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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09

Some three months ago the Mexican
government promulgated law which
adopted bodily the immediate transpor-
tation system in vogue in this country
That is to say. imports were authorized
to be taken in bond to Chihuahua,
Monterey, Mexico and other interior
cities, the duties to be paid at the place
of destination, percisely as imports in
to the United States may be received
and settled for in our principal
cities, without delay at the sea-
board. Mexican importers aud
American exporters were alike naturally
delighted with the proposed system.
Now, however, the Mexican Financier
reports that just before the law was to
go into operation the arrangement was
revoked. @The most outrageous OBJ
structions," it adds, are thrown in the
way of importation at Paso del Norte,
Piedras Negras and Nuevo Laredo, and
this is creating an exasperated feeling
against Mexico among those having
trade relations here" Nevertheless,
those obstacles will be overcome sooner
or later. Americans, at least, have no
right to find fault with other nations
which hinder international trade.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09

ton industry in this country. The
United States to-day yields IS per cent.
of all the merchantable cotton in the
world. In 1794the production 5of cot
ton Id the United States was merely
experimental, and few bags were
shipped for the first time to England,
whose total trade in cotton was then
II, 100000 pounds consumed and man
ufaetured. Great Britain now has 40
100000 spin dies and the United States
makes 2,150,0O0 yards of cloth yearly.
The first cotton factory in the United
States was built in Rhode Island in
1871, at which time the production of
cotton throughout the world was AGO.
100000 pounds. In 1888 the United
States produced 6,949,756 bales, or
3,4O5, 07O,41O pounds, of which we con-
sumed 1,117,S38,3 1853 pounds and ex-
ported 1921, 1892 pounds. To help
this enterprise Congress has advanced
$1,000,000, and the other subscriptions
will swell the amount to $2,1OO,OOO.
This exhibition will be a great thing for
the country, for it will show that cotton
is king, at least so far as the South is
concerned. The great fair will continue
for six months. .,a~s-. Il ,..r...
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09
PREMIER AND PEOPLE.

Predictions are freely made that Mr..
Gladstone will resign on account of OPP
position to the scheme of multiple
control for Egypt, and that the Con-
servatives will gain full control of the
government by means of a general
election in August, but it is well to re-
member that the Conservatives have
several times been disappointed during
the last few years in their anticipation
of restoration to power through
events which have embarrassed the
Liberal administration. The assassina-
ton of Lord Cavendish and Mr.. Burke
in Phoenix Park was especially regarded
as fatal to Mr.. Gladstone's continuance
in Office, but he has maintained his po-
sition more than two years since that
tragedy. Mr.. Gladstone's first term as
premier began in 1853, with the great
est party victory in Great Britain since
1882, his popular majority being more
than half a million votes. His aggzes-
sive reforms gradually reduced his ma
jority, however, until in the session of
1878 he was defeated on the university
education measure and resigned. Lord
Beaconsfeld refused to form ministry
without majority in Parliament and
Mr.. Gladstone resumed the premier
ship until the election in August, when
the Liberals were severely defeated, al
though the election was the first under
the ballot law carried by Mr.. Gladstone.
Lord Beaconsfeld retained the pre-
miership until the election of 1880
when the Conservatives were defeated
and MIR. Gladstone again became pre-
mier with a powerful majority. n If OPP
position to his policy in Egypt results
in his resignation the Conservatives
will enter upon the canvass with conf
dence that they will be victorious, but
even If he is defeated at the polls Mr..
Gladstone would retire with the pro-
found respect of the people, and with
the prospect of an early demand for his
restoration to power. Meanwhile,
should Gen. Gordon escape from the
Soudan during the summer the election
in August would probably give the
Liberals decisive victory. us.u
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09
KELLOGG MAKES A DENIAL.

