davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-24
A Dividend off Per Gent.

New YORK, April lS.-The directors
of the Oregon Improvement Company
have declared quarterly dividend of
per cent. on the common stock, paya.
BILE May l. Books close April o. The
preceding quarterly dividend was at the
rate of II per cent.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-24
singular Accident i'm a Mill.

MAN1sTIoUE, Mich, April 90 William
Roses coat-tail caught in shaft in the
upper mill here, and when the engine
was stopped and he was rescued, his
toilet consisted of one boot. part of q
tror er leg, and one wristband. How
m times he went around the shaft he
is able to say. No bones were brok-
en-, but Rose was covered with flesh
wounds from head to foot.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-24
Spreckels' Sugar Company.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 16.-The
Beet Sugar Company was incorporated
to-day with capital of $5,0OO.OOO, with
Louis Schloss, A. L. Cults, F. Ehrmann,
Claus Spreckels and John D. Spreckels
as directors, the lost two holding half of
the stock. The object is to erect large
sugar refneries at various points on the
coast in addition to one already estab-
lished at Watsonville, CAL, in the ex-
pectation of refining $4,000 or 1000 tons
of sugar wear
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-24
BIG FERRY BOAT BURNED.
The Jersey City Steamer New Brunswick
dos I,xr ire

The Jersey City Steamer New Brunswick
Destroyed by Fire.
New YORK, April 1.-THE Pennsyl-
vania Railroad ferry boat New Bruins
wick, plying between the Pennsylvania
Railroad station in Jersey City and Des-
brosses Street, New York, took fire to-
day just as she was leaving her
slip in Jersey City and was destroyed.
All the persons who were on board es.
capped, but it is understood that some
horses and trucks were burned. The
loss is estimated at $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-24
Union Pacific Earnings.

Boston, Mass, April 16.-The gross
earnings of the Union Pacific Railroad
Company for February, including lines
in which the Union Pacific has one-half
interest, were $2,2S7 1867, decrease
from earnings of same month last year
OF 1884. 644; expenses. 81 ,782, 957; de-
crease, 81, 032; net earnings, $505, 010; de-
crease, $260,611.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-24
Powder Works Blown I'm.

Troy, N. Y, April 16.-A portion of
the workssof the Schaghticoke Powder
Company was blown up last night by
the explosion Of 200 pounds of material
in a mixing vat. Charles R. Rose was
killed and Murvin Bennoway received
injuries which will probably be fatal.
The damage to the property is about
So, 500. The works will shut down for
ak weeks
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-24
Double Tragedy Near Chicago

CHICAGO, Ill. April 16.-The intelli-
gence has been received from Harlem, q
suburban village, that woman whose
name has not been learned, admins
tered arsenic to herself and child this
the child is in critical condition.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-24
LOST IN A SWOLLEN CREEK.
Four Persons Drowned Near Carthage,
MiaaOnr1.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 2O.-As Mrs. A.
H. Lucas, of Carthage, Mo-, accompa-
MED by her two daughters and hired
man were attempting to ford swollen
creek three miles below that
city in a wagon last evening, the
rushing waters carried the whole outfit
down the raging stream, and all the
people as well as the horses were
drowned. None of the bodies had been
recovered at last accounts.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-24
BOOTH BACK AT WORK.
The TragedIan Fully Receivers His Health
PLAYING ar CLEVELAND.

Playing ar Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, o., April 16.-Edwin
Booth arrived here Sunday, the picture
of health, and opened tonight as Iago to
bled in the Opera House, his appear
ance being heartily received. Mr.. Booth
will fill all of his engagements this sea.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-24
FALL OF A GRAND STAND.
Several Persons Injured at an Infirmary
Dedication.

Dedication.
LONDON, April 17.-During the cere-
monies attending the opening of an in
Urinary at Sunderland, to-day, over
which the Marquis of Harting-
ton presided, the platform. upon
which were seated the civic Of
fcials, invited guests and other promi-
nent persons, collapsed. The wife
of the mayor Of Sunderland had leg
broken by the fall, and was removed
from the debris in Mysteries. Two other
ladies and two gentlemen were also in
jured. The accident caused no great
excitement among the spectators.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-24
A BOMB FUR THE CAR.
Discovery of Plot to Kill the Ruler OF
Russia.

Russia.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 19.-The project
of police has discovered the existence
of Nihilist plot to assassinate the Gar
while he was attending the fun
eral of Gen. Paucker, minister of
roads. The Gar was Immediately
warned not to attend the funeral. A
number of persons charged with being
implicated in the plot have been arrest
ed. The Nihilists intended to use
dynamite in their attack on the Gar.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-24
CHARTERED A STEAMER.

