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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27
ADMIRAL SCHLEY.

to have run away In caitiff flight, and is
in addition denounced as a coward a cur
and a traitor. The Schley court of inquiry
will undoubtedly be one of the most ceIe-
brated cases in the naval or military his
tory of the country. The high rank of the
officers involved in the controversy and
the intense public feeling which has been
aroused will combine to give to the investi
cation a dramatic interest. Nothing has
occurred in Washington for many years
hat will compare with it. The appoint
nent of the court of inquiry is expected to
be made by Secretary Long, though it
would be in the power of the president to
make the selections if he chose. This is
hardly likely to occur, however
Admiral Schley's letter asking for the
appointment of the court will be addressed
to Secretary Long, who is his imme date
chief. To address the communication to
the president, ignoring Secretary Long.
would not only be a breach of naval ETH
quette, but would be totally at variance
with Schley's careful observance of pune
tillious procedure. The court, therefore,
will be named by Secretary Long unless he
shall prefer to refer the matter to the
president. Mr. Long has already stated
that if Admiral Schley requested a court
of inquiry he would grant the request, and
has also expressed his Willingness to per-
sonally select the court. While he has not
made any statement to its personnel,
there is every reason to believe that he IA
vors Admiral Dewey and Rear Admirals
Ramsey and Benham, the two latter being
now upon the retired list.
with respect to the matters to be in
quired into by the court of inquiry, it may
be difficult to state briefly the exact ques-
tons which will come before the court, but
Admiral Schley CONDENSED them in a letter
written to Senator Hale, chairman ST the
senate committee on naval affairs Febru-
airy Is, 1899. This letter divided the criti-
cisms of himself into four heads, as fol-
lows:
81. The alleged delay off Cienfuegos,
Cuba.
'2. The alleged slow progress toward
Santiago de Cuba from Cienfuegos.
80, The retrograde movements on the
26th and 9th of May. Crhis refers to the
turning of the fleet from Santiago toward
Key West)
f. The battle of Santiago and the de-
struction of Cervera's fleet.
ut is to be expected that Admiral Schley,
in his letter to the secretary requesting a
court of inquiry, will specify these grounds
of criticism, and that Secretary Long Will
in turn, repeat them in his orders. as
semblng the court"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27
THE f. asst

At the leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges dur
ing the seven days ended on the 18th
aggregated $2,415, 220, $50, against ST.
1876, 1921 ,047 the previous week The in
crease compared with the correspond
ing week of last year was GAL.
In the United States there were
1913 business failures in the seven
days ended on the 10Th, against 204
the previous week and 231 the CORE
spending period of 1900.
Hope of compromise i'll the steel
strike was ended by a declaration of
j. Pierpont Morgan unfolding the
combines stand.
At Grove City, Pa, four persons
were instantly killed by lightning.
Robert F. Westcott, of New York,
founder of the express company that
bears his name, died suddenly at
Richfeld Springs, N. Y.
During a squat in Long Island
sound the yacht Venitizia sunk and
her owner, his two daughters and
Capt. Flint and a seaman were
drowned.
At Brattleboro, VT, Morton Starr
Cressy, of Hartford, Conn.,, shot and
killed Sidney gray Bristol, of Battle
Creek, Mich, his guest, mistaking
him for a burglar.
Percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the 21st were: Pittsburgh,
$50; ST. Louis, 500; Philadelphia,
.542; Brooklyn, .533; New York, .493;
Boston, AIS; Cincinnati, .444; Chica-
go, 1868.
Former Congressman Simon j.
Schermerhorn died at his home in
Rotterdam, n. Y, aged 73 years.
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the American league for the
week ended on the 21st were: Chi
cago, $40; Boston, 500; Baltimore,
567; Detroit, SAT; Washington, .4S4;
Philadelphia, .435; Cleveland, 1884;
Milwaukee, 800.
Fire destroyed the shelter for
homeless girls in Syracuse, n. Y, and
one teacher was burned to death.
The president of the Amalgamated
association says the posting of armed
guards in the steel mills to protect
nonunion labor will be the signal for
riots.
William Thurston, James Goodwin,
Thomas Burns and Edward McCabe
were killed by the cars at crossing
in Lebanon, n. H.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27
THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
VARIOUS LITTLE MATTERS.

