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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10
DEPLORABL MISTAKE,
The killing of Three Texas Rangers b
Mexicaus.

LAREDO, Tex, June 3.-The killing
OF Lieut.. SEEKER, Sergt. Reilly and Private
Ayten, of the State Rangers, day or two
ago, by Mexicans, now seems to have been
the. result of deplorable mistake on both
sides. For years the State Rangers on this
frontier have been under command of Capt.
Shelly, whose company was recently dis
banded by the governor through lack of a
sufficient appropriation. Lieut. SEEKER
and his company were only recently ordered
to this section, and were unacquainted with
the people. The Mexicans who did the
killing were Upelanis Gonzales and son
aged ID. Gonzales has been noted as the
best guide and Indian trailer in this coun-
try, and owns large ranch. He and his
son were met by the rangers. When the
rangers approached and demanded their
arms, young Gonzales, not recognizing their
strange faces, opened fire killing Lieut..
SEEKER and fatally wounding Sergt. Reilly.
Gonzales and son then fed, believing they
were being pursued by band Of robbers.
On reaching the ranch of Proneville Her.
rera, the deputy sheriff of Webb County,
they claimed his protection, and the fearful
error was discovered for the first time.
Gonzales insisted on being carried to Lare-
do for trial, and not to Eagle Pass, where
he is stranger, and would have been killed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10
GOOD WORK.
Atlanta, Ca, Experiences Revival
Large Numbers Converted.

Atlanta, Ca, Experiences Revival
Large Numbers Converted.
New YORK, June l. The Sun pub
fishes the following special from At
lanta, Ca, under date of May 81:
Atlanta has been swept by wave of re-
ligious excitement which promises to eclipse
anything Of the kind ever know in the South
1t had it's rise in the meeting of the National
Convention of the Young Mems Christian
Association. The sessions of that body
were attended by all the magnates of bust
ness and fashion in the city. They were
welcomed by Chief Justice Jackson, and a
prominent place on the stage was held
by Gov. Mcdaniel. The proposition to
build SIS, 700 house was made which
was afterward taken up in secular circles,
and to-day the cash subscriptions have
swelled to $65, 900. While this excitement
was up the Methodists induced the Rev. DR..
Munhal, of Missouri to remain over and
conduct a series of meetings. AS by wild
fire the zeal spread, and the social circles of
Peachtree, hitherto engaged in progressive
euchre and the german began to quote
Bible texts, and one after another the an
nouncements of the conversion of noted
men added fuel to the flames Go where
you WILL there is nothing talked of but the
souls salvation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10
Disaster in Danbury.

An explosion of gas occurred at the hat
factory of Becker Lee & Co., Danbury,
Conn, on the 9Th, causing the total de-
structlon OF the factory, seven dwellings and
the Becker Lee hose house. Eight men were
severely burned. There were many narrow
escapes from death. Over four hundred
operatives were in the building at the time
OF the explosion. Eighteen families were
rendered homeless. This is the most disas-
trous fire ever experienced in Danbury.
VIM. Becker Lee, a partner in the firm, is
dangerously injured, and it is thought that
he will not recover. So far no lives are re-
ported lost. The total loss is S15O,00O;
insurance $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10
Deeds of Blood.

