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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-24
Work of the Flames.


The Great Western Manufacturing Com
pany's machine shops at Leavenworth, Kansas
were consumed by fire on the 21st Loss
S75,OOO. The stove works adjoining wer,
damaged to the extent of Sc, 500.
One of the best blocks of business houses il
night of the Goth The total loss foots W
100000.
Five stores at Spokane Falls, Washington
Territory. valued at 100000, were swept away
by fire.
The Quincy House. one of the largest hotels
in Quincy, ILL.,, burned on the the 10Th. No
lives lost. Katie Butler, chambermaid, was
seriously burned and Officer Stackelback had a
leg broken by falling down stairs. Nearly all
the guests lost their effects.
The Key City Block, Mnorhead, Mimi.
burned to the ground on the 18th. Loss S40.-
600 on the building. The merchants occupy
ing the structure were com pletey cleaned OUT.
Corbett d McLeay's wholesale grocery house
Portland, Me-, was destroyed on ITO 1"'~. e.
oicLeay's loss IS $4,000,
Fire in Stainniglane, suburb of Lo. don
Eng, on the 10Th. caused loss of e80,0OO.
Several stores were burned at NeWberry. n.
c., on the 18th. Loss S125, GOO.
Two-thirds Of the business portion of Cisco
Texas, was swept away by fire on the 18th
Total loss $685. 900.
A fire in the asserting room of Sanford:
cotton mill, Albany. N. Y, on the 18th, caused
loss of $40. 600.
Scranton, Pa, was visited by a confagration
on the 18th, which destroyed the Record Of
fee and other buildings. Loss $4,000.
Tweddle Hall Block, Albany, n. Y, includ.
ing the opera house, Albany County Bank
eight or ten retail stores and number OF
offices, was totally consumed by fire on the
10th. The total loss is estimated at $500, 600
insurance 5000, 900.
The greater part of the business center Of
the village of Plainville, Conn.,, was reduced tc
ashes on the 10Th. Loss $2G0, 900.
About dozen business houses in Lawrence
Kansas, suffered by fire on the 18th. Loss
$4,000
TayIor's safe works, Toronto burned on the
10th. Loss $4,000.
The business portion of SpencervilIe, O., ii
a mass of smouldering ruins
Armistead's fax warehouse, Dundee, Scot
land, was destroyed by fire on the 10TH Loss
| $50, 900.
The entire works of the Chicago Smelling
and Refining Company, we're swept away BY
fire on the 18th. Loss about $50, 600.
The nail mill, bluing- house and pattern ware
| house at South Chicago, were reduced to ashes
on the 18th. Loss 100000. The nail mil
was the largest and most complete in the United
States and contained 149 machines.
Duggan & Parker's hardware works at st
Louis. vanished in smoke on the 18th. Loss
$500
The fine residence of Samuel C. Lewis, a
TarrytoWn, n. Y, having frontage of 10t
feet, together with fine outfit of furniture
and pictures burned on the 18th. Loss 500,
600.
The forge and bolt department of the Elbs
Iron Works at FrankstoWn, Pa, a few mile
from Pittsburg, were destroyed by fire on tht
18th. Loss $40 600
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-24
A Paris Sensation.

Or the 18th inst, a Napoleonic manifesto
orlticlsing the present governmental situation
in France and said to have been written by
Prince Napoleon, was published in the Figaro
and also placarded in several prominent quar-
ters of the French capital. The placards were
removed by the police, the Figaro Office seized
and Prince Napoleon arrested. If the mani
festo is found genuine the ambitious prince
will be exiled from France.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-24
ShiUWrPCks

Wreckage from the British ship Pride of the
Ocean strews the beach between Harwick and
Aldeburg, England as case containing dyna-
mite was picked up by the coast guard, and
from the fact that the wreckage consistsof ex-
oeedngly fine pieces. the supposijon is that
the ship was destroyed by an explosion.
The schooner Favorite stranded near Point
Touro, Central America. Two of the crew and
q lady passenger were drowned
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-24

The sub-treasury at New York last month
shipped 100000 to the feet OF the Pacific.
The gold coin was packed in two kegs, which
weighed ahouttwo hundred pounds each. The
steamer arrived ing Aspinwall December 29th,
and the treasure was that night stored in the
vault of the railroad company at Panama.
When the vault was opened New Years day,
one key had disappeared, without the breaking
of lock. Several arrests have been made, as
there is evidence that the key was opened in
the freight-house.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-24
Obituary.

