Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-04-24
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Aguinaldo has issued a manifesto to
| the Filipinos in which he urges peace
and submission to American rule. He
says he is confident this is the course
| favored by the majority of his coun-
| trymen.
Niles, Mich, and vicinity is flooded
with counterfeit five-dollar gold
pieces.
The Twenty-ninth and Thirty-sec-
ond regiments, United States volun-
! teers, arrived in San Francisco from
| the Philippines.
| The New York stock exchange dealt
in 100000 shares on the 10Th, which
eclipsed all former records.
| Gen. James r. Campbell says that
brigandage is the only menace now to
tranquility in the Philippines, and he
thinks an army of $4,000 will be able
to maintain order.
| The business interests of the Stats
Zeitung and the Freie Presse in Chi
| cagO have been consolidated.
| The Franco-German expedition to
the Chinese province of Chill was aban-
doned on assurance that the Chinese
|
ing positions.
Experts report winter wheat condi-
tions the best in 20 years.
Five boys at Durant, 7. T., were
buried under a caving sand bank and
four of them were killed.
John \. Kasson has severed his con-
nection with the state department as
negotiator of reciprocity trea ties.
A $5o,000,O00 steel plant is to be built
along the Sault Ste. Marie canal, to
employ 10000 workmen.
Two hundred persons are reported
to have frozen to death in Alaska the
past winter.
Gov. Yates, of Illinois, issued his
first pardon, the beneficiary being
Decatur young man who pawned his
sweetheart's watches.
| A. j. Schroth, bookkeeper of the
| First national. bank of Birmingham
at Pittsburgh, Pa, was arrested,
charged with embezling S35OOO
The hamlet of Biscayne, Fla, was
wrecked by a tornado and several per-
sons were badly hurt.
| r. G. Dun & Co.'S review notes ex-
ceptionally good conditions in trade
| throughout the country
The house of commons authorized
the British chancellor to borrow $780,
100000 for war purposes.
| There were 206 business failures in
the United States in the seven DAYS
Tended on the 10th, against 203 the
week previous and 1S4 the correspond
ing period Of 1900
A storm of snow and rain swept the
Ohio river valley, causing loss of life
and property. Many towns were I'M
der water and suffering was increased
by cold weather. In Pittsburgh $4,000
men were made idle and a property
loss of 100000 inflicted.
EX-Gov. Charles C. Stocl<ley, of Della
ware, died in Georgetown, aged ST
years.
Shamrock H., challenger for Amer
ica's cup, was successfully launched
lat Dumbarton, Scotland
Charles L. Brown, president, and E..
L. Candy, cashier, of the First nation
al bank of Vancouver, Wash, COM
mitted suicide. They were short $751;
900 in their accounts
| John j. Gillen, a law clerk in Chi
cago, shot and killed his wife and him
self. Domestic trouble was the cause.
Federal inspectors have discovered
plates from which bogus certificates
are printed admitting Chinese immi-
grants to the United States.
| Gen. Won Waldersee cables that the
burning of the imperial palace at
Picking was not incendiary.
Capt. Garnett Ripley was acquitted
at Frankfort, KY, of completely in
the ASA sination of William Goebel.
Lake Michigan was swept by a gale
which blew SO miles an hour, keeping
boats in port.
Three persons were drowned while
attempting to cross the Potomac riv-
er at Green Springs.
Three masked men tortured the
family Of John Andigo, farmer near
IKendallville, Ind, and robbed him of
$4,000.
Mrs. Hannah Kjoren, a widow, and
her two boys were burned to death
in their home near Galesburg, S. D.
Prof. Georgeson, special agent Of
small farms will be the rule in
Alaska.
Aguinaldo has been given private
residence and a smaller guard in Ma
Mia. In an interview he declared his
desire to visit the United States, and
said he was deeply impressed with
the fighting qualities of Americans.
The dam at Middlefield, Mass, was
destroyed by food and several houses
were swept away.
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the National league for the
week ended on the Goth were: Bos-
ton, 1000; Brooklyn, 1000; Pittsburgh,
1000; ST. Louis, .667; Chicago, 1888;
New York, 900; Philadelphia, 900; Gin
kcinnati. 900.