DR.. Byron Temple, of Amelia, o., noted
infdel was found dead in his bed at the
! Farmers and Merchants Hotel Cincinnati,
on the 9th, a two-drachm bottle of NOR
phine by his side.
At New Bedford, Mass, on the afternoon
of the 9Th inst, Charles Foss, employed in
! the store of Phillip d. Slocumb, shot his
employer dead and then blew his own
| brains out No cause for the tragedy is
! known.
James Mcdaniel, a stagerobber, who
broke jail at San Antonio, Tex, had been
sentenced to ninety -nine years imprison-
ment in the penitentiary at Chester, Ill.
-Four sailors from the United States ship
| Omaha, in New York harbor, went ashore
on the 9TH, and while wandering about the
city took offense at party of Cinnamon
and shot one of them dead.
AT Eldora, Ia, on the morning ofthe 9Th,
mob took two brothers named Fin. and
Mat. Rainsbarger from the Jail and after
hanging them to adjoining trees riddled
them with bullets. The victims were
charged with attempting to kill DR.. Under
wood, an important witness against two of
their family, on trial for murder.
Discovery was made on the 9Th inst, that
Fred. Grotegut, a farmer living near
EdwardspOrt, Ind, had murdered his wife
by cutting her throat from ear to ear, and
made an only partially successful attempt
on his own life.
Benjamin Hepkin, a New York saloon.
keeper, shot his wife, probably fatally, on
the afternoon Of the 9Th inst, and then
committed suicide.
The body of an unknown man, with a
bullet wound In the neck was found near
Roselle, ILL.,, twenty miles from Chicago, on
the morning OF the 18th.
AT Hackensack, n. j., on the 9Th, San
ford Cisco was hanged for the murder of
Abram Gusser.
The trial of Thomas Jefferson Cluverius,
for the murder of his cousin, Fannie Madi-
son, at Richmond, Va, closed on the 18th
inst, with a verdict of guilty Of murder in
the first degree.
r. M. Reynolds, late first auditor OF the
United States treasury, committed suicide
at st. Louis on the I'd inst, by jumping
down the air shaft at the Southern Hotel
He was about so years old.
Harry Champlin, of Cincinnati came
home drunk on the night of the LIST inst.
and after abusing his mother, waking up
the house and knocking down a lady visitor
with a chair, attacked his brothern-law,
Dr. E. E. 10y, with knife, when the latter
shot him dead.
While attempting to arrest three men
named Reeves, father and two sons, near
Jasper, Ind, on the night of the LIST, Depu-
ty Sheriff John Gardner was shot through
the body three times, also through the
arms and legs. John Cox, brother of the
sheriff, OF Dubois County, was shot through
the body by the same parties.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10

THE American frontier farmer or
lumberman going forth with axe on
shoulder to conquer the forests will
soon be only a dim memory, for the
new way of telling trees with dynamite
Is so easy and so cheap that soon no
more trees will be laboriously hewed
down. A channel is bored under the
tree to receive the cartridge, and when
1T is fired the tree is lifted out bodily
and generally falls without fracturing
the wood. Alarger percentage of wood
is obtained by saving the stump. This
promises to introduce another great
forest-destroying agency, since trees
that sprout from the stump will no
longer be given chance to reproduce.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10

THE late Wendell Phillips spent all
his life in the work of teaching people
how to avoid deception, to .discrimin-
ate wisely. and to resist the arts of
those who thrive upon the popular
credulity, and yet the settlement of
his own estate proves that ne squan-
dered the whole of fortune of $780,
600 in the buying of worthless mining
stocks. Thus is another addition
made to the long list of examples of
men who have expended so much
energy as teachers of others that they
had no strength left to instruct and
protect themselves.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10
END OF A STRIKE.
Employees of the Kentucky Central Road
Accept n Reduction.

Accept Reduction.
CINCINNATI, o., June 5.-The strike
on the Kentucky Central Railroad is
virtually at end It only included the
brakemen and freight conductors, and
has only had the effect of stopping
freight trains. A committee OF en-
gineers, who went to Richmond to con-
fer with General Manager Smith, Of the
Chesapeake q Ohio, which operates the
Kentucky Central, has returned, with
report that they agree to accept the
10 per cent. reduction proposed by
the Chesapeake & Ohio, upon being
satisfied that the state of business JUS
titled it. They do this the more read
lily because two years ago, when the
engineers asked an advance of 20 cents
a day, General Manager Smith granted
it and more by making the advance
48 cents a day. No overtures have
been made at Covington this morning
by the striking freight men, but the
freight officers have received orders to
receive freig hit, and they expect to have
trains moving tomorrow.
Al Paris, KY. yesterday the rail
road men attempted to start an engine
with the help of the police, but we're
prevented by the strikers. To-day
eighteen of the strikers were arrested
on three charges-trespass, felony and
confederating together-and in default
OF bond went to jail. Their trial is
set for tomorrow Assistant Super
intendent Warrington, of the Lexington
Division, Chesapeake & Ohio, was ar
rested at the instance of strikers on q
charge of carrying concealed weapons.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10

THE ST. Paul Globeis another of the
newspapers not welded to the idea
that technicality is always Justice. 1t
says that $50 long as our laws con-
tinue to give murderers the presump-
ton of innocence in their favor and
then permit hair-splitting technicali-
ties to rule out all the evidence against
them, just SO long will there be lynch
ings and mob law" The same princi-
pie may be applied to crimes of less
degree than murder, and intelligent OBJ
servers agree that if thereis somepopu-
lar disbelief in the efficacy of our
courts, it is not without foundation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10
Smoke.

