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The times., 1899-11-26
THE PosroFFIcE DEFICITS.
An Important Matter which Con-
sress May Take Action Upon.

An Important hnttef W men N""-
gress May Take Action Upon.
It will be recalled that Commission
was appointed near the close of the second
session of the Fifty fifth Congress, in the
early summer of 1898, to investigate post
office questions, particularly the rates paid
bv the Government to the railroads for the
TRANSPORTATION of mail This Commission
was expected to report TO Congress at the
following session, but was unable TO, and
so the postofIice appropriation bill carried
a provision extending the time another
wear. That year will soon be up. NO
members of the Commission, so far as
known have yet reached the city, ana
therefore nothing can be learned here as
TO what their conclusions are likely TO be.
But their conclusions viii not settle the
question for this is one of the things that
Congress is likely TO take into lis Own
hands. regardless Of any group Of It's mem
bers who may have been specially detailed
to consider it. Their report, it is said. viii
pracipitate the railroad mail pay discus
sion: it will open the way for prolonged
debate. out of which may come some
/ changes in the postal laws.
! This postoffice controversy has now
/ reached quite definite lines. The Postoulce
! Department is run at considerable loss
/ very much larger than appears IN the nom
! inal deficit There are two lines OF reform
proposed. One is the passage OF the LOUD
/ bin. which aims to restrict greatly the
classes of publications entitled to second
class mail rates. The other is. to cut down
the rates of railroad mail pay OF course
it would be possible for Congress to 90
both these things, but it is hardly hhely
| to for the advocates Of each OF the pro-
posed remedies are busily at work hgntlns
the advocates of the other. Those who say
that railroad rates should be cut down de-
clare that the Loud bill is useless and IN
! necessary. and in operation would prove
Intellectual. The advocates Of that bill, on
the other hand, generally maintain tnat
the railroads are getting only their Just de-
serts. and that it is the secOnd-class mail
privilege which should be looked into
Those who want the railroad rates TO stay
where they are generally favor the Louc
hill and those who want the rates re
duced oppose it. These two proposals dc
not start out in this attitude OF antag-
onism but they have gradually acquired Il
because of the support which has been at
tracted to each one, and because most stu
dents of the question feel the need OF dolnE
something in view of the persistence OF tn'
deficit.
The times., 1899-11-26

oPORTO. Portugal, Nov. You may
think il an easy matter to do the sights
of q compact city Of only 19o.0oo-until
YOU have tried it in oporto, and found more
WEAKNESS OF the flesh, and especially oi the
feet than in any mountain climbing you
ever encountered. While the horizontal
streets nearest the quay are vide WeA-
buut and comparatively level, most OF the
others are totally impossible for wheeled
vehicles. being either too narrow, almost
perpendicular. or full OF deep holes and
guIlies. worn into the original pavement
Of the Goths and Romans, and never re-
paired since their long-past day. Up and
down the stony alleys you toll, In the damp
and chilly autumn weather, jostled of the
foot-wide sidewalks by the motley throng
which regards you, if at all. with unfriend-
" stares as representatives Of the dreadful
nation Of Yankee porcos," tpigs), OF whom
these. people have chiefly heard during the
last year OF two, through the woes OF their
brothers across the Spanish border
At every step you are importuned by beg
gars in filthy rags in whose out-stretched
hands YOU discern unpleasant probabilities
of SMALLPOX. plague, and 4epTOSy- -~Alie
their owners, with fawning lips and hate in
their eyes. call upon Nossa Seuhora and all
her saints 10 reward you for miirels be-
slowed.
TAX about following in the footsteps OF
antiquity, IN this old, old city OF eighty
odd churches. are several whose founda-
lions were laid more than thousand years
APO The Oldest building in Oporto is the
chapel OF Cedo Zelda, built A. D. 5s9, by
the Visi-Goth king Theodomic, and not
vet altogether a ruin. Next IN QualntHess
Of architecture, though not m age, is thf
Tore dos CIergios or Tower Of the Clergy
n small church built about two centuries
ago. with the highest tower IN Portugal
an odd. square spire OF something over JWC
hundred feet. which has served since time
out Of mind as q landmark for sailors iai
out al sea
fine Corinthian edifce OF an
rient date is best known TO thu
reading public through the bad pun which
generations OF tourists have perpetratec
concerning its da-Lappa dated CONDITION
The great cathedral was a noble edihc'
away back In the dawn Of Portuguese MS
4ory but IL has been atroeiously mooeTn
lied by nineteenth century Fannals-
one may spend many pleasant ano prom
table days exploring these dim sanetuarle
- tracing therein the earmarks Of chang
ing religions. Some OF them SPEAK ol IN
80 ~ Moorish supremacy, when the tur
bsned hordes OF Abdul Hassan oyeffah IN
Penirsnla. others tell OF the brief but bril-
liant reign of Almansar dc CoTdoFs' "hici
began ID The year see; others Of tn
The times., 1899-11-26
SOLDIERS VOTE PROBLEMS.
New York CnnvassinG boards AT Se.
Rewnrdine The Inv.

