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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-08-31

The city of DInviIle, Va, enjoys at
This moment rare distinction. One
of the very few cities in this country
which have municipalized the water.
gas and electric light industries, and
assumed the responsibility OF satisfy
ing the public with these services.
DanVllle, has received from its city
engineer and superintendent Of the
water, gas and electric light plants,
an official report which shows that
the citizens have 40 complaint to
enter against the operations Of any OF
their public plants. Ia the gas de-
partment, there have been during the
year only three complaints of "bad"
gas, and the trouble in each of these
three cases Was found 10 be ia the
service pipes. The city board has
gradually brought down the gas rate
from s4 to 81 per 1000 feet, and a
further reduction to 75c is cnDtem.
plated The city has an abundant
supply of pure water. The water
rates have in recent years been low
cred 66 per cent, and the existing
financial conditions of the department
are said to justify an immediate fur
ther reduction OF 80 per cent from the
present scale. The electric lighting
service has also been entirely salts
factory, and arc lamps for street illu-
mination have been provided at a
cost of s2l.23 each per annum. The
report inevitably suggests how i'm
mensely the chances of success Of
municipal plants are increased when |
they are conducted with perfect hon
esty and with even average efficiency. |
We are to have shinplasters again. |
1t is understood that the treasury will |
soon issue SIS, 5,OOO, 900 OF fractional pa.
per currency in denominations of 25
and 30 cents, and perhaps smaller, to
meet the large demand, principally
from the west The initiative came
from NebraskSa, in the shape of a cir
cu!ar addressed TO numerous congress.
men, asking them to favor a bill EN-.
Dodying provision for the issue Of
small paper currency. The suggest
ion has met With favor 10 the treas.
ury department, and it is said that in
l short time sl0,OOO,OO0 of this cur
rencj will be placed on sale in
ihe various poStoffices where the
lemand is greatest. The main object
20 be Subserved is to facilitate the
OF small amounts
lf money in letters for the
benefit Of country people making
small mail purchases at a distance.
Without some such cOnveniences.
small sums are sent in silver and are
easily detected in letters, or a postal
lrder must be purchased, involving
Unnecessary expense. Il
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-08-31

Total. ........." $335,oOo,ooo
There is fifth firm which enjoys re-
lations with the real trust closely allied
enough in business way to justify its
classification with the others. This is
the firm of Schwarzschild & Sulzberger,
which acts as general distributor in New
York and besides maintains packing
houses OF its own in the West. But as it
only has a business of a trifing sI2,-
100000 year, it is not ranked in the
first class.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-08-31

The control Of the trust of the supply
of cattle is absolute When a shortage
of cattle is desired to force up prices of
meat, the trust acts to make a
shortage and instantly increases the price
Of beef, whit h increase must be borne bv
the butchers and finally by the men on
whose family table it is served.
There is no redress or appeal from the
mandates Of the trust. The man who
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-08-31

$3.50 quarter for dressed beef in this
country.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-08-31

MO man, woman or child-or gov
IN srnment-can escape the Beef
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-24
FEDERAL COURT AT TOPEKA.
HiIImon Insurance and Leach Murder
Cases Will Not BE Tried in
June Term.

