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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-01-17
Railroad Pass Law,

The bill regulating the issuance of
railroad passes which seems to meet
with the most general favor at
Topeka was introduced by RepFesen-
tative Gardenhire of Topeka. 1t
provides for the registration of all
time passes with the secretary OF
state, the register to be kept open to
public inspection at all times. A
penalty is provided for failure to
comply with this provision of the law.
One of the weak features in most
laws is that there is 10 one designat-
ed whose business it is to report viola
tiOnS to the proper authorities. Here
is the strong point IN Mr.. Garden
hires bill. It provides that railroad
conductors shall take up unregistered
passes, collect full fare and report the
violation of the law to the proper
officers under penalty of fine and i'm
priSOnment. This provision ought TO,
and doubtless will, insure its rigid en-
fOrcement.
With the provisions of the measure
strictly carried out the result cannot
but be good Every public official
holding a pass will be known. Every
candidate for office who is the recipi-
emit of favOrs from railroads can be
found out and if the people have any
lingering suspicion that he might be
Influenced thereby, or if they think
the system wrong On general princi-
pies, they can express their disap-
proyal at the ballot box by voting
against him.
The bill is believed to be the most
sensible and effective one for the sup
preston of the pass evil ever proposed
and it ought TO pass. The people de-
mand legislative action on this Ques-
ton and as no partisan feeling can
possibly arise in connection with it. it
should have the unanimous approval
OF the observation-disclosures Journal.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-01-17
The County Jail.

We give below the report Of Judge
j. A. Burnette upon the Sumner Coun-
ty jail made to the board of county.
commissioners. We believe that
every taxpayer in the county who will
make personal investigation of the
county bastile will agree with Judge
Burnette in his opinions of the Sum-
ner county Jail as a proper place in
which to cOnfne prisoners. The re-
port is as follows:
OCTOBER 9th, 1894.
Board Of County Commissioners, Sumner
County, Kansas.
GENTLEMEN: As required by law,
on the 18th Of October, 1894, l inspect
ed the county jail.
l interviewed the prisoners in re-
gard to their treatment by the sheriff
and his force, and their unanimous
testimony was that the sheriff and
his deputies did all in their power to
make them comfortable; that they
had no complaint whatever to max
in regard to their treatment in any,
way.
| also found the jail in good condi-
ton, being clean and as well ventilat-
ed as is possible with so many people
occupying so small space. There
are sixteen persons now confined in
this little hole, and il is a sad
commentary Cd the civiliza-
tlon of the age and a mOrtify-
ing reflection on the people of Sum-
ner county that any human being
Shout be confined in such a place.
l might say that l made an inspect
ion of the jail during the April term
but the report would have been sub
stantially the same as this and | did
not think it necessary to make any re-
port as everything was favorable and
l found the jail in splendid condition.
Yours Respectfully,
]. A. BURNETTE,
District Undue
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-01-17

i've years, and their sale forbillen at
price less than 50 cents on the dollar.
Many could not place their bon Is at all
under this 20 per cent limit u dis
count. Even as late as ls6s the city Of
Leavenworth, with its known wealth
and prestige as the metropolis Of Kan
Sas, found 1t difficult TO sell s % Of
Its bonds to erect a high school buld-
ing at his legal limit of discount
Yet, with all this, the fact rims.
that Kansas has moved steadily on its
course up to the stars II is safe to
say as truth that so large measure
OF prosperity, so rapid an accumll a.
ton OF wealth and surround 4 ?
physical comforts has never realized
from like investment Of money and
labor, in the history of human en-
deavor' as has been accomplished here
in Kansas since her admission into the
union. Then we had scarcely 100. 100
population, now we have 400. DO.
Then the total assessed valuation
OF property was s94, IA, 56S, now it isl
1887, sol, 722. The total taxes of 1861
was only SIC, 1853, in 1898 it was Sl3.-
lO2,79A The entire wealth of the state
as shown by the United States census
reports was aoout $780, 100000. The
center of population was at the east
boundary line of Douglas county; now
1t is at the west line of Dickinson
county. Then there was not line OF
operated railroad within the state; now
we have S,9OS miles, only Illinois and
Pennsylvania of all the states exceed
ing this in mileage.
ION these lines of transcontineria II
and lateral railways have sprung up
more than 100 centers of popula on
and business, cities, the least of which
contain more than thousand people,
and in the aggregate Ssl, 17S, domiciled
in thrift and comfort, with churches,
school houses, court houses, water and
light plants, not equalled in towns of
like populations in any of the original
states of this union. More than two
thirds Of these cities have increased in
population during the past year not
withstanding the existing depression.
The national land endowment Of our
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-01-17
Irrigation Meeting

