Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-09
4 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
DOME STIC.

temperature was seven degrees be-
low the freezing point.
President Baer, of the Philadel-
phia & Reading railway, told the in
terstate commerce commission that
he controlled the coal market and
could increase Or lower prices as he
saw fit.
Three persons were killed, two IA
tally and a dozen seriously Injured
In a railway wreck at Terre Haute,
Ind.
C. J. McReynolds, of Nashville,
Tenn, has been appointed assistant
United States attorney general to
succeed James M. Beck.
Cattle men are reported to have
subscribed for $25, 100000 stock in a
cooperative company to fight the
beef trust.
Snowstorms and excessive cold in the
northwest will cause a heavy loss in
fruit and early vegetables.
Colored preachers, headed by Rev. R.
c. Ransom, have commenced a crusade
against the policy shops in Chicago.
A rock slide on Turtle mountain in
Alberta, British Columbia, killed 112
persons and wrecker the town of
Frank.
Mayor Rose, of Milwaukee, was
stricken with heart failure. and came
near dying before physician arrived
and relieved him.
John d. Rockefeller has sent check
for $4,000 to the officers of the Saliva
ton army in Cleveland to aid in the
erection of new SOC, 900 citadel
The Indianapolis Journal (repub-
Ecan) has been sold to former Con-
gresham Charles L. Henry, of Ander-
son, Ind.
The Illinois legislature has passed a
bill raising the limit of death damages
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Rev. John g. Murray, of Baltimore,
Nd, has been elected Episcopal bishop
Of Mississippi.
President Roosevelt, former Presi-
dent Cleveland, Cardinal Gibbons and
other noted men assisted in the for
NAL dedication of the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition at st. Louis, the ex-
ercises being preceded by an impos-
ing military parade.
E. B. Thomas, president of the Le-
high Valley railroad, declared before
the interstate commerce commission
that unrestricted competition is dan
gerous.
Eighty-three bluejackets on the
United States receiving ship Wabash
were placed in irons at Boston for mu-
tiny
Direct cable communicat ton between
the United States and the Philippines
will be opened on July 4.
At Frankfort, Ky, James Howard
was found guilty of the murder Of
Gov. William Goebel and sentenced to
life imprisonment.
Three thousand employees in so of
Chicago's largest laundries went on a
strike for increased wages.
Gov. Chamberlain, of Oregon. has
presented a sword from the people
of the state to Admiral c. E. Clark,
who commanded the battleship Ore
gon during the Spanish war.
Snow to the depth of three inches
fell throughout central Wisconsin.
Four county treasurers employees
are deadand 80 i'll as a result of tax
payers scramble in Chicago to avoid
delinquent penalty.
One million dollars damage has
been caused by Pennsylvania forest
fires near Bradford. The town of
jacksonville was destroyed and sew
eral lives lost.
The reports of railroads for March.
including ST. Paul, Union Pacific and
Reading, show large gains in earn
ings.
At Springfield, H., the report of the
house Investigating committee finds
that no real attempt was made to
bride Speaker Miller.
The plant of the Crescent Powder
company at Ganistock, Pa, was
wrecked by an explosion and nine
men were killed and 81 others badly
injured.
The semiannual assemblage of the
bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
church of the world is in session at
Meadville, Pa.
There were 203 business failures in
the United States during the seven
days ended on the 1st, against 1S6 the
same week in 1902
President Roosevelt was given an
enthusiastic greeting at Kansas City.
Mo-, and at Kansas City, Lawrence,
Topeka and other Kansas cities.
Weekly trade reviews say there is
much activity in manufacturing, with
the exception of some textile mills.
Sales are reported good and collections
prompt.
Killing frosts were reported from
nearly every state in the middle west
and fruits and vegeta bles apparently
are ruined
The St. Lawrence river canals are
opened TO navigation.