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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-10-26
OUR COUNTY
NEWS WRITERS
Oxford.

R. E. Chears of Sedalia Mo, mas
charge of the Missouri Pacific station
here in Mr.. Fullams absence.
Charley Spencer was lail off from his
studies in Wellington high school few
days last week, by pet" on the back
Of his neck. He came over from home
during the time.
While in Kansas City last week DR..
NJ. Collins bought IS head of high grade
Durham heifers, which he had shipped
to this point. They came over the San
ia Fe Saturday morning in good con-
dition.
The street entertainment here on Sat
urday was a happy surprise to everybody,
it was so much better than expected. 1t
proved to be little karnival.
Mrs. ]. D. Russell and daughter, Miss
Minnie, Of Winfield, viewed the parade
here Saturday.
The Judges at the colt show were Link
Burner, J. D. Krell and VIM. Aubrey Of
Wellington.
Charley Davis who has been employed
in Wrights barber shop for some months
past, quit Oxford and left the first of
this week for Wellington, to take posi-
tison in shop there.
The premium offered for the best horse
colt was awarded to Jesse Chenverant,
and David Miller carried away the prize
for the best mule colt.
The woman caught at the crossing
south of Winfield on the Santa Fe, that
we mentioned in last weeks items proved
to be lady we'll known to many in this
vicinity. She was known here as the
Widow Waites, and for a number Of years
resided on farm just across the river
some two or three miles south of the
city. She married man by the name Of
Miller some two or three years ago and
moved to Winfield, and resided there at
this time. She died of her injuries in
the evening Of the same day the accident
occurred.
There have been some Of the county
candidates in our midst since our last
report. They seem to be modest, quiet
lot Of fellows, and "beat the brush"
gently while here. This method Of
campaigning is all right
We noticed the familiar faces Of Mr.,
and Mrs. Massey of Wellington, among
the crowd of visitors on our streets Sat
urday.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-10-26
South Haven Talk .

Mr.. Dow-Say, Mr.. Early, have you
been to South Haven? My wife and
l went down there yesterday and l
never was so surprised to see how
they were fixing up that town, 1t Is
the only town in the county that Is
alive. And do you know that you
Can buy goods cheaper there than any
where else? bought me a suit OF
clothes at Meeker's for $3.50. They
are as good as | ever bought for IS in
anv other town.
Mr.. Early-Did Meeker have any
clothes that would fit me?
Mr.. D-You bet! Meeker showed
me some suits $3.50 and $500 that
were "corkers" and one clay woSted
suit for 81 that was simply immense"
never Sd" SUN IKE IL III i0Ss INA"
$40.
Mr.. E-My wife has been telling me
tna' "'oN0. '' 9I'''
than anybody. But thought she
was JoN'"E' .
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is DO JOKE 'uSV '"'"N VI d" oil "ooi
suit oI CO. uFS '.' COW ""' " C'"9
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want TO- now 1ha' u"ue'"edr V''dV
heekef Is Selli"g ior 10 celVS Is Ohe
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ue"n duu see ~ a"u 'uy 'o'n' Vi H.
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geU ior Twice UIle injury
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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-10-26
76 Items.

Sunday school at Seventy-SiI is
doing splendidly since the new super
intendent has taken hold.
Rev. Simpson who preached at
Prairie Center will begin series OF
meetings in two weeks.
Quite 4 number went to Wichita
last week. From the packages that
came back q dollar must have great
er purchasing power in Wichita than
elsewhere.
Mr.. Rose has been sick during the
past week, but Is getting better.
Wellington dismissed schOOl'or the
circus. A number Of the country
schools did the same thing.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-10-26

A brilliant meteor fell in the west
ern sky about half past eight O'Clock
Monday, leaving a trail of FIRE be
hind 1t. 1t seemed 50 close chat the
sputter OF the flames could almost bs
heard. 1t was wonderfully bright
The meteor first appeared at heigh
OF about forty degrees. 1t dropped
about ten degrees, when IL seemed tr
hang for On instant, and revOlveu at q
furious rate, spit out red aud blue hrt
and exploded. The explosion coulC
be plainly heard. II was a wonderful
sight, and many people were forum.
ate enough to see il.
A gentleman who came to Wichiti
some time ago representing himself Il
be connected with an Omaha marbl,
company and giving his name as A
D. Holbrouk, was arrested last weel
at Laramie. Wyoming. He got Mr.
Peniwell OF the Peoiwell marble work
to endorse 4 bogus draft for $40. IT,
left before the swindle was discovered
but was arrested at Larime for work
ing the same swindle and for forgery
-Wichica Eagle.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-10-26

