People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-08-24

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several weeks.
Alex Knott has secured tax deed
to three lots in Belle PLANE. u. F.
Quicker has secured a tax deed to "a
lots in Argonia.
Prof. E. Kelley came in from Har-
per last night to spend Saturday and
Sunday at home. Prof. l. E. Swain
OF Caldwell, came in on his way home.
Schuyler Gilbert's and John Chit
woods barber shop fixtures arrived
today and are being placed in the
basement under the Security State
bank.
Syl Dixon told a reporter for the
Journal at Kansas City that 5000
people passed through the exhibit car
while his -four train stropped in Wei
lingtOn.
City Engineer Roberts this morning
filed with the city clerk the plans and
specifications for the grading on North
Washington avenue. The grading Of
this street is to be done by contract.
Geo. Bailey brought some samples
of the corn raised on his farm south
west Of town to the VOICE office
this morning. The samples measure
l0t inches each. The grain is we'll
filed out.
Little Rock, Ark, Aug. 16.-Five
highly respected white women were
brutally assaulted by negroes in this
city today. There is intense excite
ment and race trouble of a serious
character is imminent.
The Santa Fe is fixing up the Au-
gusta branch, preparatory to running
some Of their fast trains over it. The
track will be rock ballasted and the
grades reduced; contracts for the
work have already been let.
1t is reported that E. D. Igou, for
merly chief clerk at the freight depot
in this city, is now in Beaver county,
No Mans Land, and is starting an
extensive cattle ranch out there.
Mr.. Igou resigned his position here
and sold his residence and household
goods, and went east to take charge
OF an estate left him by his father.
He has been in No Mans land about
three weeks.
| In ii Kansas town few days ago a
nau while drawing whiskey from a
,,-rrl ~ ore Of the dark rooms on the
| rrG -rcr, Of the hotel" was severely
b. -oed ~ The result Of the fumes of
whl>t ey becoming ignited from a
JET. That kind of whisky is rare
Kan :. The general run Of the
,ruCk that is handled in this state
uldu't Ourn if it was sprayed into
ieTy furnace. Topeka Capital,
special meeting Of the city cOun-
81 was held Tuesday, 18th, when
was announced that L. L. Double
| lay had succeeded in refunding only
500 Of the city's S4S, 900 outstanding
Dnnds at Al and 5 per cent. A con-
tract was made with John T. Stewart
tn refund the remainder of the bonds
At the same rate of interest. He re-
turned from Kansas City this morning
having made arrangements for their
refunding.
When the late Clegg Snyder died,
he held $1,000 life insurance policy
in the Red Mems lodge, made payable
to his SOD, Roy. W. A. Lichteuberg-
or, as guardian of the boy, looked iuto
the value of the policy and learned
that it was worth only s35SO4. A few
days ago he made a draft through a
local bank on the treasurer Of the
insurance department of the order at
AtchisOn for that amount, and this
morning the draft came back pro.
tested.
Secretary Root has been in consulta
tion with the officers of the quarter.
masters department with a view to
expediting the movement of the Phil
ippine reinfOrcements, and as a result
he has directed that four additional
transports be chartered. They are
the Pueblo, Belgian King, Columbia
and Chas. F. Nelson. These four
ships have capacity Of $3.50 men
| The Pueblo is now at San Francisco
and the Columbia at Portland, Ore.
The other two vessels are expected TO-
arrive at San Francisco in about ten
| days and it is expected that all Of
them will be ready to sail for Manila
by September 10. 1t is Secretary
Roots desire that the entire body OF
the reinforcements for General Otis
army may reach the Philippines
for service during the month
lof October at the latest, and
to that end he has been quietly
negotiating for additional ships.
1t is now believed that all the ten
regiments will have landed at Manila