Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-08-09
All the News of the Past Seven
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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.

corporated at Jersey City to take over
the present company's stock for new
issue.
Daniel Farley (colored) was hanged
at Memphis, Tenn, for the murder of
his wife July %, 1901.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois rail-
road has been sold and the purchaser
is said to be the Illinois Central COM
pany.
David Watt, night Waterman, was
burned to death and I. P. Miller fatally
injured in fire at Des Moines, Ia.
Miss Mabel Wells, of Monticello
Mimi, and Eva Sasker and Laura T.
Tye, both of Faribault, were drowned
by the upsetting of boat.
report that a combination had
been formed to control the worlds
oil production is declared to be false.
Floods in Texas are causing an inn
mense amount of damage TO prop
erty.
A mob of striking miners at Shen-
andoah, Pa, took possession of the
town after a battle with the police, iii
which 40 persons were shot. Gov.
Stone ordered troops to quell the riot.
Exports from the United States de-
creased over S1O6,0O0,OO0 during the
last fiscal year, while the imports in
creased over $SO,0OO,OOO.
Secretary Hay, under instructions
from the president, sent a forcible
remonstrance to Roumania against
the persecution of the Jews in that
country.
AS a result of the police corruption
cases Mayor Ames, of Minneapolis,
has resigned.
Charles Craven, the supposed muir
derer of William II. Wilson, farmer
living near Herndon, Va, was lynched
near Leesburg, Va.
Twelve hundred state troops are
encamped on hill overlooking Shen-
andoah, Pa, to prevent further riot
ing by striking miners.
Mrs. Belle Aborn, of Waverly, Ia,
committed suicide on the grave of her
husband.
Six persons lost their lives in the
Texas floods in San Marcos valley and
the property loss is over $1,ooo,OOo
Rain and wind did great damage in
Logansport, Ind. and two persons
were killed by lightning.
APan-Handle train struck and killed
j. M. Anderson of Kenton, O., and ODE
Jones, of Tifin, O., near Columbus.
Exports to Germany for the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1902, were $102,-
IA 1000, an increase over the preceding
year of about $2,75O,OOO.
James r. Mcconnell and George Gar
rett, each IA years old, finished trip
from New York to Chicago in an auto
mobile.
Judge Keller, of the West Virginia
federal court, issued an injunction
! against President Mitchell and other
miners leaders, forbidding them from
intimidating peaceful employees of the
Chesapeake & Ohio Coal company.
The explosion of sawmill boiler on
the farm of George Neff, near Bellaire,
O., killed John Shaw, George Wheeler
and Charles Supper.
The war tax repeal caused a deficit
for June of 81 ,49s, 300, due to heavy dis
bursements and civil war claim pay
ments.
| William Kiehm and his daughter
| Viola, of Clare, Ia, were fatally in
| jured by being caught in the knives of
| a binder.
Fred Falkinberg, a teamster of Kan
sas City, Mo-, shot and killed his wife
and then shot himself fatally.
Lee Newton (colored) was hanged by
a mob at Cornie Bottoms, Ark, for at
tempted assault on two white women.
President John Mitchell, of the
United Mine Workers, says that he will
ignore the latest injunction of Judge
Keller, prohibiting him and other off
GERS of the organization from inter
fering with work in the mines.
Joseph Hardesty was instantly
| killed and his four sons were injured
two fatally, by the explosion of q
boiler at his sawmill on Wolfe creek,
in Lawrence county, O.
Rivers in Texas are falling and fears
of greater damage by high water have
vanished
Harry Tracy, the Washington out
law, made his appearance at ranch
near Wenatchee, in that state, but left
in a short time.
President Mitchell, of the mine
workers, in replying to an open letter
1 from the Wilkesbarre Citizens ALI
ance, sharply arraigns his critics ano
says they have no sympathy for the
poor.
/ Twelve hundred boiler makers in
Chicago went on strike for higher
wages.
It is said that in Iowa, Nebraska and
northern Kansas the corn crop will be
the largest ever grown.
Record breaking rains have fallen in
west. Tennessee, north Alabama, north
and central Mississippi and eastern
| Arkansas, and considerable damage
| has been done to crops.
Peace now prevails at Senandoah
| Pa, the scene of the recent miners
riot. Troops are still or guard.
By his own admission Willard C
Van Derlip, a prominent Boston law.
yer, who has had for years the care