ALBANY, Nov. 25,-Some of the county
canvassing boards seem to be a good deal
at sea regarding their duties under the SOL
ders' voting law. The Attorney Generals
department has been called upon for ad-
vice in this connection By several locali-
ties, despite the fact that the law was in
force year ago and then had satissac-
tory trial.
The latest enquiry received came from
representatives of the Columbia County
board of supervisors. They wanted TO
know whether the board could adjourn
after the canvass of the vote until Decem-
Der q, when it is required to canvass the
soldier vote, and whether the board would
receive compensation during the interim.
The Attorney General replied that the ad-
journment would be entirely regular and
proper, but that the supervisors would be
| entitled TO pay only for the days actually
occupied in canvassing the vote.
The times., 1899-11-26

within the gates is entertained right roy
ally, while visiting ladies are taken care OF
by the English families on the hilltop.
With commendable national pride, the
first thing these good people will show you
when setting out to Fdo'' the town Is
a great double-decked bridge over the
Douro which marks the site OF the Duke
of Wellington's famous passage OF the
river in the spring of 1909, when he sur
nrised and put TO flight Soults army OF
double his own numerical strength.
There are two rather handsome railway
stations in Oporto-on6 sending line TO
the foot of the eastern mountains, VIA the
frontier town of Valencia, on the Mimic;
the other running up the valley OF the
Douro. to PHO da Ragoa, where it forms
a junction with the Spanish road from
Madrid to Paris. thus materially shorten
ing the journey from Lisbon TO the frehch
capital.
II Is astonishing how much business is
transacted in Oporto, every day ID the
year. Aside from the manufactures Which
have given it the pseudonym OF Inc Man
chester of Portugal" the royal tobacco
works. royal soap factory, and other Crown
monopolies, there are manufactures OF
silk and cotton hosiery, Of silk brocades'
and cloth, OF gold lace, buttons, glass-
ware. pottery, furniture, gloves, ana
dozen other articles, employing seYeraI
thousand skilled workmen Excellent ilheh
is also made and exported; leather soods
ropes. sails, and other things pertaining &
to the vast shipping interests. and the
goldsmith's work of Opcrto are famous the
world over. The export of port wine
alone amounts TO many millions year
Next come oranges and oil; then grapes
lemons. onions, preserves, and wool. Eng
land has the lions share of all this-noth-
ing but little wine coming TO America,
and only our Goldfish going to Oporto:
FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD
The times., 1899-11-26
CANADA TO REFINE NICKEL.
The Export of Ore or Raw Material
Prohibited.