Mr.. H. r. Hilton of Topeka will ad-
dress the people of Sumner county at
the Opera House at , p. H., Saturday.
Jan. 10Th, on "The evaporation and
storage of soil moisture The lecture
is free and given under the auspices
OF the Commercial club. Mr. Hilton
delivered this address before the
Irrigation Convention at Hutchinson.
So great was the interest it awakened
that he has been called upon to de-
liver it in various parts of the state
On January 18th, he delivered it be-
fore the State Board of Agriculture at
Topeka and has also several invita-
tiOns at points in Oklahoma.
Far more than ordinary interest
should attach to the coming of tIr.
Hilton to Wellington. He is an ex-
pert in subject of vital interest to
every man in the county. His lee
lures are illustrated with charts.
maps and other apparatus. He has
already received samples of soil found
in different parts Of Sumner county for
analysis. He will make these a sub
ject of special discussion and will de-
vote an hour TO answering questions.
No man interested in the product
ivenesS of Sumner county soil can af-
ford to miss this lecture. He will
gain practical knowledge as to how to
start experiments on his own farm.
Come to Wellington and hear Mr.. Hill
ton and then start the work on your
own farm in practical way and save
yourself much useless Experimenting
To start right is half the problem.
Remember the date, Saturday, Jan
uary 26, at ? p. m, in the opera house
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-01-17
Church Of Christ

The topic for sermon at the Chris.
tian chapel next Lords day morning
"A Rejected Lover" Evening topic
will be Martin Luther" This is the
second in a series Of four sermon.
entitled, ''The -Four Great Lights oil
the Reformation and Restoration
John WyclifT, Martin Luther, John
Wesley and Alex. Campbell" The
most important points of the spirit.
ual condition Of the Roman hierarchy
will be given, to show the great work
Luther did. You are invited.
G. NJ. WIENER. Pastor.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-01-17
INAUGURATED.
Gov. Morrill, and the Other State
Officers Sworn In.
THE GOVERNORS ADDRESS.
De Briefly Compares the States Former
Status with the Conditions Which Now
Surround 1.-THE Number of school
houses COnstructed-Etc.

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 14-Shortly after
noon to-day, in the presence of host
of people from all parts of the state,
VINO crowded representative hall.
which was gaily decorated, Maj. E. n.
Morrill, was sworn in as governor of the
state of Kansas His appearance at
the stand to deliver his inaugural ad-
dress was the signal for applause, and
at 1910 o'clock he began to read from
manuscript as follows:
Fellow Citizens: A third of a GEN.
fury has passed since Kansas entered
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-01-17

Faithful to its divine purpose, Kansas
put more volunteer soldiers in the
union army than it had male citizens
of military age; and no stronger proof
of their devotion to the old flag and
their bravery on the field of battle
could be given than the simple fact
that the rate of mortality of the Kan
sas soldiers was greater than that Of
any other state. At the close of that
great struggle it found its industries
decimated; it had neither agri-
culture, trade or commerce. Its
chief city, on its eastern border, con-
tanned more than a fifth of the
capital and productive industries of
the state. There existed neither pub
lie nor private credit wherewith to en-
ter upon a new career Of prosperity. A
state bond could not have been pl aced
ut less than ruinous discount, If
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creased duties For this purpose
Postmaster Hackney has asked of the
postmaster general that he grant an
extension Of the free delivery service
until the first of February. II the
request be granted, there is much
talk Of "a protest being sent in to
headquarters by the citizens of this
city against the removal of the free
delivery service. Postmaster Hack
ney has not much hope of securing an
extension OF time for any purpose,
but believes the free delivery will
cease tomorrow. The order will
affect none but the carriers and the
substitute. The clerical force of the
Office will, Of necessity, be increased
soon in order TO properly perform the
extra amount of work imposed upon
it. Such orders are generally abso-
Lutte, and interchangeable by petitions
or protests.
LATER: Word was received this
evening from Washington, DC, re-
fusing an extension of time and abso-
lutely disseminating the free delivery
service after tOmorrow.-Mail, IA.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-01-17
No More Free Tail Delivery

