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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-05-20

again if you proceed in this manner"
La reply | would say, if | am to get
down in the dirt in order to be hon
0red, | shall never make an attempt.
Here is one of the secrets of our time,
"YOu scratch my back and l will
scratch yours, regardless Of the right.
One gentleman said, "We do not want
strictly honest men in Office; this
would cause great deal of trouble.
We want men we can handle" Now,
as this is true picture of our day, IS
it wonder boys are gradually worked
into crime? Let US select the best
men for office, then a guard over the
officers, and lastly secret detective
force to watch the outfit. l am ready
to pay my portion Of the necessary ex-
penSes. Until the moral state is
greatly improved, we need no county
high school In our city. 1t is danger
Gus, almost criminal, on the part OF
parents to send their children to board
10 the midst of such corruption. We
have a number Of as good citizens in
Wellington as any city, yet they are
on fOwery beds Of ease, while our
children are being cunningly led
into violation of law. We will see
how many will stand by our mayor.
JOHN W. MCLAUGHLIN.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-05-20
A Flimsy Excuse.

J. G. Campbell of the MonitOr-Press,
who is a member of the school board
which killed the county high school
project, defends the action OF the
board In this weeks paper as follows:
Much injustice has been done the
Wellington school board also by the
accusation That they proposed to die.
tate the appointment Of the county
high school principal and Instructors.
No such idea was ever discussed or
contemplated by the board, nor would
the sentiment of our people have
cOuntenanced any such rule-or-ruin
policy. The failure OF the high school
project was due entirely to a different
set Of causes, some OF which were
briefly discussed in The MonitOr-Press
last week. While we think it would
have been better for the board to have
gone ahead and made the best terms
tney could with the commissioners,
trusting to the good sense Of the high
scno0l trustees to make an equitable
settlementOf matters in dispute when
the school was established and in run
ming order, still their action under
the circumstances was not to be won
dered al, and we have no doubt wa.
taken with honest motives and with
the best good Of the schools at heart.
The accusation against the schOo
board that that body proposed TO die
tate to the high school trustees VIII
they should elect as a faculty, canno
be successfully denied. Mr.. Camp
bell speaks mysteriOusly in the above
article concerning San equitable set
Element of matters in dispute We
would like TO be enlightened as Il
just what those matters 10 dispute
were, if they did not concern thC
faculty elections. There is no ubyiou
reason why the school board and higl
school trustees should have cause t,
dispute over anything, unless one O
the other Of those august bodie
should Stick its nose into the other
business.
One of the ''causes discussed in las
weeks Monitor Press which Nj
Campbell claims was partly responsi
BILE for the failure of the Ligh schoo
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-05-20
Winfield Chautauqua Assembly.

One Of the leading features of the
Assembly this year will be the great
Young Peoples Rally on THURSDAY,
June II. Rev. Edwin A. Schell, DID,,
the general secretary OF the Epworth
League, will give the address Of the
day, and many prominent persons Of
the young peoples societies in Kansas
will be present and participate 10 the
exercises. A grand Sunday-schOol
Rally will be held on this day Offering
special attractions for the children.
1t is expected that not less than five
thousand Sunday-schOol people will
gather at Island Park, eat dinner and
enjoy day of refined festivity 10 its
beIutifu. shade. On Recognition
Day, June Is, the CT sc. people will
hold their banquet and campfire.
Many prominent persons will be pres
ent and general time Of inspiration
will be had
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-05-20

project was the lease teChnicality,
which has been explained heretofore
in these columns. Mr.. Campbell
claimed that owing To complications
that would arise over a renewal OF the
lease on the high school building, it
would have been folly on the part OF
the board to make a SIOrt time lease,
and that On account of the school
boards SOicituue for the welfare of
the city schools they could not jeOp-
ardize the city high school for the
sake of a county high school. Our
position has been that the school
board could have avoided both OF these
excuses if they had desired to do so.
The board OF county commissioners
presented 10 due time a resolution to
the school board declaring their will
lingness TO sign lease for a period of
fifteen, twenty or twenty-five years,
with a safety clause annuling the
lease by mutual agreement after two
years il it was seen that the high
school would be a failure. The board
of education will have a hard time
making the public believe, in view Of
this fact, that their s0licitude for the
schools was the motive in killing the
county high school. We do not desire
to charge each member of the board
of education with malicious intent in
killing the county high school, but
the responsibility for its defeat lies
with one or two members of the board
whose influence over the majority Of
the other members was strong enough
to control their actions in the mat
ter. The board, as a body, was acting
In good faith toward the city, but
they should have given some cOnsid'
Grafton to the rights Of the county 10
| the matter.-Daily Journal, Friday
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-05-20
Hawthorne Truly Saws:

