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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-11

Mr.. MOhler then entered into an ar
gumert, intended to show that the
case was not case of contempt, in
which he said
ANY diSorderly conduct, which i'm
pedes the performance Of legislative
duties, is a contempt. The charge
against the defendant is, that he
made a certain proposition to a mem.
Der Of the senate, not in the presence
of the body, but in committee room
and do not understand this to be a
contempt. Besides, the charge made
against the defendant is a violation
of the criminal law of the state, and
can only be tried before properly ap-
pointed tribunals"
Attorney General Boyle, who took
charge of the prosecution on request
OF the senate, replied to Mr.. MGhler.
He SAID:
"All men who are familiar with the
proceedings Of legislative bodies know
that any act which tends to interfere
or obstruct in any way the legislative
proceedings is a contempt. The
usual form Of contempt out of the
presence Of the body is disobedience
to some order. But this is not the
only form OF contempt. To intel
fere with the free and impartial con-
duct Of a senator when out of the
presence of the body would certainly
be contempt. For man to slip into
the senate chamber and attempt to
corrupt a member would be the most
vicious form Of obstruction to legis.
lation, and for a man to approach a
member for the same purpose outside
of the presence of the body would
clearly be an obstruction as well.
There is no danger in the senate
proceeding in a regular manner to in
veStigate these charges, and deter
mine whether or not a member of this
body has been cOrruptly approached. :"
Mr.. Mohler followed Attorney Gen.
eral Boyle with another argument,
still holding that the case was not a
contempt case, and asking that the
senate concur 10 the special plea and
discharge the prisoner.
The prisoner was finally repri-
manded and discharged, being denied
hereafter the privileges of the senate
chamber and all other parts Of the
senate and house during the remain
der Of the legislative session.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-11

September President Cleveland pro-
vided that all cOnsulates with salar-
les and official fees running between
81, 900 and $500 should be filled by
only three neutrality-suspicious. or
transfer, appointment of persons
previously serving the state depart
ment well in some capacity, and
lastly, by appointment after eXamina-
tion.
That was as far as he went in the
application of civil service principles,
and it remains to be seen whether or
not the numerous incumbentS ia this
class are now to be regarded as sub
ject to eviction. Within the limits
are 1876 places; above the $500 class
are SO places, and below 1.-The $1,000
class are II places. There are 81 con-
sulates general, many being lucrative
posts, such as London, Paris and Ber-
lin. Owing to the fact that until
very recently the consular officers
were not required TO make any re-
turns OF their unofficial fees, in many
cases the most substantial source Of
revenue to them, no one except the
incumbents can tell just how much
an office OF this kind pays.
hereafter the department, through
the workings of a new regulation,
may secure such information and pro-
coed in It's policy Of resOlutely reduc-
ing the fees and equalizing salaries
Meantime all is conjecture as to the
revenue Of the larger consulates and
cOnsulates general, but a depart
mental estimate places the figure at
Paris and London at about So, 900 per
annum in each case.
The fixed salaries of the more i'm
portant coDsuls average about $1,000,
with unofficial fees retained by tue
incumbent to an unknown amount.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-11
Kansas Hat Industry.