The following orders were received
from headquarters yesterday by Post
master Hackney:
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-01-17

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. secretary OF state.
educational institutions has been man
aged by wise legislation and prudent
administration, known in the expert
ence Of no other state, until we have
an Understanding common school
fund, in bonds and land contracts, OF
S9,6s6, 90S; an agricultural college fund
of $500, 92735; a state university fund
of sl4O,7 3l. and state normal school
fund of Sl37,2l1. The state university
has received added endowment, by be-
quest, of greater sum than that from
the government, but which is not in-
cludrd in the aggregate amount Of in
terest-bearing funds, making a grand
total of all funds, sacred to education,
of $40. 467, $50; the annual income from
which, at 6 per cent, amounts TO the
sum of s69S, OIL IL, as a current fund to
aid in the problem of education.
There have been constructed 9,0sS
public school houses, at an aggregate
cost of SO, 7O3, 7Os, and chiefly by the
sale Of district bonds, about $4,000. 900
of which have been paid and cancelled.
In these buildings are employed 1883
teachers, alta cost of 50, O6O, 459.45 a year;
the total tax levied and collected for
common school purposes being $780,
9S6. II per annum. The total sum paid for
educational purposes for the past year
in the state being about s5,SOO,OOO In
1890 we had 1920 church organizations,
with 1854 buildings valued at S7,4l7,.
500.
There have been expended for state
buildings the following sums, nearly
all of which have been paid for from
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current levies in cash: State univer-
sity, $4,000; agricultural college,
$50, $50; state normal school, sl27, 1885,
school for the blind, SIS, 40 school forI
the deaf and dumb, s144,9 $50; asylum
for the insane at Topeka, $685.
37S; at 0sawatomie, $4,000; asy.
lum for imbeciles, s29,O7s; SOL
diers' orphans home, s49,561; reform
school, sll9,s63; penitentiary, $685.
700; state house, s., OOO, 900; reformatory,
$4,000; industrial school for girls,
$4,000; Grand Army home, $40, 900;
making a total of Sc, 152, 1884, to which
add state expenditure Of s77o,s9 in
construction of university, normal
and agricultural college buildings, and
we have a grand total Of s6,eS2, l7s, Of
which but $4,000 was derived from
state bonds not yet due and s6,372, 17s
paid from the pockets Of the people for
the permanent and lasting use of ths
generations to follow us.
There can be no more completes
refutation, no more emphatic condem-
nation Of the organized and persistent
assaults upon the fair fame, good mama
and business credit Of the people Of
Kansas than is found in the simple re-
cital of facts l have given in your hear
ing. In the light Of this record of phe-
nomenal progress let every lover Of tho
state, every one with faith in its future
gather comfort and courage"
sBg srArE OFFICERS SWORN IN
Having concluded his address, Tho
new governor and the other state off,
GERS were sworn in by Chief Justica
Horton.
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the sisterhood of states. II is an ap-
propriate time to review its history and
TO mark its progress. l ask your in
diligence, therefore, while | briefly
compare its status on the Goth of Janu-
ary, 1861, with the conditions which
now surround it.
The measure of dignity and strength
in statehood attained 10y a common
wealth will ever be found co-equal with
the measure OF love and devotion borne
t. it by its citizens The respect of
mankind for state can no more rise
above the respect of the state for itself,
than can public respect for a man rise
above his own self-respect 1t may
well be said that the duty Of a man to
defend and protect the good name of his
family can only be second to his duty
to defend and protect the good name
Of his state.
THE life and experience of Kansas
has fairly verified the legend upon its
great seal as an inspired prophecy. It
has indeed, climbed up to the stars
through difficulties In its progress it
has met and mastered obstacles that
would have crushed and conquered a
less foreeful and selfreliant civilization.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-01-17
Keep A.GOin,.

