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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-08-29

Moline and Rock Island CID mill
tiamen who appeared in a military spec
tacle struck for their pay and held pos
session of the grounds until they secured
it.
Three thieves were discovered at
work in a sleeping car attached to a
Monon train. Two were captured after
an exciting chase, the other jumped and
escaped.
Mrs. Mack Abrahams of Frankfort,
Ky, quarreled with her husband because
he went to hear Breckenridge speak and
took morphine and arsenic with probably
fatal effect.
Harlan P. Hall of st. Paul and
Charles w. Ostrander and Henry J. VIE
gel of Chicago will, September /, start an
independent Democratic paper at st.
Paul, MINI.
-Vice-President Stevenson has received
an invitation to make the opening speech,
October 8, at the exhibition of the Vir-
GINA Mechanical and Agricultural asso-
citation at Richmond.
William A. Snyder, a well-known Ne
braska merchant and manager in the
state of the Hoagland lumber yards, has
been mysteriously missing for a week
His home is at GOzad, Neb.
"A handsomely engrossed set of resolu-
tons, adopted by the Chicago Union
League club thanking the President for
uSlllS Tic Oulleu OldlCS IIOOpS dL OllCdSO
during the strike, has been received at
the white house.
Patrick J. O'Brien has been appoint
ed mayor of Spring Valley, ILL.,. by the
city council to succeed Thomas B. Jack.
Jack was unable to find bondsmen and
the Office was declared vacant and he
stepped down and out.
B. T. Harris, Jr., manager of the
Champaign Qll) Electric Light and
Power company, has brought suit against
the Champaign County Publishing COM
pany and e. B. Chaplin, editor of the
Champaign News, for $4,000 damages.
John J. Sherwood of Indianapolis has
nearly completed arrangements for the
formation of cornmeal trust.
The former actor NJ. 3. Curtis, has
traded the Hotel Driskell at Austin,
Tex, for 5000 lots at Lakewood, n. ].
Senator Mcpherson, who contemplate
ed resigning because of ill-health, was
prevailed on by friends to change his
mind.
Religious warfare at Ottawa, ILL.,, has
been settled, permission having been
granted the Salvation army to hold meet
ings.
Daniel Cossatt of Bond county, Ill,
was held to the United States grand jury
for sending an obscene letter to Mrs.
Annie Feltz.
Emperor William reviewed the guard
corps, 10000 men, on TemplehOf field,
and at a subsequent banquet offered a
toast to the Emperor of Austria.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-08-29
Tom Prevented a Wreck

Tom, the 12-year-old son of Tom Dick
inson of Pendleton, Ind, saved n score of
lives the other night. a passenger train
a fast freight to pass BY some oversight
the switch was left open. Tom, who was
playing near, happened to notice that it
was open. He grasped the situation,
grabbed the handle and, when the engine
was less that fifty feet away. threw the
switch. The next instant the freight
rumbled past the passenger coaches AS
the freight was going at a high rate of
speed the wreck would have been terrihln
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-08-29
The Senator's Defense.

Senator, did you speculate in sugar
stock?'
Il did not"
''Then how do you explain these tele
grams in our possession, which show
that you purchased 1000 shares and sold
them at a profit of $50 a share?"
You asked if | specialized, l believe"
YES"
'Webster's dictionary defines 'specula-
ton as a business venture involving I'M
usual risks"
''Well?''
''Wel, there was no speculation about
my deal. 1t was a dead sure thing
PittSburg Chronicle
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-08-29
Perpetual Motion Once More.

Antonio de Ia Torne, little Italian en-
gineer who lives in San Francisco be-
heves that he has at last discovered the
secret of perpetual motion, and has con-
vinced a number of men who have looked
at the contrivance which he has built to
prove his theory. The machine is a form
of the revolving circle, driven by rolling
balls, such as inventors have been expert
menting. with for years. In some in
stances limited motion has been ACQUIRED,
but without power. This machine seems
to put no limit on the power it can sup
ply. The inventor is now building large
machine on the lines of his first model.
He has been at work upon his idea about
three years. The suggestion came to him
from an automatic balance or see-saw toy
that is operated by weight in spiral
screw He has already made several
fortunes by his inventions, and has
DrOmDtly SDpnt Thorn al
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-08-29
The Democratic Sugar Trust Seen by
Leading Democratic Journals.

