Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14
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are believed to have drowned in Sag
NAV bay. A storm broke up the ice
on which their shanties stood.
Indicted coal men in Chicago are to
| escape prosecution under the anti
trust law, but must stand trial for con-
spiracy.
SiXty-two marines on board the
United States receiving ship Franklin
died Of black diphtheria.
A cyclone at Wilmington, Del, I'M
rooted so houses and injured two men.
Orders have been received from
Washington that work on all vessels
now in the Mare Island navy yard be
completed with the greatest possible
dispatch.
Cole Younger has been pardoned by
Minnesota authorities and will be al
lowed to return to his old home in Mis-
souri,
The American ship Florence, from
Tacoma to Honolulu, is believed TO
have sunk with all on board
Five Milwaukee fremen, including
Chief Foley. died from inhaling nitric
acid fumes at a fire.
Representative of the allies are
striving to settle the Venezuelan affair
at Washington, wishing to avoid sub
mission to The Hague court.
The Diamond Match company, with
$15,000,0OO capital, probably will move
headquarters from Illinois because of
restrictions on corporations.
To- # A L I
assigned to the department of Cali
fornia and Maj. Gen. John c. Bates will
succeed him at Chicago
Col. G. r. Stormont has been appoint
ed commandant of the Indiana soldiers
home at Lafayette.
The anthracite coal strike commits
sion in Philadelphia completed the
hearing Of evidence and adjourned till
the 9th, when arguments will begin.
William PAUL. of London, barytone
of the Castle Square opera company,
| fell from siXth-story window of ST.
Louis hotel and was killed.
j. Edward Addicks has withdrawn
from the candidacy for the United
States senatorship from Delaware
after an eight-year struggle.
| Soft coal miners of Indiana, Ohio,
| Illinois and western Pennsy lvania have
been offered II per cent. wage increase
| by operators at the indianapolis wage
| conference
An incendiary fire destroyed the
Western Military academy at Upper
Alton, Ill, causing a loss of $4,000.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt gave
their annual reception in honor of
congress.
The allies are now said to plan to
ask President Roosevelt to arbitrate
the question of preferential treat
ment regarding Venezuelan claims.
and, should he decline, to take the
matter to The Hague tribunal
At the coal investigation at Topeka
it developed that the average Kansas
miner earns only $3.50 a year.
The Montana senate defeated a
woman suffrage bill.
President Roosevelt has been in
formed that the Alaskan boundary
treaty will probably be rejected by
the senate.
Five men were killed in a railway
collision between two Rock Island
freight trains near Tecolate, n M.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States dur
ing the seven days ended on the 9th
aggregated $2,3s1, 20O,657. The in
crease compared with the corresp pond
ing week of last year was IA
Wireless telegraph messages were
sent from an automobile in New York
street to a brokers' office in the Wal
dorf hotel
Ministers of Central American re-
publics call on Secretary Hay at the
state department and give Informal
ton concerning the disturbances in
those countries
Gen. Corbin reports 1883 1896 men
as fitted to bear arms in defense Of
the United States.