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People's voice., 1900-12-13

Bids have been submitted and con-
tracts will be let soon for building tve
more battleships at cost of about $40,
ooo, 900 each. We have as much need OF
these ships as cat has of two tails. As
much need as we have for the monstrous,
the damnable Philippine war and foreign
policy generally of our anglo-manic,
chocolate candy, putty man, just re-
elected to be controlled another four
years by the trusts and looters OF the
treasury who surround him. More than
one-half of the money paid on those con-
tracts will be clear profit to the persons
securing them, Conclusive evidence is
now in possession Of the government
that on one of the heaviest items OF eX-
pense, amor plate, the cost OF produc-
tion is less than twenty-five per cent OF
what the government has contracted to
pay; but Republican campaign funds
must be raised and these steals must go
through in order that the millions neces-
sary can be levied upon the benefciaries
of Republican misrule.
People's voice., 1900-12-13
Santa Fe Operators Strike.

There are ABOUT three offices b"
tween Wellington and Higgins, Tex.
O. sed today on account of the strike
Tue Instruments al these places have
peeU taken OF t and the offices cIOSeu,
They are small places, and unimpor'
lu'. Betweer Wellington and Black
well, only one office is working
At r South Haven, Hunnewel
ma Braman are closed The Black.
we'll Office is working. all Offices
between Wellington md Caldwell, in
cluding Caldwell, are working. On
the EngIewood branch, I Offices out
nf % are closed. All offices IN the
Medicine L1dge branch are working,
All offices OD the n. & s., from Hutch.
inSc n to Blackwell, are work ng.
People's voice., 1900-12-13
Dealn Of ]. W. Porter.

The death OF jeremiah w. Porter
occurred at the family home on North
Jefferson AVENUE at O'Clock tuesday
afternoon, December IL, 1909, after
a severe Illness OF Two Weeks CuraLiOn.
The silent messenger Uf death came
TO him AS welcome relief from pain,
aud he passed quietly AID peacefully
away rom tue suffering he had 81
patiently euGured Tue deceased
leaves an aged widUw aud a family OF
three soDs, Gorge j., James W., ana
John n. Porter, ana TWO daughters,
Mrs. EnOs Pray and Miss Elizabeth
Porter, all Of this city and county.
With tn U.r-f Cnes, multitude OF
friends deeply sympdthize.
The deceased was 0Uru 10 Franklin
county, PernS, lvania, April 4, 1914,
md was aged S6 years., 8 months aud
! days. lie removed with his family
0 tne vicinity OF Wellington in 1886,
and has since resided most OF the
time in this city, where he has made
many enduring friendships. He uni
ted with the Presbyterian church
some fifty years ago and nis exem-
ary LIE has had mucn to do in Lead
my erCh 4 biS children to early be-
come members OF the same church.
TIE funeral services were held at
O'Clock Wednesday at the First
Presbyterian church OF this city, Rev.
j. G Cunningham, assisted by Rev
Samuel Price. officiating SOrrowing
relatives and 'ympathizing friends
fniowed the remains 20 Prairie Lawn
cemetery where nterment was made.
I}y his death r'O,eS ne earthly career
of ne Of W-iingtOn's oldest and
most highly respected citizens.
People's voice., 1900-12-13
''Good Counsel
Has No Price.

iet the usual ncmber of through
freight trains. especially those carry.
ing live stuck aud perishable freight.
are taken through closely 10 schedule
tlme. The passenger trains are heinP
ruh about the same as usual.
the operators are indign mt at the
alleged aci1n OF Santa Ee officials 10
sending out bogus telegrams with
names Of strike leaders attached, for
the purpnse, they charge, OF frighten
ing and misleading the striking oper-
atOr>.
The Santa Fe officials made a bold
stroke 10 favor OF the road by or
dering the shops cOsed all along
the line and reOpening them The
closing Of the shops gave The appeal
ance OF expectancy Of grave anpre-
tensions Of trouble, and the reopenlnr
Of them was a strong indication that
the strike mad been br0k n early. The
Sapts Fe directors ought to hand
somely reward the nan wh1 'h.nghr
Of this scheme, for he was Trul,
Smooth
The W chta Beacon Monday nah
printed a story Ju the effect that TIE
strike is likely 81 spread 10 Other
rOads and iuvnive the trainmen on til
Santa F.. Tue Panhandle divisi"r
isn't g0ing 10 cut any ice nne way Or
the other in This strike, so there can
ne no dhjectinn tn saving thar the
Beacnn's story was inspired bV Geu-
eral Manager Newman uf the striking
union. who lives in Wichita, and that
rs object was to encourage the opera
tors in holding out, In the belief that
they are gathering strength.
Thore ar two sides 10 everything,
and the Santa Fe is probably as much
concerned over the strike aS the npe'-
ators are. The striking operators also
have a SIDE N their story concerning
the cause Of the strike. They say the
real grievance nf the g., & s F.
operators is against the proposed cnt-
ting out Of Il stations nd a prop sed
rAducti' n n wages at 10 other sta
tions To avoid the strike. the npcr-
arOrs say. they agreed tniPcccpt the
rules offered nv the Santa F.. prnvid.
ing thev would be amended 81 as 10
give the operators 5 consecutive hours
NJ sleeD in each "a. Itisa we'll known
fact that operators are often COM
npllpd To get thoir Slepn I scat mars "
The operators also wanted The right
tn protest when one Of their men was
discharged for insub1rdination wit =
ont hearing. They also claim that
thpv had been irving tn get a hearinp
since last JrnA
People's voice., 1900-12-13
Legal Notice.
No. sIO2.

