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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
Deeds of Blood

Frank CASTOR, colored, was hanged at
Salisbury, N. Y, on the I'd inst, for as
sault on 2 white woman.
During Jealous quarrel between Edwin
Bellows and his wife, at Nanticoke, Pa, at
an early hour on the morning OF the LIST, in
which hot words passed between the two,
Bellows, in fit of frenzy, drew revolver
and shot his wife twice. Her wounds were
pronounced fatal.
William Silvers, local tough, gotedrunk
at Lincoln, Mo-, and proceeded to paint
the town lurid hue. ]. M. Shaw, recent
ly appointed marshal, swore out war.
rant for his arrest. Then Silvers swore
vengeance and on the night of the 28th rid
died Shaw with buckshot. He will proba-
bly, die.
Frank A. Blackford, aged %, was shot
and killed in a Washington saloon ON the
night of the 28th, by the proprietor, Sam.
Gassenheimer. Blackford's father was at
one time superintendent OF the capitol po-
lice.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
Saved by a Horses Tail.

From Red Sulphur Springs (Va.) special.]
Earl Law, a young lawyer, and Miss
Mary Winslow eloped from the home
of the young lady's parents for the
purpose of getting married. The fly
ing pair were in a buggy and made
good time until Indian Creek was
reached. When midway ofthe stream
the vehicle was overturned and the
occupants were thrown in the water.
They lodged against broken tree in
the middle of the creek, but the cur
rent was too strong for them to ven.
tnre to reach the shore. Law held the
young lady in his arms for two hours
before they. were discovered. The po-
sition was made more unpleasant by
the hot sun pouring it's rays upon
them. Novel as the catastrophe was,
the rescue was even more novel. A
young man, although the risk was
great, swan a. strong horse to the
place, and the imperiled lady and gent
hung onto the animals tail and were
brought back safely. The young
lady's father was in pursuit, and stood
on the bank when she was taken from
the water. The marriage did not take
place.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
A Mean Advantage.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.l
els this seat engaged ?' asked one
man OF another, pointing to a vacant
seat in the Academy of Music during
the commencement exercises of the
University of Pennsylvania. "It is,"
replied the person addressed. "The
gentleman who occupies it has just
gone into the lobby to get a pro-
gramme." The man departed and
soon a woman came up and asked the
same question. Thereby was similar
to that given to the man, but the
finale was different, for the woman
sat down with remark to the ef-
feet that she would get up when the
man came back. She didn't intend to
do it, and had no idea the man would
be "ungallant" enough to ask her to
arise. She simply took advantage Of
her Sex, and this is, perhaps, one Of
the reasons women are not shown
more courtesies in public places than
they now receive.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

THE secrets of q grand jury room
are not always SO very secret after
all. Judge Moore, of Brooklyn, in
formed the grand jurors who had been
investigating pool selling and street
car tie-ups, that he was, comparative
ly, well acquainted through the news
papers with their work, before the in
dictments were presented. In fact,
he likened the grand jury room to a
sieve, through which the deliberations
of the jurors percolated into the news
papers. In fact, the Brooklyn Eagle
complacently informed its readers,
that a fairly correct idea OF the grand
jury's labors had already been given
to the public through the columns of
the Eagle.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

THE Rev. DIR. Storrs comes out open
ly for the appointment of women upon
the school board in Brooklyn. He
says the value of the counsel and in
fuence of earnest and educated women
in the supervision of public schools
has been placed beyond dispute wher-
ever the experiment has been tried, and
he cites several examples in Massa-
chusetts. The preponderance of fe-
male teachers over male, the proper
ton in Brooklyn being twenty-nine to
one, makes it, he thinks, a matter of
common fairness that some share in
the general oversight and administra-
ton of the schools should be in the
hands of women. He considers that
the presence of cultivated women in
the board would make all that is good
in it better, and would add to its wis
dom. The mayor of Brooklyn prom
Used to give the subject a careful
StudV
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
TWO PENSION BILLS.
Attempt to be Made to Pass Them O
the VetOes.

