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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-11-18
PASTOR BUILDS HIS OWN CHURCH.

Members of the Congregation Put on
Overans and Render Assistance.
On the slant of the unfinished roof,
with his toes on one beam, his knees on
another, hammer in his hand and a six
penny Fail in his mouth, is an odd situa-
ton in which to find clergyman, says
the San Francisco Enquirer.
Yet that is how [ found Rev. Henry
Victor Morgan, pastor of the First Chris
tan church Of Alameda.
He was wearing carpenters apron
with the pockets full of nails, his shirt
sleeves were rolled up, and his coat was
carefully folded across Il saWbuck under
q tree.
The roof he was clinging to is the roof
OF church at the corner of San Jose
and Park avenues, Alameda. 1t is a
spending his vacation building it.
An uncommon way of spending yaca-
tion-but it is the way of an uncommon
man.
I'VE have to have a church." he eX-
planned with depresating modesty, as he
backed down the ladder to have a chat
with me, land as | am pretty handy with
tools and fond of manual labor thought
it would do me just as much good to put
in my vacation building church as it
would to go mountain climbing or some
thing of that sort. When money is as
scarce as 1t is now 1t Is easier to labor
than it is to raise the funds to pay the
laborers. The members of the congrega-
ton are taking a livery interest in the
building, and here are some of them
working with me-" and he pointed out
Elder Bower in pair OF overalls and a
Populist straw hat hosting boards to the
ridge of the roof, and Brothers Brown
and Thompson saving and hammerins
away eagerly as boys with a brand new
chest of tools.
I'VE expect to have it ready to hold
services in this fall. When the building
is finished there will be no debt hanging
over it. Everything is paid for as we go
along. To be sure we had to raise the
money to buy building materials as we
needed them, but we have not bought a
foot of lumber unless the money was in
sight to pay for it. This building''-it is
a large, airy redwood structure, over fifty
feet long and thirty feet wide-''wiil
serve as church until we can put up a
better one then it will be moved to the
back of the lot and used as Sunday
school room -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-11-18
NAVAL PREPARATIONS.
There May Not be a War, but Uncle
Sam will Not be Caught
Mapping.

New York, Nov. 13.-Spain may never
try to fight the United States, but the
construction and steam engineering de-
partments at the Brooklyn navy-yard are
being taxed to their fullest capacity to
get the ships of Uncle Sans fleet now
at the yard ready for sea. The men
are working night and day on the Puri-
tan, Maine and Indiana
One OF the officers said today that the
North Atlantic squadron had been or
dered to get ready to sail for Southern
waters before December 1. This, he be-
hev0-, was the reason for the unusual
activity. The naval men laugh at any
suggestion of war, but there is uneasi-
ness somewhere.
A roundup of the ships in and about
this harbor shows they are in good shape.
Inside of ten days all the available ships
could be got ready for action. The flag
the minute Admiral Bunce returns from
Washington. The battleship Indiana.
the most formidable fighting ship in the
squadron, will have it's turret fastenings
repaired and be really for sea within ten
days.
The monitor Puritan will be ready to
&C into commission in a few days. It's
four 12-inch guns could do terrible exc
cutlOn against an invading fleet. The
double-turreted twin monitors Terror and
Amphitrite, the ram Katahdin, the sec
ond-class battleshiD Maine, the battle
ship Massachusetts, the protected cruis-
ers Raleigh, Cincinnati, Columbia and
Newark and the new cruiser Brooklyn
are ready for war or can be made ready
on short notice.
Recruiting on the receiving ship Yer
mont has taken on a boom.
Washington, d. c., Nov. 13.-The war
department has called in the leading
trunk-line roads running to Key West.
New Orleans and the other gulf ports for
an immediate statement of their capacity
to move troops, supplies and heavy war
material. The information demanded is
complete to the most minute detail and
embraces such questions as eff you are
required to move 5000 troops over your
lines with necessary equipments and sup
plies, how long after notification will you
require to perform the service" eau
ton as to secrecy is imposed on all roads
called on for information
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-11-18
"Is YOUR son among them?'

