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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
A NOTABLE GATHERING.
A Long List of Prominent Men ~Inaugurate
the Southern Society.

A Long List of Prominent Men Inaugurate
the Southern Society.
The formal opening of the new and
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES home of the
Southern society in New York took
place on the night of the I'd. There was
a grand banquet and reception. ALI the
Southern people OF prominence called
there by the centennial celebration were
present in addition to a long list
of New York officials and prominent
men. At the banquet, at which the
president, John G. Calhoun, presided,
the toast list was entirely informal. 1t
was arranged to include an address
from the governor of each Southern
state present, in the order In
which the states were admitted
into the Union. The order of
speeches arranged were as follows: Vice
President Levi P. Morton, Chauncey
NJ. Depew, Henry w. Grady, Gov. Ben
iamin T.. Briggs, of Delaware; Gov. E..
E.. Jackson, of Maryland; GOV. John P.
Gordon, Of Georgia; Gov. John P. Rich
ardson, Of South Carolina; Gov. Fitz-
hugh Lee, of Virginia; Gov. Fowle. Of
North Carolina; Gov. Simon B. Buck
ner, of Kentucky, and Col. Hancock, OF
Texas.
The dining-rooms were tastefully
decorated with bunting and choice ex-
otics. The representative Southern
people present, other than mentioned
In the list of speakers including Senators
John w. Daniel and M. G. Butler, of
South Carolina House of Representa-
tives, the Virginia commissioners, Col.
Walter III. Taylor, Judge w. w.
Camp, Judge Walter Staples,
Maj. Holmes Conrad, aud ex-Con-
gresham Randolph Tucker, Senator
Wade Hampton, of South Carolina;
Gen. Charles Anderson, Col. Samuel
Witt and Col. Charles Cowardin, of
Gov. Lees staff, and Colonies Marley,
Maxwell, Brown, Gleason and McGown,
of the staff of Gov. John P. Richardson,
of South Carolina; Gen. Arson G. Nc
Cook, president Of the New York Cham
Der of Commerce, Charles Smith, Col.
E. F. Shepard, Calvin S. Brice, Chief
Justice Charles P. DAILY, Frederick R.
Coudert, Judge Bookstaver, George Rut-
ledge Gibson, VIM. L. Trenholm. VIM.
P. st. John, Col. Norvin V. Randolph.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
~BANOUETTED BY MASONS.
Capt. MurreI1 Greatly Honored by the
Grand Lodge of Maryland.

O~F ~S
Grand Lodge of Maryland.
At Baltimore, on the Sd, Capt. Muir
rell, of the steamship Missouri, was
presented with a gold medal by the
Grand Lodge of Masons of Maryland in
further recognition of his services in
rescuing the passengers of the
steamship Danmark. Capt. Murrell
10 a Mason and as soon as
that fact was learned the Grand
Lodge called a special meeting to pre-
pare some honor for him. He was es-
corted to the Masonic Temple by Past
Grand Master John Nj. Carter. The
Grand Lodge officers and about 200
prominent members assembled i'll the
grand hall. Grand Master Thomas j.
Shryock welcomed Capt. Mulrell as a
brother and %eulogized his gal
lantry. In the name of the
Grand Lodge the Grand Master
presented Capt. Murrell with the
Masonic medal. Capt. Murrell is a first
degree member of Fidelity Lodge, Of
Leeds, England. This degree does not
make him a full privileged member with
the right to vote in the lodge. Capt.
Murrell will take back to England an
application from the. Grand Lodge of
Maryland to the Grand Lodge of En-
gland, requesting permission to confer
upou nluH lie OtneT degree S as d
OF some lodge in Baltimore, which he will
probably enter upon his return to
Baltimore from his next voyage Upon
the conclusion Of Grand Master Shry-
ock's remarks Capt. Murrell responded,
giving a full description of his rescue of
the Danmark's people. A banquet
closed the ceremonies of the night.
Capt. Murrell, it was stated, is the first
person not a high degree Mason who
was yer received in the Grand Lodge
of Maryland.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
STUDENTS ON A STRIKE.
A Queer Row Faculty al
of Pardue UniversitY.

