Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-07-03
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

! versity may succeed Prof. Barnard at
! Lick observatory
Wool shipments have begun in the
| South Dakota range country. Prices
range from s to 1912 cents.
-Secretary Olney expects to leave
| Washington at once, to be absent the
| greater part of the summer
The American Watch company at
Waltham, Mass, closed down to give its
employees three weeks vacation
"A special session of the grand jury
has been called at Saltwater, Mimi, to
| investigate the alleged wholesale stealing
! of logs.
Tom Kelly and Dude" Tiffany are
in jail at Emporia, Kas.. charged with
attempting to burn the Salvation Army
| tent there.
Kirk McMurtie, a boy in the pass
! port bureau at Washington, has been dis
| charged for stealing letters containing
| passport fees.
Harvey Prentiss. an Illinois pioneer
is dead at Quincy, Ill. He was the father
of Rev. n. A. Prentiss of Evanston, and
was 80 years of age.
Harry G.. Hadden, who played guard
in the Ann Arbor football team, resented
laundry dun by throwing the collector
downstairs, breaking his arm.
The Akron (O) Street Railway com
pany has raised the wages of its en-
ployes from $1.40 to SLIGO a day. The
men had threatened to strike.
Lord and Lady Sholto Douglass are
living at Alameda, CAL, incognito. at a
family clearinghouse. They intend to
remain in seclusion indefinitely.
The syllabus in the decision Of the
Ohio Supreme court declaring the inherit
ance tax unconstitutional says the law
was not uniform in it's application.
The American ship Arabia from New
York for San Francisco, was totally
wrecked off Cape Hope All on board
were saved and landed at Montevidio.
Louis Blanc, eX-trea surer of the B'nni
Birth society of San Francisco, commit
ted suicide by turning on the gas. Blanc
was discovered to be short SIT 900 in his
accounts some months ago.
The breaking of the connecting rod
shaft of the big engine in the billit de-
partment of the Illinois Steel company at
Joliet, H., will close down almost the
entire plant for two weeks.
The steamer Chilcat, at Port Town
send from Juneau, brings news of the
disappearance of the steamer Chehalis.
The Chehalis went north from Juneau re-
Gently to engage III jobbing work.
Secretary Carlisle went to Gray Ga
bles and discussed public matters with
the President.
Israel Larivee, aged 70 years, died at
tier.
Jockey Frank Leigh, who was recent
ly set down at ST. Louis for crooked rid
ing, has been arrested for theft.
Reports that plans for a Central
American revolution were being Matched
at Santa Barbara, Cal, are denied.
"A tornado at Put-in-Bay island tore
down walls and uprooted trees Sum-
mer campers on the island were terror
stricken.
-''Coin'' Harvey will make q number
of speeches in Missouri beginning at
St Louis, after the debate with Roswell
@. Horr.
Admiral Beardsley has telegraphed
the navy department that he arrived at
San Francisco with the Philadelphia from
Honolulu.
The Northwestern Masonic Aid asso-
citation and the Bankers Life asSOcia
ton of Des NIoines have been barred
from Kansas.
The quarrel between President Col
lier of the Atlanta exposition and Chief
of Construction Grant Wilkins may re-
suit in a duel.
Charles Fisher, with several aliases,
has been arrested at Baltimore, Md,
for attempting to pass a bogus $500
check on the First National bank of Gin
cinnati
11.s
that the recent death of Miss Alice West
was a murder, and DR.. Thomas has been
requested to eXhume the body and settle
the matter.
Thomas w. Hill, cashier of the Cleve-
land National bank, has been appointed a
receiver for the Lorain Manufacturing
company at that city
&C. S. Bradford, said to be Phillip Nc
Manus, wanted in New York city for de-
frauding his creditors out of $4,000, was
arrested in San Diego, Cal.
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New
York and Illinois are expected to erect
buildings at the Cotton States and Inter
national exposition at Atlanta.
An explosion occurred in the coal
bunker of Cunard liner Lucania, at an
Choir in the Mersey, in which four men
were injured. The vessel was not harmed.
Deacon H D. Evan, alderman of the
Seventh ward in Lincoln, Neb., will be
asked to resign. He explains it by say
ing he was showing his friends the town.
The Japanese are terrifying the Lao
Tung frontier.
George Schick, window glass man
ufacturer at Elwood, Ind, has been
missing for several weeks.
Secretary Carlisle and wife and Sec
rotary Morton and Miss Morton have left
Washington for Marion, Mass.
A vigilance committee drove from
Sacramento, Cal, q large number of
tramps and disreputable characters.
The Spanish Chamber of Deputies
rejected by vote of SO to SO proposal
to abolish the export duty on grain.
Joseph Thorn, a prominent business
man at Tif1n, O.. attempted suicide by
poison because of a lovers quarrel.
Will J. Mcconnell temperance lect-
urer, has gotten almost everyone in
Deadwood S. D., to sign the pledge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ish, who killed Chap
pie, the sewing machine agent at Oma-
ha, have been held for trial on a charge
of murder.
Henry Boln, the defaulting city
treasurer of Omaha, has resigned. His
shortage is S27 900, which his bondsmen
will make good.
Secretary Carlisle has approved about
600 changes in the treasury to conform
to the new appropriation bills, which go
into effect soon.
"A car on the Consolidated tramway
at Denver was held up by three robbers,
who relieved the conductor of about S15.
The passengers were unmolested.
a farmer laid down his nine in 2 no.