TORONTO, Nov. 25.-An order in council
was signed yesterday providing that in all
future grants of nickel or copper mining
lands clause shall be inserted requiring
that the ore be refined in Canada and per-
mitting neither the export of the nickel ore
nor its raw matter.
That action is in line with the Govern
ment's "saw-low policy" which has been
upheld by the courts of Ontario in the
test case taken at Toronto and is an action
which the mining men have been adyo-
eating.
The Government Intends to reopen ne
gotiations with the imperial authorities
looking 10 the admiralty's obtaining an un-
limited supply of nickel for warships Such
an offer was made in 1891. bur the ad-
miralty did not avail of it, as the merits
of the alloy were not realized fully then.
The times., 1899-11-26

There can be little doubt that these
figures fof ISsS which were Unprecedented
Iy large. viI be outstripped before The end
of the current year
Major William GeTlach's retirement tTom
the Twelfth Infantry last week ended me
vr7r'z age retiremeuts. Major Gerlach. q
native OF Germany. entered the Army in
1855 as q hospital steward He became
second lieutenant in 1861. Joining the Third
Infantry in 1889 in which he served ais"
as first lieutenant and captain for thirty
years until his promotion last spring
The times., 1899-11-26
~. ,Inst ncsirnhIe.

Her-ich's beer Impress lrerS1ty ~ 'ha
unrest and most wholesome ualI and hop Aeyer-
- +G.,, sf,g.vs ~ Mzerzfu senate. and Laser
are ne most desirable. becag-- they. posses
s,tcb ,uperior qualities u you--v;tut Heufiea s
call for AIaeTzsn. senate, or Lager by thtlE nm
- ~, vgilT conclude thar no other beer can
e,1,,j these beverages phone rS4. AFiinge1s
FctrIise Co. for 4 case Of HeuT.ch'A
The times., 1899-11-26
SCENES IN OLD OPORIO
4n+ioue CaihedPaIs and Buildings
of Great Beauty.

croa,..d ThorouGhfares Worn Down
10 the Pavements Laid by the
Goths and Romans - Natives ana
the English Residents-The Hatred
of Americans Converts Turned
Into barracks and Business houses
The times., 1899-11-26
Appointed 10 II CadetshiP-

Appointment to a eadetship At the United
states Military Academy has been secured
by walter II. Martin. Of Tenth and Madison
streets. New York Ninth Congressional
district. and George G. BaTtelle. AZ that
district. is named as Martins alternate
The times., 1899-11-26
THE ARMY RBTIRHMENTS
List of Applications From Officers
Continues to Grow.

CoIoneIs Who Would Give Up Active
Service il Made BriGadier Cen
suit in the Early Graduation OF
Next Years Class ut West Point.
The times., 1899-11-26
An Instructor wanted at Manila.

Rear Admiral Watson has cabied the
Navy Department that he wants a compe-
tent retired officer to take charge OF the
civil nautical school TO be established IN
Manila.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-06-01

give the above amount to the mem.
bers of the Twentieth regiment
They would 60 into hys,erics-ii
nothing else at sach an expenditure
OF the states money. But they will
appoint asylum committees and
other committees to travel over
the state for political purposes at a
much greater sum. Looking at it
from the above standpoint would it
not be hes, for the boys to be mus
tered ouI at San Francisco, than to
be brought b ,ck here like so many
fine steers to be sren2 OF course,
Topeka and Leavenworth would like
to have them mustered out there for
the amount Of money that will be
spent in town, but fhe boys know
best what they want and Alger will
probably give them the opportunity
of deciding. The boys ought to
know how the state legislation has
treated her volunteers before taking
vote on this point. Money might
be some object to them.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-06-01
To Test Validity OF Fee and Salary Law.

Charles B. Hardy, register Of deeds
Oh Klngman county, 10 defendant 10 a
suit to recover fees for the county
under the fee and salary law Of 1897.
he proposes to fight the law, to test
the regularity OF its passage as hIl
defense. Under the old law he was
entitled to all the fees he could col
lect, but II the new law Is to be en-
forced he owes the county about $500.
Hardy wholly dlsregarded the law,
acting on the advice Of lawyers, who
told him that it was not effective.
He retained all his fees instead OF
paying share Of them TO the county
The defense is that the only svi.
dence Of what the law is, is the en-.
rolled bill. The only proof OF Its
passage is the house and senate jour
nails. These journals were so printed
that the senate record is mixed 10
with the house record in such a way
as TO form a tangle which falls far
short Of giving record of the bill.
While this technicality seems an
u1important one, there is possibility
that it will iBvalldate. II 1. should,
county officers aud ex-county officers
all over the state would soon be pre-.
senting claims for fees paid into the
treasures OF their several counties.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-06-01
GAR. Memorial Sermon.

