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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-11-18
To Stop Horse Stealing.

A meeting of farmers of Sumner
county who are interested in protect.
ing themselves against loss by theft
is called to meet 10 Wellington a
week from the coming Saturday, for
the purpose of organizing an Anti
Horse Thief Association. This asso.
citation will endeavOr to head off much
of the horse stealing that is going on
in the county.
1t is proposed to form a league a
farmers residing 10 every part of the
county and when case Of horse steal.
ing is reported, spare no pains to
catch the thief and see that he is DUN.
ished. The fellows who are engaged
in horse stealing 10 this part of the
state will do well to take warning apd
quit the business entirely or remove
their scene Of operations to more
cOngenial climate.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-11-18
UNDER THE DINGLEY LAW.
Republican System Of Producing Revenue
Runring Behind About $40, 1000, 900
Month.

Washington, Nov. S.-The treas.
ury dedcit is rolling along at a good
jog and today touched nearly SAL.
being s4O,S2O, 392.54. The
excess of expenditures over receipt,
for today was sl64,7S4. and for the
first full week in November amounts
to $2,Sll,SS2.lS. The shortage from
the Dingley bill is keeping up the
pace at which 1t started in Tuly and
for the month of November it will
exceed $lO,OOO,OOO. There is little
doubt now that the statements fire.
quently made in the Republic will be
verified and that the deficit for the
first fiscal year Of the Dingley bill
will exceed SlOO,OOO,OOO. 1t will
reach half that figure by the first
of December, and seems certain to
exceed s6O,OOO,OOO by the frs, of
January.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-11-18
The Rock Island Wreck.

The Wichita Eagle gives this ac-
count of the wreck on the Rock Island
railroad near Renfrow, OF, Friday
night which resulted in the death of
Frank Sorry of Caldwell, and perhaps
the fatal injury of his fireman, Rich
ard Grant: "The train, with Engin-
eer Frank Berry and Fireman Richard
Grant in charge of the locomotive,
was nearing RenfrOw when they saw
some boys driving three cows about
800 feet ahead Of them. The train
was running at an unusual high
speed. One Of the cows got in the
middle Of the track and started to
ward the fast approaching train.
They whistled to try and scare the
animal from off the track, but to no
avail. When they saw that there
was no Likelihood that the cow would
leave the track, Engineer Berry
opened the throttle wide, hoping to
knock the cow clear off the track.
The pilot struck the animal and it
made complete sOmersault, her head
getting beneath the pilot. The
engine ran along for some distance
and finally turned over. Just before
the engine left the track entirely,
Mr.. Berry jumped and struck some
railroad iron alongside Of the track.
Several cars piled upon him iusta ntly.
When he was taken from the debris
life was extinct. Fireman Grant
stai5 on the engine and when the
crash came he was thrown with great
force against the boiler and his face
was badly smashed; so bad in fact
that he was unable to speak, though
conscious. He may not live, although
everything is being done that human
skill can do. After several hours the
track was cleared and traffic on the
road was resumed
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-11-18
Republican papers have indulge

Republican papers have INDUCED
themselves into a good degree of
delight in announcing that certain
Populists have conceded the pos
sible election Of Mckinley in 1900.
The VOICE will quote from a Repub-
lican United States Senator-Sena-
tor Chandler of New Hampshire.
He has just published a letter in the
Washington Post over his own sig
nature in which he says:
"Since my letters of August II and
70, two important events happened:
First. the election of November; sec
ond, the refusal of England to reopen
the India minis to the coinage of sill
yer as an inducement to international
blmetalliSm.
"As to the elections they prove with
reasonable clearnesS that II the Re
publian party permanently acquiesceS
10 the existing gold standard, and
gives up the struggle for bimetallism.
that party will be defeated at the
congressional elections of 1898 and In
the presidential election of 1900. The
silver m0nometallists will then take
possession of all branches of the ma
tiODal government and a free coinage
bill with silver made the tender for
all debts, public and private, domestic
and foreign, will pass both houses of
congress and be signed by President
Bryan.
This is quite sweeping and comes
from source high enough to con-
vince the most delectable Republi
can. Continuing he said:
"Greater New York city being in
the hands of Tammany Hall, that Or
ganization will unite with the ma
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-11-18
And What About This?
From Atchison Globe.