TOPEKA, May 2S-(Speciai) Neither the
Hillmon insurance case nor the Joseph
Leach murder case will be tried at the June
term of the United States circuit court at
Leavenworth. Both cases were docketed
for trial then, but the attorneys have
agreed to a continuance in both. United
States Marshal Sterne expected the Leach
case TO be tried, and he drew on the treas
ury for 5000 to pay the fees OF witnesses
These witnesses are scattered from Boston
on the east to Manila on the west. They
are all regular army soldiers. Leach was a
private and killed Thomas h. Fennell, an
other private at Fort Riley. Soon after
the murder the war broke out and the
soldiers who saw the deed committed We're
scattered to the four corners of the globe.
When the case comes up Tor trial the de-
partment of justice will ask the secretary
of war to order the soldiers in the Philip
pines who are wanted as witnesses, home.
The following is a list of the petit jurors
drawn to-day for the June term of the
circuit court at Leayenworth:
T P. Bone. Topeka: Henry Toby. Salina;
c. Z. Beldon. South Horton; Oscar krauss,
Topeka: p. II. O'Connor, Emporia: r. n.
Hancock, Olathe; II. p. Applebaugh. Solo
mon; Charles Stackhorse, Usage City; John
Watts. Lawrence; Luther DickersOn, Atchi-
son; ]. l.. johnson. Maryville; G. B. Payne,
ard. Phillipsburg; Thomas ]. Hill. Kansas
City; Frank McLain. Hays City: Charles
+. Howard, Ottawa: Richard Russell, Meri-
den: Gust Patrick. Oskaloosa: NJ. NJ.
Thompson, Greenleaf: Charles Van Orden.
Wyckoff; +. d. Murray. Marvin; Thomas
7. r. Donnelan. Atchison; b. Anderson.
Manhattan; Cary Hinchman. Winchester;
+. G. Hall. Junction City: James Orr, Bo-
ling; {. j. HalStead, TonganoXie.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-24
spiritaali.t. Will Go Into Camp.

VALLULA. kAS.. May 23.-tSpeciaD
Spiritualists will hold campmeeting at
Forest park. Ottawa. beginning June q
and ending July 3, inclusive During the
meeting VIII c Hodge will speak and
Mrs. Lull and others will give tests,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-24
"OLD SHACK" REVERSED.
Lamartine Hudspeth, Convicted of
Murder, Granted New Trial
by Supreme Court.

JEFFERSON CITY, May 23.-(SpeciaD
Division No. of the supreme court re-
versed the case of ]. Lamartine Huds-
peth, who was convicted in Kansas City
of murder in the second degree and sem
fenced to thirty-five years in the peniten-
tiary. The reversal was made because of
erroneous instructions by Judge Shackle
ford, who tried the case. One was his re-
fusal to admit as evidence the statement
made by the deceased Kesner to his wife,
or Miss Hudspeth, Immediately after the
shooting. that IF you had not taken that
gun away from me X would have been
different" The court holds that this state
ment was part of the res geSta and it
was proper statement for the jury to
consider.
The other main reversible error was the
giving of the following instruction: THE
court instructs the jury that if it believes
any statements of the defendant nave been
proven by the state and not denied by the
defendant. they are taken as true" The
opinion says this is erroneous because the
burden of proof in all criminal cases is on
the state. The other error is court in
struCtion on Self-defenSc. Chief Justice
CAN'T wrote the opinion.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-24
KANSAS PHARMACISTS MEET,
Three Hundred Delegates Aftend the
Annual Convention at

LAWRENCE. -KAS, May 23.-(Specialj
The twentieth annual meeting of the Kan
sas Pharmaceutical Association was called
TO order at 1890 this morning at Snow nan,
of the Kansas State university. The ad-
dress Of welcome on behalf of the uni
versity was delivered by Chancellor +. IL.
Snow and on behalf of the university
pharmacy students by George Lyons wal
do. The response was by Charies Law
renee, of Wichita.
The presidents address was then given
by President l.. Ardery, of Wichita, ana
the secretary's report by F. A. Snow, oI
Topeka The programme of the associa-
ton meeting in full is:
Tuesday morning-SesSion.
Tuesday afternoon-SeSSion.
Wednesday morning-Session.
Tuesday evening-Entertainmen IN Kan
sas University chapel, consisting OF songs
by the glee club and Cuban pictures. dis
played by j. 2. Raymond, of Kansas City
Mo.
Wednesday noon-Luncheon in the phar-
macy building.
Wednesday afternoon-Rlde in carriages
to Haskell institute.
Wednesday evening-Open house at the
homes of Mr.. B. w. Woodward and FRO
fessor l.. L. Sayre and reception at Snow
hall.
About 800 members will be here when all
the delegates arrive. The officers of the
association are:
President; l.; Ardery. of Wichita; ichia,. vice
ond vice president. Mrs. NJ. o. Miner, of
Hiawatha; secretary, F. A. Snow. of To-
schulser, of Junction City: treasurer. Fred
Schocn, of McCune: librarian, professor l.
r. Sayre, OF Lawrence; local secretary, j.
o. Holloway, of Lawrence.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-24
WINEROOM BILL IN COURT.
Decision Expected June g as to
Whether or Not Davisson's Bill
Must BE Signed.

