People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-06-23

justice Oh BLUSH Columbia, is dead.
1t is believed that smallpox has been
thoroughly wiped out in Atkinson.
The president has appointed Frank
lin G. Holbrook postmaster at Mime
apolis.
A dispatch from Rio Grande do Sui
Brazil, states the government troops
have defeated the insurgents near Be-
totas.
Mrs. Caroline Maudel, one Of the
Oldest residents of Chicago, is dead
She was philanthropist and did much
good among the poor of the city,
On account of the soft coal famine
the Gallen mills, the largest Touring
mill in Wayne county, n. Y, shut
down Monday night. The Cato pillow
works have also shut down for lack of
coal
NJ. L. Andrews, auditor of the Cuda-
ny Packing Company, Omaha, while
bathing in the Platte Sunday, was
drowned. As result of the food his
companions were unable to recover his
body.
The Nebraska Homeopathic Society
convened in annual session in Omaha
Monday with 300 members in attend
auce. The Missouri Valley Medical
Society will enter into discussion with
the homeopathics.
The report of the Naval Constructor
HANSON on the injuries received by
the Columbia on her trial trip, shows
that twelve plates were damaged and
that $4,000 and one months time will
be required to repair the ship.
William Deering, the harvesting
machine inventor, has given $4,000 to
the medical school of Northwestern
university. The gift is to be used in
founding new professorship in honor
OF Dr.. n. S. Davis, of Chicago.
The Missouri river rose one foot on
Saturday at Omaha and is at present
within eighteen inches of the danger
line, with prospects of more rapid
rise Sunday. The weather bureau re-
ports high water approaching from
the north.
A rumOr has reached Portland, Ind,
that there has been a wholesale at
tempt at poisoning near Farmland,
Mo-, and that Leana Healey, a school
teacher, and twenty-six pupils were
affected. Some one Is supposed to have
put poison in the well.
Although a public exhibition has
been forbidden, the Creek Indians at
Great Falls, Mont, are carrying on
their sun dance quietly at their te-
PEGS. There is to be sham battle and
parade, which the authorities intend
to prevent if possible.
Chicago lost the Indian supply ware.
house in the house Saturday, 0'Neill
mo. in the chair, on motion of Strauss
of New York, ruling that the proposed
removal of the warehouse from New
York to Chicago was new legislation
aud ON its face did not reduce appro-
priatiOns.
W. R. Miller, Jr., of the firm of Gas
ton, Miller Il Son, was killed at Hunt
ingtOn, Pa, Friday, by the admins
tratiOn of knockout" drops admins
tered by Edward Couch, a bad man.
Couch robbed Miller while he was I'M
conscious and fed. Couch has been
arrested at Tyrone.
Collector Warren, of Boston, has
been ordered to remove sixteen gov
eminent employees, increase the salar-
les of some and reduce the pay of 9TH
ers. This is the outcome of the re-
cent investigation of the custom house
administration by special commits
sion from Washington.
Emerson Allen, Cephas Wright,
Thompson Wade, Thomas Westmore-
Iaud, Eugene Fulks and Tom Moore,
the first three Indians and the others
white men, have all been sentenced in
the federal court at Paris, Texas, to
be hanged September Is. All were
convicted of murder
The Memphis Appeal-A7alanche was
sold at public cutlery Saturday under
Joint decree of the chancery and fed
eral district court, to satisfy the claims
of creditors amounting to S55, 200. The
property was knocked down at Sos, 200
to Attorney H. C. Warriner. The sale
includes the Associated Press fran
chise.
Madeline Pollard arrived IN Sault
Ste. Marie, Michigan, Saturday, on the
steamer Peerless with number of her
friends. Her name did not appear on
The passenger list, but she was recog-
nized by one of the passengers. After
spending the day in the city sightsee-
ing she left on the City of Duluth for
Chicago.
The Drollinger poisoning case at
Fister, Ind, is creating excitement.
The husband still refuses to let the
authorities exhume his wife's body
aud guards her grave. with a shotgun.
He IS strongly suspected of causing
her death, as former wife died very
suddenly in the same manner. The
body will be exhumed BY the authori-
ties. ,sss.
Gus Hodge, young man living twelve
miles from Arkadelphia, Ark, was
shot Saturday night, while riding
along the road by Mr.. Fisher. They
Wore returning home, after having
taken the ladies home from church
when he was shot by some one with a
shotgun, the whole load of buclshot
taking sfect in his side, killing him
instantly.
George n, Dickel, of the large whole
sale liquor firm Of George DickeI & Co
OF Nashville, Tenn, died Monday. He
has been prominent and LEADING