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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
THEY WANT THE EARTH.
Sugar Trust Managers Acknowledge
Their Desires.

Their Desires.
New YORK, Feb. 2l.-At to-day's ses-
sion of the Senate committee which
is investigating the trust companies,
Henry o. Havemeyer was asked by
Col. Bliss if he was ready to state
what amount of certificates were issued
to the Havemeyer Sugar Refinery,
which was burned out at the
time of it's entering the trust. Witness
replied that upon consultation with his
counsel last evening he had decided not
to answer the question. Mr.. Have
meyer stated in reply to questions that
they were in business, of course, to
make all the money they could if they.
could they would control the markets OF
the world; but that was impossible.
An effort will be made to punish Mr..
Havemeyer for contempt for refusing to
answer certain questions.
George A. Moller, of the North River
Sugar Company, was the next witness.
The company bad sold out to the COM
bination in preference to entering at the
rate otfered-$7O0, 900 in the new stock.
Mr.. Searle then bought the company
out for $325,000 for the COM
bination. He knew that the Have
meyers had entered the trust for
between $4,000, 900 and Sl7 900, 000--the
whole trust stock being $45, 900 900. The
large refineries at present outside Of the
combination we're: Boston Sugar Rein
cry, B. G.. Knight. Philadelphia, and
the Spreckels & American Sugar Rein
cries of San pnci co.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
GRAsPED GRoVER's HAND.
The President Holds Depot Reception
at Palatka, Fla.


PALATKA, Fla, Feb. 24.-The Presi-
dent and party arrived at East Palatka
at 1915 last night and were fecried over
to Palatka in twenty minutes, where
the train was waiting at the wharf. The
party was shown through the ware
house to the train, where a large
crowd had gathered The President
stepped down to the lowest step ofthe car
after the party was aboard. The strug-
Cling crowd was finally got into some
thing like order and the President shook
hands with them as they passed by.
The train left at 1l:20. An announce
ment was made that he would hold a
reception here at the Putnam House.
Hundreds came in from the towns,
some as far as 2O0 miles. Their disap-
pointment was expressed with some
bitterness at the mistake made by the
committee sent to meet the President.
After the informal reception the party
started for Titusville on the Jackson
vile, Tampa & Key West Rally y. The
run was made slowly to enable the
party to rest. The weather this
morning was beautiful as the party took
the steamer at Titusville for a sail on the
Indian River to Rock Ledge where they
will make brief stay and then start on
their return trip, reaching Sanford this
afternoon and Jacksonville tonight.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29

moonlight. Procuring suitable female
disguise he succeeded in securing a
seat in the sleigh. By use, of
non-commlttal falsetto voice ana judi
cions language he rode forth to Lowell
and back. and was not discovered until
some time afterward. 1t seems he
thought so we'll of the deception that he
told Of it and INDUCED in a little self
elorifcation. TIE story was SO good
that it soon spread all about town, and
when the two teachers attended SEN
ior's circle in the town they heard OF
the Joke which the young man had
played upon the girls. The row which
occurred has resulted in the young man
being expelled rom Andover Academy
for goiny outside the town limits with
out D emission, violation of the rule OF
the institution.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
TELLS ALL ABOUT THE TRUST.
A Witness Who Makes No Secret of His
MOnopOliStic Company.

New YORK, Feb. 24.-Tne Senate in
vestigating committee took up the cot
tonseed oil trust to-day. This trust
made no effort to conceal its real status.
Before TIE examination of witnesses was
begun, lawyer Ellhu Root, on behalf of
the trust, objected to the investigation,
on these grounds: "The trust has only
to do with cottonseed OIL; no cot
ton seed is grown or the oil
produced in this state; the corporation
was not formed in this state, but in Ar
kansas; only three of the nine trustees
live in this st9te; no combination or
agreement has been made in this state /;
cotton-seed oil is not an article OF gen
eral consumption, and it is not within
the scope of the committee to investi-
gate the trust; the committee has
no more to do with the trust
than it would have with Connecticut
wooden mill or Western railroad"
The colnmitte overruled the objections,
and called John Scott, one ofthe trustees,
to the witness stand. He said: "There
are seventy or eighty companies III the
trust; last years crop was 100000 tons,
of which the company controlled $780, 0O
tons: 271 per cent. of the oil was export
ed; the balance was used for soap, safe
ty lamps for miners and as a lubricant.
The several firms make monthly reports,
which are Investigated by employees of
the trust"
The capital stock Of the trust is fixed
at $4l 10000 nominally. A dividend of
per cent. has been declared. AS the
stock sold for SO per cent, the div
idend was actually about II pei
cent. The combined stock of the
companies entering the combine was
less than half of the stock OF the trust.
Witness thought that since the lorna
ton of the trust in 1885 the price OF cot
ton seed had risen. At that time the
mills were on the verge of bankruptcy,
and some of them had shut down.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
Another Cincinnati Rogue.

