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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-10-18
Two Men Killed.

Springfield, H., Oct. 1.-Two men
were killed, four fatally and others
seriously injured in an explosion at
Victor mine, Pawnee, IS miles from
here. The dead are: w. V. Overcast,
aged 80, single; Michael Yorja, aged 81,
single.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-10-18
Cotton Mill Combine Fails.

New York, Oct. 13.-After repeat
ed attempts to form a $6o,0oo,ooo
combination of southern cotton mills,
by promoters of this city, letters
have been sent out announcing the
abandonment of the scheme. 1t was
stated that less than 25 per cent. of
the mill owners expressed desire to
enter the combine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-10-18
The Strike Losses,

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 13.-The losses
at the end of the twenty-second week
of the strike are estimated to be as
follows:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-10-18

Three years have elapsed since we
paid that terrible visit to Palermo.
It may surprise you, or it may not,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-10-18
Mortified whisper.

$50 down to the rocks and search
for them," said the Sicilian officer,
The Forrest City times., 1902-05-02
HEADLONG DOWN THE SHAFT.
Plunge to Death of Two Negroes-A Third So Badly Crushed That
 He May Die.

Philadelphia, May 1.-Two men were killed and another probably ia. tally injured, Wednesday morning. while being lowered to the bottom of one of the shafts at the new fltra- tion plant in the northeastern section of the city. The dead are: William fencey, colored, aged 30 years; John Banks, colored, aged B years.
 George Terwillite was also badly crushed, and little hope is enter tained of his recovery.
 The men were being lowered into one of the shafts which had been sunk for the construction of the fil- traitor beds when the basket in which they were riding was over- turned. They were pitched headlong down the shaft. the colored men be, ing terribly crushed.
The Forrest City times., 1902-05-02
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
FIFTY-SEvENTH CONGRESS.

In the senate. on the 23d. after the transaction of routine business. the hill providing for union railway station Tor Washington was considered, but no ac- ton was taken. Mir Rawlins CUtah1 con tinued his speech fin opposition to the Philippine temporary government bill, but had not concluded his remarks when the senate adjourned. ......In the house. con sideration was begun of the senate amendments to the oleomargarine biii. The opponents of the measure, who sought to modify the senate amendments in various particulars were out-voted on every proposition submitted.
 Tn the senate. on the 2fth, several un- objected measures of minor importance and large number of private pension bills were passed, after which MT. Raw lins (Utah) resumed and concluded his government bill. He declared, in conclu- sion, that the United States would reap a whirlWiud of disaster as the result or it's policy in the Philippine islands..... In the house. the oleomargarine bill was sent to conference, after agreeing 10 some notifications, suggested by the agricultu- ral committee. The remainder of the day was devoted to the agricultural appro- priation bill.
 In the senate on the 18th, two speeches occupied the entire session. MT. McCum- Der (N. D. discussed the bill to prevent the misbranding and misrepresentation or food products which enter into inter state commerce. and MT. Carmack (TennD. one of the minority members of
 
 stion to the pending Philippine govern ment bill. ..... In the house 145 private pen sion bills were passed. including one or $S0 per month to the widow of the late "Parson' BroWnloW. of Tennessee. The remainder of the day was devoted 10 general debate on the agricultural ap- propriation bill.
 In the senate. on the 26th, after the usual time devoted to routine business, Mir Carmack CTennO occupied the re- mainder of the session in completing his speech on the Philippine government bill. begun on the 18th. in which he continued his extremely caustie criticism of the ad- mnistrations policy, with gloomy lore. bodings of the end to which 1t would lead ....The house. after an hour de- voted to the passage of bills by unani- nous consent. suspended public business and devoted the remainder Of the session to eulogies of the late Representative Stokes of South Carolina, and the late Representative Crump, of Michigan.
 In the senate, on the 2Sth house ameEd- ment to the oleomargarine bill were agreed to- MT. Simmons tN. e spoke in opposition to the Philippine government bill The conference report on the ChlpcSe exclusion bill was adopted and consider alton of the sundry civil appropriation bill was begun, but not concluded. ......ln the house. the general debate on the az ricultural appropriation bill was CUntin- ued and concluded. after which slow progress was made, only D of the 49 pages of the bill being disposed of. The senSd- tion of the day was q speech by RepTe- sentative Sibley tPaD in denGnciatlon or Gen. Jacob II. Smith for orders aueSe1 to have been issued by him in the Sar.ar Campaign.
The Forrest City times., 1902-05-02
The General Explains His State ment That Chaos Would Follow
 Filipino Independence.
NOT PREPARED FOR SELF GOVERNMENT.
They Have. He Says, Rudimeufary Idens nnd Aspirations, But Need Tuition in Order to Become Il Consistent, seIf-Supporting Com monwealth.

