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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
T1LDEN'S WILL,
The Document Read at Greystone in
Presence of Relatives,

PRESENCE OF Relatives.
The will of Samuel J. Tiiden was
read at Greystone on the afternoon of
the 9th in the presence of ali the rel
atives except those in the West. The
document is long one. Mr.. Bigelow,
Andrew Ii. Green and George w. Smith
are named as executors and trustees.
All of Mr.. Tilden's kindred are gener-
ously provided for in this way: The
whole estate is placed in the hands OF
the executors as trustees. Each he'll
is to receive an equal share in the line
OF his or her consequently. That is
nephews and nieces equal amounts
and their children certain amounts,
but they are to receive only the
income derived from an equal
separate specific sum, the principal at
their death to be disposed of in q
manner which Mr.. Bigelow could not
state. None of his relatives, he said,
except Mrs. Mary B. Pelton, his sis
ter, are given any specific bequest for
ever. To her he bequeaths the resi-
dence, SO West Thirty eighth Street,
and 500, 900 to live upon. All of his
real estate except this place is placed
In his executors hands, to be dis
posed of as they see fit, either by sale,
rental or exchange. Greystone and
the Gramercy Park property fall I'M
der the same rule. The executors are
first charged with the duty of setting
apart for his relatives the sums named
for them, from which the several in
comes are to be derived. This done,
it becomes the duty of the executors
and trustees to carry out his
wishes regarding certain public
bene6ciaries. They are charged with
the duty, first, of establish
ing q free library in the village of New
i. Lebanon, also in Yonkers, and if in the
discretion OF the trustees they choose
to establish g. free library in New York,
they may do SO, and, if not. they are
at liberty to use the funds that q free
library would cost in the promotion
of any charitable or educational cause.
A great deal is left to the discretion of
the trustees. In general terms the
relatives are handsomely taken care
Of. All the residue is devoted to pub
lie good, and the trustees are charged
with the responsible duty Of choosing
such methods as shall prove great
est good to the public in the DISPOSE
ton of the property. The estate is
not as large as estimated by some
people. The value has been placed at
$1O,OOO,OOO, but Mr.. Bigelow says
this is double it's actual value.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18

reveal much loss and distress. Nine
teen families in the vicinity of Wood
rufus old mill were entirely burned
out. The loss at Pensaukee is $780,
600. Reports from Laney and Angel
lea, Shawano County, say the fire is
very bad. Five families were burned
out and crops destroyed. A mill
burned near Angelica. Fred. Regain,
near St. Nathans, Oconto County,
lost five buildings and his crops.
Several others were burned out. The
bridges on the little Suamico Riv-
or are gone. The damage is great,
but cannot be estimated. Several
families were burned out in the town
OF Denmark and stripped of every
thing. Around the post-office the
residents all packed their goods and
there was q regular exodus to Green
Bay and Manitowoc. The streams
are drying up and cattle are dying of
suffocation and their bodies can be
found on the road at short intervals.
People In the threatened towns sleep
out of doors, ready for any emer-
gency. There is much suffering, and
aid from all directions will not be
amiss. Twelve miles from here in the
town of Humboldt, fire is raging
fiercely. Several residences were
burned yesterday. Trenches as fire
breaks do not stop the flames. The
ground is SO dry shat grass burns into
the earth several inches. Every per-
son arriving here has new story of
suffering to tell.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE.
Sadie Nichols Suicide.

What was undoubtedly case Of suicide
occurred at Cape May point early on the
morning of the 18th inst. Six weeks ago
Miss Sadie Nichol OF Sturgeon Bay, Wis,
accompanied by maid, engaged board at
the Cape House. Last week the maid left
and Miss Nichol declared her inability to
pay her board. Theproprietor then offered
to pay her passage to Philadelphia if she
would go away, and talked the mat
ter over with her only the day be-
fore. About o'clock Miss Nichols
body was found at the top of
the tide on the beach, opposite the seaside
home, with sand bag, formed by winding
her shawl together and weighing over fifty
pounds, fastened around her waist. It is
supposed that she leaped from the steam
boat pier. Miss Nichol claimed to have
friends in San Francisco and Baltimore.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
MARINE EKPEEsxMENT.
A Pennsyivsnfa Man Who Intends
kevoIutioniZe Travel by water.