Prince Frederick Charles Alexander, brother
of Emperor William of Prussia, died at Berlin
on Ithe 21st, aged 80.
William Allen, a leading business man OF
Milwaukee since 1916, died last evening OF
heart disease.
John Gelston, prominent as a soda and min
eral water manufacturer In New York, and who
acquired a good record as a conscientious
thermometric statistic an, is dead.
Congressman John W. Shackelford, of North
Carolina, died at Washington, on the 18th,
aged 80. His disease was pneumonia.
Dennison ". Eaton, a prominent Milwaukee
groceries broker. was found dead in bed at the
Planklnton House, on the morning of the 18th.
Heart disease.
The veteran yacht builder, Robert Fish. one
of the most successful of his craft in the world
died at New York on the 18th. Capt. Fish's
chief celebrity was gained in 1870, when he re-
modelled the yacht Sappho, which won three
successive international races at Cowes, Isle of
Wight against the English yacht Cambria.
Right Rev. ]. G. Talbot, bishop of the Epis-
copal Church, diocese of Indiana, died of
paralysis at Indianapolis, Ind, on the 18th.
Mr.. Nelson Lud1ngton, one of the Oldest and
most extensive lumber merchants in the west,
and late president of the Fifth National Bank
of Chicago, died at his home in Chicago on the
18th, he was a brother of Ex-Governor Lud-
ington, of Wisconsin. He was 65 years of age.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-24
SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES.

Judiciary-A. N. Randall chairman; C. NJ. Webb
R. j. Flint, ]. T. Kingston, L. R. Hudd, J. P. G.
Cottrill, John Ringle.
State Afairs-R. j. Flint, J. F. Wiley, E. R.
Blake.
Railroads.. F. Wiley, chairman; G. K Erwin
Edward Colman, ". S. Stanley, Jr., Chas. Palmetier
James Hill, P. II. Smith, B. f. Sherman, D. A. Nc
Donald
Military Afairs-Edward Colman, chairman; W.
S. Stanley, Jr., E. r, Blake.
Privileges and Elect onS--C. n Webb, chairman:
H r. Warner, Enoch Chase.
Finance, Banks and Insurance-Hans. B. Warner,
chairman; w. T. Parry, H NJ Ackley.
Assessment and Collection of Taxes-E. S. Minor,
chairman; A. N. Randall John Carey.
Legislative Expenditures-C.K K. Erwin, chairman
J. T. Kingston, H. NJ. AckleY.
Federal Relations-N. d. Comstock, chairman; f.
S. Minor. W. w. Reed.
Roads and Bridges-W. 7. Parry. chairman; n. D.
Comstock, John RingeI.
Agrculture-S, L. Lord, chairman; Chas Pal
METER John Pingle
Enrolled Bills-C. K. Irwin, chairman; Fl. B.
Warner, Charles Jones.
Engrassed Bils-Wm. G. Mefert, chairman; James
Hill, John Adams.
Education-van s. Bennett chairman; s. s. Lord
Chas. Jones.
Manufacture and Commercially. S. Stanley, Jr
chairman; E. S. Minor, John Adams.
Interpretations. t. Kingston, chairman; c. NJ
Webb, John Pingel.
Town and County Organization-W. C. Meffert,
Oh airman; n. D. Constock, Thomas Wall.
Public Lands-Chas. Palmetier, chairman; W. l.
Parry, j. 2. @. Cottrill.
Joint Committee on Claims-Geo. w. Ryland,
chairman; Edward Colman, John Carey.
joint Committee on Charitable and Penal Insu-
stitudons-James Hin chairman; S. L. Lord, Enoch
Chase.
Joint Committee on Printing-van S. Bennett,
chairman: W. c. Meffert, B. F. Sherman.
MADISON, January 17.-Bills We're introduced
TO enable certain parties TO maintain dam
across Red Cedar River. Dunn County, and to
authorize the purchase of Strong'8 History, OF
Wisconsin Territory for the pubic schools or
the state. Adjourned.
MADISON. January 18.-Hudd introduced
bill exempting husbands from the personal
torts of their wives. A memorial for the es-
tablshment of a weekly mail route between
Esda1e and Herbert, Pierce County, was read.
Bills were introduced to fix the price of
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-24
Foreign Floods.

The Hungarian city of Raab, on the River
Danube, containing popu alton of about 20
900. has been entirely abandoned by its inhabi-
tants, owing to an inundation. The flood came
suddenly, and there was some loss of life.
Elsewhere along the Danube towns are flooded
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-24
a RRrder War.

