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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-01-22
RHODES SAYS HE IS NO COWARD.
VIII Not Resign His Seat in Parliament,
but will Face His Enemies:

London, Jan. 17-According to a spe-
cial dispatch from Cape Town. Cecil
Rhodes, the former premier Of Cape
Colony, was interviewed previous to sail
ing for England and said:
Il am no coward. l shall not resign
my seat in Parliament, but shall meet
my detra ctors. | shall be satisfied if the
civil rights are granted to the Uitlanders
Il intend to be present at the annual
meeting of the chartered company in
London, when | shall address the share
holders on recent events"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-01-22
jealousy Leads TO Murder.

Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. 1S.-Wilham
Smith was mortally and James Frazier
seriously wounded at Quicksand, this
county, yesterday by George Smith.
Smith is at large, though a strong posse
has gone in search of him. George
Smith and James Frazier were in
love with the same girl and both were
jealous. They met in a saloon yester
day and while under the influence of
LIQUOR engaged in a quarrel.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-01-22
BrickIayers Taken Back.

Columbus. O.. Jan. 17.-International
Bricklayers' convention today granted
= charter to 1000 independent bricklay-
ers of Chicago, who seeded few years
ago.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-01-22
BRITISH DENY IT.
Admiralty Says the Destination Of
the Flying Squadron is
Unde Cided.

London, Jan. 1S.-The admiralty In
forms the Associated press that the des--
tlnation of the flying squadron of Brit
lsh warships now off Spithead has not
yet been determined upon, even by the.
admiralty, and that certainly the war
ships are not going to Bermuda or any
where in American waters at present.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-01-22
Markets by Telegraph.

e-Flour-Firmer. Wheat-Firm;
No. spring, $3.50; No. l Northern, 59Ac;
May, 60Nc. Corn-Quiet; but firm; No: 3;
&c. Oats-Steady; No. white 19c; NO. 3
white. 181g6t1S$4c. Barley-Nominal; No. 2
Sac; sample on track. 23GI3312c. Rye-Buoy-
ant; No. l, SOC. Provisions Dropping; pork,
1890; lard, $50.
Flour is steady on the basis of 3.256S. So
for patents in bbls III carlots; low grades,
in sacks. 1.70@1.75; bakers, in bbls, 2.4O0
$50; rye in bbls .250I2. 80.
Millstuffs are dull at S.75@9.OO per ton
for sacked bran, s. 1900 Go for fine middlings
and 10.00M10.2 % for white do
Chicago-Close-Wh eat-January, $3.50;
EeRruary 5sc May 6oc 5es June ReS S1H
airy. 26a4c; May, 29@2s3zc; July, ,297sq3oc
Oats-January 17s4c; May, 2O1sc; July,
2OAc Probationary, 1000; May, 1880
Lard-January, 5.571a; May, 5.S71a; July,
G02 January. 4. SIN; May 5:15; July
3. 26M3Sc. FlaX-Cash 92c; May. 96c. Tim
othy-Cash, 305; February, $50; March,
3.95.
New -Close,.-Wheat-J 6699c;
February, 694c; March, roe; May, Csc;
June, 6715c; July, 671ac. Corn-May, 353sc
Oats-May, 241@c.
Minneapolis-Wh closed firm; January.
551ac; May, 56Mc; on track. No. 1 hard
5G1Ac; No. Northern, 55Ac; No. 2 Northern,
54Ac.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-01-22
sn1pp1ng str1ke Not ENDED.

London, Jan. 1S.--The great Shipping
strike was once more announced to have
been ended. 1t was added that the Bel
fast and Clyde men, as a result of a bal
lot, had accepted the compromise terms
which were proposed in December last.
but later it was announced that the Bel
fast men had again rejected their en-
ployers' terms and therefore the strike
The Yale expositor., 1896-09-25
TWEEN THE LAKES.
MICHIGAN NEWS RECORDEQ8N
BRIEF ITEMS.
On "
Sensational Story of an Abducssd Boy, an
Alleged Murder and Missing Farmer
-MiahkgaR-Snperi OF the Poor
in Annual, CQnyentlon.
t4h n "a - b.
in Annual, Convention.
& t4sh n "a - b.
A Mysterious Case.

