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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23
TEN TONS OF POWDER.
Kings Powder Works in Ohio Blown Tin
and Burned.

Kings Powder Works in Ohio Blown Tin
and Burned.
A Cincinnati, O., dispatch of the 10Th
says: A terrific explosion occurred late
this afternoon at Kings powder mills.
on the Little Miami Railroad, twenty
nine miles east of this city. Ten or more
persons were killed and twenty or thirty
seriously injured. Two empty freight
cars were being rolled into side track
where car containing 500 kegs of
gnupowder was standing. AS the cars
struck there was great explosion and
immediately afterward another car con-
tanning 500 kegs of gunpowder ex-
ploded, making 100 kegs altogether.
VIM. Frauly, a brakeman in the service
OF the Little Miami, was standing on
one OF the empty cars. and his body
must have been blown to atoms, as no
trace OF 1t has yet been found Five
other persons, supposed to be the en-
plOyes of the company, were killed.
The Kings Powder Company and the
Peters cartridge factory have works
on both sides of the river along the
railroad. The explosion occurred on
the south side, and the destruction was
enormous. There are many cottages
close to the wreck, occupied by work
men. These were shattered by the ex-
piOOIOh, C1CII I1ludJGS
Twelve or fifteen girls at work in the
cartridge factory were crippled by the
explosion. The railway stations and the
freight house belonging to the Little
Miami Railroad, together with all the
adjacent buildings, were set on fire and
consumed, as was the Peters cartridge
factory. The havoc wrought by the
explosion of these sixteen tons of DOW
der is dreadful. The track and ties of
the railroad are fairly torn out of the
earth, and great hole ploughed in the
ground.
AS soon as the news reached this city,
relief train was dispatched to the
scene of the disaster, with Supt. Peters
and large party of surgeons on board.
AS most of the Girls who were injured
live at Morrow and South Lebanon it is
most probable that they will be taken to
their homes in those places. Peters
cartridge factory was large building,
and many employees were at work at the
time that the explosion occurred.
Advices from the scene of the explos-
ion at midnight confirm the first
reports Of destruction of prop
erty and loss of life. Every
thing combustible in the vicinity is
burning, and it is impossible to obtain
particulars. There were three families
living III little cottages neal the place of
the explosion, and six hours diligent
search failed to find any trace of them.
Eight or ten girls in the cartridge fac
tory saved themselves from the flames
by catching hold Of rope that hung
from the building to the ground and
sliding down. At midnight the smoke
was sitting. The people are dazed, and
too busy fighting the flames to give the
names of the dead and wounded. The
force of the explosion was felt at Mar
tinsville, Ind, where people thought it
was a shock Of earthquake.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23
CAUGHT IN AN OPIUM JOINT.
4 Woman Wearing Diamonds ARRESTED
While .'H.tting the Pipe

Woman Wearing Diamonds Arrested
While .'H.tting the Pipe
CHICAGO, H., July ia woman
found in an opium den on Peck Court
last night, offered the officers diamonds
worth at least $1,000 il they would re-
lease her. The den was discovered by
,he merest accident Officers passing
alorg the street detected the odor of
opium smoke near a basement laundry
kept by Lee Sun The place seemed to
have only two rooms, one occupied
by the workmen, and the other a sleep
ing room. 1t was noticed that the rear
room had been divided by partition of
plain boards, and that they had been
covered with old show bills and news
papers. A sort of cupboard or closet
was placed against the partition. When
this was removed, small door was dis
closed, which opened into a Sec
ond apartment, richly furnished.
Heavy damask and satin draperies, rich
plush curtains, and costly bric-a-brac
adorned the place. Around the sides
were half dozen hunks. In one of
these the woman and man were found
smoking pipe filled with opium. The
woman almost tainted away when the
officers entered. She was richly dressed,
rather young, and very pretty. Costly
diamonds sparkled in her ears, On her
fingers and wrists and around her neck.
the officer to take them and release her.
The man and woman were taken to the
station and booked under assumed
names. Tie keeper of the place and all
of the smoking paraphernalia were
lock ed nm
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23
A HUGE WAVE DID 1T,
Engineer Sparks Story of the Sea Wing
Cal fv

