Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-02-03
NEWS NOTES.

The commission house of j. ID. Wal
ton & Co., Chester, Pa, was partly de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000.
Twelve life-savers We're drowned
while out searching for some fishing
smacks at Harborre, Jutland.
Sarah Deckard has confessed to the
murder of her husband, Joe Deckard, in
cold blood with an ak at Bristol, Tenn.
The Economy Light and Power com
pany's plant burned at Joliet, ILL.,, caus-
ing a loss of $15O,0O0 and left the city
in darkness.
Fire which started in the basement of
the siX-story building, 20, Pearl street
New York, brought the whole fire fighting
force in the lower section of the city to
the scene. The loss will reach $4,000.
John @. Reid, who for the past four
or five years has been in charge of the
Republican state headquarters at the
Fifth Avenue hotel, died at his residence
in New York. Mr.. Reid was born in
Kenosha, Wis, and was Wisconsin
war veteran.
The Comtesse Ferronais, who was Il
friend of the Due d'Orleans and the
Count of Chambard, and whose political
salons were q rendezvous for the Royal
lists, has lost the whole of her fortune
by speculation in African mines, and
has been obliged to go and live with
friends in Florence.
The Canadian express from Halifax
for Montreal on the International railway
left the rails just before noon and went
down an embankment near Dorchester,
n. 3. Two persons were reported killed
and six injured Those reported dead
are: Arthur Edgecomb Of st. John, pos
y. B.
The First National bank of Olympia,
Wash, has failed. Liabilities, 100000;
assets, 100000.
Fire at Plattsmouth, Neb., destroyed
the coach shops and paint shops of the
Burlington q Missouri River road, and
much damage was done to other build
ings. Several coaches were burned. The
loss is placed at Sd50,00O. George Sletch-
ner, All employe of the shops, fell from
the roof of the building, breaking his
neck.
"A fire, which started about 2 o'clock
in the afternoon in the building occupied
by Jacob Steubler as a saloon at Duluth,
almost totally destroyed that building
and also the st. James hotel adjoining.
The furniture of the hotel was partly
saved Losses on both buildings are
about $4,000, almost totally covered by
insurance.
Lieut. Won Brusewitz has been SEN
fenced to three years and twenty days
Imprisonment for Il duelling affair at
Karlsruhe, Germany. Lieut.. Won Bruse-
wiz achieved notoriety by running Ia
boringman through the back with his
sword. who had accidentally knocked
against the lieutenant's chair while enter
ing a cafe.
Mrs. r. &. Billiard, the mother of
Will i. Billiard, the late secretary of the
Iowa state Senate, who was recently con-
victed of forgery, was found dead in bed
at her home at Belmont. RumOrs of all
kinds are afoat regarding the cause of
her death. The doctors pronounced it
apopleXy.
Little Pete" the most noted China
man in San Francisco, was murdered by
his countrymen in Chinatown. He was
sitting in a chair in a Chinese barber
shop when three Chinese entered and
shot him. The murderers were arrested.
1t is supposed they are highbinders hired
to do the job.
"A collision occurred between car
loaded with coal and a trolley car on the
North Park line, near the Michigan Sol
diers' home at Grand Rapids, Mich.
ductor Frank McAlvey was badly in
jured, and the car, which was filled with
passengers, was smashed and several of
the occupants were badly bruised.
-Ex-Capt. Gullot has been sentenced
to five years in prison for selling military
secrets to foreign powers.
Joseph l. Peyton, patent attorney,
committed suicide at Washington by
blowing out his brains.
The Campbell Crockery COM
pany of Kansas City, Mo-. has failed.
Liabilities, $4,000; assets, S37, 900.
The mail from India, which is re-
ceived at New York, will be thoroughly
fumigated by orders of Health Officer
Doty, to guard against any possibility Of
danger from the bubonic plague.