Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-12-23
LATEST NEWS ITEMS

Gov. Altgeld of Illinois has pardoned
Mrs. Kate Weimer Ford out of the peni-
| tertiary, to which she was sentenced III
| March, 1891, for term of fourteen years
| for murder.
Annexation Club No. of Honolulu
has adopted resolutions declaring that it
| is still the earnest desire of Hawaiian
| residents to secure annexation to the
| United Setates.
The divorce case Of Clara T. Dunn
against her husband of Chicago on the
ground of failure to provide was ended
at Fargo. n D., by Judge Mcconnell
granting the plaintiff a decree.
While playing police" at Omaha.
Vernon White, age Ii, was condemned
to be hanged and in carrying out the
sentence his companions left him sus
pended too long and killed him.
United States Minister Willis has
! been confined to his home at Honolulu
for FIVE weeks with fever. His condi-
ton was at one time precarious, but
it is now believed he will recover.
While getting off street car at
his residence at Muscatine, Ia, Dr. D.
Z. Johnson was struck by bicycle rider
| and probably fatally injured. He IS
So years old and has practiced here for
over fifty years.
An oil and gas we'll was drilled on a
farm near Findlay, o., which promises
~ Uc one u tue SIcdlGSl III lne ONO
field. It has an estimated capacity Of
100000 cubic feet of gas day, and
fifty barrels of oil an hour.
At Maplewood, O., Harley Stock
still, aged IA years, blew out his brains
with q shotgun because his parents re-
fused his request to accompany them to
visit neighbors. He placed the muzzle OF
the gun in his mouth, discharging both
barrels.
Nose Brunson, residing near Shang-
hal Ia, was found dead near his home,
with three bullet holes in his body. He
had been on trial for stealing chickens
but was acquitted. and was on his way
home when he was waylaid in the dark
ness.
Forty hnrsemen rode to the homes of
J. J. Overstreet and "'Curley' Eggleston,
near Liberty. Mo-, took them TO a pasture
near by, and after tying them to a tree.
administered severe whipping with
ropes to each. The men had been steal
ing chickens.
Judge Baker Of the district court at
Omaha declared the curfew ordinance.
passed by the council last March, to be
illegal. The only arrest made under this
order was that of Ross Crone, a boy
about years old. He was convicted in
the police court.
The jury returned verdict at Me-
tropolis, Mimi, today in the case of
81
trial for the murder of Ben Ladd last
May. finding them guilty and fixing their
terms in the penitentiary at 80, 20 and
Il years respectively.
Charles B. Lyon, a business man of
Delphi, Ind, and Dr.. J. J. Shultz, ply
stefan, while hunting, became separated,
Lyon shot at q flock of quailS and half 4
dozen of the shot took effect in Shultz's
face, dangerously injuring him. He will
lose the sight of one eye.
John r. Strauchen. Well-known
mason contractor, who has been in bust
ness at Rochester, n. Y. for twenty-fv
years, has made an assignment without
sets will foot up $4,000 while his liza
bilities will reach $120,0O0.
William Stanley, convict, jumped
and escaped from a car when the train
was running forty miles an hour near
Canton. O.. He testified at Bowling
Green in the case of Thomas G.. Jones.
alias Doe Lee, noted Chicago crook, and
was being returned to the penitentiary.
An unknown man jumped from the
eastbound train on the NJ, K. & T., near
Columbia. Mo-, while going at the rate
of forty miles an hour and was instantly
| killed. He had $4,000 in his possession,
but nothing tending to his Identification
| except ticket reading from Denison,
! Tex, to st. Louis.
Felix DefOntaine, a Well-knOwn jour
nalist, died at his residence in Columbia,
! S. c., after a few days illness. He was
born in Boston in 1884, but came to
| South Carolina before the war. His let
| ters from the field made him famous as
4 man of rare literary ability.
Miss Klukholm, an American girl 10
years of age. and music student. COM
! United suicide at Weimar, Germany,
while suffering from melancholia.
The 700 laborers from Sierra Leone,
who arrived at Colon. Columbia, on De
cember on board the British steamer
| Castle Eden for work upon the Pana-
ma canal and who were quarantined OH
! account of cases Of smallpox having oc-
Cured during the voyage have been re-
! leased.
james II. Kendrick, third vice-presi-
dent of the New York. New Haven &
Hartford railroad. one Of the best known
and most popular railroad men in the
state. died suddenly Of heart failure in
cab just as the vehicle was about to
! draw up at the stOop Of his residence in
| Boston.
Andrew Hart, aged 25, was shot
| dead at MarshalltoWn. In, by an I'M
known man who entered the house pre-
sumably for the purpose OF robbery. The
! murderer escaped. but hundreds OF armed
citizens with bloodhounds are III pursuit.
and lynching is probable if the murderer
! IS captured
Edmund E. Wright committed sui
eide at Toledo, O., by shooting himself
/ over the grave OF 4 Mrs. Osborne, sup
posed to be sweetheart of his. He
held crucifiX III one hand and the ro-
sary in the other and, blessing himself
and reciting the Lords prayer, fired the
| bullet into his heart.
Charles Scott was fatally shot by his
wife 1T Lincoln. Neb. They quarreled
and Scott started toward his wife with
| knife in his hand. She seized revolver
| and shot him in the eye.