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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-07-01
Officials at War.

The Winfield Courier gives an &C
count Of an interesting dispute be-
tween the probate Judge and sheriff
Of Cowley county. The contest is
over who shall take Albert Leslie
Brown to the reform school. The
case threatens to end in the supreme
court.
Monday night the coroner over
there arrested Under Sheriff Roth
rock and Jailer Skinner. They were
released. Yesterday morning he az
rested Sheriff Skinner aud Jailor
Skinner, going out to the sheriff's
farm near Burden after him. They
were produced in court in contempt
proceedings and the case was set for
hearing next Monday morning at
O'Clock. An order was then made by
the court commanding them TO pro- 4
duce in court the boy Brown, and In
the mean time they are in the GUS
tody Of the coroner. If they refuse it
will constitute another case for con-
tempt. The defendants have de-
handed jury for Mondays trial.
This is peculiar case and one which
is apparently new in this state. The
facts so far are about as follows: The
boy was locked up by City Marshal
McLain for burglary, and by an ar
rangement with his father, was taken
before the probate court where he
was sentenced to the reform school.
Awaiting his admission to that insUi-
tuition he was confined in the county
Jail. When the order for his admis.
sion was received, the cOurtappOinted
Frank W. Side as special sheriff to
convey him to the reform school.
When he applied at the Jail for the
boy, Under Sheriff Rothrock refused
to turn the boy over claiming it was
the duty Of the sheriff to take the
boy. Habeas corpus proceedings we're
then instituted and the papers served
by o. P. Fuller, one of Mr.. Sides at
torneys, and these proceedings were
ignored. An order Of attachmentwas
then issued and placed in the hands
OF Coroner Cooper for Mr.. ROthrOck,
Tailor Skinner and the Brown boy.
This was done Monday night. The
coroner returned with Mr.. Rothrockl
and MIR. Skinner, but reported being,
unable TO find the Brown boy. The
case proceeded no further that night
and the prisoners were discharged.
Yesterdays proceedings were as told
above and 8 refusal to obey the order
OF the court, which Is more than
probable will doubtless mean an inn.
mediate trial for contempt by the
court, and interesting developments
are expected. Fuller & Roberts are
counsel for Mr.. Side and Madden &
Buchanan represent the sheriff's
office.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-07-01
Another Robbery at Belle Plaine,

Mr.. @. S. Foltz Of Belle PLANE, was
in Wichita yesterday In consultation
with Detectives Woods and Sutton.
The Eagle says: son Monday eve
ming his store was broken into and a
quantity Of Clothing and otter mer.
chandise was stolen. The robbers
broke In a window in the rear of the
store, which enabled them to enter.
Mr.. FOltz has not taken an inventory
and consequently could not tell to
what extent he had been robbed.
After placing the matter 10 the hands
OF Bedford Woods and Harry Sutton,
he left for home.
During the past year there have
been several robberies in Belle PLANE.
1t has been only a short time ago that
the pOStOffice was entered and three
hundred dollars were stolen. Mr..
Foltz's store has been robbed since
the first Of January two or three
times. The detectives are on the
watchout for the thieves, but it IL
likely that they have gone east and
will give Wichita a wide BERTH"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-07-01
His Watch Stolen

Councilman E. R. DeYoe is mourn
ing the loss of valuable gold watch,
chain and charm, tilched last Sunday
morning about II o'clock by gentle.
man of leisure known to the riffraff
as a hobo"
Mr.. DeYOe left his coat and vest
hanging 10 his Office on East Lincoln
avenue, while he went across the
street to Payne's foundry. He re-
turned and went into the alley at the
rear Of his place Of business and while
there a shabbily dressed fellow came
into his office and looked out of the
rear door. Mr.. DeYOe saw him and
started to come in and wait On him,
but the fellow disappeared myster-
iOusly. Mr.. DeYoe soon missed his
watch and naturally he suspected the
tramp. City Marshal GrinStead was
notified, but thorough search OF the
railroad yards and Buns Headquar-
tiers at Slate creek failed to find the
tramp.
The watch was a fne gold one,
highly priced by its owner. The chain
contained small lOcket and gold
bar charm.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-07-01
Ordered Out of Town.

