Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-03-20
4 WEEKS RECORD
ALI the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
The NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
The Indiana legislature has adj
journed sine die.
Six girls and two men were killed
and 81 persns injured in the explosion
of boiler in the Doremus laundry in
Chicago.
The three children of Guy Williams,
left alone in a farmhouse near Wash
ington, Ind, were burned to death.
The exports of domestic products
of the United States during the last
eight months amounted to $598,740,
375, an increase of $50, 100000 over the
previous eight months.
Mrs. Carrie Nation was released
from the Jail in Topeka upon giving
bond to keep the peace and to ap-
pear for trial at the April term.
A federal judge at Cleveland, O.,
decided the city ordinance fixing
street car fare at three cents to be
unconstitutional.
Later advices say that the tornado
in Arkansas killed Is persons and
many buildings were destroyed at
Greenway, Osceola, Piggott and Para
gould.
Ten persons started in a six days
go-as-you-pleas walking race in Phil
adelphia.
Six counterfeiters and moonshiners
were arrested in Arizona.
The fire losses in the United States
in February amounted to s13, 1892, 900,
against SIS, 427 ,OO0 in the same month
last year.
A boy Is years old shot and killed
his schoolmate in Chicago.
The Utah legislature passed a bill
granting immunity from prosecutions
for polygamy.
The Arkansas house passed a bill
barring trusts from doing business in
the state.
Frederick Windbiel, aged IS, was ar
rested in Chicago for robbing his ia
Their of $4,000.
In collision between freight and
cattle trains on the Northwestern
road near Arlington Heights, ILL.,, two
men were killed and nine wounded.
Cattle were roasted in the blazing
cars
Builders test of the battleship IIli-
nois showed that she is the swiftest
Of her class in the American navy.
Prediction is made that she will show
1925 knots in government trial.
Porto Rico IS said to be facing dis
aster on account of tariff laws and
the Withholding by the United States
of money needed to stimulate bust
ness.
Michigan Central railroad officials
made successful experiments of light
ing up Niagara falls at night with
great searchlights.
The president of the failed Niles
(Mich.) bank refuses to deny or con-
firm a reported shortage of 100000.
Cashier Johnson was not yet found.
The will of Frank 0. Matthiesson,
former treasurer of the sugar trust,
leaves his $15.OOO,OOO estate to his
widow.
Utah's new polygamy law is in the
hands of the governor.
Andrew Carnegie will give Wauke-
gan, Ill, $4,000 for a public library.
The bill DISTINGUISHING negroes was
passed by the Maryland house and
advanced TO second TodIlu3 II the
senate.
A resolution asking for statehood
was killed in the Hawaiian senate.
John Henderson, a negro who muir
dered Mrs. Younger, white woman,
was burned at the stake by mob ia
Corsicana, Tex.
Frank Sherman, of Washington, D.
c., won the pool championship of the
world at Boston.
Two trainmen were killed by pas
senger train running into a snow
drift at Lake Station, Mich.
c. A. Johnson, missing cashier OF
the Niles tMich.) bank, is accused OF
forging notes for 100000 and of hav-
ing robbed the bank for years.
Mayor Gleischmann. Of Cincinnati
announced that no more permits for
boxing contests would be issued to
athletic clubs.
The business portion of the public
square at Sparta, Tenn, was destroyed
by fire.
Eleven passengers were injured by
the ditch;ng of passenger train near
Soldier, Ran.
A white convict was whipped to
death in a camp near Winston. N C..