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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-23
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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-23
FIRST NATIONAL DIVIDEND,
A Distribution Of Twenty Per Cent to
be Made to Depositors in the Defunct
First National Bank.

The comptroller Of the currency has
ordered dividend Of 20 per cent to
be made to depOsitOrs IN the defunct
First National bank OF this city.
The checks have been made out and
signed by the comptroller and are
now in the hlnds Of Receiver Sheri.
dan ready for distribution. This is
the first dividend that has been de-
clared to depUsitOrs in the First Ma.
tional bank since its failure, October
%, 1895, nearly Two years ago. The
bank will probably be able, under
good management, to pay another
dlVideud OF 20 per cent, which is
about all the depOsitCrs will ever
realize.
IL Is hard TO tell when the next
dividend will he made. The bank
owes It's creditors about $4,000, be-
sides Offsets Que way and another. It's
nominal assets are three times this
amount, but most Of its notes are
worthless. The bank has three
farms, brick business building, a
residence property and other minor
holdings besides bank notes and claims
against several stockholders who have
not paid the 100 per cent assessment.
Little can be reaiized from this, how.
ever, but under such conservative
management as Mr.. Sheridan has
shown in handling the affairs OF this
and other banks, it is safe to say that
a total OF at least 40 per cent will
eventually he paid TO First National
depOeitOrs,
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-23
Hiss AIdriCh's Fame,

Miss Pearl Aldrich, of this city, a
typesetter in the VOICE office. has
recently achieved fame as 4 Kansas
beauty. At the state convention of
photographers held in Leavcnworth
last week she was awarded the first
prize as the prettiest Kansas girl
whose picture was offered in cOmpe-
titiOn at the photographers exhibit.
The points in the contest were beauty
of face, symmetry Of form and grace
fulDess OF ppSe. Miss Aldrich was
represented in a photograph 16x2O
inches, bust view, clothed in orna.
mental drape, decollette, fastened at
the shoulders bygOid disks with pearl
settings, and c0rsage bouquet Of tea
roses, The pose shows her gazing
sentimentally at the petals of beau.
tiful tea rose held at arms length.
A bracelet Of opa encircles her left
arm In Egyptian fashion, while her
couture is worn high. The whole pre-
sents striking figure.
The photograph was the work of c.
E. Sawyer, the well known Wichita
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-23

artist, AID it easily IOhk Hr-t rsnk
among the art exhinits before the con.
ventiOn. 10 which there were several
hundred competing p.oiogra IBIS.
Miss Aldrich received number Of
finely finished photographs asst Satur-
day from Mr.. Sawyer as a compliment
% her success. The judges 70 the coh.
test were comprise of the best phO
tographers in the state and the honor
conferred upon Miss AIdrich 10 pru.
nouncing her unquestiOnably the
most beautiful girl before the convrn.
tion is one to be highly priced and
cherished.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-23

John Lee, Guelph township far,
mer, became intoxicated Saturday
night and did not 90 home. Night
Marshal john Willard put his team
IN the livery stable about 4 o'clock
morning. 1t had been stand
ing without food Or water since Sat
urday ioreL0on.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-23
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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-23

COfeyville has about decided to put
10 an electric light plant Of its own.
A special election will BE- called to
vote on the proposition to expend
$1,000 for that purpose.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-23

oara, Tacy Graft, Meta Showalter,
Bertie Andrews, Mary Purcell, Ella
Pa,tnn, G'ace Kise, Messrs. Claude
Pugh, VIII Hackney, Gift Liudley.
Flank GambriIl, Lawrence Ray,
Gu lie VIM tl.ld, Keith Cox.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-23
The victories OF Hoods
SarsaparllIa over all
Forms Of disease

NUUOIUhIVbIy pTUFt
That 1t Is An unequalled
Blord purifier. 1t conqaers
The demon, scrOfula,
Relieves the itching and burning
Of salt rheum, cures running sort 8,
ulcers, boils, pimples, and every other
form Of humvr or disease originating
in impure blood. Thecures by HOod's
Sarsaparilla are cures-absnlute,
permanent, perfect cures. They are
based upon its great power to purify
and enrich the blood.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-23

