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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29
Names.
From the Youths Companion.

There is something unfortunate in the
possession of either very odd or very
commonplace names. The first afflic-
ton is likely to render one the butt OF
r1d1cule, while the second involves end
less inconvenience, and vigilance in
rectifving biunders. A | l"John Smiths"
in spite Of the fact that they may claim
descent from the nero of the little affair
with ~PoWhatan, must be heartily tired
OF being confused with others of the
same name, and long, if merely for CON
venlence in business relations, to adopt
another. 1t is said that Sydney Smith
suffered such annoyance from belonging
to SO large a family that he named his
sons Douglas and Wyndham, that they
might the more readily be distinguished
from other Smiths.
James Smith, the author of those Gre
jected Addresses" which, according to
a liberal-minded man, we're $50 good
that there seemed no reason why they
should have been rejected" also suf-
fered some inconvenience from his
name. Yet he was amply able to take
care of himself in the matter, being will
ing to use heroic remedies.
1t once happened that another James
Smith came to live in the house where
he had long resided, and Immediately
there arose a variety of complications
from letters wrongly delivered and
visitors perplexed. The poet deter
mined to put an end to this difficulty.
So he called upon the newcomer, and
informed him that he must leave.
"But why should l leave ?'' asked the
intruder.
Because" was the cool reply, 'syou
are James the Second, and you must
abdicate."
The name Smith suggests an anecdote
OF Bayard Taylor, who, one night at a
party, was greatly bored by the persist
ent attempts of a guest to discuss SUM-
myths. No matter where the CONVERSE
ton strayed, this individual was sure to
drag it back to sun-myth ?"
Did you ever think that the nam
Smith, SO common in all countries; is
derived from sun-myth ?" asked Taylor,
mischlevously.
"No, indeed! !" was the reply.
Undoubtedly. Sun-myth, Sumyth
Smyth, Smith !"
Every one laughed, and the poet had
been successful in banishingthe thread
bare subject.
No wonder that certain names arouse
the prejudice Of the fastidious. The
Duke OF Newcastle once received from
a newly arrived clergyman, named
Rose, a written application for a days
fishing. Thus his answer ran:
"The Duke of Newcastle cannot COM
ply with Nh. Noses request.
"P. S.-Finding Mr.. Noses name is
Rose, he is pleased to grant his re-
OI1aSt
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29
WILL FIGHT THE BOARD.
Bucket Shop Men in Chicago to See L
They Can be Legally Shut Out.

Bucket Shop Men in Chicago to See If
They Can be Legally Shut Out.
The fight between the "Bucket-shops''
and the Board of Trade. of Chicago, has
been renewed. Bailey, Wells & Co.,
who have an office outside of the Board
of Trade, and who have been securing
the quotations of the big board from a
ticker" have begun an action against
the Board of Trade, the Western
Union Telegraph Company and
the Gold & Stock Telegraph
company. They say that the Board of
Trade claims the right to control the
distribution of It's price quotations, that
the Western Union, controlling the gold
and stock or stlcker" service, has ad-
mitted the validity of the claim by en-
tering into a contract not to deliver the
quotations to anyone not authorized by
the board to receive them; and that, as
complainant is not so favored, the West
ern Union company threatens to take the
"ticker" out OF the complainant office.
C~omplainants 60 on to say that the
boards claim of exclusive Jurisdiction
over its quotations is untenable, and,
that therefore, the contract with the
Western Union which recognizes such
right is not valid. Complainants there
fore ask that the company be restrained
from removing their ticker" Judge
Tuley, before whom the case was
brought, has granted a temporary in
iunctIOu
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29
PRESENTED TO CARNOT.
Minister Reid Submits His C~redentiaIs
the French President.

Minister Reid Submits His Credentials to
the French President.
PARIS, May 2l.-President Carnot to-
day gave an audience to Whitelaw Reid,
the American minister, who presented
his credentials. In his remarks Mr..
Reid assured President Carnot that he
would endeavor to maintain and stimu-
late the esteem which President Harri-
son and the whole American people
held for France. SIT is my good for
tune" said Mr.. Reid. 'to rep
resent America here when
France is celebrating a CENTENARY
as important as the centenary lately
celebrated in America. We do not for
get that you helped in the success of
our revolution; this increases u inter-
est in the magnificent display of the
arts of peace with which you nobly
crown your centenary. My instruc-
tons inform me that there does not ex-
ist the shadow of difference between
France and the United States capable of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS friendship
of the two republics, which, / hope,
will always endure"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29
A IN NEW YORK,
A Stock of Teas and Coffees Ruined b,
Fire and Water.

