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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-11
THE NEW PARLIAMENT.
The Session Opened-Plans of the Liber
Unionists.

The Session Opened-PIans of the Liberia
Unionists.
The new Parliament met on the
afternoon of the 5th and after g. few
preliminary ceremonies the swearing
in of members was begun. Among
the earliest to arrive was Mr.. Glad
stone, who took g. seat on the front
opposition bench wholly unnoticed,
not the slightest demonstration being
INDUCED in either by his friends or
enemies. He was hardly seated when
Mr.. Chamberlain entered and sat down
upon the same bench. The Marquis
OF Harrington quickly followed and
took a seat between John Morley and
Mr.. Chamberlain. When Lord Hart
ington had taken his seat Mr.. Glad
stone arose and advancing toward
Chamberlain and Harrington shook
hands cordially with both, and imme-
diately entered into conversation with
them. Arthur Wellesley Peel was
reelected Speaker. Although the re-
ception of Mr.. Gladstone In the House
of Commons was undemonstrative, he
was Justify cheered in the palace yard
both on arriving and leaving. In the
Gladstone circle it is reported that Mr..
Gladstone will raise the Irish question
in the debate on the address in reply
to the Queens speech, demanding of
the government an explicit statement
of it's policy. The Liberal Unionists
are now ready to support the Glad
stonian proposal to limit the time of
the government in which to prepare an
Irish measure to November. The
cabinet will insist that after the esti-
mates have been granted, Parliament
be prorogued until February. The
Queens speech will beread on the 18th
inst
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-11
PHELO CARPENTER.
Death of a Prominent Pioneer of Obi
cagO at Ripe Age.


CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug. 7.-Philo Car.
penter died early this morning at the
residence of his daughter, 432 Wash
ington Boulevard. He contracted a
cold some time ago, which resulted in
congestion of the lungs. Mr.. Carpenter
was one of the Oldest citizens of Chi
cago. He was born in Savoy, Mass,
1905. In 1923 he removed to Troy, n.
Y, where he was clerk il drug store.
Later he emigrated TO the West, and
finally came to Chicago by way of
Niles, Mich, reaching here in g. canoe
towed around the head of the lake by
two Indians. They landed near where
the Douglass monument now stands.
MIR. Carpenter was taken GO Fort
Dearborn, where he found Joel Ellis
living in a log cabin near his place of
landing. Young Carpenter secured a
log cabin on Lake Street, near the
river, and opened the first drug store
in Chicago. To his stock of drugs he
added general merchandise, and con-
tinued in business until 1912. By ju-
dicious investments in real estate
in Chicago's infancy, Mr.. Car
penter soon amassed fortune.
He was member of the Board
of Education, from which he retired
in 1865, and as a recognition OF his
services, one of the city's school
houses was named after him. Hewas
always an earnest advocate of educa-
ton, temperance, religion and univer-
sal liberty. He wrote and circulated,
in 1882, the first total abstinence
pledge in Chicago, and, so far as is
known, delivered, in the Rev. Jesse
Matson's Lighthouse, in the same year,
the first temperance address in the
city. He was an early opposer Of
slavery, and a close friend of John
Brown
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-11
A CRUEL CANARD.
The Story About Wreckers at Is1e RoyaIe
Proved False,


ASHLAND, Wis, Aug. THE United
States revenue cutter Andy Johnson
arrived here this morning. Your cor
respondent interviewed Capt. j. G.
Baker in regard to the report that
fishermen at Isle Royale had robbed
the bodies of the passengers who per-
ished on the Inflated Algoma, last fall.
He reports that full and careful in
vestigation shows the reports circu-
lated to be false in every particular.
But three fishermen were on the island
at the time Of the wreck, and
they assisted in rescuing those saved.
The Canadian Railroad to which the
Algoma belonged employed these three
men to remain on the island all winter
and watch the wreck and care for the
property that had been recovered or
washed ashore. These men found but
two bodies. and they were forwarded
to Canada last fall. The rest of those
who persisted were undoubtedly swept
out into deep water during the terrible
storm, and as Lake Superior never
gives up it's dead, they have found
their long resting place under it's blue
waves. The wreckage was much dam
aged among the rocks, and scarcely a.
piece of baggage or furniture came
ashore unbroken. The wrecking COM
pany now at work recovering the ma
chinery and cargo are well along with
their work. They have found three
bodies beneath the wreckage. Consid-
cradle of value has been saved belong
ing to the cargo, much of which was
railroad iron and hardware.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-11

