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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
FORMING AN ORANGE Trust.
The Entire Crop of Florida to be Handled
by Combine.

by u Com bine.
New YORK, July pa meeting of
wholesale fruit merchants who are in
terested in the disposition of the Flor
ida orange crop, will be held in this
city on August /. The object of
the meeting is to form an
orange trust which will control the
entire Florida orange crop. It is pro-
posed to form pool of 100 leading fruit
merchants and capitalists, each one of
whom is to contribute $4,000. This
will make a total capital of $1,000, 900.
Packing houses are to be built at differ
ent points in Florida, and the whole
business of sorting, packing and ship
ping the fruit will be conducted. The
entire orange crop Of Florida is to be
contracted for and shipped to the mem
bers of the pool in New York, Boston,
Chicago, st. Louis, Baltimore, Pbiladel-
phla, New Orleans and possibly other
cities
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
BURST ITS BANKS AGAIN.
Yellow River Districts in China Sub
merged-Great Loss of Life.

merged-Great Loss of Life.
The Yellow River has again burst its
bf ks in Shantung. inundating an i'm
mense extent of country. There is
twelve feet of water throughout ten
large governmental districts. The loss
OF life and property is incalculable. The
government authorities at Pekin are
dismayed. Owing to the incapacitv of
the local authorities, foreign engineer
ing aid in order to permanently repair
the channel of the river is considered
impe rative.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
A Charter Election.

At Guthrie, o. T., the much-talked-of
charter election, which was prevented
week before by the mayor, finally oc-
Cured on the oath. No opposition was
offered by the city administration. The
charter was carried by 1l2 majority.
The proposition to issue $4,000 bonds
was carried by majority Of L votes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
An Old Precedent.

A twentv-year-old ruling of the Illi-
nois supreme court, which will change
the practice in divorce cases, and re-
move one of the strongest guards
against fraud, was quoted to and re-
spected by Judge Altgeld at Chicago on
the 24th. 1t holds that the complain
ants residence in the state is not
there, or the ofense was committed
there.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
Seal Catching.

The schooner Wanderer arrived at
Victoria. B. c.. on the oath, from Sand
Point with the catches of several Brit
ish sealing schooners, consisting in all
of $500 skins. A syndicate of four
sent the Wanderer to Sand Point for
the purpose of securing catch before
entering Behring sea. One catch of
twenty-one British and American
schooners at Sand Point amounted to
SSH skins.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
Severe Storm in Dakota.

DEADwooD, OAK, July 26.-The heavi-
est rain that has visited this locality for
years fell Wednesday night. 1t was ac-
companied by heavy thunder and light
ming. White Wood Creek was swollen
and did much damage to the bridges on
the Deadwood Central Railroad. Trains
did not run at all yesterday. Hail fell
in some parts doing damage to the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
Peru's Fourth of July.

The sixtv-eighth anniversary of the
independence of Peru was observed at
Lima on the 2Sth with great enthusiasm.
The ordinary Congress has been in
stalled and continues an uninterrupted
discussion of the Grace contract. The
submittal of this matter to the Senate is
expected daily. 1t has been delayed
only by trifiing detail.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
Burned to Death in Her Bed.

LEWISTON, Me-, July pa house oc-
cupied by Mary Ann Graffan, near Sa-
BATHS, was burned at O'Clock this
morning. Mrs. Graffan was 70 years old.
lived alone. and her charred remains
were found in the ruins, she having APP
parently been burned to death in bed.
Cause of fire unknown.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
KICKED HIS WIFE TO DEATH.
The Insane Act of Man at West Troy, n.
Y, To-day.

Ino insane AcC OF man at w eSC roy Ne
Y, To-day.
Troy, N. Y, July 26.-James Mccall,
of West Troy, surrendered himself to
the, police of the village this afternoon,
saying: 81 have kicked my wife
to DEATH" 1t was found that
the woman had been terribly
kicked and there was deep knife
wound in her neck which in itself was
sufficient to cause death. The woman
was found in her home lying in a pool
of blood. She was about so years old.
The husband is 81 years old. He says
his head has been out Of order for some
time
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
Cnmnetition in Iron.

The Chicago & Calumet Rolling Mill
Company, with headquarters at Chica-
go, has been incorporated with a capt.
tai stock Of 81 ,000,00 The incorpor-
ators are Jean L. Pau, J. Louis Pau
and George Campbell. It is under
stood that the company will erect a
large rolling mill at Calumet and make
steel rails and fight the bination of
the Joliet Steel and North Chicago
Rolling Mill COmpanieS,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
RridOinD the Hudson.

