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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-31
SURVIVORS OF A sHIPWREcK.
Nine Picked Up at Sea and Nineteen Sup
nOSed TO he Lost.

Nine Picked Up at Sea and Nineteen Sup
posed to be Lost.
New ORLEANS, La, Oct. 26.-Capt.
Staples, of the steamer Gussie, from
Bluefelds, reports that on October 20, at
A. NJ, eighty-fve miles south of Cape
Gracias and twenty-three miles from
land he picked up the dory of the
schooner Caldwell, of New York, con-
tanning five of the fire crew and
four passengers. The dory was
leaking badly. Capt. Stables took
them all on board and landed
some at Cape Gracias. The schooner
was bound from St. Andrews Island to
Old Providence Island with twenty
three passengers. She sprung leak
and sunk thirty-eight miles northwest
Of Old Providence. The. dory left the
wreck without water or food, leaving
nineteen men, women and children
clinging to the schooner's two booms
which were lashed together. When
picked up the nine men had been in
the dory thirty hours. The weather
was squally.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-31
BOULANCER'S PLAN.
He is In Favor of a Constituent Assembly
in Place of ~ Chamber of Deputies.

He is IN EaVOr OF a Constituent Assembly
in Place of u Chamber of Deputies
A Paris dispatch of the 24th says:
Gen. Boulanger to-day attended
a meeting of the committee of
the chamber of deputies, which
is considering the governments bill
for the revision Of the constitu-
zion. Gen. Boulanger expressed
himself in favor of the dissolu-
ton of the Chamber of Deputies and
the convoking ola constituent assembly
which should be independent of the
executive power and responsible to the
country. 1t should be the duty of the
assembly to preventabuses which might
lead to the establishment of dictator
ship.
Gen. Boulanger was pretty sharply
handled by the revision committee to-
day, but he decliied to be drawn into
what he called the details. He adhered
to his former opinions in regard to the
senate and the presidency. He re-
gard ed the restoration OF the monarchy
as a sheer impossibllitv Two-thirds of
France, he said, would rise against it.
The country ought to decide tie reig-
ious question. Politics must be probib-
tied in the army.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-31
A MUNIFICENT GIFT.
One Million Dollars for the Education of
Colored People.

Colored People.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Oct. 25.-Daniel
Hand, an aged and wealthy citizen of
Guilford, near this city, has given to
the American Missionary Associate of
New York City the sum of 81 .000,0Ol TO
be held in trust by the association, and
the interest to be devoted to the
education of co.ored people in
the old slave states of the
South. The association is to have
unrestricted charge of the expenditure
of the interest, except that it must be
devoted to the education of such colored
persons as are needy and INDECENT, and
such as by their health, strength, vigor
of body and mind give indications Of
efficiency and usefulness In after life.
Daniel Hand, the donor of this noble
gift, was a grocer IN Charleston,
S. c., before the war, and being
of Northern sentiment was forced to fly
leaving all his property, worth about
$3.50 90, in charge of George w. Will
Jams. his confidential clerk and South
erner. Mr.. Williams used the property
proftably during the war, and
by investment in Southern pine lands
became very rich. Six years ago
Judge Luzon G.. Morris, of New Haven,
counsel for Mr.. Hand, advised the lat
ter to seek settlement with Mr.. Will
Jams. Mr.. Williams came to New Ha-
ven and honorably paid up the original
sum and interest, amounting to S640, GOO,
sending on the last installment two
years ago. This amount, with the &C
crued interest, forms the great bulk of
the sum now returned to the South by
Mr.. Hand.
Under the terms of the trust not more
than 500 is to be expended for the edu-
cation of any single colored person.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-31
THE APPLE CROP.
An Enormous Yield and Exceedingly Low


LocKpoRr, N. Y, Oct. 27.-The mar
ket is SO glutted with apples that good
varieties bring only 81 per barrel.
Greetings are com paratively scarce, and
will bring from $l.20 to $l.30 per bar
rel. Baldwins and rrssets are SO nu-
merous that buyers do not seem anxious
to touch them. In all PROBABILITY they
will bring less than 81. There seems to
be no chance for the market to improve,
SO great is the supply. Buyers just re-
turned from Michigan, Northern Mis-
souri, and Kansas say the same state of
affairs exisls in the West. The crop all
over the United States and Canada is
enormous. Eastern buyers have de-
voted their attention to Massachusetts,
Connecticut and Vermont, where apples
have also been plentiful. Now thous-
ands of barrels of apples lying ready for
shipment in the buying centers of the
great sections of New York State are be-
ginning to move towards the Western
markafS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-31
A Peculiar Suit.

