People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-09-01
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Lieutenant Henry A. Lamb. quar-
! ternaSter Of the TweAty.frst Kansas,
died at Providence hnS1ital at Wash
inIton Thursday, Of typhoid fever
His home was at Parsons, where he
was Identified with the Daily Eclipse
According to a dispatch from Mad.
rid to a London news agency, there
has been serious fighting recently be.
Tween the Spanards and insurgents
, In Cuba, in which the insurgents lost
800 killed and wounded. The report
: can not be confirmed from other
sources.
The hack which Sam Smith and
Tom Wind are supposed to have stol-
en- at LeavenwOrth after their escape
from the penltentiary and rode TO
heIle Plains in. was brought to town
Friday morning by one Of Tom Hicks
WrlghL'S sons. 1t is a dilapidated
vehicle, not resembling a hack TO any
remarkable extent. 1t is more prop
erly heavy spring wagon with a
canopy top.
Mrs. c. A. Peck Of Wellington, ar
rived in the city yesterday to spend q
few days with her brother, g. r.
Darratt, and family. Mrs. Peck has
been for some time visiting her par
ents at Raymond, Kas., Mr.. and Mrs.
y. K. Darratt. Her husband. Mr..
Z. A. Peck will arrive today in the
city and spend several days visiting
friends and business acquaintances.-
Wichita Eagle, 25.
Mrs. A. A. Lichtenberger and two
children, and her sister, Miss Laura
Whltehlll, who has been visiting
here, left over the Rock Island We'd
nesday for Kansas City. They will
meet Mrs. NJ. B. Wilson at the union
depot this evening, and proceed to the
home OF their parents, Rev. and Mrs.
Whitehill, and surprise them. The
affair will be in the nature OF an ia
formal family reunion.
Mrs. Chas. W. Smith, formerly Of
this city, now of Kingnsher, o. T.,
with her daughter and sister, Miss
Sadie Schmucker Of Eldorado, are Wis.
itlng in the city, the guests Of the
family OF II. F. Smith. Mrs. Smith
and daughter had been to Eldorado to
attend the funeral Of her father, who
died recently. They arrived Thursday
on their way home. Miss Schmucker
is returning with them, and will visit
in Kingfsher.
The Vigilancia left New York City
last week enroute to Cuba, with the
Twenty-third regiment Kansas yolun-
teers, consisting OF S75 immunes
under the command Of Colonel James
Beck. The men arrived at Jersey
City yesterday afternoon, being on
the road from Kansas City for three
days. They were quickly transferred
to Brooklyn, and after being allowed
time for refreshments were hurried
On board the Vigilancia.
Letters have been received from
Shelby Pile and RObt. Lamme, writ
ten at Santiago before embarking for
Montauk Point, Long Island. The
boys report things very quiet in camp
with nothing to disturb the monotony
OF the daily routine OF camp life. |
They are glad to be relieved OF the
hard work incident to a campaign in
the rough Cuban country and warm
climate. The boys are probably safe
at Montauk Point by this time.
Jack Hastle reports that Wednes-
day night someone took an afflicted |
COW out of the Quarantined pasture
east OF town. The cow was very sick |
and was abandoned by the side of the |
road, where she lay all day yesterday. |
This morning the COW was gone. The
superstition is that the owner took
her away last night. 1t would 20
hard with any person caught taking a |
COW out of the quarantined pasture.
as the quarantine laws are very
strict.
The Spanish minister OF war, Lieu.
tenant General Correa, when asked
what instructions have been given
General Blauco 10 regard to opposing
the Insurgents 10 Cuba, replied that
he had ordered the captainsgeneral Of
Cuba aad the Philippines to act in
accord with the Americans, but il the
Americans should prove unable Ia
make the insurgents respect the
armisticr, then the instructions were
to repel any attack upon the Span
iards.
Women in the Philippine islands
have pretty independent time OF il,
after all. Their marriage customs