Washington, May Mai. i.-Gen
 MacArthur gove further testimony before the senate committee on Phil ippines. He explained his statement, made Tuesday, that absolute chaos would result should independence be given the Filipinos and the United States forces be withdrawn. by saying that the people of the Philippines,
 being less prepared for self-govern- ment and administration than any of the Latin-American republics at the time of their emancipation from Spain, their own unaided efforts to accomplish self-regeneration would in all probability prove abortive. The people of the Philippines, he said, have rudimentary ideas and aspira- tions, and are therefore in an csen- italy plastic condition which, under the tuitionary control of the United States. would, in his opinion. admit of a rapid molding of the body into a consistent, self-suporting common wealth. Even the best thinkers, he said, among the Flipinos, have no conception whatever of the practical mechanical efforts whereby the re- suits they are all anxious to attain can be successfully accomplished
The Forrest City times., 1902-05-02
TRUCK DRIVERS ON STRIKE.
One Hundred and Fifty Teamstcrs of the T. C. PeDnoyer Tcaming
 Co.,, in Chicago, Quit.

Chicago, May 1.-As result of a strike ordered by the Chicago Truck employed by the ]. C. Penoyer Team ing Co. quit work Wednesday. The cause of the strike was stated by off cials of the union to be the refusal of the company to sign an agreement presented by the union. The body ordering the strike is said to be the largess local" of the organization in the United States, having a member ship of 5000. It's officials say they are determined to enfore the demands of the body, and express fears that oth- CT employers may refuse to sign the agreement. and thus precipitate general strike.
The Forrest City times., 1902-05-02
CABLE FROM CAPT. DAYTON.
cago Responds to Inquiry From the Navy Department

Washington. May l,-Secretary Eong has received the following ea- blegram from Capt Dayton, of the cruiser Chicago. dated Venice, dated Tuesday, in answer to the depart ment's inquiry, as follows:
 "Doddridge, Wynne, Ledbetter, Kress and one marine on leave, ar rested. Principal charge. resisting police Serious under Italian law. Sentences. Wynne. four months, ten days. Remainder three months eacL. Have not yet their full statement or report from court, but applied for Resisting arrest largely due to press ing in of crowd and not uGderstand- ing language. Appeal made to Rome' Impossible to explain all circum- stances by cable. Will make full re- port n
The Forrest City times., 1902-05-02
ON BOARD THE ILLINOIS.
Rear-A admiral CrowninshieId Hoists His Flag on Board the Queen
 of the Navy.

New York, May At -four bells. '" one o'clock, Wednesday afternoon Eear-Admiral A. $. Crowninshiel |. who, as commander of the Europeah squadron, will represent the navy at the coronation of King Edward VII. in June, went on board the battleship Illinois from the navy yard pier an9 took formal command of the ship. As he stepped over the starboard gang way to the quarterdeck, rear ad- miral's salute of l3 guns was fired from the cob deck and answered in kind by the ship. The rear-admira' was received by Capt. George A. Con verse and all of the officials of the ship in full uniform. The Illinois was under orders to sail between two and three o'clock in the afternoon. The ship carries 37 officers and 69s men. the largest complement ever carried by vessel in the United States navy.
The Forrest City times., 1902-05-02
THE SMITH GOVERNMENTAL.
One of Gen. smiths Aides Testthes to Some of Gen. Luchnn's Orders
 and Fairy stories.

Manila, May 1.-Iieut. George II. Shields. Jr., afde-de-camp of Gen. Ja- cob II. Smith. testified at Wednesdays session of the court-martial which - trying the general. The lieutenant said he knew well the signature of Lueban,t the insurgent leader, who was captured February 70 by Lieut.. Stret- land of Samar. The order issued to poison the natives, spears was un- doubtedly signed by Lucban. Witness also said Lucban confessed to him that he was the author of the proc lamatfon setting forth that German warships were bombarding Nigan and that the Filipino navy was block ading Manila. which was issued to en- courage the Filipinos.
 The defense then rested it's case and the court adjourned until Satur- day.
The Forrest City times., 1902-05-02
UYES LOST IN A PANIC.
Terrible Effect of a Cry of "Fire" on Hundreds of Girls In a
 Philadelphia Factory.
SEVERAL CRUSHED TO DEATH IN A JAM.
o,b.rs Wore or Less Seriously Injured While f"cked |" Stairway In the Mad Rush to ES cane From the Supposedly b"rh- ing Building.

