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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-21
Embellishments.

Do people buy Hoods Sarsaparilla in
preference to any other,-in fact almost
to the exclusion of all others?
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-14

August 10, 1896, Mr.. Stieers decided
the Land to Mr.. Nelson in payment II
the debt.
On August 30, 1893, Nary +. Goa
slant and her husband Of Guelph
township borrowed $500 from Sir.
Nelson, gave a note for $50 To nay
him commission charged Tor negotiate
ing this lUan with himself and gave
to secure the notes Il lien IN S " OF
section 26 township 81 ) Of rtnge l3.
Which within two years passed by
deed to Mr. Nelson to pay the debt.
On December 4, 1893 Uncle John S.
EpperSOn and wife Of Avon township
borrowed of Mr.. Nelson $3.50 giving
as security a second mortgage on the
n W I Of section Township % south
of range east subject 20 trsi mort
gage of $1,000. On Mach II, 1895, this
farm travels the same road Of the
Others and deed is filed conveying
the land TO Mr.. Nelson.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-14

Charles Lobdell, last speaker Of a
Republican house Of representatives
in Kansas, calls halt. He says in
his Kansas Tribune:
THE prevailing fault of Kansas
Republicans is to Stop over. There
isn't Republican in the state who
doesn't feel that tired feeling
creep over him and an icy chill run up
and down his political spine every
time some hard hearted sun OF quo
of a Pop blurts out something about
our state platform in 1890 ca tie sill
yer question. We went off half cooked
then and the folly Of thOughtleSsness
at that time is. responsible for the
present Pop administration in Kan
saS and for the fact that W. A. Harris
instead Of Republican now occupies
a seat in the United States senate.
= + Whatever you do don't claim
for RepublicaniSm entire credit for
present wheat prices. Next year the
law of supply and demand may be
working against Us and it wouldn't be
funny to be held responsible for fifty
cent wheat, and there wouldn't be
any sense It,"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-14

A column article from Washington
the other day recited the method by
which DR.. Emmons is making. gold
out of silver dollars. The article
concluded by saying that Director
of-the- Mint Preston is not disposed
to regard DR.. Emmons as an i'm
poster, but believes that when the
doctor begins to operate on a large
scale the demand for silver will send
the price up to a point where there
will be no profit in changing it to
gold" Laying this paper down and
picking up another We found this:
"Mr. Preston, director of the mint,
goes out Of his way to say that silver
will never again be as high in price
as before 1878. He declares that it
It not the suspension Of coinage but
the large increase in production that
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-14

The State Agricultural College at
Manhattan which was so effectually
ruined" by the change of faculty,
comes up smiling with an increase of
fifty in attendance over last year.
The mouthpiece of the college, The
1ndustrialist, comes to our table with
this sentiment: "To teach the agri-
cultural and industrial classes to
produce wealth is regarded by some
as eminently proper and praise
worthy. To teach them, however,
to secure their fair share of the
wealth they will otherwise wear their
lives away in producing, is regarded
by these persons as highly objection
able. = ** The Kansas. State
Agricultural College under the pres
ent administration will be conducted
with an eye single to the highest
good, first, of the special classes in
whose interest it was established,
and second, Of the state and nation
as a whole. To our critics we say,
II this be treason, make the most Of
| it."
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-14
PEOPLES PARTY TICKET.
JUDICIAL.
Senator Harris, We'll
lingtOn Saturday.

A man VITO handed out the follow.
ing card; TON j. Jackson, Newton,
Kansas. For Representative" got So
full in Wichita during the fair that
he took the train for Mulvane instead
OF Newton. When he got here our
marshal kindly put tim on the north
bound train and started him towards
his hOme.-Mulvane Record.
Tom Jackson was one of the
leading Republican members of the
last house and is now a prominent
candidate for lieutenant governor.
Will the Mail order this man to be
fired"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-14
Union Pacific Job.

