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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-14

: The round house now being erected
by the Texas & Pacific rail-
way at Fort Worth IS said to be the
only building Of that character 10
Texas which Is perfect circle. It
will be 293 feet In diameter and con.
tains SO engine stalls
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-14
After F. II. TeaIe.


F. H. Teale, the tall, slim travelling
representative Of the ParkhurEt
Davis Wholesale Grocery company at
Topeka, who until few months ago,
made his headquarters in Wellington
and was to have opened branch
house in this city, has proved to be an
abscOnder and is said to be under
arrest at present in California. The
mystery of his sudden departure from
Wellington is explained 10 the follow
ing article from Fridays Topeka
Capital: t d
"F. II. Teale, a travelling man for
the ParkAurst-Davis Wholesale Gro
cery company, who abscOnded two
months ago with 81 800 belonging to
the company, is believed to be located
and under arrest at Los Angeles,
Cal.
"The story Of the embezzlement has
be3n kept very secret. Detective
John NJ. WilkerSOn Of this city and
H. L. Strohm OF the PaFkhurst- Davis
l6rm have had full charge of the case.
Outside Of the members of the firm,
they were the only ones who knew all
the facts in the case.
"Teale was employed by Parkhurst-
Davis for eight months before he was
discOyed in his crooked work. He Is
said to have been skillful salesman.
He is married and has one child. He
He has relatives at Los Angeles,
where it is believed he has been
caught.
''He was first definitely located
about week ago. A requisition was
hastily issued to the sheriff of Harper
county, 4. s. Gillespie, and the latter
started in haste for Los Angeles. Up
to last night nothing had been heard
from him, and so the Topeka people
are confident that he has the man and
has started back to Kansas with
him.
"Sheriff Gillespie was selected to
serve the papers, as Teale's crooked
werk was done partly in Harper
county, and Teale will be prosecuted
there when caught.
ut was by means 0t forgery that
Teale secured money belonging to the
firm. He accepted checksin payment
for bills OF goods and cashed the
checks himself, indOrslng them The
Parkhlrst-Davis Grocery Company,
per f. II. Teale.' He had no author.
ity to iudorse for the firm. At To.
peka banks such an Endorsement
would not have been accepted. But
(eale did most OF his fraudulent work
at small country banking institu'
tions.
"TO prevent suspicion, Teale con
tinued to remit small sums of money
to the firm, which he claimed to have
collected on bills. In the course oil
two months the swindler accumulated
$500, and with this smsunt be left
Ii is supposed he was joined later al
Los Angeles by his wife, for the report
is that she is with him.
'Teale is said to have friends in
Harper county, Kansas City and Other
places who have been keeping in
touch with the progress of events il
Topeka.
'arhe first intimatiOn of Teale's
whereabouts was received through a
Los Angeles newspaper which fell
into the hands Of some one who knew
OF the embezzlement. 1t was then
learned that Teale had been 10 and
about LOS Angeles for some time
The Los Angeles officers were notified
to look the man up, and he was found
TO be living in that city. He was not
arrested, as it was feared that owing
to the distance between here and Los
Angeles, be would be able to secure
his release on habeas corpus proceed
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-14

HenryKonrad's baby which has been
critically III with brain fever and con.
gestion OF the bowels for two days,
died at 5 O'Clock this morning.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-14
For Sale.

A good paying, well-established
business; small capital required. Al.
so two full Observation-Disclosures sta
lions, two full-blooded Percheron
mares, and three or four three quar-.
ter bred mares. If the above stall.
lions are not sold soon would let them
out on shares for the season. Call on
or address ]. A. Stevens, Wellington,
Kansas. 10
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-14

Jacob Engle writes frcm Chicago
that hotels are crowded with mer.
chants from all over the country buy
Ing goods. The general opinion among
them is. that the coming spring and
summer will surpass all previous
years in trade.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-14

Christian B. Miller of Caldwell, is
dead. He had I children, 81 grand
children and great grand children.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-14

To the officers and members Of James Shields
Post No. 81, Department Of Kansas, GA. r.:
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29
OUR NEW ASSISTANT
SUPERINTENDENT

The Commissioners Of the Dis
triet of Columbia have appointed
an assistant superintendent of the
public schools. The presum ption
is that he will assist in the conduct
of the colored schools as we'll as
che white So far as our colored
schools are concerned, Mr.. Cook is
sufficiently atle to take care of
them without the Interference of
an assistant. Superintendent Pow.
ell may be in need of an assistant,
but since our schools are separate
there is no reason why Mr.. Cook
should not have ali assistant also
if he needs one. The colore6 schools
seem to be an eye sore to some
people and for that reason there
seems to be a disposition on the
part of the whites to make an in
road into the colored schools.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29
A GOOD MAN GONE.

