Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-05-22
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Mrs. Mckinley showed marked i'm
provement after passing a favora Bile
might. She was not out of danger,
but the doctors were more hopeful of
recovery.
Gen. Mascardo, with 321 Filipino in
|surgents, surrendered in Zambeles
province to Capt. O'Neil.
The transport Sheridan arrived at
San Francisco from Manila with Gems.
Bates and Grant and 1923 enlisted men
of the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth in
jfantry.
Four boys were killed and five 9TH
er persons probably fatally burned by
Iexploding fireworks at Bemidji, Mimi.
Earthquake shocks at Portsmouth,
IWellston, Ironton and other points in
Ohio tumbled furniture about, stopped
clocks, broke dishes and chimneys and
sent the residents to the streets in
terror.
A force of 5000 troops on duty at
Albany, n. Y, put an end to disorder
in the street railway strike.
Edwin F. Uhl, former assistant Sec
Germany under the Cleveland admin
istration, died in Grand Rapids,
Mich, aged 60 years.
Mrs. Lyman Gage, wife of the secre-
tary of the treasury, died at their
Washington residence after a months
illness, aged So years.
In Washington park, Chicago, Lor-
rie Mandanso fatally shot Alice Gu
sack, a nurse girl he had never seen
before, and then killed himself.
Phillips sold 100000 bushels of
May corn, closing his deal in that OPP
ton in Chicago, with a total profit of
1925, 0OO
Secret service men discovered a
counterfeiting plant in the Moyamen-
sing penitentiary in Pennsylvania,
where spurious $50 bills were being
made.
There were TT business failures in
| the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 1S7 the
week previous and 1T the correspond
| ing period of 1900.
At Wills Point, Tex, t. c. Ellzey, of
Macomb City, Miss, shot a woman
companion and then killed himself.
While insane j. S. Penn, proprietor
of the Daily Times, at Laredo, Tex,
mortally wounded w. r. Pace, vice
president of the Texas Real Estate
association, and then killed himself.
American troops left in Peking will
be supplied with munitions and sup
plies for six months. Russia is re-
lported to have offered to guarantee
the Chinese indemnity loan.
Mrs. McKinley's condition was so
much improved that she was able to
sit up for awhile. The general belief
was that the crisis was past and that
she would continue to gain strength.
The president and members of the
cabinet, Gov. Nash and party and
thousands of spectators saw the
Launching of the battleship Ohio at
| San Francisco.
| Nearly the entire business portion
of Lily Lake, ILL.,, was destroyed by
fire
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the National league for the
week ended on the 10Th were: Gin
cinnati, $40; New York, .5SS; Pitts
burgh, ST.; Boston, 500; Philadel-
phia, 500; Brooklyn, .45o; ST. Louis,
400; Chicago, 400.
The village of Stoutsville, Mo-, was
destroyed by fire.
| Weston Rowland the discoverer of
the method of refining petroleum,
died at Fairhaven, Mass, aged Sc
years.
| The customs authorities have pro-
hibited the entry of typewriters into
Turkey.
| After a quarrel Everett Conway,
aged 27, shot and killed G. w. Gar
rison and wife in Evansville, Ind, ia
tally wounded Patrolman Benjamin
Wallis and then killed himself
| The great street railroad strike in
Albany, n. Y, has come to an end.
The country home of Thomas B.
Wanamaker at Meadow Brook, Pa,
was struck by lightning and burned,
the loss being 100000.
Two men were killed and three IA
tally injured in an accident at the
steel works in Youngstown, o.
| William Guardhouse, of Brampton,
Ont, committed suicide by jumping
into Niagara river and going over
the falls
| The Shaw Piano company at Erie,
Pa, went into bankruptcy with La
bilities of $35o,ooo
The Kate Shelly bridge, which
spans the Des Moines river near
Boone, Ia, was formally opened.
Gen. Chaffee issued orders for the
last of the American troops to leave
Picking.
| Percentages of the baseball clubs in
| the American associa ton for the
week ended on the 10th were: Chi
Icago, sos; Detroit, .695; Baltimore,
.647; Washington, GIL; Boston, .444;
milwaukee, .34S: Philadelphia, .315;
cleveland, .261.