Sheriff V@kgrg, of Kalamazoo, re-
neived u letter from Sheriff Il. Il. Clan
smier. of-Fort- Wayne, Ind, stating
that heshnd Joseph Watson under ar
rest on alshargesof refusing to care for
boy ffse had with him. The boy
elaime&s,te was stolen from his home
at Midland, and forced by the man to
go witt. him. The boy says Watson
killed &Anan near Vicksburg and bur-
led his Body in the woods and threat
ened td}ill the boy il he told of the
crime. k1she boys name is Geo. Bowen.
A Telegram from4Midland says that
the parants of Geo. Bowen knew the
boy wqStwith Watson (alias Stivers)
but supposed the man was taking good
care ofhin. The Bowen family is in
poor circumstances.
Anottssr light is thrown ON the mat
ter byhA dispatch from Vicllsburg
which sirys: Myron Reese, who lived
about three miles southeast of ViclSs-
burg, stated a'weel1 ago for Parlxeville
with a load of peppermint oil to sell.
lie received in payment check on the
Mendon bank for SCOTS. He then
drove to Mendon, put his team into Il
barn, went to the bank, drew his
money and has not been seen since.
1t is thought that Reese was the
man killed by Watson, as related by
the boy.
Later.rThe Vicksburg murder sem
sational has completely fallen through.
George Bowen, the 11-year-old Mid
land boy who was brought from Fort
Wayne to locate the place where the
body of the supposed victim was buried,
bow admits that he was lying, and
that he did not see Watson, alias
Silver, illanyone, but says that Wat
son toldhhaihe had killed a man there.
AS to Myron Reese, who disappeared,
1t transpires that he was heavily in
debt, had mortgaged his farm and hav-
ing obtained money left the country.
The Bowen boy will probably be sent
10 the reform school.
The Yale expositor., 1896-09-25

The state convention of New York
Democrats held at buffalo indorsed
the Chicago silver platform and nomi-
mated silver ticket, thus making it
certain that the gold standard Demo
Gratis will hold another convention and
nominate a sound money ticket. Chair
man Rockwell in his opening speech
talked for silver and then roasted NJ.
a. Hanna. The report of the commit
tee on resolutions was an unqualified
Endorsement of the Chicago platform.
and pledges unwavering support to
Bryan and Sewall After furore
created by Delegate Purroy. who cried
out against gag law, the platform was
unanimously adopted. The Albany
county delegation presented the name
of John Boyd Thatcher for governor.
Allegheny county presented Congress-
Sulzer. Jefferson county presented
Wilbur f. Porter. On call of the roll
Thatcher was nominated. and it was
made unanimous. Elliot Danforth
moved the nomination of Wilbur f.
Porter for Acknowledgements Judge
Porter was Immediately nominated by
acclamation. Robert &. Titus was
unanimously nominated for Judge of the
court Of appeals. Presidential electors
were chosen and the convention adj
journed sine die
The Yale expositor., 1896-09-25
ADepravea Man Suicides.

Some time agoJ, q. Bragg, a wealthy
citizen was jailed at lIarbor Springs,
charged with criminal intimacy with
two little German girls. During his
incarceration Bragg has made no at
tempt 10 get bail, although he was
abundantly able, but has remained in
a stupor bemoaning his condition.
Finally, while the jail officers were
setting up a stove in The main corridor,
Bragg slipped by them and passed
through the village to the dock, less
than half a mile away. He tied one
leg to the7railing ola pleasure yacht, in
order to be sure ofhanging head down
ward and jumped into three feet of
water. He was not missed tin locking
up time. and then when found at a. IN.
life had been extinct several hours
The Yale expositor., 1896-09-25
Serious Fire at Traverse City.

