The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-18

II was given out authoritatively on
the 18th that the fight between Corbett
and Fitzsimmons would surely take
place at Hot Springs, Ark, on schedule
time. In order to comply with the
laws of Arkansas the contest will be
limited to a number of rounds, the
referee being vested with full power to
stop the contest when. in his opinion.
it becomes brutal, the contestants to
box with soft gloves.
OFFICERS who arrived at Paris, Tex.
recently from the territory bring news
of the butchering of an aged negro
woman named Louisiana Fisher, near
Shawneetown, in the eastern part of
the Choctaw nation, A day or two
ago her body was found in the woods.
Her head was cut off and a number of
long deep gashes were in her body.
Suspicion rests upon some Choctaws
named Impson, who believed her to be
a witch and lived in constant terror of
her.
A SERIOUS freight wreck occurred at
Waterbury, Conn on the 18th. two
parts of a broken train coming to-
gether and ten cars loaded with trot-
ting horses, live stock and other ex-
hibits from the Danbury fair were
crushed and thrown down a 40-fOOt
embankment Mazeppa, the famous
champion trick horse, valued at S40,-
OO0 was instantly killed, one man was
I,
ly hurt
A WOMAN known as Gaetana Stomoli
has been arrested for poisoning TWEEN
ty-three children with phosphorus at
Catania, Sicily. She administered the
poison by mixing it with wine and pre-
vailing upon the children to drink it.
The woman confessed and offered as
an explanation that she wanted re-
venge for the death of two of her own
children who had been bewitched.
ANTOINE HOFFMAN, the anarchist,
who murdered Police Inspector Baum
garten on June IL, last, was put to
death at Prague.
The French war Office received dis
patch stating that Antananarivo, the
the French troops and that the queen
of Madagascar had made peace with
the French.
A DISPATCH on the 10th said that for
two months severe drought had pre-
vailed in western Pennsylvania, West
Virginia, Ohio and parts of Indiana.
On the Monongahela river 5000 miners
were idle because the barges could not
carry the coal on account of the low
stage of water in the river. Many
establishments on the Ohio river had
been obliged to shut down for want of
water, and farmers were selling their
stock because of the difficulty in
watering them.
REPORTS from Stokes Bay, Ont,
stated that the steamer Africa, on
Lake Huron, had gone down with all
on board.
IT was reported on the 9th that the
bett-Fitzsimmons fight would take
place at Hot Springs, Ark. on the date
as advertised for Dallas. Tex There
was wild excitement at Hot Springs
and preparations were being made to
entertain the thousands of visitors ex-
pected.
A TRAGEDY occurred in Pike county,
Ga. in which eight or niEe children
lost their lives by poison. Tom Speer,
taking advantage of his wife's absence,
and being prompted by jealousy, add
ministered rough on rats to his chill
dren. The fend was put behind the
bars.
MRS. SARAH EMERY, the well-known
lecturer on woman suffrage and author
of Seven Financial Conspiracies,
died at Lansing, Mich, on the 10th of
cancer.
A SEVERE rainstOrm was experienced
in Ferryland, n. F., recently. Bridges
were destroyed and a large extent of
roadbed was torn up.
THE black stallion Joe Patchen low
cred the colors of his two famous rivals
Robert J. and John +. Gentry-on
the 9th at Lexington, Ky, and proved
himself king of pacing stations. lie
fought out racing battle of five heats,
and was in the contest from first to last.
The best time made was 2:05iz. This
was the third time Patchen had de-
feated Robert j. this season.
A REVOLUTION was said to have
broken out in the interior of Venezu-
ella.
THE Temple cup went to Cleveland,
and. as last year. the Baltimore cham
pions must be content with second
place in the contest for the prize.