Alive to the deplorsble conditions that ex
ist, ppreciating the pinche circumstance
of the great Majority and deeming it duty
to do our utm; st to put the truth within reach
Of all we make this
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-23
The AMERICAN
WHARTON BARKEa'S PAPER

is fighting for the people, for right against
might for human rights against property
rights, for justice and equality ,rali.
advocates and demands political action
that will unite the PEG lie in their great con-
tiict with the cllgarchy OF We attn and ensble
them TO elect In 1900, President. Vice President
aud Congress. standing on this platforms:
| Free coinage gold and silver at the
ratio of to 10.
The issue OF all paper money and the
reputation OF the volume thereof by the ma.
tional government.
Government ownership Of railroads and
telegraphs
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-23

WANTED-Trustworthy and active gentle
w men or ladies to travel tor responsible,
established house in Kansas, Monthly B5. %
and expenses Position Nesdy. Reference.
EDclose self-adoressed envelope, The Do
minitn Company, Dept. Y Chicago,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21

Bates Soper, the butcher who killed
his wife and two children at Archie,
Mo-, and was arrested. neal. Ashland.
Ore, and brought back, pleaded not
guilty when arraigned. His trial was
set for Nov. %.
Lying in clump of tall weeds with
revolver by her side and a bullet
hole in her left temple, the body Of a
young woman, supposed to be Jennie
Oates, twenty years old, was found Mt
Chicago. The young woman commit
ted suicide us the result of lovers
quarrel.
Charles Hysall and Bert Wines, says
Pomeroy, Ohio, special, two men,
bers Of gang that has terrorized the
inhabitants of this county, have been
arrested. Hysall was about to be mar
ried, and, in fact, was standing Mt his
BRIDES side when the officers sudden
ly appeared. Wines was guest ~
the wedding.
The home of Francis H. Scott, pres
ident of the Century Magazine CON-
pany in Orange, N. j., was entered by
thieves and articles of wearing ap-
parel and household goods amounting
to $4,000 in value stolen. The police
arrested three persons and have recov-
cred most Of the property. One Of
them is woman, Mary Rogers, alias
Chicago May"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21
Accidental Happenings.

George Conklin, a hackman, was
killed in a runaway at Mason City,
Iowa.
Wallace and Viola Sedo, aged four
and two, died at Black Greek, Wis. as
a result of eating poisonous berries in
the woods.
An explosion in tunnel on the Mex
lean National railroad at Monterey,
Mex, killed four men and injured
ten others.
While Eli Stedman of Wrightsville,
Wis, was hunting. his gun was dis
charged and his head was blown to
fragments. He was about twenty
years old.
Roy Longley. sixteen-year-old boy,
was fatally injured in runaway at
Missoula, Mont, and died one hour
after the accident. He was driving a
team which became frightened at a
switch engine.
A little girl about five years old, a
daughter Of Fred Hannah, farmer
near Prescott, Wis, was burned to
death, her clothes catching fire from a
burning straw stack around which she
was playing.
Mrs. Emma Malm of Omaha wan
dered away from home at Corning,
Iowa, and cannot be found. She was
forty-three years old. The authorities
are dragging all ponds and rivers in
the vicinity.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21

The MAD Mullah. The great mu-
tiny in India forty years ago was large
ly indicated by the preaching of a ia
natical priest, the Moulvie of Fyzabad.
Another fanatical priest, the so-called
mad Mullah," or Moulvie, of Haddah,
is the most conspicuous leader in the
present troubles on the northwestern
frontier of India. He expects power
tul influence over the Momand and 9TH
er Mohammedan tribes, and the Brit
tsh agent at Cabul estimates his disci-
Piles at one hundred thousand. The
home of the Mullah, who is otherwise
known as Najam-uddin Ahkoond-zada.
that is, disciple Of the Akhoond, lis
at Haddah, in the Jelelabad district.
He was active in fomenting the hos
tility to the English which was the
cause of the Chitral expedition of 1895.
Lately he has been preaching a holy
war against them, and he led in person
the tribesman who attacked Malakand
last month.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21
Personal Mention.