~
-" He is not; and if he were [ would
not confess it.
''IIe drew his sword on me, and then
we were all dragged out into the road
way, the officer shouting:
Where is the man who gave us the
information?
lone of his companions has just
killed him. Prussian sergeant replied,
pointing to a corpse which | had not
seen. hidden as it was behind bush.
1.-THE traitor was a franc-tireur, who,
to save his own life, had given up my
son to the enemy. His punishment had
not been long delayed.
THE murderer will be shot, cried the
officer; then looking fiercely at a group Of
the villagers who were covering under
his mems bayonets, he continued
Someone among you knows the man
Jambe; point him out to me or [ will
order my men to fire on you
''Ah! they were brave men, my neigh
bors, they made no reply.
"'Then we will soon find out He
gave an order in a low voice. His Inen
pinned me with my back against a wall,
and placed rifles in the hands of my son
and his comrades.
land the officer said:
Son the word of command you will fire
and kill that woman. If you disobey il
will be your turn next He urged on his
whom he was turning into aSSasSins in
line in front of me.
"A cry of horror ran through the
crowd, followed by a dead silence. L
we'll, l offered my soul to the bon Dieu,
telling myself that must try to show
how a French woman would die if need
be, and [ waited, watching my son.
''But he did not seem to see me. His
eyes were turned to his comrades. They
seemed to be making signs to one anoth-
er.
"'Readyr the word of command thun-
dered.
PRESENT. and they obeyed, cover
ing me with their rifles.
"'Firer They turned, suddenly, to
the right about. An explosion followed,
and four Prussians, the officer among
the number. fell. And above the roar
of the discharge [ heard my boys voice
clearly:
'''Fire! Yes. But on you, you cow
ardr
"a general volley on the part of the
Prussians followed. and / fell with a
bullet in my shoulder. Before I lost
consciousness, however, [ saw that my
son was still unhurt.
81 learned afterward that. just at
this moment. the cannon of the Fort de
JouX began to play. The commandant
had caught the reflection of the sunlight
from the RUSSIAN neImeIS, ana, cOncIuu-
ing-nOne too Soon-that something I'M
toward was taking place. and sent a
few shells into the crowd and rapidly
dispersed the enemy. 1t was those same
guns which, some hours later, covered
the retreat of our Army of the East
across the Swiss frontier
Nine Jambe died few years after
the events-which | have related as
nearly as [ can in her own WOODSTOCK
Mo ctn n IN
mind the other day on hearing that the
son of this brave woman had just been
promoted to the command of his regi-
ment-Pearson's Weekly
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-11-18
A METEOR IN OREGON.
A Small one of Very Peculiar Texture
Alighted at Albina.

The remarkable experience of witness
ing a meteor flashing across the frma-
ment, watching it in its course and see
ing the stone drop to earth within a few
yards of where one is standing comes to
but few people, says the Portland Even
ing Telegram, yet such happening oc-
CURED recently to Ben Hall, painter of
Albina, Or Il was shortly after 1920
p. N. that Hall started from the store of
Joseph Turner TO go to his lodgings.
Reaching the corner of Rodney avenue,
Hall was startled by sudden illumina-
ton Of the sky toward the east. Gazing
alOft Hill saw what at first he took to
be ball from a Roman candle fired
from some pyrotechnic display incident
to the many professions. AS the flaming
globe approached, however, it assumed
such size that the Roman candle suppo-
sition was precluded. Nearing the earth,
the oncoming ball of fire could be seen to
be bringing with il a trail of blush
sparks, which left the main body with q
peculiar cracking sound resembling the
swapping of charcoal.
Barely missing the roof of the house
at the corner of Sellwood and Rodney
avenues the yisitant from the heavens
repealed by the earth's surface, finally
alighting in a bed of hardpan on the
corner of Rodney and Russell avenues,
burying itself to a depth of some five
inches. The distance from where Mr..
Hall was standing to where the meteor
ahghted was so slight that he had a fair
view of that portion of the meteor ex
posed. From this came shower of
sparks, much the same as though the
component parts of the meteoric visitor
contained a percentage of saltpeter.
Going over to the spot where the frag
ment of some heavenly body, broken
loose in space had alighted, Hall found
the meteor still at white heat.
The piece is of an irregular shape.
much resembling 4 lump of hard clay
that had broken loose from u cut and
rolled to the roadbed below. 1t is some
nine inches long by four inches deep and
four inches wide at it's maximum points,
tapering TO about two and three-quarter
inches at the point. 1t weighs three
pounds and six ounces. One side and
end appear a deep black. as though
burned in lighted tar. The other parts
present a gray clayish color. Contrary
to the usual idea of extreme hardness at
tached to meteoric stones. this visitor is
quite soft, it being possible to pick off
pieces with ones finger nail.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-11-18
ONE MORE ELECTOR.
Mckinley will Have Three Votes
from Delaware Instead of Two
as Supposed.