Steps TAKEN TO Br1ns Home inc SaIIofB
Wrecked on Samoa.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 16.-Lieut.
John c. Wilson, of the Vandalia, has
telegraphed to the Navy Department
from Sydney that he has chartered the
steamer Rockton for the purpose of
transporting the shipwrecked sailors to
the United States. The Rockton is due
in San Francisco on the 18th of MAY.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-24
FIVE YEARS IN PRISON.
Sentence Imposed in the Case of the
Arkansas Ballot Box Thieves.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 20.-Benden
Darden and Thomas Dansby, two of the
men convicted by the United States cir
cult court at Little Rock, Ark, for vio-
lating the election laws at the election
last November, were to-day sentenced
by Judge Brewer, the first named to
five years in the penitentiary, and the
last to pay fine of $500.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-23
A Very Srsurt Doe

'Now, my dog Laddic Ias got more sense than most men" s:.id veteran breeder of sheep dogs. Il Ecvar lad to train him anything. He just took it up natural. One day when he was puo called him down to tho pasture to help drive up the COWS. h less than week he could fetch 'e,n to the house by him. self. It got so pretty soon that when ever the COWS heard mo call LadGie they'd start for homo fall tilt, without waiting for the dog to co.,lc.
 "Laddie can manage anything on the farm but Molly. ny hay mare. He can't drive Nelly. When I:c catches her by the tail she just stands and kicks ct him till he let's go. They arc always quarrel ing. She's afraid to wallow when he's around, because he crccps up and bites her on the back. One day she caught him asleep on tho front porch l hap pened to hc sitting cut there smoking, where could sec the whclc show. She walked up sorter on her tiDt1es, as Gui- etly as l coull have done it, and rot even by taking q handful of hair and q piece Of skin cut of his siLc with her teeth. Laeidio was the most astonishcd dog l ever saw. He didn't bark and he didn't whine. He just got up as quick as he could and sncaked under the house. He's meditatins some revenge yet For downright hard sense, give me collie every time. New York Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-23
The Great War Syndicate.
By FRANK R. STOCKTON.

miles from CaerdaT. There she lay to against strong breeze from the cast.
 It was not yet lOo'clock when the off Ger in charge of the starboard gun re- marked to the director that he supposed that it would not be necessary to give the smoke signals, as had been done in the channel, as now all the crabs were lying near them. The director reflected moment, and then ordered that the signal should be given at every discharge of the gun, and that the columns of black smoke should be shot up to their greates+ height.
 At precisely 10 o'clock, up rose from Repeller No. II two tall jets of black smoke. Up rose from the promontory of Caerdaff, heavy gray cloud. like an immense balloon. and then the people on the hill tops and highlands felt sharp shock of the ground and rocks be heath them, and heard the sound of terrible but monlentary grinding crush.
 As the cloud began to settle. it was borne out to sea by the wind, and then it was revealed that the Notifications of Caerdaff had disappeared.
 In ten minutes there was another smoke signal. and great cloud over the castellated structure on the other side of the bay. The cloud passed away, leav- ing vacant space on the other side of the bay.
 The second shock sent a panic through the crowd of spectators. The next earth quake bomb might strike among them. Down the eastern slopes ran hundreds of them. leaving only few of the bravest civilians, the reporters of the press. and the naval and military men.
 The next motor bomb descended into the fishing village, the comminuted par ticles of which, being mostly of light material, floated far out to sea-
 The detachment of artillerists who had been deputed to man the guns on the heights which commanded the bay. had been ordered to fall back to the noun. tains as soon as it had been seen that it was not the intention of the repeller tC send boats on shore. The most courage ous of the spectators trembled little when the fourth bomb was discharged, for it came farther inland, and struck the height on which the battery had been placed, removing all vestiges of the guns, caissons, and the ledge of rock on which they had stood
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-23

pay, would make of this chasm. when filled by the sea, the finest and most thoroughly protected inland basin for ships of all sizes on the British coast. But before this report received due off ciai consideration the idea had been sng- sessed and elaborated in dozen news papers.
 Accounts and reports of all kinds describing the destruction of Caerdaff, and of the place in which it had stood, filled the newspapers of the world. Photographs and pictures of CaerdaT as 1t had been and as it then was were pro- duced with marvellous rapidity. and the earthquake bomb of the American war syndicate was the subject of excited con versation in every civilized country.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-23


