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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

The United States minister at
Seoul demands the payment OF
81, 500, 600 for the building of an cleo
trio railway.
Winston Churchill has been APP
pointed an aid-de-camp, with the
rank of colonel, by Gov.-elect Bach
elder of New Hampshire.
Senator Pritchard, of North Caro-
lima, announces that he fayors reduc-
south in republican national conven-
tions.
The Nebraska supreme court has
decided that the marriage of divorced
persons within six months of the
granting of a decree in that state
is void.
A ST. Louis hotel keeper was held
responsible by a jury for the death
Of guest who persisted in a fire,
and the widow was awarded $1,000
damages.
Rev. III. II. Fotenhauer, of Ham
burg, Mimi, widely known Luth-
eran pastor, has been chosen pres1-
dent of Concordia college at Fort
Wayne, Ind.
Gov.-elect Mickey of Nebraska re-
fuses to countenance an inaugural
ball, and has stopped the prepare
tions for the annual function at the
state capital.
Commissioner Yerkes of the inter
nal revenue bureau, decided that
soda dispensers who mix distilled
spirits in soft drinks must pay for
a liquor license.
The Indiana supreme court in a
damage suit to recover for the death
of brakeman at the Monon's IMAM
killing" bridge at Putnamville holds
that the victim was to blame.
Joseph Downey, member of the
board of education in Chicago and
formerly commissioner of public
works in that city, is making a trip
to Japan to win a wager of $50.
At the presentation of credentials
by Ambassador Tower to Kaiser Will
helm his majesty promised a very
good, though not a very large, ex-
hibit for the ST. Louis exposition.
The Illinois legislature will be
asked to amend the state law to pre-
vent corporations organized else
where from escaping state tax and
license Inducements offered by New
Jersey and Arizona are declared to
aid evasion.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27

Tie king of England has had his
wish granted, and a crown will here
after appear on all the stamps which
bear his likeness. The first to display
this is the new set issued for Cape
Colony, which appeared the other day.
His majesty's portrait appears in an
oval and Immediately above the head
appears the crown. In the upper cor
ners the value Of the stamp appears
in bold figures. The stamps will not
be put into general circulation before
the end of the year, though the Sd
stamp is already on sale. The stamp
is very handsome.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27

French capitalists have subscribed
100,000,O0O francs to build ships to
transport American coal to French
ports on the Mediterranean and the
coast of Africa. Ex-President Cashier
Perier, who has large interests in the
collieries in the north Of France, has
Joined the trust. 1t is reported that J.
P. Morgan and G. B. Blake, of Cincin-
natl, are moving spirits in the COM
bine. Morgan is keeping in the back
ground for fear of offending England.
because the south of France uses Eng
lish coal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27

Prince, collie dog of Brooklyn, ate
the other day porterhouse steak, the
reward for his sagacity in giving the
alarm when fire started in his mas
ters big stable. Fifty COWS and ten
horses were in the stable, and it has
been Princes duty to guard them
When he smelled smoke he ran to Lee
vines house, 800 feet away, and awak-
ened him by barking. Levine turned
in an alarm and rescued the horses
and COWS. The building was de-
StrOyed
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27
FOREIGN.

Leading men of Caracas urge Presi-
dent Castro to yield to force and
commission the United States minis
ter to make the best terms possible
with the allies. An agreement on
this line is reported to have been
reached.
Premier Balfour said in the house
of commons that war existed and
that the blockade soon to be an
nounced will be conducted on war
basis.
It is said in Berlin that Germany
and Great Britain have decided to re-
ject the arbitration proposal made
through Minister Bowen.
According to dispatches from Hun
gary, 63 persons were frozen to death
there during the last three DAYS.
Wolves are devastating the sheepfolds
and have devoured three shepherds.
Parliament was prorogued by royal
commission until February II.
The town of Andijan, Russian Turke-
stan, was totally destroyed by an earth
quake Tuesday. The number of fatal
tiles is not yet ascertained. The popu-
lation is threatened with starvation.
The French authorities have be-
come convinced that the death of Mrs.
Ellen Gore was accidental and have
decided to drop the case against M.
De Rydzewski.
Three officials, two soldiers and $50
natives, mostly children, were killed
by the earthquake which destroyed
the town of Andijac, russian Central
Asia. Over 800 were injured and 5000
buildings destroyed.
Admiral Dewey cabled information
that he has assigned American war
ships to positions near the Venezu-
elan coast.
Nearly 5000 Boer, it is said are pre-
pairing to "trek'' to America and will
settle in Colorado, New Mexico and
Texas.
M. and Nine. Humbert, Eve Hum
bert, and the three D'Aurignacs con-
nected with the Humbert swindle in
Paris, were arrested in Madrid, where
they have been since May 9.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27
Personal AND pOLITrcAI