tives and judges OF the supreme court. If
it decided these according to the face Of the
certificates, the Republican candidate would
be elected; if it decided to investigate the
local proceedings in the contested states
prior to the governors certificates, these,
thens might be set aside, and the Demo-
cratic candidate elected. The Democrats
advocat ted the latter course, but the com
mission adopted the former, and Mr.. Hayes
was declared to be elected. The people ac-
quiesced in the decision and the new Presi-
dent was duly inaugurated, and entered on
the administration of the government.
Mr.. Tilden accepted the decision of the
electoral commission. and went into retire
ment at his country seat, "Greystone on
the Hudson, where the increasing infirmi-
ties of age made him quite a recluse. His
friends failed in the endeavor to renomi-
nate him at Cincinnati in 1880, but he con-
tinued a power in the Democratic party to
the dav of his death
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-11
A Surprised Railroad Man.

General Passenger Agent Flanders,
of the Boston & Maine, has vein of
dry humor which has not been obliter-
ated by years of successful wrestling
with the passenger business Of a mann
moth corporation, one of the best
managed in the country. A stranger
called on him g. few days ago and said
to him, presenting a trip pass over
the Boston & Maine: "This pass was
sent SO much sooner, Mr.. Flanders,
than expected that it will run out
before I am able to use the return
half. Will you kindly extend it 20
"My dear sir" said the genial passen-
ger agent. 81 am not only happy to do
chat, but very glad, indeed, to know
you. You are the first man | ever
saw or heard of that got a railroad
pass sooner than he expected it,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-11
The MEYICAN REVOLT.
whereabouts of Some of the Bandit Rev
olutionists.

Whereabouts OF Some OF the Band1t Rev
olutionists.
MATAMoRAs, Mex, Aug. Son Sun
day last, while in the mountains near
Burgos, Iginacio Tapia, therevolution-
airy bandit chief, quarreled with Con-
delaro Hernandez, who was insubordi-
nate. Hernandez fired on Tapia and
wounded him seriously in two places.
The latter returned the fire and shot
his adversary down. Hernandez was
a noted ruffian, being formerly hack
man in this city, and was wounded
during the election riots last winter.
It is reported that troops are
being pushed from the interior,
and that several corps are en- route
here for Monterey. Donidas' band,
when they left Burgos, went in the di-
rection of Saltalia Marina. They are
difficult to overtake, though pursued
by federal and state troops, for the
reason that they break into small
squads, who easily evade the troops
or pass as rancheros If overtaken, and
then rendezvous at a certain point
afterward. Mauricio Cruze, the Nuevo
Leon revolutionist, who has captured
many horses, is making for the border
with his plumber. Troops are ready
to cut him off.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-11
CAPT. HALL SHOT DEAD.
The Wen-known Ex-Chief of the Secret
Service Killed by His Wife.

Service Killed by His Wife.
CHICAGO, H., Aug. Capt. Wallace
W. Hall, late chief of the United States
Secret Service Bureau in this city and
ST. Louis, and reckoned the best OF
government detectives, was shot and
instantly killed by his wife, at his
residence, 676 Wabash Avenue, at
lib O'Clock this morning. He came
back from Washington q few days ago,
after having resigned, and wasted
nearly all his available cash-$35O--
in q gambling house. AS q result his
mortgage on his residence was fore
closed, yesterday afternoon. His wife,
who married him q year ago, met him
up town yesterday and they went
home together. He went out again and
returned home very drunk and quar-
relsome. What follows is told by the
wife and her venerable father, who
lived with them. The Captain reeled
into the hall and his first remark was
threat against his wife's life. She
had already retired. He went at once
to her chamber and the old man re-
tired to his. Before getting into bed
Hall put g. revolver under his pillow
and a flask of whisky under the bed.
His face was flushed almost to livid-
ness. He muttered incoherently to
himself and made menacing gestures.
Finally he accused his wife of associat-
ing with strange men, and said he had
resolved to kill her. At $50 o'clock
he fell into g. sort of drunken stupor.
Then Mrs. Hall, for her own safety,
crept softly out of bed and secreted her
self in closet in thefront room, where
she remained until IL o'clock P. M.
Meanwhile the Captain, having missed
her, began g. search through the house
in paroxysm of rage. Old man Cox
accompanied him and tried vainly to
appease his wrath. "She's with an
other man; TIL kill her I'll kill her ~
he shrieked in a wild fit Of jealousy
At last he began wreaking his ven
geance on his wife's clothing. He
seized her best silk dresses and tore
them into strips like an infatuated ami.
NAL. The woman heard the sound OF
garments ripping, and came out from
her hiding-place trembling with fear
and agony. AS soon as he caught
sight of her shaking form the Captain
roared: "Now d-you, I'll kill, I'll
kill you!" A pistol was in his hand.
He told her to say her prayers. The
woman rushed forward toward her
husband. Both were in their night
clothes. They closed together and q
struggle began which lasted several
minutes, each trying to get possession
of the revolver. At last an explosion
was heard and Capt. Hall sank on the
floor, exclaiming: "I'm shot I'm a
dead mani" The words had scarcely
been uttered when he expired. The
bullet had entered his heart. His wife
was arrested and an inquest will be
held this afternoon. 1t will be remem
bered that she had arrow with him at 6
ST. Louis depot somemonths ago, and
pointed a pistol in his face. The story
was widely published at the time.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-11
SPEN CER IN RUINS.
A Wisconsin Town of 1000 Inhabitants
Swept by Forest Fires.