RED Wing, Mimi, July 1S.-Marion
Sparks, engineer of the Inflated steamer
Sea Wing, gives the following account
of the terrible disaster: eve were 60
ing up the lake right in the teeth of the
wind" he said. ut was not SO strong
at first but that the boat could stand
it all right, but when we
got off the point it blew
so hard that Capt. Wetheren con-
Guided there was danger in trying to
proceed, and gave orders to beach her.
The boat was eased off a couple of
points, and we started for the shoal
water on the Minnesota shore under a
full head of steam. This left us with
the wind on our quarter, but we should
have made the shore all right if it hadn't
been for the wind that came from an
other angle and met the first current.
/ saw the water coming ahead of that
tornado; it was fifteen feet high; ire
mendous wave with white crest. |
knew we were gone then, and [ rushed
to the door of the cabin and yelled for
the women to come out onto the barge.
Some of them did, but only few. In
less than. minute the wall of water
struck US and over went the steamer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23
THAT GOLD BAR.
How Chicago Thieves Got Away Wi TIN
the Plumber.


A Chicago dispatch of the 18th says:
A new Indictment was found by the
grand jury to-day against John Ehret,
the ex-driver of the United States Elk
press Company. charging him with the
theft of 1000 gold bar which was in
the custody Of the company. Indict-
ments were also returned against three
other persons, and one of them,
Charles Ehret, brother of John,
was arrested this afternoon. It is
said John Ehret was in the confidence
of a notorious gang of professional
thieves, and at an opportune moment
handed out the $4,000 bar to one of
them in waiting. The professional is
said to have carried the bar into the
bank, in front of which the company's
wagon stood, and walked out another
door, escaping with the booty. Next it
is charged, $4,000, John Ehret's share
of the plumber, was handed to his
brother Charles by the gang. 1t is for
receiving this stolen S. 900 for his broth
er John, that Charles is said to be now
under arrest.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23
MORTON'S HOUSE ROBBED.
Diamonds Worth $4,000 Stolen from
the Vice-President's Cottage.

Diamonds Worth $4,000 Stolen from
the Vice-President's Cottage.
SARATOGA, N. Y, July 1S.-A bold
daylight robbery was committed in this
village yesterday. About noon sneak
thieves entered the Bliss cottage, on
North Broadway, and got away with
$4,000 worth of diamonds and
jewelry. The cottage is occu-
pied by Mr.. Morton, vice
President of the United States, and his
law partner, Mr.. Bliss, with their wives.
1t is impossible to ascertain whether the
jewelry was the property of Mrs. Nor
ton or Mrs. Bliss, as the parties inter
ested decline to make any statement.
The police refuse any information, ex-
cept to admit that the robbery was COM
mitted, and that a reward of 81 900 is
offered for the recovery of the jewels.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23
More Consultations.

dated with capital S" Of 81 coo, S The
firms are the John Orth Brewing Com
panv, the Heinrich Brewing Company,
D. Nuremberg and the Germania Brew
ing Company. The above are the sole
shareholders in the new concern, which
will be known as the Minneapolis Brew
ing d Mating Company. New and
larger buildings will be put up at once.
The board of directors is: John w.
Orth, president; Fred D. Nuremberg,
first vice president; Alfred III. Orth,
second vice-president; Jocob Burge,
secretary; G. J. Heinrich, treasurer.
The articles of incorporation will be filed
tO-mOrrOW
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23
HIGH WIND IN MINNESOTA.
st. Paul and Neighboring Towns Visited
by q Stiff Gale.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, July IA destruc-
tive wind-storm swept over this section
last night. The Acme Chair Factory, at
North St. Paul. valued at 5000, was
blown down. The gale struck Marine,
a small town six miles northeast of
Saltwater, also striking Clear Lake,
Wis, and New Richmond, but no great
damage was done. A severe storm
near Anoka blew down trees and
fences, and there was heavy wind at
Lake City, the scene of the drowning
accident last Sunday. The storm APP
pears to have been quite general in this
section of the state.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23
War i'm South America.

Ell Universal, newspaper of the City
of Mexico, publishes an account of a
battle between Gautemalans and San
Salvadorians in San Salvador, in which
the former were defeated with heavy
loss. The Gautemalan force numbered
$1,000 Gen. Barrundia, the Gautema-
Ian refugee, has left Oaxaca to take part
in the war. He will probably raise the
standard of revolt in Guatemala. Pri-
vate kilograms from San Salvador say
that the San Salvadorians captured the
Gautemalan artillery in the battle which
took place on Thursday. 1t is rumored
that President Barrillias, of Guatemala,
talks of resigning.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23
Must Teach German.