A Pennsylvania Man Who Intends to
kevoIutionize Travel by Wa
PI1TsBURG, Pa, Aug 13.-An order
for iron plates was given to one OF our
rolling mills, yesterday, by John
Dougherty, of Mount Union, Pa, for
use in an experiment which is expect
ed to revolutionize travel by water.
The plates are to be used by Mr..
Dougher+y in constructing the folding
paddles for q patent rapid transit
steamboat which he is about to build
on the Allegheny River. When
completed the boat will make
a trial trip to New Orleans
to prove the practicability of Mr..
Dougherty's idea. The boat which is
to test the usefulness of this patent is
to be 33 feet wide. 165 feet long on
the water line and IT'S or $50 feet
long on the deck, and will be built en-
tirely of wood. It's weight without
the engine will be about forty-fve
tons. and when it has On board the en-
CINE and $50 passengers its draft OF
water will be less than six inches.
On each side of it will be
two folding paddles sinking deep
into the water. The paddles
will open when going backward go
they will move the largest possible
body of water, but the change to for
ward motion will, by the agency of
springs, close the paddles, and thusre-
duce the resistance to q minimum.
There will also be under the center
of the vessel two propelling
poles, which are intended to
drive the vessel through shoal
water by striking the bottom OF
the river. Mr.. Dougherty calculates
that his patent will so greatly increase
the speed of traffic on the river that
he will be able to make the trip from
Pittsburg to New Orleans and back in
g. week, the time now taken by the
fastest boats to make the round trip
to Cincinnati. The present venture is
made on a river, not because the in
ventor believes that folding paddles
cannot be used on the ocean, but
because he wishes to make his
first trial on waters free from waves.
When he has once put his principle
successfully into practice he will set to
work to apply it to ocean travel. He
is confident that he will be able to re-
duce the time occupied in crossing the
Atlantic by the shortest route, that
from Southampton to Halifax. to TWEEN
ty-four hours and that from New York
to Calcutta to ten days.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
Labor Notes.

The striking coal miners in three of
ScQtt's mines at Scott Haven, Pa, re-
sumed work, on the 14th, at the operators
terms.
down on the 14th on account of a strike OF
the men for shorter hours. One hundred
and fifty men are idle.
A meeting of cigar manufacturers was
held at New York on the 18th and a reso-
luton adopted to open the shops to all
applicants for work irrespective of union
affiliations. This is a victory for the In
ternational and Progressive cigarmakers
over the Knights of Labor and caused
them great rejoicing.
Two hundred employees of Robert Warren
& Co.'s packing house, at Chicago, struck,
on the 11th because Lake Shore cars were
loaded.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18

Evidence at Oshkosh Going tn Show That
tho Bonds Have been Paid.


OSHKOSH, Wis, Aug. ID An i'm
portant discovery was made vest er-
day IN the l4ull bond matter. 1t was
ascertained by An examination O: the
records at the city clerks and
treasurer's offices that they showed
that the bonds which Albert
6. Lull claims to own and threat
ened last week to sue for had been
paid by the then city treasurer, Loper.
The history of these bonds is as fol-
lows: In 1857 the old Winnebago
Railroad Company was formed. The
city voted bonds to aid in it's con-
struction and took stock in the
road in payment. Albert G. I,ull
became the owner OF eight OF
these bonds, numbered 22 %, 24 35,
SO, ST, SO and 80, with n face
value of $500 and amounting to
$4,000 in the aggregate. Mr.. Lull, rs
member of the Winnebago Railroad
Company, signed as surety q bohd to
the city of Oshkosh that the company
would construct certain number
of miles of road, and other condi-
tions, the intent being to pro-
tect the city against loss on &C.
count of the bonds which it had
issued in aid of the construction OF
the road. The Winnebago Railroad
Company never fulfilled the obliga-
tions which had been made IN the
bond, and Mr.. Lull, with others who
had signed the bond, became liable as
sureties. Mr.. Lull, therefore, could
not collect the bonds nor the interest
thereon from the city, as the city had
an Offset against him as surety on the
company's bond to the city. Some
time about 1878 or 1874 Mr.. Luli
transferred the bonds and coupons to
Hiram Richards, and from him they
were transferred to Samuel Ashton, of
Chicago, who brought suit and recov-
cred between ST, 900 and Sc, COCOON the
coupons, being interest down to the
time the judgment was rendered. Mr..
Richards claims that about the time
of the suit he turned the bonds over
to Mr.. Ashton's attorneys, and that
during the great fire the safe belonging
to the attorneys was badly damaged
and some of the contents, including
the bonds in question, destroyed.
Since then nothing had been done by
Mr.. Lull to collect the bonds until last
week, when he threatened to transfer
his interest in them to some third
party who would sue the city. and
prove by oral testimony Mr.. Lull's
property in them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
CIRCUS WRECKED.
A Storm Blows Down Sells Tent and In
lures q Number of People.

