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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-03-10

United States III which to make the
lest, and 1t has now been in opera.
lion nearly sixteen months.
The fact that where only three OF
the seventy-two farmers on my rou c
took daily papers before it went
into operation, fifty nine of that
seventy-two now take them, moi
occasionally, but every day in the
week-show what the farmers think
OF 1t. That people correspond
more and do more business through
the mail, when they can be promptly
served, is also demonstrated by the
tact that the revenues OF this post
office have increased at least one
third.
The cost Of delivery for the first
nine months over this route was one
cent and one mill per piece handled.
The cost kept slowly decreasing as
the volume of mail increased until
last mouth the cost was under eight
mills per piece, and the cost this
month is running but a very small
traction over SIX mills per piece, so
1t appears that the increase in
revenue almost pays the cost of
delivery, even now.
1t has been urged by some that
the cost would be too great to be-
come universal. Let US see. 1t
would cost just S945,OOO to carry
the mail in the l,O5O townships in
Indiana, granting that each carrier
receives the highest wages now paid
in the United States to any of the
carriers engaged in this practical
test or 9l,45O taking the general
average OF the wages paid. Now, |
will confess my ignorance of the fact
and ask some of my brother farmers,
of an inquisitive turn of mind, to
Just investigate and find out how
much more this amount is than our
Uncle Samuel now pays city carriers
for delivering the mail in the cities
of Indiana, to people who have twice
The time and convenience, to pro-
cure their mail, of the average
farmer. | am interested in this
thing,not for my wages, as don't
get paid for my time, but because l
am farmer, live on a farm and
believe in farmers rights. l want
to know what others think of free
delivery.
HARRY NJ. CARTER,
Bartholomew County.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-03-10

5. L. Cox of Newton, surveyor uuder
W. Il. Earl, passed through the city
Monday with four assistants, on
their way 10 Panhandle, Tex, to be.
gin surveying tue route for the pro.
posed Pec0s Valley extension. Mr..
Cox in conversation with reporter
for the VOICE, stated that work on
the construction OF the new road
would begin as soon as the surveyors
completed their work. He said that
100 grading teams with men we're
waiting at Panhandle to begin work
as soon as orders were received. Work
will begin at both ends of the new
road at tue same time aud its compile
ton pushed as rapidly as possible.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-03-10

The Santa Fe system has adopted a
new scheme 70 increase its reJenue
and at the same time educate the Cit
liens along its route. A company
with ali kinds of capital behind it has
been formed for the purpose OF dis.
playing all kinds of Advertisements on
the freight cars Of all the railroads in
the country. The Santa Fe has en-
tered into a conditional contract with
this company, whereby on its 1900
box cars will be displayed banners
and big cards announcing the virtues
of certain brands of pills, powders,
plaSterS, soaps, stoves, sausage, sauer-
kraut, cigars, snuffs, cookies, cradles,
trousers, teapOts, pickles, etc.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-03-10
Bartholomew County.
That RefOrmatOry Horror.

Hutchinson Gazette.
HutchinsOn's journalistic gutter
Snipe has again broke loose. Not,
however, through the columns IF any
local paper nor even through the one
he usually writes for direct, but in a
round about route. His excavations
first appeared in the Wellington Mail,
possibly for the reason that his tale of
horrors was so Outrageously extraya-
gadt that no reputable paper would
receive it unless coming from better
authority,
X y
The negro was seen Sunday by rep
reSentative of this paper and the
only scars or burns he had to show
for his cuSsedneSS were two on his
hand about the size of pennies which
are now almost healed
x
Too late for publication, we re-
ceived the sworn statement of the
whole procedure as witnessed by the
refOrmatOry physician, DR.. Hutchin.
son and upon their request reported
to the board. 1t is in all essentials
as reported above and he juStiies the
officers in all they did.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-03-10
In questioning what is the secret OF

