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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-10
FLOOD AT JOHNSTOWN.
The Conemaugh Valley Again Swept by n
Torrent of Water

The Conemaugh Valley Again Swept by n
Torrent of Water.
JoHNsTowN, Pa, July 3.-The heavy
rains of yesterday and last night flooded
out five families in Cambria City. The
water came pouring down the mountain
and filed the first floors of the houses,
destroying all the furniture that
had been saved from the big
food. There is great alarm
among the people over the con-
dition of the Conemaugh River. The
water rose five feet this morning in two
hours, and carried away the foot
bridge above the Pennsylvania Railroad
station. There was danger of the tenn
porary bridge erected by the Baltimore
q Ohio going out. Six loaded freight
cars were run out on the bridge to save
it. About 10 o'clock the abutments
began to sink. The temporary
bridge erected at the lower end of the
Gautier Offices Is almost total wreck.
Orders were given at Gen. Hastings
headquarters at 10 o'clock to get every
thing in shape for quick removal,
SIS it was feared the tents would
be washed away. The portable bridges
over Stony Creek were only saved
after hard work by the engineers. Al
half-past IL it was thought all danger
had passed, when q fresh storm broke
over the valley. The rain is coming
down in torrents and people fear the
Conemaugh will yet sweep over Its
banks and flood the town.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-10
WISCONSIN ITEMS

THE somewhat celebrated name of
Ford comes up again in decision OF
Judge Field, of Kansas City, holding
that the divorce which the deceased
obtained from his first wife was legal
one, and that the portion of the estate
in Missouri must now be divided.
TIE Brennan Lumber Company has
been organized at Eau Claire, with a
capital Of $250,000.
THE Washburn Water Works Com
pany has been incorporated with
capital stock of 100000.
The body of an unknown woman was
found in the lake at Milwaukee on the
9th inst, with indications pointing to
suicide.
DURING the races in the village of
Brooklyn, Dane county, on the Fourth,
horse bolted the track and fatally in
jured Robert Delaney, a farmer 30
years of age.
GEO. w. Rowland, late treasurer of
the town of Arthur, Chippewa County,
it is claimed withheld 81 $50 which was
due to the town. He was reelected to
the Office this spring, but did not dis
charge its duties and was removed and
successor appointed. He is absent
from home.
POSTMASTER PAUL will draw up bill to
be presented to Congress, curtailing the
powers of the civil-servlce commission.
THE Central Traffic Association refuses
to grant rate of less than one fare for
the round trip to the G. A. r. Encamp-
ment, and eight department COM
manders recommend that the attend
ance be confined to delegates only if
the railroads do not yield.
HELEN ANDREWS was granted divorce
at Ashland from A. P. Andrews, ami
was given the care of the minor chill
dren, with $40 alimony each month.
A sTREET-DEALER of the kind known as
gold-watch fakirs, was rather summarily
closed out at Sturgeon Bay. He had
disposed of several watches when the
city marshal, without giving him time
to collect the money due him, pulled
him from the carriage and dragged him
to Jail. The crowd then upset the car
riage, spilling the watches and jeWelry
into the street to be picked up by the
boys. The fakir's assistant fled to his
hotel and locked himself in his room.
EAU CLAIRE friends will try to secure
a new trial for August johnson, SEN
fenced to death for murder in Mon
tana.
CONGRESSMAN VAN SCHAICK has re-
quested Postmaster General Wanna
maker to send an expert to investigate
the charges against Postmaster Paul.
MANY Eau Claire women voted at the
school election.
HENRY FINK took the oata of Office as
collector of internal reven-o at Mllwau-
kee on the LIST inst.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-10
HARPER'S COMPANIONS.
The Creditors of G. j. Kershaw Co. to
Sue Wealthy Spectators.

The Creditors of G. j. Kershaw f. Co. to
Sue Wealthy Spectators.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 2.-The committee
of the creditors of c. J. Kershaw & Co.,
appointed to investigate the matter of
the claims of the creditors of c. ]. Ker-
shaw & Co. against the principals for
whom that firm bought large quantities
of wheat in the spring of 1887, report
that they are convinced that the gene raj
suspicion that Z. L. Harper was not the
only principal in the great deal was
correct, and that there are mum Der OF
other principals, known to be men of
great wealth, and that it was the design
of some Of these principals at the outset
to make large purchases, and, after
advancing the price of wheat to high
figure. to then secretly sell still larger
quantities through another set of
brokers, to cause panic in the market
and make their money on the break.
The parties aimed at by the committee
are Haggler and others of the Standard
Oil. After the reading of the report
the creditors unanimously voted to
assess themselves l per cent. of their
claims against Kershaw & Co., and to
empower the committee to take such
legal action as they might deem ne ces-
sary to recover the amounts vet due
them
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-10
SLEPT IN THE WOODS.
- Thousand Excursionists Spend tn
Night in the Open Air.

