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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-01-10
TWO ROADS GO TO RECEIVERS.
Appointments for the Evansville & ST.
Louis and the Ohm YalIey

APP ments Tor tho EVansVilIe & st.
Louis and the Ohio Valley.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 4.-Judge
Woods has appointed Z. O. Hopkins
and James FL. Wilson receivers for the
Louisville, Evansville & st. Louis Con-
solidated Railway Company. The line is
800 miles long and was lately controlled
by the Mackey syndicate. John Nc
Leod has been appointed receiver Tor
the OHIO Valley Railway by Judge
Baker, of the United States court, on
petition Of w. II. Browns Sons and
others. These proceedings are auXil-
larry 20 the action of the Kentucky led
eral circuit court.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-01-10
Suicide After an Arrest.

CLEVELAND, o., Jan. S.-William
kleinweber, saloon keeper at 25 Lo-
raine Street, was arrested last evening
He was bailed out by friends. This
morning his dead body was found with
a bullet through the head and a re-
VOlVer in his hand
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-01-10
DEMAND ON GEORGE GOULD.
A Crank Wants the Millionaire 10 Pa,
800, 900 to Him.

MOO, 600 to Him.
New YORK, Jan. "a crank named
Z. C. Chick last evening went to the
Lakewood Hotel, Lakewood, n. j.,
where the Goulds were giving a party,
and wanted to see George J. Gould in
order TO collect 100000, which he saws
the latter had promised him. Chick
was lately released from an insane
asylum. He was driven from the hotel
and will probably be arrested to-day.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-01-10
Shot Dead at \ Ball.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Jan. 5.-James
Hamburger had a quarrel Wednesday
with his sweetheart and stabbed her
slightly in the neck, being prevented
from infiicting further injury. Last
night he walked into ballroom and,
seeing the young lady in the arms of an
other man Waiting, he walked up be-
hind her and SHOT her in the back. He
then ESCAPED.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-01-10
RAILWAY OFFICES ATTACHED.

Enforcing a Claim Against Company
at st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 5.-The Louisville,
Evansville & St. Louis freight and pas
senger offices here are closed tight and
fast to-day, the result of an attachment
brought by Andrew Warren, dealer in
railway supplies. The amount involved
is s., 800 The officials here are unable
to say what will be done in the matter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-01-10
ALBANY THEATER BURNED.
Big Playhouse Covering Half Block Laid
in Ashes

ALBANY, n. Y, Jan. G.-At 1856 A. M.
to-day fire started liz the Albany Thea
ter, occupying about half q block In
ten minutes the entire building was a
mass of flames and was a tot1 loss.
The loss will be at least $250.000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-01-10
GERMAN CASTLE IN ASHES.
The DucaI Property Of Bernburg De-
stroyed ana Two Lives Lost.

BERLIN, Jan. 6.-The old ducal Castle
of Bernburg, which has recently been
used for the offices of the district author
tiles, was completely Quilted by fire at
an early hour this morning. The dis
trict director and a coachman were
burned to death in the building. A
number of valuable documents and
considerable sum of money was de-
Btroyed during the confagration.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-01-10
Two DueIisus Killed.

LOUISIANA, Mo-, Jan. 5. = William
Hunter and William Punch, rivals for
the affection of woman, fought here
last night Hunter shot Punch dead
and then blew out his own brains.
Roth orc colora6
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-01-10
A River Steamer SUNK.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan. 5.--The steamer
A. l.. Mason struck a snag near Friars
Point, Miss, last night, and sunk. Capt.
X eth was badly injured.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-01-10
CAPKIVI WANTED TO RETIRE.
Details of a Recent Crisis in Emperor
williams Cabinet.

Williams Cabinet.
BERLIN, Jan. 8.-The Nossiche Zeitung
insists that cabinet crisis, regarding
the action of the Chancellor in different
matters, actually existed a short time
ago. 1t is added that the crisis was not
due to internal questions or to the Rus
sian treaty; but was connected with
colonial matters. 1t is further asserted
that Chancellor Won Caprivi actually
rendered his resignation; but the En-
neror refused to accent It
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-01-10
HEAVY FRAUDS CHARGED.
Claim that the Evansville & Terre Haute
Has Been Robbed of 100000.

