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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-07
MAY RECALL MINISTER.
Japan, 1t is Said, Feels Offended
Because of the Hawaiian
NEGOTIATIONS.

Chicago, H., July "A special to the
TimesHerald from Washington says:
''Toru Hoshi, the Japanese minister, is
likely to be recalled at an early date.
While officials of the japanese legation
here claim to be ignorant of any such
probability, well-nformed opinion in state
department circles inclines to the belief
that Mr.. Hoshi will ask for his papers
within short time. The reasons for
the minister's recall are two-fiId, not the
least potent Of which is said to &c the
feeling of the Mikado's government and
of the minister personally toward the
United States over the Hawaiian diff
Guilty. The minister himself feels in
suited because the state department did
not apprise him Of the negotiations which
led to the signing of the treaty for the
annexation of Hawaii, and while the Jap
anese home government is incensed on ac-
count of this, and what it terms lack
of consideration of the rights in Hawaii
in the framing Of the treaty itself, the
condition of japanese politics affords a
second reason for the minister's recall.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-07
TRAINMEN ARE KILLED.
Two Trains Collide Near Vandalfa,
H., but the PaSSen-
gers Escape.

indianapolis Ind, June 3O.-Train No.
II on the Vandalia road, which left this
city at Z o'clock last evening, containing
a large number of Christian Endeavor-
ers. collided with train No 6, bound east
from St. Louis, at 500 o'clock near Van
daia.
The killed are:
r. T. SHERMAN, mail clerk on No. G. In
dianapOlis.
W. P. COON, baggagemaster on No. IL,
326 East Louisiana street, Indianapolis
The fatally injured are:
Samuel Parkinson, mail clerk Of Columbus
O.; crushed in the wreck.
Frank Owens, fireman of Terre Haute;
mangled under the engine.
Train No II left Indianapolis in two
sections on account of the heavy San
Francisco travel occasioned by the Chris
tan EndeavOr meeting. Orders were
given to meet No. g. the eastbound pas
senger train at Vandalia.
At 3 o'clock further information was
received which confirmed the first report
of the accident 1t seems from the
best information obtainable that the
westbOund train pulled out of Vandalia
without waiting for the train from ST.
Louis. The headlight of the westbound
engine was eXtinguished for some time
before the crash came. Horace Kearns
Of this city was conductor on train No.
II and Tom Manafee of Terre Haute
was the engineer. None Of the passen-
gers on either train were injured.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-07
BUNKOED OUT OF $4,000.
A Montana Mine Owner Falls in
with Chicago Sharpers and
Is Fleeced.

Chicago, H., June 30.-James Arnold,
q mining man of Butte, Mont, reported
to the police today that he had been vic
timized out of $1,000 by Charles Dunn
and William Metcalf, who, the police
say. are noted gamblers and ex-convicts
The money was secured by means of Il
faro game played in q house at Twen-
tieth street and Wabash avenue, where
Arnold had been taken by the men, os-
tensibly to talk over the sale of a mine
which he owned. Arnold says he met
Dunn and Metcalf yesterday in the cor
ridOrs of the Palmer house, where he was
a guest BY protesting to be capital
lists III search of a mining investment the
men became acquainted with Arnold.
whose visit to the city was for the pur-
pose of disposing OF mining property.
By engagement Arnold met the men
at the house at Twentieth street and
Wabash avenue. After short business
talk, in which Dunn and Metcalf agreed
TO purchase the property, a game of faro
was suggested. The result was that Ar
mold lost all he had. After unsuccessful
efforts to regain his money he reported
the matter to the police Descriptions of
Dunn and Metcalf have been printed and
sent all over the country.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-07
Business Meeting Tonight.

The annual business meeting of the
division takes place tonight, Chief Con-
sui Rotier's report will show a remarka-
BILE record for the year and a gain Of
nearly 1000 in membership, there being
now 200 members in the division and
making Wisconsin the seventh state in
rotary Sam Ryan is i'll at Mt. Clemens,
Mich, and his report viii be read by
Miss Iva L. Ryan Of Appleton. Chief
Consul Rotier will be nominated for re-
election by reclamation and so will Sam
Ryan Following the business meet
ing there will be good roads meeting at
the opera house. W. T. Lewis of Racine
will talk on THE Bicycle" Gen Roy
Stone talks on 1.-The Comparison of Good
Roads in the United States with those of
Europe" John NJ. Stahl of Chicago, sec
rotary of the Farmers National Congress,
will speak on The Good Roads Crusade
of the L. A. W. from the Farmers
Standpoint" A. 3. Choate Of Minneapo-
lis will talk on State Aid as a Means OF
Road Building" President Foster of the
Sheridan Drive association viii close with
an address on the drive. Tomorrow
morning the visitors will run to Kenosha.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-07
MURDER ON A WARSHIP.
Into the Back of Superior
Officer.