Philadelphia, May Five girls are known to have been killed ana more than a score injured during a panic at the cigar factory of liar burger, Homan X Co, Tenth street and Washington avenue, at l@:l' Wednesday afternoon. The company employs over GOO girls.
 A deaf and dumb boy employed Tn the factory caught his hand Ill the elevator. and in his effort to make his mishap known he rushed into the midst of a group of girls, eNcltediy waving his hand from which the blood was dripping.
 Some person cried Fire and inn mediately there was rush for the stairway of the building. The crash was so great that many of the girls turned back and rushed for the win dows. Before they could be re strained from jumping, score or more had hurler themselves to the street, several being terribly injured.
 Ambulances were quickly on the scene, and the dead and injured were hurried to the hspitals.
 The scene of the accident beggars description. The section where the accident acurred is densely populated and nearly all the employees lived in the neighborhood. The friends of the dead and injured were quickly on the scene, and the screams of the moth CTS and sisters of the suppoScdyictims T of iiafa |. say that those who were killed were crushed to death in the jam on the stairway as they made q mad rush to gain the street. The girls were packed in this hallway leading to the street by the hundreds, and those who were killed faiated, and were trampled and crushed to death by their excited comrades. Already there have been20 girls and one man admitted to the Penns sylvania hospital. and half that number are at the Hahnemann hospital. The physicians at the Penn sylyania hospital say several of those admitted to that institution are ia. to the Hahnemann hospital are be- lieved to be fatally injured.
 At 1:45 p. m. the police reported that seven girls were dead as a result of injuries received in the panic, three were dying at the hospitals and 20 were under treatment for in- juries. They say that 1900 girls were employed in the factory.
 During the excitement the fire alarm in the corridor of the factory building was struck, and the arrival of the engines on the scene added greatly to the terror of the panic stricken girls
The Forrest City times., 1902-05-02

American withdrawal from the islands would, in his opinion, result in the permanent failure of republican iusti- tutions in the east and a fratricidal war which would continue until sup pressed by some exterior force. The broad generalization. he said, is reached that the United States must retain the archipelago as a tuitionary annex; that we must plant our insti- tutions there; that we must contend for commercial supremacy and per haps combat for political supremacy to overcome the inherent difficulties of the situation, which will require the most profound efforts of con structiye statesmanship.
 Senator Patterson asked if he would apply the same views with re spect to Japan, and Gen. Macarthur said that if Japan should come into cur hands in clean manner with a clean conscience, pure morals and with the same definite purpose we have in the Philippines. We should 6y all means keep it. He gave il as his conscientious belief that the presence of the United States in the Philip pines is an unmitigated benefaction to the Filipino people.
 Do you mean the Filipino people that are left alive after they have been subjugated?' inquired Senator Patterson.
 Gen. Macarthur declared that he did not mean that there has been any unusual destruction of life in the is lands. The destruction.' said he. lis simply incident to war, and. of course, embraces very small percentage of the total population, which is dense."
 "fhirty-three and a third per cent. in one province" remarked Senator Patterson.
 Replying to this statement. Gen. Macarthur informed Senator Patter- son that if he preferred to believe that he (MacArthur) could not help it.
 We have as much right to believe that from an American officer who is the civil governor, and who is there in the province, as we have to believe you" replied Mir. Patterson, which brought the retort:
 You can believe that: believe what you wish, and l will believe what wish"
The Forrest City times., 1902-05-02
FRIGHTFUL CASE OF SUICIDE.
A Mother, Crahed By the Death of Child, Burns Herself to Death
 With Coal Oil.

Detroit. Mich, May 1.-Crazed by the death of her three-year-old child from scarlet fever, on March 10, Mrs. Adeline Sage, of this city, arose from her bed, Wednesday morning, poured q can of kerosene oil over herself and iginted it. Her agonized screams awakened her husband, who ran to her aid and tried to smother the flames with some bed clothing. He realized in an instant that nothing could save her, and ran crying for help. Neighbors rushed in. but they. too, could do nothing, and when the nearest physician arrived, the last little flames were dying out on the woman's charred body.
The Forrest City times., 1902-05-02
SECRETARY HAY TAKES HOLD
The state Department Will Exere's'
 Its tsOOd Offices.

