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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
State Items of Interest.

Alfred Rabideaux, aged 90, died at Kau-
kauna.
The next national convention of the
Danish brotherhood will be at Racine.
A special Chicago freight over the Wis
consin Central was wrecked near Theresa.
Miss Ella George and Joseph Williams
were married at Kenosha by Rev. I. w.
Corey.
John Anderson and Frank Ryan, want
ed at Kaukauna for alleged burglary, were
arrested at Appleton.
C. E. Jones of Beloit has returned home
from gold hunting trip in the Klondike
very much discouraged.
An order was issued establishing a post
office at Marshallvilie, with Herman o.
Lengensen postmaster.
Game Warden G. L. Miller arrested
two Dubuque fishermen at Mccartney
and burned a seine and boat valued at
500. The fishermen were fined $50 and
costs.
At Brookside, the Mcdonald house was
completely destroyed by fire, the occupants
barely escaping with their lives. Nothing
whatever was saved. The building was
insured for $1,000.
Frank Hayes. who was caught in the
act of entering & jewelry store at Albany
a month ago, pleaded guilty in the Circuit
Court at Monroe and was sentenced to one
year at Waupun by Judge Bennett.
A collision between an outgoing passen-
ger train and an extra freight occurred
near Granville, on the Northwestern Rail
road The freight train was badly wreck
ed delaying traffic for several hours.
The intermediate department Of the
Neillsville high school closed recently ow-
ing TO the prevalence of diphtheria in the
city.
+. G. Wilson of La Crosse, 30 years old.
was killed four miles south of Rochester
Mimi, by being thrown from vehicle
in which he was riding. The team became
unmanageable and ran away. His neck
was broken and he died Immediately.
The Antoine Arpin track of pine lands
south of Marshfield was sold recently to
Bray Il Choate of Oshkosh. They have
since sa,i the same tract 10 the Morteu-
son Lumbef Compans cf Wausau for $50,
600, who will cut the pine mis- winter and
ship the logs to Wausau.
Appleton lumber companies complain
that they cannot secure ohe-thlrd the men
they need in their numbering camps for the
winter cut. All the towns Of the Fox
River valley have been visited in search
Of woodsmen.
Tie four eldest sons of Byron Kelsey,
an Oconto County farmer. the eldest Is
years of age, and the youngest about l.,
left horne on the night of the 9th inst.
since which time nothing has been heard
from them. They told their parents that
they wonld sleep in the barn that night,
as il was warm, but when they went to
call the boys to breakfast they were gone,
taking with them several loayes Of bread
and some bedding.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
WILL NOT FREE SPAIN.
America Recognizes Only Cuban Mu-
nicipaI Indebtedness

HtChpal
The American peace commissioners
have been instructed to recognize asd give
standing to Cuban municipal indebtedness.
This is not an important matter from
financial standpoint, as the amount cam
not be large, but it is peculiarly signifi-
cant in view of the stand taken by the
commissioners in regard To the so-called
Cuban debt" They rejected the Cuban
debt proposition largely on the theory that
the money represented by the bonds was
not expended for the benefit cf the people
of the island, and, therefore, should not
be burden on the new Government
Pursuing the same line of argument, it is
held that money borrowed by the cities Of
Cuba was spent locally and directly for
the benefit of the communities, and should
therefore be continued as lien upon the
property upon which the loans were orig
inally made. The logic which frees the
island from obligation in connection with
that portion of the Spanish bonded indebt-
edness labeled the Cuban debt" clearly
establishes the validity of the distinctly
municipal debts as continuing claim.
There is no data at hand to show the ag-
gregate amount of the Cuban city indebt-
edness, but it cannot be monumental, as
investors would not make extravagant ad-
yances on that sort of security.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26

The directors of the Western Union
Telegraph Company have reelected the
old officers.
Congress will be asked at its next ses-
sion to provide for the defenses of Porto
Rico and Hawaii.
The captain and crew Of the steamer
Sea Ghost were killed and eaten by Solo
mon Island natives.
The railroads are said to be planning a
movement for a redue ion of price for
riding in Pullman cars.
Capt. James Goldsbury of Warwick.
Mass, who reached his Tooth birthday
Feb. 10, 1897, is dead.
Two San Francisco bankers have sailed
for Honolulu, there to establish the First
National Bank Of Hawaii, with a capital
Of s1,000,000.
The New York Court of Appeals has de-
clared unconstitutional the law requiring
all prison made goods brought into the
State to be labeled as such.
Hawaii k poor place for fortune seek
ers, according to warning letter sent
out by the Masons OF Honolulu to their
brethren in the United States.
Owing to the yellow fever quarantine
at New Orleans, the Morgan line of steam
ers viii use Sabiae Pass, Texas, for all
Texas and California traffic from New
York.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
THE BADGER STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK cONCISELY
CONDENSED.
Official Statement as to the Cost of
State and County AsyIums Tobacco
Acreage in Wisconsin Counties-2O,-
900 Endeavorers in the State.

