People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-10-17
IT was given out authoritatively on
he 18th that the fight between Corbett

limited to a number of rounds, the
i3feree being vested with full power to
op the contest when, in his opinion.
Ii becomes brutal, the contestants to
lox 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 OF and a number OF
long, deep gashes were in her body.
Suspicion rests upon some Choctaws
named Impson, who believed her 10 be
witch and lived in constant terror Of
her.
A SERIOUS freight wreck occurred AZ
Waterbury, Conn, on the 18th, two
parts of 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
embanknent Mazeppa, the famous
champion trick horse, valued at s40,-
900, was instantly killed, one man was
fatally injured and two others serious
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 II, last, was put to
death at Prague.
THE French war Office received dis
patch stating that Antananarivo, the
capital Of Madagascar was taken by
the French troops and that the queen
of Madagascar had made peace with
the French.
A DISPATCH on tie 10th said that for
two months severe drought had pre-
vailed in western Pennsylvania, West
Virginia, Ohio and parts of Indiana.
In ha hal IL
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.
1T was reported on the 9th that the
Corbett-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,
Ca, 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, ad.
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 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 R. Gentry-on
the 9th at Lexington, KY, and proved
himself king of pacing stations He
fought out racing battle OF five heats,
and was in the contest from first to last
The best time made was 2:05H. 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.
The entire force of compositors,
pressmen, stereotypers and other at
taches Of the mechanical department
of the New York World went on
strike at midnight Of the 9Th. The
trouble started through the elevator
conductors being reduced in their sal
aries from s12 to $40 week.
KIT LEFTwIcH, a negro IS years Of
age, was hanged in Bristol, Tenn, on
the 18th for criminal assault on Annie
Fogarty, little girl aged 10.
KIT ROBINSON, eolored, was hanged
at Liberty, Tex, on the 18th, before
large crowd for the murder in June,
1895, of John R. Johnson, an old white
man.
In accordance with a resolution
adopted at the last session of the Wis
consin legislature, Gov Upham has APP
pointed committee to confer with the
Minnesota committee concerning the
proposition TO form new state out OF
the portions Of northern Wisconsin and
Minnesota, with the capital at Superior
or Duluth.
NORFOLK. Va, suffered from terri
BILE fire on the night of the 9th. ware
house being destroyed with thousands
of dollars worth of nronertv stored