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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30
FIRE AND PANIC.
over a Hundred People Hurt at a Hospital
Entertainments.

over Hundred People Hurt at a Hospital
Entertainments.
Whlle a Christmas tree entertain
ment was In progress in the large am
phltheater OF the Cook County hos
pltal, Chicago, on the afternoon of
the 10th, the Christmas tree took fire,
filling the upper part of the large hall
With tire and smoke. A wild panic
and frantic stampede at once ensued.
amid shrieks and cries of "fre."
Visitors, cripples and patients
rushed up the steep steps of
the amphitheater, and in the
mad struggle for escape, it is a miracle
that no one was trampled to death.
The smoke, the cries, the flames, and
the cracking tree combined to make g.
scene of mad tumult. AS the tree
burned the heat rose, and those who
had crowded into the upper tiers Of
the amphitheaterw were the most severe
ly scorched. A patient in Ward 1
jumped from g. window upon aroof be-
low and broke two of his fingers. A
woman and child jumped from an
other window to the ground. They
were not injured, however, as they fell
on mattresses that had been promptly
placed under the windows the mo-
ment the employees heard the cries of
fire. Employees meanwhile were play
ing on the fire with Babcock extin-
guishers. Thefre lasted less than five.
minutes, there being one great fierce
blaze, which presently expired when
the dry leaves Of the evergreen were
consumed. At least 100 persons were
injured, the greater part receiving
bruises by being trampled on by their
OF the children patients who had been
brought into the chapel suffered from
the smoke and fright, and one or two
were slightly burned. Butfor the cool
ness of Warden McGarige and some
attaches of the hospital, lives would
certainly have been lost.
The following is a partial list of the
sufferers Nurses: Lizzie Thomas, Miss
Black, Carrie Phelps, Emma Stillwell,
Amelia Olson, Miss Sheldon, Miss
Johnson, Miss Brountey, Miss Wilkin-
son, Miss Hewitt and Miss Hickett;
patients: Robert Creeker, Peter
Peterson and William Ennis; James
Gilhouse and Alfred Kane; John
Donohue and julius Kerbis; Dan
Monon; Julius Ender and William
O'Conner; Belle Foy, Mary King, Mary
Brady, Josie Allen, Mary Mayer, w.
w. Brown, James Hynes, James Nolan
and Mrs. Weber. Among the visitors
injured were the following: Mrs. A. A.
Carpenter, Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Bart
lett, Mrs. Charles Cummings, Commits
sioner Van Pelt, both ears burned; E..
N. May, Tribune reporter; N. A. Mac
milan, Herald reporter. The attend
ing physicians say that no one was
fatally injured, and that all are doing
well.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30
AT iC Again.

The contending factions OF st. Alburtus'
Polish Catholic Church, Detroit, broke out
again on the afternoon of the 25th. After
gathering a mob of some a, 900 men, women
and children, an attack was made on st.
Joseph's Church, but no damage beyond a.
few broken windows resulted. They then
proceeded to the house Of Basil Lemkie, O.
leader Of the opposition. The police were
called out and riot ensued. A large num-
Der OF belligerent Poles received serious in
iuries, and Joan Leodowski was shot dead
A fresh riot took place in Detroit among
the congregation of ST. Albert's Polish
Catholic Church, on the Goth, the crowd be-
ing estimated at two thousand. An attor-
ney named Larned was struck with stone
All the windows in Zoltowskis grocery
were broken. Officer Ewing was knocked
down with a snow-shovel. Detective Tuttle
was thrown into a gutter. captain and
fourteen policemen fought the rabble all
the afternoon. Bishop Borgess. is confident
that the trouble is melted by the deposed
priest, KOlasinski.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30
CIVIL RIGHTS.
They are Not Accorded to tina F,sk
Jubilee Singers.

