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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-29
DYNAMITERS NO MORE,
Famous Irish Society Abo1ishes All Sc
cret Practices.

Famous Irish Society Abo1ishes All Sc
cret Practices.
PATERSON, n. j., Oct. 22.-The bran
nual convention of the Fenian Brother
hood was brought to a close last night.
The session has lasted three days.
More than 200 delegates were present,
representing all sections of the United
States. George Smith presided and H.
James Barrett and John Delahanty
were chosen secretaries.
By far the most important action of
the convention was the unanimous in
dorsement of the recommendation of
the general secretary abolishing the Sc
cret oath of the organization. Hereat-
ter all the transactions of the Brother
hood will be open, and the public will
be free to attend all meetings. In the
report the general secretary attributed
the descriptions and disasters to the Irish
organizations during the past two years
to the fact that men with selfish and
personal ends to attain had, through the
misuse of the secrecy clause in the con-
stitution, forced themselves into power.
There was no dissenting voice when the
resolution was put to vote.
Aspecial committee was appointed
committee on the future of the organi-
zation, and in their report recommend
ed that the Fenian Brotherhood here
after be an open organization, and that
military and naval companies be organ
lied, and 80 per cent. of the receipts
may be devoted to this purpose. The
companies are to be known as the
Fenian Volunteers, and will be held in
readiness to assist the United States in
case of foreign war.
The following council was elected:
George Smith, chairman; Capt. Dris-
coll, John Bowling, Francis Rea, B.
O'Hare, Thomas Sampson, E. Whalen,
James Barrett and Roderick ]. Ryan.
John Murphy was reelected treasurer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-29
A GREAT ARCHITECT DEAD.
A. B. Mullett, Who Designed Many Gov
eminent Buildings.

"A. Ii. Mullett, Who Designed Many Gov
eminent Buildings.
A. B. Mullett, famous as the govern
ment architect under Lincoln and
Grant, shot himself in the temple on
the night of the Goth, at his home on
Pennsylvania Avenue and Twenty-fifth
Street, Washington. He has been re-
and of late, since he lost his
extra compensation for planning
the state, war and navy buildings his
mind has gone rapidly from bad to
worse. On the evening of his death he
was feeling poorly, and his wife went
down stairs to get him some beef tea
She had barely reached the foot of the
stairs when she heard pistol shot,
and, rushing back, found her husband
gasping for breath, with the blood ooz-
ing from a wound in his head. A doc
tor was Immediately summoned, but
Mr.. Mullett died in few minutes.
Later in the evening the coroner was
summoned and after an examination of
the body gave verdict of death from
suicide due to melancholia. The re-
mains of Mr.. Mullett will probably be
taken to Cincinnati for interment. The
funeral arrangements, however, will not
be settled definitely until Mrs. Mullett
hears from brother Of Mr.. Mullett' S
who is at present in Kansas City.
Mr.. Mullctt was 56 years old, and was
very we'll known all over the country.
He was a man of great activity, and
made his impress more lasting on the
public buildings of the United States
than any other man who ever held the
position of government architect. He
planned the New York and Chi
cago post-offices, and upwards
of fifty post-offices and custom
houses in various parts of the
country. The only building of his in
Wisconsin is the post-effice in Madison.
He was an Ohio mar who first attracted
attention by his work in Cincinnati.
Salmon P. Chase called him to Wash
lngton in 1861, to take a confidential
place in the treasury, and it was not
long before he became supervising
architect. Long used to using plenty Of
his private clerk often into
conspicuous difficulty of late in this re-
spect was with ex-Surgeon-General
Hammond, for whom Mullett built a
huge house and sanitarium, so big that
Hammond had to finish them out with a
mortgage of $150,000. The little archi-
tect was intensely loyal and always a
warm party man. In spite of all stories
to the contrary he was scrupulously hon
est with government funds and lived
and died very poor.
Mr.. Mullett leaves a family of five
children, four of whom are in Washing
ton and one in Kansas City. His moth
er, two brothers and two sisters also re-
side in Kansas City. Mr.. Mullett had a
severe attack Of grip last winter from
spondent and gloomy. He had built
several houses recently that he could
not dispose of and this preyed upon his
mind. Mrs. Mullett is completely pros
trated by the severe shock, and is un-
der medical treatment.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-29
PECULIAR INFATUATION.
/ Different Methods OF Following the In
junction ''Love One Another"
NJ, ell

