Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-03-12
MINOR NEWS NOTES.


years in the peniten tiary and to pay q
| fine of 1925 400 for embeZZlement.
Bismarck, failing to secure the sup
port of the Reichstag for government
measures, will dissolve it, and appeal
to the country to maintain the eff1clen-
cy of the army.
A successful test Of smokeless powder
has been made at the Washington navy
yard.
A mass meeting will be held in Lon
don to denounce the recent atrocities IN
Russia.
The Emperor conferred the decora-
ton of the order of the Black Eagle up
on Herr Won Boetticher.
Robert Leach, the commercial travel
| er who disappeared from the Palmer
House, Chicago, was undoubtedly muir
dered
Ex-Mayor P. Y. Thomas, of Parsons,
| Kas., is thought TO have committed sui
eide in Chicago.
1t is said that Carkeek, for $500, agreed
to let Connors throw him.
Ex-Secretary Whitney says he will not
| be candidate for President.
| James Mcintosh, OF Spirit Lake, Ia,
| accompanied by two young ladies,
| daughters of James Evans, while drlv.
| ing on the ice across East Okabojl Lake,
|
drowned. Their bodies were recov-
cred.
Seventeen families in five-story ten
ement on Ludlow Street, New York,
had g narrow escape from suffocatlon.
Many of the inmates were rescued in
their night clothes. One child is not
expected to live The loss on the build
ing is 81, 500.
James McKeever, farmer who lived
by himself, at Selma, O., went to pota-
to pit on his farm to dig out some pota.
| toes. The earth caved in on him and he
| was suffocated. The body was not dis
| frozen, and drove of hogs had just be-
| gun to eat it.
Bishop Bowman, of Chicago, was
| found guilty of charges of unchristian
conduct.
| Mrs. Mary Peterson, Of Chicago, had a
| narrow escape from death at the hands
| of mailman.
| At Kansas City, Kas., Chas. Pascot
| and JEFF. Wheeler confessed to their at
| torney to robbing the house of w. II.
| Smith, on Oakland Avenue, of $1,000 in
| diamonds, watches and other jewelry.
They said the valuables were hidden in
| different places in the city, and the Of
| hcers with the robbers as their guides,
1
| robbery was committed several months
| ago. Their confession followed their
| conviction.
| The Massachusetts Reform Club gave
q dinner on the night OF the eth, and
among its guests the Hon. George Dud-
| ley Field, the Hon. George 0. Shattuck,
| the Hon. Darwin E. Weare and others.
| Mr.. Field was the principal speaker.
| He said there were six problems before
| the American people-honest govern
ment, woman suffrage. the negro race,
the rights of labor, the government of
| cities and government of corporations.
The hrst-named problem was then dis
cussed by the speaker.
An explosion occurred in the shaving
or dust room of the Armstrong furniture
factory at Evansville, Ind, which
| wrecked it. A fire broke out and re-
| duced the debris to ashes. Three bows
| Fred Sachs, Willie Cheatham, and
| George Crawford were in the dust-room
| eating their dinner, and were burned
to death. Charles Shelby. the engineer,
was blown twenty feet, and had both
| legs broken and his head badly crushed
| The explosion was caused by the flame
| OF a lantern coming in contact with the
powder-like dust. The loss to the firm
| is about 81 600, covered by insurance.
Chicago friends of Minister Lincoln
say the death of his son may lead to
| his resignation.
France mas conditionally accepted
| Germany's invitation to attend the
| labor conference.
| Emin Pasha is a guest of the Sultan,
and will remain in Zanzibar for a few
| DAYS, and will then return to Bagamoyo.
He will sail for Europe at the end of the
| month.
The London Chronicle says that a
Catholic bank is about to be started at
| Paris with capital OF 1900, 900 francs.
| The new enterprise is sanctioned by the
pope.
Mr.. Thurston was reelected presi-
| dent of the Republican Club League.
| A portion OF Nashville, Tenn, is un-
| der water, caused by the floods.
The Troy IN. " Cooperative Stove
Works were totally destroyed by fire
on the 9Th. The fire was caused by an
| explosion of gas, which tore out cor
ner of the building. A large number of
| stoves and patterns, valued by the COM
pany at $4,000, were ruined. The
| building cost $4,000, and was insured
| for 81 900. The insurance on the pat
terms is S25 1000.
Three men were killed by the ex plo-
| sion of an oil tank on a train near Mas
| silon, O.
Senator Voorhees, has asked for an in
vestigation into the letting OF Alaskan
| seal contracts.
State Treasurer holland, of Missouri,
was suspended. pending investigation of
his accounts.
Princess Dolgourki and her family
have been forbidden by the Gar to re-
| turn to Russia.
A 12-year-old son of Abram Patterson,
at Cuyahoga Falls, O., threw a stone at q
| boy named Porter. The missile missed
| its mark, hitting and killing little child
who was standing near. Young Patterson
is in jail.
JEWELLERS SAFE CRACKED.
Burglars Secure q Rich Haul of Dia-
do Mot