Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14

wife and himself at ROsedale, Ind
Domestic trouble was the cause.
There were 264 business failures in
the United States during the week
ended on the 9Th, against 243 the same
week in 1902.
The Delaware senatorial deadlock
over j. Edward Addicks' candidacy is
without parallel, only one United
States senator having been elected
since 1889.
Weekly trade reviews report car and
fuel famine felt by many industries.
Activity in building trades is noted
President Roosevelt has again de-
clined to arbitrate the Venezuelan dis
puts as requested by the allies, and
the case will go to The Hague court.
Steve Clark (white) and VIII Calling
(colored) were hanged at Poplar Bluff,
Mo-, Clark for the murder of his be-
trothed, while Gatlin had killed a ne
gro.
San Francisco officials are urged by
commercial bodies of that city to CO.
operate with United States officials in
stamping out the bubonic plague.
While gang of laborers was razing
an old tannery building at Buffalo, n.
Y, the building collapsed and three
were killed.
Secretary Root has accepted the res
ignation of Naval Constructor Richard
p Hobson.
Miles Johnson (colored) was hanged
at Augusta, Ga, for assaulting white
woman.
Secretary of War Root in an address
at the New York Union League club de-
clared failure has resulted from be-
slowing citizenship and equal rights
on negroes.
The miners and operators scale COM
mittee made no progress toward settle
ment at the Indianapolis conference.
Valentine Casagrande, a miner,
killed his wife and himself at Lead
vile, Col.
Hardie Henderson, well-known
baseball. player, was instantly killed
by the cars in Philadelphia.
Nearly all the large rivers in Indiana
are on the rampage as the result Of
heavy rains and thaws.
1t was reported that several Unit
ed States senator's had received tele-
grams from John d. Rockefeller that
antitrust legislation must stop. 9th
er senator's denied the report.
The bituminous miners at the In
dianapolis conference accepted a new
scale increasing wages 1919 per cent.
on an average and strike was avert
ed and peace assured for year.
Lee Hall (colored), who shot Sher-
if Crawford, was taken from jail a t
Wrightsville, Ga, by a mob and
lynched.
Two hundred thousand acres of
land, upon which Beers are to settle,
have been bought in southwest
Texas by the Hartman lines.
Rear Admiral Frank Wildes, of
Boston, commander of the cruiser
Boston in the battle of Manila bav,
died on a ship bringing him home
from Asia.
The South Carolina legislature has
passed bill prohibiting child labor
in textile manufactures and mines
Severe earthquake shocks were felt
in southern Illinois. southeastern
Missouri and northern Kentucky.
The keel was laid at Newport News,
Va, for the new 16,000-ton battleship
Louisiana.
Representative of the powers con-
tinue negotiations as to Venezuela and
will lift the blockade as soon as proto-
coils are signed.
Marconi is reported at work on an
invention to give an unseen vessels
latitude and longitude and to send
duplex messages on air currents.
The Alabama legislature is planning
a law to invite trust incorpora tions
to that state by removing restrictions
on them.