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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-04-06

-"They are beauties!" Is the excla-
nation of everyone who looks at the
Pickwick snits at Michaelsohn's.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-04-06

One Minute Cough Cure cures quickly.
That's what you wantl-E.H 81. Craig & Go
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-04-06
Elaborate toilets for church.
White petticoats on muddy days.

Give DR.. Fox's Tablets one trial
and YOU will feel imme diste relief. Ask
your druggist sbou. them.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-04-06
--l-l-l77-----
MARRIED..

AT the residence of and by Rev. G. W. Nu-
yum, April 2, Mr.. LESTER HAYTER ana MISS
NORA E. DAVIS, both of Viroqua.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-04-06
THE END NEARLY IN SIGHT.


On Monday the cabinet met for the
discussion of the presidents message to
congress on the difficulty with Spain.
The message will go to congress today.
or by tomorrow at the latest. 1t will
deal plainly and without reserve on both
Cuba and the Maine incident. The rec
ognition of Cuban independence is now
beyond question, unless the insurgents
voluntarily assent to less, which is i'm
probable.
The European powers have thrown
out feelers, and it is rumored the pope
has done likewise, as to the probability
of the United States accepting Euro
pesn mediation. The government will
not accept it, except SO far as it may be
exercised by the powers to compel Spain
to accept our final demands.
The desire for absolute unity of pur-
pose and action between president, con-
gress and people is general, but limit
is set to further delay. The cry amongst
the most patriotic and loyal is, swat
until Wednesday! After that must come
the judgment" The Foraker resolu-
tion will in ali probability be the basis
OF the action of the senate, aud house
and senate are very anxious that the
action of both may conform to the pres
ident's wishes and judgment.
1t is idle to attempt to ignore the
fact that our nation is convinced that
SpaiL is responsible for the loss of the
Maine and the lives of our sailors. This
conviction does and must influence the
action of congress. The responsibility
of the president is terrible. His con
duct has been and is beyond praise. He
should and will receive the support of
every American. The end is near, and
when it comes It must not, it will not,
be that our national escutcheon be
stained by single voice raised in dis,
sent from the decision and policy finally
reached and adopted.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-02-11
INSULTS OF DE LONE
THE SPANISH MINISTER ACCUSED OF
WRITING ABUSIVE LETTER.

A Remarkable Document, which, ~ Its
AuthentIciiy Is Proven, win Cause d
Lome's RecalI-says the President IL -
Low Politician, Catering TO the RabbIe."
New York, Feb. 9.-Great Importance
Is attached by the Cuban iunta to a let
ter alleged-to have been written by tbs
Spanish minister in Washington, Senior
de LONE, to Senior Jose Canalejas, for
merly minister Of Justice in Spain and
proprietor Of the Madrid Heraldo. This
document reached the iunta yesterday.
II was brought from Havana by a spe-
cial messenger.
After comparing the document with
those known to have been written by
Senior de LONE on the same kind of OFF,
cial note paper and experts employed by
the junta had pronounced the authen-
ticity of the document unquestionahle,
1t was translated from Spanish into
English. Here is the translation of the
essential parts of the letter given out
by the junta:
"The situation here continues un-
changed. Everything depends on the
political and military success in Cuba.
The prologue Of this second method OF
warfare will end the day that the colo
NAL cabinet will be appointed, and Il re-
lieves us in the eyes Of this country
of a part of the responsibility of what
may happen there, and they may cast
the responsibility upon the Cubans,
whom they believe so immaculate.
Until then we will not be able to see
clearly, and I consider it to be loss of
time and an advance In the wrong road
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-02-11
KEYSTONE srAreHousE.
Bids Opened For Pennsylvania's New
CapitoI-f -fortrort Not LIT