Different Methods OF Following the In
junction .sLove One Another"
Do men ever fall in love with each
other?
Women do. Not long ago young
woman In New Jersey was married to
| youthful laborer on her fathers farm.
Sometime afterward it was discovered
| that the husband was female the young
wife refused, however, though earnest
ly entreated by her friends, to give up
her chosen consort. The strangest part
Of the discovery was the fact that the
bride knew her husband was woman
before she was led to the altar.
| If men do not exhibit this strange
infatuation for one of tl-@.s own sex,
they at least oftentimes give evidence
of the fact that they love one another
There are many instances on record
where one man has given his life for
another There are many more in
stances where men have given life to
another.
! It is proud possession-the knowl-
| edge that one has saved precious
human life. Meriden, Conn.,, is the
home of such happy man. John II.
Preston, of that city, July II, 1890,
writes: Give years ago / was taken
very sick. I had several of the best doc
tors, and one and all called it compli
cation of diseases. | was sick four
years, taking prescriptions prescribed
| by these same doctors, and | truthfully
state l never expected to get any bet
ter. At this time commenced to have
the most terrible pains in my back
One day an old friend Of mine, r. 7.
Cook, of the firm of Curtis & Cook, adj
vised me to try Warmers Safe Cure, as
be had been troubled the same way,
and it had effected cure for him. I
bought six bottles, took the medicine as
directed, and am to-day well man. I
am sure no one ever had worse case
Of kidney and liver trouble than had
Before this | was always against propri-
etarv medicines, but not now; oh, no. !"
| Friendship expresses itself in very
peculiar ways sometimes; but the true
| friend is the friend in need
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-29
A GHOSTLY RIDE.
A Wandering Horse With "a Dead Man al
the Lines.

the Lines
"That old man is driving pretty fast.
He will run somebody down if he is not
careful. See what grip he has on the
reins." This was the observation of a
man in Brooklyn on the 26th. His at
tention had been attracted to buggy
which was going at high rate of speed
In the buggy sat man with white hair
and beard. His head was thrown little
backward and his two arms were out
stretched before him. He clutched the
reins as though he was exerting his
strength to hold the animal in, and
there was something very like a grim
smile upon his face. "Come, drive
slower" yelled Policeman Cate, who
stood on the curb at the corner of Mon
roe Street. He ran into the roadway
and tried to seize the horse by the
check rein, but made miss Of it.
There was something in the appear
ance of the drivers face that sent a
shiver through the blue-coat's frame.
The ashy whiteness Of his face and his
wide staring eyes were such as are seen
only in a corpse
''That mans dead" said the police
man as the buggy passed him. He
started in pursuit Of it. A crowd fol-
lowed him. At the corner of Stuyves-
ant Avenue and McDonough Street,
the runaway horse came to stop be-
fore a heap of building material.
A dozen hands seized the horses head
when the mad race ended. Then it was
seen that the occupant of the buggy
was indeed corpse. He proved to be
Gilbert De Revere, wealthy builder.
He was Sc years of age, and had been
subject for SIX or seven years to heart
disease
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-29
MINERS COURSE RIGHT.
Central American Minister Not to be
Bounced.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. FIT is
understood that Mr.. Miner, our min
lister to Central America, has received
from Secretary Blaine assurances of the
approval of the President of his con-
duet in the Barrundia case, and has
been fully justifiedin the course he pur-
sued This information comes from the
the state department was most anxious
that the information should be first off
ciallv promulgated. The reason for
this is that, the President having no in
tention of recalling him, it was deemed
important, in view of the steps taken In
Congress to obtain the state department
correspondence, that the Central Ameri
can governments should know as speed
lily as possible that Minister Miner still
retained the confidence of the admins
tration.
According to the announcement Min
lister Miner is held not to have exceed
ed his duty. On the contrary, he went
further in the matter in the interest of
Gen Barrundia and his family than he
ten guarantee from the president of
Guatemala and the minister of foreign
relations, made to the government of
the United States, that in no case would
the life of Gen. Barrundia be in danger.
Minister Miner so stated in his letter
to Capt. Pitts, which was read and trans
lated to Barrundia.
1t appears also that Miner did not
1ox. Id
the captains attention to the instruc-
tons laid down by the State Depart
ment for the information of command
ers of merchant vessels in just such
cases.
1t also appears that the solicitude not
to involve the company in trouble with
tl.o Guatemalan government was Who'll
ly on the side of the captain of the
Acapulco.
The demand of Gen. Barrundia was
not based on political grounds, but en-
tirely upon allegations of crime.
Minister Miner, in his explanation
to the state department, says he knew
of an intense personal feeling existing
against Barrundia, growing out of his
former conduct as secretary of war, and
lnalans at the time he deemed
it but just that if landed
be should have the protection
of the Guatemalan government against
mob violence. Such guarantee was
made to the government of the United
States and not to Minister Miner in or
der that it might not thereafter be al
legged that the arrest of Barrundia on a
charge Of malfeasance in Office was
merely pretext to expose him to as
sassination. The guarantee was also
given on account of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company to avoid all pre-
text of refusing to surrender persons
on proper demand.
It also appears from the statement
that if the surrender had not been made
the steamship would have been liable
to legal procedure, and the company
would not have had ground for asking
the Intervention of our government
Gen. Barrundla's politics did not
enter into the consideration of the
question, and Capt. Pitts conduct, it is
understood. has also been approved.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-29
REAL WORK IN PROSPECT.
Worlds Fair People Getting Ready t
Begin to Commence.