The death of Mr.. Jno. W. Curry,
which took place last Tuesday
afternoon removed from our midst
one of the best known and highly
respected citizen: of Washington.
For over thirty years, the deceased
faithfully and honorably served as
letter carrier, having been the first
colored carrier appointed During
the early days of our citizenship,
Mr.. Curry was an active partic-
ipant in political affairs aud assist
ed securing to oar colored citizens
the system of public schools which
We now enjoy. Owing to the char
acter of his business and the
uniform courtesy, promptness and
intelligence with which he con-
Quoted himself, MIR. Curry enjoyed
the friendship of the most distin.
guished white and colored citizens
and held it until his death He
was a membr of the Letter Carriers
Association and did much to open
the way for admission of other
coiored carriers. During his sick
ness, Mr.. Curry was called upon
by many prominent white officials
as well as the entire letter carriers
force and was rendered the warmest
and most substantial assurance
of esteem. The record made by
cur lamented friend will stand out
as al exemplifcation of the
capacity, honest devotion to duty
of our people and a rebuke to the
false representa- ons which are
often made to the contrary We
extend to the bercaTed family our
heartfelt sympathy.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29
A Queer story.

The WetternSee, in Sweden, like so
many other lakes, has long enjoyed the
local reputation of being bOttOmless
pit. The Swedish scientists have now
destroyed the venerable legend, for in
the measurements taken a few days
ago they have successfully demon
strated that the greatest depth of the
lake is only 119 meters. There still re-
mains. however, a series of mysteries
which science must be content to leave
unsOlved-at least, for a time. 1t is
not only legendary belief, but there
is quasi-scientitic ground for the
queer suppOsitiOn that living creatures,
animal and vegetable, can and do make
Journeys to and fro between the high
northern lake of Wetten and the
South German lake of Constance.
This bold conclusion has been partly
justified by the appearance of exactly
the same fauna and even the same
animal life in the Swedish and the
Swabian inland seas. 1t is even as
serted that whenever there is q storm
on the Lake of Constance the Lake of
Wettern begins sympathetically to roll
and swell. an that the southern lake
is similarly moved by any agitation in
the distant northern lake. The Kleine
Zeitung SOberly declares this sympa-
thetlc phenomenon to be q known fact,
but considerably adds that we have
to wait some time for the rational ex-
planatiOn of il.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29

who come to this country simply
to find job and are accepted In
the army under most favorable
conditions Perhaps it would be
most wise to have colored troops
and colored colonies in the Philip
pines. And it is not impractlcabIe,
as an experiment.. But to suppose
that colored people, such as would
be helpful in the adjustment of
conditions favorable to this coun-
try, will go under the ban of dis
elimination aud with no prospect
of advancement, is quite too foolish
to think about. Give to the colored
man a fair chance and the world
will find that it pays to practice as
well ss merely proclaim the doc
trine of the brotherhood Of man.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29
DOING HARM.
From the Bryn Mawr Defender.