No. slO2
ANSWER DAY JANUARY 26, 1901.
In the District Court OF Sumner county,
KansasA
George w Goodrich,
Plaintiff.
w.
Luman A. Earle and
Lydia Earle
The above named defendants are hereby
notified that they have been su by the
above named plaintiff, In the district court
OF Sumner county, stale OF Kansas. and that.
unless they answer the petition OF the said
plaintiff. against them fled in said action, In
the Office OF the clerk OF said court by the
28ih day OF JaHuary, 1901.
the said petition will be taken as true and
judgment will be rendered In said action in
favor OF the said plaintiff and against the
said defendants, for the sum o. six hundred
and iorty-two dollars, ($642l with interest
thereon from the 23rd dsy Of November. A.
D., 1900, at the rate of ten per cent per an
rum, and for the sale Of the following de-
scribtd real estate, lying and situate In the
COUNTY OF Sumner, and state OF Kansas. to-
wit: The north 65 acres o'the west half OF
the northeast quarter OF section ten Q0),
township thirty five l35), range one (1) east
in Sumner county Kansas, under first mort
gsge lien to satisfy said debt. interest and
taxes OH the land, and the costs in the said
sctiOn.
Said defendants are also further notified
that an order OF attachment 70 secure an
additional fund to satisfy said debt. interest,
tax. and costs, has been issued out Of the
district court Of Sumner county, Kansas,
and that. under said order OF attachment SO
issued, the following described real estate
has been attached and seized In said action.
tO-wit: The south l5acres OF the west half
Of the northeast quarter Of section ten n0)
the east half Of the northwest quarter Of sec
tiOn ten QOD; all in township thirty five
-. range one east Of the sixth principal
meridian in Sumner county, Kansas.
That said defendants are notified that Judg-
ment will also be rendered in ssidactiOii, that
The said lands, so levied upon In attachment
| above described, will be sold under an order
Of the court, under the same restrictions and
regulations, rs II the same bad been levied
rpOn by execution, to satisfy any balance
that may be due and unpaid on the said
judgment after the sale Of the mortgaged
land, and judgment will also be rendered
granting any other and further relief to
which plaintiff may be entitled and for costs.
HACKNEY & PITTS & Kos HARRIS.
ATTEST. Atiys. for Plaintiff.
loEA,.l W. n. OvhRHcLGz.R.
Clerk OF d strict Court.
First Publ shed in VOICE, Dec. -, 1900.
People's voice., 1900-12-13
Thursday, December l3, 1900.

Chairman Henderson of the Republl-
can county central committee, reports
$3.50 paid him by the state committee.
One hundred and four counties in KAN
sas which makes $4,000 if the donation
to Sumner was an average, and this Is
but small amount of the money spent
in Kansas. Republican papers were
literally subsidized, transportation was
furnished for anyone from Maine to Cal
ifornia who could under any pretext
claim residence in Kansas and would
come home to vote the Republican tick
ct. Numerous spell binders local and
foreign were literally paid by the state
or national committee. For all these
and many other things money was not
lacking and it was not furnished locally.
People's voice., 1900-12-13


