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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1900-05-24
OUR COUNTY
NEWS WRITER'S
Illinois District.

1t began to rain Monday evening, the
IAth, and rained the greater part OF
four DAYS. The total rainfall here was
3.27. The past week has been cool
some mornings near the frost point
Average for the week, was 20, the high
est, Is; lowest, 43. All the rain soaked
in the ground. Did not raise the
streams.
Oats is heading out Wheat is in
blossom. Cool weather IS good for
wheat and oats, but not for corn.
r. A. Hubbard has our thanks for a
copy of the last report Of the board OF
agriculture on fodder as forage. Kan
sas now gets out the best agricultural re-
ports of any state.
Miss Epperson, aged twenty-tour
years, former resident of Rome, died
Saturday at Nardin, or. The remains
were brought to Rome, and funeral ser
vices conducted by Rev. Robertson OF
Oklahoma, at the home of her brother-in-
law, Taylor Short, on Sunday afternoon.
Interment was made in Jordan Gem
etery.
Wash Popplewell shipped car load of
hogs the first Of the week.
Last Saturday a smart aleck of We'll
lington got a buggy and couple of
girls and started south on the telephone
road. 1t is not known whether he was
too green to drive a horse or from pure
cussedness, but he did not give his share
of the road, crowding someone into the
ditch, and had a narrow escape with two
or three others. When near Hubbard'S,
he ran into another buggy and Alexis
buggy wheel was smashed. We did not
learn how he and the girls got away, as
the buggy was still in the road Monday
morning. The girls were ashamed Of
their drive.
Our last items failed to reach the post
Office in time. If we had rural delivery
we could be on time. Why can not the
farmers of the community have free
rural delivery as well as others? There is
no extra cost over the way we now get
our mail. Which is the cheapest, for
one man to go to the home of seventy
five men or for seventy-fve men to go to
the postofice? If one lives in the coun-
try he has to pay extra for a postofhce
box. If in large town his mail is car
RED TO his home, free of cost.
Kelsy Barbar is now marketing his
Strawberries. He has about halt dozen
pickers part of the time, He has the
incest vines we ever saw.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1900-05-24
Baker & Son Sell 0ut.

j. II. Baker s. Son have sold their
general merchandise store to ]. R.
Smith & Co., a firm in one of the
towns near Kansas City. They will
take possession as soon as the work of
invoicing the stock is completed,
which will be in few days.
J. H. Baker, the senior member of
the firm, will remain in Wellington
and will probably engage In the i'm.
plement business. His sen, Joe
Baker, will engage in farming in Ok
lahoma, 1t is understood that Smith
& Co. traded farming land in Okla
homa for tie stock.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1900-05-24
Oxford.

An abundance of moisture over this
way, and field crops and garden truck
are doing well.
The base ball fever seems to be run
ming along the danger line with some of
our young fellows.
The family of J. T. Dickerson, the
MOP. agent, came on Wednesday and
will occupy the Fullum property.
Mrs. Samuel Hartsel is very low and
at this writing she is not expected to
recover.
Sam Bowman and wife of Wichita,
visited with relatives here two or three
days this week.
Street Commissioner Ed Sleigh with
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1900-05-24
When Going 10 New York

take the 81 hour train via the Nickel
Plate Railroad. leaving Van Buren, St
Passenger Station, Chicago, daily. at
$3.50 p. m. Choice of three daily fast
express trains from Chicago to New
and Boston. Please call on or address
j. Y. Callahan, General Agent, Ill
Adams St, Chicago, for detailed lnfor-
nation.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1900-05-24
Examination Notice.

There will be an examination for Gel
tifcates to teach in the Wellington city
schools held in the city high school
building Monday and Tuesday, May
2Sth, and 29th, beginning at 9 am,
each day. All persons DESTROYS of hold
ing certificates to teach in the city
schools are cordially invited to take thi:
examination. Fee, SI.oo.
H. F. NJ. BEAR,
W. H. CARNEs, Examining Com
{. J. CARVER, 1,
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1900-05-24
Milan, OF,

Nick Hunsinger's brother from East
ern Kansas is paying him visit.
Fred put down ffty-two foot well
last week for J. W. Lewis. Depth of
water is seventeen feet.
In our items of last week said DR..
Haned of Jet, had died; it was the son
of the doctor.
Look cut for the eclipse of the sun
which occurs Monday, May 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Zera Strait.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1900-05-24

Judge A. NJ. Jackson of Winfield,
was nominated by the Third district
fusionists at Parsons yesterday Cor
congress. Jackson is Democrat.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1900-05-24
Memorial Day Exercises.