Jubilee Singers.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Dec. 24.-The Troy
newspapers publish the following ad-
vertisement: Observation-Disclosures
ton for the Fisk University Jubilee
singers, thirteen Christian men and
women. The principal hotels have re-
fused to entertain these people on &C
count of their color" A member of
the company said to a correspondent:
"At Chillicothe, ILL.,, we gave our first
paid concert and the proceeds were
given to the suffer ers by the
great Chicago fire, but we were
refused accommodations in two
hotels, and obtained shelter in the
third only on condition that we would
hide ourselves from the other guests.
At Springfield, ILL.,, the home of Abra-
ham Lincoln, we were also ostracised,
but the people representing the out
rage gave us a magnificent welcome,
and Ex-Gov. Palmer received us
as guests into his own house. At
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, six of our girls had to
sleep one night in a single room over a
shed, with nothing but their water
proofs for covering, and at Fremont,
the home of Ex-President Hayes, we
were subjected to gross indignities.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30

IT must make some of the old resi-
dents of Boston rub their eyes to read
that a Democrat named O'Brien has
been elected mayor of the once Purl-
tan city by the unprecedented MAORI
ty of over 5000 votes. The descend
ants of the Pilgrims are evidently a
small political element in the metrop-
oils of New England, and we fear that
John L. Sullivan would knock out the
bluest blooded transcendentalist In the
modern Athens when it came to bat
tie at the polls.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30

dispatch from London on the 23d an
nounced that Parnell would be unable to
visit America next month. 1t is probable
the proposed convention at Chicago will be
postponed
Girard Murray, a young medical student,
in a fit Of jealousy, at New York, on the
3d. gave his wife a bottle of laudanum,
and producing revolver, commanded her
to swallow the stuff, at thesame time swal-
lowing heavy dose OF chloral. The
poison took effect before he had an OPP
portunity of enforcing his demand, but a
physician and a stomach pump saved his
life.
Phillips, the convicted Indianapolis wife
murderer, has been sentenced to hang on the
Sth of next April.
Scott w. Heffner q carpenter, was shot
and killed at Sharonville, o., on the Goth,
by Frank W. Mullen, q barber.
At christening at the house of George
Michaelski, at Buffalo, on the night of the
goth, Joseph Mailer had dispute with the
host, during which the latter was fatally
stabbed. Mailer was arrested.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGs
Senate.

MONDAY, Dec. 21.-Mr. Vest offered a
resolution endorsing the action Of the gov
ernment In the matter of the appointment
OF Kelley as minister to Austria, Hungary
which after debate was referred to the COM
mittee on foreign affairs. A resolution was
passed without debate, authorizing an in
vestigation of the New York custom house.
Bills placed on the calendar: In ref
erence to bigamy in Utah and for a uni
form system OF bankruptcy. Bills intro
duced: For the relief of Rear Admiral
Carter, .. s. N; for the establishment of
the territory of Oklahoma; to increase the
efficiency of the army; to pension soldiers
who had been confined in Confederate pris-
ons. The Senate passed the House con-
current resolution providing for a holiday
recess, and then went into executive session
and when the doors reopened adjourned
until January 5 next.
House.
MONDAY, Dec. 21.-Bills introduced: To
create bureau of military statistics; for
the relief of Fitz John Porter; to forfeit
various land grants; to protect homestead
settlers within railway limits; to amend the
Chinese restriction act; to suspend the
coinage of the silver dollar; appropriating
SO, 900 for q monument to Vice-President
Hendricks at Indianapolis; to enforce the
eight-hour law; for territorial government
Ill 1uOIau 1orTIUOIys SIdHUlHS pcuSlOuS W
thirty-day soldiers; to divide the state of
Illinois into three judicial districts;
for constitutional amendment pro-
hibiting polygamy; to repeal the
timber culture, presumption and desert
land acts; to limit the disposal of agricult-
ural lands to actual settlers; to repeal the
time limitations in regard to pensions; for
q monument to the late Gen. Shields; to
provide for a constitutional amendment
making the Office of postmaster an elective
one; for the establishment of postal tele-
graph; fixing the salaries of United States
district judges at SIS, 900; for the construc-
ton of the Hennepin canal; for the estab-
lishment of agricultural experiment. STA
tions. When the state of Maine was
reached, the call was discontinued with the
understanding that it be resumed when the
House meets January s. One thousand
and four bills were introduced. The House
then adjourned to January 5.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30
UseIessness of Russian Torpedoes.

