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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
THE BANANAs VVERE LOADED.
How Ohio ConVicts Got Their Fill of
Whisky.

COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 3l.-It is probable
that all fruit received at the state peni-
Tertiary for the prisoners, on New
Years Day, will have to undergo
thorough course of pinching and squeez-
ing III order to test its genuineness.
This course will be followed IN conse-
quence of the comical developments in
connection with the Christmas celebra-
ton. A prisoner named Ray, who is in
the hospital quite III, received box of
fruits from friend in Pittsburg, and
was allowed to invite another inmate to
share with him. Among other presents
were number Of bananas. 1t was no.
tfced that the prisoners became hilar
ious after long eating. The fruit was ex-
amined second time by the officials,
and it was found the supposed bananas
We're only the Feelings, each OF which was
filed with small bottle Of whisky, the
whole amounting to pint or more.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
On Better Terms.

A dispatch from Berlin says It is stated
that Austria, yielding TO the pressure OF
certain friendly powers, has made adj
vances to Russia by which continued
peace is assured. The Berlin Post pub
fishes a telegram from Vienna saying
that Prince Lobanoff, the Russian
ambassador there, has assured Count
Kalnoky that Russia is pursuing a
policy of peace and that the concentra-
ton of Russian troops on the Galician
frontier is notintended as an aggressive
movement. Count Schouvaloff, the
Russian ambassador to Germany, had a
short audience with Emperor William
to-day. A Constantnopie dispatch says
that Herr Won Radowitz, the German
ambassador, has officially informed Kia-
mil Pacha, president of the council Of
ministers, that Germany will give Aus
tria active military support if Russia
should provoke war with Austria
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
A WOoIIY Freak.

CHARLOTTE, Mich, Dec. 31.-John
Snyder, the famous perpetual walker, T"
of Indiana, is dead, but his wonderful
pedestrianism is being initiated by a
sheep on Dan Miller's farm in Carmel.
Three months ago this sheep was one of
the finest and latest in the flock. Since
that time it has been walking incessant-.
~, not stopping to rest, and only for a
moment at time to partake of bite Of
food. The animal has been reduced to
mere skin and bones, and evidently can
not live great while Every effort has
been made to cure the sheep of its
strange malady, but in vain.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
PARADE IN A BLIZZARD.
Iowa Travelling Men March Through
Three Feet of Snow.

Iowa sITaVellnS Men mafcn
Three Feet of Snow.
DAVENPORT, Ia, Dec. 28.~The mer-
curry marked II degrees below zero this
morning, there was strong wind from
the west and the snow-drifts in the
streets were three teet high in places.
Despite these obstacles the parade OF the
Iowa Travelling Mems Protective
Association was marked success. The
procession was two miles in length and
was headed by the city council and
Company A, Iowa State Guard.
Then came the Davenport Bust
ness Mems Association of 100
members; the Davenport Post Tray
eIer's Protective Association 30O strong,
carrying fans and wearing straw hats
and linen busters over fur caps and
coats. Altogether there were 200 floats,
wagons and sleighs, representing the
different industries, and nearly
1,CUU men on foot carrying
banners and emblems or devices,
illustrative of their business. The line
moved from 10 to II o'clock and was one
hour IN passing given point. This
afternoon public reception was given
at the Opera House with welcoming adj
dress by the mayor. Tonight banquet
will be held at Turner Hall, to which
more than 600 invitations have been
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
MRS. 4STOR'S WILL.
1t Gives Fortune to Charity and Her
Estate To Her Husband.

1t Gives a Fortune to Charity and Her
Estate to Her Husband.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-The will of the
late Mrs. Astor was fled to-day.
After requests to relatives and
personal friends she makes the
following provisions: Woman's Hos
pital of the state of New York, $685.
900; st. luke's Hospital, $25, 600; Young
Women's Christian Association OF
this city, $4,000; Children's Aid
Society, $4,000; for an industrial
school on Avenue R, $4,000; Hampton
Normal and Agricultural Institute at
Hampton, Va, $25, 900; and the sum of
1926, 900 to the Domestic and Foreign
Missionary Society of the Protestant
Episcopal Church of the United States
of America, one-half to be applied to
the education of Indian boys and
girls of South Dakota and
the other half to the repair and en-
largement of schools in the same dis
trict. A number of small requests are
made to charitable institutions in this
city. The bulk of Mrs. Astor's estate i'd
bequeathed to her husband, John Jacob
Aston.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
MFRS. sY.GNFoRE,.s GgG'T.
She Erects "a Home for Children of Work
ing Women ut Albany.