A Cincinnati, O., dispatch of the oath
saws: The sensation of the day is the
announcement of the arrest of Frank NJ.
Riegel, late assistant cashier o! the Met
ropolitan Bank. There have been
rumors for several days that Riegel had
skipped. Last evening the newspapers
announced that he was III Findlay, o.,
and printed dispatches saying he was
there on business and would return.
1t was supposed that this would be the
end of the talk. On his ar
rival, however, he was arrested,
charged with embezzling s., 900 from the
Arcade Building Association. of which
he was treasurer. He was also treasurer
of other associations, and some rumors
put his shortage at $4,000. When
Riegels case was called this morning
the court required bond in, the sum OF
$4,000. 1t was thought he would easily
give it, but his friends advised him that
it could not now be done, and he went
to jail. Besides the 5000 orders in the
Gooch case, it appears Riegel embezzled
$500 of other orders intrusted to him. 1t
also appears that he overdrew his salary
as assistant cashier OF the Metropolitan
National Bank to the amount of $500
two DAYS before that bank suspended.
He is likewise charged with having dis
counted for his own use 81 600 of orders
of another building association intended
as a loan to Samuel Fine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
LA Ac.Axs ~ A HOLE.
Particulars of the Drowning of Four
Thousand Men in China.


Thousand Men in China.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Feb. 25.-Addi-
tional details were received here to-day
Of the second disaster at Yellow River,
China, which occurred December 4, and
resulted in the drowning of three man
darins and 1900 Chinese laborers. The
men were at work at the time repairing
the damage caused by the previous
floods and 1000 bamboo RATS
had been laden with stones
in order to form breakwater. The
RATS with all the workmen upon them
were engulfed as soon as they reached
the middle of the river. Great suffer
ing is reported from the flooded dis
tricts. Cold weather came on and the
whole country was soon flooded over,
making it impossible for boats to reach
the villages. Ia all the large cities huts
have been erected by the authorities
for the accommodation of the sufferers.
Between $4,000 and 10000 are being
thus housed and fed in the city of
Chochiakin. The whole country is sad
spectacle and stories of suffering and
destitution come from every direction.
1t is estimated that % 900 stacks of millet
stalks will be needed to stop the great
gap, each stack re quiring fifty large carts
to bring it to the spot. So far the utmost
exertions have not succeeded N collect
ing more than thirty stacks day. Eight
million taels have already been expend-
cd
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
Can't Get His sealers Out.

Capt Warren, the owner of the four
British Columbia schooners seized in
Behring Sea last year, writing to friend
at Ottawa. Ont, says it will take over
$4,000 to bond his vessels out and, be-
sides having to appeal the case TO a
higher United States court, he must
give bonds for the costs and agree to
abide by the decision of the courts. He
says he cannot see his way clear to re-
gain possession of his schooners at these
figures, and that if he cannot seal with
them they will be useless property. The
Alaska authorities have appraised the
schooners so high that the Anna Beck
is the only one Can't. Warren could take
at the terms asked.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
W. W. CORCORAN DEAD.
Fatal Termination of the Illness of the
Aged Philanthropist.