In round figures, Grover Cleveland
agreed to barter away s25,0O0,O00 on
the Indebtedness due by The Union
Pacific TO the government. The News
denounced the bargain at the time.
asserting that there was neither law
nor shadow law Of under which the
executive had any authority 10 com.
promise the rights of the United
States with a reorganization com
mitlee Of railroad.
But the job is going through.
Those who INDUCED ia the hope that
President Mckinley would abrovate
the act of his predecessor are destined
to be disappointed. 1t is practically
announced that he will not interfere
to prevent the men who have already
robbed the ROAD ard the government
Of millions from pOOketing S25, OOO. 900
OF spOils. This determination OF the
president need not be regarded with
surprise. 1t is explained by the
manner in which ThurstOn lowered
about Canton during the campaign.
The senator was for years the general
attorney Of the Union Pacific. and
has been aud still Is their political
maOager-in-chiei. He it was who
fixed the president to permit this
steal. No wonder the men who profit
by it could contribute 50 literally 10
the campaign fund. Their checks
drawn 70 the OrGer Of Mark Hanna
are proving most remUnelative in
veStment.
Columns have been written expos
ing and denouDciDg the cOrrupt
relations Of the Union Pacific with
the federal government. They have
all been wasted The power o + money
and Of concentrated capital again
asserts itself. 1t has controlled con-
gre>s for quarter Of a century. II
has terrOriZed the treasury depart-
ment from one administration 10
another. 1t now bends two presi-
dents in succession TO its will. IT,
even stands on one platfOrn-the peo-
pie be d-d.-ROcky Mountain News
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-14

Engineer Roper, of the Reform
School of Topeka, has been diScharg-
ed for misconduct. This was not un-
expected Topeka Advocate.
We quote the above for the bene-
fit OF the Mail, who seems to think
the assistant superintendent of the
Hutchinson reformatory needs at
tention. We hope populists will
"fre" all such men, but We trust they
will have better evidence of guilt
than the open charge of the Yelling
ton Mail.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-14

The editor met Hon. Geo. NJ.
Munger at Emperia last Thursday.
He was appointed by Gov. Leedy a
few weeks ago as regent of the State
Agricultural college to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Hen.
HARRISON Kelley. Soon after his
appointment Mr.. Munger made a
trip to the college and found to his
astonishment that the states herd
of 60 fine cattle had tuberculosis.
He gave it out to the public in an
interview and called down the wrath
Of a retiring Republican member Of
the faculty upon his head. A threat
was made that Munger would be sued
for liteii, but Munger was not built
of the stuff to be blufed, and he
knew too much Of cattle to be ignor-
ant of tuberculosis. He has one of
the largest cattle farms in Kansas in
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-14
Stands at the Head.

Aug. j. BOgel. the leading druggist
OF Shreveport, La, say: "Dr. Kings
New Discovery is the only thing that
cures cough, and it is the best seller I
have" J. f. Campbell, merchant of
Stafford, Ariz. writes: "Dr. Kings New
Discovery is all that is claimed of IL:
IT never fails, and is a sure cure for
consumption, coughs and colds. I
cannot say enough for its merits.~
Dr.king's New Discovery for con-
sumption, cough and colds is not an
experiment, IL has been tried for a
quarter of a century, and today stands
at the head. 1t never disappOlnts.
Free trials bottles at F. B. Snyder'S
druggist.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-14

The Peoples party state admins
tratlon are keeping up their end of
the string, along with the various
counues,on economical management.
A friend Of the VoIcE's in the audi
tors office writes; "They have lust
finished making comparison in the
treasurer's Office of the first nine
months of the former administration
and the first nine months of ours and
it is in our favor $4,000 and over
per month; that is We have spent
that much less per month, and you
must consider that we paid $4,000
Of state bonds and lots of Republi-
can DEFICIENCIES. This is reliable
and you can use it if you desire
without any fear of having to take i,
back"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-14

