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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
HE WAS DEEP IN WHEAT.
Speculation Results in the Suicide of a st.
LOnis Man

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 13.-At an early
hour this morning, when Louis Napo-
leon, the janitor of the st. Louis Eleva-
tor office, at the corner of Bidole Street
and the ievee, went into the office to
clean up, he found John Jackson, presi-
dent of the elevator company, hanging
to one of the high posts of counter
railing, dead. Mr.. Jackson had evil
IDENTIFY stood up on a chair while adjust
ing the rope, and then kicked the chair
away. The janitor and his wife cut the
body down and laid it on a
sofa, where it remained until Robert P.
Owens, cashier of the company, came
to the office. Several letters were found
on Mr.. Jackson's desk, one addressed to
bis son, and others to business friend,
which Mr.. Owens took charge of,
and at this writing their contents are
not known. Mr.. jackson was one Of
the best known business men of the
city. He is said to have been heavily
interested in May wheat. and it is re.
ported on Change that his grain trans
actions probably had something to do
with his self-destruction.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
IT FELL THROUGH.
The Scheme to Inyalidate the Ele ction of
Mayor Crieger, of Chicago.

The Scheme TO Invalidate the Ele ction of
Mayor Crieger, of Chicago.
CHICAGO, H., April 9.-The reported
scheme, proposing to keep Mayor-elect
Cregier out of his Office by having last
Tuesdays election declared illegal, did
not materiallza this morning as was.
promised. Lawyer Stevens, who ap-
piled for an injunction last evening and
was told by Judge Jameson to come
into court this morning, did not appear,
nor did the election commissioner
whom Mr.. Stevens was to notify of his
application for an order of court to
keep them from counting the ballots.
Master in CEancery Boyle, who ex-
amined Mr.. Stevens bill and reported
IN favor Of an injunction, was seen by
reporter. Mr.. Boyle said they asked
1or an injunction to restrain the
election commissioners from count
ing the vote cast in section %
of the town Of Jefferson. Under
the decision of the supreme court, rem
dered few days before the election ;,
that section became a part of the town
of West Chicago, and it is commended
that 1t would be unfair to count its vote
with the vote cast in Jefferson. The
complainant in this bill is Russell,
the Republican candidate for as
SCISSOR in Jefferson, who is.
defeated If section % is counted in. and
who will be declared elected If it can be
thrown out. Mr.. Boyle said that wheth-
er the decision of the supreme court af-
tected the vote for mayor in Chicago
was grave question, but that Russell's
bill had nothing to do with the city di-
rectly.
Mayor Roche, when asked about the
matter, said that he had no desire to
take any technical advantage of the
situation, and that, as soon as it should
appear that he was no longer
mayor he would vacate. The
question was as to the validity of
title o. the Democratic candidates
in the recent election. He did not
think the Republican party, as party,
should contest the election. but it might
be necessary for the outgoing officers,
for the protection of the city's interests,
to assure themselves of the legality of
their actions, before turning over their
offices to their Democratic successors.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
A CapitaI of $4,000. 600.

The London Times SAYS: The new
Compton d 'Escompte of Paris will be
constructed on the lines of the old con-
Germ. The capital stock will be 10000, 900
francs, half paid up, and exclusively of
tered to old shareholders. There will
also be $4,000 founders shares, entitled
to 80 per cent. Of the profits, after per
cent. is deducted for reserve. Two
thirds will be handed to the iquidators
as a contribution to the former COM
pany, and the remaining 10000 will be
handed to the syndicate which guaran-
teed to subscribe for shares not taken
by general shareholders.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
ON A CHARGE OF LIBEL.
The Presidents Son Taken in Custody at
New York.