Wilmington, Del, Nov. 13-Gov. Wat
son issued a proclamation today declar
ing that all the votes cast for James G.
Shaw and James G. Shaw, ST., for presi-
Dental electors shall count for James
G. Shaw. as his name was on the several
ballots in two ways. This will send
three Mckinley electors from Delaware
to the electoral college.
Frankfort, KY, Nov. 13.-The official
counting of the voting shows that Cash,
the first elector on the ticket for Nc
Kinley and Hobart, has 218,054; Smith,
the highest of the Bryan and Sewall
electors, has 217,796. Smith defeats
the lowest Mckinley elector. McKin-
ley's plurality, is therefore 258, taking
the two highest votes. Mckinley will
have twelve electors from Kentucky and
Bryan one.
Topeka, Kas., Nov. 13.-Returns from
all the counties of the state show Bryan
received II ,974 plurality.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-11-18
CHINESE CHEAP LABOR.
This is Played-Out Cry Not Warranted
by Present american Experience.

by Present Il merIcan Experience.
Of late years there has been a con-
slant cry against Chinese cheap labor"
Whatever may have been the price put
upon Chinese labor when the great rail
ways Of the West were built by these
people, today it is evident to all who
have studied the question that there is
no such thing as Chinese cheap labor"
Chinese laundries charge higher rates
than domestic laundries. Chinese laun-
drymen command higher prices than
laundresseS Of other nationalities. A
Chinaman earns ordinarily from So to
$15 a week and his board and lodging.
The white or colored laundress makes
from 81 to $40 q week, without board
or lodging. The Chinaman works from
8 o'clock in the morning until 1 or 2
o'clock at night. Sometimes he washes,
sometimes he starches, sometimes he
irons; but he is always at it, not tireless,
but perseyering in spite of WEAKNESS and
exhaustion. Other laborers clamOr for a
working day of eight hours. The China
man patiently works seventeen, takes
care of his relatives in China, looks after
his own poor in America and pays his
bills as he goes along.
In the Chinese store $40 per week is
the lowest sum paid for a man-of-all-
work. In n Chinese restaurant the low
est wage paid to a kitchen boy is $40
per month and board. Chinese cooks
will not go to American families for less
than $40 per month, and they rarely ever
stay for that sum. This, then, is Chi
nese cheap labOr-a cheap labor of which
ordinary people cannot avail themselves
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-11-18
CITY OF THE GOLDEN GATE.
Freaks of the Temperature and Topog-
rapiiy in San Francisco.

San Francisco sprawls over a sandy
peninsula shaped like a clenched fist,
with its face to the East and the noble
land-locked bay which the navies of the
world would not crowd, and with its
back to the Pacific ocean, which rolls in
without a break from China, 1000 miles
away. 1t covers an area of twenty
square miles, though much of this is
built over in struggling fashion, says a
writer in the Chautauquan.
1t has thrice as many hills as Rome
boosted of, but over the highest Of these
the cable cars climb. Seen from the
bay at night, the spectacle is superb, as
the streets are transformed into parallel
lines of twinkling lights that seem to as
cend, like Jacobs ladder, to the stars.
Justin Mccarthy in Lady Judith" gives
the most poetical as well as the most
faithful, picture of this remarkable sight
Of San Francisco from the bay. Had the
original builders of the city adopted the
Italian custom of carrying streets around
hills, with terraced gardens, San Fran
cisco would be the most beautiful city in
the world. As it is many of the streets
are merely great unslghtly bitches that
run in ugly parallel lines up the steep
hills and through their SUBMITS From
Il score of points of yantage one may get
superb views of the bay the harbor with
its picturesque islands. the encircling
hills, and the Golden Gate the narrow
entrance through which come and go the
ships of the orient.
What iInpresses the visitor to San
Francisco most forcibly is the peculiar
fondness for the bay window. But this
taste seems natural and sensible when
he is told that it is due to the necessity
of getting all the sunshine and shade that
can be secured. Here, as in Italy. be-
tween sunshine and shade there is the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-11-18
THE BREATH OF HAMPSTEAD HEATH.