A Queer Row Between Faculty and
Students of Pardue University.
The students of Purdue University, at
Lafayette, Ind. with the exception of
the juniors, are up in arms against the
faculty. A few nights ago the juniors
gave a public entertainment under the
sanction of the faculty. There was the
usual opposition from lower classmen.
Torpedoes and resonant bursting o
bags interspersed the entertainment,
but were not down on the regular pro-
gramme. 4 huge torpedo was exploded
at Prof. 0. j. Craig's feet while he was
p%ronounclng the invocation. It cut
short the prayer, SCATTERING the
professors nerves badly. A meet
ing of the faculty was called, at which
a sophomore and freshman were sus-
pended. On the night of the I'd the
students, in retaliation, met and passed
decisive resolutions. The sophomores
announce their intention of leaving the
college unless the suspensions are re-
scinded. Other classmen sustain them
in their action, and. as the members Of
the faculty are determined in their
course, serious trouble is apprehended.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
A BLACK JACK THE RIPPER"
Several Attempts in Florida to Murder
Young Women.

Several Attempts in Florida to Murder
Young Women.
OcALA, Fla, May 1.-The doings of a
negro, somewhat after the style OF Jack
the Ripper of London, have caused a
sensation here. On April so, two miles
from Ocala, Eta Burley, a colored
girl 20 years old, while work
ing in a corn field, was brutally
assaulted by a negro tramp unknown in
the neighborhood. He told the girl that
he had watched her for three days with
murderous intent. He attacked her
with a knife, cutting her clothes nearly
all of, but inhicting no serious wounds.
The girls screams brought aid, and the
negro fled to a swamp near by and
could not be found. Since CHS
occurrence two other girls have been
attacked in a similar manner. On Sat
urday evening last Eta Burley was
again assaulted by the same negro near
her home.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
The Cook County Asylum.

At Chicago the coroner's inquiry into
the death of Robert Burns. the insane
man who it has been charged was
beaten to death by attendants in
the Jefferson asylum continued
all day and after the testimony
of thirteen witnesses bad been
taken, the jury on the I'd inst. held
Charles j. Richardson and Charles Gro
gan, two of the asylum attendants, to
the grand jury. The inquiry from the
standpoint of the prosecution seems to
be complete. The testimony embraced
statements from DR.. Herman, the SUI
periptendent, friends Of the dead man,
the doctors who performed the autopsy,
attendants at the asylum, and the re-
porter who was an eyewitness of the
alleged ahESeS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
SHOT BY AN ASSASSIN.
Prof. Matchett, of GaIena, H., Shot Dead
in His Buggy.


in His Buggy.
A Galena, ILL.,, dispatch of the 9Th
says: Prof. Fl. 7. Matchett, one of the
best known educators in this section, and
the founder and principal of the
academy at Hanover, this coun-
ty, was as~sassinated to-day by
George Skene, son ofSupervisor William
Skene. Prof. Matchett was returning in
his buggy from a small town where
he had been conducting a Sabbath
school, and had just reached a turn in
the road when Skene stepped in front
of the buggy and shot him. Henry
Prisk, who was also in the buggy, was
wounded in the arm by a second shot
from the revolver. The murderer coolly
placed the smoking weapon in his pock-
ct and disappeared in the woods, where
he is now supposed to be hiding.
Prof. Matchett had objected to
Skene's attentions to his sister. and this
is supposed to have been the cause of
the murder. Intense indignation is felt
here, and if the assassin is caught he is
likely to be lynched.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
Charged With Patric5de.

A Somerset, Pa, dispatch of the 1st
inst, says: The mysterious tragedy in
Jefferson township yesterday grows
more revolving. 1t now seems prob
able hat the two sons of old man
Shaulis. who was IS years of age and
much d~ebilitated, deliberately corspired
to put both their father and step-moth-
er out Of the way, that they might
speedily come into possession of the es-
tate, which is valuable. Ii is believed
that the two sons, David and George.
banged their father. and that David, an
hour or SO later, shot his young step
mother, who still lives, and may recov-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
Hospital for a Monuments.