New York.
New YORK, April 11.--Russell Harri-
son was arrested this afternoon in the
Offices of the Judge newspaper
in the Potter building, on the
charge of having published in his
paper, the Montana Live Stock Journal,
an article taken from Buffalo
paper, accusing ex-Gov. John Schuy-
Ter Crosby, of Montana, with hav-
ing stolen jewels from a Washington
lady. Mr.. Harrison came on from Wash
ington last night for the purpose of hav-
ing the papers in the suit served on
him.
The warrant was issued by Judge
Beach, Of the supreme court, who fixed
bail at $1,000. Stephen B. Elkins. Vice
President Rice, of the Park Bank, and
w. J. Arkell, of Judge, became Mr..
Harrison's bondsnen. Judge L'Amo-
reaux, of Ballston Spa, is Mr.. Harrison's
counsel, and W. L. Sweetzer his attor-
ney.
Mr.. Harrison was not in charge of his
paper at the time the article was pub
lished and knew nothing about it.
When his attention was drawn to the
fact that the Buffalo paper had not told
the truth, Mr.. Harrison offered to pub
lish suitable retraction. This, however,
Mr.. Crosby would not ACCEPT. He de-
manded that Mr.. Harrison should write
him a personal letter of apology and
also print the same. Mr.. Harrison de-
clined to do this and Mr. Crosby hopes
by having him arrested to force him to-
do so
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
JOHN P. USHER DEAD.
The Secretary of Interior Under Lincol
Dies Under the Knife.

The Secretary of Interior Under Lincoln
Dies Under the Knife.
PHILADELPHIA, April Is. John P.
Usher, who was secretary of the interi-
or under President Lincoln, died at the
University Hospital, this city, this
morning. Mr.. Usher came here from
Florida, where he had winter
residence, about two weeks ago, to un-
dergo an operation for the removal of q
tumor from his throat Prof. Agnew
successfully removed the growth, but
the patient, Notwithstanding the
efforts made to save his life,
died at IL o'clock this morning.
Mr.. Usher was born in Madison
County, N, Y, in 1916. For some years
past he resided at Lawrence, Kas..
where he acted as counsel for the Mis-
surf Pacific and Kansas Pacific railroad
cOInDanies
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
CHARGES OF FRAUD.
Circles Interested in Sem
sational Suit.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 11.-Gen.
Malone, Senator Jones, of Nevada, and
others have brought suit against w. P.
Canady, sergeant-at-arms of the Senate
ex-Congressman Russell, of North Car
olina, and E. R. Brick, former postmas-
ter of Wilmington, in connection with
the operations of the Wilmington Gre
osite and Lumber Company. All
the parties are stockholders and
the company was organized by Canady.
It is alleged in the bill that fraudulent
issues of the stock were made, and the
proceeds converted for private use. A
receiver is asked for, and an injunction
against any further issue OF stock. The
suit is brought in the United States cir
cult court at Raleigh, N. c. While not
so stated in the bill, it is stated that Gen.
Malone and Senator Jones dropped
about $4,000 each, and Don Cameron
about $12, 900 in the enterprise. The bill
makes direct charge of fraud and con-
SDiracy
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
Another Savannah Fire.

The Savannah (Ga.) Cotton Mill was
burned on the 9th. The fire started in
the mule" room, from heated spin
die, and in an hour nothing but the
walls OF the building were left. The
employees barely had time to escape
through the windows. The factory con-
sisted of two buildings, separated by a
narrow lane, through which the EN-
ployes got into the streets. The fire.
men played on the building from all
sides, but the flames spread with such
rapidity that they were unable to get
control or even to check them. The
mill was built in 1870, at cost, with
machinery, of S150,0OO. Ithad capaci-
ty of 10000 spindles, and was the only
mill of the kind in Savannah. Tt was
owned by John Flannery and was oper-
ated under lease by l.. M. Warfield.
The total loss on the building, machin-
cry and stock is 100000. The insurance
is $40, 900. During the progress of the
fire in the mills, a row of tenement
houses on the opposite side of the street
caught fire, and eight houses were
burned,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
Made a Lord.