What is popularity known as the Ger
man question" was decided by Judge
Rowland at Indianapolis on the 18th.
The decision is in the suit of Theodore
Sander against the board of school COM
missioners of Indianapolis, in which the
court was asked to issue a mandate re-
curing the board to have German
taught in the lower grades of the public
schools. Judge Rowland holds that
German must be taught; that the school
commissioners have no discretionary
powers in the premises under the law,
and therefore cannot abolish the teach
ing of the languages in any of the lower
grades of the public schools. The Ger
mans are much pleased. The school
board may appeal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23
Original Packages IN South Dakota


Judge Haney, Of the Chamberlain
District, South Dakota, has sustained
his temporary injunction, closing the
original package houses in that city.
The grounds given for the decision
are that the enabling act adj
hitting South Dakota to state
hood authorized the enactment
of the prohibition clause in the
state constitution Such enabling act
having been passed by Congress subse-
quent to the passage of the Interstate
Commerce law, therefore the Prohibi-
ton law has received the sanction of
Congress, and the supreme court de-
cision does not, therefore, apply to
South Dakota. This brings up new
question, which will be of great import
ance to all of the new states which have
adopted Prohibition.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23
A Queer Injunction Dissolved.

A decision was renuereu by judge
Tuley, at Chicago, in a case involving
question said never to have been
passed upon before any court. 1t was
a suit by Oppenheimer & Co., manu-
facturers of sausages in Chicago
and New York, to prevent, by injunc-
ton, George j. Sayre from going
into the same business in Illinois
and eighteen other states within
three years from the date he ceased to
be in their employ. The consideration
named in the contract was 81. Judge
Tuley decided that as the complainant
was only employed from week, to week,
he was made to agree that for 81 and
employment for one week he would
mortgage his liberty of action and prac-
tically bis means of livelihood for the
space of three years. While it might
do in law it would not answer in equity
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23
TWO BANKERS ARRESTED.
Pittsburg Men Charged With Swindling
DepOsitork

PITTsBuRe, Pa, July 16.-Herbert and
John Kennedy, Jr., of the Tarentum
Bank, which recently failed, were ar
rested at Tarentuln, P, yesterday,
charged with embezzlement OF
bank funds. A. NJ. Boyd, the
prosecutor, alleges that the de-
PENDANTS conducted banking
business under the name of Kennedy &
Co., and jointly accepted deposits in
checks and cash, knowing at the time
that the firm was insolyent. 1t was
day, August Z. The defendants gave
bail in ST. 800 each.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23
WATERFOWL, WIS.
SOLD TO A JUNK DEALER.
The Reports of the Fassett Investigating
Committee Go Into the Paper Bag.

Ih6 REPORTS OF the EaSSett Investigating
Committee Go Into the Paper Bag.
New YORK, July 1S.-The Mills build
ing, in Broad Street, is in a state ofgreat
excitement. On the fourth floor are the
offices of Tracy, Boardman, MacFar-
land WINS & Platt All the stenogra-
piers minutes of the Fassett COM
mitee's sittings had disappeared
from Mr.. WINS office. A new
janitress, Mrs. McMurphy, had been
recently employed in cleaning
up the office of Mr.. WINS firm she had
swept away the Fassett committees do
ings entire. These reports were all in
typewriter volumes. She dumped
them into her refuse bag and they
were carted to junk shop
and sold as old paper. Il was
then determined to make tour of all
the junk shops in Ann Street and there
abouts, but the lost documents were not
found. The document were worth $780,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23
Railroads in New South Wales.

The premier of New South Wales has
introduced in Parliament railway bill
providing for the construction of ,077
miles of country lines and thirty nine
miles of suburban lines, the whole to
cost 81, 100000, besides grant from
the treasury of 100000. He said that
the scheme was necessary in order to
meet the growth of the population,
which, as the census proved, was in
creasing faster than the population of
America. The bill was we'll received.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23
A Pretty Good Gold Story.