- Thousand Excursionists Spend the
Night in the Open Air.
DUBUQUE, Ia, July 5.-Last night
freight train on the Chicago, st. Paul &
Kansas City Road collided with an empty
excursion train four miles above this
city. The excursion train was re-
turning to Twin Springs, a suburban
resort where a big Grand Army picnic
was held. Brakeman William Garrigan
was killed. The engineers and fremen
jumped, escaping severe injuries, ex-
cepting the passenger engineer, who
had three ribs broken. The engines
were badly wrecked. Ten thousand
people were left at Twin Springs with
no train to come in on. The night was
very cold, and fences were torn down
to make fires to keep warm by.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-10
OFFICERS ARE RETICENT.
Railway Officials Say the Wreck is

Railway Officials Say the Wreck is Not
Serious.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 2.-President
f. J. Kimball, of the Norfolk & Western
Railroad, who has his headquarters in
this city, when seen this afternoon in
relation to the accident on his road this
morning, said that while the wreck is a
serious one and has resulted in the loss
of life, the report telegraphed from
Lynchburg that forty persons were killed
is greatly exaggerated. MIR. KimbalI
is in direct telegraphic communication
with the general manager of the road
The information furnished him up to l
o'clock this afternoon is that five per-
sons were killed, nearly all of whom
were train hands, and quite a number
of persons injured. The train wrecked
was known as No. 3, which lett
Roanoke few minutes before mid
night. A heavy rainstorm had prevailed
throughout Virginia for about forty
eight hours, and the train was
moving slowly and behind schedule
time when it ran into washout about
1:30 this morning near Thaxtons. The
locomotive and several cars were
thrown into the ditch, but the sleeper
remained on the track. The cars caught
fire after falling into the ditch,
and quite a number of passengers
were severely burned, in addition
to those injured by the wreck. Tele-
grams were at once sent to Roanoke for
assistance, and in a short time a special
train arrived from that city bringing a
fire COM any and number of physi-
clans. Five persons are reported to
Mr.. Kimball as having been killed, and
a number injured. but no names have as
yet been forwarded to him.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-10
A MILLION LOSS.
A Milwaukee Brewery Totally Destroyed
by Fire.

Dy fire.
One million dollars worth of proper
ty belonging to Falk, Jung & Borchert,
Milwaukee, was laid in ashes on the
4th in less than three hours. Tho plant
of the big brewery concern was totally
destroyed, and $1,000 barrels of beer
stored in the storage warehouses for the
most part ruined. The insurance aggre-
gates only $3.50, GOO. Two hundred men
are thrown out of employment, but only
temporarily, as it is the intention of the
firm to rebuild at once.
The fire was the largest, the fercest
and the most destructive that has ever
visited Milwaukee. The brewery, COM
pricing group Of half a dozen brick
and frame buildings, covered tract of
several acres in the town of Wauwa-
tosa, just beyond the city limits. Large
additions had been made only recently
at cost exceeding 100000. The build
ing comprised the main brewery,
and clustering around it the
malt house, the Office struc-
ture, large frame bottling works,
storage warehouse, building with costly
ice machine and six boilers, recently
built, the ice houses In the rear, large
stables several hundred yards to the
west and few minor buildings sand
wiched between. The stables are intact
and the ice houses are only scorched,
but of the other buildings there remains
only mass of ragged, crumbling walls
and few smouldering piles, out of
which stand in relief the blackened and
distorted wrecks of the machinery.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-10

Ran INTO A WASHOUT.
A Passenger Train Thrown from
the Track and Burned,
Forty Persons Reported Killed and
Many Injured.
Less Than Dozen People Escape With
Their Lives.
Railway Officials Refuse to Confirm the
Press Dispatches.

