People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-08-29
GENERAL NEWS.

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GENERAL NEWS
DICK MOORE, of st. Paul, and Billy
EennesSey, of Boston, fought twenty
rounds to draw at Bradford, Pa. on
the 23d. Both men were well matched.
Hennessey broke his right hand in the
thirteenth, but gamely continued the
fight Sid Clarke, of Buffalo, was
referee.
THE entire section of New Jersey
bounded by the towns of Pomona,
Port Republic, Brigantine Junction
and Absecom, was on the Goth either
threatened by forest fires or already
devastated. Hundreds OF miles have
been burned over, houses and live
stock consumed, and it was feared
there had been considerable loss Of
lie
DR. HOOKER, veterinary surgeon Of
Illinois, was called to FranceSville,
Ind, on the 21st to attend a sick
horse. He mixed bottle of mercury,
nitric acid, oil spike and oil British,
which exploded, killing him instantly
and blowing his body to pieces. John
Airst, a farmer who stood near, was
also injured and his recovery was
doubtful.
GET SALCEDo, who has returned
FROM Cuba to Spain, declared that the
campaign at Cuba would be renewed
in November, when Santiago de Cuba,
Avilla and Puerto Principe would be
strongly garrisoned, and thought that
the rebellion would be ended about the
beginning oil 1896.
DETECTIVE POWERS tried to arrest
two men on train at Grand Rapids,
Mich, who were thought to be train
robbers, when they drew their revolv-
ers and inflicted wound from which
he soon died. They then jumped from
the train and escaped.
RUINoUs forest fires were raging in
the pine belt near Egg Harbor City,
N. j., on the 22d. Many wheat patches,
blackberry fields and fruit orchards
had been destroyed.
The American mission near Foo
Chow, China, was attacked by large
MD infuriated mob, armed with vari-
GUS weapons. The chapel and school
were wrecked and four native teachers
fatally wounded, while the foreign
teachers escaped. There was a strong
anti-foreign feeling in Foo Chow, and
the populace paraded with cries of
"Drive out the foreign devils"
THE steam schooner Excelsior, which
arrived at Seattle, Wash, from Alaska,
brought the news of the wreck of the
sealing schooner Walter Earle, Of Vic
toria, which was capsized April 10,
with the loss of every man on board,
including Capt Magnesen and crew
of seven white men and eleven Indi.
ans She was found bottom up and
the Indians were in the forecastle.
The London Standard stated that
many Americans who were on the Sea.
ford, which was sunk by the steamer
Lyon in the English channel, had
called at the United States embassy In
London for assistance and advice, hav.
ing lost everything except the clothes
they had on. One lady lost nearly slO,-
OOO All Of them highly praised the
conduct of the captain and crew of the
Seaford.
The following state ticket was NOM
mated by the Ohio democrats on the
2lst: For governor, ex-Gov. James E
Campbell; for acknowledgement,
John B. Peasley, Of Cincinnati; for SUI
preme court judges, W. T. Mooney and
W. B. Shober; for Encouragement
George A. Fairbanks, of Columbus. The
free silverites were beaten, one Of the
resolutions reafirmiug portion of the
seventh plank Of the platform of the
last national democratic convention,
about the dollar unit of coinage Of
both metals being of equal and inter-
changeable value and that paper cur
rency be kept at par.
JOE PATCHEN won the great match
race against John r Gentry in straight
heats at Chicago on the 22d. The wind
was strong so that sensational time
performance was out of the question.
The three heats were covered in 2:054,
2:O74, 2:074. The purse was for
$1,000.
For some time a gang of tfsmps has
infested Arcola, Ill, making them
selves general nuisance. Numerous
burglaries and thefts have been perpe-
trated which have been laid to them.
Becoming tired Of their presence, the
police armed themselves with whips
and clubs and drove from the city
about $50 of the disreputables.
THE acting secretary of state, Mr..
Adee, has received information from
Ambassador Eustis at Paris that the
evidence in the court martial of ex-
Consul Waller at Tamatave was ex-
pected to reach Paris soon and also
that permission had been accorded Mr..
Eastis 20 visit the prisoner.