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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-05
HARD ON STENOGRAPHERS.
New York Is No Place for the Idle
or Incompetent.
A High Standard OF Proficiency Set by
Employers-Applican Are Sub
Jected to n Thorough
Examination.

That New York is the grand center
for competent stenographers and a
short-lived rendezvous for incompe-
tents is frankly admitted. Yet, of the
estimated thirty thousand stenograph-
ers and typewriters in the city to-day,
the proportion who are a credit to the
shorthand profession is said to be sur
prisingly small. A veteran phono-
grapher in touch with the progress OF
the art recently said: Here in this
city there are every year legion OF
young people who commence the study
of shorthand through the i'll advice of
parents or friends, without making the
first inquiry into the mental or phys
zeal qualities requisite in the makeup
of a skillful stenographer; hence it is
that only about one person in twenty
ever reaches the goal of success"
One instructor says much more is ex-
pected of a stenographer to-day than
ever before, and more talent is re-
uuired here in New York city than in
any other place he knows OF in this
country business men no longer
tutor and humor incompetent en-
ployes. Schools are demanding a
higher standard of excellence than
ever before. We will not recommend
a pupil for position until he has
passed technically rigid examination
in taking from dictation and properly
transcribing all forms of office CORE
spondence, legal matter in the form of
complaints, answers, affidavits, agree
ments, testimony, specifications, amend
ments and other details Besides
this, we frequently dictate extracts
from magazines, newspapers and en-
cyclop@dias.
Only few years ago the prediction
was made that shor thand schools must
decrease their production of graduates,
or, as natural result, one of two
things was imminent among shorthand
writers-a reduction of wages or a
raising of the degree of excellence re-
auired for the obtaining of employ
ment The latter alternative seems to
be rapidly approaching. Probably fifty
per cent. more shorthand skill and gen
eral education is to-day required to
hold a good position in New York city
than was needed five years ago. When
Us W biiio oiiO hCOfS az
structor said:
Work here is done quickly and sys-
tematically. and the stenographer who
succeeds in this busy metropolis must
know great many things besides
having the mere ability to make
marks and operate typewriter. lie
must have education, skill and discern
nent, and be able to use shorthand
and to typewrite with great intelli
gence. One years training in bust
ness house here is conceded to be as
valuable, from a practical point o.
view, as three years training in many
other large cities.
THAT this fact is rapidly becoming
known and appreciated is shown b.
the steadily increasing number o
young people who come here from |
distance to learn and practice the art
They come to this city from Florida
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-05
Death of Henry Van Sickle.

Henry Van Sickle died at Genoa
last Monday week. Deceased was
one of the pioneers of the State, a
hard working man. Years ago he
kept the large hotel near Genoa,
which was the stopping place of the
California stages. His death was
caused by runaway accident.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-05

days trial any Of
our Star Flows
, shoul Id not fill the,
above REG uis e.
ment, it can be
returned to us
and we will re-
fund the money.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-05
SAMPLES.


mines in Australia.
Col. Sutherland is expected in Can
.delaria this month.
John Forbes was passenger yes
terday for San Francisco.
Phil Horton of Douglas returned
Monday from trip to Carson.
Ed. Brown and J. D. Lothrop of
Douglass were in town Monday.
H. NJ. Yerington snd wife and R.
J. Laws went south in a special yes
terday.
Monroe Miller and Scotty DECKER
son killed fine deer in Alum Greek
Thursday.
Ed. Whiting was married in Ma
son Valley November 25th to Miss
Annie Becker
Alva Miller has been transferred
from Candelaria to Hawthorne, where
be will in future reside.
1t is reported thrt Miss Leete is
seriously ill in Carson, with small
chance of recovery.
Geo. A. Green, James Compston,
S. NJ Booker aud Nels. Poll were in
from Sweetwater yesterday.
A large band of sheep is feeding
along the foothills near town. They
have stripped the mountains of feed.
TIE special election in Alpine coun-
ty, for the election of a Sheriff and an
Assessor, takes place next Tuesday
W. J. Church has been appointed
railroad agent at Candelaria. Mrs.
Church left Monday for her new
home.
The ladies OF Hawthorne have
kindly consented to furnish a supper
at the hall free for all on Christmas
night.
Quite a crowd of merrymakers
have promised to come from Sweet
water to attend the masquerade ball
Christmas night.
Julius Goldner, who has been in
business in Candelaria for many
years, is closing out his stock and
will remove to San Francisco.
Senator J. P. Jones is at his home
in Santa Monica, Cal, enjoying him
self with his family. He will not go
East until after the holidays
Miss Morgan once paid $4,000 for
a peachblow vase, but Willie K. Van
derbilt's family jar is said to have cost
him So, 900, 900. Chicago Dispatch
Shockley, Zabriskie & Edwards
will open general merchandise
store in Sodaville next month. John
ME Booker will manage the business.
l.. ]. Hanchett, who has been at
Silver Peak for two months past, ex-
porting the Blair properties, will go
below next week TO make his report.
Miss Sherman arranged very
pleasing Thanksgiving programme,
which was creditably rendered by
the school children last Wednesday
afternoon.
A. W. Sailor has sold his drug
store and stock of merchandise to
Zabriskie & Shockley of Candelaria,
and will soon leave with his family
for Iowa.
Frederick, the jeweler of Reno will
be at the Lakeview House to-mor'
row with fine assortment OF jewel
ry. Now is the time to get beau
tiful Christmas present.
A number of maskers from Soda
Candelaria and Douglas are expect
ed at the masque ball. Well have
grand free lunch, boys; so don't fail
to connect.
Fireman Bert Conner, who is very
badly crippled with rheumatism, has
gone to San Francisco. He spen'
three weeks at Valleys Springs
without benefit.
Work is being pushed rapidly or
the new Mohawk road, and the Ga
zette says it will be only short
time before trains direct from Sierra
Valley will be arriving in Reno. J
J. Holmes of Hawthorne is building
the road.
The Fire Department are making
extensive preparations for a grant
time at their masquerade ball Christ
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-06-01
TARIFF DUTIES COMPARED.
The Senate "Compromise," the Wilson
Bill and the Mckinley Law.