Republican Labor Commissioner Car
roll D. Wright prepared these figures.
They are official and one thing is certain
there will be no error against the manu-
facturer or in favor of the laborer. Max
ing liberal allowance for cost of mate
rial purchased by the manufacturer,
Derby hats which retail for $500 cost
SIC; collars which retail for I5c to 25c
cost SIC; axes which retail for 81 co cost
I5c, and so on through the
list. The retailers profits are not ex-
ceSsive. They have been growing stead
lily less for years. The greatest decline
OF all this year. All of those manufac-
tured articles are controlled by trusts
that are raising the prices of the finished
product which they control and lowering
the cost of production now so extremel,
low, as a study of the figures given viii
show. The difference between the cos
of production and the selling prices goe.
largely to make up the hundreds of mi.
lionaire fortunes of trust magnates whic.
are accumulatiug today in the Unile1
States many times as fast as at any otht
time and in any other place in til
worlds history.
People's voice., 1900-12-13
Market Quotations for Wednesday Afternoon

y cember corn closed at BIT
c,mbpr wheat closed at TOt
Kansas Citv-raSh Go tn Sc
D'rembar wheat closed at 63f
December corn. Kansas City 33t
People's voice., 1900-12-13

In the thirteenth annual Report of the
Commissioner of Labor for 1898, Vol I,
Pages 24-So, will be found general sum-
ming up Of the two volumes of that NUM-
Der which is devoted to the relative labor
cost of hand and machine production o
manufactured articles. A study of thos,
tables is extremely interesting and profit,
able. A few items from them. .are given
Other articles are in proportion
People's voice., 1900-12-13
Notice of Final Settlement.

NOtlce or I flnal settlement.
In the Probate Court, Sumner County
State Of Kansas.
Estate Of EdSon Virgins deceased
Creditors and all other persons interested
in the aforesaid estate, IRE hereby nOtifl"d
that at the next regular term OF lte above
named court To be begul and held Gt It's
court room in the court house in the City Of
Wellington. sumner County, Kansas. Oh the
first Monday in the month Of JanuaryA. D.,
1901. shall on the
18th day Of January, 1901,
at 10 o'clock a. m. apply to said court for a
full and final settlement Of my account as ex
ecutOr Of said estate.
Witness my hand, this Sth day OF Decem
ber 1900. ;, l.. WILCOX,
Executor Of said Estata.
First published in the VOICE. Dec. 13. 1900
People's voice., 1900-12-13
ROGERS {:
ONE OF THE JEWELERS.
STORE NOTICES

welcome look You bring poor bargain back
trade tomorrow
We dare not send you away dssat- from ] ;sd P p ' y e
sfed Re sure Of v,ur own mind before
To cheat customer is to kill you make a selection
business If tell us how to
1f , do,, .4 . t ~ t better shall obey the hint.
~ " '"' " US We sell the best goods going for the
you to look lowe price ever marked on them
We want please you; tell We duplicate any Chicago New
where We fail York house prices
People's voice., 1900-12-13

]. P. Elsea is 10 from Bal Der cou
ty, the guest of his partner n Il
Cattle business, j. NJ. ThTaIlS.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-12

The reason that those excellent ciuzeas,
the James AID Younger brothers. held up
trains. robbed banks. and murdered iuof-
fensive people. was because. being coHfed-
crates of the Missouri border type. and
having never surrendered, they conceived
themselves tor said they didl entitled to
make private var on thu Government and
people OF the United States. constitutions.
laws. and court, TO the contrary notwith-
standing. Nevertheless a Cold-bIOOIed ard
uuimagiuatve country called them out
laws aud treated as such any OF their
party who happened 10 be- caught
On larger scale but In exactly the same
way the bandit leader. Taylor Of Ken
lucky. is 3u outlaw. and so is every one
Of his followers He attempts to excuse
his rebellion on precisely the reasoning
used by the James boys 90 palliato their
crimes against society. He ignores the
action q the Legislature by which he was
bound. and the decision az 'hs court af-
+ frniug 81. and Do falls back upon his Dri-
i vate assumption that no was elected to
. the govclu0-sht0. which the constitutional
/ authorities Of his state declare TO De base
. less. In these circumstances he openly
invites revolution and bloodshed. Ii IS
/ even sad that he threatens to kdnap
. Governor Beckham and carry him OF 90
the Businesses of the Taylor mountain
/ bauditu.
To cell The situation at Frankfort acute
would De TO describe IT, weakly. \ small
I force OF state troops IS az the Capitol Ho-
tel. guarding the Governor and state off,
GERS But two days remain before the
legislative session will expire by limita-
ton. Taylor is expected TO do some des-
perate thing I'm order TO prevent it from
passing the bin recognizing the State
Guard and appropriatins one hundred
[ thousand dollars for the purpose What
he is certainly counted on 40 do is 20 land
a large force OF his mountain bandits in
! Frankfort before tonight. He seems to be
backed by the railway influence and can
easily get all the men he wants from the
I eastern counties which are Republican as
these armed bands are said TO be glvea
free transportation. OF course it is pos
sible that the civil authorities might be
strong enough TO intercept and arrest the
desperadoes before they could get to
Frankfort. but for the present probably
that would be imprscjicsbIe
The whole situation is deplorsble Il
can hardly now be mendcd except By the
stern application OF force by the State. Ia
defying the Kentucky Constitution. laws
and courts. and in attempting to shield
persons legally charged with murder, Tay-
Tor has plunged the Commonwealth in an
archy almost and brought himself and his
followers to the condition OF open and no
torious Uutiawry. incidentally he has
killed Rcpubicanism in Kentucky for gCoj
and all. ard is accomplishing a great deal
in the way OF digging the grave Of the
I national party
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-12

