Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-01-25
MOSTLY FOREIGNERS.

NJ. STAMBULOFF, prime minister Of
Bulgaria, Is a crack shot with stones,
and rarely fails to hit moving object
at distance of over so yards.
SIGNoR GIoL1TTI, the late prime minis
ter of Italy, has enormously strong
muscles. He can bend poker double
with one hand and bend coin right
across.
GEORGE MEsERvE, well-known Adj
rondack driver, who for several years
has been in Troy, n. Y, Will go to
Washington as coachman for President
Cleveland.
The only son of Richard Wagner,
Siegfried Wagner, Familiarity known as
young Siegfried," otficiated as best
man at the wedding of Felix Motif and
Fraule;n Scandinavian, which took
place in Berlin recently. Herr Motif is
the musical director of the Carlsruhe
Opera House, and his bride is we'll
known as an opera singer in most of the
continental capitals. She has of late
been singing IN Vienna.
QUEEN MARGUERITA of Italy's wonder
full collection Of laces, dating back l 600
years before Christ, and gathered from
Egyptian and Etruscan tombs, will be
sent to the Chicago eXhibition-the first
time that they have ever left Italy. Ac-
companying this exhibit of faces there
will be a collection of the work of
Italian women up to date. This exhibit
will be one OF the most prominent feat
ures of the display in the Women's
Building.
THE serious illness of the Shah of
Persia is reported. The exact nature
OF it is not stated, but it is we'll known
that he has long. been very sick of the
intrigues against his authority in various
parts of his dominions.
Mrs. TEL SoNo, the Japanese re-
former, who is now lecturing in this
country to raise funds to establish in
Toxic a non-sectarian training school
for women and girls, had the honor of
being the first woman lawyer in Japan.
She has been a Christian for only five
years.
THE Empress Frederick troubles as
little as her august mother about per-
sonal appearance, and dresses in a style
which makes her look older than she
really is. One hardly likes to supply
the adjective "dowdy" to imperial and
royal toilets; otherwise, the get up of
both Nictorias has almost deserved it at
times. Their mourning garb becomes
them better than colored attire did, as
but few mistakes can be made in
weeds" and it is universally acknowl-
edged that stout persons look their best
in black.
GERMANY has Louise Michel in the
parsonage of Mile. Wabnitz, who is i'm
prisoned at Berlin for speaking disre-
spectfullY ofthe Emperor. She refuses
to take food, and in forcing her to do so
the attendants have been obliged to
use a rubber tube. This harsh pro-
ceeding and the woman's desperate re-
sistance have made her very i'll. Herr
Stadhagen, a Socialist member of the
Reichstag, has made every effort to Sc
cure the release of Mile Wabnitz, but
without success. She will make no
apology, and the government will not
lberate her until she does.
Col. JOIN CREIGHTON, who is making
brief visit to New York, built the first
telegraph over the Rockies. He is now
wealthy and lives in Omaha.
GEN. TRoCHU, the defender of Paris in
the closing days of the Franco-Prussian
war, is descendant of Racine. He
was invited to attend recent histrionic
ceremony in honor of the eminent
dramatist, but SO busy is the old soldier
with his memoirs that he could not
spare the time to accept.