The Ex-senator Denies that He was In
~ volved in Star Route Bribery.
4 WASHINGTON, July SENATOR. Kel
1ogg, sthis own request, appeared before
the Springer committee, to. day, tosmake
statement relative to his connection
with the star routes. He says: Z" A
number of witnesses before this com
mittee have been dwelling on my in
dictment as an offense involving bribery.
There Is no charge that I paid Brady
any money whatever. / utterly deny
telling Walsh to put one-half of certain
amount my credit and one-half to Brady.
Reference has been made to my having
secured an increase on two routes. II
Brady was called and should swear to
the truth, as / believe he would, I be-
lieve he would swear that I never ap-
preached him directly orr indirectly as
regards these expeditions Nowhere
does Price state that said I would go
to Brady and procure additional service,
or that it would be procured by my SER
vice. I will give the names of four or
five gentlemen to whom Price has said
I had nothing to do with securing SER
vice. ;" Kellogg referred to the
alleged payment to him by
Walsh 4 of one half of the price
drafts and note amounting to $40, 900.
He said Walsh had importuned him to
aid in prosecuting his claim against
Brady but he had not rendered aid. He
said further he did not receive money
from drafts or note as charged. Walsh,
he testified, had borrowed Sc, 900 from
him in New Orleans in rs. The money
he received from Walsh grew out of this
business transaction and was in no way
connected with star route service or po-
htical matters. r. 548g-s'z.''sa ~.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09
ANOTHER WORLDS FATE.

The great Worlds Industrial Fair.
that is to open in New Orleans on De-
cember 1, 1884, will be worth going to
see. It already promises to surpass the
Worlds Fair of London in size and the
Philadelphia Centennial of 1875 in va
riety of exhibits. The monster build
ing will be 1873 feet long by 9O5 feet
wide. The largest structure ever
erected heretofore was the London
building of 1882; that contained 1,4OO,-
O 0 square feet. The main building at
New Orleans will contain 100000
square feet. It viii be so feet high
with tower lis feet, and will have a
music hall in the center which will
hold 1900 auditors. The platform
will accommodate 800 musicians. Of
course, there win be horticultural
hall, art gallery, and ornamental gar,
dens; but the chief interest will be in
the cotton exhibits. Indeed, this fair
is regarded as the centennial of the cot
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09
Smoke.

The Agricultural Works at Newark, o., we're
destroyed by fire on the 4th. Lose, 1856. 900:
insurance, $225,00O. Three hundred men have
been made idle by the frs.
Fire at Lachine, Canada, on the 4th. de-
stroyed forty houses occupied by poor laborers
rendering three hundred people homeless.
Loss $4,000, anls az $3.50
Dougan's planning mill, at Brooklyn, vanished
in smoke on the Sd inst. Loss ST., 900. APP
pleton's publishing house was damaged by
water to the amount of $4,000.
The Revere Rubbe., Works, at Chelsea Mass,
burned on the Sd inst, Loss about $500, 900.
A fire-cracker caused q $4,000 blaze at
Leechburg, Pa, On the Sd inst. -
The entire business portion of Port Perry
Ont. WAS destroyed by fire on the 4th inst
The loss is estimated at $1,000 This is the
second disastrous fire in that place in year.
McCay Bros cabinet shop, Donley's hotel
and several other buildings, at Arizona, Ont,
burned on the I'd inst. Loss $4,000. 3I5
The Westfeld House, Westfeld, Wis, burned
on the I'd inst. Loss 100000.
Fire in the sawmill of Thomas J. ST. Louis.
at Phlox, Langlade County, Wis, on the I'd
inst, destroyed the null, blacksmith, boarding
house aud several other buildings, together
with 1, $780, 900 feet of lumber. The losses ag-
gregate in the neighborhood of $35, 1000
Fire on the evening of the I'd INST. DESTROYED
the house Of Phillip Morgan, at Marquette.
Mich. A 10-year-old son Of Morgan perished
in the flames. Ai.tii+iill-'d
Driftwood, Cameron County, Pa. suffered
to the extent Of $4,000 by fire on the 1st inst.
The fire originated in the bursting of an oil
can.
The Theater Royal, Edinburg. Scotland.
burned to the ground on the 30th, together with
several adjoining buildings. Loss not given.
Fire on the Both, caused $4,000 worth of
damage in the wholesale clothing store of I,iy-
ingston, tombstone & Co., Toronto. 77'f'lf
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09
A Remarkable Watch.
From the Cincinnati Sun.