"Gen. Peanuts" who for a number
of years was one of the best known
midgets and clowns connected with
Barnum's and Forepaugh and Sells
ciTcuses, was found dead in bed at New
York.
Gen. Wagner Swayne died in New
York of a complication Of diseases.
Charles P. Griffin, one of the best
known politicians in Ohio and former
speaker of the Ohio Legislature,
dropped dead of heart disease in his
office in Toledo.
Charles f. Griffin, former secretary
of state of Indiana, who last week
was stricken with paralysis, died at
his home in Hammond, Ind
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27

George ]. Gould is one Of numerous
rich men belonging to the fire depart
ment of Lakewood, N. J. The other
evening there was a fire in the home
Of Mrs. Robert F. Westcott and Fire
man Gould failed to respond when the
alarm was sounded. Because Of this
neglect charges were preferred against
him. The millionaire pleaded that he
had been kept at home by a cold, but
TINS was not accepted as sufficient ex-
cuse and he was fined 81.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27

financed as a s75,000,000 concern, and
will enter upon it's reorganized exist
ence about the first of the year as the
strongest and most aggressive indie
pendent steel concern in the world
An authorized bond issue of $1,000.
600 is to be provided for, in addition
to the authorized stock issue of $50.
100000. Of the bonds about $18,OOO,.
600 will be issued at once, and about
S33,000000 of the stock.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27

The post office department has in
store a little surprise in the new envel-
opes about to be issued. The design
is different from anything we have
ever had in the envelope line 1t is
nearly square In shape, and there is
only one border line. Of course a pic
ture Of Washington appears on the
stamp, and there is a little scroll
about the head with the words, Unit
ed States" in it. Tho paper will be
watermarked Series Of 1902" The
envelope will be of the &c value, and it
Is proposed to have it finished by toe
frst Of the year.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27

The German government reversal
it's decision not to accept arbitration
unless payment is guaranteed, and will
submit it's demands to a commission.
Great Britain and Italy also ac.
cept the proposal to arbitrate.
France asks equal treatment with 9TH
er powers in the settlement of her
claims against Venezuela, but explains
that coercion is not intended.
Four hundred thousand persons are
reported to be destitute and starving
as result of the crop failure in Fin
land
The princess of Wales gave birth
to a son, this being the fifth child
she has presented to the prince since
their marriage in 1893. The baby is
the fifth in succession to the throne
of Great Britain.
The pope has signed the appoint
ment of Bishop j. E. Quigley, Of
Buffalo, n. Y, as archbishop of Chi
cago.
President Castro through the Unit
ed States legation, formally asks for
arbitration of the dispute between
Venezuela and European countries.
LATER
Although President Roosevelt still
urges upon the powers reference of
the Venezuelan dispute to The Hague
court, it is expected he will act as ar
bitter rather than have arbitration
fail. 1t is said he has recommended
Secretary Hay as substitute.
EX-United States Senator Dwight
NJ. Sabin, of Minnesota, died suddenly
in Chicago. He was stricken with
heart disease.
In a quarrel at huntsville. n. c.,
Zeb Wilson, recently elected state
senator from Yancey county, was
killed by his brother, Hiram Wilson.
The Twentieth Century limited on
the Lake Shore made a fast run be-
tween Toledo and Elkhart. The run
of 134 miles was made in 127 min
utes.
The total amount expended for the
support of elementary, secondary and
higher education in the state of New
York during the last school year was
$49,331, 957. The average cost per pu-
pill based on average daily attendance
was $41.14, decrease of $O.54.
The list of deaths due to the South
ern Pacific railway disaster at By
ron, Cal, numbers rs.
Five hundred million dollars in gold
is the amount of American capital
invested in Mexico by LII American
companies, firms and individuals.
A dispatch from New Marghelan,
Russian Turkestan, reports that the
people in and near that city, and de-
stroyed 10000 houses.
Fire almost totally destroyed the
big seven-story piano factory of Err
nest Gobier & Bros, New York. Loss,
$250,O0O.
James d. Giffen, former district
Judge and prominent pioneer lawyer
and republican politician, died sud-
denly at his home at Marion, Ia,
from heart failure. He was 63 years
pld.
Eleven sailors persisted as the re-
suit of collision between two
schooners in Massachusetts, bay.
NJ. j. Carpenter, president of the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad,
has been elected vice president and gen
eral manager of the Pere Marquette,
controlled by the ST. Louis & San Fran
cisco line.
Crown Princess Louise of Saxony
has deserted her husband and family,
renowned her right to the throne, and
with her husband are the supposed
cause
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27