Governor Stanley ha> issuc d a proc
lamstiOn declaring the day the Tween
tieth Kansas arrives home "FlAg
Day." and calling upon the people OF
Kansas TO observe IT, The governor
requests that the old flag be displayed
from all the public and private build,
ings; that all trains and street cars,
Omnibuses, hacks ana private convey.
ances be decorated with the national
colOrs, that appropriate exercises be
held in the public schools, and that
all editors, ministers. teachers, state,
county and city officers use Their
efforts and join in making the day a
glorious one.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-10-26
SprIngd Ii.

Dry weather j. lujuriug the wheat
in this 81 ctiOn. On sume of the fields
1t is dying.
j. B. Clifford vert TO Wellington
Saluluay Oh business.
The Duukards held their annual
Love Feast at the Conway church on
last night. Quite num6er from this
vicinity attended.
Protracted meeting will commence
al the Milan Church Of Christ, the
first Sunday in November. Come cut
and hear the gospel preached,
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-10-26
Portland.

The prospects are f4ttering for q
good shower OF rain tonight.
Mrs. Kate Jensen OF Winfield, also
her mother, Mrs. Rice Of Empire
City, are visiting relatives and
friends here, after which they will &c
10 Oklahoma.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-10-26

When you want a hair cut or a
shave don't forget to call on Teal &
Leland. They are the best BARRIERS
in the CITY. Haircut and shave
25c-South Main.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-10-26
Market Quotations October %.

December wheat closed at 7Oi.
May wheat closed at TAT.
Oci ober corr closed at 81.
December corn closed at BIT.
May corn closed at 325.
Kansas City
October wheat closed at 62s.
Decem her wheat closed at 64s.
May wheat closed at 6Ss.
]. NJ. Mckee pays top price for
poultry.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-10-26

Geo. Hunt left last night for the
PecOs Valley country, to remain for
his health. He has been suffering
lately with lung trouble, and wisely
accepted the advice Of his physicians
to seek new climate. His condition
Is not serious and he will probably
find a permanent cure 10 the climate
there.
The two-step crowd is trying to get
up.a dance. II will be held in the
armory within the next two weeks,
probably.
, 1899-08-31

We commonly refer the cave dwell,
ers to prehistoric times, but there
are still some of these people in parts
of Europe that are considered civiliz-
ed. Their primitive dwellings are. in
some cases, natural caves, and in 9TH
ers have been hewn out of the rocks
Some of these homes in Spain are de-
scribed by a writer. He says: There
is no need of an aims house in Aleala
One side of the hill above the town il
honey-combed with caves, which are
used by the poor as dwellings. free OF
rent and taxes. These caves run in
tiers, with paths between them, and
before each is a garden in which grow
the prickly pear. fig, villas, maize and
vegetables. The combination of rock
and foliage gives the whole hillside
that singular appearance of rocky
fertility seen only in southern lands.
and particularly in the presence OF
cactus growth. The people seemed
quite as comfortably situated as many
who lived in houses, and in general
appearance the aims house hill of Alca-
In was more attractive than the gypsy
quarter of Granada. Doubtless these
caves have the advantage over ordi-
nary houses OF being warmer in win
ter and cooler in summer"
, 1899-08-31

her labor troubles, but the rest of the
nation is reaping a harvest from the
unprecedented demand OF foreign ma
ions for our manufactured products.
On June 10 the iron, steel and tin trust
raised the wages of their employees rs
per cent. The raise takes effect i'm
mediately and affects directly As, 900
employees. This is glad tidings to la
bor. The advances are the largest
made in the history of the Amalga-
mated association, and the wages for
the year will be the highest since 1892.
The tin pail brigade of the great man
uf%acturing districts of the eastern
states have already opened the cam
pafgn of 1900 and are shouting: NC
Kinley has kept his promise-now
we'll keep ours" This augurs we'll for
republican success in 1900, and would
indicate that the calamity bowler will
not be much in demand in the next
presidential campaign"
The same news comes from Chicago,
Philadelphia, st. Louis and the other
trade centers. All over New England
the mills and factories are running on
full time, and the employees are re-
ceiving better pay. 1t is a Mckinley
era of prosperity and to the president
the people give the credit.-Springfield
tMass.) Union.
, 1899-08-31
HAVEMEYER'S INCONSISTENT
les


