People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-11-03


of doors occupation.
The Lawrence wire mill is now rum
ming day and night at full capacity.
The public funeral of Gounod, the
composer, has been postponed until
Friday.
Russia's car has ordered large in
creases to be made in the Baltic and
Black sea fleets.
Eastern Dakota reports one or more
inches of snow and bad storm of
hail prevailing.
Professor Brooks, at Genava, n. Y,
says his comet is growing brighter
and has two tails. Its speed is in
creasing.
The annual reunion of the Twenty
first Illinois, General Grants old reg
iment, was held at Nation, H., Sat-
urday.
A dispatch to the London Times
from Shanghai says that the great
Chinese cotton mill has been entirely
destroyed by fire. Loss, 100000; un-
insured.
Emperor William was represented
Friday at the funeral of Count Butcher,
who was murdered on Thursday last
by gardener on his estate with whom
| ba haA Coma trn,,hla
The Love wagon factory at Durant,
Mich, was destroyed by fire Sunday
morning. A residence owned by VIII
liam Schilds, adjoining was also
bnrned. Loss $4,000.
At Kenova, Ky, Saturday night,
James Murray, a baggageman, shot
and mortally wounded Harry Smith.
Murray escaped. The cause of the
quarrel is unknown.
Bernhard Baum, proprietor of the
resort known as Baum's Pavilion, in
= Chicago, suicided Saturday afternoon
by shooting. His business hal not
been prospecting of late.
Commodore George W. Melville, en-
gineer-in-chief of the Uuited States,
makes in his annual report, a strong
recommendation for the comforting of
: positive rank on members of the en-
gineer corps, instead of relative
rank" now held.
. Seven people were injured in col
e lision of an electric car and street
: railway car in Chicago Monday morn
i ing. One woman sustained a fracture
of the skull and may die. All but L.
L. Wallace of Clinton, la. were Chi
cagoans,
: At southampton an American
}. named Windell, accompanied by his
1 wife and son, was Thursday taker
. into custody at the request of United
l. States Minister Bayard, and is said tt
be wanted in New York charged with
> heavy defalcation.
|. Cassius II. Reed OF New York
e twelve years ago owned the Hoffman
J. house and real estate bringing his
wealth up to about 100000. Now
he is said to be penniless. His home
;, at Far Rockaway was sold October /;
J under foreclosure.
= George Meyer, New York carriage
maker has disappeared, and Harry
Meyer, his partner, made an assign
ment for the firm Monday. Tn,
affairs are in very confused state
and the sheriff has received attach
mentS for $1,000. Ig
+ At Kokomo, Ind, Buck HarlanC
and Steve Finebolt were arrested b,
United States Marshal Haskins Thurs
: day for counterfeiting: Harland i
= said to have made some of the best
:. counterfeits in this country. Lev
: Harlan, brother of Buck, made hi
- escape. .t5.
Superintendent Mendenthal of tn
y. United States coast and geodetic sur
. vey, arrived at Cleveland Monday +
meet Commissioners W. f. King, REP
= resenting the Canadian government
- To-day they will confer upon the long
: standing dispute concerning the loca
: ton of about twenty-five miles of tn
boundary line between Maine an
s. New Brunswick, surveys for whic
sr were made last summer.
- In compliance with the request of tn
California branch of the society of tn
y Daughters of the American Revolr
u ton, who are arranging to plant
liberty tree at opening of the mic
E. winter fair at San Francisco, tn
D. members of the Washington societ
have sent small quantities of cart
II from the grave Of Martha Washing
Y ton, Mt: Vernon, Bladensburg and tn
h Washington monument to be used /
tho planting.
L. Non. Calabiana, archbishop of NJ
len, died there Monday.
as The oflicialsof the Big Four den
es that their employees showed heartles
Y ness in connection with the recer
i'd wreck at NamOoki, Ill. and the of
e. cials Of the Alton also deny that tn
#. employees refused to give aid whe
called upon.
et The Westminster Gazette contr,
~ diets the report that Herbert Spenc,
ir- is dangerously i'll, and says that he
ee at his home in London, and though
l,e feeble state Of health, his conditio
ar does not warrant the alarming rumo
circulated concerning him.