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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-04-23
LOHNT. STEWARD
Resolutions.

The following resolutions were
unanimously adopted by Wellington
Lodge, No. 1873. I.O.O.F., on April Is,
1896.
WHEREAS, The relentless hand of
affection has shrOuded our beloved
brother in sorrow and grief: and
WHEREAS, In obedience to the
will of the great Grand Master of
tie universe, the wife of Brother
Edwards, our sister. has been called
to the Supreme Lodge above, there
fore be it
RESOLVED, That in her death
Brother Edwards has lost a faithful
and loving companion, the solace and
comfort of his declining years; to
him sunshine is but shadow and hap
piness a memory Of the past; the
harp of his life is unstrung. She fell
in the ripeness Of old age, adorned
with the love of all who knew her,
leaving them the legacy of a noble
life and an unselfsh example: having
so lived and so Loyalty performed her
every duty, that she now latter many
days of toll enjoys a dreamlesS Sleep
Death does not end all for the deeds
Of the good live after them. A well
spent life influences the ages. The
good and true and generous in ouI
lives does not turn to dust Ut perish
in the grave, but are as fadeless as
the stars, and will live forever in the
deeds of love and kindness that form
the web and wool of life.
And resolved further by Wellington
Lodge No. 1913, LO.O.F. that i'm The
sad hour Of his bereavement and Sor
row, we extend to Brother Edward.
our sincere coincidence and sympathy
And be it further
RESOLVED, That these resolutions
be spread upon the records Of thi,
lodge and copy presented to Brothel
Edwards.
GEO. H. GROUSE, Sec'y.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-04-23
From Arkansas,

EDITOR VoICE;-AS it has been a
long time since wrote you, perhaps
some of your readers could stand lit
tie more news from "ArkanSawn.
Our summer weather we had in Feb.
ruary has gone and the north pole
seems tC be moving this way. When
we arose the morning 0r the 18th, we
found the ground covered with snow,
which soon disappeared but the night
following gave US another one, and it
showed most all day the 18th, but the
most of it was gone by night and this
morning there was about one inch OF
snow on the ground, and two or three
on the fences and trees, and it has
kept up its lick the most of today.
first snow, then rain, then Sleet. Il
looks very much like January tonight
Many of the farmers were done sowing
oats, and some were making garden
If this has not killed the peaches there
will be a full crop. Strawberries we,
blooming the first of this week. They
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-04-23
Twenty cents pays for
the VOICE to January
l, 1897, inside Sumner
county,
Commissioners Proceedings.


The Board of County Commission.
ers met April Is, 1896, pursuant to ad-
tournament.
Yewel Griffith, chairman, D. A. Espy
and Thomas Murphy. members of
the Board, and Chas. Sadler. County
Clerk, were present.
john l. Stewart, by himself, and
his attorney, James Lawrence, an
peared, in answer to a citation issued
by the Board, ordering John T. Stew.
art to appear before the Board on the
10th day of April, 1895, to correct per.
Sonal property assessment OF 1895.
Thi defendant, Stewart. filed a mo-
ton tOQuash the citation and proceed.
lngs herein, on the following grounds.
l Because said citation was issued
at a special meeting of the Board
called to take action upon the bond Of
the First National Bank and could
not at said meeting transact any
other business.
IL That no sufficient information
has been given to said Board upon
which a citation could issue.
Ill That said proceedings are
wholly void and without warrant Of
law
The motion to Quash was oyerruleG
by the board and defendant objects t
the action Of the Beard.
! The Board adjourncd to meet next
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-04-23

The British Medical Journal calls
attention to the evils Of cigarette
smoking and the use of tobacco in
general upon boys and young men,
and declares that school boys should
be taught that premature indulgence
in tobacco, whether in the form Of
cigarettes or any other, lis likely to
make them grow up into manikins
rather than men," This idea ought
to be impressed upon the mind Of
every young man and boy in the land,
and it ought also 10 be made clear TO
older men, that what is bad for a boy
Of twenty, must be bad for a man OF
twenty-One, twenty-five or greater
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-04-23
The IDEAL Panaeea.