Philadelphia exports one-third as
much wheat as New York.
Consumption of coal in the United
States amounts to $1,0O0,OOO per
working day.
The mayor of New York, to be
chosen in November, will serve for
two years only.
The capitalization Of the largest
bituminous coal company in the
world is $65, 100000.
During June the concessions at the
Buffalo fair took in $4,000, the expo
sition's share being $4,000.
Surveyors report that a Canadian
railway to the Yukon could be con-
structed at reasonable cost.
The New York scheme of placing
chairs in Central park for rent does
not seem to be great success.
The fines collected in New York po-
lice courts last year amounted to
$79,957. In 1899 the total was $780,
637.
American steel wire rods are sold
in England at 1915 per ton less than
English rods can be sold on the
ground.
A recent rain in southern Cali
fornia increased the Lompoc mustard
crop from three sacks an acre to 80
sacks.
One of the novel provisions before
the constitutional convention of Ala
bama was presented by Delegate
WaddelI, of Russell county, and al
lows the ballot of an ignorant man
in any election to count only one
fourth of a vote.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27
SOME CURIOUS FACTS.

Picked pigs heads are sent from
Denver to Ireland as the food of the
poorer classes.
Twenty-eight different kinds of food
are needed to feed the animals in the
Berlin zoo.
The "life tree" of Jamaica continues
to grow for years after it has been dug
up and its roots exposed to the sun.
Leaves severed from the limbs will re-
main green for weeks. The tree can
only be destroyed by fire.
In new automatic fire alarm an I'M
due rise of temperature in the building
closes the circuit of an electric battery,
and this sets fire to Bengal light con-
spicuously displayed on a cornice or
other place on the outside.
The pig, as is well known, will de-
stroy and eat rattlesnakes with i'm
punity. 1t is said that the poison is
not sufficiently introduced into the cir
culation to cause death, owing to the
thick, adipose layer with which the do
mesticated pig is covered.
Women in Austria are never put in
prison. A female criminal, no matter
how terrible her record, instead of be-
ing sent to Jail, is conveyed to one of
the converts devoted to that purpose,
and there she is kept until the expira-
ton of the term for which she was SEN
fenced.
An Onset (Mass.) man lost his, sup
per in funny and unexpected way re-
Gently. He drove home, embarrassed
the horse, rolled the wagon into the
shed and then went into the house to
lind that he had an unlocked for guest
IN his horse. The animal had walked
IN and eaten ham, potatoes, bread, but
ter, bananas, muskmelons, and was
gazing pensively at himself in a glass
when his owner arrived.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27
The News Condensed.

