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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-02-14

WHLE the farmers of the northwest re-
oeived greater aggregate return for
their short wheat crop than for larger
yields, the harvest was 5adly distributed,
and many are in distress because Of a
total failure Of the crop. The legislature
at Minneapolis is moving to the relief Of
such farmers, ia Il bill approPriating
100000 for the purchase of seed whoa
The situation ia Dakota in this respect IL
muoh worse. Bat unlike the similar case
in Texas two years ago there will be no
movement upon the federal treasury for
aid from that section. The people there
have way Of helping themselves where
suoh thing is possible.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-02-14

JuDaE COOLEY, of the interstate com.
refce commission, has been making some
refreshing observations at Chicago IN re-
gard to the pickering of the railroad
presidents over the proposed agreement
"Auy doubt among the preh dent~," ne
says, las to whether their agreement will
be passed and lived up to is simply
doubt a. to whether the Law Of the land
viii be obeyed They have octed like
pack Of school boys in this matter, al
though hey fully realize that they must
live up to the principles of the proposed
agreement whotter they sign the agree
ment or mott Here are a few facts,
clear comprehension Of which BY the
light parties will greatly facilitate pro
grees toward ar inevitable result,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-02-14

Il Is a calamity Of the direst kind TO feel I-4'
ones physical energies are falling in The pF-'''0
OF hfe-to feel more ueryelsss more dispiIi
weaker every DAY. Yet this is the unhappy ''. 3,
hundreds who surround us A source Of renew.
strength which science approves, in 0enaiil -. =
which mu'tftudrs of the 3ebiitatad have az p =
every day testityug, aud which, n countess ~
stances, has built up constitutions saLt.s ~
weakness and infrm ty and long unbenell. - -
other means. surely commenjs Itself g ~ !"
need a tonic H0s.etter's Stomach Buy, ~
such a medicine--pJre, botanic, eootniHE ~ -
nerves, pr3mJtive Of digestion ana ieft.,i srss
the blood Dyspepsia ant nervousness ~ n
q cause the second a consequence OF - q
stamina-depart when course Of the ble..I,tns-
tried. All forms Of malArial disease IIIr-st1sn
and bliousness are auuihilated by this ssaN~1
family medicine.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-02-14
PRINCE RUDOLPH DIED FROM

Apoplexy.
Heart rupture.
A lfiuh'cted gun hot wourd.
A gun shot wound received 10 q duel.
A shot fired by a Nronged woman
A shot fred by wrouged husband
A shot fred by a gemekeeppr.
A Womau vas involved IN each sfoF!
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24
THREE SCORE CRUSHED.
Disastrous Accident on the Lehigh
Road in Pennsylvania.
COACHES TELEsC0PED ON THE RUN
Coal Cars Become Unmanagea able on q
Grade and Run Into q Passenger
Train-Two Persons Instantly
Killed and Over Fiji
ty Hurt.

SHAMoK1N. Pa, July ia terrible
accident occurred on the Lehigh Valley
Railroad one mile east of this place at 6
o'clock last evening by two runaway
gondolas, loaded with 100000 pounds of
small stove coal, crashing into passen-
ger train, causing the death of two peo-
pie and MORALLY wounding four others,
while over fifty received various inju-
ries. The wounded were principally
miners and laborers employed at differ
ent collieries and were coming home
from work.
The train left Hickory Swamp, a vii
lage four miles east of here, several
minutes before 6 o'clock. After a run
of one mile the train ran into the main
track, previous to which time the
branch road was concealed from the
main track by "V" shaped mountain.
As the last car passed the switch Flag
man John Metz, who was on the hind
end, glanced up the main line and was
paralyzed at the sight. One hundred
yards behind, enveloped in cloud of
dust, came two loaded coal cars. rush
ing down upon the doomed train like an
arrow from q bow.
AIG2r the runaway cars struck they
passed through the passenger cars like
a bullet, the coal flying about the cars
like battery of Gattllng guns playing
on several regiments of massed troops
The scene that followed was terrible.
All this time the wrecked train kept
the track and rushed on to Luke Fid-
Ter Station, two miles down the line,
when the engine with unparalleled swift
ness left the track and the cars tele-
scoped. Here is where the most dam
age was done. After the vast clouds of
dust cleared away the uninjured went
bravely to work and in an hour succeed
ed in extricating the dead and wound
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24
JACK THE RIPPER Gagged.
The Whitechapel WOmaL- Slayer Arrest
ed