rlOul AbOulcOu
Dollar wheat is u twin with Republi-
Can success. IU 1888, under Arthur,
the average price of wheat was ninety
one cents a bushel. During Cleveiand's
first term the average was sixty-eigBL
cents. When Harrison was president
wheat varied from eighty-four cents
to ninety-three cents Cleyeland's
second election sent it down at once
10 siXty-three cents and 1t cODtiu led
to tumble until it reached fOrty.uine
cents, the lowest price in a century.
In the first months of Mckinney
administration dollar wheat has
returned.
The Wichita Eagle has been carry
ing the above in black face type tor
some time. In response to the
query, "What about this" the VOICE
would beg leave to say that the whole
thing is al variance with the facts.
We have before US the Drover's
Telegram Rad Book, official organ
Of the Kansas City Live Stock ex-
change. 1t gives tables showing the
varying prices Of wheat for many
years back-giving the price in each
month of each year. We have no
words of defense for Grover Cleve
land but we want to show that
neither Cleveland nor Harrison
nor Mckinley for that matter, de-
serve the credit or censure given
them, because the facts are wholly
misstated. The Globe is quoted as
saying that during Cleveland'S first
term the average price Of wheat was
6S cents. Cleveland's administration
began March 4, 1885, and ended
March 4, 1889. Below We give the
highest and lowest price of wheat in
those years, and the month in which
said prices occurred:
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-11-18
Clever Trick.

1t certainly looks like it, but there
is really no trick about it. AHybody
can try it who has lame back and weak
kidneys, malaria or nervous troubles.
We mean be can cure himself right
away by taking Electric Bitters
This medicine tones up the whole sys.
TEN, acts as stimulant to the liver
and kidneys, is a blood purifier and
nerve tonic. 1t cures constipation,
headache, fainting spells, ,leeplessness
and melancholy. 1t is purely veg
etable, a mild laxative and restores
the system to its natural yigor. Try
Electric BitteTs and be convinced that
they are miracle worker. Every
bottle guaranteed. Only SOC bottle
at F. b. Snyder's drug store.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-11-18
'POssun Supper.

COlored societg was agiow Tuesday
night. The a NE. people gave a
'posSum supper and dance IN the vacant
building south Of Z. f. Luening's
furniture store, for the purpose of
meeting the Indebtedness on their
church Oh East Fourth street Some
Thing like S25 was realized on the
supper alone.
The supper tables were reserved
from $50 until $50 o'clock. for the
use Of the white iolks." The white
folks pltronized the supper literally
Stewed 'pOsSum, raccoon, coro pone
hot coffee, "chitlain,, Sweet potatoes
and slaw were served for % cents
Three large tables were constantly
filled until 10 O'Clock. Mike Magruder
acted as head waiter and dragged his
feet around the dining room until he
was worn out serving 'posSum. After
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-11-18

skin. This fact is well known. Not
only should the outside of the body be
perfectly clean, but the interior Of the
body as well. Clean teeth, clean
mputh, clean throat, clean nasal pas
sageS, are all requisites of perfect
health. The whole body as well
as every organ ia the body, is
lined with mucous membrane, which
Is even more liable than the skin TO
become very dirty. The most frequent
cause OF unclean mucuS membrane is
catarrh. Catarrh creates Unnatural
secreIions, even though the catarrh
be very slight. In this condition good
health is impossible.
DR.. Hartman has made a speciality
of treating cbrenic catarrh for nearly
forty years. His great remedy (Pe-
ru'na) has become known throughout
the United States and Canada. It. is
certainly the best, and probably the
only effective internal remedy for
chronic catarrh. Its cures are per-
manent. The Doctor is also the au.
thor of many books on chronic catarrh.
His latest book on the subject will be
sent free for a short time by The Pc
ru-na Drug Mfg Co., Columbus, 0.
Ask your druggist for free Pe.ru-na
Almanac for 1898.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-11-18

