People's voice., 1900-09-27

miles south of Wellington.
General John NJ. Palmer, ex- United
States senator from Illinois, died at
bis residence in Springfield at s am.
yesterday Of heart failure.
There was severe storm In Tama
county, Iowa last night. The town
OF Ferguson is said to have been
partially destroyed. -Four persons
are reported killed.
A ceutral Illinois Methodist confer
ence, meeting in Peoria, jumped on
the practice Of using fire crackers on
the Fourth. 1t recommended that
the day be spent in prayer instead.
Mrs. Brunson will have no formal
millinery opening this season, but Is
ready to show the ladies most COM
plete line Of pattern aud trimmed
hats. Correct styles, reasonable prices.
You are invited.
The king Of Siam will pay the
UL'ted States an official visit next
year. The people OF Siam aim 10
make their country a second Japan
lud the kings object in visiting this
couutry is to get suggestions for his
cOuntry'S Advancement.
B. B. Knowlton of Chicago has opened
an upholstering shop in the Spicknall
block. He wishes to say to the people
of Wellington that he carries full line
Of goods; coverings of all kinds and
grades, and if his work is not frst-class,
it costs nothing. Call and see the pref
ty things.
The insurgent operations last week
we're more active than for some time
aud in spite Of American precaItion.
dry measures over 100 Americans were
killed or wounded. The rising extends
TO the remote provinces, and the
people are carrying their hemp into
! iM4lA., lya.d, that the rebels Wi.
burn it.
| L. l.. spencer hss SJ,d his wife
Maggie c,elcer, for divorce UI Clr
grOund Of abandonment. Ihey were
married lu Sumner county in May
1887, They lived together until May
1897. They have five children, fOu
boys and one girl, all OF whom excep
the girl are living with the father
The father wants 10 retain the cust0
dyU the boys.
The greatest money makers In tn
world now are the fast ocean steamer
between New York aud Europe. Tn
Deutschland" the new recOrd.break
ing liner, arrived at New York yester
day with 5000, 900 worth Of passengers
Andrew Carnegie and family were OF
board. Their passage and accommo
! datiOns cost them $1,000. 1t take
about six days for the Deutschland T.
cross the ocean and earn $500, ,00).
A Guthrie woman when a little gir
had an obsessiOn, the v ord Mississippi
/ constantly running thl ough her minC
and causing her to think that 1t woulI
be funny IT, find man named Sippl
4 as there would probably be Mrs
Sippi and several Misses Sippi. Sh
threw down Kansas City newspape
in amazement yesterday when sh
read that Miss Sippey was queen o
I the Wellington carnivdl.-K. G. Star
4 Mr.. J. H. Wills was in our city Frida
arranging for his annual cattle sale TO
Oct. 3rd. 1t will close out his .entir
cattle business as he expects to engag
in the mule business. Mr.. Wills j
Z known as one of the largest and mos
4 successful cattle breeders in this sectio
3 of the county. He has for the past fou
years furnished our county with higl
grade Hereford cattle and sold at hi
sales from seven to fourteen thousan,
dollars worth each year.
3 DR.. Stevens awarded the prizes 70
the best colts sired by his stations
as follows: "HarrY"-Jake Miller
! John Hood, G. NJ. Conner. "Princ
4 Wilkes"-JOhn Camp, Lee Morri:
i S. f. Utz. "Dudley"-I.
! Stewart, NJ. L. Powell, NJ. I
Williams. "OntoneO"-A. M. Nc
COnkley, R. E. Evans, A. b. Swan
] "Cornet"-W. Zimmerman, R, Dre1
4 nOu, W. Zimmerman. The Judge
were NJ. L. Hamilton, A. NJ, McCODk
ley, and Link Barner.
Eagle: During the last week Wict
ita's sister city, Wellington, has adde
another plume to her helmet an
another badge Of honor to her breast
Wellington's great wheat jubilee wa
,, everythingit was advertised 10 bt
and then some. 1t is estimated b
/ the Wellington papers that $50
Wichita people attended. Mayor Ros
and Chief Cubbon represented Wich
! ita officially and Mayor Ross said th
flower parade was the finest he ha
ever seen outside Of Los Angeles an
Colorado Springs.
! Several special officers are travelin
over the Panhandle division Of thl
Santa Fe empowered to arrest tramp
whenever found on the trains or righ
OF way. Whenever tramps are foUn
on a train, they are hauled to the mex
town and then arrested. This is tn
beginning OF a combined actioI
against tramps recently enacted b
the Santa Fe. Offlcers will be place.
on other divisions In the near future
The Santa Fe was compelled to TAX
this action on account OF the troubl
II has had recently with tramps.
A unique and extraordinary strik
is reported from Lyons, Ga. IL 1
said that all OF the washerwomen II
the town have gone 90 strike as tn
result OF an election there the Othe
day. In some manner the negrI
women became possessed OF the ide'
that the election meant that thI
white people we're going 10 mortgage
the property swned by the negroe
for the purpose OF building a schoo
for white children. Thereupen tn