Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-30
MINOR NEWS NOTES.

tlcle warning the people OF Germany III
general and the business men and cap
italists in particular against English syn
dieates, which are reaching out In Ger
many rs greedily as they have hitherto
done in America.
M lola, the author, is a candidate Tor
the seat in the Academy, made vacant
by the death of Emile Augier.
Mr.. Bradlaugh, who has been suffer-
ing from congestion of the lungs, has
recovered. He will soon take sea voy-
age with Wow to regalning his 1ull
strength.
In the Tyrolese diet at Innsbruck a
motion made by Herr Dordi that auton-
omy and the privilege of a separate diet
be granted to the Italian speaking por-
ton of the Tyrol has been referred to a
committee by ma or1ty of eight votes.
The German speaking Conservatives in
the diet are strong y opposed either to
declining or accepting the committees
decision.
Two members of the Mccoy gang of
outlaws were hanged by mob at Ham
lin. KY, on the Goth.
The government has ordered the
squatters at Ft. Pierre, s. D., to vacate
the lands.
By an explosion on the Cunard Line
steamer Cephalonia three men lost their
lives.
Shipments of iron ore from Lake SUI
perior ports for the season aggregate
over 6,00U, 600 tons.
The mayor of Kansas City vetoed an
appropriation Of ST. 600 for the enter
tainment of the Pan-American dele
gates.
A young man arrested l. Philadel-
phia answers accurately the description
of Tascott.
The striking switchmen on the Chica-
90 4 Gle t Western road have returned
TO work, the differences to be settled by
arbitration.
Several school boys at Franklin, Pa,
were terribly injured by the explosion
of q bomb which they found.
The switchmen's strike on the Louis
vile x Nashville road i. ended.
Lucky" Baldwin has purchased q
half interest in the Richelieu Hotel.
Chicago.
The Interstate Wheat Growers con-
vention at st. Louis passed tree-trade
resolutions.
An autopsy showed that the death Of
William Burns, who died on the steam
er Hondo, at New York. was caused by
yellow fever.
George Hosmer. the oarsman, is seri-
ously i'll Of typhoid fever at New Haven,
Conn.
New England capitalists, who recent
ly visited Denison, Tex, invested
$500, 600 in real estate.
In the superior court at Boston the
jury returned verdict Tor the defend
ant in the case OF Henry Reeb, Jr., vs..
DIR. VIM. ThrOnton, to cover $lo,OtO
lost at game of roulette.
+. M. Hoyt was arrested at Louisville,
KY, on the charge of obtaining money
under false pretenses, made by Mrs.
Julia Hunt, widow OF De,uniak, Fla.
Hoyt secured Mrs. Hunts estate, on
the promise of marriage, and sold II.
It is stated that Louis Kossuth, the
Hungarian patriot, will become nat
uralized Italian citizen and that he will
be nominated for q senator.
M. Trautweller, chief engineer Of the
Brunig Railway, has applied for con-
cession for an underground railway up
the Jungfrau mountain in Switzerland.
1t is proposed to reach the summit OF
the mountain by means Of q tubular
tunnel.
At meeting Of the Brussels Board
of Trade it was resolved to hold a Bel
gian exhibition in London in 1890.
Count Okuma, the Japanese minister
of foreign affairs, upon whose life an at
tempt WAS made few days ago, was
more seriously wounded than was at
frst supposed. The wound, which was
in the leg, assumed such state that am
putation became necessary.
Letter carriers of the country are con-
tributing toward fund for the purchase
IF monument for Congressman Cox.
The gram jury returned two indict.
ments against ex-State Treasurer Burke,
of louisiana for forgery.
The Brotherhood OF Base Ball Players
will hold a convention III New York
next November.
The steamer Quinte was burned on
Lake Ontario and five persons persisted.
Snow fell in New York, Pennsylvania
and Virginia on the 23d.
The jury in the case Of W. II. Barth-
olomew, charged with the murder Of A.
w. billiard, at Easton, Pa, returned a
verdict of guilty Of murder In the first
degree.
It is reported that five negroes in Tai
lapoosa County, Alabama, robbed the
house of Albert Smith, when his wife
was alone, set it on fire, and tortured
Mrs. Smiths baby.
The Chicago Brewers Association
subscribed 100000 to the worlds fair.
The German Reichstag was opened
on the 22d with the speech from En-
peror William.
Horace Philips, formerly manager Of
the Pittsburg Base Ball Club, has recov-
cred his reason.
Several persons were severely injured
in railroad accident at Nolin, KY, on
the 22d.
The st. Paul road will reduce rates
from Chicago and Milwaukee west to
correspond with rates from Lake Super
Tor points.
Johnstown, Pa, has raised 5000 to
clear Stony Creek aud continue the
search for the dead.
There is great excitementat Manning
ton, w. Va, over an oil well. Property
is changing hands at fabulous prices.
An imperial decree just issued directs
that Austrian state officials of every
rank shall henceiorth wear uniforms Oh
and off duty and shall salute one an
other in military fashion. The decree
excites the strongest opposition.
A company has been formed for the
purpose of erecting a tower in London
on the Eiffel plan. The tower is to be
1850 feet high. Five hundred pounds
is offered as prize for the best design
for the proposed tower, and ESQ for the