 BOsIBS.
 Tho motor bombs which the repeller was now discharging were of the largest size and greatest power, and a dozen more of them were discharged at inter- vais of few minutes. The promontorv on which the Notifications had stood was annihilated, and the waters of the bay swept oyer it's foundations. Soon afterward the head of the bay seemed madly rushing cut to sea, but quickly surged back to fill the chasm which yawned at the spot where the village had been.
 The dense clouds were now upheaved at such short intervals that the scene of devastation was completely shut out from the observers on the hills, but every few minutes they felt sickening shock, and heard momentary and horrible crash and hiss which seemed to fill all the air The instantaneous motor bombs were tearing up the seaboard, and grind ing it to atoms.
 It was not yet noon when the bom- bardment ceased. No more puffs of black smoke came up from the distant repeller. and the vast spreading mass of clouds moved seaward. dropping down upon St. Georges channel in rain of stone dust. Then the repeller steamed shoreward, and when she was within three or four miles of the coast she ran up large white flag in token that her task was ended.
 This sign that the bombardment had ceased was accepted in good faith, and as some of the military and naval men had carefully noted that each puff from the repeller was accompanied by shock. it was considered certain that all the bombs which had been discharged had acted, and that, consequently, no further danger was to be apprehended from them. In spite of this announce ment many of the spectators would not leave their position on the hills, but a hundred or more of curious and courage. ous men ventured down into the plain.
 That part of the sea coast where Caer- daff had been was a new country, about which men wandered slowlr and eau tiously with sudden exclamations of amazement and ave- There were no longer promontories jutting out into the sea; there were no hillocks and rocky terraces rising inland In vast plain, shaven and shorn down to a common level of scared and pallid rock, there lay an immense chasm two miles and half long, half mile wide, and so deep that shuddering men could stand and look down upon the rent and riven rocks upon which had rested that DOT tion of the Welsh coast which had now blown out to sea.
 An officer of the Royal engineers stood on the seaward edge of this yawning abyss: then he walked over to the almost circular body of water which occupied the place where the fishing village had been, and into which the waters of the bay had flowed. When this officer re- turned to London he wrote report to the effect that ship canal, less than an eighth of mile long, leading from the newly formed lake at the head of the
 - ~< - -
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-23
Moral Progress fin Great Britain,

Some interesting statistics have re gently been compiled concerning the number of criminal commitments in England by comparison with former times. It seems that thirty years ago, when the population of England and Wales was about 19.250, ,0OO. the average number of penal servitude sentences was 2,5So. At the end of 1887. when the pop uiation had risen to 27.750. .00O, the aver age number was only 962. On the last day of 1859 there were 11.66o persons undergoing sentences of penal servitudc in England and Wales, out of a popula- of 2l ,GSl .oGO. In July, 1888, with a pop ulation of nearly 2s,00O. .0oO. the number of convicts had fallen to G,osl. This showing is justly regarded with much satisfaction by the press and those inter ested in the moral progress of the nation. San Francisco Chronicle.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-23
OCEAN AND FOREIGN TRAVEL John Evan.

STEAMSHIP and FOREIGN EXCHANGE ACT
 No % BANK STREET
 Ha' ing sold out my business at 69 Bank street. can De found aS my office No 97 Bank street, oyer upson Co.'S iewelry store, in the O O'Connor ,piock. where shall give my entire time to the ousness "i ocean passnger traffic, foreign ex- cnsnge ana accident and life insurance
 STEAMSHIP LINES.
 am agent for the following firs.-class line of steamers Cunard, Inman. White Star. Guon Auchor, state and National . nave superior faci i,ies for securing berths Tor cabin passengers on all th- different lines leaVlns New York The price guaranteed to be as low Ill 1bury as in New York
 N. B.-Persons desiring to obtain steerage advantage of the pres mt rates One steamshin company has already advanced the pri e to Saa I 1ne otheis are likely to follow in a few days therefore get your tickets at once for only S2u
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-23
WATERBURY POSTOFFIcn

