Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-07-18
THE LATEST NEWS

THE LATEST NEWS
The 20" Boycott Raised.
KANSAS CRY, July 12.-The strike
situation among the Burlington switch
men shows little change except that the
boycott on go" freight was raised at
noon to-day. All is quiet around the
yards and all switching is done regu-
larly.
Suicide of Husband and Wife.
David Clark and his wife were found
hanging in corncri5 on A. Sage's farm
near Sandwich, H., on the Sth. They
left paper signed by each saying that
they died for each other. Clark was 50
years old and had been married two
years.
Three Men Drowned.
BALTIMORE, July 15.-This morning
twenty men went on an excursion IN
the Lancelot down the bay. Off North
Point about ten of the party got into
the yawl boat to 60 ashore and battle.
The boat capsized and Frank Veasey,
aged 81; William Finn. aged 30, and Jo-
seph Lutz, aged q, were drowned.
Large Transfer of Mining Property.
Fred Braastad has bought the Win
throp and Mitchell iron mines near Ish-
peming, Mich, of the Winthrop Hema-
tite Company The two mines are
worth in the neighborhood of 81 ,0O0,-
600. Two hundred men are at present
employed, but 600 Will be worked. The
product OF ore this year will be 100000
tons.
The Bond Purchases.
WASHINGTON, D. G. July l4.-Up to
date the secretary Of the treasury has
A per cent. bonds under his April cir
cular. These bonds have cost 49,, 64S,-
039 If allowed to run to maturity their
redemption would have cost the gov
eminent So, $50, 1888. So far the saving
on these bond purchases aggregates &c.,
917, 1874.
An Aeronaut's Fall.
CINCINNATI, O., July 15.-At Coney
Island, ten miles up the river from Gin
cinnati, to night at o'clock, Samuel
Young made an ascent of 700 feet in a
hot air balloon and let 60 to make de-
seen in his parachute. The parachute
did not open for 900 feet, and he went
down inio the river and SINK twenty-five
feet to the bottom. When he came up
he was rescued by boatmen unhurt.
Burlington Engineers going Back.
OMAHA, Neb., July 1.-THE Burling-
ton road re-emploved twelve of its old
engineers and fremen to-day and at
once put them in charge Of trains. The
men applied for the positions and re-
nounced further allegiance to the Broth
orb M ~ hn oil Cd Il
covery of the dynamite plot. The 9TH
er members of the Brotherhood still
stand firm and denounce the ''sal-soda
and emery" circular as forgery.
Sheridan Holding His Own.
NoNQUIrr, Mass, July 15-9 P. NJ
Gen. Sheridan passed very comfort
able night, sleeping quietly nearly the
entire time. He has had a good day,
Notwithstanding some slight disorder Of
ailments, which has produced no un-
favorable symptoms of moment. His
pulse has been of good tension and his
respiration at times has been nearly
normal. His cough has not been
troublesome,
Great Damage by the Floods.
CHICAGO, July 10.-Dispatches from
various points in central and southern
Illinois say that the rainfall for the past
forty-eight hours was the heaviest
known for long time, and coming I'M
mediately after the great storm Of last
week has done vast amount Of damage.
From the nature of all the reports re-
ceived it is feared that 80 to SO per cent.
of the oats crop is ruined, while wheat
in the shock is very badly damaged.
c+onxfnn EY,IrroprS from Iceland
WINNIPEG, Man., July 13.-The Ice
landic movement to this province still
continues Over 800 Icelanders arrived
YESTERDAY and 400 more will arrive in
two weeks. Mr. eBalwinson, who en-
gineers the movement. says the inhab-
itants in the north Of Iceland were on
the verge of starvation when he left,
and he fears many will die. The island
has been surrounded by polar ice all the
spring, and merchant ships have been
unable to land provisions.
Terrible Destitution in Mexico.
Late advices from Leon, Mex. the
principle scene of tie great flood, say
that masses of people are packed in
portals, stables and every available place
of shelter, averaging one person to less
than square yard of space, with piles
of flag mating laid on the ground for
beds, and few miserable rags for COW
er. In view of the nature Of the adobe
buildings and the great number Of them
destroyed. it is still believed that the
bodies of many hundred people are in
the ruins. Some three hundred were
recovered, but the stencil was SO great
that further search was abandoned.
Il Famous Landmark Buried.
WHITE PLAINS, n. Y, July l4.-Fire
broke out this morning in the old Ben
Holiday stone mansion on the Ophir
farm, about three miles from this place,
now owned by Whitelaw Reid, of the
Tribune. The building was one of the
famous landmarks in West Chester
County, having been standing for over
200 years. Last year Mr.. Reid pur-
chased the place from toe estate
of John Roche and commenced
the reftting of the interior upon a
magnificent scale. The dining room, 80
by % feet, was finished in hard wood,
With heavy carvings over the doors of
clusters Of fruit and various kinds of