A Wisconsin Town of 1000 Inhabitants
Swept by Forest Fires.
At about IL O'Clock noon on the
9Th, the fires that had been raging in
the woods for some days, with the as
sistance of q stiff southwest wind,
caught in the sawdust in the village
limits of Spencer, which was warning
for everyone to move out and every
one did move out at once, without
waiting to carry much of their proper
ty, for there was no time to lose. The
flames rapidly swept through Clifford's
lumber yard, taking in his mill; thence
to the depot and the principal business
portions of the village, destroying two
thirds OF the town. So fierce was the
gale blowing at the time when the fire
reached the village and swept through
the northeastern part of it, taking
everything in it's path, that cat
tie and hogs were unable to get
out of the way and were burned
to death. The fire lasted all day,
leaving some twenty-five or thirty
families homeless. The heaviest losers
are the P. A. Thayer and w. Clifford
mills, and about 3, 1000 feet of lum.
Der; John Gardiner, general merchan.
disc and post-ofice; Hall & Sons, plan
ing mill; Meils Bros, hardware; Stalt-
now's saloon and music hall; P. J.
Bresnahan's saloon; Burnside & Co.,
groceries; the high school building;
the Catholic and Methodist Churches;
the Neenah Lumber Company's ware
house and a large number of resi-
dences. The loss is estimated at $780,
600. From Colby it was reported
that the town of Colby has suffered,
but that the damage was apparently
Insignificant. A conductor on train
that passed through the region of the
fires reported that a camp of working
men at the crossing of the Sault Ste.
Marie road, south of Prentice, was
being moved out ofthe way of the fire,
and would probably be slightly dam
aged. The town of Prentice, it WIS
said, had not suffered at all from the
fires, though the flames existed in the
vicinity.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-11
CASE OF EDTrOR CUTTING.
The Best American Citizens In Mexico and
Texas Condemn the Agitation.

The Best American Citizens In Mexico and
Texas Condemn the Agitation.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. 4.-B. F. Biv-
ems, a citizen of the United States,
and an owner of extensive mines in
Mexico, is in the city. Mr.. Bivens
spends the greater part of his time in
the City of Mexico, where he attends
to his business interests and says that
his estimate of the difficulty between
that government and the United
States over the Cutting affair is based
upon facts. In an interview last even
ing, he is reported to have said: 'No;
the people of Mexico are not much ex-
cited over the affair. They appreciate
that it amounts to nothing and can
lead to nothing serious, and they
treat it with contempt. If the
Texans were as sensible as the
Mexicans the matter would have been
entirely dropped before this. Those
rampant Texans who are bowling for
war are the scum of the people. They
seem to be just spelling for fight, but
they are the kind who run at the first
smell of gunpowder. The best Ameri-
can citizens in Mexico, and in Texas,
condemn the agitation. AS I was COM
ing up, stopped along at several
places, and [ did not find one
intelligent American who does not
think Cutting ought to have at
the least five years in the peni-
tertiary. Why, this man Cutting
is well-known as g. low-lived fellow,
who has been in trouble before. He
runs his paper at Ell Paso, Tex. He
had some trouble with q Mexican at
Paso del Norte, g. Mexican town just
across the. river from Ell Paso, and
after it was over he invented
q vile Islander against his enemy which
was published, I believe, at Paso del
Norte. At least if it was not printed
there, Cutting cast it abroad there,
which, under the Mexican law,
amounts to about the same thing.
Cutting was arrested and taken before
a magistrate. He was allowed to free
himself by making a writer. retraction
of the libel, and he returned to Ell
Paso. There he printed the libel in
his paper in q good deal worse form
than before, in Spanish, and took his
papers over to Paso del Norte him
self and sold them. OF course he was
again arrested, and that is how
he comes to be in jail now.
He is smart enough to see that
by being made a martyr he can
become notorious and make money
out of his notoriety. He has been
offered release on straw bail, but he
draws himself up with assumed pat
riotic dignity and says: No, am in
the hands of my country and she will
care for ne?' BAIL It is disgusting,
and Gov. Ireland, of Texas, cavorts
around and smells war and is paving
his way to the United States Senate.
And Secretary Bayard demands Cut
ting's immediate surrender. Why
doesn't he back up his correspondence?
He would not dare to send soldiers-it
would be a most Infamous outrage
and he would not 90 to that length. !"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-11
A New Trick at the Swimming Baths.
(F1om the New York World

