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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
BIG CUT IN FREIGHTS.
A War in Mexican Rates Cause a Fifty
Per Cent. Reduction.

"A III H64IC8H 08LeB C6uB0 q FIFTY
Per Cent. Reduction.
New YORK, April pa reduction of
80 per cent. in freight rates between
New York and Mexico has been made
Dy the railroads taking freight from this
city. and rates are now IS cents per 100
pounds against $1.30 before the reduc-
ton. This break is caused by the action
of the Ward Line of Steamships which
is now taking freight as low as 10 cents
per 100 pounds. The Ward Line has
been working under an arrangement
with the New York & Texas Traffic As
ISOLATION, but was obliged to make con-
cessions on account of the active compe-
tition of the lopez Steamship Line
which has a heavy subsidy from the
Mexican government.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
Three Deaths at a Fire.

LIMA, O., April 23.-Three fatal acct
dents happened at a fire at the Howe
Refinery yesterday. A still burst
and deluged William McClain and
John Steiner with oil, which
took fire. Steiner was burned t.
death and Mccain will die. 10 hn
Shocks team was frightened by the ex-
plosion and threw him out of the buggy.
His body caught in the lines, and he
was kicked to death before assistance
arrived.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
Union Pacific EARNINGS.

BosToN, Mass, April ga prelimi-
nary statement of the earnings of the
Union Pacific Railroad whole system
for the month of March and for the
three months to March 81, is
issued to-day. March gross earnings,
$2,111 ,5S4; decrease, $4G1 ,523; net earn
ings, 1855, ia; decrease, 1851 ,529. Three
months gross, 5 ,775,445; decrease,
1888 ,43l; net, $l,7S7,595; decrease,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
STRIKERS BACK AT WORK.
The Troubl in the Virginia Tobacco,
Works at an End.

"VFhb 81 8N EHU.
D%UNvILLE, Va, April 26.-The back
bone of the tobacco workers strike
seems to be broken. Several factories
went to work yesterday with rollers
brought from other places, one factory
putting in white labor altogether.
The striking rollers have taken nc
action yet, but conference COM
mittees we're busy yesterday, and
the belief is that a decision to return to
work will be reached to-day. It is be-
working tobacco, whereby a majority OF
the operatives in the factories will be
whites. All stemming will be done sep
arate from the roller rooms and by
white labor.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
Importing Iron from Turkey

BALTIMORE, Nd, April 26.-The Brit
ish steamship C~ordonilla, Capt. Gavin,
brought 1850 tons OF Manganese iron
ore from Maori, Turkey, the first of that
article brought here from that port. 1t
is for the Edgar Thomson Iron Works
in PENNSYLVANIA.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
IN DIRE DISTRESS.

Boomers Now in Desperate
Straits-Thousands Without Food Wa
ter or Shelter-Guthrie Filled With
Criminal and Vicious Classes-Hun-
dreds Leaving in Disappointment and
Moving to the Cherokee Strip-Bitter
D~enunciation of Marshals and Land
Sharks.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
GIVEN A DIRECT SNUB.
The President of the Canadian Senate
Barred From the Legislature.

Barred From the Legislature.
ALBANY, N. Y, April.-24.-In the
Senate, this morning, Mr.. Price asked
the privileges of the floor for the Hon.
Oliver Mowat, president of the Cana
dian Senate, but Mr.. Murphy objected,
saying that under the rules
a friend of his from New York
had been refused admission to the
floor yesterday, and, aside from that he
objected to any courtesy being extend
ed to any dependent of the British
crown. Mr.. Erwin also thought the
rules should be strictly observed and the
"dependent of the British crown" &C.
cordingly had no courtesy extended
him.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
Broke the Derby Record.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, April 24.-In the
Pacific derby yesterday the Car made
a mile and a half in 2::36, the fastest
derby v e run in America, beating the
record of 1861 made by Ben Ali at
Louisville in 1885, and that of C. FL. Tod
at Chicago in 1887
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
Iumbermen Praying for Rain.