A peculiar law suit, the first of it's
kind ever carried into Massachusetts
court, was, ended at Boston on the 9th
by the filing of an agreement In the SUI
perlor court for Judgment for Miss
Lizzie &C. Barker against the estate of
the late Mrs. Marry q. Perkins for $751;
500. In 1880 Mns. Perkins. aged 80,
who had inherited $4,000 from
her husband, an italian nobleman,
became acquainted with Miss Baker,
who was fitting herself to be
q school teacher. Becoming attached
to the girl Mrs. Perkins offered
to leave Miss Baker her entire estate if
the latter would live with her as an
adopted daughter The offer was ac-
copied. Miss Perkins died in 1885,
leaving in her will but 81 900 to Miss
Baker and the bulk of her property to
charitable institutions. Miss Baker
contested the will, bringing an action of
contract against the executors. A COM
promise was reached in the case
with the above result. The con-
tract was a verbal one, but Miss Baker
produced a letter from Mrs. Perkins
showing the terms of the agreement.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-31
A FATED NEIGHBORHOO
Strange Story of the Home of the Late r.
NJ, PuIsifer.

BosToN, Mass, Oct. 23.-The death of
R. M. Pulsifer, recalls the peculiar his
tory OF Islington, and the unhappy fate
of all who have lived at this beautiful
spot. Islington is the most charming
place on the Charles River. In q
bend of the river, F. D. Winslow
built the residence in which Mr.. Pulsi-
fer died, when he (Winslow) was en-
gagged in those swindling schemes by
which he victimized so many solid men
of Boston. After his fight the proper
ty came into the hands of Mr.. Pulsifer.
A short distance away was the country
residence Of Benyon, the default
ing president of the Pacific
Bank, who died in Canada not
long ago. The nearest house in
another direction was a so occupied by
man whose crooked ways recently
rendered trip abroad advisable. Now
Mr.. Pulsifer has passed away just in
time to avoid the most disastrous
financial wreck since the death of VIM.
Stray by his own hand. There is no
doubt about Mr.. Pulsifer's financial
DISTRESS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-31
SILK WAX Frs ED.
A Recent Treasury Decision Threatens
Them With Ruin.

WASHINGTON. D. c., Oct. 23.-Peti-
tons have begun to come in since the
adjournment of Congress from persons
interested in the manufacture of silk,
praying for a legislative remedy for
the condition of things which is
threatened as result of recent decis-
ion by the courts in Pennsylvania with
respect to the duty on silk ribbons. The
duty under the law mas been held to be
80 percent ad valorem but the importers
have preferred the claim that the rib
bons should be admitted as hat and bon
net trimmings at 20 per cent. ad valorem
and they have now been ludicially sus-
tanned. The petitions are in print and
are largely signed by operatives in silk
manufacturing establishments who say
that the decision will have the effect of
throwing them all out of work.
The opinion is expressed by high
official and expert authority that unless
an appeal be taken and this decision be
reversed by higher court it will cause
the refund of between 100000 and
$l0.000,000, not to consumers but to inn
porters, and that it will close every
silk factory in this country.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-31
SHIPRECkED SCIENTISTS.
The Pennsylvania University Babylonian
Expedition iMeets With Disaster


Expedition ldeets With Disaster.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. 26. = The
Babylonian expedition of the Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania, which LETT this
city for the Orient early last summer,
has been shipwrecked off the Island of
Samos. A Turkish brigantine took off the
passengers and landed every one in
safety on the island. where they still
were at the date of the communication.
The disaster occurred on the Goth Of
September. The expedition sailed on
the Fulda June %. 1t was projected by
F. W. Clark, the banker, and G. H.
Clark. The staff Of explorers consisted
OF Rev. John 2. Peters, of Philadelphia,
as director; DR.. r. F. Harper, of Yale
College, and Prof. II. Y. Hilprecht, of
the University of Pennsylvania, as
syriologists; Prof. John Henry Haynes,
who accompanied the Wolfe expedition
in 1885, of which DR.. Ward was head
man, as photographer; an architect and
physician, who waste have been taken
on at Beyrout.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-31
A FOREIGN ADVENTURER.
His Sudden Disappearance After Marry
ing Philadelphia Beauty.


PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. 27.-Hans
Biorn Graesse, of Dresden. son Of the
chamberlain to King Frederick of
Saxony, who was married a few weeks
ago, to Miss Helena Verrier, Phlladel-
phia beauty and heiress, it is now given
out, has gone on his wedding trip
alone, leaving not only his bride behind
him, but also a number of unsettled
financial affairs that the brides
friends and family are settling up as
fast as possible. Where Hans Bjorn
Graesse, son of the late cham berlain to
king, has gone is not perfectly clear.
His bride and his friends say he has
been suddenly called away to the West
indies" Others say that he has sailed
from New York for his home in Dres--
den, accompanied by his mother and
Capt. Palm, of the Kings Guards, who
came over to see him married. Any
how, he is gone, and the bride OF few
weeks is beset with many annoyances.
Miss Verrier's father was aCuban, who
married Philadelphia lady of fortune.
The young lady, though born In Cuba,
was reared in Philadelphia, where one
her married sters resides: She has
another married sister in Paris.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-31
NO MORE MONEY NEEDED.
Has Over 800, 900 Left for
Yellow Fever Sufferers.


Yellow Fever Sufferers.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 27.-The
special committee to-day made finan-
ciaI report to the Citizens Auxiliary
Sanitary Association, showing the re-
ceipts and expenditures up to and in
Guiding October 20. This shows the
total receipts as follows: Dona-
tons, $309, 1916; membership fees.
$266; reimbursed by the United
States government on account of SAM
tary work, $2,532.15; total. $312, 376.11.
Total expenditures, $210,654 "A, | aving
a balance in the treasury of $1u1, 721.9 81
OF the expenditures $54 900 has gone for
relief; 5000 for visiting physicians,
nurses and their expenses; IS, 900 for
sanitary guards; $4,000 fer aid of other
cities, and the remainder for the hos
pitfalls, supplies, transportation, etc.
any estimate of future needs very diff
cult. Official bulletin: New cases, As;
deaths, 4.
DECATUR, Ala, Oct. 23.-No new cases
and no deaths. The sick are doing well.
Mayor Frey, Of New Decatur, issues
this announcement: 'We are supplying
900 destitute white people and LOCO col
ored and are now out of supplies. We
appeal to the charitable people of the
whole country for assistance for the
next three weeks. Remit to John S.
Reed, chairman relief committee, New
Decatur, Ala.
JACKSONVILLE, Oct. .,2S.--Dr. Caldwell,
volunteer physician at Enterprise,
has issued a cali for 81 800 for the imme-
date relief Of sufferers there. Sixteen
cases are now under treatment. Post
master Clark has received official infor-
nation of the existence of yellow fever
at Baldwin. The disease appears to be
spreading out in various parts of the
state. The weather is very warm here
and showery. Official bulletin: New
cases Is, of which 6 are whites; deaths
3. Total cases to date, 4,059; total
dnafhS 21Q
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-31
BUILT BY A BUDDENSIEK.
Fatal Accident at the Yankton, OAK, L
sane Hospstal.

Fatal Accident at the Yankton, Dak., In
sane Hospstal.
An accident occurred at the insane
hospital at Yankton d. t., on the 22d,
by which Christopher Thompson
was instantly killed, Jacob Lee
fatally hurt, Superintendent Kean
dangerously injured, and Michael
Curry slightly hurt. It was
the result of the caving-in of the walls
of one of the new two wings to the hos
pital, now under construction by man
named Pattee, of Canton. The victims
were on top a large arch on the level of
the third floor of the structure, when
the arch suddenly spread, the outside
walls of the building falling outward,
and some of the interior walls going
down in the general wreck. Nine other
arches in the structure also gave way,
the entire mass of b1rck, mortar
and timber falling through to the
first floor. With this debris
went the four men. Thompson and
Lee had their chests crushed in and
were otherwise injured about the head
and body. Kean and Curry are hurt
about the head and bruised. Kean is
Of the construction and
the other victims are carpenters. Men
at work on the building agree that the
walls were very weak. Some of them
state that there were two courses of
brick fitted between with bats and NOR
tar. This constituted the support for
the heavy iron interior finishing. The
mortar, they say, was nearly all sand.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-31
SENSATION IN MANITOBA.
Lieut. Gov. Schultz Declines to Call s
Session of the Legislature.