a fire in the STEAMBOAT quarter of Con-
stantinople on the 9TH inst DESTROYED $50
shops and houses and three mosques. One
person is reported killed and large number
wounded.
Fire in the shinge factory and yards OF
the North Buffalo planning mill in thenorth-
ern part of Buffalo. on the 4th, caused a
loss of $4,000.
Nudge & CO. large shoe factory at Dan
Vers Center, Mass, and three stores, to-
gether with $40 900 worth of stock, burned
on the 4th. The loss is $4,000; fully in
sured. Two hundred hands are thrown out
Of work at Mudges.
The Hotel Interlaken, at Saratoga Lake,
n. T., was destroyed by fire on the night of
the I'd inst. The guests escaped in their
night clothes. Loss $4,000
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10

The mayor of Louisville recently be-
gan a war upon the gamblers of that
city, but he has been halted by the pc
tition of a number of the business
men asking him to desist. He states
publicly that bank officials and repre-
sentatives of prominent business
houses on Fourth Avenue and Main
Street have called upon him and asked
him, for the sake of the commercial
interests of the city, to allow the gam
blers to operate. 1t is acurious civil
Zation which fourishes in Kentucky.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10
PERSECUTED HEBREWS.
Serious and Destructive Anti-Jewish o
breaks in Austria

Serious and Destructive Anti -Jewish Out
breaks in Austria.
VIENNA, June 2.-Serious anti-J ewish
riots have again broken out. They
were renewed yesterday with increased
violence. The melting cause at the
present time is the excitement of the
people growing out of the election
agitation. The Carmelite Platz was
filled with a bowling mob and free
fights were frequent. The shops ofthe
Jews were raided and ruined and their
owners violently assaulted Not less
than forty persons were severely
wounded. The police made many ar
rests, still theywerepowerless to repress
the rioters and were obliged to call
for the aid of the military. Other riots
of like violence and destructiveness
have taken place in the Wieden and
Neuban districts. In these districts
the entire police force is on duty,
patrolling the streets and preventing
the gathering of crowds. The German
Liberal party had three of it's candi-
dates defeated in Vienna, which is q
loss of three seats in that one city
alone. In Leopoldstadt, Herr Schnei-
der, the anti-Semite candidate, was
beaten "out of sight" The ma ority
against him is 5000 votes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10

IN a paper on ''the tendencies OF
justice" in the North American, Judge
William L. Learning specifies several
causes that tend to delay legal pro-
ceedlngs and that deprive injured par
ties OF that speedy redress which it is
the duty of the state to give. Among
the causes Of delay in litigations, he
particularly dwells upon those occa-
stoned by the practice of referring
cases Tor trial by the extensive right
OF appeal givenby our present system,
and by the evil practice of "writing
long opinions" Long opinions are
the cause Of another evil. They are
the fruitful source of much of the
judge-made law of the country, and
thus furnish ground for protracted
debate in the trial of causes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10

A REVOLUTION is said be imminent
in Mexico, became President Diaz and
ex-President Gonzales aresaid to have
fallen out. They have been running
The government between them for sew
eral years; first Diaz AS president, sue
ceeded by Gonzales, and then Diaz as
successor of Gonzales. 1t is believed
II they have disagreed that such devel-
opment or disclosures will be made,
that an instruction, or revolution,
will be unavoidable, as both men have
a strong following, which heretofore
have been harmonious because the
Two leaders were, and shared alike in
the good things of the government.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10
NINE LITIGATION
Results in the Defeat of a Man Who
"Placed" Mine.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, June 3.-In 1880, VIM.
Whalen, from Nevada, claiming to own six
gold mines in that state, interested A. M
Billings, of this city, in them, who agreed to
purchase them for 100000, advancing
such sums of money as were needed from
time to time for their development. The
contract provided that when the mines had
once been developed a stock company should
be formed, Whalen to own one-third
of the stock. Billings advanced $13 900.
after which he sent an expert to Nevada,
who pronounced Whalen a fraud. Billings
began suit to recover the money advanced,
and Whalen began suit to recover the re-
naming portion of the 100000. The cir
cult court decided in favor of Billings to-
day, and gave him judgment for $13, 900.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10
BuZzard Surrenders.

