Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-02-13

Beer sympathizers Kissed Queen Vic
meeting in Chicago.
The president is planning to organize
the Philippine municipalities, place the
offices in the hands of intelligent ma
tives and permit limited suffrage.
The Ohio state emergency board
set aside $4,000 for the expenses of
the militia in preventing prize fight
at Cincinnati.
Five women raided two saloons at
Dalton. Ark, destroyed all the furni-
ture and poured the whisky into the
street.
Lorenzo Priori, who murdered Vim
ceno Garuzo in New York city De-
cember II, 1898, was electrocuted in
Sing Sing prison.
Blindness is the penalty paid by
Frank jefferson, of Upper Roxbor-
ough, Pa, for the excessive use of
cigarettes.
Admiral Hichborn informed Secre-
tary Long that more constructors are
needed for the navy.
A new paper, the Reasoner, has
been started in New York to oppose
Bryan's Commoner.
Crying out that drugs were the
agents of the devil half dozen women
followers of Dowie wrecked a number
of drug stores in Chicago
A bill to make electrocution tie legal
method of execution in Illinois has been
introduced in the state legislature.
A bill has been introduced in the
Kansas legislature designed to protect
the Joint" smashers.
The Thirty-seventh regiment United
States volunteers arrived in San Fran
cisco from the Philippines on the trans
port Sheridan
Saloon keepers in Topeka, Kan, have
promised the city and county officials
that they will get rid of their stocks
of liquors and quit the business.
The cries of child saved "a persons
from asphyxia ton in Philadelphia.
Andrew Carnegie's sale of stock is
said to mean the formation by j. P.
Morgan & Co. OF a steel trust with q
capitalization of almost 81, 600, 900, 900.
lumber yard, sawmill and IA houses
were burned near Ell Cerro. Cuba en-
failing total loss of $7OO,OOO
A steam pipe on the steamer Ventura
burst while at sea and five of the crew
were killed.
Gov. Hill, of Maine, has received the
resignation of Congressman Charles A
Boutelle, to take effect February 20.
Five persons were killed and many
lr,Jl n oh L L
at Greenville, Pa.
1t is announced that the United
States government will not accept the
Cuban constitution unless this country
is given the right to intervene to main
tain stable government.
Theodore Rosenblush and his wife
were killed by an explosion of natural
gas in their resid ence at Canton, O.
The immigrant bureau reports that
371,692 foreign home-seekers landed
in New York during 1900.
The lockout that has crippled the
building industry in Chicago for more
than year is at an end.
At Cleveland Senator M. A. Hanna
was elected a comrade in Memorial
Post, G. A. r.
Imitators of Mrs. Nation visited
three more drug stores in Chicago
and smashed bottles.
A bill was introduced in the Illi-
nois house making it bribery for po-
litical candidates to treat voters.
The Illinois Steel company has
been awarded contract for 1900
tons of steel rails, to be shipped to
the Australian government.
While attempting to arrest two des-
peradoes from Kentucky City Marshal
Crouch was shot and killed at Me-
tropOlis, ILL.,, and Officer McGlasson
wounded.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
Jefferson Long, a negro, who 30
years ago represented the Macon
(Ga.) district in congress, died at Ma
con.