A Storm Blows Down Sells Tent and In
jures a Number of People.
EDNA, Mo-, Aug. 13.-Sells Bros cir
Gus exhibited here, yesterday, and an
immense crowd was in attendance 81
the afternoon performance, which had
Just begun when g. tremendous wind
storm came up, tearing the immense
canvas from the poles. The whole fell
to the ground, burying great numbers
ofmeu, women and children beneath the
canvas, creating a panic which resulted
in number OF persons being serious
ly injured. Steve Stout, OF Novelty,
had three ribs broken. James With.
row, of this city, was badly cut in the
head. Two ladies had legs broken,
names unknown. Several children
were slightly injured. Several others
were bruised and tramped upon, but
hey were carried away before the exs
snt Or nature of their injuries were
scertained.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
Suicide in a Th,.auer.

A cable dispatch from London on the
18th inst, says: A real tragedy of the the
alter has occurred at Casale, a town of
Piedmont in Northern Italy. An actor
who was playing a leading part failed to
please the audience, who displayed their
disapproval by prolonged kissing. The
actor stopped suddenly in his lines and ad-
vaneing to the footlights, deliberately drew
a revolver and shot himself dead. His
wife, who was seated in a box, witnessed
the tragedy, and in frenzy attempted to
leap to the floor, which was quite dis
lance. She was restrained by several friends
who were in the company, and was finally
carried from the theater unconscious.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
COY. IRELAND,
OF Texas, Gives His Views of the Cuttin
mbrORliO.

OF Texas, Gives His Views of the Quitting
ImbrosliO.
New YORK, Aug. 13.-The Herald has
the following dispatch from Gov. Ire
land, of Texas:
AUSTIN. Tex. Aug. 12.-To the Editor OF
the Herald: You ask my views OF the Cut
ting case. Cutting has never applied to me.
It may be conceded, if necessary, that Cut
ting has been legally convicted under mod
ern lay, but the people and government OF
the United States can never submit to such
B. rule of law. Every editor and
every other person who writes Or prints
matter in the United States obnoxious to
the views OF Mexican courts can at any
time, when found in Mexico, be arrested
and punished as Cutting has been. The
person OF Cutting is not involved. Surely
our government has not made al idle de-
mand. No one wants war, and l trust no
one wants peace at the expense of national
honor and the rights of American citizens.
The only way to avoid war is to be ready
Tor it and show a willingness to accept it II
it must be. Outrages have gone far enough
and have been numerous enough.
JOHN IRELAND, Governor OF Texas.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
Jumped Into the Sea.

Capt. John Somers, of the government
supply steamer John Rogers, committed
suicide on the 18th by throwing himself
overheard while his vessellay at anchor off
Bridgeport, Conn. About half an hour
after midnight he suddenly appeared on
order to go below. No sooner was the
Waterman out of sight than Capt. Somers
ran aft and jumped into the sea. Capt.
Somers was about As years old and is
sroken OF as an excellent officer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
Poisoned at Long Branch.

All of the forty guests at the Coulter
House, Long Branch, were taken violently
i'll directly after supper, on the 14th, and
suffered severely from cramps and vomit-
ing. Most of them were forced to take to
their bede and their sufferings during the
night were intense. Two physicians were
summoned who declare that the malady
was caused by milk poison. The milk is
supplied by farmer named Magee, who al
SO furnished milk for the Ocean Wave Ho-
tel, where so many guests were seized a
short time ago with similar illness. A
bottle Of the milk used at the Coulter House
will be sent To the state chemist for exam
nation
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
Smoke.

