Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-06
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
ANOTHER CENTENNIAL SCHEME.

the industries of all nations in New
York city in the year 1889 or sooner.
A resolution passed authorizing the
chairman to appoint an executive com
mittee of ten who shall take the whole
matter in charge and arrange for a pro-
posed meeting.
ALL FEARS OF FEVER REMOVED.
SAYS a Cairo dispatch under date Of
of November LIST, that If there were
any remaining fears of yellow fever
the heavy freeze last night would dis
sipate them. Nearly all absentees have
returned and business is resuming its
wonted activity.
d. REUNION OF THE TENNESSEE ARMY.
The veterans Of the army of the Ten
nessee met in annual reunion at Indi-
annapolis Oct. 3Oth. Gen. Sherman
presided. Col. VIM. F. Villas Of Mad
ison, Wis, delivered the annual adj
dress. A good time was enjoyed by
the old veterans.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
President-General w. T. Sherman.
Vice Presidents-General Green B.
Raum, Illinois; General Theodore
Jones, Ohio; Major ]. A. Fitch,
Illinois; Colonel F. c. Defining,
Montana; Major H. G. Macarthur,
Missouri; Colonel W. S. Oliver, Arkan-
sas; J. c. Stone, Iowa; General Dwight
May, Michigan; General E. III. Murray,
Kentucky; Major Edgar F. Miller,
Pennsylvania; Colonel w. ?. Davis,
Indiana; Major R. M. Thompson, Ten
nessee.
Recording secretary-Colonel S. NJ.
Dayton, Cincinnati.
Corresponding secretary-General A.
Hickenlooper, Cincinnati.
Treasurer-General NJ. F. Force,
| Cincinnati.
| CHOLERA IN MOROCCO.
The United States consul at Tangier
transmitted, Nov. 1st., a dispatch to the
state department, giving an account of
the fearful ravages of the cholera in the
interior of Morocco. The misery
among the people is great, and bust
ness is almost completely paralyzed.
The cholera is sweeping over
the middle and the south
ern provinces, and hundreds
are dying of starvation. To all these
miseries, smallpox and malignant
fevers add to their horrors. Never be-
fore has Morocco passed through such
n fearful ordeal All the leading Isra-
elites and many Europeans have fled
from Tangier panic-stricken, while wild
and uncertain rumors of the ravages Of
the pestilence in the interior which are
brought daily to Tangier by refugees
add to the general CONSERVATION.
| While immense numbers of persons
are starving in the very streets of Tan
gier, and, while merchants are sell
ling all breadstuffs at cost, the authori-
ties still persist in levying q tariff of
1 10 per cent on all imports of provisions.
Add to all these fearful visitations the
further fact that neighboring countries
have almost completely cut Morocco
from communication with the outside
world, and no gloomier picture can be
imagined. ~ III.
/ r. ..,,.I RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
A St. Paul dispatch, under date
October 30th says: A construction
train on the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul road near Sheldon ditched,
yesterday and J. G. Patterson, of Charles
City, attorney for the company, was
killed. Fred Merrill, nephew Of S. S.
Merrill, general manager, and Frank
Church, superintendent Of the United
States express company, were injured.
All were riding on a freight car. ... .
FEVER EPIDEMIC ENDED AT NEW ORLEANS.
g. A New Orleans. dispatch of Oct. 3Oth
says for the past two days deaths from
other causes have exceeded In number
those recorded as having been caused
by yellow fever. It is therefore proba-
Die that the board of health at its regu-
lar meeting tomorrow will declare the
epidemic at an end. .-,..........
| THE WESTERN UNION RAILROAD.
A Milwaukee special telegram of Oct.
3Oth says: Walter S. Gurnee, of New
York City, has retired from the board
of directors of the Western Union rail
road company running from Racine to
Savannah, ILL.,, on the Mississippi 1iver)
as he had previously retired from the
ISt. Paul company, on account Of his
approaching visit to Europe It is also
probable that complete change will
| take place in the Western Union COM
pany, and that it will be totally absorb
! ed IN the st. Paul company, OF
which, since 1869, it has, been a sort Of
parasite. The capital stock of the Yves
tern Union Company is 100000, Of
which the.St. Paul Company purchased
$4,000, 100 just a majority that
year, and since that time the officers of
the two companies have been in part
the same, and their reports have been
published together, although the Wes-
tern Union had its principal office in
Racine and the management has been
separate. After the failure Of the Glass
! Cow bank, it transpired that among its
assets were $29,16,OOO of the 7atper
cent. bonds of the Western Union. COM
pany, valued at 9436,500, and, 81 1892
$40 of the stock of the same company,
valued at ell, $50. These two amounts
of steck-the $2,OOO,10O held by the
! 81 ttpa,1f oop,narv and that I'M the