Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-05-22
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.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

The visible supply OF gram ID the
United States on the 18th was:
Wheat, 45,761, 900 bushels; corn, IT,
336, 900 bushels; oats, 11,449,00o bush
els; rye, $685. 900 bushels; barley, 49,
900 bushels.
The steamer City of Paducah went
to the bottom near Grand Tower, ILL.,,
after striking a snag, and Is persons
were drowned.
The Twenty-sixth infantry, United
States volunteers, was mustered out
at San Francisco.
Masked men went to a house occu-
pied by Lee Key (colored) near Knox
vile, Ark, and shot him. He was
charged with melting negroes to riot.
President Mckinley made a brief Wis
it to San Jose and then returned to San
Francisco. If Mrs. McKinley's health
improves he will carry out the pro-
gramme as arranged.
The farmhouse of Wesley Allen at
Shorley, Me-, was burned and Allen
and his wife and daughter and another
person were burned to death.
The thirty-ffth annual encampment
of the Illinois G. A. r. began at Peoria.
The cruiser Buffalo arrived at New
York from Manila, bringing 591 sea-
men and 81 marines.
A strike of machinists has been or
dered throughout the country in shops
not granting a nine-hour day and 1919
per cent. advance in wages.
Killing frosts were reported in
southeastern Iowa.
The Santa Fe railroad has agreed
to raise the wages of shopmen along
the entire system.
Edward A. Cudahy, of Omaha,
says he will double his reward of $685.
900 to secure the capture of the kidnap-
er of his son.
Every gambling house in Montana
has been closed by an order of Attor
ney General Donovan.
President Mckinley made his formal
entry into San Francisco. A street pa
rade and a reception were the fea-
lures.
Four railway worknen were killed
and one fatally injured in tunnel near
Roanoke, Va.
The degree of doctor of laws has been
conferred upon President Mckinley by
the University of California.
E. T.. Chetwood, teller of the bank
ing firm of Brown Bros. & Co., of New
York, confessed to embezzling $4,000
Troops were ordered under arms at
Albany, n. z, as the result of riot
and bloodshed by striking street car
men.
The term of foreign service for regi-
ments has been fixed at three years.
Too close application to charitable
work caused the suicide in New York
Of Mrs. Edith Thomas, bright story
writer.
The Federation of Musicians in
convention at Denver adopted a reso-
luton declaring rag time. music rot.
The Pennsylvania road has acquired
control Of the Baltimore & Ohio by
purchase of stock.
Mrs. Nation was found guilty of
smashing a Topeka (Kan.) saloon.
Her attorneys set up a plea of in
sanity.
Later advices say that % lives were
lost by the sinking of the steamer
City of Paducah at Brunkhorst Land
ing, Ill.
Commissioner Powderly will ask
congress to double the one dollar tax
on immigrants, to enable the depart
ment to construct buildings needed
in their inspection at arrival ports.
DR.. Charles o. Day, of Boston, has
been elected president of Andover the
illogical seminary.
Six miners were killed and five prob
ably fatally hurt in mine explosion
at Fairmont. w. Va.
j. d. Rockefeller will give Oberlin
(O.) college 100000 if others contrib
ute 100000.
Mrs. Mary Emma Woolley has been
inaugurated president of Mount Hol-
yoke (Mass.) college.
Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, has
started on a trip to Russia to study
trade conditions.
The steamer greensboro was burned
to the waters edge at Calhoun, KY.
and four lives were lost.
James Hillman and John Fletcher,
IlN dl 1OfSIS, Oln0T III
vile, Ky.
Owing to the very serious charac-
ter of Mrs. McKinley's illness in San
Francisco the president definitely de-
cided to abandon his contemplated
northwestern tour and to return to
Washington direct as soon as Mrs. Nc
Kinley is able to stand the journey.
Robbers entered the Hart county
deposit bank in Munfordville, KY, and
stole $4,000 in money.
Many persons were injured in fight
between strikers and soldiers in Al
bany, n. Y, while the latter were try
ing to protect nonunion street car en-
ployes, and the excitement killed Adjt.
Gen. Hoffman.
Mayor Moores, of Omaha, says a
majority of the residents do not IA
vor Sunday observance and that here
after everything will be wide open"