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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-01-16
BOARDS FIRST MESSAGE
The Ship of States Log 0verhauled
by Her New Pilot.
STANDING OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
4 Mass of Figures Relieved by Only
Two Recommendations Need OF q
Dairy Commission and Law
Restricting the Sale of
O1eomargarine.

MADISON, Wis, Jan. 1O.-Following is
the full text of Gov. Hoard's message,
which was read to both houses OF the
Legislature at noon to-day:
FELLOW CITIZENS OF THE SENATE AND ASSEM-
ely: You are convened under circumstances es.
pecially iavoring the prosperity of Wisconsin, IL
becomes my pleasing duty to report excellent
progress in II the material affairs OF our COM
well as most n nave
under the blessing of an sll-w1se providence.
been marked by peace and good will throughout
the various and complicate relations or oGi NE
Nothing conduces more to such q desirable state
of affairs than the enactment and enforcement OF
Just and wholesome laws. Il is well to remem-
Der that all e law We have Is the enforced Jaw
The atfe.ir of our state government nave been
conducted with q general regard Tor lnteglsy
aud economy. congratulate you upon the
cheering outlook which is presented 10 us as .
people in all our borders, and desire to assure
you of my most earnest purpose to cooperate
wit you to the fullest promotion possible of the
peace and prosperity of our beloved state
PUBLIC FINANCES.
From the exhaustive and valuable reports OF
the secretary of state and state treasurer have
complied the following condensed statement or
the condition OF our public nnances at the close
Of the fiscal year. September so, 1888: =.
Balance in treasury October l, 1oo6.S 7So,fzo "a
Receipts of state treasury for the ben- ooe -
NAL period. O,4ou,S5o ~
Disbursements for same PERIOD. 5,447,072 81
1sSS - s.ea .' s. 75o,7o2 "A
This balance stands credited in the treasury as
follows:
General fund 304l59 w
Echool f1,nd .. ISL 241 IS
School t,1nd income - 26469 90
Marin al school fund OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 81, 218 10
TTniversitv fund. ...... 49, 41 81
Soricu Itr;rsl College fund . 1887 %
Drainage fund NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 49OS5 "a
DeIjnnnent tax fund 948 o5
Deposit fund .................. 1O,9O3 IS
Redemntion fund ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 16 IS
fund ........... 2,O67 46
sc. Croix s. Lake Superior r. K. de-
post fund ........ ...,.. aus w
Wis. 4. E. Farm Mortgage Land Co.
fund acknowledgements. 4577 95
Allotment fund ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Gle Sd
Manitowoc & Calumet swamp Land
ooS VI
Total as above.... .............. $3.50, 702 A
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-01-16

Total ........... 81, sos, l22 rs 81. 2S4513 26
The disbursements from this fund with the ex-
ception o. the apportionment of the North Wis
coI,sin Railroad license tax fund, which amount
ed Tor two years to 800 062S4 represent the actual
expenditures OF the state govern ment for all pur
poses for the last biennial period and are as fol-
f0xxyc
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s.
Salaries and other per-
mRnent appropria-
tions, including In
terest on public debts SCI. 209 38 s S77, 284 81
ne-mill school tax. .............. l027.771 80
Legislative expenses. 198, 1874 46 157 .496 So
Benevolent and penal
institutions ........... S43,17S 05 s81O,113 81
Chronic insane. ........ ............ 277 ,662 IL
Miscellan Gus pur-
poses......... 62O124 "a 9So,775 10
N. Wis. K. r. license
ELECTROMAGNETIC. ..... eo.os2 "a
Total 81 252. $50 6S S4,271, 1856 rs
sIncludng S124 us. SO for State Public School at
Sparta.
Total of educational
trust funds ...... 81, 2o2 4s7 70 Sc, 1872, 74s Sc
TOTAL ASSESSMENT
Personal property 500 OF 2OS 90 1925, 683
City and village lots 1OS S99 469 rs 1852, 345 964
Other real estgte..... 255 863, 904 81 302 1896 102
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-01-16

