Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-07-12
Rev. D. c. Peabody, until the 1st inst

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Decatur, ILL.,, blew his brains out at his
home. He recently resigned his
charge because of ill health and is be-
lieved to have been mentally affected.
Maiden Pell Anderson, who has been
an extensive operator in real estate
in New York city, has filed a petition
in bankruptcy in the United States dis
trict court. The liabilities are given at
ST ,535, PIP; assets, 500.
An aeronaut named Hallbrook, from
st. Louis, was instantly killed at Mt
Vernon, Ill He made a balloon ascen-
sion and the parachute failed to work.
He fell 100 feet and was dashed to
death.
Emil and Edgar Lindberg, 10 and IA
years old, were drowned at Rock Island,
Ill, Friday afternoon. The lads were on
a raft which capsized in ravine which
had been filled by the recent rains.
President Roosevelt delivered an adj
dress to a great crowd in the indie
pendence day celebration at Pittsburg,
announcing policy of strict enforce
ment of law governing industrial COM
bines and warmly praising work of the
army in Cuba and the Philippines.
Fifteen person were killed and 20
injured near Gloversville, N. Y, by
collision between two trolley cars The
motorman lost control on steep hill
and the rear car ran away.
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the National league for the
week ended July were: Pittsburg,
.763; Brooklyn, .567; Boston, $50; Chi
cago, 524; Philadelphia, .44o; ST. Louis,
.43S; Cincinnati, 400; New York, .423.
Three young boys were drowned at
Detroit, Mich, by the capsizing of a
sailboat.
The percentages Of the baseball
clubs in the American league for the
week ended July were: Chicago,
.627; Boston, $50; ST. Louis, 1925;
Philadelphia, .517; Washington, AGO;
Detroit, .459; Baltimore, .451; Cleve-
land, Ais.
Robert Wilson, of Detroit, and
Ward Kiser, of South Bend, Ind,
were drowned at Benton Harbor,
Mich.
| Thirteen persons were killed and
many hurt in a wreck due to a run
Gloversville, n. Y.
| Rudolph Steffeck and his wife and
sister were drowned near st. Joseph,
Mich, while bathing.
The third month of the great an
thracite coal strike began with no
| change in the situation
A snowfall ranging from an inch to
points in Colorado.
The president has issued a civil
service order prohibiting outside in
| fuence to gain promotions.
Five men lost their lives in Chicago
as a result of the excessive heat.
Fire at Clinton, n. c., destroyed AZ
| stores and residences.
Heavy rains, amounting in many
places to cloudbursts, caused damage
to the extent Of hundreds of thou
sands of dollars in western New
York.
Pigeons few from Holly Springs,
! Miss, to Mishawaka, Ind, a distance
of 500 miles, in II hours, breaking all
records.
Many college students have been
given summer work by the United
| States government as foresters.
In a drunken frenzy Theodore DEL
| feuer shot and killed his wife and IA
months-old baby and wounded Lizzie
Stramm, his stepdaughter, in Chicago.
Several persons are believed to have
| been drowned at Pewaukee, Wis, by
a storm which overlook small boats;
| trees and houses were blown down.
Charles J. Mccormick and his wife
| died in their bathtub in Grand Forks,
! N. D., as a result of taking poison.
The wife OF Capt. Tiemann n. Horn,
his daughter Frances, aged seven, and
Miss Alice McMaho on, of Nyack, n. Y,
! were drowned in Sandy Hook bay, off
! New York.
Fire at the stock yards in Chicago
wiped out Swift & Co.'s wholesale
meat market and general offices, en-
failing loss of $5O0,O 900.