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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-06
Fire i'm a Chicago Brewery.

CHICAGO, Ill, Aug. There was great
excitement around Cottage Grove Ave
nue. and Twenty ninth Street, last even
ing, when an explosion of mill dust
ripped things in the malt house of the
Kelley Brewing Company, whore So,
000 bushels of malt were stored. Pres
ident Thomas Kelley, of the brewing
company, estimates the loss at SGT. 900.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-06

GEORGE BRowN, under arrest at Eau
Claire for a jewelry robbery at Waverly,
Ia, was proven to be the wrong man.
A damage suit is now in order.
WHITEFIsn are dying in Lake Mendo-
ia, and are washing ashore near the
Touring mill on the lakes outlet at the
Catfish.
EAU CLAIRE old settlers are arranging
for jolly good time and banquet Octo-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-06
RrSsia's Showing Of Warriors

ST.. PETERSBURG, August 4.-Over 100,-
900 troops will take pa-t in the military
maneuvres to be held before the Car
in Volhynia in September.
Emperor William will arrive st the
Peterhot on August "a He will re-
main for three days, and will return by
sea to Germany.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-06
Coffee Syndicate Formed.

Rio JANE1Ro, Aug. IA company has
been formed here for the purpose Of
assuring stability to coffee quotations
and to facilitate business in that COM
modify. Agencies will be established
in London, New York, Havre and Ham
burg. Shares in the new company to
the amount of $4,000 have been sub
scribed for.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-06
CAN UNCLE SAM INTERFERE?
Question as to Federal Rights in the Lot
terry Legislation.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 4.-The
Senate committee to-day took up
the anti-lottery bill prepared at
the Post-office Department, and which
was reported favorably to the
House last week. Some doubt was ex-
pressed as to the constitutional right of
Congress TO interfere with matter en-
trusted to the mails, and the bill was re-
ferred to a subcommittee consisting of
Senators Sawyer, Mitchell and Reagan,
for examination and report.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-06
BREAD FAMINE IN CHICAGO.
Bakers Strike Likely to Cause Lack of
LOaves.


CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 31.-Unless Bakers
Aldrich and Bremner, whose large es-
adjustments are part of the American
Biscuit Company, accede to the de-
mands of their striking journeymen
bakers, it has been decided by the
Bakers Union to declare shutdown of
every bakery in the city. including
those who have acceded to the
strikers terms. The journeymen see
their opportunity in the fact that
business is likely to be very heavy.
Private families, to large extent, pre-
fer to buy bread rather than bake it, and
the Odd Fellows Cantonment in this
city next week will cause a heavily in
creased demand for loaves and rolls.
Messrs. Aldrich and Bremner have mild
ly refused the strikers demands, and if
they persist in it a bread famine seems
lneyitabln
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-06
PLOTlrno Ut niLH DEGREE.
S;hilists in st. Petersburg suicide When
Found Out.

S'hilists in Sc. Petersburg suicide When
Found Out.
PARIS, Aug. "A fires Nihjlist plot
against the Gar has been discovered l..
st. Petersburg. Prof. CO wski, Of the
University of St. Petersburg, and a
number Of hesstudents at that institu-
ion, who it is alleged, were concerned
II the plot, have been arrested, and
many persons have beer taken into
custody in Moscow on the charge. Two
officers of high rank in the Russian
army have committed suicide. 1t IS
supposed that they were found to have
been implicated in the conspiracy
against the Gar, and took :leir lives
rather than undergo arrest and the pun
ishment that was sure to follow.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-06
Damages for the Tioga Disaster.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 31.-Suit was filed
Yesterday, in the United States circuit
court, by three of the widows of men
who lost their lives in the Tioga dis
aster, against the Genesse Oil Company.
They are Dora Williams, Whey Smith,
and Hada S. Braxton, and they ask for
damages in the sum of $1,000 each.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-06
Strike for a Trivial Cause.

LIMA, O., Aug. 2.-The switchmen of
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Railroad here struck last night, because
the company took off one of the en-
gines. The tracks are blockaded with
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-06
PICKED OUT A TICKET.
North Dakota Republicans Place Men In
Nomination.

GRAND FORKS, n. D., July BIN the
Republican state convention, this morn
ing, John P. Bray, Of Grand Forks, was
renominated for auditor; L. E. Booker,
of Pembina, for treasurer, and John
Flitl;e for secretary Of state. G. A. M.
Spencer, of Walsh County, was nomi-
mated for attorney general.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-06
SETTLING A BIG STRIKE.
Pennsylvania Iron Workers Come to an
Agreement With Employers.