The Kansas jack rabbit which from
time inmemUrial has been accorded
the unQueStiOned freedom of the prai-
ries, VITA only an occasional jack rab-
bit roundup to disturb his peaceful
POSSESSION Of the fields, henCefOrth
must ever be Oh the alert, for a price
has been set upon his head.
Thousands upon thousands of dol
lars are thrown away every winter
because spOrtSmen DO not know that
jack rabbit hides are valuable. Sport
ing clubs and Individual hunters kill
many thousands of the lithe-limbed
jacks every winter simply for the
sport of killing. Occasionally a cargo
OF rabbits thus slain are sent to the
relief committee in the larger cities
for gratuitOuS distribution among the
poor, and many family has sat down
thankfully to a steaming hot dinner
Of jack rabbit soup, dish not 10 be
scOrned by any lover of game meats.
But despite the inroads of hunters
upon the ranks of Kansas jack rabbits
they have followed the scriptural in.
junction to increase and multiply I'M.
til they are so numerous in some
counties as to be regarded as pests.
A number of dealers in hides in
various cities in Kansas at last have
awakened to the fact that jack rabbit
hides known in commerce as Ameri.
can hare pelts, are in great demand
in the eastern markets, and notices
similar to the following are appearing
in many papers throughout the state:
1--WE will buy nicely handled, cased
: jack rabbit skins at 3 cents each:
opened or damaged, half price; culls
and pieces 8 cents pound; cotton tails
at 5! cents a pound. Must be perfect
ly dry and free from meat
The buyers say that these are
almost New York prices. A skilled
rabbit hunter at these prices may
easily make 81 day, besides having
his usual sport. The skins of the
jack re bbit are used for making hats.
The best quality hats are made from
fur, and fur heretofore has been OBJ
tanned from Australia, where rabbits
are successfully dispu5ing the pos
session of the country with the human
inhabitants. The skins 90 through a
shaving machine, and the fur is
shaved off very close. 1t is then
cleansed and subjected to variety of
processes until it comes out a perfect
head covering, shapely and stylish
and ready for the bandbox. 1t re-
quires about dozen rabbit skins to
make one hat.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-11
Available Offices.

PreSident-elect Mckinley will find
seekers for office for every place at his
disposal. The Blue Book has been
studied carefully by hundreds of citi-
zenS anxious to serve their country,
and though the civil service law has
restricted to a great extent the num-
Der of places at his disposal, there
remain many desirable billets, aside
from the cabinet, whose composition
has been practically complete for
some time.
Of all the branches of the executive
service none offers such attraction as
the department of state. The aegis
OF civil service reform portects very
little of the foreign service, and from
its stately ambassadOrship, the COW
eted resting places Of the wealthy and
foremost of politicians, down through
the long list of ministries aud con-
SulateS general and cOnSulateS to the
smallest commercial agency 10 some
remote corner of the world, 40 place
is without its attraction to some one.
The department itself is well pro
tected, for in its whole organization
only three desirable places are open
to appointment By selection, the at
tOrney general having held that the
chief clerk and chiefs of division are
subject to appointment under civil
service rules. These three places are
those of the assistant secretaries,
with salaries of $500 and $500 at.
tached, but, by custom as fixed in
its operation as law, one and ,perhaps
two of these are filled by promotion
from the best talent in the service
and are rarely subject to change.
The spOilS lie outside, in the repre-.
SentatiOn abroad. First in impor-
lance are the three embaSSieS-Great
Britain, France and Germany-with
! their salaries of sl7,5OO per annum:
the Mexican mission, paying the same
wage, and the Italian embassy, fixed
at $4,000. Equal to the latter in
salary, though slightly less in diplo-
matte standing, are the missions to
AuStro-Hungary, Brazil, China, Japan
and Spain.
There are eight nice missions, with
salaries Of $4,000 per annum, namely:
Argentine, Belgium, Chile, Columbia,
Guatemala and Honduras, Nicaragua,
Costa RIGA and Salvador, Peru and
Turkey. At $500 per annum are
rated the missions to Denmark, Ha-
wall, COrea, the Netherlands, Para
quay and Uruguay, Portugal, Sweden
and Norway, Switzerland and Vene.
zuela, nine in all. One salary is
$500, that of the minister to Greece
and Servia. Seven places pay $1,000
per annum, Bolivia, San Domingo,
Ecuador, Haiti, Persia, Siam and
Egypt, where we are represented by
an agent and consul general in the
same person.
Many of the embassies and minis.
tiers are supplied with secretaries, in
terpreters and attaches, with more or
less attractive salaries. The best paid
of these is the secretary of the Ha.
waiian mission, who receives $1,000
per annum. The others, thirty-fve
in number, have salaries attached all
the way from $1,000 to $500.
AS to the consular service some
doubt exists. BY rule made last
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-11
Old Papers zoe a 100.
First Published in VOICE Feb. %. 1897.
Administrators Notice.
STATE OF KANSAS, /