JEFFERSON CITY, May 23.-(Specill)
Senator Davisson's mandamus proceeding
10 compel the officers of the senate and
house 10 enroll and sign his anti-wincroom
bill was submitted on briefs in division No
: of the supreme court to-day.
The controversy arose over the question
as to whether the adoption of d confer
cnce report on a bin passes, the bill. rhc
conference report favorable To the house
amendments to the wineToom bill. striking
out the word 'disreputable'' where it ap-
pearcd in the bill before the word wine
room was adopted in the senate by the
required constitutional majority. President
Pro Tenn MCClintic at once put the bill
upon its passage and 1t received one vote
less than a constitutional majority. where
upon the bill declared lost. DavisSon
contended that the second roll call was un-
necessary and null The practice of the
senate was against him, however. and the
bill was not signed. Hence the mandamus
case.
Senator Haynes appeared for respondents
and filed their return alleging the bill
did not legally pass the senate and that
since the legislature had adjourned the
bill could not be enrolled and signed dur
ing the session of the legislature. as re-
Quired by the constitution. J. r. Edwards,
for relator. filed his reply denying the
matter in return. A decision may be expect
ed at next meeting of division number .,
which IS on June 6. Chief Justice CAN'T
stated that the case should be acted on
promptly.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-24
TOPEKA BARRIERS AT WAR.
No Charge Is Now Made for a Haircut
in the Capital City of
Kansas,

TOPEKA, May 23.-(Special) War has
broken out among the tonsorial artists of
North Topeka, and as a result they are
cutting hair for nothing to-day. y new bar
Der struck town a few days ago and cut
the unions prices. This made the union
shops mad and they went the new barber
one better. He saw their ante and went
them one better. Last night the union
shops were cutting hair for ) cents. This
morning the new barber stuck out sign
that he would cut hair for nothing. The
union shops met the cut. They all did "A
land office business to-day. People that had
not had their hair cut for a year took ad-
vantage of the bargain day prices and had
work done.
An effort is being made by the South To-
peka BARRIERS to settle the matter. 1t is in
jurng their business. If the rate war keeps
up much longer Topeka men will present a
better appearance. Senator PETER has not
yet joined the throng of bargain hunters.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-24
COULTER NAMES HIS AIDES.
Law Requiring Officers to Give Old
Soldiers Preference in Appoint-
ments Will BE Tested.

TOPEKA, May 2S.-tSpecial) Depart
ment Commander 0. H. Coulter, of the
Kansas g. \. r.. tonight announced the
appointment of his staff, as follows: AS
sistant adjutant general, George W. Veale,
Topeka: acting assistant adjutant general,
Gilbert Bedell, Topeka: assistant quarter
master general, ". w. Denlson, Topeka:
judge advocate general. H. F. Hillebrandt,
Osborne: inspector general, Ben Dorm
blazer. Fredonia: chief mastering officer,
J. 7. Taylor. Leavenworth.
The council OF administration fixed the
last week in September as the date for the
state reunion at Topeka.
1t was decided to give several prizes as
an inducemcnt for posts to increase their
membership this year.
a committee was appointed to press the
test case from Emporia over the law re.
Guiring public officers to give old soldiers
the preference in appointments to official
positions. The mayor of Emporia turned
down an old soldier for assistant engineer
at the water works and and gave the place
TO young man. Suit was brought in the
Lyon county district court to test the mat
ter The court ruled against the old SOL
der. The case was appealed to the APP
peliate court. The committee selected to-
night is directed to take the case to the
supreme court in the event the appellate
court afiirms the decision of the lower
court.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-24
ADVERSE TO THE WOODMEN.
Supreme Court Refuses to Compel In
surance Commissioner to License
Woodmcn of the World

