Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-15
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.


gang of Cinnamon, seized 375 pounds
of Struggled opium in washhOuse.
Three Chinese, one a woman, were
badly wounded by the officers. One Of
the officers was cut by dagger used by
the woman.
THE deadlock in the labor situation at
Wallace, Idaho, is broken. A commit
tee froul the Miners Union and the
owners of two of the principal mines
have signed an agreement by which the
men are to return to work at union
prices. The. mines will start up i'm
mediately.
FIRE at Birmingham, Ala, destroyed
number of business and dwelling
houses and hotel and furniture factory
at Cullman, the famous Alabama Ger
man colony, entailing loss of 60,000;
partially insured.
The Foresters have elected the fol-
lowing officers: High chief ranger,
John C. Schubert, Chicago; vice high
chiefranger, E. Ritchol, Montreal; high
secretary, Thomas II. Cannon, Chicago;
high treasurer, Henry Ditmer, Chicago.
THROUGH the carelessness of stage
carpenter, who lit match to see what
was wrong with the gas meter, Powers
Opera House, the largest theater in
Grand Rapids, Mich, was damaged to
the extent of $4,000, and the block in
which it is situated will require $50, 900
more before it is repaired. Edward
Warrington, the man who started the
fire, turned off the gas before escap-
ing. He was but slightly burned. Sew
eral women were rescued with difficulty
from the upper stories of the block, the
fire spreading with marvellous rapidity.
THERE came near being horrible &C
cident on the Andover Mass electric
road on the 18th. Two cars going down
a hill collided. and as result an I'M
known boy is dead, lady passenger
has both legs broken. motorman and
conductor have broken limbs, and half
dozen others are injured.
H. n. Cox, residing near Nevada,
Mo-, while digging under a floor of his
residence in the course of some re-
pairing, discovered large kettle full of
money, supposed to have been buried
there during the war. The discovery
was made four weeks ago, but the news
has only now leaked out. Cox is re-
ported as saying the find amounted to
$4,000.
The comptroller OF the currency has
authorized the new Duluth National
Bank, of Duluth, Mimi, and the Home
National Bank, of Royersford, Pa, to
begin business each with a capital Of
$4,000.
IT is announced that the recent inter-
view between United States Minister
Coolidge and Minister Ribot was purely
of social character, and that the eX-
tradition and commercial treaties were
not discussed.
THREE persons were killed and a
dozen injured by a collision on the
Midland Railway near Ilkley, England.
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Cured in Catalonia. Serious conflicts
took place between the rioters and the
police and several persons were badly
wounded. During the disorders a num-
Der of workmen of San Martin attacked
q mill proprietor with stones and seri-
ously injured him.
NATHANIEL RoTHsCHILD, of Vienna,
announces that he has decided to retire
from the turf and that he will dispose
of his stud, which is the largest in the
country. This decision will prove a Sc
rious blow to the turf in Austria.
A DISPATCH from Sydney, New South
Wales, says that the British ship Wav-
ertree, from London for Sydney. had
most of her inward cargo, valued at e5S,-
600, destroyed by fire. The vessel We 5
but slightly damaged.
DISPATCHES from Madrid say that g
hailstorm has done great damage at Lin
ares, town in the province Of Jaen,
and destroyed the crops. Two women
and two children, who were working IN
the field, were struck by lightning and
killed.
THE London Times SAYS in regard to
the proposal to reconstruct the New
Oriental Bank, which suspended with
liabilities placed at e. ,250,0 600: "If the
object is to cover the losses by relying
upon the ultimate general adoption Of
bi-metallism the less supportthe scheme
receives the better"
N the British admiralty's expert
ments with the Brennan torpedo one
torpedo did not work and the other
plunged to the bottom of the sea IN
stead Of seeking an enemy near the
surface. The results have created a
decided sensation, as the torpedo has
cost England 100000. The newspapers
are all demanding an inquiry as to the
ACQUISITION Of the Brennan invention by
the government.
The president of the Argentine Re
public has issued orders for the release
from custody of DR.. Alem, the leader Of
the radical party, and the other con-
spirators imprisoned with him. They
were engaged in plot to assassinate
President Pelligrini and establish a
dictatorship.
A MANIFESTO in reply to the pope's
recent encyclical has been issued by
royalist members of the French
chamber of deputies. "French royal
lists" it declares, while respecting the
decision of the pope in spiritual matters,
claim for the French the right of pre-
serving their political preferences. The
form of government should be decided
by Frenchmen alone"
MARY AsDERsoN, a domestic. was
found dead with her throat cut III the
swamp between Woodbridge and Perth
Ambov, n. j. The throat was cut from
ear to ear; there was a deep cash on
the forehead and the dead girls cloth
ing was torn and disarranged. The
murder had evidently been committed
with pocket knife, but nothing was
found near the body to furnish clue to
the murderer and the motive is yet a
mystery. The victim was about Is
years Of age and very good looking.
"ROR'' FORD the SLAYER of Jesse