Conrad Elgert, a farmer near La
Crosse, was robbed of nearly $1,000
while working in a field, leaving him
penniless. At one time he had a large
fortune, but lost part in the Alma
bank failure.
Donald A. Cameron, prominent cit
izen of Eau Claire, was found dead in
hotel at Sioux City, Ia. It is be-
| lieved death resulted from the intense
heat
Charles Clark, aged go, was sem
| fenced in Sheboygan to one year in
the state prison by Judge Kirwan for
the larceny of watch.
William Banks, aged rs years, died
at his home in Waukesha after an i'll
ness of six weeks. He was an artist.
The fiftieth anniversary of the Pres
byterian synod of Wisconsin will be
celebrated at the regular annual meet
ing to be held in the Presbyterian
church a Hudson, October s to 10.
Because she was unable to provide
for its support, Mrs. Amelia Device,
aged 20 and mother of six weeks,
consented to the adoption of her babe
by family in La Crosse.
William Bishop, aged %. a brake
man on the Omaha road, was drowned
in Shell lake while bathing. Bishops
home was at Calumet, Mich.
Burglars entered the post office and
general store of Joseph Crowley at
Little Prairie, taking small amounts
of stamps and change and about 5000
In clothing and cutlery.
A new species of the potato bug has
appeared in the farmers fields in Grant
county and threatens great destruc
ton.
Two brothers, five and eight years
of age, children of John Ea glekrout,
were drowned in the river at Toma
hawk.
The Northern Electric company of
Madison has decided to build 100000
extension to its plant.
w. w. O'Keefe, mayor of Ashland in
1891 and 1898, died at his home in that
city.
Michael, the 16-year-old son of Ma
thias Steinmetz, of the town of Polk,
while in bathing at summer resort
near West Bend was seized with
cramps and drowned.
At Moscow, Idaho, the chief clerk of
the state board of Idaho sold at public
auction timber on $4,000 acres of land
owned by the state to Henry Turrish
of West Superior, for sos, 1926.
Fire destroyed Kentzler Bros livery
barn and partly burned the Tess hotel
in Madison. The loss is $25 900.
Martha Sellinger, Of Racine, is one
of the claimants to property situated
in the heart of New York city valued
at $40 900, 900.
The house in Babcock of William
James was entered during the absence
of the family and $500 in cash was
stolen.
Emil G. Krause, a well-known young
business man at Brillion, and Miss
Bertha Schink, of Seymour, were mar"
ried at the brides home.
The large mill at Frankyille owned
by c. A. Brown, of Western Union, was
burned to the ground. The loss viii
amount to $1,000,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Evacuation of Picking by the allies
will take place August IA, the ami
versary of the relief of the legations.
At Saragossa, Spain, Gen. Cavero, a
Carlist leader, and so persons were
killed in religious riots.
The government of Italy has filed
formal protest against the lynching
of Italians by mob at Erwin, Miss.
The steamship Deutschland made q
trip from New York to Plymouth in
five days, eleven hours and five min
utes, new record.
At Hawaii a Volcano under the sea
was indicated by peculiar phenomena
of the water.
In London Earl Russell pleaded guilty
to bigamy at the bar of the house of
lords and was sentenced to three
months Imprisonment.
The death Of Horatio J. Spra que, for
So years United States consul, occurred
at Gibraltar, aged rs years.
A. A. Sanchez, consul general of
Ecuador at Valparaiso, was assassina-
ted in that city.
Because of their incomplete pacifi-
cation the Philippine civil commission
has restored military rule over the is
lands of Cebu and Bohol and the prov
ince of Batangas, Luzon.
1t is said that Gen. Kitchener is
closing his grip on the Orange River
and the Cape Colonies and deter
mined efforts are being made to end
the war. Steyn and Gen. De Wet are
fugitives in the Verde district of the
Orange River Colony.
The wife of Paul Kruger, former
president of the South African re-
public, died in Pretoria of pneumonia,
aged 67 years.
1t is said that Gen. Corbin is likely
to enlist an army of 10000 natives to
serve in the Philippines.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27
WEST AND SOUTH.

In a runaway at Racine, Wis, ten
persons of a picnic party were injured.
In Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and
Iowa rains have temporarily checked
the fearful ravages of drought and
crops are reviving.
Fire wiped out the maple flooring
factory of Thomas Foreman & Co. at
Petoskey, Mich, the loss being $500 ,OOO
In Detroit the trotting stallion Cres-
ceus made two heats in succession in
2:o6A and 2:O5, breaking the worlds
record.
The German exchange bank at Chill
ton, Wis, failed, with liabilities of
100000 and 100000 assets.
Duser Thompson, Babe BATHS and
Abe Petway, negro murderers, were
hanged at Nashville, Tenn.
At Grand Rapids, Mich, a tourist tory
business building collapsed, causing a
loss of $25O,O00.
At Michipicoten, Mich, prospector
jumped a claim to the Big Helen iron
mine and restaked it. The property is
worth 100000.
With delegates present from all parts
of the world the fifth interna tional Ep-
worth league convention opened at
San Francisco.
T. S. Williams, founder and pub
Usher of the Lafayette Gnd.) Sun
day Times, died at the age of So
years.
The damage to corn by drought
and heat is thought to be the worst
on record.
William Fletcher and J. H. Fergu-
son, young farmers, were killed by
the cars at Brunswick, Mo.
Twenty-four million cans of peas
were packed in Indiana the past sea-
son.
Three boys were run down by a
train near Maysville, Ky, and killed
Flames destroyed ten buildings at
Tower, MINI.
At Crowley, La, an unknown negro
who fired upon an officer was hanged
by mob.
1t is claimed by Rabbi Frey, of Wa
bash, Ind, that he has invented a car
that will travel 800 miles an hour
over sea and land.
On the Louisville & Nashville road
freight trains collided at Nortonville,
KY, killing two men and fatally injur-
ing two others.
Aston Ellis, of Hamilton, O., has
been elected president of the Ohio
university at Athens.
Edward Whittier shot and killed
James Murnin and John DAILY in a
drunken brawl at Urbana, H.
Charles c. Fitzmorris, Chicago
high school boy, made tour of the
world in so days, IS hours, 30 min
utes and AZ seconds, breaiing all pre-
vious records.
At Mattoon, H., Is incendiary fires
the past four weeks destroyed prop
erty worth 50, 4000 900.
At Cleveland, Miss, Jesse Philips, a
negro preacher, was lynched for the
murder of Lucius Reed, and two
other negroes were shot by the lynch
ers for making threats.
Fire nearly wiped ont t!... town of
Riceville, Ia, which has aecl;f 1899
Inhabitants,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27
DOINGS OR A WEEK
What Has Happened Throughout
the Civilized World.
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
A Complete Review of the Happenings
of the Past Seven Days in This
and All Foreign Lands.
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