The Potter Monument commission, of
Des Moines, Ia,, has dropped the plan
of erecting a bronze monument to the
memory of the late T. J. Potter.
Instead they propose to erect
a hospital Tor sick and dis
abled railroad employees. AS a re-
suit of this decision, many Of the origi-
nal contributors have doubled the
amounts of their subscription, and it is
thought $4,000 can be easily raised.
This plan was the idea of Mrs. Potter.
Creston is bidding for the location of
the building, out there is likely to be a
sharp rivalry along the 80" road.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
A Crank in the War Office.

A crank walked into the office of the
secretary of war on the LIST inst, and
taking the secretary's chair opposite to
Gen. Benet. who is acting as secretary,
declared that he was secretary of war,
hoving been appointed by Mr.. Cleve-
land. The officials humored the man,
who busted himself giving orders and
discharging the appointment clerk until
police officers arrived and took charge
Of him. He was identified as a man
named Baker who had taken charge of
the police headquarters a few days be-
fore in a similarly informal way.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
In addition, the buildings on Thirty

In addition, the buildings on Thirty
ninth Street and Seventh Avenue will
course viii. have to be charged up to the
entire cost. What the deficit in the
ball and banquet accounts will be can
not be estimated at present. Whatever
the difference may be, it will have to be
met by private subscription.
The money actually to be expended
will, of course, include the $4,000 of
the commuters money. $125,000 to the
National Guard, $4,000 to the Grand
Army of the Republic, and the various
sums appropriated by the different
states for the transportation and main
tenance of their troops. Massachusetts
alone appropriated $50, 1000. These are
the official expenditures. The private
accounts run up into seven figures.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
FLOCKINC TO RUENOS AYRES.
Thousands of Emigrants Flocking Into
the Territory.

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 4.-The De-
partment of State has been informed by
the legation of Buenos Ayres under
date of February 81, last, that the
chief of the Argentine bureau of statis-
tics has prepared a tabular statement of
the immigration to that republic which
contains the following interesting facts:
There were in the thirty-two years
from 1857 to 1883, inclusive, l.
374,7 97 immigrants of a present
population of only 4,000,0 00, while
the immigration to the whole of
South America during the same period
was only /. 703, 000. The largest proper
ton of this influx from any II country
was that of Italy, which was over IS per
cent. The Argentine government is
contemplating the re-purchase of some
of the public land in order to resell it
in small lots to actual settlers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
DUTY ON OLD IRON.
An Important Ruling by the Treasury
Department.

Department.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. May d. In
qulry was recently made at the Treas
ury Department as to whether railway
iron can be imported from England for
remanufacture into frogs and switches
and re-exported to Mexico for use
by the Mexican Central Railway, with
out payment Of duty. Assistant Secre-
tary Tichenor has informed the inquirer
that If the frogs and switches referred
to shall be manufactured exclu-
sively of imported material, a
drawback can be allowed on the
expectation of the manufactured
articles equal to the amount of duty paid
on the imported material used in their
manufacture less the legal retention of
10 per cent, but hat if any domestic
materials whatever are used in the man
ufacture of said articles, no drawback
can be obtained thereon.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08

Five Thousand Building Workmen Stop
Work To-day.

P%ITTsBURa, Pa, May IA general
strike of the building trades was in
a%ugurated to-day for an average adj
of rs cents per day and union
workmen. Nearly all the carpenters,
joiners, bricklavers, ~hod-carriers and
stone-masons ir he two cities are idle
and work has / zen suspended on al
most every new building. The strike
affects about 5000 men
About 800 OF the 5000 railroad coal
miners in this district are on a strike
against the ne scele adopted by the
operators, whic, went into effect to-
day. The miners at the works of the
West Moreland, Penn and w. L. Scott
companies have accepted a compromise
rate and are all working.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
FIVE YEARS SUSPENSION.
Seer etary Tracy Confirms tho Sentence In
Lieut.. Smiths CosS.

