Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-05-19

himself through the head. In q letter
W hich he left he said had q cancer in his
stomach and did not want to live.
for sweet myrrh. It is thought one ofthem
will die.
One woman and two men were killed and
much property destroyed by a tornado In
Wayne County, Ind, on the night OF the
9th.
The trial OF the noted case of Hugh M.
Brooks, alias W. FL. Maxwell, at st. Louis,
for the sensational murder OF q. Arthur
Preller, was begun on the 10th.
At Owego, N. Y, on the morning OF the
18th, Norman Launsbury, aged 10 years,
a farmer in a fit of jealousy, shot his young
wife, aged 16 years, and her relative, Hor-
ace Payson, aged 35 years. He then shot
himself before officers arrived to arrest aim.
Minor Mention.
The trial of AID. Jaehne, at New York,
on the charge of bribery in connection with
the great Broadway Railway steal, ended
on the 18th in verdict of guilty.
. At Tuscombia, Mo-, on the 14th, Richard
Higgins and Thomas Barrett were drowned
in full view of large number of people by
the upsetting of their boat.
Two experts who were appointed to ex-
anime into the mental condition OF BARLEY
Campbell, the well-known playwriter and
manager, have submitted their opinion
that he is incurably insane.
At Venice, on the 18th there were re.
ported seven new cases of cholera and three
deaths; at Bari five new cases and nine
deaths; and at Brindisi, one new case and
one death.
The old established grain commission
house of Tyson & Bros, Baltimore. made
an assignment on the 18th, to Harry A
Parr. Their liabilities are estimated at
somewhere near $500, 900, but their assets
cannot be estimated. The firm has extern
sive connections in Europe and do heavy
shipping business.
Johann Most, king of the Anarchists, was
arrested in New York on the 18th inst,
after eluding the police for two weeks.
Labor Notes.
In Youngstown, O., on the 14th, a con-
vention of delegates from the Mahoning
Valley coal mines adopted the Columbus
scale of prices and appointed an arbitra-
ton committee. If the operators refuse
arbitration strike will result.
The contractors and boss plasterers in
Pittsburg have signed the journeymen'ss scale
for eight hours.
The bricklayers and bod carriers of Troy,
N. Y, have succeeded in obtaining the con-
sent of the bosses to an eight-hour day.
The Knights of Labor, of Cleveland, and
other organiza tions, are working up q
scheme for taxing all foreign immigration,
and will soon forward petition to Con-
gress asking that such law be passed.
The movers in the matter request every
person interested to write to his congress
man asking that such bill be presented
and passed before the adjournment of the
present session.
The Western Boot and Shoe Manufa ctur-
ers' Association met at Chicago, on the
18th inst. The association is composed of
most of the manufacturers in Chicago and
the West. A preamble and resolutions
were adopted to the effect that the eight
hodr day, after two weeks trial. had
proven unsatisfactory, and that the asso-
citation will return to the ten-hour system.
About ], 500 men are affected.
The Chicago lumber strike is practically
over, many of the old hands having re-
turned to work.
In accordance with determination Of
the Wholesale Clothing Merchants Associ.
alton of Chicago, gigantic lockout
the 18th. All manufacturers notified their
cutters that for the present no work would
be given out. About 900 people are af-
fected by this action. The clothing making
business is carried on principally by sys.
tenn of middlemen, who take the work from
the manufacturers OH contract and farm it
out by the piece. A number of strikes by
the piece-workers have been inaugurated
for higher prices, which it is claimed have
been encouraged by the middlemen. The
advance asked for amounted to from 80 to
SO per cent.
On the 18th the Vandalia road put q
non-union man atwork in the Indianapolis
yards. The men of the night force
refused to work with him and were dis
charged. Then the night men in the other
yards struck, refusing to go to work until
the discharged men were taken back. They
are still out.
The strike in the sugar refneries in and
around New York collapsed on the II tn,
all who could get work going back without
any OF the concessions asked for.
The striking freight handlers at Chicago
returned to work on the 10th, the roads ac-
cepting all who had not taken prominent
part in the movement. The men went back
at the old terms. The Arbeiter Zeitung,
Anarchist newspaper, whose editors were
arrested in connection with the recent riots,
was evicted from it's building on the 10th,
for non-payment Of rent. The lumber yards
are still idle. The Mccormick Reaper
Works started up with 1000 men.
A bread famine is reported in Pittsburg,
owing to strike of the bakers. More than
two-thirds of the shops are closed.
All the contractors and builders in Gal
weston signed the nine-hour scale on the
10th.