People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-09-14


A case of cholera was reported
Monday at Niaport, West Flanders.
There was also one case at Spe mise.
One death occurred from the disease
at Boksmeer.
Point au Pic, an annex OF Murray
Bay, the well-known summer resort,
about seventy-fve miles below Que
bee, was destroyed by fire Monday.
Loss $4,000
Z The Financial News" of London
says it is stated that the owners of the
Nicaragua Canal concessions have ap-
preached syndicate of British cap
italists with view of its sale to them.
Vim. Nicely has commenced suit
against the Lake Shore railway. de-
handing $1,000 damages for injuries
sustained by the tsottlng stallion JaI-
isco while enroute to Goshen, Ind,
from La Porte.
The residence of Henry Stormer was
broken into Monday night and a gold
watch and SS5 were stolen. 1t was
ascertained that the burglar was John
StOrmer. brother, aud when he was
arrested most of the money was found
in his possession.
The Sassacks are advancing along
the high bank of the river. The force
commanded by the Capt Lindgreen is
surrounded by Balinese. The Dutch
warships are continuing the lombard
ment of Mataran, the capital of Lom-
box. The 'Balinese garrison CT that
city has not ventured TO attack the
Dutch force at Batavia.
Disorder and revolution are spread
ing in Central and Southern Morocco.
The towns of Demnat and Xamza have
been pillaged. The town of Zania has
been looted and two Jews brutallv kill.
ed, and the wives of some of the form
er Cadis outraged and their families
enslaved. The outlook is threatening.
and serious complications are feared.
The ministerial crisis has been pass
ed by a remodeling of the Cabinet.
Senior Riberro, the Prime Minister,
will retain the finance portfolio, aban-
doning the position of Foreign Minis
ter which will be taken by Senior
DAvila, the former Minister of Public
Works, Industry and Commerce. Sem
hOr Henriqucs will succeed Senior
D'Avila.
An imperial edict has been issued re-
warding Gen. Yeh and 100 Chinese Of
fcers for their victory over the Japan
csc at Ping Yang On August l.. Gen.
Ieh reports that the japanese lost
over 5000 men in the engagement at
Ping Yang during the day when the
Chinese were IN pursuit of tie enemy.
while the casualties of the Chinese
were small.
Just before the close of business
Tuesday night, stranger dropped in.
to the Jonesboro Dry Goods Companv's
store and purchased some cheap jew.
elry, and rendered a spurious $50 bill
in payment. He was arrested and
gave his name as Charles Wilson. This
morning he confessed that the bill
was counterfeit, and that he had beer
dealing in green goods for sometime.
Archduke Charles Louis, acting or
behalf of Emperor Francis Joseph.
Monday opened the International lIy.
gienic Congress at Buda Pesth. Rep.
resentatives from all the leading
countries were present. DIR. Billings.
speaker on behalf of the American
Government and the scientific boards
in the United States, says the fac,
that the American delegates had come
so great a distance showed the impor
lance attached to hygienic questions
in America.
The Perry relief expedition has beer
heard from. The Danish vessel Tialft
commanded by Captain Brick has ar
rived at Copenhagen from Greenland
and reports meeting the members Of
the expedition at Godhaven on July
Il. All were well. Captain Bricl
states that the winter IN the Arcti,
regions has been extraordinary Ions
and severe and he thinks the chance,
OF Biorllng and Kalstennius, the
Swedish explorers, who started nortl
in 1892, alive, are very remote.
n remarkable gold ledge has beer
discovered in the Willow Creek dis
trict, in the foot-hill country, fifteer
miles from Boise Prospectors hay,
been at work there for a year or more
with some encouraging results, though
the district has not received much at
tention because, as it was expressed
it sis sheep pasture" 4 number O
gold lodges have been found, however
and now comes the discovery of on,
that is very rich. The discovery wa
made by D. b, Leaven. The pa,
streak is two feet six inches wide ant
has been stripped for distance of 30
feet. The ore is very rich, though n,
tests have been made to satisfactoril,
determine its value. A man workinl
with hand mortar has taken out s
an hour. 1t is believed the ore j
worth $1,000 ton, and some place tn
figure as high as 1000.