People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-09-22

George H. Waterbury, of Colorado
has been appointed postoffice inspect
or, with headquarters at Denver. Mr..
Waterbury served in this capacity dur
ing Mr.. Clevelands former administra.
ton.
Damage to the United States cruiser
Atlanta through the disregard of some
officers of the navy will cost the gov
eminent 100000 and deprive it of the
service of that vessel for over seven
months.
3 A dispatch to the London Times
from Odessa says a severe shock of
earthquake was felt there for thirteen
seconds Monday morning. The shock,
it is added, was felt through Southern
Russia. NJ,
At Grundy Center, Ia, Governor
Boies spoke Saturday afternoon, open
ing the state campaign for the Demo
cratic party, He devoted the bulk of
his time to the tariff, pensions, pro-
hibition and the state institutions.
A great prairie fire is being fought
near Millsburg, ILL.,, and meadows,
fences, etc, within an area of one and
half miles square have already been
burned. The fire started from sparks
from an Ohio & Mississippi railroad
engine.
Louis Zimmerman, tramp, is I'M
der arrest at Jefferson City, Mo-, for
an attempted assault on Mrs. Ben Nc
Kinzie, at whose house he asked for
food. She screamed for help, and
Zimmerman was frightened away and
afterwards caught,
Wednesday night Sheriff Ewing ar
rested jeff Leonard, a gambler of Ne
vada, No. Leonard broke away and
started to run when the officer
brought him down with bullet
through his shoulder, inflicting a
wound which may prove fatal.
A band of Communists attacked Pat
ton & Abell's store, at Pattonville,
Texas, Thursday night, having plan
ned to devide the stock. The proprie-
tory hearing of the contemplated raid,
had guards ready who repulsed the
raiders, fatally wounding man
named Wilson. The Others escaped.
Friday night Deputy United States
Marshals Frank Gore of Paris, Texas.
Dave D. Bohannan, of Arkansas. and
George Secor, of Stringtown, engaged
in a fight at Denison, Texas. Secor
was shot through and through, from
which he died. Both of Cores fore
arms were shattered and he may lose
them: Bohannan has fed.
Benjamin Jackson, colored, was
lynched near Quincy, Va, Friday
nigh. About a year ago Jackson and
Thomas Woodmeyer, prominent cit
izen, quarrel. A few days ago Jack
son threw rat poison into Woodmey-
er's well. Three of the Woodmeyer
children died by drinking the poisoned
water, Woodmeyer himself is dying.
l The bodies of Mrs. Catherine Stee
and her grown daughter, Josephine,
have been found in Jakes' mill pond,
near Wyoming, Del. They left home
early Saturday with the intention of
purchasing some provisions. The
cause of their drowning is mystery.
Foul play is suspected. Almost all
the clothing was torn from the body
of the young girl.
P. H. Condee, sheriff of Parker coun-
ty, Ore, arrived Delta this afternoon
and positively identified the two dead
bank robbers as Fred and Tom Nc
earthly and the escaped robber as
Billy McCarty. Mr.. Condee is well
acquainted with the McCarthys, hav-
ing to face revolver in the hands of
Tom Mccarthy once. Several men
from Utah who knew the MaCarthys
have also identified them. Officers
have struck fresh trail of the third
robber and have run across the horse
he rode out of town. The gang had
evidently prepared relays of horses,
for pursuit they knew was inevitable.
The pursuing party is now so close on
the robber that his capture seems al
most certain.
Colonel Newell, secretary of the BIZ
metallic convention to be held at st.
Louis, has received letter from Gov
ernor Hogg, of Texas, heartily indors-
ing the convention and promising to
attend in person.
Congratulatory kilograms and mes
sages still arrive at the White house
expressing the felicity of the public
from one end Of the country to the
other over the happiness which has
been brought to the chief executive of
the nation and his wife by the birth
of another child. Both Mrs. Cleveland
and her babe are as well as the con-
ditions will allow and every one
in the executive mansion wears hap
Ply smile of contentment.