BANGOR, Me-, April 24.-About 14O,-
OO0, 1000 feet of logs are on the landing in
the Penobscot numbering regions, rep
resenting a value of nearly 81, 40O, 900,
and the owner of these as well as the
about getting the logs into the main
streams. Rains are needed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
APPLIED THE TORCH.

Legitime's Forces Burn the Haytien City
of Petite Revere.
New YORK, April 23.-Capt. Miller, O
the steamer Caroline Miller, which ar.
rived his morning from Cape Haytien.
reports that the forces of Legitime
burned and destroyed the town of Pc.
tite Revere on the 7th inst.
Ensigns Pigott and Peckham, of the
United States steamer Galena, and
Brown, of the Ossippee. were passen-
gers on the Caroline Miller.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
IN THE INTERESTS OF LABOR.
Switzerland Invites Delegates to Atten
q Convention at Berne.

WASHINGTON, d. C., April 26.-In-
formation reached the State Department
to-day that the Swiss government has
invited European manufacturing states
to send representatives to a conference
in the interests of the working classes, to
be held at Berne next September. The
subjects for consideration will be: Pro
hibition Of Sunday work; limitations
upon the age, and hours of employment
Of factory children; limitation Of night
work and prohibition of the employ
ment of minors and children in pc
culiarly dangerous and unhealthy in
dustries.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
Fatal Game of "White Can"

NORFOLK, Va, April PA colored
man named Dempsey was shot and
killed on the farm of Isaac N. Easton
near Hickory Ground by another col
ored man named Harding while playing
the White Cap joke and forcing himself
into Harding's house at midnight.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
Killed over a Road Toll.

GEORGETOWN. KY, April 25.-George
Breen, toll-gate keeper, two miles from
town, was fatally shot yesterday after
noon, by Shed Cottrell. during a dispute
about the payment of toll.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
Death of Historian SpofEord.

RUTLAND, VT, April 20.-H. B. Spot
ford, the historian, Of Clarendon, died
yesterday. He was a w~ell-known his
torical writer and a poet of more than
ordinary ability.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
Suicide in New York,

NEW YORK. April 26.-Rose Bacwink-
ell, a Russian oman % years old, COM
mitted suicide to-day at 80 Orchard
Street by swallowing a quantity of oxalic
acid.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01

APPEARANCES are sometimes deceiving.
Eggs are. not strong, vet they do well in
q scramble.-Binghampton Republican.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-01
BURIED BY VOTES.

Prohibition's Overwhelming Defeat-The
Amendment Rejected by Massachu-
setts-NearIy Every City in the State
Votes Against Prohibition and Helps
to Roll Up an Adverse Majority of
Over 40, 900.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-03
GOVERNOR WHITES REPORT.

The snug condition of Montana's
treasury is showni in the fact hat il re-
ports "a balance of 49,. 265.67 on hand:
and Governor Whites report says that
there il not an outstanding warrant
unpaid. The aggregate Indebtedness
of the sixteen counties of the territory
isSI ,oOO.oOO. All liabilities incurred by
IA are promptly met. The
territory's wealth is rated at one hun
dred and fifty millions and it's es-
timated population to be close to
2OO.ODO. The governor is satisfied that
mex years census will make these
figures good.
The area Of Montana includes ninety
one million acres, oue-third of which is
tillable. The infancy of agriculture in
the territory is indicated 10y official fig
ures which show that. in lssS. there
were 33l 1872 acres on which crops were
raised aud less than four million acres
reported for assessment. The records
of the land offices show that 52.42s
acres were taken up during the past
fiscal year. Governor White shows
how easily irrigation may bee applied in
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-03