The factory of the Oval Wood Dish
Co., at Traverse City, caught fire and
the departments devoted to the man
ufacture of oval wood and wire and
butter dishes was totally destroyed,
including 35 machines of various kinds
The engine room, however, was saved
with all the engines. The value of
the machines was about $50, 900; build
ing So, 200, and stock in the factory
valued at 1000 was also destroyed,
besides other valuable apparatus, max
ing n total loss of about $50, 000 The
saw mill and clothes pin and wash
board factories were saved by hard
work. also the warehouses. which con-
tanned $50, 900 worth of finished stock.
This is the largest factory of the kind
in the world and employees 300 hands,
200 of whom will now be thrown out
of employment until the factory can
be rebuilt. The loss was covered by
insurance and the company will re-
build at once.
The Yale expositor., 1896-09-25

The men of a Mennonite colony in In
diana, hitherto bound by its creed to
abstain from voting, have revised their
creed and decided to participate in the
coming election.
The annual report of tho Maine Bible
society shows that ninety-fve towns
in the state have no place of worship,
that of 10000 families visited last year,
10000 bic outside Christian influences.
The society has distributed E,40o copies
Of the scriptures.
Two men and % horses lost their
lives in a fire which partially destroyed
Albert Managers livery stable at Mil
waulSec. The flames spread so rapidly
that that only three men few horses
were able TO get out of the building.
u. S. Consul Read at Tientsin, China,
has scored victory for American en-
terprise by obtaining the acceptance of
the tender of the Baldwin Locomotive
works, of Philadelphia, To furnish all
the engines for the Tientsin and
Picking railway.
Union coal miners in the Pittsburg
district have voluntarily lowered the
scale from 20 cents TO 54cents TO meet
non-union, competition and now Ohio
operators demand that their men work
for As cents The Ohio miners will
probably refuse and trouble may follow.
when we do not give according TO our means
we 10 according 70 our meanness.
The Yale expositor., 1896-09-25
fho SALOONS Must Go.

The first eonvention under the aus
pibes. of the Michigan Anti-Saloon
hague wastheld at Lansing. The ses-
EpnsEWere presided over by w. 4. Fox.
w Grand Rapids, who explained the
object of the congress To be the cousid-
Grafton Of means and lines of work
which had for their object the ulti-
mate suppression of the saloon. He
explained that the anti-saloon league
was entirely non-political and non-sec-
tartan, its only participation in politics
being to support the candidate of any
party provided he was in sympathy
with the objects of the league. On the
contrary no one who is hostile to these
objects will be supported for any Office,
no matter to what party he belongs.
Rev. Howard III. Russell, of Columbus,
o., the father of the anti-saloon move
ment and national superintendent of
the work, spoke at length on the
origin, purpose and methods of the
league. A number of other speeches
were made. Appointment state league
was organized with the officers: Presi-
dent, w. r. Fox, Grand Rapids; secre-
tary, III. $. Jordan, Lansing; treasurer,
c. W.. G.. Everhart, Grand Rapids;
trustees, Bishop w. Y. Ninde, Detroit;
A. M. Brodie, Manistee; l.. r. Fiske,
Albion; John l.. Jackson. Dan. f.
Bradley and w. ID. Fuller, Grand
Rapids; ID. +. Barnes, Ionia; John
Robson and l.. c. Blood, Lansing; Geo.
+. Mosher, lIillsdale; j. j. Slaine,
Owosso; C. C. Fuller, Big Rapids; A.
Gaylord Slocum, KALAMAZOO; w. A.
Frye, Traverse City.
The Yale expositor., 1896-09-25
Fatal Freight Collision at rowlerville.

Two freight trains came together on
the d.. l.. X n. railroad at Fowlerville
in head-on collision. The eastbound
freight stood on the main track at the
the station, the understanding being
the westbound train was to pass on
the siding. The latter did not do this,
however. but came along at the rate
of 20 miles an hour, and crashed into
the standing train. Engineer Frank
Frost, of the eastbound freight, whose
home was in Ionia. was killed. His
fireman, Fred Williams, jumped, but
his leg was broken in two places, and
he was seriously injured about he'hips.
Engineer Henry Bailey, of the west
bound train. living in Grand Rapids,
and his fireman, W.sArnold, OF Howell,
were quite BADLY injured, bnt will re-
cover Both locomotives and two cars
were badly wrecked.
The Yale expositor., 1896-09-25
German Catholic Societies Meet.

