Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-05-14

verdict OF guilty.
RED LEARY. a notorious thud, escaped
jail. in New York city. on the 9Th inst;
the sheriff offers reward of $4,000
for his return, dead or alive.
A WINNIPEG special Of the 9th
says that the troops ordered to
the scene of the Canadian Pacific strike,
reached there at six P. NJ. All quiet SO
far.
AN Ottawa special of the 9Th says
strike and riot are reported from Sec
ton Is, Pacific railroad The Winnepeg
volunteers are called out to go to the
scene of trouble.
In the Custom House cases on the
9Th, Judge Dyer overruled the motion
to quash the indictment, and also the
motion for bill of particulars, jury
is now being empanelled to try the cases.
A RICHMOND, Va, dispatch Of May
9th says the detectives, to-day. arrested
Alex. Cohen, prominent insurance
agent of Milwaukee, Wis, charged with
committing forgeries in that city.
AT mass meeting, at Toronto May
9Th, resolutions were adopted strongly
favoring the establishment of national
currency for the development of public
works, such currency to be legal tender
for all debts in the Dominion.
AT the interstate oratorical contest
held at Iowa City, Iowa, on the evening
of May 9TH, Mr.. r. M. La Toilette, of
the University of Wisconsin, was award
ed the first prize, and Mr.. j. A. Barber,
of Oberlin college, Ohio, the second
prize. . ~ ow "5a#u#.
A Milwaukee dispatch of the 9Th
says Chief of Police Kennedy left for
Richmond this afternoon to bring back
Cohen, the forger. He took with him
the $500 reward offered for Cohen's ap-
prehension by Mr.. Segnitz.
The trustees of Racine college, Wis,
met at Racine on May 9Th and proceed
ed to elect a Warden to succeed DR..
De Koven, deceased. The choice of
the trustees is DR.. Stephen Parker Of
Elizabeth, N. j. .a ... s. ..
A DISPATCH from Rome, dated May
9Th, to the New York Freenean's Journal,
announces that the pope has named
Very Rev. Lawrence S. McMahon,V G.,
of Providence, to be bishop of Hart
ford, and Rev. John Vertin, of Negau-
nee, Mich, to be bishop of Marquette.
AST. PAUL special of May 4th says that
heavy rains prevail all over the state,
and northern Iowa, and the continuance
of cool weather, remove the present ap-
prehension of drought. Advices from
all parts Of the state just before the
rain, indicate that the crop had not
suffered materially. p. y
ADvICEs from Southeastern Kansas of
May 9TH, say that about 1000 men
have gone into the Indian Territory
within the past week; also, that rich
silver mines have been discovered just
south Of the Kansas line, and claimes
in large numbers are being registered
daily in the Squatters' Registry Office,
two miles from Baxter Springs, Kansas.
AT the business session of the Inter
state Oratorical association at Iowa
City, Iowa, on the Sth inst, the following
officers were elected President. G. E..
Morse, of Oberlin, o.; vice president,
Miss Ida NJ. Miller, of Springfield, Mo. !;
secretary and treasurer, J. M. Dodson,
of Madison, Wis. The next session
will be held at Oberlin, o., in May, 1880.
The contest was gratifying success,
netting the association about 5000. g.5
A WILKEsBARRE dispatch of the 9TH
says, at IL o'clock last night a
gas explosion occurred. in the
Stanton shop of the Lehigh & Wilkes
barre severely burned Martin Kerrigan.
At midnight while the men were brush
ing out the accumulation of gas in the
lower vein, it came in contact with a
blower causing a terrific explosion. A
large force Of men were driving at the
tunnel at the time and eight Of them
were badly burned. "a "a s'.s
The executive committee of the Mil
waukee driving park, in conference
met Col. King, of Minneapolis, on the
9Th and arranged a circuit that
will embrace Chicago, St. Louis,
Kansas City, Milwaukee and Min
neapolis. Chicago purses will aggregate
$4,000, and those other cities $4,000
EACH The meeting will commence at
Milwaukee in August and will follow in
this order: Minneapolis Chicago, Kansas
City, St. Louis. Minneapolis has. sub
scribed a contigent fund Of $4,000 to
insure the success of the meeting. .
r. A New York special OF May 9th says
there arrived at the port of New York,
during the month Of April, 1879, 1884
passengers, 1851 of whom were immi-
grants. During the corresponding Pc
Rod of 1873, the total number of pas
sengers arrived at the port was 1O,307,
of whom $500 were Immigrants.
Of the arrivals at the u, port
during the month of April,
1879, there we're from England, 2,O4O;
Scotland, 1876; Wales. 20; Ireland, q
159; Germany. 1874; Austria, 254;
Sweden, o75; Norway, 2s9; Denmark,
451; France, 221; Switzerland, 612;
Spain, II; Italy, 617; Netherlands, 12O;
Belgium, Sc; Russia, so; Poland. A;
all other countries, 43.
. A SAN FRANCISCO Special of the 9th says
the official returns of the vote in the city
yesterday, give majority against the
new constitution of 1,215. Returns
from the interior indicate that the in
strument is adopted by majority of
| from six to ten thousand. The farmers
co.