People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-02-23

1 ONNh nANNACA VIZ uC
crew Of tNenty-one men were saved.
One of the dormitories at the Rose
bud Indian agency In South Dakota
was burned Friday. The loss is $780,
OOO The building accommodated 200
children, some of whom narrowly es-
capped. |.f E|"Il
Robert Green and ]. McCloskey, ac-
cuse1 of being the leaders of the mob
which drove Mine Superintendent b.
III. Locke out of Cripple Creek a few
weeks ago, were acquitted at Colorado
Springs Friday.
NJ. F. Sweeney, the remarkable
high jumper, who' cleared feet 39s
inches in Boston Saturday creating
new record indoors, said in recent
interview that he is certain he can
easily increase the outdoor record this
summer.
The A. r. Brooks Jewelry company,
at Az 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 $40, 900.
Judge Bradley, of the supreme
court, after listening to counsel for
each side, Saturday morning fixed
March: $ as the date Of the beginning
OF the hearing of the suit of Madeline
Pollard against Representative Breck.
enridge of Kentucky.
Postmaster Hessing, of Chicago, will
appear before the house committee on
postofiices and postroads shortly,
when Postmaster Genenl Bissell will
urge the desirability OF sepa-
rate postofiice 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
ton mining camp The fire is famed
by stiff breeze and is making great
Roadway. 1t is supposed to have
started from q miners campfire.
A fve-story building at 936 and 23s
Monroe street, Chicago, was cleaned
out by fire Saturday night. The Chi
cago Toy and Fancy Goods company
suffered loss of S25, 900, and the Cal
umet Wall Paper company lost $50, 900.
Both concerns were fully insured.
The Burlington ia. Fire and Tor
nado Insurance company, doing a
business of S2s,OOO,6OO assigned Friday
night. Bad risks in Texas and at
southern points are said to be the
cause. No statement was made and
but little information can be obtained.
Half the able bodied men of Trini-
dad. Colo, are engaged in hunt for
Charles Moore, laborer, who is &C.
cused of repeated criminal assaults
upon Annie DOugherty, an s-year-old
orphan. The story of his alleged bru-
tally came out Friday night. Should
he be caught it is likely that he will
be lynched.
At st. Louis Friday the grand jury
returned a number of important in
dictments, among them being one
against Jail Guard Rickaby, who,
Train Robber Marion Hedgepeth said,
aided the robber in his attempt to es-
cape. Rickaby is charged in the in
dictment with aiding felon to es-
cape.
There will be a cccblng main at
Fred Braeg's pit, Leavenworth, OH
Wednesday evening of next week.
Omaha and Council Bluffs birds will
battle against Topeka, Kan. Each
battle will be for $50 a side and 500
on the odd fight. After the main
there will be "hack fighting" galore
between birds of neighboring towns.
Champion Jim Corbett told New
York reporter that he had cleared
over $4,000 with his theatrical COM
pany since he defeated Mitchell. and
he thinks If the business continues
good he will be ich man before his
fight with Jackson. 81 am taking
care of my money, too" he said, "but
| am not depriving myself of the ne
cessities of life" 3
The attorney for A. NJ. Pullman of
San Diego, Cal, an American citizen,
who is being detained in Mexican
prison at Ensenado, has received a
telegram from Representative Bow
ers, who says that Secretary Gresham
has sent sharp message to the Mexi-
can government, demanding the re-
lease of Mr.. Pullman on bail and a
full explanation as to his impriscn-
ment.
Near Pittsburg, Pa. Tuesday, high
waymen knocked down Peter Major, a
laborer, and after beating him into in
sensibility, robbed him, and then
placed his body across the Pittsburg,
Virginia & Charleston railroad. lie.
was discovered by detective a few
minutes before west bound freight
train was due at that point. Five
men suspected of the crime have been
arrested,
A telegram from Galesburg, H., TO
the effect that the pay car notices
posted last week by the Chicago, Bur
lingtOn & Quincy at Omaha for a pay
day on Fec. Is had been taken down,
was shown General Manager Hol-
dredge, who said that while the road
was hard up, it had money enough to
pay its employees on time. He thought
. Al
matter, as the storm might have inter-
fered somewhat with the movements
of the pay car.
The rescuers at work in the Gay
lord mine did not make much head
r way to-day. At 3 o'clock this after
noon there was another cave-in of the
. roof, which wrecked the inside of the
, mine badly, and the rescuers were
compelled TO retreat. Great assures