Washington. May 1.-The sta" department has begun the exercis. of it's good offices in the interest o' the officers of the Chicago. Capt. Dayton's explanatory cablegra" showing that resistance to the pollce officers was clearly the result of misunderstanding, and was not de- liberate offense, has done much 10 strengthen the interest of the oll- cials here in their case. Secretary Hay has communicated by cable wlth Mir. Mayer. the United States amoas sador, on this subject, and good Tt, suits are hoped for. It is realized tha' the case is one requiring very dellea'o handling to avoid wounding Italian pride. but the belief prevails that the Italian government will respond in a magnanimous spirit in an open ap- peal for clemency for the young oni' osrs.
The Forrest City times., 1902-05-02
OTHERWISE UNNOTJCPn

The omnibus public bui1din priation bill carrying ST 4ai pp,o' z. passed the house Tuesday. 'fVo,4.o
 Additional reports from u nights tornado at Glenrose. Tex 'naay the number of dead as eigb. ' give Members of the Ohio soc;o.. Louis. gave their sixth annual a; a' St Tuesday night, at the Mercan,nr nrinner
 More bodies have been reoe.t cut, from the wreck of the steapO'efed of Pittsburg, bringing the total .lty A. up 10
 The sugar kings must apne.. fore the senate committee in "' De to the relations of the trn,. 'safd Cuba. Eith
 There is expected to be an .a,.. to the presidents family ate, .aoa . return from their summer soieuei uei Oyster Bay. aa
 Alderman Mccall. of New Yors suggests ropes for the ne.ks ., pressors of the pocr, notably the lssas CTS Of the Beef trust.
 Nelson Harris was found guitr . the murder of George Washinoton - Helena, Ark, and will be hanoed =. less the governor intervenes.
 Francis NJ. Glancey, a weD-kpom. railroad contractor, died at Fl Poe Tex. Tuesday. His remains wo.. shipped to St. Louis for interment
 The navy department is of the onir ion that the American officers eon victed of disorderly conduct. in yon ice, must abide by the Italian laws
 The police authorities at Gna6ol. jara, Mexico, will release Cbarls, kratz, Saturday, if St Louis police 3o not arrive with extradition papers
 Government crop reports from tbo southwest are very promising. Late rains have proved of great value In. dlana alone appears to be sufferin, for rain.
 Thomas l.. Knapp, well-known st Louis lawyer and former assistant United States district attorney, died Tuesday, after q long, illness of tv. phoid fever.
 Dave Morley. g. years old. grand. father and great-grandsire to more than hundred living persons. died at his home on Reels Creek. near Fp. reka Springs. Ark.
 William Judge was sentenced to life Imprisonment at Tahlequah. I. T.. for the murd.r of Charles Sunday. last summer, on the banks of the Illinois river in the Cherokee nation.
 The police of Guadalajara, Mexico. think that an American who was with Charles kratz. the fugitive St. Louis- an, when arrested, was |. K. Murreu, another fugitive, who promptly dsap- peared.
 By the eollapsing of mammoth straw stack in the stock farm of n r. Nixon, near Pilot Grove. Mo. one high-grade shorthorn bull and two cows were suffocated They were val ued at S400.
 The Consnercial club, of Carthage, Mo, has received word from Andrew Carnegie that he would give S2j.000 for the erection of free public li- brary if the city would furnish a site and vote 5000 annual tax to main- tain the library.
The Forrest City times., 1902-05-02
REMEMBER ITALIAN LYNCHINGs'
it Mny he Difficult to Secure Ciem-
 ency for American officers.

Rome, May 1.-The officers of the United States cruiser Chicago who were arrested at Venice remain in prison there. An application TOT their discharge has been re- jected. The Italian law does not al low the court to grant pardon ln cases of assaults on the police
 Some of the newspapers mention the lynchings of Italians in the Unit ed States as sufficient reason for re- fusal of royal clemency It is con sidered probable, however, that tie prisoners will be released by order or the king, June l. the date of the fete of the constitution.
The Forrest City times., 1902-05-02
To Select Cable Landing Place.