Harrisburg. Pa, Feb. s.-The new cap
itol commission met yesterday after
noon to open proposals for the con-
struction Of the new structure. At the
recommendation Of the commissioners
all of the contractors submitted sugges-
tlons for modification of the original
plans, with bids for the modified plans.
The bids were as follows:
= Mcllvaine Unkever & Co. Pittsburg.
1857 Oo0 with notifications. s5Os .86g
second modification, S4s9. 800. p. J. Car4
lin & Co., Brooklyn. Ss26. 45s; modified.
S9l6,459; second modification, SiS5, 1876.
Edwin T, Williams. Scranton, 81, ,O22, sos
with notifications, $ig5. 900; second mod
ification, s4ss 600. Henry Schuddemae
OF this city S9S9, 750; notifications, 1914 d.
750. r. A. Malone. Lancaster. 81, 200, 900;
there were 10 notifications rangin /.
from $685., 200 to s542. 1872. Norcross Bros
New York, $L3s5OOO; modified proposl.
tion, S1,155,000 Allan b. Rorke, Phila.
delphia, s1;lOO, 900; modified proposition.
$525,OOO William c. Ball and w. Fl.
Jones of this city. S977 500; modifie /
proposition, 1907 600; second modlfica-
tlon, s50j,OOO; third modification, s49S q.
600; fourth modification S42s OOO.
The contract viii not be awarded un.
I'll after court disposes of the injunction
proceedings brought by the attorne !
general
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-02-11

New York. Feb. S.--William J. Quin-
Ian, Jr., for 20 years cashier and di-
rector in the Chemical National bank,
is out of his position. The bank is out
1898 900, which II will charge to profit
and loss. In six months. working inde-
pendently Of each other. two clever pro-
moters induced him to lend them nearly
100000 on securities which are believed
TO be practically worthless. The men
who induced Cashier Quinlan to ad-
vance this large amount on the securi-
ties are John S. Silver, the promoter Of
a carbon company, with works at Rah-
way, N. j., and Francis c. Cradle, who
has been for number Of years promi-
nent i'm promoting various western min
ing and real estate schemes. Cradle re-
ceived s243, 900 and Silver got $15OOOO.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-02-11
MINISTER DE LONE.

the sending of emissaries TO the rebel
field, the negotiating with the Autono-
mists. not yet declared to be legally con-
stituted, and the discovery of the in
tentions and purposes of this govern
ment The exiles win return one by
one, and, when they return, will come
allxing into the sheepfold, and the
chiefs viii gradually return. Neither
of these had the courage to leave en-
masse and they will not have the cour-
age to thus return.
"The message has undeceived the in
surgents. who expected something else,
and has paralyzed the action of con-
gress, but consider II bad.
"Besides the natural and inevitable
coarseness with which he repeats all
that the press and public opinion of
Spain has said of Weyler, 1t shows once
more that Mckinley is weak and ca
tering to the rabble, and. besides, a low
politician, who desires to leave a door
open to me and to stand well with the
jingoes of his party.
Nevertheless, as a matter of fact II
will only depend on ourselves whether
he will prove bad and adverse to us.
agree entirely with you-without a mill
itary success nothing will be accom-
plished there, and without military and
political success there is here always
danger that the insurgents will be en-
couraged, If not by the government, at
least by part of the public opinion"
Says the Letter Was Stolen.
The representatives of the junta say
the letter was stolen in Havana. Ho-
ratio Rubens, counsel for the revolu-
tionary party in the United States, said
to q reporter last night that the original
of the letter was in the possession of
the junta 1t may be turned over to the
state department in Washington.
If it can be shown that the letter is
genuine, 1t undoubtedly will result in
Senior Dupuy de LONE getting his pass
ports from Secretary Sherman.
Coming at the time 1t does, If true, It
is a greater breach of diplomatic ETH
duette than the letter written by Lord
Sackville West. Those who have seen
the signature of the Spanish minister
and are familiar with his writing and
who have seen the letter stoutly insist
that there is no question as to the gen.
uineness of the letter. The junta
through its representatives, says it will
not hesitate to submit the letter to a
public test by a handwriting expert and
] intimates that this already has been
done.
Mr.. Rubens. in making the letter pub
lie last night, said
I'VE know absolutely that this letter
/ Is genuine. A man risked his life tc
obtain it. We do not hesitate TO ac-
| knowledge that II was stolen from
/ Canalejas. 1t is written on the paper
Of the legation. The handwriting is De
Lome's. and the signature is his. He
may deny It until he is black in the
face, but 1t is genuine, and everybody
who has seen IL knows that it is. The
man who stole 1t distracted II from this
envelope and left the latter II he hac
attempted to steal the envelope or hat
stolen the envelope. he never would
have got away with the letter.
THE stealing of a little correspond,
ence is not an indictable offense, or al
least it is not extraditable, and all il
fair in love and war"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-02-11