In questioning what is the secret OF
William J. Bryan's tremendous
popularity with the American peo-
pie | can reach but one conclusion.
The people love and almost worship
Bryan, not because of his abilities,
great as they are; not because Of
his personal magnetism, for OF that
he seems to have very little; not be-
cause of his speeches, however
eloquent; not for any work that he
has done in the field of statesman
ship. 1t is none Of these things that
cause the hearts of the masses to
60 out to this plain Nebraska
lawyer; as they have gone out to few
men In this natlOn-to none, per-
haps, save George Washington,
Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lin
coin. 1t is not for himself on
account of any qualities he pos
sesses that this yonng man enjoys to-
day popularity greater than that of
his victorious rival; but it is looked
upon as the incarnation of an idea.
He stands for the redemption of the
tolllng masses, for the restoration of
government by the people, for the
dethronement of all the monopolies
and trusts that have been fattening
at our expense. In the present state
OF development of the human mind,
il must perSonify its objects and its
aims. The emancipation and re-
generation for which the race longs
with an intensity that is mex
preside, can find vent only in the
alteration of the man who stands as
It's champion and vicariously voices
its desires. The man and the idea
become fused in the popular mind.
Devotion to a cause is testified by
the generation of an individual. lit
has been so throughout the history
OF the race. Every great movement
has had leader who personifed it
to its adherent. What Washington
was to the colonistS, when their
whole souls were wrapped up in the
intense desire to free themselves
from British domination; what
Abraham Lincoln was to the hosts
who gathered around the banners of
the Union; that Bryan is to the
great dumb masses who feel though
they do not express, the injustice Of
present conditions, and who stand
ready to become the soldiers of in
duStrlal liberty and do battle for the
overthrow Of plutocratic tyranny.
God grant that the prayers and bene
diclions of the men whose backs are
bent and whose hands are calloused
by unrequited toll may false this
man to loftier heights and give him
clearer insight of the needs Of the
nation. How inspiring TO have
thousands and millions of your
fellow men looking to YOU as
deliverer from bondage. How
pathetic the trust they repose in
you! How grand the opportunities
and how vast the responsibilities
that are before you! Man of
Nebraska; man of destiny; may you
be equal to neutrality-suspicious.
Star and Kansan.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-03-10
Best Of All

To cleanse the system in gentle and
truly beneficial manner, when the
springtime comes, use the true and
perfect remedy, Syrup of Figs. One
bottle will answer for all the family
and cost only 80 cents, Buy the gen.
uine. Manufactured By the Callfor.
MIA Fig Syrup Company only, and fol
sale by all druggists.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-03-10
Chamberlain'S Cough Remedy.

This remedy is intended especially
for coughs, colds, Group, whooping
aud Influenza. 1T has become famous
for its cures of these diseases, over a
large part of the civilized world.
The most flattering testimonials have
been received, giving accounts of its
gOOd works; OF the aggravating and
persistent coughs it has cured; of
severe colds that have yielded promptly
to It's soothing effects, and of the
dangerous attacks of Group it has
cured, often saving the life of the
child. The extensive Use of it for
whoOping cough has shown that it
robs that disease of dangerous con-
sequences. IL is especially priced by
mothers for their children, as it
never fails to effect a speedy cure,
and because they have found that
there Is not the least danger in giving
it, even to babies, as it contain s
nothing injurious. Sold by all
druggists.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-03-10
Hoo1,, D:,t. are the only pills to take
'iOoe iio with Hood SarsapariIla-
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP'S RISE.
Gradually Branches of Public Service
Are Passing From Private Coutrel