Abe Buzzard, the noted outlaw, walked
into the Lancaster County (Pa.) prison,
about midnight on the night of the Sd, and
surrendered himself to the authorities. He
was accompanied by his brothers, Mart
and John. Before giving himself up, he ex-
acted a promise from his brothers and
Prison-keeper Burkholder, that they would
not claim the reward of 81, 1000 offered for
his capture. Buzzard surrendered at the
instigation Of prominent citizens Of the
eastern end of the county, who will use
their efforts to secure a Communication OF
nine years of his sentence, which it is gener-
ally agreed he unjustly received.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10
WARD PLEADS NOT GUILTY.
The Notorious New York Bank Wrecker
Arraigned To-day.

New YORK, June 4.-Ferdinand
Ward, who has been indicted by the
grand jury for larceny in the first de
gree, for stealing 81, 100000 worth of
bonds and securities from the Marine
National Bank, just prior to it's fail
ure, was brought down to-day from
Ludlow Street jail, on the writ of
habeas corpus granted by the court
yesterday, and arraigned in the court
of oyer and terminer. He pleaded not
guilty, and his case was postponed
until the 18th inst.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10

PICKENs COUNTY, Ca, has a post-of-
ficenamed Talking Rock. The origin
of the name is thus stated. Some one
discovered in the vicinity a large
stone upon which had beeen painted
the words '"Turn me over" 1t re-
CURED considerable strength to &C
complish this, and when it was done,
the command, 'Now turn me back,
and let me fool some one else," was
found painted on the under side ofthe
stone.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10
Rain in Kansas.

A terrific storm of wind and rain swept
over Atchison, Kas., on the Sd, destroying
public and private property to the extent
of about 100000. All the creeks over
flowed their banks and culverts, bridges
and crossings were swept away or seriously
damaged. The cutters and sewers could
not carry off the water, and the streets on
the lower levels became rivers. Cellars were
flooded, mills stopped aud business greatly
interrupted. The damage is estimated at
$4,000 on city works alone, while almost
every business man complains of more or
less damage by water
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10
CHINESE STINK-POT.
A Chinaman Uses a Mysterious Coz
pound in an Assault.

-
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, June 3.-Sam
Lang an aged Chinaman, called at Charles
Loves saloon at O'Clock yesterday after
noon, had a glass of beer and refused to pay
for it, on the ground that Loves son owed
him for laundry work. An alteration en-
sued and the Chinaman was pushed out
He turned and broke vile compound in
Allie Loves face. He was taken sick in
less than two minutes with convul-
sions. A canvasser of rubber stamps
happened in, saw the trouble
and at once procured an antidote, which
undoubtedly saved the life of the young
man, though he is still very weak, and the
pupils of the eyes distended in size. Two
doctors were called, and said they would not
have known what antidote to have given
Lang will be arrested on charge of assault
with attempt to kill. The fumes made
every one in the room sick. The compost
ton of the poison is known only to Chinese
and Japanese religionists.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10

CREMATION is gaining disciples rapid
ly. Several persons have been inciner-
ated in England relently, and no less
than seventeen bodies have been Gre
mated at the Lancaster pa. crema-
forum, which has been in operation
only six months. Several others who
have died expressed themselves in ia
vor Of the method, and left requests
to be cremated, which were disre-
garded by their friends.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10

sen. She is believed to have foundered near
Chicago.
At Barrie, Ont. on the 5th the wife and
four children OF j. Wonch were burned to
death in bed.
Louis Lamoreaux and John Claus were
drowned at Washington Park Chicago. on
the 18th, by the upsetting OF their boat.
Fred Weiss, aged IA, was knocked over
DO lrd from yacht on the Delaware River,
at Trenton, n. j., on the 9TH, and Nicholas
Cook, few years older, attempted to res
cue him, when both were drowned.
The United States had 1877 failures dur.
ing the week ending on the 5th inst
The Juniata Building and Loan Associa-
ton, of Everett, Pa, suspended on the 9Th.
with liabilities of $50, 600 and $40, 900 as.
sets.
A portion of the county courthouse at
Augusta Ga, fell on the 5th inst, killing q
colored man named Prince Harris.
A cyclone, disastrous in it's consequences.
struck the town of Alden, in the Western
part of Arabia, on the night of the Sd
The damage done is estimated at csc. 900.
The boiler in Linstedts phosphate works,
at Johns Island ferry, Charleston, s. c..
exploded on the I'd, killing two negroes,
dangerously wounding a third, and wreck
ing the works. The supposed cause was un-
equal exhaustion of steam in the boiler
A skiff in which were six fishermen was
swamped in the swells of the MonongaheIa
River, near Pittsburg, on the I'd inst, and
S. Kunkle and j. Sinsleir were drowned.
The others swan ashore.
By an explosion OF a soda fountain at
Stuckey's drug store, Pittsburg, on the I'd
inst, James Mcconnell clerk, was fatally
injured.
While walking along the railroad track at
Chattanooga, Tenn, on the 31st, Tom
Maloney, a railroad man, was struck by
lightning and instantly killed
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10
CHICAGO WOOL MARKET

