Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-09

April insurance losses Tor the On1teO
States totaled $13, 149, 1855, against $13,-
$4,000 for 1902.
The public debt statement issued
on the 1st shows that the debt de-
creased $668,501 during the month OF
April. Cash in the treasury, 1885,
ury, $93S,935,41S.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the seven days ended on the 1st aggre-
gated $2,115,173,733. The decrease,
compared with the corresponding
week of last year, was 17.7.
The fifth anniversary of the battle
of Manila bay was celebrated by flying
the largest flag in the navy from the
navy building in Washington.
Forest fires in the Adirondacks
north of Utica, N. Y, damaged uncut
timber, camps and villages to the ex
tent of $4,000
J. Wells Champney, famous artist,
was killed by falling down an ele-
vator shaft in New York.
Government receipts for April were
$43,326,1 100 and expenditures $41,763,-
s14, leaving a surplus for the month
of $1,563, 2S6.
On April 80 the total circulation of
national bank notes was 1891, ISL 2S,
7 an increase for the year of $34, 1884,
329.
George Williamson Crawford, Of
Birmingham, Ala, a negro, is one of
the winners in the Francis Wsyland
prize debate at Yale.
Mrs. Jennie James has been SEN
fenced to six months in the Cranston
Or. L. prison as common scold. She
was prosecuted under law enacted in
1886, also under a more recent statute
relating to railers and brawlers.
Mrs. Louis Piatt, aged 90, and nine
year-old grandchild lost their lives in
fire which destroyed the home of
Mrs. Piatt, near West Union, o.
President Roosevelt spent Sunday
quietly at Sharon Springs, Kan.
Firedestroyed the building at 151-153
Wabash avenue, Chicago, causing
loss of over $15O,0OO.
Safe blowers robbed the post office
at Middlesville, Mich, securing 81 900
in stamps and $50 in currency.
Bob Bryant and VIII Morris, the as
sassins of W. H. Legg, were hanged by
mob to the Yazoo bridge at Haynes
Bluff, Miss.
Rev. Walser Ferdinand, Of Toledo,
was arrested at Lorain, O., on the
charge of the murder of Miss Agatha
Reichlin, and was taken to the jail at
Elria. The evidence against him is
| purely circumstantial
Saturday was the last day of the ded-
ication exercises of the exposition.
Address were delivered by several gov
ernors, great civic parade was held,
and sites for state buildings dedicated.
A National Civic federation branch
will be established in Chicago to aid
in the settlement of labor disputes. 1t
| will have 100 members and meet
| monthly
The body of siX-year-old Paul Pasz-
| kowski was found in sack at Grand
and Sixty-third avenues, Chicago, with
a bullet wound in the head. Two play
mates, Julius Wiltrox and Willie Black,
have been arrested.
Policy games are run in Chicago with
out interference and nearly $4,000 are
gathered every day from men, women
and child players.
An explosion of powder in the tor
pedo factory Of the Thor Manufacture
ing company at Cleveland, O., killed
four persons and injured 80 or more.
Arrangements are practically COM
pleted for the ninth annual conference
on international arbitrati ton which will
| open at Lake Mohonk, n. Y, May 81 and
| continue for three days.
A fast passenger train on the Grand
Trunk road plunged into crowd of
| thousand merrymakers at Detroit,
mangling scores of persons. Seven are
known to have been killed and about 40
| injured.
The institutional Methodist church.
in Chicago, was partly wrecked by
| dynamite bomb after Rev. R. C. Ran
som, the pastor, had preached a stir
ring sermon on the evils of policy play
ing and started a crusade against that
form of gambling.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
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