AAOoGe . OSGNs
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 4.-The Sec
rotary of the navy has approved the
sentence and findings of the court-mar-
tial in the case of Lieut.. William c..
Strong, tried on board the United States
steamer Tallapoosa, Montevideo, Feb
ruary IL, 1889. There were three charg-
drunkenness on duty, neglect of
duty and disobedience of orders-and
to these the accused pleaded guilty.
The court sentenced him to be sus-
half of his duty pay, to Keep his pres
ent number on the list, and to be pub
licly reprimanded by the secretary. In
his indersement, Secretary Tracy calls
attention to the fact that another court
martha order in 1887 recited the con-
viction OF the same officer for drunken
ness.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
THEY HAVE CONSOLIDATED.
Union of the North Chicago Rolling Mill
and Joliet Steel Companies.

and Joliet Steel Companies.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, May 2.-The North Ctf
cage Rolling Mill Company and the
Union Steel Company are in session
here to-day with closed doors consider
ing the question of consolidation be-
tween those two companies and the
Joliet Steel Company. They decline to
make their action public as yet. Aspe-
cial dispatch to the Journal from
Springfield says that the amended
articles of incorporation of the North
Chicago Rolling Mill Company were
filed with the secretary of state to-day,
indicating that the proposed consolida-
ton has been practically accomplished.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
They Stole the Grain.

A Chicago travelling man named
Harry Holcomb, was arrested at Oma-
ha on the I'd on a dispatch from the
chief of police of Minneapolis. Hol-
comb is CHARGED with being concerned
in the big wheat robbery there in Sep
TENDER last. Holes were bored in the
elevators of a company of which ex-Gov.
Pillsbury is a member, and grain stolen
20 the amount of SOC, 000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
Three Blocks Burned.

Forreston, about twenty miles north
of Dixon, ILL.,, on the Illinois Central
Railroad, was swept by a terrible con-
fagration on the Sd. Aid was tele-
graphed for to surrounding towns, and
was promptly afforded. The flames or
iginated in a grain elevator situated near
the depot. Three business blocks were
entirely destroyed. Loss about $685.
000
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08

Ex-Gov. PORTER, the new Ameri-
can minister to Italy, is a man OF nota-
bly, precise and accurate business habits.
He does nothing hastily. 1t is related
that when he was governors if a commits
with misplaced comma in 1t a correc-
ton would have to be made before he
would sign it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
AN AWFUL CRUSH.

Thousands Caught in ~ jam in Chicago
Men, Women and Children Are Tram
pied Under Foot-The Vast Crowd
Stampeded by Carlessl:
jured, Some Fatally.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
Crime in Turkey,

1t is reported that a Kurdish chief,
who recently escaped from prison,
gathered a number Of his followers and
attacked an Armenian village. The
band seized several prominent men of
the village, poured petroleum over
them. 10 which they set fire, and then
watched their victims slowly burn to
doatb
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
Chicago Theatcr Burned.

The Windsor Theater on North Clark
Street, Chicago, was destroyed by fire
about II o'clock on the night OF the 30th.
Nothing remains standing but the walls.
1t was owned by Lehen Brothers, and
it was used is a melodrama playhouse.
The loss is estimated at $4,000; July in
ov, rod
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
Given a Long Name.

The imperial party arrived at Kiel on
the 9Th to attend the christening Of
Prince Henry's son. The route FROM
the station to the palace was lined with
guilds and various societies. The baby,
which was held by the Emperor during
the ceremony, was christened VALDEZ
mar Wilhelm Ludwig Friedrich Victor
Heinrich.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
Married al Cairo.

Quite a sensation was caused at jack
son, Miss, on the 18th. when it bectme
known that Miss Mamie Thompson,
daughter of Bishop Hugh Mil er Thomp-
som, had eloped the previous evening
with E. w. Howe, of Chicago, and that
they were married at Cairo.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
CARL ROSA DEAD.
The Celebrated Musical Conductor Ex
pires Suddenly in Paris.

pires Suddenly in Paris.
LONDON, April 30.-Carl Rosa, the well
known musical director, is dead. His
death occuyled in Paris. He went to
that city in company with
Augustus Harris, manager of the
Italian opera. On the trip across the
channel Mr.. Rosa was attacked by a
chill. but he continued on the trip to
Paris. Upon his arrival there he went
to the Grand Hotel where he took to
his bed. Peritonitis set in and his
death soon followed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
THE LATEST NEWS
Peoria ~Incendiaries