The forty-frst annual conven ton of
the German Roman Catholic Central So
ciety metat Detroit. The first feature
was the celebration of pontifical high
mass by Rt. Rev. Bishop Richter and
n sermon on Catholic Citizen ship" by
Rev. Bernard j. Wermers. At the
opening business session President
Adolph Weber, of Racine, Wis, deliv-
cred his annual address which. showed
the society to be in first-class condi-
ton. Among the other features was n
grand sacred concert and one of the
largest paradcs of the year in Detroit
Officers reports showed total mem
bership of 1880. The reserve fund is
now nearly Sl,000.000. During the
year S295, 900 was paid out in sick and
death benefits The Michigan bund
held their annual meeting at the close
of the larger convention.
The Yale expositor., 1896-09-25
snperlntendents OF tic Poor.

The twenty-third annual convention
Of the Michigan superintendent of the
poor was, held at Mt. Clemens The
openings Session was devoted to routine
businesss and the reports of the super
intcndents. At the second session
Charles Holman, of Corunna. and an
Interesting paper on "Tramps,' and it
was followed by an earnest discussion.
Judge Robinson, of Lenawee county
made Strong plea for the tramp. and
DIR. Jen6s. of Detroit, talked about the
rauseS ofsthat same well-known char
acter, and urged the, lettering of a
great class of children who became
rriminalibecause of contact with crime
lie also urged the necessity for law
TO compel the state to care for all
slightly diseased and crippled children.
Eli Bidclman, of Lansing, talked upon
the subject of municipal Charities. =
lie was followed by A. j. Murray. of
the State Public school. at Coldwater
On "Poverty's Children" The evening
session. after an address of welcome by
the mayor listened to Il paper by Prof
+. ID. Clarke on "What Our State does
for the Blind" and Mrs Lucy NJ.
Sicllcls, of the Industrial Home for
Girls. took as her subject Tho Mich
igan Girls in Blue"
The second days sessions included
the reading Of several papers, discus
siOns and the annual election of Off
GERS. One address was by Mrs. A. l..
dArcamba4, ''mother" of the Indus
trial Home for Discharged Prisoners.
at Detroit. Officers elected: President.
DIR. j. +. Finch, Lcnawce county; vice
president. G. w. Teeple. Livingstone
county; secretary, &. w. Robertson,
Macomb county; treasurer, Oscar Fem.
Montcalm county. C9ldwater was Sc
lected as 1ra plabe fQ+boftting the next
,neeting.O@I X 80 -
The Yale expositor., 1896-09-25
REVIEW OF TRADE.

Thcre Is stu no distinct Improvement in bus
mess, although conditions FAVOR IL. Confidence
slowly rises. speculative buying OF materials
for future use continues. Imports OF gold do not
cease aud the sank OF England has not tired To
cneck them by further advance IN rates as the
weight OF the demand now falls upon France.
but an enormous business is held back until
the future is more clear. In cotton. hides,
wool and pig iron buying openly speculative In
character narSc the current business. Wheat
has risen. although western receipts exceed
last year 5. Helped b purchases at present
low prices Atiantic exports nave 1850 Increased.
Corn has scarcely advanced. AS western re-
ceipts are still large ana exports small. The
one Indastrf showing increase OF working
force - the cotton manufacture. restriction OF
output having secured better dcmnnd for
some goods Most o. the mills have started or
are bout to start though the uncertainty OF the
cotton rnarkei enbarrasSes them Wool Is
practically unchanged and the outlook Is not
bright. The iron and steel manufacture vs. still
waiting Tor business with nearly half its pro-
ducin;f capacity idle. bnt h2pefulness md the
speculative buying OF pig iron.sustaln prices.i
The Yale expositor., 1896-09-25
Ex-oongre.sman Ashley, of Ohio. Dead.

