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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-02
A Test Text Book Case.

An important suit was commenced
at Manhattan Saturday, which effects
the entire school system of Kansas 10
the exchange of old books under the
new text book law. The law pro-
vides that the books actually in use
during last year shall be received in
exchange by the companies who re-
celved the contracts to furnish the
books under the new law, but the con.
tractors and textbook commission. in
direct violation of that provision of
the law, adopted a rule that only
whole books shall be received in ex.
change.
There has been good deal of dis
satisfaction on the parto of the patrons
OF the schools over the treatment
which they nave received at the
hands OF the contractors, and Satur.
day afternoon, when the officers OF
Dist. No. Z, of Riley county, brought
10 their hooks for exchange and pre-
scented them to W. r. Spilman & Co.,
the district agents for that county,
the agents rejected large number OF
the books. In some instances only
one leaf in the back of book was
gone, but the agents, acting under
the orders of the contractors. refused
to make the exchange as prescribed
by law.
The school district officers. feelin.
that they were not being fairly dealt
with. commenced an action through
their attorney to compel the agent.
to receive the books, and restraining
the agents from further proceeding
under the arbitrary rule of the con
tractors.
An Injunction was obtained apG
served on the agents Saturday eve
ming. The case will probably be hot
~ contested. as the decision of tbi,
case will determine the company.
right arbitrarily To refuse books. Il
the school district wins it will be the
means OF saving tue people of Kansa.
thousands OF dollars at this time in
the exchange of school books.
This is only the forerunner of q
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-02
BY LYMAN NAUGLE.
Advice for School Boards.

AT the request or the county super
intendent, County Attorney Ivan D..
Rogers has prepared the following
opinion as to the course school boards
should pursue in adopting school text
books under the new law:
Mr.. J. ". Mclaughlin, Superintendent Pub
lie Instruction, Wellington, Kansas.
DEAR SIR: Replying to your re-
quest for an opinion as to what course
school district boards should pursue
with reference to the adoption Of
text books provided for in the 1897
act, will say that there is a great d.
Versity Of opinion as to the proper
construction TO be placed upon the
following clause contained in Sec %
Of the act;
"And provided further, that moth
ing herein contained shall be con-
Strued TO apply to the Use Of school
books in branches other than those
mentioned in this act, nor shall any
thing herein be construed to apply to
TO counties now under con ract for
county uniformity of text books until
said contract Lr contracts shall have
expired, or with school districts or
cities OF the first or second class hay-
ing such contracts until such contract
shall have expired according to the
terms which have been agreed to in
writing; and provided, at the expira.
ton Of such contracts such counties,
school districts and cities Of the first
and second class shall thereafter be
governed by the provisions of this
act
Assistant Attorney General Smelling
advised the state superintendent that
this provision only exempted from the
operation Of the act, counties having
county uniformity.
Attorney General Boyle afterward
rendered an opinion that districts
having contracts were exempted from
the operation of the act. The Ques-
ton was then submitted to Elk. Chief
Justice David Martin, who agreed
with Assistant Attorney General
Smelling.
After careful consideration of
the statute have arrived at the fol-
lowing conclusion:
First, All districts not under con-
tract to use certain series of books
must adopt and use the books selected
by the textbook commission. A fail
ure to do so subjects the board and
teacher to fine or imprisonment,
Second, All districts having written
contracts with publishing houses to
use certain books may at this time
disregard the contract and adopt the
books selected by the textbook com.
mission and in my opinion the district
will not be liable to the publishing
house for disregarding the contract.
Third, All districts having written
contracts with publishing houses tC
use certain books for a period not ex-
ceediCg five years are not required tC
adOpt and use the books selected by
the textbook commission until the
expiration of the contract.
l think all districts regardless OF
contracts with publishing houses
should adopt the books selected by
the textbook commission at as early
date as they can conveniently
do So Yours respectfully,
IVAN D. ROGERS, Co. Atty.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-02

S ate of Kansas to Henry S. Palmer, ]. S.
Greenwade and ". q. Greenwade.
YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE that you have
/ been sued In the District CourtOi Sumner
county. Kansas, by N. G. Nenl and that
unless you answer the petition fled by said
plaintiff on or before the
18th DAY OF OCTOBER, 1897,
said petition will be taken as true and judy
ment rendered against you accordingly, fore
closing mortgage executed and delivered by
Henry s. Pain er and Mary A Palmer to N.
W Dubois dated October q. 1890 on tho fol-
lowing described real estate In Sumner
county, Kansas, to- wit:
Lots FIVE ~ and six (6l and the south half OF
the northeast quarter OF section four %,
township thirty-fve (3s) south, range four
"a, west OF the sixth principal meridian and
for the sale Of said real estate without APP
prsisement. to pay the debt secured by said
mortgage.
Witness my hand and the seal OF said court
this 18th day of August lg7.
IsEAL.l W. NJ. COPELAND.
Clerk OF said District Court
ByE NJ. BELL.
Deputy
HERRICK L ROGERS, Attorneys for Pltf.
First published In VOICE Sept, 2, 1897.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-02
Summons by Publication.

