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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
MISSOURI BUcKET-sHOP LAW.
A Measure Passed by the Legislature to
Deals in Futures.

A Measure Passed by the Legislature to
Deals in Futures.
The Missouri Legislature has passed a
bill to prohibit the buying and selling Of
agricultural products, stocks and bonds
for future delivery. Itis known as the
Anti-Option bill, and is a serious blow
at st. Louis and Kansas City. The bill
makes it unlawful for any corporation
or person to keep in this state any Of
fee wherein is conducted the pretend
ed buying or selling of the shares
of stocks or bonds of any
corporation or petroleum., provisions,
cotton, grain or agricultural products
whatever, either on margins or other
wise. without any intention of receiving
and paying for the property or of de-
liverlng the property, or wherein is
conducted buying or selling of such
property on margins, when the party
selling or offering to sell does not have
the full amount Of property on hand or
under his control to deliver apo such
sale, or when the party buying any such
property, or offering to buy the same,
does not intend actually to receive the
same if purchased; the punishment is a
fine from $500 to $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
ARRESTED A MINISTER'S WIFE.
Charged With Extensive Shop-Lifting in q
Chicago Store,

Chicago Store.
A Chicago dispatch of the oath says:
Detectives Palmer and Hoffman arrested
a w~ell-dreesed elderly lady at the Bos-
ton store this afternoon for shop-lifring
The pockets of her cloak and dress we're
bullying out with laces, ribbons, and
little trinkets which had evidently been
picked up on the counters. She
vehemently protested her innocence Of
any wrong doing, but was locked up at
the Harrison Street station, where she
gave her name as Mrs. Jennie Kirk
ham and her residence at 7715 Winter
Street, Auburn Park, Ill. Upon investi-
cation it was learned that she was the
| wife of the Rev. F. M. Kirkham, editor
of the Christian Oracle and at present
filing the pulpit of the Cen
trail Christian Church at Thirty-seventh
Street and Indiana Avenue, in the
absence of the regular pastor, the
Rev. Calvin S.. Blackwell. She is also
a sister of Gen. Drake, the founder of
the Drake University at Des Moines. la.
When seen in her cell at the armory
this evening the lady told a curious tale
of how the property came into her pos
session. She says she was riding down
young girl who gave her name as Mary
Fuller. The girl told her she was out
of Vork and looking for a situa-
ton, and Mrs. Kirkham offered to
assist her in obtaining employ
ment. The Fuller girl then asked her
to accompany her to the Boston store,
where she desired to make a few pur-
chases. Occasionally the girl would
come tt her and thrust a piece of lace
or ribbon in Der pocket, but she thought
nothing wrong of this proceeding
until she was stopped at the door
when leaving the establishment, and
placed under arrest. The woman seems
to feel her disgrace keenly and insists
that she had no knowledge hat the
goods were stolen. Her husband, with
a few friends, called at the statian to-
night and arranged to have her bailed
ont
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
WAS SHE U~NSEAW
Statements that the Danmark Was In q
Bad Condition..

Statements that the Danmark Was in q
Bad Condition.
New York, April 23.-Those of the
Danmark's passengers WHO were ship
ped via the Pennsylvania Railroad from
Philadelphia to New York, sixty odd.
after midnight, arrived here in due
time this morning. They were not re-
CURED to pass through Castle Garden
for inspection, the authorities at
Philadelphia having made all
necessary examinations. Most of the
passengers who came here departed for
their homes, or the homes of their
friends in this city, Brooklyn and vicin-
ity. A few whose destinations were
elsewhere were taken to the Hotel
Danmar k, at "a Greenwich Street.
Olaf Wuglund was n of the few En-
disappearing people in the party. He
is a florist, and has been in America be-
fore. In conversation with a reporter
this morning he made a statement
which has not yet appeared in print in
connection with the casualty. He was
told that his remarks were important
and detrimental to the steamship COM
pany, but he adhered to his statement.
He said that before the acct
dent occurred-the date he could
not recall, but thought it was the FIRST
or second of April-one of the Norwe-
gian emigrants told him he had over
heard a conversation in the officers
quarters. One Of the ships officers had
said to the others in the apartment that
he thought the vessel would never
reach New York. Her machinery was
in bad order and had received the
carr it should have before the steamer
sailed. The pumps were broken and
in case of an accident would be found of
little service. "I'm AFRAID the DAN
mark" the officer is reported to have
said, " will meet the fate of the Geiser."
The Gelser was q vessel of the same line
sunk off Nova Scotia in a collision with
the Thingvalla about a year ago.
Wuglund further said that the vessels
coal boxes were afire on two occasions
before her water machinery gave out.
The first fire occurred about l o'clock
on March 20, and the second about half
past 3 in the afternoon OF the following
day. The passengers heard of both
fires and showed more uneasiness over
the comparatively slight accidents than
when the vessel became totally dis
abled. Wuglund was loud in his praise
of the captain and crew of the steamer
Missouri which rescued The Danmark's
passengers.
LONDON. April 23.-Capt. Knpdson. of
the wrecked steamer Danmark, and
three engineers belonging to that yes
sci, have arrived at London on board the
steamer New York City. They are en-
thuslastic in their praises of Capt. Muir
rell and the officers of the steamer Mis-
souri,.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
BIG A IN TIA
Fire Does Considerable Damage to
Number of Buildings.