Although the afternoon was very
warm, large audience assembled at
the auditorium Sunday afternoon at
3 O'Clock to attend the LAR. Memor.
lal services. The Grand Army post
and Woman's Relief corps marched
from GAR. hall to the auditorium
in a body. The services opened with
the doxology by the quartette and
congregation. The invocation was
delivered by Rev. Ebright, and Mrs.
ID. y. Woods, Mrs. W. T. Mcbride and
Mr.. 81. L. Woods and W. II. Burks
sang an anthem. Scripture reading
by Rev. Mayse was followed with
prayer by Rev. Smith. The quartette
sang "Praise Ye the Father" and
Rev. Doughty delivered the Memorial
sermon. His subject was "a Good
Soldier" He dealt with christianity
and patriotism and his talk was very
Interesting. Another selection by the
quartette and the services closed with
a benediction pronounced by Rev. A.
0. Ebright.
The services we're presided over by
Rev. Stauifer, vice president of the
Ministerial union, in the absence Of
President Cunningham.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-06-01
C0FfEYYILLE LIGHT BONDS.
Bring q Premium Of Sf7O-wellington
Could Do the Same.

Coffeyville, May 29-The $1,000
worth Of bonds authorized by a vote
OF the people on December s, 1897, TO
be issued and used in the construc-
tiOn OF a municipal electric light and
power plant, have been sold by a
unanimous vote Of the city council,
The purchasers are John Nuveen &
Co. of Chicago. They offered per
cent premium for the bonds, On any
amount from $4,000 to $1,000, hence
the total premium will amount to
from $40 and $40. The bonds bear
5 per cent interest.
The work will at once begin on the
electric light plant.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-06-01

Shall we bring the noble TWEEN.
tieth regiment home to be mustered
out instead of mastering them ou
at San Francisco, when they will b,
entitled to travel pay at the follow
ing rates per mani
Colonel, 1850; lieutenant colonel
1885; two majors, 1922 each; sur.
geon, 1922; twelve captains, s5sl
each; assistant surgeon, ssss; sec
ond assistant surgeon, s4sS; lively,
lleutenan's, Si93 each; twelve sec
ond heutenants, $3.50 each; chap
lain s5sl; adjutant, s5sl; quarter
master, 1891; sergeant major, Sl29
quartermaster sergeant, 1922; hos
pital stewards, s9ol; acting hospita
steward, sl29; chief musician, s27o
first sergeant, sl2s; sixty sergeants
slo9 each; 100 corporals, 500 each
LOCO privates, $50 each.
Now, We would all like for tn,
regiment to come home in a BODY
but the boys will need all the mon
ey they can get to start them il
business and in life anew when the,
return to their homes, and the Re
publican legislature will not ALLOW
them one cent Of extra pay for the,
have been tryed on that point. Las
winter when the Populist senat,
passed a bill allowing the volutee
priyates s. per month state pav
the Republican house killed il
What would they do if asked t
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-06-01

R. H. Hansberger, who has this
week announced himself a candidate
before the primaries of the Populist.
Democrat convention, is one of the
best known men in northwest Sum.
ner county. He came to Kansas
twenty'one years ago from Virginia
and located near where he now
lives. He married Miss Carnes, a
sister of Will Carnes, ex-county
clerk, fourteen years ago. He is a
graduate Of Eastman College, Va.
he was a candidate for county
clerk in 1891 before the Populis,
convention but was defeated by q
small majority. His brother is now
sheriff in Virginia, their old home
1t Mr.. Hansbarger gets the nomina.
ton he will surely be elected.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-06-01