Following is the program for the
Memorial Day exercises Of James
Shields Post, No. 81, Grand Army OF
the Republic, at the opera house
Wellington, Kansas, Wednesday, May
80, 1900, at 2:30 o'clock pm. A. B.
Cheever, commanding; c. c. Curtis,
The labor world., 1900-09-08
Il LABOR DAY AT RED WING.
Eight Hundred Men Are in Line; Fire
3. mems Monument is Dedicated.

Eight Hundred Men Are in Line; Fire
mems Monument is Dedicated.
Red Wing, Mimi, Sept. 3:-Labor
Day was appropriately observed here
today. A parade with 800 union men
in line occurred in the morning. ~
Following this the fremen's monu-
ment was, dedicated at Oakwood ceme-
terry, where Hon. F. M. Wilson deliver
ed the dedicatory address, and Rev. C.
c. Rollitt had charge of the religious
ceremony The. monument cost $780,
After this there were addresses in the
city park by Hon. P. J. Geherty, Hon.
Jens K. Grondahl and Hon. F. NJ. Will
son. In the afternoon there were
sports Of various kinds, including a
base ball game between the Hamm
Brewing company team, of st. Paul,
and the Red Wing nine. The Hamms
won by "a score Of IS to 9. .f...
The new Clerks union organized last
night, meeting in the Heiserman hotel,
adopted constitution and by laws and
elected the following officers:
President, A. I. Mundahl; vicepresi-
dent, Johnny Johnson; secretaSS
Florence fCrusoe; treasurer, Emma
Skoglund; sentinel, Felix Lindberg;
trustees, Frank Erickson, Fred Must,
E. H. Rehder. The union starts with a
membership of about forty.
Henry Harrison was elected record
ing secretary of the Labor Federatio
at Tuesday evenings meeting. 1t was
voted that anybody who failed to turn
out in the parade, unless he had a
mighty good excuse, must pay 25 cents
fine. .
The labor world., 1900-09-08
A CHILD IS KILLED
LITTLE SADIE RICHARD RUN DOWN
BY STREE CAR,
Victim of the New Ordinance Al
lowing Street Cars to Run at Il
High Rate of Speed-Ordinanc
Should BE RepenIed-Human Life
lS of More Importance Than
Rapid Street Car Rides. -..-

When the ordinance allowing street
cars to run at speed of twenty miles
an hour was being discussed by the
city council, the labor organizations of
the city protested, and stated that be-
tween West Duluth and tWenty-eighth
Ave. West where there were scarcely
no sidewalks, and people were obliged
to walk in the streets there would be
great danger of accidents. a
5 They also mentioned the habit the
children of HazelWood Park had of
playing ins.the streets, and that in case
of danger, and the street car running
at a high speed it would be impossi-
BILE to stop the car in due time to pre-
vent an accident. The council passed
the ordinance and one Of it's results
was the killing Of a little child on
Wednesday afternoon. .x5.
The. city council should repeal the
ordinance at once. If the street car
company wants to give better service
let them put on more street cars. HUI
man lives are of far greater Importance
than economy to street car company
The following is the account of the
1oNAuC44l do 1SCOIueu Ill TIE press.
A most shocking and distressing ac-
cident occurred at 6 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon, when little Sadie Rickard,
the 6-year-old daughter of John T.
Rickard, Thirty seventh avenue West
and Magellan street. sustained injuries
from which she died shortly after. The
child was crossing the street near
her home in front of the MdI.ss itotel
at the hour named, when street car
came bounding along. The little one
was in between the tracks and when
the car came by she knew not which
way to turn. She stopped for an in
stant and as she started to go back
she was struck by the fender of the
car. The car carried her along for sew
eral feet when she slipped under and
both her legs were severed. The little
one was taken to the Red Cross hospi-
tai where she died at $3.50 o'clock. The
mother Of the little girl was lying dan
gerously i'll at her home and friends
did not notify her last night thinking
that the shock would prove fatal. Mr..
Rickard is employed at the Cudahy
Packing company and is we'll known in
the city. Some years ago he was fore
man for j. B. Sutphin, and later was
employed as salesman for the Swift
Packing company. t.e e..
The conductor in charge of the car
at the time of the accident is named
Durkee and the motorman, Boyer. The
number of the car was 79. ..--.,
The labor world., 1900-09-08
TRUEL Sen WINS OUT
GETS THE FUSION NOMINATION FOR
-stz.5 -s= CONGRESS.
The Very Fact That He Received the
at His Home County Convention
Shows That He is n Strong Man.
Page Morris Will Be Given the
Run of His Life.