The st. James Gazette announces that
the Rt. Hon. William Henry Smith,
first lord of the treasury, is about to
be raised TO the peerage, and that
he will accordingly resign the govern
ment leadership in the House of Com
mons and take his seat in the House of
Lords. The Gazette insists that of the
possible candidates Tor the leadership,
In succession to Mr.. Smith, namely
Lord Randolph Churchill. Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach, Mr.. Goschen and Mr.. Bal
four, the last named is the best choice;
and it declares, that the Conservatives
will not tolerate any leader other than
Mr.. Balfour.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
On Railroad Time

A Kansas City dispatch of the 10th
says: A handsome man, about 25 years
of age, walked back and fourth on the
Union depot platform this morning. ap-
parently in highly excited state of
mind. Early in the day he had secured
section in the sleeper Iroquois, which
was due to leave for Wichita
at 9:2S o'clock. Just three minutes
before the signal was given for depar-
ture the Wabash fast train from St. Lou
is steamed into the depot. A beautiful
young lady stood on the platform of one
of the cars. The young man rushed for.
ward and assisted the newcomer to
alight, and escorted her hurriedly to the
west end of the depot where sleeper
was in waiting AS they entered the
car a gentleman dressed in black fol-
lowed and was handed document, pre-
sumably a marriage license. In the
presence Of r. B. Buffers and A. A.
McDougal, of the Pullman Car Com
pany, and Conductor Gracelon, tbs
words were quickly said that made the
couple man and wife. The ceremony
occupied less than a minute, and as the
law of the state does not require either
witnesses or signatures of friends to the
marriage certificate, the names of the
two who were thus strangely united
were unknown to ali except the clergy
man. That individual disappeared from
the car into the crowd. and the train
sped aWay.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
A Long Chase.

A dispatch of the 10th from Salt Lake
City, Utah, says: Four train robbers
were brought here to-day in charge of
four officers from Arizona, having been
captured in Southern Utah heavily
armed. The officers had chase of 800
miles over rivers, mountains and plains,
ending in a pitched battle. They forced
scatter in the brush, where it took two
days search to secure them. The party
lett for Denver this afternoon after six
hours rest in the city.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
PASSED THE CANAL BILL,
The Illinois Legislature Provides for
Navigation From Lakes to Gulf

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April 1l.-After
three hours of heated debate, the lower
house of the Legislature this afternoon
passed the bill providing Tor widening
and deepening the Illinois & Michigan
Canal to the dimensions of ship canal.
from Chicago to it's connection with the
Illinois River, and the improvement of
the latter to a corresponding degree to
its connection with the Mississippi Riv-
er. The city of Chicago is largely inter-
ested in the passage of the bill, as it
proposes to use the stream as an outlet
for the city sewage, the disposal OF which
has long been serious problem to the
authorities.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
By the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

The North German Gazette says: The
extension O! the mail service between
Cologne and Verviers, which includes
the sorting OF the American mails, is
connected with the withdrawal of the
government from the arrangement that
has existed with the North German
Lloyd Steamship Company for the con-
veyance of the mails. 1t is the inten-
ton of the government in future to send
a portion of the mails by the steamers
of the Hamburg-American Steamship
COMPANY.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
Burned Jute.

Fire on the morning of the 18th
started in the jute mills of Buchanan q
Lyell, at the corner of President and
Hoyt Street, New York, a four-story
brick, extending over an area of 800 by
800 feet. The factory employs 800 hands
and is worked night and day. There
were $50 hands employed in the
mills when the fire broke ont. There
was quite panic, but according to re-
ports nobody was injured. The hands
were working on harvest Irvine and the
wind blew it against jet. The flames
spread rapidly. The mills were known
as the Planet Mills, and they were to-
tally destroyed. The loss is estimated
at $40O 900; insured.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
READY FOR THE ADVANCE.
Thousands of Men Prepared to Rush Into
Oklahoma.

ARKANSAS Cry, Kas., April 1.-Two
thousand eager boomers are here, and
at least another thousand are along the
line south of here. The boomers are
forming into small colonies of twenty
five and fifty persons, and are devising
schemes to outwit their neighbors and
get into the heart of Oklahoma by the
appointed time. There is feeling
all along the border that there
will be general forward
movement into the territory on the
night of April 20. A panicky feeling
prevails all around, and threats of a
very sanguinary CHI .racter are being
made by old boomers. They claim
they developed the agitation that led to
the opening of the territory, and that
nyw land sharks are trying to get pos
session of their property. The state
line for hundreds of miles is dotted
with "prairie schooners.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
Contract Labor.