tIOnal demUcidcl III Tie GemdDu for
Tree silver coinage ana II Is not within
tie OuundS oil possibility that The
rural Republican bImetalhsls will
give votes enough upon single gold
standard platform 10 place the sta
Of New York back 10 the Republican
column.
"Iuere may be infatuated indivld-
udlS who Jiiink IN view of the cleo
tion of last rdeSday 10 Ohio, Iowa,
Kentucky aud Nebraska, that thu
western Republican states can be kept
10 lice II future party platforms shalt
completely yield 10 gUld and give up
the effort To remOuetiZe silver, but
the "ISer aud safer view is to as
sumo that with the issue so framed
he Republican party will meet with
overwhelming political disaster, in
flicted by s0lIn South and Wesl
almost solid, added by Tammany Hall
and the free silver democracy Of the
Empire tate.
This Comes very near being a
country OF free voters and our cleo
lions come very near being honest
transactions, and an intelligent peu-
pie with their votes freely Cast and
h0neStl. counted, will never adopt or
submit TO the permanent demonetiza
lion Of silver and the fixed ascend
ency of the single gold standard pre-
ocrihed by England.
$50 the pathway II safety is only in
one direction. Mr.. Mckinley wa,
elected only because his platform and
his previous utteranCes promised Ell
forts 10 secure bimetalliSm. We lost
the United States senate be-
cause those promises were not sufici-
emily in earnest and we're disiruSted
by many Republican voters. We did
not promise 10 establish bimetallism
if we could, believing it TO be a ba d
thing, but because we believed il to
he good thing.
"1f we now faithlesSly abandon the
pursuit If that good thing We doom
ourselves TO political annihiatiOn.
$50 there is no tnur,e open to Us
but tr bring together the Independent
nations of the Western hemisphere
and unite them in one grand and ir
resistible demand for the money Of
the ayes. Gods money. as Secretary
Sherman devoti2n1ly and rpverpntly
called it, silver and gold. joined to
Gether at a fixed ratio as the basis of
all paper money and credits as the
worlds time hOnOred measure of the
worlds values"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-11-18
Great Music Offer.

Send us the names and address Of
three or more performers on the piano
or organ and ten cents in silver or
postage and we will mail you sixteen
pages full sheet music consisting Of
songs, marches, waltzes, etc., ar.
ranged for piano and organ. Address
Popular Music Co.. Indianapolis, Ind.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-11-18
Railroad NOteS.

Bobbie DoweII has been promoted
10 conductor. He received lis official
papers Friday morning..
D. S. McCurdy assumed charge as
conductor on the Hunnewell run
Tuesday night of last week.
A. b. Crowley OF HeringtOn, has
succeeded Charlie Anderson as Rock
Island operator at this place.
Andy ZOOk passed The time card
examination Monday and made his
first trip as engineer next morniDg.
II. G. Uapps, formerly clerk under
Superintendent Rhodes at this place,
later a clerk in the rOadmaster's office
at Topeka, is now Chief clerk for the
superintendent Of the Frisco at
NeOdesha.
The first inspection of watches of
tile employees of The Santa Fe IN the
train service On the entire system was
completed Saturday. The Santa Fe
mas the most complete system If
watch inspection of any of the rail-
ways. H. S. Montgomery OF Topeka,
IS the general watch inspector, and
he has four assistants and forty.two
deputies who are jewelers. at different
points along the line. Watches must
not vary thirty seconds week. The
watches will not be rated again until
1899, after which time they will be
examined once every year.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-11-18
Almost A Miracle.

Inc manner in which patients have
been cured in DR.. Goes Sanitarium in
AanSaSCity, Missouri Of diseases which
eminent DhysiciOns have declared 10.
durable is but little short of miracu.
lous. Tue diseases are located and
diagnosed by the Y ray the recovery
being watched with great interest by
The medical profession. An expert
examining physician from DR.. Goes
Sanltarlum will be at the Arlington
hotel, Wellington, on Monday aid
Tuesday, December 9th and 7th with
an y ray apparatus. Examination
free.
Old Papers Zoe a 100
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-11-18
id prices occurred:
CLEVELAND

In only one instance, August 81, did
wheat 60 as low as the Globe says
was the average, while during all the
remainder of the time it ranged
from 6O38 to 50 per bushel.
Now as 10 Harrison: The Globe
says wheat varied from "a to SO
cents during his term Harrison was
inaugurated March 4, 1889, and
retired March 4, 1898. The same
sort Of a deduction from the Red
Book as above gives prices as
follows:
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-11-18
W. T. Madden Returns from England
FavOring Government Ownership
of Telegraph.