P1rrsBURG, Pa, July 31.-The strike
at the National Tube Works, McKees-
port, Pa, was settled at a conference
this afternoon, and the men will return
to work tonight. The workmen waive
the demand to sign the Amalgamated
scale, agreeing to resume if an agree
ment was signed to pay the scale of
wages. The strike affected 900 men.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-06
Two Women Drowned.

NIAGARA, Ont, Aug. Mrs. Reesal
and her sister, Miss Anderson. were
drowned while bathing in the Niagara
River at Youngstown, N. Y, yester
dav.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-06
Heavy Fire at Memoirs,

MEMPHIS. Tenn, Aug. Buildings
occupied by F. Whitmore, printer: Sal
linger & Co., clothiers, and u. M. Estes
4 Co., grocers, burned, with SIC, 600 loss
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-06
Cholera Raging in Bagdad.

LONDON, July 29.-Cholera is raging in
Bagdad and vicinity, and great appre-
hension exists lest the scourge should
spread westward.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-06
STOPPED BUILDING.
Strike of Carpenters Employed on Public
Work in New York.

New YORK, July 31.-A general strike
was ordered this morning on all the
public schools now being repaired.
There are only three contractors OBJ
jectionable to the board of walking dele
gates, but this general movement is Or
dered 70 compel the Board of Education
to get rid of them. About l 200 men are
out of work, and there is serious doubt
about the public schools being able to
open ON September 9.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-06
Hundreds starving TO Death.

CAIRO, Aug. IA famine prevails in
the Soudan. In some parts OF the
country the deaths from starvation aver
age 100 daily.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-06
Base Ball Record.

The following table shows the stand
ing of the clubs in the four leading
leagues August 2:
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Gold DiscOyery.

George Hamlin Fitch in the Century
One OF the anomalies Of the gold discovery
was its slowness in reaching Americans in Cali
fornia. 1t was midsummer before the news
was generally credited in California and
Oregon. Then, when people became convinced
that the reports were true and that fortunes
could be made in q few months in the Sacra-
mento valley, there was a rush such as was
never before known in history. OF course the
California settlers had the great advantage of
proximity to the new Ell Dorado. Next, per.
haps came those in Honolulu. The Oregonians
obtained their news by way Of the Sandwich
Islands and Fort Vancouver. These hardy
pioneers had just emerged from q long struggle
with hunger, the wilderness and the Indians
They were poor, and they saw in the future
only vista OF weary work with small profits,
as they had no market for their produce. Sud
denly the scattered settlements were electrified
by the news Of the gold discovery. Those who
took part in the rush declare that not less than
two-thirds OF all those capable OF bearing arms
swarmed over the Siskiyou mountains and
came down to the gold fields OF the Sacramento.
In the meantime the news had spread to
the east, to Australia and to South America,
From all quarters came young men as eager for
adventure as for gold. Not one in a thousand
had any practical knowledge of mining or any
plan of remaining in the country after fortune
had been made. Eighty thousand is O con-
sentative estimate of the number of gold
hunters who focked to California in the first
twelve months that followed Marshalrs dis
coverv.
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ALEXANDRIA.
Reported for rss Hvxsruo sr...