Henry Truelsen has again shown
that he is fighter Of the first quality.
In spite of his defeat at home, he cap
tured the nomination with plenty of
votes to spare.
That he will give Page Morris run
for his life is conceded by all, except
Eprejudiced partisans.
A few Republicans, when discussing
his nomination Thursday, referred to it
''as quite a joke" But do not be too
confident, it was quite a joke when he
ran for mayor four years ago, and yet
he was elected by 700 majority, and
overcame a majority of 5000 given to
Mayor Lewis just two years previously.
When Truelsen goes through this
district this fall, he will give his enc
mics something to think about. He
belongs to the type of men who have.
the majority of the votes in this dis
trict. He is one of them. He speaks
to them from their standpoint, and
they will appreciate it. Even if this is
a Republican district, there is large
Independent vote in it. Thuelsen is the
best man in the district to get those
kind of votes.
The labor world., 1900-09-08

\ On Tuesday evening last meeting of
millwrights and structural workers was
hello for the purpose Of forming a un-
ion. There were AZ persons present
and temporary organization was af-
fected. F. H. O,Brien was chosen presi
dent and John Burgo was made secre-
tary. The union has applied for a
charter from the A. F. of L. 1t is un-
derstood that the Carpenters union
will file protest against the granting
of the charter on the grounds that
some of the members Of the now union
should be members of the Carpenters
union.
The labor world., 1900-09-08

The labor union is the means by
which the workers of all trades have
gained one advantage after another
Through it wages have increased. hours
of labor lesened and more sanitary con-
ditions been secured
Workingwomen cannot succeed with
out labor unions. So long as they are
unorganized they will have less wages
for the same work which men are do
ing. This is a wrong to themselves and
to the men. It lowers the wage rate
for every one. l believe in women
working, but I do not believe in their
cutting wages.
Women must face the situation and
deal with it as men have DONE They
must go forward; they cannot go back.
We have left behind the time when
four or five big, strong, healthy wo-
men would sit around doing fancy
work while the one man of the family
and he, perhaps, delicate, would try to
earn a living for the lot.
Young women of today would rightly
be ashamed to shirk their responsible
lities in such a manner.
An important reason why girls go
out to work today is that there is prac-
tically nothing left for them to do at
home. The cloth used to be made at
home; men have taken that work to
factories. Women used to make their
fathers and husbands shirts; men
have established shirt factories: men
every branch of what was once domes-
tic industry men have stepped in and
taken the work out of the hands of
the women.
As a result women have to go out
side Of their homes to find work So
because men have taken women's work
from them, women are in the labor
field today.
And it is well they are. They have
broader, larger lives because of it. The
capable, clever, self-reliant, wide-a-
wake young woman of today is delight
full. She can stay single until she
makes a wise marriage, and her ex-
perience of life makes her a more in
telligept wife and mother. Neither will
she ever settle down to a narrow life
She has been somebody, has been
part Of an organiaatian I'D she will
ftacn Gut Tor soIne outside interest,
some club or philanthropie work.
My experience among working girls
shows me an increasing thoughtfulness
among them in regard to marriage.
The old. false, foolish idea of the
shame of old maidhood has almost dis
appeared; they consider carefully be-
fore taking that important step.
Joining a labor union increases the
girls sense Of the dignity of her work,
and she gives to it more of her interest
and her energy. So long as as young
woman simply looks upon her employ
ment as steppingstone to marriage
she will not make a success of it; she
must think it important in itself-that
is lesson working women cannot too
soon learn.
Women interested in their work and
putting their minds and hearts in 1t.
and organized into a labor union, will
SOON command positions, influence and
wages equal to men, which is what all
women desire to see.-Mrs. Clarence
Burns, of the New York State Com
mission.
The labor world., 1900-09-08
Labor Comm issiOner of Canada.