John A. Sheridan, Charles j. Den
ny, Charles Gutke, Edmund Bersch,
and t. E. Albright, ex-members of the
ST. Louis house of delegates, were
convicted on charges of bribery in
connection with the passage of the
Suburban street car bill. Each man
was sentenced to five years in the
penitentiary.
A burglar shot by Rev. D. B. Shell
lenberger, at Bannerville, Pa, on No
vember 80, died ia his cell at the coun-
ty Jail.
Nonunion men, some of their rela-
tives and others to the number of
80, appeared before the coal strike
commission and told their stories of
alleged boycotts, intimidations, dyna-
hitting and violence in various forms,
during the lat> strike.
Because he thought he had failed
to pass his examinations, Everett
Hartman, of Malcolm, Ia, a student
at the Iowa Wesleyan university,
committed suicide.
i
will not be necessary to send the
Cuban reciprocity treaty to the
house of representatives.
City Marshal r. w. Coulter and JUS
tice A. E. Musgraye were fatally
wounded Friday night at Pennington,
Ia, by George Stillwell, deputy fish
commissioner, who was afterwards
Oh ~ 10
Gov. A. T. Bliss, of Michigan, will
not permit the McGovern- Corbett
fight which was to have been held
in Detroit next month before the
Metropolitan Athletic club.
President Roosevelt and represen-
tative officials from all branches OF
the government and the diplomatic
over the remains of Mrs. Julia Dent
Grant in Washington. The remains
were taken to New York and placed
beside those of her illustrious hus-
band, Gen. U. S. Grant.
The twentieth century thank Of
fering fund of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, amounting to $2O,0OO,-
OOO. Is HOW Hlleu, according TO an
nouncement made by Secretary Mills,
of Rochester.
The next annual meeting of the ma
tional bureau of industrial statistics
will be held at Washington April %,
20 and 80, and May 2 and 3, 1908.
AS a result of a rear-end collision
between the Stockton flyer and the
owl train on the Southern Pacific,
at Byron, CAL, 16 deaths have already
been recorded.
The anthracite coal strike commits
sion held it's last session of the year
Saturday and adjourned to meet il
Philadelphia on Tuesday, January 6.
r. c. Whayne, of Louisville, KY.
who carried 100000 insurance, is
found to have died by accident.
A strike involving the entire cloth
ing industry of Chicago and affect
ing $4,000 workers is impending.
Claims by postmasters against the
government amounting to millions
are being submitted to congress.
Differences in laws is the cause of
confusion in amounts due various Of
ficials.
After January 1 indianapolis, Ind,
will be the labor headquarters of over
half million union workers in Amer
ica Officials of over $50, 900 American
and Canadian workmen will locat tie
there
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27

Senator Morgan, of Alabana' mas
succeeded in interesting the war oe-
partment and the president in a plan
to colonize the Philippines with Amer
lean Negroes, giving esch one a 70
acre homestead. T. gnomas fortune,
a Negro leader, has ,een sent by Pres
ident Roosevelt to the archipelago en-
a t011r of Investigation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27

Strasburg is about to erect a monu-
ment to Goethe TIE German poet
passed some of the best years of his
youth in the Alsatian town and refer
red to il frequently with words of az
miring affection in his memoirs. The
design for the statue has not yet been
selected, but no attempt will be spared
to make it worthy OF the great name
which it is to commemorate.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27
FickIe.

