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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-15
RIOT IN EVANSVILLE.
Indiana City the Scene of Il Desperate
Battle Between Militia
and Mob.

Evansville, Ind, July 7.-Following
four days of rioting and general law
lessness this city Monday night saw
the most terrible of its experiences
with rioters. Nine persons are dead,
and 20 are known to be injured with
at least that number more thought to
be hurt
The trouble, which has been brewing
for months, came to crisis Friday,
when Lee Brown, a negro, shot ard
killed Patrolman Massey, who was try
ing to arrest him while bent on the
murder of a man with whom he had
quarreled. Threats OF vengeance were
followed by the surrounding of the jail.
Thenegro was secretly removedfrom the
city Sunday and taken to Vincennes.
Patrolman Massey diedin terrible agony
and Sunday morning the crowds re-
fused to credit statements Of the Off
Gals that the negro was not in the jail
and began threatening as it increased.
twenty-five policemen were modified
in the Jail and repulsed the first at
tempts to force an entrance after the
gates were crushed in. A telephone
pole was used as a battering ram and
the jail windows gave way a COM
mittee was appointed to search for the
negro, but its report that he was not
there was not believed and after forcing
breach the mob poured into the cor
ridors. Finding its victim gone, there
was cry of kill the negroes" and
arms were demanded.
A company Of armed negroes,
aroused by the race troubles, marched
through the streets shouting down
with the Whites and threatening death
to all if the negro was lynched. This
started a rush for the gun stores by the
whites Three were broken open and
400 rifles and revolvers, with ammuni-
ton, were seized.
Evansville, Ind, July 10-After talk
ing with Gov. Durbin over the tele-
phone Thursday afternoon, Brig. Gen.
Mckee ordered all troops removed
from Evansville The action of the
governor in refusing to allow the trial
of Brown, the cOlored murderer of Pa
trolman Massey, renders the further
presence of soldiers here unnecessary
The list of deaths remains at ten
The two who are the worst injured and
still living, Browski and Bee, are no
worse, although fears are entertained as
to the recovery of both.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-15
RAILWAY DISASTERS,
Spreading Rails and Collision
Cause Several Deaths in IIli-
nois end Iowa.

st. Louis, July 1.-Two persons, one
a girl, were killed, three were seriously
injured, and a score slightly hurt in a
wreck on the Terminal Railroad asso-
cations line between Granite City and
Madison, H., Friday. The dead girl
was Anna J. Jerskamp, of ST. Louis
Fred Winter died soon after being ia
ken to st. Mary's inirmary at st. Louis.
The injured are Everett Hastings, left
leg and arm broken and head cut;
George Fry, right foot crushed and left
arm broken; Joseph Stein, left leg
broken and right ankle crushed;
Charles Blankey, of st. Louis, knee
injured; Kate Haynes, Of Madison,
face bruised; Rose Jordan, of ST. Louis,
back injured; Lille Overbery, Of North
Venice, side bruised; Mabel Overbery,
of North Venice, head bruised, arm and
leg cut; Edith Klump, of Madison, arm,
head and body badly bruised
The terminal passenger train, which
left st. Louis at g.: 20 a. M, consisting of
nine coaches loaded with workmen for
the factories. of the Tri-Cities, jumped
the track on a small trestle just north
Of the American Car and Foundry COM
pany's shops at Madison.
One coach rolled over onto the track
of the Chicago & Alton, striking the
baggage coach of a passenger train pass
ing In the opposite direction. The de-
rallied cab was badly crushed. The Chi
cage & Alton train was not wrecked
Spreading Of the rails of the trestle,
which had been weakened by the flood,
is believed to have caused the accident
Cedar Rapids, Ia, July 1.-Two ST.
Paul freight trains collided Thursday
night near Amana. Both engines and II
cars were piled in a confused mass. The
dead: Joseph Dusek, fireman, Cedar
Rapids; George Haynes, brakeman,
Cedar"Rapids; unidentified man, sup
posed to be tramp.
The injured: Engineer Joss, Marion,
slight: E. G. Peeley, fireman, slight.
Several tran1ps who were stealing
ride may be under the wreckage. The
collision was caused by misleading or
dorS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-15

