People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-12-22
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KANSAS MATTERS.
Items OF Interest Condensed for Hurried
Readers.

The Union Pacific and Santa Fe
roads will pay into the treasury of
Ottawa county the same amount of
taxes tlis year.
Creditors Of Johnson Bros, who
have dry goods store in Guthrie, Ok.
Ty., and in Topeka, have taken hold
of the business and are in possession
of the stock. The debt of the firm
amounts to $4,000. The same firm
failed last July for $4,000.
Judge Riner, OF the United States
circuit Court sitting at Topeka, an
nounces that Judge Thomas of North
Dakota has been appointed by Judge
/ Caldwell to try the famous Hillman
insurance case, the trial to be held in
Topeka during the January term.
The building occupied by Richard
& Co., of Wichita, as a wholesale
liquor house, was set on fire Tuesday
night, and would have been totally
destroyed but for the promptness of
the fire department. Some parties
are suspected and arrests will proba-
bly, follow.
A club and hat with human blood
and short hair were found near the
Big Blue at Marysvile, Friday morn
ing, and there was blood on the bridge.
Everything looks as though some foul
work had been done Thursday night.
The river is being dragged for body
below the bridge.
Charles w. Jacobs. postmaster at
Sun City, Barker county, is reported
by Inspector Cochrane to be short in
his accounts to the amount of 500.
JabObs keeps a store in connection
with the poStoflicc and does not deny
that he is in arrears, but says that he
has used the government money in
the transactions of his private bust
ness.
After few weeks detective work
Sheriff McCray and Deputy Manner of
Fredonia made the arrest of George
Whaley, Louis Garrett and Elmer Coo
ley, Monday, charged with three diff
ferent hOld-ups. all occurring within
a few weeks. The first was Leonard
Toepfer, of New Albany, Kan, the
second that of the age..t at Severy,
Kan, and the third that of the agent
at Howard, Kan.
The supply of natural gas discovered
near Independence. recently proves to
be one of the strongest in the west.
The wells are about three miles from
town, and are said to be as strong as
the average well in the great gas CEN
tiers of the east. The gas has been
piped to town and the mains laid, and
now a G eat number of business
houses and residences are heated and
lighted by this fuel which gives an
exceedingly strong, clear blaze.
The state board of public works has
been unsuccessful in its efforts to Sc.
cure bids within the estimate for
wireing the deaf and dumb institute
building at 0lathe for electric light.
The total amount appropriated fol-
the whole work was $500, and the
architects estimate for wiring alone
was $1,000. All bids have largely ex
ceeded the estimates. 1t is probable
| that the state will take charge of the
/ work in detail.
Francis NJ. Newhouse, who has beer
wording for the past four years for C.
NJ. Beeson. of Dodge City. left there
about September /, went to Roches
ter, Ind, hired a team and drove out
to where he had formerly worked be
fore coming west. He came back t
town, had check cashed for $3.50 and
ate supper at the Arlington hotel il
that city. This is the last trace o
him up to the 3rd. inst. lie was 3.
years old and of good habits 1t i,
feared that some one has made way
with him.
In the celebrated Texas cattle fever
cases for damages against the Nilsson
ri, Kansas e Texas railroad company
at Emporia, the jury has brought in {
verdict with l47 items, generally :
favor of the plaintiffs and cross pc
titioners 9nd against the railroad
company. The damages in the aggre
gate amount to S47,379.S0. and rang
all the way from sl2 for single ami
NAL to one claim of Sl0,3250S award
ed the cattle firm of Harrington &
Lantry. The railroad of course viii
fight the case to the bitter end, and i
will not be finally settled until tn,
court Of last resort has passed upon it
The celebrated Spanish fever cattl
c'Sc was called in tho district court a
Emporia Tuesday. There are 159 peo
pie seeking damages for cattle al
legged to have been lost by Texas o
Spanish fever. In May, 1892, Housie
Bros, of Kansas City, brought from
Midland, Tex, via the NJ. X. & T. t,
llartfort, about 90, 900 head of cattle
From there they were driven to tn,
Brogan rancho in Chase county.
short time after native cattle alonl
the route began to die at an alarmin.
rate. A commission reported tn
losses at 1,50O head. valued at SIS, 900
ranging from a widows COW to Far
: rington & Lantry's loss of 50 ZOO
There is great array of famous lega
talent engaged from various section
of the country. The suit is expected
to last week or more.
Sheriff Larkin and Chief Of Polio
Weld, of Atchison, are at war over
deputy sheriff appointed to watch Ger
tain business houses on Commercia
Street, and both are talking bacl
through the newspapers. Weld mott
fled the deputy not to try the doors o
business houses other than those h
: was employed to watch under penalt,
of arrest. Larkin says the deput,
has authority to perform the duties o
that office in any part of the city
, Larkin also takes occasion TO motif
l tramnS that they will rpcaive no bo,