James L. Francis, Alderman, Chi
cage, says: Il regard DR.. Kings New
Discovery as an Ideal PaHacea for
Coughs, Colds and Lung Complaints.
having used it in my family for the
last five years, to the exclusion Of
PHYSICIANS Prescriptions, or osher
preparations"
Rev. John Burgus, KeOkuk, Iowa.
writes: II have been a minister Of
the Methodist Episcopal church for
% years or more, and have never
found anything so beneficial or that
gave me such speedy relief as DIR.
Kings New Discovery. Trv this
Ideal Cough Remedy now. Trial bot.
ties free at F. r. Suyder's drug store
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-04-23

Woman's true strength lies 10 her
q1ietnesS. The noisy, clustering ar
Togant. self-asselting Of the sex made
the air hot with their voices, and trou-
BILE the world with their superabun-
dant activities. But this is not real
strength-it is more generally just a
sham and a show, which breaks down
under the pressure of personal and
private trial; while the true power of
those who, as wives, influence the pres
ent, and, as mothers, mould the fu-
ture, lies hidden from the public, all
the more valuable because Of its re-
serve.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-04-23

morning at 8 a. NJ, to proceed with
the case.
APRIL Il, 1896.
The board met pursuant toadiourn-
ment.
Yewel Griffith, chairman, D.A. ESpy
and Thomas Murphy, members of the
Board, and Chas. Sadler. c5uatyclerk.
were present
Mr.. Lawrence appeared FOR John
T. Stewart On his citation ease. and
offered The following proposition:
Before the Board O. County Com
miSsioners, of Sumner county, Kansas.
In recitation to JOHN T. STEWART.
To Said Board: GENTLEMEN
While / am fully pursuaded that |
have paid all the taxes | could fully
be called upon to pay, and am one of
the largest and heaviest tax payers
in the county, and know tlat / have
ard 90 pay more in proportion TO
what a great number Of utner persons
pay in proportion to Their worth. vet
to avoid litigation which know can
be prolonged fer a number of years.
but which would be n0tOuly ANNOYING.
veXatiOuS and expensive, and in the
end, although ! am advised and be-
lieye ! would be successful. would cost
me as much as the proposition herein
after submitted, and by reason Of the
fact that my wife is worried and a.
most sick from the fact of having
been SupOenaed to appear as a wit
ness before your Board in said matter:
therefore, upon behalf of myself and
my said wife, | now, by way of COM
promising and bringing my peace, and
to stop proposed litigation in addition
to this proceeding, propose TO pay in
full for all claims of taxes Of any ma
ture or kind for the year A. D. 1895,
and for all years prior thereto for my
self and wife and for the full purpose
of ending and terminating the pro-
ceeding and all future litigation of
any nature or kind growing out Of or
in any manner connected herewith.
the sum of seventeen hundred and
fifty dollars. All of which l respect
fully submit.
JOINT. STEWART,
By JAS LAWRENCE, Attorney.
Dated this 18th day of April, 1896.
Mr.. Murphy moved to accept the
proposition. Mr.. ESpy seconded the
motion to get IL before the board. The
motion was put and carried.
Mr. ESpy asked to have his vote re-
corded against the motion.
Ordered that Barney O'COnnor be
released from Jail when his time ex-
pires on the payment of all costs or
the securing Of payment of all costs.
The Board adjourned.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-04-23
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Crawford avalanche., 1896-08-06

otic citizens. and made them almost for.
get, as they shouldered their guns and
fell into line for the Union, whether they
had previously styled themselves Repub-
licans or Democrats. These men, In the
absence of q satisfactory Democratic can
didate on a sound platform. will not con-
sent to surrender one-half of the potency
of their suffrages for the sake of over
refined ideas of political consistency.
They will want to put their votes where
their votes will do the most good as
against Populsm. repudiation and ma
tional dishonor. They will fire their bal
lots straight at the common enemy, even
though the ballots be labeled Mckinley.
1t would be piece Of political folly
amounting to crime to divert the atten-
tion of this class of Democrats from the
main question, and to jeopardize the re-
suit of the election, by setting up inop-
perfume claims tc a partisan allegiance
which. in an emergency like this, Is NOM
inal at the best
Mass every honest American vote on
one candidate representing honest
money. the nations honor, and the inten-
tion of this people to preserve the gov
ernment and the institutions which their
fathers handed down to them. Waste
no ammunition when Populism is shrek
ing its battle cry, and anarchy is lurking
close behind in the rear with torch in
hand
McKinley's personality is nothing in
this contest. His previous political affili-
ations are nothing. Accident has decreed
that he shall stand for the time for some
thing thousand times more precious
tnan any party badge.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-08-06
OPPOSE CHEAP MONEY.
The Building Associations Pass Resolu-
tions on tae Money Question.

