People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-10-26
H. L. BUTTREY
The Leading Shoe Man.
GENERAL NEWS.

The ReWs Of 23d: 1t is believed
that England's plans in South Africa
are to establish 3 dominion there
when the Beers are subdued, like the
one in Canada. E. Topeka now admits
that the chicken pOI" epidemic there
is almost like smallpox, and will
quarantine against it. There are now
between 50 and Is cases there. Gen
eral Fred Funston has created sen.
satiOn by declaring In a lecture at
San Francisco that the Catholics are
responsible for the Philippine war.
He SAYS the bottom would drop out Of
rebellion in week il the friars we're
driven of the islands. Upon the
advice Of his physicians, Dewey has
cancelled his proposed trips to Allan
ia and Philadelphia, and will accept
no more invitations until next sum-
mer =. The mayor of Joplin denies
that an epidemic Of smallpox exists
there, but Galena has quarantined
against Joplin, just the same. The
Beers are suffering almost as many
reverses as the Spanish did 10 the late
Spanish. American war. They have
been dislodged from their position at
Elandslaagte .... General Funston
has been offered a brigadler'S COM
mand to return TO Manila, He will
accept the offer, and will return with
in few weeks after his regiment is
mustered out. -. Bandits robbed d
store at Donlpban, Ks, Saturday
night. Yesterday d posse discovered
them on an island IN the Missouri
river near AtchisOn, and in a fight
which followed, an OfiCer was killed.
The robbers escaped. The Beers
have attacked Glencoe aud are she'll
ing Dundee. The British loss Satur-
day was $50 killed and wounded. 80.
The PnilpUt Griffin trial opened in
Kentucky today, aud the state troops
are held in readiness 10 preserve |
order, .Michael Mangan, wealthy |
farmer Of Independence, Ks, drank
carbOliC acid, mlStaking iJ for whisky, |
and died in thirty minutes. "A Kan.
sas City reporter named EastOn has
been captured by the Beers in South |
Africa.
The news OF oath: Oklahoma is
now shipping cotton direct to
Japan. The KioWa and COmanche
Indians have held a council TO pro,
test against the opening Of the KiOwa,
COmanche and Apache ressrVa
tiOnS. Smallpox has appeared at
South McAllSter, IT....rhe Guth-
rie carnival opened at noon eSterdsy,
and will continue through the
week. Buck Roberts, a smooth
man with a gun twirled his forty
four at Cloud Chief, OF, the other
day, when the thing went off aud
shot him through the heart. E. The
latest news from South Africa causes
the gravest apprehension in England,
The Beers are said to have isolated
Yule'S command, dividing the British
forces in Natal. Although the Brit
lsh report the defeat OF the Beers at
Glencoe, the Beers calm to have won
the victory. Archbishop Chappelle
of New Orleans, who is to manage the
Philippine church affairs, takes issue
with Gen. Funston concerning his
statement that the friaTS are reSpOn-
Sible for the Philippine trouble. The
has only words of praise
for the fTiars, who, he says, have raised
the Filibinos from slavery. A
bloody fghtOCcurred at Choctaw City,
OF, recently, the result OF neighbors
gossiping about one another. A
with capitalization OF
$4,000 and surplus of 5000 mas
been formed to operate and develop
mining properties in the Galena.Jop-
lin district. -. Fred Funston has de-
clared that the until my regiment Is
out" declaration accredited
10 him is true, and refers TO those
who started the adverse story as (
liars, knockers, copperheads and Jack
legs 1t is something new for a nero
TO denounce those who raise a ques-
lion as to the correctness of the heroic
credited TO him.. Mrs.
Of New York, is the latest
Ieeker after free advertising. She
claims she was robbed OF $50, 900 in
diamonds and money in a hotel
n London, England. Colonel Sum-
ner, Major Story, Captain Gibson and '
Captain Slocum have been detailed to ,
proceed to South Africa and observe