LONDON, July 19.-An Englishman
was arrested this morning on the charge
of having murdered the woman whose
body was found Tue day morning in
Castle Alley, Whitechapol. Alter be-
ing taken into custody the pris-
oner confessed that he had
killed the woman. He said the
weapon he used to accomp ish his pur
pose was an ordinary pocket knife. lie
carried no other weapon. He declared
that he lived nowhere, and that he had
just arrived from abroad. The prisoner
is six feet tall, of fair complexion, and
carries himself with military air. His
actions indicate that he is insane.
The identity of the man taken into
custody by the police this morn
ing on suspicion of being the
Whitechapel murderer, is cireiul-
ly concealed for the present by the
authorities. He has confessed that he
murdered all the women whose bodies
have been found in and about the
Whitechapel District. He gave the
names of his victims, the dates upon
which he killed them and all the CHASTITY
and indecent details connected with the
terrible crimes. The police believe
that he is lunatic, but that possibly
the story he tells is true and that he is
the man for whom they have so long
been searching
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24
FOOD FOR THE STARVING.
Chicago Sends Provisions tn the Hungry
Illinois Strikers.

CHICAGO, H., July 19.-Ihe first car
loads of provisions for the starving
miners families in Braidwood, Streator,
Braceville, Coal City, La Sale, Spring
City and other mining points in North
ern Illinois, contributed by several
among the leading merchants and ware
housemen of this city, left the Chicago
d Alton depot to-day, and will be fol-
lowed by others over the Alton and
Rock Island roads as speedily as the
cars can be loaded. Congressman Law
Ter made personal canvass of the city
for the past Two or three days and his
appeal on behalf of the suffering and
furnishing people in the coal districts
resulted in the speedy shipment to
the two depots named of suf-
tcient food and provisions of all kinds
to at least temporarily alleviate the dire
hunger and distress of the mining pop
ulation of the afflicted district. The
Johnstown calamity and the disasters
following the great fire at Seattle divert
ed public attention from the condition
of the thousands of people in dan
ger OF perishing for the want of the &C.
tual necessaries Of life nearer home.
The strikes and lockouts in the district
commenced on the Let of May. Since
then 10000 people, mostly women and
children, for nearly two months have
been subsisting on constantly diminish
ing rations of bread and water.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24
Issued Forged Warrants.

LEBANON. O., July 20.-The evidence
against Treasurer Coleman, whose ar
rest Tor embezzlement was made, CON-
sists in number of warrants for the
payment of money to various township
ire, .Afers which do notappear at all on
the auditors books, while genuine
warrants to the full amount those
treasures we're entitled were regularly
drawn, recorded and paid. There Is
also statement that before Auditor
Graham left he confded to friend that
Coleman and he had been acting to-
eetber N depicting the treasury and
that he pointed out where warrants are
kept which had been used to make
good the treasurer's credits at The time
of the regular examinations OF his books.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24
RAILWAYS TO COMBINE.
Plans Perfec citing To Unite All Lines in
One Great System.