Has Been Robbed of 100000.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-Suit has been in
stituted against H. I. Nicholas & Co.,
bankers, for $4,000 alleged to have
been diverted from the treasury
of the Evansville & Terre Haute
Railway Company. An accounting
has also been asked for in
respect to other sums arising from the
hypothecation of certain bonds The
company claims the sum of SOS, 900
from ex-President Mackey. In brief, it
is alleged that nearly $1,100,000 has
been taken from the treasury illegally.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-01-10
Two Deaths from q Love Quarrel.

GALLATIN, Tenn, Jan At Spring
Hill, KY, yesterday, L. w. Fowler and
P. G. Yousen, rivals for the same lady's
hand, met, and Fowler shot Yousen
fatally. Before Yousen died he stabbed
Fowler 80 seriously that he cannot re-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-01-10
NO STATE ELEVATOR.

Inc UGIuCh PPCJ5Ct U3f0ated by the Mime
sofa Courts
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. 5.-Judge Mitch
ell to-day handed down decision of
the supreme court declaring the law
providing for the building of a
state elevator at Duluth to be
unconstitutional. Edward Rippey
brought an injunction suit in the Ram
sey County district court, but Judge
Willis dismissed the case, which was
then taken to the supreme court, that
body to-day holding that the state had
no RIGHT TO 90 into the elevator business
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-01-10

CHTCAGO-Potatocs are dull and easier. The
offerings are liberal and the demand very limit
ed. Buyers purchase only what they were III i'm
mediate need of. Burbanks, Wisconsin, are
salable at 55(G57c; Hebrons, 5O@53c; Rose, $40
Soc. MIXED lots range from 45c to SIC.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-01-10
LATEST MARKET REPORTS
MILWAUKEE. Wis. Jan
Milwaukee Dairy Market.

BUTTER-Fancy creamery, 2 70, 25@26c; infe-
022c: fresh lines fair to choice do I5l7IsI..
packing stock, do. 14@15c; grease, s(9I0c; roll,
14@l6c.
CHEEsE-Full cream flats, = h, 111561215c,
cheddars, do. 1115a l2c brick, 12I5@13I5c; Young
america. lI1a@1213c; limburger, 12}4@13%c;
Swiss. l36l1315c.
EGGs-Fresh 2 doz, 2o@22c; ce-housc. 16@
19c: picked. l6@19c.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-24

latter pay much better than farming,
for the Norway sunni er is so short
that only the quickest growing and
hardest grains, such as oats or barley,
have q chance to matu Q at all. hut
oat cake and barley bread are good
enough for the man who has never
known anything better. and the Nor.
way peasant has few daiuties, while
his style of living is on par with his
plainness of diet. His house is never
luxurious, but one thing must be said
in its favor, it is always comfortable
even in the coolest weather 1t is of
ten shared by his goats and reindeer
and as cooking, eating and sleeping
are all done in the same room, the at.
mosphere is often of ogerpowering
thickness; but to Norwegian oxygen
does not appear to be Il necessity; he
lives ana thriyes in air that can al
most be cut into layers.
Ordinarily regardless OF personal ap-
pearanco, there is one occasion when
every inhabitant of NORWAY must look
fine, and that i on the wedding day.
Even then, however, the distinction
between the rich and the poor is very
triiling, for in every church In the
kingdom there are kept set of we'd
ding regalia and silver gilt crown,
and by paying small sum the poorest
bride can, for day, look as gorgeous
as queen. Many of these wedding
crowns are GOD or 100 years old, and
we're worn by Morse ides at time
when the memories of the viking in
vasions were still fresh along the Ger
man Ocean, and there is therefore an
odor of sanctity about these articles of
personal adornment which renders
their presence almost as necessary at
wedding as that of the preacher. In
the rural districts of this peculiar
country there still linger the tradi-
tions and legends which are found
among the common people of every
country in Europe; nor, any more than
the Greeks or Italians. have they for
gotten their glorious past. There is
a great future before Norway and Swe-
den, and the evidence of new ma
tional life is seen everywhere: in the
cities, where modern structures are
taking the place of the old-fashioned
dwellings, and offices: in the country,
where men and women dress better.
fare better and look better than did
their fathers and mothers. The time
may never come wi en- the viking will
again carry terror to France and En-
gland, but the dav is near at hand
when the scandinavian powers will
exert far more influence in the affairs
of Europe than they have ever done
before, and this broadening of their
power will be due in no small degree
to the Improvement in the condition
Of their PEOPLE.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-24