NEwBURGH, n. Y, July 26.-It is re-
liably reported that the president of the
Storm King Bridge Company has Sc
cured in Europe the necessary capital
to build the Hudson River bridge and
that the work will soon be commenced.
The proposed bridge will span the river
at Cornwall, and will be rival to the
Pouohkeephlt. bridge.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
Cyclone in Hungary.

A Vienna dispatch of the 2Sth says:
A cyclone in Hungary, Pennsylvania
and Bukovina to-day swept over sever
al thousand square miles of territory.
Hundreds of persons were killer, the
crops were destroyed and enormous
damage was done to houses and
churches. The districts of Grosswar-
dein. Szegedin and Mohacs were COM
nletelY ravaoed
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
Rerrv wars New Occupation.

New YoRK. July PC. Berry Wall,
ex-king of the dudes, is doing thriving
business at Long Branch, pushing the
sale of a certain brand of champagne.
He receives twenty five cents for the
cork OF every bottle sold.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
Willing S3.OOO,OOO.

The will of Hiram Pearsons, who was
drowned in the lake near Chicago re-
Gently, was filed at San Francisco on the
Goth. The estate is estimated to be
worth over $3,000,0OO. Elliott j. Moore
is appointed executor. The bulk OIL the
property, which is in California, is willed
to his relatives there. That portion of
his property in Cook County, Ill.,, is be-
queathed to T. G. Hill, of Western
Springs, Ill.,, to be used for charitable
purposes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
A S3.OOO.OOO Deal.

A representative of the Vanderbilts
has purchased the interests of 2 num-
Der of heavy local stockholders III the
Beech Creek Coal Company at Shamo-
kin, Pa. Over $4,000, 900 were involved
in the transactions. The Vanderbilts
are now sole owners of the Beech Greek
Railroad
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
Ives is Out.

Judge O'Brien, of New York, on the
25th granted writ of habeas corpus in
the case of Henry S. Ives, in Ludlow
Street Jail, in the suit for the recovery
of $685. 1928 brought against MIN and
GEORGE II. Stayner for alleged misap-
preparation of the funds of the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Com
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
THE LATEST NEWS
PLAYING Doctor.

At Goshen, Ind, number of chill
dren played doctor and administered
dose Of strong medicine 10 Mamie, the
2-year-old daughter of VIM. Popke,
from the effects OF which she died on
the 26th
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31

1t was passed as such through the Gus
tom house, and at Gibraltar bill Of
lading for corpse replaced the plate
glass manifest
, 1889-07-11

The postal facilities of Washing
ton Territory are something of which
we may we'll feel proud. 1t is often
the case that we can get letter and
paper mail from Walla Walla in fiTe
and six days, and it frequently hap
pens that one may mail E letter from
one part of the territory to his home
In another and his family will re-
ceive it day or two after he arrives
home The latest instance in this
expeditions mail service occurred
yesterday. The editor of this PAPER
mailed at Olympia q letter to the
ARGUS on July .. He arrived in
Port Townsend Sunday night and
the letter was received in our post
office here at Z a. m. July Q. Quick
transit surely.
, 1889-07-11

Before the season closes we are
sure To have a ruction in Behring
sea which will put Uncle Sam and
the English government in hostile
attitude; and while it will not prob
rbly bring about war it will take ne
gotiation to prevent it There is not
bit of doubt, but that our govern
ment in claiming Behring sea as un-
der the exclusive control of the
United States exceeds our proper
status, and is a position we will be
forced to recede from; it is a pre-
tension none of the great maritime
powers will accede to. The British
government Is sending some of its
heaviest ironclads up there and if
English or Dominion fishermen are
arrested by Uncle SUMS cruisers,
the English will interfere and thus
matters will be brought to a crisis.
We have no good reason to assert
exclusive privileges in Behring, a
right claimed by Russia when it
owned Alaska but denied by the
other powers, our own among the
number, and what is sauce for the
goose must be sauce for the gander.
II any violence is attempted upon
the part of our armed cruisers, we
shan look to see it repelled, and then
the question will be war or a back
down--or negotiation, to determine
the matter in a council of nations.
, 1889-07-11

Sanitary Inspector Tracy, of New
York, has made his annual report on
the sanitary condition and mortality
of that city with remarkable results.
The figures, unless they may be
rated as even more unreliable than
figures generally, prove that the
crowded tenement house is a safer
hsbitation than the roomy and ex-
elusive modern convenience palace.
The death rate in the most crowded
tenement district falls short of that
In the districts supposed to illustrate
the best sanitary conditions. While
the general tenement death rate per
thousand is 22.71, the general death
rate of the city is 26.33. Granting
the figures to be accurate, one is
puzzled for conclusions. Whether
the tenement population, people who
work hard and live plainly, are hard
ier for their greater physical activity
and coarser food or that sanitary inn
proYements are only harbingers or
proyocatiyes of disease is a question
that will furnish thought for Think
, 1889-07-11
A PcttIfoyginr Doc.

