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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-26

QQ6OO REDUCED-LIBERTY. Mr.. GUER-
NIOOOOs zero: new fats aud rooms; well
rented: lot 45xll4. MADISON d. BURKE
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-06
IS NOW A VAST SEA.
Large Territory in the Northwest
that Has Been In
undated.

Vancouver, B. c., May Bottle Frazer
River has become a raging torrent and
is dealing destruction and death at every
point. The surrounding valleys have
been submerged, houses and outbuildings
of ranchers have been swept away, and
where but a few days ago waving fields
of growing grain met the eye is now but
a waste of water. Whole herds of catti
and focks of sheep have been browne,
in the rushing food, while villages o.
the banks of the stream are floating. So
far eight human lives are known to have
been lost.
At Langley a little boy fell from q
porch Of the Langley Hotel and was
swept away by the flood. The hotel was
afterwards washed from it's foundations.
The entire town is flooded. The whole of
Langley Prairie is now under water and
the island Oh which is the Indian reserva-
ton is entirely under water. Four In
dams who were trying to tow some cattle
from a ridge on the island behind their
canoes to the main land were capsized
and three of them drowned. The dead
bodies Of three men and a>little girl were
found on Hatztic Prairie entangled
among floating trees. Many other bodies
are reported as having been seen in the
is the current that ali attempts at rescue
were futile
At Morris, steamers sail right across
where farms used to be. Farmers fear
ing to remain longer are taking passage
on steamers and bringing their families
here The towns of Chilliwack, Harri-
son and Centerville have been almost en-
tirely inundated and it has been with
difficulty that the Inhabitants have es-
capped with their lives. The damage done
to the Canadian Pacific track is very
serious all along the line. At Hatztic the
dyking has entirely given way and 900
yards OF road have been carried away
AT NlcOmen the whole town is under wa
ter. Traffic over tie railroad is entirely
stopped, no train having arrived from the
East since May %. No mails have been
received or dispatched.
At Hattie Prairie and Griffin Lake
800 men with six work trains are husily
engaged endeavOring to repair the track.
AT places it is proposed to throw hawsers
across the Chasms and in this way trans
fer the mails to the western side of the
breaks. Despairing of reaching their des-
tInatlOn within a reasonable time. hun
dreds of passengers by the Canadian
Pacific are being taken East Every
farmer and rancher at Hatztic Prairie
is ruined. The latest report says the
Matsoui dyke has caved in and the coun-
try is all flooded. Reports from beyond
Mission City cannot be obtained as the
wires are down. The Mission railroad
bridge, one of the largest on the road, is
expected to go every hour. The Salmon
River bridge collapsed yesterday. At Yale
the river is rising two inches an hour.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-06
SCORES OF HOMES SWEPT AWAY.
Flood in the Frazer River Valley
Makes Many HON eIess.

Vancouver, B. c., May 31.-The Frazer
River is still rising, and the indications
are that the flood will be even more dis
astrOus than the great flood of 1882. The
river has already risen within eight inches
of the high water mark of that great in
undation. Though the whole valley is I'M
der water, the Frazer having spread out
into a vast lake, the tide is crawling up
at the rate of an inch every three hours.
At Westminster the river wharves are
submerged Many cabins along the water
front have fioated on the tide. and many
poor families have lost all their belong
ings. Points farther up the river report
increasing danger At Nicomen Island
fCrtyfour fine farms are entirely under
water. Though much live stock has per-
ished, but eight human lives are known
to have been lost. No further fatalities
were reported yesterday. Anaccis Island,
two miles above New Westminster, is
totally submerged. Many fine farms for
merly dotted the island The ranchers
were rescued by steamboats,. but all their
stock has gone down the river. All the
river steamers have been commissioned by
the government to service in rescuing the
imperiled persons. The marks of the
great food of 1882 have already been
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-06
Fresh, per doz. 912@101ac.
Markets by telegram.

