People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1900-02-22

Is claimed that there is an epi.
q. mic Of appendicitis in this part OF
'ue country.
Mrs. Mary Steward Of Mulvane is
IOO ,eaJs OLD. Up u date nu
7nl medicine firm has secured her
e imOnial that their Medicine was
'e cause OF her extreme old age
Beacon.
II. e. Keeling of Caldwell, has been
appointed 10 represent the executive
4'dr ment OF the Democratic party.
J''ill be his business to keep tab on
80 pniiook for that party in this part
Of the state and notify the executive
dep irtment at Chicago.
Here is an instance OF how tie
trusts enrich the capitalists: In 1892
t"hen the steel trust was forBeo) The
value Of the Carnegie steel companies
was tea million dollars. Now, seven
We RS later, it is valued at two humid
red millions. The increased value is
due to the earning capacity of the
plant through the company's ability
to dictate prices, and not to increased
facilities.
Tn new time card on the Hutchin-
son q Southern branch of the Santa
Fe which went into effect at noon last
Sunday, is Causing a great deal O:
COMPLAINT from the lines along tie
road, This arrangement leaves the
town OF Kingman without a train
from about o'clock Saturday night
to about 10 O'Clock Monday morning
But Blackwell is doing the greatest
part Of the kicking on account of poor
connections.
The quarantine is still being en-
forced at the state penitentiary.
Sheriff Shaver received word from
the warden Wednesday that the pris
Oners 10 the Jail here would not be ad-
mi'ted without an affidavit to the
effect hat 10 smallpox rXi,ts w,thiu
ten miles Of Wellington. and an
AFFIDAVIT from the jailer that the
prisoners are all 10 good health and
have not Neen exposed to any con-
tagiOuS diseases,
1t is now proposed to raise a fund
TO reimburse General Molineux for
the expense he has been to in d, fend
Ing his sou, Roland Molinpux. Of the
mur0er Of New York woman
General Moineux is one of the wealth
les men in New York City, but that
make, no d ference with the fool
sentiment lists, who are always CAL
Ing up1O the public to donate to eyery
cause except worthy one
JusJcr Is "a funny thing, Ed. Simms,
a negro, got forty years in the peni
tentiary al Kansas City the orher
Gay, for sratcnlng purse from
Wlmdi's hdHdS. lie used 10 violence.
aud yne purse Contained only TWO
dollars an sumo samples If dry goods |
BIB Kennedy the notorious tram
ru61er : tony twenty years; a man /
WHO "A 20 d pOStotfi-e Inspector in |
Kansas city on a Carnival day not
long ago goJ only seven years, and /
Wa Dtsdaned in two years.
Tle wealth Of John l. Blair, living, |
was reCku Ell al from forty IT, one
huudred millions Now that he is
dead aud The assets are gathered to-
geinerlt is found 10 be about $780,
QUO THIS Is a FAMILIAR story. Ii sug-
geStS IloN Otel the personality OF the
owner Of greaG wealth is the most
IDp)raub ,ctnr ju creating value for
his RlJuJgS. A. L. Stewards shop
made . % tOrJuue Of him. Yet
when he died his fortune Instantly |
shrauk | the same way the late
Gov Fower, a few mouths before his
deaFh, WIS proclaimed IN the news
Dapars q, 1np Of the richest men in
The warD5, Yet when he died his
estate was found to he worth at the
most Ltr-~ 0r four millions. While |
be lived, brooklyn Rapid Transit |
shares " 70 bought and snld at from
1870 to 1873 n NV that he is dead they |
are quoted at about 10 The difference
represents The value of Roswell P |
Flowers no sonaIty as an asset. |