People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1900-08-16

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The death rate In Porto Rico Is
alarming. For the two weeks ending
Judy IS, there were 2l6 deaths and
only 70 births.
General Weaver and Webster Davis
are two VI the noted orators who will
be heard on the stump 10 Kansas
during the campaign.
On July IS one F. A. Tanner hired a
single, covered buggy out Of my barn at
Corbin. A liberal reward will he given
for information leading to its recovery
W. S. Ames.
We are informed that Eden township
and others in that locality will insist on
the nomination Of c. G. Handy for pro-
bate judge. There will be no lack of
good candidates The convention will
be large and enthusiastic.
Did you Z, er hear this? Stale beer
Is said BY c ntractors ~ be the best
article known Tor clednlng the surface
OF brick and stone work. The outside
surface OF the new auditorium at 70
peka is being cleaned with stale beer.
Will Ayers, chairman OF the Sey-
enth district PopulisL Congressional
committee, has called the committee
To meet in Hutchinson next Tuesday
TO consider Claude Duval's proposition
TOR both candidates To Withdraw ano
let tue committee name a candidate
j. Z. Mulvaney, the cripple who
runs the fruit stand, wheel OF fortune,
baby doll rack, etc, on the street
corner, cut an artery in the palm OF
his hand Monday by falling upon
a broken beer bottle, aud it was
feared for awhile that he would bleed
to DEATH
Only one man showed up at the
meeting last night which was called
for the purpose Of deciding what To
do with the remaining funds subscrib.
ed to fight the County High SchoOl
knockers. The money will probably
be turned over To the Jubilee commit.
tee, as the sum is too small to be
worth proratirg back to the sub
scribers.
According to Hicks, relief from the
hot weather will come during che last
week Of this month, when tropical
hurricanes will cause the cool air to
rush down from the north. The
weather will be unseasOnably cool. A
lew years ago unSeaSOLa6ly cool
weather occurred in the middle Of the
summer, caused by tropical hurri-
canes.
Governor Roosevelt has arranged a
tour, which, IT is said, will break all
campaigning records. 1t includes a
long sweep in the west; KinsaS and
Missouri late Ia September, and Hi
nois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio 10
OCTOBER, with a dash into West Vlr
glnia. IL had been Bryan's announced
intention to do no touring, but this
has changed his plans, aud he viii
travel almost as much 10 this cam
paign as in 1896.
A couple Of new stories on the Jews:
Two Jews were out rowing, and tn"
Jew who owned the boat fell out. He
went down twice, and the other Jew
said to him: III you 90 down the third
time and nOn't come up, can | have
the boat?" Here is another: An old
Jew wa, explaining how his boy was
killed; he had rome to the synagogue
when Il misthievious boy went by, and
yelled in at the door: sob lOtm The
boy was killed in the crush.
Topeka Capital; Wellington gro
Gers who Ply "a tax in order to do bust.
ness are kicking on the peddler wag-
Ons which take trade away from
them. -. There is a telephone war on
in wellington which is attra ting
almost as much attention as the prep
aratiOns for the Harvest Jubilee. "A
party Of Ohio men are down 10 the
vicinity Of Wellington Choking
around" If they get out Of Sumner
county without making real estate
investments OF some kind it will he
Cause for surprise.
News Of terrible mistake at the
taking OF Yang Tsun has been re-
ceived. Russian artillery opened flrr
on the American troops. Before the
mistake had been discovered many
American soldiers had been killed or
wound, d by the Russian shells. The
Fourteenth took part 10 the attack on
the Chinese trenches. A, the Chinese
f4d the regiment entered and occu
pied one OF the Chinese positions. A
Russian battery some distance of did
not notice the movement. IL opened
fire Oh the position and planted shells
among the American troops. The
Russians were quickly notified and
ceased their firing.
Bad blood is bad thing. It is re-
spousible for scrofula, salt rheum,
humors and many other diseases, in.
Guiding rheumatism and that tired
feeling. Bad blood is made good blood
by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
An instance of the effect Of being in
bad company was afforded those who
were at the Rock Island depot at train
time last Thursday evening. F. A.
Dinsmore, Republican nominee for the
legislature in the south district, had been
spending the day in the city with his
brother nominees and other congenial
companions and at train time was in
such state of intoxication that he had
to have assistance to get to the train.
County Attorney Ready 1--WE suppose to
atone for his failure to enforce the law i'll
the city acted the part Of the good sama-
ritan in furnishing the assistance needed.
A little over a year ago Dinsm0e took
the Kelly cure and since has withstood