Reported for TRn EvK1Ixo sfAa.
SrREEf IMPRovENxxT.-It is expected that
bills il available West wilkes street win Be
greatly improved from Alfred street 70 the
soldiers graveyard The street 10 not level
one, and although not we'll graded ID lighted
with electric lights and passes over portion
of Tho hill. nov largely built up BY Midland
railway employees. A grant of the right Of way
over the street win be made to the
United States authorities by the city
before the improvement 10 begun, and whom
the work 70 done the hilr' will have hand
some avenue from Alfred street 10 the corpora
ton line and beyond. Wilkes street was laid
out and named In the days Of the stamp act
after John Wilkes, the editor of the NorM
Brtton, who stood up strongly for the rights of
the American colonies. It is therefore appro-
pristely named for The avenue to the National
Cemetery.
SCHOOL MATTERS Tho city school board
win hold its regular meeting Thursday even
ing at the Peabody building. An election will
s, t. ali the vacancy ocoasionsd By the he'd death
Of Miss Lizzie AlbraDd. The principal candi-
dates are Miss Alice Thomas and Miss EsteIle
Knoxville. Miss Grace Arneli, substitute
teacher In charge Of Washington School.
No. 6, has resigped. The clork Of the school
board has this week issued 8 permits to white
and ID to colored chileren.
NorEs-Douglas Stuart, r. K. O'Brien. Ed
mond Burke, Thoa Waters and Julian Miller
OF this city have entered the University of Vir-
GINA this ssssion.---Geo. Williams has bought
for 100 house and lot on Patrick street be-
tween Princess and Oronoko.--Lee camps,
senior and junior, left here this morning for
the confederate monument dedication at Fair
fax Court House.--The Young Mems Sodality
Lyceum will celebrate its anniversary by an
entertainment at its hall next Friday evening.
The funeral Of DR.. W. H. Gray Of Alexan-
dria county took place today. He was veto
ran Of the late war and was buried in the Sol
diers' Cemetery.--MrS E. ]. Jameson died
at her home on Seminary Hill yesterday in her
eighty-seoond year. She was the daughter OF
the late Hugh Smith of this city and the second
wife OF the late Robt. Jamioson.--Rev Dr.
Stafford Of Ohio has succeeded Rev. DIR. r. F.
Bishop in the pastorate of the Trinity NJ. E.
Church here, DR.. Bishop having been trans
feIred to an Ohio conference.-Mr.J J. G.
dence Of Rev. J. NJ Nourse ON St Asaph and
Duke stroafA
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GEORGETOWN.

BALL.-Arrangemsnts have been completed
between the Manhattan and the Columbia
Athletic Club ball teams for game to be
played within few days on Analostan Island.
RUSAwAY.-Three horses drawing a large
stone wagon belonging to Gartreli l. Co. be-
came frightened at the electric car yesterday
afternoon and ran away from the power house
to Georgetown. The driver sustained slight
injuries by being thrown to the ground.
BAss.-A string Of about q dozen fair-sized
bass were captured yesterday by Messrs. Thos.
King and George Lockhart at Pennyfelds.
AN ITALIAN PIsroL CARRIER FINEp.-Sergt,
Volkman Monday night arrested Anthony Sell
lani, An Italian, who was with another man, both
drunk. The men are employed on the works
near Tenleytown and live in the camp near
there with other italian and negro laborers.
When searched at the station the officer found
6ellani armed with heavy 44-caliber revolver.
Both men were locked up for drunkenness and
an additional charge Of carrying concealed
weapons was placed against Sellani. When the
case was tried in the Police Court Judge Miller
spoke of the dangers attending the carrying of
weapons in such camp and how easily a, riot
might be started. The m aximum penalty $50
or ninety days, Was imposed.
PERsoNAL.-Mr. John S. Billings has re-
turned to Columbia College, New York,
where he Is taking course in medicine. MIR
J. II. Bradley Of the firm OF Bradley & Castle ar
Is making business trip to New York.
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DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
DIHTY ALLEYS,


The hles OF the COMMISSIONER Office contain
many complaints regarding the dirty condition
OF the alleys Of the city. Superintendent Ar
mold. in report to the Commissioners recently
on one OF these complaints, says that Il 10 al
most impossible TO keep the alleys Of the city
in clean or healthy condition 20 long % they
are used a. dumping ground or the manure
boxes In them are permitted to be filed to over
flowing before being removed, OF that builders
are permitted to store large Quantities of mate
rial in the alleys for long periods before IL IL
needed in construction. He also states that
where the alleys are being used for dumping
loose material, such a. sand. lime. brick. DC,
builders should be required to clean up before
1t has accumulated to any great extent In this
connection he earnestly calls attention TO the
general practice Of sweeping the dirt and re-
fuse paper from stores, &C., INTO the streets
and alleys; also the throwing of cut grass taken
from lawns into the street, which not only
dirties the streets, but chokes up the sewers
and causes sickness. He recommends that the
police be instructed to keep sharp lookout for
all persons who make practice Of using the
streets and alleys rs a general dumping ground,
and says II they do this much benefit could be
derived therefrom. The matter was referred
to MAJ. Moore and he says In letter to the
Commissioners that the officers have been in
structed to keep sharp lookout, and as a re-
suit several persons have been brought TO court
already.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-01
ANCIENT LIGHT STANDARD.
An Article That Antedates the Age of
Candles.