At the annual meeting of the United
States League of Local building Associa-
tions held in Philadelphia. July %. the
following resolution OH the money Ques-
ton was adopted:
The United States League of Local
Building and Loan Associations, in con-
vention assembled, declares: |. That il is
the sense of this meeting that the interest
of all shareholders of building and loan
associations in the United States de-
mands that the present standard of value
upon which our monetary system has
been based since the resumption of specie
payments in 1878 shall remain unchanged
and inviolate. 2. That we believe that
the interest Of every class in the COM
munity, and especially those of the great
wage earning class, imperatively de-
mands that the present standard of value
whether coin or paper, shall be equal in
value TO every other. 3. That patriotism
demands that the dollar" bearing the
mint mark of the United States shall be
the equal of the dollar of the most ad-
yanced nations aud entitled to full faith
and credit all over the world; and to
that end 1t must be maintained free from
all suspicion, debasement, or reputation.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-08-06
EDITOR DANA'S ADVICE.
Democrats Should Vote for M McKin-
ley and Not Sacrifice Prln-
ciple to Party.

New York Sun: The political rea sons
for not putting up an honest-money can
didate this year on genuinely Demo-
cratic platform are strong and obvious.
The nomination of another Democratic
candidate would contribute TO the per-
sonal comfort of Democrats who ire re-
luctant to vote for Mr.. Mckinley, but
it would accomplish nothing else. And
this method of voting for a principle only
would surely imperil the result in many
a close state.
Better far to vote for principle in
a way that will count
Every Democratic vote cast for Will
liam Mckinley as the representative of
honest money and the nations honor and
the preservation of democratic nsttu-
tions against the wild horde now pre-
pairing to attack them, will do just twice
AS much service for the common cause
as can be done by Democratic vote for
third candidate standing no chance of
election.
Let every Democrat who appreciates
the magnitude of the present crisis keep
this fact steadily in mind: His vote for
Mckinley and Hobart is worth double
his vote for the best Democrat that
rs a protest against the inquity consum-
mated at Chicago.
Is there any sincere Democrat who.
understanding all that the election means
for our beloved country, is willing to
cut his vote in two this year; to deprive
his ballot of one-half its efficiency?
1t will be said that there are such
Democrats. 1t will be said that there
are Democrats who can persuade them
selves under no circumstances to cast
their votes for any Republican candidat te
for President. Perhaps that il so. Let
them register their protest against Chi
cago by refusing TO vote for presidential
electors. Let them concentrate their
partisan enthusiasm upon the state and
local tickets. They will help in this way
to defend the nations honor and the
continued existence of the institutions
| which the regulators and the revolution
lists are assailing. They will help, it is
true, only half as much as if they voted
| for Mckinley and Hobart, but they
would help not one particle more
than that by bestowing their votes upon
sound-money Democrat nominated for
the sake of their personal comfort and
political consistency.
On the other hand, there are hundreds
| of thousands of Democrats, If not mil
| lions of them, who see in the present
| crisis call to duty only less urgent and
| inspiring than that which summoned TO
the front thirty-6ye years ago our patri-
Crawford avalanche., 1896-08-06
Mexico's Burden OF Free Silver.

Michigan Iron Ore: The Detroit Trib-
unc has staff correspondent in Mexico.
He describes the population of that coun-
try as being half beggars, and the bal
ance doing poorly. lie says everything
is impoverished, and that the tales being
told of the success of that country are
lies, pure. cold and simple. And the cor
respondent is right, and truly describes
the condition. The reason that we re-
fer to this is that certain free silver
champions delight in calling attention to
the wonderful strides being made BY
Mexico under the IL to plan.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-08-06
A VITAL ISSUE.
The Republican Party's Consistent
Stand as Regards the Tariff.