A Stock of Teas and Coffees Ruined by
Fire and Water.
New YORK, May 21.-Early this morn
ing a fire broke out on the first floor of
the fve-story brick building, 125 and 127
Front Street. It was sometime before
they got the fire under control. The
first floor, the cellar, and the fourth and
fifth floors, are occupied as a storage
warehouse by Charles E. Bellows,
whose loss is about $50, 900. The other
occupants of the building are dealers in
tea and coffee. and their losses are
about $40, 1000. All the lossee are GOV
cred by insurance. The cause of the
fire is not known.
AT IL A. NJ. the fire was still burning.
The building is badly damaged on the
Front and South Street sides. Charles
f. Bellows individually loses but little,
as the teas, coffees and spices in his
place were owned by other parties who
stored their goods there. Their owners
are all said to be insured. The building
is said to be the largest tea storage
warehouse in the United States. Among
those who suffer loss is the New York
and Brooklyn Coffee Company.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29
AVOiDS A CONTEST.
The Relatives of millionaire Hull Get q
Small Slice of His Estate.

Small Slice of His Estate.
The three Or four millions of Charles
j. Hull, the Chicago millionaire, will be
distributed without a fight and his
cousin, a~manuensis and chief business
manager, Miss Helen Culver, will be
left undisturbed in the enjoyment of the
bulk of his fortune. This result was
amicably attained in Judge Collins court
on the 21st. Mr.. Hull died a very rich
man, and before his demise he decided
the bulk of his property to Miss Gull
yer, and on his death made her his
sole devisee. The estate was estimated
at $3, O 600 in round figures, though
the deceased was said to be worth
more. He had neither wife, children
nor parents, and the only heirs-at-law
were the children of his brother, Bur-
dette T. Hull and Ennice Naramore,
who were left without mention in
the millionaire's testament. They
proposed to contest the action Of
their uncle in cutting them off and leav-
ing everything to Miss Culver, but upon
an intimation of that intention Miss Gull
yer expressed a desire to settle some of
her large fortune on them On the
list a decree was entered by which Miss
Culver gave to the nephews and nieces
of Mr.. Hull $212, 800 to be divided
among twenty adults and minors in
equal shares. Miss Culver is absolved
from all claims by the heirs and thus a
contest of Nh. Hulrs will is averted.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29
A Servant With a Conscience.

Boston Gossip in Chicago Tribune.
A lady on Mount Vernon Street told
her newly acquired Irish maid the 9TH
er day to say she was not at home in
case any one called. One visitor did
come, and she is responsible for the
story.
SIS Mrs. Blank imp" she said, when
the door was opened in response to her
ring.
"No. ma'am,' replied Bridget, ston-
lily. "She's not at home; and may God
forgive the awful lie I'm tellin' ye."
Wkereupon she slammed the door in
the visitors face, and that wal the end
of il.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29
CUT In TWO AT ANCHOR.
The British Steamer German Emperor
Run Down and Sunk.

The British Steamer German Emperor
Run Down and Sunk.
LONDON, May 21,-The British steamer
German Emperor, from London for
Bilboa, ran into the British steamer
Beresford, from Hart1epool for Bombay,
at four o'clock yesterday morning,
while the latter was lying at anchor on
the Goodwin Sands. The German En-
peror sank instantly. Boats were
launched from the Beresford and sue
ceeded in rescuing three persons
from the German Emperor.
The Beresford's bows were badly
stove. She disappeared in the fog, and
Tor a while her fate was unknown, but
IL IS o learned that she is proceeding
to Gravesend, where she will effect
temporary repairs. Nine persons on
board the German Emperor took to a
small boat, and have landed at Dover.
Nevertheless it is thought that thirty
persons persisted.
The survivors which landed at Dover
from the lost steamer gave exaggerated
reports concerning the loss of lie by the
collision. 1t isnOw ascert aimed that the
loss Of life was not as great as was first
reported. The Beresford has arrived
al Gravesend. She has on board TWEEN
ty-two of her own crew, and twelve of
the crew of the German Emperor.
1t is learned that none of those
N board the Beresford were lost. Six
men belonging to the German Emperor
are missing. All the rest were saved.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29

