Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-11-13

ty of Incorporating the Pacific Improve
ment company a concern formed to de-
velop the properties of the road.
The Vienna correspondent of the
London Daily News hears that Emperor
Francis Joseph has refused to sanction
the election of DR.. Lueger by the anti
semites as burgOmaster of Vienna.
Mrs. DR.. J. 9. Barnes. the oldest
widest known woman physician in cen
trail Illinois, and probably the first wom-
an doctor in the state, is lying at the
point of death at her home in Hindsboro.
Judge Kicks of the United States cir
cult court at Cleveland rendered a de-
cision holding that bonds of the District
of Columbia are not subject to taxation,
being in that respect in the nature of
government bonds.
f. L. Spinney & Co., shoe manu-
facturers of Lynn, Mass, have assigned
to Charles Leighton, attorney. The Ii
abilities are about $4,000, assets I'M
known. The assignment is said to be
due to hard times and the price of
leather.
The shareholders and creditors of the
manufacturing jewelry firm of the Kent
& Stanley company of Providence, r. L.,
which failed about q year ago with La
bilities of over 81, 00O,O 600, have come to
an agreement and that the company will
be re~OrganiZed.
-GarroL t. SoN0u anu Jane IN. ROD
ertSon elOped from bethlehem, Henry
county, KY, and were married by Mag
istrate Hause at J~effersOnVille, Ind.
The bride is the youngest daughter Of a
family of twenty-one children-ten boys
and eleven girls-all of whom nave been
married by Magistrate Hause within
three years.
The national convention committee
of the Business Mems league of st.
Louis, in connection with the mayor of
the city and governor of the state, nave
resolved to appoint a committee of TWEEN
ty-ive prominent citizens to go to Wash
ington December 10, to press the claims
of st. Louis for the Republican conven-
ton in 1896.
Robert Brown commenced suit at st.
Joseph, Mich, on a writ of capias ad
respondendum against Samuel Miners, a
retired and wealthy merchant, for $4,000
damages for alternating the affections of
his wife and breaking up his family.
Both parties are high in society circles,
and this action is the talk Of the city.
Miners furnished bail in the sum of
$4,000.
The Canadian premier, Sir Mac
kenzie Bowel, says that there is not a
word of truth in the reports of Canada
sending an armed force into Alaska.
eve have sent twenty mounted police
men," he said, "to the Yukon country on
the Canadian side for the sole purpose
of keeping peace and order and collecting
customs duties, as there is no collector
of customs there.
The Muncie Qnd.) police captured a
stylishly-dresSed young man who was
trying to enter the residence of G. A.
Copper. The robber proved to be
Charles w. Linn, son of a retired mill
owner in Indianapolis. He has resided
in Muncie two years. He married a
AIn@ dr. -an -
ago. Hundreds of dollars worth of dia-
monds and jewelry were found on Linn
and at his home. He confessed to more
than a dozen burglaries. Over 100 door
keys were found on him also.
The Bellingham Bay (Wash.) Ma
tional bank has suspended as a result of
the Tacoma bank troubles.
Every colliery in the Lehigh Pa.)
region which was forced to shut dOwn
on account of drOuth has resumed work.
Richard Barnett, a Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern conductor, was shot
by train robbers who lay in ambush.
His wounds are serious.
Col. A. l.. Rives, until his recent res
ignation general superintendent of the
Panama railway, leaves for New York
after eight years on the isthmus.
Suits nave been filed against the New
Orleans Brewing association by the New
Orleans State National bank for $4,000
and the Metropolitan bank for $4,000.
The British ship Indian Empire re-
ports, upon its arrival at Callao, en-
countering a severe storm in which 100
OF of coal were jettisoned and the ship
dismantled.
The Parliamentary party in Saliva
dor has issued an invitation to the Lat
in-American countries to assist in the
formation of an international CONNER
cial league against Europe.
20. P. Huntington of San Francisco
expects in a week or two to make a trip
to the City of Mexico. His Mexican Ma
tional railroad concession requires his
personal attention, it is said.