Reported by SHERMAN HALL & Co., Chicago, Ill !
Prices of Old Wool from Wisconsin and Min
nesota have been steady, with q fair demand
from Western manufacturers. The quotations,
based on actual sales are asfollows Unwashed
Fine, 17@21c Fine Medium 2O@22c Me-
dunn, 81 @23c: Low Medium, 81 "a 23c; Coarse
I8@2Oc Delaine-Fine, 2O@21c; Medium, 81
@22c. Combing- Medium, 22@24c; Low Me
dunn, 22@23c; Coarse, 19@21c; Braid, $50
19c.
Total receipts of Wool for past week, 857,117
bs and since January l. 6, 531 900 lbs. An act
i've demand from Western mills absorbs all re-
cepts of Wisconsin and Minnesota UnWashed
at prices above quoted.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10
Captured Reds.

A special of the I'd inst, from Bowie,
Ariz., says it is reported that the troops
following the trail of the renegade Apaches
who have been amusing themselves plumber
ing and numbering white settlers, have cap
tured the main portion of the band, includ-
ing the usual number of squaws. 1t is
thought about fifty of the reds got away
into Mexico. This is supposed to virtually
end the campaign in the United States
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10
VI'e Repnblita't
WATERFOWL, wISCONEIN.

THERE is so little demand for the
famous Sea Island cotton of South
Carolina that few planters have sold
their last years crop. 1t was former
ly used to adulterate silk, but the de-
mand has ceased without any appar-
ntreason, except that by means OHM
proved machinery ordinary cotton
may be used for thread and other
purposes aswell as the long staple.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10
YESTERDAY afternoon an insane

YESTERDAY afternoon an insane man
named John Roddick was sent to
Tongue Pointe by his honor the re-
corder. When arrested he said he had
at one time been a New York mer-
chant, but was ruined by Vanderbilt.
that he had just arrived from Fort
Pitt, where he had assisted in captur
ing Riel, and that he was then waiting
for ship to take him to Europe when
he intended to marry the Queen
MOntrea (Canada) Gazette.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10
Skinned to Canada.

When the office of the Manhattan Bank
ing Company, of New York, opened for bust
ness on the I'd inst, it was discovered that
Richard S. Scott, paying teller, was absent.
A messenger sent to his house failed to find
him, and after the hour for closing an in.
vestigation was instituted. with the result
OF finding a discrepancy of trjfe over
100000 in Scott's accounts He had been
In the employ of the house for twenty years,
and for some time had received salary of
$4,000. He is thought to be in Canada.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10
A Flock of Synonyms.
IFrom the Boston Budget

The English language, says a CORE
spondent of the Week, must appear
wonderfully and fearfuily made to a
foreigner. One of them, looking at a
picture of a number of vessels, said:
"See what a flock of ships" He was
told that flock of ships was a fleet,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10
lightning in Chicago.

The storm of the I'd inst was very de-
structive to life and property in Chicago.
During the evening four men were killed and
a number injured. The wall Of the new ball
ground was thrown down for distance of
200 feet. The spire of a Polish church was
demolished, and number of small houses
in the suburbs were destroyed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10
Down i'm a Coal Mine.

Fire broke out in the Philadelphia Col
hery, at Durham, England, on the after
noon of the Sd. About $50 men were in
the mine at the time and it was thought
that all were lost. Rescue parties went to
work, however, and during the night all
but thirteen of the imprisoned men were
rescued.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10
HuCO'S Funeral.

The body of Victor Hugo was laid to rest
in the Pantheon at Paris on the LIST inst,
amid the most imposing ceremonies. Six
orations were delivered. There was no dis
turbance of any kind.