It appears by this showing that nearly $500 600
of the trust funds lying uninvested IN the
treasury. 1t is for the Legislature to determine
whether action is needed by law to improve such
O condition of affairs. either by reducing the
minimum rate OF interest now required tor loans,
or by enlarging the discretionary powers now
vested in the commissioners.
STATE DEBT
The public debt of the state which was created
in 1S61-6S tor the purpose of maintaining the in
$Hegrity of the Union should serve as q constant
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-01-16

Wisconsin has a system peculiar to itself for
the maintenance and care of its insane. This
system includes hospitals second to pone be.
lieye In their appointments and management
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outlay for primary expenses.
THE WISCONSIN DAIRYMENs ASSOCIATION.
Our dairy Interests are fast becoming of the
highest Importance 10 the financial well-being of
the state. When 1t is understood that the milk
product of Wisconsin Is worth annually over S20,.
000 O00 aud the state is taking rank one of the
foremost among the states OF the Union in the
prosecution of this industry, ample justification
can be found for the appropriations which have
been made to this association. It is to this
ganization tnat credit Is largely due for the
spread of such in ormatiOn as has enabled the
state TO so greatly prosper In this particular and
I would recommend an appropriation to the same
of So, 900 for each of the years of 1889 and $780,
In connection with this subject, desire to call
your attention to the necessity tor more prac-
teal legislation against the manufacture and
sale OF fraudulent limitations of butter and
cheese, and the sale of adulerated milk. Our
present laws are found practically imperative
because of the fact that there is no well estab-
lished agency in exis ence to secure their en-
fOrcement. The sale of imitation butter and
cheese visits serious injury upon both consumer
and producer. Upon the consumer, because he
is not made acquainted with the fraudulent
character Of the compound. He buys and eats
what he supposes Is pure butter and cheese,
when the contraryiis true to a large extent. Es-
pecially is this the case in hotels and boarding
houses. The law gives him no guaranty of the
true character of his food
The producer is injured greatly. in that his
market is destroyed, and that largely through
fraud. His business aids greatly in building up
the state In Wisconsin alone there Ia 800 .000,-
600 invested in the dairy business, all of IL taxa
BILE for the support OF the state. 1t would seem,
then, to be nothing more than common justice
that the state should protect the producer from
competition based on cheat. several of our
sister states notably Iowa and Minnesota, to meet
this evil and injustice have each established q
commission with the necessary powers and means
conferred by law for the suppression of the
fraudulent manufacture and sale OF imitation
butter and cheese as well as the sale of adulter
ated, impure or diluted milk. In Minnesota ths
work OF the commission has been mainly devoted
TO the suppression OF fraud In the sale of dairy
rod offs faIl n hn ~
suit of the Investigations Of the oficixl chemis
os that state, L. however. most significant argu
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-12
BLOOD FOR BLOOD.
A Father-in-Law Kills His Son-in-Law
on the street.