The Senate "Compromise," the Wilson
Bill and the Mckinley Law.
WASHINGTON, May 24.-The treasury
experts have completed their work Of
calculating the equivalent ad valorem
rates of the compromise tariff bill as
compared with the Mckinley law
and the house bill. This shows the
following averages on each of the
schedules of each of the two bills and
the existing law: ....
CAemieals-Preseut law 3L6l senate bill,
u 81 house bill u
Earth, elrthenware AMI glasiware-Present
law, 81, . senate bill, S.33 house bill. "a 81.
Metals and manufactures of-Present law.
- ~ senate bill, 81 IS: house bill. IS Cd
Wood and m Inufdcture; Of-Present law.
S2.66' senate bill . ~! house bill 2g6I
Sugar-Present law, lass; senate bill. q. so
house bill, 2s4. r. H' H"l7 49,
Tobacco and manufactures of-present
law, llIS; senate bill, lU5 o.. house bill.
Agricultural products and proyisions-pres.
ent law, Si2l; senate bill, . 81. house bill
9l.5S ''"'
Spirits. wines and other beyerayes-present
90, " ~ SENATE JILL oovo' mousse OIL " bt
Cotton manufactures pre- sent Law. 55aj.
senate bill. 1872 house bill, 3S45
Flax, hemp and jute and manufactures OF :
present law, i5 senate BILL 81 Al. house bill,
:05l
Wool and manufactures of-present law.
vs. o? senate bill, a. 10; house bill, yg7s
Silk and SILK sOods-present law, $3.50 sen.
ate bill 4j.9J. house bill, IS -
Pulp papers and books present law. % s.;
"a
Sundries-presentl law, q. senate bill % f..
house bill. 20 n
Total-present law, Ass; senate bill 80 %;
house bill, IS 50
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-06-01
THE BANK BILL UP.
MIR. Springer Presents His Circulation
Measure and Explains IL.

Mr.. Springer Presents His Circulation
Measure and Explains 1t.
WASHINGTON, May 2S.-After the
house had acted on several private
bills to-day the state bank bill came
up and Mr.. Springer of
Illinois, addressed the house in
advocacy of the adoption of the bill.
He spoke fully of the evils resulting
from the issue Of state bank notes to
the people at large and trade and
commerce of the country, gave a full
history of the failures and losses aris-
ing from the wildcat banking circu.
lation which preceded the green backs.
and then eulogized his own bill for
remedying all these evils now before
the committee on banking and cur
rency. He described the bill
section by section. the gist
Of the measure being That all
national notes issued should be pro-
tected by deposits of gold to the ex-
tent Of 20 per cent, and United States.
state, loan, or county bonds for the
other 50 per cent all banks to be
made the means of distribution, even
If it calls for the establishment of a
bank in every village, the notes to be
issued in three elassesAseries A corre-
spending with the amount of gold de-
posted and paying 9-lO of per
cent per annum to the government
to cover expenses Of issuing COM
mission, series b to equal go
per cent of all currency issued to
the bank, which must pay | per cent
per annum, and series C issued TO the
amount of the remaining 90 per cent
which must pay to the government 4
per cent per annum. The object of the
series is to secure the necessary
elasticity. Class A and B would fur
nish all the currency needed for
ordinary business of the people. Class
c would not be taken out unless the
emergency required aud was worth
the interest charged. When the
stringency subsidized il would be re-
turned aud made applicable to any
other section of the country
wherever required. The currency
could, therefore, never be deprecated
and as it would be made legal tender
and receivable for all dues and could
not go beyond the necessities of the
people it would never cause panies,
but would release all financial strin-
geney before the banks could be
affected.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-06-01
Mr.. HILLS AMENDMENT OVER
HHELMINGLY DEFEATED,
ONLY THREE YOTESTO MAKE IT FREE
Senator Vest Defends the Duty Put on
u by the Senate Finance Committee.
All Mckinley Amendments Pre-
sented by Republicans Voted
Down other Amend
ments to the Tariff Bill