Fatal termination OF the Illness of the
Aged Philanthropist.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Feb 24.-William
Wilson Corcoran died at $50 this morn
ing. Mr.. Corcoran was born in George
town, D. e., December q, 1893, his
father being native of Ireland who re-
moved to Georgetown in 1877, and was
for many years mayor of the town. Mr.
Corcoran first engaged in the dry goods
business and afterwards became a COM
mission merchant. From 1928 to
1886 he was in charge of the
real estate business of the Bank of
Columbia and OF the branch of the
United States Bank at Washington. He
then entered business as a banker and
broker, in which he remained until
1854. In 1S4p he took the late George
w. Riggs into business with him. When
the Mexican war broke out the gov
eminent had great difficulty in
inducing prominent financlers to
float its bonds, The firm of
Corcoran q Riggs thereupon offered to
undertake the work. In 1885, Mr.. Cor
coran married the daughter of Commo-
leaving an only child, Louise, who in
1859 was married to George Eus-
tis, then member of Con-
gress from Louisiana. Mrs. Eus-
It's. like her mother, survived her
marriage only a few years. It is
as public benafdctor and philan-
thopist that Mr.. Corcoran is best known.
In lS47 he purchased the site of Oak
Hill Cemetery, Georgetown, expended
about $4,000 in improving it and pre-
scented the cemetery to his native town.
The Corcoran Gallery of Art he estab-
lished in 1857, spending about $500 ,00C
in fitting it up and in addition establish
ing an endowment fund of nearly
81 100000 for it's benefit. The war in.
terrupted his plans with respect to
this structure but at its close
he entered upon the work with in
creased energy and trans erred his en-
tire collection Of paintings, statuary and
works of art to it. Another of his large
public gifts is the Louise Home, which
he founded in memory of his wife. 1t il
is tended as a home for aged women O.
refinement and education, who by re
verses of fortune have been reduced
| from atflupnce to poverty.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
On a Cake of Ice.

Henry E1fers, John Himeline, and
two other men, started on the goth to go
Kelly's Island, in Lake Erie, to San
dusky, in a small boat rugged with ice
runners. After running for a time on
the ice, they were compelled to take to
the water. A squall came up, and to
avoid being crushed by floating ice they
clambered on a large cake and were at
once carried out to sea. They were
drenched with water, which froze on
their clothing, rendering their suferings
ice for several hours the men were
finally sighted by the Efe-saving crew
at Marblehead, and boat was sent to
their rescue
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
FAILED FOE A MILLION.
A Pittsburg Iron Company Goes to tn
Wall With Heavy Debts.

P1rrsBuRG, Pa, Feb. 2l.-Graff, Ben
nett & Co., iron manufacturers of this
city, filed deed of assignment to Z. II.
Miller, of Pittsburg, to-day. The fail
ure was great surprise. In 1883 the
firm failed for about 81, 100000. and were
granted al extension. Since then they
have paid about two-thirds of their
Indebtedness and were supposed, to
be doing we'll. The cause of the failure
was the investment of all their profits IN
the extension of their plant. 1t is I'M
derstood that the secured liabi tiles are
about 5000 600, and the unsecured La
bilities from 100000 to $S00,000.
The latter consists of notes
for ore and other materials.
Among the liabilities is a mortgage for
$45, 600 held by the New York Life In
surance Company, which is not yet due.
The assets are believed to be about$S00,-
900. Judgments aggregating $4,000 were
entered against the firm this morning.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
SHOULD BUY THE Road.
Urging that the British Acquire the C.
madam Pacific Railway.

Urging that the British Acquire the Ca
madam Pacific Railway.
LONDON, Feb. 2l.-The Financial News
to-day returns to the charge that the
Canadian government ought to acquire
control OF the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
The article shows that the three colo
MES Of New South Wales, New Zealand
and Victoria have made the same mile
age of railway, namely, 5000 miles at an
annual charge to them of 81, 635, 600
whereas the Canadian Pacific could be
acquired for 81 100000 per annum. 1t
would have that company organized
with capital stock of &c, 100000, which
would represent value of shillings
per acre, the shares of the company to
be given repeatedly as a bonus to the
shareholders of the Canadian Pacific. It
would have that company raise upon a
mortgage of the lands 92,OOO,OO to be
used in promoting emigration.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
Saloon Men Arrested.

Since the adoption of prohibition at
Wellsville, o., two years ago, it has been
suspected that liquor was obtained
through saloon-keepers who had been
engaged in running socalled club rooms.
A few weeks since two detectives from
Pittsburg, representing themselves as an
speotTey agent appea n p toWn They
made friends among the boys about
town, and have caused the arrest of
four saloonists. They also furnished
evidence against number of others,
who will be arrested later. A great
sensation has been caused in town.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
GIFTS TO HER LOVER.
Mrs. Roberts Says She Gave Three Pair
Of PantalOOns to Senator Roof.

