Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-07
LATER.

LATER.
The United States senate on the I'd
considered the army appropria ton
| bill and the statehood measure and
then adjourned out of respect to the
memory of Representative Rumple.
of Iowa. In the house about 40 bills
were passed under suspension of the
rules, the most important of them
being the senate bill appropriating
S1,500,00O for a new department of
agriculture building. The sundry
civic appropriation bill, carrying $751;
| O07, 929, was reported.
The treaty with Colombia for the
building of the Panama canal was
favorably reported to the United
States senate on the Sd. A bill pro-
hibiting rebates by railroad companies
and the army appropriat bill were
passed and the statehood bill was
| further discussed IN the house the
time was passed in disposing of claims
bills. The committees report on the
! Congressman Lessler bribery charges
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| evidence. Philip Doblin is blamed,
but Lemuel E.. Quigg is held to be not
involved
Fifty midshipmen were given dip
Tomas at Annapolis, Secretary Moody
delivering an address.
| Eleven women and children were
burned to death by a fire that de-
stroyed a house on Malcolm island,
B. G.
| Louise Searle, well-known light
| opera star, died of starvation in New
York
| The public debt statement issued
on the I'd shows that the debt de-
creased s3,222,116 during the month
of January. Cash in the treasury,
1868, 963 Total debt, less cash in
the treasury, $943, 942, 563
The total coinage executed at the
minis of the United States during Jan
uary was $9,563,O
| Government receipts in January
amounted to S45, 1897, and the ex-
penditures S42, 632, 243, leaving a sur
plus for the month of So, 1854 ,O94
| On January 81 the total circulation
of national bank notes in the country
was 1888, 973, $40, an increase for the
year Of $24,52s,93
The anthracite operators evidence
before the arbitrators in Philadelphia
was concluded and the miners began
giving rebuttal testimony.
| j. j. Gravatte, said to be the lar
gest nurseryman in the United
States, died suddenly at Burlington, Ia.
President Roosevelt at conference
with senator's urged the necessity of
trust legislation before congress ad-
journs.
| The entire crew of "a men of the Nor
| wegian steamer Avena, which went
ashore on the coast of Denmark. lost
their lives.
The United States supreme court
has taken a recess for three weeks.
| Minister Bowen, for Venezuela. re-
| jected the compromise offered by allies
| by which they would take two-thirds
of money collected, and presents what
| is practically an ultima um, that. the
| question of preferential treatment be
referred to The Hague tribunal
| >,
| ''baby farmers" were hanged at Ho1-
loway jail in London
| Mrs. John Newell, living near Mari
eta, O., was killed and her two
young sons fatally injured by an ex-
plosion Of nitro-glycern.
Snow and rain fell throughout the
northern states and wires were dis
abled everywhere.
Vermont has abandoned prohibition,
the special election resulting in the
adoption of a local option law by ma
jority of about 1000.
Charles Gurley, the negro slayer of
Rosie Higgins, was hanged at ST. Louis.
The First national bank at Cam
bridge, ILL.,, was robbed of $4,000 by
five men who were captured and the
money recovered.
The German, governmental has decided
to readmit the Jesuits, who since 1872
have been excluded from the country.
bill providing for the abolish
ment of capital punishment has been
introduced in the New York legisla-
ture.
ST. Paul will be made the worlds
rice market center by James J. Hill.
Miners from the upper anthracite
region, where pay by weight is asked,
testified before the arbitFators at Phil
adelphia, and all declared weighing is
the only just method where veins are
fat.
Charles B. Hart, United States min
lister to Colombia, resigned, and was
succeeded by A. NJ. Baupre, secretary
Of legation.
William Redmond, Irish nationalist,
has been released from Jail in London
after serving half of a six months SEN
tence.
A statement from Berlin says the
allies demands on Venezuela are
misinterpreted. that only separate
payment is asked and that the block
ade will continue until specific ar
rangement is made.