People's voice., 1900-06-28

John Millard completed his share OF
the census WORK today.
The Ready boys father came in on
the Rock Island last week from
Farmer City, III.
Jay KendriCk, a switchman. was
caught under the wheels of freight
train at Wichita Thursday night $50
o'clock and ground to death.
Frank Hunter lost about SEQ chick
ems by theft fe8 nights ago. The
chickens were in the mill yards, and
the thieves cleaned out the coopS.
j. Byron Cain says there is consider.
able interest al Belle Plaine in the
coming Jubilee, and that probably
everybody there will attend at least
one Of the three days.
The name Of Mrs. g. d. French In
stead OF Mrs. Chas. Lynch should have
appeared as one Of the members OF he
entertainment aud decoration COM
mittee from the Pharos club.
Mrs. S. P. Kramer, head Of the
flower parade committee, reports that
flity-twO entries for the parade have
already been made and the town has
yet been OILY rarity canvassed.
E. F. Henderson has completed the
school census in the Second, Third and
Fourth wards and finds LILO school
children in those three wards. The
school census 10 the First and Fifth
wards is being compiled by Mrs j. G..
Campbell.
In the July McClure's appears a
sketch of Bryan, by the well known
Kansas journalist, William Allen White,
author of "Boyville Stories" This is the
first of a series of pen portraits of political
celebrities by writer particularly well
qualified to write of both their public
and private life. The article contains a
shrewd estimate of Bryan's political
career end throws much light on the
causes of his popularity.
Here is new graft the h0b0 man is
working. He holds out a nickel and
says: Il say, ma'am, I'm a trying TO
get out TO The harvest fields to be Il
harvest hand. don't want to beg,
and here's The last nickel got; won't
you please give me a LickeiS worth OF
something TO eai?" He gets a quar-
ter's worth, and usually saves his
nickel so that with quarter in his
pocket he can live for at least a week.
W. Il. Hawkins Of Marysville, Mo,
representing the Redpath Lyceum
bureau, was here Saturday on busi-
ness with Secretary Humphrey of the
lecture club Mr.. Hawkins was a
classmate If Frank SNYDER at South
Abingdon college in 1875. They had
not met befnre since leaving college.
Franks remarkable memory Of faces
was illustrated again this morning,
when he recognized his old clasSmate
immeGia.el!.
Topeka Capital: The normal
notes" writer ia the Wellington Jour-
Gains that the teachers put in
so many hours having good time in
the eYening and late at night that
they are not fit for the work Of study
The Dtxt day. This arraigument Of
the teachers will be hailed with de-
light by the Ornery Boy. The Ornery
Boy is accustomed to getting just
exactly this same jackine up from his
teacher commencing with the second
day after school "takeS up" and con-
tinuiHg at intervals throughout the
term.
The Kansas GAR. department
Thursday issued note Of warning to
the old soldiers of Kansas to beware
of a fraudulent scheme evolved by a
pretended old soldier to separate
them from their money. A man Civ
lngehis name as ] B. Nash and his
address as Ottawa, is travelling over
the state representing himself as a
district agent for an auxiliary in the
interest Of United States pensioners. {"
with james Tanner as presiding offi.
Ger. His scheme is to get old soldiers
to jnin the association, the object Of
which Is to make it easy for them to
secure nensiOns. lie charges an extra
fee of 81. He is said to be gathering
in dollars by the bnShel. He claims
IN have letters of ind0rsement from
Governor Stanley, 0. Fl. Coulter and
.CorpQral Tanner.