she Er6CtS ~ Home Tor SnIIufen OF w OrK-
ing Women 1T Albany.
ALBANY, n. Y, Dec. 29.-The hand
some building erected In Washington
Avenue by Mrs. Stanford, wife Of Sena-
tor Leland Stanford, of California, as
home for working women's children,
was dedicated yesterday The title of
this charitable institution is 1.-The La
throp Memorial" 1t is on the site of
the house in which Mrs. Stan
ford's parents lived and in which
Mrs. Stanford and the other
children OF Mr. and Mrs. Lathrop were
born. Mrs. Stanford bought the inter
est of the other heirs with the intention
of placing on the site charitable insti-
tuition as a memorial to her mother.
The children to be admitted are to be
between 3 weeks old and 8 years. Chill
dren will only be kept at the home dur
ing the day, while their mothers are at
work, and will be given breakfast as
soon as brought there in the mornings
and other meals during the day. The
structure cost Mrs. Stanford $4,000 and
it's furnishings $4,000. 1t is complete
in detail throughout.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
African Colonization.

The Movement Geographique, pub
lished at Brussels, says: Advices from
Zanzibar are to the effect that the Brit
ish East African association has con-
Guided a treaty under which the
sultan of Zanzibar cedes to the as
ISOLATION for fifty years sovereignty
over the territory between Port Wanga,
at the mouth Of the Oumba river, and
Vitu, a distance of over thirty-fve
kilometres. This will facilitate the open
ing of routes to Victoria Nyanza, and
shows that England is DESTROYS OF found
ing a colony, which will extend her in
fuence to the source of the Nile. 1t is
probable that when Stanley returns he
will be asked to undertake this work Of
extending civilization.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
to the engine. Ordinary illuminating
gas will be used.

AN extensive manufacturing estab-
lishment ii Vermont has adopted 3
new device for saving expense II the
matter Of fuel, and it has proved g.
great succese. Tt is mixture OF q lib.
ers,l quantity OF sawdu8t with soft
coal. Toe result is O. reduction OF the
quantity OF soft coal necessary from
100 tons to twenty-five tons per
week. The man who should invent g.
new fuel, equally economical, THAI
would take the place OF hard coal,
would be one of the greatest beneEac-
tors OF the period.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
Alive in His Coffin.

CLEARWATER, Mimi, Dec. 30.-Willie
Baxter died of diphtheria on Monday.
Tuesday his body was made ready for
the coffin, and the family retired from
the room. Half an hour after some.
one returned 60 the apartment and
found the boy up and dressed in his
everyday clothes. He insisted that he
was not dead, and was not going to die.
However, in about an hour, during
which time he talked cheerfully to those
around him, and seemed to be getting
better, he suddenly fell over and was
stone dead in an instant.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04

AT Reading, Pa, a curious libel suit
was tried last week. A grocer, who
had tried in vain to collect a small
bill from a customer, hung a placard
in his store, giving the name and stat
ing that he owed heproprietor $4.82.
Affixed to this were the words ''poor
pay" in large letters. The customer,
considering himself slandered, brought
suit for damages.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
RIOTENG LINERS.
Battle in Morris County, n. Y, Between
Hunns and Russians.

Hunns and Russians.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-At Hibernia,
mining town in Morris County, a
fight occurred between Hungari-
an and Russian miners. The men
on both sides were armed with
clubs, stones, shovels, picks and axes,
and the fight was bloody one, lasting
over an hour. The face of every man
in the battle was battered and bloody.
One of the Hungarians, John Mag
your, was stabbed in the back.
Another Hungarian, Majk Parcely,
had his left arm cut open
from the shoulder to the elbow. Majk
Kiagnak, Russian, was reported as
having fractured skull. Andrew Mag
your received, it is thought, his death
wounds. He was carried from the road,
suffering from stab in the back three
inches long and very deep. On the
back of his head, just above the left ear,
his scalp had been cut open with heavy
bottle
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04