Fire at Escanaba, Mich, destroyed the
Ludington Lumber Company's mill. Loss
$4,000.
The machine shop and one of the ham
mer departments at the Pittsburg Black
Diamond Steel Works OF Park Bros. & Co.
were destroyed by fire on the 18th. Loss
5000; fully insured.
A tank at Doan's Oil Works, on Kings
bury Run, Cleveland, o., caught fire on the
18th and exploded with considerable force.
The still house and boiler-room were de-
stroyed. Loss, $35, 900.
Fire destroyed twenty-six of the principal
business houses at Folsom, CAL, on the
18th. Loss, $3.50. 900; insurance. s95 900.
Fire, at Kosciusko, Miss, on the 18th,
destroyed twenty stores and offices. Loss,
$4,000; insurance light.
The Hungarian town of Sillein has been
destroyed by fire. The property burned
includes 400 houses. a church, a nunnery
and a school. Loss, $3.50, 900.
The Highland wooden mill ,'wned by Miss
s. A. Haigh and managed by her father. ex-
Aid. Edward Haigh, burned at Newburgh,
n. Y, on the 18th. Loss, $40, 900; insur
ance, $4,000. Fifty hands are thrown
out of work.
On the 10th inst. the brewing works be-
longing to Zimmerman & Co., at Wood
stock, ILL.,, were burned. Loss, $4,000;
insurance, $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
Deeds of Blood

At Rockford, Mich, on the 18th, j ohm
Boyd, while on q, drunk, deliberately MUIR
dered William B. Johnson, a prominent cit
izen, shooting him through the heart.
All the prisoners confined ia the Gales
burg, ILL.,, county jail escaped on the 18th
grating covering an entrance to the vent
ilator. They were Charles Collins, James
Tombelson, John Dillon, Hugh Gillespie
and Lewis Wagner.
Michael Metz was hanged in the county
jail yard, at Uniontown, Pa, on the 18th
inst.
E. N. Kaboke, Chicago baker, commit
ted suicide by shooting himself in the head,
on the 18th. He had had trouble with his
employees.
A Chinese murder, of q most horrible
character, has been discovered at Evanston,
Wyo. Two Cinnamon are charged with
numbering a Chiaese woman and chopping
her remains in pieces, which, on being
weighed, were found to be each OF CORE
spending weight to the other.
A terrible triple tragedy occurred at
Graysville, near Chattanooga, Tenn, on
the 18th. The Rev. F. M. Bandy and John
Davis, the latter a prominent farmer, had
difficulty over the attentions of DAVIS to
Bandy's daughter. The young lady's
brother attempted to whip Davis and the
latter beat him to death. At this iuncture
the minister drew knife and attacked
Davis. Both men were mortally wounded.
Joseph Wreach SO brutally assaulted his
wife at Springfield ILL.,, on the 18th, that
her death is feared.
Sadie Nichol, of Sturgeon Bay, Wis,
committed suicide at Cape May, N. j., on
the 18th, because of inability to pay her
hotel bills.
James W. Davis, insane, murdered his
| wife and terribly injured his mother, at Al
bany, N. Y, on the 10th inst.
Thomas Null, wealthy planter OF Holly
| Grove, Ark, on the 9th, shot and killed
Frank Thomas, a well-known contractor
81. NJ. Sullivan, secretary OF the board Of
trustees of the State University, at Ok
| ford, Miss, was shot and killed on the 9Th
by J. M. Howey, law professor OF the uni
| YerSitY.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
Conference of Mine Owners.

The triennial conference of German mine
owners will meet at Dusseldorf, on Septem-
Der /, and continue IN session until the
9Th. The meeting viii be of unusual i'm
portance. in view OF the crisis in the iron
trade. The journal Stahl und Eisen, dis
cussing the English rivalry to the home
products, saysit is a competition involving
life or death, and appeals to German rail-
way companies to not accept English
tenders for metal to the prejudice of the
German industry.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
The Rowan County War Ended.

The famous Rowan County war, which has
been disgrace to Kentucky for two years
past is at an end. Craig Tolliver, the
leader of one faction, and Cook Hum
phreys the leader of the other, have signed
an agreement to leave the state forever,
and the states attorney on the 9th agreed
to file away the indictments against them
indefinitely. Tolliver has gone to Texas
and Humphrey to Missouri where they viii
settle. The troops will be withdrawn from
Rowan County as soon as the governors
order can reach them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
a London Sensation.