Secretary Tappins Of the State &sard of
Control has finished the work of auditing
accounts between the State and the sew
eral county insane asylums. The total
amount to be paid to the counties owing
the asylums for the care of their own pa
tients. patients for the State at large and
patients from counties not having asy-
lums, is 1887 ,473.26, an increase of about
$4,000 over last year, which is the nat
ural increase in the cost Of maintaining
the insane. This amount includes what is
paid by the State for the care of the
chronic insane and what is paid by coun-
ties without asyh.ins for the care of their
patients. The largest amount goes to
Marathon County. S23, ,59l 40; Winnebago
comes next, getting $22,211.91: Dane
County gets $12,793.3S: Milwaukee,, $11,-
712.21. The amount audited in favor of
the asylum at Mendoza against counties
is So ,591.03; Northern hospital, $46,-
6S3.41. The amount charged up to conn
ties for the care of boys at the industrial
school at Wankesha is $16,062.22.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
ESyptiau Geological Survey.

For more than year now the Egyptian
Government has been carrying on an inn
portant geological. survey in the noun
tains along by the Red Sea and in the
Sinai Peninsula. English geologists are
engaged in the work, and their duty is to
investigate the mineral possibilities Of the
country, report on matters of archaeolog-
ical interest, draw maps, etc. The places
they explore have not, in some cases, been
visited for perhaps 1000 years, and they
are finding many evidences of mineral
wealth, including old emerald mines.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
STORM HAMPERS FARMERS.
Flowing and Thrashing Stopped by
the Snow and Raiu.

Reports from various points in Mime
sofa and the Dakotas say farming opera
tons are much impeded by snow and rain.
Kennedy, Mimi. had twenty consecutive
hours Of snow and rain. Thousands of
acres of wheat and flax are still in shock,
and the fields are so soft that machinery
cannot be moved. 1t is too wet to plow,
and less than so per cent of the plowing
is done Lisbon, Mimi, reports from six
inches to a foot of snow on the ground;
thrashing stopped and the prospects for
resumption far from promising. Consid-
e"able flax in scattered localities is still
on the ground. At Marion Junction, S.
d., the snow was accompanied by strong
northwest wind, drifting it badly Aber-
dsen, s. D., says a strong northwest wind
mas been blowing. end it is snnwing hard.
At 1yndap, y d several int.hGs ae s44s-F
has fallen, and il lies in heavy drifts.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
Novel Court Decision

novel decision has been given by a
New York jury in the Supreme Court in
the suit of Mrs. Grace Frezevant against
Mrs. Mary l.. Frezevant, claiming $5O,-
600 for alternating her husbands affec-
tions. The verdict was as follows: "A
rich woman cannot ALLEVIATE the affections
of another womans husband if he is poor.
For, peing poor, he will try to win the
affections of the rich woman. and she
should not further suffer, pecuniarily, if
she reciprocates the poor map's love, real
or pretended"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
NAVY IN NEED OF MORE MEN.
Department Wants to Re-EstabIish
the Foreign Stations.


The Navy Department is hamperad in
its desire to re-establish the foreign naval
stations by the limited number of full
term men in the service. The enlisted
force now includes about 5000 men, who
enlisted for the war only, and it is neces-
sary to Keep them on the North Atlantic
or home station on account of the proba-
bility that peace will soon be officially lie
clared. and they will be entitled to their
discharge papers. Nearly all of the 12,-
800 longterm men of the regular navy are
with Dewvys fleet or on battleships of the
North Atlantic station. 1t will be neces-
eary to place some of the arm0red vessels
out of commission if the ships are sent to
foreign stations. and the department
wants to keep all battleships and armored
cruisers in active service.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26

1t is believed that the oattleship Texas
will be sent to Manila to become the flag
ship Of Admiral Dewey.
Nea-ly $1,000 Spanish soldiers, included
in the surrender Of Santiago, Cuba, have
been transported to Spain.
Sheriff Houpt Of Hot Springs, Ark, has
been indicted, charged with being short
about $17, 600 in his accounts.
Fifty-fve warships for the United
Stat government are under cont ct
ar MY are nearing completion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
MIXED FLOUR AGAIN DEFINED.
Revenue Bureau Mod fies Regulations
of Manufacture.

