People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-28

Many will go up TO Wichita to see the
decorated train, which will be a
pretty sight.
Geo. R. Fultz returned Saturday
evening from Colorado Springs and will
be in the city several days. He re-
ports the mining company with which
be is connected as making splendid
progress and owning many valuable
mining claims.
H. J. Frantz returned Wednesday
from Ottawa, in company with his
wife, whom he met there on her way
home from four weeks visit with
relatives in Roanoke and Eureka, ILL.,.
Mr.. Frantz reports heavy rains in the
vicinity of Ottawa.
John Porter is in receipt of a letter
from sister, who is a missionary in
KyOtO, Japan, in which she tells Of
serious injuries sustained by their
brother, Rev. ]. B. Porter, also a mis-
siOnary in Japan, by falling from a
high precipice while riding his bicycle.
Shelving is today being placed in
the First National bank room for
John r. Spar, the halter and haber-
daSher. This room was used Oy the
bank for thirteen years, and is one Of
the few business rooms in the city
which have had but one ten ant since
they were built.
Ed Klein, ChaS. Forbes, Herbert
Burcham and Fred Smell went to Ok
ford Sunday night to see some friends.
The Udall boys had got ahead of
them, however, and had their friends
at church. The boys are feeling blue
over the matter, so don't say anything
to them about it,
A. Heininger and wife and Mrs.
Marguerite Spahr left for Mt. Cory,
Ohio, Tuesday morning, after a three
weeks visit with relatives here. Mrs.
Spahr is the mother of 0. F. Spahr,
the drayman. Mrs. Heininger and
Mrs. Spahr are sisters of L. c. Fisher,
of this city,
A little picnic party passed a num-
Der of hours very pleasantly at Coles
Grove, northwest Of the city, Tues
day, returning by moonlight. Misses
Lula Frantz, Mamie and Dorothy
Porter, Mayme and Ida Peck, Edith
Myers, Julia Hyde, Of St. Louis;
Messrs. W. H. Schultz, Sumner Whit
son, John Porter, Ed Hackney and
c. ]. Humphrey were the members Of
the party.
The state central committee of the
National Silver party has appointed
Ed Hackney chairman of the central
committee for this county with au-
thority to select a committeeman
from each precinct. This is an or
ganization which believes in putting
the free coinage Of silver before any
other question or even before party
itself in the coming campaign. The
national convention will be held at
st. Louis July %. Kansas is entitled
to sixty delegates, who are to be chO-
sen at Topeka July l6. Mr.. Hackney
will proceed at once toperfect cOur.
ty organization.
The Caldwell News speaks as fol-
lows of an address delivered by Prof,
Fl. f. NJ. Bear at the commencement
exercises of the Perth public schools.
Higher education is the eminent In.
stractOr's favorite theme: "Prof.
Bears address was an eloquent appeal
for higher education and he captured
the audience with his well-chOsen
words. Prof. Bear is the city SUI
perintendent Of the public schools
at Wellington, and is one Of the most
accomplished educators in the state,
He is young man Of superior talent,
merit and address and has a brilliant
future before him in his chosen ca.
reer.n
Solution of the broken-bank-with
c0Lnty-funds problem as viewed fol
his fellow citizens by the pessimistiC
Mulvane Record man: Another
twenty thousand dollars of Sumner
county's money has been seQuestered
in the recent bank failure in yelling
ton. How successful the officials may
be in collecting tive know not. Past
experience In that line is not encour-
aging. II the powers that be hat
kept faith with the people in thi,
part Of the county and built a bridge
on the river south of town as they
promised, the amount of money OF
deposit 10 the broken bank nigh
have been less and the county non,
the poorer than it now is. Dye SCI
it,"
General Orders for Memorial Day
At2 p.m. the assembly" will b,
sounded by the chief trumpeter, Sum
ner Carver, who will be stationed a