A telegram from Landers, Wyo., says:
Two bows, Phil Horsch and Sam Davis,
Is and II years cid respectively, who
for some time have been working three
mining claims 500 feet south of the
famous Buckeye mine, twenty miles
south of here, on Saturday struck ore
which assays from 1923, 900 to $40, 600 per
ton in free gold. This is the richest
discovery ever made in the territory
and miners have started for the new
fields by hundreds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23
BATTLE WITH OUTLAWS.
Government Scouts Attack the Kid Gang
-Wah Ian Tab Slain.

PHGNIx, Ariz., July 49, News re-
ceived from Wilcox, Ariz., states that
Lieut.. Mackay and his scouts, while in
battle yesterday afternoon with the Kid
gadg, in the Sierra Anchas mountains,
killed Wah Ian Tab, the others escap-
ing into the mountains. Officers and
scouts are following close, and it is
though they will soon capture them.
Wah Ian Tabs head was sent into the
nearest post for Identification. He is
one of the Indians who killed Sheriff
Reynolds last fall, and it is supposed
that he, with the Kid gang, murdered
DR.. Hardie, of Los Angles, short time
ago in Fuckers CANYON.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23
Big Fire in Minneapolis.

The large seven-story warehouse of
the Security Warehouse Company, on
First Street and Fourth Avenue, North
Minneapolis, owned by Wood & Morse,
was entirely destroyed by fire together
with its contents on the 10Th, entailing
a loss of nearly ST. 100000 The fire
caught upon the second floor of the
building, and is supposed to have been
caused by spontaneous combustion.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23
GRANT STATUE DELAYED.
The First Cast Spoiled and a Second One

CINCINNATI, o., July 1S.-Louis Repis-
so, of this city, the sculptor of the Grant
statue for the city o. Chicago, has re-
turned from a visit to the foundry
where the bronze work is being done,
and reports that there has teen a seli-
GUS accident to the cast of one of the
pieces. All the molding for the
cast in bronze was successfully accom-
plished, but when the molten metal
was turned into the mold, it only about
half filled, and the whole cast was
spoiled. The accident will cause de-
lay In the casting and erection of the
statue, which it will be impossible to
have in position by September /.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23
INDIANS SHORT OF FOOD.
Reds at the Sisseton Agency Ask Con
gress for Relief.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 1.-THE Sec
rotary of the interior transmitted to
Congress letter from VIM. McKusick,
United States Indian agent at the Sisse-
ton Agency, South Dakota, stating that
the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians of
the Lake Traverse reservation are in
most destitute conditions, the drouth of
last year having almost totally destroyed
their crops, and asking that $1,000 be
appropriated for. the purchase of pro-
visions to keep the Indians from starv-
ing
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23
Burned the Rope.

The extensive machine works of j. c..
Todd, one of the oldest manufacturing
establishments in Patterson, n. j., was
destroyed by fire early on the Goth en-
failing a loss of about $4,000. The
diary origin. 1t was the principal es-
Enlistment in the United States for
making hemp and rope.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23
NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Directors Kick.

The directors of the Worlds Fair
think the restrictions of the lake front
ordinance passed by the Chicago Coun
Gil too great, and Will not accept them.
The whole fair is now about certain to
be held at Jackson Park.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23
MINNEAPOLIS NOT so BIG.
Census Figures Cut From 19I 600 to $780,
OOO-FrauduIent Returns.

ST.. PAUL, Mimi, July lon instruc-
ton from Supt. Porter, Special Agent
Boudinot gives out the official cen
sus returns of Minneapolis as 1S0.174.
The returns made by Supervisor
Davenport's enumerators footed up
19l ,69f, but the recount in eleven dis
tricts made it necessary to deduct H.
SIT. The original schedules of three of
the arrested enumerators, Erwin,
Knapp and Plummer, are in the hands
of United States officials in st. Paul.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23

to reply that all other pursuits and
trades were open to him. The injunc-
ton was dissolved.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23
SUNK In A MINUTE,

The Kasota Run Down by the City of De-
troit = Crew Have Narrow Escapes
But Only One is Drowned = Steam
troit Gave Out at a Critical Moment
The kasOta "a Total Loss.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-12-24

No spectators will be allowed on
the floor until after masks are re-
moved.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-12-24
LITTLE BUT BRAVE.
The Sort OF Wife Ono Pioneer Out in
Washington Hossesses.

