Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-07-11

QUO; insurance, $4,000 Garyey's blocl
was worth $4,000; partly insured The
contents of the latter building were saved
| "A company has been organized a
Eleva, to be known as the EIeva Live
Stock company. o. Void, O. Gunders0n
q. III. SnoyenbOs and H. Ruseling were
elected directors. The company was or
gained for the purpose of bringing the
| price OF stock up to the figures surround
ing towns were paying. Heretofore out
sldeTs controlled the market and paid
much less FOL, stock than at other points
- " eSley w alden was sent to the cOun-
ty Jail at Fond du Lac for sixty days on
charge of using abusive language
Mrs. MOorhOuse, an aged resident of
Fond du Lac, slipped upon u walk and
broke her leg
"A meeting of Wisconsin paper manu-
OF Capital nfm Invested G IN phper nG
pulp mills being represented. Every paper
manufacturer i'll the state was repre-
scented, from the Fox river valley to the
Wisconsin and the Wolf river mills The
w IsconSln Papermakers' ASSOCIATION be
came q permanent reality. Officers were
elected as follows: President J A. Kim
9erly of Kimberly 4 Clark; vice-presi-
Gent, IL A. Frambach of the Badger
naper company; secretary and treasurer,
w llllam Gilbert Of the Gilbert Paper com
pany. The aim of the association is to
stimulate prices by cutting products An
executive committee Of seven was APP
pointed with full authority to order shut
Downs The first order of this committee
IS that all Wisconsin mills shall shut
down three days of the first fifteen in
July. Col. Frambach of Kaukauna was
appointed as a committee to confer with
eastern pIpermakers to get them to
adopt similar protective measures.
The attorney for the Bows and Ira
cy, Gibbs q Co. have served the defend
ants III the roster case with a copy Of
N no III 1C1,f
IS not yet filed with the court records.
nor is it likely to be for a fortnight as
the defendants have ten days in which
to offer the desired amendments to the
bill, after which the plaintiffs have four
days in which to respond. The principal
one, and that upon which the Supreme
court will be asked to pass Judgment, is
the exception by plaintiffs attorneys to
Judge Siebecker's refusal to admit evil
dence of an alleged conspiracy by Gov.
Peck ct al. to defraud the state, as
necessary part of the alleged conspiracy
to defraud the plaintiffs.
An unknown man was shot and killed
near Prairie du Chen by w. L. Kroeger
ne unknown man attempted to hold uD
MI. krOeger, who shot and killed the
former. The coroner's inquest eXonerat-
ed Mr.. Kroeger from all blame. The
man was about 80 years of age, with
smooth face, blue eyes, q scar on the
right side of his neck and had ballet
girls tattOoed on each arm. Nothing to
Identify the man was found.
The remains of Victor Costogney
were nearly cremated while lying in a
coffin at Marinette. A number of lighted
candles were placed around the casket
and a gust of wind through the window
caused one of them to tOpple over, setting
fire to the covering. The inmates Of the
house, who were at supper, discovered the
fire in time to save the building The
body was badly burned.
The jury in the case of Caroline
Swasey against the Northern Pacific
Railroad company on trial the past week
before Judge Seaman in the United
States court at Oshkosh disagreed after
being out six hours. Miss Swasey lost
foot in a collision between a train and
street car and sued for $4,000.