People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-04

doHIhS tOH, april, IA large num-
Der of prominent citizens of Chicago
nave set an invitation to the President
and Mrs. Cleveland to be present at a
reception in their honor expressing a
sense of appreciation of the presidents
course in favor of the preservation Of
sound national currency"
The invitation has been presented TO
President Cleveland by a committee aD-
pointed for that purpose and is signed
by the following: Michael Cudahy.
president of the Cudahy Packing COM
pany; John ]. Mitchell, president of the
Illinois Trust and Savings bank: Will
lam H. Rand Of Rand McNally & Co:
John ]. P. O'Dell, president of the
American Bank association and presi-
dent Of the Union National bank: A. O
Slaughter, o. T. Fuller of Fuller and
RULER; c. NJ. Henderson Of c. NJ. Hen
derson & Co.. Charles L. Hutchinson.
president of the Corn Exchange bank;
Henry BOtsfOrd, Martin A. Ryerson of
Martin, RyersOn & Co.; Byron L Smith.
president of the Northern Trust COM
pany; A. T. Ewing, ex-president of the
iropuois club; SpoOr Mackey. Otis s.
Favor, II. S. Heath of Heath & Sons;
Moses 3ensigner. president of the
8runSwick-Balke Collender company:
Owen F. Adds, Francis B. Peabody of
Peabody oughteling & Co; Stephen
W. Rawson, president Of the Union
Trust company; George Schneider. pres
1dent Of the National bank of Illinois:
George A. Fuller of George Fuller & Co.
Washington Heising, proprietor of the
Illinois Stats Zeitung; Peter Van
Setback of 2. Van Setback & Sons;
David Kelley Of Kelley, Klaus & Co;
robert A. Waller vice-president of the
worlds Columbian Exposition; Char
les Deering of William Deering & Co:
j. J. Glesser of Warden, Bushnell &
GleSsner; John r. Walsh, president of
the Chicago National bank and pres
dent of the Equitable Trust campany:
John A. Roche. eX-may0r of Chicago:
Marvin Hughitt, president Of the Chi
cage and Northwest Railway company:
JOhn Z. Hopkins of Chicago; Hemp
stead Washburn, ex-mayor of Chicago:
Cornelius Price of C.. NJ. Price; Horatio
\. May, eX-city comptroller, and of the
firm of COrbin, May & Co; Charles II.
Wacker, president Of the WhaCker and
Birk Brewing company; Z. j. Warner
Of Sprague. Warner and Co.: John p.
Wilson, eX-president OF the Union
League club; F. w. Peck, vice-president
of the Worlds Columbian Exposition:
Rudolph Brand Of the NJ. Brand Brew
ing company; Jay {. Morse. president
Of the Illinois Steel company; Daniel Fl.
Burnham, director of works and SUPER
yising architect of the Worlds Colum-
bian Exposition; William H. Vincent.
president Of the Waubansee club; Mel
vile b. Stone, president of the Globe
National bank; John +. Kirk of James
S. Kirk & Co.. Henry w. Blodgett,
counsel for the United States in the
Bering sea arbitration; John H. Ham
line, president of the Union League
club, and Henry S. Robbins of Green.
Robbins & HOnOre
COVERED WITH GOLD.
The invitation is beautifully en-
crossed on fine cardboard paper. the
several pages of which, containing the
invitation and figures, are bound in
book form, the lining of which is in
white satin, the exterior being in blue
crushed levant. beautifully ornament
ed with tOoling in gold.
AS spokesman for the delegation
Mr.. Roberts described their reception
rs follows:
We were received very pleasantly
and explained to the president the nom
partisan character of the invitation.
We also told him that the business
men Of Chicago heartily approved of
the movement; that while it was in
tended as a personal compliment to
him, it had a still further object in
view-the development of an agrees
Sive sound money sentiment through
nut the west. The president said that
he personally appreciated fully the en-
dorsement expressed by the invitation
and realized the Importance OF the
movement in favor of sound money.
which he approved, and that he would
take the matter under consideration
and would communicate with us by let
ter-that if he could not consider the
invitation favorably it would be be-
cause OF personal and official reasons
which he could not see his way TO
overcome"
SUPREME COURT DECISION.
The United States court finished read
ing the decisions for the day and did
not decide the income tax.
Judge Gray rendered the decision of
the court in the case of supervisors of
the firm of Rail- Bros, VS.. Howard D
Troop and others, a case in admiralty
from the circuit court for the southern
district of New York, involving the
question whether the destruction of
property on a vessel by municipal auth
critics in case of fire interferes with
the collection of damages under the
law of general average In the present
case the bark J. V. Parker was anchor
ed in the port of Calcutta when fire
broke out in the vessel in the absence
OF the master. The municipal authori-
ties took charge of the fire and scuttled
the vessel in the face of the protests of
the master who raised the application
of ware water after he arrived on Tho
scene. Justice Gray said in effect that
the master of a vessel was. under the
maritime law, the judge of what was
to be done in such emergency and thai
when the municipal authorities inter.
fere they, by this action, make the sac.
rifice of property compulsory and moi
voluntary and thereby the case is re.
moved from the domain of the mari.
time law and from the operation of thu
law of general average. The decree o,
the court below was reversed and tn,
claim for general average disallowed
Justices Brown and Harlan dissented
Owing to the delay in the branch
printing office of the treasury the usua
monthly debt statement was not ISSUED
today.
Board of Public Works Organized.
Topeka, Kan, April THE board o.
public works was organized this after
noon by the election of John Seaton a.
president, Sol Miller secretary and NJ
Heery treasurer.
Presidential POstmasters Appointed.