New York, July Thomas ]. Ken
ney. master-at-arms of the battleship
Indiana, was murdered last night on
board the ship as it lay at its moorings
at the Brooklyn navy-yard. The muir
derer, Philip i. Carter, walked up 70
him and without a word of warning
plunged d bayonet blade up to its hilt
in his back. kenney was popular
man. although a strict disciplinarian. He
entered the service nearly six years ago,
and served for five years i'll the marine
corps, from which he was discharged
With the rank of sergeant. He re-en-
tered the service as seaman and was
then detailed to the battleship Indiana in
October of last year. Carter enlisted
from Boston in the fall of 1895. He.
like the man killed, is young, being but
27 years Of age. He has had no service
except on board the Indiana.
The murder occurred about { o'clock
and it was preceded by an alteration.
At Clio p. N. beer quarters were
sounded and the men took their posi-
tons in line on the forward deck to re-
ceive their rations of beer. Garter was
among the number. He had been absent
during the afternoon and had been
drinking and was in Quarrelsome mood.
He insisted on pushing the others aside,
and Kenney noticing his condition took
him out of the ranks and refused to al
low beer to be served to him. Garter
then seized a bottle of beer and the mas
ter-at-arms took it from him and report
ed him to the officer of the deck. For
this Garter was severely reprimanded.
This led to the murder.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-07
IN THE ENGINEERS FAVOR
Developments in the West Chicago
Wreck Inquiry Divide the
Blame.

Chicago, H., July additional light
on the railroad disaster at West Chicago
divides the blame, which the North
Western officials thrust on Engineer
Michael Courtney, and distributes shares
among other employees Of the road.
Inquiry establishes the fact that at
1870 o'clock Night Operator Spencer at
Wheaton received a dispatch from West
Chicago that section 4 had cleared"
This was authority for Spencer to clear
section >, which he had held four min
utes, and the clearance order which he
made out was indication to Courtney
that the train ahead Of him had left
West Chicago and there was no obstruc-
ton on the next 'block." The green Fight
at the half-mile semaphore told him the
same thing, and he figured on making
the station at the best possible time
The waving lantern of the brakeman
and the red lights of section 4 were the
first intimation to him that the order was
not strictly truthful. The brakeman was
not over 300 feet in the rear of his train,
and at the point where he stood there
are nearly a dozen sWitchlights. That
night there was a long freight train Oh
Il siding, which INSTRUCTED his view until
he was nearly at the bridge 1000 feet
from the station, and almost upon the
brakeman. This line Of freight cars is
usually on this side track, and is known
among engineers rs the cause of great
anxiety in the approach to the West
Chicago station.
1t appears that operators and Dispatch
ers, IN their desire to hurry the sections
out, had given several clearances that
night as soon as the train pulled into the
station, instead of waiting until they had
departed. This was the case with sec
ton at the water tank east of the sta
ton Formerly these orders were all
given from the office Of Chief Dispa tcher
Smith in Chicago, but it is claimed that
under the positive block system the ope-
rator could send releases.
The brakeman with the lantern may
come in for share of the shame. sls
we'll as the dispatching system. He went
back only about 300 feet, when the regu-
lation reads 1000 feet Courtney saw
the signal and calculated on 1000 feet to
stop III. In the tumble of lights at the
bridge it was hard to measure the dis
lance of the red lights burning beyond.
At st. Luke's hospital today it was
stated that the Wisconsin wreck vic
Tins were doing very nicely.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-07
PROTESTS HER INNOCENCE.
Mrs. Mack Says She was Not Guilty
of the ButChery in New
York City.