The Democratic Congress which
feathered the nest of the sugar trust, at
the expense of the people, is trying to re-
elect itself 1t does not seem possible
that it can accomplish its purpose judg-
ing from the following opinions, taken
chiefly from Democratic papers;
Toledo Blade: A vote for the Demo
cratic ticket this fall is a vote for the
sugar trust.
st. Louis Globe: The sugar trust put
100000 into the Democratic slot and
will take out 10000 600.
Rochester Democrat: So far as Cleve-
land, Carlisle and sugar are concerned,
there is no appreciate lack of harmony.
Cincinnati Gazette: The sugar trust
holds its grip. Secretary Carlisle does
its bidding and President Cleveland is at
its service.
New York Sun: 1t is sugar trust tar
if voted by pretended enemies of all
trusts. 1t was conceived in fraud and
born in falsehood.
New York Evening World: The sugar
trust began by robbing the poor. 1t grew
rich in the process. 1t is growing richer
all the time in the same way.
Richmond Dispatch: What the people
ask is that the letters which bind them
to the sugar trust may be broken and
that "A free brea kfast table" may follow
as soon as possible.
Baltimore Sun: Mr.. Hayemeyer, the
president of the sugar trust, is said to
be an excellent yioliniSt So was Nero.
and the people at this day, as at that
have to pay the fiddler.
Portland Oregonian: GOrmaa is the die
tator Of the Democratic party and the
sugar trust is the government of the
United States. The President has abdicat-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-08-29

ed and the House of Representatives has
surrendered.
New York World: The triumph of the
sugar ring is the most fragrant instance
of plutocratic rule and monopoly domina
ton yet seen in Washington. 1t must be
rebuked by the people and reversed by
their servants.
Detroit Free Press: The Senate has
had its own sweet will through one Of the
most critical periods in the cOuntry's his
tory. but it has at the same time con-
yinced the people that they must abolish
or reform that once honorable body
Buffalo Express 1t is rumored in
Washington that a deal has been made
between the sugar trust and leading mem
bers of the Democratic party by which
the trust shall refrain from putting up
the price of sugar until after election.
Cleveland Leader: The Democratic
newspapers which are referring to the
surrender of the Democracy to the sugar
trust as victory for tariff reform would
probably rush in and congratulate the re-
mains of man who had been run
through a threshing machine or cut to
pieces by Il railroad train.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-08-29
A RECORDOF DISHONOR
SOME FIGURES EXPOSING THE
SHAM PRETENSES OF THE
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS.

Act-Posting tho Books at the End of
Case of a Farmer Founding Suit on
Democratic False Pretenses-A Texas
sheep Man Talks About the Tariff
The Democratic Sugar Trust AS Seen
by Leading Democratic Journals
Binding Irvine VIII Hereafter be
Made in Europe.
The Record of Shame Made by the Dem
ocratic Congress.
Representative Cannon of Illinois has
prepared a statement compiled from the
official records showing that approprIa-
tons have been greatly increased by the
first session of the Fifty-third Congress-
while the pension appropriations during
the same session of this Congress were
reduced S29,099, 504. In discussing TINS
subject Mr.. Cannon said:
Under our constitution and laws Con-
gress appropriates the moneys TOR the
public service and the President eXpPndS
the same In practice Congress appropri-
-ates from year to year for the service OF
the succeeding year. The law requires
the executive to send to each session OF
Congress his estimates in detail for the
public service and the amounts he desires
therefor
When the executive forwards yearly
to Congress his annual appropriations he
also forwards his estimates OF the
amount that will be eXpend tor the
coming year under permanent law; MI.
Cleveland, by his estimates, asked Con-
.greSS to appropriate for the puDuc SerN-
ice for the coming fiscal year. including
permanent appropriations, So2O,662,S40'
and Congress has appropriated tor such
service $500, 66S, 1863. This in round num-
bers is S30,OO0,OOO less than the Presi-
dent asked for the public service. A
large part of this S3O,OOOOOo. however
will be appropriated next winter Dy way
of deficiencies In a table which L sub
init is n comparative statement or appfo-
priat ions made at this Congress for the
fiscal year ending June 80 next, vita up,
preparations made at the first and second
sessions of the last Congress tthe F1fty-
second Congress), and at the first and
second sessions of the tifty-hrst com.
monty known rs the 'Reed congress.
This statement shows, and such is the
fact that the appropriations this year are
greater by S27,269.S5S than were those
made by the first session OF the FIFTY
first or Reed Congress-. The statement
also shows that the appropriations MADE
this year are -$2S, 49,, $3.50 less than those
made at the second session OF the last
or F'ifty-Second Congress. The Demo
Gratis controlled the House III both the
last Congress and this But l ask the
House and the country to notice this re-
duction is covered by the item for pen
,SiOnS alone.
Under the law the executive is re-
pquired at the close Of each fiscal year 10
make statement of the receipts and eX-
penditures of the United states govern
ment for the last year The official COM
parative statement for the fiscal years
1894 and 1898, respectively, shows:
RECEIPTS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-08-29