A copy of the Beaumont, Texas
Journal, is before US in which it
states that "the Galveston Tribune
is wroth because TIE Texas farmer
with cotton less than cents pound
is unwilling to admit that the country
is enveloped in wave of prosper
ity." The Wellington Mail recently
published cotton as one of the
American products which was on a
boom. Absence Of foreign demand
for cotton keeps it PROSTATE at the
foot of the ladder where the gold
standard brought it along with all
staples.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-14

The new tariff law has been in ex-
istence three months and the deficit
for the first quarter is over $3O,OOO,-
900. At this rate it will not gather
as much revenue as the Wilson bill.
You remember it was "more reve-
nue." that was needed by Grover
Cleveland to render it unnecessary
for him to issue bonds; Democrats
were incompetent TO run this gov
ernment;""give US a chance" They
have the chance but don't seem
to be making any better Roadway
than Grover Cleveland. 1t seems
necessary to sell mortgage on a
good paying railroad at half price
before congress meets-in order to
get money to run the government
on, without issuing bonds-and then
the bonds may yet have to be re-
sorted to, after all.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-14
Senator Harris, We'll
lingtOn Saturday.
A Thrifty Citizen.

How often, oh, how often, have we
heard it ringing in our ears by the
Republicans that if the salaries of
county officers were cut as Populists
proposed, competent men would stay
out, and the county would secure in.
competent service. There was always
more or less credulity in our mind
about this claim and experience con-
firms it. We are aware that the Re-
publican candidate for clerk, W. S.
Nelson, was peremptUrily discharged
by the present county clerk, with the
usual formal complimentary recon-
meldatiOn, but an examination of bis
business career shows that he is at
least able to take care of himself
financially.
For several years he ha; done a
thriving loan business. Bis opera
tiOnS at no time exceeded an aggre-
gate of $4,000 or $4,000; they date
back only to 1888; yet he has ben
thrifty enough to rake in five farms
and tax deed to still another.
The following resume OF his bust
ness methods and the results which
have crowned his efforts bear con-
elusive proof of Mr.. Nelson's thrifty
qualities, to say nothing of the in
gradients which enter into his bust
ness career in order to make such
results probable.
The public records show that Oh
November l, 1889, Henry A. Cole and
wife of Sumner township, borrowed
of Mr. Nelsop 81 200 giving as security
a first mortgage on their home, being
the S f t, sec. s, twp. 81 south, range
, Yest--aud as compensation for ne
gotiating this loan with himself, they
gave a second or commission mortgage
on the same land for 500,
On October 20. 1894, this indebted
ness was renewed to Nelson for
$780, 81 and in payment of which on
September 5, 1895, Cole and wife
decided their home To W. S. Nelson,
which he still owns.
On October |, 1891, VIM. Matthews
and wife, Of SeveGty-Six township
borrowed Of Mr.. Nelson 800 and gave
first mortgage to secure it on their
home, tO-wit: The E I. N Ell sec. Is,
twp. 81 south, range l west and on
November 2 1895, they decided the
land to Mr. Nelson's wife in payment
of the debt.
On May l, 1891 J. F. Stigers and
wife of Jackson township borrowed of
Mr.. Nelson 81 900 and gave to secure
it a first mortgage on the S W t Of
section "a township 80 s R1W and
to pay him for making the loan with
himself they gave second mortgage
securing a commission of sl25 and on
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-14

The records show that Mr.. Nelson
today owns III Of these farms except
the Matthews land which stands ia
the name % W. Nelson's wife.
From the above il will be seen that
Sir. Nelson's good management and
excellent business methods have
brought him the fee simple title 10
30 acres of Sumner county's choice
land at cost OF $500: and in the
doing so five OF sumner county's fam
lilies have been rendered homeless.
A man who can do this well on a
small capital is no slonch as a modern
business man. These are matters OF
fact which ran be verified by the rec
ord. Many people are expressing the
opinion that one who is so good at
closing 10 on the homes of the people
hardly needs a county office to swell
his fortune.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-14