The wind of Hampstead Heath still burns
my cheek
AS. home returned, / muse, and see arise
Those rounded hills beneath the low, gray
skies.
With CLEANS of haze-lapped cities far to
seek.
These can picture. but how fifty speak
OF what might not be seen with searching
eyes
And ali beyond the listening ear that lies
Best known to bards and seers in times an
tique?
The winds that of the spirit rise and blow
Kindle my thought, and shall for many a
day.
Recalling what blithe presence filled the
place
OF one Who oftentimes passed up that way,
BY garden close ard lane where boughs
bend low,
Until the breath of Hampstead touched his
face
Edith NJ Thomas in Century
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-11-18

difference between summer and winter.
The San Francisco climate is the great
est climate in the world for continuous
work, as the mean temperature is 30 and
there is no summer heat. But it is a try
ing climate for any one with weak Lures
or tender throat. The summer is harsh
err than the winter, as cold trade winds
and heavy fogs render the nights chilly
and make a crate fire comfortable. Sep
TENDER is the finest month in the year,
as the trade winds do not blow and the
DAYS are warm and sunShiny.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-11-18
NO NEED OF A WAR SCARE.
Lamont's Queries of Railroad Officials
Are EXDIaiuod.

n TO Tx pIdIuGUs
Washington, D. c., Nov. 13.-Concern-
ing the report coming from the West to
the effect that the war department, be-
cause of possible trouble with Spain, is
making inquiries of trunk line railways
running to the Gulf coast and along the
Southern seaboard as to their facilities
for moving war supplies, it can be stated
that the only inquiry made within the
past year by the war department on this
subject was one intended to ascertain the
cost of executing the order made about
six weeks ago by the secretary of war
looking to the annual exchange Of sta
tons of troops
A fiat denial is also given by the best
authority to another sensational story to
the effect that the state department has
warned Spain against further outrageous
treatment of American commercial agen-
cies doing business with Cuba.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-11-18
ROBBED AN ASSIGNEE.
Such is the Charge Against Richard v,
ID. Wood at New York.

ID. Wood at New York.
New York, Nov. 13.-A warrant is out
for the arrest of Richard v D. Wood
for the alleged misrepresentation Of $780,
900 from the funds of the Metropolitan
National bank, an institution which has
been in liquidation since 1884. Wood
was assistant cashier for the assignee
His home is at Piermont on the Hudson.
where his wife said today that she had
not seen him since Monday.
Wood has not been able to attend to
business himself for three months owing
to illness and it was owing to this fact
that his alleged defalcation was discov-
cred. The bank had succeeded in iqui-
dating 6S per cent. of it's liabilities since
it's suspension.
In addition to the money taken from
the bank, it is alleged that Wood made
away with $4,000 belonging to the es-
tate of his father-in-law, John J. Law
renee, of Sparkill n. Y, and that other
defalca tons will bring the total to some
thing like $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-11-18
WOODS Whereabouts Unknown.

New York. Nov. 1.-THE where
abouts of Richard V. Wood, the default
ing assistant cashier of the Metropolitan
bank, is still unknown. United states
Marshal Mccarthy believes that Wood
has been supplied with money by friends
and has fed the country.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-11-18
Enr,ncrlx Iived in Oshkosh.

Oshkosh Wis, Nov. 13.-[Special]-
e. l. Ballou, who committed suicide on
Wooded island, Chicago, yesterday, was
a resident Of this city from 1881 to 1886,
and was one of the promoters and first
stockholders of the Oshkosh Electric
Light company.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-11-18
ITALY TAKES A HAND.
Insists that the Porte Do Something BE
sides Talk.