He Wants Free Trade in Raw Sugar as
a Means of Increasing His Profits.
The free-trade papers have been at
tempting to gain comfort from the
statements of President Havemeyer OF
the sugar trust. before the national in
dustrial commission. but can only do
so by separating a few of his state
ments from his whole testimony. The
protectionists are willing for the peo-
pie to consider the whole of Have
meyers testimony. for it proves that
he is seeking the elimination Of the
tariff on raw sugar in order that the
sugar trusts profits may be made larg-
er! That fact is made prominent by
his statement: The protection on
sugar amounts only to 3h per cent. 1t
ought to be twice as much" He also
said: Congress should put an internal
revenue tax on the production of Amer
lean sugar" He stated that his COM
pany has IL, 900 stockholders, and his
admissions show that the company's
business is not profitable, but it has
made many millions of dollars
by the sale of stock. Those
who were in the company be-
fore the stock was enormously iniat-
ed have made millions, but it is proba-
BILE hat the new stockholders of the
sugar trust will receive very small, If
any. dividends.
Mr.. Havemeyer closed his testimony
with a protest against the tariff dis
ordinations against sugar. and insist
ed that those determinations against
cunor ara anftro1u diva m tho failing
against combinations in business! He
said that his company sis in the cof-
fee business to stay" yet there is no
tariff on coffee. and the coffee trust has
been able to double the prices of cof-
fee during recent years! The coffee
trust is able to control the coffee trade
Of the world, and, Notwithstanding all
the squabbling between companies
composing the trust, they are making
enormous profits on the sale of coffee
and stocks. The sale of stock has been
the chief source of profits for all
trusts, and when they cannot sell
stocks at good profits the downfall of
the trusts is at hand. Protectionists
are entirely willing for the people to
consider the whole of Havemeyer's tes-
timony, for 1t is only further proof that
a sufficient tariff must be maintained
to protect American labor. Home COM
petition is the only safe regulator, and
that competition will destroy about all
trusts as soon as the trusts are unable
to make enormous profits on the sale
Of stock. II you own stock in n
trust now is a good time to sell, for
it is possible that 1t will not be many
months before your stock will not be
worth more than its value as waste pa
per.-Des Moines Qowa) State Regis
ter.
, 1899-08-31
UNIQUE WINDOW IN CLUBHOUSE


=
Made to Order for a Man Who Was
Separated from His wife.
In the Kinloch club, at st. Louis,
there Is a stained glass window with
ar odd history. a y the st. Louis Re
public. 1t is not an ordinary window,
with Its parts Joined by frames of lead,
but is OF the finest kind of colored ca
thedral glass. so perfectly Joined that
the seams are not visible. 1t is paneled
ih shape, and in the colored glass ap-
pears the face and form of a beautiful
woman She is In the costume OF a
dancer, and her skirts fall but little be-
low the knees. The figure is perfect in
its proportions, and the face is one of
surprising beauty. When the club
house was finished the art committee
looked around for something unique in
the a of decoration. They found 1t
In Chicago, where they had gone ex-
ploring. Entering the art store they
told the dealer they wanted to see the
choicest thing he had. The dealer re
piled that he had a beautiful colored
window panel, which was LETT on his
n through a peculiar chain OF
circumstances. A rich Chicagoan had,
Immediately after marrying. decided
that as a part of the decoration of his
new home he would have a window in
which the face and form OF his wife
would appear. He got together the
necessary photographs in appropriate
costumes and brought them to the
glass window concern, where estimates
were made as to the probable cost. He
wanted naught but the best, and was
not content to have the picture painted
or burnt into the glass. He wanted
the work lone In the actual colored
glass. The dealer was Obliged to send
the photographs and an extended ex-
PLANTATION of what was wanted abroad,
and there the window was made. 1t
took months for its completion, and
when it was finished and returned the
dealer notified his rich patron. But
the window never found a place in the
rich mans house. They had been mar
ried long enough to become ~estranged
and divorced. The rich mar had com
pleted the house he had built for his
bride and was living alone in 1t. There
Mtlt thOuBh Sau "DCNS
house without having the face OF the
woman from whom he had separated
looking down on him from one of the
great windows, SO the work was never
accepted. That is the reason the mem
bers of the Kinloch club were able to
get such a truly beautiful and origi-
nal window as a decoration for their
mantel.
, 1899-08-31
In Bryan's State.
dispatch from Omaha says:

