People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-10-04

Mrs. Smoker, of Sheffield, Ala.
was struck by lightning Monday
while in the bath room of her home
bathing her child, and rendered I'm.
conscious for an hour. The child was
not injured.
Chas. F. Wilson was sentenced by
Justice Williams, Monday, TO be cleo.
trocuted at Auborn State Prison dur.
ing the week beginning November 6.
for participation in the murder OF
Detective James Harvey.
Within two months, when more
horses shall have been inocculated
Pasteur Institute will send out an
anti-diphtheria serum to the provinces.
This serum will also be supplied to
druggists in the form of powder.
The house of Crawford Hedges, Of
Clrcleville, o., a wealthy, aged bach
elor, was entered by masked men and
robbed. In attempting to protect his
property he was shot, aud now lies at
the point of death from his injuries.
Grave robbers have been operating
IN the cemeteries near Union Hill. n.
Y. Wednesday night two vaults were
found to have been opened in Grove
Church Cemetery and the bodies re.
moved. The authorities are investigat.
ing.
The case OF William NJ. Wright, Of
Paxton, ILL.,, VS.. the Lake Erie and
Western Railroad for the sum of $50.
600 for injuries sustained in railroad
wreck on that road near Peru, Ind, is
on trial in the Circuit Court.
While about 200 people were attend.
ing fete in a building at Malines
Monday evening the flour suddenly
gave way, and the whole party was
precipitated tc the ground. There
was no loss of life, although twenty
persons were injured.
JEFF Robinson, colored, was hunt,np
quail on the farm of Noble McClerkin,
near Pierce, Mo-, Monday, when the
farmer ordered the colored man off
the premises. This angered Robinson.
and he shot McClerkin in the head.
fatally wounding him. Robinson
made his escape.
George Hamlin, an emrloye in the
salt works at Lyons, Kan, was smoth.
cred to death in bin of salt Monday
morning. He was on top of the salt
when a shute was opened beneath and
he was dragged into the cavity and bur-
led by the shifting salt so quickly that
his cries for help were not heard.
Hogan Burns, aged "a, is reported
dying at his home in Brunsville, Ind.
Burns, on Saturday night, attended a
dance at Readington, where he became
engaged in fight, and was stabbed
three times. Two gashes were cut
across and down his back s inches in
length, and the knife was thrust into
his hip.
The Minglewood coal miners at
North Lawrence have voted to refuse
the operators offer of Csc, or SC more
than the original offer, and uuani-
mously resolved to hold out for Use
This is believed to foreshadow the de.
feat Of attempts at compromise ini-
tiated by the State Board of Arbitra-
ton.
W, W. Kratz, dapper looking man
from st. Louis, met Annie Rock on
the levee in Chicago, and when they
parted Kratz was short roll of green
backs. In Justice Fosters court Mon
day William told his story and the
magistrate bound over the Rock wo-
man to the Grand Jury in bonds of
$500.
With all the imposing ceremony of
the church, the Most Rev. Lord Punk
EFT, Archbishop of Dublin, Sunday
consecrated the Protestant church in
Madrid, and also consecrated the Rev.
Senior Cabrera as the first Protestant
Bishop OF Madrid. 1t is expected that
the elevation of Senior Cabrera to the
bishopric will cause a sensation in the
Catholic world.
Monday morning Mrs. Annie Osborne.
who resides in North Memphis, her
family of five and a boarder named
Hunt, after drinking coffee became
violently i'll. Two physicians stated
that arsenic was in the pot. Four of
the family will hardly recover. The
mother of the family prepared the
coffee, and is unable to account for
the presence of the arsenic.
The North Anderson Window Glass
Company Monday evening put fac
tories Nos. and of their mammoth
plant in operation. The other two
plants were put in operation several
days ago, aud the entire plant is now
running and employing 400 men. The
Union Glass Company put their ten
pot house in operation Tuesday morn
ing. 1t will employ $50 men. All the
Anderson Glass factories are now run.
ming, employing fully 1000 hands.
The Alabama State Grand Jury lust
prior to taking a recess Saturday at.
ternoon returned fourteen indictments
for murder in the irst degree. Twelve
OF them were against men who, il is
alleged, took part in the Pratt mines
massacre. The other two were
against Peyton Bowan for killing En-