II you strike a thorn or rose,
Keep a-gUin'i
IL il halls, or II il SHOWS.
Keep a-gOin'!
'Tain't no use 10 sit and whine.
When the fish amt on your line:
Bait your hook and keep on tryin',
Keep a-gOin'.
When the weather kills your crop.
Keep a gOin'!
When you tumble from the top.
Keep a-gOin'i
spOse you're out o every dime,
Gittin' broke amt any crime;
Tell the world you're feeling prime!
Keep a-goin'l
Coin to Folks for HONEY BEEF
Keep a-goin'l
It's goOd 'nOugh for you an me.
Keep a-gOin'!
HONEY pat nt's the better brand.
Equals any in Kansas land.
Cheaper too. SO come along, and
Keep a-g0in',
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State Treasurer. State Auditor.
at all, in any money market Of the
country, and municipal credit was a
thing unknown, outside of our own
boundaries. State officers and EN-.
ployes, like those of cities and counties.
were paid in promises to pay. Orders
were drawn on an empty treasury,
which, under the provisions of the law,
could be presented to the treasurer,
and when by him Endorsed mot paid
for want of funds" bore interest at the
rate of per cent. per annum until
paid. The Understanding scrip was
sold upon the street at discount from
its face value of 10 to 20 per cent, al.
though provided for BY current levy
and practically sure of being paid
within year. School district bonds
were issued for the construs
ton of schoolhouses under ,he
authority of the statutes, bearing
interest at the rate of 10 per cent pei
annum for period Of not more thar
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-01-17

Ine IOllOWlng orders were received
from headquarters yesterday by Post
master Hackney:
OFFICE OF THE
FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL.
washington, DC, Jan. S. 1896.
postmaster Wellington. Kansas.
SIR enclose herewith a copy Of an order
OF the postmaster general, disseminating the
lree delivery service at your Office at the
close OF business January Is. 1896.
Pay the letter carriers the amounts dine
them up to and including January 18th. You
VIII also nave all letter boxes i'm your CITY
taken down Immediately after the last col
lection on that day, and delivered TO yOur
once where you will crate them properly and
SEND TO the postmaster at Kansas Civ Mo
0y mail as postal supplies. Also send ali
letter carriers satchels to the same post
master P
The keyes Of the carriers and the locks
istered mail to the second assistant most
master general Very respectfully.
F. II. JOKES.
Enclosure Ooi''' d.
OFFICE OF THE
POSTMASTER GENERAL.
Washington. DC. Jan. :. 1895.
OKDEkED; Discontinue the free delivery
service at the pOstofice at Wellington. Kan
saS, 10 take effect at the close OF business
January 10, 1875 ISignedl
W. 5. BISsTLL
Postmaster General.
The orders as given above were a
great surprise to the postal service at
this place as well as to almost every
one else, Those in charge of the Office
and delivery here have been expecting
a wholesale reduction of salaries. to
take effect about the first Of the DOS
tai year, which begins April |, but
they had not anticipated the orders
just received. The office has not been
self-sustaining for some time past.
but it was not thought by many that
the present course would be taken BY
the department to make it so. The
order mas been made to take effect on
far too short notice for those who
have charge here TO arrange to meet
the new order of work successfully.
1t will be necessary to remodel the
Office and make it more convenient for
the postal clerks to perform their in
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-08-24

