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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-22
A Substitute for Coal.
From the Cincinnati ENQUIRER. !


During the past few DAYS there has
been on exhibition in this city a
remarkable device that is destined to
cause a revolution in the matter of
fuel, and if as successful as it now prom
Uses to be will do away with wood
and coal for heating purposes. 1t has
long been known that water contains
great elements of combustion, and it
has been the study of invent ors for years
to utilize these elements. The difficulty
of combining with the combustible
element of the water the carbon which
is wanting, and which is essential to
combustion, has never been overcome
until recently, when d. E. Bangs,
an inventor Of Boston, was fortunate
enough to make the discovery.
His cOntrivance Is an inexpensive
one, and can be placed in any stove,
range or heater. 1t consists of four
small pipes, each connected by small
Ter pipes. These pipes are called
the burner. In one corner of the
room is a small tank which contains
two compartments, one side filled with
water, and the other (the smaller side)
with oil. This tank is connected with
the stove or range by means of small
lead pipes. The water is carried into
one pipe of the burner, where when the
fire is lighted, steam is generated and
conducted into another pipe, where
the steam is superheated and divided
into its gases-oxygen and hydrogen.
The hydrogen is carbureted by the oil,
which enters at the rate of forty drops
per minute through one pipe of the
burner, and the resulting gas hydro
carbon) is conducted through the hot
pipes of the burner to a point under
meath, where it escapes and burns.
The apparatus is perfectly simple,
and can be handled by any person,
and the fire being fed automatically,
it is under as perfect control as gas
jet, and can be lighted or put out in
simultaneously. 1t needs no wood or
anything else to start the fire, and
there is no dust, ashes or anything of
| the sort to clean up afterward.
Another great point in favor of this
apparatus is that the oxygen needed
for combustion is furnished by the
water and not from the air in the
room, the fire being entirely indepen-
dent of draughts. This does not deprive
the air in a room of it's vital element
and render it unfit to breathe. The
invention is agreat one, and is destined
to attract much attention.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-22
Deeds of Blood.

Amelia w. Townsend, wife of James C
Townsend, of Oyster Bay, j.. l., who was
with her husband, murderously assaulted
by Chas. HI. Rugg, in January, 1884, died
of her injuries on the 18th. Her husband
is still sufferer. Rugg is to be hanged
May Is.
Edward Sumner, aged 70 years, one of
the most prominent and wealthy residents
of West Dedham, Mass, hanged himself in
his barn, on the 18th. Ill-health is sup
posed to have been the cause.
William Haas a young Chicago butcher
shot his sweetheart, Annie Nubest, and
then attempted suicide. The girls family
refused to allow her to marry him, and
Annie herself laughed at him.
At Forsythe, Mo-, on the night of the
17th a party of armed men went to the
Laney County jail and took therefrom
Frank and Tubal Taylor, and Elijah Sub
lette, and hanged them in the woods.
Benjamin M. Pratt, well-known lawyer
OF Cincinnati, was found dead in his office
on the 18th, having shot himself through
the head.
Five executions took place on the 18th.
Thomas Samon, at Laconia, n. H., two
Italians named Capone and Santore, at
ThOmaston, Me-, William Phillips, at Fort
Smith, Ark, and Gus. Finley, at Preston
burg, KY, all for murder.
j. II. Bell, who murdered F. G.. Small, at
Harold, Dakota, last December, was
lynched at Blunt, on the night of the 10Th.
wealthy Paris lady, wife of an extern
sive manufacturer of dyed cotton yarns,
was found dead in her bedroom on the
morning of the 10Th. A servant who has
disappeared, is suspected of the crime.
At Union City, Tenn, on the 18th, Bud.
Parrish and Freeman Ward were hanged
by masked mob of 200 men. They be-
longed to a gang OF thieves, and the citi-
zens determined to make an example of
them.
At Chandlerville, Muskingnam County,
Ohio Andrew Huffman, q wealthy farmer,
during business quarrel shot and killed
John Callahan, his former partner, in a
liquor store. Huffman then gave to his son
his revolver and asked to be shot. The son
refused and Huffman fed.
John H. Mckenzie, canvasser for the
Equitable Life Assurance Company, of New
York, shot his wife and himself in that city
on the 18th. The man is dead, and it is
thought his wife will not recover.
James Halstead was convicted of man.
slaughter at Jackson, Mich, on the 18th,
and sentenced to state prison for life. His
crime was the murder of II. w. Smith,
whose body was found in a barn at that
place only few days previous.
In the Queens County court, New York,
on the 18th, Charles Rugg, the notorious
Maybee murderer, was sentenced to hang on
Nav Is.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-22
RAILROAD SALE.
The Ohio Central and It's Terminal Facili-
ties Sold.

