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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28
STREET CARs RUNNING.
No Excitement Over the New York Strike
To-day


New YORK, April 23.-The police
were on hand early, to-day, to guard
the men who are running the cars on
the Third Avenue Surface Railroad.
The cars began running at 7:3O O'Clock.
There was no excitement whatever
around the depot. Up to 10 O'Clock
forty-four cars had started from the
depot. It is intended to start four cars
on the One Hundred and Twenty-6fth
Street branch of the road, to-day.
President Lyon of the road received a
letter to-day signed "Stock Exchange %
recommending that all the railroads
should combine for mutual protection
and stating that that was what the
labor unions feared most. The letter
winds up with the remark that "Wall
Street commends your course without
one dissenting voice."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28

THE Canadian Pacific Railway Com
pany proposes to pay its debt to the
Dominion government in q very SIM
pie manner. 1t offers to relinquish
the monopoly clause in its charter
which prohibits for the term of twen-
ty years the construction of any COM
peting road in Manitoba and the
Northwest. This feature of it's char
ter it values at $40, 100000, and will
give it up if the Dominion will give it
credit for that amount on it's indebt-
edness. The balance of it's debt it will
pay by surrendering back 100000
acres of land, to be, of course, selected
by itself. 1t is ga new way to pay old
debts" superior to any that was ever
before invented, and it is characteris-
tic of the distinguished fnanciers who
have managed from its inception the
affairs of that highly-eudowed corpo-
ration. If it could pay off debt of
$20,O00,OOO by striking three useless
lines from it's charter and by giving
back all the worthless swamp and
barren lands included in its grant, the
operation would be a magnificent one.
Probably four or five million acres of
its land grant lie on the snow-clad
summit of the Rocky Mountains, and
as much more are under water in the
impenetrable marshes north of Lake
Superior. If it can pay it's debts with
these lands at the rate of O. dollar an
acre it will do remarkably well.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28
The Fire in Galicia.

A Vienna dispatch of the 10th says the
fire in the town of Stry, in Galicia, is still
burning. The latest estimates OF fatalities
are placed at 100, including so children
supposed to have been burned to death in
q schoolhouse. When the fire commenced
the bulk of the inhabitants were absent at
a fete, and on their return they were SO
completely dazed by the calamity that the
conflagration was allowed to proceed un-
checked.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28

FASHIONS go ard come in cycles.
Even in dueling the fashions are chang
ing. Formerly it used to be the sword
or pistol; later the shotgun was not
infrequently resorted to; but to New
Jersey must be awarded the honor OF
being the scene of the first American
duel on record that was fought with
Gibbs
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28
BROTHERS QUARREL,
And One Injuries the Other So Badl
That Death liz Feared.

That Death is Feared.
PTTsBURG, April 2O.-Abner and
Leavitt Simpkins are brothers, resid-
ing at Orangeville, O., five miles from
Sharon, Pa. They respectively own
large tracts OF land, and in a dispute
over their possessions, Leavitt broke
some of his brothers ribs, and also
struck him on the head with heavy
weapon. At that time Abner was not
thought to be seriously hurt, but
shortly afterwards he grew rapidly
worse, and is now believed by his ply
stefan to bebeyond recovery. leavitt
denies that he had any murderous in
tentions, and gives very different
version of the affair. He has not yet
been arrested.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28
Bodies in a Hogshead.

On the afternoon of the 23d two boys
found sugar hogshead in field near
GAINESVILLE Tenn, where it had been left by
the recent flood. They broke it open to see
if it contained sugar, and found the parti
ally dismembered and badly decomposed
remains of a man and woman. There is
no clue to the identity Of the bodies.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28
IN q Sand Bank.

Eddie and Charles Klusmeyer, aged IL
and years, and Charley Kalterback. aged
10, disappeared from their homes at
Quincy, H., on the 4th of last September.
Nothing was seen or heard of them up to
the Goth inst, when their bodies were found
in a sand-bank near the town. 1t is sup
posed the boys were digging cave, when
the bank fell upon them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28
Minor Mention.

Arbor Day was successfully inaugurated
in Massachusetts on the Oath. Gov. Rob
inson and Mayor 0'Brien planted two
young elm trees on Boston common.
Henry Fryer, an aged gate-keeper in
Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, lost his life by
catching his foot in the crotch of a tree and
hanging head downward. His body was
warm when discovered,
The Grant monument fund raised in New
York and it's vicinity now amounts to
$12O,648.75.
Judge Wallace, OF the United States cir
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28
Prisoners Revolt.

The convicts in the pennitentiary at st.
Vincent de Paul, Quebec, having obtained
some of the arms belonging to the guard,
on the oath, mutinid and stand-up fight
ensued. Five of the prisoners were wound
ed and one killed. The warden received
what is feared will prove fatalwound and
several of the guards were hurt. The con-
victs were dsarmed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28
ImDOrtant.