From the Cincinnati SUM-
Did you ever see watch like this?"
inquired Mr.. Hussey, superintendent of
the city infrmary, exhibiting a curious
watch of French pattern, from its ap-
pearance many years old.
"Never did. Where did you get it"
asked the Sun reporter.
"That watch has remarkable his
tory. Several years ago there came to.
the infrmary man whose sands of life
had about petered out. Mike is noted
for his fowery expressions. He was
gentleman, person could see that at q.
glance; / became very much interested
in him. He was intelligent something
above the ordinary man-and I spent
many happy hours with him. Shortly
before his death he called me to his
bedside and told me that he knew he
had not long to live, and that he wished
to tell me something of his history. He
asked me to arrange his pillows and
prop his head a little higher. Right
here is where Mike gets in the
dramatic effect. He then told me that
he was French count, belonging to
one of the most noted families in
France; that he had been disappointed
in love when a young man, and, as
many others had done before, dashed
into the widest kind of life. He be-
came regular roue, and, of course, his
friends gave him Up, and gradually he
fell lower and lower in social life. He
lost all his estate little by little, his
creditors forcing him to the wall. At
last he had to leave France. He came
to America. Here his life was one of
privation and suffering. At last he
reached Cincinnati, where, becoming
sick, he managed to get into the infrm-
airy. His history was a sad one, but
very interesting. He then asked me to
go to small satchel, open it, and bring
to him package would find there. I
did so. He opened it, and brought
forth this watch, which he told NE had
been in his family for hundreds of
years, handed down from one genera
ton to the other, and that although
many times in need of the necessaries
of life, he would not part with it. He
then presented it to me, thanking me
for my many acts of kindness during
his stay in the infrmary. 1t was an af-
fecting scene. The next day he died,
and had his remains decently inferred
in the cemetery. The watch keeps re-
markably good time, considering its
age, and would not part with it for
the world"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09
An Heroic Life Convict.

While a gang of twenty-five convicts were at
work at Plymouth, Eng, on the 3Oth, one of
their number threw large stone at the solitary
warden, which struck him on the head, inf1ict-
ing stunning blow. The entire gang then
rushed for him. A fife convict, named
Stephens, outstripped the others, seized the
warden's rifle and ammunition, and fred upon
the advancing convicts, six of whom he serious
ly wounded. When the ammunition was ex-
hausted, Stephens dubbed five others with the
rifle, and when assistance arrived was com
pletely exhausted. The details of the affair
was promptly reported to the government, and
the home secretary gave orders that Stephens
be Immediately released from prison and re-
warded When the good news was made known
to Stephens he tainted. @ t4fa
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09
Farming Around Philadelphia.
from the Philadelphia Ledger.l

From the Philadelphia Ledger.l
The character of farming carried on
in the neighborhoodo of Philadelphia has
greatly changed within the last quarter
of century. Railroads have brought
more distant farms as near to the city
in time and cost of transportation as
those which are within driving distance
of the city. It does not pay now to
raise hay or similar crops on the near
by farms. Many of them are wanted
for the country residences of merchants,
and others are given over to the grow
ing of small perishable fruits and gar
den vegetables and the raising of poul-
try. AS the land grows more and more
valuable, profits will be found in such
close business like farmiAg solely for
the city markets, as that which is
carried on in the neighborhood OF Paris.
1t has already been begun here, but is
capable of much greater development
than it has yet reached.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09
Financially Embarrassed

R. M. Cherrie & Co., pig iron manufacturers,
Chicago, failed on the 9Th. Liabilities about
$3.50, 000and assets $3.50, 1000. l =l
Yarull & Co., manufacturers of pickles and
canned goods, st. Louis No., suspended on
the 1st inst, under pressure amounting to
$62, 900. ----------------
The Marsh Binder Company, of Sycamore,
ILL.,, assigned on the 30th. Liabilities $780,
900. a.- n-r--s ..sjt
,Mellis Bros.,I Wholesale millinery and fancy
goods, Portland, Ore, bave failed. Liabili-
ties $4,000 nominal assets 1920, 600.
Fairbanks, Palmer & Co., subscription book
publishers, Chicago, were closed. by the sheriff
on the 30th. Liabilities, $4,000.
Charleston, W. Va, confessed to murder in the
first degree, on the 1st inst, and will be either
hanged or sent to prison for life.
The residences of Charles Fuerman and MIR.
Alger were burglarized at Watertown on the
night of the 9th. Mrs. Alger was shot in the
arm and seriously wounded while giving chase
to the villain. 55I-
VIM. Fl. Owens killed VIM. Larkin at Wa
verify, Tenn, on the 28th, for persistently SLAM
dering his wife.
A man supposed to be John Asel, of Center
vile, Wis, shot himself dead in Lincoln Park,
Chicago, On the 28th. 5EllTt gFr Gi.t
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09
Minor Mention.