A desperate encounter between the Seventh
Mexican battalion and the Tehuantepec In
dams recently in which the sayages were rout-
ed with the loss of eighty men killed and many
wounded. The troops suffered severely, losing
fifty men. among the number their lieutenant
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-24

ductor, w. r. Culver, switchman, James
Kaiser, brakeman, John Hay and John Barry
were seriously injured.
A platform upon which two wOrkmen were
engaged on a stand-pipe, seventy feet high, at
Fremont, o., gave way on the 10th. Anthony
Bumsaur was instantly killed and Frank Hun
singer badly injured.
A fire in tenement house in Widagate
Street, London, Oh the 10th. cremated five per-
sons. -Four were injured.
frame railway shed 900 feet long and 80
feet wide at Allentown, Pa, fell under a
heavy accumulation of snow the 18th:
Several cars and an engine were badly dam
aged. Loss 200.
The steamer Phenician lost two of her crew
and forty head of cattle on her last voyage
across the ocean.
Near East st. Louis on the 15th Michael
Doyle, a miner, was explaining the mOd1tS OPP
erdndi of firing blast, and carelessly ignited
train which led to pocket containing about
twenty pounds of powder, the existence of
which he (Doyle) was ignorant Of. An explo-
sion occurred which injured Miss Mary
Buett fatally.
A haystack fell over upon two sous Of Milo
Balch, at WilliamantIe Conn. One was killed
and the other probably fatally injured.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-24

AN Irishman says if the Naiads were
constantly bathing. he presumes, from
their name, the Dryads are the ones who.
bought the towels.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-24
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY "a, 1883.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
DyeFWheknNPd.

Marais. village in Switzerland, was COM
pletely destroyed by mass of earth, rocks: and
trees dislodged by recent sno wstorms.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-24
PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Sen atos

MADISON. January 16.-Hill introduced a
memorial to congress for an appropriation to
improve the harbor at Superior, which was re-
ferl ed to the committee on federal relations.
construction of elevators which was referred
to the committee on Judiciary. Jonas intro
duced resolution to prohibit debtors from
giving preferences to creditors, and to secure
the equal distribution of property among all
creditors Referred to the committee on judi
eSarv AdiOurned
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-24

A train OH the Southern Pacific Road mystic
riously started back down steep grade at
Tehachop's pass. 1t had gone tut four miles
when the hindmost sleeper jumped the track
on an embankment. -Four cars we're piled in
a heap and set on fire. 1t is believed that tif-
teen lives were lost, seven bodies having been
recovered. Among the victims were Ex-Gov-
Downey and wife, and Col. Larrabee, formerly
of Wisconsin. Five passengers escaped Inin-
iured.
cifc Road one engine after another was
wrecked in trying to force the snow blockade
until five of them lay piled in one mass on the
track.
An engine exploded at the Mansfield Ga.
depot of the Mansfield Tap Railroad, on the
18th, killing Engineer Shackleford, Fireman
Ways and Brakeman Jerry Hardy. Mrs. IN
giles and Mr.. Hanson. telegraph operator,
were MORALLY injured. The whistle had been
blown to start when the explosion occurred.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-05-24

Right mar ot the outsef Of the spring
ssu.op ,rs ,riA 70 rcpe1, wiat are hare
?ncp .ad b,torc. TIE legal guarantee
,cc qiye ,rah eyerysoie mems something:
ior ne intend ao, onig to guarantee sat
igfIc'ioa, b,f 70 qire s1'isidction, ,re're
not going 70 sag ,cia' ohcr. do IN h1
reDec'. .g,as may do the samc You
pr2bqj'g tnorr a5of iorc much the ,nord
guarantee msaa. mgre iu s9Hte stores
than D., o'Ler.. Here II mems that, i
! good. haze yror>i Incorporating, your
complaint ,rW hare courtoo,L. oonsidera-
( tan amt that every Jtst claim ,rH be
/ yromy'g ami oonyle'ciy s1fistjed, ,ne 90
hrti.r-rre thank yo,, tor permitting NJ
. 10 r,eompcnsc tor ios. sustained Joca,ose
d, hs frt place, IL d .iayie act ci j,l.-
tcr. soroaaLu, Il secsve. ts your good
,c.N and hirdil Il point. ont dcfects
81 man,tac'nre that az may remedy.
He aim TO o21duc' our J,lsincss upon
. dc ,'riotos' yrnc,plo. Of Honesty aud
| 70 inpirc o1ar customer. ,rith the feeling
that they are avTosaded By eoery pos-
uJie satcguard there shaN be at leat
ouc CLOTHING stare "a BELLEFoNTE
,rierc creu a chilli can deal ,citbooa risk
I Of tmgo.i'.ou.
Il ,couH b. n piig not 10 mention
yyriuq ogcrrouts ,cief, the ,roatler IL so
proyiiious and lre are Offering such an
Gttraairc rIriefg grades that a man
intending 70 buv one oar,s u TO himself
70 TOOL here 5Jorc choosjng. You kno'O
IT. not crcrurl,rr dat h. can 90 back
for hts monog Il he does bug and otter
,rards ,rishes he hadn't
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-05-24