"TheSe railroads are positively the
greatest blessing that the ayes have
wrought out for Us. They give us
wings: they annihilate the toll and
dust Of pilgrimage: they spiritualize
travel. Transition being so facile,
what can be any mans inducement tn
tarry in one spot? Why should he
make himself a prisOoer for life in
brick, and stone, and old, wOrm-eateD
timber, when he may just as easily
dwell wherever the beautiful shall
offer Rim homer"
The magnificent trains Of the Santa
Fe route offer a facile transition to
many beautiful spots in Colorado,
New Mexico, Arizona, and California
Free descriptive literature. W. j.
Black, G. PA, A. 7. as. F. Railway
Topeka, Kas.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-05-20
The Scenic Route to California.

If you are going to the Christian
EndeavOr meeting to be held in San
Francisco in July, 1897, take the best
line to Colorado; special trains
through over the GREAT ROCK ISLAND
and SCENIC ROUTE.
This is the popular Trans-COnti-
mental Line to the coast aud gives
special inducements for Colorado
tourist travel. Pamphlet giving full
information as to scenery and route
for that trip, or an outing in the
Rockies, sent free on application.
JOHN SEBASTIAN, G.P.A,
Chicago.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-05-20
Crime on the Increase

OTll!t> III every shape increase,
JUDGMENTS stalk throughout the land;
Signs are borne on every breeze
That destruction Is at hand
Why are the above words especially
applicable to the present times? Be-
cause men, not boys, are first guilty
OF known violation of law. What is
the effect on young and tender mind,
when he sees his father disregard
morality, when he sees even the off,
GERS Of the law diSregardlng their
sworn duty? Does he no. conclude
the whole thing farce?
How is it we cannot see better
times? Because we vote for wrong
characters; we vote for men often
whose cheeks are blOated, and red.
dened by the power OF intoxicants
and expect them to run down others
and bring them to justice while their
own eyes are red and their breath Der.
fumed like swill tub at the brewery.
We need not expect better times
until we elect men TO office, and not
animals.
How does it appear to arrest a
young man for entering a house Of
ill-fame when this young man has
caught the officer there? How can
the officers face justice, knowing they
tolerate said house ip their midst and
allow blackened character to walk
up and down the streets looking for
customers for said house. You should
hear the excuse for our own town,
Wellington; That this house is out
side the city limits. Then why
should the officer be found there?
Why not extend the city limits or en-
act law that such shall be a peni-
Tertiary crime? 0, no, says some one,
that would not do. Why not? Do
you want your boy ruined or do YOU
want to go yourself to such places?
| imagine We have an officer over
our county as we'll as the city, who is
supposed to be looking after crime.
Why should an officer pass daily by
an opened door, in which he believes
violation OF law is occurring almost
continually, and not enter until he is
forced by the better class of people tC
perform his duty?
All, says the lawyer, you must sweal
out a complaint. once told an Off
Ger where violation of law was beins
boldly carried on and no arrests were
made. He remark, d; Just let some
one swear out complaint and l will
go after him" He was looking at the
political side of the question.
Why should boys be arrested fo
crime while men are merely wiukeC
at for having violated the law? d.
you think an officer is performing hi,
sworn duty while para ling the streets
knowing certain doors are locked be
cause gamblers are in there violatin,
the law? His excuse may be, II an
not authorized to stick my nose il
such places until called upon, or som,
one complains" We hope our mayo
will have a backbone instead OF
string in this matter.
There are enough churches in thi
little city to govern it morally, if al
members are worthy to be calleC
christians. If not, let each chlrcl
begin cleaning house until we cal
have some idea who is popular anC
who is Christlike We need not ex
pect reform as long as the better elias
tolerate such work. "Ah,' says some
one, "yOu can never be elected to offic,
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-05-20
Rock Island Route PLAYING cards.