 New York City-7.5O, 1O.2O m; 2lO 530 Sen ea. boston-TOO 7.50 ID; 12. 80, 2 10, 79O D m SSouthern-I.5o, 10 2u m: 21O, 5.Se, 7.S0 pm Mestern-75O 10. 20 a m; 2.f 53O 780 m Canada West-7.3o 1a2u m; 2IO 5.3O. zSopA. Eastern.7.0O, T.5u m; 12.3o, 2Ie, 7S0 D m. canada East-IOo, 7.50 m; F. 80, 2.1e, 130pn. Albany-7.5O. 1920 m; 2. 10, 5SO ,. 80 m Northern N. Y.-75v. 1920 m; BIO 5.ae, 7.eo pn. Provldence-7O0, 7.50 m; 12 30 2.lO, Too p Ii. Springfeld-70 75o am; 12 30, no, bSo, 7.So nn. MorcesterI7oo, 50 am; Ia 30: 210, 5So, 7ee5m. f1ttsheld ,Mass-i50 m; 2. .1O 5.3O, 70 ua liar. Bartford.7 7.5o m; 12 80. 2.1O, 7.s0 hn SSridgeport-75e, 10 20 m; a.lo, 5so, 7.$6 pm. New Haven-7.5O, 10. 20 am; 12 90, 2.l0. 580 S0pu Ansonla.75O, 1920 m; F. 30, 2l0. 5SO, l. AnA Birmingham-7::0 o.s0 am: 123O g 10, 5 So . S3p0 union Clty-7.50 m; 21o, s.30 m. Naugatuck-7.5O m; 2.lO, 630 D m Seymour-75O m; 210 6.3O D m Winsted-10.55 8 m; 630 pm Stations on Naugatuck RR north WntsrAsrv
 0.45 m; 6.30pm Meriden-7s0, 10.20 m; 12 30, 2lO, aSo. E Ann Danbrry,7.50 m; 1.2,, 2l0, 5.3o, 7.So pm. New London-7oo, 750 am; 12SO g 10, 5.SeT T e n Watertown-1e 45 m; 6.SO D m 45 m; 6.3O m Woodbury-7.3O, lO.45 u m: 25pmF Southbury-7.SO m; 1.35 D n M1ddlebury-12.S0 m, Wolcott Cru, 1h, Sat.) I2.30 m
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-13
THFTR FRIENDS.
DEATH OF Mr.. STEWART.
lie Passed Away sunday Morning After a
Long Illness.

The Dispatch stated Sunday morning that
Mr.. Daniel X. Stewart was az eJireDts, ana
his death was hourly expected. Hcexpired
at 5:l5 O'Clock that morning.
He had been in feeble health Tor some
time. and had been seriously I'll since the
4th of las; July.
Mr. Stewart was born in Rothsav. Isle of
Bnke. Scotland. and was in the eightieth
wear Of his ace. Tie came to Richmond
about 1923, and engaged IN the tobacco
husiucss. For many years he and ms
brother john who died about four years
aco) had their factory at The corner of Cary
aud Seventh streets. Alr. Stewart retired
from active connection with the business
about 1850. but held large interests until
after the war.
When he first came here Mr. Stewart
lived with his uncle, Norman Stewart. IN
,ho house on Franklin street between
Seventh and Eighth. built by the latter,
ard known rs General Robert +. Lees
house. Whom Mr.. John Stewart married
AID located at Brook HILL his brother went
10 live with HIM, and has resided there
ever since. Deceased was a devoted and
earnest memncr of Emmanuel Episcopal
church. near his home, which was built
bv him and his brother some wears ago.
Mr.. Stewart never married, Tie mas one
brother surviving him, Mr. Bryce stewart,
prominent citizen of Clarksville. Tenn,
and besides the family Of his brother John
his only relatives are his cousins-Alr.
David \. Walker and Mrs. Charles G. Bar
nov. of Richmond Mr.. Norman 5.
Walker. Of Staten Island. n. y; Mr..
Amandus Walker, Df Bedford county. Va.
AIr. David Walker and Mr.. John Stewart
Walker, Of Lynchburg.
The funeral took place from Emmanuel
church Yesterday afternoon at o'clock,
and was largely attended.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-13
Personals nnd Briefs.