Fire Does Considerable Damage to a.
Number of Buildings.
New YORK. April 26.-The total dam
age done by fire in the Harlem Electric
Lighting Company's old shops in East
One Hundred and Twe%nty-second Street.
last night, is $4,000. Most of the ma
chinery, dynamos, ETC., were still in the,
building but packed and ready for
removal to the new shops down
town. The fire damaged a wooden
church next door to the factory
$1,000, and the carriage factory
of James II. Butler, at 1869 Second Ave-
nue., on equal amount. One of the fall
ing walls demolished a part of the adj
joining house Of James Tabale and did
$500 damage. H. f. A. Doson's tene-
ments below the burning building were
mole or less destroyed by fire, and their
occupants we're driven out of them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
A JUBILEE.
Over Seven Hundred Lodges Join IN the
New York Celebration.

Oyer Seven Hundred Lodges Join IN the
New York Celebration.
New YORK, April 24.-By proclama-
ton of Grand Master of Masons of the
state Of New York, Frank r. Laurence,
to-day has been set apart as a jubilee
to commemorate the wiping out OF the
debt on the Masonic Temple in this
city which has been a burden on the
craft for years, and to rejoice over the
beginning of the work of estab-
fishing a home for aged and in
digent Masons, their widows and
orphans. The jubilee services will be
held in the evening by the III lodges.
in the state. Brooklyn and other Long
Island lodges will celebrate by them
selves. The largest gathering will be in
Masonic Temple in this city. where an
appropriate programme has been ar
ranged. Grand Master Laurence will
make the address, and Rev. DIR. Collyer
will deliver the Grafton.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
NO REFUGE FOR BOODLERS
The H0use of Commons Passe
an ExtrRdition Law.

an Extradition Law.
The Dominion House of Commons
on the 23d passed the Extradition law,
after striking out the retroactive clause
and adding an amendment which
provides that the government to
which an offender is surrendered
must give q guarantee that the
prisoner will only be tried
for the offense for which he is extra
dited. Frauds committed by bankers
and corporation employees were also
added to the schedule of ofenses.
Prof. Weldon made a strong plea for his
bill. The border counties of the do
minion, he said, were haunted by
American criminals. In addition, the
bill would cover the case of Ameri-
a boodlers, who came north to
haunt their ill-gotten gains, thus
corrupting the morals of Canadian bust
ness nen. What he desired was a stat
utory offer rather than a treaty, where
by Canada announced to all nations her
willingness to hand ove fugitives from
justice. 1t would purge the soil of a
dangerous element and cleanse what
could be only regarded just now as an
augean stable. The measure, he ex-
planned. would be applied to all coun-
tries whether Canada had al extfadi-
ton treaty with them or not. Mr..
Skinner held that the measur was
crude and that Canada could not sue
;essfully accomplish by statute what has
all along and everywhere been done by
treaty. The law then passed. The bill
to amend the copyrights act was also
passed. It does not interfere with Brit
ish copyrights. The bill for the proven
ton and suppression of combines in re-
straint of trade was read a third time
and nassed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
ELIJAH HAINES DEAD.
The Illinois Pioneer and Indian Histo
sian.