lFIOm the New YORK World
A boy with one suspender and dis
colored eye. who gave an answering
whoop whenever any of his crowd
yelled eli Snifty," was rolling in the
dust in Battery Park, just in front of
the free swimming bath yesterday
afternoon, when a philosopher passed
by. The philosopher noticed that q
broad space had been worn bare of
grass, and half a score of boys were
covering themselves and one another
with the fine dust. He asked the
meaning Of all this and eli Snifty" ex-
planned:
"You see de bath man won't let a.
TELLER in less he's dry, and so de gang
got up dis dust racket. If yer spread
It on yer hair it will dry in a minute
and de Teller won't know dat we been
in at all before. See? So as soon as
de crowd comes out we roll in de dust
and kin 60 back right away. It's a
great graft. see?"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-11
MATTHEW ARNOLD.
He Says Weighty Opinion in America is
Opposed to the Irish Policy.

opposed 60 the irish ROl1cy.
LONDON, Aug. 6.-Matthew Arnold,
who is in America, publishes q letter
in the London Times in which he says:
81 suppose there is no country in the
world where Gladstone's favor is
stronger than in the United States;
yet even here, if you weigh instead Of
count opinions, the balance opposes
his Irish policy. The main motive
Americans have for sympathy with
Mr.. Gladstone is the temptation to
please the Irish. Weighty opin-
ion is not that of the general
public who yield to this temptation,
but that of the men who resist it and
look deeper. OF these serious people,
the opinion is against Mr.. Gladstone.
Nevertheless, Americans, one and all,
sincerely believe that the Irish ought
to have control Of their own local al
fairs. The Marquis of Salisbury must
recognize this. If he merely tries to
keep order and let things drift, he will
lose great opportunity. If he pro-
duces good scheme of local govern
ment, he will probably secure. Mr..
GladstOne's support for it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-11
BOILER EXPLOSION,
And q Tenement Building at BIT. Louis
Wrecked.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. Blast even
ing the boiler of a six-horse power
stationary engine, located in the rear
of the cellar at 1912 North Broadway,
exploded and was blown through the
intervening floors and roof, high into
the roof of the front of the same build
ing, and crashed through again, finally
resting on the floor of the front room
Of the second story. The building was
occupied by three families, but no one
was injured, except Henry Siege, q IL
year-old boy, who was struck in the
back and neck by g. piece of the boiler.
He will recover, The building was al
most completely demolished.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-11

horseshoe curves and heavy grades.
The trial proved satisfactory, and was
pronounced by the president of the
board to be wonderful. One mile of
track will be built and operated in
Cambridge, and then a franchise will
be sought to introduce the system in
Boston. The system is unique one.
Only a single rail is used. If it proves
a success on a large scale, it is ex-
pected to revolutionize railroading.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-11
NEW 81" ROAD.