JEFFERSON CITY, May 25-Division
No. l, OF the supreme court, to-day
rendered an important decision of in
terest to members of fraternal insurance
associations all over the country. 1t holds
that when the superintendent of the in
surance department has acted fairly on
applications for license to do business as
a fratcrnal association and has decided
that such association is not fraternal
association under the law, and has refus-
cd such license the supreme court has no
right by maudamus to compel him to re-
verse this decision and issue the license.
The case decided was that of the Wood
men of the World, of Omaha Neb, of
which &. J. Root is president, against Su-
pcrintendent of Insurance Orear, for
writ of mandamus TO compel that official
10 issue license to the rciator as a fra
ternal beneficiary association. The writ
was refused in the unanimous opinion of
the court Orear refused the license on the
ground that the Woodmen of the World
was not a fraternal association under the
law because it did not have a representa-
tive form of government.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-24
MEMORIAL DAY IN KANSAS.
The Glorious Victories of Uncle Sam
Will Not he Overlooked by
Civil War Veterans.

TOPEKA. May 23.-(Special.) Memorial
day will be more generally observed in
kansas this year than for the past decade.
The gallant work of the Twentieth Kansas
and the glorious victories of Uncle Sam
during the past year have put the civil
war veterans on their mettle: Department
Commander Coulter, of the Kansas c. A
r. has not yet received complete list of
the speakers and places. he has received
word in n general way. however, that al
most every town win observe the day in a
fitting manner.
The list OF speakers so far scheduled fol-
lows:
Emporia-United States District Attorney
]. -. Lambert
roy-Representative P. E. Gregory, of
Lyndon.
Oskaloosa-J., R. Burton, of Abilene.
Wcllington-Departmen Commander o.
II. Coulter.
Leavenworth Soldiers home-General J.
Is; Hudson. of Topeka;
I.awrcnce-Captain p. II. Coney, of To.
peka.
McLouth-Colonel J. G. Wood. of Topeka
Topeka-W. II. Smith. Of Marysville.
Overbrook-W. /. Waldridgc. Topeka.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-24
Contractor Conners said this afternoon
| that he would put 1000 men to work in the
WANT THEIR MONEY BACK.
National Bank Fight Double
Liability

TOPEKA, May 23.-(Special.) The suit of
the receiver of the defunct Missouri Ma
tional bank. of Kansas City, Mo-. against
Calvin Hood and Barney Lantry for $50 900
will be argued in the United States court
of appeals at St. Paul Thursday. The at
torneys on both sides of the case left for
that city this afternoon. The receiver won
the case in the federal district court but
Hood and Lantry appealed. 1t is to recover
under the double liability act.
The defendants claim that they were in
duced through fraud to put their money
into the stock of the bank and they not
only do not want to pay the double Eabil-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-24
BUFFALO STRIKE ENDED,
one Thousand Men Will He Put to
Work This HorninG-Griey-
ances All Settled.

BUFFALO. n. Y, May 23-The grain
shoveierS strike was settled at 2:45 this
morning. when an agreement was signed
by Contractor Conuers to withdraw all
men now employed by him as grain SHOW
elers and to submit the names of his old
men to committee of five. composed of
two members each from old and new locals
No 81. with President Keefe, of the Long
shoremenS Association, as chairman, who
shall decide the eligibility of such mem
oerS to Join new local No. 81, was accepted
by President Keefe and Rev Mr. Albert
Ihe agreement will be announced to the
strikers to-day. but. as the committee
power TO act. it is believed there will be
no further hitch and that the men will
resume work tomorrow morning. In the
meantime it is expected the freight hand
lerS and others who struck out of SYM
pathy for the scOoperS will return to work
Contractor Conners has-named Dave Nu-
gent and John Lynch to represent the
contractor on the committee of five to de-
eide as to the eligibility of certain members
of old local No. 81 to membership in the
new union. President McMahon and Bart
Corners. secretary of the new union. will
represent the men. President Keefe. of
the International Longshoremen organiz-
alton. is chairman of the committee. which
will begin its work this afternoon Ten
dock laborers brought here from New York
were sent to the penitentiary this morning
for thirty days. They were about to re-
turn to New York. and, after drinking
freely wrecked a saloon near the Lehigh
Valley station.
President Keefe, of the Longshoremen.
held a conference with the leaders of the
striking freight handlers to-day and meas
ures We're discussed for bringing about
settlement of their grievances.
Another meeting will be held Tonight.
No definite information can be obtained as
to the intentions of the coal and ore hand
lers.
Contractor Conners said this afternoon
that he would put 1000 men to work in the
morning.
The men," said he, will be sent to me
by the committee in gangs, so that they
will not all come back in Il gigantic mass.
BY tomorrow all the elevators will be
running and all the grain in sight will be
transferred by the end of the week.
Fourteen elevators were working to-day
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-24
DON'T GET DRUNK.
Save Your Money, Brains and Energy
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1t will take all of these you have to
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IL reduces mans capabilities about %
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and places his future in the realm of un-
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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-24
PITTSBURG COAL MINERS AND or
ORATORS CONFER.
FEW COMPANIES REPRESENTED
SCHEDULE OF STRIKERS DEMANDS
DISCUSSED.
Operators Voiced Their Opposition to
1t and Asked That Action Be-
Withheld Until President =
Ripley, of Santa Fc, Re- =
turns From Europe.