LIBERTY, Va, July "A fearful ca
tastrophe occurred about mile west OF
Thaxton, at O'Clock this morning, on
the Norfolk & Western Railroad, by
which forty passengers were killed
The accident was caused by wash-out
on high hill. Only about seven of the
crew and passengers saved. All of the
cars were burned.
Capt. Rowland Johnston was in charge
of the train, and is MORALLY wounded.
Baggage Master Ford is very badly
hurt. Maj. j. G. Cassell, superintend-
ent of the Lynchburg division, was on
the train, and was seriously injured.
L. B. Summers, of Abingdon, postal
clerk, was bruised up considerably.
The other postal clerk, J. J. Rose, OF
Abingdon, was killed.
All of the physicians and many of the
citizens CT Liberty went to the wreck
as soon as the information reached here
and did all that could be done for the
wounded.
Pat Donovan. the engineer, was
burned up, as was also the fireman
named Bruce. The train dispatcher
was also burned. Several of the wound.
ed were brought here and taken to the
sanitarium.
w. c. Steed. of Cleveland, is among
the dead. These are all the particulars
Obtainable as vet
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-10
JOE MACKIN IN LUCK.
The Chicago Cline Worker Pardoned
by Gov. Fifer.

The Chicago Cline Worker" Pardoned
by Gov. Fifer.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July 2.-Gov. Fifer
to-day pardoned Joe Mackin, the Chi
cago political fine-worker, now serving
term of Imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary for crimes against popular suffrage.
Mackin's friends have worked long and
faithfully to secure his release. Mrs.
NJ ackin has been before the Governor
several times TO plead for her husband.
Joseph G. Mackin, William Gallagher
and Arthur Gleason were tried before
Judge Blodgett in the United States
district court, accused of having tam
pered with the ballots and returns of
the second precinct of the Eighteenth
Ward, Chicago. The particular candi-
dates affected by the attempted fraud
were Brand and Leman for state SEN
ator. This with view of defeating the
election of Republican for United
States senator. But as congressman
was to be elected on the self same bal
lots, the United States laws were held
to be applicable, and it was before the
United States grand jury that the
frauds apparent on the surface were
first laid bare. All three were tried aud
found guilty, but for reasons known
only to Judge Blodgett the sentence of
the court, two years at hard labor in
the penitentiary at Joliet, was passed
only on Mackin and Gallagher They
appealed to the United States circuit
court, and Judge Gresham eat with
Justice Harlan in hearing the appeal.
These TWO judges were not agreed, and
the case was sent thence to the United
States supreme court, and the three de-
PENDANTS liberated on bail. Mackin
was subsequently tried for perjury in
the state criminal court, found guilty.
and sentenced to five years in Joliet.
1t is that sentence he was serving, and
not the sentence of two years imposed
by the United States court, which is
now vitiated by .he ruling of the SUI
premo court
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-10
THREE HUNDRED ENTOMBED.
A Coal Mine In France Wrecked by Fir
Damp.

Coal Mine In France Wrecked by Fire
Damp.
PARIS, July 3.-An explosion of fire
damp occurred IN coal pit at ST.
Etienne to-day. Three hundred miners
are entombed. A number of bodies
have been taken out.
Two pits were affected by the explo-
sion. One of these is inundated: the
other Is on fire. Sixteen bodies have
been recovered. Ten of the miners
who were taken out alive are so badly
injured that they will probably die.
Sixty horses employed In the nine were
burned to death. The news of the dis
aster spread quickly and the mouths OF
the pits were soon surrounded by
crowds of relatives and friends Of the
imprisoned miners. Many heartrend-
ing scenes were witnessed as the bodies
were brought to the surface. There is
no hope of rescuing any of the men now
In the pits, all of whom have already
probably persisted.
PARIS, July 4.-The coal pit at St.
Etlenne, in which the explosion of fire
camp occurred yesterday, is still on
fire. Many more bodies have been re-
covered, but the work is attended with
great difficulty and danger. The scene
at the pit is narrowing. President Car
not has ordered that measures be at
once taken for the relief of the fami-
lies of the dead miners.
FOurteen miners were rescued to-day
with great difficulty. They were nearly
dead. The number of the dead is now
estimated at 1876. Money for the relief
OF the sufferers is arriving from all
parts. Ministers Constans and Guyot
left Paris tonight Tor the scene of the
disaster to adopt relief measures.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-10
Two Hard Sentences.

ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, July "a motion for
a new trial in the case of John w. Miller,
who was convicted June %, in the cir
cult court at Mexico. Mo-, for the muir
der of Samuel Apgar about year ago,
was argued yesterday and denied.
Judge Hughes then sentenced Miller to
be hanged on August %, and gave
George Mortimer, an accomplice of
Miller's, and who pleaded guilty to
murder in the second degree, fifty
years in the penitentiary.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-10
BATTLE WITH DERVISHES.
The Egyptian Troops Kill Five Hundred
of the Enemy.

The Egyptian Troops Kill Five Hundrs ID
of the Enemy.
CAIRO, July 3.-An engagement took
place to-day at Arquin between a force
of Egyptian troops, under command OF
Col. Wodehouse, and body of Der
vl5hes. The Dervishes were defeated
and fed. Their loss was 500 killed 4
wounded. Seventy Egyptians we're
killed or wounded. Two English Off
GERS were also wounded. Col. Wode-
house is pursuing the Dervishes.
The Dervishes attempted to effect a
liodgment on the river bank. Col. Wode-
house Immediately advanced and at
tackled them with field force. The
Dervlshes made a stubborn resistance,
but were finally forced to retire, fight
ing as they went. They were driven
northward seven miles, but every foot
OF the ground was holly contested. Two
guns belonging to the enemy were cap
tured by the British. v is expected
mat further fighting W 'llr shortly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-10
THROWS UP HIS JOB
The Persian Minister Resigns Because

The Persian Minister Resigns Because of
Newspaper Attacks ON the Shah.
WASHINGTON, d. c., July g. Hadje
Hassein Ghooly Khan, the Persian min
lister to the United States, will shortly
leave this country for Europe. In an
interview to-day he told a reporter that
he would not come back and
that he had been driven out OF
the country by the unkind and
upgenerous things which had been
written about him and his sovereign in
the American newspapers. The Persian
minister, pointing to a volume of clip
pings FROM the papers in regard to the
Shah. said: 81 cannot bear all these
things to be said about my king, who in
his heart has the kindness to favor the
American minister. and all the Ameri-
can citizens in Persia
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-10
ALL DIE IN THEIR BOOTS.
Members of a Georgia Family That Nee:
Deaf IN in the Harness.

Members of a Georgia Family That Mees
Deaf II in the Harness.
ATLANTA, Ga, July 6.-"The Alstons,
sir, die with their boots on"
That was the constant boast of the
late Col. Bob Aston, famous throughout
Georgia as an editor and politician.
His grandfather and his father
had died that way. and one day
after he had made this boast he was
shot to death. Next day one of his
boys committed suicide in Washington,
D. c. Yesterday another son was
jailed at Lithonia, Ga, with charge of
murder to mis- credit. A young Scotch
man named Wilson was killed in }
Fourth OF July brawl, and Aston is ao-
cused of the crime
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-10
Righted a Wrong and Died.

Tucson. Ariz., July 3.-Paul Rebeill
killed himself yesterday afternoon. by
taking poison and then shooting himself
through the head. Deceased had
claimed he was robbed of several hun
dred dollars intrusted to him. An ex.
animation of the person charged was
set for yesterday afternoon. Re-
beill left letter generating the &C.
cused. 1t is thought that he squandered
the money himself, which led to his
suicide.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-10
WORK OF A FIRE BUG.

An Incendiary Blaze Causes Heavy Loss
at Waterbury, Conn.
WATERBURY, Conn.,, July 6.-An in
cendiary fire at Waterbury at 1:3O
this morning destroyed D. II. Meeker's
grain elevator, Meeker's ice-house ad-
joining and the hat case factory of
Theodore Clark & Co. Mr.. Meeker's
loss is $4,000; $1,000 on buildings and
$4,000 on stock, S3, 800 of which is COW
cred by insurance. The grain elevator
was the property of the Housatonic
Railroad Company. The factory of
Clark & Co. was one of the largest
wooden factories in New England. The
loss on this is $40, 900, insurance 1924. 900.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-10
DIVIDING UP THE MONEY
Plans for Relieving the Needy People OF
Johnstown.

YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, July Fudge Cum
minis, who has charge of the cash relief
fund, arrived here to-day and will open
up an office tomorrow. He says all the
sufferers will not get share
OF the money, only the needy
ones receiving funds. It is probable
the money will be given out on the per-
centage plan, but the age of person,
how many children he has depending
upon him, and the amount of propertg
he still possesses, will all be taken into
consideration. Each applicant for cash
relief will have to make affidavit as to
his loss, and will be compelled to have
witnesses to the same.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-10
Thomas Bean Stabbed to Death at Chi
CagO.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 2.-Thomas Bean,
a young roofer, had quarrel last night
with another man, the cause being the
formers girl. Early this morning the
quarrel was renewed, and w. C. Sprague,
a Young man. went to the assistance
then several men in the fight. When
Sprague entered the melee he heard
Bean cry Ppm cut" and at the same
time Sprague received several cuts
across the face. When the police
reached the scene of the atfray the man
who did the cutting and his friends had
disappeared. Bean died while on his
way to the hospital, having been
stabbed to the heart. Sprague was
seriously. but not dangerously hurt.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-10
DOWN SEVEN STORIES.
G. W. Howe Jumps from the Roof of the
Palmer House at Chicago.

Gs w. howe Jumps from the kSOOI OF the
Palmer House at Chicago.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 2.-Persons pass
ing along State Street. in front of the
Palmer House. this afternoon, were
Mortified by seeing man, clad only in a
sheet, climb out of window, and walk
ing along the projecting cornice,
suddenly with a shock fall to the
projection below. A ladder was pro-
cured and an attempt was made to res
cue him, when with scream he
threw himself to the pavement
below, fracturing his skull and re-
ceiving other injuries which will
probably cause his death. He was
e < identity insane and proved to be g..
W. Howe. prominent young civil en-
gineer of Leadville, Col. He was on his
way home from Washington where ne
had been in attendance as delegate
at convention OF the Patriotic Sons of
morioa
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-10
HAS SIGNED THE SCALE.

She North Chicago Rolling Mill APP
proves the Wage Schedule.
PITTsBURG, Pa, July 6.-Among the
iron firms signing the Amalgamated
scale to-day was the North Chi
cago Rolling Mill Company, of Chi
cago, Kensington Iron Company, of
this city, and the Cleveland Hardware
Company, of Cleveland. Up to date
thirty eight firms have signed the scale.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-10
HELD UP BY ROAD AGENTS
A Stage Coach Robbed In Wyoming b,
Three Armed Mem


Three Armed Men.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 3.-The south
bound stage coach from Lander to
Rawlins was held up and robbed late at
night near Rongis by three road agents.
Mrs, Jones, wife of the Indian agent.
and her three children were the only
passengers on the coach. The robbers
compelled her to give up all her money
and valuables and the kew to
her trunks. They emptied the trunks.
taking the valuables. They then took
the mail bags, cut them open and took
the registered letters. They kept the
driver covered with revolver until
the work of going through the mail was
completed, when they disappeared in
the darkness. The deputy sheriff of
Lander. with twenty Shoshone Indians.
is on the trail of the robbers with q
chance of catching them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-10
BURNED IN HER HOME.
Sad Fate of Carrie Frost, Student q
Mayville School.

Sad Fate of Carrie Frost, Student at a
Mayville School.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, July 5. = On
Wednesday afternoon at Hopkins, near
this city, Carrie, the 1S-year-old daugh-
ter of Hiram Frost, was burned to
death. The young lady had just arrived
h hea ps e1m a Msys w eb Tn sns s sh
gone upstairs to rest. About
o'clock her mother, who was the
only one in the house besides the girl,
went to visit at neighbours near by,
leaving gasoline stove burning. She
had been gone but short time when
smoke was seen issuing from the build
ing and it was quickly destroyed. A
search was made soon aft er and the
young lady's charred remains were
found in the ruins
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-10
DAKOTA'S CONVENTION.
Matters TO be Considered at the Gather
ing ON July 4.

YANKToN, OAK, July 2.-The South
Dakota constitutional convention, which
will neet July 4, will be composed of
seventy-six delegates, fifty of whom
are Republicans and twenty-six Demo-
Gratis. Thirty thousand dollars was
appropriated by the last legisla-
ture to defray the expenses
of this convention, which will
probably continue in session thirty
days The principal work of the con-
vention will be the division Of the ter
ritorial property between North and
South Dakota and providing for the
election of state officers, temporary
seat of government and the submission
of constitutional amendments.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-10
Earnings of the Santa Fe.

Boston, Mass, July 3.-The May
statement of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe road, including leased lines
and roads in which the Atchison has
one-half interest, shows gross earnings
OF $2,24S,466; increase over the same
month last year, $253 ,007; net earnings,
$435. $50; increase. $l07, 4S0.