From the Bryn Mawr Defender.
Booker T. Washington's political
heresay is doing more harm to the
negro than any other ageacy in the
United States. His assumed and
forced leadership by his white friends
over a race contending for equal
rights as citizens under the Constitu-
ton, is an outrage upon constitutional
justice. Like Esau, he is trying to
sell his birthright and that of the race
for a morsel of pottage. 1t seems quite
unfair for Mr.. Washington to under.
take to surrender the civil and polit1
cal rights of a race for the advantage
of his educational institution Every
one is ready and willing to concede
that Mr.. Washington is one of the
most successful educators of the coun-
try, that he is doing good work at
Tuskegee, for which due credit is
given him. 1t seems to US that as an
educator he should stick to his duties
and not like the end man in a circus.
he should not go over the country ad-
vlslng the colored people to quit
politics, or any other profession in
which they would engage. Mr.. Wash
ington SAYS that if the negro ceases to
vote and let all the political offices go
to certain class of citizens, there
would be no more lynching. Perfect
nosense, the politicians are seldom
lynched. The women outrages, the
murderers and thieves are the subjects
that offer the most material for the
lynchers in the lawlesS South with a
federal officer thrown in now and then
Therefore, if Mr.. Washington would
attend to his duties as an educator and
try and better the morals of our peo-
pie In his section instead of urging
them to abandon their citizenship, he
would do the right thing. What influ.
ence is Tnekegee, ha ling upon the
lynchers of Alabama? None whatever.
This national apologist is an
impediment to the race. The
white people would like to thrust
him upon the negro as his leader.
The negro does not recognize
negro leadership. There are lots
In this country like Washington. |
The woods are full of them.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29
A Community of oIarksmen.

The little commune of Attinghausen,
in Canton Uri. has been made famous
throughout the world by the pen of
Schiller in his William Tell. The
commune at present has Il population
of about 500 souls. including the ba-
bies. Like all it's neighbOr cOmmunes.
it holds its yearly 'Schutzenfest." 1t
appears from the report of the con-
test in the Urper ZetunZ tnat no fewer
than lS4 out o. its 800 inhabitants are
capable markeST en- or markeSwOmen,
for out of the 1S4 who took part in
the contest ut the communal butts IL
were women. Not only did some of
the women prove to- be better shots
than their huSbandS, to the great de
light of the sex, but the highest hOnOrs
of this years festival We're won " fe-
male hands. Tie Jungfrau katharina
irsch, who is only in her fifteenth
year. made 30 points at the ''Zweck-
schuss." and so carried off the first
prize. She is the daughter of Matthias
WirSch. who, with seven of his sons
and three of his daughters, appeared
at the Attinghausen schutZenfest. and
the whole family were so dexterOus
with their rifles that they gained nine
prizes during the day.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29
His Back to the Foe

An army officer tells that i'm one
engagement there were numbers of
young fellows who smelt powder for
the first time, and it is not surprising
tnat at times the recruits were trihe
unsteady.
However" said the old officer. "I
only remember one case of actual
flight. and when | think of it I can
scarcely refrain from laughing.
I'm the very thick of a hOtly contest
ed engagement one of my own men
threw down his rifle and bolted.
Here you coward / rOared after
him. what are you running forY
Without so much as a glance over
his shoulder, the fellow replied: Be
cause I'm in desprit hurry, an can't
fly" "
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29
IT is GUSHING :?

The gushing southern governors
who are struggling to explain the
horrible cannibalism displayed in
the southern states seem to have
no compunctions in their attempts
to mislead northern people as to the
real cause Of the lawlessness and
bloodthirstiness per etrated against
the blacks. 1t is stated by them
that politics are at the bottom of it
all. Such statement coming from
governor of state, shows how
thoroughly and completely the
South is dominated by the spirit of
hate, audacity and anarchy. In
Georgia, where the recent horrible
atrocities were committed. the
masses of colored people are prac-
tically disfranchisel. They hold
few if any POLITICAL offices of impor
tance worth :ioning and mani
fest no interest in politics The
election returns show that thous-
ands of colored voters do not even
60 to the polls. The system of espion-
age has been so severe and wide
spread that colored people have
thought it improbable to pay
attention to politics. 1t is becaus
of the absence of politics among
colored people in Georgia, that the
whites have become emboldened to
commit so many deeds of lawless-
ness and crime. The fact is that
In the South where the colored
people are allowed to vote, there
are no alleged outrages such as We
hear of from states where political
rlghtS are denied. The fact Is that
the poor whites are brutes and
totally unified for citizenship an6
hence they satisfy their brutal
tendencies by maltreating the
colored people. The little game Of
assoclating outrage with every other
crime committed by colored people
is entirely too transparent to sue
cessfully hoodwinE the gooi CO.
pile of the North. The northern
people are conserva i've, but the
are not fools and will be ne.ther
parties to nor sympatnizers with
murderers and morals lepers.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29
A PLACE OF DETENTION
NEEDED.
From the Evening,Star.