When you visit or leave New York City,
save baggage, expressage and So carriage
hire, and stop at the GRAND UNION no
TEL, opposite Grand Central Depot.
Six hundred and thirteen rooms, fitted
up at a cost of one million dollars, 81 and
upwards per day. European plan. Ele-
vator. Restaurant supplied with the best.
Horse cars, stages and elevated railroads
to all depots. Families can live better for
less money at the Grand Union Hotel than
at any other frst-class hotel In the city
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28
A North Carolina Breeze.

A tornado swept overportions of Ruther-
ford County, N. c., on the 9th. Dwellings,
barns, outbuildings and fences were blown
away and large trees torn up by the roots,
and a large number of cattle were killed.
No loss of human life is reported, but there
were many narrow escapes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28

THE Municipal Council of Paris, in a
spasm of that infdelity which has
often made France act like fool, ban
ished the Sisters of Mercy from the
hospitals. The medical boards have
now petitioned for the recall OF the
Sisters because they find no other
nurse as patient, brave and compe-
tent
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28

A WILMINGTON (Del.) newspaper
having been boycotted for refusing to
discharge it's non-union printers, the
principal merchants of that city have
agreed to take the advertising space
of every person withdrawing his ad-
vertisement, and in turn to boycott
every one who submits to the boy
cott
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28
Qhe Rtpnblifa't
wAmERTowN. wIsCoNEIE-

ONE of the things demanded by the
employees of Boston horse railroad
is that no passenger be allowed to
complain of an employe unless he de-
posts q sum of money sufficient to
pay the wages of the employe during
examination in case he is found limo
cent of the charge.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28
Floods i'm New Mexico.

Specials from Las Vegas, N. M, report
heavy floods in the river. The lower po1-
ton of the city was inundated, bridges
were carried away, and many buildings
including the post-offie, were wrecked. Over
10000 barrels of oil were destroyed in the
warehouse of the Continental Oil Company,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28
Mistaken for a BURGLAR.

Henry M. Smith, formerly deputy treas.
urer and deputy sheriff of st. Clair County,
Mich, became grossly intoxicated at Port
Huron. Desiring shelter from the rain he
attempted to break into the residence OF q
merchant named G. G. Nickel, who shot
him through the heart, believing him to be
a burglar.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28
Libby Prison Going.

One of the three tenements composing
what was known during the war as Libby
Prison, Richmond, collapsed on the 21st.
The building is occupied by the Southern
Fertilizing Company, and the portion de-
stroyed was used for storage purposes. The
pecuniary loss is small.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28
Liberty Enightening the World.

The pedestal for the big statue on Bed
Ioe's Island, New York harbor, is finished
and the work of placing the figure in place
will be commenced Immediately. It is an
nounced that the ceremony of unveiiing
will take place on the Sd of September next
the anniversary of the signing of the treaty
OF Paris.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28

killing and wounding number OF peo-
pie. Cars have been running over that
particular place a long time, and
though it is a place of great danger,
this is the first time an accident has
occurred there. Thousands of people
have travelled safely over the spot
where these poor fellows were killed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28
NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Broadway Charter Repealed
The bill repeating the charter of the
Broadway Surface Railroad, New York
City, passed the Assembly at Albany, on
the 21st, by a vote of 100 to 16. The bin
now goes to the governor for signature
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28

WILLIAM HEATING, of New York, has
brought suit against the Tribune of
that city, claiming 100000 damages
for hbelous reports concerning him,
made five years ago while he was in the
lunatic ASYLUM,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28

In every land and cline, the merits
OF st. Jacobs Oil as the only conqueror
of pain, are being acknowledged by the
press and people.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28

THREE members of my family, says
Mr.. James A. Sample, Cash Room,
office OF the Treasurer, u. s., who were
suffering from aggravating coughs,
have been much benefited by taking
Red Star Cough Cure. None of the i'll
effects so noticeable in other cough
remedies, have followed the use of this.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28
CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE.
Discharge of the Municipal Council of the
Ruined City of StrY.