San Francisco, May Is. s. Dick. lnson of New York, superintendent of the Mackay cable system, is here en route to Honolulu, where he vii! select a landing place for the cable which will connect the Hawaiian is lands with this city.
The Forrest City times., 1902-05-02

Officials of the department of agri- culture, on the 2sth, aAopted appro- priate resolutions on the death of former Secretary Morton. at Chicago. Dr. o. F. Dyson, of the Chicago head quarters of the bureau of animal in- dustry; H. J. Cox. of the Chicag weather bureau. and Dr. D. C. Aver. of Omaha, were appointed a commit tee to attend the funeral as repre- sentatives of the department
The Forrest City times., 1902-05-02
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

Will Price and Bernard Sutter were killed by an explosion of dynamite at Issaquah, Wash. on the 27th. There was not enough of Sutter's remains left to hold an inquest upon. The cause of the explosion is not known.
 \ freight wreck occurred on the Lake Shore X Michigan Southern road at Grand Rapids and Indiana crossing, near Kalamazoo, Mich. on the 27th. Twenty ears were piled up and 12 cars were burned. The loss is heavy.
 \ dispatch from Rome says: Tt is believed in vatican circles that Arch bishop Corrigan is to be created cardinal at the May consistory, to- gether with Archbishop Beguin, of Quebec"
 Gen. Fred D. Grants expedition. in the gunboatS Baseo and Florida. sev- eral steam launches and native light CTS, ascended the Gandara river, in the island of Samar. and has brought the insurgent leader, Guevarra, and his entire command, down the coast.
 The principal part of South Beach, Staten Island. was swept, on the night of the 27th, by a fire which destroyed property valued at $200,0oo and sent up a volume of flame. the glow of which was plainly seen from all over Manhattan and Brooklyn.
 Hardy Powell. David Shanks and James Sanders have been arrested by secret service officers and one of the most complete counterfeiting plants yet found captured at the home of Powell in Dahlgren, H. The prisoners are in jail at olney.
 The peasants in the Poltava mad KharkoH provinces, Russia, where 1S.- GOO are reported to be participating in riots, have sacked 90 estates. where they destroyed everything they could not carry off.
 \ pearl necklace, worth more than Sl0,00o, lost in a Sixth avenue ear in New York, was restored to it's owner in Philadelphia through the medium of an advertisement. and the conduc- tor who found it received $250 re ward.
 Ten men were severely injured at Joliet, H.. on the 27th, by an explo- sion of hot metal in a blast furnace at Illinois steel works. Jerry Creigh- ton was probably fatally hurt. Five of the injured workmen are at the Silver Cross hospital.
 Fire that started in the clothinq store of Webb Bros. at Glenn's Falls. \. 4.. on the 27th. destroyed also the Joseph Fowler shirt X Collar Co. and some neighboring buildings. en- tailing loss of over half million dollars.
 Tom Thunder, the celebrated Win nehago Indian. was accidentally drowned in the Mississippi river at Black River Falls, Wis, on the 2S h. He was a rival of Chief White B f. falo' for the chieftainship of the tribe.
 Capt. Moses Irwin, aged go years, died at New Albany. Ind, on the 2sth, of apopleNy. He had followed the river since he was cabin boy at the age of eight years, and had been in command of number of steamboats.
 City Marshal R. \. Maxwell, of Lex ington, Okla, in battle with George and Jack Goodin, brothers, near that city, shot both men with double barreled shotgun, killing George in stantly. A eoroner's jury, on the 2sth, held Maxwell guiltless.
 Judge Dunne released, on the 2sth. on bonds of S5,OO0 each, five of tbe seven men indicted in Chicago in connection with the charges of al- legged jury bribing in the Union Tras- tion Go. transfer cases.
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The Forrest City times., 1902-05-02
Made Quick Work of I..

Beaumont, Tex, May IA record In loading Standard Oil Co. barge has been made at Port Arthur. A full cargo of 5000 barrels was sent into the barge and in an hour and forty minutes from the time the vessel was 'owed in 1t was ready to be towed out again.
The Forrest City times., 1902-05-02
oil Carries for Hawaii

san Francisco, May IA fleet of big oil carriers will soon be running between this port and Hawaii. A prominent oil company of California Is the promoter of the project Two vessels are building, and negotiations are pending for more.
The Forrest City times., 1902-05-02
FIREMEN OUT ON A STRIKE.
The Great Lakes Towing ca. uss Laid tP All Its Tugs Pend
 ing settlement

Buffalo, \. T., May The Great Lakes Towing Co, whose firemen are on strike, has laid up all its tugs.
 There is no change in the cond;- ton of the strike. The striking fire men have pickets along the docks, but no trouble has been reported. The independent line tugs have all the work they can handle.
The Forrest City times., 1902-05-02

Owing to the great opposition of deputies to the sale of the cruisers Presidente Pinto to Colombia aAd Presidente Errazuriz to Ecuador the Chilean ministry has presented its resignation.