Hon. James Ashley, of Ohio, ex-con-
gresham, and territorial governor of
Montana, died at the sanitarium at
Alma, Mich. He has been lying very
low for several days. lie was one OF
the most prominent congressman dur
of President Lincoln. lie was prom
inent railroad magnate, being long con-
nectcd with the Ann Arbor railroad.
The Yale expositor., 1896-09-25
NEWS FOR MrcAioAnD

Fire destroyed the Galena house at
Baraga with loss of $1,000. The en-
tire town was threatened.
F F5lein Fleteher's restaurant at Trav-
erse City threatened large section of
the city, but rain helped the tiremcn
to get it under control. Loss 81 800.
A scaffold broke down at'the central
school building at Allegan throwing
three worlsmen % feet TO the ground
Jan Verhey had his arm broken twice.
The annual encampment of the
soldiers and sailors of the Northwest
crn Association of Michigan was held
at Shepherd and the attendance was
large. .,tr,s.a nntt
AJThe officials at the Lake Angelina
mine at Ishpeming have been advised
10y the board of directors at Cleveland
TO close down the mine Oct. L. This
will tAroY out ovvr so men. The ipr
-s.kii - n & fhrsctyn t,a nc To raise money
The Yale expositor., 1896-09-25
GRAIN, ETC.

@Detroit.-Hay. No. timothy. 400 per ton
Potatoes, 3ic per bu. Live Poultry, chickens
&C per 10: turkeys. o.: ducks. &c Eggs. fresh
lac per do Butter dairy, BE; creamery, l5c.
The Yale expositor., 1896-09-25
rour kllled In a yrcels.

Four men were killed aad several
others badlsziniured in wreck on the
O., II! IS u. near sConncrsville, Ind.
The Yale expositor., 1896-09-25
HISTORY Of A WEEK.
THE NEWS OF SEVEN DAYS UP
TO DATE.

Political, Religious, Social aud Criminal
Doings OF the Whole World Carefully
Condensed for Our Readsrs'-The Ac-
cident Record.
The Yale expositor., 1896-09-25

Joseph Rudler, an old veteran living
five miles southwest of Shepherd. was
found dead on the road near his home.
DIR. j. Wetmore is held without bail
for trial in the Allegan circuit court
for completely in the murder of Enos
Lawrence at Holland last spring.
The Twcnty-third Michigan infantry
held its annual rsgsesh tft otisFiltst
There were 100 veterans OF the regi-
ment present.
During horse races at Elsie. Ray
Dournie, aged IL, tnisl TO crkY the
rack but was.kpo4ed wnHS per
'ap" faIal,yC1x2 W
The Yale expositor., 1896-09-25

The annual reunion of the army of
West Virginia was held at Gallipolis,
Ohio.
The Yale expositor., 1896-09-25

.TII e ~ = 80 }
Tried to XIII Ills Wife and then Suicidcd
Homer esl.wrrz.a. young farmerof Roll
lin, Lenawee county, quarreled with
his wife while titWswere attending the
street fair at nskakDn and ended the
matter 10y shooHSll7iis wife twice and
and then sent.a bullet through his own
head lie died few hours later, but
Mrs. Chase wilkprobably recover The
young couple-werc evidently happy
and were well liked, but Chase had
been drinking considerable lately.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-12-19
Machine Courtesy.

The late Gen. Sir Henry Ponsonby,
Queen Victoria's private secretary,
was noted for his courtesy, and when-
ever an artist performed at court he
always telegraphed on the following
day in the name of her majesty to in
quire after the performers health. On
one occasion Rogers Pratt was sent for
to Windsor to exhibit his trained geese
before the royal grandchildren. The
day following he received the tradi-
ditional telegram from Sir Henry,
who, it is needless to add, had not been
present at the performance. and, OF
course. ignored the character OF the
artists. 1t was couched in the cus-
tomary form. "Her Gracious Majesty
would be delighted to know If the
members of your troup are well, and
If they have had an agreeable journey.
For my own part I beg You to convey
to them the expression of my highest
regard and eAteem."-N. Y. Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-12-19