extensive business department Of the
government. 1t is the irony Of fate that
the man under whose auspices this is
being done should meet with wide
spread criticism because he doesn't hap
pen to be doing it in exactly the way
some of the critics might like. To read
some Of it one would imagine that the
postmaster general were the principal
culprit instead Of the prosecuting OFF,
Ger. Henry G. Payne is one of the best
liked men personally who is prominent
in republican politics. He is regarded
by all his associates as one Of the very
shrewdest and brightest political man
ayers in the United States. Mark
Hanna says he is the very best-and
Mark Hanna is a pretty good authority
on that question. He calls Payne
Harry" and Payne calls him Mark
and the two are as fond Of each other as
if they were brothers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-15
OVER A SCORE KILLED.
Collision Between Trains in Virsinia
Costs 23 Lives-A Number
Are Injured.

Washinten, July S.-TWenty-three
persons were killed and nine persons in
jured in a head-on collision on the Vir-
railway at Rockfish, Va, at Il minutes
after three o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Passenger train No. 35, leaving Wash
lngton at 11:15 a. n. for Atlanta, Ga,
dashed into local freight No. 68, stand
ing on the main line Of the road at that
point, wrecking both engines and the
baggage and express cars of No So. The
baggage car and the second-class pas
senger coach Immediately following it
telescOped. The coach was occupied
mostly by colored people.
The freight train was in charge of
Conductor Brubeck and Engineer Hale,
and at the time of the accident was on
the return run from Lynchburg to Char
lOttesville. ROckfsh station is midway
between these two points and the track
there is single one. Engineer Hale
had orders to get out of the way of the
fast passenger. train, but for some reason
which has not yet been explained he had
oVerstayed his time and had failed to
take a siding so that the passenger train
could pass. The trains came together
with horrible crash and a fearful
scene Of panic ensued when the occu-
pants Of the cars realized what had oc-
Cured.
Later advices from the scene of the
wreck are that the freight train, which
was on the main track, had been there
Tor six minutes longer than the orders
directed when the collision occurred
1t is estimated here that there were
in all probability 120 passengers on the
train, including those from Boston and
intermediate points.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-15
VICTIMS OF HEAT.
Thirty-Six Deaths Due to the Torrid
Wave In New York City
and Brooklyn.

New York, July 11-Thirty-eight
deaths and SO prostrations in and around
New York and Brooklyn tell the story of
Fridays heat. 1t was the hottest July
10 in the history of the local weather
bureau, the highest previous record be-
ing 81 degrees, recorded July 10, 1880. The
early threat of temperature that would
break all records, however, was not full
filed Thursdays record Of ga degrees
at four o'clock, the high weather mark
Of the year, was reached Friday at 20
minutes past one, without signs of re-
lief But by two o'clock the temperature
had fallen two degrees, where it re-
manned during the next two hours. For
tunately, the humidity was only 46 per
cent. when the temperature stood at 81 F.,
and increased but slowly from that time
during the afternoon as. the heat sub
sided. AT eight o'clock at night it was
IS per cent, but by that hour the tenn
perature had fallen to SO degrees, six
degrees lower than at the same hour
Thursday
The intense hot weather continued
throughout the state. At Albany there
was brief relief caused by q thunder
shower, but there were many prostra-
lions and one child died Several pros
tratlons were reported at Middletown.
At Hoosick Falls Thomas O'Brien suf-
Tered sunstroke while repairing a
church roof and he was rescued with diff
hculty by means Of the fire departments
extension ladder. It was 96 degrees at
Hoosick Falls, the hottest of the year,
but at Saratoga the highest was84.
AT Baltimore the temperature reached
70, one degree higher than on THURSDAY.
An unknown white man died on the
street and there were several prostra-
lions. At Philadelphia, where the mer-
curry reached 96, several deaths ard
large number Of prOstrations were re-
ported. There were two deaths and two
prostrations at Pittsburg, where the
mercury registered 81 degrees.
Sweltering heatwas reported through
out New England. At New Haven a
temperature of ga degrees forced the
Winchester Arms company and Sargent
& Co., employing $500 men, and num-
Der of smaller concerns to shut down.
Springfield, Mass, thermometers regis
tered 102 in the shade at noon and those
of Boston 92
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-15