This is certainly very disquieting eX-
hibit. The gold reserve today is So,
100000 less than when the issue of bonds
to replenish it was decided upon last Jan
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-08-29
WATERFOWL NURSERY

Fruit and Shade Trees, Raspberries, Straw
berries, Grape Vines, Silver Maple, Ash Leaf
Maple and Black Poplar, fine Red Cedar and
Arboryite Hedge plants.
Nursery east of Plank Road bridge, First ward
Agents wanted.
JAMES WHALEN.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-08-29
The Postal Card Law

a postal card must not be mutiIated,
There is a clause in the postal laws which
says that if a postal card is torn or mutt
lated or lnterfered with in the slightest
degree, either by cutting down or e1I3rc-
ing, extra postage will be charged or tbe
card sent to the dead letter office.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-08-29

Spain threatens to retaliate for the
handicapbing of Cuban sugar by the new
American tariff BILL
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-08-29
Under the Democratic Law Binding
Irvine Will be Made in Europe.

Ex-Mayor Edwin Filter of Philadelphia,
who owns the biggest rope mill in the
country outside of the trust has said that
the placing of binding Irvine on the free
list virtually transfers the plant from this
country to England, Ireland and Ger
many. From 100000 to 10000. 900
pounds of the Irvine is made in the Unit
ed States each year, and between $1,000
900 and S1O,OOO,OOO is invested in the
machinery that turns it out. In Eng
land, Ireland and Germany the wages are
GO per cent. lower than in the United
States OF course those countries are not
prepared as yet to turn out large quaint
ties Of Irvine. but they will be soon" 1t
is to the advantage of importers of mer-
chandise to leave goods in the bonded
warehouse until the law goes into effect,
when the duties will be reduced. Imports
aggregating in value nearly $2,0O0OOO,
the largest ever bonded here at one time,
are now in the warehouse. The owners
viii take advantage of the reduction in
the new law.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-08-29
Then and Now.

MOVE
New York Tribune:
Treasury gold reserve July l.
1890 ...................... 800, Az EAT
Treasury gold reserve July l,
1911 ....... llj,-Vt. O-O
Treasury gold reserve July l.
1917 ............ ll4,OIZ 81
Treasury gold reserve July l.
1876 40 Ol1, )j0
Treasury gold reserve July 1,
1874 ................... O4,S:3,O-0
Treasury gold reserve today
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-08-29
Texas sheep Man Talks About the
Tariff,

The San Antonio, Tex. Express prints
the following from one of the large sheep
growers of Texas, which not only express
es the condition of things in that state,
but in every state which engages in sheep
huSbandry:
Talk about the great strike. it is as
nothing compared to the destruction of
values in Western Texas by tariff agita-
ton. as far as San Antonio is concerned.
A few years ago sheep in Western Texas
were worth from So to $3.50 or So a head,
and the land graZed upon was rated at
from S3 to 50 an acre. Now what are
sheep worth? Next to nothing. There is
no sale for sheep, ecept under foreclosure
for debt, and unless creditors can be pre-
vailed upon to extend their leniency most
of what remains in the country will
change hands in that way before long, if
anyone can be found to take them at any
price. Many have been sold in this way,
and [ will cite few instances to show
how values have shrunk since the profits
OF WOO" growing were knocked off. Re
Gently q flock of sheep of about 10000
head, which two years go were rated at
50 to $3.50 per head, being exceptionally
well-bred and cared for, were sold at 50
cents per head. Another flock of 1900
head, few years ago worth $3.50 per
head, with selected ones at 50, were sold
at 81 cents. Another flock of 200 were
sold a few days ago at 80 cents. And the
land where most of these sheep were
run"
A snap of the fingers expressed the val
ue the wool grower placed upon the land.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-08-29