the advent of frost to rush off to
localities where the climate conditions
are more favorable to comfort. In
winter the Riviera, Italy, Greece and
North Africa are crowded with
refugees from the cold of Russia, Ger
many, France and Great Britain. while
in summer, travel turns again TO the
north, and thus the ebb and flow OF the
human tide continues as regularly as
the migration of the birds
The nearness of the Norway coast
to Great Britain. and the convenience
with which it may be rea he'd from
any part OF Western Europe, have
during recent years, made it an ex.
ceedingly popular resort among tour.
lists. Steamship lines have been es.
tablished along the coast to carry the
tourists from place to place: like
magic, hote s have sprung up at every
point whore the least attraction is of
Tered to the tourists: dca er5 in natur-
81 curiosities, in photographs, books OF
icscript on5, and the thousand and one
articles of which the travelling public
stands constantly in need, do uhriv-
ing business, and all Norway is rem
dered richer by the summer travel
1T nas need of something to enrich
its population, for, with the exception
Of Swift erland, there are few countries
on the globe that have fewer resources
Of wealth than the narrow strip of
coast, which seems to have been Gre
ated merely for the purpose of making
sweden an inland country. But Norway
Is by no means so small as it looks.
over ! ,00J IN les from north to south,
nearly 300 miles from east to west it is
do, Ia IL I
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-24
VERY much of the wrong-doing of

VERY much of the wrong-doing OF
the world arises from ignorance and
thoughtlessness. Temptations are
strong, desires are ardent, inclina.
tions are imperious, and the weak
and undisciplined Judgment is easily
led to concede that there is no great
harm in yielding. Gradually this
yielding comes to be habit, and the
character is formed, or rather wreck
ed, by self-indulgence where it might
nave been saved elevated, and
strengthened by more knowledge and
a wiser training.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-24

u brilliant success. But no one ought
to starve with oats and barley, with
eggs and butter and fowls and milk
and reindeer meat in comparative
abundance, and so the hardy Nor.
wegians live, though it cannot be said
that they get fat
The contrary, however, may soon be
the case, for thousands of tourists now
crowd the coast towns of Norway, and
the hotel-keepers and other classe7
that live On the travelling public arc
rapidly learning how that public may
Do feeced out of its last dollar, and are
acquiring "a deXterity that will soon
place them, in the travelling mind, on a
plane of respect similar to that occu-
pied by the innkeepers of Switzerland,
France, and the -urist part of the
Rhine. If magnifcence of scenery
were any justification for robbery
by hotel-keepers, walters, hack driv-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-24

People do not generally recognize
the abounding and permanent happi-
ness that it is possible to enjoy from
witnessing and sympathizing in that
of Others. Not that such enjoyment
is unknown--far from it. 1t glad
dens the heart of every true father
and mother; it is the soul of friend
ship, the essence of philanthropy
the atmosphere in which real benev-
olence exists, But it is rarely looked
for; it is always incidental; it takes
us by surprise if we pause long
enough to consider it at all.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-24

The climate of all Western Europe,
so far "a the influence of the sea eX-
tends inland, is so tempered by the
balmy waters of the Gulf Stream dur
ing both winter and summer that the
population do not seem to be in special
need of going elsewhere to escare
either the heat or the cold. In Eng
land, when the summer temperature
rises above eighty degree, the heat
is considered OF pressive: in winter
when the lermometer sinks below
twenty degrees the cold is regarded
as exceptional. But like the in
habitants of other regions favored in
the matter of climate. the people take
advantage of the first warm wave or
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-24
Prehistoric Man,

Several interesting discoveries re-
garding prehistoric man have been all
nounced. The remains recently found
in Switzerland show the existence, in
the neolithic age, of a race of pyg-
mics in Europe. Herr Mascha has
unearthed within few days, in Mo.
ravia, many remains of mammoths,
and with them the skeletons of a
whcle human family almost gigantic
In size. The discovery seems to set
tie the disputed point whether man
was coexistent with the mammoth. In
Guatemala an explorer reported the
discovery in an ancient mound of
many small jars, each containing the
remains of little finger from the
human hand, 1t is supposed to have
been the custom Of mourners in some
prehistoric race to make this sacrifice
Literary Digest.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-24
HUNTING THE COON.
Plenty of Rare Old Sport Trailing the
Frisky Animal.