Simon Kowalski said that when the
sheriff stopped the strikers at West
Hazleton he asked where they were go
ing. "To Lattimer to see our fellow
workmen," he replied. Then he grabbed
a man by the collar, pulled him out of
the line and pushed his revolver against
his throat. The next moment there
was a shot, and l ran as fast as l could
When | came back, Mr.. Dodson a dep
uty, came over as l was helping a
wounded man, and said:
You run away, or I'll shoot you
tool"
Walter Pekerski told how the deputies
had struck one of the strikers at West
Hazleton with a gun, cutting his head
badly The man, he said was doing
nothing. He could not point out the
deputy. At. West Hazleton the sheriff
was pointing his revolver at everybody
near him. None of the strikers had any
weapons, and all were quite peaceable
Near Lattimer the sheriff stopped us
and said, Nobody can go to Lattimer,'
said the witness. "Then some of the
men pushed forward, and the sheriff
pulled man to the side of the road
and pointed his revolver. The man
pushed the revolver away and ran. The
sheriff snapped his revolver twice. The
third time it exploded. / cannot say
whether or not he shot anybody. As
soon as he fired the deputies commenced
shooting and everybody ran. 1 was
among the last and the deputies fired
at us while we were running. The fir
ing lasted about five minutes"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-02-11

Washington. Feb. 9. - Minister de
LONE absolutely refuses to discuss the
letter given out by the Cuban iunta in
New York. He is waiting for Develop
ments. and whatever explanations he
may make will be made 10 his home
government. President Mckinley has
heard Of the letter. but viii not public
ly discuss a matter of such delicacy.
After the letter, although private, Is
brought to the notice of the country he
may feel constrained to take official no
tice Of it.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-02-11
CARRIEDNO WEAPONS
WITNESSES DECLARE THE HAzLEToN
MINERS WE'RE UNhRmED.

Deputy's Threat 60 XIII a Man who Was
Aiding wounded strIker-severai Dep
uties Identified In COurt-A witness
Says Martin Fired First.
wilkesbarre, Pa, Feb. s-In the con-
tinuation Of the trial of Sheriff Martin
and his deputies Evan JONES' chief Of
police Of West Hazleton, testified that
the strikers reached West Hazleton on
the afternoon Of the shooting. and there
met the sheriff and the deputies. They
carried a flag and talked rather loudly.
but they had no arms and made no dis
turbance OF any kind. The sheriff told
them that they could not march to Lat
timer and that they must go home
whereupOn he (Jones) induced them to
go back and showed them how they
could march by a side street
Herman Pottunger of Hazleton said
that while he was ut West Hazleton on
the day Of the shooting Deputy Henry
Heihl threatened to "blow my brains
out If / did not get off the road"
The witness pointed out Barton, Hall,
Beisel. Manley and Noble as deputies
whom he saw at West Hazleton. He
heard Hall say, I'd like 30 get a pop
at them" Another deputy said, Il bet
l drop six Of them when l get over
there" The cross examination was Sc
we're, but IT did not affect Potthnger's
story
John Fortschek, who required an in
terpreter, said that he was at West
Hazleton with the strikers and saw the
sheriff threaten to shoot down several
men. He stated that the strikers had
no clubs or weapons of any kind and
that one Of the deputies pulled the
American flag and tore 1t. At Lattimer
the witness saw no disturbance, and al
most as soon as the strikers halted a
shot was fired, and then came the vol
ley The firing continued about five
minutes, he said.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-02-11

Carlisle, Pa, Feb. S.-Elizabeth Flan-
ders and Fannie Eaglehorn, Indian
girls, who tried to burn the girls build
ing at the Indian school here, have
.pleaded guilty ana were sentenced to
one year and six months. They said
they were homesiek and wanted Cap
tain Pratt to send them home.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-02-11
Aaml..sa Drawlnr I've Psa.Isn..

Washington. Feb. s.--Benjamin Dar-
wart, a soldier In the National home
here, who was arrested Monday charged
with illegally drawing two pensions, has
been held in $1,000 bail for the action of
the grand jury. He confessed his guilt
70 an examiner Of the pension ONCE.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-02-11
FARM NEWS.

Regular subscription price, 30 cents
Farm News now reaches more than $1,000
families Ii holds this large and loyal fol
lowing Of subscribers, because they regard
it as one Of the chief essentials of their sue
cess in farming 1t keeps IN touch with the
most progressive agriculture of the day,
it is scientific in It's spirit, and at the same
time is never obscure in its moaning, nor
stilted in its style It's the kind Of paper
the farmer values i'm his every day work,
because in it. he finds what other successful
farmers are doing, and how they do it. Its
l6 pages contain no dead weight mo
"hllers" Every line counts II you know
anything about the farm and farm life,
examine Farm News and you will under
stand how much its subscribers appreciate
it, And it grows better every number,
Compare IL with any other farm paper. and
it stinds ahead in practlcability and real
value
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-02-11

Washington. Feb. 7.-President Dole
and his party ceased to be the guests OF
the nation last night at 7;20 o'clock
when he started for Buffalo, and thus
began his return journey for the Ha-
Waiian islands
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-02-11
woMANkIND.