The Chicago lake front, as portion of
the Worlds Fair site, is a 60. The di-
rectors have decided to pile and fill
about seventy-nine acres of it. They
have fixed the cost at 500, 900, and a re-
sponsible firm of contractors stand
ready to do the work at that figure,
and complete the seventy-nine acres
Of piling and filling in by July l,
1891. The contract for the work
will be let by November l, and within a
few weeks the inner harbor will be
alive with dredges and scows. Before
the snow flies theories about the use of
the lake front will assume the character
of facts and the first actual work on the
Worlds Fair site viii have begun.
This vigorous line of policy and boom
for the lake front was officially mapped
out and resolved upon by the directors
on the night of the Dist, in resolution
presented by H. N. Higinbctham, which
resolved that the executive committee
be and is hereby authorized and direct
ed to at once proceed to let the con-
tracts for the necessary filling and piling
of all that part of the lake 'front.'
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-29
ON THE DEEP.
A Large Ship Founders with AL
BOARD


SYDNEY, N. s., Oct. 2O.-A report
reaches here to-day that large, square
rugged ship has been lost at ST. Eprit
with all on board
HIGHLAND LIGHT, mass., Oct 20.-The
terrific gale which began here yester-
day slightly moderated this morning
The four-masted schooner Edith l.. Al
len, another four-master and one brig
are riding out the gale in the bay. A
fearful sea is sweeping the coast, driving
the life saving patrol inland at every
full tide. AT Scituate number of fish
ing sloops were cast on the meadows.
The loss to fishermen will be heavy.
AT Gloucester the storm outside was
very severe, and still continues. The
schooner Eben Dale went ashore at
Freshwater Cove, and will be a total
loss. A telegram received at Glouces-
ter, from Louisburg, N. B., reports the
Gloucester schooner Velocipede ashore
there, and total loss.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-29
A NJ AVY YARD FIRE.
Government Stores at Mare Island De
StrOye0,

stroyed.
Two sailors accidentally started fire
in the basement of the steam engineer
ing storehouse at Mare Island navy
yard on the oath, and in an instant
the combustible matter stored there
was a mass of flames, and the sail
ors were just able to escape.
The trap-doors were shut down, but
SO intense was the fire that the whole
building was soon enveloped in the
blacklist of smoke. The clerks in the
building had barely time to escape.
The basement was flooded with water,
but it took fully an hour to control the
fire in the upper story. Chief Engineer
Moore and Chief Clerk Hathaway had
narrow escapes. They stopped to gath
erup the most valuable papers and were
prevented by the flames and smoke
from leaving by the stairway. The
chief therefore had to break the win
dow with his hand, which was bad
ly cut, and wait for ladder to be raised.
There were hundreds of officers trunks
housed there for different reasons. All
were saturated with water ard greatly
injured, if not destroyed The value of
stores in the storehouse was probably
S1,QOO,0 900. The loss will reach 100000.
All the flags for the navy, including the
new ones for the cruiser San Francisco,
were thrown out into the mud and wa
ter, and the valuable drawings and maps
which have been accumulated for wears
are entirely ruined
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-29