James M. A. Watson, Jr. the municipal gov
eminent are rubbing their eyes to find
whether they are awake.
A young man named Watson, just
barely of age, has been in charge of a
fund in the auditors office which re-
suited from payments made by citizens
Obliged to pay one-half the cost OF lay
ing sidewalks in front Of their houses.
This sum is pretty large, but 1t seems
to have been shoveled into drawer
and into the bank and out again with
Watson chose to keep.
A few days ago it was discovered
that he was supposed to have made
away with $4,000 dollars of the fund,
and now he is in Jail.
The disquieting feature Of the case,
however, is the fact that this young
man, when appointed to Office, is said
to have already had a criminal record.
1t is said that as boy Of II he was
convicted of forgery and sentenced to
two years in the reform school. This
seems to have been known to the Dis
trict officials, and yet he was intrusted
with the care of the funds, and no check
whatever was put on him. He had a
salary of 81 400 year, and on this
salary he supported a wife, played the
races, and cut dash with red devil
lie was known as one of the liveliest
and most extravagant sporting charac-
ters in Washington; and yet though
his superiors knew he was doing all
this on S1,400 a year, and that he had
a shady record to boot, they never sus-
pected anything wrong until the $780,
600 had disappeared.
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OPENS NEW CABLE.
President Roosevelt Sends II Message
Around the Wor1d-Renlark-
able Time Recorded.

Oyster Bay, L. l., July 6.-Around the
world in nine and half minutes is the
remarkable record made Saturday night
by a message to President Roosevelt
from President Clarence H. Mackay,
president of the Pacific Commercial
Pacific cable.
The message was started from New
York at II: SO o'clock, going eastward to
the Azores, Gibraltar, Suez Hong Kong
anG Manila, and thence back by the new
cable by way of Guam, Midway Island,
Honolulu and San Francisco, reaching
Oyster Bay at 12:04h o'clock.
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Made Il Great Record.

Washington, July S.-The big United
States battleship Kearsarge smashed all
ocean records for speed in the. battleship
class in her journey to Kiel, making a
total distance of 3,345 miles, from New
York to the Needles, at the high average
speed of 1862 miles per hour She made
the entire run without single stop or
Encouragement of the machinery. which
showed its perfection by running up the
speed to 145 and Is knots on the last few
days of the voyage
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-15
AN AWFUL CRIME.
Two-Year-OId Girl Stolen from Her
Home and ChOked to
Death.

Bloomington, ILL.,, July 1.-THE two
year-old daughter Of Andrew Jordan,
a hay teamster, was stolen from his
home in this city Thursday night Fri
day the body was found in mangled
condition in Stautz' pasture, two miles
northwest of this city. The babe had
first been choked to death and then
mutilated No theory is advanced to
account for the crime, but adjoining
towns have been notified to look out
for a man who is thought to have
hired the rig in which the child was
taken aWaV
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-15
A DISASTROUS STORM.
Much Damage to Growing Crops in
Wisconsin-W oman Is Killed
Mt Argyle.

Milwaukee, Wis, July 10-A spe-
Wis, says heavy thunder storm
did considerable damage in that vicin-
ity to the trees and standing grain.
The storm at Argyle was almost cy-
clone. One building was wrecked Mrs.
Hamstead was killed A report from
GratiOt says that much damage was
was done there, several buildings
being moved from their foundations.
Marshfield reports terrific wind and
rain storm, causing thousands of dol
lars of damage to growing crops, shade
trees, etc. A half dozen barns were
blown down.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-15

