People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-08-26

ellyn Jones and Others spoke. No
one seemed TO know anything posi-
tive concerning the violations OF the
liquor law and the meeting resulted
10 the appointment Of the committee
to investigate. The bomb which was
said to have been found under one Of
the joints was hoax pure and simple.
Shortly after the Fourth OF July a
cannon frecracker was found near the
back door OF one Of the saloons and
during tine recent excitement the
newspaper reporters made fake out
Of the affair and claimed that an at
tempt had been made to blow up one
Of the joints.
Hank Zuber, who was stricken with
paralysis while lifting marble to help
build the Security State bank build.
ing in 1880, came up from Henuessey,
o. T., Friday evening and remained
over eight visiting friends. Mr..
Zuber travels on a tricycle. like the
one used by Register Of Deeds W. NJ.
Jackson. Zuber is an old time Well
ingtOnian. He once ran a saloon
where Ed Klein's harness shop is now
and also where Jacob Engle is now
located, back in the seventies. He
once owned the farm near Gueda
Springs from which was taken the
marble in the Security State bank
building and Joe Smiths building.
He is at present running a cObbler
shop at Hennessey.
Cal Simmons, a brakeman on the
passenger train between here and
Woodward, OF, had an exciting ex-
perience Friday afternoon just this
side Of Wellington. A tramp printer
jumped on the blind baggage at Har.
per, bound for Harper. The engineer
OF the train soon noticed the tramp
and he stopped The train. The tramp
jumped of, but when the train start
ed up he boarded the train again, this
time getting into the smoker. He re-
fused to pay his fare and Brakeman
Simmons was called upon to put him
off. A lively Scutfle ensued and sew
eral vicious blows were struck. The
coach was pretty well filled with pas
sengerS and there was considerable ex-
citement for awhile. The train
hands finally succeeded in getting the
tramp out of the car, however, and
the train pulled out and left him be-
tween the stations, somewhat distig.
ured but able to walk.
The Wellington temperance people
are worked up tOa fever heat over the
jOinting and gambling in that city,
and are circulating petitions and get
ting in shape to move on the enemies
works. Rev. HOyt opened the cam
paign Sunday night with logical and
fOrceful sermon preached 10 the open
air union meetings, iu which be laid
the blame Of the nOn-enfOrcement of
law principally at the door of the
sheriff and county attorney and ar
raigned them on a charge Of disre-
garding their oath Of office. The ex-
cuSe of the officials for their non en-
forcment Of the law is, we understand,
that Wellington has malt ordinance
passed several years ago which pro-
tects the jOintists in the sale Of malt,
and that the temperance element on
the present council is not strong
enough to repeal it, thus virtually
tying the hands of the mayor and
attorney.-South Haven New Era.
Charlie Davis, deputy United States
marshal, living between Drury and
South Haven, narrowly escaped hav-
ing his head blown off by a horse thief
Thursday night. He with two dep
uties, went to the residence Of a man
living 10 the south part of the county,
whose name we are unable TO learn,
for the purpose of arres:ing him on
The charge Of stealing horses. Davis
stationed his two deputies at the
house while he looked around the
premises. As Davis was going around
a straw stack near the barn on the
premises the thief, who was hiding in
the stack, blazed away at his head
with load OF buckshOt fired from a
shot gun. The top of Davis hat was
blown of, but he was not injured.
After firing the shot the thief took to
the corn fields and the officers were
unable to catch him. Davis was 10
the city Friday and purchased a
new hat. He went home that night
and Saturday intended TO continue his
search for the thief.
We observe that exJudge James
Adeson Ray Of Wellington has filed