The Ohio Central and It's Terminal Facili-
ties Sold.
TOLEDO, O., April 16-Atn noon, yes
terday, United States Master Commits
sioner Goodspeed sold the main line
properties Of the Ohio Central Railway
to G. Canada, representing the bond
holders of the line, at $1,OOO,OOO, the
lowest bid allowed by the terms OF
sale. No other bid was made. The
terminal property In this city and
in Columbus was then offered
and was knocked down to J. A. John
son, representing the terminal property
bondholders, for ST. 900, also without
competition. This was also the mini
mum sum allowed by the terms of
sale. The result of the entire sale was
in accord with an understanding of the
bondholders, and wipes out the stock
and the lower mortgage bonds.
An agreement is expected between
the two committees here present, rep
resenting the two sets of purchasers,
by which a thorough reorganization
will be effected as soon as sales are
confirmed, which will be few weeks
hence. The terminal committee placed
in the master commissioners hands
$4,000 in bonds, and the other com
mittee 100000 in main line bonds,
as guarantees, the entire amount Sc
curing the Central Trust Company's
Indebtedness, as we'll as the interest
due on the bonds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-22
A SHRETVD SWINDLER.
He Operates on Jewellers, Visits Europe
and Has High Time Generally.

He Operates on Jewellers, Visits Europe,
and Has a High Time Generally.
CHICAGO, April 14.-Wm. A. Pinker-
ton arrived in Chicago, yesterday,
having in custody Frank P. Landers,
who was recently arrested in Boston
by the Pinkerton agency on charges Of
swindling several jewelers. in ST. Paul.
Landers has operated among the jew
elers of all parts of the country for the
last two or three years and during
that time has paid several visits to
Europe to elude the officers His
favorite scheme was to represent him
self as a member of a wealthy firm Of
merchants and give bogus checks in
payment for the goods purchased
By his swindling operations, it is
said, he realized between $4,000
and $4,000 in each city which
he visited. Landers is the son of re-
spectacle and wealthy parents resid-
ing in New York. He is 80 years old.
He perpetrated big swindles in Phila-
delphia and San Francisco. After hid
ing short while he came to Chicago.
He registered at the Palmer House as
Lieut.. Summerfeld, q. S. A. He ap-
peared always in full uniform, became
a great favorite around the hotel, and
occasionally appeared in society. He
went from here to ST. Paul. thence
to Europe, and afterward on his re
turn swindled some Louisville mer-
chants and then went to Europe a
second time. On hisreturn he was ar
pnStn 6
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-22
A St. Louis Crime.

A sensation was created at ST. Louis, on
the 14th inst. by the discovery of the par
TALLY decomposed remains Of man in a.
trunk in room at the Southern Hotel.
The room had been last occupied by man
who gave the name of Walter III Lennox
Maxwell, an EngksLman. Investigation
led to the conclusion that the body was
that of G. A. Preler, also an Englishman.
On the inside of the trunk was found the
inscription, $50 perish all traitors to the
great cause" This is thought to be only a
blind to throw the police off the track, as it
was evident the crime was committed for
money. Maxwell and Preller had occupied
the room together for several weeks, but
neither had been seen since Monday, the
9th inst. Maxwell has been traced to San
Francisco from which place he is supposed
to have sailed for Australia.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-22
Russia Demands Explanations

4 London dispatch Of the 10Th says Mr..
Gladstone's apparent hesita ton over the
Kushk River affair has emboldened Russia.
and she is now taking her turn in demand
ing explana tions and Withdrawals The re-
port is confirmed that NJ. De Giers has de-
manded an explanation Of the presence of
Capt. Yates, of Gen. Lumsden's staff, at
the Kushk River battle, and OF the part he
is said to have taken in provoking that en-
gagement. Special dispatches from ST.
Petersburg even assert that Russia has de-
manded the recall of Gen. Lumsden himself.
on the ground of his pronounced sympathy
with the Afghans in their hostility toward
Russia, but this statement is doubtful.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-22
A Fatal Mistake.

