People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-10-18

huTTleu hedQeTSs
Jim Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons
last Thursday signed articles to fight
to a finish at Jacksonville after next
July.
The house of Magnates last week
at Buda-Pesth, passed the third read
IN of the bill providing for civil mar
riages
In quarrel over a road in White
water Township, Ia, Tom Johnson
shot Charles McAllister, probably IA
tally.
Bartholomy, of Baffalo, N. Y, was
found guilty of murder in the second
degree and sentenced to Auborn for
life.
VIM. T. Hutchins, of Wichita, Kan,
and N. 7. S. Rice, of Nation, ILL.,,
have been disbarred from practice be-
fore the patent Office.
George Cooper, a noted hog and cat
tie thief, was convicted in the Circuit
Court at Ell Dorado Spring, No, Sat-
urday of stealing hogs, and sentenced
to two years in the penitentiary.
Edward Donahue, who shot and
killed John Coffey in a saloon row in
Leavenworth, Kansas, last July, was
acquitted on the charge of murder in
the district court last Thursday.
Rev. Father Linch, assistant pastor
of St. Patrick's church at Dubuque, Ia,
has been transferred to Marshalltown,
to succeed Rev. Father NJ. C. Linenan,
who takes a vacation for his health.
The leading sugar manufacturers, of
Kiev, Russia, at meeting just held,
resolved upon and adopted a scheme
to restrict their production. A con-
vention to this effect was signed on
Friday.
Ex-Governor Thomas T. Crittenden,
Consul General to Mexico, completed
his business with the State Depart
ment Saturday and left for Kansas
City, where he will remain until after
The election.
Leather Lip" George and another
gambler named Herb, fought a duel
in the Red Front Saloon at Leaven-
worth, Washington, last week. They
quarreled over a woman. Nine shots
were fired and both are fatally wound
ed
Mrs. Ira Hurd and O. W. Ludlow
were arrested last week on the charge
of numbering Ira Hurd, September %.
Mrs. Hurd claimed she shot her hus-
band, installing him for a burglar,
out a coronor's jury thought other
wise.
The Paris Journal announces that a
number of government and municipal
officers in that city have received
threatening letters from anarchists in
London. The letters also defend Ces-
ario Santo, the executed murder of
President Carnot.
J. G. Gray, manager of the J. W.
Corcoran plantation, near Pine Bluff.
Ark, while attempting to remedy
some trouble in his gin, last week,
was caught by the machinery and al.
most instantly killed, his arms and
head having been cut to pieces
An unknown man was held up and
murdered by tramps in Elkhart, Ind.
Monday night. The body was discov.
cred just after a freight train had
pulled out The pockets of the dead
man had evidently been rifed. The
murderers escaped on the freight
train.
The Steamship Campania, that sail,
ed from Liverpool Saturday for New
York, have among her passengers, J.
l. Fellows, Dean McNulty, Dillwyr
Parish, Mrs. Pullman, Miss Florence
Pullman, G. NJ; Pullman, jr., ]. R.
Rosengarten and General H. c. Wilk
inson,
Spreading of the rails threw ;
freight train from California off tn,
Southern Pacific track at San Antonio
Saturday afternoon. Three cars wer,
smashed up. Total loss $500.
Thos. Blank, the murderer of Chas
Birdwell. at Seattle, Wash, has beer
positively identified as the murdere
Of Marshal Jeffries, of Puyallup. H
was taken to the court and pleaded
guilty to charge of murder in tn
first degree. His trial is set for Dc
tober 16.
The Phelps Manufacturing compan,
of San Francisco, Cal, manufacturer
of iron bridges and cable cars. has as
signed to +. G. L. Margelson, for tn
benefit of their creditors. Neithe
the assets nor the liabilities are stated
The company has been financially en-
barassed for some time.
The British council at Lourenz
Marquetz has cabled the foreign ofic
that the Kafirs have entered the ou
skirts of that port and have burne
several houses and murdered sever
people. 1t is believed that a detacl
ment of marines has again been lanC
ed from the gunboat Thrush in ordC
to protect the consulate of Great Bri
ain.