Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-23
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president may determine. The house
spent the entire day on the bill to refer
to the court of claims the claims OF
William Cramp & Sons for alleged dam
ages due to the delay of the govern
ment in furnishing armor plate and
material for the battleships Massachu-
sets and Indiana, and the cruisers New
York and Columbia. The claims aggre-
gate 81 .367, PA.
The time in the United States senate
on the 10th was given up to eulogies
on the late Senator Gear, of Iowa, his
successor, Senator Dolliver, being the
principal speaker. \ bill was, intro
duced increasing the salaries of Off
Gals of Hawaii. The session of the
house was devoted chiefly to the postal
codification bill. which was about half
completed. A bill was passed granting
Is days annual leave to employees of
navy yards, arsenals, etc.
Two cars on the Union Traction troll
ley line collided on bridge over the
Write river near Chesterfield, Ind, in
Juring ten persons.
France has given the decoration of
the Legion of Honor to II Americans
for services at the Paris. exposition.
The first of a series of surveying par
ties will soon leave Washington for a
seasons work in Alaska
One cadet escaped hazing at West
Point by whipping 80 frst-c.ass men.
Information from high medical au
thoritv is to the effect that Queen Vic
toria is seriously i'll.
The social democrats will hold ma
tional convention at Indianapolis in
September.
Twenty armed bandits were foiled
in an attempt to loot freight train
at lockwood, Md.
Four men were killed in a collision be-
tween freight trains on the Grand
Trunk railroad near Lock Mill, Me.
A message from Minister Conger
says that the Chinese have signed and
delivered the protocol.
Charles Southwell persisted in the
burning of the steamer City of Louis
vile at Benton Harbor, Mich.
1t is stated that Gen. De Wet was
at Ermelo, where 5000 Beers were
concentrated preparatory to an in
vasion of Natal. which Gen. De Wet
was urgently advocating.
A man named Morrison was hanged
at Regina, n. w. T, for numbering the
Macarthur family.
The business portion of Roam,
Ind, was destroyed by nre.
Four children of Benjamin Miller
10 II,
at Pashan, Ind.
Jefferson Davis was inaugurated gov
ernor Of Arkansasiat Little Rock
W. C. McAllister. \. J. Campbell and
William Death were convicted. of muir
der in the second degree in the Jennie
Bosschieter case at Paterson, n. j. The
maximum penalty is 80 years impris-
onment.
The British ship Noel Tryvan foun-
dered in the English channel and II
of the crew were drowned.
The latest news from Cowes, Isle of
Wight, was that Queen Victoria was
in a comatose condition, and was re-
garded as passing away.
Thomas Shaw, inventor of the mer-
pressure of the civilized world, died
in Philadelphia.
DR.. Robert Graham, for many years
president of Kentucky university, died
at Pittsburgh, Pa. aged 70 years.
Reports from the Philippines indi-
cate a great deal of sickness prevail
ing among both naval and army Off
GERS.
The business portion of Ellsworth,
Mich. was destroyed by fire.
William F. Sandell & Co.'s bank at
New Baltimore, Mich, was broken
into by craftsmen. who forced open
the safe and secured about $780,
John Wiser, duck hunter, was swept
over Niagara falls in boat.
Mrs. Fred Smith fatally shot her
husband and herself at Muncie, Ill.
No cause is known for the deed.
Moses E. Clapp, of ST. Paul, has
ator from Minnesota to succeed the
late Cushman Davis.
The four classes of cadets at West
Point have united in signing pledge
to stop une practice of hazing.
John Leisenring, member of the
Forty-fourth congress and a wealthy
mine owner, died in Philadelphia,
aged As years.
The Goebel election Law, which has
been the indirect cause of so much DO
itical disturbance in Kentucky. has
passed out of existence.
James, A. Mount. late governor of In
diana, was buried in Oak Hill cemetery
at, Charlottesville.
A former Greek anarchist confessed
in New York that he was sent here
to ASA ssinate prominent Americans
and said a plot fog that purpose ex-
lists.