People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-09
GENERAL NEWS.

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The news OF I'd: Every time
Fred Funston opens his mouth, he
puts his foot in 1t. Because OF his
antl-CathOllc uJterances 10 Sau Fran.
cisco, Archbishop Ireland OF ST.. Pau.
stored him, aud d Catholic paper al
Sau Erauc,Sc0 held hlm over The Goi
Goals and slowly turned him, He has
brought suit against The archbishop
aud the paper Tor criminal libel, as .
result. Tne next ching Funston viii
be doing ne will sue the politician.
WHO started tie report That Uue "uu
I'll my regiment is mustered cut"
originated 10 Tile mind Of the news
paper correspondent Steele, instead
Of being uttered by Funston. The
wireless system Of telegraphy will be
put In use betweenthe Hawaiian is
lands. ...Sir Thomas Upton, owner OF
the defeated yacht Shamrock, sailed
for his home in England yesterday.
Chicago has a murder mystery. A
woman was found in her rooms in the
fats, with finger prints and blood
stains on the walls. There was a
bullet hole in her head, and she had
evidently been dead a week. g. . The
Boer war is tagging. About all there
is in the news reports from South
Africa today, is that the British guns
silenced number of Boer cannons .
The Missouri mule was partially to
blame for the capture of 1000 British
soldiers by the Beers. While the two
armies were engaged in battle, the
mules ran away with the ammunition
wagons, leaving the British. helpless
The Beers then captured them cas-.
ily....The Twentieth Kansas reached
Topeka today. Vice President Ho-
barts condition continues to I'M.
prove. The Jeffries-Sharkey mill
takes place at COney Island tomorrow
night. AprOpOs of the coming fight
it is being whispered that the Fitz
Jefries mill was "hxpd," and there il
some suspicion that the coming bout
is put-up affair Sharkey money i,
too plentiful,...Tb presdenty, ster
day commissioned Colonel Wilder S
MeLcalf, Twentieth Kansas volun
teers, brigadier general by brevet, fol
gallant and meritOriOuS services il
action in the Philippines. =. The
Washington government claims t
have conclusive evidence that Tho
Japs are aiding the Philippine insur,
gents...,A mob besieged the Oll
Park church in Chicago ni2ht before
last and held a "healer" who wa
holding forth there, prisoner al
night. The police finally rescued
him.
The news Of 4th: The decision il
The JeffrieS-Sharkey fight last nigh
was given to Jeffries in the 25tl
round. The fight looked like Shar
keys until the Dist round, when JEFF
ries Landed a few uppercuts and got
his opponent groggy, and had easy
sailing until thelimi was reached.
Meagre information from South AZ.
RIGA has again put England Oh the
anxious seat:. Although Vice Presi
dent Hobart lie supposed to be better,
he is really growing weaker, and takes
very little nOurishment. Seattle
Wash, will benefit greatly by the
transfer Of the shipping center OF the
Pacific coast from San Francisco tC
that place. "A Missouri Pacific train
carrying Co. F, Twentieth Kansas,
from Topeka to Fort Scott. collided
with an NJ. X. & T. train at a cross
ing near Blue Mound yesterday. Al
though the engine was badly wrecked,
no OEe was killed.. Red ants stung
to death the four-year-old child Of G..
D. Spenskia Of Brenbam, Tex,
Thursday. IF. W. Elliott, edi.
tor OF the Troy Times, has been
Gued 800 for crlminally libelling a
county commissioner, and 10 addition,
must serve a sentence in jail. e. There
is q possibility Of Uncle Sam getting
mixed up in the fight over the parti-
tioning o; China, on account OF the
terms Of our treaty with China. :. By
the death of her father, an Atchison
woman falls heir to one third Of
100000 government 4 per cent
bonds. The following Kansas
towns welcomed returning soldiers
yesterday: Lawrence, Ottawa
Minneapolis, Garnett, Salina, Coffey
vile, Leavenworth, Fort Scott, Ere
donia, Pittsburg, lola, Arkansas City
Junction City and Olathe. Gen
Andrade, the depOsed president o.
Venezuela, has taken refuge in POrtr
Rico. q. Fred Funston kicked of fo
the Ottawa and Lawrence VARSITY
football games at Ottawa today. E
L. Godkin, one OF the best known
editorial writers in the United State
has been compelled to retire from tn,
New York Post on account OF II
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