Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-09-20
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

GEORGE M. ROE, cashier OF the Re
form Club of New York, has disap-
peared with 81 800 belonging to the
club.
Riots continue in Spain over the fs-
cal reforms adopted by the government.
At Mont Blanche three rioters were
killed.
FIFTY convicts in the Brazos River,
Tex. convict camp were poisoned by
some drug placed in the food. Several
will die.
THE remains of Gen. de Miribel,
late chief of staff of the French Army,
were inferred at Grenoble with mill
tary pomp.
BoILER-MAKERs in the shops of the
Big -Four at Champaign, ILL.,, and In
dianapolis, struck because of reduc-
ton in wages.
THE residence of William Cook, at
Ballard, Ill, was entered by robbers, the
! family bound and gagged and the house
robbed of $40.
HOWARD L. Balm, ex-cashier of the
Home State Bank, of New York City,
has been arrested for embezzling $50,
600 from the bank.
J. w. GoRMAN was instantly killed
while driving across the Santa Fe
tracks at Neosho Rapids, Kas., a fast
! train struck his buggy.
Mr.. CULLOM presented in the Senate a
petition from old soldiers asking pro-
lection from those who seek to brand
pensioners as criminals.
TWENTY indictments against mem
bers of the Columbian Athletic Club, of
! Chicago, were returned by the grand
jury at Crown Point, Ind.
THIRTY cases of diphtheria have been
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deaths. Religious services and public
gatherings have been stopped.
LOUIS KENMADE who murdered Cora
Thompson and Scott Jones at st. Louis,
March 20, 1892, has been sentenced to
twenty years in the penitentiary.
The Washington, d. c., banking firm
of Woods & CO., which suspended a
month ago, has made an assignment to
William H. Swander. The assets are
given at So, 1897 and the liabilities at
| S26, 600.
The secretary of the navy authorized
the reconstruction Of Farraguts old
flagship Hartford and set aside S456, pa
for that purpose exclusive Of the cost of
armament Work is to be begun as
soon as money is available.
IN a suit at San Francisco n. j. Slime
demands $3.50, 900 from II. II. Bancroft,
out of which sum he alleges Bancroft
swindled him in transferring the bust
ness and plant of the Bancroft History
Company to the California Book Com
pany.
THE Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has brought suit against Indiana S
state auditor to restrain from certifying
pro rata valuation of company property
as fixed by the tax commissioner. The
company is assessed at 100000 and
claims its property is worth only 5000,
600.
EXAMINATION of Treasurer Mcbride s
accounts shows that the Knights and
Ladies of Honor at Indianapolis have
been swindled.
NAVAL officers have decided to restrict
the tests by which builders have made
handsome premiums on increased
speed of ships.
NEAR Dillon's Falls, O., careless sec
ton men caused freight train to be de-
rallied Thomas Fisher was killed and
two others injured.
w. II. GIBBS, eX-Republican post
master of Jackson, Miss, was arrested
on a charge of embezzlement of S., 920. SO
of United States funds.
THE Illinois Association Of Mexican
! War Veterans held its annual session
yesterday at Galesburg, Ill, Eight reg
1ments were represented.
PLEASANT HosKINs placed set gun in
his melon patch at Richland, Ia, load
ed for melon thieves. He forgot the
gun and was shetland seriously wounded.
THE Moore q Smith Lumber Com
panv, the Kings River Lumber Com
pany and the Port Discovery Mill Com
pany failed at San Francisco, owing
100000
THE large draw span OF the Terminal
Railway Company's bridge between
Council Bluffs and Omaha has been
completed. 1t is $40 feet long and ex-
ceeds in length anything of its kind in
the world.
GEORGE CLARK escaped from the pen
capped from the penitentiary at Joliet,
ILL.,, two years ago. In the present case
| he was serving a term of fifteen years
for robbing bank.
AID FRANK Miller of Columbus. O.,
is missing. He is a forger to the extent
Of S., 800. Eighty-four individuals APP
pear on as many notes in amounts from
$50 to 5000. To some of these notes the
names Of persons who have been dead
for two years appear.
IHE barkentine SkObeleH, of Port
land, Me-, is still missing, and there is
very little doubt that it has been lost
with her crew of seven men,
LITTLE children of Frank Paygen-
pohl, of Iowa City, Ia, were playing
with an old shotgun. The piece was
discharged, killing little girl.
In manifesto Of the National Liberal
Federation the British lords are threat
ened with political humiliation if they
continue to oppose the popular will.
7. B. RYAN, of Rolling Prairie, Ind,
invested $4,000 in green goods" at New
York, and received in exchange for his
money bundle Of worthless papers.
NAT MCKEE, farmer, was killed and
Jim Grutchfield, negro, terribly burned
portable engine at Hopkinsville, KY.
PRoF. w. J. GRIFFIN, principal of the
Columbus, Ind, public schools, is on
trial for alleged immoral conduct. A
young woman, a teacher, is involved in
| the case.
CHARLES DE LEssEPs, sentenced to a
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