A correspondent of the Novoe Vrem-
va at Vladivostackh has provoked a SEN
sation in Russian naval circles by dis
closing the following incident. A few
weeks ago the German steamer China
set out for Port Possiett, unaware that
the harbor was closed by a doublerow
Of torpedoes, which had been placed
there during the war scare in the
spring. On it's arrival the boat STA
toned to warn off vessels was not in
it's place, and the German captain did
not observe the red flag hoisted on
shore, where also the naval picket was
absent. Two or three people, observ-
ing the danger into which the vessel
was running, shouted out, ''Mini
mini'' Confines mines ply but the cap
tain did not realize what they meant
until closeto the first torpedo barrier
1t was then too late to reverse the en-
gines, and, amid a panic among the
passengers on board, he decided to
trust to luck and steam full speed
ahead. A terrible pause followed, sue
ceeded by a feeling of astonishment
when the steamer was seen to have
traversed both rows of submarine
LuIuOS, dI1Q W U0 Calmly making n0r
way into the harbor. The torpedoes
were supposed to be of the best quail
ty, received from Russia last spring,
and they were laid down by expe-
rienced officers, who had reported that
it was impossible for even the smallest
fishing smack to enter the harbor
without being blown to pieces. None
the less they proved dismal failure
when tested by the China, and the
Russian admiralty have teIegraphed
that the most searching investigation
shall be made into the affair. At st.
Petersburg it is not believed that the
officers bungled in laying them down,
but that the mishap was due to a
repetition of what occurred more than
once with the submarine mines Rus
STA used against Sir Charles Napier in
the Baltic. Failing to check that gall
liant officers operations, they were
hauled up and examined, when 1T was
found that the rascally officials ashore
had purloined the gunpowder and re-
placed it with sawdust.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30

THE governor of Wyoming has be-
gun early to sound the demands of his
territory for admission as a state. In
1870 it's population was only Oils;
in 1880 it was 2O,789, and now it is
estimated to be $4,000. This rapid
increase is not of the same solid kind
which has built up Dakota, for Wyom-
ing is a mining and grazing country,
and not q farming region. When the
governor says that by the time the
present Congress expires, Wyoming
will havea population of over 150, 900,
he is discounting the future altogether
too confidently. In any case, Wyo-
ming should wait until Dakota and
Washington are admitted, before
pressing her inferior claim.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30

A MOVEMENT in favor of temperance
in France is a most encouraging sign
of the times. 1t is not, however, on
moral grounds, but for reason of the
poisonous qualities of the fluids used.
The French Academy of Medicine has
urged the government to resort to a
rigid inspection of spirituous liquors
sold, for the reason that they are OF
such desperately poisonous char
acter that they menace the public
health. They recommend that bran
dies and strong liquors be heavily
taxed so as to limit their use, and
they express the opinion that a very
high license should be paid by sellers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30

THE sneering Voltaire or cynical
Rabelais could hardly have invented
more satirical comment on human
nature than the revelations of the
"Socialistic Revolutionary Associa-
ton" of San Francisco, one of whose
principal members and an active mem
Der of the Anti-Coolie League to drive
Cinnamon out of this country, was
himself driven from Russia about a year
ago for the crime of being q Jew.
There is Cuban proverb to the effect
that no man kicks so hard as the man
who has been kicked.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30

THE people who have imagined that
1t is impossible to Garry large cities
against the liquor traffic mustfeel bad
ly mixed by recent events. The coun-
ty in which Atlanta is situated event
dry few weeks ago, but the whisky
men carried the city itself by a very
narrow margin. Now, however, the
Prohibitionists have much more
marked triumph by carrying "no Ii
cense" in the city of Worcester, Mass.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30
Killed in Ambush.

Official information has been received at
Washington that SurgeonJ. G. Maddox and
four men of Company G, Eighth Cavalry.
were killed by Indians early on the morning
of the 10TH in fight with Lieut.. Fountain's
command, at White House, about twelve
miles northwest of Fort Bayard, New Mexi-
co. Lieut.. Cabell, of the same troop. and
one man were wounded There were TWEEN
tyrone Indians in the band. They
were moving west and several de-
tachments are in close pursuit. This
is the same band that Lieut.. Foun-
tains troop engaged December 9, when he
captured their horses and destroyed their
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30

THE Mormons have carried their
point in securing Jurisdiction for their
justices of the peace over the immora
eccentricities of the Gentiles. The ef-
feet will be to make every non-Mormon
in the territory go around loaded to
the muzzle with an abb.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30
An Important Decision.