Mrs. KOberts says She Gave Ihree FAlrs
of Panta1oons to Senator Roof.
IONA, Mich, Feb. 24.-The breach-of-
promise case OF Mrs. Roberts against
State Senator Roof is packing the court
room. Mrs. Roberts testified amid much
merriment, that among the souvenirs of
her affections bestowed on Roof
were three pairs of her late lamented
husbands trousers, Asked to describe
the garments she said they were ofwhite
material and real nice pants. she also
thought she had given him two coats
peared. The alleged proposal of mar
rage was made in 1872.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
Enidemic Among Horses.

The horses of the New York Riding
Club have been attacked by an cpl
demic. The club, which has, perhaps,
one of the finest riding stables In the
world, numbers about 800 members.
Many of the horses are valued at 81 900
each, and there are hardly any that are
not worth at least $500. The disease is
sninal meningitis
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
KILLED BY ELECTRICITY.
A Line Repairer Meets a Horrible Dealt
in st. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. 25.-Robert Arch
ibald, 3 lineman for the Bell Telephone
Company, met with horrible late last
evening. 1t had been raining all day
and the lines were working badly.
Archibald was sent out from the central
station to repair line on Fifth and Pine
Streets. and had climbed half way up
the sixtyhve-foot pole, when he re-
wires, and he fell backward. He was
caught by bunch of wires and suspend
ed in the air head downward. He was
rescued by the fire department. He
will die.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
Female Burglar Fatally Hurt.

At Bay City, Mich, Carrie Tietz, the
young woman from Sebewaing, who was
arrested 1or burglary and held for trial,
at oclocl1 on the morning of the 2lth,
tore bedquilts into strips, pried the iron
netting out of the window and attempt
ed to reach the ground by rope made OF
the quilts. The rope broke and she fell
a distance of thirty feet, striking on her
head. She will probably die. Her sis
ter, held on the same charge, was ready
to follow if the rope had not broken.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
For a Barnaid.

Two cowboys in the neutral strip have
agreed to settle a dispute over pretty
barmaid by a duel. They are James
Ticen, of Neutral City, and Frank
Doran, They are said to be the best
shots in the stirrup. The weapons are
improved Winchester rifles, 44-caliber
and the distance 100 Yards.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
END OF THE FRENCH CRISIS.
The Governments Majority in the Cham
Der of Deputies.

Der of Deputies.
PARIS, Feb. 24..-Most of the Paris
newspapers believe that the govern
ment's success in obtaining majority
in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday
on the clause in the budget relating to
the secret service will enable the minis
try to exist until the budget is adopted.
The Matin says that when the budget is
passed, M. Tirard, prime minister and
minister Of finance, will propose the IS
the financial equ librium.
The Gaulois states that Prince Louis
Napoleon has resigned his commission
in the Italian army.
Gen. Boulanger has telegraphed to
the war Office denying that he is con-
nected with any electoral candidacy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
Attacked by q Mob.

AT Wellsville, o., Detectives Leslie
and Carpenter, of Pittsburg, who were
to have appeared against the saloonists
whose arrest they caused a few days
ago, were assaulted by a mob on the
18th. and put to flight. The case had to
he noStDOned.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
MGLYNN WINS THE FIGHT.
George Leaves the Priest to Run the Anti.
Poverty Society.

New YORK, Feb. "A. IN tie Standard
of this week, issued to-day, Henry
George has three-column article head
ed society, Party and Principle in
which he makes mention of the split in
the Anti-Poverty Society. Mr.. George
states that it has been decided to aban-
don to DR.. McGlynn the entire manage
ment of the society. as "the spectacle of
two Anti Poverty Societies in New
York would be both shameful and
riiiculous."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29

Some time ago the young ladies in
attendance upon Abbott Academy, at
Andover, Mass. enjoyed sleigh ride
female teachers accompanying the
young ladies. One of the students at
Phillips Andover Academy, the institu-
ton now far-famed by reason of the
participation of its leading lights in the
recent Andover controversy, concluded
he also would enjoy sleigh ride by
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
Democratic National Convention.

The Democratic national committee,
at its session in Washington, fixed upon
the 9Th of June as the time and st.
Louis as the place for the Democratic
national convention. The friends of
Chicago, rather than have the conven-
ton go to San Francisco, finally voted
with st. Louis. The Republican con-
vention occurs to weeks later at Chica-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
Fires.

