadth, must think and work more
for the good of the state at large anC
Subdue personal ambition or max,
them SecOndary.-AtchiSOn Cham
piOn, Republican
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-19

Not content with manufacturing
falsehoods about the state officials
the Topeka Capital and other Repub-
lican papers are descending to every
expedient to create jealousieS and i'll
feeling between POpulist officials.
Just now they seem to be quite anx-
ious and evidently have some object
in creating a jealousy between Attor-
ney General Little and his assistant,
Judge Noah Allen. During NJ lii
ties absence from his Office with the
railroad assessors, Judge Allen has
demonstrated Ills abilities to MI the
Office to tae entire satisfaction of the
people, and it makes no difference
whether he pleases such unprbcipled
DOOdlers as Joe Hudson or not. Tn
fact, 1t is better that they are not
pleased, and is good proof that Judge
Allen is the right man In the right
place. The people in this part Of the
state have implicit confidence in the
learning, ability and honesty Of Judge
Allen and until he does something to
abuse that confidence, the efforts of
&. o. p. plutOcratic organs will fail
of their purpose. Attorney General
Little made no mistake when he Sc
lected Judge Allen as his assistant
and we do not believe either gentle
men will allow these political schem-
ers TO disturb their intimate rela-
tiOns.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-19
NO. 49,.

so much, fall on my memory like shad-
ows oi sweetest beuediction. His heart
was attuned to the rythmic music OF
eternal truth and with the golden kew
oil falth be has unlocked the my site gates
that open INTO the paradise OF God. But
he Is gone and the message on teleeraphic
wires Tas no swiiter than the winged
words 0i his departure to the throne OF
God. What shall / say more. only
this, to-day let US place on the broken
circle OF fraternity tie seal Of our hearts
fond farewell. Aud in the future, when
memory with her seraph wings shall
brush away the dust OF accommodating
years, may it Ne that W. still nav look
upon the enshrined virtues Of our friend
and brother. And now departed friend,
brother, husband, father, we say our
fond farewell, and may these flowers
which smile above thy sleeping form
to-day, touched as they are by the deli
cate pencilling Of great Jehovah, he to
US prophecy OF the flowers that bloom
Tor thee to-day in the daradise Of God"
The exercises closed with a prayer
by Rev. j. ID. Botkin and a few re-
marks by Rev. Penick, when the pro-
cession took up the line Of march to
Prairie Lawn cemetery, where the
remains were placed to rest by his
brother Knights, the ceremonies OF
the order being used and W. NJ.
Ready acting as Prelate.
The procession was one of the larg-
est Of the kind ever seen in this city,
showing the esteem in which the de-
ceased was held. Nearly all of the
business houses were closed during
the funeral.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-19
NEVER WAS A DEMOCRAT.

EDITOR VOICE. see the Monitor
makes a free and easy reference to
my political prOclivities and with an
air of familiarity which is quite
breezy. If the editor of that paper
will kindly strike out the word Dem
Ocrat" and insert the word "Popu-
list, his little sQuib will state a fact
so far as that portion of it is con.
cerned. Yours truly,
CHAs. Z. WEIGH.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-19
Riverdale.

May l6-Wheat is looking much
better since the rain.
The lecturer failed to show up at
the school house last Tuesday night.
Many of the farmers are plOughing
corn this week.
There has not been as many tramps
in our town this week as usual.
The popular temperance drama,
Under the Spell" and "Hans Won
Smash, the laughable farce, will be
produced at Seyenty-Six school house
May %. Admission, 10 cents.
Paint and Oil at Frantz Bros'.
Hardware store.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-19
Ii should BE In Every House

]. b. Wilson, 81 Clay ST., Sharps-
burg, Pa, says he will not be with
out DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds, that
it cured his wife who was threatened
with Pneumonia after an attack OF
La Grippe" when various other
remedies and several physicians had
done her no good. Robert Barber, Of
Cooksport, Pa, claims DIR. Kings
New Discovery has done him more
good than anything he ever used for
Lung Trouble. Nothing like it. Try
it. Free Trial Bottles at +. Il.
SNYDER's, Drugstore. Large bottles,
SOC. and s1.00.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-19
WELLINGTON, KANSAS, FRIDAY. NAY 10, 1898.

same. But this fact, from the liber-
al Interpretation standpoint of which
| have spoken, does not present any
impeachment to the issuing to him of
certificates, upon which warrants
were issued on the county treasurer,
of which the following is a sample:
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT JUDGE. 10Th Judi
clal District, James A. Ray, Judge, yelling
ton, Kansas:
This is to certify that c. B. Dodd
reported, as official stenOgraper of the
District Court, the following cases
and dates:
Oct. 16, Iddlekauff VS.. Cross
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-19