John Finks and Del Conger were killed at
Centralia, Mo-, by the premature discharge of
a cannon, on the 4th.
A 14-year-old boy named Rietsing was
drowned at Milwaukee, Wis, on the 9th inst.
Andrew Johnson was drowned at Durand,
Wis. on the 9Th, while giving an exhibition Of
log rolling.
While generating oxy-hydrogen at Binghamp-
ton, N. Y, on the 9Th, Prof. 81. A. Clum was
killed by an explosion tl3.IsTT-,.1-is. -:
John Sutherland, pioneer of Green County,
Wis, died on the Sd inst.
Rs, Sol. Smith Russell. the famous comedian, died
suddenly at New York, on the Sd inst, of
Bright's disease.
The telescoping Of two freight trains near
Cunningham Station, on the Kentucky Central
Railroad, on the I'd inst, caused the death of
two persons.
vile, Mo-, was beheaded by a moving machine,
on the Cd.
The mother Of Emma Thursby, the we'll
known singer, died in New York city, On the LIST
inst.
An English firm has received an order from
the German government FOR monster torpedo
boat
The jail at McLeansboro, ILL.,, was accident
ally left unlocked on the afternoon of the LIST
inst, and eight prisoners walked out and es-
capped. te 4n r m
A young maintained John Donaldson, who
was bitten by dog two years ago, died a victim
to hydrophobia,at Cleveland, on the LIST inst.
I Ten thousand miners in the Staffordshire,
Eng, district struck on the Both against re-
duction. rtt.. ...r... ..---...
7 William A. Beach, the distinguished advocate,
died at Tarrytown, N. j.. on the goth, of heart
disease. 3iis ule tai tE,s-@I-}tt. 81
Four laborers were killed by the caving of
bank near Omaha, Neb!, on the 30th. Their
names are: Thos. Doherty, julius Schwinke,
B. Brocknow and F. SAKE. .s.i.} s'''
. James Graham, aged 10, was drowned while
bathing in Nagowicka Lake. Waukesha County,
Wis ON the Doth -.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09

In Swansea, Wales, during a recent
bank scare an. old woman drew $3.50
from the savings bank and hid it in a
sack. Not long after the sack became
filed with wheat and was taken to the
mill. Then she remembered that the
gold was at the bottom of it, and
rushed frantically after it, reaching the
mill only in time to hear the miller pro-
fanely wondering aloud what allied the
wheat that it cloggedthe stones SO. The
machinery was stopped and all the gold
recovered, though in a much battered
state. t9 ..vr,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09

An old man and his wife from away
back in Kentucky reached the Ohio
River on their way to visit some kins-
folk in the Buckeye state. Neither of
them had ever seen the river, and when
they drove down the bank, where they
had been told they would find the ferry.
the old man gazed in establishment at
the stream and shouted: "Gewhillikins,
Susan Ann, the crick's riz. an we can't
ford it fur week." He drove back to
the hotel and ives given some infcrma-
ton which was valuable to him.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09
COLLEGE ATHLETICS.

The authorities of the great colleges,
now adjourned for the summer, might
employ vacation protitably in discussing
ways and means for keeping the Saith
letic sports" of undergraduates within the
limits of reason and common sense. A
week or two ago the most famous athlete
at Harvard died of heart disease,
brought on by excessive sport
of this sort; and several 9TH
er recent deaths at the same in
stitution are traced to the same cause.
If the number of students more or less
seriously injured by these modern &C
compartments Of collegiate education
could be ascertained, the exhibit would
certainly surprise the public. Mean
while the public hears much more about
the boat-racing, ball-playing, running,
leaping, ETC., at Harvard, Yale, Cornell,
Columbia, and the rest, than about the
intellectual achievements of the young
gentlemen at these schools. One would
think the latter were of no Importance
as compared with the former. Physical
training is good thing, but there can
be 4too much of good thing"-as in
the present case. If matters go on as
they have been going for the last few
years, colleges will have to be divided
into departments one for scholars, and
the other for those who wish to fit
themselves for professional careers in
boating clubs, ball parks and the cir
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09
The Cholera Spreading.

Dispatches of the 30th report six deaths from
holera at Marseilles in as many hours. Owing
to the prevalence of the disease the Peninsula
& Oriental Steamship Company has discontin-
ued running vessels to London and Bombay
temporarily. For the same reason all vessels
arriving at Egyptian ports from India are sub
ject to strict quarantine. The disease has made
its appearance at Daluzzo, in the north of Italy,
At Toulon, France, where the cholera first APP
peared, it is thought the crisis Is over.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09
Political.