GRADUALLY Branches of Public Service
Are Passing From Private Contrel.
From Municipal Affairs.
It's in the highest degree signifc.
cant that for the last twenty-five years
the best judgment of the most
successful communities has been
steadily committing itself to the
municipal operation of one after
another branch OF public service
that had heretofore been left to
private management.
AT the opening of the century
municipal watet supply was so rare
aS to be exceptional, while private
supply was the rule. For more
than a generation the instances of
both have bsen so numerous that. as
far as experience could do so, the
problems connected herewith have
been thoroughly threshed out. As
a result, the latest statistics show
that municipal operation cf water
supply franchises is now land each
ear more sol the prevailing system.
No less significant has been the
experience IN city light supply, which
until lately was likewise, in the main,
furnished by private parties, but
which, especially since the develop
ment of electric light, has been so
frequently and with such generally
satisfactory results assumed bv
municipalities that the propriety
OF The operation by municipalities o
this franchise was long since put be-
yond question, first by a line of
decisions and later by the statute
law of the land.
1t is, however, in the matter of
transport facilities that the tendency
toward municipal operation has
been the latest, as in many respects
it is the most marked, of such de.
veIopmenls. Scarcely fifty years
ago, street railways were practically
undeyeloped here, and unknown
elsewhere until af er our late civil
war. But they proved so essential
to city conditions that in every
civilized city or large village they
nav: for years been as much a
matter OF course as paved streets.
The first developments being dte to
private enterprise, the method Of
private own ership and operation Of
street railways become practically
universal, largely in connection with
plants which have not vet been
worn out, and under charters having
years yet to run. And yet so un-
satisfactory has proved in this coun-
try the experience ofprivate control
OF street railways that our leading
economists unite in charging to it
the general depravty in municipal
administration that is the recognized
feature Of the period from which We
are just emerging; while throughout
the United States and Great
Britain, as well as on the continent
of Europe, municipal ownership and
control is universally accepted as
not merely desirable and Coming"
but as already arrived" the still
numerous and important exceptions
being regarded as "survlvals"-not
of the ftteSt.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-03-10
The Dreaded CONSUMPTION
I. A. Slocum. VI. c., the Great Chemist and
Scientist. viii Send Free TO the Afflicted
TnTee Bottles Of His Newly Discovered
Remedies TO Cure Consumption
and All rne, Trn,,hIa.

Remedies TO Cure Consumption
and All Lung Troubles.
Nothing could be fairer.s more philanthropic
or carry more joy to the afflicted. then the
offer Of L. A. SlOcum, NJ. c., OF lS3 Pearl
street, New York City.
Confident that he has discovered an absO-
Lutte cure for consumption and all pulmonary
complaints, a1d 10 make its great merits
known, he will send, free, three bottles of
medicine, 70 any reader Of the VOICE who 4
suffering from chest. bronchial, throat and
lung troubles or consumption.
Already this new scientific course Of med
icine" has permanently cured thousands OF
apparently hopeless cases.
The doctor considers il his religious DUTY
duty which he owes 10 humanity-tO donate
his infallible cure.
Offered freely, IS enough TO commend Il.
and more so Is the perfect confidence of the
great chemist making the proposition.
He has proved the dreaded consumption 10
be durable disease beyond any doubt.
There viii be no mistake In sending-the
mistake will be in overlooking the generous
invitation. He has on die In his American
and European laboratories testin. Onials OF ex.
perience from those cured, in all parts Of the
world.
Don't delay until IL Is too late. Address T.
A. siocum. NJ. c., % Pine street. New York
and when writing the doctor, please give ex-
press aud postOffice address. and mention
reading tbs article in tire PEOPLES VOICE,
Wellington, Kansas.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-03-10
EVERYBODY Says so.

Cascarets Candy Cailiartic, the most Won
derful medical discovery Of the age, pleas
ant and rcfreshin 20 the taste, oct gently
and positively on l.,1ieys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire System, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habiiual consultation
and biliousness. Please buy and try box
Of G. G. C. to-day; 10, y. 80 cents. Sold and
guaranteed TO cure by all druggists.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-03-10

There was box supper at River
dale Saturday night, given by the K.
& L. of F. lodge of that place. A few
members Of the lodge from yelling.
ton went up on dray and attended
the supper. They report a great time.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-03-10