Milwaukee-Flour-Stead and quiet Wheat
-Firmer; No. spring. SIC; No Northern, CSC;
July, 5334c. Corn--Steady; No. 3, 81 @c. Oats
Firm and active; No 2whte, 3734c; No white,
36lI @37l@c. Barley-LoWer; No. 2, 53c; sample
on track, 52@54c. Rye-Higher; No. l. 49c.
New -Butter-Receipts 1897 pkgs:
firm; Western dairy 9@12c; do creamery, IS
ale; Elgins, lie. Cheese-Receipts, 3, 243
pkgs; weak; part skins, 31a0713c; full skins,
2M3c. Eggs-Receipts, 1910 pkgs; firm
Western. 1112M12c. Sugar-Quet; crushed,
45sd4 13-16c; powdered, 1854 5-16c; granu-
lated, 13-16Q4c. Coffee-Quiet; No. z,
1870.
Chicago -Cattle-Receipts, 1000; % cars
300; strong; prime to extra native steers.
415@4.6(; medium. 3.S5@4.10; Others 1850
$50; Texans, 3.10M3.90 Hogs-Receipts 49,
O00 shipments. 1000; &c lower; rough heavy
d 2504. 40: packers and mixed, 4.60@4. 20;
prime heavy and butcher weights, 4.7004. SIS
assorted light. 4.650I4.70. Sheep and lambs
Receipts, 1900: shipments, 400; steady; top
sheep, 4.25d4.40 top lambs. 4.75@5.0O.
Chicago Enthusiastically; cash, 537s
371ac; July, 37ke. Oats-Steady; cash. 3414c;
July, 311Ic. Pork Weak; cash, 11.6719t@
ITO: July, 11.72H. Lard-Easy; cash,
6.671b: July. 6.671I0670. Rye-Nominal
ca h 4S0481bc. FlaXseed-Quiet; cash, 1.33.
St enthusiastically: cash and June,
sic; July. 52Ac; August, 52A@52asc; Sep
TENDER 533sc. Corn-Steady; cash and June,
35l5c; July. 357sc; September, 36Ac. Oats
Cash and June higher 3613c; options lower
Lower jobbing. 1926. Lard-Nominally
lower; steam. 6.45; choice 6,60. Whisky
115 ,Lead-Quiet, $40 cash, 3.O5 June
SpeIter-Slow; 800 sellers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-06
RACE FOR AN ISLAND.
A Hawaiian Steamer and the Brit
ish Warship Champion Speed
ing for a Rich Prize

Honolulu, May &c, per steamer Aus
tralia via San Francisco, June 2-The
steamer Iwalani, the island vessel, sailed
last evening in a race with the English
warship Champion, the prize being an
island not yet claimed by any country.
On the steamer Warrimoo, from British
Columbia a few days ago. was a pas
senger named Reid, who claimed an au-
dience with the executive council. He
announced the fact that the English gov
eminent intended to lay a cable from
Australia to the United States in the
near future, but did not intend to touch
Hawaii. The plan was to have a con-
Meeting point between Australia and
America at Johnson Island small piece
of land slightly north. The provisional
government decided to send an officer to
the island with the power to raise the
Hawaiian flag. thus securing to the GOV
erlment the chance TO have the proposed
cable. At the time the IWalani started
the Champion was Preparing to leave
This, it was understood, was on the same
mission. The little steamer had an hour
start, and as it is one of the swiftest YES
sells in the island service it will have a
good chance to reach the island first and
thus defeat the plans of those on board
the Champion.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-06
MYSTERIOUS CASE AT CHICAGO
Why Nj. p. Chapman Did Not APP
pear at the Time and Place
Fixed for His Wedding.

Chicago, ILL.,. June IN. p Chapman
disappeared last night an hour or two be
fore he was to have been married. The
entire police force of the city searched
for him without success. To-day he re-
JIrned home and said he had been
,lrugged and robbed of S147,O00 in GER
titled checks which he had on his person.
Mr.. Chapman is rich, and lives at AT
Van Buren, Street. He was to have been
married last night to Mrs. Mary Bur
kett, and left home during he day to
draw $1,000 from the bank Mrs Bur-
kett notified the police after the wedding
guests had assembled that her fiancee
was missing, and that as he had worn
SLIT 900 in checks and securities sewed
into his hat she feared he had been
robbed and murdered. Chapman, who is
% years old, was Sandbagged and robbed
became deaf. The $4,000 was Mr..
Chapman'S own money. He was Il we'll
known local Speculator, and originally
came from Oswego, Ill. His eccentrici-
ties have often caused comment.
Last night wedding guests stood around
IN an embarrassed way waiting for the
groom. The bride, doing her best to CON
ceal her agitation, apOlogiZed for a slight
delay. The time dragged heavily; no
Chapman appeared. An inviting spread
Stoou III Il room near Dv, ana maids with
white caps on wondered when the guests
were coming out to supper. At last, when
concealment was no longer possible. the
company was dismissed the clergyman
yainly trying to comfort the distracted
woman who was to have been Mrs. Chap
man.
While the police were searching every
thieves nest in the city and the lake front
and the river We're being secured for the
missing man, Chapman walked into his
home. His story is that he was drugged,
robbed and left on the bank of the
Desplaines River near Lyons, twelve
miles from Chicago. He says he was met
by three men while on his way down
town, was overpowered and drugged. and
when he recovered consciousness twelve
hours later lie found that his S147.0O0 in
certified checks with considerable sum
in cash had been taken. Dazed and weak
he wandered about in the darkness until
he found himself IL Lyonsa and later made
his way to his apartments.
Mr.. Chapman is q wealthy man, al
though one would not suspect it from his
and has large holdings of railroad and
posit he carried sewed into the lining of
his hat yesterday represent the proceeds
of one of his deals in gold mine He
was a heavy stakeholder in the Fox River
Railroad Company which has sold its line
to the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Company. Notwithstanding all his
wealth Chapman lived and appeared like
a comparatively poor man. The home on
Van Buren, Street is on the second floor
and the rooms are neither large nor elab-
orately furnished
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-06
HEAVY LOSSES AT BOULDER.
Many Buildings Swept Away and Two
Mining Camps Wiped Out.

