Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-03-15
LATER NEWS.

was continued in the United States
senate on the 10th, and consider
able number of unobjectionable bills
on the calendar were passed. In the
house the bill 20 classify the rural
free delivery service was passed after
being radically altered. All the pro-
visions relating to the placing of car
riers under the contract system were
stricken out and the salary system
not only was continued, but the max
imum salary of carriers was in
creased from $500 to 5000 per annum.
Senator Hoar made vigorous speech
in the United States senate on the 18th
opposing the proposition for the cleo
ton of senator's by direct vote of the
people. The ship subsidy bill was fur.
Their discussed. The house entered on
the consideration of the post Office ap
preparation bill.
A tornado visited Omaha. Neb., I'm
roofing several buildings and demol
ishing skylghts. No lives were lost.
Tidal waves on the Pacific coast of
Central America killed scores of peo-
pie.
A negro who attacked white wom-
an was lynched at Foreman, Ark.
Five children of one family were
burned to death at Shinhopple, N. Y.
censor at Picking accuses WI
Ting Fang of retaining $4,000 of the
Tientsin silver returned to China by
the United States. The envoy denies
the story.
Secretary of the Navy Long ten
dered his resignation to the presi-
dent, who accepted it and selected as
his successor Congressman William
III. Moody, of Massachusetts,. The
change is to be made on May 1.
Suit to declare illegal the north
western railroad merger was begun
at st. Paul by Attorney General
Knox. The action is based on the
Sherman antitrust law. The court
is asked to dissolve the Northern Sc
curities company.
A strike of $500 transfers and
freight handlers in Boston is likely
to spread over the entire country.
Gen. Methuen was wounded and
captured, three officers and 3S men
were killed and five officers and 72
men were wounded as a result of
night attack by Beers under Delarey
upon a force of 1900 British.
j. H. Brown, leading business
man of New York, disinherited his
widow and four children because of
undutiful treatment.
The United States supreme court
decides the Illinois antitrust law is
unconstitutional in that it creates
favored class by exempting agricul-
turists from penalty. The decision
also nullifie.; antitrust laws in sew
eral other states for the same reason.
Litigation involving 100000 is set
tied by the decision.
Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter of the
president, and Senator Platt sailed
from Tampa, Fla, for Havana.
Ex-Gov. John p. Altgeld, of Chicago,
was stricken with paralysis at the
close of speech in Joliet, ILL.,, and his
condition was very precarious.
In fit of jealousy Mrs. Fred Gould
ing shot her husband to death and then
killed herself at Davy, W. Va.
Prince Henry sailed from New York
for Hamburg on the Deutschland.
Crowds at the pier and along the river
cheered him on his departure.
Burglars secured $500 from the
bank of Bozeman & Waters at Posey-
vile, Ind.
Longshoremen Joined the strike of
transfers and freight handlers at Bos-
ton, swelling the number of strikers
to 10000.
6. w. Leighton, teller of the National
traders bank at Portland, Me-, is
charged with embezzling $4,000.
The Kentucky assembly passed a
bill depriving women of the right to
vote in elections for school trustees
John j. Sasser was hanged at
Brookhaven, Mass. for the murder
of Tom Laird.
Republicans of the Second Kansas
district have renominated J. d. Bow
ersock, of Lawrence, for congress.
Jake Gilmore (colored was hanged
at Ellisville, Miss, for numbering his
wife.
The Illinois building at the Charles
ton exposition was dedicated by Gov.
Yates and other officials of the state.
For murder committed several
years ago Jim Troublefield (colored)
was hanged at Tunica, Miss.
There are fears in London that the
Beers may shoot Gen. Methuen in re-
taliation for the execution of Com
mandant Scheepers, who was denied
soldiers death.
The special session of the Minnesota
legislature adjourned sine die.
Gen. Funston, who captured Aguin-
aldo, was given reception and BAN
quet by the Marquette club in Chicago
and IN his speech he scored American
sympathizers of the insurgents, blam-
ing them for much of the trouble in the
islands,