NJ. Steinert, whose famous collection Of rare
old musical instruments has been exhibited in
various cities and is now in Washington, has
just become the possessor of q rude light
standard OF the fifth century. This article is
not q candlestick, for it antedates the age Of
candles. It 10 about foot in height. made of
iron and wood. A rude and rusty rod Of
wrought iron is driven into a block of wood,
which, though very aged, probably is not the
original block that was cut out for the imple-
ment The rod supports tool which works on
the scissors principle, ono end being used for
nippers. One of the iron rods extends back
ward and has huge iron for a weight to hold
it down. The firebrands we're placed in the
nippers and held there by the weight
One material which was used for illuminating
in the days OF this instrument was a sort Of
vegetable candle that grew in swamps. The
ends Of this werc dipped in grease and set on
IRE, the center OF the candle being placed in
the iron jaws of the standard. This was the
best method Of Illuminating at that age. The
instrument was presented to Mr.. Steinert by a
lady in whose family in Wales it had been kept
for generations,
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Mr.. Clevelaud's Odd Present

Mrs. Celuria Allen Of New Woodstock, NY,
iseighty-four years old, and was one Of the
many hundreds who shook hands with the
President and Mrs. Grover Cleveland three
years ago, when they were guests at the home
of ex-Secretary Fairchild at Cazenovia Dur
ing the last summer Mrs. Clevelands pet
spaniel dog, sent to her present from Europe,
was sent to MIR. Fairchiid's home for tempo
rary care. The man having him in charge had
him clipped during the warm weather. The
soft silken hair was saved and turned over to
Mrs. Allen. She carded the hair, spun it into
yarn and knit pair Of gloves for tMr. Cleve-
land, which she sent to New York q few days
ago. Mrs. Allen has just received a pleasant
letter from Mr.. Cleveland. accepting the pres
ent and thanking her in behalf of both himself
and Mrs. Cleveland. He says he prizes the
gloves very highly as great curiosity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-01

Deeds in fee have been fled as follows:
John Rome to Kate NJ. Wells, lots IS and 20,
block 2, Ivy City; 5000. Margaretta Goddard
to same, lot 20, do; e. +. H. Melick to John
p. Morse, lot 20; block 8, Trinidad; $1,5O0
Frederick Brockett to C. p. p. Wroe, sub co.
"a. 62s; s3,250. o. B. Hines to B. L. Walker,
sub 81, 50. TAI; e.. Jesse Brown TO r. d.
Hopkin, lots IA and Is. block l6, T. q BIS sub
Pleasant Plains; ss,750. Il. Eagan TO J. H.
Wright, v. half g. So. 800; $4,000. g. A.
g. $50; s. 7. M. Harvey to W. Mayse, lot
II, 50. 969; e2,644. H. wei to Ellen Monroe,
part 9, 50. 500; $500. Belle REM to Agnes
Robinson, sub lot 80, 50. $50; e.: Agnes Rob-
i II to W. Mayss, do; e.. g. Beckett to E.
Monice to ". Blake, interest lin her property
IN ID, c.; e. Fannie C. Ernest to K W,
Hawkins. part Of 202 and 203, B. 4 H's add. to
WV; $l,25O.; Elizabeth W. Voorhees, to
kathafine A. Craig, lot % and part "a, South
Hayes o. al to Joseph H. Curran, pt 3. 3D. III;
S2OO. G: Gessford to E. Abner, pit. subs 81 to
50, 50. $50; e.. F. W. Grogan to @. Earle, in
trust, No. 1873 10th street northeast; e. P.
Bsien TO W. Holman. pit. II, %. $50; $1.25O.
= Southern to T. E. Clark, sub ia, %. s6l;
LOTS s to 8, HIS ad. to Georgetown; 90, ISL. "a
Darby Thompson to Elizabeth Murray. lot
43, blk. s, LIE Droit Park; e.. b. H. warder
70 d. 4. Emmons ct al, subs 1lS to LAG, 50.
TAI; e. Elizabeth Murray to W. H.C. Thomp-
son, subs II and IS, %. 507; g.. L. W.
kitchie TO Martha 8. King, sub A Of lots Is to
"a, Old Georgetown; e.. John E. Beall ct al
to Anna N. Frazer, west half 80, 50. ITO; e.
2. A. Moore to the General Grand Accepted
Order OF Brothers and Sisters OF Love and
Charity. part Is, 50. 635; s.. NJ 1. Weller to
VIM. Henning, lots 40 and Al. block 4, Twining
City; $500. George Godson to Willard j.
Moore. subs % and IS. block s, LIE DroIt Park;
e. Joseph A. darlington to Vsletta Holmes,
sub ~. So 9l5; $4,000. G. A. Kuhn to Susan
Watson, part S, 50. 636; s1,2OO.
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Rules for frotting Records.