STATE OF KANSAS, 60
SUMNER COUNTY,
In the probate court in and for said county:
In the matter Of the estate OF David W
Reams, deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given that Letters of AID.
~ ministration have been granted 10 the un-
dersigned on the estate Of David W. Reams.
late OF said county, deceased, by the hon
orable, the probate court Of the county and
state aforesaid, dated the I'D day of Febru-
airy, A. D., 1897. Now. all persons having
claims against the said estate are hereby no.
titled that they must present the same to the
undersigned for allowance within one wear
from the date of said letters, or they NAV be
precluded from any benefit of such estate:
and that if such claims be not exhibited with
In three years after the date of said letters
they shall be forever barred.
R0BT. W. EVANS,
Administrator OF the Estate Of David W.
Reams, deceased.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-11

man. If she neglects this, she will be a
burden to herself her husband and her
children. She will grow old before her
time. She will lose happiness and love
and life. It is easy for a woman to keep
herself well and strong in a womanly way
if she will only take the proper care Of
herself and use the right remedy for her
peculiar troubles.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a
boon to suffering women. II cures all dis
ease and weakness Of the organs distinctly
feminine. It acts directly on those organs
and makes them strong and healthy. 1t
allays Inflammation, soothes pain and stops
weakening drains Taken during the pc.
Rod preceding motherhood it does away
with the usual discomforts and makes
baby's coming easy and almost painless.
Druggists sell it. Substitutes are dangerous.
Miss Edith Cain, Of Clinton, Allegheny Co.,
Pa. writes: "Itake pleasure in expressing nv
faith in your Favorite Prescription. After two
years Of suffering began taking DR.. Pierce's
medicine and now am entirely cured. had
been troubled with female weakness for some
time and also with troublesome drain on the
system, but now am happy and we'll. will
cheerfully recommend Dr. Pierce's Pavorite Pre-
scription to all invalid ladies'"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-11
Tutcher Released.

Al Tutcher, the man who was ar
rested by order Of the senate Tuesday
morning on the charge of attempted
bribery, was discharged by that body
Thursday, after having been found
guilty of contempt, with the staple
order that he absent himself,
not only from the senate cham Ger,
but from the capitol building during
the remainder of the legislative ses-
sion. This discharge ends the bribery
proceedings as far as Tutcher is con-
cerned.
In explanation of the clemency
shown Tutcher, Senator Jumper, the
member who preferred the charges
against him, said at the conclusion of
the contempt trial;
sit was at my suggestion that
criminal proceedings were not pressed
against Tutcher' because he is not the
party we are after. The fellows we
are after are the men behind him who
authorized him to make these offers.
and although am not now at liberty
to say how We will 60 about it, l think
we will get them. This contempt
proceeding simply opened up this
matter, and taught Tutcher a lesson.
l did not swear out a state warrant
for him as reported, because | didn't
want to prosecute the old man, but
SentOr Titus has sworn out a warrant
for the man Boyd"
The contempt hearing commenced
in the senate shortly before 8 O'Clock
Tuesday night. The matter was first
brought up in the senate in the after
noon, but the proceeding .had prog.
reSsed no farther than than the enter
!, ing Of plea of mot guilty" by
\ Tutcher, when Senator Forney moved
to postpone the hearing untilS O'Clock
at night. This move was made SC
that the senate'might proceed in the
regular order of business and also to
allow theiprisoner to secure counsel.
The motion carried.
When the senate convened at
o'clock counsel for the defendant was
present in the persons of Hon. ]. G,
Mohler and Clarence Wilson, both of
Salina.
Mr.. Mohler at once asked that the
complaint under which the warrant
was issued be read. When the read.
ing was concluded, he then requests d
that fifteen minutes be allowed for
conference with the defendant. This
request was granted, and Tutcher al
his two attorneys retired to a com.
mittee room while the senate took a
recess.
At the end of the specified time
the defendant and his counsel re-
turned to the senate chambers, and
Mr.. Mohler stated that he wished tC
withdraw the plea of mot guilty,
entered by the prisoner in the after
moon, for the purpose of entering a
special plea. This special plea held
that the defendant was charged with
a felony, and that the senate had ne
authority to sit as a court for the
trial OF a criminal case.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-11
Rheumatism cured in a Day.

