Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-04-18
A WEEKS RECORD
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.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

Twelve persons were killed by tor
nado that passed over Hopewell, Ala,
and four others were fatally INJURED.
States Attorney General Webb says
tie use Of the Bible in the public schools
in San Francisco is unconstitutional.
Andrew Carnegie has offered Cleve-
land, O., $250,0OOto erect seven branches
libraries.
The Washington Humane society has
elected President Roosevelt an honor
airy member.
Appomattox day was observed in
Lafayette, Ind. The public schools
were closed and the courts were ad-
journed
Unusually high temperatures were
recorded in Kansas Thursday. AT Abb
lene 80 degrees was the mark, and at
Concordia SO.
4 disastrous explosion occurred on
the battleship Iowa while the vessel
was at target practice in the Gulf of
Mexico. The forward port 12-inch gun
burst from premature explosion Of q
shell, II feet Of the piece outside the
turret being demolished. Three men
were killed and five injured two Sc
riously.
The Nebraska legislature has aC-
journed sine die.
At Detroit, Mich, Michael Sullivan,
of Walkerville, Ont, was shot through
the neck and a number of other men
slightly injured in a fight between
strikers and nonunion workmen of the
Canadian Bridge company.
The amount of three and four per
cent bonds received to date at the
treasury department for exchange
into two per cent. consols is S12 $685.
400.
Hilary Bell, the dramatic and must
cal critic of the New York Press,
dropped dead in the barge Office in
New York city. Heart failure is be-
lieved to have been the cause of death.
Secretary Loeb received no word
from the president Thursday beyond
the announcement in the morning
that lie had left his headquarters for
6 trip into Yellowstone park.
A joint resolution was presented in
both houses of the Illinois legislature
providing for an adjournment sine die,
April 90
The Illinois senate passed the muni-
cipal ownership bill-45 to O.
The Illinois house passed the senate
joint resolution favoring the consti-
tutional amendment for election Of
senator's by direct vote.
The United States court of appeals
at ST. Paul rendered decision holding
that the Northern Securities is an lille
gal corporation, in violation of the
antitrust law, enjoining it from voting
stock of controlled roads and decreeing
that the stock shall be returned to it's
former owners. The government
claim is that the roads are parallel and
motives for competition would be de-
stroyed if upheld.
Fire destroyed Edwards college, a
Catholic Institution near Austin, Tex
The 200 students escaped. Loss, $175,-
600
The Ala bama commissioners have de-
cided the state will not be represented
by an exhibit at the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition.
During a chariyari party in Duluth,
Mimi. Oscar London. a Finn, fired a rife
shot into the house where wedding
was celebrated and killed Mrs. Hanna
Matson, aged 80 years.
Temporary insanity, due to his
troubles, led Henry Albrieson, a farm
er living near Langdon, n. D., to kill
his fveyear-old son and himself.
Because of the succession of acct
dents which have occurred recently in
ihe navy, a board of officers is to be
appointed to revise the drill regula-
tions in order that every precaution
may be taken in the future against
casualties.
Department of justice officials, while
having no auth oritatiye information on
the subject, have little doubt that an
appeal in the Northern Securities case
will be taken to the United States su-
preme court very soon.
The battleship Iowa was badly dam
aged by the recent explosion, and three
decks rlust be removed.
Dun & Co. report prosperous activity
IN trade, notwithstanding the prera
Ience OF strikes.