Lieut. Gov. Schultz Declines to Call
Session of the Legislature.
A Winnipeg, Man, dispatch of the
9th says: A great sensation was caused
here tonight by the publication of the
following: cit has been learned from
undoubted authority that Lieut.-Gov.
Schultz, although advised a week ago to
call the legislature for dispatch of bust
ness next Monday, has SO far declined
to accept the advice of his constitution
al advisers, thereby forcing a crisis on
the government, that it is understood
that members OF the cabinet contemplate
immediate resignation. The govern
ment, it is learned, were anxious 70
have the House in session to assist them
IN securing the necessary legislation to
back up their position on the railway
question, should the injunction be DIS
solved. His honor was advised some
time ago to summon the House, but so
far the advice has not been followed
and the proclamation is still unsigned.
If the government resigns, as seems to
be the present intention, the province
will be in very bad box as a dissolu-
ton of the Legislature would likely fcl-
lew and Manitoba could count on hav-
ing railway competition blocked for a
year or two" The ministers could not
be seen tonight in regard to the above
statement. Argument on the railroad
Injunction case was continued to-day
and the Judge will give his decision
Monday. It is said the Canadian Pa
cific solicitors have grounds for an appli-
cation for another Injunction should the
one before the courts be dissolved. All
is quiet at the Pembina branch crossing,
but all preparations are complete for
active resistance at any hour should the
necessity arise.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-31
REDWOOD FORESTS ABLAzE

Disastrous Fires Raging in the Timber
Districts of California.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Oct. 24.-Forest
fires are raging in Santa Cruz, Alameda
and San Joaquin Counties, and great
damage has been done to the fruit
ranches and wheat. In the Santa Cruz
Mountains. some of the largest redwoods
have been burned in the asst few days.
In San Joaquin the fire spreads so swift
ly through the dry tules that stock fire.
quently cannot escape, and the flames
leap across wide sloughs. Seven hum
dred men are fighting the fire in the
hills back of Haywards, across the bay
from this city. The flames leaped across
a canyon 500 feet wide.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-31

S96, 100000 on all the property of the
railroad company and also the prop
erty of the branch roads. The deed
of trust declares that the branch
roads have turned over all their prop
erty to the,Southern Pacific, and the lat
ter assumes all debts and liabilities, and
that to secure the payment of these
debts, the Southern Pacific Company
will issue $4,000 bonds of 81 900 each.
To secure these bonds the company will
create a,sinking fund and after the year
1898 will pay 900 month out of the
net income oftthe railroad and continue
umtil the debt is paid.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-31
MEXICAN MAN MUST GO.
A System of Retaliation May be Jnaugu
rated by China.

rated by China.
The steamer Arabian arrived at San
Francisco on the 26th from Hong Kong
and Yokohama. The Japan Gazette has
a statement published in the Chinese
Times to the effect that the action OF the
Chinese minister to the United States in
the matter of treaty which was recently
rejected by the Chinese government ex-
cited SO great luminosity against him in
kwantung that endeavors were made
by an angry mob to wreck the minister's
house. The Chinese Times also con-
tains letter signed by the Pekin official
and written just after the news had
reached China that the United States
Senate had passed the Chinese Ex-
clusion bill. The following is an
extract and is taken from the
letter: eff the obnoxious Amer
lean bill should be carried into
effect there will be no other course
open for China, consistent with her dig
nifty as nation, than to adopt retal1a-
tory measures by prohibiting the citi-
zens Of the United States from coming
to China. This will be by no means
proportionate to the harm done to the
Chinese interests in America, but it
will have to be done in order to show
that the Chinese can do something,
and if this will have no effect in
bringing the United States congress
and the United States government to
reason and fairness, then it will be a
question for China to consider whether
it is not time for her to cancel her
treaties made with that country, to re-
call her subjects from there, to expel all
the United States citizens from this
country, and to cease all relations and
intercourse, diplomatic and commercial,
with that country
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-31
TEAM HANDS RESPONSIBLE
A Verdict Charging Negligence in the
Lehigh Valley Road Accident

Lehigh Valley Road Accident.
After three DAYS session, the cor
oner's jury which has been investigating
the recent accident on the Lehigh VAL
ley Railroad at Mud Run, by which
SO many lives were lost, reached
verdict on the 22d, finding
the engineers grossly negligent in fall
ing to discover the red signal in time
and for not approaching the station I'M
der full control as required by both GEN
eral and special orders; also that the
engineer of No. 1855 could have stopped
the train by his air brakes, and that the
lookout men were grossly negligent
in failing to report the red light
at the station as they approached
to their respective engines; that
the rear brakeman of the sixth
section was grossly negligent in not 90
ing back promptly to warn the follow
ing section, going less than 400 feet
when there was time for him to have
gone half mile; that the conductors of
the two sections failed in their duty, the
first in not conforming to the rule re-
curing each conductor to see personal
ly that his brakeman protects the rear
of his train, and the second in not re-
curing his train to approach the station
under control.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-31
AN OUTRAGEOUS TRICK.