There are so, 500 Chinese in the United
States, against 107,475 in 1890. The
japanese number 24,300, against 2,039
ten years ago.
a new series of ten-dollar certifi-
Gates are to be known as Buffalo
Bill"
The official figures of the value of
exports of manufactures show they
are holding their own.
The secretary of the navy has
barred Maclay's history of the navy
as text book at Annapolis because
of its harsh criticisms of Schley.
1t is said that Rear Admiral Schley
may bring suit against Historian
Maclay for his recent bitter attacks.
The death of Samuel T. Cushing,
brigadier general United States army,
retired, formerly commissary general
of subsistence, occurred in Washing
ton.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27

Don't swear at the mercury. May ba
it has been climbing up to find cool place,
Indianapolis News
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27
A RaVing Maniac.

Mrs. Oscar Turney, wife of a con-
tractor at Beloit, has become a raw
ing maniac from brooding over a grade
crossing accident in which two women
were killed and which she witnessed.
Whenever a train passed the house
she would rush out and shout to the
crews to slacken speed. After COM
pelling transfers to drive slowly by
threatening them with revolver she
was sent to the Mendoza asylum.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Brutal Crime Recalled,

When Charles Miller, now serving a
two-years' sentence in the house of
correction in Milwaukee for burglary,
IS discharged next fall he will be i'm
mediatel yrearrested, it is said, CHARGED
with having participated in the brutal
assault upon Mr.. and Mrs. William Ne
ecker on the night of May 81, 1898, in
little cottage two miles from Wau-
kesha. Mr. Nebeker was II years old.
and his wife rs. Their house was
broken open and the burglars beat the
old couple over their heads with clubs.
leaving them for dead, first ransacking
the premises. Mr.. Nebeker died few
months later, never regaining his
strength. Mrs. Nebeker is still alive.
and it is said will be able to identify
her assailants.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27
The Could Usc Him

Farmer X ick-Henry writes fer
more money; says he wants to take
fencin' lessons.
Mrs. Krick-Well, fer goodness sake,
send it to him, Hiram! It's the fust
useful thing he's wanted to study
sence he went to college. When he
comes home We kin jes' set him to work
putin new fence front O. the house.
-,Jud0e
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27
beginning to Doubt.

"Do you believe in the study of the
dead languages?"
81 used to be devoted to the class
ics," answered the thoughtful look
ing man. But | have lately begun
to wonder whether il wasn't a mis-
take to spend SO much time on Latin
and Greek, instead of studying slang,
so that we may be able to clearly I'M
derstand the conversation of our
contemporaneous fellow man.
Washington Star.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27

Griggs-No; Hendry doesn't believe
there is anybody better than he is or
that anybody possibly could be.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27
Johnson AT WORK AGAIN.

Racine, Wis, July 22nd.-John john
son, of No. 924 Hamilton Street, this
city, is happy man.
For years he has suffered with Kid
ney and Urinary trouble. He was SO
broken down that he was forced to
quit work. Esery tang he tried failed,
till a friend of his recommended new
remedy-Dodd's Kidney Pills. Mr..
Johnson used them, and the result sur
prised him. He is we'll as ever he was,
completely cured, and working away
every day.
His case is regarded by those who
knew how very bad he was, as almost
miracle, and Dodd's Kidney Pills are
much talked of medicine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27
Find nm Old Cemetery

The work of pipe laying for the wa
terworks in Two Rivers has revealed
the location Of the Oldest cemetery
in that vicinity. A half dozen skele
tons in a good state of preservation
have been disinterred. Most of them
have an exuberant growth of hair on
the skull. The Oldest inha bitants re-
member having been told of the ceme-
terry by those who have long since
passed away. 1t was the burial ground
of 60 years ago. 1t is now the busy
center of the city.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27