Attempt to be Made to Pass Them Over
the Vetoes.
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 2.-The
House committee o1 invalid pensions
has resolved to attempt to pass, over
the Presidents veto, the bill granting g..
pension to Andrew J. Wilson, of New
York, and Mr.. Sawyer to-day reported
the measure back to the House, giving
notice that it would be called up to-
morrow. It appears, from the report
Of the committee, that Wilson was
drafted into the army, notwithstand-
ing his allegation that he was suffering
from deafness and eye complaint. In
and kidney disease, on which he based
an application for pension. His ap-
plication was rejected by the pension
bureau, on the ground that he was
disabled before enlisting, which was
also the reason for the veto. Thecom
mittee take the position that under
the circumstances the government is
estopped from settling up the claim of
prior disability.
Mr.. Toulbec, who is a member of the.
invalid pension committee, also re-
ported back the bill granting pension
to G. w. Tiller with the recommends
ton that it be passed over the Presi-
dents veto. This is the case of the
Louisville policeman whose applica-
ton for pension as dependent parent
was denied by the pension bureau on
the ground that the dependency of the
claimant was not established.
Senator Miller today presented g.
petition of the Daniel T. Schenck
Post, G. A. r, Of Fulton, N. Y, asking
that the bill to pension the widow of
Capt. Daniel T. Schenck may become
a law. Notwithstanding the veto of the
President. The petition is largely
signed, and sets forth that the petit
tioners are aware that the death of
the husband of the claimant was
the result of his service in the army;
that the widow did not apply for a,
county demands that the idiots, ETC.,
confined in the old hospital, now con-
demned as fretrap, be removed to
the insane asylum, their legal home.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
Minor Mention.

Six people were injured near Fish Sta
ton, N. j., on the 1st inst, by the collision
of freight engine with the rear Of an &C
commodation train. The engineer of the
freight was among those hurt.
Thomas Moran was fatally injured and
j. L. Davis and VIM. Lloyd were badly
hurt by an explosion OF gas in coal mine
near Canton, O., on the I'd inst.
The president on the 1st inst. signed the
Fitz ohm Porter bill.
Two cases of smallpox were reported on
board the steamer Sorrento on her arrival
at the New York quarantine grounds on
the 1st inst
Two girls of William Miller, aged IL and
10 respectively, were burned to death near
Sherman, Tex, on the night of the 28th.
The rest of the family had a narrow es-
cape.
A young lady named Evelyn Smith, liv-
ing in Providence, R. l., while INDUCING IN a
fit of laughter, was suddenly struck speech
less, and is unable to utter sound.
Two men sailed for New York from CLYDE,
Scotland, on the 28th, in a boat nineteen
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

In a recent address before a Farm
ers' Institute in Pennsylvania, Galu-
sha A. Grow suggested that in Europe
there are some 100000 of laborers
and artisans who work more hours
and receive less wages than prevail in
this country, and that these men can
come to the United States at an ex-
penee of $40 or $50 each. Already
the higher wages paid here induce a
large annual immigration of laborers
into this country, and if wages should
be still further increased and hours
shortened, this foreign immigration
might be stimulated to such an extent
as would be ruinous to all the labor
interests of this country. The point
is worth thinking of.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
Labor Notes.

The proprietors of five rolling mills at
Youngstown. o., have refused to sign the
iron-vorkers' scale.
In pursuance of decision of the Phila.
delpIia iron workers to go on d strike for
the establishment of the minimum basis oil
2 cents in regulating wages, the 1900 EN-
ployes in the rolling mills of James Row.
land & Co." Stephen Robbins & Sons
Gaubert, McFadden & Caskey, Hughes
& Patterson and Marshall Brothers & Co.,
left work on the Both, as the different
gangs finished their days labor.
Hans Holdorf was convicted in New York
on the 29th of extortion in connection with
the Thiess boycott. This is thesecond con-
viction in this case.
The trouble between the proprietors and
employees of the Philadelphia Rolling Mills
eliminated on the goth in the closing of the
mills indefinitely. About 1900 men are
directly affected.
The great nail mill strike at Belleville, ILL.,,
has finally come to an end, the settlement
at Pittsburg OF the wages question proving
satisfactory to both the nailers and opera
tors. Under the new agreement the men
will not receive less than IL cents per keg,
no matter what the price of nails may be.
The mills employ about 800 men and will
start up again Immediately.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
Smoke.