y ~
No. slSs.
STATE OF KANSAS,
sUHEERCoUSTY.
In the district court OF said county:
The Massachusetts, Mu.)
tual Life Insurance
Company. Plaintiff,
vs.
Ellen 0'Hearn and The
Hamilton Investment
Company, Defendants.
The State OF Kansas 10 the above named de-
PENDANT Ellen o Hearn, greeting:
YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE that you have
Il been sued by the above named plaintiff in
the above named court, and that you must
answer the petition OF said plaintiff against
you FLED in said action, in the Office Of the
clerk OF said court by the
18th DAY or SEPTEMBER, A. D. 1897.
or said petition will be taken as trus and
judgment will be rendered 10 said action in
favor OF said plaintiff and against said de-.
fendant, Ellen 0Hearn, for the sum OF
ssOO0O with Interest from the LIST day
for the foreclosure Of certain mortgage er-
ecuted by the defendant, Ellen 0'Hearn. 10
this plaintiff for the sum Of $500 90 which was
recorded In volume 70 at page al of the mort
gage records OF Sumner county. Kansas
and Tor the sale OF the following IL.
scribed real estate situated In the county Of
sumner. and state Of Kansas. to-wit:
Lots five 5l, six (6). seven "a and eivbt ~ in
section I'VE ~, township thirty-fye (s5)
south, range one ~ east OF the sixth princi.
pal meridian. without appraisement. ac-
cordlng TO law, under an order OF sale To
satisfy said Judgment aud costs. In Accord
ance with the prayer Of said petition
", witness my hand and seal this 26th day Of
,., W. NJ. C0PELAND.
SEAL Clerk Of said District Court;
ROBERT H. HAMILTON and
GEORGE 7. PITTS,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
lfirst published in VOICE Aug. s, lsN.1
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-02

Some Of the sportsmen Of Butler
county have sent TO Oregon for Chin
e, or golden, pheasants, with which
to stock Southern Kansas. When
these pheasants were first brought to
the Pacific coast, one Of the islands in
Puget sound was procured, and the
Washington legislature passed law
prohibiting the killing Of the birds
for period of FIVE years. A lot of
the pheasants were turned loose on
the island, and the Portland Gun
club patiently waited five years for
the day when the game might be
hunted. When this day arrived, all
OF the prominent spOrtsmen of the
coast were invited and proceeded by
special steamer to the island. There
it was found that the pheasants were
as plentiful as heas Cd a dogs back,
but they wouldn't fly aud were as
tame DIS barnyard fowls. The sports
men knocked over as many as they
wished with clubs and went away very
much disguised. Later the pheasants
spread all over the coast and are now
very plentiful. When one comes to
think of it, it could hardly be ex-
pected that a bird raised as a domes-
tic fowl 10 China would turn wild on
reaching America.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-02
COST PRICE OFFER.

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To anyone sending us FIVE subscriptions at
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DIT 81 90 each We will pay cash commission
OF 20 cents on each.
Send for free sample copy and see II The
eating an American policy, lie not the paper
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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-02

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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-02

Park Trowbridge surprised his
friends by dropping in Unexpectedly
Saturday morning from Sedalia, Mo-,
where he has been working for H. P.
Hall, the jeweler. Park says the at
fractions here are so great that he
couldn't enjoy life at Sedalia and he
has returned to Wellington to stay.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-02

The death of Mrs. 0rinda Jane Mil
Ter at Norwood, NJ, several days ago
recalls again the Anneke JAMS myth
cal millions that are supposed to be
waiting for heirs in this country,
score or more OF whom live in Sumner
county. Mrs. Miller was a descendant
Of JAMS, and she traced the genealogi-
Cal record in the archives Of the old
Dutch Reformed church, in New York.
About once year some lawyer who is
looking for business, organizes com.
pany to collect the inheritance that is
supposed to be legally due the Anneke
JAMS heirs. The amount Of this estate
is millions, according to every pros.
pectuS issued by sucn a company, and
the legal difficulties 10 the way OF
collecting it are not insuperable. Mrs.
Miller at one time regarded herself as
one of these heirs. A recent estimate
Of the property placed it at $50, 900, 0OC.
1t goes without saying that no such
legacy has ever been collected. This
is the largest of half dozen similar
estates for which from time to time
various lawyers of the country scare
up heirs and hold forth promises of
ultimately succeeding in a suit to get
for them what they allege, is their in
heritance. Ia many cases false hopes
Of this sort have worked great injury
to the people who believed that they
were entitled to a share Of such an
estate.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-02
Sherif's Sale.

