People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-11-15

Mr.. Gladstone's Horace's odes were
published Tuesday.
James R. Coleman, a well-known
business man of Princeton, H., died
last Sunday, aged 60 years.
The steamer Wawatam is ashore at
Scammon cove, Drummonds island
fifteen miles below the Detour light
house, Michigan.
William Jackson, who murdered his
wife on June % last, was sentenced to
ninety-nine years in the penitentiary
Saturday at Greenup. KY.
The Mexico president, Diaz, has
commuted the sentence Of death
against Edwin Adams, the American,
to twenty years Imprisonment.
The transit of Mercury was observ.
ed at the Washington naval observa.
tory Saturday under the direction of
Professor William Hoskners, astrouo-
mer.
The Union Pacific receiver have
completed arrangements with the
Gulf line, whereby the Union Pacific
will manage the Denver shops doing
Gulf road work. r.,,
A special from Portland Ore, TO the
Pioneer Press says the Northern Pacif-
ic has concluded to reopen the Column
bia river route between Portland and
Wallula Junction.
Jared G. Davis, Que Of the best.
known horsemen in the country, shot
himself in the head Saturday at Lee,
Mass, and died shortly after His act
was due to i'll health.
Four miles south Of Litchfeld, ILL.,,
A. Hottentot shot and killed Mrs.
Charles Neimeyer and then fatally
wounded himself, The tragedy was
the result of a quarrel over the owner
ship of a piece of land.
A zig fight is in prospect between
the Canadian Pacific and the western
lines over the claim Of the former-2s
per cent of the west bound emigrant
business. The Grand Trunk sides
with the western lines.
James Doyle, treasurer of the Junior
Plumbers association, was shot and
killed Saturday night at Chicago by
Harry X. Burgess, an iron worker.
He died in the hospital an hour later.
Burgess gave himself up.
Jesse Conn, Louis Porter and Ed.
Meadows, while digging a ditch near
Wabash, Ind, Saturday, were caught
by Il cavern and Conn was instantly
killed and Porter fatally injured.
Meadows was not seriously hurt.
John Ferguson committed suicide at
an early hour last Satu. day night at
the home of his son, near Kahoka,
Mo-, by swallowing strychninc. No
cause war assigned, but it was sup
posed to be due to domestic troubles.
The court martial ordered in the
case of Captain Samuel K Schwenk,
United States Army, retired, has been
dissolved and the charges against
the officer have been dismissed, as he
has settled his accounts with his cred
itors.
1t has been discovered that a lion
story from Washington Court House,
Ohio, was caused by large wolf
which had been brought from the
west by a farmer. 1t got loose and
killed few sheep and the lion story
soon started.
At Kahoka, Mo-, Saturday, two Off
GERS arrested Cyrene Bader, alias. F.
W. Delnor, defaulting station agent
from Pony, Montana, who left that
place October "a, with several thous.
and dollers of railroad and express
companys money.
At Frederick, S. D., last night
Fylpa's general store, Dyty's general
store, the city hotel, Summons & How
ellis bank, PettingilIs drug store, the
postoffice building, a meat market and
several smaller stores and places of
business were destroyed by fire. Loss
not computed.
John Traynor, mayor of Athens.
KY, shot and killed Isaac Davidson.
He also seriously shot Lewis Shary, a
farmer. Traynor is a Breckenridge
man and Davidson and Sharp were
Owens supporters. They quarrelled
over the election.
The Federal Court met at Jackson,
Miss, last Monday. During the term
the case against the Governor, Auditor
and Treasurer will be disposed of.
They are charged with violationg a
United States statute, in issuing $780,
900 Mississippi warrants.
1t is reported from Paris that the
Government will ask the Chamber of
Deputies for a credit Of 10000 francs
for the expense of an expedition
against the Hovas, the ruling tribe of
Madagascar. The hostile operations