Frisky Animal.
| can find more sport in good old
fashioned coon hunt than in any other
Kind OF hunting you may name, and |
know many an old boy like me who
thinks Just tho same, says an old
hunter. The one thing needful in a
coon hunt is coed dog. The trail of
the coon is the coolest of any known
game animal. y dog with the finest
Kind of n Sc, an intolliee ence beyond
the ordinary, and training for his
work, is necessary to follow this trail
successfully. Pesides its difficult trail,
the coon has many tricks to confuse
both hunter and dog. 1t will fire.
Quently run up a tree few feet and
lump from it in another direction as
tar as possible, and thence take a devi.
Ous course. This ruse never fails to
throw the be t of dogs of, and by the
time the trail is found again, if it is
found at all, the coon has put miles be.
tween him and danger.
When coon is brought to tree, the
trained dog announces the fact in an
entirely different voice from the cry
he utters when on the trail. some
dogs do not cry at all while on the
chase, reserving their voices until
ou'll Y iiO tilC dlllc 10 blCbu. ~ x ulI
Is an entirely unnecessary part of q
coor-hunter's equipment. When the
hunters come up to the tree, the most
agile OF the party shins up and shakes
the coon out, This is not always an
easy thing to do, and next to the fight
that is expected to follow between the
coon and the dogs. when the former
drops to the ground, is the most exoit.
ing episode of the hunt Some coon.
hunters carry guns, but only on moon.
lit nights, when the leave have fal EN-
from the trees TIE exciting moment
for these hunters is when they discover
the coon crouching on a limb, and
brought into distinct outline between
them and the moon. A coon is always
on the alert, even when treed, and
many cunning old fellow | have
known to leap from high up in tree,
alight in the thick of hunters and dogs,
and makes his escape by the 10 dness
of his maneuver.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-24
A Great Inland Oyster Bed.

Gone cf the greatest natural curl
osities in the world is the Texas oys-
ter bed," said e. G. Senter. "This
bed extends across the entire State,
from south to north, and has lain long
enough TO become stratified. The
shells are soft when first taken out,
but harden upon exposure to the at.
mosphere. AT Henriette, in the Pan,
handle, number of beautiful build.
lngs have been constructed of this
material. At Weatherford and San
Antonio shell roads have been made.
The oysters embraced several species
long since extinct, and while geolo
gists agree that Texas must at one
time have been at the bottom of the
Gulf of Mexico, they are at loss to
account for the presence of this oyster
bank, there being none found east or
west OF the straits. '-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-24

A New YORK photographer has
begun suit against Chicago publ
cation for damages growing out of
alleged infringement of copyright.
The law under which the action is
brought prcscribcS damages of 81 for
each copy Of the publication contain
ing the "piratcd" article, and as the
publication attacked circuates some
270, 600 copies, the hapless publisher
sees ruin staring him in the face. 1t
is entirely obvious that this law is a
faulty one, throwing open the way to
gross injustice. 1t has more than
once been employed for purposes of
eXtortion. Innorent and unknown
violations OF it frequently occur, and
indeed cannot be avoided in the pub
lication of newspapers. There should
be organized effort made by the press
OF the country to persuade the next
Congress to repeal or radically amend
this Federal statute.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-24

a CHICAGO man, whose interest in
the subject was aroused by the fact
that his firm had been swindled out
Of several thousands of dollars by
forged bills Of lading, has originated
a bill that he believes will protect
shippers. A bill of lading with the
name of a wel-known firm attached
to it is as negotiable as a check, and
shippers have been swindled out of
thousands and thousands of dollars
by sharpers expert with the pen.
Only recently a Kansas City firm was
neatly yictimzed out of 81, 300 in
this manner A bill of lading should
have every safeguard thrown around
it that check or draft has If the
Chicago mans invention is all that
is claimed for it, the railroads should
adopt it at once.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-24

The greatest length of the United
States from east to west is on the
parallel of forty-hye degree north
latitude, that is to say, from East
port, Me, on the Atlantic coast, to a
point on the Pacific exactly tifty-two
and half miles due west of Salem.
Ore. On the above parallel it is ex-
actly ,, ,768 miles long. Its greatest
width, from north to south, is on the
ninety-seventh degree lof longitude,
which extends through the United
States in an almost direct line from
Pcmbina, n. D., 1c Point Isabel,
Tex The greatest width is 1,6l1!
miles
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-24