A dispatch from Omaha says:
The industrial situation through
this part of the Missouri valley is in
dicative Of the general prosperity that
appears to prevail throughout the en-
tire west. Ordinarily July witnesses
very little business in the commercial
world among Missouri river jobbers,
but this month is an exception. Whole
salers generally have scarcely had time
to invoice their stocks and ascertain
the extent of business for the first six
months of the year"
This is the situation in Mr.. Bryan's
own state, and in the other states near
by. 1t makes an effective contrast to
the situation which existed in that re-
glon during the years when the policy
OF free trade, so vigorously supported
by Mr.. Bryan, both in and out Of con-
gress, was in force. and the Wilson
law was exerting its blighting iniu-
ence upon the industries of the coun-
try. II Is pretty safe to say that the
business men of Nebraska and OF other
Missouri river valley states win not
have any use for Mr.. Bryan or for any
other free trader in 1900.
, 1899-08-31
The Real Mother.

II we mistake not. the first appea
ance of trusts, the modern trust. In this
country, came by way Of Great Britain,
the lovely free trade country. We be-
lleve it was the Britons who organized
great moneyed syndlcates to buy our
breweries, railways and warehouses
with a view to controlling them. Those
syndicates we're peculiarly monopolis-
tic and arbitrary and II Is due the Am
erican people to say that they revolted
against the intrusion and in most in
stances the syndicates turned out de-
feits instead of dividends. and few II
, 1899-08-31
Distinct issues.

Mr.. Havemeyer has another follower.
In a paper read recently before the IL
linois State Bar association, Edwin
Burritt Smith declared hat the pro-
tective tariff is a breeder of trusts.
and he urged the abolition OF the tariff
as a great step against ~monopolies. 1t
Is a singular fact that although the oc-
casions upon which various apostles
of free trade have attributed the exist
ence of trusts to the protective tariff
have been legion, yet there has been
hardly an attempt by any free trader to
show by any logical process of reason
ing just how the tariff is responsible
for the trusts.
This ~attributing OF the existence OF
trusts to protection is entirely in line
with free-trade methods in general.
There has never existed anything OF
any kind in this country to which any
considerable number of people have
been opposed which the free traders did
not lay at the doors of the protective
tariff. THE tariff did it." is their
stock phrase. and they keep it always
IN tap to be poured forth whenever
there seems to have sprung up a hos
tility to any specific fact or thing. The
claim that trusts are due to the tariff
has nc basis other than the desire of
the free traders to make capital for
their vicious and un-Amerlcan policy
Trusts and the tariff are two separate
and distinct issues. and as such tho
American people will regard them and
settle them.
, 1899-08-31
any of them are now doing business in

any of them are now doing business in
this country.
The general public having knowledge
OF these facts, have small patience to
read academic discussions of the charge
made by the preposterous Havemeyer.
They are content with observing that
he might as truthfully have charged
that the war of the revolution or the
policy of expansion. or the defeat of
Jerry Simpson, is the mother of
trusts" as to bleat that the tariff is
the maternal source of all the evils
which follow in the wake of trusts
Detroit Journal.
, 1899-08-31