CHICAGO, ILL.,, May 22.-The notable
divorce case of Carter VS.. Carter, which
has been on trial for several weeks in
the circuit court, before Judge jamie
son, was finished this morning at $50
O'Clock, when the jury came in with it's
verdict.
The suit was brought by Mrs. Carter,
who charged her husband with unname-
able offenses. Mr.. Carter filed a cross
bill, charging his wife with adultery.
The prominence of the parties, the
great beauty of Mrs. Carter, and other
matters unusual in such hearings, made
1t a celebrated case, and the courtroom
has been crowded since the trial began.
During the progress of the trial, the
testimony took the listeners in magma
ton over a good part of Europe; gave
them glimpses of the royal prodigality
with which Mrs. Carter lavished money
on personal adornments and equipages,
though her husband was by no means a
rich man; traced the payment to her
of several large checks drawn by a
prominent merchant of New York;
made evident her friendship for and
intimacy with handsome Kyrle Bellew,
the actor; touched upon her relations
with her physician; and, in short, de-
veIoped a series of sensations to satisfy
the expectations of the most pruriently
inclined.
The arguments were completed yes
terday afternoon, and the case was CIV
en- to the jury early in the evening. At
the opening of the court this morning
~ vrn1 n-r0,,-n0l %la%
had been reached. The verdict, when
announced, was to the effect that Mrs.
Carter was guilty of adultery, as charged
in the cross bill, and that Mr.. Carter
was not guilty of the charges preferred
against him in his wife's bill. Neither
Mr.. nor Mrs. Carter was present when
the verdict was announced.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29
In PANAMA.
No Food, Work or Shelter for Hundreds
of People.


A Panama dispatch saws: The I'M
fortunate consequences of the canal
smash are becoming more marked every
day. and the deplorable condition of af-
fairs has but n outlet, and that by
emigration. The commissioner sent by
the Jamaican government has already
sem away 1000 people, and he has is
sued tickets for 5000 more, and these
will leave by earliest steamers. The
people are congregated at the different
depots with their tickets in their hands.
but without food and almost without
shelter, and a tropical wet season is in
its full energy. After all the distressed
foreigners shall have been removed,
there will still be much suffering and
want here suffering and want of a
character which cannot be even ameli-
grated until the resumption of work in
January next shall have put money in
circulation and inspired confidence.
In Colon prices have fallen lower than
at any other place on the isthmus.
Many houses are without tenants. A
store for which 5000 per month could
readily have been obtained a few
months ago. is offered at $50, and "no
takers" To illustrate the awful power
ty reigning here, a clergyman OF Colon
says that on Sunday last the collection
of a congregation of 800 persons was less
than So.
The Nicaragua Canal Company an
nounces that the steamship Alvena, to
sail from New York for Grey
town, Nicaragua, at noon, May
%, will carry about fifty men and a
quantity of implements and stores for
the Nicaragua Canal Construction Com
pany, being the pioneer expedition for
the commencement of the work of build
ing the Nicaragua i~nter-oceanic canal.
Similar consignments of men and mate
rails for the prosecution of the work will
follow n another at short intervals.
The first work to be done, and which
will be done Immediately, is railroad
construction, building a pier at Grey
town, erecting permanent quarters, hos
pitfalls, warehouses and shops, running
telegraph wires along the line of the
projected canal, dredging the Greytown
harbor, and clearing and dredging the
first twelve mics of the canal from
G%reytown to the divide"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29
INSANE ON A TRAIN.
A Woman With S12, 900 in Cash Becomes
Demented.

A Woman With S12, o in Cash Becomes
Demented.
WATERSHED, Mich, May 23.-Matilda
Christianeli became crazy on a train
here, and in resisting arrest hit the
marshal on the head with some hard
substance tied in her handkerchief.
When the handkerchief was investi-
gated it was found to contain
$4,000, and a belt around her
waist held twice as much.
more cash. The woman had lost her
husband out West, and was on her wav
to live with relatives in Vulcan. Mich.
Her insanity was due to excessive drink
and loss of sleep on the trip, her anx-
lety to watch her wealth causing her 10
try to travel from Washington Territory
without closing her eyes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29
CHICACO'S DRAINAGE BILL.
1t Passes the Illinois State Senate and Al
propriates SIG, o 600.