The Sort OF Wife Ono Pioneer Out in
Washington Possesses.
In the backwoods of Baker river lives
the bravest, most Industrious and most
courageous little lady in Skagit County,
says the La Conner Wash Mail. Hor
husband is man Of limited means, and
often has to leave home to earn money
to support them while they are improv-
ing their homo.
This being the first year, their place
is not self-sustaining, and in such cases
his wife stays at home entirely alone.
All the company she has is a Winches-
ter rifle and q three-pound axe. Every
morning, after she does her homework,
she takes her three-pound axe and goes
to clearing, chopping and burning
brush. She is determined to have
self-sustaining and profitable home, and
when her husband is at home she shout
ders her axe and goes to the clearing
with him, in spite of his protests against
it.
She says she can chop to the heart Of
a tree nearly as quickly as he can. This
lady only weighs 105 pounds. but she
has ton of ambition and staying quail
ties. She was rocked in the cradle Of
case, raised in the lap Of luxury, is we'll
educated and the life she is now living
is entirely foreign to her. She has had
no experience in roughing it, but sho is
not one Of the kind that sits and whines
over past lore. She has strong arms, O
brave heart and a willing mind, and is
determined to surmount tho worst diff
culties and reap reward.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-12-24
WESTERN clvlLlrY.
ANoas ComplImont Paid . Pretty Girl by
BaShiul Cowboy.

= BaShiul Cowboy.
Hore is very neat little story, from
tho st. Louis Republic, illustrative Of
the fact that even the wild and woolly
West can produce natural-born Ches-
terficld upon occasion. At a party given
last winter was q. bashful cowboy, who
had not been in civilized society for sew
eral years. He was good-looking fell
low, and one OF the young ladies pres
ent kindly took an interest in him and
tried to mako him feel at ease. He fell
desperately in love at once and the
hostess noticing this encouraged him all
she could. In leaving the house the
young lady who had taken friendly
interest in the cowboy forgot her over
shoes, and the hostess told the young
Lochinvar from the plains that he might
return them to the girl If he wished.
Tho herder leaped at the chance, and
presented himself in due time at the
young lady's house. She was surprised
to see him but greeted him cordially.
You forgot your overshoes last night"
said he awkwardly, handing her the
package.
She thanked him and opened it..
"Why, there's only one overshoe here"
she exclaimed.
''Yes, Miss" said the blushing
Vacquer, earnestly. "I'll bring round
the other one tomorrow, and I only
wish to God, Miss, that you were cent?
pede."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-12-24
Slept in n Lirs-Preserver.

An amusing instance illustrates the
extreme Of overcarefulncss which some
persons exhibit in their eagerness to
avoid the danger Of drowning while on
steamboat trips. A young woman who
was passenger with some friends on
one of the steamers leaving Boston for
Maine city was asked in the morning
whether she had comfortable night,
and she replied that her sleep was dis
turbed because she had not got used to
the life-preserver, which prevented her
getting into an easy position. It turned
out that she had fastened one Of these
bulky contrivances round her body on
retiring for tho night, and, imprisoned
in its folds, she had become black and
blue from the pressure Of its hard can
vas covering upon her. This example
Of extreme precaution in the use Of life
preservers Is striking commentary on
tho need of ampler directions for their
application.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-12-24
Silver.

The Salt Lake Times OF yesterday
makes the following pertinent and
sensible remarks on the silver ques-
ton:
"Hhe coveted relief for the white
metal is EMBODIED in free and unlinit-
cd coinage, and until such time az
that is ~ oeded by Congress it will be-
made to respect the. whims and
caprices Of the gold bugs. Recent
fluctuations are simply emphatic
betrayals Of the ineficiehcy of exist
ing legislation and establish that
after all Secretary Window left a weak
spot exposed to its enemies"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-12-24
Elegant Novelties in Lamps.

The woman of fashion who burns
midnight oil does it in most dainty style
ct present. Hor night lamp, If she has
the newest, will be vase of royal Wor-
cester mounted In silver, with shade Of
perforated silver lined with amber glass
New lamps of royal copper in combina-
ton with FURNISHED silvor are truly ar
tistic; the dull, pinkish red tint Of tho
copper surface being especially pleasing
Lamp shades of opalescent glass are
suitable with these lamps. Copper in all
its tones seems to be a favorite metal for
lamps, smoking sets, mirror frames and
toilet articles, and IS even seen in belt
buckles, bangles, girdles, hat pins and
ieWeled combs M .