Constantinople, Nov. 14.-Sig. Pansa,
the Italian ambassador here, had an au-
diepce last evening with the Sultan. He
strongly insisted upon the execution of
the proposed reforms and the Sultan de-
clared that they would be executed. Sig
Pansa pointed out that it was not suf-
fcient to publish reforms; it was neces-
sary, he declared. to carry them out.
The Italian ambassador also strongly in
sisted upon the punishment by no mere
court-martial OF Col. Mazehan Bey, who
is held to be responsible for the murder
of Father Salvador.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-11-18
AN ENGLISH CRUISER.
What the New Warship Powerful Has
Done in Her Exhaustive Trials.


Done in Her Exhaustive Trials.
The new cruiser Powerful has arrived
at Plymouth on the completion of the
thirty hours continuous trial of her ma
chinery in the channel The trial is re-
ported to have been thoroughly satisfac-
tory, the engines and machinery working
splendidly throughout. Several admiral
ty officials were on board, and it is
claimed for the vessel that she has ac-
complished performance without paral-
lei in any navy in the world as for
thirty hours she maintained without any
difficulty $4,000 horsepower, which gave
her Il speed exceeding 20 knots an hour.
All her forty-eight boilers were lighted.
and these gave an ample supply of
steam, which amounted TO 232 pounds
to the square inch. With 1882 revou-
tons starboard and 1099S port. the en-
gines maintained an average of 1888
horsepower at mean coal consump-
ton of l.S3S pound per indicated horse
power. The vessel is expected to put to
sea again on Saturday, when she viii
undergo an eight hours trial. four hours
at 22,0O0 and four hours at $4,000
horse-po wer.-Blackburn Express.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-11-18

A carload of Eastern oysters has
reached the Pacific coast to be planted
i'll Yaquina bay Recent developments
have shown that the Eastern oysters
spawn readily in San Francisco bay and
ShoalWater bay.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-11-18
n UG. WIGGENHORN,
Watchmaka1 and 1e50ele1

Opposite Bank of Watertown, corner
Main and First Streets Keeps constantly
On hand a large stock OF Watches Clocks
Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware, etc. Par
ticuar attention paid to repairing watches,
clocks, jewelry, etc, and warranted to
give satisfaction.
Evening journal., 1896-04-28
He Fought In Cuba.

PoUGHKEEPsIE, n. Y. April 2s,-Wil-
liam Ewing. avetoran Of the civil war is
In this city, being on his way from Cuba
to join his wife and daughter in Buffalo.
Several years ago Ewing bought a sugar
plantation in Cuba, but during the pres
ent trouble there his plantation was burn
ed. He sent his wife and daughter to Buff
falo and Joined the insurgents, In oompa-
ny with bis brother-in.law,W William Ham
ilton. He took part In "A number of en-
gagemeuts, In one Of which Hamilton was
killed. Recently he decided to leave Gu
ba, which he did on a blockade runner on
March 30. He landed on the coast OF New
Jersey and tramped TO Yonkers. Grand
Army comrades took care of him there and
paid his fare TO Poughkeepsie.
Evening journal., 1896-04-28
sherman Vic a Letter.

New YORK, April 2S.-At meeting Of
the Young Republican club of Brooklyn a
letter addressed to the secretary of that
club from Senator John sherman of Ohio
was read. In the letter Mr.. Sherman says:
There can be no doubt in tho opinion
Of Major Mckinley on the money quea-
tion. He is committed In every form, by
speech and otherwise, to the Republican
policy of maintaining the present gold
coin of the United States as the standard
Of value He, in common with myself and
others, believes that silver should bo en-
ployed as money, always, however, to he
maintained at par with gold. The conven-
ience Of silver coins for the minor trans
actions of life is so manifest that no
sound money man would desire its discon-
tinuanoo, but upon the primary condition
that it's coinage should be limited and its
purchasing power maintained by the fat
of the government at par with gold. He
believes, as l do, that tariff should be
adopted that VIII impartlally protect all
American industries from undue competi-
tion with foreign productions that can be
and ought to be produced in the United
States.
A resolution indorsing the candidacy Of
Mckinley was adopted by tho Cub by a
vote Of about 100 to 20.