Successful Trial OF the Meigs Invention
at Cambridge.
Boston, Mass, Aug. 6.-The Board
of Railway Commissioners went to
Cambridge, yesterday, to witness the
operation of g. model of the proposed
Meigs Elevated Railway. The test
was made with full-sized cars, over
1900 feet of road built with sharp
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-11

Prichard, S. L. M. Barlow, Frederick
r. Coudert, E. E. Marbury, Joshua M.
Vancott, John E. Parsons. Wheeler
Ell. Peckham, Edward Patterson, Al
bert Stickney and Hubert b. Turner.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 6.-The
President will leave Washington this
evening for New York to attend the
funeral of Mr.. Tiloen tomorrow. Act
ing Secretary Fairchild and number
ofother officials will attend the funeral.
A Yonkers dispatch of the 7th says:
The sorrow that has shrouded this
city for three days reached its climax
today. Veneration for the dead was
visible on the faces of the citizens,
and the very air seemed laden
with sadness that imbued all.
The elements contributed to the
general gloom. The remains were
placed on a catafalque In the blue
room. The people generally were ad-
mitted to view the remains. They
entered the east door, passed through
the first parlor, on the right to the
blue room, and thence through the
hall to the west or rear entrance.
The body was seen to be dressed IN
q suit of full dress, with g. white
pink in the buttonhole, white tie
surrounded a standing collar. The
right hand was crossed over the
breast, and the head lay partly on the
right side. The features, while snow
ing some emaclation, did not suggest
that the dead had undergone any
extended or considerable physical
suffering: The revised list of pall-bear-
ers is: Samuel j. Randall, John Bige-
| low, Daniel Manning, Smith M. Weed,
Charles A. Dana, DR.. George L. Miller,
] VIM. Allen Butler, Daniel Magone, j..
B. Trevor, Chas. E. Simmons and
Aaron J. Vanderpoel. AT $40 O'Clock
President Cleveland reached the man
sion. He was accompanied by Sec
rotary OF War Endicott and Private
Secretary Lamont. Rev. Dr.. VIM.
| Tucker, of Andover, Mass, performed
| the funeral ceremonies. Along the
three-mile route, to Yonkers, the sides
of the road were alive with people.
When the depot was reached, the mem
bers OF the family, the Misses Tilden,
Miss Gould, the Messrs. Tilden and
Charles f. MacLean, with their init
mate friends, Rev. DR.. Tucker and sew
eral of the delegates entered the cars.
The train left Yonkers at 11:15, and
three minutes behind time. 1t is due
at Hudson at 1875; Chatham at 2:3O
and New Lebanon, where the remains
will be inferred in the family lot, at
4:35 P. NJ.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-11

DANIEL SLOWER, of Gallon, Ill.,, has
an undisputed record of 1873 rattle
snakes killed in the past four months.
He has $50 rattlea to show for it. He
has also killed 1C4 blue racers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-11

OTTo, the crazy Prince of Bavaria,
thinks he is an eagle.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-04-07
The M. P. Conference.

The Maryland Annual Conference
of the Nj. p. Church meets in Broad
way Nj. p Church, Baltimore to-day.
This conference embraces ell the
State of Maryland, the District of
Columbia. part of Delaware. q few
circuits in Virginia along the Poto-
mac. There are 115 names of minis
ters on the roll and the conference has
a corresponding number lay delegates.
Rev. S. 7. Murray is president of
the conference. A president is elected
every year. This is the third year of
DR.. Murray's presidency. but it has
been the custom of the conference not
to elect for longer term, though BY
the law of the church q president can
be elected five consecutive years.
There is.nO rule now existing as to
pastoral terms. Each conference can
make limit if il sees tit to do so.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-04-07
Health Giving Beverages.


The absorbing question of Local
Option, High License. &c, can be
settled by the friends of either meas
ure resolving to drink only those
bealth-giving beverages drawn from
Tufts beautiful Soda Fountain at the
City Drug Store There they will fnd
that, which neither intoxicates or
impoyerishes, but adds color to the
face and elasticity to the steps.
The proprietors of the City Drug
Store have decided to deal rather
extensively 10 mineral waters this
season. They will have on draught at
their fountain, addition to the delicious
Soda Water, the Natural Deep Rock,
Saratoga. Vicby and Bethesda w aters.
Bethesda Water is the most popular
in existence for Diabetes, kidney and
bladder troubles, recommended by
the best ply sicians in the country.
Messrs, Hodges & Co., the en-
terprising druggists of Annapolis,
promise that their mineral waters,
like every thing else they handle,
will always be found genuine (not
artificial We would here state for the
benefit of strangers 10 Annapolis that
the City Drug Store is opposite the
City Hotel on Main st.