Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-09-20
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liant, Mass, of paralysis. He had been
in poor health for some time. His age
was ~ years. President Arthur COM
missioned him as an associate justice
of the supreme court of the United
States December 10, 1881.
DR.. j. A. Rene, of West Superior, was
unanimously nominated for congress
man by the democrats of the Eleventh
Wisconsin district.
The shah's hotel bill in London was
$25, 900 for 10 days.
Owing to the scarcity of funds for
the purpose, the Nebraska national
guard will not participate in the en-
| campment Of Fort Riley, Kan. Gov.
Savage has issued an order vetoing the
plan.
One man was killed and several in
jured by the explosion of locomo-
tive's boiler on the Pennsylvania road
near Jersey City.
The post offices of Pittsfield, Wis,
and Hazelhurst, Pa, were broken into
Sunday night and robbed Small sums
were stolen.
ow of the late President Mckinley the
sum of $39,SO9 for salary which would
have been due him on July 1, 1902, the
appropriation for which was made at
the last session of congress.
twenty-five villages have been swept
away and 5000 persons have been rem
dered homeless by floods due to the
Gnx Of ,.iv- =
part of the presidency of Bengal, India
The vatican has definitely decided
to send Most Rev. Diomede Falconio
to Washington as papal delegate in
the United States.
Rev. Charles r. Carley, rector of st.
Mary's Catholic church of Yonkers,
N. Y, in sermon, has denounced wom-
en- who go hatless to church.
Nine vessels of the French cod fleet
foundered III the North sea during the
recent gales, and so fishermen were
drowned.
Two men were killed, one probably
fatally hurt and dozen others more
or less seriously injured by the eNplo-
sion of the boiler in the sawmill owned
by fremont CANT at Maxwell, Ind.
President .DiaZ, of Mexico, was 72
years old Monday.
Fire in Rock Island, ILL.,, burned over
three acres of Weyerbauser & Denk-
mann's lumber yards and Quilted sew
eral neighboring houses. Loss, 100000;
insurance, 10000.
Among the proba bile candidates for
speaker of the next house are Con-
gressmen Cannon Qll), Sherman On.
", Grosvenor CO., and Littlefeld
(Me.).
At Piggott, Ark, arrangements
have been made for big wolf drive,
in which all the people will partici-
pate. The animals have eXterminat-
ed all the hogs in the surrounding
country, have decimated the poultry
and have even invaded the suburbs
of towns.
Hon. r. d. Bowler, a prominent at
torney and formerly comptroller of
the treasury under the administra-
ton of President Cleveland died at
his home in Cincinnati of heart dis
ease.
A return of the national debt is
sues of Great Britain shows that the
gross liabilities March 81 were
$3,S42, 1880, an increase Of 1913, 597,-
$40, due to the South African war.
Abbeyville, the third largest town
in Reno county, Kan, was destroy
ed by fire. Ssvsn HeSail stores were
burned. Th-s soss will not exceed
$4,000.
Myron H. *'ssser, of Grand Rap
ids, was nominated by the Fifth
Michigan district democratic congress
sional convention.
Henry B. Youmans, of Bridgeport,
was nominated by the Eighth Mich
igan district democratic congress
sional convention.
Mrs. Thoburn, wife of Bishop J. M.
Thoburn, of the Methodist Episcopal
church, died in Portland, Ore, aged
46 years.
T. M. link, the congressional NOM
inee of the democrats of the Elev-
enth Iowa district, has refused to
run. Press of business is given as
the cause.
At Des Moines, Ia, the sovereign
grand lodge of Odd Fellows Tuesday
elected as deputy grand sire, R. E.
Wight, of Alleerton, Pa.
Receipts Of cattle at the Kansas
City stock yards Tuesday exceeded
10000, breaking all records.
Lord Charles Beresford, rear adj
miral in the British navy, has arrived
in New York.
Speaker Henderson, finding that his
views in respect to the treatment of
trusts by reducing the tariff in whole
or in part, are not in accord with the
views of many of his party in Iowa,
has declined to accept the nominal
ito for congress, and has withdrawn
from the race.