THEY were sitting by the open fire.
place together. "Have you ever, !"
she said. "loeked into the philosophy
of the East?" Somewhat" "And
do you believe in the TRANSPORTATION
of souls? 2" ST think [ do" "Well,
what would you like to be in the next
life?" The flames cast their bright
light upon her beautiful red tresses as
he replied: "My dazzling, | should
like to be white horse" Long time
she sat and wondered why he made so
strange a choice Chicago News.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04

c. E. MONROE presented, in the
American Association, the results OF
some experiments in which blocks OF
gun cotton, after having been stamped
with certain letters, were exploded,
letter side down, on fat pieces OF
wrought iron. When the letters on
the blocks were stamped in relief they
appeared in relief on the iron after the
explosion; but when they were sunken
in the blocks they also appeared sunk
en- In the iron
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
A DESPERATE PRISONER.
Discovery of an Attempt at Jail Delivery
in MuskegOn.

in MuskegOn.
MUsKEGoN, Mich, Dec. 30.-A prob
able Jail delivery was nipped in the bud
through recent discovery by the sheriff
of a pattern duplicate key to the jail cell
cell of Geo. H. Jacks. noted all-round
burglar and former deputy q. S. marshal.
A search in his cell also shows that an at
tempt had been made to burn the jail,
doubtless the work of the same prison
er, as the ventilator hole in the
ceiling of his cell was full of straw,
rags and other combustibles burnt to
a charred mass. He is awaiting the jan
uary term of court in $4,000 to $4,000
bonds under several indictments. New
jail locks have been substituted and
other precautions have been taken.
Jacks friends claim the theory of KEEP
tomania will clear him of responsible
tv for his acts.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
Troops IN REBELLION.
Uprising in the Military Barracks at Hall
fax, n. s.

Uprising in the Military Barracks at Hall
fax, n. s.
HALIFAX, n s., Dec. 2S.-A state of
semi-mutiny prevails among the soldiers
of the York and Lancaster regiments
quartered in the Wellington barracks.
Orders were issued that no more liquor
should be supplied to the men Of Com
pany G, and trouble resulted. The bar
racks were set on fire but the flames were
quickly extinguished. Three of the SOL
diers were in the place st the time
They were put under guard and the
whole battalion was called out into the
exercising grounds The men were ter
ribly enraged and the commanding Off
Ger, clad in full uniform, was booted
and jeered at by the frenzied soldiers.
A mob surrounded and badly jostled
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
POLICEMAN Kills POLICEMAN.
Patrolman Mistakes a Brother officer
for a BURGLAR and Shoots Him.


EVANSVILLE, Ind, Dec. 5O.-At g.
o'clock this morning Joseph Ziegler, po-
liceman, shot and killed Abraham Smock,
another policeman. Officer Ziegler was
patrolling his beat when he saw two men
leave residence in the northeastern
part of the city, and upon seeing that
the officer saw them they started to run.
The officer pursued them into an
alley, firing shot into the
ground. This caused one of them
to stop, and Officer Ziegler, think
ing the man was about to shoot
him, fred and killed the stranger. Co.
ing to the PROSTATE man he found him
to be Officer Smock. The oth5r man,
Officer Cahill, then came up and ex-
planned that they were off duty and on q
little clark" and did not want to be dis
covered. Officer Ziegler has not been
arrested
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04

A CHICAGO clothing manufacturer
says that he is obliged to pay particu-
lar attention to the hip pocket eputs
in trousers destined for the Western
trade. His Kansas and Iowa custom
ers demand a pocket capable OF
holding quart flask, but for the Far
West trade the pocket is made deep
and narrow, with an unusually strong
lining, SO that q pistol will fit snugly
In IL
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
In a Receivers Hands.

At a meeting of the creditors of the
Johnston Harvester Company, at
Batavia, n. Y, on the Goth, Col. A. L..
Conger, of Akron, O., was made chair
showing assets of 1879, 1873, and liabilities
company in the hands of receiver,
pending reorganization.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
SHORT OF HaRD COAL.
Louisville on the Verge of Fuel Far
inc.

