People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-10-18

old time keepers on the Pacific mail
line died at his home at San Francisco
Tuesday in his 6sth year.
The Holy See will beatty in Novem-
Der in Rome, three abbots and two
other members of the English Bene-
dictines, Sir Thomas Percy and Sir
Henry Fortescue.
4"Bunco" Kelly has made full con-
fession to the part he played in the
murder of Geo. W. Sayres, whose
body was found floating in the river
at Portland, Ore, Friday morning. !. |
Fire at Abel, To-, last Saturday, con-
sumed the Opera house, and a number
of other buildings in the business por-
ton. Loss, $4,000 to 500, 900; insur-
ance half. Fifteen horses were crea-
mated.
The barn of Frank Vaughter, one
mile west of Vincennes, Ind, was
burned last Friday night by an incen-
diary. Seven head of horses were
cremated. Loss, $4,000; insured for
$500.
John R. Russell late Monday after
noon was arrested rat Arkadelphia,
Ark, charged with embezzling from
the st. Louis Loan and Investment
company, on the affidavit of E. A.
Kemerer.
Moulton Paddock, the Newmarket
residence of the late Abingdon Baird,
better known as Squire" Abingdon,
was offered at auction Tuesday, but
was withdrawn after $1,000 pounds
had been bid for it.
At Madrid serious differences have
arisen in the cabinet regarding the re-
forms proposed to be put into effect in
Cuba and Porto Rico. But the minis
ter of the colonies has as consequence
announced that he will resign.
Paul Berger, said to be the oldest
negro minstrel IN the country, died at
Philadelphia Monday. He has been
employed as turnkey in a down town
police station since his retirement
from the stage. He was seventy years
old.
Daniel S. Pierson, a prominent bust
ness man and Democratic politician of
Bloomington, ILL.,, died Monday morn
ing. He was 60 years of age, and
leaves widow and three children.
He was an old resident of Blooming
ton.
George W. Cram, a builder, of 24S
West Eighteenth Street, New York,
shot his wife Rachel in the left breast
and abdomen at their home Monday.
The woman refused to 60 to a hospi-
tai. The physician attending her says
she will die.
One hundred and eighty thousand
feet of finished lumber belonging to
the st. Paul and Tacoma Lumber COM
pany was burned Tuesday at Tacoma,
entailing loss of $4,000. The COM
pany's machinery narrowly escaped
destruction.
1t is reported that Sabez Balfour,
the much-wanted fugitive ex-member
of the British Parliament, and promot-
er of the Liberator Building Societies,
whose appeal against his extradition
on charges of fraud is being heard at
Buenos Ayres, has escaped from custo-
dy. ~
Word was received at Vincennes,
Ind, Monday from Denver, Colo, Of
the arrest of Ed. Smith under the
name of William Morris. He came
there as tramp from San Francisco.
Smith killed Reed Davenport near
VincenEes two years ago, in difficult
ty about some grain they were buying
together A large reward was offer
ed for Smith.
The infant son of the Duke and
Duchess of York, and grandson OF the
Prince of Wales, is now visiting Lon
don. The baby, vino may possibly be
King of England some day, is to be
short frocked in the immediate future.
and in preparation for the event, all
the necessary articles of apparel have
been ordered furnished by British
manufacturers. The child was born
June % last.
F. H. Hegwer, State Boiler Inspect
or and one OF Gov. Waite's most trusty
lieutenants, was arrested at Pueblo
Monday, being charged with irregu-
larity in the inspections o. several
boilers. The complaint alleges that
! he issued certificates, after collecting
: his fee, without examining the boilers.
Richard Osborne, a farmer living
near Thompson Station, No., commit.
ted suicide last Saturday morning, He
left his house, telling his wife he was
= going to hunt rabbits, and went to a
S clump of trees back of the house and
: shot himself through the heart with a
e shotgun. He was "a years old, anG
r had small family. The cause Of hi:
. act is not known.
The principal feature in the army
shoot at Fort Sheridan Monday was /;
= trial for the new Krag-Jorgensen riff,
!. in the skirmish firing. 1t was the frs
d test made of the gun on any range il
/ that style Of firing. The scores mad,
l. were nm To the AVERAGE of those mad,