At Chicago, ILL.,, on the 23d, Judge Blod-
gett rendered q decision in the litigation
which has become known as the pullman
land cases." There were three separate
suits by Bradley G. Schley against the Pal
ace Car Company, the Pullman Land As
ISOLATION, and the Allen Paper Car Wheel
Company, all being based on an alleged flaw
in the title to the land comprising the town
of Pullman. Judge Blodgett's decision in
brief was that the deed of the land referred
to, made by Christina Lynn and her hus-
band was valid, and that therefore no pro-
ceedings to test the ownership OF the land
could be brought
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30
RiOtOus Miners,

About 4 o'clock on the morning of the
the 23d seventy-fve masked men put in an
appearance at the Old Eagle mines Of w.
II. Brown & Co., near Monongahela City,
Pa, and as the working miners approached
the mines, they were halted and compelled
to return to their homes under O. heavy
fire. The strikers seemed more desperate
than upon any previous occasion. All were
armed and at least twenty-five shots were
fired. Several men were wounded but it is
beloved none seriously. The working miners
made no resistance, but scattered as soon
as the firing began.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30

In this case there was no outside
county vote to help out the total alb
stinence people, but they were victo-
rious by nine hundred majority, never
the-less, and Worcester is a much
larger city than Atlanta. In 1880
Worcester had $4,000 inhabitants to
81, OOOfor the Georgia metropolis, and
now the former city has about 10000
population.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30
Six Boilers Explode.

On the afternoon of the 25th, the burst
ing OF one of the boilers of the Spring Val
ley waterworks. of San Francisco, situated
on The banks of Lake MERGED. a short dis
tance from the city, caused the other five
boilers in the city to explode. The building
was completely demolished. John Byan, a
coal HEAVIER, and Peter Duffy, fireman, were
instantly killed; George Hunt, fireman, and
Chris. Whalen, coal HEAVIER, dangerously
wounded. The damage was $15O,OOO.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30

WHEELING, w. Va, is a. manufacture
ing center, and many girls are en-
ployed in the different mills. A local
paper, referring to this, says that
many of the best wives In that city
were once work girls. The fact is not
singular, for it has been q fact ever
since Laban's sheep were tended by
Rachel and Jacob kissed her and Lifted
up his voice and cried about 1T.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30
Buried for All Time.

A Wilkesbare dispatch of the 26th says
"Work at No. 1 slope, where the accident
occurred at Nanticoke, will be abandoned.
1t has been found that as fast as the debris
is removed it flows in again from the great
break in the culm- bank above. The COM
pany will recompense the relatives. The
victims are undoubtedly buried deep be-
neath sand, culm and rock, and can never
he fOund -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30
YOU are

RocKAwAY BEACH, Coney Island, has
q wild man who dances in circles on
the sand until he is approached, when
he yells in several unknown tongues
and plunges into the surf. His ap-
nearance has been awaited for hours,
but he is not seen again until some
one finds him dancing. He is the WIN
fer substitute for the sea serpent.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30
Killed hy the SHOCK

Joseph Walsh, a laborer, so years DID,
while watching the machinery in the Brook
Ign Sugar Works, on the 22d, stumbled
and fell into large circular cutting mill.
His body was literally chopped to pieces,
and had'to be removed by hand piece by
piece from among the knives. This work
was performed by Frederick Bird aged 40.
After the remains had been removed, Bird,
totally unnerved, sat down to rest for a
moment, when he arose and fell over dead.
An examination showed that death was
the result of heart disease, caused by the
shock
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30
Smoke.

Early on the morning OF the 26th a fire
broke out in Boardman's grocery, in
Adams block, Georgetown, Mass, and ex-
tended to the Masonic block, Equitable
building, Tenny's shoe factory and the pri-
waite residence of j. g. Tenny, all of which
were destroyed, causing a loss that will
aggregate $4,000, partially covered by in
surance Thirteen business places were
burned out, and $50 hands thrown out of
employment. Three people were killed by
falling walls.
The building on Water Street, New York,
owned by M Fink, and occupied by him as
whale and fish oil factory, took fire on
the 25th, and a loss Of $4OO resulted.
Early on the morning of the 22d fire
broke out in the Chenango House, at
Greene, Chenango County, N. Y, and de-
stroyed nine buildings. Three men were in
iured, one seriously, by an explosion.
Vincennes, Ind, was visited by $40 GOO
fire on the morning Of the 3d.
Fire at Shelbyville, Tenn. on the morn
ing of the 23d, destroyed property to the
value of $4,000.
The village Of Tarentum, Pa, was visited
by destructive fire on the morning OF the
21st. Nine buildings were leveled, involv-
ing loss of 100000.
The brick building OF the Link Belt Man
ufacturing Company, on Jefferson Street,
Chicago, burned on the 21st. Loss ST.
900; insurance $23, 1000.
A fire in the dry goods establishment of
Brunei & Laurent, Quebec, on the 21st,
damaged the building and stock to the ex-
tent of SIS, 900.
The building at the corner of Adams
Street and Michigan Avenue, Chicago, occu-
pied by the Butler Manufacturing Company,
and Crossman d Lee, burned on the morn
ing of the 22d. Loss, $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30
A Railway Collision.