W. A. Davis, alias Carr" the hyp-
motto sleeper, was this morning given
notice by City Marshal Grinstead to
leave town. If he isn't out of the
city by this evening the marshal in
tends to throw him 10 as a common
nuisance.
Grinstead made up his mind We'd
nes1ay to run Davis out of the city
The marshal was informed yesterday
evening that room upstairs ovel
French & Hitchcock's furniture store
had been engaged for last night by
Davis and another young chap of thi:
city for the purpose o; taking girl:
there for immoral purposes. Last
night the marshal, in company with
John Willard and two other persons
watched the rooms and put Davi:
and his partner under a system OF
espionage. They soon learned that
they we're being watched, and after
lodging the officers awhile the parties
finally dispersed. The marshal saw
enough, however, to justify him in
demanding that stop be put to such
unSeemly actions on the part Of the
young people, and he decided to be-
gin by ordering Davis to leave the
city. II these nightly scenes continue
there will likely be some surprising
arrests made.-Journal, 30th.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-07-01
Free Pills.

Send your Adde'S to Fl. E. Bucklen
& Co., ChicrgO, and get free sample
box of DR.. Kings New Life Pills. A
trial will convince you Of their mer-
its, These pills are easy in action and
are particularly effective in the cure
of constipation and Sick Headache.
For Malaria and Liver troubles they
have been proved invaluable. They
are guaranteed 10 be perfectly free
from every deleterions substance aid
to be purely vegetable. They do not
weaken by their action, but by giving
tone to stmach and bowels greatly in-
vigOrate the system. Regular size
25c per box. Sold by F.B.Snyder, the
druggist. 4
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-07-01
Normal Closes.

Last Friday Prof. Massey's sum.
mer normal at Belle PLANE closed.
The regular morning work was sus-
pended. An excellent program which
Chairman Gardiner and his co-workers
had secured for the occasion occupied
the entire time from S:45 until II
o'clock.
Immediately after prayer the STU
dents greatly surprised Prof. Massey
by presenting him with an elegant
rocking chair as a manifestation Of
their appreciation of lis labors in
their behalf during the past two
months.
A large number Of visitors were pres.
ent VINO highly appreciated the pro-
gram and admired the manner In
which our worthy professor instruct
led and trained his pupils TO enter the
different walks OF life and be success
full in whatever work they engage In.
The sixty-ave pupils all feel more
abundantly prepared than ever before
to enter the county nomal and do eff.
fective work which will cause them
to reach the high standard which our
superintendent has decided to compel
the teachers Of Sumner county TO at
tain to, thus placing them far above
the teachers in neighboring counties.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-07-01

There is no JOY In this world equal
to the happiness of motherhood. A
woman's health is her dearest possess
sion. Good looks, good times, happi-
ness, love and its continuance, depend
on her health. Almost all Of the sick.
ness OF women is traceable directly or
indirectly to some arrangement Of the
organs distinctly feminine. Troubles
OF this kind are often neglected be-
cause very natural and proper mod
esty keeps women away from physi-
clans, whose insistence upon exami-
nation and local treatment is generally
as useless as it is common. DR.
Pierce's FavOrite Prescription will do
more for them than SO doctors in 100
1t will do more than the hundredth
doctor can unless he precribles it. 1t
is prescription Of Dr. R. V. Pierce,
who for 30 years has been chief con-
sulting physician Of the Worlds Dis.
pensary and Invalids' Hotel at Buffalo,
NY.
Send q one-cent stamps to cover
cost Of mailing only, and get his great
book, The Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser, absolutely free.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-07-01
Death of Mrs. Clara Longman.