Kansas republican state committee. He
is young man, hardly 40-without
particle of camaraderie, bent merciless-
ly on the prosecution of his work.
Probably Bristow is personally the
least popular man in the government
| service. Members of congress for years
have been complaining that they could
not get things" out of his division in
the post Office department. But Bristow
hasn't minded a bit He has courted
the distinction, if anything, and he takes
delight in heWing straight to the line in
everything official
Bristow is born sleuth. He re-
joices in the scent of crime, and he will
pursue trail leading up to it with the
relentlessness of Javert. 1t is rath-
er curious thing that just at this time
there should be at the head of the corps
of inspectors SO typical a hunter-down
of wrong. 1t is quite probable that If
the present inquiry had not been started
Bristow would not have retained his
position in the department long, for he
had lost his political backing at home,
and there were scores OF members of
congress who were demanding his re-
moval Or transfer. But it would be a
rash politician who would venture to
suggest to the president now that he
| dispense with the services of his fourth
assistant postmaster general
LOUIS A. COOLIDGE.
Gunpowder and Gardening.
Nasmyth, landscape painter Of
repute, helped to compose some Of
the finest park and forest scenery
in Great Britain. The estate of the
duke of Athol was disfgured by an
unsightly crag, the rocks of which
were inaccessible to climbers.
Nasmyth determined to make a bold
bid for success with a cannon, which
was at hand. By his advice tin CAMS
tiers were prepared and loaded with
tree seeds. Fired from the lannon's
mouth these novel shells burst
against the face of the crag and scat
tered their fruitful contents among
the rocky crevices. Nature carried
on the work, and in the course of
years those barren heights were
clothed with trees of luxurious
growth. Nasmyth's son James, the
Scottish astronomer, is said to have
repeated the experiment with equal
success.
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q = u
corps. Gen. Haywood has seen the ma
7rine corps grow from small body lit
tile regarded by the other branches OF
the service into body Of nearly 10, 900
men, standing on level in the public
aregard with the army and the navy.
The greater part of this growth has
come since he was promoted to the
head of the corps, ten years ago.
The corps is three times as large as
it was then. His own rank was that
Of colonel. 1t has been raised success
ssively by congress to brigadier general
and major general Gen. Haywood, in
person, has had more to do with the
advancement of the corps from its small
estate than any other man. He has
commanded the respect of congress and
successive administrations, and he has
been regarded as soldier not involved
in any schemes and plots for personal
advancement.
The marine corps takes pride in its
fighting record. 1t has seen service in
every war entered into by the United
States, and in proportion to it's numbers
1t Has dCQultISO IIoolI Will GAIL all VI
nary credit It's enlisted men have the
reputation of being better drilled and
of preserving better discipline than the
enlisted men of any other service. In
Col. Waller the corps has one of the few
really distinguished fighting heroes of
the United States, and it is due to Gen.
Haywood and the esprit de corps which
he has cherished that much of the re-
cent laurels have been won.
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ferent type from
P a Y n e. That is
the fourth assist
a n t postmaster
general, who hap
pens to be at the
head of the corps
of inspectors to
whom it has fallen
to carry on the in
quiries. There Is
nothing of the
politician a b o u t
Bristow, although
he was for awhile
secretary Of + n a
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-15

concentrated at
tentiOn than al
most any other
man in the United
States. Mr.. Payne
is conducting one
of the most search
ing and effective
Investigations that
has ever been con-
Quoted by a public
officer, and the re-
suit of which will
be to purify and
establish on a
more businesSlike
fOntiDO tho most
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-15
Extrn Session Called.

Denver. Col, July Gov Peabody
has called an extra session Of the leg
islature to meet July 20 for the pur-
pose Of passing new general appro-
priation bill for the support of the
state institutions The bill as passed
at the last session was declared illegal
by the courts
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-15
ROdieS Found in IL Creek

r Neodesha, Kan, July 10.-The bodies
of a man and boy have been found in
of horse was also found, and buggy.
Identification was impossible, but from
letters the man had it is thought he
was R.NW. Wensel, of Witty, Mo- A
letter mailed at Little Beaver, Mo-, ad-
dressed to him was found
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-15

Havana, July 9.-The senate commit
tee mas decided to submit reportreconi-
mending the postponement of the rati-
fication of the naval stations treaty. The
indications are that it will be defeated
and that the treaty will be ratified.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-15