The slickest cards on the market
are the Rock Islands" They are
also the cheapest, and we will send
you these excellent standard goods at
the low rate Of 9 cents per pack il you
order five or more packs. Send money
order, draft or stamps aud they will
be sent promptly BY express, charges
prepaid. Orders for single packs
must contain II cents in stamps, as
they will be sent by mail. Address
JOHN SEBASTIAN, G.P.A.,
Chicago.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-05-20
A Matter OF Taste.

The diDing-car and clearinghouse
service of the Santa Fe Route has
national reputation. Experienced
travellers know that On the Santa Fe
they are sure Of a faultless meal
There is no guess-work about it. 10
Arizona or New Mexico, or farther
east, the excellence is uniformly
maintained.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-05-20
Climate Cures

If you go soon enough to the right
climate, say to the Salt River Valley
Of Arizona or the New Mexico health
resorts, Unrivaled for the relief or
cure Of chronic lung and throat
diseases. Constant sunshine, dry
air, equal temperature. Descriptive
pamphlets mailed free. They treat
Of altitude, temperature, humidity,
hot springs, sanatOriums, cost OF
living, medical attendance, social
advantages, etc. Address W. j.
Black, G. P. A., A. T. & S. F. Rail-
way, Topeka, Kas.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-05-20
Rheumatism Gured in A laY.

"Mystic Cure" for rheumatism and
neuralgia radically cures in one to
three days. It's action upon the sys-
TEN is remarkable and mysterious.
IL removes at once the cause and the
disease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits.
7, F. Anthony. ex-postmaster OF
Promise City, Iowa, says: II bought
one bottle of Mystic Cure for rheu-
matism, and two doses of it Gid me
more good than any medicine l ever
took" Seventy-fve cents. Sold by
FL. F. Smith, Druggist, Wellington.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-05-20
Old Papers zoe a 100.

William Henry Harrison, cousin
of ex-President Harrison, was killed
in a runaway at Harper Wednesday
morning last at 9 o'clock.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-05-20

Mr.. and Mrs. 7. ]. Sargent returned
last week from three weeks visit
with friends and relatives in Illinois.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-11
Minor State News.

The creamery at Newton is shipping
thousands of pounds of butter to Man
chester, Eng,
The January earnings of the peni-
tertiary were $3,Oas,S2 and the eX-
penses ST., O62,sO,
Judge w. G, Webb, of Topeka, will
be paid 100000 to revise and compile
the statutes of Kansas,
r. j. Edwards, of Russell county,
has come into possession of land at
Brynteg, Wales, valued at 100000,
A fire at Galena recently destroyed
the Windsor livery barn, together with
10 horses, all the harness and 35
vehicles.
Hutchinson wants to vote $95, 900 to
induce the Hutchinson & Southern to
erect fine depot and terminal facili-
ties there.
Congressman-at-Large-elect j. D.
Botkin has selected j. G. Bradshaw, a
newspaper man of Winfield, to be his
private secretary.
The big -four mill at Garden City,
costing $4,000, was destroyed by fire,
together with 1900 sacks of -four and
and 5000 bushels of wheat,
No educational institution on earth
has q finer collection of stuffed ami
mails and birds and picked insects
than the Kansas state university,
The month of December was an ex=
ceptionally hard one on the Kansas
jurisdiction of the A. 0. U. w, There
were 4S deaths, which necessitated the
payment of $780, 900 in benefits,
Mrs, Samuel w. Greer, mother of Ed
r. and Frank II, Greer, well-known
newspaper men, died at Winfield res
Gently. Her husband was the first
territorial superintendent of schools
in Kansas,
In 1884 Edward Phillips left Girard
very mysteriously, and for long time
people thought he had been murdered
A man named William Cav was ac-
cused of the crime, and an angry mob
came near lynchlng him, but he was
saved by Phillips two brothers, who
believed their missing brother was
alive. Now, letter has just been re-
ceived from Edward from the west, say
ing he has been thriving since his long
absence and would soon visit Girard.
Isabella Hogg is the name of an
Ottawa woman who has brought suit
for divorce against her husband on the
ground that he made pig Of himself
with whisky.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-11
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Dolly News.
WASHINGTON NOTES.


