People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-08-24


the round trip to Minnesota, Dakota
and Montana points are announced by
the Great Northern Railway for Sept.
18th, and 25th, and Oct. 9th.
Santinita beat the Brittania and the
Vigilant at the Isle Of Wight Thurs
day.
Walter Wellmen has returned to
Tromsoe and abandonded his North
Pole expedition.
1.-The threshing outfit belonging to
Mr.. Knaak, near Grafton, Ia, was
blown up by dynamite.
Chaplain Henry V. Plummer of the
Ninth Cavalry (colored) United States
Army, will explore Africa.
The loom fxers and web drawers
and twiners union met Saturday night
at New Bedford, Mass, and voted to
strike.
Joseph Dusty was sentenced Satur-
day at St. Joseph to death for commit
ting rape on the person of 7-year-old
Florence Potter on July 80.
Miss Florence McCrassey, young
girl living in Cedarville, eight miles
south of Springfield, o., is in jail for
horse stealing. Recently she was ar
rested for HOUSEKEEPING.
Allan Lynn, wanted in Mississippi
for murder, has been captured IN Ben
ton county Arkansas. Officials from
that state passed through Little Rock
en- route to the scene of capture.
The miners strike at Spring Valley,
ILL.,, is ended, Manager Dalzell saying
that all men could return and rents
would be reduced in comparison with
the reduction in the Columbus scale.
At Narragansett Pier Thursday,
Foote and Rowland created almost
a universal surprise by defeating
Chase and Wrenn in the finals for ten
mis-. The score was 4-6, 81, rs, rs, 6-3.
Modesto Barrios, general in the
Nicaraguan army and special ambas-
sador from that country to Great Brit
ain, in reference to the MOSQUITO
troubles, left that port Saturday on
the Etruria.
VIM. Vogel, aged 80, son of veal
thy clothier of New York City, Satur-
day, shot and fatally wounded Louise
Bartlett, his mistress, and then suicid-
ed. The double crime was due to Vo.
gels jealousy.
j. A. Berry, prominent contractor
of San Antonio, Texas, was arrested
upon charge of arson, 1t is alleged
that he fired the house of Jack Flah-
erty, an enemy. He gave bond in the
sum of 81, 1000.
In the house of commons Saturday
during the debate on the colonial
budget, Sidney Buxton said that in
two months he expected the gold
standard to be put in operation in
British Honduras.
w. G. Taylor was hanged at New
burn, Va, At II o'clock Friday for the
murder of his wife. IN effort was
made to get the governor to eelRIgtc
the sentence on the plea Of insanity,
but the governor refused.
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New York, New Haven and Hart
ford officials ere said to have I'M
hearthed conspiracy of conductors
to steal tickets and sell them to scalp
ers, 1t is said about $1,000 worth
Of tickets have been stolen.
One new case of cholera reported at
Amsterdam and one case and one
death from this disease at HARLEM.
At Pumerend there has been one death
and one case of cholera reported, and
one death is reported from Kolhorn.
A. B. Cross, veteran architect,
died at his home in Kansas City Satur-
day, of apoplexy. Mr.. Cross was
stricken last Tuesday. He was born
in Camden, n. j., sixty-six years ago.
He was worth half to three-quarters
of million dollars.
julius Claude, well-known ticket
broker of st. Louis, at one time presi-
dent of the Guarantee Ticket Brokers
association, but more recently its sec
rotary, died Saturday, aged 3S, of con-
sumption. He had wide acquaiL-
lance with railroad men throughout
the west.
Mrs Frank Sandahl, of Rockford,
ILL.,, sat bowl of gasoline on the
stove Sunday, and a frightful explo-
sion Immediately followed, her cloth
ing catching fire and burning from
her body. She fingered a few hours
in terrible agony and died at an early
hour Monday morning.
iSali Eichel, the alleged forger who
was arrested at quarantine last Satur.
day on the La Champagne was put on
board Kaiser Wilhelm Sunday morn.
ing to be returned to Germany. He
is accused of having forged the name
of Carl Munich to drafts amounting to
$4,000 on a banker of Frankfort on
the Main.
An explosion occurred in the fire.
works factory at Kielberg, Germany
Thursday afternoon. Three person:
were killed and several injured.