a Father-in-Law Kills His Son-in-Law
on the street.
STEVENS POINT, Wis, Jan. 11.-Dr. O.
c. Meyer, a physician of this city, aged 81,
was shot dead at about o'clock this after
noon by Philip Griffith. bis father-in-law.
Half an hour before the murder Dr. Meyer
and William Griffith his brother-n-law,
had quarrel in front of the postoffice, and
had come t. blows but had been separated
by bystanders Afterward they walked
down Main street together, and turned
south on Third street. Less than
fifty feet from the corner
DR.. Meyers father-in-law stepped
up behind him, and, placing a revolver at
his head, fired the fatal bullet, remarking
as he did so, "Blood for blood"
DIED INSTANTLY.
The shot entered his head and the doctor
dropped dead, without uttering a word
Both of the Griffiths were ARE ted
and taken to jill. The elder.
who is about 60 years old,
and physically feeble, freely admitted that
he committed the deed and expressed salts
faction. On Dec 10 Mrs. Meyers, wife of
the doctor, died from the effects OF re-
volver shot. Her husband claimed at the
examination that she came to her death by
her own hands Circumstantial evidence
warranted the corone''s jury in not bringing
in verdict of suicide, but the deed was
charged TO no named person.
BELIEF OF HER FAMILY.
The parents and brother of Mrs Meyer
Griffith stoutly maintained that she did not
commit suicide, ID her father has since
then tried to secure warrant for the
DOCTORS arrest. Having no additional
evidence in his possession, the officers did
pot feel warranted in issuing a warrant.
To-day's tragedy is tho out come. The
body of the doctor was removed to the
council chamber, a jury empaneled and
evidence viii be tlken tomorrow. HIS
mother and niece arrived here from St.
through the press this week that he intended
to remain hero and devote his entire time to
bis practice.
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A sAOKvILLE BLUE BOOK
Salisbury Sets up Alleged Important
General Principles.

LONDON, Jan. 11.-A blue book on the
Sackville affair has just been published.
Interest in the book centers in a dispatch
dated Oct. "a, to Minister Phelps, in which
observing that in the judgment Of the gov
ernment Lord Sackville's conduct had
ceased to be of importance, President Cleve-
land having already sent him his passports
Lord Salisbury controverts the idea that
the acceptance or retention Of a minister is
a question to be determined solely with or
without reasons assigned by the govern
ment to which he is accredited
IMPORTANT GENERAL PRINCIPLES.
In this matter Lord Salisbury says: "The
general principles are Of more importance
than the peculiar case under discussion. These
principles appear to thequeen's government
to have been accurately laid down by Lord
Palmerston on the occasion of the sudden
dismissal Of Minister Bulwer from the
court OF Madrid in lS4S." A quotation fol-
lows from Lord Palmerston's communica-
ton 10 Senior lsturiz, to the effect that in
ternatlonal law entities a nation to which a
demand for withdrawal Of its minister has
been addressed, 70 decline to comply with
the demand, even though grave and
weighty reasons have been assigned.
The Post commenting on the subject, SAYS:
Lord Salisbury acted with due regard for
national dignity. Lord Sackville's indis-
erection does not condone the neglect OF
decent international Observance
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A REVOLT UGANDA.
Mwanga's Plot to Starve His Body
guard Costs Him His Throne.


ZANZIBAR, Jan. 11.-Advioes have been
received from the interior that in October
last Mwanga. King of Uganda, plotted to
destroy hiSentire bodyguard, his intention
being to abandon them on a island in Lake
Nyanza, where they uld starve to death.
The guards, who had been forwarned of the
kings Intentions, refused to enter the
canoes, which were to convey them to the
island, but returned to the capital and
made an attack on Mwanga's palace.
A NEW KING PROCLAIMED.
The king fed to escape the fury of the
guards and his brother Kiwewa, was in
stalled in his stead. Kiwewa appointed
christians to the principal offices. This
the christian officials, and replaced them
with Mahomedans The Arabs burned the
English and French mission stations and
killed many Of the converts to christianity.
The mission boat Eleanor, in which some Of
the persons who had boon converted by
the French missionaries, were fl eing was
struck by ippopotamus and sunk, five of
the converts being drowned. Many letters
for Enin Bey and Henry NJ. Stanley were
destroyed by the burning OF the missionary
stations. The missionaries have reached
Usambvio in safety. the Msaiala depot is
safe Mwanga is prisoner at
NJ gu. He has appealed to the English
missionaries for assistance. The Arabs
have written to Missionary MacKay exult-
ing in their triumph, and prophesying the
extinction of all the mission stations in Cen
trail Africa in revenge for England's anti
slavery policy. They bave proclaimed
Uganda a Mahomedan kingdom.
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LoNGsTREET FOR MALONE.
He Writes a Letter in Little Bnly's
Behalf