GEN. Roy STONE, of the board OF in
quiry of good roads of the agricul-
tural department, was named as per-
manent president of the National Good
Roads congress at Orlando, Fla.
A WASHINGTON dispatch on the 4th
said the understanding among sena-
tors was that the general arbitration
treaty would not come to vote at
this session of congress. No one
doubts that it will be debated, but the
opposition makes no secret OF its inten-
ton to consume so much time In dis
cussion that vote cannot be reached.
SECRETARY OI.NEY has received from
President Eliot, of Harvard university,
an invitation to fill the chair OF inter-
national law at the institution after
the expiration Of his term OF office in
the state department and the secretary
has taken the offer under considera-
ton.
A SPECIAL from Washington on the
18th stated that Maj. Mckinley has
found it necessary to reconstruct his
cabinet, owing to the exigencies of
Ohio politics and other reasons. John
Sherman and Gen. Alger will, under
The new arrangement, not be in the
cabinet. Hanna is to be assigned to
the post office department. The state
portfolio will probably given to a New
York man.
CoNsUL-GENERAL LEE telegraphed
the state department at Washington
from Havana on the 9th that Sylvester
Scovel, the New York Worlds corre-
spondent in Cuba, had been arrested
by the Spanish authorities.
Mrs. CLEVELAND, assisted by the wife
of Vice President Stevenson and the
wives of the members of the cabinet,
gave farewell reception at the white
house on the 9th.
THE president has signed, on the
recommendation of Secretary Francis,
an order reducing the number Of PEN
sion agencies from 1S to nine, The
agency at Topeka, Kan, will be dis
continued and Missouri and Kansas
pensioners will be paid from ST. Louis.
The order goes into effect on Septem-
Der l.
THE civil service commission submit
ted its annual report to the president
on the Sth.
IT was reported from Washington
that Speaker Reed and Chairman
Dingley,. of the ways and means COM
mittee, had reached an agreement to
permit no legislation at the extra SEES
sion of congress except the tariff bill.
THE secretary of agriculture has is
sued q circular to railroad managers
and stockmen notifying them that
Texas fever exists in cattle in certain
places and calling their attention to
certain rules governing the movements
of cattle from those places,
UP to the Sth the inaugural commit
tee at Washington had not received an
application for place in the parade
from single military or civic organi-
cation in Missouri.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-11
1lENERAL NEWS.

THE British bark Mark Curry was
burned in Port Iloilo, Philippine is
lands, with !, 200 tons of sugar on board.
AT Homan, Ark, Sam Leigh, 15-
year-old boy, shot and killed Adam
Cartwright, his stepfather. Court
wright in a jealous frenzy, assaulted
his wife with club, inficting fatal
wounds, and the boy tried to protect
his mother.
THREE masked men held up two citi-
zens in Huntington, w. Va, on the
night of the 9th and Officer Alex Nc
Clasley gave chase and was fatally
shot. Bloodhounds were put on the
bandits trail.
THROUGH the collapse of thescaffold-
ing of viaduct on railroad in Corn
wall Eng, IL mem fell a distance of
$50 feet and were killed.
Hon. A. b. CLARK, formerly editor of
the Newark American, and promi-
nent politician, was killed on the 9th
by Toledo & Ohio Central train near
Granville. He was walking on the
track
A NEST of boilers at the lumber mill
of Simpson & Bagdad, near Pensacola,
Fla, exploded on the 9th killing Paul
Raymond and fatally scalding another
man.
REPORTS from Chamberlain, S. D.,
and other points along the Missouri
river state that the settlers on the bot
tom lands are removing temporarily
to the hills, as they expect that the
big Muddy will be on the rampage
in the spring and that the flood at that
time will rival the disastrous one of
1881.
A RELIEF committee which has just
inspected some parishes near Shreve-
port, La, reported that 10000 people
were starving to death and would have
to be sustained during the unfruitful
season. The state has already ex-
pended S65,OOO for provisions for the
sufferers.
THERE was a small riot among the
prisoners in the federal Jail at Ard
more, l. T., recently. One of them was
finally shot through the thigh by a
guard which quieted the rioters. The
men had been deprived of their meat
at dinner because of misconduct and
they threw lamps and coal at the
guards and did other mischief.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-11
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Want Recbmpenso from Uncle San