Mrs. Clara Dean LOngman, wife Of
W. S. LOngman, died al her home on
North Jefferson Ave, Tuesday morning
at 4:3O o'clock, of peritonetis, after an
illness Of ten days. The body was
taken to Columbus, o., that evening
for interment at her old home. A
short prayer service was held at the
family residence at 4:3O o'clock that
afternoon.
The deceased was born in Column
bus, o., January l, 1864, being 80
years, six months and twenty-eight
days Of age at the time Of her death.
She had been a resident of yelling.
ton more than eleven years, having
removed to this city with her hus-
band from her native state in March,
1886. She leaves a husband and two
children, Hazel, aged II years, and
Fred, aged s years, to mourn her de.
parture. Mrs. LOngman united with
the Methodist church early in child
hood. She was Of kindly, loving
disposition, and her circle of friends
was as wide as her acquaintance
She was the vice-grand-elect of Col
fax Rebekah lodge of this city, anC
a member of the W. R. c., which
orders had been constantly caring fol-
her during her short but fatal illness
The entire community, with bel
relatives and friends, deeply mourn
her death.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-07-01

American so unlike the earlier ideal.
II we follow back the line OF march
OF the Puritan farmer, we shall see
how responsive he has been to ''lsms, "
and how persistently he has resisted
entertainments on his ideal Of indi-
vidual opportunity and democracy.
He Is the prophet Of the ''higher law
in bleeding Kansas" before the civil
war. He is the prohibitionist OF
Iowa and Wisconsin,, crying out
against German customs as an in-
vasion Of his traditional ideals. He
Is the granger OF Wisconsin, passing
restrictive railroad legislation. He Is
the abOlitionist, the anti-mason, the
Millerite, the woman sUffragist, the
Spiritualist, the adherent OF Joseph
Smith Of Western New York. Follow
him 10 his New England home in the
days OF Shay's rebellion, paper money,
stay and tender laws and land banks.
The radicals among these New
England farmers hated lawyers and
capitalists. II would not trust them.
said Abraham White, in the ratifica
ton convention OF Massachusetts, in
l7SS, though every one Of them should
be Moses" "These lawyers" cried
Amos Slngletary, land men Of learn.
ing and mOneyed men that talk SC
finely and gloss over matters SC
smoothly to make US poor illiteratt
people swallow the pill expect to gel
into congress themselves. They
mean to get all the money into tneil
hands and then they will swallow W
all us little folk like the Leviathan
Mr.. President: yea, just as the whale
swallowed up Jonah"
If the voice Of Mary Ellen Leas,
sounds raucOHs to the New England
man to-day, while it is sweet music il
the ears of the Kansas farmer, lie
him ponder the utterances VI thes
frontier farmers in the days Of tn
revolution. and il he is still doubtful
of this spiritual kinship let him real
the words Of the Jewelers. and secreta
lies Of Cromwell's army.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-07-01
The Tramp Question.


