People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-03-02

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nington which has been at Gibralter
since February 10, has sailed for the
Behring sea.
A heavy wind and sand storm pre-
vailed throughout New Mexico and
Arizona Thursday, with snow on the
continental divide and the Ration
mountains.
The senate in executive session
Thursday confirmed the nomination of
Joseph o. Shelby to be marshal of the
United States for the western district
of Mississippi.
The steamer Berlin, having on
board number of the passengers of
the delayed steamer City of Paris,
sailed from Queenstown for New York
Monday morning.
The million dollar hotel at Middles-
boro. Ky, constructed there a few
years since in the palmy days of the
"Magic City" is advertised by the re-
eeiver for sale on March 12.
A dispatch to the Ruffalo News
from the manager of Bill Nye declares
that the lecturers illness has been
overcome and assures his appearance
in Buffalo Tuesday evening.
The Italian government has ordered
an examination of the banks of Ma
plies and Sicily, with view to utiliz.
ing them under the new banking law,
and also with view of purifying the
paper issue.
Hon. William T. Logan, a promo
nent lawyer, and a candidate for con-
gress in the Eighth Tennessee dis
trict against Hon. B. A. En.oe, died at
his home in Henderson, Lexington
county, Monday.
The temporary state Pythian hcme
at Springfield, o., was formally dedi-
Gated Monday afternoon by Grand
Chancellor W. H. Lewis, of Dayton,
and staff. The home proper will be
built in the spring
Charles A. Gardner, the well known
commedian who is playing the leading
role in the "Prize Winners" is lying
critically i'll at Kenton, o., with in
tlamation of the bowels. His company
has proceeded without him.
The A. R. Brooks Jewelry company,
at AIT North Fourth street, st. Louis
assigned to the st. Louis Trust com
pany as trustee for creditors Saturday,
its entire stock of watches, jewelry
accounts, etc. The assets are estimat-
ed at So, 900.
! Judge Bradley, of the supreme
court, after listening to counsel for
each side, Saturday morning fixed
March s as the date of the beginning
of the hearing of the suit of Madeline
Pollard against Representative Brock.
enridge of Kentucky.
In fight with hatchets and bread
knives, John Kelly was fatally injured
Thursday night by his brother-in-law,
Michael Walsh, at the latter's home in
Chicago. Walsh and Timothy Kelly
were badly injured but may recover
The cause was whisky.
Postmaster Hessing, of Chicago, will
appear before the house committee or
postofices and postroads shortly
when Postmaster GeneLal Bissell will
urge the desirability of sepa.
, rate postoffice appropriation for the
ten largest cities in the country.
A forest fire is burning in the noun
tains northwest of Colorado Springs
Col, in the neighborhood of the Mani
tou mining camp The fire is famed
/ by stiff breeze and is making grea
: Roadway. 1t is supposed to have
| started from miners campfire.
: Emperor William arrive d at Brennan
, at 3 o'clock p. IN. Thursday, and late
visited the celebrated Rathskeller
whose cellars contain some of the old
est wines in the world. The oldes
of the casks of wine are known as tn,
''rose" casks, and date from 1853.
Secretary Herbert was not at tn,
: navy department Thursday, being con
fined to his room by severe cold. HI
e says, however, that he does not con
contemplate taking trip on the Dol
Y phin, and hopes to be at his desk il
the department in two or three davs
= The French chamber of deputies OIL
e Thursday adopted the report O
= the commission, accepting the gov
r ernments proposal by which the in
e creased duty on wheat is fixed at
: francs instead of francs, as at frs
: proposed. The vote stood 372 to III
Mrs. Alice C. Siler has begun sui
against Oscar F. Westfall, of Belville
e Mich, for $3.50 damages. She al
e leges that her husband got,intoxicate,
o on liquor supplied by Westfall, ant
a shot William Bibbins, a negro, TO
r which he was sentenced to sixty year
e in prison.
The attorney for A. NJ. Pullman o
San Diego, Cal, an American citizen
who is being detained in Mexican
,, prison at Ensenado, has received
Y telegram from Representative Bow
It ers, who says that Secretary Gresham
d has sent a sharp message to the Mex
S can government, demanding the re
n lease of Mr. Pullman on bail and
n full explanation as to his impriscr
s ment.
% The rescuers at work in the Gay
lord mine did not make much head
= way to-day. At 3 o'clock this after
: noon there was another cave-in of tn
e roof, which wrecked the inside of tn
d mine badly, and the rescuers wer
e compelled to retreat. Great fssure
e have now appeared on the earth's SUI
i face over the mine, and number O
t houses are in danger of topping over
e 1t is the general opinion of those vh