Miss Carrie Jeter is visiting friends in
Caroline.
NIr. W. T. Sizer and wife left yesterday
for the White Sulphur Springs.
Mr.. W. II. Jennings. Of Cedar Point,
Goochland county, was in the city yester-
day.
Miss Nettie Locke, Of Portsmouth, Va,
is visiting Mrs. 5. d. Aston, 5l2 Pine
street.
Misses Hester and Lula Allen, of Hen
rico. are visiting the Misses Mosely, on
First street.
DR.. J. Michaux left last night to join his
family near AhllborO for a recreation OF
week or two.
Major b. r. Seldeu returned yesterday
morning from brief visit 10 his country
home near Columbia.
Mrs. ]. W. Lockwood and daughters are
spending the summer at the Virginia Mid
land Academy, Culpeper county.
The following Richmond people are at
Atlantic CITY: Mrs. p. Sycles. Mrs. /. Co
hen. Mrs. :. Bachrach, Mrs. Hessberg, and
A. L. Unkel. Esq.
The third of the series Of Monday night
hops given 10 the guests Of the hotel and
BOn-Air cOttagers and their invited frlendS
will take place August 18th.
W.B. Watson, assistant cashier of the
Richmond Union Passenger-railway, LETT
Yesterday tor Reidsville, N. c., where he
will spend several weeks visiting friends.
Rev. W. S. Hoye, of Haeerstown, Md,
passed through the city yesterday eis route
home from Goochland, where he had been
to visit his mother. who is in feeble health.
Mr.. Marion Chalkley. son of b. d. Chalk
lev. ESQ, reached the city yesterday from
Alexandria. MIR. Chalklcy sprained his
ankle several weeks ago, and is improving
very slowly.
Mr.. French McCann, of Cincinnati (for-
merly OF Richmond, who has been on q
visit TO his parents, returned Saturday
night. He is with the Chesapeake and
Ohio railway in that city.
Mr.. II. Masterdon, veteran Of the New
York Fire Department. has lately spent
several days in Richmond. He was locked
after by Chief Fuller and Others OF the
Richmond Fire Department and shown
around the city, and other eourtesies ex-
tended.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-13
p.llara for rAttorney-Gcneral.

10 ne kduOf CJ me LYH1WtVy ft~s'
Owing to the deep interest that is felt
throughout the Democratic ranks IN our
eubernatorial nominee. the other coinpo-
nent parts Of the ticket are being compara-
tivelv ignored. It's of the rstimport3nce
that the ticket rs whole should be the
stronges, the party can put up A popular
nominee for Governor burdened with IN
popular or unfortunate nominees for Lieu,
tenant-G 0vernor and dAttorney-Generalw Will
invite defeat.
And. apart from the effect upon the
ticket. the Office of AttOrney-Generai IN tho
present juucture Of affairs demands the
grcqtest vigilance and industry and the
HIGHEST order OF legal ability. The name
of Holmes Conrad, already proposed by
the Mars Is generally conceded 20 be n
most worthy suggestion. He would MI
tho bill 20 the satisfaction of the most
critical and on the stump would be
power that would'tell on olection-day. But
some Of the friends OF Mr.. Conrad are DIS
posed to believe that for private reasons
lac will not accept the nomination. How
ever that may be, there Is gentleman IN
another influential section OF the State
whose claims and whose fitness for the
Office mark him as the man for the times.
lie halls from the Tdewater region, but
neither his fame nor MS friends are con-
fined TO that section. His services TO the
State in her legislative halls have been SO
conspicuous these many years that he IL
known. az least by reputation. throughout
the State. and honored wherever known.
His name is Henry Il. Pollard. OF hing
and Queen county. As chairman OF the l.
nance Committee Of the House OF Dele-
gates for many successive terms ne hHs
iullv mastered the complications of cur
de6t question aud is thoroughly con-
vcrsant with all the details Of State
finances. A lawyer of splendid attain
ments, q speaker Of persuasive eloqucnce
and convincing logic, an adrolt deoatcr OF
clearness and power, and withal gentle
man Of unQuestioned purity and integrity
of character there is no man IN All the
Commonwealth whose name would add
more strength to the Democratic ticket,
and none whose gallant service IN behalf
of that ticket would moro unite and en-
thuse the columns of the party.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-13
DOWN-TOWN MERCHANT

A DOWNTOWN NJ ERCHANT
N having passed several sloepIess nights,
disturbed by the agonies and cries Of suffer
inr child, aud becoming convinced that MRS.
WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP was Just the
article needed. procured supply for the child
On reaching home and acquoiatlng his wife With
What ne had done she refused 10 have II admin
lsierei to the child, as she was strongly IN favor
Of Homeopathy. That night the child passed Ia
suffering and the parents without sleep. Re-
turning home tho day following the father
found tho baby still worse, and While conten-
plating another sleepless night the mother
stoppel from the room 10 attend 20 some do
mcstic dutlos aud left the father with The child
During her, absence 10 administered portion
Of the Soothing syrup 70 the baby and said
nothing. That night all hands slept WELL and
the nstle fellow awoke in the morning brigh.
and happy. The mother was delighted with tho
sudden aud wonderful change, and, although ai
frs. offended At tho deception practced upon
her, has continued TO use the syrup, and suffer
ing crying babies and restless nights have disap-
pesred. A single trial Of the syrup never yes
failed TO relieve ths baby and overcome the pro-
iudices Of tho mother. gold by all druggists %
cents q bottle. es5ood