Mr. E. p Bremmer of New Denver,
B. c., who visited Duluth last spring in
the interest of the British Columbia
the SLOGAN district has been appointed
Labor Commissioner of the Dominionof
Canada It is safe to say that the
alien labor law will not ge violated
now, without prosecution.
The labor world., 1900-09-08
END IN SIGHT.
The Union Cigarmal>erS of New York
City VIII be Victorious

mon tlssafmIkerS O1 New 1OrE
- City viii be Victorious.
A break took place Saturday in the
ranks of the big combination of cigal
manufacturers which is fighting 5.0G(
striking cigarmakers of New York city
The Hilson Cigar Company of East
Thirty-ninth street, one of the largest
firms in the combination, effected an
agreement with it's employees Saturday
to recognize the union and grant a
twenty-five per cent advance in wages
TWO hundred and fifty of the strikers
returned to work Monday and the firm
will make a large increase in it's work
ing force.
Other large firms in the combinati tiOn
are expected to come to an agreement
with the strikers this week. .,,... g..
The labor world., 1900-09-08
Tug Cooks Organize.

A movement is on foot to organize
union of cooks on the harbor tugs.
A meeting was held on Wednesday
evening and temporary organization
was made. Another meeting will be
held in a few days at which the officers
will he elected
The labor world., 1900-09-08
TRUST And WAGES
TODAY THE LEADING QUESTION ~
LABOR'S RANKS

'Fhe WOrkinSmen. While prOmDtel
to Helieve in the Boast Of ..pros-
perity"-MOre Work and Retter
WaEeS-l'indS it Difficult to Keen
Out of Debt-The WorkinSmcn
Can Solve the Problem IL They
Choose.
The labor world., 1900-09-08

John Pepenski of the Butchers union
and Axel Anderson who is employed at
Moork Bros, visited the Twin Cities
during the week, they took in the fair.
The labor world., 1900-09-08
THE WORKING GIRL
THEIR RELATION TO THE TRADE
UNION MOVEMENT.

Compelled to Work Outside the.
Home. They Need to he Organized
Women Putting Their Minds
and Hearts in Their Work and
Organized Into Il Labor Union
Men.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-13
BARGE sKOOKUM IS SOLD.
Big Craft VIII He TOwed to Cape
Nome with an Enormous and
Very Valuable Cargo.

The barge Skookum. the largest craft of
her kind afioat in Northwestern waters.
has been sold to Capt L. o. Waldo and w.
c. Cobb. Negotiations for the sale have
been in progress for several weeks. but
were not concluded until yesterday THE
barge was owned principally by Tacoma
men, c. w. Cook. II. C. McCabe. Frank
Crawford and others. Capt Waldo, one
of the purchasers, was master of the barge.
He also lives in Tacoma. Mr.. Cobb Is a
resident of Seattle.
The sale of the Skookum marks the lnau-
guration of Cape Nome enterprise Of no
small magnitude 1t means that the big
barge will leave Seattle some time in May
with a cargo whose value cannot be told
in less than six figures. 1t will include
100000 feet of lumber, which will be ship
ped to the district by st. Paul capitalist.
125 head of choice beef cattle; probably
twice as many sheep, forty or fifty head of
horses and about 500 tons of general mer-
chandise. Bulky and as weighty as such
a cargo must necessarily be, the Skookum.
her new owners say, will carry 1t easily.
The barge will be towed north by pow
erful new tug now nearing completion at
Morans. The barge is now at Quartermas-
ter harbor undergoing necessary alterations
and repairs.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-13
RISE OF THE DRAMA.
It's Inception Found in Biblical IL
1ustratiOn.


Prof. A. f. Bechdolt. Phi: D.. Of the Uni
versity of Washington, delivered lecture
at the Y. NJ. G. A. last night on The Rise
of the Drama" A good sized audience
was present. The people of the present
age, he said, are theatergoers as were those
of whom we have the earliest history The
drama, he explained originated In the
church. In early ages all religious feasts
were passion plays. On Good Friday 1t
was the custom to drape the altar OF the
church in black. All ornaments were hid
den and the scene of lovely decoration was
gan peeled forth its solemn notes announc-
ing that the Christ was dead.
Easter morning. he continued, the crowds
again gathered to see the marvellous
change, the grandest of all-the resurrec-
ton. The service began where Good Fri
up the aisle hunting the tomb and on ar
irving were informed that Christ had risen
The spectacular drama Of olden times
consisted in bringing forth the buried cru
ciix of Good Friday and giving IT Its
rightful place. The lights were all turned
up and a scene of beauty presented.
Scene" plays originated back In the
twelfth century when on Corpus Christi day
the church organized a procession and with
all the saints represented. paraded through
the streets
The earliest scene play was written
tion in England In the twelfth century
The robes Of the neighboring church were
borrowed. but on the night of the first
performance the church IN which the play
was to be produced was burned. The writ
err afterwards entered the church to do
"Scene'' plays in early times were produce
ed in churches. exemplifying biblical texts
Afterwards the audience occupied the yard
and the church court was the stage.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-13
TROUBLE is ALL AT AN END
vice President Hill and superinten-
dent Ward Say Employer Griev-
ances Were Exaggerated.