The commission branch OF my business
Il receiving special attention, Propertic.
cold 10 good advantage, As have faoili-
ties for disposing Of houses, lands, etc, on
short notice and favorable terms.
2i.6m BOND NALENTTNr
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-05-24
rArnE'sIo Horse spark.ArrestIne

tuFabio Engine has cut 1000 a. q Michigan Pint
Boards in 10 hour. burning slabs from The saw il
eightio0t icucths.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-07-28

has had several pretty thorough and ex.
pensive tests IN Illinois, and failed each
time, manly from three causes: LIST, the
beets were not as rich IN saccharine matter
as when grown from the same seed in
France; ID there was an obvious lack OF
skill in manipulating the beet juice aud
converting 1t into sugar; and 3dly and
mainly, the French peasants" who were
hired at so cents day $50 carry on the
cultivation Of the beets," left In body
when offered double such wages By the
farmers around for the same or lighter
work. There are ten chances of success
anywhere in this country north of Louisi-
ana for making sugar from sorghum and
amber cane TO one Of making it from
bects
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-07-28

Barnum, with his greatest show on
earth" IS now in Canada, and for n week
every Canada paper we open has column
about Barnum, Jumbo, the Baby Elephant
and his gigantic aggregation in general"
At Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, and wher-
ever he appeared his advent seems to have
been made the occasion Of a general holt
day, all the town and country around drop.
ping their usual avoc ations and devoting
the day to the big show. Nothing like
it," says Toronto paper enthusiastically,
has ever appeared In Canada before, and
our people can well afford to give day to
an exhibition which Is an event In life
time"
Barnum's show, 1t will be remembered,
promises to take in Ottawa before the close
of the season.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-07-28
DORSEY.

Tho Chicago JOu,RdI Is OF the opinion
that IS. w. Dorsey had better try his hand
at his own vindication, rather than at
tempt to besmirch the character Of General
Garfield with the sally hope that by doinE
that he helps his own case"
II Dorsey stands in need CT "vindicu-
tion," then it seems to us a good many
others stand IN the same need. Dorsey
has done nothing that the country is aware
OF, deserving Censure since he was honOrCd
with great feast ut Delmonico's, In New
YORK, at Which Gen Arthur was chair
man, and quite number OF conspicuous
republican leaders were present and joined
In eulogIsnE him for exactly that for
winch the republican press nov seem to
think he needs vindication, In the Ian
guage of the Bu6aio Courier:
He was the hero of shameful and venal
canvass, In which the leaders OF the party
bargaincd for the spells of Office, assessed
the government employees, Dlackmalled
monopolists, accepted the booty OF thieves,
and purchased the vote of state And
the whole organization approved of the
work. Dorsey should be restored to the
pedestal on which the speechmakers at the
Delmonico dinner set him. He is the
typical Republican politician of this gene.
ration, and If the party is fit 10 be in pow
or, he is certainly lit to sit in Its high
places. 1t Is TO his credit that he refused
a Cabinet office when others were engaged
IN wild scramble for spoils, and that, al =
though threatened with disgrace and the
punishment OF ielon where Others were
only threatened with the loss Of patronage,
he took little share In the quarrel that
eliminated in the murder of the presi-
dent.
We believe the Journal was behind no
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-07-28
THE TELEGRAPH STRIKE.

The situation" in the great controversy
between the telegraph lines Of the country
and their operatives has undergone some
change since our last, involving a more
encouraging outlook for the strikers"
There are three independent telegraph
companies IN the Countrywide American
Rapid Dispatch, the lines owned by the
Baltimore and OHIO Railroad Company,
and the Western Union. The last named
however, owns the bulk of the lines
throughout the country and has hitherto
done ninc-tenths Of the business, and
AGAINST tins, OF course, the fight of the op.
orators is mainly directed. The other lines,
however reach all the leading cities OF the
country, and without any very heavy out.
lay, could be made 10 cover the whole
ground as fully as the Western Union does
The important point gained by the strik.
ers during the week is, that the Rapid
Dispatch has acceded TO and made salts
factory arrangements with the operators,
several thousand of whom are thus pro-
vlded for and the Brotherhood relieved
from the burden of their support. Another
encouraging symptom is that the Balti-
more Il Ohio folks have opened negotia-
lions with the strikers and the chances are
favorable that an agreement with them
will also be consummated by the end of
the week
The fight with the strikers is thus virtu.
ally relegated to the Western Union alone,
and though that huge monopoly puts on
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-07-28

