Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-05-25
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

the engine house of Maxted & Kobe's
planning mill, and was pounded to jelly
by the engine crank.
THE Pennsylvania Military Academy,
at Chester, Pa, has been closed, ow
ing to typhoid fever among the stu
dents.
The roof Of the First Methodist
Church, Pittsburg, fell on the Dist, in
juring seven workmen, two fatally.
A RIOT took place at Belfast, Ireland,
Oh the DIST, betWeensO rangemen on one
side and Catholics and Nationalists on
the other. The Orangemen were in the
majority, and when the cry Of drown
the Fenians' went up an attempt was
made to carry it out. Several were
ducked, but were rescued by their COM
panions.
NEGOTIATIONS between the striking
miners OF Durham, England, and the
mine owners have been unsuccessful,
and the strike will continue. The
miners offered to accept a reduction of
10 per cent, but the owners insisted on
49, per cent.
tirelv DESTROYED by fire on the 21st,
leaving 300 persons destitute.
THE Hotel Northwestern at Hancock,
hour on the morning of the 10Th. The
blaze started above the kitchen and
completely Quilted the apartments occu-
pied by the servants, and four or five
of them escaped IN their night clothes,
losing all of their personal effects. The
loss is So, 900, and is fully covered by in
surance.
Mrs. BENJAMIN VANLUvIN was burned
fatally at IroQuois, near Sault Ste.
Marie, while rescuing her six children
from their burning home. The house
and it's contents were totally destroyed.
FIRE at Oswego. n. Y, on the morn
ing of the Dist, which began in the big
Washington Mills, destroyed six grain
elevators and large amount of other
property causing an aggregate loss of
$1,O0O,000.
AT the Episcopal convention Of the
diocese of Massachusetts motion that
bylaws be changed 80 as to admit wom-
en- as lay delegates was lost, "a to %.
JOHN A. ANDERSON. for twelve years
the representative of the First Kansas
District in the federal Congress, died at
Liverpool, Eng. Mr.. Anderson had
been travelling in Egypt for his health.
JOSEPH J.. TICE, the Rochester wife
murderer, was electrocuted at Auburn
prison at 6:39 o'clock in the morning.
The execution is considered a great sue
cess. The witnesses saw no burning of
flesh, no eXhalation of air from the
lungs, no struggle Of the victim. The
murderer met his fate calmly. The ex-
ecution lasted but few seconds.
f. G.. WALKER. Of Victoria, 3. c.,
charged with attempting to 6efraud B.
f. Clinton, has disappeared, and it is
thought he is in the United States. A
large number Of judgments have been
granted against Walker. His liabilities
amount to Sl20,O00.
The Cotton Block, on Capital Street,
Charleston, w. Va, was Quilted by fire.
The loss on building and stocks Of
goods is about $4,000; insured.
A SEVERE earthquake was felt early on
the morning Of the 18th IN the county
Of Cornwall. Houses rocked, crockery
was broken and chimneys were over
turned. The people were awakened by
the rocking Of their beds, the move
ment lasting several seconds.
A MOB of seventy-fve determined
women caused intense excitement in
the streets of Covington, KY. Their
purpose was to prevent wedding.
They succeeded. The objection to the
marriage lay in the fact that the woman
had buried her husband only two weeks
ago. The bridegroom fled by the back
way, and the widow herself left the
house to prevent further trouble.
A CLoUDBURsT did considerable dam
age to property at Pierre, S. c., on the
night Of the 10Th.
The works Of the Steel Foundry Com
pany, at East st. Louis, were destroyed
by fire which was caused by an explo
sion of molten metal.
THE building of the Zoellner Manner
Choir, at Brooklyn, burned on the night
Of the 10Th. Two men, John Kutzky
and Carl Mitson, are missing. The
property loss is $780, 900.
AFTER two DAYS fair weather the hard
est rainstorm OF the season began in the
neighborhood of Marshalltown, Ia, on
the 18th. This about completes the dis
enlargement of Central Iowa farmers.
Highways are impossible IN ali dlrec-
tons.
THE British bark Earl of Aberdeen,
Capt. Patrick, from Barry Dock for
Montevideo, ran on the coast Of the
County of Pembroke. A heavy sea
sea was running. 1t is supposed that
eighteen of the crew were drowned.
Thirteen have reached Milford Haven.
THE death is announced of Gen.
George Klapka. He was born at Tenn
eswar, Hungary, April I, 1920. He was
a close personal and political friend of
Kossuth, and under him was minister
of war.
AT Sander, Wyo., all the prisoners
confined in the jail made break and
escaped. In attempting to recapture
them a deputy sheriff was killed.
THE Rev. Kennedy Bell has been ar
rested in London for assaulting two
young women in railway carriage COM
partment. The sentences passed upon
Goodall, the evangelist, and the Hon.
Patrick acknowledgement for assault
committed upon unprotected women
iourneying by rail do not seem to have
had deterrent effect.
IT is reported from Astrakhan that
the steamer Alexander WiIkow has
foundered in the Caspian Sea, and that
250 passengers were drowned.
AN Atlantic liner ran down an I'M
known Iugger off Castle Townsend light,
County Cork, Ireland, and sunk her
with all on board.
FRED G. PTTJSRTPY a mem her of the