A very distressing accident occurred at
Buena Vista, near Camden, Ark. DR.. E..
w. Dawson was called professionally to pre-
scribe for a younger brother, after doing
While thus engaged he was recalled to the
bedside of his brother, whom he found in a
comatos condition. The truth then
flashed upon him that he had given a large
dose of morphine by mistake, instead of
quinine, as he had intended. Every effort
that professional skill could suggest was
made to counterfeit the effects of the fatal
dose, but without avail The young man
died shortly after the doctors return. DR..
Dawson is a young physician of decided
ability, and his grief over his fatal mistake
is said to be terrible to witness.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-22
ROyalty's Visit.

Great excitement was created at Dublin
Ireland, on the 18th, at the time of the de-
parture OF the Prince and Princess of Wales
for the south Of Ireland. The lord mayor
of the city was Kissed as the crowd assem-
bled to witness the departure. The royal
party was cheered vociferously AtMallow
gathering OF Irish Nationalists took place,
and fearing trouble the police and armed
military cleared the station and grounds
during the arrival and departure of the
royal guests. Many of the crowd were in
iured by the bayonets and clubs of the
guards. The Nationalists held a meeting
at Cork in the evening, at which infamma-
tory addresses were delivered. The result
of the demonstration was a riot similar to
that at Mallow, but of more serious
nature. The houses Of a number Of loyal
lists were wrecked. II is also reported that
a suburban police station was demolished
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-22

fifteen horses and mules were roasted. The
loss is placed at 100000.
The office of the Buffalo Express was de-
stroyed by fire, on the 10Th. The losses
aggregate $250,OO0.
A four-story brick building, on Wabash
Avenue, Chicago burned with it's contents
on the 18th. The total loss will reach
nearly 100000. The principal losers are:
Smith & Patterson, Mclean & Retterer,
Schott & Co., dealers in toys; Dean d Eos
ter Lowenthal, Kaufman & Co., tobacco
dealers; Review Printing Company and
John R. Barrett & Co., bookbindcrs.
AT SIS, 900 fire in Haiser's piano fac
tory, New York, on the 18th, the second
floor gave way, and a number of fremen
were carried to the cellar. All were more
or less injured. Hugh Mcbride will die.
The crockery and hardware store of Giles
d Mslurchison, Wilmington n G., was par
TALLY burned on the 14th. The stock,
valued at $4,000, is a total loss. Loss
on building, $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-22

The fact that the Mormons are
complaining loudly about the action
of the Federal authorities in Utah is a
tolerably good sign that justice is be-
ing administered out there with de-
cidedly increased force and precision.
We never hear any complaints from
that quarter when the laws are loose
ly enforced, and the power of the
church is equal to the task of prevent
ing the conviction and punishment of
Mormons in the courts of the terrific
ry. 1t is only when perjury fails that
they resort to whining.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-22
Minor Mention.

The strike in the coal pits on the Pan
handle road has come to an end, the men
having returned to work at the price offered
by the operators. Two thousand men are
interested.
Dan Mace the famous turfman, died at
New York on the 18th of Bright's disease.
BLOOD
The President, on the 18th, issued a
proclamation annulling the executive order
of President Arthur, opening the Winnebago
and Crow Creek Indian reservation, in
Dakota, and ordering all settlers to vacate
the lands within sixty days.
The damage by the recent floods in the
vicinity of Belleville, Ont, isnow estimated
at $4,000.
While helping to put a belt on large
fy-wheel at Tustin, Mich, on the 18th,
Fred. Summers was caught in the wheel and
dashed to death.
A number of ladies took boat ride at
Fortress Monroe on the 18TH among them
Mrs Admiral Reynolds. The boat was up
set and Mrs. Reynolds was drowned.
The Miami Savings Bank, at Miami, Mo-,
was entered by burglars on the night of the
18th and robbed of $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-22
The Russo-English Trouble.