One Great System.
HARTFORD, Conn.,, July 1S.-The text
for a bill which is to be introduced ct
the opening session Of Congress in De-
cember, involving the most gigantic
scheme for railroad consolidation ever
candidly discussed in this country, is
now being put into type in this city, and
a Chicago firm is engaged In publishing
the maps illustrating the consolidation
of railway lines and the tracts of coun-
try which are 10 supply the proposed
system with business.
The fundamental idea Of the project
ors Of the plan is to make Boston the
railway metropolis Of the continent
While the Interstate Commission and
the business men Of New England are
discussing the problems to be solved on
account OF the low freight rates enforced
on the Canadian Pacific road, the con-
soldationists are concentrating plans
for the absorption of the Canadian rival
with the American system and the estab-
lishment of the greatest railroad
power in the world. The Willard sys-
tenn is the only one not embraced in
the conception. The Union and North
ern Pacific roads and the Canadian Pa
cifc are the ones to be consolidated. The
system extending from Santa Fe through
the Southwestern states, thence by way
Of the Pennsylvania coal regions, and
across the Hudson River at Poughkeep-
sic, taking in the Hartford and Connec-
ticut Western line, with the
new road from TariHville to
Springfield, is also involved in the un-
paralleed scheme for consolidation.
From Boston the originators oil the plan
propose TO run q steamship line to
Europe, furnishing the amplest accom-
modations for freight and passenger
traffic from the Pacific Slope to the
largest ports on the European CONT
nent.
The details Of the bill can not be as
certained at present, but it's projectors
state that members of the Senate are
familiar with the scheme and are en-
thusiastic for it's prosecution. The cap
italization to be asked for will not be
less than $700,O00,000. In the
main the consolidation will Sc
cure the through lines by purchase
or lease. English capitalists will join
hands In the enterprise, efecting a COM
mercial union at present and ultimately
a political one with the Canadian terri
UOTv. American capitalists Will pc IN
terested equally with the English in de-
veloping the contine ut. The consolida-
ton also contemplates the ownership Of
new ocean cable joining Boston with
the German empire.
Utopian as the plans may seem at
first, they have been skilfully formulat-
ed, and will have to be discussed by an
intelligent public within the next four
months. The Gum OF $4,000 has been
expended in procuring surveys for
the maps, which Rand, McNally d
Co. are publishing for the originators of
the consolidation. Several of the sur
veys were begun in 1881, and the plans
which are now about to be disclosed
have been under consideration since
then.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 1S.-Mr. McNally
to-day said: 1--WE have no contract to
furnish such combination maps"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24
BREAK IN THE CANAL BANK.
Cincinnati Experiences u Flood With
Heavy Loss-RaiIway Washout.

Cincinnati Experiences Flood With
Heavy Loss-RaiIway Washout.
CINCINNATI, O., July 19.-About
o'clock this morning, during heavy
rain storm, the bank of the Ohio Canal
at York Street broke and the water
poured from the canal in great flood.
The cellars and first floors of several
dwellings at that point were filed with
water and stream of several feet deep
ran down York Street and Central Ave-
nue.. The occupants of first floors in
some of the houses were rescued with
difficulty.
1t appears that the rain was in the
nature of cloudburst along the canal.
It overlooked it's banks several places
between Cincinnati and Lockland, and
the surplus water in several instances
washed away railroad entertainments,
causing temporary obstruction to travel.
cloudburs is reported at Lancaster
which caused big washout on the Co.
lumbus, Hooking Valley & Toledo Rail-
way. Lightning struck house in the
little village of Georgeville, in Frank
lin County, and set it on fire and burned
half the town. At Marysville, O., great
damage was done.
A house on Walnut Hills was struck
by lightning, the fluid passing down Il
chimney and consuming trunk full of
clothing packed for summer journey
by one of the ladies of the household.
The loss in the city caused by the canal
overflow is estimated at SIC, 900. The
rainfall here was 2.40
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24
WILSON WILL BE NAMED.
He is to be Made Commander of West
Point Academy.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. July 18.-The
announcement of the appointment of
Col. J. Wilson as superintendent of the
Military Academy of West Point, is ex-
pected at the War Department day.
This officer is said to have
been selected for the place by
the unanimous action of the
secretary Of war, Gen. Schofeld and
the chiefs of ordnance and engineers;
the delay in making the announcement
is said to have been due to the desire
to select Col. Wilson's successor as
superintendent of public buildings and
grounds lii Washington SO that the two
appointments might be made at once.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24