Fergusons lumber yard and mills, at
Little Rock, Ark, burned on the I'd inst.
Loss. $1,000; insurance, $4,000.
The valuable stock barns of G. F. Emery,
at Cleveland, were destroyed by fire on the
I'd. Sixty-fve horses were roasted, some
of the animals being worth $4,000 to
$4,000 each.
Miller & Lawrence's tub and pail shop
at Leominster, Mass, was burned on the
1st. The loss is 100000; insurance, ST.
900. The firm had large stock of goods
ready fol shipment.
The city of Independence, CAL, was al
most entirely destroyed by fire on the 3Oth.
The total loss is estimated at 100000;
with only $4,000 insurance.
The Balruddery Mansion, at Dundee,
Scotland, owned by Martin White. mer-
chant of New York, was destroyed by fire
on the 2Sth. The loss is $3.50, 900.
The galvanized iron works of Kinsley &
Miller Chicago, were Quilted by fire on the
28th. Loss, $40, 600; partially insured.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
MAXWELL'S VICTIM.
G. Arthur Preller's Employer Speaks We
of Him.

Os
of Him.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 3O.-J. II.
Dixon, OF Bradford, England, in whose
interests G. A Preller was travelling at
the time of the Southern Hotel muir
der, arrived in the city yesterday
morning. Mr.. Dixon made call on
Circuit-Attorney Clover, at the Four
Courts, and introduced himself, after
which he was given the details of the
recent trial and conviction of Max
we'll.
81 don't wish to say much for publ
cation" said he, "but l will say that
these charges against the moral char
acter of Mr.. Preller ere vile calumnies,
without the slightest foundation in
fact. He was q most exemplary
young man, and engaged him to tray
ell, not because he knew the fine points
of the business, but because he was g.
man of such charming address and so
thoroughly pure and upright. He AL
ways made these trips for me to the
United States, and | invariably found
in him an honest and conscious young
man."
When asked how much money he be-
lieved Mr.. Preller had about him at
the time of the murder, he said: 81
think he had about 1900. A short
time before he arrived in St. Louis, he
remitted me 92OO, and ] am under the
impression that Maxwell believed Mr..
Preller had this money, alsO.o
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

A CURIOUS volume that which In
spector Byrnes, of New York, has in
press on professional Criminals in
America" The book will contain
over 200 portraits of noted criminals
and the manner in which they perform
their work will be described. Whether
the book will be more valuable as q
warning to the general public or as a
guide book to criminals of the less ex-
pert class, is a question.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
RACING ACCIDENT
CAUSE of the Killing of the Horse Forest,
at Chicago.

CHICAGO, H., June 3O.-A dispatch
from the Washington Park track, this
morning, said George Withers, the
Jockey of the race horse Forest, that
was killed in collision at the track,
yesterday, was out of danger. The
papers, this morning, state that be-
fore the race, Forest got away from
the stable boy who was galloping him,
and ran around the track at full
speed. The boy lay back and
pulled like a man in tug-of-war
team, but the horse finished the mile
before he slackened particle. 1t was
nearly time for the race to be called,
and the owner OF the horse at once led
the painting animal up before the
stand and asked permission of the
judges to draw the horse. After some
delay the judges refused to grant the re-
quest, and ordered the horse to start.
George Withers was the rider, and
when he appeared at the post it was
evident that he was having all he could
do to control the animal. The horse
was halt crazed, and bucked and
plunged all over the quarter stretch.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
OPPOSE sEOKGANxZATroN.
Status of the Affairs of the Wabash, ST
Louis e. Pacific.

