People's voice., 1900-09-27

The Midway entrance gates were
thrown open again this afternoon and
everybody allowed to eLter. The
gates will remain open during the
remainder o. the Jubilee.
The threatening weather kept hun
dreds Of farmers away from the Jubi
lee today. The wheat exhibits suffer
ed as a consequence. Manager
Haughey had received l09 entries for
the wheat exhibit, but the rain last
night made the roads heavy and many
farmers 10 the remote parts OF the
county did net bring their wheat In.
Fifty bushel loads were 100 heavy to
pull distance Of 20 or Is miles.
Wheat had been entered from every
township 10 the county except Wal
ton, in the extreme southeastern pur-
tiOn, and Bluff, in the extreme south
west. Ellen township, in the extreme
northwest part Of the county, had
entered 8 loads, and Illinois, adjoining
Conway township, had entered seven
loads, The lowest number Of entries
for any township was 2. The wheat
display today was very fne, and a
constant crowd surrounded the
wagons.
The crowd in town today is the
smallest OF any day slnce the JuOliee
opened, The visitors ale estimated
at 5000 ItiS an "Olf day." the wheat
exhibit being the principal attraction,
The rain and threatening weather
kept the country people away. The
trains all brought in big crowds aud
the visitors today are largely from
surrounding towns. The Rock Island
brought 10 $50 people fr0n the south.
The other trains did equally as well.
The Rock Island aud Santa Fe roads
brought 4,40O people to Wellington
yesterday, Counting the 4,4OO Wei
lington people and the 1000 visitors
who have been in town since Monday,
the crowd numbered 1000. This is
not counting those who remained over
from Wednesday. Vacant lots in the
business part Of town we're iul Of
teams, buggies and wagons. Fully
5000 country people drove in. Farmers
from % miles ID the country were on
the streets an hour after sun-up, hav-
ing driven in. Jefferson avenue was
lined with teams from s. cOnd street
to the Rock Island lumber yard. c
street was equally as crowded. The
reporter stood at the RGck Island de-
Dot at $50 o'clock and COUNTED
twenty-one teams driving east On
Eig eth street as close as they could
drive. Tenth street and Harvey ave.
nue. and the road past the old Bowers
property we're also lined with teams.
Depot employees say the stream Of
people from the country was continu.
al after daylight, but was heaviest
between s and 9 O'Clock. Tney poured
into Wellington as thick from all
directions The stream OF people past
Staubs corner was mighty and seem
ed unending. Twenty thousand is a
conservative estimate OF the number
Of people in Wellington yesterday.
S. L. Wards father, 81 years OF age,
felt himself unnecessarily crushed in
a crowd OF people yesterday and
turned around to see what the crowd
was doing He saw that two or three
men were doing all the pushing, and
lurched, when he felt a hand In
his pocket. He grabbed the hand just
as it was extracting his pOcketbook,
and saved his money, The piCkpocket
got away.
John Gollghtly, who bought a
patent washing machine agency last
fall for 81 900 and returned to Sumner
county last spring to recOup his for
tune, was touched for $500 by pick.
pocket on the steps Of the Wellington
National bank yesterday morning
He had Just drawn the money TO pay
bill at A. Crafts, one door away.
Robert Young of Joplin, Mo, was
robbed OF his gold watch, vest, s22 10
money, railroad ticket and some
papers last night by man with whom
he had formed an acquaintance and
was roOming With. BE teleg-aphed
TO Joplin this morning for enough
money TO buy ticket home.
James Wills OF Zyba, was relieved OF
about Sc by a pickpocket In the Mid
way yesterday.
James Dyche Of Horton, and his son
came to Wellington yesterday t0 buy
farm and incidentally attend the
Jubilee. As they were getting of the
train four men crushed" the elder
Mr.. Dyche under pretense Of strug-
Cling for packages in the coach rack