"THE LoNG WALL."-An article under
this heading on our second page from the
pen of our old friend Captain Stackpole, Of
Fairbury, is worthy of much wider atten-
ton than wd fear our limited circulation
Will be able to gain for il. The people Of
Illinois voted year ago with notable una.
nlmity in favor Of conveying the Illinois
canal to the general government on condl-
ton Of its enlargement TO such a water
way Us the commerce as we'll as the defense
of the country in time Of war demands 1t
shall be, yet with that vote the subject has
been allowed TO pass out Of notice and
this great work, second IN national lmpor-
lance to no other in the country, and an
tagonlZed only by the greed of the great
railroad monopolles, is beng neglected
and forgotten, in the greedy rush upon the
treasury for works and jobs of infinitely
inferior importance. it is to be sincerely
hoped that the efforts of Capt. Stackpole
may be successful IN arousing public at
tention to this subject
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-07-28
VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS.

The Democrats of Virginia held Stat
Convention at Lyachburg on Wednesday
which was not only attended by the repre-
sentative democrats OF the State, but By ,
number Of prominent Readjusers who haC
formerly been allies Of Malone, among
them notably Parson Massie, In the las
two or three campaigns one Of Mahonct
most efficient lieutenants. The feeling tina
showed itself most prominent in the con
vention was, that Mahonesm, by It's dis
reputable trading and diCkerng in govern
ment patronage, had brought disgrace up
on the State, and that the question of re
adjusting the State debt having been salts
lactorlly and honorably settled, there was
no further cause for difference among
democrats and all could heartily unite in
placing the party in Virginia in lis former
proud and dominant position. John G.
Barbour, conceded to be the ablest politi-
cal organizer and manager IN the State,
was placed at the head OF the State Com.
mlttce. The platform, aside from local
matters, demands an honest evil service
reform and reduction of taxation and ex-
pcnses in the government and reiteIatcs the
OHIO democratic resolution in favor of "a
tariff for revenue, limited to the necessities
Of The Government economically admins.
tered, and so adjusted in its application as
to prevent unequal burdens, encourage the
productive interests at home, and afford
just compensation to labor, but not TO
create and foster mOnopolics"
Thus the Democrats of Ohio Kentucky
and Virginia, the only States in which
democratic conventions have thus far been
held, are exactly in line on the tariff cues,
tion, and no doubt accurately forecast the
position Of the entire party on that question
in The coming presidential contest. 1t is
the strictly constitutional ground, that no
more tariff taxation shall be imposed than
IS necessary to meet the wants Of the gov
crumGu', economically administered, but
that such taxation Shall DC 50 "adiustod as
to prevent unequal burdens ana to en-
courage productive industries" 1t is the
moderate and common sense ground Ggalnt|
the extreme ground OF the Ohio, Iowa and
other republican conventions IN favor of
absolute protection without reference to
the question OF revenue. The advantage
on the side of the democrats, in this rcla
live position Of the two parties as the New
York Times (rcp) puts ii, Is that "the
Democrats will hold all those who have
been alarmed by the fear Of radical tariff
legislation at their hands, while the Rcpub-
IlCans VIII lose the votes of those who
place revenue reform above any other pO-
illcal end just now III sight, without gain.
ng from the Democratic ranks any of the
opponents OF radical free trade In anyI
such contest, 1t is quite PLAIN that the
Democrats will have an advantage In |
1880 the Republicans opposed to the Demo.
ratio policy Of "A tariff for revenue only"
| declaration that "thc duties imposed for
he purpose of revenue should so dIscrimi-
late as to favor American labor" That is
low the position Of the Democrats them.
elves against a declaration in favor of ab.
4olute protection by the Republicans"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-07-28

other organ OF It's party at the time In its
jubia,ion over Dorsey's great victory in
Indiana or the outcome of his entire man
agement OF the campaign on account OF
which he is now arraigned and from the
slime of which he Is asked to "try his
hand at his own yiniicatlon." If repent
ance and establishment on the part OF
Dorsey are in order then It is In order for
the whole republican party to get down on
their marrow bones with him, for they
were parties to and gloried in his success
with a full knowledge OF all the baseness
aud corruption which it involved. In the
language of the New York Sun, Dorsey Is
but an incident: "The Republican party
must 90"