P. E. Studebaker. the carriagemaker
Of South Bend, Ind, died at the sani-
tarium at Alma, Mich.
to have charge Of the seed and plant
of agriculture.
Capt. James B. White, ex-congress-
man, died at Fort Wayne, Ind. He
was one of the wealthiest and most
prominent business men in Northern
Indiana.
Lieut.. Commander D. Kennedy has
been ordered to duty as inspector Of
the Eleventh lighthouse district at De
troit upon the detachmane Of Commo-
dore Folger.
The London Post announces that n
marriage has been arranged between
Count Charles Seilern and Miss Antoin-
cite Woerishoffer, daughter OF the late
Charles Woerishoffer of New York.
Rev. Father L. F. Kcarney, .. p.
Of st. Thomas church. gainesville, Ohio,
has been elected provincial IF the Do
minican Order in the United States.
This is the highest dignity that can be
conferred in the order.
Thomas William Adams, who was
prominent in the Tammany society A.
years ago. and who was chairman Of
the committee which escorted the body
Of President Monroe to Richmond, Va,
died at his home in Brooklyn, aged 70
years.
Thomas W. Adams, who was prom
inent in the Tammany society forty
five years ago and who was chairman
OF the committee which escorted the
body Of President Monroe to Rich
mond. Va, died at his home in Brook
lyn, aged seventy-five years.
Horatio c. King has been nominated
for congress by the Shepherd or indie
pendent Democracy Of the Third dis
trict Of New York, where vacancy eX-
lists il consequence of Francis H. Will
sons resignation to accept the post
mastership at Brooklyn.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21

1t has been estimated, says the Loco
motive Firemen's Magazine, that the
present producing capacity of the world
Is such. by the aid Of improved ma
chinery, that if operated to its full ex-
tent ten hours per day sufficient can
be produced in six months to supply
the worlds demand for one year. This
being the condition with which the
people are confronted, it remains for
them to provide some means Of greatly
Increasing these demands, or else so
control methods of production that all
who depend upon labor for means Of
subsistence shall have an opportunity
to secure employment. II half of the
population by working ten hours or
more day can produce sufficient to
supply the demand Of the entire popu-
iation, and this half insists on retain
ing monopoly of employment, what
Is to become Of the other half-the half
who are unemployed? There are but
three courses to pursue: Those who
earn wages must contribute as charity
sufficient to sustain the unemployed;
the employed can join with the unem-
ployed in dividing such employment so
that all may work ten hours or more
per day for half the number OF days;
or. as is now advanced by trade union
lists, the remedy can be found by short.
ening the hours of labor, SO that all the
people can find some employment all
HE time,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21
Otherwise,

Many farmers near Belle PLANE,
Kas., report that grasshoppers are do
ing considerable damage to growing
wheat this fall.
The Methodist conference, before
adjournment at Dubuque, Iowa, voted
almost unanimously in favor Of equal
lay representation.
Miss Clara Barton, president Of the
American Red Cross society, has re-
turned from the international Red
Cross conference at Vienna.
It is said that party Of wealthy
friends have offered to buy 100000
hotel at Dawson City, Alaska, and es-
tablish Jim Corbett as manager.
Forty head of blooded cattle on
Hackerett & Fifield's ranch, near AL
ton, Kas., died from eating volunteer
growth sorghum sugar cane recently.
The Degroff Bros forty lease
of lead and zinc lands, and their big
concentrating plant at Empire, Kas.,
have been sold to a syndicate for
| $4,000 cash.
| Grasshoppers and chinch bugs in
large numbers are reported in the
south part Of Dickinson county, Kan
sas, doing much damage in the fields
of new wheat.
Nebraska grain men predict that at
least 2O0,O00,OOO bushels Of the states
corn crop will be stored. and not be
placed on the market until next years
crop is assured.
A. f. Love, justice Of the peace at
Macon, Mo-, will give solid silver
spoon. engraved with the brides name
and date of ceremony to each couple
married by him before New Years.
There is a great dearth Of cotton
pickers in Noble, Payne and Lincoln
counties, o. r.. The farmers report
that they could furnish employment
TO 5000 cotton pickers for the next
month.
The bimetallic commissioners who
remain in Europe are enjoying a holi-
day while waiting for the reply Of the
British government to their proposals.
Senator and Mrs Wolcott are in Carls-
bad, and ex-Vice President Stevenson
pnd Miss Stevenson are sojourning In
| Paris.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21
SLICK SCHOONER, ABLE SKlPP