for Notwithstanding their fatigue their
strange surroundings kept them on their
guard, and they slept with one eye open
with their hands on their pistols. No
trouble occurred however, and by the
morning Ii. hit, the tempest having abat-
ed, the engineers renewed their Journey
after thousand thanks to the Mexican
for his hospitality.
The singular part of the story now fol-
lows. The two engineers had parted with
theMexican on evidentlysgood terms. They
had done nothing as far as they knew
to offend him, and he had not shown
any feeling against them other than the
surliness spoken OF. They had reached
a point only a short distance from the
cave when the ping of a rifle bullet was
heard as it grazed the ear of the chic
engineer, followed by the report of the
gun. Looking back the face Of the Mexi-
can was seen in the distance as
he lifted his repeating rifle again, and
a second shot glanced by the head of the
chiefs companion. Il was evidently a case
of sauye qui peut; there was no time to
consider motives. Self preservation is
always justifiable, and both men drew
their revolvers and fired almost stimuli
taneously. The Mexican dropped in his
tracks. The engineer rushed up to him
and found him gasping, with wound in
the breast from which the blood flowed
can utter. He was evidently almost gone.
The men carried him back to the cave,
laid him on the old pallet and waited.
Suddenly the Mexican, with supreme
effort raised himself on one elbow,
stretched out the other hand towards the
picture on the wall, gave utterance to
the single expression (that sounded like
'bella mia, with a half cry, and fell
back dead
After the Mexican's decease his effects
were looked over to see who, OF what he
might have been. There was not scrap
of writing, not mark on his clothes,
not anything to identify him. In fact all
there was for clue of any sort was on
the back of the photograph of the lady
towards which thessMexican's last glance
was turned 1t bore the name of j. II.
Lamson, photographer, Portland, Maine
This is all of the story that is OF general
interest. The engineer and his compan-
ion gave the Mexican decent burial, and
then returned to the headquarters where
the bridge was to be built. After the
work Tor which he had been engaged was
completed the chief returned to Pasadena
and in the spring or early summer, to
his home at New Rochelle. He wrote
the lady that of course the photograph
was hers and he therefore restored it to
her How it came into the Mexican's pos
session will probably never be known.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-08-24
Notes.
Eolian Recital.

Yesterday afternoon at 3 O'Clock the
first of series Of Aeolian recitals were
given at the wareroom of the M. Stein
ert & Son Co., 517 Congress street. 1t is
safe to assume that the majority of
those present were wholly unprepared for
the rich musical treat that was given
them. Certainly no one would suppose
from the simple, unsuggestive word
"Aeolian" that such musical results
could be obtained by single performer.
The programme was ambitious in the
extreme, being nothing short of what
would be offered by the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, and it is but fair to Mr..
Parkyn to frankly admit that the rendit-
ion was in every particular perfect re-
fection-o of the traditional Interpretation
of these master pieces.
The Aeolian has only single perform
er, who does not touch the keys, yet every
instrument of the orchestra is adequate
ly represented, and gives its allotted share
of the work at the proper time
The instrument is not difficult to pl ay
it takes no special course of study, the
only requisite being that the performer
must be fond of music.
The public are cordially invited to at
tend these informal recitals. which are to
be continued during the coming week
every afternoon between the hours of
three and five.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-08-24
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Peck's Fad Boy,

Peck's Bad Boy since it was here last
has been entirely rewritten, and is replete
with appropriate music and strong
specialties. The first act still retains the
famous grocery store, kept by Schultz
the German GROCER. Tho second act
shows Major Peck's home, and the last,
the picnic scene at Clearwater woods in
Milwaukee, Wis. Nothing has been
neglected in scenery and costuming. The
cast is the strongest ever put out with
the play. Manager Heath has acquired %
we'll deserved popularity in the United
States and Canada for his painstaking
efforts in putting on all his attractions
with the most scrupulous care. 1t will be
seen at Portland theatre Monday.
White Squadron.
"The White Squadron will be seen at
the Portland theatre next Tuesday ana
Wednesday. The recent Congress OIL
Navies," in Rio Janeiro, to protest
against the brigandage tolerated IN
Brill, forms the basis of the plot, whlch
unfolds romantic love interest,". "A
natural element YER spreads the entlre
play and the American flag is SO prougne
out and so glorified as to arouse 10 one
highest pitch the enthusiasm Oh every
American who sees it.
aLost in New York.
At the Portland theatre next Ihurs uay
and Friday evenings Lost in New
York; will be presented for the second
time in this city. The play is one of the
cleverest Of all sensational plays, and
is bannilv free from blood and thunder and
clap trap that spells many plays Oh inns is
kind. The story is charming and full
81 beart interest, and written in the best
e+uIo Of the we'll known American drama
fist. Mr.. Leonard Grover, who has writ