The six-storv building on West Twen-
ty-third Street, New York, occupied
by Graph Manufacturing Com
pany and other firms, was destroyed by
fire on the Goth. Loss S200,OO0.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
Killed Three and Wounded Thirteen

The boiler in the shingle mill of B.
Bemis. at West Melville, La, exploded
on the Goth, instantly killing G. Hills,
John Stevenson and Seymour Banks,
and more or less seriously woundlng
thirteen others. The milf is total
wreck,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
RUSSIA NOT FOR WAR.
The Cars Policy in the Bulgarian Ma
ter is Peaceful.

C6F Is t"CtIuIs
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 24.-The Journal
de st. Petersburg says that Russia's
programme towards Bulgaria as set
is conciliatory and pacific and shows a
desire to re-establish legal order by NOR
al authority. The newspaper version of
Russia's circular note TO the powers is
apocryphal. No such note has been is-
sued
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
WATERFOWL. wIsCoNsIH.
TIE LATEST NEWS
Martin Irons Acquitted.

At st. Louis, Mo-, on the 25th, Martin
Irons, charged with wire tapping in the
strike on the Gould lines in 1886, was
acquitted in the criminal court.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29

ship could carry-were slowed, and |
yielded $500 barrels of O | and $4,000 |
pounds of bone. The catch was valued |
at S66 500
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29

CAPT. BALDRY, of the steam whaler,
Orea, has just returned to San Francisco
from a voyaget in which he killed
thirty-five whales, the largest catch on
record. Twenty-eight of these-all the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-29
HEAVY FAILURE IN ROME.
A Firm of Contractors Suspend owing
Fifty Million Lire.

ROME. Feb. 2i.-The firm of Fratelli &c
Moroni contractors, have failed with IL
abilities of $4,000, 600 lire (slO,ooo.ooN
# 10 stated that the Company del Es-
ouilino is creditor to the amount of
3, COO, 600 lire; the 11ber Bank to the
amount OF 6 900 600 lire, and the Nations
al Bank to the amount of 2,O00, 600 lire.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-23
CONNECTICUT REPUBLzCANS.
The Convention Shows Preference for the
Maine Man,

The Convention Shows Preference for the
Maine Man.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, May 16.-The Re-
publican convention was called to order
this morning at the Hyperian Theater
by Temporary Chairman John A. lib
bits and the temporary organization
was made permanent. Mr.. Tibbits
addressed the convention. He
alluded to the great RESPONSE
bility of Connecticut as a pivotal
state and outlined the paramount issue
as protection against the free trade mes
sage of Mr.. Cleveland by which the
Democratic party must stand or fall.
The real Republican platform would be
the response to the presidential mes
sage that came across the ocean as swift
ly as the telegraph could bring it. He
further alluded to Blaine as ''the
splendid leader in the cam
paign of 1884, the greatest of living
American statesmen who thoroughly
flies the American flag and American
eagle which is always on his shoulder;
who is the choice of rank and file of the
Republican party in this state and every
other state'' The applause was
prolonged. illusions were also
made to Gen. Hawley and Senator
Platt as favorite sons and to the grand
rounds of candidates, Chauncey NJ. De-
pew's name was applauded almost as
vociferously as Blaine's. The speaker
asserted that the tariff must be revised
to suit shifting conditions, and that
the Democratic free trade would
fail because the American work
man reads and thinks for himself.
Democratic civil service reform was
denounced as SO transparent fraud that
even the Mugwumps Ieei sad at heart
and sick at the stomach. ''Ifnone ofthe
numerous presidential candidates can
be nominated and the convention should
say to James G. Blaine, you must again
be our standard bearer, and this time
We will carry it to the Whi'e House,
there is not Republican voter who will
not in his heart and soul say amen"
At the close of Mr.. Tibbits' speech
the election of delegates-at-large was be-
gun and resulted as follows: Samuel
Feesenden, of Stamford; Samuel L.
Warner, of Middletown; E. S. Day, of
Colchester; E. S. Henry, of Rock
vile. The platform denounces the
Presidents tariff policy; calls for liberal
pensions; ridicules the administration
civil service record and promises hearty
support to the nominee of the Chicago
convention