LOUISVILLE on the verge Oh d IL uel aH-
inc.
LOUISVILLE. KY, Dec. 2S.-The ques-
ton of fuel supply in the Ohio Valley
is regarded by some as becoming a very
serious one. The long-cor tinued drouth
and the probability of its continuance
with the small stocks of coal from Pitts
burg, the main source of supply, is caus-
ing much anxiety among those who
failed. earlier in the winter. to make
provision. There is no probability,
however, of coal famine such as has
been expected. Louisville consumes
daily upon an average, 10000 bushels.
Ordinarily by far the greater portion of
this is Pittsburg, but at present all of the
dealers of the city together do not hold
in stock more than $4,000 bushels of
Pittsburg coal, and it requires a ten-foot
rise in the river at Pittsburg to let the
awaiting fleet of 100000 bushels out.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
HE IS NO LOBBYIST.
Sitting Bull Will Not SO 70 Washington
This Winter.

PIERRE, D. T., Dec. 3O.-The report
that Sitting Bull will 60 to Washington
to labor against the passage of the
ton. is false. Running Elk, the
trusty aid of Sitting Bull, who
is in the city, says that
Sitting Bull and most of his
people favor a reduction of reserva-
tons. While some chiefs may visit the
capital this winter, it will not be to OPP
pose the bill, but to look after their
matters. Running Elk and his people
desire lands in severalty. He says they
must raise stock and grain and learn the
WAYS of the whites.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
TOO MANY IRONS.
Failure of NIinnesota Merchant for a
Large Amount.

DULUTH, Mimi, Dec. 30.-N. Q. Nell
son, of Two Harbors, who keeps two
stores, a meat market and hotel and
who is largely interested i'll real estate.
made an assignment, yesterday. to K.
II. Stevens, with Gotzian 4 Co., OF St.
Paul, for the benefit of his creditors.
The liabilities amount to between $780,
600 and 500, 600 and the assets about the
same Mr.. Nelson hopes to make a set
tiement and the prospects are that his
business will be continued without in
terruption. Mr.. Nelson's friends attrib-
ute his failure 10 the fact that he has SO
many irons in the fire"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
A Generous Donation.

CHARLESTON, S. c., Dec. 27.-Mrs- Nd.
A. Snowden, president OF the Confeder-
ate Home, has received check 1or
81 900 from w. w. Corcoran, the veneer
able philanthropist of Washington, as o
Christmas gift to the institute. Inc
money will be used for the permanens
endowment of Corcoran scholarship In
Confederate Home School.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
STOCK DEALS FOR A YEAR.
Extent of the Business Transacted on tia
New York Exchange.

New York Exchange.
New YORK, Dec. 3I.-The total sales
of stock at the New York Stock Ex-
change durind the past year were 49,
921 .O28 shares against, ZOO, 1902, 050 shares
for the year ending December 81, 1886,
a decrease of 1881, 1922 shares. The
sales of state and railroad bonds
amounted to 1866, 1866, 253, par value.
against 1907 ,631 oil, in the previous
year, decrease of $240, 665, 1858. and gov
eminent bonds $6,647 100 against $12,
1893, 800 in the previous year, a decrease
of SIS, l46, 400.
The New York Stock Exchange and
Cotton Exchange will be closed to-day.
The Produce and Coffee Exchanges and
the petroleum side of the Consolidated
Exchange will remain open.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
CRUELTY ON sHIPBOARD.
Captain and Mate Charged With Caus
ing the DEATH of Five Men.

Captain and Mate Charged With Caus-
ing the Death of Five Men.
LONDON, Dec. 29.-Capt. Paynter and
Second-Mate Fischer, of the British bark
Embleton, have been charged at Sun
derland with the grossest cruelty to-
ward the crew of the vessel. During
the voyage of the bark from San Fran
cisco to Sunderland three OF the crew
jumped overheard to escape cruel treat
ment, and another succumbed to his in
juries, and fifth was landed in an al
most dying condition. Paynter and
Fischer were both remanded.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04

LAND outside the city limits of Los
Angeles is worth, or rather will fetch,
So, 500 an acre. The city has about
10000 inhabitants, and the corpo-
rate limits are wide enough to enclose
q million more. Outside the city linn
it's, therefore. means more than g.
minutes walk from the City Hall.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04

AN accommodation train in service
on the Omaha Road, between ST. Paul
and Saltwater, is known among rail-
road men as the hospital train, from
the fact that every engineer who has
run on the train for several years past
has either had stroke of paralysis
while at the throttle or been injured
in some WaV
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04

HILL FOSTER, a negro living at
Salem, N. c., was bitten by mad dog
few days ago, and friend applied a
maidstone to the wound. The stone
stuck to the wound for three days,
and when it finally dropped of it was
found to be filled with faint streaks Of
green, which indicated the course of
the poison. Foster has felt no fur
ther inconvenience from the bite.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
INDIANA LIQUOR RTOT.
Civil Suits and Indictments for Destroy
a Saloon.

