People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-09-22
GENERAL NEWS
Carefully Selected News Of Current
Events.

Union Pacific cabcose.
Local papers say spectators are out
all over Oklahoma buying hay for ex-
port, and it is evident that there is big
money in their enterprise.
Hungarian miners engaged in a
drunken riot at Cliff Mines, Pa, Sun
day, and several of them were shot
and cut, but none fatally.
Hoo Sue, Chinese druggist of San
Francisco, who located there in 1s49,
leaves for China on the next steamer
with his son and daughter.
3 Justin Mccarthy, the leader Of the
Irish parliamentary party, has had
sharp attack of bronchitis and has
been confined TO his room for several
days
The Catholic congress which was to
open at Buda Pesth Monday, has been
prohibited by the Hungarian minister
of the interior owing to the prevalence
of cholera.
All the remaining cases of cholera
under observance at the Moabit hos
pital, Be lin, have been discharged and
the cholera section of that hospital has
been closed.
B. Wolf & Co., wholesale notion
dealers being business at 7O4 and 7O6
Lucas avenue, st. Louis, made an as
signment Saturday to Charles ]. Blake
trustee for creditor.
The following national banks which
recently suspended, have been permit
ted to reopen: The First National,
Nashville, Tenn, and the First Ma
tional, Lemars, la.
There were sharp shocks of earth
quake Sunday morning at Jassey and
at Bucharest. People rushed into the
streets in alarm, though not much
actual damage was done.
The Secretary of the treasury has
asked for the resignation of Phillip
M. Hildebrand, surveyor of customs at
indianapolis, and Michael Z. Smith,
assayer of the mint at Denver, Col.
Two more Colorado banks opened
their doors for business Monday, after
several weeks suspension. They are
the Western National, Pueblo, and
the Bank of Florence, at Florence.
The Rockford passenger train on
the Burlington and Chicago jumped
the track at Hinckley Saturday, owing
to a brakeman's blunder. Engineer
Andy Farr, of Rockford, jumped out
and was killed.
Detectives have recovered $1,000 of
the money stolen from the safe of the
Adams expires, at Akron, o.. Friday
night. 1t was found buried in corn
field in the suburbs. The burglars
have been arrested.
The miners in the Barinage district,
in the province of Halnaut, Belgian,
have voted to go out on a strike i'm
mediately unless their wages are rails
ed. Vast numbers of people are in
volved in the proposed strike.
1t is announced that Senator Hill
will make three speeches in Ohio to
help out Lawrence 7. Neal, the Dem
ocratic candidate for governor against
Mckinley. Cleveland, Columbus and
Cincinnati are the cities selected.
The Fairabault school at Saltwater,
Mimi, has been abandoned after
trial of one year. There was contin-
ued friction between the Catholics
and Protestants and the board of ed
ucation decided not to continue the
plan.
The governor general of Bohemia
has forbidden all meetings or parades
in the streets, and has also notified
the police to prevent all ostentatious
wearing of badges or carrying of
flags. The troops are still confined to
the barracks.
The 25Oth anniversary of the foun-
dation of the Scotch church was eel
ebrated at st. Sebastian's chapel, Rot
terdam, the ancient place of worship
of the Covenanters, Friday. The an
niversary was also celebrated at the
new Scotch church.
For the past two days a strong
southeast wind, almost a gale, has
been driving destructive prairie fire
toward Rugby, n D. In the country
the estimated loss is upward of 5000,
including small outbuildings and
stored hay, with no insurance.
In Sumner and Cowley counties the
district court had to be adjourned on
account of the lack of witnesses and
jurors, all available timber having
gone to the Cherokee strip. As be-
tween the strip and the worlds fair
Kansas is very much from home for
the moment. The absence will be but
brief, tho.
The news from Tucuman is far from
satisfactory to the government. There
has been more fighting in the streets
OF the city, The rebels are in posses
sion of the railroad and have re-
ceived reinforcements from the sur
rounding country. The position of
the government is said to be critical.
The governor has asked for rein
forcements, as his troops are far out
numbered by the rebel forces.
When the Cherokee outlet is added.
Oklahoma will have a territory of
about 10000 square miles. The terri
tory of five nations is, in round num-
bers, 81 600 square miles. Adding
these large areas of country, a state
would be formed almost two-thirds as
large as the state of Kansas. and three
fourths as large as Missouri. Its pop
ulation would be greater than that of
any state admitted to the union since