Greenwood county. So he said
again that it was tuberculosis. The
libel suit has faded away and it is a
well-known fact that the Republican
administration of that institution
had allowed that virulent disease to
originate and spread among the
states fine cattle-half ignoranlly,
half negiectfullv. 1t is safe to say
that Mr.. Munger and his co-regents
will do everything in their power to
stamp out the disease and prevent
the reappeanance of others.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-14
The Topeka Capital has a dis

The Topeka Capital has a dis
patch from Washington which says:
"The free silver split i'll the Demo
cratic party of Ohio and other states
is regarded in Washington as the be-
ginning OF the end of the silver move
ment."
Now, really, can it be possible,
since We have been told for several
years that the movement was dead,
that we are just now In sight of the
beginning OF the end? Will those
fellows ever find the end of that
rainbow?
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-14

has caused the decline in price" We
should like to ask this wise man Of
the mint if demand for silver to be
converted into gold dollars will SO
advance the price why the demand
for silver to be converted into silver
dollars would not have the same
effpct2
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-14

Concerning the sale of the Pacific
railroad the dispatches from Wash
ington say that treasury officials
recognize the fact that the with
drawal from circulation of S45,0OO,-
600 in cash at one time might have
a very serious effect in the money
market and in consequence are de.
vising a plan by which the force Of
the shock may be reduced to a
minimum" Shock! Why, who sap
posed there would be any shock?
Have we not heard it said by these
same wise men that contraction of
the volume Of money was not detri-
mental? That equality, not quaint
ty," was the thing to be considered?
To avert this "shock" they propose
TO let the National banks have it a
few months without interest. Great
scheme!
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-14
WAS HE POOLING THEN, OR VOW!

The letter Of President Cleve.
land to the Chicago committee
may be regarded as the key
note of the "sound" money
campaign. Sound money is
simply another name for a
single standards gold stand
ard. Others may do as they
please, but if We have to choose
between a gold standard and
a silver standard, we're for the
white metal every time
Wellington Mail, Apr. II, 'o5
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-27
TWO SUBJECTS CRITICISED.
Bethel Management and High
school Programme.

The Central w. c. T. U. found two sub
iects to criticise yesterday. One was
Mr.. Morgan, or some of his Bethel rules,
and the other was advertisement on the
programme of an entertainment slNen Wy
the high school teachers. 1T,
Mrs. Morrison the superintendent OF jan
work reported that there was no pldce lol
discharged prisoners from the WorKhouse VI
the state prison. Workhouse prisoners eSpe-
cially were turned out of the institution as
thew 90 in. without a cent and in some cases
without a place to sleep or eat. They nave
to do something to live, and perhaps Whlie
couneIIed to beg their first meal may again
he arrested and returned to the institution,
to find themselves confronted WIN tne saLIo
difficulty when they leave again. 1t Is sup
nosed to be the work of the local prison as
sociation to do something for them, but Mrs.
Morrison said Mr.. Wellington thinks the as
sociation has no money to spare lot t1aC pul
nose Mrs. Morrison said that she look an
to the Bethel Sunday night, hoping to get
a bed for him. But because 1t was SUNDAY
he could not saw wood to pay for ms ped'
and therefore he could not get pea tnere'
A committee, consisting Of Mrs. Morrlson'
Mrs. S. v. Root and Mrs. G. L. Leonard
tier and see if something cannot De zone Ior
these unfortunates. 49, co,
II was reported to the union that the Cen
trail high school had gotten out programme
of an entertainment, and on 1t was large
advertisement of a Seventh street VINE mouse.
The ladies' of the union thought that was
inst awful. Resolutions were passed pro-
lasting aginst the high school scholars Delne
allowed to solicit advertisements from llguV VI
houses and a committee was appolnteu "
Miss Maria C. Breen, of Chicago, talent
ed woman, will deliver. a lecture IN tne
Central Park church under the auspices ol
the National W. c. T. q.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-27