No. s35s.
In the district court Of Sumner county, In
the state Of Kansas.
Isadore q. Stephens,
Plaintiff.
Elizabeth J. Tucker.
William A. Tucker
and Luther Burnett.
Defendants
DY VIRTUE OF an order Of sale issued TO me
ID out Of said district court in the above
entitled action, will on
Monday, the Goth day September, A. D. 1897,
between two and three o'clock, p. m. of said
day, at the front door OF the court house In
the city OF Wellington, in the county OF
sumner and state Of Kansas, offer az public
sale and sell to the highest aud best bidder
for cash In hand, all the following described
real estate, tO-wit:
The east one-half %. OF the northwest quar-
ca Of section number twenty-three 3d. In
township number thirty-three C33l, south Of
range four "a. west OF the sixth principal
meridian, lying and situate In the county
OF Sumner and 81 ate Of Kansas.
The above described real estate is taken by
said order OF sale TO be sold. and will be sold
without appraisement 10 satisfy said order Of
sale.
Witness my hand this 10th day OF August
A. d., 1897. JAS. X. HESKETT,
Sheriff OF Sumner county. Kansas.
HERRIcK ROGEEs Attorneys for Plaintiff,
First published In VOICE Aug. ~, 1897.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-02
Change of Name Notice.

In the matter Of the application Of Henry
Priest, Mary j. Priest and the minors,
Richie H. Priest and Charles Z. Priest for
change Of name.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
MOTT &c is hereby given that on the Goth
~ day of September, 1877. application will be
made to the district court OF sumner county,
state Of Kansas, to have the name If Henry
Priest changed to Henry Phenix. the name OF
Mary j. Priest changed to Mary ]. Phenix,
and the name Of Richie rriest. a minor,
changed to Richie Phenix, and the name OF
Charles {. Priest, minor, changed to Charles
L. Phenlx
HENRY PRIEST and
MARY J. PRIEST
for themselves and
RICHIE PRIEST
CHARLES +. PRIEST.
minors, by Henry Priest
and Mary J. Priest. their
parents, for and on be-
halt OF said minors.
Attest
W. NJ. COPELAND,
Clerk of District Court.
[sEAL.l
c. |. FORSYTH, Attorney for Plaintiff.
First published In VOICE Aug. 10, 1897.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-02
The AMERICAN
WHARTON eARKER's PAPER

is fighting for the people, for right against
might. for human rights against property
rights, for justice and equality for ALI
4 advocates and demands political action
that will unite the peoDle in their great con-
fict with the cligarchv Of wealth and enable
them TO elect in 1900. President, Vice President
aud Congress. standing OH this platform:
Free coinage Of gold and silver at the
ratio OF to 10.
2. The issue OF all paper money and the
reputation OF the volume thereof by the ma
tional government.
taegraphs.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-02

Alive TO the deplOrable conditions that ex.
lat, approaching the pinchei circumstances
OF the great majority. ant deeming II duty
to do our utmost to put the truth within reach
of all we make this
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-02
[ HICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC;

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No. 81. Accommodation freight. &c. .6:O3 m
Nos and run through TO Fl. Worth with.
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Nos. 3 and do not run Sundays.
Free reclining chair Gals on all passengers
to Kansas City and st. Joe, where direct con-
nertion is made with all lines north. east
and south. No. Z mas through sleeper for
San Antonio. Tickets sold and baggage
checked TO all important points In the Uni
ted Stf ties and Canada.
E. F. llGGIEs, Agent,
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-02
RICHARDSON HOUSE

We have leatly Furnished and newly equip.
ped rooms; we can give prices TO suit tue
times. 5 per cav; $3.50 per week for boare
and lodging. Located Two blocks south auo
one-half block west OF the Arlington corne1
T. :. RICHARDSON. Prop.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-02

E. E. Pember has greatly improved
the appearance Of his residence prop.
erty on West Harvey avenue by a
liberal application of paint.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-02

large number Of other suits which
will be brought in other count les, as
they have the same condition of affairs
in every county in the state.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-02
Summons.

Sold by H. f. Smith.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-10
TWO CRITICS OF WHITMAN.