A Pittsburg dispatch of the 14th says:
The twenty-slx foreign glass workers.
who arrived at Boston on Friday,
reached this city yesterday and went to
Jeanette, Pa, the new natural gas glass
town, thirty miles east of this city. The
officials of the Glass Workers Associa-
ton say that number of the men had
membership cards of the Knights of La
Dor, and that while it is contrary to law
to import workmen, nothing will be
done as the supply of glass workers is
not equal to the demand.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
STILL NO NEWS.

Tho Fate of the Passengers of the Ill.
Fated Danmark Remains u Mystery.
The New York office of the Thingvalla
Steamship Line were open all day on
the 18th to answer questions of the
friends of the passengers of the i'll
lated Danmark, of that line, supposed
to be lost in mid-Atlantic. No news
came
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
WILL BE A NUNNERY.
The Building in Which Prince Rudolf
Died to be Changed.

Emperor Francis Joseph has pur-
chased the Meyerling estate. which
was owned by the late Crown Prince
Rudolf. The main building will be
converted into Carmelite nunnery.
The room in which the crown prince
committed suicide will be turned into a
chapel. Other parts will be fitted up as
an asylum for aged and infrm residents
of the district. The Austrian colony at
Buenos Ayres has sent golden wreath
valued at 10000 francs to be placed on
Rudolf's tomb.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
A Wisconsin Governor Dead.

The Hon. J. Leonard Farwell, elect
ed governor OF Wisconsin by the Wings
in 1851, commissioner of patents in 1863,
and one Of those present at Lincoln's
death, died at Granite City, Mo-, on the
10th, aged ~ years. He had been en-
seventeen years, during which time he
had taken no active part III politics.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
Wire for Binding

Farmers throughout the Northwest
will be interested in the announcement
that simple device has been perfected
which will make them absolutely indie
pendent of the twine trust. For
some weeks a harvester has been at
work IN the tall sedge-grass along
the Missouri bottoms. opposite Quincy.
ILL.,, binding with wire. This improve
ment has been pronounced a complete
success by a large number of farmers
and experts who have been watching
its workings. 1t is very simple, only
the substitution of twister in place of
the knotter used on the Irvine binder.
The farmer can therefore use either
wire or Irvine, as the change can be
made in a moments time.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
Ireland win come Next.

In the British House of Commons, on
the 9Th, the lord advocate introduced a
Scotland. the bill creates county
councils, the members of which
are to be elected by house
holders. All boroughs with a
population of less than 1000 will
be merged into counties; the others
will be self-governed. The powers of
the councils extend to private bill legis-
lation. The right of legislating on pri-
vate bills has heretofore been vested in
parliament. The measure, is therefore,
a step in the direction of home rule.
The functions of the councils are other
wise similar to those of the English
cO1noilS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
FLOODS IN OKLAHOMA.
A New Danger Threatening the Boomers
Loss of Life.

Loss of Life.
WICHITA, Kas., April Is. = Reports
reached here late last night of new
danger confronting the boomers. The
Cimmarron River is rising rapidly and
sweeping everything before it. A
boomer named Gordon, concealed in
the bushes near Kingfsher, was caught
in the quicksand and drowned,
and his team and wagon swept down
the river. Two railroad employees were
reported to have been drowned at
Guthrie. There is but one place that
the river can be forded, and that is near
Guthrie. The Importance of this be-
comes apparent when it is remembered
thai there are no bridges in Oklahoma,
and that this stream must be crossed to
reach the country.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
The Iron We Make.

r. G.. Dun & Co.'s Trade Review says:
The most significant feature of the
weeks commercial news is the report
of furnaces in blast April l, which
shows weekly output of anthracite
and bituminous iron only 657
tons less than March l. and nearly 81
COO tons or 36 per cent. larger than a
year ago. The significant fact is that,
with a production close to the largest
ever known, prices scarcely yield
at all. These facts, in connection with
the narrow demand for rails, in
dictate that the consumption of
iron in other forms must be
increasing. The demand for sheet iron
is fair, and rails are firm at 1925 to
$3.50, though sales are but 10000 tons.
Nails are frmer, and bar iron is still ir-
regular and low. Pig iron Is rather
weaker, and some southern is offered
below $l7 for No. l, while mill iron
ranges from S1475 TO 1850.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
A Case of Fayoritism.