Winfield Courier. (Repl
W. T. Madden returned Friday
night from his trip to England in the
interest of ]. P. Baden and reports
a successful trip.
Mr.. Madden is a close observer
and during his short stay became
pretty we'll acquainted with the con,
dition and customs OF England more
especially, where he spent most OF
the time.
He says there is quite a sentiment
in England in favor of international
bimetallism, but it is opposed by
bankers and business men almost to
man. He studied the financial
system OF England carefully and be.
heves it to be a good, very simple
and easily comprehended.
The most important feature OF
MS observations was his indorse
ment of the government ownership
OF the telegraph. He studied the
plan carefully and is fully convinced
that 1t is a success. The service
there under government control is
more satisfactory and cheaper by
halt than in this country under pri,
vate ownership and yef the govern.
ment last year cleared over four
millions Of dollars from the business.
On account Of its cheapness and the
manner in which is conducted tele
graph is used much more there
than here and is a great convenience
to the business world.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-11-18
Texas Populists Anti-Democratic

Dallas, Tex, Oct. 2S.-The POpulist
state executive committee, after two
secret meetings, has advised the party
in Texas to stand by the Omaha plat
fern in all national matters, but in
state affairs to support any movement
to redeem the state from Democratic
ring rule. This is interpreted as being
a bid to fuse in next years state cam.
paign with all elements opposed to
the regular Democrats.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-11-18

1t may not be just the polite or
consderate thing to do. when the 2.
o. p. is not recovered from the shock
of the recent election defeats, but we
feel constrained to remark On the
growing treasury deficiency. 1t i,
climbing up at the rate of $4,000,
900 a month. The excess of tx
penditureS over receipts amounted
up TO the first week in November.
to s2,Sll,3S2.I8. At The pres NJ
rate the deficiency for the fiscal year
will exceed SlO0,OOO,OOO. Such
figures should convince even the
most stupid that the tariff man. of.
straw has outlved his usefulness to
divert the people from real issues.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-11-18
follows:
The Globes figures are Certainly


very unreliable.
No administration effects prices
except as it changes policy, and
there was no difference in the policies
Of the Cleveland and Harrison ad
miniStrations. They were both for
the single gold standard. The law
Of supply and demand rules prices
and the volume of money in circula-
tion effects the free action OF the law
and supply and demand in the same
ratio. This is principle that is in
exorable and all the buncombe of
dust throwers can not alter it one
iota.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-11-18

supper was over the hall was cleared
aud the cOlOred brothers and sisters
reveled in the mazes of the waitz
until early morning.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-11-18
A Whole 1an,

A whole man
is a u 0 / h e r
n = N e for a
healthy m an
One OF the
prime sse -
tialS of health
is cleanliness.
The first step
in this direc-
tiOn iSa plaan
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-11-18

Preston Wycloff, near Rome, left
over the Rock Island for Illinois for a
visit this morning.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-11-18

E. W. Hall and wife, near Rome.
left this morning over the Rock
Island for Mendon, Mich, to spend
the winter.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-11-18

The Winfield Free Press last week
hoisted pretty little rooster all for
Judge Mcbride.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-03-03
Gov" Leonard Sarcastic.
BOISE, Feb. %. 1897.