At 2:50 O'Clock, on the morning of the
Goth, the third section of freight No. 81, on
the Pan Handle Railroad, ran into the rear
of the second section near Philadelphia
crossroads, seventy miles west of Pitts
burg, wrecking both trains and slightly in
juring Fireman John Boats, brakeman
whose name was not learned, and E. B.
Wartman, a tramp. Immediately after
the collision the wreck took fire, and nine
teen cars of coke and merchandise were de-
stroyed. The loss will reach $4,000. The
cause OF the accident is not known.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30
Another Feud Repun

Craig Tolliver, who was reputed to be
one of the bad spirits of Kentucky, had the
audacity to rob a friend of a girl at dance
at Martinsburg. The injured party put a
bullet into Tolliver's heart, and then fled to
escape lynching. The desperate was
marked from head to foot with knife and
bullet wounds. His brothers have armed
themselves, and are searching trains for the
murderer. 1t is feared much blood will
flow before the affair blows over
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30
The Rtpnblifa't
wATERTOwN. wIsCcNsIN.

THE moral effect of hanging as a
preventive of crime received a novel
Illustration at Williamsburg, KY, a
few days ago. Some OF the CROWD
were drunk, and arrow was started and
two pistol shots fired under the gal
lows while the victim was upon 1t say
ing to the hangman, clam ready wner
won ara -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30
VENERABLE mail-carriers seem t.

VENERABLE mail carriers seem to be
not altogether uncommon in Sullivan
County, New York, where Frederick
Richards, who is 90 years old and who
carried the mail on a. fifteen-mile trip
for sixty years, recently gave up his
route, and it was taken by Adam
Linklepaugh, 80 years old, who is now
carrying the mail there. Richards has
twin sisters, Mrs. Betzey Brace and
Catharine Ryder, both living at Rich
mondville, Schoharie County, N. Y,
at the age of 90 years.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30

GEN. PULASKI served the country for
two years IN the revolution and was
killed at the battle of Savannah, and
never was paid any salary for it. His
only reward has been in naming few
back counties after him. His heirs in
Philadelphia propose to ask Congress
to balance accounts.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30

A PARTY of Indians were out hunting
near Eureka, Humboldt County, CAL.
when the recent storm came on, and
they struck out at once for home. One
OF the party, an old man, was unable
to keep up with them, and they left
him to shift for himself. He picked
out clear spot on the trail, hung his
hat on stick, and then lay down and
died in short time.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30

camp. They will probably pass to the
southwark OF Clifton. The names of the
private soldiers killed were Collins, Gibson,
Hutton and Mcmillan. DIR. J. G. Maddox
was a son of DR.. Thomas Maddox, of Wash
ington County, Md He was commissioned
as assistant surgeon in the army in Octo-
Der, 1881, and his first assignment to duty
was to the department of Texas. DIR. Mad
dox was 33 years of age.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30

SINCE October the number of iron
furnaces has increased from 1853 to
1913, and the weekly capacity from
SO 552 to 1896 tons. Furnace
stocks of pig-iron are said to have
been reduced nine-tenths in that inter
val
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30
A Horrible Death.

In Chattanooga County, Northern
Georgia, on the 21st, James Starting, who
was killing hogs, used for scalding cal
dron, half-buried hogshead which was
filled with boiling water. Startling at
tempted to pitch hog into the caldron,
long into the seething liquid. Although
lifted out instantly, he was literally boiled,
the flesh dropping from his body in huge
fakes. He was dead when taken out.