past There is Il kind of remedy, how
ever, at the polls. The men who were
cheated out of their votes in 1892 were
not defrauded of them for all time. but
for that election only. Their votes are
their own. They can cast them this fall
against the men who deluded them two
years ago. They can drive those per
sons from political life and replace them
in Congress by others who will endeavor
to undo the mischief that has been done.
But there is such a thing as jumping
out Of the frying-pan into the fire. Some
OF the men who were tricked by the Dem
ocrats in 1892 say they are going to vote
tor POpuliSt candidates because that par
ty tells them that what they and the
country need is more money, that 1t VIII
see that there is more money, and then
the farmer will get higher prices for, his
wheat and the workingman for his LABOR.
But before voting for Populists the farm
ers and the workingmen should ask what
KIND of money it is they propose to give
them. For if it be worth only half what
the present money is. then. while farmers
and others will get twice us many dollars
Tor their products, they will get IN reality
no more than now.
The money the POpulists want to issue
by the billion would be worth next to
nothing. The wOrkingman's wages when
paid III it might rise to hundred or more
dollars a day, but he would be no better
OF than now. The only safe place for the
man who was the victim of Democratic
false pretenses in 1892 is in the Republic
an party. 1t told him in that year just
what would happen if the Democrats
won. 1t prophesied truly. The working
men would have done better had they
trusted it then. Their only hope is to
trust il now"
Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-30
rHE ENICAKAGUA CANAL,

The Nicaragua Canal plan may get new
life from the bill which has been intro
duced In the Senate Itis bill for amend
ing the act of Incorporation of the Mari
time Canal company of Nicaragua. 1t
provides for government assistance to the
enterprise, and also gives 1t control of the
management by providing that ten of the
fifteen dire ctors shall be appointed by the
president with the sdvice of the senate
The capital stock shsll be 1 .00O. 900 shares
of the par value of 500 each. 1t is ex-
pressly stated that the object of the
act is to ssouTe the construc-
ton of the Nicaragua canal by
the company with the aid of the United
States, to the extent set forth In the act,
upon the basis of the copce ssions of Mica
ragua and Costa RIca. Authority is given
to the company to issue fifty year 8 per
cent. bonds, to be indorsed by the United
States, to the amount of $4,000, 900, the
government receiving the right to redeem
nary 1. 1904, and to the president is given
authority to suspend at any time the Issue
of the indorsed bonds until congress has
been informed of his reasons for so doing
and shall otherwise direct.
Careful provision is made for the cancel
lation of the old stock, for the payment of
all debts and liens, for the distribution and
Opposition of the capital stock, for the car
rying out of the contracts with Nicaragua
and Costa Rica in accordance with the
terms of their respective conces slons. and
for amply securing the United States in
consideration of its guarantee of the bonds.
Before any bonds are issued to the COM
pany the president must be satisfied that
the canal can be completed from ocean
to ocean for safe aud economical nav
igation by both naval and mercantile
ships of ss large sizs as can now
be safely passed through the Susa
canal, and at . cost not exceeding th.
each proceeds of the 500, ,ooO. 900 of bonds
The act also provides for an examination
of the route, the plans, the location, thu
engineering work by q board of three en-
| gineers, and If that board report that thu
canal can be constructed on the plans o
the company and In conformity to the lin
itations and conditions prescribed by con
qress, then the president "shall diIe,t tha
all proper steps shall be Immediately take
to carry into effect the provisions of tn
act."
Probably If "the times" had bsen bette
this great and wsll-copcsived scheme woul
not now be in the hole 1t is in. A Nicsrs
qua canal Is much needed, and 1t shoul
be under the supervision and control G
the United States. The country couldn
invest SO, ,OOO, 900 in any better way.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-30
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL
Ii PUBLIsHKD
EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
Single Copies S cents.