The Peoria (Ill.) Fuel Company suf-
fered a loss of property amounting to
to S75, 900 by an incendiary fire about l
o'clock on the morning of tn I'd. Four
barns on the bluff we're also destroyed
by incendiary fire the same afternoon.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08

Isaac KEIM. of Reading. was the fur of
the largest fox eyer killed in the Blue
Mountains. The length with tail. is
over four feet. The fur shows that the
animal was a cross between the red and
gray foxes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
SPREAD OF THE STRIKE.
,hree Thousand Miners Now Idle in the
Pittsburg District.

Pittsburg District.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. May 2.-The railroad
coal miners strike inaugurated yester-
day against a reduction has spread to a
number of other mines, and about 5000
miners are now out. The works along
the Pennsylvania Railroad are all in
operation, a compromise having been
effected.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
A LA CROSSE FIRE.

Listman's Big FIGURING Mill Burned
Narrow Escape of the Neigh0oring
Saw Mil1s-Sparks Set Fire to Lumbe
Piles on the Island and a Great Con-
~fagration Narrowly Averted = The
Loss 800, 600.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
HICKS SAILS FOR PERU.
The Colonel and His Family on the
Steamer Para.

New York, May John Hicks,
United States minister to Peru. was a
passenger on the steamer Para which
sailed to-day for Gallo. Mr.. Hicks is
accompanied by his family and his pri-
vate secretary, Miss Banks.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
RESULTED IN RIOT.

A Bloody Encounter Near New Bruns-
wick, n. J.-RaiIroad Men Attacked
While Building q Branch-Two Men
Killed and More Trouble Expected
A Disputed Right of Way the Cause
of the Trouble.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-08
They VIII Exceed the Amount of Money
Appropriated-Some Figures.

A New York dispatch of the LIST inst.
says: What the entire cost of the cen
tennlal celebration will be it is impcssi-
bic to compute at present. 1t seems
pretty clear that the expenses of the
committee will exceed the money which
has been appropriated by the state and
the city, together with the subscrip-
tons which have been secured by the
finance committee, headed by Brayton
Ives.
According to Mr.. Brownies official
programme the sum appropriated by
the state of New York for the purposes
$l25.0O0 of this, however, belongs
to the National Guard and 500, 600
more to the Grand Army of the
Republic, so that only $55, 900 goes
to the centennial committee. The city
government, however, appropriated
$75 900 and the voluntary subscriptions
have been about $45 900. This gives the
committee an aggregate fund of $780,
600, and out of this the expenses of the
parade, the maintenance of such troops
as have not been provided for by the
states to which they belong, the cost of
fireworks and decorations and the very
heavy expenses of the committee, in
Cured during the work Of prepare
ton, must be met. Spacious offices
have been maintained in the Stewart
building since last November, ard a
number of parlors at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel have been occupied by the army
committee since January of the present
year. When to these expenses is
added the probable deficit in the ball
and banquet accoun it will be seen
that with $l75, 900 the committee will
probably not be able to meet its debts.
The expenses for the ball and banquet
will undoubtedly aggregate 500, 600.
Here are some OF the items as set down
in the original estimate:
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-03-13
ALL FOR LOVE.
An AmOrOus Dwarf Commits
Suicide.

An AmOrOus Dwarf Commits
Suicide.
Danyille TIMES.
AT Leaksville. N. G, on the after
noon of the 9Th, Samuel Hampton,
twenty seven years of age, shot him"
self through the head and died al
most instantly. Hampton was a
dwarf and invalid having broken
his back when a child. He was
desperately in love with Miss Halle
Raglsnd.' charming county lass.
Unfortunately his physical condition
precluded matrimony, and knowing
that his suit was useless he became
partially demepted. Yesterday he
went to see Miss Ragland. and while
in the palor drew a pistol and shot
himself. Letters we're found in his
room to various friends and to Miss
Ragland in which he declared his in.
tention of suicide. Hampton was
clerk in the Leaksville Hotel.