Congressman Allen, representative from
Mississippi, tells the following:
While practicing law In his native state the
case Of man whose dog had been shot by a
nsignbor, and who wished TO OBTAIN damages
for him, was brought before the court.
Among the witnesses summoned to testify
TO the qualities of the dead animal was n slow
talking old darky, Familiarity known as
Uncle SAM
did you know anything about this dog,
Sanr asked the counsel for tho plaintiff
~ reckon ! did, )" replied Uncle Sam. 1--WE
knowed him ever since he were pup"
We'll. what sort OF & dog was herr asked
tho lawyer.
HE was a big yaller dog" replied Sam
"Oh, said the lawyer somewhat impatient
ly, al don't mean how did he book moan
what sort Of q dog was be-could he hunti
was he guardf'
he couldn't do nathin' Us knowed on"
replied Sam slowly, '"cep eat. an sleep, an
lay roun' an holler, an make O fuss OATS
what made en- call inI what dey did"
And what did they call him." asked the
hwyer
Why, sah," replied Sam, folks called i'm
Lawyer."-Drake's Magazine.
, 1889-07-11
From weo4csGay,s naiIs.

NJ iss Beam has gone to Wildly Is
land.
VI. y. Sawtelle has returned from the
east.
Wm. Merrick, the popular milk dealer,
has been obliged to add to his stock of
horses, owing to the rapidly increasing
number OF his customers.
\ citizen complains that the road lead
ing from Pettygrove avenue to Alexan-
der's place is blocked with fallen. trees /;
the result OF personal animuS for sup
posed trespass.
DR.. Victor J. Caprou, late resident
physician o; st. Luke's hospital,
Bethlehem, Pa, will hereafter be agso-
ciated with DIR. II. C. WiilisoD, in the
practice of medicine.
Vim. F. Newell, editor OF the ARGUS,
is in. Olympia attending the constitu-
tional convention. He will will keep the
readers of this paper posted as to the
doings of the delegates during his stay
there.
We understand that 4 rowing race, be-
tween Mr.. w. II. Whittlesey and an I'M
known, will take place on the 10th inst,
from Dir. Perrot's stand, between Union
and Quincy docks. The stakes are not
heavy.
1t is sincerely hoped that some of the
local vocalists will respond to the request
OF the rector OF st. Paul's and form 4
choir. The church is sadly in need of
one. The choir of the Presbyterian
Church left that congregation, but their
places have been very acceptably filled
by the present singers.
The Steamer Michigan, the new boat
runDing in connection with the Idaho,
arrived from Portland on Monday and
discharged 100 tons Of freight. She had
500 tone for Seattle, Tacoma and What
CON- This is the first trip Of this
steamer. Hereafter there will be- q
steamer every five days from Portland.
We Learn that the Hon. A. B. Davie,
O. c. OF Victoria, who will be remem-
bered by our readers for his liberaiity IN
having subscribed $500 to the railway
bonus, has been offered q judgeship left
open by the death Of the late Justice
Gray. So far as We know, Dir. Davie
has declined the honor rendered him
Eutre nous Mr. D. is practitioner of
great popularity.
, 1889-07-11
ADJUSTMENTS. A

Another large audience was present at
Learned's last night to witness the Chi
cago Comedy Co. in the Cotton King ,,
The parts were all well sustained, par-
ticularly those rendered by BIessrs. Love.
Devlin and Patterson, the latter gentle
man proving himself to be q versatile
actor, playing the part of the wealthy
manufacturer with the same ease a. WAS
noticeable in his acting the part of the
negro servant in the Diamond Mv,-
terry" MIR. Devlin, as Toby Twinkle.
was an immense favorite from the rise
to the fall OF the curtain. Miss Belle In
man, Miss SnQw and Annie E. Inman
gave satisfactory Interpretation of the
factory girl and the two "west enders." !"
Mr.. Hayes presided at the piano with
the utmost satisfaction His playing of
the Marriage Bells" song written by
the late Matt Reardon, the inventor of
the Tumbleronican, was a master effort.
MIR. Hayes is making an effcrt to have
another piano placed in the hall. in lieu
u the one now used there.
, 1889-07-11