A sensation was caused at London on
the 18th by the statements made in court
in connection with the affairs of the Briton
Medical and General Assurance Association.
A hearing on a petition to wind up the bust
ness of the association was in progress, and
during the course of the proceedings the
Judge stated that the failure OF the concern
was due to defalcations which would ex-
coed $500, 900. He declared that every ef-
fort would be made to unearth and punish
the miscreants who had caused the ruin of
the association.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18

around. 1t shattered the floor, blew in all
the doors and windows and lifted por-
ton of the roof. The occupants OF the
house were Mr.. Tufts, his wife and two
children and Mr.. Hall, his father-in-law.
Both men took revolvers at once and
searched the grounds, but could find no
one. Gov. Martin has issued proclama-
ton offering a reward OF $500, the limit OF
the law, for the arrest OF the criminals
The greatest excitement has been aroused
nv bo orirno
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
Brutally Assaulted His Wife.

brutally at Springfield, H., OF the 18th,
that her death is feared. After supporting
her husband during two years of married
unhappiness, the unfortunate woman ap-
piled for a divorce. This enraged the hus-
band, who knocked her down, and holding
to the fence for support, jumped up and
down on her PROSTATE form, crushing a
hole in the skull with his boots, bruising
and decorating the woman's head and breast
in a fearful manner. Wreach was arrested.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18

When you visit or leave New York City,
save baggage, expressage and So carriage
hire, and stop at the GRAND UNION HO
TEL, opposite Grand Central Depot.
Six hundred and thirteen rooms, fitted
up at 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 first-class hotel in the city
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
The spanish-CentraI American Line.

The Costa Rican Congress has granted a
concession to Messrs. Oregoyer & March
to establish Spanish line of steamers be-
tween San Francisco and Panama, calling
at Central American ports. 1t proposes to
have seven steamers and be ready by Octo-
Der. Diplomatic agents and government en-
ployes are to travel free, and four frst-class
passages between San Francisco ard Pana-
ma, and vice versa, are to be placed at the
disposal of the government every year.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
Storms in Kentucky.

Destructive storms are reported to have
occurred in various portions of Kentucky.
In Pulaski County Joe Riddle and young
child were killed by lightning. In Logan
County immense rocks loosened by tree,
were blown over on the mountain side,
crushing into the cabin of Matthew Parks,
fatally injuring him. Considerable stock is
also reported killed by lightning.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18

About week ago j. w. Tufts, a lawyer
of Atchison, Kas., was appointed assistant
attorney general for the purpose OF enforc-
ing the prohibitory law. at 1 O'Clock on
the morning of the 10th an attempt was
made TO blow up his residence. brick
house on the outskirts of the city. A twen-
ty.fve pound can of powder was used. The
shock of the explosion was felt for blocks
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18

G. P. HUNTINGTON, the Pacific Road
magnate, carries q huge white sun
shade whether the sun shines or not,
and is known facetiously as "the
white man of Wall Street."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18

Dispatches of the 18th inst from Leigh,
Lancashire, Eng, state that terrible ex-
plosion occurred in the Woodend colliery,
at that place. Forty of the lao miners
who were below at the time were killed and
many were shockingly burned.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
Death by the Sword.

Capt. Longsford went out from Glouces-
ter, Mass. to capture sword fish on the
9th inst. He harpooned one, which rose
to the surface and drove it's sword through
the boat, penetrating the abdomen OF the
captain to an extent that he will probably
dio
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
Orangemen Stoned.

Orangemen were attacked while they were
parading on the famous promenade made by
the old town wall, at Londonderry, on the
18th. Here they were openly and savagely
stoned by mob. During the melee, the
Rev. Thomas Olpert, canon of the Episco-
pal Cathedral, and several citizens were
wounded
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
NEWS IN BRIEF.
EARTHQUAKE Shock at Malta.

London dispatches OF the 18th state:
Three shocks of earthquake were felt IN
Malta. yesterday. at intervals OF eight
hours. No damage was done, but the peo-
pie were made frantic with fear.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
Standing OF the Clubs.

Below wiz be found the standing OF the
contesting mines in the Northwestern
League, National League and American As
ISOLATION up to August 6:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18

IT is said that Mrs. Gladstone darns
her husbands socks.