London dispatches of the 18th report
that news is received confirming the state
ment that the Russian forces in Afghanis-
tan are advancing. The English press is
of the opinion that war is inevitable. The
Afghan loss in the recent engagement is now
reported at 90Otmen. A further explanation
was received from Gen. Komaroff. which
throws all the blame on the Afghan troops
His explanation is considered inadequate
in British diplomatic circles. The report
circulated some days ago, that the Russian
government, through secret agents, was en-
deavoring to purchase steam vessels in this
country is repeated. 1t is said that sew
eral ships have actually been bought.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-22
The RieI Difficulty.

A Battleford dispatch of the 18th says:
1.-The country north OF here was burned
yesterday, for miles, by Indians travelling
westward. All the farms on both sides Of
the river were raided, and the horses and
cattle driven away. Signal fires were seen
all around, but the garrison was powerless
to do anything but hold itself in readiness
in the event of an attack. In view of the
large quantity of arms and ammunition
the Indians have been found to possess,
the Canadian government has decided to
bring down a measure Immediately prohib-
iting the sale of arms and ammunition to
Indians, under penalty of heavy fine and
Imprisonment. During the inspection of
Indian camps by the mounted police these
arms have always been concealed and the
government had no idea until now how for
midable a resistance the Indians could
offer against the regular troops. These
arms have been supplied by traders, until
now. In many tribes, every other man is
armed with either Winchester or Rem
ington repeating rifle and a good stock of
ammunition, while the balance have weap-
ons of an inferior pattern.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-22
Their Punishment.

The following dispatch from the City Of
Mexico was received on the 18th: "When
the troops of the Colombian government
finally entered Colon (AspinwalI after it
had been burned by the rebels under the
leadership of Preston, they captured sew
eral squads of rebels. During the past ten
days the number of these prisoners has
been considerably augmented by the re-
ceipt of struggling rebels captured in sur
rounding districts. 1t is not known just
how many rebels were thus held prisoners
at Colon, but good authorities place the
number at about 400 Authentic informa-
ton reached this city, last night, that on
Wednesday the officers of the Colombian
government selected 100 of the worst rebels
imprisoned at Colon, and placing them on
board steamer, carried them out into the
bay, where the entire 100 were thrown
overheard and drowned"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-22
Smoke.

The rolling mill Of the Falcon Iron and
Nail Company, at Niles, o., was totally de-
stroyed by fire on the evening of the 18th.
The loss will reach SIS 900.
Fire at Sullivan, Ind, on the morning of
the 10Th, did damage to the extent of
$4,000.
Dewing & Sons planning works at Kala-
mazoo, Mich, were burned on the night of
the 10th. Eighty men are thrown out of
employment, Loss, $4,000; insurance,
S23, 500.
Sixteen buildings at Bristol, Ind, were
destroyed by fire on the 18th. Loss, $4O,-
900.
Fire in Utica. n. Y, on the 10th, caused
an aggregate loss of about $30,O00
Thieves robbed the grist-mill OF Charles
Hibbard in Salisbury Township, Lam
caster County, Pa, on the night of the
18th and then set fire to the building,
which, with the contents, was completely
destroyed. The loss is heavy. The Welsh
Mountain gang are believed to be the per-
petrators of the outrage.
A dispatch from Alexandria, Egypt, I'M
der date Of the 10th, says $50 tents were
destroyed by fire at Metzig, Algeria. Fifty
persons burned to death.
The stables on heranch of Senator Stan
ford, near Red Bluff, CAL, were set on fire,
on the 10Th, by tramps, One hundred and
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-22

THE Connecticut Legislature is al
ready an annual" 1t bids fair to
be perennial. The Lower House
by vote of 148 to %, has passed a
constitutional amendment to be sub
mitted to the people, requiring the
Legislature to transport its members
between Hartford and their homes at
the public expense. This was adopted
in place ola bill requiring the railroads
to furnish passes to members-some-
thing which the railroads now do vol
UNFAIRLY. In order to induce them to
adjourn before the arrival of the next
Legislature, the pay of members is
limited to $500 and mileage, but the
mileage does not pay the expense OF
their frequent adjournments
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-22
REGULARLY organized bands of