WAUKEGAN, ILL.,, April 25.-Elijah N.
Haines, ex-speaker of the lower house
Of the Legislature, and for many years
a prominent fgurei in state politics, died
at his home here this morning of paral-
ysis. Mr.. Haines was one of the early
settlers of Chicago, and his tall, thin fig
ure has been a familiar one throughout
Northern Illinois for a great many
years. He was much respected
as a citizen. and exercised great
influence politically, as was evidenced
in his repeated election to the state leg
islature, in which he served probably
loneer than any other member of that
body. He was greatly interested in the
Indian race, to whose history, traditions
and language he devoted a quarter of a
century of study. His first studies of
the red man were among the Algon-
gums. and at the time OF his death he
had just completed an important trea-
tise on the Indian races of dialects of
America.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
BOsTON's SALOONS CLOSED.
No License for Nearly Fifteen Hundred
Places.

NO License 1or Nearly rlIteen nor
Places.
BosToN, Mass, April 27.-This year
begins the enforcement of the new lie
cense law which limits the number of
licensed places in this city to $50, and as
there were ove 1000 applicants there
are nearly 1900 drinking places that
must close by May 1. The list
of rejected applications includes
some of the most prominet deal
ers within the city limits. There is
not a single sporting house in town ex-
cept Councilman Billy Mahoney's place
IN La Grange Street hat has been
granted a license. Among the noted
sporting resorts that will have to close
are those of ex-Oarsmsn Thomas Butler
and Sculler George Hosmer on Green
Street, Michael Gleason on Court Street,
James keenan, on Portland Street, Ned
McAvoy's place on Court Street and a
number of other smaller resorts. A
fair estimate of the loss to those who
have been refused license, on fixtures,
is estimated at So. 200, 900.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
NO SUNDAY TRAINS.

Tle Michigan Central to Suspend Freis ut
Traffic on the b
DETROIT, Mich, April 23.-The Michi-
gan Central Railway viii. hereafter run
no freight trains on Sunday except
when absolutely necessary for the con-
veyance of perishable goods and
live stock. All other trains
will be stopped at E P. NJ Saturday, and
viii not start before 8 A. NJ. Monday.
PRESIDENT Ledyard said this morning
that the company had been considering
this matter for a long time and had
finally determined to make the expert
ment. 1t will reduce the Sunday
freight business fully one. half and give
a large number of employees the ad.
vanlage of one davis rest in seven.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
FIRE in A BIG MILL
Lowell Carpet Works Suffer q Loss Of
&2O 600.

LOWELL, Mass, April 27.-The large
fve-story building of the Lowell Manu-
featuring Company, On Market Street,
known as the carpet mill was Quilted by
of $500, 900. The fire broke out in the
card room of the ingram spinning de-
partment. The roof fell in soon after 4
O'Clock. The company had nearly $40, 900
worth of new machinery in the build
ing, besides yarn and wool stock in pro-
cess of manufacture. The property de-
stroyed was insured mainly in the Man
u~facturers' Mutual but partly in other
companies. Agent Lyons attributes the
fire to spontaneous combustion.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
GONE CRAZY ON OIL.
The Striking of a :Gusher" Sets Penn
s~yIvania PEG pie Wild.

PIrTsBURG, Pa, April pa gusher
oil well was struck near Legronville, on
the Fort Wayne Road, nineteen miles
from this city this morning. When the
sand was tapped, the oil spurted 115
feet in the air and it is now flowing
about 700 barrels a day. No provision
was made to save the oil and it is es-
timated that 1000 barrels will be wasted
before arrangements are completed to-
tank it. The well is the first gusher
ever struck in that vicinity and the in
habitants of the country are wild with
excitement. Leases cannot now be
bought for any price and land has
doubled in value during the day.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
STRIKERS GIVING UP.
Twenty Men at Minneapolis Ask to b
Reinstated.


Thirteen is an unlucky number for the
street car strikers of Minneapolis. The
thirteenth day of the strike began with
the desertion of twenty old
men on the University Avenue
line and their application to the
company for reinstatement. The exec
utive board all kepta bold front, but the
strikers privately admitted that they
were practically defeated, The failure
Of the street car strike NAV result in the
disarmament of the Street Car Employees
Assembly of the Knights of La
Dor. President Lowry insists that
every nan who works for him
shall sign an ironclad contract to
form no connection with any labor
organization. Mr.. Lowry says that none
of the new men who are competent will
be discharged, but that as many as pos
sible of the old men will be reinstated
on the company's terms. The motor
men have resolved to stay cut, but seven
or eight of them want to go back, they
being afraid of the blacklist, and they
are expected to apply for work.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
KILLED BY A THUNDER BOLT.
A Man and His Young Daughter Struck
Dead by Lightning.