the adjutant general. A few months
ago he was promoted to be brigadier
general, and now~he is to be one of the
master minds of the general staff which
Is due in so large measure to his ini-
tiative.
AS colonel and assistant adjutant
Gen. Carter made himself indispensable
to Secretary Root. Whenever Root
wanted to do anything Carter was the
fellow who told him just how it could
be DONE That sort of assistant always
endears himself to his superior. When
the idea of a general staff came up-no-
body knows exactly whether Root had
the idea first or Carter-the assistant
adjutant general worked out all the de-
tails with vast industry and splendid
skill. He was sent to the capitol by the
secretary to explain the bill to senators
and representatives, and it is due large
ly to his clear, cold intelligence that
the measure finally became law.
Carter is not by any means an "off1ce
| soldier" He had years of the hardest
kind Of service against the Indians on
the frontier, and he is booked to go to
the Philippines very soon. OF course,
he is not altogether popular among his
military associates. Men Of his char
acteristics who have been nOticeably
| successful seldom meet with the entire
approval of former equals whom they
have passed in the race And there
are insignificant majors Of the line who
| graduated from West Point in the same
class with Brig. Gen. Carter.
| Troubles of the Postmaster General.
| Just at the present moment POstmas-
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Cni,d Labor T,ow Ki;Iea

Atlanta, Ga, July 9.-The house of
representatives of the general assembly
BY vote Of SO to Is killed the child labor
bill, which prevented employment OF
children in cotton mills under a certain
age limit.
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Mammals Con sent.

The Count (oId enough to be grand
father and after Miss Moneyton)-
hat asked your mamma and she gif
her consent; and now I-er-
Miss Moneyton-I am so glad! But
won't it be funny to call you papa2-
Lippiueott's Magazine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-15

Killsem Ga native of the Cannibal is
lands)-They are having barbecue
down on the beach.
Eatsem-What's the entree, man or
woman?
"Neither. They've captured a ship
laden with New York newspapers and
they are devouring the news" Prince
ton Tiger.
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Baptist Young People Meet

Atlanta, Ca, July 11.-With an at
tendance estimated at 5000 and dele
gates representing almost every sec
ton of the United States and Can
ada the thirteenth annual convention
of the International Baptist Young
Peoples union was called to order in
this city Thursday for a four days
session by President John H. Chap
man Of Chicago
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-15
The CrODS.

Washington, July 8.-Government's
weekly crop report shows the most IA
vorable weather Of the season. Rain
is needed in the Ohio valley Corn has
greatly improved and is growing fast
Early wheat has been permanently in
iured in the Dallotas. Cotton progress
ic good
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Will not recover
for a long time.
Thieving b a S
been discovered in
the offices of the
District of Column
bia, and the cir
cumStances are SO
extraordinary that
the worthy citi-
zens w b o b a V e
been congratulate
ing themselves for
years on the i'm
maculateneSs Oh
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A1NC1 w 11OSC GULF
mission dates far
Their back than the
commission of any
other officer of
the military or
naval S erV i C e.
Maj. Gen. Hey
wood entered the
service before the
civil war, and has
served continu-
ously ever since
with a record for
:gallantry not sur
m q G c O n in the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-15

Buffalo, N. Y, July 10.-The body
Thursday was identified at Drum
mondville as that of Ed. Delehanty,
the famous outfielder Of the Washing
ton American league team. The body
was manpled
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-15

AZ the newspapers. He never seems to
have had the faculty of getting that par
sicular kind of fame, and yet he is re-
garded in the war department as In
many ways the most accomplished pro-
fessional soldier in the service During
and after the war with Spain he was
Gen Corbin's assistant in the Office Of
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ficers of the new
general staff of the
army. That is fit
ting, if there is as
sumed to be any
merit in the gen.
eral staff, for, with
the exception of
Secretary R o o t !,
Carter is RESPONSE
BILE for it's creation
more than any
other one man.
Carter is not an
officer whose name
has figured much
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-15

Chicago, July 11.-John G. Harding.
organizer Of Typographical Union No
IS, was struck and almost instantly
killed BY Wentworth avenue car at
Seventy eighth street and Vincennes
road at o'clock last night.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-15
Bryan VIII Tour In EuroDe,

Lincoln, Neb., July 10.-William Jen-
nings Bryan has announced his inten.
ton of going to Europe this fall to
study sociology under monarchicai
forms of government 1t is the inten-
ton of Mr.. Bryan to sail early in Sep
TENDER and remain until the end of the
wear
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Double Hanging i'm Illinois.

St. Louis, July IA special to the
Post-Ddspatch from Carbonate, ILL.,,
says: Calvin Price and Jerry Graves
were hanged Friday at Marion, H., for
the heartless murder last February of
Mrs Nellie Reichelderfer, a popular
teacher. Both men died bravely and
before the drop fell made confessions.