Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-09-06
A WEEKS RECORD
All 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
DOME sTIC.

Senator Rawlins, of Utah, reports
that 5000 Indians on the Navajo res
ervation, in the southern part of his
state, are starving.
Timely and abundant rains-the
first for three years-have saved the
southern end of Lower California
from becoming barren waste.
The general strike of the gold beat
ers of the United States, which began
about five weeks ago, has been de-
clared off.
President Roosevelt will address the
convention of the National League Of
Republican Clubs in Chicago October
1, 2. 8.
Acting Postmaster General Wynne
holds that postal employees may act
as delegates to political conventions,
but must not serve as chairman of
a state or county committee.
The interstate commission report
for the year ended June 80 shows to-
tai receipts from the operation of all
railroads to be $1.5SS, 526,037.
E. R. Parson and James Wallace,
young men, reached New York after
padding in 13-foot canoe from Chi
cago. They started July %.
President Roosevelt has created
containing thousands of acres of
land
Forest fires in Houghton county,
Mich, have devastated hundreds OF
acres Of farm and timber lands.
Engineer Carey and Fireman Lee,
of Chicago, were killed in a train
wreck on the Chicago & Eastern ILL
nois road 80 miles north of Terre
Haute, Ind.
Mrs. Reese Wagner killed her two
children and herself at Little Rock,
Ark.
Striking miners and troops had a
clash at Tamaqua, Pa, and as re-
suit five prisoners were in the guard
house at the Twelfth regiment camp.
Reese C. De Graffenreid, representa-
tive in congress from Texas, died sud-
denly of apoplexy at the Riggs house,
Washington.
Brig. Gen. Goblin, in command of the
troops now in the coal fields, has is
sued an order that the soldiers shall
shoot any person detected in throw
ing stones or other missiles, and that
if any mob resists the authority Of
the troops that they shall freely use
their bayonets and butts.
In an encounter between troops and
strikers at Lansford, Pa, Friday morn
ing Capt. w. III. Helm, of company K,
Twelfth regiment, was slightly in
jured. A half-dozen strikers were bay
oneted by the soldiers as result of
the fracas.
The Public Alliance, of Wilkesbarre,
Pa, which has been endeavoring to
bring about settlement of the coal
strike in the interests of the business
men of the anthracite region has sent
an appeal 10 President Roosevelt urg-
ing him to use his influence to end the
strike.
The final sessions of the convention
OF Leagues of American municipalities
were held in Grand Rapids, Mich The
next session will be held in Baltimore.
Mayor Smyth, Of Charleston, S. c., was
elected president.
Twenty buildings were burned at
Livingston, Tex. Loss, $135, 0OO
Failures for the week numbered 173
in the United States, against 202 last
year, and IA in Canada, against Fl a
year ago.
Francis Rawle, of Philad elphia, was
elected president of the American Bar
association.
A number of Amish farmers have
bought 1000 acres of land near Meyer,
Ia, 20 miles south of the line in Illf-
nois on the Mississippi river, and have
esta blished colony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Murphy, aged
Is and "a respectively, were asphyxi-
atet by gas in Minneapolis, Mimi.
Carlisle D. Graham successfully
swarm from the whirlpool, below
Niagara falls, through the lower rap
ids to Lewiston, Sunday afternoon
John A. Drake and John W. Gates
are said to have won 100000 on Saw
able in the futurity race at Sleeps
head bay.
The National Economic league has
been organized in New York and
other cities to prevent conflicts be-
tween labor and capital.