New York, July Mrs. Augusta Mack,
the midwife, who is under arrest in con-
nectiOn with the murder Of the man sup
posed to be William Guldensuppe, spent
the night a prisoner at police headquar-
tiers. She still insists that Guldensuppe
has not been murdered and that he will
turn up alive before long. She insisted
that she saw Guldensuppe on Saturday
afternoon two hours after the first por-
ton of the body was found floating in the
East river at the foot of Eleventh street.
The detectives are still continuing their
investigation of the matter and are MAX
ing vigorous search for the man who
supplanted Guldensuppe in Mrs. Mack
affections. There is considerable skcpu-
cism among the police as to the murdered
man being Guldensuppe, Notwithstanding
the positive Identification of the de-
formed finger by ten of the missing
mans friends.
Dr. Crosby four attendants from the
bath house and an unknown man called
at the morgue today and positively iden-
tilted the legs found yesterday as those
of Guldensuppe
Every effort is being made to extort an
admission from Mrs. Mack that she has
knowledge of the murder of Guldensuppe.
During the examination Mrs. Mack is
said TO have been almost hysterical and
to have nearly broken down several
fimeg
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-07

mother be first helped. Mrs. Shipman
was found crushed under part of the
roof and life was extinct when she was
taken out.
1t is strange that the two daughters es-
capped with comparatively slight injuries,
while the mother, close by, met instant
death.
Mrs. John Gooding of Appleton was
probably instantly killed. The force Of
the collision crushed together the parti-
tons of her berth and she had no posi-
bic chance of escape.
Prof. Leo Williams of Fond du Lac
was found buried under n pile of debris,
and though he was unable to eXtricate
himself, and it seemed as if he must be
seriously injured, he escaped with brok-
en- arm and q cut wrist.
Hotels Turned Into Hospitals.
The Chicago & th-Western officials
did everything in their power to relieve
the sufferers. The two hotels in West
Chicago were turned into hospitals and
able physicians were promptly in attend
ance.
The section following those which met
dsaster-6. Z, and 9-carrying 25OO
people, were delayed upwards of three
hours. Finally the north track was
cleared and they were enabled to pro-
coed.
Naturalization papers recently taken
out III New York showed the dead
tr2mp's name to be Rhode. q native of
Germany. He was about 40 years old.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-07
DISMISSED FROM NAVY.
Capt. Mullan Charged with Neglect
of Duty-knoWn Because of
Samoan Disaster.

New York, June 3O.-A special from
Washington says: Dismissal from the
naval service is the penalty imposed by
the court which recently tried Com
mander Dennis w. Mullan. The records
and findings of the court, together with
the Endorsements Of Judge Advocate
General Lemly and Acting Secretary
Roosevelt, will be laid before the Presi-
dent al once, and because of the desire
to promote Commander y. NJ. Dyer to
the vacancy existing in the grade of
captain, Mr. Mckinley will be requested
to act as quickly as is consistent with
thorough consideration of the case.
Commander Mullan was charged with
neglect of duty, etc, while in command
of the Pensacola navy yard. He is best
known in connection with the Samoan
disaster, which occurred in March, 1889.
He was in command of the third rate
United States steamship Nipsic at the
time and in order to save her from total
destruction and to save the lives of
those under his command he was COM
PEELED to beach her His course at that
time was approved by the secretary of
navy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-07

and a corps of surgeons left Immediately
foI West Chicago.
Owing to the crush caused by the rush
of Christian Endeavor business all regu-
lar schedules were abandoned and trains
were being sent out as fast as filled.
Nine sections left the Northwestern
depot at intervals Of fifteen minutes, BE-
ginning ut 1880 p. M. to say nothing Of
trains sent out earlier in the evening.
Sections Nos. /. = and ) got through
West Chicago safely. Section 4 was
made up of a baggage car, day coach and
seven sleepers, containing about 400 pas
sengers.
Working on Double Block System.
Assistant Superintendent Gardner said
this morning that he could give no tangi-
bic rea son as yet as to the cause of the
accident. The road is run on soma
phore block system all the way to Turner
Junction." said Mr.. Gardner. This
blocks q train every 1900 feet, and in
addition we were using what we call the
the operators at haywood, Wheaton and
Turner running the trains by wire and
keeping close tab with the dispatcher as
to the time each passed q station. Then
the dispatcher regulated the speed and
distance between trains. OF course, he
was compelled TO rely on the accuracy of
the time checking done by the operators
at the stations named. and unless one of
these made a mistake and transmitted
the wrong check time, either to the next
station or TO the dispatcher, / cannot
imagine what could have caused the
wreck.
1--WE had taken every possible precau-
ton to guard against delay and accident
and, as | said, worked the positive block
as well as our regular semaphore sys-
tenn
AS soon as possible after the immediate
~. IL ~
injured were carefully removed to a Spe-
cial train which had been prepared for
their reception, and, accompanied by DR..
Ollens, chief surgeon of the company, and
twelve assistants, were brought to Chi
cago.
At Western avenue they were put in
ambulances and taken to st. Luke's hos
pital.
The responsibility for the wreck has
not yet been decided, but the investiga-
ton indicates it was caused by Engineer
Charles Courtney of section No. run
ming by the signal station this side of
West Chicago without having release
signal.
No statement is obtainable from Court
ney at present, as he is too badly injured
to talk.
THE road between Chicago and Turner
is protected by the Hall block system and
Immediately after my arrival last night /
tested the signals and found them to be
in perfect order" said Assistant General
Supt. J. G. Stewart today. Engineer
Courtney must have been insane to pass
without seeing the two danger signals
which indicated that a train was ahead.
These signals are placed 1000 feet apart
and when at night cars pass over the
place where they are situated a rcd light
shows and any train following the one
which released the switch is supposed to
stop until a white light shows. There can
be no doubt that the scarlet signal for
caution was exhibited"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-07
Poetic Injustice.