lous situation, that prosperous county
discovering that its tax levy for the
current year actually shows q shrink
age of half q million dollars in the val
uatiOn Of it's taxable property. Yet the
year has witnessed h extension OF
railroads through the southern part Of
the county AND the development of u
large amount of mining property re-
ported to be valuable. The Sentinel
remarks that people had been led to
believe that Jefferson county WAS max
ing her way to the front in the a c for
wealth. Their hopes are blighted, for
the assessor assures them that their
balance sheet show they have lost a
years labor and one-seventh of their
capital"
1t cannot he that Jefferson county is
moving backward. Probably the trouble
In Jefferson. rs i'm Deer Lodge, is due
tn the fact that the assessment is not
faithfully made and does not find all
property liable to taxation. That is
believed tn be the trouble here, at any
rate. \ careful assessment of Deer
Lodge will doubtless raise it's valuation
mt least two millions ut n jump.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-03

Newspapers wonder why it is that. i'm
the Ohio campaign, John sherman
doesn't 60 of i'm Outbursts of eloquence
over Governor Foraker. The Sher-
mans have good memories and the
member of that family answering I"
the name Of John always keeps i'm
mind the fact that he might be taking
three meals n day i'm the white house
now but for h treachery of Foraker
in Chicago.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-03
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3. 1859.

It in fashionable to capture Tascott,
the murderer of Smell. A dozen differ
snt states have turned him up, n once
he was discovered in Deer Lodge. The
only trouble is the right Tascott has no
vet bean taken. They Thought they
had him in Philadelphia last week but
Il turned out to be the same old story Of
mistaken identity, and now the Thila-
delphia newspapers are laughing at the
police.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-03

Governor Foraker has been very sick.
His health broke down midway i'm the
v by which he hoped to win a
third term as governor of Ohio. Per
haps Governor Foraker's prostration
was hastened by the untoward political
features that developed i'm his anvas
- soon rs it was fairly started. At
any rate the governor must have suf-
fered u very severe relapse when he
heard that Private DalZell, who pulled
Tanner through" was OH the stump and
sworn to save him.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-03
TROUBLE in <

More than one county in Montana is
worried this yea because assessment
and tax levy present anomalies not
easily explained away.
Beaverhead is burdened beyond what
its people believe they ought To bear.
Within three years its county tax has
nearly doubled, its city rate has in
creased nearly 80 per cent. and the
school tax climbs steadily upward. \
correspondent writing to the Dillon
Tribune remarks that. three years ago.
Beaverhead county had Il lightest tax
levy i'm the territory and that the rate
in Dillon was lower than i'm II city of
Montana. To-day billions rate Is
among the highest: in fact it is almost
exactly at par with the rate in Ana
conda, with this difference. however,
that the writer to the Tribune claims
tina Dillon has practically nothing to
show for it, while in this city the pres
ent large rate of nearly three per cent.
represents a large number of valuable
public improvements, besides helping
to make good the shortages incident to
an error in last years levy.
Jefferson county presents an anoma-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-03

yards. Roreign capitalize are bccominG
aware that they arc mot very popular In
this country, and they ropos In rum mo
hance~.
George Gould denies hat his father
wants o borrow 2O.O0O.O0O from Drexel,
Morgan q Co. for tire purpose of recon-
strhctinR and improving the New York ell
evatet railroads. The fellow who started
the story may nave been ON the wrong
track, hut he was probably somewhat cle-
vatssl AT all events.
In reply tn a suggestion coming from
the court that he submit to an
ton of lunacy experts, George Francis
Train sent hack word: "No-I know q
ID sight more about my own mind than
any expert" This IL u Train of Thought
which leads one into tire depths of psychol-
OQy.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-03
bringing under cultivation most Of the
oOil of Montana. He 0ays:

