People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-05-04

I Pete'Draper is und Dr. arrest at Law.
renee charged with assault with in
tent to kill. He got after ]. H. Griffith
with knife but did not succeed in do
ing any damage.
Ex-senator. W. Buchan, who for
some days lay critically ill at his
home in Kansas City, Kan. is well on
his way to recovery. lie is able to go
down to his office.
The beer war in ,Leavenworth has
been declared off and the foaming
beverage has gone up, to IS a barrel.
Beer IN Chicago costs 81 a, barrel and
in kanSas,City 81.
The barn on the Crawford county
poor farm was destroyed by fire last
week. Several horses and a consider
able amount Of other property were
burned. There was no. insurance.
A twoyear-old child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Newton was burned to death
in Kansas City, Kan, on Sunday. Sew
eral children were playing with
matches in the back yard which was
the cause of the accident.
THERE'S less wicked amusement in
dulged in in Atchison than in anv
town OF its size in the country. All
the card parties break up before IL.
and the people generally, are in bed in
good time.-Atchison Globc.
Two little girls of s and 10, daugh.
tiers of Mr.. ard Mrs. Frank Troupt
who live near independence, were ter
ribly burned Friday. The clothing of
the younger girl caught fire from an
open fire place, and in attempting to
extinguish the blaze the elder girls
clothing also caught. Both are in a
critical condition, but may recover.
8 Fort Scott has been placed on the
eastern Kansas racing list by the d.
rectOrs of the circuit association. This
will insure a number of good horses
at our meet here in August. All the
horses that make the circuit will. Of
course, enter here, and we will have
one of the best race meetings we ever
had.-Fort Scot Tribune.
An Oratorical contest in the interest
of woman suffrage was held in the
Central college chapel at Great Bend
Saturday night. A great crowd greet.
ed the orators and a lively interest
was manifested. First place was
awarded toA. E. Neal. of Kingman,
and second to Miss Stella Roberts OF
Chanute.
The Atchison police boards edict
against slot machines has developed
into revenue scheme by which ma.
chimes are licensed through tie me.
dunn of graduated scale of monthly
fines ranging from s. to SO. People
in Atchison may still be wicked il
they so desire, but they must pay cash
monthly in advance for the privilege
Advices from Alaska state that the
fishing schooner Storm King was driv
en- ashore at Bartlett bay, Alaska, by
an immense iceberg, and is a tota
wreck. The schooner was lying quiet
ly at anchor when the iceberg COLI
ded with her in swift current, throw
ing her against the rocks on shore
The crew escaped.
"Uncle' Mike Lantrv, aged Sc, OF
Bell ranch, about eighty-fve mile
elst of Las Vegas, was brutally butch
cred last Monday by two unknown
men for his money. Lantry, when at
tackled. was unarmed. lie had hi
head nearly knocked to pieces will
axes. his right arm was nearly cut off
and he was shot in three places. 4
reward OF $500 is offered.
The report of the board of director.
for the Kansas educational exhibit al
the Worlds fair has just been issued
1t is concise vet comprehensive
statement of the origin and manage.
ment of the exhibit. The special re
ports o. Superintendent L. c. Woos
ter and c. NJ. Light are quite valuable
The report of the treasurer, George II
Fairchild. shows that the receipts
were SG.j3743, leaving a balance Of
S27S.
James A. Flesher. who recently
went from Mcpherson to Kansas CITY
and secured work as conductor on tn,
Edgerton branch of the ~ road, wa,
run over and instantly killed by al
electric car in Kansas City, Kan. sun.
day. Mr.. Flesher was a member o.
Mcpherson post No 81, G.. A. r. Dur
ing the war he served with honor il
the SiXty-second infantry under Colo
mel l.. c. True. Kansas City. Nile wa,
ais member OF Garden City lodge No
IL, A. 0. [. W.
Miss Eta I've, a prominent young
lady who has been teaching school
miles south of Parsons, has mvterious
ly disappeared. Friday was the las
day OF school, and preparations wer,
made for gala time, but some tim,
Thursday night she disappeared from
her boarding house. and has not beer
seen since. A note was found in he
room in which it was stated that tn,
next time she was seen she would b,
dead. Bloodhounds are searching pai
ties are out after her
On Sunday afternoon Jesse. son o.
Oscar Meyers of Leaveuworth. aged :
years, fell into the Missouri river and
drowned, right at the place where
Mrs. Mettman's body was found cut tC
pieces several years ago. He was in
company with his father fishing. wEC
leaned against tree and fell asleep
When he awoke the little boy wa,
missing, but his hat on the end o,
some logs tied to the shore gave un.
mistakable evidence that he had fall.
en- into the water where it was about
uine feet deep. A little dog that haC
I haa,, ,,-tfh ,ho