Vice President Hill. General Super
intendent Ward General Traffic Man
ager Clarke, Assistant General Superin-
dent Downes and Coast Division Superin-
tendent Byran, of the Great Northern rail-
way, arrived In this city early yesterday
morning on special train Of two private
cars from Spokane.
They spent the early part Of the day in
specting the tracks and switches within
the city limits. In the afternoon, accom-
panied by General Traffic Manager Bla-
bon, they visited Smith cove, where they
made a thorough inspection of the ware
houses. tracks and harbor. The balance
of the time until midnight, when they
left for the East, was spent with local Of
ficers.
Vice President Hill. when seen at the
Butler. said:
This is simply one Of my periodical
tours Of inspection over the Great North
ern system and has no other Significance.
On all. divisions find improvement work
progressing very favorably. .
"a great deal of reported trouble be-
tween employees of the Great Northern
and the road is newspaper talk. 1t has
been greatly magnified and misrepresent-
ed. 1t Is true that there are differences
existing In other Words we want the men
to do work which they think they should
not do. The troubles have all been aired.
There Is no prospect OF strike on the
Great Northern, and the whole matter Will
be eventually settled peaceably. The mat
ter is all in the hands Of Mr.. Ward and he
is more familiar with 1t than / am"
Superintendent Ward. when asked re-
garding the trouble, replied:
There Is no more trouble now The diff
ferences have all in the main been adjust
ed and only the details remain to be
worked out"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-13

broad jump, won by Cosgrove with twenty
three feet his handicap being forty inches.
8. Fiji was second with twenty-five feet
eight inches: handicap thirty inches. Mitch
ell came third with twenty-five feet, handi-
cap thirty-six inches.
The standing broad three jumps followed
and YVES won by Caulkins, twenty-ninc feet
two inches; DUFFY. second, twenty-cight
feet Ave inches; Hill. third, twenty-eight
feet one inch. Next was kangaroo hop
ping race won by Lindis: Davis. second;
Mitchell third.
A mile walk followed the hopping race.
and created great enthusiasm among the
spectators. Harper won with q great
sprint in the last lap. Bird and q. Wright
were second and third respectively. Time
$40.
A lively tug Of war followed between the
juniors, a picked team, and the mining
school. The juniors first downed the pick
ed team, and were then beaten by the
miners. The meet closed with basket
ball game between two teams capitalized by
Sterling Hill and j. c.. Storey, the latter
winning by a score of II to s.
The Y. NJ. G. A. and Y. w. G. A. Of the
university gave reception to the faculty
and students last night in Denny hall.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-13
ADJUSTMENTS.
The Neim Company in "capt. SWIFT"

The NeiIl Company in "Capt. Swift"
Capt. Swift" was the play presented by
the Neill company at the Seattle theater
last night. The play tells tale of the
Australian bush and a brfgand who re-
turned to London to find a mother and
reciprocated love for an unknown cousin,
only after everything seemed to be pro-
crossing smoothly, to be unearthed by a
detective. In desperation over the discov-
cry he kills himself.
1t Is rare that a villain has the SYM
pathy of the audience and is looked upon
as the finest character In play, but that
is the standing made for his part by
James Neill. who is natural in the unnat-
ural position. He has a keen apprecia-
ton of the difficulty of personating one
who on the stage must make IAN actor
tions that ensue in the developments of
the plot shows a naturalness and sympa-
thy with the needs of the moment that
easily stamp him as being the leading man
of the troupe.
The other members of the company Sec
onded him with an even balance that made
the whole of vast interest to the audi
ence. Edythe Chapman has a sweet sim
plic!ty that makes her one with her hear
ers, and last night played the leading role
among the women most satisfactorily.
Frank McVicars Is a man who makes
friends, and In the second part in Capt
Swift he finds the key to an ordinary role
and easily gives the impression that he Is
invaluable to the performance. The other
actors were as satisfactory supporters as
could be found. and made the performance
interesting from beginning to end.
There will be a matinee this afternoon,
when Lord Chumley' will be presented :
tonight will be "a Bachelors Romance"
and tomorrow night "a Gilded Fool"