"Would Ed Little be the proper
man for the fusion nominee for gov
ernor of the state of Kansas" is the
question that is now agitating the
minds Of the opposition forces. We,
to a certain extent agree with ex-
Governor Leedy who says:
II want Ed Little to come back to
Kansas and run for governor. want
TO have the people Of the state OF
Kansas pass upon this question. Mr..
Funston is guilty OF one Of the basest
acts OF ingratitude it has been nv
misfortune to witness during my life.
He owes everything to Ed Little, yet
at the hrst opportunity he had moth.
Ing That was too mean for him to do
or say.
IF the people will nominate Ed
Little for governor will stump the
state for him, and one OF The places
which l will visit will be lola. / will
prepare speech giving the details OF
this affair, and / will pay my respects
to Mr.. Funston in his own town. |
have no fear of the result and am
confident that the people who believe
In Justice and deceney will stand By
Little. even though Funston has
made himself a hero"
But would it not be a COED idea
to wait, for the present, on this point
and see which way the Republicans
lean. If they go crazy over Fun.
ston then, We think it would be a
good idea to show the people tina,
there are other men in the TWEEN.
tieth Kansas than Funston. Fun
ston is a brave man and a good
soldier, but he is out of his sphere in
polihcs-as much so as if Hobson
was in Kansas City's slobber house
society, and the Republicans will
md it out when it is too late, prob.
ably.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-06-01

ltnow turns out thrt Funston had
a press agent while colonel of the
goth Kansas who was employed by
him and number of large news.
papers; hence the reason so much
was heard of him while the noble
goth was doing good work in the
Islands.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-06-01
Attorney General GODDARD is doin

Attorney General GODDARD is doing
something for his salary at last. H.
has discovered it would be agains,
the antitrust law for the insurance
companies to reduce the cost oil
insurance in Kansas. Meantime
other trust companies infringe the
laws all the time, but our acting at.
torney general has not time to check
the methods Of those trusts tina,
extort money from our people.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-06-01

More than 200 operators have
been discharged by the Western
Union Telegraph Co. in Kansas
City Mo-, and Kansas. They claim
that the company is net paying ex.
penses. Who believes itl For years
the company has prospered and
built new lines paid for by dividends
on watered stock and now when the
Populist legislature gets after them
and cempels them to reduce their
rate what pitiful howl goes up from
them. The poor operator is fired
out of job and others made to
work double time, for the sole pur-
pose of making an impression upon
the wonderful court of visitation.
Oh, how honest they will be and
what sympathy they will have for
the poor telegraph company who by
their story is losing all kind Of
money and having to curtail ex,
penses by discharging clerks and
operators. The decision has not
been rendered, but just wait and
see if the prediction Of the VOICE is
not correct in what the opinion will
be. The wonderfully honest admin.
istration of ours is working havoc
with legislatson against combines
and trusts and scare the people
against such legislation. Oh, sweet
scented Sunday school Stanley, your
work is too coarse. The people will
not be blindfolded by you. They
read your honest courts opinion in
advance, and are not startled when
it comes out. That the law is un-
constitutional and is void for it
works a hardship upon the poor
telegraph company.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-06-01

The National Democratic CON-
mittee has decided to hold an early
national convention, says Brieden.
thai, and the Populist committee will
hold one about the same time, and
are certain to fuse on a national
ticket,
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-06-01

Governor Stanley failed in secur-
ing the appointment Of ]. D. Elliott,
son of Captain D. S. Elliott of the
goth Kansas volunteers, who was
killed in the Philippines, as a lieu.
tenant in the regular army.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-06-01

The report on wheat is very dls'
couraging in some localities. The
weeds are growing faster than the
wheat where it is thin on the ground,
and all are complaining about that
at this time. Every body's wheat Is
thin and not very tall. The cool
weather Is advantageous 10 the wheat
and retards the growth Of the weeds,
Many pieces will not be cut for the
reason Of the weeds and the wheat
being so thin.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-06-01

There is good deal of "You
scratch my back and I'll scratch
yours" in the complimentary re-
marks bestowed on State Officials,
Grimes, Nelson and Clark by the
Topeka Capital.