Boulder, Col, June 1.-The pipe fac
tory, five houses, the railroad tracks and
all the city and railroad bridges have
been washed away by the flood in Bould-
er Creek Poverty Flats are submerged
No lives are lost. The Sunset branch of
the Gulf road and the Mountain road
man and Salina, mining camps in Boulder
Canyon, the former six and the latter nine
miles from Boulder, have been wiped
out of existence. They had a population
of about 200, who are now homeless
tai loss in and around Boulder is esti-
mated at 100000. Boulder has had no
communication with Denver or any out
side point since Wednesday until today,
as the wires were down and the roads i'm
passable All the crops in the St Erain
Valley, one of the richest grain regions
in the state, have been destroyed by the
food The loss is very heavy
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-06
TROOPS TO END RIOTS.
Gov. Matthews, of Indiana, Orders
National GuarC1Smen to the
Coal Regions.

Coal Regions.
Indianapolis, Ind, June 2-The gov
ernor has ordered out the militia. Nine
companies including one of artillery
will start Immediately for the coal fields
byspecial train.
Shelburn, Ind, June "a special
train carrying Sheriff Mills and forty
deputies arrived here to-day and was
met by 200 strikers, who lined up ON
the platform and listened to conciliatorv
remarks Of the sheriff. He told the
strikers he was there to enforce the law,
but violence would not be used. Mean
while the deputies remained inside the
coaches.
Chillicothe, O., June 2.-The miners
have started from Wellston to close
down mines which have been operated
in Jackson County near Hamden. The
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern train
No. 50 was stopped at Wellston last
night. All the seats in the cars were
broken and the train searched for coal.
The road will take passenger and
division Monday and the shops here
will be closed unless there is change
for the better.
Bridgeport, o., June "a mob Of 500
miners assembled here to-day armed
with clubs and guns, and when coal
train was started for Cleveland, on the
Cleveland 4 Wheeling Railroad, the
mob surrounded the train and forced
the crew to take it back to the yards.
An effort will be made this afternoon to
start two trains to Cleveland, and trou-
BILE is expected. as the strikers are de-
termined to prevent the running of coal
trains. They have blocked the tracks
and are awaiting the attempt of the
company to open up their road.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-06
RAILWAY DETECTIVE SHOT.
Alleged Victim of Confidence Con-
spiracY on q Chicago Railway.

Alleged Victim of Confidence Con-
spiracy Chicago Railway.
Chicago, ILL.,, June 1.-Detective
James G. Maxwell, Of the Grand Trunk
Railroad, is under arrest here charged
with being implicated in the fatal shoot
ing on an incoming train last night OF
George c. Newcomb. Western Indiana
Railway detective. Maxwell, after the
shooting, reported that Newcomb had
been shot by confidence men, but in an
ante-mortem statement the latter made
disclosures that indicate the existence
of conspiracy between Maxwell, the
chief prosecuting agent Of the Grand
Trunk and gang of confidence men,
which has been operating on the road,
to rob passengers and divide the plum
der. Newcomb, who is dying at Mercy
Hospital, thinks he was shot because
be would not join in the villainous en-
tornrco
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-06
HOMELESS BY THE FLOOD.
Three Hundred Families at Denver
Forced to Abandon Their
Dwellings.