Black & Murrell arc making farm
loans
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-11-25

perience from generation to generation
brought the pugilist to the conclusion
that he could punish his adversary more
severely and injure his hands less by
hitting straight from the shoulder. Con-
sequently at the time Of the suppress
sion of prize fighting all pugilists Of any
prominence were straight hitters. The
revival Of the prize fight under the
guise Of boxing match has been grad
ual and had it's rise a little oyer twenty
years ago, when the writer was largely
instrumental in bringing. boxing into
public favor as a legitimate branch of
amateur and professional athletics.
The intention was to preserve the
sport by conforming to the law as thus
defined by prominent legal authorities:
ITO fight is to break the laws of this
c''untry, whether the fight be with
fists or boxing gloves, the description
of the glove, hard or soft, large or
small, light or heavy, not affecting the
fact that if the contestants epdeavor
to beat each other into subsection they
commit an infraction of the law. To
practice boxing or sparring as an art,
wherein the competitive issues are skill
or form, is as legal as fencing, wrest-
ling, football, etc., the absence Of the
intent to injure or subdue being the di-
yiding line"
Degrading the Art.
The professional sporting speculator
was not slow to perceive a prospect
of profit by means similar to those he
Eractised when the prize ring -four
ished and which fastened it's downfall.
Under the pretence of holding boxing
tournaments he promoted contests the
material difference of which from the
undisguised prize fight was that the
contestants were gloves. The eleva-
ton Of the art was ignored, the entire
interest being centered in the excite
ment Of the battle and the betting
Upon the result.
A boxing glove, it is superhuous to
state, is to all intents and purposes
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-11-25

|, ana freedom Of motion, good Judgment,
quick perception and prompt decision
applied to rapid, straight and definite
hitting are its underlying princi ples,
and that its essential features are meet
ing the force with superior force.
How are good boxers, or good hitters,
for the terms are synonymous, to be de-
veloped if hard hitting is ruled out?
The very acme of the boxers art is to
hit his adversary while he is in the act
of striking at him, often saving himself
by the rebound. II r
The evasive tactics resorted to by
some opponents bring boxing into as
much contempt as the indefinite swing
ing, ''swiping" and vicious smuggling,
without aim or Judgment, excite the
disgust of such as have any pretentions
to refinement The hitting must be pre-
served, but the manner of hitting cur
tailed by keeping to the principle of
improvement in the science Of boxing.
The glove fight took the place of the
bare fist fight, and stringently ruled out
what never should have been admitted,
palming or heeling-i. e., striking with
the inside or unpadded part of the
hand.
Rule Out the Swinging Blow!
The outcome Of centuries of sword
play, which has received far more in
telligent consideration than boxing, is
the foil, which has point but no edge,
thus limiting the Furnishing endeavors
to the thrust. This has made fencing
with the foil far more popular than any
other kind Of sword play and univer-
sally practiced by men who consider
boxing too coarse.
Since the fencer has improved his art
by limitations-i. e., ruling out the cut
and adhering to the thrust-why should
not the boxer rule out the swinging or
chopping hit and adhere to the straight
hit? The only excuse for such a blow
as the swinging hit should be its con-
demnation; for the impact Of the swing
ing hit is invariably with the inside or
unpadded part of the hand. It requires
less skill to deliver such a blow than it
does to deliver a straight hit, and is
more brutal in appearance
A century and half Of prize ring ex-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-11-25

an ordinary glove with a bag or pad,
stuffed with horse hair, sewn over the
back of the thumbs, fingers and hand,
the inside being unradded, the assump
ton being that the boxer will close his
hand when striking, the same as he
would in bare fist fight, and hit with
the padded part It is needless to
say that padding lessons the severity OF
the blow, and as the surest way to win
is to knock an adversary out sense
less and the most vulnerable part to
strike in order to stun man is the
jaw or the base Of the skull behind
the. ear, the boxers principle endeavor
is to strike a swinging in handed blow,
in the hopes of landing the unpadded
part on one Of those vital parts. q
'Ihis has largely brought about a
difert Mt style of posing and moving
from che favorable to Lifting straight
from the hculder, which brings the
back or padded part Of the hand
into contact where the blow lands, to
one rnfay orable to striking yilinear
blows, which cause the impact. to be
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-11-25
sulphur Mounfafn ~ Irernn :