bringing under cultivation most Of the
soil Of Montana. He says:
Montana is by far the hest ~atered at any Of
the Ras-ky Mountain states and terrttOrtes.
Clark's York Of the Columbia drains that IortiOn
of Il lying on the Pacific slope. and xO abundant
are the streams Of that section that ] betiese
there can hs no question that there In snntcieut
water, when properly utilized. TAI water every
fDa Of tiilable land In that section. Vast ut the
Rocky Mountains the Missouri and ~SellOwstOOe
rivers, with their various tributaries, lie almost
within the boundaries Of Montana from their
sources in the high mountains tn their Junction
On our eastern border.
Questions relating to the develop
ment of the territOry's resources, its
mining interests, it's timber lands, its
stOck-raising Industries, it's schools and
its u~ndeveloped wealth find n place i'm
the Governors report. Regarding
school lands the Governor points out
the fact hat these cannot he sold at u
lower figure than ten dollars an acre,
nor can they he leased for n longer term
than five years. 1t will he u good while
before much of the school a will be
marketable at that price, and the report
recommends that, regarding the limits
prescribed for leases, the law he modi-
fled SO as tn leave the state free to act
as may be deemed proper for IA best
interests of the people.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-03

III nothing else is accomplished in the
Cronin trial, Livcryman Dinan's white
horse has been convicted of the part he
took i'm the murder.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-03

last week in Burlington, Iowa. The dele
gates are praying the country tn give them
one.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-03
TOPICS.

Tho proprietor of "a hotel at Topeka,
Kansas, has been convicted of selling
cider. 1t must seem pretty hard.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-03

II now appears that an English syndi-
cate is buying up all New England's brick
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-03

The marriage ceremony of Miss Clara
Huntington to Prince Iatzfeldt was
conducted with just enough privacy to
make il Ostentatious. A nuptial mass
followed the wedding and there We're
gifts from princes and pOtentates.
They tell us that the bride has magniii-
cent eyes and teeth and that her man
ners are quite insipid. while the groom
is bald headed and is in debt for Il cool
million. With this little run of gossip
relating to the famous pair the public
will be obliged to await further devel-
opments until divorce proceedings be-
gin.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-03

The two Dakotas are in II Union;
President lIarrisOn's proclamation set
ties that. Washington territory ought
to have marched right i'm with the Da
kOtas but. in it's anxiety to fix up its
senatorial ticket. that territory has evil
IDENTIFY forgotten that the President of
the United states receives callers by
card: and washington's card was not
presented. Montana should have
marched into the Union with music
and banners. 1t is barred by fraud.
More richly endowed than all its rival
aspirants in the Northwest. a cordial
welcome awaited Montana. But it il
not entitled to take its place in the Sis
terhoOd of sovereign states until it's
tainted reputation has been redeemed
and all it's offenses are blotted out. The
men in Butte and Helena who nave
plotted against edict of the ballot
box have much to answer for.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-03

Ladies' White Mcrino Vests and
Pants at 45c and 75c. former
price 75c and SI.25.
and Pants at ooc per pair.
Misses Scarlet Vests and Pants,
all sizes at CSC per pair. former
price soc.
Five-Button Kid Gloves for soc
per pair. former price SI.oo.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-03

The week just ended has been one of
bitter disappointment to the Second
Adventists. Under the plan they had
agreed upon, this terrestrial ball was To
stop rolling OH the closing day of last
month. That was a bad time for the
wind-up, as n Iomestake tunnel pre-
einct had not yet been counted and cleo
tom which have been holly contested
in n dozen different states were yet un-
decided. 1t would be "a pity were this
world to close out business leaving the
fate Of Foraker and Malone and the
Jack canvassing board hanging in
sternity's balance. still, the Second
Adventists were confident that doom
was surely going tn crack last Thursday
night. The wonder il that people
should lend themselves to "a theory SO
wild: yet there are more h forty
thousand of them in the United States.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-03

Misses Fine Cashmere Hose. all
sizes. at 25c per pair. black and
colored.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-03

Misses English Ribbed Wool
Hose. all sizes. 5 pairs for SI.oo.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-03
HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR,

Ladies' Heavy Wool Hose at csc
per pair. worth 4oc.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-02
A Little Too Previous.