From 1878 to 1892. the period of maxi
mum national prosperity under Republic
an economic policies-which the first
Cleveland administration. lacking con-
troll of Congress-. was unable to disturb
the foreign movement of our gold gave us
practically no concern. 1t is illustrated
in the amended table.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-08-06
Appeal 10 Voters.

Such are the principles and policies of the
Republican party. BY these principles
we will abide and these policies we will
put into execution. We ask for them
the considerate judgment of the Ameri-
can people. Confident alike in the his
tory of our great party and in the JUS
tice of our cause. we present our plat
form and our candidates in the full as
surance that the election will bring vic
tory to the Republican party and pros
Crawford avalanche., 1896-08-06
welcome to Women,

The Republican party is mindful of
the rights and interests of women. Pro-
lection of American industries includes
equal opportunities. equal pay for equal
work. and protection to the home. We
favor the admission of women to wider
spheres of usefulness. and welcome their
cooperation in rescuing the country from
Democratic and Populist mismana cement
and misrule.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-08-06
Matter of Pensions.

The veterans of the Union army de-
serve and should receive fair treatment
and generous recognition. Whenever
practicable they should be given the pref
erencc in the matter Of employment, and
Crawford avalanche., 1896-08-06
For Sound Money.

The Republican party is unreservedly
for sound money. 1t caused the enact
ment of the law providing for the re-
sumption of specie payment in 1879.
since then every dollar has been as good
us gold.
We are unalterably opposed to every
measure calculated to debase our cur.
rency or impair the credit of our cour-
try. We are, therefore, opposed to the
free coinage Of silver. except by interna
tional agreement with the leading com
merical nations of the world. which we
pledge ourselves TO promote. and until
such agreement can be obtained the ex-
isting gold standard must be preserved.
All our silver and paper currency must
be maintained at parity with gold, and
we favor all measures designed to main
tain invoilably the obligations of the Unit
ed States, and all our money, whether
coin or paper, at the present standard.
the standard of the most enlightened ma.
tons of the earth
Crawford avalanche., 1896-08-06
Merchant Marine Restoration.

We favor restoring the early American
policy of discriminating duties for the
upbuilding of our merchant marine and
the protection of our shipping in the. for
eign carrying trade SO that American
shps-the product of American labor.
employed in American shipyards, sail,
ing under the Stars and Stripes and
manned, officered and owned by Ameri-
cans-may regain the carrying of our
foreign commerce.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-08-06
Total loss.

This loss has nothing to do with the
question whether gold or silver
standard is the better. 1t is direct
fruit of the Democracy's unwise agita-
ton against protection; a palpable dem.
onstration that the tariff is emphatically
an issue in this campagn.-Scr,nton
pa) Tribune.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-08-06
Stand for Temperance.

We sympathize with all wise and legit
innate efforts to lessen and prevent the
evils of intemperancc and promote moral
Crawford avalanche., 1896-08-06
Representation for Alaska.

We believe the citizens of Alaska
should have representation in the Con-
gress of the United States, to the end
that needful legislation may be intelli-
| pently enacted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-09
Preparing For tho Storm.

A correspondent in the ncrth Of Ire.
land sends the following account of an
interesting incident that came under his
observation:
Being ON walking tour through In
ishowen, and passing along the edge OF
Tough Swilly, the romantic Lake OF
Shadows, he noticed an immense gath
erins of rocks ON the sandy shore.
In company with several others, the
tourist was attracted by this novel spec.
tacle. and began to wonder at the cause
Of 1t. An old man, who was working in
a field near the place, offered an explana.
ton. He said that the birds We're pick
ing up sand to ballast themselves in a
storm, and that when they did so it was
a sure sign Of approaching bad weather.
He added that ON shooting rocks after a
gathering of the sort he had found tina,
they were loaded with sand
As q matter of fact, the gentleman
concludes, violent gale set in early
next morning. -Pearson's Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-09
self Acting Neapans.