II left to their Cwn resources, they will be
cut of from their base at BlOemfcntein
and left in the air between two British
forces There is rebellion in northern
Cape Colony to be sure but il has not
reached proportions likely to be uncon-
trollable by a vigorous aud relentless Off
Ger like Kitchener. and it is very apt TO
peter out in the face Of such BoeT reverseJ
as have happened Of late. Already some
Of the disafrected Dutch have submitted
and surrendered their arms. which is per
haps significant OF an early collapse Of the
revolt.
In Natal Sir Redvers Butler seems 10 be
carrying on a deliberate but persistent
movement against the Beers who are en-
treGched on the BiggarsbeTg range. a
reconnaissance or Thursday developed
their position three miles above PomeroT
On the HeIpmaaker Road and the proba-
bility that they are prepared desperately 20
contest possess ion Of the Mex Of Natal
But we have too little information concern
ing Butler probable plans or movement
to discuss either intelligeuly. There are
some signs that he may be merely engIg-
ing his enemy on ;he Natal side enough TO
keep him in place rest. while column by
way Of Nryherd shall threaten Newcastle
and thus make any ground south Of LANG .
Mex untCnable FOR The Beers.
One OF the strong indications that Kru-
ger and his people are In desperate circum-
stances. and arc looking FOR early defeat in
the absence Of Intervention, is that they
are beginning 10 throw of all pretcnce Of
conducting war on civilized principles. are
openly using the flag OF truce as a means
10 eutrap British troops. and are resOrting
to explosive. soft-uosod and sIit-GoseI bull
lets in action. These things have been
charged against them before. This time
the proof furnished by what Lord Roberts
saw with MS own eyes at Dreifontein. and
the evidence OF captured ammunition. leave
no further room for doubt. Il is perhaps
time. i'm the opinion Of President Kruger,
that the world should begin to realize the
force Of his prophecy that England would
be victorious only al a price that will
StagECr humanity"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-12
The Keeping of Journals.

The authorities at Har, ard have devised
a somewhat fantastical plan OF making
history. All the officers Of the university.
and a limited number of students. are
asked TO keep daily journal during the
month OF March. These journals are to
be deposited in the college library. under
seal. and kept in locked chests till 1925.
No general use of the records Will be per-
mitted till 1860. The idea is to secure a
picture Of the daily life Of the university
at this time The writer's Of the journals
bic. including details OF professional and
private life which may be Of interest to
coming generations.
This scheme is rather formal. and it
seems as IL il would inevitably tend to
.selr-cousciousness; but the records will be
TO a certain extent interesting and vaIua-
BILE Every hook lover and historian has
wished that il were possible to look into
the past and discover what the everyday
people OF q hundred. Two hundred. three
hundred years ago did thought and said.
and if they were really very different from
ourselves. Owing to the old-rime custom
Of keeping journals and writing long let
tiers which, on account OF their rarity,
we're generally preserved as family rec
ords. We have some foundation for such
conjectures, but not nearly 50 much as is
desirable
The material which the present genera
ton will leave behind it is entirely differ
emit Most people do not preserve letters;
indeed, if ;hey did the storage room re-
quired would be considerable.
Those who keep diaries are few. in
! deed. and even those letters which are
preserved are apt to be filed with mat
| ters which will throw no light on our civ
/ ilizatiOn should they be read by the his
| torians Of future ages
It is rather a pity that this should be
\ so. The art of Ietter-writing is falling
into disuse, oid-fashioned people say. and
/ IL this is really so it is a change
] to be regretted. Still more deplora-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-12
CENSUS OFFICE PLANS.
No Dimculty Found in Obtaining
Plenty of Enusucrator~