A dispatch from Sydney, N. S. W.,
says: The captain of the German man.
of-war Adler, which was wrecked in the
recent hurricane at Apia, states that
Mataafa at first assisted only the Ameri
cans, but afterward repented and sue
cored the Germans. The United
ed. is useless.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
Boucicault Must Pungle Up.

Agnes Boucicault, the divorced wife
of Dion Boucicault, made application to
the London divorce court tor an order
to enforce payment of the alimony of
e400 year awarded her in 1888. She
asked that payment be made from the
proceeds of her former husbands British
copyrights. Mr.. Boucicault, in answer,
averred that all proceeds from these
copyrights were assigned in 1886 to a
Mr.. Cadogan, of New York, for the ben
eft of Boucicault's present. wife. The
presiding judge expressed doubt as to
Cadogan's existence, and said that in
any case the assignment was fraudulent
and void. He ordered that all such
copyright moneys in possession of the
court be paid to the plaintiff.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
A Girl With a Gun.

The fatal shooting of Fred Bacon by
Miss Flora Look at charivari at Ches-
ter Center, Ia, has caused great excite
ment in that vicinity. The evidence
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17

serenaded were old folks, the groom be-
ing 80 and the bride so. The murder
ess, aged about 20, is the granddaughter
of the bridegroom, and she sought
to protect the newly married couple
from the disorderly attention of the
neighbors. She first offered the gun to
her grandfather, but he declined to use
it. She then stepped outside and fired
into the crowd, which quickly dis
persed. She did not know till the next
morning that any one was hurt. The
murdered man was married and leaves
wife and two children. Miss Look
was bound over to the grand jury.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
THE LATEST NEWS

A North Carolina Village Burned.
Almost the entire town of Smithfeld.
Johnston County, n. c., was consumed
by fire on the 9TH. The total loss is up
ward of 500 600.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-03
MERIDIlN s,rSs JuIv

MERIDIAN, Mss, July ~, 1887.
For number Of years have suffered
untold agony from the effects Of blood
poison. had my case treated by sew
eeral prominent% physicians, but received
but little. If any, relief I resorled to all
sorts Of patent medicines, spending a
large amount of money, but yet getting
no better. My attention was attracted
by the cures said to have been affected
by b. b. b., and commenced taking it
merely as an experiment, having but
little faith in the results. To my utter
surprise soon commenced TO improved
and deem myself to-day u we'll and hearty
person-all owing TO the excellent quail
ties OF B b. b. l cannot commend t
too highly to those suffering from blood
poison. J. o. GIBSON,
Trainman NJ Il o. II. r.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-03

charge. The lady then went to Sec
Rotary Noble, told her story and
placed the notes in the Secretary's
possession. That gentleman sent for
Tanner and told him that Squeers,
that's. the "mashers" name. must go.
Tanner agreed easily because he
wanted to give the position to his
daughter just out of school, but ow-
ing to many obligations he had to
stick to Squeers, therefore he per-
suaded Secretary Noble to appoint
him special timber agent.
"Mr, Face hothsways at.once" is
aarrison's new name. His attitude
on civil service reform earned the
hyphenated cogomen. 1t seemed a
little tough for him that the morning
paper, containing the associated
press interview with Commissioner
Roosevelt which was telegraphed from
indianapolis, stating that the Presi-
dent had instructed the Commission
ers to enforce the evil service law
IN letter and spirit, should have
printed on the same page a most
glaring violation of that same law
by Harrison. The violation referred
TO was the changing of the rule which
says that no person who has been
out of the classified service for more
than year can be reinstated with
out a regular examination, so that
an exception is made in favor of vet
Grams of the Union army, who can
now be legally reinsta.ed at any time
no matter how long since they were
discharged, if they have sufficient in.
tluence. The TACT should be remem.
bered that about seven out of every
ten of these men that will be REIN
stated will cause the discharge of
men who obtain the position they
now fill through a Civil service exs
animation. The Civil service law
does not prevent clerk being dis
charged