STATUS OF the Affairs OF the wabash, st.
Louis g. Pacific.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 29.-The op.
position to the reorganization plan of
the Wabash, ST. Louis & Pacific Rail-
way Company seem to be developing
very rapidly, and appearances indi-
cate that the purchasing committee
will be unable to meet the deferred
payments and get a deed of the
property, for the holders of the
senior bonds protest against the
plan of scaling their interest.
Unless they can induce the latter to
agree to this plan, the purchasing
committee will, it is said, be hardly
inclined to attempt a reorganization
of the road. The purpose of the COM
mittee in asking until September to
comply with the terms of the sale was
to secure time to bring the several
bond interests together and harmon
ize, if possible, the conflicting elements,
but the seniors seem determined to
have all the face which their bonds
call for. If this cannot be accomplished
now they, it is said, will allow the
present committee to fail in it's efforts
at reorganization, place the road
again in the hands Of the court, form
purchasing committee of their own,
buy in the road and dispose of it for a
sufficient amount to satisfy their
claims, leaving the other bond-holders
to get what they can as they may best
he abla
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
A Heavy Shortage.

Preparations by the directors of the
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Company
one of the oldest concerns Of the kind in the
country, to renew loans made thirty years
ago, developed the fact, on the 30th, that
the accounts of the treasurer, j. A. L. Will
son, were short to a large amount. An in
vestigation Of the books showed that an
over. issue of bonds was made during the Of
fetal term OF the previous treasurer, Henry
V. Leslie, to the amount of $617, 26O. The
company will be badly crippled by the loss.
disappeared.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

THE rumor that there is now and
then an anarchist to be found in
Canada proves true, and nice little
hot-bed of anarchism has been discov-
cred at Ottawa. The oath which the
members of the Ottawa association
take upon their initiation is interest
ing: "As we and ours have been daily
oppressed, and our lives crushed and
murdered, so shall we blast, hunt, kill
and avenge." They had not done any
blasting yet, but we're corresponding
with an American manufacturer OF
bombs and dickering about the price.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

No other government lavishes so
much money upon its representatives
in a. foreign country as does the
Chinese. The salary of the Chinese
minister at Washington is equal to
that of the president of the United
States, and he is provided with a
retinue of twenty-six ipersons. Now
the Chinese government has decided
to purchase at cost of $25O,OOO a
plat of ground in the most fashionable
portion of Washington, and to erect
a house to cost 100000 as head
quarters for the Chinese legation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

DEER PARK is the resort of the rich
and fortunate. The president of the
United States and his bride could al
ford to spend their honeymoon there.
and the master plumbers of the United
States can afford to meet there in an
nual convention. They are doing sc
now. Other presidents have visited
Deer Park; but with the exception Of
the presidents and the plumbers one
rarely hears of visitors to this charm.
ing bit of Maryland.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

THE prejudice against American pork
in old countries does not extend to
the consumers. It is, in fact, only a
pretext to prevent our competition in
German markets. but the prohibition
is Intellectual. Our pork goes freely TO
England, is there relabeled and sent
to Germany as of English production.
1t seems to be hard matter to head
off hog, even after it is made into
pork.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

OF the lao members OF the class to
be graduated from Yale College this
year 100 have replied to inquiries con-
corning their expenditure in the four
years Of the academic course. The
average expense OF each per year was
$500. The extremes for any one
year were $3.50 and So, 500. Twenty
three members Of the class have
earned their own support during the
onI1rco
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
course.

THE expulsion of the French princes
may be a political necessity; but it is
difficult to believe of one of them, at
least, that he could ever provoke g
serious disturbance of any sort, since
he has made it a special point always
to keep out of harms way. We refer
to Plon-Plon, of whom his cousin said
''f anybody ever finds a bullet in
Plon-Plon's body, it will be one hehas
swallowed"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
The winter wheat outlook.

The Cincinnati Price Current printed Oh
the 1st inst. the result of special investiga-
ton with reference to the probable produc-
ton of wheat in this country. 1t makes
the aggregate of the winter crop 295,OO0,.
900 bushels against 212, 900, 900 last year.
The estimate puts California at 6O,0OQs
600; Illinois, %, O0O,0 Indiana, $4,000,
900; Ohio, "a, 900, 900; Michigan, $4,000,
900; Missouri, 25.OOO,0OO. Spring wheat
is estimated at lao, 100000 against 49,
10000 last year. The quality of the win
ter grade is reported to be better than last
wear
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
RAILWAY DISASTER.

