Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-04-17
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Filipin insurgents, Agoncillo asserts
in Paris, have selected Gen. Sandico,
now a prisoner, to succeed Aguinaldo
as leader.
Ibu Rashid recovered the kingdom
of Nejd after killing 5000 revolution
lists.
Secretary Wilson is planning to
train experts in soil and forestry
from an agricultural standpoint.
w. III. Chamberlain, assistant COM
missioner of patents, has resigned
The Minnesota legislature has adj
journed sine die.
The Cuban constitutional conven-
ton by a vote of Is to 10 declared
against the Platt amendment.
Bert Cassidy, newspaper writer and
artist, killed himself with a revolver
in Chicago.
A committee of foreign ministers de-
cided that China could raise $300,000,-
600 for indemnity purposes without
iniuring it's resources.
Women destroyed three liquor sa-
looms at 0entorN1lle. Ia.
There is peril of a general uprising
of natives throughout South Africa
against Great Britain and all EUrop-
peans who claim suzereignty.
Two of a posse were killed near
Whitesburg, KY, in an attempt to ar
rest two murderers.
Burglars at Pitts burgh, Pa, killed
man who caught them robbing his
house and a policeman who sought to
arrest them.
Kruger's private secretary says he
has not decided as yet whether he will
visit the United States.
It is asserted in Paris that China and
Japan have signed secret treaty deal
ing with Manchuria.
Nearly 200 newly-enlisted soldiers
of the Fourteenth cavalry deserted at
Leavenworth.
"Rajah,' the man-ea ting tiger of the
indianapolis zoo, attacked his trainer
and mutilated him so that he may
die.
George @. Cannon, leader of the
Mormon church. died at Monterey, Cal,
aged IA years.
Col. McCook, United States consul
for the Klondike district, died at Daw-
son City of pneumonia.
Seventy Chinese were drowned in a
collision between two steamers near
Canton.
There were 203 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 1873 the
week previous and 1913 the correspond
ing period of 1900
The Cuban constitutional conven-
ton reconsidered the rejection of the
Platt amendment and decided neither
to approve nor reject it until a COM
mission goes to Washington to con-
fer with President Mckinley and re-
ports back at Havana.
Ten thousand native Christians are
starving in Shansi province, China.
Successful experiment with salt in
reviving a woman pronounced dead by
physicians at Evansville, Ind, caused
much interested comment.
The Corean government will infict
the death penalty for opium smok-
ing.
Edmund Palmer, whose banks at
Ashley and Desplaines, ILL.,, and Ell
lettsville, Ind, failed, has settled with
his creditors for half their claims.
Former President Steyn, of the
Orange Free State, advises the Beers
to surrender.
The steward on the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse found on the steamer the
three gold bars stolen from the
specie-room.
The steamer Portland was the first
boat to pass the Straits of Mackinaw
for the season of 1901.
The transport Thomas, with 1.644
men Of the Twenty-eighth and Thirty
fifth regiments Of volunteers, reached
San Francisco from Manila.
Norris O'Connell and his wife and
Mrs. Frank Cranmer were killed by
the cars at South Wilkesbarre, Pa.
The University of Michigan defeat
ed the University of Illinois in the
first baseball game of the western
series by a score of to s.
The balance in favor of the United
0UdUoS Will reach over plUU,UUU,UUU
this year if present business keeps up.
D. Olivier & Co., dry goods mer-
chants in the City of Mexico, failed
for 100000.
Japan issued an ultimatum to China
regarding Manchuria, which is a
plain challenge to Russia to get out
of the disputed territory or fight.
Col. John r. Musick, novelist, mag
azine writer and politician, died at
Omaha Of heart disease.
Mrs. Carrie Nation is to control af-
fairs in Medicine Lodge, Kan, for a
week, and promises an ideal town.
Minister Rockhill reports to Wash
ington that indemnity claims thus
far presented at Picking reach a to-
tai of 1914, 100000, with Russia lead
ing.
Thomas III. Hanna, elected lieuten-
ant governor of Indiana in 1880, died
in Indianapolis, aged SO years.