WASHINGTON, May %. - Twenty
three minutes were spent at the OPEN
ing of the day waiting for a quorum
OF senators to appear. For the first
time since Mr.. Harris was placed in
charge of the tariff bill he was not in
his seat. The delay in securing a
quorum shut out the consideration of
the Hawaiian resolution.
The paragraphs of the tariff bill
passed over yesterday were first taken
up The first was lj6, relating to the
duty on wheels of iron or steel. car
and locomotive wheels, etc. The
original Jones amendment increased
the rate in the house bill from 30 to
40 per cent ad valorem. Mr.. Vest
moved to substitute a specific rate of
II per cent per pound. The McKin-
ley rate is 2ls cents per pound. Mr..
Quay supported the Vest amendment
as preferable to an adj valorem duty.
1t was agreed to.
The lead paragraph was then taken
up. Mr.. Hill offered an amendment
to place the ore on the free list and
in a short, strong speech demanded of
his associates the fulfilment Of the
pledges made to the people.
Mr.. Vest followed with defense of
the duty based upon the alleged facts
that the lead trust and the smelters
demanded free lead ores 70 the end
that they might manipulate and die
tate prices. He himself, he said, had
always favored it and, if he consulted
his own political interests, thought
only of his chances of reelection, he
would even now vote for free ores,
but that was impossible and in giving
his support to the paragraph he was
perfectly willing to take his full share
Of the responsibility ....
Then Mr.. Jones moved to lay on the
table the amendment proposed by
Shoup, increasing the duty to one and
one-half cents, but Mr.. Aldrich stated
that the Republicans desired further
time to discuss the paragraph and Mr..
Stewart was given the floor and began
long rambling speech.
n Messrs. Stewart, Dolph and Power
prOtracted the discussion of the sub.
ject by dissertations on the lead pro-
duction and needs of higher duties.
Shortly before > o'clock vote was
taken on Shoup's amendment to in
crease the proposed duty to the pres
ent Mckinley rate of II cents a
pound. On this the vote stood "a to
25, and the amendment was rejected.
All the Democrats, with PETER. vot-
ing against it, and all the Republicans
and Allen for It.
Mr.. Shoup then moved that the
committee amendment be amended BY
making the duty one cent a pound.
The vote stood 80 to % and the
amendment was rejected.
The question then required upon
the committees amendment, fixing
the rate at three-fourths of a cent.
This was agreed to.
Mr.. Hills amendment was then
voted upon. The only affirmative
votes were Hill, Irby and Mills. Fifty
two others voted in the negative.
Upon the announcement of the vote,
Mr.. Hill arose and said: ut is now
evident that the senior senator from
Maryland, Mr.. German, is leading
both parties"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-06-01
THE PRESBYTERIANS.
Northern and Southern Assemblies Want
to Get Together


TO Get Together.
SARATOGA, N. Y, May 24.--At the
opening of the General Presbyterian
assembly this morning DR.. Dufield of
New York, chairman of the committee
on correspondence introduced the
Rev. DIR. Murkland of Baltimore. as a
representative of the PRESBYTERIAN
alliance and a minister of the South
ern Presbyterian church. DR.. Murli-
land spoke at considerable length
and was occasionally interrupted by
applause. In opening he expressed
the hope that the time might soon
come when the effort to bring back
the Southern church like a daughter
to the bosom of her mother. should
be crowned with success. F
In replying, the moderator charged
DIR. Murkland to take back to his
church the special message that the
Northern church was longing to be
one again with the Southern church.
adding: 1T is a crime for us to be
separated any longer
A committee of five was appointed
to convey the fraternal greetings of
assembly TO the Baptist convention.
Prof. George 7. Purves of Prince
ton, y. j., read the report of the com
mittee on the work Of the board of
foreign missions. The last assembly
called for work which involved an ex-
penditure Of Sl,O1j,OOO. On account
of differences in value in exchange
1895, 99l in gold had sufiiced for the
demands thas made. The receipts for
the year amounted to ss43.4il, leav-
ing deficit of over sljO.OOO. The
debt of the year was Just less than
100000. Operating expenses had
been reduced $4,000 The women's
boards of missions contributed SEA-
900 and legacies yielded nearly s73.-
900. Under commission by the board
635 missionaries were engaged with
l,7il native agents.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-06-01

