People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-10-10

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dipntAeria. churches are vacant the
entire week.
President Cleveland has been asked
to grant Capt. VanDOoser of the life
saving service the privilege of play
ing football with the Northwestern
university team.
Ringing Bros circus has about
closed a contract whereby they are to
writer their mammOnth show in
Wichita. Then the boys can go up
and pay their nickel to see the ele-
phant at almost any time.
CUrbett might have been able to
knock FitSimmOns out IN ten OF
twenty rounds at Dallas, Texas, but
that's nothing. Gov. CulbersOn
Knocked both of them out in the first
round.
4 writer in the Caldwell Advance
undertakes to tell lis where heaven
will Oe located, He says it will be
in the skies and on earth. We don't
see how any partofit could be located
in Missouri.
NeodeSha has a new oil well which
shoots petroleum 100 feet into the air.
They can't stop it yet, Not every
state in the union can boast of arte-
sian wells which pour forth abundant
streams of crude coal oil.
Father Wagner of St. Joseph, Mo-,
the priest who abducted Maude Stei-
del, says he will deed her his property
and marry her. Miss Steidel's parents
insist that the deed must be made be-
fore the license is issued. That is
business.
COwley county is after jointists
now. County Attorney Fink of that
county says he will close every joint
in the county and prevent the unlaw-
full sale of drop Of intoxicating
liquor if there is enough power in the
law to do it.
The Turks and ArmenianS have
r-O again at COnStantinOple aud ex-
Changed their usual greetings which
resulted in the death of over 200 hun
dred ArmenianS and many Turks
Such barbarism should be stopped by
civilized nations.
Many Dallas people are very indig.
nant at Gov. CulberSOn for his OppOsi.
tion to prize fighting and his active
measures to prevent it in Texas,
The majority of conscientious citi.
zenS, however, are willing to com
mend his action.
CarrOllton, Mo-, Oct. 4,-TOday was
the date set for the hanging of the
Taylor brothers for the murder of the
Meeks family, but Judge Ruckel
granted stay, pending an appeal tt
The supreme court. The appeal viii
not be heard before next April.
Gov. CulbersOn Of Texas is no more
emphatic in his determination to pre-
vent the Corbett-FitzimmOnS fight
in that state than is Gov. Foster o.
Louisiana. The latter says he would
not tolerate any such action at all i
there is possible power to prevent it
The constitutional convention Of
South Carolina is getting its name
in the papers" They have next in
trOduced resolutions of sympathy foI
Cuba and asking the U. S. govern
ment to recognize the CubanS as bel
ligerentS as soon as international Law
will permit.
The sultan o. Turkey is afraid tt
sleep on account of the Armenian
disturbance. 1t is a shame that the
rest Of such a sanity ruler should bt
broken. He had better try to get q
little rest while on earth as his
chances are slim after he leaves this
terrestrial butcher shop of his.
The spectacle of a Kansas railroad
refusing to furnish cars for persons
desiring to engage in shipping is ar
unusual one, yet such is the case a
Vernon, WOOdsOn county. J. O
Hamilton Of that place has filed com
plant with the state board of railroad
commissioners that the Missouri Pa
CHIC refuses to provide him with cars
to transport his products to the east
ern and western markets. The com
plant will be investigated by thu
board at some date not yet deter
mined.
Topeka, Kan, Oct. 3.-The suprem,
court today handed down a unani
nous decision holding the judicial an
portiOnment bill passed by the legiS
lature, and abOlishing four judicla
districts, constitutional. G.. Fl. Ak
man brought suit to compel the secre
tary of state to file his nomination
papers as a candidate in the oil
Twenty-eighth district, which wa
abolished. Altman argued that tn
bill was unconstitutional, because, h