IL appears that the most costly parlia-
.nent of Europe is that OF France. The
Senate and Chamber of Deputies eat up
annually 1.50o,0 600 francs. The same item
for the other chief European nations Is as
10000 francs: Austria, l.sO0.OO0 francs;
Great Britain, l,29S. 900 francs; Belgium.
s00. 900 francs: Portugal, sos. 600 francs
Germany. 1850 francs. The traditional
economy of the Germans in governmental
Affairs stands out strikingly here. The
legislative bodies of poverty-stricken
Spain and bankrupt Portugal both cost
their citizens more than the Reichstag
France spends ISIS francs a day on It's
lawmakers. The salary of a French depu
ty is 5000 francs a year. The president, OF
speaker. receiver GO. 900 francs and a we'll
appointed official residence. There are "a
employees connected with the
nearly one for every two deputies.
, 1899-08-31

AS to the political responsibility for
trusts there is none. Trusts are no
more Republican or Democratic than
are ordinary business combinations on
a small scale. Their friends and me
mics, their beneficiaries and victims,
are in all parties. and they thrive in
England and Germany as well as in
America. In the eastern rural dis
%tricts, where the heaviest Republican
vote exists, the warfare Upon trusts Is
waged with more vigor than is evil
denced in Democratic cities, where the
bulk of the laboring population is in
some way dependent on Industrial pur-
suits. Produce a remedy for the evil
and the Republican party will be as
quick to take it up and press it as any
other. Nor will it be less assiduous in
search of a remedy. With things in
this position how is 10 possible to draw
campaign lines? People who are agreed
cannot divide and fight; when two par
ties are equally solicitous to Smash
the trusts" how is one unless it pre-
sents a remedy which the other rejects,
going to profit by the issue?
The great trouble is that no one has
a remedy. The federal law is neces-
sarily limited in its application; the
state laws have uniformly failed. Has
the Democracy anything new to sug-
gest? II it has not its slogan of
smash the trusts!' will be as mean
ingless and inconsequential as one to
wipe out the grip or abolish the
measles.-San Francisco Chronicle.
, 1899-08-31

There is probably no country in the
world, unless 1t be America, where SO
much attention Is given to the educa-
ton of the masses as in Sweden. The
attendance at the 'Folkskolor," or
public schools, may show Il compare
lively small per cent of attendance as
regards population, but that is due to
the fact that everybody who IA af-
ford 1t educates his children iiivately.
At the close of the school year there
were enrolled In the public schools of
Stockholm, the largest city in the king
dom, 24,06O pupils. There are seven
classes In he curriculum. Night schools
and Sunday schools have not attracted
much attention, and interest in them
has declined.
, 1899-08-31

August 81, September l and . via the Bur
Nngton Route. Good to return any time
until September 30.
take are the Chicago and st. Louis Spe-
cial, leaving Denver at $40 p. M or the
Vestibuled Flyer, leaving at $3.50 p. m.
These are not only the best Denver-Chi-
cage and St. Louis trains.they land you
in the Union Passenger Station in Chi-
cago and st. Louis, the same III
from which trains over direct lines for
Philadelphia start. The above rates APP
ply from Denver. Colorado Springs.
Pueblo and all other Colorado common
points. Ask your ticket agent for tickets
via our line; "he sells them too
G. w. NALLERY,
General Agent, Denver.
, 1899-08-31
L SCHEME e.
should BE Carefully Studied in Furnish
Ing Various Rooms.

Ing various EOOEns.
There are rooms in some houses that
produce a sense of irritation on nerve
and brain on those who are sensitive to
color, SO crude and harsh and Earring
are the arrangements of the same. Go
into another room in some other house,
where all the colors soothe and delight,
and you will find soft olives and dull
blue and blue-greens, having an indie
s~cribably gentle influence. The blue
green or olive prevails in the carpet,
the ground being deep blue and the all
over pattern soft olive and dull blue.
The olive prevails in the long curtains,
and takes on rather golden tone, while
the sash curtains are entirely of the
softest dull blue India silk, trimmed
with tassel braid to match. The Hol-
land shades are in ecru. There is an
absence OF conspicuous figures, pattern
and ground. A bit of pale rose or
yellow, or old gold, or dull red. may be
used in such a room. An old fan, for
example, ornamented with a bow OF
pale rose satin and displayed against
a light olive wall, tells for much more
than against a wall Powered or fg-
ured co~nspicuously in a dozen different
colors.