In Circassia The custom Of buying
wives on the installmeDt plan has
been introduced by an enterprising
dealer in that commodity. In some
OF the states it has been decided that
when goods bought Gu the partial
payment plan are not paid for the
-eller can step in and remove them.
Whether this same law would apply
III the cases Of wives is a question.
A man might refuse to pay up
promptly for the reason, that the
wife did not suit and in some cases
the seller might be embarrassed in
taking her back, particularly If he
had gotten rid of bad bargain.
, 1889-07-11

A New York physician is reported
as saying that during an epidemic of
diphtheria in that city there were
five times as many on the shady
aide of ihe street as on the sunny
side. This, on its face, would seem
to be important-if trne- But the
trouble about the alleged physicians
statement is that it is difficult to tell
what he means. Does he mean those
streets on which the fronts Of the
houses are most in the shade and the
rear premises exposed to tho sun,
or vice versa? And if which, then
why! Tao chances, however, prob
ably are that those houses where the
rear premises are we'll exposed to
the sun, and therefore kept warm and
dry by its rays, will be most free
from discusses affected by atmospher-
ic conditions. whatever the physician
in question may have said or meant
90 say.
, 1889-07-11
ks4A6.

9hs othor day man was walking slovlv
sp Miami avenus and encountered :, IAN
walking hurriediy down. They ran into each
other, bOtn Grew off and Gpologized, al .hs
one in a hurry added:
| i've been 50 mad all the morning I
| couldn't see straight
Nothing serious, hope
'Well, my wife had some photos taken and
the artist made botch job. I'm now on my
way to punch his head
"Can | see themF
They were exhibited, and after n careful
inspection the gentleman said:
My friend, you arc way Off. Tho work IA
well done, and you ought to be proud of your
wife's looks"
DO you Ireanitf'
Certainly. There arc not ten as hand
some women in Detroit
"Shoom
"Its a fact, and tho work Is that Of A..
real artist. You should be more than satis.
fed
"Well, 1 declare! I guess I've been too
hasty, and I'll drop the matter right here.
Glad I didn't punch the photographers
head"
''Yes, so am I y said the other to himself az
be went his way.
1t was the artist himself.-Detroit Free
Press
, 1889-07-11

The Seattle p. l., in commenting
upon the respective ability of G.
Morris Haller and Robert Moran,
the candidates for mayor in the
Singed City says that Haller is rich,
Laving made his money in the cas-
lest possible manner through invest
lnents in real estate, yet he has never
been known to build brick build
ing Of any kind, aud for that reason
he cannot be numbered among the
public spirited men of the city. As
to Robert Moran, he came there a
poor working man without dollar
but plenty of grit, and what money
he possesses he has earned by brain
and hand.
We might add that any man who
parts his name in the middle cannot
reasonably expect the kind consider
alton OF the people. We have al
ways heard of the man as G. III.
Haller; now that dame fortune has
favored hin we presume he has
changed the manner of writing his
name. As to the man never having
erected brick building, why, Lor'
bless you, z. l., we've got a bushel
on 'em just like HIM, right here in
Townsend.
, 1889-07-11

Sir John Macdonald is said to
have made an important PROPOSE
ton" to the United States govern
mont for free trade in lumber. He
offers, in behalf of the Canadian
government, to abolish all export
and import duties on lumber if our
government will do the same. This
is funny. We might as well turn
over entirely to the Canadians the
business of manufacturing lumber.
With wages one'third lower in
Canada our people could not COM
pete with the Canadians. We ad-
NIT logs free of duty but Sir John
imposed an export duty OH them.
1t would not be proper to use the
word cheeky" but it comes natur-
ally to mind in reading Sir Johns
proposition.
, 1889-07-11
He RODE FEE.
Tho SIAN Who Bot Ho Could Beat the
CuiI.Iu ctor L. Nn.x presidcnt O Il Fond.

