Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-08-11
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DELTH OF HANS CHRISTIAN An
DERsEN. The gifted Danish writer,
Hans Christian Andersen, is dead
The cable conveys the sad intelligence
of his loss To literature and usefulnes.
he having FL, sed away at Copenhagen
Wednesday August 4th, aged 70 years
and about three months From power
ty this renowned author started on his
way to fame, his father being an indi-
gent shoemaker at Odense, on the Is
land of Eunen, where Hans was born.
The boys education was received at
free academy in Copenhagen at the
expense of the State. At an early age
he began his literary career, furnishing
number of little stories which found
public favor. Ever protegc of the
Government, he was permitted to travel
over Europe by the King of Denmark,
his expenses being paid by his royal
friend After the experience of his
trip. the young author launched forth
into busy life of literary labor, pro-
ducing poems, stories, romances and
fairy-tales in abundance, winning notice
and popularity at every step. Toward
the close of his life he became more
and more the children's friend, de
lighting the youth by the quaint and
humorous productions Of his magma
ton. That which Hans Christian An
/ dersen wrote was beautiful and pure, and
of the most elevating and ennobling in
huence. His life was blessing to the
world, and all good people will mourn
his DEATH
The GREAT CALIFORNIA EMBEz-
zLEMENT.-SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4
"A few days ago, investigation by
the Central Pacific authorities of the
defalcasion of " oodruff, alias Moller.
was completed. The amount is about
S1,000,t00. The company succeeded
in repairing its losses, on account of
the increase III the value of Wood
rufus investments, which kept pace
with his high living He has not
been delivered to tie authorities of
the law, and ii is believed he went to
China In the last steamer. An officer
of the company admitted to-day that
he had been released on parole not to
quit this jurisdiction until he received
permission from the railroad authori-
ties. The Bulletin this evening says
edltorially: His offenses are of no
ordinary character. Bigamy, embez-
Element and forgery have Been charged
against him. 1t the facts should turn
out that this man is now beyond the
Nemesis of the California penal laws,
the people of this State will hold the
Directors of the Contract and Finance
or Western Development Company re-
sponsibie for this outrage upon jus
Glce"
DISTRESSED AMERICAN TOURISTS
No arrangements have been made
with the Union Bank of London for
the redemption Of Duncan, Sherman &
Co.'S letters of credit in the hands of
travellers. The negotiations pending
since the failure OF Duncan, Sherman
4 Co. have not been completed and
the longer the arrangement postponed
the less probability is there of sue
cessful result. Letters from Paris say
over one thousand holders of the firm 5
letters of credit have been heard from
IN Germany alone. Many are utterly
destitute, and have been compelled to
apply for relief to the local authorities
or to the American Consuls One
woman, a teacher, of Massachusetts,,
had but thirty francs when she heard
of the failure. The American and
English people where she was staying
subscribed sufficient funds to pay hel
expenses to Hamburg, from which
place she took steerage passage home.
The appeals for aid from persons hold
lug these letters come from all diree
tions. A document stating these fact:
and denouncing the house is preparing
for publication.
The last census of Ireland was taker
in 1871, but the results were only Civ.
en to the public quite recently. Evi
IDENTITY the British government has need
of such a man as Francis A. Walker
to run its census bureau. The popula
tion at that time was 5,412,377, which
notwithstanding the natural increase
is less than tie population of 1851 BY
386,59O. One-half the land is pasture
one-fourth in tillage, one-fifth in bog
the rest in plantation" One-fifth O.
the nearly 100000 farms are less thar
Eve acres in extent. The religion o.
the people is given, and these statistics
would indicate that nearly everybody
is Christian. The Jews number 285
the Mormons, 80; the Deists, 16; the
Theists, ID; the Atheists, l. The
Catholics number 4,150,867 More
than one-half the people can neither