Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.


the price of shoes from % to so per
cent.
The heaviest rainfall experienced in
that section for twenty-five years flooded
| Baltimore.
Spain is getting ready to ship the
Sl,5OO,000 gold with which to pay the
| Mora claim.
The treaty of commerce between
| Brazil and Portugal has been renewed
| for nine years
| Several officials of Butte City, Mont,
| have been arrested, charged with having
| forged city warrants.
A dispatch from San Salvador says
| the indigo planters will suffer great loss
| owing to scarcity of water.
At Fort Dodge, Ia, the Carey grain
elevator caught fire from spontaneous
| combustion and was destroyed.
| r. E. White & Co. of Mountain Iron,
| Mimi, have assigned, with assets of
| $4,000 and much greater liabilities.
The Bank POTASH of Suere, Bolivia,
has suspended by having advanced large
sums to the silver mining interests.
Emperor William in a speech at Stet-
| tin recalled history to prove his close
relations to and his love for Pomerania.
Philadelphia, has been selected by
| the National Wholesale Druggists asso-
| citation as the place for the next annual
| meeting.
-Four women were injured by the
| breaking down of a merry-go- rOund at
the Waverly On. W fair. All will re-
| cover.
| Mrs Perkins, charged with having
killed Mrs. Hawkins at Minneapolis in
| order to get insurance money, has been
held for trial
| The British mail steamer Britannia
has grounded at Rio de JaneirO. The
| passengers have been landed and the
| vessel is Tightening.
Five hundred school teachers at An
| derSon, Ind, adopted a resolution indoors
| ing the Nicholson liquor law and the
Monroe doctrine in politics.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
| Curtis is in New York, possibly to con-
suit with members of the bond syndicate
about the falling gold reserve.
George Clark, agent of the Wabash
! railroad at Britain, Mich, was shot and
seriously wounded by a tramp, who was
caught robbing clothing store.
| "A bill has been presented to the Pc
| ruyian Congress TO compel foreign life,
fire and marine insurance companies to
| deposit $4,000 soils in government bonds.
S. Griffith-Boscawen, Conservative
| NJ. L. for Tunbridge, Kent, sails on the
| American line steamer Paris from South
ampton for a tour of the world via New
| York.
Rev. Father NJ. J. Kelly. in charge
of parish at Cedar Mills, Or, has been
unfrocked for having slandered Mother
| Williams, who was in charge of st.
| Mary's asylum.
AT Duluth, Mimi, the Merritts filed
| their reply to the American Steel Barge
works answer and denied they ever
| transferred to Mr.. Rockefeller their
notes and certain stock.
The Davis Carriage company of Gin
cinnati. O., has failed. with liabilities of
1912. 900 and assets only S15,427.53.
Street railway traffic was stopped al
| Sioux City, Ia. and electric light service
| paralyZed by a heavy electrical storm.
Nat Goodwin returned on the Lain
from two months trip in Europe. He
bathed at Homburg and bicycled in Eng
land.
Thirty of the most prominent citizens
of the village Of Burlington, Ind, are
| defendants in a suit by John A. Graham.
who accuses them of destroying his sa-
| loon.
While workmen were eXcavating for
a cellar at Johnstown, Pa, they came
across the remains of a human being.
| probably one of the victims Of the flood
of 1889.
Mrs. Daniel Dooley and family Of
| four children We're poisoned at Creston
|
| took for mushrooms. They are in a seri-
Gus condition, but will probably recover
As soon as times get better the Rock
| Island, it is reported, Will extend its
| Texas line from Fort Worth to Waco,
and eventually to Galveston. At present
the Rock Island has only ninety three
miles of road in Texas
"A large water conduit which is laid
beneath the bay, and upon which the
| al ~ Of TopOOtO iC 6nDnO6pDt for q 1mOSt
it's entire water supply and fire protec-
ton, broke in three places. 1t will take
several days to repair it.
The body of Mrs Alice Conklin of
Oskaloosa Ia, who was supposed to have
killed herself, was eXhumed for further
examination. The report of the chemist
is that she had not been poisoned, and
circumstances point to murder.
Banker Butler of Rainy Lake City,
| Mimi, whose bank was robbed by two
| men who also assaulted Mr.. Butler some
| weeks ago, has retired from business
and will reside in Duluth, having been
unable TO raise the necessary money tC
continue in business.
Fire at Cincinnati damaged the Harri-
son spice mills and machinery at 21O
| Walnut street, probably $4,000; fully
insured. Injury by fire and water to the
candy factory of Buhr Wendte q Co.
and to the Cincinnati Scale Manufacture
ing company may run the total loss up
to $4,000
Suit was begun in the United States
circuit court in Denver, Col, by Joseph
Munal. who was seriously injured in the
Gumry hotel explosion, against the In
ternational Trust company, aGministra-
tor of The estate of Peter Gumry, for
$4,000 damages and $1,000 for doctors
bills and other expenses.
The twelfth annual interstate expo
siticn opened in st. Louis under favorable
auspices The exhibits this year are
very fine and complete, while the art
gallery collection contains gems from
different parts of the world.
Fred Jop of Lockport, ILL.,, had an
old grudge against Antonio Poganini and
seeing him on the street fired at him.
The shot intended for the father missed,
killing his 2-year-old girl. Jop was tax
en- out of town to keep him from being
lynched.
w. F. Gill of New York, who re-
Gently instituted divorce proceedings
against Mrs E. O. Gill, sister of Mrs
| Cornelius Vanderbilt, has made a signed
statement withdrawing the charges of
gross intoXication and indulgence in chlor-
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