jury duty. If he has joined a society, and
counsel declares that the obligations of that
society are such as would prejudice him in
arriving at a verdict, counsel can inquire into
the nature of that obligation, and If the wit
ness denies that the obligation is prejudicial
to either party in the case, counsel may still
pursue the inquiry to show that the witness
has assumed an obligation that will affect his
verdict. No society, secret or otherwise, Is
above the law. But counsel has not yet
shown basis for his question"
Then submit that Mr.. Butts be compelled
TO state what he intends to prove" exclaim-
ed Mr.. O'Brien. land if he doesn't prove it.,
1 shall ask the court to disbar Mr.. ButtsP'
The Court-No disbarment proceedings will
be injected into this trial.
Mr.. Butts then explained to the court that
he had been informed that the members Of
the A. o. H. promise and agree to give an
Irish Catholic preference over anybody else.
Mr.. Butts admitted that he didn't belong to
the order.
Thin why the doen't he jine and
learn something's" growled one of the spec
tators in the rear >audibly enough to be
heard within a radius of ten feet.
Judge Brill then allowed Mr.. Butts ques
ton asking Witness Mcdonald what he knew
of the initiation ritual of the A. o. H.
Again Mcdonald replied, Il can't answer
that question
Mr.. Butts-Did you promise to prefer any
body or any class of persons?
The witness-No, Sir.
Mr.. Butts-I submit challenge for actual
bias.
IL.
answer to his first question the witness an
swered that he had bias or prejudice
against either party to the action.
Gen. Clapp-Challenge submitted.
The Court-Challenge found not true.
Mr.. Mcdonald thereupon took the first
seat in the jury box.
The next name called that of James
Cody. Mr.. Cody said he was brick mason.
He was also a Roman Catholic, though not a
member of the Ancient Order of Hibernlans.
But his Catholicism was enough for Mr. Butts
who promptly challenged Mr.. Cody for actual
bias. Then ensued repetition of the legal
skirmishing between Messrs. Butts and
O'Brien over the questions put by Mr.: Butts
as to the disposition of the witness to give
the testimony of the Sisters greater credit
than that of others. In answer to the general
question on this subject, Mr.. Cody said ne
would have to hear the evidence first. He
believed that the House of the Good Shep-
herd was an institution beneficial to the pub
lic
Mr. OBrien, on examination, asked
Mr. Cody if he wouldn't give as much Gre
dence to anybodys story Of dog hight as ne
would to that of priest or num- MI. CODY
said he would.
Mr.. Butts challenge of Cody for actual
bias was found not true and he took the
second seat in the jury box. Then court ao-
journed until 10 a. m. today.
After challenges, implied and actual, are
exhausted, each side has three peremptory
challenges
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-27
WANTS a PLACE ON THE STAFF.
Hamline Asks Recognition From
the Board of Control,

George H. Bridgman, president of
Hamline university, called on the
board Of control yesterday relative to
the representatives Of that institution
being given a place on the staff of the
city hospital. President Bridgman
called the attention of the board to
the fact that the state university was
represented on the staff and the stu
dents at the state institution given the
benefit of weekly clinics. Hamline
university, he argued, was in Ramsey
county and the city Of st. Paul, and
it was eminently proper that it be CIV
en- an opportunity to enjoy and reap
the benefits Of the city hospital on the
same footing as an educational insti-
tuition outside the county and city.
He suggested the name of DR.. Charles
E. Smith as the representative from
the Hamline university. to be added
to the staff The board Of control in
formed President Bridgman that the
matter would be laid before Dr. Anck-
er and the members of the hospital
staff, and assured the Hamline pro-
fessor that there would be some ar
rangement made to grant his request.
DR.. Ancker, seen last evening, said
the matter would be taken up by the
staff as at present constituted at an
early date, and, so far as he was con-
cerned, there would be no objection
raised to the request Of President
Bridgman.