Mr. German said: I'm the matter of
Internal revenue, | may say that.
personally, | am in full accord with
the sentiments so ably and so elo-
guenty expressed by the senators
from New York and New Jersey re-
garding the income tax. Like them
consider that it served its purpose
as 4 war tax and has no fitting
place in our fiscal system in,
time Of peace. | could not. ;!
say frankly, vote conscientiouslv
or consistently with my Judgment.
and convictions to make this method
OF taxation part of our settled pol
icy, but, much as deplore the fasten.
ing OF an income tax in any form.
upon our tariff bill, cannot ignore
the fact that large majority of nv
Democratic colleagues differ from nv.
self In this matter and are so conf.
dent OF the soundness of their posi-.
ton that they are willing to subject
1t to the test of few years, thus en-
abling the people to see its actual
workings and to pass upon it directly.
Mr.. TELLER SPRINGS A SURPRISE.
M. German was applauded from
the galleries as he closed and seaa.
tors gathered about his desk con-
graduating him. Mr.. Aldrich fol-
lowed, commenting sarcasticall " upon
what the latter had said regarding
compromise.
When Mr.. Teller arose Republicans
and Democrats alike felt as be spoke
that some move was impending, lie
was interested, he said. to learn from
Mr.. German chat a majority of the sem
ate would support the compromise
bill. He was also interested in learning
that the Democratic party was stand.
ing, not on the Chicago platform, but
upon Mr.. Clevelands platform. He
had known that the party had aban-
doned the Chicago platform as far as
silver was concerned at Mr.. Cleve-
lands dictation, but he had learned
for the first time to-day that Mr..
Cleveland'S utterance took precedence
over the plank of the party platform
on the tariff. Still, even after
what Mr.. German had said. he was
IN doubt as to the condition of
the other side. Maryland's scna-
tors had not said that all
Democrats would support the bill. He
had said a majority of the senate
would support it. How many Popu-
lists were counted on by Mr.. Gorman
to make up majority of the senate =?
Were there any backsliders among
the Democrats? These were all inter
esting questions and in order to make
every senator show his colors he would
move to lay the tariff bill on the table.
Mr.. Teller's motion created con-
sternation on both sides. The bells
rang and pages were sent scurrying
through the corridors to drum up
every available senator in order that
the full strength might be polled on
the vote.
Mr.. Butler of South Carolina. who
was in the BARRIERS chair when a mes
Senger found him, came in with one
side of his face shaved, Roll call was
watched with intense interest. curios-
ity being particularly manifested as
to how MessrS. Hill, Irby and PETER
would vote. All three voted against
the Teller motion. The Democratic
line did not show single gap and the
three avowed Populists -Messrs. Al
len, Kyle and Peffer-voted with
them. The motion was defeated, 2S
to 80. -n
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-06-01

Mrs. Horace Speed, wife of the
United States attorney of Oklahoma,
died suddenly at Guthrie. The re-
mains were taken IT, Louisville, Ky,
for interment.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-06-01

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The Mcaph.s and
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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-06-01
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The Importance of this Line can be
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Nhdl IS the great Eastern termini Of
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What other sub-Eastern termini has
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St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota
and Watertown and Sioux Falls, Da-
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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-06-01
VOTE ON THE TARIFF BILL.
IMPORTANT TEST VOTE IN THE
SENATE.
EVERY DEMOCRAT IS IN ITS FAVOR.

A Motion by Mr.. Teller That the Com,
promise Measure be Tabled Defeated
by Vote of 20 to 3S-Mr. Cor
man Gives His Views on Tariff
LegislatiOn-Tariff Duties.
Compared
The Republican journal., 1894-10-11

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The Republican journal., 1894-10-11

CENTRE MoNTvnLE Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Frye have returned from their tripto Massa-
chnsetts. The friends Of Mr. and Mrs
Charles French enjoyed an apple bee at their
home last Wednesday evening. Mr. Ham
lin Of China is staying with Mr.. +. H. Car
ter, who still continues very feeble. Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Carter are receiving con
CALCULATIONS on the birth Of daughter, born
October 9th
The Republican journal., 1894-10-11

lAe laekand larefs SAY that Hon.
I2 " Maitland n that cits IL candidate
for re4poiutment On the state railroad
omission AND that neither he moi Ills
iiieal- AaNe Indicated that he wished "
ft'ar W. announced in many Of the pa