Dead by Lightning.
HALIFAX, N. s., April 24.-John Scho-
field. Of Beach Hill, and one of his chill
dren, were killed by lightning on Sum
day night. The family were preparing
to retire, when a buzzing sound was
heard in the room, and Schofeld was
thrown to the floor and the whole side
of the house fell in, n of the beams
falling on and killing a 12-year-old
child. On Monday morning the body of
Schofeld was found lying stretched on
the floor, and Immediately beneath it
was q hole where the electric current
had gone through to the ground. Scho-
fields eyes were p~rotruding from their
sockets, his tongue was burned and his
whole body was of a purple color. In
q corner Of the room Mrs. Schoield
and three children were found huddled
together in a demented condition.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
An Election at Guthrie.

The latest from Oklahoma is that Col.
d. P. Dyer, of Kansas City, a Repub-
lican IN politics and formerly an Indian
agent under President Arthur, has been
elected mayor of Guthrie.
Two big wall tents have been erected
at Guthrie and are called the city build
ings. Police Judge E. Clark, of Kansas,
holds his court there and the city coun-
Gil and other city officers inhabit them.
Several good buildings have been put
up and improvements of all kinds are
in progress. w. V: Herancourt, special
artist for Harper's weekly, dropped
dead in front of his tent in Guthrie.
The remains have been sent to his home
in DuhuQue. La.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
SETTLED WITHOUT cOsT.
Important to Soldiers Who Have Lost the
Use of Their Limbs.

Important to Soldiers Who Have Lost the
Use of Their Limbs.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 25.-War
veterans who are entitled to compensa.
ton for the loss of the use of their limbs
by disease or injury, are now filing their
claims in vast numbers. 1t is stated at
the Office of the rye general of the
army that q considerable percent
age of the money which Congress in
tended for those disabled soldiers is I'M
necessarily wasted in attorneys fees.
Notice is given that all such claims can
be settled by a letter to the surgeon
general of the army without mourning
any expense to the claimant.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
EXPLOSION DURING A FIRE.
Fifteen Thousand Mining Caps Set OF
at Once.

E1AI0cH 1HUUsaHU "IHIHS CHpS set On
at Once.
MARQUETTE, Mich, April 24.-During
the recent fire in the supply house
of the Champion mine, 1900 explo-
sive caps, which we're stored in the
building, went off with a thunderous re-
port, tearing out the entire side of the
building and injuring several fremen
and bystanders. The report could be
heard fully a mile from the fire, and
shocked every building in the town.
The Champion Iron Company had all
the material belonging to the electric
lighting plant about to be put in stored
in the building. The total loss is esti-
mated at 3 1900, on which there is ~, 600
insuranee-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
Killed by Falling Walls.

One Of the heaviest rain and hail
storms ever known at Atlanta, Ga, be-
gan to fall at 4:3O O'Clock on the 24th.
It was g veritable cloud-burst. At the
time it began to fall the members
of the fire department were inside
the jackson building which burned
Sunday and the walls of which were
still standing. Fire had broken out
among the debris and the men were
there to put it out. The storm burst
suddenly, and before they could get
out the Pryor Street wall fell
upon them, killing Fireman w.
p. Leach and Henry Howell
and injuring others. Leach's body was
found in a short time, but at 8 O'Clock
Howell's had not been reached. The
and completely destroyed. The fence
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
COLLIDED IN A FOG.
- Freight Trains Wrecked and Ons
Man Killed.

TRENTON, N. j., April 26.-Special
freight train No. $50, on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, in a heavy fog about 2
o'clock this morning ran into freight
train No. 638, within 100 yards of the
Delaware River bridge. Both trains
we're going toward Philadelphia. The
engineer and fireman on No. S56
jumped in time to save their lives. A
man in the aboos of 63S was killed
outright. From cards found on his per-
son he appears to be William A. Hefton,
of Philadelphia. The engine of the rear
train was also derailed and badly dam
qUad
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
Killed in an Asylum.