Tommy-Lil Greenup, you told me
last week you liked me better'n you
did any other boy, and now you're
lettin' Dick Trotter shine up to you'll
Lii did like you best last week
but I've changed my mind. Does
your papa keep candy store?
Tommy-No.
Lil-Well, Dicks papa does.-Chi-
cago Tribune
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27

The Kansas City court of appeals
has decided that the combination OF
brewers that exists in that city is a
trust, and as such it is expressly for
hidden by the statutes of Missouri and
Is unlawful, and that any man who
owes one of those breweries in the
combination need not pay his bill, and
the brewer can not collect the debt,
even by going into the courts.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27

Representative Burnett, of Alabama
has favorably reported from the COM
mittee on public lands the bill turning
over nearly 100000 acres of public
lands of the state of Alabama to the
common school system of the state
The subject has been agitated for
years, but until this season the ma
jority of the committee has always
been opposed to the proposition.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27

A combination is planned in the rub
Der industry to be known as the Inter
national Rubber Co., with a capital Of
$25, 100000. The concern, it is stated,
will operate under the laws of New
Jersey, incorporation papers having
been prepared for filing at Trenton.
The combination is said to be backed
by Pittsburg, ST. Louis, Chicago and
PHILADELPHIA capitalists.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27

An interesting experiment was made
recen+,y, says the Philadelphia Med
al Journal. A pint Of various fruits
washed and the washings analysed.
From the pint of fruit 100000, 900
germs were secured. All fruits that
do not have perfectly smooth surfaces
afford lodgings for microbes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27
Keeping Her at Home.

Wife-Don't you think you might
manage to keep house alone for a
week, while l go off on visit?
Hus nd guess so; yes, of
course.
"But won't you be lonely and mis-
erable?'
"Not a Bit
Huh: Then I won't go."-N. Y.
Weekly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27

Prices have advanced in Western
Canada so per cent. in the last two
years, and the upward movement
seems still on. The migration into
Canada is becoming notable. Some.
body has estimated that $4,000 acres
of Canadian land are sold a day to
people from the United States.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27

It Cures Colds, Coughs. Sore Throat cronn- ynsn.'
enza, Whoopng Cough, Bronchitis and Asthma.
SeNam cure ior Consumption in first stages,
ana sure reiie IN advanced stages. Use at once.
first dose Sold by dealers everywhere Large
bottles rs cents and SO centa
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27
GREAT STRIDES MADE.
Wonderful Richness of the Soil Of
Western Canada Has Turned the
Tide of Immigration.

The great strides which Western
Canada is making, and the wonderful
richness of the soil, is creating con-
siderable excitement, not only in
Canada, but in the United States and
Great Britain. The large crops of
the past two years, with phenomenal
yields, have enacted a movement to-
wards the west, which will not be
checked until every available home
stead is taken. The Edmonton Bull
letin, one of the "farthest north"
the Northwest as a wide and open
field, says: There must be fertile
soil, there must be suitable climate,
there must be the possibility of build
ing up a modern civiliza ton; and the
conditions must be such that labor
can reach the land; or in other
words, land must be cheap. The
Canadian Northwest contains the
largest unbroken area of country on
the continent, or in the world fulfill
ing these conditions. In it's thou
sand miles of plain which stretches
from the Lake of the Woods to the
Rocky Mountains Canada is able to
offer land to the landless of the con-
tinent, and of the world. This year
(19o2), the only complaint, over all
the vast stretch of territory, of the
farmers and ranchers, is that the
railways have not sufficient rolling
stock to move to market the returns
of the past season.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27

The area under crop in Western
Canada in 1902 was 1,9S7,33O acres.
Yield 1902, III, 922,754 bushels Wealth
waits on industry in Canada. There
is Plenty of Room.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27

The Canadian Northwest is not all
alike in it's production. Wheat grow
ing is the speciality of one part, cat
tie ranching of another, and mixed
farming-the growth of grain and
live stock together-of still another.
Speaking roughly, the southeastern
parts of the Territories and Manitoba
are wheat growing; the southwest
ern part of the Territories is ranch.
ing, and the northern part of the
Territories is mixed farming. Differ
ences of soil, climate, and other con-
ditions are the causes of these differ
ences in agriculture in the various
sections. But it is safe to say that
in no other area of the world is there
an equal possibility of the production
of wealth from the soil, whether by
one branch OF agriculture or another.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27

Whatever doubts there have been
as to the suitability of the Canadian
Northwest for settlement, those
doubts have been set at rest by the
successive yields Of previous years,
and by the browning glory of the
past year (1902), which gives solid
assurance as to possibilities that
would not otherwise have been be-
ieved. The fact of the grain produc-
ton of the past season in Manitoba
and the Northwest, 1892, 754 bush
els from 1,9S7,330 acres, and that a
certain number of farmers have pro-
duced a greater value of wheat, oats,
and cattle for sale than any other
equal number anywhere else in the
known world, is the best possible an
swer to the question:: us there
wealth in the Northwest?" Not only
IN the Northwest but in the whole
country has there been prosperity.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-12-27

DE G. e. VETTEBCNE.
The state herald., 1902-12-12
RHEUMATISM
CURED At LAST.
Good News For All Who Suf-
fer With rheumatism Free.