Denver Col. June 1.-Platte River con-
tinued to rise until 3 a. N. to-day, and
raging torrent is pouring through this city
to-day. Colfax and Jerome Park We're
Hooded at II o'clock last night, and the
people living on the low ground had to
tee for their lives The railway embank~
ment was washed away in places and
bridges were badly damaged The loss
Will not be very great, but the inconyeD~
fence will be extreme In Jerome Park
and vicinity 10 families were driven out
OF their houses and are camDed on higher
ground and as many more families liv-
ing on the river bottoms in this city also
fed to higher ground. In all 300 families
, are homeless. Edward Whitman, a boy,
fell into the torrent and was drowned.
No other fatalities have been reported. 1t
will be several days before trains can he
run on schedule time on any of the roads
entering Denver The Denver & Rio
Grande Railroad is running trains only to
Colorado Springs owing to a bad wash
out just below there The Missouri Pa
cific and Rock Island trains which use
the Rio Grande tracks, are consequently
cut off. The Santa Fe is in a worse pre-
dlcament, its tracks being washed away
in many places in the Arkansas Valley.
1t IS sending trains on the Rio Grande via
Trinidad.
The damage to the mountain roads by
the floods is the heaviest experienced in
this state. An experienced railroad man
ager estimates yesterdays loss to the rail
roads at $50, 600. He figures that the loss
on business reaches $4,000 a day and
$4,000 will cover other expenses to the
roads. The South Park branch Of the
Union Pacific is under water from Wheat
land to Pine Grove, distance Of thirty
miles.
Forty families who sought shelter in
the school house at Jerome Park when
the deluge descended upon that suburb
last night are surrounded by water. They
are not thought to be in imminent danger
Over 100 persons rendered homeless by
the floods have applied to the county COM
missioners for aid.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-06
c. w. GRAVES A JUDGE.
The ViroQua Attorney Succeeds
Judge Wyman on the Vernon
County Bench,

Madison, Wis, June Gov Peek this
morning appointed Charles Walto Graves,
of Niroqua, county judge of Vernon Coun-
ty for the uneXpired term left vacant by
the resignation of Judge Wyman, who has
been elected circuit judge for that circuit.
Judge Graves term will expire January
1, 1898. Judge Graves was secretary of
the Wisconsin Worlds Fair Commission.
He is 40 years old and native of Erie
County, \. Y. He was educated in the
public schools of Sparta and was admit
ted to the bar there in 1876, and since
1915 has resided at NirOana
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-06
The House.

Washington, D. c., May 31.-Gen.
Sickles introduced and the House to-day
passed a resolution instructing the secre-
tary of war to do what is necessary I'M
der the act of March 3, 1893, for the
preservation of the Gettysburg battlefield
Private bills were then taken up
Washington. d. c., June 1.-The House
passed to-day the Senate bill providing for
the carrying out of the award of the
Paris Tribunal of Arbitration for the pro
lection of seals in the Behring Sea. A
resolution directing the President to give
six months notice to the Russian govern
ment of the abrogation of the last treaty
between the two countries was, under the
rules, sent to the committee on foreign
affairs. The House went into commit
tee of the whole to consider the Brawley
state bank bill Mr.. Brosus. of Penn
sylvania, defended the present national
banking system and deprecated a return
to the obnoxious and unstable state bank
system which had proved SO detrimental
to certain sections of the country, nota-
bly, the South and West After several
speeches for and against the BILL the
committee rose and Il recess was taken
until o'clock, the evening session to be
for private pension bills.
Washington. ID. c., June "A reSOlu-
ton introduced by Mr.. Goldzicr Qll.) call
ing on the commissioners Of the District
of Columbia for an explanation Of their
recent action in reducing wages of I'M
skilled workmen occupied some time in
the House to-day after the opening. A
filibuster was started. not out of any OPP
position to the resolution, but because it
did not go far enough and include in its
inquiry other places than Washington,
and the resolution was finally sent to the
committee Oh the District of Columbia.
Two private bills were passed, one to pen
sion Mary Leyans and the other for the
relief of Thomas 3. Reed. The House
then went into committee of the whole
On the bank tax bill, and Mr.. Iselar Dem,
S. Co. resumed his speech in favor Of
the Brawley bill. Mr.. Warner Dem, n
W who also spoke in favor of the bill
said the national currency was not suffi-
cient in times of money panics, and as
serted that wel-known fnanciers were not
antagonistic to the bill. After other
speeches on the bill the House adjourned.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-06
REPORT ON JUDGE JENKINS
Representative Stone Prepares an
Opinion on the Famous
Strike Order

Washington, D. c., June 1.-Repre-
sentative w. A. Stone, of Pennsylvania,
has written a minority report on the
Jenkins investigation and will file it
if the judiciary committee makes
a majority report. Mr.. Stone
says, however, that he thinks the
subject may never emerge from the
committee. He argued before the COM
mittee to-day on the futility of the con-
gressional action, as the court of APP
peals at Chicago probably would pass
on the Jenkins case.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-06
TUMOR FROM THE KAISER.
Successful Surgical Operation Per
formed on the Emperor
at POtsdam.