A dispatch of the 10Th from Parkers-
burg, w. Va, says: The greatest disas-
ter which ever befell the Little Kama
VIVA Valley came last night in the
form of terrible cloudburst which has
com pletely flooded the county, destroy
ing many lives, carrying off thousands
Of dollars In property and running the
crops Tor many miles. The deluge fell
here about dusk and continued to fall
in torrents, doing much damage in the
city. The worst of the storm struck
the lower side of the Kanawha, filling
small tributaries from bank to bank and
ending in the worst flood within recol-
lection of the oldest inhabit ants.
The worst story of all comes from
Morristown, small village near the
head of Tucker creek, where the cloud
hurst concentrated in all it's fury, COM
ing down in the village about midnight
and totally destroying it, together with
many of it's people. The first report
gave the loss at eleven, but later ne VS..
comes to fix the loss at greater num-
Der. The houses Of the citizens are
said to have been picked up and hurled
against each other in such short space
OF time that no chance to escape was
given the people. Among those lost at
hOFTIStOWn are jake niger, MS broth
ers Joseph and Thomas, man named
Bailey, Orville West, wife and child.
In three hours the kanawba rose six
feet here, thousands of logs being car
ried awav, besides many barges loaded
with coal and ties. Big Tygert valley.
above here is completely ruined, the
flood carrying off u big mill and many
bridges, sweeping away crops and
fences. At Chesterfield, half the resi-
dences were carried off bodily. Stores
and residences were ruined at the Little
Tygert, and the steamers Oneida and
Enterprise wrecked. In the CLAW
District church and four dwell
ings were carried away. Ii is
impossible to communicate with points
on the upper waters, all bridges being
demolished. The river is still rising
and everything is loose. A boat con-
tanning three or four persons went out
during the night and it is believed all
are lost. Baltimore & Ohio trains are
delayed and several wrecks have been
caused by the washouts.
1t is just reported that lock No. l.
above the city on the Little KanaWha.
has given way before the flood.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24
MINOR NEWS NOTES.

The large twelve-gang-mill of the Va
lido Marble Company at Fair Haven,
VT, burned.
The students in MacAl:ster Presbyte-
rian College, Minneapolis, threaten to
leave because of the removal of Prof.
kirkwood.
At Lima. o., movement is reported
looking to the consolidation of all the
natural gas companies in Ohio and IN
diana fields, and to put them into trust.
The story originating at Grafton,
Oak, that settlers in the Canadian
Northwest had been reduced to eating
field mice and gophers is simply lie.
The chances are good for two-thirds Of
a crop, and there is no restitution any,
where.
w. G. Montgomery was sentenced at
Frankfort, KY, to nineteen years in
the penitent1ary for killing his sweet
heart, Irene Kittson. The murder was
com mitted at Monterey, KY, in 1887,
and this is the third trial. The first
jury hung and the second was for life
sentence. Montgomery is about 80
years old.
Word has been received of the falling
of the Mexican custom house at Sassily,
Sonora. Twelve men were caught in
the ruins and three were dead when
eAtTlCdCoUs
Fire at midnight on the Doth at a
house, 361 West Ninth Street, Gin
cinnati, destroyed lot of wax figures,
the property OF l.. M. Broillard, show
man. He values them at $30,UO0, and
had them insured for $4,000. He was
here fitting them up to start out on the
ROAD In a fortnight.
On the morning of the 21st, about
O'Clock, on the farm of Henry Hoffman,
three miles west of Hobart, Ind, a
hired man descended well to take out
some meat which had been hung in the
well 10 keep cool, but had fallen to the
bottom. He was overcome by foul
air and fell in the water. A
neighbor, Michael Hafner, who was
present, descended on rope to help
him out and he was also overcome and
fell to the bottom. The well is forty
two feet deep and the bodies were not
taken out till 2 o'clock. The hired man
was single, while Mr.. Hafner leaves a
young wife.
NJ. Proust has written a letter in
which he announces the withdrawal of
the request to the French Cham Der of
Deputies for credit for the purchase
of St. Millet's ''Angelus." The painting
will therefore become the property of
the American Art Association.
it is reported that twenty-five gov
ernment clerks have received notices
of dismissal for congratulating Gen.
Boulanger. The general has ordered
the sign "To Let" to be removed from
his Paris residence. This is supposed
to indicate his intention to return
shortly to the French capital.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24
DEATH OF GOV. DEWEY.
Demise of the First Governor of the
Badger State-A Man Who Belonged
to u Past Generation-A Sketch of
His Life.

CAssvILLE, Wis, July 22.-Nelson c..
Dewey, Wisconsin's first governor,
died Yesterday morning at an early
hour. Gov. Dewey was in ill-health for
long time, and his death was expect
ed for weeks. He suffered stroke OF
paralysis early in March, which was
the beginning of the fatal illness.
Gov. Dewey came to the territory OF
Wisconsin from New York in 1886
when it was known as "the lead re-
gion." This region really occupied but
a small corner Of the big territory, but
it was then the center OF busy popu-
lation and was to the Eastern states in
those days what California later be-
came, the Eldorado of the West.
Pushing, energetic, indust ious young
Dewey, then barely 81, threw himself
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24
Horse Thief Shot Dead.

