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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
WISCONSIN Pensions.

The following Wisconsin petitioners
have recently been granted pensions:
Minors of James II. Dawes, Strong's
Prairie; Charles w. Wright. Prescott;
+. A. Richter, Butternut; A. l.. Wright,
Plainfeld; VIM. K. Policy, Knapp;
John Schneider, Kewaunee; j. L. Sher-
bondy, Albany; j. L. Morris, Oconto;
Ammon Bailey, Reedsburg; J. B. Bam-
inert, Menominee; JOS. Waters, Plain
field; German Grouvelt, Portervilie; L.
B. Brewer, Black River Falls David
Shields, Brodhead;J. A. Taylor, Oregon;
d. B. Willard, Mindora; John Murphy,
Shamrock; Christian Schneider, Nation
al Home, Milwaukee; Aaron Taylor,
Valley; Eberhard Kornbrink, National
Home. Milwaukee; j. B. Young, Sparta;
]. P. Cranes, Muscoda; minors of Alex.
Bower, Chippewa Falls; Rufus r.
Hall, Symcoe; Nathan Cash, New
London; Alex. Robson, Wequiock; Noah
L.Densmore, Tunnel City Edwin A. Law
renee, Stoughton; Drayton M. Whitney,
Humbird; Jesse Smith, Star; Phillip
Ryan, Prairie du Sac; Frederick Ratso W
Milwaukee; Alvaso w. Upper, Geneva
Lake; William Skinner, Mineral Point;
John Granville, Lydon; Allen Arne-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
LENCHED, BUT INNOCENT.
Three Men Hanged for Crime Con
mitted by Their ExecutiOners.

Three Men Hanged for Crime Com
mitted by Their Executioners.
PARKERsBURG, w. Va, Jan. 1.-THE
Rev. Thomas P. Ryan, noted Metho-
dist minister of Roane County, was
brutally murdered in the presence of his
family and at his own home in October
last. He had just returned from con-
ference with some $400, and the purpose
OF the murder was evId emily robbery.
Within two or three days after that
three young men, Robert and George
Duff and Chester Coon, were brutally
lynched for the murder. 1t has been
the prevailing opinion that the lynchers
and murderers were the same parties,
and that they lynched innocent men to
cover their own crime. Since the
events just stated took place. Detec-
tives Alfred Burnettand Daniel Cunning
ham have been W orking up the case.
They have ascertained that the murder
was committed by band of" regulators
who are organized to run the country"
and are bound to secrecy by an oath
and hav grips and passwords. The
lynching was done to conceal their con-
nection with the killing and to avenge
their own fancied wrongs. Evidence has
been secured against forty members of
the gang and they will be arrested.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
Executions Made EASY.

ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 10.-The commits
sioners appointed to Investigate and re-
port to the Legislature the most humane
and practical method for carrying into
effect the sentence of death in capital
cases has received through Gov. Hill, a
letter from French mechanic, residing
in Paris, who decides the electric idea
to be painful operation. He offers q
device, which is chair in which the
condemned sits and his spinal column is
Immediately broken. A hundred day
can be easily, conveniently and pain
lessly executed by his machine, which
he describes as 'sbeautiful.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
A Postofice on Wheels.
From the Philadelphia Dispatch.

The Atlantic City postoffce, q lit
tie frame building, is to be placed on
wheels and moved q number Of
squares from its present location.
Business will be transacted while the
Office is in motion. The owner of
the ground upon which it now stands
has given notice that it must be
moved on January /. The depart
ment has not yet provided suitable
place, and the postmaster expects
that they will have to stop on q va
can't lot next to his barn on Virginia
Avenue.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
UNITED IN DEATH.
A Girl Cuts Her Throat Over the Bod,
of Her Murder ed Lover