INDIANAPoL1s, Ind, Dec. 30.-Henry
Hackathorn, of Valentine, Lagrange
County, is under arrest here charged
with selling liquor without license. Be-
fore his arrest crowd of fifty
or more men and women attacked his
place of business, tore it to pieces and
drove him out of town with clubs and
eggs. He instituted suit against ten OF
the leading citizens, demanding $4,000
in each case for the destruction of his
place of business and the injuries to
himself. It is understood that the
grand jury has indicted forty or fifty
people on charge of rioting.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
GATHERED IN BY MACKEY.
Formal Transfer to the Syndicate of the
Decatur Road.


Decatur Road.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 31.-The
Mackey syndicate consummated its deal
for the indianapolis, Decatur & Western
Railroad last night and will take pos
session January l. The new company
paws 40 per cent of the appraised valu-
alton for the road and advances to the
old management $1l8,000 on the second
mortgage bonds of $2,S00o00. The paw
ment of the first mortgage bonds is a
matter to be hereafter arranged between
the purchasers OF the bonds and the
management of the road. 1t was not
decided where the general offices will
he located
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04

TIE superior court in Kennebec
County, Me-, has decided that a man
who pays a special government tax as
a liquor seller is not necessarily q pub
lie nuisance. It seems that they have
a law up in Maine which declares that
he is, and this law is held by the court
to be unconstitutional.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04

IF the British Tory government
pushes it's policy with vigor, it will
have the most Of the Parnellites in
iail before parliament meets. But it
is more like an Asiatic than q Eu-
ropean method for getting rid of q
patriotic minority in Parliament.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
EPTDEMFC IN OTTA WA.
The City Scourged by Diphtheria and
phOid Fever.

The City ScOurged by DiphtherIa and Ty-
phOid Fever.
OTTAWA, Ont, Dec 29.-Diphtheria and
typhoid fever are prevailing to an alarm
ing extent in this section Of the Domin-
ion. Every town and village has been
visited by one or both OF the
epidemics, and the death rate
during the month just closing from
these causes is Unprecedented.
Parliament opens next month and it is
feared that many members and senators
will refuse to attend on account of the
condition OF the city. The water-works
and drainage system of the capital,
which were constructed at an enormous
cost, have been found shockingly de-
fective A commission has been ap-
pointed TO hold an Investigation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04

Two Anarchist committees are quar-
reling over the custody of tina funds
subscribed for the support OF the
widows and orphans OF the executed
Chicago Anarchists. And it does not
occur to either committee to settle
the difficulty by turning the money
over to the orphans and widows.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
Tried to Freeze TO Death.

Andrew Simler disappeared from his
home near Canton, O. A week later he
was found in hay NOV, with both legs
frozen up to the knees. Simler declared
that he had crawled in the hay-mow
with the intention of lying there till he
froze to death. The chances are that he
will die
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04

le-sly)--I believe so, papa. Judge B.
Well, Daughter, remember this: This
house closes ar 10 sharp, and
Clara chastity oh, George will be
here before that, papa; please don't
worry Harpar's Bazaar.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
WANNIX'S BIG STEAL.
Archbishop Purcell Gets Away Wit
1896, 900 of the Estate.

Archbishop PurceH Gets away WIFI
1896, 900 of the Estate.
CINCINNATI, O., Dec. BIN deciding
the question to-day in the case of J. B..
Mannix. the late assignee of Archbish-
Oh and Father Edward Purcell as to how
much of the assignee's detalcation be-
longed to the estate of the archbishop
and how much to. the estate of his
brother. Father Edward, Judge SHREDDER
for the first time made a judicial an
nouncement of that defalcation. 1t
reaches the sum of 1896, 700. Of this
amount $65, 900 belonged to the estate
of Archbishop Purcell.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
Heavy Fire at Greenville, Tex.

News has been received of the de-
struction of the business portion of
Greenville, Tex, by fire. Greenville is
the county seat OF Hunt County, fifty
miles northwest of Dallas The loss on
business houses and stocks OF goods is
estimated at SIZE. 900.