Sight on the River That Won the Adj
miration of South Street Loungers.
From New York Sun: There are
fashions in painting ships bottoms as
in everything else. In recent years
pink shade has been thought the prop
er thing, but in some cases green looks
slicker still. The other day the South
street loungers looked admiringly at a
big schooner coming down the East
river, and looming up all the bigger
because she was light. She was white
above the water line Below she was
painted clear, lightish green, and she
was high enough out of water to show
a good bit of it. Her masts were
scraped bright and her mastheads were
painted white. She carried boat on
davits across the stern, and this boat
was painted white and green, too. Take
it altogether, she looked as trim and
handsome as big schooner could look.
But admiration for the schooner
could not lessen the pleasure the loung-
ers felt in the way in which she was
handled by the big tug alongside of her.
The captain of the tug halted with her
just off the slip, and Slowed her round,
and then took her into the slip. She
was good big schooner, 400 tons or
so, but the captain of the tug laid her
alongside the wharf SO gently and cas-
lily that you couldn't tell when she
touched it; there. was nothing to do
but hand her lines over the side. The
tug lay just beyond her in the slip, her
dark, bronzed copper dripping and glis-
tening as she rolled and lifted slightly
in the water. The schooner, before
she had all her lines made fast, sagged
off little with the tide. and then the
capital nof the tug pushed her again as
easily and as gently as before. Then
when she was all made fast the captain
of the schooner on his quarter deck and
the captain of the tug in his pilot house
saluted each other. And the captain Of
the tug rang her out of the slip and
pointed her down the river and pulled
the Jingle bell.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21
THREW AWAY THE GAME.
n.cause He Didn't Want the Old mans
Daughter.

because He Didn't Want the Old mana
Daughter.
Some one had just read story OF
two men who had played o game OF
cards for the hand Of a girl. says the
Detroit Free Press. II never believe
such yarns" declared one of the listen
ers Some fellow just imagines ana
then writes them up"
This was the cue for the man VINO
had seen much Of the world before set
Ting down. II saw two men play for a.
bride once was down south as a sort
of companion and body guard for an
invalid who was travelling through the
mountains on horseback. A storm
kept us for three days at place where
the daughter of the house was one OF
those stately beauties you occasionally
find among the mountaineers. one OF
her owl s..rp:o wanted to marry ner
and her atfsat;,Ga wcrs conferred on a
shrewd youGs YANKEES %'su was down
there for some purpose he scpt TO MN
self. Both the suitors happened there
Ouc CVGuluS uullu6 ouA ~ SoNA~'
young native called the girls father
aside and after he had declined TO lee
the two fight for his daughter 1t was
decided that a game of old sledse must
determine her fate. sat behind the
Yankee, while the father was at the
shoulder of the man he favored. one
game of seven points was to settle the
fateful controversy.
II noticed that my man played In
differently, but luck was with him and
he had six points to his opponents nve.
On the deal my man got the ace and
deuce, which made him winner, and
was about to congratulate him. when
he gave my leg a squeeze that went to
the bone.
"'What have you for high?' he asked.
"'King.'
"'What for low?'
"'Four spot
"'She's yours and the voice was sad.
Nervously shuffling the deck, he con-
graduated the beaming young noun
taineer. Not word now he said,
when he got me alone. I didn't want
her. Had I said SO the old man would
have taken it as an insult Had 1
wanted her and won her would never
have lived to marry any one"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21
Washington Talk.

Assistant Secretary Of War Mikel-
john left Washington on a tour of ill.,
spection of military posts in the West.
Before returning to Washington he ex-
poets to visit all the headquarters Of
the military departments of Dakota,
Platte, Columbia. California and Tex
as, and intermediate army posts and
stations.
The bureau of foreign commerce Of
the state department is just now bust
ly engaged in the preparation for pub
LEGATION of the volume known as
Commercial Relations of the United
States" enbodying annual reports
from United States consulS in every
country in the world upon the trade
conditions in their respective districts.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21
Not DISCOURAGED.

