People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-08-10

Pools. two miles east of Seneca, Kan,
and tore it to pieces.
Mrs. Charles Lawrence, aged Al
died Saturday at Springfield, III. from
the effects of surgical operation.
MRS. Mary Whitney Prentlss, wife
Of Gen. Benjamine F. Prentis, died at
Bethany, Mo-, Monday, aged So years.
Eta May, the 1S-year-old wife of
William Hutchings, died at Muncie,
Ind She was a bride of but a few
weeks.
J. n. Maxwell, a Missouri Pacific
brakeman, fell from a freight train
Monday night, near Winfield, Kansas,
receiving probably fatal injuries.
Robert Cooney, a farmer living in
Plainfeld township, ILL.,, was instant.
ly killed Tuesday, by his team run.
ming away. He was single man.
Ex-Governor Austin Blair was pro.
nounced by his physicians last Friday
night to be in dying condition, due
to chronic Inflammation of the blad.
der.
James B. Chaplin was arrested at
Albuquerque, n. NJ, Friday morning
by officers on the receipt of a telegram
from Ell Paso, Tex, that he was
swindler and fugitive from Justice.
Twenty Italians from Chicago came
to Muscatine, Ia, Saturday presum-
ably to work on the new sewers. They
were, at the instigation of Mayor Full.
liman, marched out of town by the DO.
lice.
Earthquake shocks have been felt
IN Macedonia, Old Servia and Eastern
Bulgaria. Many houses at Marina, Bull
garia, have been damaged and a mum.
Der of people killed, as a result of the
shock.
Prairie fires are raging fercely be-
tween Huntington and Fl. Wayne, Ind.
For two or three days they have been
burning over several thousand acres
of wheat, oats and hay fields and stub:
BILE fields.
A private dispath has been received
at San Antonio, Tex, announcing the
murder of Charles Adams, a well.
known citizen of that place, lat Stafford,
Ariz. He was shot and killed by q
man named Charles Morgan.
Destructive prairie fires ragged all
day Saturday few miles above Pierre
S. Oak. Six horses were caught in the
fire and burned to death. A farmer,
while fighting fire was so seriously
burned that his life is despaired of.
Daniel Ball, farmer of Bureau
township, H., was overcome by the
heat Friday, while at work in the field
and may die. The excessive warm
weather is having a serious effect on
outstanding crops, the thermometer
ranging from 90 to log degrees.
The wife of Elder Benson, a colored
preacher, of jacksonville, Tex, was
getting some matches with which tc
light up the church. A pet COOL
frightened her and she fell back
against the building, breaking her
neck. Death was instantaneous.
The Hon. Robert Reid, Minister of D..
tense, at Melbourne, denies the charge
that has been made against him
that he revealed the British intention.
in regard to taking possession o.,
Necker Island. He states that San
ford Fleming sent man to charter o
steamer at Honolulu for the purpose
of Selling Necker Island, trusting that
Great Britain would recognize the
seizure.
Sunday evenings storm at Burling
ton, Iowa, proved much worse than re.
ported. The gale swept the country
with terrific force, breaking trees or
tearing them out by the roots, blow.
ing down barns and small outbuild-
ings and lashing standing crops into
confusion. Thousands of bushels Of
apples and other fruit were blown
from the trees. A number of picnic
parties were caught in the woods and
had remarkable escapes from falling
trees.
Hon. P LePoer, French Minister to
Japan, passed through Kansas City
Sunday, en- route to Toxic, Japan,
where he has been ordered by the
government to proceed with all haste.
He received, he said, but brief cable
gram, telling him to endeavor to reach
Toxic by August 20. He was in the
City of Mexico at the time, and i'm.
medlately departed, but was COMPEL.
ed to come this way on business. He
left for st. Paul and from there he
will 60 to Victoria, taking the steam.
er there for Yokahoma.
At St. Joseph, No., the continual
drouth was broken at four O'Clock
Sunday morning by rain in sufficient
quantities to help the crops and check
the oppressive heat and scorching
winds. The rain was preceded by an
electrical display, the like of which
has never been seen here. The heav.
ems appeared to be on fire and for two
hours the bolts were terrific. Several
barns aud small buildings were struck
by lightning and in the south part Of
the city five horses were cremated.