Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-29
MINOR NEWS NOTES.

C. B. Trump was killed and two other
men were wounded in an ahray at Trap
Hill, w. Va.
St. Paul men have subscribed $4,000
for library and art institute.
A tornado in, Colorado blew an ex-
press train from the track and unroofed
many houses IN Monument.
At the coroners inquest on the quad
ruple killing at the railway crossing In
Chicago, the engineer was exonerated.
Warm rains have melted the huge
snowbanks in California, causing Sc
rious floods.
There has been q prolonged snow
storm in Hungary and Syria. Houses
are demolished, and many lives have
been lost. st. Mary's Cathedral at
Pressburg was damaged by the storm.
An eight-story building in CINCINNATI,
o., occupied by printing firms. burned.
Loss, 100000.
The post-office, the Crested Butte
Bank and eleven business houses were
burned at Crested Butte, COL Loss,
$50, 600; insurance light.
Civil-Service Commissioner Roosevelt,
in his annual report, says that political
assessments are under present laws al
most impossible.
Severe gales are reported in Southern
England and Wales. Steamers continue
to report unu 3ually turbulent seas and
many disasters.
The Lake Superior iron mines pro-
duced 1892, 754 tons Of iron in 1889, I'D
increase of 2,257, 343 tons over 1888.
George Lounsbury, cashier of the
New York postoffice, committed sui
eide. His accounts were short S2O,O
Three persons were killed and TWEEN
ty injured by an explosion Of natural
gas at Columbus, O.
Six thousand people gathered in the
Chicago Auditorium to celebrate the an
nlversary of the birth of Robert Burns.
Louis l.. Bromwell, president OF the
California Insurance Company, was
shot by 6. G. Pratt, general agent, who
charges Bromwell with running his
vile.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Payne, with
friend and driver, were killed by
train as they were entering Chicago
cemetery to bury their child.
London papers approve the Samoan
treaty; German papers denounce it.
The Merchant Tailors' National Ex-
change binds it's members not to alter
or make over clothing made outside of
the United States.
Southwestern France has been visited
and devastated by fearful hurricane.
rection is interrupted.
A special cable rom Para states that
the provisional government has can
celled the concession of twenty relS per
pound on rubber granted recently to the
mercantile company.
A million dollars has been.invested in
property at Kansas City, Kas., for
Methodist college.
Three persons died in a Union Pacific
train during the snow blockade in Ore
gon.
The great glass blowers lockout in
New Jersey IS at an end.
The operatives of the Bourne Mill,
Fall River, Mass, on the 22d, received
dividend under the profit sharing
scheme. 1t ranges from less than 81 to
$3.50 for six months. The scheme has
created general satisfaction among the
employees, who state that it has caused
closer personal interest In the welfare
Of the mill, and has resulted in better
work.
John X. Beidler, famous Montana
character, renowned as leader of the
committee during the road agent pc
Rod, and who, for many years since,
has been a deputy United States mar
shall and sherff's officer, died at his
home, in Helena, on the 22d, of pneu-
monia.
The American Tobacco Company has
been incorporated at Trenton, n. j.,
with a capital of $4,000 @.
Kyle Terry, a nephew of the late
Judge Terry, was killed in the court
house at Galveston, Tex.
Portuguese merchants will boycott
England because Of it's action in the AT
rican affair.
Sing Sing prison is to be removed
across the river on the hills of Ulster
County.
The Pioneer Pottery Works, at Wells
Vile, O., were destroyed by fire. The
loss is 1850; insurance, $4,000.
The trial Of the Cronin jury briDers
has been postponed until Feb. 10.
Luther McCalmont's residence in
Unionville, Mo-, burned. and his aged
mother and his two daughters persisted.
Jake kilrain has been elected instruct
or 1or boxing by the Southern Athletic
Club, of New Orleans, for term of four
months.
The will of the late Judge Knicker-
booker, which was filed in The probate
court, at Chicago, on the Goth, distfib-
Htes an estate OF $2J1, 200 entirely among
the blood relatives of the deceased.
The Gar has conferred the decora-
ton Of the order of ST. Alexander
Newski upon the regents OF Servia, the
order of St. Anne upon M. Gruics, min
lister of foreign affairs, and the grand
cross of the Order OF st. Stanlslaus upon
tie minister Of education and the min
lister Of the interior.