People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-08-31

His death was due to influenza.
While Marian Myatt of Navasota,
Texas. was cleaning pistol, itexplOd-
ed, killing win Ions, cunday.
At SuncoOls, New Hampshire, Mon
day, but very few weavers went to
work and the suspension is almost
complete.
Frank Hatch, three years old, was
playing with pistol, when il went
off, instantly killing an older brother
at Huntsville. Texas, Sunday.
The New York police officers dis
charged for receiving brides, have TAX
en- out writs of certeriori, claiming
they did not have fair trials
Frank Leaver, 20 years of age, of
/ Chillicothe, Mo, was drowned in
Grand River Sunday afternoon. The
body was recovered.
ss2William Spencer, noted character,
known as "Frenchy, the Hermit, who
for fifteen years has led solitary life
upon the outskirts OF town, was found
/ dead in his hut in pool of blood.
Alexjeff's wool cleansing works of
Charkov. the largest in Russia, have
been DESTROYED, together with large
stock of wool, by fire. The loss is es-
timated to be 100000 rubles.
De FuisSeaux, a Socialist, who some
time ago was sentenced to a term of
Imprisonment though he was not pres
ent at the trial, was arrested Monday
as ne was entering Belgium from
France.
A dispatch to the London Times
from Lima says that 600 insurgents
armed with Winchester rifles is re.
ported TO be moving northward from
the southern frontier. The govern
ment has sent further ''reinforcements
south, and a collision is daily expect
ed.
The cotton receipts at San Antonio
during tie past week were much
heavier than for the corresponding
week Of last year. Heavy rains have
fallen in all the cotton-producing
counties of Southwest Texas during
the past few days, and the top crop
has been greatly benefited.
From Madison county, Ala, comes
the story that Miss Augusta Belts.
the handsome 1s-year-old daughter of
a prominent citizen. met with sud
den death Sunday. She was visiting
the family of friends some distance in
the country from Huntsville. While
examining self-cocking pistol, the
weapon discharged, the bullet enter
ed her head killing her instantly,
A. L. Shockey, his wife, and R. Hill
lard. his brother-in law, all of whom
reside four miles south of Fl. Worth.
Texas, came in Saturday in search of
a maidstone. A dog of Shockey's be-
came mad and before itcould be killed
bit all three persons named, a hog,
eight head of cattle and several dogs.
When applied to the wounds the
stone adhered repeatedly.
An earthquake was felt at Athens
at eight o'clock Sunday morning. The
shock was also felt in Curinth. Vastiz-
sa, Zante, Thebes, Chalcis and Atalan-
ia. The Inhabitants of some of the
places affected were terribly frighten-
ed, thinking there was about to be a
repetition of the disaster that occur
red some time ago. They fled to the
fields and other open spaces for safety.
So far as is known no persons were
killed.
Chris Zimmerman, an indianapolis
confidence man, while resisting arrest
at the old settlers picnic, at Burling-
ton Monday, was shot by an officer,
5S-calbre ball blowing through his
right side Chris, with army Bill
White, another notorious crook. had
Heeced cOuntryman on the ''shell
game" and the farmer "squelled."
Zimmerman was brought to this city,
where the physicians pronounced his
wounds not necessarily fatal.
Minister Ye Sung 500, of Corea, ac-
companied by his secretary, Jaring
Whan LETT Washington Wednesday
for visit to his native country, going
via San Francisco. The minister has
wife and large family in Corea and he
goes to see them as well as see for
for himself the condition of affairs
there. The usual amount of leave of
absence allowed the minister to the
United States is six months. Wheth-
er Mr.. Shoe will avail himself of the
limit depends upon circumstances.
s5The gunboat Bennington, with Gen.
eral Ezeta and the other San Saliva
dorian refugees on board, is still kept
at sea beyond three-mile limit. 1t is
now positively known that the war
rants for the arrest of the refugees
have been in the city since last week,
and that the papers are in the hands
! OF the local attorneys who are repre-
seuting the government of San Saliva
dor. These attorneys were in consul
tatiOn with United States Marshal
Baldwin Tuesday, but so farn action
seems to have been taken to bring the
Bennington into port. Mr.. Mitchell
who is the San Salvadorian govern
ments leading council in the case,
stated, Tuesday evening, that no ac-