To oil who suffer with Rhsumatism
will gladly send frss the wonderful
story Of how my mother vas cured a..
ter ysars Of suffering, together with the
most elaborate trsatiss on Rheumatism
ever published. #
No matter what your form Of Rheu-
matism Il, whether acute, chronic, mus
cular, inhamstery dsformant. sc,atio,
neuralgia, goat, lumbago, ssc-no mat
Ter bsw many doctors have failed -
your cass-no matter how many So
called "surs cures" you have tried
I want you to write to me and lot ne
tell you how mother was cured.
1 am neither 9 Doctor nor q Profes.
sor-simply plain man Of businsss--
but I have = GORE for Rheumatism,
and want to tell everyone who suffers
with Rheuustism all about IL. wish
to be oleraly understood, and trust that
all who are suffering with this terrible
disease, however apparently beyond
the reach Of cure, will write to mo this
day and will send you BY return mail
this work Of mine. Iappssl especially
to the "chronically III" who are Sssrisd
and discouraged With "doctoring" and
to those who have been cast aside as
"incurable." All you have thought
about Rheumatism may be wrong. Lot
me tell you our experience. Surely. il
you have rheumatism, or have q suffer
ing friend. it will pay you to investigate
my offer. and prove for yourself these
claims make.
Send me your address today-a postal
card will do-snd will mail ysu this
wonderful story. II You have any
friends suffering with rheumatism no
matter where located, send me their
address, and will mail them . copy.
Ny address s VICTOR RAINBOLT,
Bloomfield. Ind.
The state herald., 1902-12-12

(This correspondence failed To reached Us In
time for last weeks issas.)
Dec. 8, 1902.
Albert Dasisis 10 working for William
Heller.
Mr. Ksunsy and sou. Walter went to
the lakes Friday.
M. W. o. Heller ssd family spent
6usdsy with F. N. Austin.
NJ. Fs,hsrby and Ar. Hill sheli.d corn
for Frank Austin this week.
NJ. Rifssbnrg moved his corn shellsr
to Ar. Loussburys Friday evening.
Mics Edith ssss spssf is~ days isst
week visiting her sister Mics Ella Sase.
Raymond Gilmore spent Q ssv days
this vsst visiting friends 10 this vicia.
ity.
The Ksussy brothers and Walter Ellis
helped =. N. Austin shell eoro Thurs-
day spd Friday.
Mics Dell Hin cvms down from HsI.
ton Tuesday and spent the night st Der
unslss, =. N. Austis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noble shos we're caller.
d W. C. Hsiisr's Friday evening aad al.
10 attended The literary.
Alfred Walton spsst fsv days las,
week visisiss 9TH her sister. He 10 on
his wsy bssk 10 sssfrssci.oo.
~. Cactus. whoever you may be. u
UpesdA News wsass any advertising for
her fellow che will slsdly tell thss.
osly four more wsstisss Of Sunday
School d the Lounsbury school house.
this winter but will open the frsi Bun.
day In April. 4
The question TO ss debated Dec. 10 is
"I.ssolvsd ,bst Battle ships are mero
bsnsacisl 10 the United Bts,es than
oommefoisi ships.
upesds Nest
The state herald., 1902-12-12

DIED--Mrs. v. q. hss died from apo.
plsxy Oh Nov. 81, 1902, st hss boas nsss
Bsyard, Nsb., ss tAs age Of 50 years.
She vas married 70 v. g. Lee in 1853
and 70 them vas bsrs live children all
Of when survive their mother. She
msds prsisssiss Of ssligisn and unit.
ed With the Astbsdist church in early
life and lived consistent Christian life.
The family nsvsd fr~m Nsbrsaks 70
Colorado 10 1857 aaa located on . home.
stssd sssr Aolysks. They resided in
cur ooussy I'LL 1894 whss they moved to
the present homo nssr Dsysrd, Neb. The
deceased had large number Of intimate
fr,ends IN eur county and vas very high.
ly esteemed by eli who knew her. The
family bsvs the sympathy Of many Phil.
lips county friends 10 their ssrrow.