North ADAMS, Mass, Jan. 16.-Ai
Hancock, n. Y, Washington Sweet paid
attentions to Carrie Brockway. The
girls father and two brothers objected
Sweet fortified himself in his home, shot
and seriously wounded one of the boys
and was in turn MORALLY wounded.
In the meantime Carrie, hearing of the
action of her father and brothers, start.
ed for Sweets house, arriving shortly
after ne ceased firing. She upbraided
her father and brothers for causing her
lovers death, and, Selling a carving
knife from the table, cut her throat and
falling across Sweets BODY, bled to
death before doctor could be sum.
rnonad
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
OFFICERS HELD AT BY.
A Notorious Criminal and q Woman Su
CeSSfuiIy Resist Arrest


cessfui1y Resist Arrest.
WILLIAMsPoRT, Pa, Jan. 16.-Frank
Gordon, murderer and forger, in a
frame house all day yesterday success
fully held at bay the officers of the law
who came to arrest him. The garrison
of his improvised fortress consists of Cor
don himself and Maggie Tate. the wom-
an with whom he has been living. The
besieging army includes the police force
of Williamsport, the sheriff of the
county, and his posse and a goodly pro-
portion of the citizens of the town.
The officers pursued the forger to the
house OF the Tate woman and demanded
admission. She appeared at the window
with her finger pressed upon the trigger
of big revolver and threatened to
shoot the first man who attempted to
enter. Guards were then placed around
the MONT was nassaJ The sItuat;or iS
unchanged to-day
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
ON WINGS OF STEEL.
A Russian Youths Remarkable Recon
Skates.

VIENNA, Jan. 11.-Alex Won Panselim,
a Russian youth, won the international
skating contest easily, being $50 yards in
lance was one English mile, and the
time occupied by the Russian was min
utes and IS seconds. This beats the rec
ord of Axel Paulson. The Russian
seemed to make no effort, but flew over
the soft ice like great bird, and did not
seem in the least exhausted when
he had skated seven times around the
ice-rink-that is, about 1000 yards. He
was loudly cheered and afterwards deco
rated with the gold metal and belt of
the Austrian championship. A sudden
thaw softened the ice and impeded the
skaters somewhat.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
FATAL COAsTING ACCIDENT.
Ten Persons Killed or Injured by Col
liSinn

Ten FefsOns Killed OF Injured by COT
lSion.
OswEGo, n. Y, Jan. 16.-A farmer
drove in front Of coasting ''bob'' that
was going at the rate of seventy-fve
miles an hour, and every one of the ten
persons on the sled was rendered insen-
sible from the force of the collision and
some were horribly cut and mangled.
Ben SAWYER was Killed; both his hips
were broken and the bones driven into
his abdomen. 1t required 100 stitches
to sew up the cuts in John Mallot's alb
domen and his arm was broken and his
head cut. George Sawyer, brother of
the dead man, has a fractured skull.
Others are in bad shape.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
FLAMES IN HOTEL.

Guests Driven From Their Beds in the
Julian House, at Goshen, Ind.
GOSHEN, Ind, Jan. 1.-THE Julian
House, the second largest hotel in the
city, burned at midnight. fhe fire
caught in the oil room. There is a
strong suspicion that the fire was the
work of an incendiary. Guests to the
number of thirty or forty escaped in
their night-clothes. The loss, with the
other property destroyed, is estimated
at g., 600; insurance about 50, 900.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
EXTRADITEON FOR GOULD.
Steps to Compel the Return of the Wall
Street King.

New YORK, Jan. 1.-THE foreign
bondholders who have been calling upon
the New York district attorneys Office
the appropriation" of Kansas Pa
cific securities are now address
ing themselves to President Cleve-
land. A letter mailed to the
President to-dayIrecites the action of Ex-
DistrictAttorney MARITIME, who in an
official memorandum called the atten-
ton of his successor, Mr.. Fellows, to
the accusations against Gould and Sage,
with an assertion of the ACCESSIBILITY of
taking the matter into court. They
notify the President that they will ask
the Department of State for a requisi-
ton for the return of Gould for trial.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
JUSTICE STILL LIVES,
The Execution of the Notorious Moon.
sinner Proves to Have Been a Sham.

The Execution of the Notorious Moon
sinner Proves to Have Been Sham.
GAINESVILLE, Ca, Jan. 10.-Tillman
G. Justice is alive and well in his mount
ain home, and the hanging of this man
was sham; his body having been
quickly cut down and resuscitated. A
dozen men in Hiwasse have conversed
with him since November 19, when he
was supposed to have been hanged.
Justice was an illicit distiller in Towns
County, who had for neighbor John R.
Goddard, retired lawyer, aged u, who
was suspected of giving the revenue
officials information concerning the
moonshiners, and was shot dead by
Justice.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
PENSIONS FOR REBELS.
Virginia Asked to Pay Annuities to Con
federate Soldiers.