A duffer Of sportsman went out
Notwithstanding, accompanied by an
Irish keeper, who was good-natured
enough to make all kinds Of excuses
for his patrons bad shots. At last the
shooter, made reckless by ill-success,
perceived covey Of birds quietly feed
ing on the other side of the hedge, and
resolved to have slap at them on the
ground. He fired, but, to his mortiti-
cation. they all flew away untouched.
"Pegorra, sOr. you made them lave
that. anyway."-Houschold Words.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21

The Boston subway, one of the most
interesting experiments in under
ground rapid transit, was opened, in
part, September first The section in
use is somewhat less than a mile long,
and extends from the entrance in the
Public Garden to the corner of Park
and fremont streets. 1t is practically
an underground street, holding part
of the way four tracks, and a part Of
the way two, SO constructed that there
is no crossing of tracks at the same
grade. Fourteen street car lines, run
ming ninety cars an hour, are using it,
to the great relief of surface travel
on fremont and Boylston streets.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21
Criminal.

May Darling tried to kill Attorney
Powell at Cleveland, alleging that he
ruined her.
Fred Hicl1en was placed in Jail at
Fond du Lac, Wis, on a charge of
having beaten his fiye-year-old son to
death.
In a fight between settlers and shep-
herds in Long Valley. Wash. man
named Barber was killed and several
persons injured.
Jerry Mahoney, dock laborer, was
found with broken skull back of a
saloon at Marquette, Mich. A jury de-
cided that he was murdered. There is
no clue.
John Lenning, notorious cattle
rustler who has operated in Montana
and Idaho, was captured at French
town. Missoula county, Mont, by Shcr-
iff Mclaughlin, and lodged in Jail.
1t ia reported on good authority that
Ole Bargett, a wealthy farmer nine
miles south Of Glenwood, Wis, was
killed by his wife by striking him Cd
tie head with an ak.
Nicholas Burbach. an ex-United
States soldier recently honorably dis
charged from Fort Sheridan, COM
mitted suicide at Chicago by shooting
himself in the temple. 1t is believed
that Burbach had been dissipating
since his recent discharge.
At Four-Mile- House, a notorious re-
sort near Fort Missoula, Mont, Dick
Phillips, Of Company f, Twenty fifth
infantry, shot and fatally wounded Zoe
Moore, a prostitute. Jealousy led to
the shooting. The woman will recov-
o.. Philips is in Jail.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21
NEW BUSINESS,
Boys Hired to Punoture Bicycle Tlres
to Help the Repair Shona.

Go Help the Repair Shops.
New York Sun: There is already q
distrust among wheelmen of the road
houses which have repair shops RIM
ming in connection with their bicycle
racks, and there is one place in particu-
lar which has come to be regarded with
suspicion by persons who have had
their wheels suddenly fall victims to
lncapaclty when least expected. Ono
phllanthropist who was anxious to as
certain II the grounds for his distrust
were good several times submitted his
"heel when it was in perfect condition
10 the care of the boys in charge of the
Iachs. Every time it was injured. On
sunday one man found a cut plainly
maze with sudden slash of q knife in
tire at this same place. and there
were. within the experience of verv
small circle of persons, several acct
uehts OF the same character. The 70.
suit was That the man in charge of the
repair snop was busy all day, and there
was not bicycle under his care that
nao not been handed over to the charge
~ tne boys who watch the wheels left
tnefe ny the guests. There are already
a LUMBER OF patrons of the place who
a.e convinced that the boys in charge
OF tne racks have some interest In 500
ing the repair shop prosper. This ia
conducted by a young man who rms
WEN =. eh'lrely on his own responsibility.
WIN Inc tack fiends supposed to be at
"o,A On the approaches to the cycle
pati anu the other parts of the suburbs
peset with little danger to wheels hi
cyciing Is taking on new terroYy pmt
there Is none of them more d,fI,or1t ~
a a," 'han these accidents that are so
e,ose'y connected with the attentions
OF the rack boys at the suburban ro,d