CMr. John Burroughs in the Atlantic.)
Eminent critics often arrive at di-
rectly opposite results.
Two such judges and lovers of poetry
as Emerson and Lowell. for instance,
held directly opposite views about Mr..
Whitman.
A little search would no doubt reveal
the grounds of this difference. Whit
man apprOximated. Ito the EmerSonian
type more than to the Lowellian-the
type of the skald, the prophet. Low
ell was a professional critic and Schol-
ar; he was of the order of the true men
of letters; while Emerson suggests the
sacer Yates of a nation. Lowell'S sense
of literature as a craft, as the work of
scholars, his academic pride and esprit
were offended by Whitman's rude open
air spirit and his scorn of the stock po-
etic.
Shall we prefer poetry in its shirt
sleeves to poetry in its dress suit? All
the c0llegian in him revolted. Lowell
would read Whitman through Chaucer,
Shakespeare. Dante and Harvard col
lege and would find that he did not
square with any of these poets or
with taste founded upon them. En-
erson would read Whitman with much
more individual eyes, through his ap-
probation of the great mystics, proph-
cts, and seers, and his enormous appe-
tite for the audacious, the independ-
ent, the heroic in life and character.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-10
THE BOSS AND CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTION

CAIr. J. B. Bishop, in the June Forum.
Upon what does the power of the bos-
ses rest? How does it come about that
the legislature of New York regards it
self as the representative of Mr.. Platt
rather than of the people. There is no
longer any mystery about this The
power rests upon money, raised as
campaign contributions from both in
divfduals and corporations, but mainly
from corporations. The system by
which this is made to give one man
control of the government was origina-
ted by Richard Croker in 1898, when he
Republicans supplanted the Democrats
in power, Mr.. Platt adopted Mr.. Crolx-
er'S system as his own, and extended it
over the entire state. 1 will cite some
of the most outspoken definitions of
this system which have been made in
the recent past and which, though wide
1y published, have never been CONTRA
dicted. Mr.. Wheeler H. Peckham, one
of the ablest and most honored mem
bers of the New York bar, declared in a
public speech, in March, 1S9, that the
payment of money to the boss by cor
porations, as the price of peace" was
general; naming one corporation which
he said he knew paid $50, 900 yearly, and
adding that he had knowledge of a. sec
ond which paid a similar amount. Mr..
sugar trust, testified before the senate
Investigating committee at Washing
ton, in June, 1894, that the trust made
campaign contributions each year to
New York political organizations, ad-
ding: Every individual and corpora
ton and hrm-trust, or whatever you
call it-dOeS these things
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-10
oY 1E1AND's ADVENTURE.
CFrom the Washington Post.)


Mr.. T. N. Sedgewick of Parsons,
Kan, came in from the west yesterday.
Mr.. Sedgewick is the attorney for the
NJ. K and 7. road and is one of the
best lawyers in the Sunfiower state.
He was seen by reporter of the Post
last night at the Normandie, where he
had joined the Kansas contingency,
which has made that hostelry it's head
quarters ever since the Inauguration.
Il got here too late to go with the
boys to Virginia Beach for the Fourth,
but I am not as sorry about it today
as I was yesterday" said Mr.. Sedge-
wick. And a glance at the boys" told
why.
Mr.. Lambert, who has been appointed
United States district attorney for
Kansas, has a bald head in expanse
like Senator Carter's, and sea bathing
the senator's.
Mr.. Foley of Parsons spent yesterday
trying the virtues on his face of all the
cold creams advertised. But Mr.. Cy
Leland and Mr.. Cushman, Senator Ba-
ker's secretary, had the severest ex-
perience. They were in bathing when
they saw the boats going out to bring
in the nights ca tch of fish, and think
ing it only occupied a few minutes, they
got into the boats to see the work done
But when the boats sailed miles away
from shore, and stayed two or three
hours, and the sun shOne hotter every
minute on their bare heads and necks
and arns-well their curiosity was full
Iy gratified but it will probably be
some days before they will be able to
forget their experience, although they
have been buying witch hazel by the
quart ever since.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-10
ONE CRoAK1Na NOTE

A soured and backwoods editor of
Sabetha, speaking of the Fail Festival,
says great many mean things about
the Festival, and then adds:
If the truth were known it would al
most certainly transpire that the city
papers get pay for booming the
scheme"
The Topeka papers do not get one
cent for booming the Fall Festival, and
last year they contributed what an ex-
cellent judge estimated at $33, coo worth
of advertising space to it, all free Hun
dreds of people give their time and
money TO the Fall Festival, and the
whole entertainment together with ci-
garS and refreshments and free rides
about the city to the editors is given
away absolutely free to the people of
Kansas. The people like to come here
and we like them to come. 1t does US
all good to have a jollification once
year, and if Topeka pays for 1T at the
rate of about $25,O this year-the 9TH
er people of the state ought to have no
kick coming. Scarcely an editor in all
Kansas has refused to inform his read
ers of the good time prepared for them
Come to Topeka. Topeka has raised
p@he money to give you the best time
you ever had in your lives.