Regular subscription price, SOC. A hand
some 2o-page magazine containing stories,
poems, sketches, bits Of travel and such
general literary matter as appeals most
strongly to the average reader, who wants
pure and wholesome literature of the en-
tertaining kind Its practical departments
devoted to the kitchen, the flower garden,
the care Of children, dressmaking, home
decorations, etc, are greatly valued by
every woman who has ever read them. Ex-
tensive improvements have been made in
Womankind during the past year, and as
n result its circulation has been increased
from 10000 to COCOA growth that could
only possibly be obtained by giving the
people what they want. We invite COM
parison Of Womankind with other papers
of its kind
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-02-11

The trial Of Sheriff Martin and his
deputies, charged with shooting and
killing 20 striking miners and wound
ing more than so others at Lattimer,
Pa, last September began at Wilkes
barre last week.
1t is the contention of the prosecution
that the miners were marching in or
der1y procession on the public highway
from Hazleton to Lattimer; that they
were unarmed and made no demonstra-
tion of a hostile character; that they
were stopped by the sheriff and his dep
uties and were wantonly killed or
wounded, many of them, it is claimed.
being shot in the back after they had
dispersed and were flying to places of
safety, In support of this contention
these witnesses have been introduced
during the past week:
John Mahala, president of the local
union of United Mine Workers, testified
that he was at the head of the process
sion of miners and was carrying an
American flag, when they were stopped
by the sheriff's posse The flag was
grabbed from his hand and torn in
pieces. The shooting. he says. followed
without provocation almost Immediate
ly thereafter.
Rev Richard Aust, pastor of the Pol
ish Catholic. church. and Rev. Carl
Hauser pastor of the Lutheran church,
testified that they had examined many
of the dead and wounded and found
that several were wounded in the back.
Charles Guscott, principal Of the Lat
timer school, located near the scene OF
the shooting. testified that he saw the
encounter. The miners, he said, were
marching in an orderly manner along
the highway, when they were stopped
by the sheriff and deputies. Shortly
after he heard shots and saw the min
ers disperse. the deputies continuing
the shooting for several minutes. Sew
eral volleys were fired, he said. the min
ers being shot in the back as they ran.
Miss Grace Coyle, a teacher in the
Lattimer school, who was an eyewit-
ness OF the shooting, fully corroborated
the testimony of Principal Guscott She
declared that the shooting continued
while the men were running away.
Or. Kellar an attending surgeon, tes-
titled that 46 wounds on SO men We're
inflicted by "A caliber winchester bull
let's. He classified the position Of the
wounds as follows: Shot directly in
front, 5; Indirectly in front, 8: directly
in the side, lN Indirectly in the side, 6;
directly in the rear, 8; indirectly in the
rear, s.
John Egler, secretary of the local un-
ion of mine workers, testified that the
miners were marching peacefully. car
rylng an American flag and were who'll
ly unarmed.
John Yeager, a Slavonian, who was
among the marching strikers. identified
in court several Of the deputies who did
the shooting at Lattimer
Thomas Hall, clerk of the Valley hotel
at Hazleton, testified to hearing Dep
uty John Turner say after the shooting
at Lattimer that he shot nine miners
and killed FIVE.
c. Brehen gave testimony tending tC
show malice on the part of some OF
the deputies. He said he was asked
I shortly before the shooting to Join the
ranks of the deputies by Deputies Bern
heiser and Dodson, both of whom, hs
I declared. said strikers ought to be shot
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-02-11

Madrid Feb. 4.-The cost Of the Gu
ban war from February. 1895, 10 the end
Of 1897 is officially estimated at $40 009,-
900, besides the arrears due from the
Cuban treasury, amounting 70 s0o0o,-
900.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-07-29
REJOICING IN HONOLULU.


