People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-02-16
GENERAL NEWS.
Cleaned from the Four Corners of
the world and Condensed in Short
Paragraphs for the Convenience of
Hurried Readers.

ed into five judicial districts instead of
three rs heretofore.
The federal elections law was re-
pealed by the senate Wednesday, the
PopuliSts voting with the Democrats.
The naval authorities at Washington
disclaim any knowledge of De Gamas
intention to blockade Rio.
The profits of the. Diamond Match
company for 1898 are hard to match.
They amounted to 81, 369,57S.15
Aaron Tollifer was found murdered
near Green Bay Tuesday. A man
named Thomas is in Jail charged with
the crime.
W. I. Dorney, who has been opera
ting as financial agent in London, says
his liabilities are "a, 544 and his assets
he estimates at shillings.
Five thousand Russian laborers have
engaged in a riot in the Ural noun
tains by reason of low wages and the
working of nihilist propagandists.
The French minister of war will dis
card American canned goods for the
army and use home manufacture, al
though the increase in cost will be 1870
per cent.
The Paris Steele says the is time APP
preaching when an explanation will
be demanded from England for her
entertainments in the east and else
where.
The house committee on elections
Thursday decided by a strict party
vote against the title of Hillborn rep
to the California seat contested by
English (Dem.).
0. V. Smith, traffic manager of the
Seaboard Air Line and well known in
railroad circles, died yesterday morn
ing at his home in Portsmouth, Va,
after lingering illness.
The Western Pigeon club of Topeka
left Thursday for Denver to exhibit
fifty coops of pigeons. Mr.. Carl j.
Welck is in charge of the exhibit and
it is considered IA very fine one.
At the Woodward e. Shanklin horse
sale at Lexington, Ky, Maxsey
(2,20k), one of the best bred sons Of
the original Wilkes, brought $4,000.
Ike Leonard of Lexington was the
purchaser
After being out little over an
hour the jury in Hart murder trial at
Rockford, ILL.,, brought in a verdict
finding the defendent guilty of MUIR
der in the first degree and fixing the
punishment at death.
Captain Joseph Garribee, alias "Joe
the Turk" and two Salvation Army
musicians were arrested at Lowell,
Mass, Sunday night for obstructing a
principal street after being repeatedly
ordered to move on.
A correspondent of the London Tel
praph at Rome says: The pope has APP
proved the decree forbidding the cler-
gy to attend bull fights IN Spain. He
orders that priest shall refuse abso-
luton to a dying matador.
The National Federation Of Ameri-
ca has decided to give a reception next
Friday night at the Hoffman house.
New York, to William Blake, the
member of the parliament for South
Longford, Ireland, and a well known
home ruler.
Revenue officers arrived at Fort
Smith, Ark, Thursday with fifteen
moonshiners, captured in the noun
tains of Polk county. Ten illicit stills
were destroyed, but the gang is by no
means broken up, many more mem
bers still being at large.
One of the principal features of the
carnival at Nice was the battle of
flowers, which occurred Monday. The
day as bright and sunny. Many car
riages artistically decorated, were put
In by their owners to contest for the
most beautiful arrangement of flowers.
Suit was brought Tuesday at Valpa-
raise, Ind, for IS, 900 damages against
Frederick MilIe~ by John Eckart, who
was acquitted of the murder of Am.
brose RI d.. Malicious prosecution
was charged, and similar suits aggre-
eating $4,000 will be brought against
other citizens.
William L Wilson, chairman of the
executive committee of the National
association of Democratic clubs. has
called a meeting to be he'd in Wash
ington on February s. Mr.. Wilson
states that the meeting will, be very
important one, and insists that every
member shall be present
1t was learned on board the steam.
ship Venezuela, which arrived in New
York Monday from Central American
points, that the Louisiana lottery was
about to change its headquarters to
Caracas. All arrangements have been
made with the Venezuelan govern
ment. The lotter company is to fur
nish the government two men-of-w
and proportion of the spoils of the
concern.
At meeting Of the Baptist minis
tiers of Chicago Monday a resolution
asking congress to increase the tax on
whiskey was defeated. Many of the
members objected to any measure le-
CALLING the sale of intoxicants Helen
NJ. Barker, treasurer of the National
Woman's Christian Temperance union,
appeared to oppose the resolution. AT.
ter considerable discussion the resolu.
ton was withdrawn.
A cut of 10 per cent in the wages Of
I,5OO workmen at the Riverside iron
works at Benwood, w. Va, went into
effect Tuesday. This makes about 4:
per cent reduction since August, sew
eral previous cuts having been made
within the past few months. There i.
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