Several Kansas temperance women
destroyed a saloon at Ell Dorado and
a policy shop at Leavenworth.
On the 21st heat smashed all it's
records for intensity in the north
western and southwestern states. Of
fetal thermometers registered 118 de-
grees in Illinois, ITO in Iowa. 1O4 in
Wisconsin, JOG in Nebraska, 102 in
Michigan, 10 in Indiana and 100 in
Kansas.
In Spirit Lake, Ia, Charles Medium
sy shot Miss Manic Reed and himself.
A lovers quarrel was the cause.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27
Il
Strange, Isn't Itf

Queer she never got married.
She's so capable and resourceful a
woman-so earnest and forceful."
"Is she?'
sob, yes, indeed. She's the kind of
a woman who can look out for her
self. Why, she knocked man down
once when he tried to firt with her,
she took horsewhip to a fellow who
spoke of her in derogatory manner
and she drove a peddler four blocks
with mop"
Eyes, yes" he returned, thought
fully; sit is strange that no one ever
has seemed to want her for a wife,
isn't it?'-Chicago Post.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27
The State Fair.

Secretary John NJ. True, of the Wis
consin state board of agriculture, has
sent out copies of the premium list Of
the next state fair, to be held in Nil
waukee September to IS. The sec
rotary says that ''the public can rest
assured that every effort will be put
forth to make the coming state fair
the equal OF any ever held in its spirit
of fairness to all concerned"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27

Balloon-steering seems to be the I'M
solved problem of aeronautics. The
latest experiment at Paris shows
motor balloon circling the Eiffel tower
like great fowl of mythology. But
a wind arose and the gearing failed
to answer the helm. The inventor OF
the newest flying machine saved him
self by speedy descent, and is GER
tain that but for the wind he could
have done wonders. Thus far there is
fatal ''but" to every balloon designed
to do more than rise and descend.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27
HeartIessness of Politics

Its a mean thing to do" said the
politician, ''but I've got to shake the
public confidence in this opponent of
mine somehow"
"But there is no use of abusing
him.
mo. I'll awaken distrust by more
insidious methods. / will have him
called the silver-tongued orator. If
that name ever fastens to him, his
finish is in sight. '-Washington Star.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27
A Great Paper Mill,

A meeting of capitalists who re-
Gently purchased the water power in
the Wisconsin river at Kilbourne City
resulted in bringing to focus the
plan for paper mill at Kilbourne and
an interurban electric railway be-
tween Madison and other summer re-
is to be secured from the dam at Kill
bourne.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27
Curiosity Punished.

Fuddy-Did you hear Fred's wife
telling her little boy to stop asking
questions, or she'd punish him?
Rather unjust that, Ell?
Duddy-May be; but the woman is
consistent. Just see how she has
punished Fred for asking that mo-
mentous question that made them
husband and wife.-Boston Tran
script
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27

Prof. Starr. of the University of Chi
cago, has discovered that there are
over so persons in Chicago who pos
sess more than the usual and necessary
number of fingers and toes. After the
professor shall have discovered $50
other possessors of freak hands and
feet in other parts of the country, 50
that the total shall be 500, he will be-
gin systematic study of the history
and formation of each member and to
make scientific deduction and formu-
late theories. We are making won
derful advancement in scientific re-
search
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27

The warden of the Kansas City pris-
on is quoted as saying that life in pris-
on is hard on the better class of WON
en-. He adds, refectively: Prison
life is not what it is cracked up to be,
especially to a young woman who has
always borne a good reputation and
gone in good society,"" Kansas society
women who have had leaning toward
prison life because of the way it is
'cracled up should take warning by
4biS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27
Medical Law Is Valid

The medical law passed last winter
which requires graduates of medical
colleges to take examinations before
the state board before being licensed
to practice, except those who matricu-
lated at Wisconsin colleges before the
law was passed, was decided to be
valid and constitutional by Judge Sci
becker in the circuit court in Madison.
An appeal was taken to the supreme
court, where the case will come on for
trial at the August term.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27
Mems InGratitude.

Tramp-I'm not an idler, mum;
I'm unfortunate.
Housekeeper = Humph! Did you
ever work for living?
Tramp-Yes, mum. I used to be a
salesman fer DR.. Wigg's gold medal
hair restorer, mum; an [ worked so
hard an faithfully fer him, num-,
that he discharged me.
Housekeeper - Nonsense! Why
should he?
Tramp-You see, mum, the worry
an overworB tryin' to do a big bust
ness fer him made me prematurely
bald, mum.-N. Y. Weekly.