OLD MEN DRESSED IN BLUE.
Of course 1t is we'll understood that
'politiacl exIgsncies" demand the retire
ment Of come police officers. But there Is
also growing feeling and . more or less
clear perception that the exigencies of the
public funds demand that the city's PEN
sion list should not be increased more
rapidly than is actually necessary. 1t will
be interesting to watch the conflict of the
exigencies and see which comes ont ahead.
In answering the demand of political exi-
gencies absurd things are sometimes DONE
One of the absurd things proposed in order
to accommodate the present political exi-
gencies of the police commission IL the
retirement of Trusnt Officer Sullivan, who
hss been for many years one of the most
efficient members of the police force and
alec of the public school force. By long
and diligent work in branch of effort for
which he is especially well fitted by nature
he has become an expert. He can diagnose
Q case of trusncy and school-boy devilish-
meas with much accuracy and treat It with
SoAAcrkohaAhk 6AiAAs AO 40 Ncfy "
the educators, and he is relief to the au-
thorities who must deal with incorrigible
boys. he knows the said boys, and can
calculate with certainty on their mysteri.
GUS and devious ways. They stand In
wholesome awe of him, for they have
learned that he 10 painstsking and thor
ough in his efforts for their welfare. He
deals with them promptly, but kindly and
judiciously.
Itis well known by all who know any
thing about It that Officer Sullivan is not
iDHrm or in that weak condition where the
grasshopper is burden. Indeed, he osn
be as lively as grasshopper when there is
need and he is right in the prime of his
usefulness to the public. It would take
any other man a long time to learn what
he knows about the peculiar tribe which
he has dealt with go long. and there are
not many men on the police force who
would ever learn what be has learned.
He Is, to all appearances, good for several
years more of active work. Where then,
do the economy and the good sense come
in in the scheme for his retirementa
Doubtless some of the other cases of old
age in blue that are just now being sighed
over are quite as hopeful as bis, but We
happen to be we'll acquainted with his
case, and We therefore protest against
making him burden to the city when,
barring accidents, he can continue to be as
useful as ever for several years more. He
neither looks old nor feels old. The boys
whom he looks after don't notice any
diminution in his activity, and they are
quite as good judges In the matter as the
political police commissioner.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-30

For forty years the principal of young
ladies' school in Copenhagen has been re-
spsctsd a. lady. Lately "she" became
very yuds 10 ons Of her pupils and was n.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-30
SUICIDAL.

To get out of the world for the sake of
getting out of debt is suicidA.-Picayune.
"Why ia an empty champsgns-bottle
Ike an orphsnf" asked Bub. Because
they have both lost their pop."-Texas
Siftings.
Mrs. farley ssys her husband is q com
mercisl traveller, and as such is one of the
most prominent scenters of trade In the
country.-Rocheste Democrat.
He Old not die OF aowiIg cup
While on q bender;
BE simply pulled the window up
And influenza
Washington Eexs-
did you ever zee any thing funrisr than
two men trying to talk politics without
getting msdf' 'toh, yes. I've seen two
girls trying to snub each other."-Chicago
Record.
Bostwiek-So you followed my advioe,
Jsgster, and tried the gold cure. You
found 1t effective, didn't youi Jsgetsr-
Very. 1t took all my money and left me
nothing to get full on Truth.
Irene-I hsvent seen KittIe Kurligtgg
for week Has she gone out of clrcula-
ton, as IL werei Laura-She has been vac
clnsted. but that ought not to take be. out
of circulation. Why notT Legal ten
der. Chicago Tribune.
rnst ooy TO ooy up telegraph pole)-
Come down ere and I'll fght you. Sec
ond boy (up the pole)-Shsn't First boy
Yer q coward an afraid to come down.
Second bcy-Yes, and yer know II, or you
wouldn't have wanted to fsht me,-Brook-
lyn Life.
Mr.. Farwest-I met my old schoolmAte,
Lakeside. to-day. for the srst time in an
age, and thought from the way be acted
when / mentioned you that you and he
must have had some romancs or other be-
fore We met. Mre Farwest-No romance
about ID. We were married fer a few
years, that's sll.-New York Weekly.
A well known writer of humorous prose
and verse vas talking with q bibllomsuiac
day or two ago. when the latter said:
by the way, am collecting frst edition..
of American authors. want to add your
irst book to my collection. Have yoa any
copies of the first ejitionF' Yes" an
sSered the author, l have all OF thsnF'-
The Critic.
Spokesman of the relief committee
Now, Mr. Pllburser, the wealthy msr-
chants are assisting rs In our work, NOT
only by contributions, but, some of them,
by selling us the necesssrie8 of life spch
as tee. bread, coal and wood, st cosf.
What can you do for usE' Pillburser. (ths
druggisil-You will fnd me ready TO help
der unemployed. Put me down ss der man
vat sel.s postage stsmps al gOsiiH-Pnck.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-30
EDITORIAL NOTES.

In Denmark the value of real estate has
incrsssed Sl02. .O00. 900 in thirty-ssvsn
years. This result II due to the breaking
up Of the large estates Of the nobility and
their purchase by the peasantry.