Tramps are hocking to Kansas as
warm weather approaches, and as a
result robberies, hold,ups and other
crimes are much more frequent. The
plan adopted in California ought TO
be followed 10 this state. The town
OF Santa Ana compcls the tramps who
visit that place TO work upon a rock
pile. Referring to this. In an editor.
ial, the Argonaut remarked that
there ought To he in every village a
rock pile like Santa Ana's: Each
county jail should be merely the Sleep
ing quarters Of men who are forced to
labor vigorously during the day. The
chain gangs should stretch from one
end OF California to the other. Every
loafer, who saunters in among US to
evade the southern hot weather and
live of us without giving something
10 return, should be seized and util-
lied on the county roads, and the
streets Of the villages, towns and
cities"
But the Santa Cruz Penny Press has
a broader and better conception Of
the evil and OF the remedy that should
be applied: 1t says:
In each municipality, or at least
in each county, there should be a pub
lie industry, work Of the toughest
sort, not apt to tempt an employed
workmeD, and that no man going
about 10 search OF food this alterna.
tive should be offered: Voluntary
work, with food and small pay, or in.
voluntary work, with food and no pay.
Let it be said to every idle man,
Here is chance to work. Take this
until you can do better. Or, IL you
will not, you shall 90 to the rock pile
and there you shall work. Afford tC
every man, at the public expense, g
chance to earn his bread. Then pun,
ish him who will not work and punish
any one who feeds him and encourages
him in his idleness. We pay euougt
every year, in fees to Justices and con
stables, to put into operation thi
feasible, sensible and self.supportin,
scheme. The money now goes Il
make outcasts and criminals OF pau
pers into useful citizens"
"The Penny Press enunciates
principle" adds the Topeka Mail
(which goes far beyond the petit,
idea of punishment, OF aims for beg
CARS, or of temporary relief for tn
community from the exactiOns OF
wandering, idle class. Their PROPOSE
tiOn is sane, practical and humane
1t takes cOgnizance Of the fact tina
the genus tramp comprises men VIII,
are idle from necessity, Others-anC
they constitute In this state the ma
jority-who are idle from choice, ant
Others who are rowing criminals
And the scheme provides for lookin
after all these diverse elements tina
are known by the general name o
tramp, and in a way that will at ono
afford relief to the worthy and pro
lection to the community
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-07-01
Notice.,

Hereafter the probate court of Sum-
ner county will convene On the first
Monday in each month and will con-
tinue in session for two weeks or I'm.
til all OF the business of the term is
completed when it will adjourn until
the first Monday in the next month.
The following business will be trans.
acted in term time or open court viz:
PrObating of will, approving of an
nual and final accounts Of executors,
administrators and guardians, hear.
Ing petitions for the sale of real-estate,
and the hearing and allowance OF de-
mands against estates. All other
business can be transacted at any
tlme' ]. NJ. DOUBLEDAY,
4G-o Probate Judge.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-07-01

a tremendous rate Of speed. Mr.
Beffel also performs a very difficult
feat Of sitting in the saddle Of
his wheel and peddllng back
understanding very few riders are
able to do. He balances himself up
on the hind wheel and rides the dis
lance of a block. He takes the saddle
of his wheel, and lying fat upon the
horizontal bar, feet foremost, runs
lively in a circle with his hands upon
the pedals. Mr.. Bethel performs mum
erOus other difficult tricks too numer
Gus to mention. The ones explained
are sufficient to prove that all who
fail to see his performances will miss
a rare treat.
The committee that will award the
prizes in the bicycle contests are G. j
Humphrey, Sumner Whitson and ],
L. Kise, well calculated to judge Of
the merits Of each rider.
The committee that will award the
prizes for the best decorated turnOutS
is composed Of John c. Richardson
Fletcher Price and Jacob Engle.
The judges who will decide all othel
contests are Harry L. Woods, c. A
Gambrill and A. Branaman.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-07-01
7. y. OHENb1 q OU.
Sold by druggists, 70 cents

Nebraska is the first state to bring
within the reach Of the voters under
city and town governments the sys.
TEN Of the initiative and referendum.
Two-thirds Of the voters of a locality
must accept the plan before it be-
comes a law OF politics. and Omaha
will be the first city to submit the
question at special election shortly
to be held, II the rule is adopted,
then 10 per cent Of the voters NAV
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-07-01
Union Open-Air Services.