Eight Persons Killed and Twenty Wound
ed by q Mail Train Wreck.
Eight persons were instantly killed,
on the 3oth, by an accident to the
train, going at q high rate of speed,
LETT the rails at Knockbridge. Twenty
were wounded. The train was COM
pletely smashed. The accident was
due to the expansion of the rails
caused by excessive heat. The driver
and guard were arrested, but it is be-
lieved that they were not to blame.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

obtained an audience with the kings
mother read the text. She seemed to
rather enjoy it, whereupon he read it
over again. Then she looked puzzled,
whereupon he read it the third time,
and the attendants vino knew the
king was dead began to weep. The
royal lady tumbled both mentally and
physically. She tainted away and the
chaplain considerably withdrew.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
Epidemic in Michigan

Reports are received OF the presence OF
smallpox among the homesteaders near
Stalwart post-office, twelve miles from the
lake, near the boundary line between Mack
mac and Chippewa Counties, Michigan.
There have been two deaths from the dis
ease in a family named Hannah, and the
father while suffering from an attack went
insane and is now roaming in the woods.
No doctors are near and as the population
is scattered and many have already been
exposed, many deaths are expected. The
settlers are reported to be getting out of the
heighborhood as fast as possible.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
Tht Rtpnblifa't
wAPERTowN. w1sCcNEIN.

ACCURATE statisticians note singu-
lar result of the Mormon faith in
Utah. The missionaries of that church
teach that diseases and deformity
are cured by the '1aying on ofhands."
A great many deformed people join on
that connect, and heredity is rapidly
multiplying the number of club feet,
wry necks, hunchbacks and other de-
fOrmities.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

In the supreme court at Columbus,
O., recently, lawyer who is totally
deaf made a very able reply to the ar
gument of the opposing counsel. His
wife repeated to him his adversary's
speech as fast as it was made, and
from the motion of her lips he was able
to understand it all. That is not, on
the whole, bad way of learning the
contents of an argument.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
Kentucky Bloodshed.

A special of the I'd says that in Elliott
County, Kentucky, moonshiners who are
opposed by a MIR. Parton in the manufact
ure Of untaxed whisky, burned the Baptist
Church to which he belonged burned his
house and also the dwellings of his neigh.
bors and poisoned a large number Of cattle.
Parton, accompanied by his neighbors,
James Pennington, Tobias Cox and Sam
uel Slater, went cunning for the incendia-
ries, and coming upon two of them named
Simons and Turkison, shot them down and
buried them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

EVENTS in an Eastern newspaper
Office were mistaken for cyclone OF
the country. An elaborate notice Of
q monument dedicated to the preserva'
ton of the memory of a leading citizen
had been prepared and went to the
printer, under the headline: 'The
Bartmeier Monument 1t appeared
next morning as ''The Bartender Move
ment."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
THE DAVIS OBSEQUIES.
Impressive Ceremonies at Bloomington
Illinois, To-day.

Illinois, To-day.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, June 29.-The
obsequies of David Davis occurred
here this afternoon. The services were
arranged by the family, in accord with
the quiet, modest tastes OF deceased.
Nevertheless, so general was the
mourning and so universal the desire
to accord to the distinguished dead
the last honors, that the funeral as
sumed imposing proportions. The
day was perfect, with bright
sunshine and a cool breeze.
The city was thronged with
people, and business was prac-
tically suspended all day, and en-
tirely during the funeral service hours.
A special train at noon brodght Gov.
Oglesby and staff and 100 lawyers
from Springfield, Decatur and Clinton.
This morning Judge Gresham tele.
graphed from Indianapolis that be
could not come owing to the serious
illness of his wife, and Col. r. B.
Latham, of Lincoln, was substituted
as pail bearer. The remains lay in
state in the west parlor of the Davis
mansion from 8 A. NJ. to 2 P. NJ, and
there was large crowd of visitors who
took last look at the dead. The
features were calm and peaceful, and
much less wasted than had been gen.
orally expected. The casket was of
cedar, and draped with black cloth.
There were eight heavy silver handles
and q massive plate bearing the in
scription: