Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-22
ALI the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

Justice Brewer, of the federal SUI
preme court, in Milwaukee interview
declared lynching and burning of ne
-groes is murder in the eyes of the law,
no matter what the incentive is.
A cloudburst and heavy windstorm
destroyed several buildings at Newport,
Neb
One hundred and thirteen deaths
from lockjaw, caused by Fourth of July
accidents, have occurred in various
cities.
An answer to the Illinois and Michi-
gan canal Injunction suit, filed by the
commissioners at Springfield, Ill, de-
clares the state constitution in force
30 years is invalid.
IllinoiS Central railroad conductors
and trainmen have been granted wage
increase totaling 100000 yearly.
Eight thousand Christian Endeavor-
ers were thrown into panic and near
ly score were injured by the fall of a
tent in which the international conven-
ton is being held at Denver
Maude JOrdine, II years old, was ar
rested at Bloomington, ILL.,, for the al
legged murder of her two-year-Old sister.
Three men were drowned near Pen
sacola, Fla, by The wrecking of
fishing smack.
The Exchange bank at Caro- Mich,
closed it's DOORS
Assistant Secretary Of War w. G.
Sanger has resigned and will be sue
ceeded by Gen. Robert Shaw Oliver, of
Albany, N. Y
Three men were killed and two in
jured by an explosion at the Latin
powder works near Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Comptroller of the Currency Ridge
ly, in an interview, declared the bank
ing situation good in view of shrink
age in securities.
The battleship Kearsarge was ordered
to be ready for speed trial from Ports
mouth, England, to. Frenchman's Bay,
Maine
Gen. Nelson A. Miles rode 80 miles on
horseback to prove he is still hale on
the eve of his retirement at ga. The jour
ney was made from Fort Sill, Okla, to
Fort Ell Reno.
Ed Claus, a negro, was lynched near
Eastman, Ca, in the presence of Miss
Susie Johnson, his victim.
The foreign commerce of the United
States for the last fiscal year aggregates
$2,445, 610,417, being the highest on rec
ord and an increase of $160 $40 ,068 over
the previous year.
1t is announced by the state depart
ment at Washington that anarchists
cannot be naturalized under the immi-
grafton laws of March 3, 1903
An attempt by President Curran, of
the freight handlers union, to precipi-
tate general strike against Chicago
railroads failed.
Fred 0. Fischer was hanged at San
Quentin, Cal. for the murder of his wife
April %, 1903, at Riverside.
A warning has been issued to tobacco
dealers not to expose for sale any goods
separated from an internal revenue
tax stamp.
In a collision between a Wabash pas
senger and freight train one mile west
of TollestOn, Ind, Engineer Waters
was fatally hurt and score of other
persons were injured
A strike insurance company growing
out of the discussions at the recent
meeting of the Manufacturers associa-
ton in New Orleans has commenced
business in Louisville, KY.
Rufus Young, considered the most &C
complished horse thief in New England,
died in Rutland, VT, of wounds received
in battle with sheriff
twenty-five Chinese restaurants out
of 35 in Chicago have been absorbed by
a Chinese trust.
A Jewish delegation conferred with
President Roosevelt regarding a petition
to the Russian government, and there is
strong intimation that the paper may
not be sent.
The governments weekly crop report
says that corn generally is making good
growth, but backward
To avoid arrest for clipping with Is
year-old girl known as Blossom" A. A.
Earl shot and killed the girl and then
himself at Baker City, Ore
The quarantine placed upon cattle in
Massachusetts last November because
of the outbreak of foot and mouth dis
ease has been removed
Postmaster General Payne left Wash
1ngton on the revenue cutter Onandaga
for cruise along the coast on ten days
outing.
Twenty-Five policemen were attacked
by mob near the Kellogg Switchboard
plant in Chicago, where there is strike
in progress. and several persons were
injured by flying bricks
A boat race between four crews from
the naval yacht Sylvia was witnessed
by President Roosevelt and family at
Oyster Bay. The idea originated with
the Roosevelt children.
Enraged at the courts, a mob broke
Into the Flemingsburg (Ky.) jail and
hanged William Thacker, white man,
who had been given a life sentence
for the murder of John Gordon.