Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-05-19

self George Ratliffe, after quarrel. The
assassin then took his own life.
The Cleveland co. Paper company
has been placed in the hands of the re.
celyer upon its own application by Judge
Dellen6augh. Norton I. Horr qualified
as receiver, with a bond of $4,000.
-Rowiey Shepardson, the Princeton
IN. j. student who was accidentally shot
while rowing on Raritan canal, died from
the effects of his wounds. The remains
will be removed to Richmond, Va.
The large malt house Of Henry W.
Rickett q Go: at Detroit was DESTROYED
by fire. 1t is estimated that $50 0OO
worth of malt was destroyed The loss
on building is $4,000, fully insured.
DR.. J. III. Hollander has been appoint
ed secretary of the International Bimetal
lie conference committee. He is professor
of economics at the Johns Hopkins uniyer-
sity and a French and German scholar.
Lord Rcsebery's bay flly Chelaudry
won the 1000 guinea stake at Newman
ket. His lordship was specially con
graduated on winning this classic event
on the anniversary Of his birth, May Z.
1877.
Senator Mitchell has secured the pas
sage in the Senate of the bill to remove
the charge of desertion from the military
record of Wilhelm Spiegelberg of Osb-
in the House.
Richard Dawson earl of Dartrey, is
dead He is succeeded in the title and
the estate by his eldest son, Lord Gre
morne, aged Sc. The family is one of
the great ground landlords of the United
Kingdom, owning 10000 acres.
The legislative Investigating commit
tee in Florida has found State Treas
urer Collins short about $50, 900 and has
demanded his impeachment and immedi-
ate retirement from Office. Other prom
inent people are mixed up in the affair
The government board of inquiry ap-
pointed to investigate the nature of and
responsibility for the obstruction on
which the battleship Oregon settled while
lying at the entrance of the Puget sound
naval station, has begun its session at
Port Orchard.
-Four posses are searching for the
three escaped prisoners from the Pres
colt (Ariz.) jail who accomplished q jail
delivery yesterday, shooting two officers
in their flight. Lee Norris, the young
assistant district attorney shot by the
prisoners, is dead.
The third raj electric railroad system
was tested on the New England tracks
between Hartford and New Britain,
Conn, and is a success. The run of ten
miles between New Britain and Hart
ford in the official trial was made in 1879
minutes, and with less jar than is ordi-
narily experienced in the steam passen-
ger trains.
An anonymous donor has sent the sum
of G37, 500 to the committee of manage
ment of the charity bazaar in the Rue
Jean Goujon, Paris, which was the scene
of the recent tragedy from fire. This
amount with the proceeds of the first
days sales, t1SOO, equals the full re-
ceipts of the bazaar of 1896; and the
committee is thus enabled to make dis
tribution as before.
Court Decision A Affecting Trademarks
An important decision concerning
rights in trademarks and names of prep
aratiOns has been rendered by the Phil
adelphia Court of Common Pleas re-
straining George A. Hires, namesake
of Charles E. Hires, from manufacture
ing and selling a preparation under the
name of Hires Rootbeer. In their de-
cision the judges said: 1t is established
that an article of commerce known as
Hires ROotbeer," by a long and costly
method of advertisement, has attained q
trademark and value peculiar to itself.
The sales have reached an extraordinary
yearly volume. The respondent Hires, Il
kinsman of the plaintiff, is about to man
ufacture and place on the market for
sale root beer which in all the exter-
nails of physical preparation might be
termed a complete reproduction of the
PLAINTIFFS preparation and device. The
testimony in the case, we think, makes
it individually clear that the respondents
trade which resembled the plaintiffs ar
ticle, and thereby deceive and mislead
purchasers. We find, therefore, that the
allegations of the plaintiffs bill are es-
tablshed and that the temporary in
junction prayed for should be awarded.