Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-01-11
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Guthrie, Ok.
A NEW trial was refused Grossman,
convicted OF the MolitoI murder at
Alpena. Mich.
The Bowie Lumber Company, of
Texarkana,. Ark, has failed. Liabili-
ties, $50, 600.
ExGOv. MERRIAM, of Minnesota, de-
MES that be is to become president of
the Northern Pacific.
NORRIS LANE, counterfeiter, was ar
rested IN Kansas City, Mo-, and $500 in
"queer" found on him.
Mrs. MARY SHAW has brought $10,-
600 suit against her faGher-in-law in
Dixon, Ill.,, for SANDER.
SOUTH DAKoTAs divorce law will prob
ably be amended to require q years
residence Of parties suing.
IMMIGRANTS leaving Hamburg for the
United States must pass medical ex-
animation and receive q permit.
THE Rev. G. III. Polhemus, A. NJ, has
accepted the chair of Greek and Ger
man in Tabor College, Tabor, Ia.
THE Chicago & St. Louis Electric
Railway Company has increased its
capital from 81 900 to 100000.
CHAUNCEY M. DEPEw appeared before
the House commerce committee and
argued In favor of railway pooling.
FRED SCHMIDT, employed in the st.
Louis carbon works, fell into vat of
boiling acids and was scalded to death.
ALBERT MCDONALD, 20 years old, shot
and killed his father and his stepmoth-
er at Huntsville, Tex, in family row.
JAMES BILLINGsLEA, chief clerk in the
office Of the Kansas state Insurance
commissioner, Is short 81 900 in his aC-
counts.
CONGRESSMAN HARTER has gone to
New York to learn Cleveland's views
Old the proposed repeal OF the silver
purchase act.
A BILL is before Congress to punish
train robbery by fine of S., 600 to $l0,-
600, 10y imprisonment or by death in
case murder is committed.
w. A. WEBSTER. Canadian immigration
agent, Gays that fully 500 families have
migrated from South Dakota to the Cana
dian Northwest the past year.
WITHIN the next few days the Presi-
dent will issue an order extending the
civil service law and rules to letter car
rlers at all free delivery post-offices.
IT is reported that Henry Willard will
enter Cleveland's cabinet, and that
Gov. Merriam, of Minnesota, will be-
come president of the Northern Pacific.
QUARANTINE regulations have been es-
tablished on the Arkansas border to
prevent the introduction into Texas of
the epidemic in the Arkansas peniten-
tlary.
FIRE at Denver burned out the Hal
lock Paint Company, Eaton, Ritchell q
Co., Denver Stamping Company and
the Western Laundry Company. Loss,
$290,O00.
THE Dominion government met with
a severe reverse by the defeat in Lislet
County of the government candidate
and the election of Mr.. Tarte, the Lib
eral candidate.
SAMUEL Weller, convicted of murder
at st. Louis, asks q new trial on the
ground that one of the jurors was
asleep while evidence for the defense
was being taken.
The block at Pittsburg occupied by
the Collins Cigar Company burned. ?.
Duff q Sons, commission; Gait q Pol
lock, lamps; Booth & Finn. contractors,
and Office occupants are the sufferers.
The loss is $250,000.
THE transfer Of real estate and stock
of ten of the largest -four mills IN North
| Dakota and three in Northwestern
minnesota to the new corporation
known as the North Dakota Milling AS
sociation has been made.
The Senate has passed joint resolu-
ton requiring the secretary of war to
appoint board of three officers Of the
engineers corps to Investigate the sub
ject OF raft towing on the Great Lakes
and their connecting waters.
j. q. FELTUs recently presented him
self at Halifax for enlistment, and was
Oft TO hn rfillnrry IIn
presses surprise to his comrades to find
that he is soldier, and states that he
must have become one during an at
tack Of insanity.
CLEVELAND refused to accept an ex-
press frank, returning it to the COM
pany.
D. P. NEwcoMB, United States inspect
or of immigration, died at San Antonio,
| Tex.
A JOINT resolution has been favorably
reported in Congress for woman suf-
frage.
WARRANTS are out for the officers Of
the failed Fairfax, Mimi, Bank, charg-
ing fraud.
GIL. PIERCE, Of Minnesota, may de-
cline the appointment Of minister to
Portugal.
THE Congressional immigration COM
mittee will recommend a quarantine
against Cuba.
SAMUEL kENDRICK, q prominent citi-
zen of Chillicothe, O., died suddenly in
| Washington, ID. G,
G.. K. DAVIS had IS votes in the Min
nesota senatorial caucus. None were
cast against him.
J. 0. THURsToN, confidential clerk for
Enrich Bros, New York, was arrested
for am hnyziinp 81 000
SAMUEL JONES, for twenty years sup
posed to be dead, has returned to his
home at Dubuque, Ia.
! EDWARD LANGwoRTHY, who built the
first house and established the first bank
in Iowa, died at Dubuque.
CANADIAN sugar refners announce an
advanceof ] cent per pound on all re-
fined and white sugars.
A BEER war is on at st. Louis between
the syndicate and new breWeries.
PrIces.are cut to 81 per barrel.
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