propriates SIG, 0OO, 600.
The Chicago drainage bill passed the
Illinois Senate on the 21st by a vote of
30 to is. 1t provides for the dredg-
ing of a channel 100 feet wide
and Is feet deep from Chicago
through the Chicago, Desplaines
and illinois rivers to the Mississippi.
the TOW of water through which from
Lake Michigan shall be not less than
100000 cubic feet per minute. It is de-
signed to solve the problem of the
disposition of the sewage of Chicago and
other smaller cities, and also for use as a
ship canal to connect the great lakes
and the Mississippi. Sixteen million
dollars sre appropriated by the bill.
The bill will probably be sent back to
the House with the Senate amendments,
and as no fundamental feature has been
changed there appeas to be little doubt
that the amendments will be concurred
in without delay and the bill turned
over to the governor.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29
FATAL GAS
Several Men Injured and q Hotel BadI
Wrecked.

Several Men Injured and q Hotel Badly
Wrecked.
Boston, Mass, May PAN explosion
of gas occurred in the basement of the
Van Ness House, on Eliot Street, this
morning. The windows of the hotel
were blown out, and those in the vicinity
smashed, while the lower portion
Of the hotel was wrecked. Edward
Levers, the porter, was dangerously
burned, and is not expected to live;
Ellis Searditzski was dangerously
burned about the face and
body Herbert Russell, aged
%, clerk in the hotel, badly
burned about hands, head and face;
Nicholas Emery, aged 81, a lobster
peddler, and Clement Saunders were
cut about the hands and face by glass.
They are all in the hospital. Two men
standing in the entrance were
blown across the street, but
escaped without serious injury.
The cause is said to have been the light
ing of a match in the basement where a
gas purifying machine had been discon-
nected from the service pipes which had
been left unplugged. 1t is supposed
that one of the men in the hospital lit
the match.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29
FIVE PERSONS CREMATED.
A Minister'S Family Nearly Wiped Out
by q Fire.

A Minister'S Family Nearly Wiped Out
by q Fire.
NORFOLK, Va, May z3.-The residence
of Rev. F. c. Clarke, near Virginia
Beach, in Princess Anne County, was
burned last night at about IL o'clock.
He, his two daughters, and next
to the oldest son., and a niece
visiting him, were consumed by
the flames. His wife, Miss Ella,
Bidgood, the governess, and two young
children escaped. The origin of the
fire is unknown, though it is thought TO
have been the work of an incendiary.
Mr.. Clarke was pastor of the London
Bridge Baptist Church, and was a
preacher OF note.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29
GREAT STRIKE IN BERLIN.
Three Thousand Masons Demand - Nine.
Hour Work-Day.

BERLIN, May 2l.-Three thousand
masons in this city have gone on strike.
They demand hat their hours of labor
be nine per day, and that they be al
lowed half an hour for breakfast. an
honr for dinner and an hour for supper
They also demand that work be sus-
pended an hour earlier on SATURDAYS
and the evenings preceding public holi-
days, and that they receive full paw for
those days the same as for other DAYS.
They further demand an increase of
from so to 80 pfennigs per day in their
wages, and that they be given two
weeks notice of discharge.
The coal miners who were on strike
in the Dortmund, Bochum and Essen
districts have resumed work.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29
Queer Signs in the Quaker City.
From the Philadelphia Press.

There are some odd sounding signs
in this city. On Twentieth Street, be-
tween Chestnut and Market, is a cigar
store which announces, quite uninten-
.tionally, that a certain brand of Scent
cigars are "bought, sold and ex-
changed" An oyster house within a
square of Broad Street station adver-
tises that "oysters are served on the
half shell or on a plate" "A. Little,
engraver on wood" is on a single fur
Their down town, while some relatives
of the engraver advertise themselves rs
Little Brothers, cigar manufacturers"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29
AT BERLIN.
The King of Italy Arrives at the Germa,
Capital,

Capital.
BERLIN, May 21.-King Humbert, the
Crown Prince of Italy, and Signor Girls
pi, the Italian prime minister. arrived
in Berlin this morning. They we're met
at the railway station by Emperor Will
lam, the royal princes, Prince Bismarck,
and a number of generals. After
embraces, the party drove to
the royal castle. King Hum
bert occupied a seat beside the
Emperor in the imperial carriage. The
route to the castle was lined with troops.
Triumphal arches spanned the streets,
and the houses were decorated with
flags and bunting. Large crowds of
people gathered along the route from
the railway station to the castle, and
enthusiastically cheered the Emperor
and KING.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29

BENEVOLENT INDIvIDUAL-"Yes, sir; /
hold that when a man makes a little
extra money his first duty is to make
his wife a present of a handsome dress"
Ordinary Individual--''You are a social
a dry-goods dealer."-NeW York Weekly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29
The Yantic Disabled.