From the Evening,Star.
A small colored boy was yesterday
sent to the Workhouse for six days be-
cause he had ridder his bicycle the
night before without lamp, The
punishment hardly fits the crime. The
little fellow had no money and none
was advanced to pay his fine. so he
was bundled off into the van with the
vagrantS, the drunken men and Wo-
men and the other riff-raff OF the
court and sent to colony where he
can learn only that which is evil. His
offense at best was slight. 1t is, of
course, desirable that the police regu
lations concerning the use OF the
wheel should be strictly enforced.
The streets must be made safe for
pedestrians and drivers and wheel
men who are particular in their obedi-
ence to the rules. But at the same
time it seems rather harsh TO class
infractions of these rules with the
offenSes against morality and deCency
which are oaily punished by sentences
to the workhouse. 1t is easy to see
embarrassed by her blindness. Her
scales cannot accurately weigh all the
little tiers which are occasionally
put into the.pans. The Star has hereto
fore urged that some place OF deten-
ton should be provided, different
from the Jail and the workhouse,
where people who are guilty of slight
infractions of the municipal laws
which do not involve any degree of
moral turptitude may be held pending
or in default of the payment OF fine.
Such a place need not be revolving to
afford a punishment. 1t need not
throw men and perhaps women and
children into unclean associations to
enforce the dignity Of the law and the
regulations. 1t could have varied
uses, such as the detention of wit
nesses, of suspects and of prisoners
waiting for collateral which is certain
to be forthcoming. Every large city !
has this margin of semi-criminal cases
which fit neither the Jail nor the work |
house, and Washington, is assuredly !
large enough now to be equipped !
with the means of caring properly |
and decently for them.
We have too much of these
kinds of sentences in the coarts.
Not only are small boys sent to jail
with the rough, dirty and filthy
prisoners, but they are confined in
the cells of the Police Court where
they come in contact with thieves
and cut throats.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29
STRANGE FREAK OF NATURE
HOW CaterpiIlar's Body Becomes the
the Root of a Bulrush

the Root of a Bulrush
From some of the newer countries
so-called on account of the lack OF
definite knowledge regarding them.
reports of strange freaks and curiosi-
ties constantly appear, and, as a rule
they are laughed at, but once in a
while they turn out to be the truth.
1t is this way<with the strange freak
of nature called the bulrush cater
pillar, which is indigenous to New
Zealand. This report, which stated
that at certain seasons a large black
caterpillar would bury itself in the
ground, and be converted into the root
of a bulrush, was laughed at, like the
rest, but now an English scientist,
who recently gave an exhaustive in
yestigatiOn of the strange phenomenon,
stated that in many respects the state
ments are strictly true From this re-
port it has been learned that the cater
pillar grows to about three and one
half inches long and when about to
assume the chrysaIis state buries it
self in the ground, and in doing so it
is frequently infected by the spores of
some fungus, which becomes involved
in the scales in its neck These the
larvae is unable to expel. and the vege-
tation thus set up rapidly extends
throughout the entire body, replacing
each animal cell thus destroyed by
vegetable matter, and finally convert
ing it into Il comparatively dense yege-
table structure, which retains every
detail of the body. even to the legs,
mandibles and minutest claw From
the neck, the portion first infected,
there then shoots up a single stem,
which grows to the height of eight or
ten inches. resembling very closely the
clubheaded bulrush in miniature. 1t
has no leaves. and if the first stem be
broken off another rises in it's place,
though two stems never grow stimuli
from the same caterpillar"
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29
ALABAMA NEXT.
From the Chicago Conservator.

From the Chicago ConServator.
1t is said that Alabama will be the
next State to disfranchise the negro.
This will give our good friend Booker
[. Washington chance to exercise
his influence with the good white peo-
pie of the State. All of his teaching
has tended to establish friendly rela-
tions between the race. He is two
true to principles of jnstice to wink at
the contemplated infamy 1t will be
interesting to note what influence his
protestwill have.
When the negro can afford to
eliminate the apolygists, trimmers
his condition in this country. will
be improved. He will never be
able to do anything under present
leadership.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29
w CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
R SPECLAL NOTICE. 81