AS w ElI6S Letter Ia LlICl0 Billy
Behalf.
WASHINGTON, Jan. lit is now assured
that Gen. Longstreet is no longer a candi-
date for the cabinet office. He has written
letter to the committee Of southern repub-
lean congressman advocating Gen. Malone
as the sOuth's candidate for a cabinet port
folio.
Gen. Longstreet's letter is taken here as
likely to destroy whatever chances Georgia
may nave had for getting a cabinet place.
II not only takes Gen. LongStreet out Of the
race, but has neutralized the efforts of Col.
sucks friends. Gen. Longstreet and the
Anglers have been working both
mere G and at Indianapolis to shut out
OoL Buck, Col Locke, Col. Atkins
ana their friends from the favor
Oh the new administration. Gen. Long
streets Idea seems to be that if Gen. Malone
Suoulu be made postmaster general. Col
PUCK and his friends would have very little
70 say about Georgia postoffices, to say
4V'nlng OF the other federal patronage.
HARRIsoN's VISITORS.
INDIANAPOLIS Jan. ll.-Geu. Harrison's
Out-ol-town visitors to-day were not very
numerous, but they came from widely diff
ienV sections and on political errands,
i9oal 10 their sections and their interests.
birmingham, Ala, sends another delegation
IT, I Sue persons of Col. q. Z. Kirkland and
ouuge Stratton. Their mission was to pre-
oonS Tue name of ex-Gov. William II. Smith
suitable representative of tine south in
Hsueht harrlson's cabinet. They had a
aI - hours conference with the President
r r'e0V ana urged the claims Of the south for
ioOsnltlon 1t is understood that they
n,ougnt with them very strong indorse.
laVoIlng Gov Smiths appointment.
HOW HE WAS KEPT HOME.
r Wv smith WAS TO have been the spokes-
c ,aau Oh the Birmingham delegation that
Tar,3uere month ago TO confer with Gen.
TUa ' dsl on his probable southern policy.
fo. Iuay mat the delegation was to leave
on, i,luIahapolls Birmingham paper came
nosiri sung "oV. Smiths name for cabinet
iDnonn' mus compelling that gentleman to
Az ~. MS grip and remain at home.
s,,,,. .ue quite me Of that editorial
hs93ee SC' the republicans of Alabama
w w very generally indorsed Gov smith.
rigoii - :. Lurty of Harrsonburg Va. ar
tbs ' y,t tuls evening. He is the vanguard OF
tbo ,nglhia delegation now enroute to urge
officer. '"' Nauone as cabinet
~, ARRIVAL OF THE DELEGATION.
o'cluc,, virginia delegation arrived at II
Virgjn;; Inc ten congressional districts of
All s s"a are represented by tue delegation.
soLd for Gen. Malone.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-12
VICTORY FOR THE vasUvIUs.
She Attains a Speed of 21.64 Knots
on Her Trial Trip.


PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 1.-THE third Off
cial trial trip of the new United States
dynamite gun cruiser Vesuvius, was made
over the new government course at Della
ware Breakwater this morning. The trial
was the most successful Of the three, the
vessel attaining a rate Of twenty-one knots
per hour, while the contract calls for
but twenty knots. The speed attained
lacks but six-tenths of a rate
of twenty-five statute miles per hour, a d
places the Vesuvius in the front rank of the
ocean greyhounds, having attained the
fastest speed of any steamship aAoat. The
cruiser, af err leaving her dock yesterday
morning, proceeded to DelaWa Break
water, and after arriving there was put
over tive-knOt course three times.
TUE SCREW REVOLUTIONS.
The first of the series was at 125 revolu-
tions Of ths screw, her lowest rate. The
second was al IT'S revolutions, and the third
at 225 her normal cruising speed in an en-
gagemeni. In all of these trials she made
extraordinarily good speed, making the
final trial at the rate of nearly twenty knots
per hour. While the cruiser was in the bay
yesterday the Cramps, in order
to obtain certain data of
performance for their own use, decided to
spend the afternoon in a series of progress
sive speed trials over a measured course,
thus deferring the official trial until to-day.
The length of the course was officially GER
titled to the builders by the naval board as
bieng 20 45 knots, and Messrs. Cramp were
notified that the VesuviuS would Eave to go
over it each way in minutes and 81 Is
seconds in order to attain mean speed of
not less than twenty knots an hour as re-
quired by the statute.
THE FIRST RUN
The first run over the course was in the
direction of the tide, and was made in 6
minutes and 80 seconds, which gave a rate
Of %. 80 knots per hour. The second run
against the tide was made in minutes and
20 seconds, showing rate of 20. 35 knots.
The mean speed of the two runs was there
fore 81. 90 kgots per hour, a gratifying cir
cumstance being that the statutory require
mont was handsomely exceeded in each run
The indicated horse power developed by the
main engines by observation was 4, 295 (con-
tract 5000, and estimating the auxiliaries
at $50 collective indicated horse power, the
total horse power was 4, 445.
THE OFFICIAL TRIAL TRIP.
AT o'clock this morning the vessel, &C
comDanied by the Despatch, started for the
course TO make her trial trip. In making
the first run the steam was of 1865 pounds
pressure. while the moan average revoiu-
tions of the screw was $40 The run was
made in minutes and 80 seconds or SO
seconds better than the contract calls for and
the speed attained was % 95 knots. On the
return the run was made III z minutes and
so seconds against strong wind and tide,
the vessel attaining n rate Of 20.35 knots,
making the mean average II. "a knots. This
ended the trial trip.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-12
o. R. SINGLE ON DEAD.

His Long Career in the Federal and
Confederate Congresses.
WASHINGTON, Jan. u.-Ex-Congressma
o. r. Singleton of Mississippi died at his
residence in this city this evening. He
was a presidential elector on the
Pierce and King ticket in 1852, and
a representative in the Thirty third,
Jhirty-ffth and Thirty-sixth congresses
of the United States, retiring in 1861, and
becoming a Representative in the confed-
crate congress from 1861 to 1865. Subse-
quently he was elected 10 the Forty fourth,
Forty-tifth, Forty-sixth, Forty -seventh
Forty eighth and Forty ninth congresses Of
the United States. He was born in Ken
tucLy
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-12
WORK ON THE wARsaIPs.

The Three in Preparation Will Soon
be Ready for Sea.
WAsHINGToN, Jan. 1.-THE navy de-
partment has been informed that the At
lanta will be ready for sea in about a week,
the Vandalia by Jan. ID and the Mohican
by Jan. 81. Secretary Whitney refuses to
say where these vessels are to be sent, but
it is generally understood that one of them
at least will be sent to Panama. Affairs on
toe isthmus are reported 20 be quiet at
present, but there is fear that trouble may
arise at any time
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-12
OUR GERMAN CATHOLICS.

A Cardinal to Make Report on the
Complaint OF the Irish.
ROME, Jan. 1.-The propaganda, after
hearing arguments on both sides in relation
to the complaint Of the Irish bishops in
America that German Catholics residing in
mailly Irish districts insist upon hav-
ing special parishes OF their own,
With German priests and schools, has in
s,ructed Cardinal Melchers to prepare for
the pope a report on the subject The selec-
ton Of Cardinal Melchers is thought to in
dictate decision in favor OF the Germans.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-12
READINGS DISASTER.