Virginia Asked TO Pay Annuities to Con-
federate Soldiers.
RICHMOND, Va, Jan. ia bill was
introduced in the Virginia House ofDel-
egates to-day by Anderson, of Rock
bridge, to allow pension of $50 year
to all soldiers, mariners, and sailors from
Virginia who were disabled during the
war. The bill also proposes to allow
the same amount annually to the
widows of any persons from this state
who lost their lives in the confederate
service. The patron of this measure is
one of the most influential Democratic
members of the legislature. If it is
adopted it will take large amount Of
money out OF the state treasury and de-
crease the chances Of paying the inter
est on even the debt as proposed to be
adjusted under the Rlddleberger bill.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
sCOURGE AMONG THE REDS.
Deadly Epidemic of Scarlet Fever Among
Northern Indians.


Northern Indians.
TORONTO, Ont, Jan. 13.-The Rev. DR..
Sutherland, general secretary of the
Methodist Missionary Society, to-day
received intelligence that serious out
break of scarlet fever has taken place
among the Northern Indian tribes in
British Columbia. At the Greenville
Methodist Mission, Port Timpson Dis
trict, about fifty children and young
people died, including the 2-year-old
son of the Rev. A E. Green, the mis-
sionary stationed there.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
FIFTEEN LFVEs LOST.
Terrible Fatality in the Bradford Rail
way Disaster.

known lady supposed to be Mrs. Fora
E. Walker, the eleventh victim of the
Bradford railroad disaster, died last
night. She didn't recover conscious
ness and who she was can only be
guessed from portion of letter found
in her pocket addressed to Mrs. Flora E.
Walker in which appeared the words
"My Dear Wife" She was about %
years of age and suffered terribly after
being taken from the wreck. Mr.. Hart
and Mr.. Wentworth are dying. The
others are comfortable. AL the dead at
the police station have been taken away
hv friends.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
Saved -Four Persons from Death.

CHICAGO, Ill.,, Jan. 16.-The fine resi-
dence at 1889 Michigan Avenue, oc-
cupied by Joseph Homer, a well known
merchant, was destroyed by fire at l
o'clock this morning. The loss is $10,-
600. Mr.. Homer carried his wife and
child through the flames to place of
safety and then at the risk of his life
rushed through the fire and smoke and
rescued two servants who were on the
INNER floor
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
Shot the Wrong Woman.

PARKERsBURG, W. Va, Jan. 16.-Sher-
man Lynn shot at woman standing on
the porch of the Berg residence, suppos-
ing her to be Lizzie Berg, who had re-
fused him. It proved to be Lizzie's Sis
ter. The young woman will die. Lynn
was arrested.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18

home, they repaired to the woods
TO mediate a few moments. Their
conference was of short duration
for a half-clad gang was soon upon them,
and regular battle ensued After the
smoke had cleared away it was found
that the attacking party were badly
worsted and three of their numbe were
killed, while none of the Mccoy posse
were hurt
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
HIS ACCOUNrs STRAIGHT.
Denial of a Report That President Bald
win Was Dismissed

NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-The retirement
OF .. u. Baldwin from the presidency of
the Fourth National Bank occasions
some surprise. This is the bank that
cashed Jay Gould's check for $4,OOO,00
said to be the largest ever cashed in this
country. A report that Baldwin's &C.
couAss were crooked is officially denied.
Mr. Baldwin's name has been prom
nently mentioned in connection wit.
the vacancy occasioned by the resigna-
ton OF Assistant Treasurer Canda.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
TWELVE PERSONS INJURED.

Serious Accident on a Southern Railway
To-day.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. l6.-A wreck on
the Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska
Railroad occurred at Willard, if
teen miles east of Topeka, Ks,
at 4 O'Clock this morning. Three
cars were thrown from the track down
an embankment and twelve persons
were injured, only one fatally. The
wreck was caused by rail breaking on
a sharp curve
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
PLAFT FIXED OUT.