Tue INSTITUTION. he had ltt In hl:
power, at any moment. to stop the
proceedings by surrendering, anC
when it is remembered that he was
desperate Character. and had giver
the former administration so muct
trouble that they were required tC
send him to the penitentiary. | felt
that the officers were entirely justified
in using any means TO compel hi.
obedience"
The statement of DR.. Hutchinson
appears in the Hutchinson interior
Herald, possibly one of the most
bitterly partisan papers in the state,
Of its own accord the Interior Herald
adds:
I'VE publish in another place in
this paper, a statement from DR.. A
NJ. Hutchinson, the physician at the
reformatory, one Of the best citizens
of this city, Republican, appointed
by a Republican board Of managers,
and retained in the position by the
present board, because of his success.
full administration of that position.
in reference to the alleged 'bar barity
perpertrated On the gentlemen of
color now confined there, called Wade
Thomas.
WHAT USE TO FALSIFY.
1--WE asked the question Of a few
irresponsible Republican papers in
this region. recently. What is the
use of lying, when everybody knows
you are lying In this case the
narrator of the outrage knew he was
lying, but other people didn't. So his
lie masqueraded as the truth, for a
while.
"We saw the victim OF this
'6arbarouS outrage and relic of the
dark ages, on February 2, less than a
week after the occurrence, and the
white print of the hot poker on the
fore finger Of one of his hands, ABOUT
as serious as if he had picked up a hot
poker, by the wrong end, was all that
to remind one of the oc-
caSiOn.
I'VE are informed that the board
of managers requested the governor
to remove Mr.. Case, the superinten.
dent, and that he promptly refused
to do so. We congratulate TIE gov
ernOr, Mr.. Case and the institution.
on this result. We have no use for
Mr.. Cases politics, out as superinlen-
dent, he is, in our opinion, d success.
Advanced theories in penology are
all right, some of them, but like
advanced ideas in education, out.
side of penal institutions, there is a
great deal of fapdOOdle poppycock
masquelading as practical sense"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-03-10
Stomach Trouble
Severe Suffering Relieved by
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Also Proves Effective for catarrh
and Impure Blood.

~ suffered with very severe stomach
trouble, and medical treatment utterly
failed to do me any good. There was so
much said about Hoods sarsaparilla that
concluded to try it. The first bottle did
not seem to do me much good except when
| felt very bad l would take dose and It
would revive me. But l kept on with
Hoods Sarsaparilla until had taken five
bottles and then l was entirely well.
have taken it since for catarrh, and my
Oldest son for impure blood, and it has
done US all so much good that we never
intend to be without it." MRS. D. L.
WILLIAMS, Racket Store, Marion, Kansas.
Be sure to get Hoods and only
ss ps;Iiis
The best in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Sold By all druggists. 81; six fors5.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-03-10

| have been afflicted with rheuma-
tiSm for fourteen years and nothing
seemed to give any relief. l Was able
to be around all the time, but co.,
stantly suffering. | had tried every
thing | could hear Of and at last WIS
told TO try Chamberlain's Pain Balm,
which | did, and was Immediately
relievedaand in a short time cured.
l am happy to say that it has
not since returned.-Josh. Edgar,
Germantown, Cal. For sale by all
druggists.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-03-10

Mr.. and Mrs. John Chitwood and
George Skinnell and daughter spent
Sunday with the parents Of Mr.. Chit
wood near Conway Springs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-15
IN SOCIAL CIRCLES.
MISS KIMBALL GIVES A FAREWELL
FOR THE MISSES MAULSBY.
MAsONs FEAST AT .WILMOT.
Great Masonic Celebration Given at the
Little Village Large Crowd Present
From Kenosha-Grand officers also
in Attendance.

The Misses Maulsby, who have been
spending the summer with Miss Kim
ball, left this afternoon for their home
in Frederick, Md, and last night Miss
Kimball gave very delightful social
entertainment to say farewell to her
guests.
The early part Of the evening was
spent at a theatre party and after the
play about forty guests returned to the
Kimball home on Prairie avenue where
a dinner was served. A very enjoy
able evening was spent.
Masons at Wilmot.
The greatest Masonic reception ever
held in the history of the lodge at
Wilmot was held Wednesday evening
and a large company of Kenosha
Masons went out to assist in the festi-
vIties of the evening. The Kenosha
crowd went out on the afternoon train
and were met by the WilmOt Masons
and driven to the little village, where
supper was served at the hotel.
After supper the KenOsha boys amused
themselves by taking in the sights of
the town.
In the evening the hall was the
scene of impressive ceremonies, a can
didate being initiated into the myster-
les of the third degree before the
largest crowd ever assembled in the
hall The degree was conferred by Past
Grand Master Latin, of Milwaukee,
assisted by Master Post of Milwaukee
and the KeDosha lodge. After the
ceremonies the whole party returned to
the hotel where an elegant banquet
was served at which covers were laid
for over a hundred guests. The Keno
sha Masons returned home on the
early train and are warm in their
praise of the Wilmot Masons.
The Kenosha Masons who attended
were Messrs. Williams, Buckmaster,
Maloney, Hastings, Kipp, Robinson,
Robbins, Frost. King, Barr, Gronquist,
Simeon King, Week, Irving, Veitch
and Claws0n.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-15