VIENNA, April 23.-The municipal
council of Stry has by imperial order
been dissolved upon the charge Of
culpable official negligence in having
failed to provide the town with fire
engines. An imperial and municipal
commission has been appointed to
supervise the rebuilding of the burned
portion of the city. The rebuilding
will be accomplished by means of a.
municipal loan guaranteed by the
state
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28

THOMAS MINAHAN was struck below
the steel works by atrain yesterday
Troy paper. Did Thomas wear cor
set, or just where does the average
Trojan carry his steel works Utica
Herald.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28

PERSIAN silk with overshot threads
that give crinkled effect are shown
in all dark and evening colors. Some
have stripes of different colorss
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28

cult court in New York, refuses to punish
the officers of the Erie railway for divert
ing traffic from the Chicago & Atlantic, in
violation of the Injunction.
George Grover and James Harrigan. of
Tor Bay, were drowned at Halifax on the
Oath by the upsetting of their boat. Both
men were married, and leave large fam
lilies.
The 3-year-old child of a man named
Shackleford, living at Sedalia, Mo-, ate q
small quantity of wallpaper and died in
terrible agony an hour afterward.
At the close of Loyalist meeting at
Glasgow, Scotland, on the 23d, q collision
occurred between Orangemen and Catholics.
but quiet was temporarily restored, after q
few blows had been exchanged. Later in
the day, however, an Orange mob sur
rounded a Catholic chapel filled with wor-
shippers and smashed all the windows.
The judgment of the court of inquiry into
the causes of the loss of the Oregon, was
made public in London on the 22d. It exon
crates the officers and owners from blame,
with the exception of the fourth officer.
| A crowded elevator ia the Chicago Board
OF Trade building fell six stories, on the
22d, but strange as it may appear none OF
the passengers were hurt.
fast freight ran into an open switch on
the West Pennsylvania Road near Har-
marsville, twenty miles west of Pittsburg,
on the Goth. Three men were hurt, two ia.
tally.
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protection. AS some of the people
have more to protect than others it
is right that some should pay more
taxes than others. AS the measure
Of protection needed by each indivi-
dual is proportionate to the indivi-
dual's wealth, it is right that each
should contribute towards the ex-
penses of protection in proportion to
his wealth. These several points
are generally conceded, and there
fore require no argument by way Of
demonstration. But the difficult
problem to solve is how to adjust
taxation so as to make it bear evenly
and fairly on all in proportion to the
benefit received. In our opinion, it
can only be done on the combined
bases of property and income. But
even to adjust equitably on these
bases is no easy task. We have no
doubt that the trainers of the bill
recently under discussion of our
Legislature and to come up again
tomorrow, were actuated by sin
cere wish to equalize taxation of
property in way to compel pay
ments in proportion to possessions.
Although we cannot believe that the
measure, as worded, is calculated to
effect that purpose. Indeed, it
seems liable to operate in the oppo-
site direction, and to work injustice
and hardship. The definition of
"Real Estate" at the beginning, is
so worded as to make it possible
that man without an inch of land
may be required to pay taxes on a
valuable estate. Real estate is de-
fined TO mean "the possession of,
claim to, ownership of, or right to
the possession of land, whether cov-
cred by water, or not so covered" F"
1t is easy to. understand that man
may have "a claim to- and even
ia right to the possession of land"
which he may never, for various
reasons, be able to possess, and
from which he may never derive one
cent of income. Is it right or just
that that "claim'' or "right' should
be taxed? No. Is law, with its
definition of real estate so worded,
likely to effect fair and equitable
taxation? Never.
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died, or Is it necessary part of our
social and industrial system? Let
Lihue district furnish the answer.
According to the reports, the school
population was 277; the enrolment
in all schools 272; and the excess
of school population over enroll
ment 8. One tifty-fifth part of the
children of school age in Lihue dis
trict were not enrolled in any school.
. AS has been said, these figures
cannot be relied upon as giving exact
numbers. But they serve to set
forth the problem of q more diffusive
popular education and to place the
possibility Of its solution beyond a
doubt.
The first step toward bringing
these children into school, is to
furnish them with school accommo-
dations. Taking 3,3l7 as basis
(and it has been shown that the
number of children not in school is
probably greater), one hundred
extra teachers are required, together
with the necessary school-houses and
furniture and apparatus to accommo-
date such number of teachers and
pupils. AS rule the government
schools are full at present. Many
of them are too full. OF course it
is unpleasant to look at such facts
at a time when retrenchment is so
popular. But the schools now in
existence ought to be greatly en-
larged, or else large number of
new schools ought to be established.
Where it is practicable the former
plan is desirable. But after all
efforts have been put forth to increase
the working capacity of the schools
now in existence, both public and
independent, it will be found neces-
sary to start q considerable number
of new schools.
This increase in the school accom-
modations, especially the establish
ment of new schools, involves d
considerable expense, but it is q
necessary expense. Economy in the
Department of Education may be
desirable, but retrenchment is not
practicable. The most difficult pro.
blem with which this state must deal
is the amalgamation of the hetero.
geneous masses which now constitute
its population into a homogeneous
citizenship. More than all othel
agencies the schools must assist ir
it's solution. Hawaiian legislatures
are proverbially liberal in their pro.
vision for popular education, and il
behoves the present assembly to
initiate its predecessors in this.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-07-19
AMONG THE LEPERS.
The LEGISLATIVE EXCURSION TO Mo-
LoKAI-THE SELECT COMMITTEE's
INvEsTIGATIoN-FU REPORT OF
THE EvIDENCE-NOTEs ON THE
TRIP AND THE LEPER VILLAGES.