Indiana German Baptists Treated to-
Croton Oil at Communion.
WABASH, Ind, Oct. 26.-Much excite
ment exists among the German Baptists.
of this and Huntington counties. Sew
eral DAYS ago the communion service
was celebrated at Mishler, which in
cludes the serving of soup and the wash
ing OBJECT. Some scoundrel managed to.
dose the soup with a. quantity of croton,
Oil. The cooks discovered the substance
and skinned some of it off, but as it
was about one-quarter of the congrega-
ton were taken violently i'll with severe
crampings, and several have not yet re-
covered. -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-31
TO AVOID PUNISHMENT.
A Swindling Banker Offers to Make Par
tial Restitution.

HILLsDALE, Mich, Oct. 27.-Charles
". Waldron, the banker who recently
fed leaving F. l.. Koon, his partner,
badly in the lurch, had, by means of the
firms notes, etc., which be foated,
placed Mr.. koon in shape to lose about
$4,000. Mr.. Koon has already paid
about S5O, 600 out oil his private funds.
the $40, 900 outstanding if a satisfactory
arrangement can be made-one which
will not make Waldron law-breaker.
In order to effect this Advancement col.
John Atkinson and Henry f. 1hurber,
of Detroit, will leave for Europe to-day.
Atkinson is Waldron's attorney and
Thurber goes in the interests of MIR.
koon.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-31
The Mackenzie Interdict.

The Dunsburg court has declared the
stoppage of the publication of Sir MorelI
Mackenzie's work on the case OF the late
Emperor Frederick to be illegal. The
decree forbidding the sale of the book
has been rescinded.
The Berlin correspondent of the Lon
don Times SAYS it is perhaps not too
much to assume that the abrogation of
the lnterdict against DR.. Mackenzie's
book is due to the personal wish of the
kaiser himself.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-31
WHERE HINAMEN MAY LAND.
Passing Through British Waters Not a
Bar Against Entry.

TACOMA, W. T., Oct 23-Twenty more
Cinnamon came down from Alaska on
the steamer Ancon on her last trip.
They had gone there from Astoria to.
work in the canneres there. The
Ancon did not touch at Victoria as usual,
to avoid any trouble in regard to their
landing here. Collector of Customs
Brooks, however, refused to allow
them to land, because they had passed
through British waters in reaching here.
Judge Allyn decides that these China
men, bound from one American port to
another American port, not having left
the ship at any time, had not been out
of the United States, even though the
ship had touched at foreign port. The.
Cinnamon were allowed to land.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-31
Anderson Fowler implicated.

It has been ascertained that Clifton
& Co., of Chicago, whose failure was the
heaviest resulting from the Hutchinson
wheat corner, have liabilities Of $780,
600, with assets only Soc, 1000, leav-
ing deficit of $4,000. This
deficit was much larger than expected,
that Anderson Fowler. the wealthy
packer. is a member of the firm with 40
Der cent. interest in the profits and
losses. Mr.. Fowler declines, neverthe-
less, to make any proposition to the
creditors. He is quoted as saying that
he had 'lost enough already"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-31
A BRIDE POISONS HERSELF.
Startling Sequel to the "Doctored" Wed
ding Feast at Minneapolis.

Startling Sequel to the tDoctored" We'd
ding Feast at minneapolis.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Oct. 27.-Mrs.
Geo. Martin, the bride who was SO OPP
portunely absent from the feast of poi
son at the Bohemian fiat wedding on
Thursday night, took a fatal dose of
Rough on Rats late yesterday after
noon. Suspicion points to Annie Smis-
ko, who is said to have been deeply in
love with Martin and to have been furi-
Gus when she learned of his mar
riage to another woman. Her
brother, who is not over II years
old, has disappeared since the
poisoning. and it is supposed that in a
fit of jealous rage she induced him to
put Rough on Rats in the God to be
eaten at the party, as a half-emptied
package of that poison was found near
Zuretskl's house.