THE gold reserve was never larger
$2l9, 320,372. August bank clearings
exceeded all August records. There
were less failures in August than in
any August since 1893. Defaulted
liabilities were 263 per cent. less than
any previous month. 1t is estimated
the west furnished half the business
done IN the New York Stock Exchange
in August. It. is also estimated shat
the capital and bonded railway indebt
edneas of this country is now lO,85O,-
100000 The capital stock Of Express
companies in the United States is
S55,000,0OO. We look for Wall Street
speculation to turn its attention to
farm products rather than longer bull
the stock market, unless it be for low
price securities.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-15
WAUKEGAN rs SORE.
Tells of a Fight in Bonds Grove on
Labor Day.

Tells of Fight in Bonds Grove on
Labor Day.
AS in years past, Kencsha exhibits
the same jealous feeling towards Wau-
kegan in business affairs and even in
athletics. N the former her people
strenuously endeavOr to restrain them
selves from manifesting this feeling,
but in the latter no matter where or
when people from the two cities come
together, Kenosha is sure to raise a
rumpus, cause i'll feeling and add a
little to the already bitter eDmity
which exists between the athletes of
the two places. 1t has been so in foot
fall and IN baseball. Their latest
action along the same line occurred
at the races in Bonds Grove, Keno
sha, on Labor day. A couple of Wau-
kegan boys CHANGED to be in the
crowd and were invited to take part
in the events. The result was not
surprising but anyway the boys from
here succeeded in easily defeating the
Kenoshaites This awoke the dor
mant feeling of enmity and the entire
crowd Of Kenosha fellows wanted to
run the Waukegan boys from the
field. Had not the officers of the day
been determined, it looked for time
as though free for all scrap would
have resulted, and all because Keno
sha wasn't able to VIM aukegan
Sun.
While We are talking of athletics we
give the results of the races Monday as
reported at the meeting of the commit
tee Wednesday night.
Tug of war by Capt. johnson and
team.
Fat mems race, 1st j. Smith.
Boys race, 1st Jos. Hill.
Girls race, LIST Gusta Hambrich.
One legged race, lst A. Howard; I'd
D. B. Cox.
22O yard bicycle, A. B. Jebb; I'd P.
Lentz.
Free for all, 1st VIM. Smith, I'd A.
Howard.
Union mems race, LIST VIM. Smith;
I'd Fl. Backus.
Standing broad jump, j. Lamford.
Running, hop, skip and jump, LIST
j. Lamford.
220 yard race, LIST VIM. Smith, I'd
W. E. Wallace.
Sack race, 1st W. E. Wallace, I'd A.
B. Jebb.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-15

To all appearances the United States
is on the verge of one of the most
prosperous eras in it's history. The
treasury in the extent of it's gold
holdings is breaking all previous
records Notwithstanding the exegencies
of war. The financial condition of the
country is excellent. Apparently, also
the business expansion which has been
under way since the election of Presi-
dent Mckinley and the re establish
ment of the nation on a sound money
basis, though unavoidably set back
degree by the process of hostilities with
Spain, is rapidly gaining ground again
and is manifestly destined to assume
large proportions after the definite
conclusion of peace negotiations, has
eliminated the element of uncertainty.
Indeed the prospects for an era of
prosperity surprising anything known
in this country for twenty years, are
bright in the extreme.