THE new rifle which has been
adopted in the United States army
weighs only eight pounds, and will
kill man at a distance of two miles
With the use of smokeless powder, it
is said, man would be killed before
he heard or knew of the report. The
bullet is to be of nickel or steel.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-24

The Peruvans are said to have
sacked the observatory erected by
Harvard College on Mount Arcquipa.
Why not send the Harvard football
team down there and wipe Peru off
the map.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-24
yer Cleveland 2SJune95

II Is related as singular that fat
men seldom commit crime. Itdoesnt
seem so singular when you reflect
that it is difficult for fat man to
stoop to anything low.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-24

SOME one makes the suggestion
that the north pole would have been
reached long ago if explorers were
not so anxious to get back home in
order to fill engagements on the lee
turc platform.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-24

DUDLEY (at the dooD-"Is Miss
flitterIy engaged?" Servant "Oi
don't rightly know, sor, yit; but thot
other young man has been sparkin
her for full houri".
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-24
UNDER MIDNIGHT Sun
NORWAY'S SEABOARD AND ITS
MANY ATTRACTIONS.

Customs and Resources of Far Distant
Country Which Has Little Besides Its
People and Its Scenery-Gr~ad Future
and Glorious Past.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-24
TIE C0RMORANT AT WORK.
.CF BIRDS TRAINED BY THE
CHINESE TO CATCH FISH.
Caressed WhenThey Get Fish and
Beaten If They Fail.

( SPENT four years in China"
said Electrical Engineer
Charles Dean, "and while l
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-09-06
FOrd's Grand Opera House.
Week of September 10th,

A magnificent Musical Extravaganza.
"rhe Passing Show. Over 100 nights in
New York City.
During the week Of September 10th, Ford's
Grand Opera House will be occupied by the
great New York sensitive and success of
100 nights at the Casino"The Passing Show"
is production worthy months enjoyment.
1t will come directly from the New York
Casino, where it has been running for sever
al months IN a most successful way. The
play is termed a topical extravaganza" and
is q strong admixture of comedy farce opera
burlesque and vaudeville. The company is
composed of oyer 100 people, and includes
Paul Arthur, Jefferson De Angels, John e
Henshaw, Charles J. Ross, Seymour Hess
George A Schiller, William Cameron Lucy
Daily, Jessie Carlisle Mabel Stephenson
Grace Filkins and Sydney Worth.
Matinees, Wednesday and Saturday
Admission so and ID cents.
Week of September 18th, Primrose and
Vests Great Minstrel Co.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-09-06
ExecufOrs' Notice.

In the Matter of the In the Orphans Court
Estate Of of
Catherine Waesche { Frederick County,
Deceased June Term, 1894,
In pursuance 10 an Order
of the Orphans Court passed on the 9th day
of August A. d. 1894, and in accordance
with Chapter 148 Of Article 9a of the Code
of Maryland Public General Laws. Notice
is hereby gwen to the heirs, legatees and all
other persons who are interested IN the dis
tributlon of the funds, in the Estate of
Catherine Waeschc, deceased, to meet in the
office Of the Register of Wills, in the Court
House in Frederick City, Md, on the 3rd
day Of September A. d. 1904, when the
Executors will proceed TO make a final dis
tribution Of the funds in their hands, a.
Executors under the last will and testament
of Catherine WaesChe deceased.
BY order of the Orphans Court for Freders
lex County.
Test.
Joseph A. Waesche, James K. Waters,
James r. Waesche, Register of Wills.
Executors Of Catherine Waesche, decd
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-09-06
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

Tue Tax Books for 1894 arc now ready
and the Collector would call the attention OF
the Taxpayers of 1894 to Section 40, Article
81, Revised Code Of Maryland.
"All persons who shall pay their State
Taxes on or before the first day of scptems
Der of the year for which they were LEVIED,
shall be entitled to a deduction Of five per.
ceu!um on the amount IF said taxes all that
shall pay the same on or before the first day
of October, of the said year, shall he entitled
to deduction of four per centumi and all
that shall pay the same on or before the first
of November, of SAID year, shall be entitled
to deduction Of three per ccntum.
H- Dellnquents for the years 1899 and
1893 must positively make payment on or
before Saturday, tile 10th day Of Augus'.
j. WILLIAM BAUGHMAN,
Aug9noy1. Collector.