No More Bodies Found in the Silk
Mills Ruins.
READING. Jan. u.-No more bodies have
been found in the ruins of the silk mills. The
bodies of the victims of the disaster have
now, it is believed, all been recovered and
the search was consequently abandoned
this morning. Several of those reported
yesterday as missing have been found to be
safe The list of the killed is therefore re-
duced in number to-day. Some of the
injured will die. Arrangements are now
being made for the burial Of the dead, and
a few days will wit ess the interment Of all
the victims. The correct list Of those killed
at tbs silk mill, or who have since died Of
their injuries, foots up eighteen.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-12
SCHOOLS IN TUNIS.
A Newspaper Account of an Interview
Declared Inaccurate.

DecIared Inaccurate.
PARIS, Jan. ia semi-ofiicial note was
issued to-day denying the truthfulness of
the Vienna TagbIatt's account of the inter
view between Count Menabrea, the Italian
ambassador, and Nj. Goblet, minister of
foreign affairs in relation to Tunisian
affairs The note states that the
subject of an Italian blockade of Tunis
was not mentioned at the interview. In
re gard to schools, France from the outset
has assumed that the Tunisian decree only
applied to the schools to be established in
the future. The decree required that the
authorities should be notified Of the opening
of the schools, and gave them n right to
inspect them for hygenic and moral reasons
in the presence of the nsul of the country
to which the school haIonged
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-12
Nominated for Postmast ers.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE President
to-day nominated to be pos masters
Ransom s. Dudley, at Pulaski City, Va.
Edward b. Ysncy, at South Boston, Va.
William Fl. Tary, at West Point, Va Levi
L. Brinkley, at Edenton, n. C.; Stephen
G. Weaver, at Daytoaa, Fla; Samuel =.
Thompson, at Lake City, Fla. Charles e.
Allen, at Tampa, Fla; Andrew J. Sturgis,
at Crystal Springs, Miss.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-12
Gladstone Pralses a New Book.

LONDON, Jan. IL, 4 A. Mr.. Gladstone
has wri.tea a rdial letter to Francois do
Presence of Paris, author of new work
on Ireland. The subject, says Mr.. Glad
stone, is admi ably treated, and is moro
burning than Mary Stuart or Charles |.
ton that tho whole civilized world Is with
ug y
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-12
BRADFoRD's MUTILATED BOY.
The Magistrate Sets the Suspected
Milkman Free.

LONDON, Jan. 1.-The Bradford, York
shire magistrate to-day decided that a
prima facte case had not been proved
against Barrett, the miIkman who was
C arged with the muir der Of the S-year-old
boy Johu Gill, whose body, horribly multi
ated. was found in an Clubhouse on the
morning of Dec. 90. The prisoner was
therefore released. Tho decision of the
magistrate was received by those gathered
in the court room with applause.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-12
ROUGH ON THE FREEDMEN.
No More Dividends from the Broken
Banks Assets.

WASHINGTON, Jan. n.-Comptroller
Trenholm has issued a circular in regard to
the affairs of the Freedman's Savings and
Trust Company, in which he says: mo
dividend has been declared since May II,
1888, and the assets are not likely to allow
of another dividend, so that depositors who
have received that dividend and the
four dividends preceding 1t, can get
no more money unless congress makes
an appropriation to pay them otherwise
than from the assets. A measure is now
before congress containing an appropria-
ton to pay balance due to the freedmen
and their descendants, and if this should
become law, public notice of it will be
given
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-12
BRAGG FOR COMMISSIONER.
a Belief That the Albanian Will Be
His Own Successor.

a B6II6I THU ING AIdUdulIdn VIII Be
His own Successor.
WASHINGTON, Jan. ia meeting of
the Senate committee on Interstate com
MERGE was held to-day, at which the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Bragg of Alabama to succeed
himself as member of the interstate com
merce commission was under consideration.
Definite action thereon was postponed until
the next meeting of the committee, In
view of the Importance of the work Of the
commission, the fact that a vacancy now
exists and the excellent Endorsement of
Mr.. Bragg before the committee, it is I'M
derstood that favorable action on the nomi-
nation will be ordered at the next meeting.