Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-10-02


| in contempt for refusing to produce the
| records of his office in a state liquor
prosecution, nor for declining to swear to
| their contents.
| 1t is reported that China has rejected
| the British demand for the Punishment
| perial decree appoints Ii Hung Chang
and all the members of the Tsung Ii va,
| men to formulate an extra treaty be,
| tween China and Japan.
The man who threw the bomb at
| MN. de Rothschild's bank in the Ru
| Lafitte, Paris, is not an anarchist. He
| is one of those disconnected individuals
! to have raised them to high positions,
and who neglect the humber work they
have before them.
-Rev. DR.. B. H Engbers, project Of
studies at St. Gregory college, Cedar
Point, once professor of theology at
Mount st. Mary's seminary. died at Gin
| cinnati. He was a widelyknoWn Roman
| Catholic and an authority on canon law
and history. He had been i'll with a
complication of diseases for two months.
Gov. Richards and other Wyoming
| state officials have sent an open letter to
| Secretary Hoke Smith of the interior de-
partment denying generally and specific
| ally the charges of fraud made by Rob
| ert Foote, state senator from Johnson
| GUILTY., dSdl1SL CGIld1u SldlC OIllCldlS dIlu
prominent citizens of Wyoming and pub
lished in the Peoples Voice, a newspaper
| of that state.
Travelling passenger agents will
gather in Dallas October 30 in large num-
| bers ostensibly to attend their annual
| convention. The aesthetic exhibition of
| Delsarteism between Messrs Corbett and
| Fitzsimmons, the largest cooking mains
ever held, and similar attractions are de-
| pended upon to pull larger attendance
| of the passenger agents than at any preVi-
| Gus association meeting.
| Government crop reports from Indi
ana are favorable. Potatoes are gener-
ally short.
| Gen. Korner has arrived at Val
| paraiSO from Panama. He was re-
ceived with great enthusiasm, the depu-
ties from Santiago joining in the general
| welcome.
| Citizens of Dillsberg, Pa, where Sen
| atOr Quay was born wanted to cele-
brate the anniversary, but decided not
to do so when he wrote he would be I'M
able to be present.
Gen. Rivas has replied to President
Gutierrez of San Salvador that he can
not accept the position offered him as
secretary of war because their present
views are not in accord.
Rebels at Baga, Brazil, demand the
| removal OF Gov. Castillo and a reform
| in the constitution. They are 1000
strong and refuse to lay down their arms
until their demands are complied with.
The seven Reading mines in the
| Shamokin, Pa, district have been put
| on full time until further notice Five
thousand employees will receive $4,000
additional wages on account of this ac
| ton.
AT Elwood, Ind, the combination of
| local gas companies to prevent the es-
tablishing of pumping stations in the
gas belt by foreign syndicates has been
made effective, and the matter will be
taken to court.
"A gigantic fraud was practiced upon
| the Nebraska State fair management at
Lincoln by a number of the gatetenders.
| The result of the fraud was the loss to
| the fair of an amount of money eSti
mated in the thousands.
The recent arrest at Cologne of two
French spies has led to the discovery of
complete and far-reaching system of
espionage. Many persons, including Ger
mans, are involved. Arrests are pend
ing at Cologne, Magdeburg, Brunswick
and Essing.
There is a great deal of old corn on
hand in the cribs and elevators of Nc
| Lean and adjoining counties in Illinois,
some of it being two and three years
old. Within the last ten days much of it
\
enormous new crop.
United States Consult General
| Pringle at Guatemala, in report to the
| state department., announces the death
in a hospital there of James McCor-
mack, carpenter said to have been an
American citizen. He had about $780,
600 or 100000 on his person and about
| 100000 in the International bank.
| Receivers for the St. Joseph (Mo)
| Stockyards and Terminal company were
| appointed on application of S. L. Jarvis
and s. NJ. Conklin, who represent hold
| ers of the company's bonds aggregating
| about 100000.
Hugh Woods, the best ball player
| in the Elwood Qnd.) team, in spirit of
| brayadO, on wager, ate handful of
| gum camphOr. He became unconscious
| in a short time and remained in that
| condition over five hours.
Miss Elizabeth Houston Wickes, a
| society girl, daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Chambers Wickes, and niece of
Judge P. L. Wickes of the Supreme
| bench of Baltimore city. will make her
| debut at the Academy of Music, Balt-
| more, with the Digby Bell Opera com
pany.
Lille Hamilton, variety performer
| well known in ever city in the West,
| died at Butte, Mont. She was until
| lew DAYS ago III the Legitimate ana was
| the wife of Frank Slocum, formerly adj
vance agent for Richard Mansfield and
now associated with his brother in the
management of one of the "Trilby" COM
| panies.
Political affairs in Brazil are ap-
preaching a crisis. President Moraez's
| ultimatum that he will resign unless the
| bill granting amnesty to revOlutiOnists
in Rio Grande do Sui shall be passed
has been met by a resolve Oh the part
of the House of Deputies that the bill
will never become law without the
| Introduction of important restrictions
Secretary Carlisle has reversed the
ruling of the auditor Of the treasury for
the state department and decided that
NJ. w. Ransom, minister to Mexico
may draw his salary as such under his
present appointment. A draft of 1925
on this salary account drawn by the
state department on the treasury has
been honored by order of Secretary Car
Isle.
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