N@We Of tne AoneEAtion of the Hawaiian
1sisnds Enthusiastically Received.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 80. The steam.
ship Mariposa has arrived from Aus.
tralia and Honolulu, bringing the fol.
lowing correspondence to the Asso-
ciated Press:
Honolulu, July 2O-The steamship
Coptlc arrived from San Francisco on
the evening Of the 18th with the news
that the United States senate had rati.
fed the Newlands resolution making
the islands part of the United States.
Long before the vessel reached port it
was known she brought news Of an.
nexation. the news being signalled to
the Mohican. Whistles were blown,
bells were runR and pandemonium let
loose. Fireworks were sent up and
100 guns fred from the roof Of the
executive building. At the same time
the Honolulu band marched through
the principal street to the wharf play.
ing American petriotic tunes. Presi.
dent Dole was at Beach Home when
the steamer was sighted. He hurried
into town and reached the wharf 40
tho steamer tied MP.
Captain Sealby Of the Coptic was
presented with silver cup by the citi.
zens OF Honolulu for bearing the news.
The leading men Of Honolulu met
during the day and recommended Har.
old II. Sewall, United States minister
to Hawaii. for governor of the islands.
1t had been generally thought that
President Dole would be their choice.
Returning steamers from the other
islands all report vociferous recep
tion OF the annexation news and scenes
similar to the one that occurred in
Honolulu. Preparations were at once
made In all the towns to officially eel.
ebrate the raising Of the Stars and
Stripes by Admiral Miller in this city.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-07-29
A SERIOUS CONDITION.
Several Steamers Unable to Land Theil
Passengers at st. Michaeis.

Several Steamers Unable to Land Their
Passengers at st. Siich~ei.-
SEATTLE, Wash. July 30 9-Purser
Twiggs of the steamer Hum mboldt,
which has arrived here from ST. Mich.
aels. reports that a serious condition Of
affairs prevails there. Several steam.
ers which have no river steamer con.
nections cannot land their passengers.
They have been feeding them several
weeks and provisions are getting scarce.
The most unfortunate LOT Of pa>sen.
gers are those that went from Seattle
on the steamer Progresso. The COM
pany sending her has become insol.
vent The passengers number about
LOO, ano 1t Is probable that they will
nearly all be returned here.
The captain of the Dlrigo says he
would sail for San Francisco with his
passengers if he had provisions enough
10 make the trip. The steamer Ma.
tional City. with loo passengers, is in a
similar condition. The passengers of
these steamers are getting restive and
threaten AN sorts Of things.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-07-29
GOOD TERMS
Demands Which It Is Understood
President Mckinley Will
Make
Are Considered by the Spanish
Newspapers to Be Fairly
Acceptable.
They Think, However, the United
States Should Discontinue
HOstilities.
This Government Thinks Differ
entIy-It Will Cost Money
to Farley.

MADRID. July 29.-2 p. m.-With the
that no indemnity will
be demanded. and that Spanish suzer.
ainty in the Philippine islands viii be
respected. the newspapers hero con.
slider the terms Of peace attributed to
President Mckinley as being accept
able.
The papers. however. protest against
the continuance Of hostilities by the
United States after Spain had sued for
peace.
The minister for war, General Cor.
rea. is arranging for the reception Of
the Spanish troops which surrendered
at Santiago de Cuba. and is repairing
sanitary stations in order to prevent
the introduction Of diseases into Spain
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-07-29
NAMED 4 STATE TICKET.
The Fusion Committees In North Dak os
Sompless Their Work.

The Fusion Committees In North Dak osa
Sompicss Their Work.
FARGO. n. D.. July - The fusion
committee Of tho Populiss and Demo
cratic parties Of North Dakota met
here and placed the following state
ticke, in tho field:
Congrcss-Colonol H. NJ. Crccl, Devils
Lake.
Govcrnor-D. NJ Holmes, Grand Forks
Lieutenant Uovcrnur-Dr. Bentley, Bis
marck.
Supreme Cour,-C. J. Fisk, Grand
Forks.
Treasurer -Ihoma. Bolton, Walsh.
Auditor--Charlcs j Badc. Richland.
Secretary of Siatc-Samucl Iorgcrson.
Traill.
Insurance Comnis>ioncr-W NJ. Camp
bell. Barnes.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
e.. c. schmidt, Jamestown.
Commissioners of Agriculture and
Labor-Alfrrd Whipplc, Lisbon.
Attorney Generals. Is. Bartlett. Gas
selton.
Railway Commissioners Harvey New
enicr. Stuttsman: \els II. BJornsiadt
Uickcy; Robert Fleming. Cavalier.