At a meeting Of the executive committee Of
the National Association Of Trotting Horse
Breeders in Cleveland last night new rules were
adopted for the securing Of standard records.
The old method Of trotting for "tin cup" rec
ords was abolished The new way provides for
a standard stake, in which each horse winning a
heat in 2:30 or better is sent to the stable All
records secured under the old method were to
b. good up to midnight, September 30. After
that all records must be secured under the new
rules which 20 into effect with the LIST day of
October. The action OF the committee was
unanimous
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Lord Sackyille Criticized.

Ever since his recall from Washington Lord
Sackville has frequently expressed to Lord Sal
isbury his desire for an appointment as am
bassador to one Of the courts Of Europe. An
attache of the British foreign Office, recently
referring to the subject, said: ''The recent
action of Lord Sackville at Standardization
has rendered any such appointment out of the
question. 1t is now admitted that his lordship
committed an error as great as that which led
to his recall from Washington and has proved
how unfit he ia for q position requiring tact
discretion and breadth of view.
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Evidence of u Terrible Crime.

The evidence OF what Is probably a terrible
crime has been discovered by a party of pleas
ure seekers in a mutilated body lying in the
woods some distance below ST. Louis. Three
of st. Louis, while returning from a days hunt
near Cliff Cave Monday afternoon discovered a
skeleton Of a man lying in Twin Hollow, half
mile south Of Cliff Cave on the Iron Mountain
and Southern railroad. The man had been
lying there for long period as every vestige
OF flesh had long ago disappeared. The bones
were incased in clothes, which were Of good
material, but were rotten from exposure to the
weather. Upon examining the skull, small
hole was seen just above the right eye, which led
the men to believe that the fellow had been shot.
Under the right arm there was a crutch and in
his left hand, which the bony fingers still
clutched, was q cane. Robbery il supposed to
have been the incentive for the crime
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Two Fighting Government Clerks.

Two Fighting GOvernment Clerks.
Two government clerks were on street be-
twssn 10th and 18th streets last night discuss
ing the tariff or some other brain-r acking
problem. The arguments became rather
heated and personal, until at last the words
'.you lie" passed Then hostilities were in
order and fight ensued. For few minutes
the scrap was lively one. Money was NO OBJ
tect to one OF the men--on pay day-and he
broke costly cane over tho head of the other
disputsnt, who only few minutes before was
bis companion and friend. Policeman Creagh,
who witnessed the affair, arrested both men
and took them to the police station. They
gave their names a. Riley Williams and Joseph
johnson, and they left IS each for their APP
pearance this morning. They failed TO appear
and the money was forfeited.
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Murdered Before Her Mofher,s Eac

Alexander Campbell, who recently went to
St. Augustine, Fla, shot and killed Miss Mamie
Joseph, daughter of q prominent merchant,
yesterday because she had refused to marry
him. He fired three shots, the frst infict-
inga slight wound. the second going wild and
the third penetrating his victims heart Miss
Joseph was chatting with her mother and an
other lady when Campbell appeared with re-
volver. The young lady fed toward neigh
boris yard, when she sank upon flower bed,
overcome by fright aud the effect of the
wound inflicted by the first bullet Campbell
followed her and fired the fatal shot while
standing over the PROSTATE girl He is being
guarded by an extra force at the Jail to prevent
lynching.
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Serious Runaway Accident

Policeman @. b. Foller Of the first precinct
met with an accident while riding with lady
friend last evening. They were in buggy,
and 1t 18th and G streets drove into pile Of
stone being used BY the Belt Line road in the
laying Of the new track. The horse took fright
and dashed Oh, and Foller and his companion
were thrown out The officer was dragged
some distance Mr.. Foller had the side Of his
face badly cut aud his right arm was broken
and the elbow dislocated. He was taken to the
Emergency Hospital and DR.. Middleton At
tpnded him
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CITY AND DISTRICT.

- The difference between . loose vague
boast and IN afidavit giving exact figures il .
wide one, and Of great significance 10 person
interested in the statement TIE STA, sseors
TO ~ circulation This il . point Of great i'm
portancs to advertisers