PITTSBURG, KAS., May 23-(SpecialJ
The conference between the executive COM
mittce' of district No II, United Mine
Workers of America, and the coal opera
tors. called to meet III this city to-day was
attended by representatives of only d few
companies The big four" with the ex-
ception of c. j. Devln, of the Mount Car
mel company, positively refused to treat
with the executive committe" and did not
so near the conference. This had ten
dency TO cause d feeling of disgust on the
part of the executive committee, and they
expressed themselves in the conference. for
the big four" people We're the ones they
were after. The PittSburg * Midway Coal
Company, Wear Coal Company, ]. {. Gra-
nam Coal Company and the Mount Carmel
company were the only companies repre-
sented The discussion was upon the scned-
uie OF demands printed in The Journal
lew days ago, and it was not accepted by
the operators from the start The eXecu-
i've committee asked for another contract
different from the one under which the
miners are now working and in accord
ance with the new schedule. The present
contract does not expire until September l,
ana because of the spirit of Reputation of
that contract as evinced by the executive
committee warm discussion was the re-
suit.
c. J. Devlin, of the Mount Carmel COM
CURED III by the other operators present,
that II the executive committee would
withhold any action until after June l5 he
would be able to make arrangements under
the schedule demanded that he thought
would be satisfactory. He stated to the
executive board that President Ripley of
the Santa Fe road. unGer whose supervision
the entire Mount Carmel mines are was now
IN Europe and would not return until the
above date, and until then he would not
| nave the authority to act The executive
committee seemed to look upon the propn-
Slton with favor. and asked the operators
10 allow them to go into private conference
| ton. if
P1TTSRURG. KAS. May 23.-(Special)
ne DeNiln proposition proved to be a bone
| ol contention and an agreement IS not in
| prospect. At all events the future fore
| bodes trouble. Tho Central Coal and Coke
Company. 1t is learned. has already en-
| gagged to ship in $50 negroes to work in
| It's mines. The Kansas and Texas has 100
| negroes now on the road from the Jelicho
dlstrlct in Tennessee and seventy more
| from -eavenworth are expected to arrive
IN day or two. The Western Coal and
| Mining Company is also arranging TO en-
| pl0y colored miners. The white miners
| talk of not allowing the colored miners TO
work. and from this serious trouble is ex-
| pected. The colored miners to be shipped
| IN VIII be put to work. no matter whether
settlement is arrived at in this con
| terence or not
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-24
HITS SHORTAGE UNPAID.
Bondsmen of the Ex-Receiver of the
Land Office at Topeka Have
Recn Sued.

TOPEKA. May 23.-(Special) The bonds
men OF ]. ]. Hit, receiver of the Topeka
land Office under the last Cleveland admin
istration, will try and force Hit to make
good his shortage TO the government. After
he was retired to private life the federal
authorities discovered that Hit had col
lected 500 more than he had accounted for
to the general government. Suit was filed
against him. and his bondsmen for the
amount by District Attorney Lambert.
The bondSmen to-day. through their at
torney David Overmyer. filed answers set
ting up a general denial. They hope 10
force Hit to pay the amount of the short.
age If he does not and they are forced
to, they intimate that criminal proceedings
may be instituted against him. Overmyer
is one of the bondSmen.