People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-09-15

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ing Mr.. Cleveland's former admlnistra'
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.
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
a half miles square have already been
burned. The FIRE started from sparks
from an Ohio & Mississippi railroad
engine.
At Murpheysboro, H., Friday, man
known as Bill Taylor kidnapped the
little 4-year-old girl of David Kranz
Kranz joined a searching party last
night and claims to have killed Taylor
or a man who was with him. He re-
coyered his child
The statement is now made that
Austin Corbin heads the syndicate OF
capitalists who are willing to put S45,-
100000 into project of giving New York
a system of underground railways. 1t
is also said Corbin contemplates anoth-
er tunnel from Jersey City to Brook
Ign, with 4 shaft at the Battery.
The Yacht Osborne, with the Prin-
cess of Wales and her daughters on
board, arrived at Copenhagen Sunday.
The ear and czarina of Russia and
otherro royal personages welcomed them
at the station. he party were after
ward driven 10 the castle at Frederick
burg.
Charles Gum, under arrest at st.
Louis, as a suspected train robber, has
been positively identified by the crew
of the Mobile & Ohio train he held up
in June last, and his case has been
turned over to the officials of the
Southern Express Company, who will
prosecute.
DR.. Doty, chief of the bureau of con-
tagious diseases in New York has re-
POI ted that Martin Grove died of Ash
attic cholera in the city hospital, Jer-
sey City. The case is well authenti-
Gated. This is another case suspected.
1t has been decided to, in q measure,
: quarantine the city.
A tremendous gale struc the hou Sc
of George Bragg, at Smiths Point,
Conn.,, Thursday and completely
wrecked it, burying Mr.. Bragg, his
wife, son and daughter and Henry
Welton in the ruins. None were seri-
ously injured except Mr.. Bragg, who
was terribly crushed, and died Friday
Serious disorders occurred Monday
in the Derbyshire coal mining district
Organized gangs of miners proceeded
to the Lansdale pits, in the Chester
field district of Derbyshire, and fell
upon the men working there. They
dragged them out by force. Police
: have been drafted into service at each
: point where there are signs of vio-
l lence.
. ]. NJ. Fisher, cashier of the First Ma
tional bank of Omaha, left Saturday
{ night for parts unknown, placing the
time lock of the bank vault seventy
two hours ahead. Investigation shows
that he took with him Sl4, 400, besides
borrowing So, 500 from a neighboring
town and putting up his bank stock
: as collateral.
: The Manchester & Sheffield Railway
Company, of England, have given no.
tice, on account of the scarcity of fuel
caused by the miners strike, they
have suspended ffty-fve trains from
service. The Midland railway has
taken off fourteen trains for the same
= reason. Each company had already
curtailed its service because of the
: coal famine.
e The Mexican government will in all
: probability be compelled by the Unit.
ed States to pay damages for the &C
: ton of the Mexican customs officer al
r Moras in sending armed men to the
r disputed island in the Rio Grande and
: Selling the Sheep of Thomas Salinas
= as it now turns out that he is an
: American citizen.
Secretary Herbert has concluded
: his investigation into the clrcum
stances leading up to the bad condi
ton of the cruiser Atlanta and has
S concluded not to call any court-mar.
: tial. He will issue more stringent
: rules regarding the care of vessels in
h future and the responsibility for their
d good condition at all times.
/ 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
e cause of their drowning is mystery.
: Foul play is suspected. Almost all
: the clothing was torn from the body
S of the young girl.
4 The train men on the College
/ avenue, indianapolis, Ind, electric
t line, struck at l o'clock Thursday
d afternoon, and pulled twenty electric
o trains into the stables, and on the
same tracks all the regular trains
stopped and only few extras were
{ running at that hour. The cause Of
the strike was the discharge of Con
j ductors Keefe and Alexander.
= Airport on the Hawaiian question
r is being made by Secretary Gresham
who will submst it to President Cleve
u land. and then in all probability il