The New York Quarantine Commissioner
Loses His Job.
ALBANY, n. Y, Jan. 13.-The jury in
the case of the state against Thomas c.
Platt, to GUST him from the position of
quarantine commissioner of the city of
New York on the ground that he is not
a resident of this city, this morning re-
turned verdict against Plat.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
Schwatka,s Father Daao

SALEM, Ore, Jan. 13.-Frederick Gus
tave Schwatka, father of Lieut.. Schwat-
ka, the Arctic explorer, died last night
of general debility, aged rs. He was
born in Baltimore. Md, in 1910 and
was one of the founders of Oddfellow-
ship in the United States. He came to
Oregon in 1850.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
No Armed Invasion.

LAWRENCE, Kas., Jan. 14-Capt. W. L..
Couch, of Oklahoma invasion fame, said
to-day: "There is no truth whatever in
the stories that large secret organiza-
ton is being formed in Southern Kansas
or anywhere else for the purpose of for
chilly entering Oklahama, nor is a large
quantity of armt being raised for resist
ing the army"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
CAR BARNS IN ASH Is.

Eighty Horses Burned by a Fire at Mer-
iden, Conn.
MERIDEN, Conn.,, Jan. 11.-At II 30
last night fire was discovered in the
barns OF the horse railroad company and
although the entire fire department was
called out, the entire main barn burned
out with eighty horses and fourteen
cars. The origin of the fire is a mys-
e11ranca 500 00O
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18

In trenching along Always Creek,
New Jersey, John Ritter unearthed
thirteen snakes of various sizes and
two huge bullfrogs, sill sleeping their
winters nap amicably together.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
TTPETS IN A CAT.
Experiment With Germs Found in Mich
gan Water.

Experiment. With Germs Found in Michi-
gan Water.
LANSING, Mich, Jan. 11.-At the meet
ing of the State Board of Health in thi
city, Prof. Vaughn reported a successful
experiment OF producing in cat, dis
ease similar to typhoid fever in the
found in the water used by the 300 vic
TINS Of the scourge at Iron Mountain,
Mich. 1t is believed to have been the
only discovery of this nature in the
u-orld
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
TIE M'CoYs' BLOODY york.

Three of the Hatfield Gang Slain by
Their Rivals.
CATTLETsBURG, KY, Jan. !2.-The war
Of determination continues between the
McCoys, of Pike County, KY, and the
Hatfields, of Logan County, w. Va
The McCoys organized a posse and visit
ed the Hatfield settlement in West Vir-
ginia and for the purpose of annihiliat-
ing the Hatfelds. The posse visited the
Hatfield house and finding no one at
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
VESSELS AND CREWS LOST.
Two Schooners and All Hands Go Down
Off the Banks.

GLOUCESTER, Mass, Jan. 12.-The
schooner William Parsons, which sailed
for Georges banks on November % with
twelve men, and the schooner Peter D.
Smith, which sailed November Is with a
crew Of twelve, have been given up for
lost. 1t is supposed they were wrecked
by the heavy gales that swept the banks
a month ago. Many of the men had
families and five widows and nineteen
children are left,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
BECK AGAIN CHOSEN.
Reelected To-day to Represent Kentucl
in the Senate.

R0-0ICCCeu To-day TO represent h6ACuChy
in the Senate.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. 11.-At noon to
day the two houses of the Kentucky
Legislature in joint session elected Mr..
Beck to a third successive term in the
United States Senate. Should he live
and serve out his next term, his contin-
uous service in the Senate will have ex-
tended through period of eighteen
years, from March 5, 1877, to March 3,
1SQ5
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
CHARGES AGAINST ROYALTY.
High Russian Officials Accused of FOrg-
ing the German Letters.

Ing the German Letters.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 10.-The Journal
de st. Petersburg says to-day that politi-
cal blackmailers and calumniators are
profiting by the fact that the
authors of the forged letters sent
to the Gar have not been
found and pretend to attribute their
authorship to high Russian diplomats
whom they can with impunity defame as
the personages they try to criminate are
too highly placed to lower themselves
by repelling suspicious which cannot af-
feet them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
Defeat of the Governments.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Jan. ia Win
nipeg special Of to-day says that in the
st. Francis Xavier election the govern
ment candidate was defeated. The
motion of want of confidence will be
moved in the legislature Monday.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
Dov,r LOOK LIKE VAR.