ing murdered Mrs. Hobbs and her
child. Hobbs, who is suspected of COM
plicity in the crimes, is being closely
watched.
The dead body of Mrs. Hobbs child
was afterward found in clump of furze
brushes in field adjacentto the road in
the neighborhood of South Hampstead.
1t was discovered about mile distant
from the place where it's mothers body
was found. There are no external
marks of violence on the body, and it is
believed the child met it's death by
smothering. When found the infant s
clothing was saturated with rain.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-29
SLAIN BY A GAMBLER
Billy WheIan, an Ex-A1der-nan of Oh
cagO, Shot Dead.

cage, Shot Dead.
CHICAGO, H., Oct 27.-Ex-Alderman
William P. Whelan was shot and fatally
wounded at $50 o'clock yesterday
morning, by George H. Hathaway, a
gambler. The shooting occurred in Matt
Hogan's saloon, at 334 State Street.
Whelan died at the Michael Reese Hos
pital at 2:30 in the afternoon. The
shooting was the result of a trivial bar.
room-fght. Whelan was eating break
fast when Hathaway came in to
pay for check he had left be-
hind few days before. Seated at
the table with Whelan were Matt
Hogan and John McGuinness, a city
employee. Hathaway saw Whelan and
walked over and spoke to him. Whelan
glanced up at the gambler, and Said he
did not want to know him. Other words
followed, and Whelan followed Hatha-
way. who backed against the door
screen. McGuinness and Hogan both
took hold of Hathaway. Whelan
then tried to strike Hathaway with a
heavy cane. Hathaway pulled a re-
yolvee and fired. The murderer was
arrested the same afternoon.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-29
NOT THE RIPPER.
The Body Found in {. London Street 1den-
tilted.

The body of the woman found MUIR
dered in the South Hampstead locality,
London, shows that the crime bears no
resemblance to those committed by
"Jack the Ripper" and medical exam
ination Of the remains proves that the
woman did not belong to the White
chapel class from which 'The Rip
per" selected his victims The body is
that of a woman about 50 years of age
and we'll clad. Her linen was marked.
Her throat had been cut and her skull
fractured, and all of the pockets in her
clothing were empty. A perambulator
containing a blood-stained fur rug was
found near by, which, it is supposed,
was used to convey the body from the
spot where the crime was committed to
where it was found.
The body has been identified as that
Of Mrs. Hobbs, the wife of porter en-
ployed in London. Mrs Hobbs left her
husband on the day she disappeared,
taking with her her child, whom she
carried in the perambulator which was
found near the place where the body
was discovered. The whereabouts of
the child is mystery The murderer
stole from his victim a gold ring and
purse. The child which Mrs. Hobbs
had with her was Is months old. 1t is
still missing.
Further inquiry develops the fact that
Mrs. Hobbs started to visit woman
named Nellie Piercy, an intimate friend
of her family, who was married but bad
separated from her husband A search
of the house in which the Piercy wom-
an resided resulted in the discovery
that blood was everywhere Windows
were smashed, and a bloody carving
knife and bent poker, smeared with
blood, to which adhered several locks
of woman's hair, were found. Mrs.
Percy was arrested, charged with hav-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-29
WRONGED WOMAN'S ACT.
One of Markhan's Victims Tries to Take
His Life.


CHICAGO, H., Oct. 23.-Thomas Mark
ham, the muchmarried train dispatch
er, would have been dead man if a re-
volver in the hands Of one Of his wives
had exploded. As it was police inter-
ference saved his life Miss Emma
Kruger, OF Evanston, who was
Markham's second matrimonial ven
ture, went to Jefferson Park
and asked a policeman wnere Mark ham
lived. The officer courteously took her
to the door, but he had scarcely made a
few steps back to his poss when he
heard screams and the noise OF
a struggle in the house. He
found Markham and Miss Kruger
wrestling, the woman having a
revolver pointed at Markham's breast.
She fought desperately, but was finally
sUbdued and taken before Justice Jul
lien, who released her on $4CG bail.
Miss Kruger Immediately bad Mark
ham arrested, and he had not been re-
leased at midnight. The Evanston
woman has two children, and the JEFF
ferson Park woman one child. Be-
tween these two families Mark ham has
been leading q double life Tor five years.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-29
CROOKED AGENT CAUGHT,
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Advei
Using Man Who Stole Thousands

Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Ativer-
Using Man Who Stale Thousands.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Oct. 22.-John P. Slough,
the former advertising agent for the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Rail
road, who is wanted in Cincinnati, was
arrested N this city to-day on receipt
of telegram from the chief of police
there, and will be taken back to Ohio
this evening. About week
ago Slough suddenly disappeared
from Cincinnati. Since then his
accounts have been examined
and it is asserted that it was discovered
he was defrauding the firm out Of thou
sands of dollars. Slough asserts his in
nocence of the charge made against him,
and says he viii gladly accompany the
officers to Cincinnati He says he can
explain everything to the satisfaction of
his pmnlovnrS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-29
THE SON LEFT OUT.
A st. Paul Millionaire Cuts Bad Boy
Off

The will of the late Edward Langerin,
the ST. Paul pioneer who died few
weeks since, has been filed for probate.
The estate is valued at about 81 100000.
The sensational feature is the fact that
Mr.. Langerin disinnerited his only son,
George w. Langerin, whose way
wardness SO mortified his father
that he cut him off without penny.
This is sad news to the creditors of
young Langerin, whose debts amount
$54, 900. When the will was read Mrs.
Langerin is said to have expressed great
regret that young George was disinher-
templated burning the will that he
might come in for his full share of the
estate. One-third of the property goes
to the widow, and the other two-thirds
is divided equally among the five daugh-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-29
READY TO COME ACROSS.
1oulanger Almost Fled to America After
His Raxerses of Fortune

1oulanger Almost Fled to America After
His Reverses of Fortune.
PARIS, Oct. 22.-The Figaro to-day
publishes the lastinstallment of its series
of articles entitled Lies Coulisses de
Boulangism.'' The article, which APP
pears to-day, states that after the re-
verses suffered by the Boulangists at the
last general election for members of the
Chamber of Deputies, Gen. Boulanger
wished to flee to America. M. Roche
fort, however, persuaded him to go to
the island of Jersey instead. In con-
Guiding it's articles, the Figaro says that
they were issued in good faith with the
object of exposing the knavery Of Gen.
Rn11lanpar
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-29
EXTRA SESSION LIKELY.
Indications that Congress VIII Shortly
be RecOnVened

WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. 22.-The in
dications now point to an extra session
of Congress. Cabinet officers are re-
naming away from their offices,
busily engaged upon a renewal of
reports and estimates for the coming
fiscal year are being pushed forward as
vigorously as possible, and all indica-
tons lead to the belief that there is
determination to at least be ready
for an extra session by November 10
if the occasion seems to require it. The
date of the regular session is yet forty
days away, and for cabinet officers to be
hard at work upon reports SO long be-
fore the meeting of Congress is some
thing very unusual. at least
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-29
PROSECUTING THE PRISONERS

Prosecution Misnomer for the Treat
ment of Tir1,1erary Defendants.
T1PpERARY, Oct. 23.-In the magis-
trates court here to-day the prosecution
asked that the summonses issued against
Mr.. Harrison, member of the
House of Commons for the Midland
Division of Tpperary, and num-
Der Of others, on charges Of assault
disturbances here, be Withdrawn. II
was stated that the crown intended to
prosecute the accused at the assizes.
Messrs. Redmond and O'Connor pro-
tested against the trouble to which the
accused and their witnesses had been
put. The court dismissed the sum-
mOnSPR
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-29
LOOKING INTO 1T HIMSELF.

Secretary Balfour Investigating Reports
of Distress iii ireland.
DUBLIN, Oct. 24.-Mr. Balfour, chief
secretary for Ireland, has started ON a
tour through the western counties, in
which it is alleged distress prevails in
consequence of the failure of the pota-
to crop. Mr.: Balfour's object in MAX
vestigation as to the truth of the state
ments regarding the condition of the
er0n
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-29
IRISH PRIEST SENT TO JAIL.

Conviction in One of tho Tipperary Cases
of Assault Woman.
TIPPERARY, Oct. 23.-The Rev. Father
David Humphreys, one of the defend
ants in the conspiracy case now on trial
here, was found guilty to-day Of COM
uniting an assault upon the wife of a
policeman, and was sentenced to pay a
fine of EGO, or to be committed to jail
for six months.