"Mystic Cure" for rheumatism and
neuralgia radically cures in one to
three days. Its action upon the sys-
TEN is remarkable and mysterious.
IL removes at once the cause and the
disease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly beaefts.
I. f. Anthony. eX-postmaster OF
Promise City, Iowa, says: Il bought
one bottle of Mystic Cure for rheu-
matism, and two doses of it Gid me
more good than any medicine | ever
took SeveDty-fve cents, Sold BY
81. F. Smith, Druggist. Wellington.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-11

Blood is thicker chan water. Pure
blood is the secret Of health. There
is 40 better preparation to improve the
blood and prOlOng life than Beggs'
blood purifier and blood maker. H.F.
Smith, druggist. At
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-11

The MedfOrd Patriot is advertising
for coyotes and badgers. The coyotes
are worth sl.0O and badgers 80 cents.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-11
Death Is looking

Death is looking
in at the window
at thousands of
suffering, pain
racked women,
J whom the proper
; measures would
render healthy and
happy. Every wo-
man should know
the importance
of keeping in a
healthy condition
those organs that
make her a wo.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-11
Plaintiff.

Clal ulsIflct, Within ana Tor the county OF
Sumner in the state Of Kansas
John Lewis,
Plaintiff.
VS.
William Lindley, ct
ais, Defendants.
To L. &. LeaVenworth. Pearl Holmes. z. r.
Holmes, h. husband, Grace Pierce, William
Pierce, her husband, and Pleasant Leayen-
worth, defendants in the above entitled
cause:
YOU will take notice that the said John
Il Lewis, plaintiff, did heretofore file his
petition and commence suit in said district
court within and for the county Of Sumner
and state OF Kansas. against you, the said
defendants, and William Lindley and other
co-detendants with you. and that YOU. the
said defendants, must answer said petition
died rs aforesaid, on or before the
5th day Of April. 1897,
or said petition will be taken as true. and a
Judgment rendered in sa d action against
said Defendant William Lindley. for the sum
Of two thousand and seventy dollars. with In
terest thereon at the rate Of twelve per cent
per annum from the first day OF March, 1904
and for costs OF suit; and further Judgment
against said defendant and all OF the defend
ants to said action for the foreclosure OF q
certain mortgage upon the following de-
scubed real estate, to-wit:
The west half Of the southeast quarter and
the east half of the southwest quarter OF
section fifteen Q5 in township thirty-tWo
80 south OF range four "a west Of the sixth
principal meridian, lying and situated in
the county Of Sumner In the state OF Kansas,
and adjudging that said plaintiff has the first
lien on said premises, to the amount for
which judgment will be taken as aforesaid.
aud ordering SAID premises to be sold without
appraisement. and the proceeds applied TO
the payment Of the amount due plaintiff and
cost Of suit, aud forever barring and foreclOs.
ing the defendants, and each Of them, of and
from all right title, estate, interest. property
and equity Of redemption in or 10 said prem
ises or any part thereof.
IVAN d. ROGERS aud
COOK 4 G0sSETT
ATTEST: Attorneys for Plaintiff.
WIN. COPELAND, Clerk.
BY E. NJ. BELL, Deputy.
LsRAL.l
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-11
First published IN VOICE Feb. %, 1897.