WAht NecOmpehbo from Un0le SAM
A great many people In western Kan
sas are urging congress to recompense
those who have tried to reclaim the
semi-arid regions out there. They also
ask Uncle Sam in his bounty to con-
struct reservoirs in every township to
catch and store up the annual rainfall,
to build dams across various streams
and to devise means to utilize that vast
subsurface current known as the UNI
derfiow. They also want the govern
ment to introduce and distribute new
plants, grains, tubers, fruits and trees
from the arid lands of other nations
that would be suitable and valuable
for cultivation in western Kansas.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-11
Practlcal Road Worklng.

At Wamego they are demonstrating
the practicability of good roads by ac-
tual work on the boulevard connecting
that town with Louisville, three miles
north. Nearly one mile of graveled
road IS feet wide has been constructed.
Nearly $500 in cash, work and material
have already been subscribed. Gravel
beds have been opened just west of
town and much interest is taken by
Wamego and Louisville people in the
road
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-11

WASHINGTON, Feb. THE republican
members of the ways and means COM
mittee devoted their attention yester-
day to the schedule of wood and manu-
features of wood, and decided to re-
store the Mckinley rates practically in
full, with the important exception of
white pine.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-11
1t Was a bold Gang.

The confession of Ethel Frezelle,
who was arrested at Fort Scott charged
with perjury in the trial of Mamie
Price, reveals the fact that the Price
womans house was the rendezvous
from which half dozen daring rob-
berries were planned and executed.
She says the gang also murdered a
stranger there last September and
robbed him of $40. Two men, with the
Price women, were recently sent to
states prison for robbery. Another
man implicated in these crimes is in
Jail at Joplin, Mo.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-11
To Reduce the Ago of Consent.

A bill has been presented in the leg
islature to reduce the age of consent
from IS to IA years, and providing that
previous bad character should also be
taken as basis for acquittal. A great
many Legislators think the present law
is unnecessarily strict.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-11
A Poatmaater BndIY NYnnted.

The post Office at Caldwell may be
discontinued temporarily for want OF
postmaster. w. A, Sturm, until re-
Gently postmaster, was removed for al
legged embezzlement. The president
nominated A. r. Young, gold demo
crat, to succeed him, but the senate re-
fused to confirm the appointment,
Meanwhile, the bondsmen insist on
being relieved from running the office,
and unless post Office inspector is
put in charge Of the Office it will be
left without bonded official until
President Mckinley names man.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-11
NEGLIGENCE CAUSED 1T.
A Fast Passenger Train Is Derallcd and One
Man Killed.

OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 1O.-The Union
Pacific eastbound flyer was derailed at
puzzle" switch in the west end of
the yards at 4:45 last evening. The
train was running at high rate of
speed when the accident occurred.
Engineer w. II. Van Noy was picked
up unconscious and is now at the hos
pital, where hopes of his recovery are
held. Fireman Thomas Krause was
caught under the overturned engine
and scalded to death. No one else on
the train was injured. Negligence of
Switchtender HEM caused the acct
dent,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-11

Clifford township, Butler county, ac-
cording to all reports, is a modern
Utopia. 1t has 100 families, and in %
years they have had only one law suit.
During that time only three mortgages
have been foreclosed. There are five
schoolhouses and two churches in the
township, no bonds were ever voted in
the township and the township has no
debt.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-11
Rev. w. A. Ouayle win Go East.

Rev. w A, Quayle, weII-known in
Kansas as president of Baker univer-
sity at Baldwin, but since 1894 pastor
of Independence Avenue M. E. church
at Kansas City, Mo-, will prob
ably go to New York next month
and become pastor of the Calvary
church, one of the leading Methodist
churches of Gotham.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-11
An old Controversy Revived.

The proposition by the Kansas leg
islature to build memorial chemistry
building at the state university in
honor of ex-Gov. Charles Robinson has
set John Speer and other Kansas writ
ers to disputing over the quarrel which
existed so long and bitterly between
Robinson and John Brown and Jim
Lane.