Sulphur Mountain in Iceland.
Three miles from the village OF Kri-
suvik, in the great volcanic district OF
Iceland, there is a whole mountain com
posed Of eTuptive clays and pure white
sulphur. Although this sulphur mount
ain is a wonder in itself, interest CEN
tiers to that spot on account OF a beau-
tiful grotto which penetrates the west
ern slope to an unknown depth. The
main entrance is g. fssure-like chasm
about sixty feet In height and only
eight OF ten feet wide. The floor I'M
clines for the first fifty or sixty yards
and then suddenly pitches downward,
seemingly into the very bowels of the
earth. Here the fssure widens' into q
considerable cavern, with wallis; roof,
floor, stalactites and stalagmites, all
composed of pure crystalized sulphur
ST. Louis Republic:
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-11-25


tended for tlrusts, without being more
inconsistent or More unfair than the
boxer who delive RS swinging blows and
strikes with the unpadded part Of the
hand instead of the padded part.
BY compelling the principals in a
boxing match to hit straight. and thus
strike with the padded part of fairly
padded glove, opine that such con-
tests, being of skill, with rules and
safeguards against serious injury, arc
legal. This style Ct boxing exemplitics,
the very acme Of grace, of pose and
motion, and as it engenders the same
IT, a persons ordinary bearing it is
thu. best of all ex ercises. If the hitting
is ever so severe it never appears coarse
or brutal
Those who affect boxing are divided
| into two parties-one i'll favor of giving
! the boxer more scope Of action and JUS
| tifying anything tf:lding to disable AL
| opponent, in ortlo" that they may sre
good fight for their money; the other
| OF eliminating such acts of brutality as
| may be ruled out without depriving the
! science Of it's practicability
Only One Conclusion.
Liz WIluug OH Tile wall seems very
plain to me, and my Interpretation OF
its purport is that the ascendancy of
| the first party would lead to the legal
suppression of boxing in every form
and it's being stign ati7ed by respectable
people as too coarse to admit Of their
practising it.
The constituents Of the first party
do not box themselves, but pay Others
| to do it for their profit or amusement
The second party desire to engende1
disposition among those who must
| fight to do so like men rather than dogs
| It is composed Of men who box them
| selves and Wis to see such an excellent
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-11-25
Made Love by LIGHTNING.

The late Prof. Morse made love by
lightning, as it were. He met his first
wife during an evening call at the house
of her father and proposed marriage
to her before he went away that night.
After some happy years she died, Iesiv-
ing him with several children. He re-
NAMED a widower until the age Of
81 he attended the wedding of his eld-
est son. One of the younger ones was
what the Scotch tenderly call an Gin
nocent," and it was the kindness Of a
relative Of the bride to this boy that
attracted his fathers attention. He
invited the lady to drive with him on
the following day. When they returned
from the expedition they were engaged
to be married.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-11-25
ELECTRICITY IN THE WEST.
A New Town Supplied With til
Fluid by Water Power.

A New Town Supplied With the
Fluid by Water Power.
Grand Falls must not be considered
solely the rendezvous of cowboys and
Indians. They are but types Of earlier
conditions Of life of this region. People
from the East seeking health and fort
une are here infusing cultivation and
increased business energy into the COM
mon life of the town, and capital has
come here to exploit this new field. The
most marked line of progress is in the
water power and electrical develop
ment.
At Black Eagle Falls, three miles
from the center Of the town, the river
is set to work by a great dam and
power houses. Like playthings, the
side currents Of the mighty river turn
the ponderous machinery of one of the
greatest smelters in the world on the
north bank, and on the south bank run
the dynamos that supply light and heat
and motive power to the town. No idea
can be formed Of what water power
means until the interior of the power
house at Black Eagle Falls is seen,
where immense balance wheels are roll
ing, driving wheels propelled and dyna-
mos whirling, and yet not boiler or
jet Of steam to be seen, all moved by
a concealed pipe of water. This album
dant power is what literally runs" this
young city.
Not only are the street cars run and
lighted by electricity, but heated as
well by means of four radiators in each
car. Elevators, printing presses; an
iron foundry and all kinds of heavy ma
chinery are moved by this ubiquitous
force. On the streets may be seen a
wire leading from a pole to a mortar
mixer with an electric wire attached
Automatic excavators, pumps, rock
crushers, are run by electricity. The
tailor uses it to heat his goose, the res.
taurants cook by it, the butcher choDs
his sausage and hamburger, and the
grocer grinds his coffee BY turning on
the current In the homes electricity is
the greatest blessing; the women run
their sewing machines by it, heat their
hat-irons, have electric cake ovens
made Of wood that they can set aside
like pasteboard boxes. They have cleo
trio broilers and teakettles. In this
Western town this subtle modern fluid
is put to more diversified use than II
many larger cities of the East II On,
tana Cor. Of the Boston Transcript.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-11-25
BOXING A MANLY SPORT
HOW TT MAY BE MADE TO RANK
WITH OTHER ATHLETICS.
Revfve the Old Straight Hitting and
Eliminate the Brutal Swinging
B1ow-Some Necessary Limitations
I'm Rules.

There are few subjects so frequently
the theme of nversation and at the
same time so little really understood
sas boxing. This is not strange when
it is considered that the topic may EN-
brace any encounter in which the hands
are used as weapons, from trough
and tumble between two street gamins
to a fight for an international champion
ship between the representative pugl-