Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-27
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Graduates of the Nebraska State
Blind institute refuse to leave the asy-
lum, claiming they are entitled to main
tenance.
The electric light on Bedloe's island
Illuminating the statue of liberty will not
be maintained after June 80 owing to
failure to secure an appropriation from
Congress.
Senator Brice has written to Secre-
tary Nichols of the Ohio state board of
trade, pledging his support for an APP
preparation for the survey of ship canal
from Lake Erie to the Ohio river
-Archille Tomasi, musical director, has
sued his wife, Lulu May, the actress,
known as Helen Bertram, at New York,
for an absolute divorce on the ground
of her relations with Edward J. Henley.
The Grape Greek Coal company of IL
linois has been adiudged indebted to the
Farmers Loan and Trust company as
trustee $374,247 on q Judgment recovered
against it in the United States circuit
court of the Northern district of Illinois,
Nov 2, 1898.
The following canals of Mars have
already been seen by the observers of
Lowell observatory: GalaXias, Cerberus,
Orcus, Tartarus, Eumanedes, Siremius,
Laestrysonphasis, Lithonias, Agatha,
Daemon and AraXes.
"A mob at Round Pond, Ok, blew up
dynamite. The sheriff is poWerless. When
the train passed the city a short time
before without stopping according to the
ordinance. the engineer was shot at twice.
Bloodshed is imminent.
The control of the Minneapolis Times,
which has been on the market for sew
eral weeks, has been secured by the Even
ing Journal company, by which it will
be conducted as an Independent morning
paper with Col. w. E. Haskell as editor
in-chief. The price paid, it is under
stood, was about 100000.
The Arkansas river broke it's banks
at Wichita Kas., and a portion of the
city is. flooded. There is great alarm
among the cOlored people near the levee,
and hundreds of them are fleeing. The
water is higher than it has ever been, and
is still rising. 1t is very probable that
the city will be inundated.
The Union Pacific will begin July 1
Ousting SQuatters from its lands in Ne
braska, and will continue in this way
over the entire system. There are sew
eral thousand people living on the Union
Pacific right of way and lands, and the
company is anxious to secure possession
of these lands to use them for switching
or other purposes.
Many mines in Illinois resumed OPP
Grafton.
Frank Lindsay was killed by light
ming at Tuscola, Ill.
The miners conference at Pittsburg,
kas., has adjourned without results.
Strikers at Elk Garden, W. Va, pre-
vented the miners from working. Troops
may be ordered to the scene.
w. G.. Thompson of Providence, r. l.,
pleaded guilty at Springfield, ILL.,, to swim
ding hotelkeepers in Illinois.
Several prominent citizens and Off
Gals Of Oklahoma have been arrested
for perjury and conspiracy.
The miners at Star City, Ind, who
went back to work, were compelled to
come out again by the strikers.
University extension as practiced by
the Chicago university will be consld-
cred at the London conference.
The miners of the Springfield, ILL.,.
Sub-district have endorsed the scale adopt
ed by the miners conference Sunday.
-Deisel & Co.'S cigar mandatory was
damaged $4,000 by fire at Lima, O. Five
hundred thousand cigars were damaged.
The Ohio operators have decided to
| open their mines only upon the terms
agreed upon at the Columbus conference.
Mrs. Howard A. Koogle, who has
been missing from Pana, ILL.,, for two
| days, has been found in a demented con-
dition and will probably die.
The Iowa conference Epworth league
convention began at Ottumwa. The adj
| dress of welcome was by Miss flanagan,
| with q response in verse by the Rev.
| Stoddard of Oskaloosa.
Members of the Cerneau Masons of
| Ohio are in grand rendezvous at Column
| bus. The session will last two days and
| degrees from the fourth to the thirty
second will be conferred.
Col. Irving of Chicago has been asked
to accept the position Of health officer at
Detroit, Mich, declared vacant yesterday,
| v,yacr 10 hA1 Low Aloxlr &c I'll
in dealing with smallpox cases.
The Patternmakers' league at Cincin-
natl, o., adopted q resolution requesting
all members of this league as we'll as
other labor organizations to keep out of
the state militia or national guards.
H. L. McDowns was arrested at
| Geneseo, ILL.,, charged with swindling
banks at Moline Ill, with bogus checks.
One hundred and fifty men in the
have gone out in sympathy strike
Private Cederquis of the Nebraska
National guard has been arrested for re-
fusing to take part in the target prac-
tice on Sunday.
| Frank e. Allen, president of the First
National bank of Baskerville, Ia, was APP
pointed receiver of the American Invest
ment company of Emmettsburg.
in the Ohio miners convention Ma
| tlOnal HreS1QenC McBflde charged State
President Adams with treason, and the
latter retorted by saying Mcbride had
sold out to the operators
| Richard Nagel of st. Louis, who is
suspected of having misplaced switch
on the Mobile & Ohio railway, which
caused the fatal wreck of a passenger
train at Fish Lake the night Of June 4,
has been held without bail in Monroe
| county, ILL.,, where the casualty occurred
Mrs. II. p. Koogle of Pana, H., has
mysteriously disappeared.
John e. Walker died at Moline, H.
from over-exertion on bicycle.
Fred Hasselman, who shot his sister
near E'reeport ILL.,, has been captured
-Nandals destroyed the tent and seats
used by Evangelist Sippard at Freeport
Ill.
The Florence & Cripple Greek rail
road, which has been tied up by wash
outs, is running again.
Members 6 the Epworth league of
the Normal, Ill, district are holding a
convention in Ell Paso, Ill.
Chief of Police Kent of Champaign,
ILL.,, has been arrested for whipping a
negro afflicted with SMALLPOX