People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-19
GENERAL NEWS.
Condensed for the Convenience OF Hur-
ried Readers.

A dispatch to the London Times
from Paris says NJ. Flobert, inventor
OF the Flobert carbine, is dead.
The parish councils bill passed
through the committee stage in the
house Of commons Thursday night.
The report stage has been fixed for
to-day.
Martha and Albert Basik. twins
months old, smothered in their crib
early Sunday morning. The father
and mother are Poles and reside at
Braddock, Pa.
The United States cruiser San Fran
cisco has sailed from Pernambuco,
Brazil, for the South. Important de-
velopments are expected at Rio de ia
metro shortly.
John Sullivan, q boiler maker, was
arrested Thursday and confessed to
having burglarized the st. Louis Real
Estate exchange seven times within
the last two months.
A party of four left Spokane, Wash,
Thursday for the Clearwater country
to search for George Colgate, cook of
the Carlin party. They will ascend
the river in a boat.
At Centeryllle, Ia, Harlan Richards,
a prominent politician and mine own
er, was fatally injured while inspect
ing his mine Saturday by fall of coal.
A miner was instantly killed.
The Litchfeld, ILL.,, Car and Ma
chine company filed Saturday
for record in Hillsboro q mort
gage on their works in the sum Of
SlSO,OOO to preferred creditors.
At Deep Bottom, KY, VIII Conner,
coiored, stabbed Tom Hunt, colored,
twice near the heart, severing a blood
vessel from which he died instantly.
The trouble arose over a game of
craps.
A dispatch to the London Times
from Odessa says during the recent
fearful storm in the Black sea, one
English, one Greek and two Russian
steamers we've lost. Their crews were
saved.
Judge Lewis B. Aiken, one of the
Oldest juristS in the west, died at Den.
yer Thursday night of apoplexy. He
was native of Windsor, n. H., and
was well known in Omaha and Gales
burg, ILL.,.
The FESTIVAL of the Kings" held the
attention of the people of Mexico. Sat.
urday. 1t commentaries the visit OF
the three wise men to pay their devo-
tons AID offer presents to the new
born Christ.
D AT What Cheer, Ia, fire Thursday
morning in row of frame buildings
caused loss of SIS, 900, with IS. 900 in.
surance. There were ten buildings
including the Commercial hotel, and
they are total loss
Assistant Attorney General Thoma.
OF the postoffice department, has de.
c'ded that the monthly reports of col
lege students as to their grades IN the
classes cannot be sent through the
mails except on payment of letter
postage.
Maude Davis. aged 5, died in great
agony in st. Louis Tuesday, from nv
drophobia. When two years old she
was scratched on the hand by a pup
ard the wound, of which little wa.
thought at the time, was the cause o.
her death.
The trial of Lewis Redwine. for EN-
bezzling slOS,OOO from the Gate CITY
National bank of Atlanta, began II
that city Tuesday. Redwine. who wa,
assistant cashier of the bank, wa.
thoroughly trusted. He was sod t,
leader,
While workmen were engaged il
undermining a wall of the old Wind
sor hotel at Chattanooga Thursday. il
fell and buried eight IN the debris
The masonry was $50 feet long by 81
feet high and four bricks thick. We
none were killed.
AT Wheeling, w. Va, Jack Mere
dlth. young criminal convicted o.
cownterfeiting and serving a sentence
In the county Jail, was found dead il
his cell Sunday morning, having
hanged himself with a strip of blan
ket some time during the night.
The Riverside steel works. Wheel
ing, W. Va, which have been shin
down for sometime, resumed Monday
giving employment to about 4. / 90,
men. No scale has been arranged
but 1T is likely that no trouble will re
suit. Part of the Labelle men will
also go on.
A large crowd of farmers and 9th
ers attended the three sessions of tb,
! Kansas state board of agriculture a
Topeka last week. Papers and ad
dresses on topics of rural interest
with subsequent discussions, were tn,
order of the day. New officers for tn,
ensuing year were elected.
At a specia meeting of the chambe,
OF commerce in Portland, Ore. FRIDAY
resolutions were introduced. contra
dieting and condemning the state
ments contained in General Penover',
Christmas letter to President Cieve
land. After a heated debate the res
oiutions were referred to a committe,
OF seven for amendment.
The Pacific mail steamships afte,
February l, will perform once weel
mail service between New York ant
Colon, instead of thirty-six trims ,
year. The four years contract Will
the government requires the comnan,
to make thirty-six mail trips a YEA
during the first two years and fftv
two year during the latter half O.
the period.