REGULARLY organized bands OF
smugglers are said to exist in Mexico.
These men make money very fast by
carrying goods from Texas across the
Rio Grande 1t is a sign that Presi-
dent Diaz is making a good chiefmagis-
trate when we learn that these men
are greatly incensed by his late mani
festo. Smuggling was popular in the
dark ages, but it went out of fashion
with the cross bow and inquisition. OF
course it cannot be rooted out entirely
in any nation, but it can be made so
risky that nobody but hardened Grim
mails will dare to engage in it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-22

THE New Jersey House of Represen-
tatives has passed bill requiring all
children between the ages of Z and II
years to attenl school at least twenty
weeks each year, eight of which shall
be consecutive, except the children are
mentally or bodily disqualified. No
child under II years shall be put at la
Dor unless he or she shall have attended
day or night school during the twelve
weeks immediately preceding.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-22

By the ship canal now completed
vessels of large tonnage are able to sail
at once to the port of ST. Petersburg
from the Gulf of Finland without,
as heretofore, undergoing transship-
ment of cargo at Cronstadt. The
canal, which is ia miles long, runs
from the island of Goutoniew, in the
Neva, to theCronstadt roads, and has
an average depth Of % feet, and a
portion of the Neva has been dredged
to the same depth.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-22
SORELY AFFLICTED.
Two Deaths and a Fire Near Vicksburg,
Mississippi.


V1cKsBURG, Miss, April 16-Near
Quebec Station, on theV.,S S. & P. Rail
road, about thirty miles west of this
city, Mr.. w. L. Long and a boy named
Frank Clements, while fishing in dug
out, were capsized and the boy was
drowned. Mr.. Long used every effort
to save the boy, but failed, barely es-
Gaping with his own lite. When res
cued he was very much exhausted and
was carried to the house of Mrs.
Clements, mother of the boy. During
the night the house caught fire and was
destroyed, Mr.. Long escaping and 60
ing to an old clubhouse near by, where
he was this morning found dead.
There was no other house near. Mrs.
Clements recently lost her husband,
and now by this accident her only son,
and by the burning of her house she is
left destitute.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-22

being braced up, on the 18th, for the pur-
pose of repairing insecure foundations, col
lapsed. The wreck was complete. Not a
stick was left standing of the entire row.
About fifty workmen were employed in the
work, and nearly every man was injured,
though it is believed there wereno fatalities.
The cause of the disaster is claimed to be
wretched workmanship and poor material
The master builder Charles A. Buddensick,
disappeared Immediately after the collapse,
and could not be found by the police. The
master bricklayer, Charles Frank, was
arreSted
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-22
UNION PACIFIC.
An Effort Being Made to Cancel it's
Floating Debt.


New YORK, April 15.-Various re-
ports have been in circulation in Wall
Street, during the forenoon, to the
effect that the Union Pacific Railroad
Company had made some arrange
ment for the cancellation of its float
ing debt. President Adams, who is
now in this city, admits that negotia-
lions are pending, but says that they
are not yet in shape to be made
public. He says the Union Pacific
floating debt is in excellent condition,
and that the company has on hand in
cash and cash available 1900, 900;
but he suggests that it might be de-
sirable to change the character of the
floating debt, and intimates that ar
rangements are being made to sell
some of the securities now in the hands
of the company for this. purpose. The
stock has been very strong, advancing
from A to 46a.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-22
Hope for Grant.

A dispatch from New York, of the 18th,
says: "Gen Grant has had a very refreshing
sleep. He says he has rested better than
for many nights and feels strong enough to
get up and dress for the day. He has
taken his nourishment without pain in
swallowing and has not since midnight been
disturbed by coughing. Pulse and tempera-
ture unchanged. The Generals progress
towards convalescence for the past two
days has been truly phenomenal His
physicians now openly express their
opinion that he will recover
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-22

LAKE ERIE has been frozen over this
year from shoreto shore-a rare event,
it is said. A fisherman of Fort Dover,
Canada, walked across on the ice from
Long Point to Electromagnetic
miles. For three or four miles out the
ice was rough, but after that for fifteen
miles, it was of CLASSY smoothness, and
was two feet in thickness. Within ten
miles of Erie the ice was heaved up to
the height of forty feet in some places.