A Chicago dispatch of the 2Sth says:
All doubt that the lunatic Robert Burns
was murdered by attendants in the
Cook County insane asylum wal re-
moved to-day. A post norton exam
ination showed that the poor fellow. had
two ribs broken, his breast bone
smashed, and had suffered nameless
injuries apparently from a series of
kicks. Burns is the man who was the
roommate at the institution of a re-
porter who had gained access to the
asylum by feigning insanity. He re-
peatedly saw the attendants as they
through sheer brutality attacked not
only Burns, but numbers of other pa
TENTS. Three of the attendants are un-
der surveillance and will probably be
arrested before morning.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
Hanged by a Virginia Mob.

DANvILLE. Va, April 23.-At Halifax
Court House Scott Bailey. colored, made
a desperate, but unsuccessful attempt to
commit an assault on one of the most
prominent young ladies in the village.
Bailey was caught soon afterwards, con-
fessed his crime, and was lynched about
midnight. He was hanged from the
was hanged less than a year G for a
similar otfense.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
A Nail Strike d

The strike at the Bellaire (O.) Nail
Works, which began nearly a year ago,
is settled. The men have agreed to ac-
cept a reduction of 124 per cent. on five
penny nails and larger sizes and 33 per
cent. on all sizes under fve-penny.
Work will be resumed at once. Reduc-
tons are expected within a week in all
other Wheeling mills, which will put
them on the same footing as Bellaire, it
being the idea of the men to secure a
uniform rate in this district before the
meeting of the A~malgamated ~associa-
ton.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
A CRISIS AT HAND.
Sentiment Expressed at the Anti-Jesuit
Meeting at Montreal.


Meeting at Montreal.
MONTREAL, QUE, April 26.-The anti
Jesuit meeting held last evening in
Queens Hall was in session until mid
night. The whole question wal consid-
cred in all it's bearings and the action OF
the dominion government, as we'll as
that of the provincial legislature,
was freely and fearlessly discussed.
The impression seemed to be
that a crisis was at hand and that it be-
came the Anglo-Saxons in Canada to be
up and doing and be prepared for the
blow which it was felt must come. Mr..
Charlton, M. P, said he had every re-
spect for French Canadians, but that
there was no hope of preserving intact
the French language and institutions.
If the present state of affairs continued,
the church of Rome would soon possess
two-thirds of the estate of the province.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
The Inmates saved.

The Belle Prairie convent, at Little
Falls, Mimi, in which twenty-four lit
tie children were taught, was destroyed
by fire on the night of the Goth. Only
the heroic conduct of the sisters in
charge saved the inmates, who lost
their clothing. The loss is $4,000, with
S2 QQ0 insurance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
Plenty of Fire.

The most destructive fire that ever
occurred in Northeast Arkansas, took
place at Jonesboro, on the 9th, result
ing in the total loss OF over forty houses,
including a large brick store belonging
to Marcus Berger. The loss is estlmat-
ed at from $150,000 to $20Q,00O, with
about $4,000 insurance, divided among
very heavy on many sufferers who had
no insurance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
Heavy Rain FAN in the East,

BALTIMORE, Nd, April 26.-The rain
that is now deluging this city is the
heaviest that has been recorded here in
ne ,rly four years. The amount of rain
TALL up to noon to-day was five inches.
This is for twenty-elgnt hours, since the
storm began at s o'clock yesterday
morning.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
EbersoId on the Force.

Ex-Supt. Ebersold, of Chicago, drew
a prize on the Oath, receiving the ap-
pointment of inspector of police, the
place formerly held by Mr.. Bonfield,
who resigned after Mayor Roche had
suspended him from duty. The ap-
pointment," said Mayor Cregier, twas
made for merit alone. Mr.. Ebersold
was an able official and an incorruptible
man,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
Indianars Finanees.

The last of the constitutional cases
which have been recently brought be-
fore the Indiana supreme court was dis
posed of on the 26th in an opinion re-
versing the decision of Judge Rowland,
and holding that the act authorizing the
temporary loan of 81, 400, 900 is constitu-
tional. Under the decision it Is pre-
sumed there will be no difficulty in ne
gotiating the loan, and the calling of an
extra session of the Legislature will not
he necessary.