There are regular authorized Col
4ectors in the employ Of THE BEE
Printing Co., and 7OheH they call to see
deEinqnent subscribers they are re-
quested TO pay them. and not lg10e the
excuse that "they 7Oih see the Editor. "
The Editor has no time TO see the SUB
scyl6eyS, and it is 0ped that his
friexds and the patrons If THE BEE
UiU pay the Collector 5CkeR he calls.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29
G., IF 1T A TRIAL

and it will do the rest. Price 800 per
bottle; or 3 bottles for 81 70. Sent e
'urely packed TO any part OF the worn, J
SPECIAL-Any person ordering
BOTTLES of Angeline will receive 81
premium a package Of BlOdsu 8 COeos !,
Almond Cream. Any person Orde'lDs
8 bottles Of Angeline will receive
Harris Hair Stralghtener FREE
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29
Wasted SHeefnesa.

0, Edward she cried. do you know
what: | dreamed last night that you
had told me to go down town and buy
that beautiful S27 hat l spoke of the
other day"
We'll that proves it," he replied.
Proves what, dearest?"
That dreams go by contraries."
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29
Knew His Love of Money

There IS something in this little
fellow l like said an appreciatiye
visitor to young hopeful he was trot-
ting on his knees.
Now" said the boy, "how did Won
know 1 had swallowed a quarterY'
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29

The Commissioners will oppose
the appointment as successor to
Mr.. Montgomery any one who NAV
have practiced nepotism in office.
No favoritism is to be tolerated
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29

When it comes to executive and
administrative ability and absolute
fairness to all we do not hesitate to
point to Capt. Henry a. Castle,
the Sixth Auditor as an illustrlous
ex tmple. Capt. Castle has under
his charge quite Il number Of color
ed clerks and they all join in
praising his uniformly fair treat
ment without gard to race, color
or creed. We have more than once
noticed this in Captain Castle anG
felicitate him on his manliness and
just administration. We're all of
our officials as free from the taint
of race prejudice as Capt. Castle,
the colored people would receive
more just treatment. May his Tribe
increase ami himself be blessed.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29

The BEE acknowledges the
receipt of an official copy of the
Congressional Directory from Hon.
Geo. H. White of North Carolina.
Mr.. Whi'e is an up to date con-
gresham and real live represen-
tative of the negro.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29
What ANGELINE VIII DG
$50 REVlARD

The Ange inc POmade Co., will gs
a reward Of T'fsy Dollars TO any sla
a persons VINO use ADgeline and dsl
ter giving it q thorough and impartial
trial, will make an affidavit gna5 an
gtline contains any injurious lngf@
dients.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29
A Question.

Speech was given unto man
That his thoughts might be impaired,
Why, then, do so many men
Straightway leave of thinking whom
Once their tongues are fairly started
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29

There should be no more street
parades' If the white people would
cease contributing money there
would be no more parades.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29

The death of Prof. III. P. Mont
gomery takes from our midst one
of the brightest minds among the
negroes. He was a good and
efficient officer in our schools. His
funeral was largely attended yes
terday from the Metropolitan
church.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29

The realestate brokers are
endeavorlng to sell to the Commits
sioners any old land for the colored
industrial school.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29

When you take a small man and
put him in big office he gets the
swell head.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29

The colored people are in favor
OF one superintendent of the public
schools.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29
HOW TO SOLVE G) THE RACE
PROBLEM.
From the Southern Workman.


r. I. Coles and Booker T. Wash
ington were schoolmateS together at
Hampton, Va. They have similar
ideas for the development of their
race. Mr.. Coles tries to bring uot the
best there is in the boys and girls who
are in his charge. He tells them that
the solution OF the race question rests
with themselves, and to solve it needs
only the same application of industry
to their opportunities on the part of the
negro young men as white men
employ He encourages the boys to
learn the little useful arts SO that they
may be OF advantage in private fam
lilies where tnay are employed.
Of all the remedies that have
ever been recommended, for a
solu ion of the race problem, may
be found i'll the above excerpt from
the Southern Workman L. is
quite evident that both Coles and
Washington are two narrow con-
structed individuals. Whenever YOU
see supposed intelligent negroes
defending such men, you can
Depend on it that they are getting
free summer board at the
Tuskegee school.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-29

The BEE is the peoples advo-
cate and true American.