Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-04-17
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.


President Mckinley and Secretary
Root are said to be considering the
advisability of Withdrawing all mill
tary forces from Cuba.
The jury disagreed in the trial of
II persons charged with killing F. B.
Baker, the negro postmaster of Lake
City, S. C.
The Pennsylvania Steel company
has bought the mines of the Spanish
American Iron company at Daquire,
Cuba.
Lizzie E. Cottman, school-teacher
at Harrison, Neb., saved her 10 pupils
and the schoolhouse from being car
ried away in a flood.
James P. Withrow sued the Carne-
gle company in Pittsburgh for $780,
100000, alleging infringement of a
patent.
Bishop Henry NJ. Turner, of the At
rican Methodist church, advocates the
Punishment of negro criminals to
Africa.
Mrs. Nation threatens to sue Topeka,
Kan, for the recovery of hatchets
taken from her by the police while on
her saloon-smashing crusades.
The fire loss for the United States
and Canada in March was 5,3O6,25O,
against 3,349, 200 in the same month
in 1900
A combination has been formed in
New York to control practically the en-
tire silver and copper product of the
country.
An equestrian statue of Gen. Logan
was unveiled in Washington. Presi-
dent Mckinley made an address and
Senator Depew delivered the grafton.
A Porto Rican arrived in Washing
ton bearing a petition of 5000 island
ers, telling a narrowing story of star
vation.
j. Pierpont Morgan & Co., of New
York, have officially announced their
plan to combine big dry goods stores
in l. at and other cities.
{. L. Arlington shot and killed
Mamie Cleghorn at Somerville, Ca,
and then killed himself. A broken en-
gagement was the cause.
Edward E. Moore shot his wife in
Milwaukee and then killed himself.
Domestic trouble was the cause
James Smith and his wife and four
children were killed at Cripple Creek,
Col, by landslide that destroyed their
home.
Philander c. Knox, of Pittsburgh.
took the oath of office as attorney gen
eral in the presidents cabinet.
Operators and miners in the Indiana
block coal district could not agree on
new scale and work was stopped in
all mines.
A killing frost has reduced the Cali
fornla fruit crop by one-half
A restaurant at Battle Creek, Mich,
was wrecked by employees of the own
er OF the site, who took this means to
GUST a tenant
Society women at Indianapolis, so
strong, visited drug stores in the sub
urbs and warned the proprietors to
cease selling liquor contrary to law.
Mrs. M. A. Radcliffe, of Denver,
Col, was arrested on a charge of IL
legal voting at the last election in
that city.
William Alexander, convicted of
~, was hI11Cd ny Ills N1CU1I1 )
friends on his way to prison at Phoe-
nix, Ari.
The Minnesota house has reconsid-
cred its action whereby the bill per-
hitting the parole of the Younger
brothers was killed and the matter
now rests with the governor.
Improvementsin roadbed and equip
ment to cost $40,00O000 are planned
by the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
An arbitration agreement between
newspaper publishers and the Inter
national Typographical union marks
an epoch in labor affairs.
Mrs. P. d. Armour and j. Ogden Ar
mour have given S1,0O0,O00 to Armour
institute in Chicago, enabling it to
extend it's work
Mrs. Althea Cooper Lyons, wife of
the president of Monmouth Oily col
lege, committed suicide.
An indianapolis suicide left a note
to Carrie Nation saying it was due
to rum and cigarettes.
John Alfred Skoog, an expert coun-
terfeiter, who escaped from Jail in
Joliet, Ill, in 1897, has been captured
in New York.