A common story was to the effect that
. Muramasa sword was once on a time
pledged to pawnbroker. The fellow
thought this q fine opportunity to parade
himself as gentleman, and, according
ly, on festival day he wore the sword.
Quarreling with some idle fellows, he
essayed TO use tbs weapon, but his un-
familiarity with it excited the derision
OF the bystanders. who numerically
rid;suled his bnngling manner. But the
merriment of these individuals was
short lived. The sword itself took the
matter i'll hand, as though the taunts
impugned its own skill. and soon laid
low all its traducers. Then it turned
against the unfortunate pawnbroker and
killed him.
Another story is the basis of popular
Japanese drama, and tells of the adven-
lures of saipurai with a strange sword
which he had borrowed from q pawn
broker. He lightly hit man with the
blade without apparently woundinS
him in the least. Some time after the
man suddenly dropped dead. and it was
found that the sword had inflicted a
mortal wound even when it had scarcely
drawn blood. Upon examination this
was found to be Muramasa, which,
though coming from the dishonor of q
pawnshop and carried in the hands of
an incompetent, had thus made mani
fest its power. Lyman Horace Weeks
in Lippincott's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-09
Dancing Mice.

There have been found in Japan some
mice that have been the subject Of a
good deal of geological discussion. These
creatures are white and black rs Il rule,
but some have shadings of brown and
pale yellow. When the baby mouse first
begins to walk, it exhibits the tendency
that characterizes tits peculiar breed.
After moving a short distance il begins
to turn round and round, increasiu. in
rapidity until it spins almost like q top.
This waltzing, for it is nothing else,
amounts to q mad dissipation, being
kept mp for some minutes without stop
ping. There will then be pause Of u
few seconds, when the dance begins
again. These creatures waltz almost all
night, sleeping in the daytime. Some
times they dance in couples, whirling
around and keeping the most perfect
time. Three or four have been known to
dance together, two forming an inner
circle and the others dancing around the
outside. The smallness of the circle they
take may DO imagined from the fact
that they will spin for hours under an
ordinary tunlbler with but brief inter
walls Of rest.-New York Ledger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-09

On, Of the ablest and most brilliant
i.Nyars at the York county {Me. bar
Tss John Holmes of Alfred, who was
widely known for his wit and sarcasm
An opportunity was seldom lost by him
Of exhibiting his opponent in ridiculous
position. An instance Of this kind &C.
/. cred while member of tie senate of
the United States, in the discussion Oh
notification, Mr.. Tyler of Virginia,
afterward president, alluded to satir-
ical remark of John Randolph, in which
that gentleman had some time before
designated certain active politicians as
partners under the firm name of James
Madison. Felix Grundy, John Holmes
and the DEVIL" and asked Mr.. Holmes,
with the view Of making severe cut.
what had become of that celebrated
firm. Mr.. Holmes Immediately sprang
to his feet and said, Mr.. President,
will tell the gentleman what has become
of that firm; the first member is dead,
and the second has gone into retirement,
and the last has gone to the nullifiers
and is now electioneering among the
gentleman's constituents, and thus the
partnership is legally dissolved. -
Green Bag.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-09
How Schweninger Trained bismarck.

The third volume of Won Paschinger s
work on Prince Bismarck contains sew
eral hitherto unpublished anecdotes.
One of these relates how DIR. Schwenin-
ger became the chancellor's private
physician and subiugated the great man
to his will. DIR. Schwcninger, who was
indebted to Herr Doetze, deputy, for
his introduction to Bismarck's house
hold, recognized the strong tempera
ment with which he had to deal and
resolved to assume the whiphand ut the
very outset. Three days after his advent
the chancellor fell ill. The doctor for
babe him to partalze of certain dish of
which he was particularly fond. Bis
marck rebelled and had it placed before
him Notwithstanding Hearing of what
had been done, Dr. Schweninger en-
tered the room, took the dish forcibly
from the PATIENTS hands and flung il
out Of the open window. The man Of
iron perceived that he had met his
match and was ever afterward the
most docile of patients under DR..
Schweninger hands. - Westminster
Gazette