Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-04-03
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leaders, who advised him that war
against the United States was useless.
Rebel officers and soldiers in all parts
of the islands continue to surrender,
Geronimo being among the last.
A vehicle at the automobile show in
Chicago made mile in 5S seconds,
breaking all records.
Dispatches from Toxic reveal the
adoption by Japan of strong policy
against Russia, which diplomats re-
gard as open hostility.
An explosion of powder magazine
killed the 40 wives of Chief Kabba at
Mandina, West Africa.
The Jefferson hotel at Richmond,
Va, was burned, the loss being 81 ,O0O,-
600. Several guests were injured in
q panic.
Col. A. X. Mcclure has announced
the severance of his connection with
the Philadelphia Times
Theodore Wallert was hanged at
Henderson, Mimi, for the murder of
his wife and four stepchildren Au-
gust 81, 1900.
William Gest (colored) died at Con-
nersville, Ind, aged 104 years.
The Norwegian steamer Krim, the
schooner Florence and the British
Auxiliary bark Severn have been
given up as lost with crews aggregat-
ing "a men.
James Stephens, the noted sFenian
leader, died in Dublin, aged 76 years.
Emil Segerlin, well-to-do farmer
living near Devils Lake, n. D., killed
his three girls and himself while in
sane.
The threatened strike of $4,000
miners in the Pennsylvania hard
coal region has been a-erted.
Chief Wilkie, of the secret service,
issued a warning against new coun-
terfeit five-dollar silver certificate.
The check letter and plate number
have been changed from BIO to ABB.
Members of congress who visited
Porto Rico say the islanders show a
desire to manage their own affairs
and want native governor.
Phi1ander c. Knox, of Pittsburgh,
Pa, has accepted the attorney general
of Attorney General Griggs.
Four natives were hanged at Ma
Mia for the murder of Mr. Wilson, an
Englishman.
There were 206 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the goth, against 224 the
week previous and 2O3 the correspond
ing period of 1900
Gen. Fred Funston has been appoint
ed by the president as brigadier gen
eral in the regular army as a reward
for his bravery in the capture of Agui-
naldo.
Fifty-three men lost their lives in a
mine explosion at Gallup, N M.
Rev. John Jasper, the famous colored
advocate of the "sun do move' theory,
died at his home near Richmond, Va,
aged SO years.
Roland Reed, the we'll known actor,
died in New York, aged 40 years.
F. B. LOOMS, minister to Venezuela,
has been called to Washington, and in
dications are that diplomat relations
will be broken.
at Centerville, Ia.
Noah Raby, an inmate of the New
Brunswick IN. j. poorhouse, cele-
brated his one hundred and twenty
ninth birthday.
The Oxford crew defeated Cam
bridge in the annual rowing event in
London.
A package of $4,000 sent from Co
lumbia, S. c., to the Bank of Com
merce, New York, was stolen on the
way.
The emperor of Germany and the
car of Russia are satisfied that they
have been chosen as targets for the
aim of assassins.
The banking firm of w. J. Brewster
& Co. at Hannibal, N. Y, failed for
$125, 900.
Great Britain, Germany and Japan
have issued warning to Russia to
keep hands off Manchuria.
President Mckinley and his cabinet
decided that the proclamation of am
nesty in the Philippines should be ex-
tended to Aguinaldo if ne has not vio-
lated the rules of war
A Bulgarian force was repulsed by
Turkish troops in an attempt to in
wade Macedonia
Landslides in the Apprentices have
destroyed entire villages and caused
great loss of life
Ice in the Mississippi at La Crosse,
Wis, went out, causing great dam
age to the levee.
Northwest Texas was swept by one
of the worst billiards of the season.
Mrs. Esther Cohen and her two chill
dren persisted in the burning of a tene-
ment in New York city.
The belief is growing in diplomatic
circles in Washington that Russia has
Interior motives in negotiating a Sc
cret treaty with China and the conven-
t.on may never be signed.