One often hears of poetic justice; but
John Smith of the Buffalo Express has
something to say about poetic injustice:
Whittier immortahzed Barbara Fret
chic for deed that was really done by
a woman named Mary Quantrel He
covered skipper lreson with infamy for
an act of which Ireson was not guilty.
Longfellow made every schoolboy famil-
lar with the name of Paul Revere while
poor William Dawes, who did equally
important work in rousing the Lexington
patriots, has been left unhonored and IN
sung. Tennyson changed the biundering
charge of 600, which ought to make
every Briton blush whenever he hears Of
1T, into an act Of heroism, while regi-
ments that have, in every war sacrificed
themselves much more than the 800 did,
and to some purpose are lucky to get their
deeds recorded in two lines of a ten
volume history. On the whole the peo-
pie of today who growl about lying re-
porters' are perhaps to be congratulated
that there are no great poets left to
write untruths in such form that they
will live forever
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-07
KILLED IN A WRECK.
Wisconsin G. z. Delegates
Among the Victims.
Excursion Trains Collide Thirty Miles
from Chicago.

Chicago, June 30.-Three persons were
killed outright and about twenty to thir-
ty persons injured in q rear-end collision
on the Chicago 4 Northwestern road
at 1916 this morning at West Chicago
(Turner Junction., thirty miles out Of
Chicago, on the Galena division.
THE DEAD.
The dead are:
MRS. r. SHIPMAN. Appleton, Wis.
MRS. JOHN COOLING of Austin, New. !;
with her husband was on her way home from
Fond du Lac, where they had been visiting
their son.
RHODE, a tramp; native of Germany:
was stealing q ride on the front end of the
baggage car.
THE INJURED.
The injured are:
Appleton.
MISS SARAH SHIPMAN, Appleton,
Wis; left foot sprained and right side of
body bruised
MISS C. e. SHIPMAN, Appleton, Wis, ::
lip badly cut and other parts of face
bruised.
MRS. S. A. RUSSELL, Appleton, Wis;
back seriously hurt.
AMELIA M'KAY, Appleton, Wis; left
arm fractured and lacerated.
MRS. W. d. GIBSON. Appleton. Wis. !;
right side of chest hurt and one hip
sprained.
S. E. MERSH, Appleton. Wis; left wrist
broken and otherwise injured
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-07
HAD TO BEACH THE STEAMER.
Fire on Board New York Boat Almost
Causes Panic.

New York, July 2.-Fire was discov-
cred on the Bath Beach and Benson
hurst steamer Tourist last night soon
after the boat left her pier. at the Bat
terry. There were 100 passengers on
board, men women and children return
ing to their homes and a panic resulted
that was prevented from developing Sc
rious results only by Capt. Arthur Kill
mers prompt action in Bleaching the
boat Several of the women tainted and
the crying of children and excited action
of the men to whom q catastrophe
seemed imminent, owing to the dense
volumes of smoke that poured up out of
the forward hatch, where the flames had
gained considerable Roadway before they
were discovered, led Capt. Kilmer to
conclude that no other course was adj
visable.
The cause Of the fire and the extent Of
the damage done by the flames, which
were at length subdued, is not yet de-
tprminpd
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-07
NOT A SECRET SYMBOL.
The Circle fnciosing Period After Nj.
Heath's Autograph.


First Assistant Postmaster-G General Per
ry S. Heath signs his name in way that
excites the curiosity Of many who see his
autograph. After his name he always
places period within a small circle The
signature would not be complete without
the supplemental mark, and the first as
sistant postmasters check would not be
honored at his bank if the circled period
were omitted. Members of the universal
postal congress noticing this peculiarly
were puzzled to know what American Sc
cret society it indicated, as they regarded
it as a mystic emblem. known to members
of the order for which it stood. The
fact is, Mr.. Heath has carried with him
a mark he learned as printer. newspaper
correspondent and editor. As a writer
and editor he was accustomed to circling
his periods, and he got in the habit of do
ing it at the end of his signature. He
formed the habit many years ago, and
now the emblem of the newspaper Office
appears on every official document Mr..
Heath signs as first assistant or acting
postmaster eneral.-Wa shington Star.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-07

W. D. GIBSON, Appleton, Wis; slight
scalp wound.
Mrs. ALGERNON GALPIN, Appleton,
Wis; slight bruises.
Belvidere. Ill.
MICHAEL COURTNEY, engineer. Belvi-
dere, ILL.,; two ribs fractured, right leg bad
ly lacerated; will recover.
Depere.
MISS DAISY BLACKWOOD, Depere,
Wis; slightly injured
CIintonvilIe.
DR.. E. A MILLER, Clintonville, Wis. !;
right ankle Sprained.
". II. FINNEY, Clintonville. Wis; left
arm sprained and forehead badly bruised
Fond du Lac.
PROF. L. A. WILLIAMS. Fond du Lac,
Wis; chest badly bruised and right ankle
MRS. NJ. D. M'INTosH, Fond du Lac,
Wis; right side bruised.
c. f. RIPLEY, Fond du Lac, Wis; face
and hands slightly cut
MRS. C. e. RIPLEY, Fond du Lac, Wis. !;
left arm sprained
Green Bay.
MISS A. E. FIFER, Green Bay, Wis; in
jured about the head.
Neenah.
MARY BAIRD. Neenah, Wis; badly
bruised on left side of face.
MRS. a. e. PFEIFER, Neenah, Wis;
slight bruises.
Oconto.
MISS A. l. MALLISTER, OcontO, Wis;
contusions Of forehead and nose.
w. H. FINNEY, Oconto, Wis.
WILLIAM MICHELSTETTER, Seymour,
Wis; back hurt.
MRS. WILLIAM MICHELSTETTER,
Seymour, Wis; body bruised
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-07
A. VEGETABLE FLY TRAP.
SUndews that Dwell in Boys and Catch
Small Insects.

Small Insects.
Perhaps some of the readers Of ST..
Nicholas have noticed the little plants
called sundews, that dwell in boys in al
most every part of the word. The COM
monest of these in the United States and
in England is the round4eafed sundew,
which has q r0Sette of Toundish leaves
on slender stalks Out of the midst of.
them rises q leafiess stem, bearing a
number of small white flowers. that open.
one by one when the sun is shining
The leaves are fringed and covered on
the upper side with SMALL. dark-red bod
les called glands, borne on slender stalks.
like tiny, round-headed nails. On each
of these little glands may be seen a. drop.
of clear, sticky liquid that glistens in
the sunlight. And this appearance earns.
for the plant its pretty name Of sun
dew"
When an insect-a small fly, for exam.
pie, or q gnat-alights upon. a sundeW
leaf, he is caught and held by the sticky
fluid on the glands under him Then,
the stalks of the glands near the edges
Of the leaf begin to bend in toward the.
spot where the little intruder is fastened,
at the same time pouring out an eXtraor-
binary quantity of their sticky fluid 1t
IS like a puppy whose mouth waters
when he catches sight of bone This
movement Of the gland-stalks is, very
slow, and it takes many hours for the
outer ones to close down on the poor lit
tie victim. When they are at last COM
pletely bent, it is number Of days be-
fore they once more begin to spread
Meantime the fluid which they pour
upon the body of the insect actually di-
gests all the eatable part of him. leaving
the hard shell Or the thin wings behind,
when the glands return to their places.
Sundews will digest tiny bits of meat if
placed upon the leaves. There is no
doubt that the plants are better for an
occasional meal upon an insect. for
those that do not obtain such food once
in a while thrive less than the plants
that succeed in securing it-St Nicho-
las MaSaZinp
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-07
COOLEY BREAKS DOWN.
TIE Noted Authority on ConStitu-
tional Law is a Hop cleSS
Invalid.

Detroit, Mich, June 30.-A dispatch
from Ann Arbor, Mich, to the News
says that Judge Thomas NJ. Cooley, the
noted authority on constitutional law,
who served many years as justice of the
Supreme COURT and who was later the
head Of the interstate commerce commits
sion, has become hopeless invalid. 1t
is stated that his health, already i'm
paired by age and overwork, was fur
Their broken down by excessive work on
the Interstate commerce commission. His
memory is almost gone and his loss of
power has been followed by deep mel
ancbOlV