Berlin, June 1.-The semi-oficial
Reichsanzeiger to-day publishes notice
signed by Profs. Bergman, Leuthold
and Schlange, saying that at the new
palace, Potsdam, at IL o'clock this
morning, ''by the Emperor's direction,
the undersigned removed a small
encysted tumor from the Emperor's
left cheek" The operation was per-
formed without an anaesthetic and in a
fnw n1inuraS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-06
BANKER AND WIFE SHOT.
Two Burglars at Palmyra, Mo-, Use
Their Pistols.

Palmyra, Mo-, June 1.-Two men at
II o'clock last night shot Banker John
NJ. Russell and his wife. The men were
bent on burglary. Mrs. Russell was
awakened and gave an cutlery, and the
burglar, taking deliberate aim,
shot her in the forehead between
the eyes. The cry had aroused her
husband, who grappled with the other
burglar. This burglar was quick to
shoot, and Mr.. Russell, who is 80 years
old, was also wounded. Both he and
his wife are in a serious condition. The
police are trailing the robbers with
bloO6hofinds
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-06
WARSHIP SENT TO COREA.
The Baltimore Ordered to Protect
American Residents of
the Island.

Washington, D. c., June 2.-Orders
were sent by the Navy Department to-
day to the United States steamer Balti-
more, now at Nagasaki, Japan, to sail at
once for Chemulpo, Corea, to protect
American interests there, advices to the
state department stating that there is
danger of an uprising of the natives It
will take forty-eigbt hours for the Balti-
more to reach Chemulpo. 1t is feared
several hundred Americans in Corea Will
be maSSa cred
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-06
MALONE CASE DROPPED.
Indictment Against the Wiscon-
sin Man Quashed at
Perry, Ok.

Perry, Ok, June 1.-The Indictment
against James E. Malone, of Wisconsin,
the first registrar Of the Perry land
office was quashed yesterday by Judge
Bierer, Of the Oklahoma supreme court
Malone was indicted here last Decem-
Der OF a charge of bribery while regis
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-06
CRAZED BY A RATS BITE.

An Oklahoma Farmer Loses His Mind
from an In Insignificant Cause.
Guthrie, Ok, June Ten days ago
Melville Glover, justice Of the peace
and prominent farmer living south
west of here, was bitten by a rat IN mis-
wheat bin The rat scarcely drew
blood. In two days he was taken sick
and is now raving maniac. The doc
tors pronounce it hydrophobia. The
excitement has driven his wife crazy
and it takes all the men in the neigh
borhood to care for them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-06
COAL ORDERS HELD BACK.
Railways Unwilling to Deliver Con-
SHIPMENTS Out of Duluth.

Duluth, Mimi, June 2.-It is reported
here by coal dealers that the railways are
delaying the shipping of bituminous coal
consigned to regular customers in the
interior with the intention of holding
stocks here as long as possible, and thus
having quantity on hand that they may
confscate if necessary later. There are
265,000 tons of soft coal on the docks
at the head of the lake and 10000 tons
at Ashland and Washburn. Almost all
of this, however, is sold either to reg
ular customers, vessel lines or to rail-
WAYS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-06
KeIIy's Army Quits Sc. Louis.

st. Louis, Mo-, June 1.-"Gen."
Kelly and his navy have left st. Louis,
but only after a lively scrimmage with
Col. Speeds seceders. Kelly stole a
march before dawn on Speed by Sc
cretly putting all the rations on board
a commissary boat under guard.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-06
SEVERAL FIGHTS IN SAMOA.
Government Forces and the Rebel Arm!
Face TO Face

Auckland, n. H., June 1.-Advices
from Samoa announce that the rebels
have occupied Tutuawanui in almost
invincible force. The government
troops have advanced and are now
forcing the rebel army. The advance
parties of the rebels and those Of the
government troops have been engaged
in several skirmishes, during which one
soldier was killed and two rebels were
wounded. When these advices left
Samoa, an important battle was immi"
mont
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-06
THREE COxEYITES DROWNED.

One of Gen. Kelley's Boats Capsizes in
the Mississippi River.
st. Louis, Mo-, June "A message re-
ceived last evening from Jefferson bar
racks, ten miles down the river, stated
that while off that place one of Kelly's
boats turned over, throwing thirty-eight
men into the water. All but three men.
who are missing, were rescued, and the
feet continued on its journey.