A most noteworthy event of the
present session of the Legislative
Assembly was the visit of select
committee on Saturday last to the
leper settlement ON the Island of
'Molokai. 1t was the outcome of a
petition, from ll6 lepers of Kala-
wac, asking that committee of
thirteen should be sent there to in
vestigate their wants and griev-
ances. The Sanitary Committee, to
which the petition was referred on
its presentation by Hon. A. p. Pae-
haole, reported it back with re-
commendation that committee of
five be sent, and accordingly the
Ministers had the Government
tugboat Eleu in readiness to take
the committee over on June 5th.
The committee was composed of
Hon. Messrs. Kaunamano, Kauhane,
Nahale, Lilikalani and Paehaole.
Some of them objected to going in
such small vessel, as heavy winds
prevailed, and the matter lay in
allegiance until July 9th, when Hon.
l.. A. Thurston brought in a resolu-
ton that the committee should be
ordered to 60 to Molokai at once, as
he had received an urgent appeal
from the lepers to have them visited.
During the discussion of this reso-
luton Hon. S. G. Wilder, Noble,
President of the Wilder Steamship
Company, rendered an invitation to
the committee, the Ministry, and the
whole Assembly to 60 to Molokai on
the steamship Likelike, leaving
Honolulu on Friday evening, July
10th, at 9 O'Clock. The invitation
was cordially accepted with the
thanks of the Legislature to Mr..
Wilder for his generous offer of one
of the best steamers of his line.
On the appointed evening and
hour-the latter being extended
half an hour-the Likelike left the
wharf, with the following party on
board: His Excellency Governor j..
o. Dominis, Hon. A. s. Cleghorn,
His Excellency Walter M. Gibson,
President of the Board of Health !;
ii. b. MS Commissioner, Major j.
ii. Wodehouse, the French Commits
sioner Monsieur Henri Feer, the
Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of
Honolulu, Rev. Alexander Mackin-
tosh, Honorable Mobiles S. G. Will
der and j. III. s. Martin, HONORABLE
Representatives Kaunamano, Ma
hale, Kauhane, Lilikalani and Pae-
haole, the committee of five APP
pointed by the Legislative Assembly
Honorable Representatives Brown,
Dickey, Thurston, Palohau, Kau-
kau, Richardson, Baker and Kalua
Doctors John Brodie, S. L. Grad,
dock, A. II. Bailey and II. l.. Cur
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-07-19
OUR SCHOOLS.

A comparison of the figures of
the Census Report with those of the
statistical tables of the Report of
the President of the Board of Edu-
cation reveals some facts well worthy
of the thoughtful attention of all
patriotic citizens, and especially of
legislators, but more especially of
the Legislative Committee on Educa-
ton. 1t is unfortunate for the
accuracy of calculations based upon
them that the two reports are not of
the same date. Since the attendance
at schools is steadily increasing. it
follows that as rule the difference
between the school population as re-
ported in the census and the number
of pupils enrolled in all of the
schools is considerably less than the
number of children of school age
not in school when the census was
taken. Allowance should be made
also for the number of pupils who
are over fifteen years old; and in
such institutions as Oahu College,
Lahainaluna Seminary, and other
schools of a somewhat similar char
acter this number is considerable.
But, allowing readers to make
such allowances as they think reason
able, the reports show the entire
school population to be II, 1888; the
enrolment in all schools 9,O16; and
the excess of school population over
enrolment in all schools, both public
and Independent, 3,317. One fourth
Of the children of school age in the
kingdom were not enrolled in any
school.
The school population of Oahu
was 4,228; the enrolment in all
schools 2,S69; and the excess of
school population over enrolment
1859. Nearly one third of all the
children of school age on Oahu were
not enrolled in any school.
In Hilo, the largest district on
any of the other islands, the school
population was ,221; the enrolment
in all schools 8S7 and the excess
of school population over enrolment
334. A little more than one fourth
of all children of school age in Hilo
district were not enrolled in any
school.
Are the children thus neglectine
their school privileges, or deprived
of such privileges, in a fair way t.
receive such training and care a
home as will compensate them fol
the loss of schooling? The piteoul
sight of children of tender year,
working like beasts of burden OF
plantations, or about plantation
quarters, till their growth become
stunted and their faces lose all child
ish expression and take on that o
care-worn age, before they hav'
even reached their teens, answer
emphatically, No.
Can this state of things be rene
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-07-19
The TAX BILL.

Taxation is for the support of gov
ernment; government is for the
benefit of the people; the principal
benefit TO the people of government
is protection of life, liberty, and
property. AS the whole people re-
ceive the protection of government
it is right that the whole people
should be taxed for the expenses Of
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