ALBUQUERQUE, n. NJ, July 20.-Two
horse and cattle thieves and the dead
body of the leader of the gang
passed through to socorro Thursday
night. They had stolen several horses
from Derrick's ranch and four
from ranch near Gallup, this
county. They were desperate,
and defied arrest. Deputy Sheriff Law
son, of Apache County, organized a
posse and came upon the thieves. A
general battle took place and the lead
er OF tie gang, Mexican, was shot
dead. The deputy sheriff also received
a serious wound. The other two sur
rendered.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24
THE JURY WILL NOT COVlCT.
Cincinnati Saloon Men Acquitted Re-
gardless of the Law.

CINCINNATI, o., July 20-A police
court jury which tried Moritz Eichler,
proprietor of beer garden, for keep
ing his place open on Sunday, after
hearing uncontradicted testimony from
place open on Sunday, June 2, and pee
and after being instructed by
the Judge that if they were satisfied that
he opened his place for business on Sun
day, it was not necessary in order to
convict, to show that he sold beer,
brought in verdict of not guilty. The
courts have recently decided that cases
in the police court cannot have special
or struck juries, but must be tried by
the iuries made UP as this one was.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24
BLOWN TO SPLINTERS.
A Boiler Explosion Demolishes a Chicago
MilI-WOrkmen Killed.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 1S.-The boiler in
the planning mill of r. V. Stone & Co.,
on Hoyne Avenue, exploded at s:15
o'clock this morning. The mill was blown
to atoms, scarcely board or sign of
the machinery being left. The following
were killed: Jefferson King, engineer;
A. Dollar, laborer, Fred Bethel, teams
ster. Four other employees had most
miraculous escapes. At half-past g.
O'Clock the body of King was recovered
Dollar was outside the building and was
in search of work. He was also badly
mangled and burned Bethel was a
teamster for another firm. His head
was crushed by piece of the boiler.
Tie flames which followed the explos-
ion were soon extinguished. The
financial loss is about $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24
A NIilIionaire,s Will.

An Oakland, CAL, paper asserts that
the missing will made by Thomas II.
Blythe, the deceased millionaire, con-
test over the division of whose estate
is now going on in the SUI
perior court at San Francisco,
has been found. The paper gives
as authority for the statement
Attorney W. II. II. Hart. one of the
counsels for the plaintiff. Florence
Blythe, the millionaife's illegitimate
daughter Hart has lett for Los Angeles
where, it is said, the will was found. 1t
is reported that the estate, which is
estimated to be worth about 1900. 600
is lett to Florence Blythe, with the ex-
ception OF about 800, 900 in legacies.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24
McOuade Acquitted.

A dispatch of the 10th inst. from
Quade was one of the board of alder
men of this city in 1884, members of
which. including McQuade, were in
dicted in 1885 Tor alleged bribery in
connection with the Broadway Rail- DAD
franchise. McQuade was convicted in
this city, and was for months confined
in Sing Sing. His counsel secured a
new trial by due process OF law, and the
case was removed to this county for
trial. The case was submitted to jury
tonight at Z o'clock, and at s P. NJ. a
verdict of innocent" was rendered.
McQuade is now free. 1t is the first
acquittal in the famous so-called doodle
cases.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24
The Ripper Again.

A London dispatch Of the 10th says
The community has been greatly
startled by another horrible murder,
thought to be committed by the butcher
of fallen women, known as Jack the
Ripper" The body OF a woman multi
ated in the usual frightful manner was
found to-day in Castle alley, in the
Whitechapel district. Although the
police have used every means to appre-
bend the murderer, no trace of him has
vet been found.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-24
DAKOTA PEOPLE IN HARD LUCK
A Report That in Certain Localities They
Are Living on Gophers

A Report That in Certain Localities They
Are Living on Gophers.
GRAFTON, OAK, July 20.-Latest re-
ports from North Dakota indicate de-
plorable condition of affairs. The ex-
treme Northwest has suffered fearfully
from the drouth. AS q whole, outside
the Red River Valley wheat will not
yield a bushel to the acre sown.
The Canadian Northwest is even
worse off than Dakota. The
Province of Manitoba will have to i'm
port -four and seed. Settlers in Nelson
are living on roots and small field ami
mails, such as gophers. Ramsey County
will buy both flour and seed. Pembina
County is perhaps worse off than any
other county in the valley and will
harvest from quarter to half crop.