Tho SIAN Who Bot Ho Could Beat the
Conductor L. So.s President of a Eoad.
Six or eight OF lis were sitting around the
-,5v. IL tl.. cd Mansion house III Buffalo one
nSh; decade Of years ago, and the talk
fliAlIy turned upon railroads snd how con-
ductof,s had been beaten BY deadheads One
man told story, to be followed by another.
and q New Yorker finally observed:
YES, but this was in the past, before there
was any real system or much sharpness No
one can beat conductor in these days"
That's very true" added q second You
have got to either come down OF get Off
There was q quarter Of an hour OF such
talk, and then man who had moved into
the circle and remained silent finally said:
We'll. | dunno. | AM sharp enough to
ride from here 20 Batavia without paying
fore"
''Got pass, mIybef
"So, haven't"
DO You mean to say that you can ride
without ticket OF money!
al have done it."
''ls the conductor relative Of yoursr
mo, sir"
You didn't put up any personal propertyT
Eot thing"
''Weii, it can be done I'd like TO see It.
AAclo IL lAIcS Ol us going DOWN, ana II put
Up SaS that you can't ride fer nothing"
You won't put the conductor on to meF'
No"
We'll, I'm going that way myself, and /
believe I'll cover that bet Tho understand
hg IS that | show neither pass. ticket nor
cash, no. secure the conductor"
That's the size of it. Put your money In
the hands Of this gentleman. Judge Davis,
who lives at Ratayiar
The money was put up, and next morning
~s all went down to the train together. The
man who was to beat the road told US to &c
Into the smoker and hs would presently
join I'D.
We got seats and the train pulled out, and
We were wondering If our man hadn't been
hauled off before tho start, when the door
opened and he entered with the salutation:
Tickets, If You pleased"
Say, you keep on you1l be general man.
ager some dayI" sneered the loser when he
stfS that he had been roped.
He did better than that a year ago hs
was made president Of hustling western
road, and is now drawing princely salary.
New York Sun
, 1889-07-11

Ira D. Ssnkey, the singing revival
ist, is about to settle down, and has
just purchased a fine estate on Long
Island, beautifully situated between
Seatuck River and Seatuck Greek.
upon which ne proposes to erect at
once a handsome residence. As
Moody and Sankey professed never
to receive pay for their services, and
frequeT tly affirmed that they never
personally shared in the profits of
the immense sale of Gospel songs,
the financial result of revivslism in
Mr.. Sankey's case is striking illus
tration of the truth, beauty, and reli-
ability OF the Biblical assurance, The
Lord will provide"
, 1889-07-11

The great mill IS over, and accord
ing to the dispatches received j.
Lawrence Sullivan knocked the chip
from the shoulder of Jonn Killian,
otherwise Jake Kilrain, and put him
to sleep in the seventy-second round
after fighting two hours and eighteen
minutes. Sullivan, by his brutal &C
tions in the past has lost many sd-
mirers. and those who cheered him
to victory in his fight with Ryan at
Mississippi city ten years ago, howied
yesterday for Kilrain and to-day are
telling how they always thought the
big fellow could whip any man on
earth. Kilrain has won the admira-
ton of the fancy through his gen
tlemanly(?) manners, and all the bet
ter class of admirers of the manly
art were his champions. He Is
clever with his hands and a good
match for any other man than Sulli-
van. In the ring he is quiet and has
little to say even TO his trainers,
easily trained and is like q baby in
the hands Of those preparing him
for a fight Sullivan, on the con-
trary, is stubborn, and the brute
character sticks out at all times. He
must be petted to get him to keep
at his work. To Muldoon "the solid
man" great credit is due for the re-
suit OF the fight. Had he not known
just how to handle his man kilrain
might have been walking around to-
Cay, champion of the world.
, 1889-07-11

What city builders can do in a
sage brush-bunch grass country is
well illustrated in each Ellensburgh
and Spokane. The latter is the old
est and bigger city, but the 'littIe
one" ID right in her wake" The
Ellensburghers evidently recognize
that the wide awake people of this
glorious commonwealth will never al
low the state capitol to be located,
even temporarily in dry. moss
grown, 'fm-toO-tired-to- breath" sort
of town, as they are rapidly push
ing clear up to the progressive front.
With the elegant new electric lighted
and equipped Moffitt house, the
"Lauderbach Syndicate" opera house
and the Washington State Capital
Park street railway, all soon 10 be
thrown open to the public, saying
nothing of the Ellensburgh & Col
umbia River R. r. and sundry other
improvements we'll in hand, Ellens-
burgE certainly bids fair 20 merit the
good opinion SO generally expressed
Of her.
, 1889-07-11

Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt has de-
clared in Indianapolis that the Civil
Service law is to be obeyed absolute
ly until it is repealed. The law, he
declares, contemplates non-parti-
san service in the classified offices.
and the commission is determined to
accomplish the object. That is the
way to talk. To do what Mr.. Roose-
velt says the Commission will DO is
the way to act.