| Nt - w. ~ AOOf'
EDITOR BULLETIN:-The people of
Elmore need not be alarmed for the
safety of Representative JONES, who
has admitted that he received coin
for his vote for Heitfeld. He is not
the only one that has received
money to defeat the will of the peo-
pie in the legislature. The fiat has
gone forth that this legislature is
one of the most corrupt on this line
of any since Idaho became a State.
Mr.. JONES says that when he left
home he came with the intention of
exposing any and all frauds that
he became acquainted with, and
you people should be proud of a
man who has the honesty, stam-
ina and manhood to expose this
outrage on the people of Idaho.
This thing has been going on from
time to time and there was no way
to catch the rascals unless by some
such means as Mr.. JONES has taken.
When Sodom was destroyed the All,
wise Father found but one righteous
man and that was drunken Lot.
He saved him and the rest were
destroyed. You will see that l, as
Governor of the Third House, have
precedent established, and | shall
not fail to exercise my prerogative
in the pardoning power, and as Mr..
JONES is the only honest man in
the legislature shall take pleasure
in extending to him a full pardon
and restoration to citizenship.
Oh, Jerusalem! Jerusaleml thou
that killest the prophets, and stonest
them that are sent unto thee, often
times would'st | have gathered thee
together even as hen gathereth her
chickens under her wings, and we
would not! This might apply to
my relations with the legislature,
but instead of a brood of chickens
they are the toughest lot of cold
ROSTERS" you ever saw, and | can't
do anything with them.
J. G. LEONARD,
Governor Third House.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-03-03
Card from Judge Stout.

EDITOR BULLETIN:-Please give
me space to tell the grievance of the
travelling public. AT this very in
clement season and general pulpy
mud, business of pressing import
ance drove me to the county seat.
Worn and weary, when l came with
in about two miles of Mountain
Home, on the old county road of
over fifteen years. travel, l came
squarely up against a wire fence
which drove me in an acute angle
back about one mile, and upon en-
quiry find that a man or two have
engineered the matter so that the
road has been changed so that in
the travel of one mile heretofore, it
is now made about two miles and
a quarter, driving the travel down
against the railroad, over on un.
even, washed, gummy surface
where it is impossible ever to have
a passable road and endangering
the lives of individuals by the rush
of the cars, which run from five to
twelve feet above the bed of the
road.
This is an outrage on the travel
ing public which | am certain that
the better minded inhabitants OF
our county seat will have corrected
once they enquire into it. | now
propose to get up petition and
call upon the voters to test their
mind on the subject. The purpose
of this article is to awaken inquiry,
so that all may post themselves.
Since writing the above / have
been informed by parties who should
know that this road was closed
without authority, and | call upon
the road master to Immediately
order it open for public travel.
JAMES STOUT.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-03-03
Hon. James Gum.

On his way to Washington Con-
gresham Gum stopped at Kansas
City to attend meeting of Populist
editors of the United States in that
city. Captain Gum was inter
viewed by a reporter of the Times,
who asked, among many other
questions, "What is your view with
regard to the reunion of the silver
forces?" He said THE silver Re-
publicans are organizing, the Demo
Gratis are already organized, and |
welcome them all as brothers bat
Ting for a common cause. There
is between US slight difference on
the financial plank, taking the St.
Louis platform as a starting point.
The Democrats declared for the gov
eminent control of the volume oil
money. The silver Republicans
supported Bryan on that platform
1t is fair to assume that they also
favor the government control of the
volume of money. This is good Pop.
ulist doctrine, as old as the Omaha
convention, with this difference, that
the Democrats declare for a re
deemable and the Populists for al
irredeemable currency. After foul
years of discussion we have come
almost in touch with each other
Because the union of ideas is no
perfect now, it is ill-advisd to cour
anything like widening Of the gap
Let us rather hope that after a fur
ther discussion and friendly ex
change of ideas on this subject W
would come to a mutual under
standing. At all events, we no,
have agreed on the free coinage o
silver and the government contrC
of the volume Of money-a wonder
full stride in the right direction
For the last two years | have carr
| estly labored for a union OF the ST
: yer forces in my State-you hav
} my reasons. Without union we car
: not succeed, and therefore | al
: still a union man"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-03-03
Advertised Letters,
Short Line Officers.

The list of general officers for the
Oregon Short Line Railway Co
was given out at Salt Lake on the
25th as follows.
w. II. Bancroft, vice president and
general manager.
S. w. Eccles, general freight and
traffic manager.
f. f. Calvin, general superintend-
ent.
d. E. Burley, general passenger and
ticket agent.
j. G. OMelveny, chief engineer.
j. f. Dunn, superintendent of mo.
tive power.
II. G. Swartwood, general baggage
agent.
f. j. Fisher, general claim agent.
|. 0. Rhodes, general purchasing
agent.
w. d. Linton, general car account
ant.
j. NJ. Bennett, superintendent of
bridges.