The Illinois Democratic state convention
n minated Carter Harrison, mayor of Chicago,
by reclamation. The remainder of the ticket
is as follows: For heutenant-governor Henry
Setter, of st. Clair: secretary of state. Michael
j. Dougherty, of Knox; state treasurer, Alfred
only platform was adopted, but clause bind
ing delegates to work as unit for like plat
form in the national convention was stricken
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09
Wholesale Corruption.

On the Sd inst, the grand jury at Rochester,
N. Y, has presented indictments against j.
Miller Kelly, president Of the Common
Council for selling bis influence: ex-Ald. John
81. Felsinger, for perjury; VIM. E. Martens, ex-
school commissioner, for embracery, and Mil
ton Noyes, formerly president of the Board of
Education, for misconduct in Office. The &C
cused have given bail for their appearance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09

The Bostons still retain their lead of two
games over the Providence in the National
League contest for supremacy. New York has
again pulled to third place, ard Buffalo now oc-
cupies fourth position. Chicago is winning
games hand over hand and has reached fifth
place, with Cleveland at sixth and Detroit still
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09
Another Rumored Massacre.

A dispatch from Assouan, Egypt, under date
assault. 1t is said that 5000 of the garrison
and inhabitants were killed. The mudir or
Dongola and a number of officers have gone in
the direction of Debbeh, with what object is
not KNOWN"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09

In drunken row at Fond du Lac. Wis, on
the 9Th, W. Pulls was killed by Lawrence Con-
raught g
WINS killed by gat2bier at Dodge City, Kas.,
on the 9Th. 4
Rufus Barr. asfarmer living near Indian-
apolis, Ind, in q fit Of jealousy; shot his wife
and then himself on the 9th. Both dead.
Two notorious roughs named Humphrey and
Bill Best, brutally murdered Green Bailey, d
colored man, in Garrard County, KY, on the
Sd inst.
Jno. Van Deur, the crippled janitor of
Grammercy Flats, New York. was sand bagged,
red-peppered and robbed Of $500 rents COL
leoted on the Sd inst. by two robbers, in the
cellar of the flats The thieves escaped
George W.. Croker, q wealthy New Yorker,
on the 4th inst, while at .Cooperstown, NJ ;,
took boat ride, and when short distance
from shore fastened heavy anchor to his leg
and jumped over board.
During row at q picnic at Hutton. Pa, on
the 4th, John Lynch was shot and killed by
James Graham. The latter escaped.
John Swinson, Swede awaiting sentence for
amurderous attack on Sheriff Thompson, last
December, committed suicide by hanging in
the county Jail at Superior, Wis. on the LIST.
John Walls, aged 38 years, recently released
from the Indiana insane asylum SIS cured. cut
his throat, at Terre Haute on the I'd inst, and
will die. e. f.-- -fi-,
john Carpenter, charged with wife-murder,
was convicted Of murder in the first degree, at
New York, on the 1st inst.
Chas. Spurlock, who was implicated in the
crimes for which the Hill boys were lynched at
Fire in large building ON Catharine Street,
New York, on the 30th, involved the Marx
frame factory, Samuel's millinery establishment
and Sutcif's hat factory; also several tailoring
establishments. Loss, $4,000. -
Three children of Mrs. Patrick Murphy, aged
B, z and 9 years, were burned to death at
V<,Sxn okrxu,x OQ<l e. :oI-
destroyed their home. Mrs. Murphy and one
child escaped. A III
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09

The life of Mr.. r. @. Houston, as
attested by the Berrien (Ga.) News, was
saved. after rattlesnake had bitten
him, by mosquitoes drawing the poison
from his limb while his companions
left him in swamp to procure medical
assistance. reese *t'f @ li @ Ha'
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09
Brad,augh's Oath.

& The case against Bradlaugh for illegal voting
in the House of Commons was decided on the
30th. A verdict was given for the crown, on
the ground that Bradlaugh in administering the
oath to himself. did not act in accordance with
the practice of Parliament.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09
Deeds or BLOOD.

John Carpenter will be hanged at New York,
August Is. for wife murder. ~.
BENZ. Osthlohoff, aged Is. shot and seriously
wounded a boy named Anthony Adunker. in
a spirit OF pure righteousness, at Cincinnati
suburb on the 9Th inst. ~ 1T
In row at Washburn, Wis.,, on the 9Th inst.
a man named Lynch was seriously if not fatally
stabbed with sheath knife
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09
Twentv-four Miners Killed.

AN explosion in Wellington colliery, Nanaimo,
near Victoria, B. c., on the 1st inst, killed
twenty four miners and injured number of
others.