Plenty of Enuine rstorS.
Director Merriam. or the Census Office.
said today that De had no knowledge OF
any difficulty in finding enumcrators. as
described in recent dispatches from Phil
adeIphia. Chicago. and elsewhere.
The work Of obtaining The enumera-
tors" said Director Merriam. "devolyes
upon the supervisors in the various States
and Territories. who select persons who
are. in their judgment. competent to oil
the position This work is now in full
progress. and IS. so far as known by this
office. perfectly satisfactory in its results.
Each person nominated By the super is~r
10 be an enumeration is furnished by this
Office with a blank used in setting forth
the names ages. occupation. etc. Of the
various families The candidate selects a
particular family. which he describes in
the blank furnished him. IT this is exc
cutcd I'm satisfactory manner the appli-
cant is then appointed TO the position Of
enUmerator.
1T is expected tina; all these blanks Will
be received by the Office by april I. thus
leaving ample time before June I. the
date al which ;he actual work Of cnumera-
iion begins 10 examine the test sheets
ana urL~lU niue upon me % ldLLAAle Oh AlAF
applicants.
Special agents are already obtaining
statistics Of the various manufacturing
districts throughout the country. It is
designed 20 make this work move along
tremendously with the enumeration CT the
popula ton and as 10 is rather more difi-
cult TO get It properly started il has been
commenced some time before the latter
.'AII indications point TO the conclusion
that the work Of the Office will move
along very smoothly. The mechanical de-
vices in connection with the card system
are marvelOUsly ingenious. and viii faCili-
tate matters greatly. punching and Clas-
styling the many million cards with the
greatest facility and accuracy. The Census
Bureau is meeting with the heaTteSt CO.
operation Of The various Government de
partments that are brought into COntac
with its work. as well as from private
firms and corporations throughout III
country. There is every prospect that tn,
work will u facilitated by the OppOTtunI
ties so generously offered by these insti
tutions and that the work OF the Twelfth
Census viii be easier than might be sup
posed from the nature of the task it ha
set itself To accomplish in so comparative
II short a time.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-12
CRITICISING MR.. SHELDON.
DIR. Emil &. HIrsch Defends the Mod
crn Newspaper

CHICAGO. March 12.-At Sinai Temple
yesterday Dr. Emil c. HirsCh defended the
modern daily newspaper and declared Rev.
Charles NJ Sheldon would accomplish
nothing. He said.
Mr. Sheldon says that newspapers pry
into private lives Newspapers do no IN
necessary pryinE into privacy. When a
man is before the public every move is of
interest. and il is right that people should
know all about him. Regarding advertise
ments, the time has gone by when there
is any sUggestiveness in the picture o. a
woman's COrsets. and you cannot prevent
a topper from having his tOddy by keeping
whisky advertisements out Of newspapers.
1t is pTesmptuOus for Ar. Sheldon to
say he will conduct newspaper as Jesus
would. Jesus would not conduct a news
paper"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-12

When the whole country broke out in
burst of Indignation at the action Of the
trust Administration and its satellites in
the House Of Representatives, in forcing
passage Of the Payne tariff infamy. party
managers declared that IL was only a little
breeze which would soon blow over After
that. they predicted. the Republican masses
would grow quiet and stupidity content
again. and everything would be serene.
These Administration trust agents have
made a mistake I'm entertaining any such
opinion. Public sentiment is more thor
oughly aroused and bitter in regard TO the
projected crime against Porto Rico and the
Constitution than il was week ago.
Strongly and not over-squcamish Republic
can Representatives privately admit that
their mails are loaded down with protests
and excavations. and that the scheme TO
tax an American community on its domes-
tic trade with other American communities
FOR the benefit OF the oil. sugar. tobacco.
and rum trusts. is so widely resented by
voters everywhere. that it promises onor-
nous trouble if not total defeat for The
party next November.
In order to re-enf0rcC their position and
10 secure their pound of flesh, The trusts
are resOrting to their usual t5riG tactics.
The producers in many beet sugar and to-
bacco districts are hclplessly at their
mercy. From these they are wrinsiDE let
ters TO Senators and Representative urE-
ing higher tariff against Porto Rico
than is contemplated i'm the Payne For
aEer bill Practical politicians an under
stand the subterfuge. but 70 is possible
that they will use It as an excuse. and
finally the infamy may be accomplished
but the people OF America under
stand The merits of the question far better
than their Republican bosses have beIiev-
,i possible. They thoroughly understand
that The issue is the power of the trusts
and monopClics TO exact the same tribute
from the commerce OF American territory
that they do from that of foreign couu-
tries. That is a proposition which tho Su-
preme Court viii decide adversely when
ever fl gets a chance, and upon which the
voters Of the Union should render a con
elusive verdict at the November polls.