II is a curious fact, and one that has
often been alluded to by the natural
lists, thats..as. soon as any organ, sense
or faculty falls into disuse it degener-
ates in size or effectiveness and is final
Nv lost altogether" Certain parasitic
insects, for an instance, have SO COM
plctely degenerated, if we are to believe
the wonderful stories told by the ento-
nologists,- that they have neither eyes,
legs, heads, mouths, stomachs nor in
testines! Yet, these creatures live, 1t
is said, and "enjoy themselves after
fashion!" A peculiar fashion" in
deed. Along this same line we may
ncte the fact that animals and reptiles
which spend the greater portions OF
nj of their lives in caverns or in bur-
rows in the earth lose the power OF
sight or have eyes that are only rudi-
mentary. Slave ants and working ants
have lost their wings ON account OF be-
Ing kept on the ground. The masters
I'm some ant colonies where slaves are
kent huye become so hopelessly de
pcnden. ON their bondsmen that they
win not only not seek food, but are ut
terly incapable Of feeding themselves
and will actually starve with food be
fore them unless a slave is present Il
place it between their jaws.-Detroi
Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-12-19
TRAVELS OF A DIAMOND.
itory of q Paris jewelers. Experience with
q Very Fine Stone.

Htory of a Paris jewelers. Experience with
q Very Fine Stone.
Some years ago a Paris jeweler told a
story of one diamond which had passed
over his counter no less than IL times.
It was beautiful stone of nearly four
carats, of perfect color and luster, but
easily identified by means of a small
"feather" in the tip of the lowest part.
lie bought it from an East India dealer
and had it set in ring. TWAS sold to
countess in 1869. just before the out
break of the Franco-Prussian war. The
countess died in few weeks, and the
ring was worn by her husband. He was
killed in the siege of Paris, and few
days after his death the ring was
brought in the ring and sold it to the
mon soldier. He was arrested, and the
ring was sent to the family of the dead
count. Before the siege ended they
brought in the ding and sold it to the
dealer in order to procure money to;
buy food. Directly after the siege it
passed into the hands of an English
tourist who visited the city to get
look at the ruin wrought by the COM
munists, and year later back came the
stone from the Indian buyer of the firm,
who, on being written to and desired to
tell how he got it, stated that it had
been the property of an English tourist
hunter who was killed by tiger, and
his friends sold the ring to get means to
| send the body home. The stone was re-
set, and soon found a purchaser in
| prominent member of the demi-monde,
who not long afterward was murdered
In her room. Among the articles taken
by the murderer was the ring, and the
firm began to wonder how soon it would
turn up. They had not long to wait, for
all their people had by this time learned
about the stone, and were on the look
out for it. After six months it was found
In the showcase of jeweler in London,
who had bought it from firm in
Amsterdam. 1t was bought by the
Paris agent, and sent back to be started
Rfresh- on it's travels. 1t was purchased
again by a woman of the town, who, six
weeks later, was drawn out of the Seine
with the gem on her finger, and, by a
strange coincidence, it was offered to
the firm that sold it by the police agents,
the court having jurisdiction having
ordered it to be sold. And so it wen!
from hand to hand, attended with mis-
fortune at every change and usually
bringing death to the possessor. La
bcrers in the GolcoDda mines used to
say that when a stone was baptized In
blood when first taken from the earth
1t caused the shedding of blood where
ever it went, and the story of one
such ill-omened gem goes far to confirm
belief in such observation-disclosures
II Review.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-12-19

tried coal oil, and he soon drank the
country into darkness. The neighbors
had to hide their oil cans or transact all
their business between the rising and
the setting sun. One day ne concluded
to sober up and raise crop, but upon
discussing the subject with Miss Nancy
Ia pet name for his wife-he learned
that during his long period of MOURN
ing he had exchanged Buck and Ball,
his oxen, for mountain dew. His first
impulse was to go over and shoot the
stillhouse. man.who had taken advan-
tage of his weakness and round up his
oxen and hitch them to the pillow, but