AT a meeting OF the Minister'S
Union this week it was decided to
again hold the union open-air SER
vices on Sunday evenings, during
July and August. The first services
Will be held on next Sunday evening.
kev' ID. A. Doughty, pastor of the
baptist church, will preach the ser.
mon. Its intended to hold an ami.
VerSary service along the line Of
patriotism, on account of the day
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-07-01
Deafness Cannot Be Cured.

by local applications. as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the ear. There is only
one way TO cure deafness, and that Is by con-
stitutionsl remedies. Deafness Is caused by
an infamed condition Of the mucous lining OF
the Eustachian tube. When this tub. gets
infiamed you have rumbling sound or i'm
perfect hearing, and when 1t is entirely closed
deafness is the result, and unless the infs m.
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored TO its normal condition, hearing will be.
destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an
intiamed condition OF the mucous surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars for any
case Of deafness (caused by catarrhl that can
not be cured by Halls Catrrh Cure. Send
for circulars free.
II crrpxpxy q ~
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-07-01
thereafter BY petition propose ordi-

thereafter BY petition propose ordi-
nauces, and 20 per cent of the voters
may compel the city government to
submit proposed ordinances to vote
Of the people. So far the initiative,
so-called. For the referendum, it is
provided that ordinances passed by
the city council shall not 60 into
effect for thirty days, and II in the
meantime per cent OF the voters
petition for the submission OF any
ordinance to popular vote the same
shall be submitted, and must be ap-
proved by a majority to come into
effect. II 10 per cent OF the voters
petition, then the ordinance shall
be submitted at a special election
held within twenty days. Ordinances
relating to the immediate preserva.
tion Of the public peace and health.
and items OF appropriations for cur.
rent expenses not In excess Of those
made the previous year, are excepted
from the referendum rule.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-07-01
Accept the Offer at Once.

10 advertise our college we offer to
give thorough course of instruction
10 double and single entry bookkeep-
Ing and commercial arithmetic by
mall free of charge to limited num-
DER OF persons. This course consist:
OF forty lessons. No charge for dlplo
mas Special free class will be or
ganlzed in few days. Address: TIL,
American Business College, Omaha
Neb.
Il. Il. Middlekauff was down frou
conway Springs Monday.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-07-01
Home Market.

This market report Is corrected regularly
every Thursday morning and may be relied
upon as being accurate.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-07-01
POPULIST PEDIGREE.
TRACING IT BACK TO THH NEW ENGLAND
FARMER OF 100 YEARS AGO.
Native Born Americans Who Have Kept One
Stage Ahead Of the Economic and Social
Transformation Of the Country.
From The Atlantic Monthly, April.

HE states of Kansas
and Nebraska were
settled most rapid.
ly in the decade fol-
lowing the war, and
had a large proper
tion OF soldiers in
their American i'm.
migrants T h e
states of Illinois
and Ohio together
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-04
HOW WE CAN HELP INDIA.

There have been many expressions Of
willingness in Iowa and other western
states to contribute food supplies to the
famine stricken sufferers of India
These same generous western peopl.
sent trainlOads of wheat and corn anG
flour to the relief of the Russian peas
ants some four years ago. The idea CT
sending relief to India is practical il
every way. On account of their reli-
gious scruples the people would nc
touch any canned meats or supplies O.
that character, and the one way
which America could best help In(
would be to send grain. Indian con
brings the farmer only eight or fe'
cents bushel this year in Iowa.
braska and thereabout and it would
the best possible food to send to Ind,
The railroads doubtless would be W
ing to carry it to the seaboard at
lowest possible charge for transpor'
ton, and the British government migI
well put some of it's transport shiu
at the service Of American relief co
mittees for the purpose of taking
the grain to India. The Russian peopl
hold America in the highest regard f.
the relief rendered at the time of the
great famine. Nothing makes mo
certainly for the removal of prejudic
and the growth of kindly feeling b
tween nations than help rendered
such times of appalling distress. In Nc
other way can the desire of AMERICANS
to contribute toward the Indian famine
relief fund accomplish anything like so
much as by the plan of securing greai
quantities of Indian corn in the Missis-
sppi valley states and organizing trans
portation facilities in some such fashio
as may be suggested by the experience
of four years ago, when relief ships
sailing from Philadelphia carried food
to Russia.-ReYieM of Reviews.