Boston, May 24.-The steamer James
Watt, which arrived here to-day from
Guantanamo, reports May 22,in lat. 39.03,
N, long. 7O.3l, W., passed the United
States sloop of war Yantic, with loss of
foremost and jibboom. She was steer
ing north by west, probably heading for
New York.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29
Heavy Failure in Boston

Boston, Mass, May 22.-Brooks &
boot and shoe manufacturers at
Westboro, with an Office at 1O3 Bedford
Street, Boston, failed to-day. The La
are reported at $50, 900; nominal
$4,000. The firm, it is stated, has
been doing too large a business for it's
which is $4,000, while the
transactions aggregated 800, 900 yearly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29
Killed the Prohibition Bill.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, May 21.-In Q
House to-day the bill to prohibit .4e
manufacture o sale of liquors in this
state was defeated by a vote of yeas IS,
nays 81. In the Senate, the Chicago
drainage bill was taken up on third
reading, and was still, under discussion
when recess was taken.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29
CLUE TO THE RAILWAY CASE.
Was Miss a Dominic the Girl Found
Dead?

CoNToocooK, Me, May 21.-About two
weeks ago Miss Annie Dominic, aged
Is, left Hillsboro for a Western trip, and
has not been heard from since. A few
days ago the young lady's trunk was re-
turned by the railway officials, but no
trace of its owner can be found, and it
is believed that she has met with foul
play.
Chicago. A letter was received
q week ago from the West,
asking why she did not arrive
there, and said she had not been seen.
The description of the unknown woman,
whose death at Railway, N. j., was pub
lished several days ago, seems to tally
with that of the Van Dominic girl. It
is reported that the girl has been lately
e on a New England railway train.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29
ASK ELEVEN MILLIONS,
Fix a Price on Their Keserva.
ton Lands.

t1On Lands.
STANDING Rock AGENCY, D. T., May
22.-The Indians here held a big coun-
Gil Sunday, and all agreed to not sign
the treaty unless paid ST., 900, 900 for
their land. They feel hurt at the way
the government is treating them in re-
gard to the treaties of 1867 and 1875,
and they are really getting no more
now than those treaties called for. The
bill gives Red Cloud $4,000 for horses
taken from him by the government in
1876, and as the Standing Rock Indians
lost three horses to their one, and could
get nothing for them, they are greatly
incensed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29
Forgot He Was Lame.
From the Boston Post

E1UAu tII6 DUstOI IUSt.
A herdic driver called upon Inspector
of Carriages Gaskin and gave him a
crutch, which he found in his cab
Thursday night. A lame young man
hired him to take him to the station in
time to catch the Z o'clock train for
Springfield, and was,in such a hurry to
get out that he forgot his lameness and
lett his crutch behind.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29
King Kalakaua's Sorrow.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 21.-The Sec
rotary of state is in receipt of a note
from the Hawaiian minister for foreign
affairs, dated April Is last, covering a
letter from His Majesty, the King, ex-
pressing the deep-felt sympathy of the
Hawaiian government and people with
those Of the United States in the loss of
so many brave and devoted officers and
seamen at Samoa.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29
TWO PATENTS THROWN OUT.
Decision In an Important Milling Suit ut
Detroit.

DETROIT, Mich, May 2l.-The patent
case of the Consolidated Roller Mill
Company against William A. Coomes,
which has excited wide interest among
millers, was decided this morning by
United States Judge Brown. The Dow
ling patent, a device for stirring -four, as
patent, on a device for %loosening the
invalid by Judge Brown for lack of nov
city. The Gray patent, the most i'm
portant, a device for the adjustment.
horizontal and vertical, of the movable
roller of a mill, was sustained. The
case was defended by a syndicate of
five manufacturers. The preparation
of the case on both sides cost $40 100.