BERLIN, May 2.-An official denial
is published today of the report print
ed in the Berliner Tageblatt of Tues
day that at Mondays sitting of the
Samoan conference Mr.. Kasson, one
Of the American commissioners, had
asked whether secret treaty existed
between England and Germany for
the partition of Tonga and the Sa-
moan Islands, that Prince Bismarck
and Sir Edward Malett, the British
ambassador, had categorically denied
the existence of such treaty.
Commissioners were presented to the
Emperor William at Potsdam. The
emperor conversed in friendly man.
ner with all commissioners, who were
delighted with their reception.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-02
State News Condensed.

Laredo wool market reported quiet
as yet.
Hamilton is to have a big wool
growers picnic.
The Taylor fair has opened with a
good attendance.
Hail stones fell at Laredo half as
big as hens egg.
Wool receipts at San Angelo are
rapidly increasing.
Overcoats have been worn al Sui
phur Springs lately.
Base ball: Houston 10, Austin 7;
Waco 8, Fort Worth 8.
The Wilson-Goode murder trial is
in progress at Boerne.
San Marcos has had a severe rain
and hail storm injuring crops.
Charter is filed of the Texarkana
& Daingerfield railroad company.
Grading camps on the Llano extern
ton are moving near to Fredericks-
burg.
The movement of cattle from west
to the eastern prairies is freely inaug-
urated.
Mr.. w. J. Lemp, the st. Louis beer
man, sends the Confederate home at
Austin, 500.
1t is feared there will be frost at
Wichita, as the cold wave has not en-
tirely abated.
From San Angelo last week, three
men shipped 92 carloads of cattle and
so carloads of sheep.
Three hundred per cent profit has
lately been realized on some property
in New Birmingham.
Arkansas and Northwestern railroad
is completed to Granite Noun tain
and first shipment made.
The sixth annual convention of the
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union met in Denison yesterday.
A little son of J. w. Adams, near
Bonham, was thrown and killed by a
mule, which broke every bone in his
body.
Texarkana is alive with prominent
railroad men on the occasion of gath
ering Of directors Of the Cotton Belt
road.
BrOwnwOOd is working hard to get
fair share of the wool business.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-02
WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO.
The Ladies' Can Help the Monument
Fund at the Spring Palace.

The Ladies' Can Help the Monument
Fund at the Spring Palace.
The ladies who have interested
themselves in presenting San An
tonic before the world at Fort Worth
in the Spring Palace exhibit, which
opens there on the 10Th inst, have
definite ideas which, with little as
sistance, can be successfully carried
out. In addition to proper repre-
sentative Of the native woods, clays,
stones, oils and vegetable products Of
this region they have in mind the
representation of the Alamo city, and
particularly of the old Alamo itself.
The city at different stages of its
growth would he represented in BIRDS
eye view worked in the walls of the
San Antonio annex in fruits, cereals
and flowers. The Alamo itself would
be represented by miniature Alamo,
an exact fac smile of the old build
ing. This would in the first place be
roughly constructed out Of soft pine
and covered with adobe tiles to exact
ly represent the color and substance
of the old citadel. The same clay
would be used in forming the ground
III VIC lI1lIItuldlc NIClDlUy anu JlluS d
perfect likeness of the whole would
be presented. This work can be
done under the hand, of one of the
most original designers and practical
modellers in clay that has ever re-
sided in this city, and done for
little over $50. 1t is also suggested
that the interior of the building form
safe for the reception of conrtibu--
tions to the Alamo Monument fund.
There is no doubt Of the practica bility
of this scneme, and no presentation
that San Antonio could make of her.
self at Fort Worth, could attract
more attention, or more thoroughly
advertise this city. AS a means OF
securing funds to the Alamo Monu-
ment fund, it is by no means to be de-
spised, and would aid in bring
ing that matter very distinctly
before the state, and the whole
sisterhoOd of states as well.
To carry out the proposed work a lit
tie money, and only little, is neces-
sary. The little that is necessary
should be forthcoming without much
solicitation. The LIGHT is now and
always has been of the opinion that
this city cannot afford to be left out in
the cold at Fort Worth, if for no other
reason than the effect it will have up
ON our attendance at the Internation-
al Fair to be held next November.