Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

| singer OF Aokomo, Ind, but he beat
them off with portable electric battery.
-Neet Wilburn, farmer of Atlantic
| CITY. Ia. cut his Wifes throat and thcn
committed suicide. The woman may rn-
| cover.
The New South Wales Parliament
has renewed for three years the subsidy
for the direct Canadian Austrn lin y
steamship line.
The entire family of John Wertz of
kokomo. Ind, was poisoned by drinking
buttermilk. The father and one son
| may not recover
| Joseph Cummins, q veteran of the
Mexican war, at one time very wealthy,
| died from an overdose of morphine at
| Shelbyville Ind.
| San Francisco men are subscribing
| TO q fund TO be used III defeating the
| funding bill in Congress. Ten thousand
| dollars will be raised.
| The New York steamitters and help
| erS, who have been on Il strike for q
| month, will resume work under the mod
! flied rules. Both sides have made con
cessions.
John Kane, a book keeper in q
| Brooklyn factory, was murdered by an
| unknown man and woman. Kane had
| ordered the couple to move on and
| they resented the command.
| Mrs. James w. Nalley. wife of Prof.
! Nalley. a teacher in the public school.
shot and instantly killed Prof Dougher-
| ty ut the family home in Nelson county.
| Ky. for attempting to assault her
The jury in the case of Sheriff Tam
| sen of New York, charged with neglect
| Of duty, whereby three notorious pris-
| oners-Russell, Killoran and AlIen--es-
| capped from Ludlow street Jail last ,tIIv
reported Il disagreement and were dis
| charged.
Mary Knorr. a 17-year-old domestic.
was arrested at Akron. O., charged with
administering poison to Albert Porter in
q cup of coffee. Porter. who is now "
ing at the point of death, says the girl
told him she had put love drops in the
coffee; that it would make him i'll. and
that when he recovered he would love
her He is ~ years of age and wealthy
The viii of the late William w.
Story the sculptor, who died in Rome
about month ago, was fled in the pro-
bate court at Boston. The wife of his
son Julien, who is the well-known prima
donna. Emma Eames, is not mentioned
in the will.
-Benjamin Stattman. eX-pfesident of
the BARRIERS union at Cincinnati, has for
six weeks BEEN confined to his room with
an attack of Ia grippe. The disease or
the medicine in some way affected the
nerves of the eyes, and he Is now under
treatment of an ocUlist for cross eyes.
Judge Nelson of St Paul decided
the case of Hartman against Warren
the Bishop Iron company and others in
favor of the latter, sustaining the de-
murrers interposed by defendants and
dismissing the Bill. The litigation is
over the famous section 30, In the Yer
million range, one of the most valuable
tracts iii the country and often made
the subject of actions at law.
Representative George D. Meikleiohn
of Nebraska announces that he will not
be candidate for reelection to Con
gress. but will be candidate for the
Republican nomination for governor of
Nebraska.
Charles I. Yerkes of Chicago, has
just brought his art gallery to New York
transportation for freight which, is, SOME
what unique even for Chicago.
"A Cripple Creek real estate boom
that will probably keep pace with the
mining boom has set in. A corner lot
opposite the Palace hotel and Bimetalic
bank was sold today for $50, 200. II
was bought nine months ago for $225O.
The state convention, of the Pbpmlist
party met at Atlanta in the hall af the
House of Representatives for the pur-
pose of appointing delegates to the next
national convention. The feature. of the
meeting was a snub to Gen. CoxeM, who
came near being refused an invitation TO
speak. He was not even invited to
seat on the stand, but occupied unno-
tired 4 seat near the door:
Heavy rains, general over Kansas,
have put the wheat crop in splendid con-
'ditiOn.
-Belated ships are arriving at Phila-
delphia. Pa, bearing evidences off the
terrible gale of the past week along the
Atlantic coast. A great rcumber of yes
sells are yet unaccounted for; and there
INo11n f4E -
erred.
Hans III. Koehler, wine dealer and
ex-secretary of the California Wine as
ISOLATION, filed a petition of insolvency
at San Francisco. His liabilities amount
to 1919, S27 and his assets one suit of
clothes, exempt from execution. EX-
travagant living is said to be the prin-
cipal cause of KOehler's collapse. Be
sides his debts, he spent 1925, 1000 which
he inherited from his father few years
ago.
Suit for blaelsmail is to- be. instituted
against one Of Mrs. Addie1&SF Philade-
phia kinsmen who recently wrote sour
riIous letter to the millionaire husband
the theme of which was his triumph in
the recent divorce proceedings and the
numerous legal contests In which he has
figured during the last year.
Chief of Police Crowley of San Fran
cisco has decided to close all Of the
recting that all of the proprietors shall
be arrested.
Noah Carney and George st. Clair es~
capped from the penitentiary at Laporte,
Ind, early In the morning by scaling the
walls. In the evening they were capt
ured in a disreputable house near that
city.
Henry Classen, local agent at Amber
son, Ind, of the Cook Brewing company
of Chicago was found not guilty of en-
bezzlement of $11S as charged by the
corporation. By acquittal he also wins
Miss Gerlaek of Minneapolis for bride.
Judge Allison of New York delivered
his formal decision denying the motion
to dismiss the indictment and discharge
Sheriff Hansen on the ground that Lud-
low street jail is not county Jail and
that the state is under no obligation to
receive federal prisoners.
Rev Dr. Rocker, private secretary
to Mgr Satolli, went to New York to
meet Marquis Sacripanti, the Popes no
BILE guard, who is bringing to Washing
ton the consistorial letter and the, red
cap signifying the elevation of Mgr
Satolli to the cardinalate.