Summons.
State Of Kansas to Ida Z. Moskedal. Andrew
G. Moskedal. Mary f. Ford, L. F. Cheno-
weth, Martha Chenoweth. James c. Kinsey,
j. b. klnseg, II. b. Boyer, Mary G. Leach.
Jarvis Conklin Mortgage Trust Company
Robert ingram, Edith Ingram, w. s. Gran
mer, Perry 0xley, Polly Butler, Mary NJ.
Sampson, W. A. Armstrong, Defendants:
YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE that you have
L been sued in the District Court OF Sum.
ner county, Kansas, by John Dewitt Peltz.
and that unless you answer the petition fled
by said plaintiff on n before the
10th day Of April, 1897,
said petition will be taken as true and iudg-
ment rendered against you accordingly, fore.
closing mortgage executed and delivered
by Ida +. MOskedal and Andrew c. Moskedal
TO The Southern Kansas Farm Loan and Trust
Company, dated December LIST. 1885, on the
following described real estate In Sumner
county, Kansas, towit:
The northeast quarter, section twenty-six
(26. township thirty-two (2l range one Q)
east OF the sixth principal meridian, and for
the sale Of said real estate, without ap-
praisement, topay the debt secured by said
mortgage.
Witness my hand and the seal Of said court
this 4th day Of February. 1897.
W. NJ. COPELAND,
lsEAL. Clerk of said District Court.
BY f. Nj. BELL, Deputy.
HERRICK X ROGERS, Attorneys for Pitt.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-11
RICHARDSON HOUSE,

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times. 81 per day; $3.50 per week for board
and lodging. Located two blocks south and
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7. :. RICHARDSON, Prop.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-11
First published in VOICE Feb. IS. 1897.
Publication Notice.

In the district court of the Nineteenth Judi
cisl district, within and for the county OF
Sumner in the state of Kansas.
John Lewis,
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-11
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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-07-07

an iuterest-bearing debt of $40. 600, ,ooo.-
600, which at an average interest Of
six per cent. amounts to 81, 400, 600, 900
per annum- To meet this annual
charge of almost 81. 500, ,Oo0, 900, nearly
one-third as much as all the gold and
silver in the world, we have, by law,
and by vicious and unlawful govern
mental policy, gold alone as our only
money of final payment, and the
total amount in our possession
is no more than one-ffth of our
annual interest charge. A volume
might be written to set forth facts that
ought to be known and read of all
men," in regard to the curse of inter
est, but space forbids that pursue the
subject further, but want to add that
90 years work in the field of reform
has intensified my conviction that alb
solute right and justice in all things is
the only sound governmental policy,
ana that, ultimately, the platform of
reformers will be: do unto others
even as we would that others should do
unto YOU" Then, indeed, shall Christ
reign in the earth in righteousness"
the kingdom of God" be established
among men, and this now sin-cursed
earth will be little less than para
dise.-F. L. West, in Equity.
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WHY NOT, INDEED7
Why Should Not a Government Have Sens.
Enough to fix the Quantity of Monex2

Why Should Not Government Have Sense
Enough to fix the Quantity of Money?
BALES of money" sneer the moss
backs-they who sit on the dead limbs
of the tree of thought and solemnly
hoot at each progressive idea.
Ihe making of money is a, govern
mental function, isn't it?
Surely.
The amount of it should be regu-
lated by the power which creates
shouldn't it?
Surely.
Why then shouldn't the government
create money out of paper, asks the
populist?
because the government would
make too much of it." answered the
dead-limb breed.
If the government hasn't got sense
enough to know how much CURRENCY
is needed, it hasn't got sense enough
to govern.
The government seems to have sense
enough to fix the amount of our taxes
. 1t seems to have sense enough to fix
the amount of our national expenses
Why then shall we say that it has
not sense enough to fix the amount
of the national currency?-People,s
Party Paper.