Russia Cuts Down the Expenses of the
War Department..
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 1O.-The Bourse
Gazette states to-day that the budget
for 1888 will retrench 20000,000 roubles
of which 100000 roubles will be on &C
count of reductions in the expenses Of
the war and marine departments.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
FERDY,S Day At HAND.

The Powers to Take Steps to Remove the
Ruler of Bulgaria.
BERLIN, Jan. 10.-The National lei
tung says to-day that it is expected the
powers will soon take steps for the re-
moval of Prince Ferdinand from the Bull.
oarian throne
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
Dead and Devoured by Buzzards

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Jan. 10.-The halt
deyoured remains of man supposed to
be white, were found fourteen miles
from here in an old field. They were so
devoured by animals and buzzards as to
he understandable.
The Portland daily press., 1888-10-10
How She succeeded.

Emma Abbott has recently been inter-
viewed, and this is what she says of herself:
People have little idea how hard / have
worked to gain the position in the musical
armament that now occupy; position
that is assured, and which cannot be taken
from me. When / was ''little Emma Alb
bott," with but few friends and all the
future before me, made up my mind to
succeed. knew. because / felt, that the
ability to mount to the top rung of the ladder
OF musical fame was within me. And so
set myself to find motto which should be
my guiding star. Did / find it? Indeed,
yes. A single motto, of only three little
words But In those words taken in apposi-
tion, world of meaning Conquer or dier'
Here you have the secret of my success.
did not die and ! have conquered. But oh,
the WEAKNESS Of the heart breaking strug-
giles through which have passed in the long
years since l first came before the publicl |
have known what it is to encounter and
with being cold, calculating, scheming and
sensational. 1t has been urged against me
that have subOrdinated religious sentiment
to advertising purposes and made it mere
vehicle for money getting. And all because
of the impulsiveness of my nature-an i'm
pulsiveness that was born with me and
which will endure as long as life remains to
me. But against all these unkindnesses, in
the face OF every species of adverse criticism
and despite calumny and prejudice, Ihave
made myself fayorite with the American
public and have reaped substantial reward
which will enable me to live in comfort, not
to say luxury. when the time arrives fol me
to retire from the operate stage. But that
will not be for.a good many years yet; oh
GEAR nc no. don't propose pLt to LAY superau-
future, which,I propose to carry out, that
will astenish the American public.
The Portland daily press., 1888-10-10
BUFFALO BILL.
George william Curtis Discusses
this Hero.
fHarper's Magazine. ]

[Harper's Magazne.l
No one who sees the "Wild West Show"
can wonder that Buffalo Bill deeply i'm
pressed our English cousins. The old Vik-
ing and Berserker survives in John Bull. A
certain savage strain fingers in his tastes,
which Taine sensitively apprehended. His
prize fights and Mohawk rioting, his tiger
and elephant hunting, his excursions to
shoot Buffalo and grisly bears, are in one
view manly sports, and in another brutal
survivals. Then Mayfair in London is
sated. 1t has exhausted every resource of
costly luxury. 1t is iaded, and the sudden
appearance of living Indians, and the life of
the far West as it is actually seen, was an
agreeable shock OF surprise, and gave it q
real emotion.
The only serious objection to the exhibi-
tion that the Easy Chair has heard is that
which was urged almost with fearful earn
estness by one of the most reasonable and
excellent of women. 1t is pitifnl and wicked,
she said, that just as a hopeful effort Is made
| to interest the intelligent country in the civ
| ilization Of the Indian, his squalid savagery
| should be made circus spectacle to degrade
| him In the minds of the people, and to stimu-
| late all the worst dime novel tastes and ten.
| denotes among boys. But the good critic did
not speak from observation or knowledge
| Had she seen the spectacle she would have
1 discovered that the Indian was not degraded
in her mind by showing himself as he is
Indeed, the performance is merely like one
| of his own games upon the plains. and he
| does not lose in dignity. On the contrary,
| the spectacle leaves probably more accu-
| rate impression Of the Indian than can be
| gained except by visit to the plains.
Certainly the effect proposed by the critic
| kind injurious to the colored people, which
| is due to the Ethiopian minstrels. 1t is
| indeed, the raw material of the Indian thai
| is seen, and not that which has been already
influenced in a degree by civilizatiop-..no
u;aws ~ n--s-sSne manner in which they
! .snoufd be discharged, than Buffalo Bill.