The internal revenue bureau has issued
a circular modifying the regulations gov
ezniug the manufacture and sale It mixed
-four. Under the new ruling wheat -four
must be the principal constituent in the
mixture. The circular also provides ssssatt
any card or advertising mater fo.' inser-
ton IN a racka &c Of mixed -four .aast FIRST
be approved By the commissioner of In
ternai revenue. and must not be Of such
character as to deceive the consumer as
to the contents Of the package.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
ComDressed Air Motors.

Compressed air as a motive power is to
be practically applied very soon in New
York on a somewhat extensive scale. By
the last of February some twenty-five cars
will be p,!t on the ines handling the West
Twenty-third ant East Thirty-fouth
street ferry traffic, all propelled by this
power. The storage reservoirs will be ex7
pected to carry enough energy to send
each ear at least twenty miles.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26

There Is more catarrh In this section Of the
country than all other diseases put together and
until the last few years was supposed to be in
curable. For great many years doctors pro-
notIDced II local disease. and prescribed local
remedies. and by constantly failing to cure with
Ocal treatment. pronounced Ii ineurahle Science
has proven eatarrh TO be a constitutional dis
ease and therefore requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure manufactured By +.
j. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio, Is the only con-
stituti0nal cure on the market. II is taken In
ternally in doses from 10 drops Ia a teaspo0nful.
1t acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. They offer one hundred
dollars for any case Ii fails 10 cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials. Address,
II. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
re- Sold by Druggists. 75c.
HS~ Vanity Pills are the be /.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
Depiore sIauuhter of Game.

Much bad feeling has been engendered
at Neillsville among the sportsmen on ac-
count of disclosures relating to the ship
ment of game out of the State. Buyers
have been shipping as high as 500 and 600
birds cartridges and grouse) per day since
the law permitted the killing Of game
birds, and paying as high as 80 cents
apiece for them. 1t is a well-known fact
that at the rate game has been killed for
the profit there is in it the time is not far
distant when both game birds and deer
will be wholly exterminated. The sport
ing club of Neillsville will petition the Leg
islature to make such depredations punish
able by law.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
BANK DOORS CLOSED.
German National of Pittsburg Goes
Into Liquidation,

The German National Bank of Pitts
burg has closed its doors. The directors,
in public statement, announce that the
bank is solvent and that all depositors will
be paid in full. The suspension of the
bank can be traced directly to two causes
the carrying of too many securities of
the Natalie Coal and Coke Company and
heavy loans to Charles Burkdorf, until
recently cashier, and Adu.phus Groetzin-
ger, the present president, on insufficient
collateral. The suspension of the bank
was precipitated by the confession on
Monday last of Adolphus, William G. and
o. III. Groetzinger and A. Groetzinger &
Sons to Edward Groetzinger of judgments
aggregating $500, 725.42.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
To Examine Treasury.

Am eNu unItuatIOH Ule thA--sstrtv7- ts1sss.-yssg ,
mas DeeL made on Gov. Scofelds behalf
by experts Bartz and Gilman. Two re-
ports were made, one being confined to the
condition Of the different funds, and a
supplemental report dealing with the sys-
tenn of bookkeeping. Some recommends
tions are made in the supplemental report
looking to changes in the system. 1t is ex-
pected that some of these recommends
tions will be embodied in Gov. Scofield's
message to the Legislature.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26

Senator Thurston of Nebraska will re
tire from the Senate at the end Of hh
present term in 1901. He announced
formally some time ago that he would moi
accept reelection, thereby serving no
tice to all that there would be free field
for his seat. The chances are that he viii
become resident of Chicago and establish
a great law firm there.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
INDIANS BROUGHT TO TIME.
Rations Gut OFF Because They Kept
Children from School.

The various Indian agents in Oklahoma
have followed in the footsteps of Maj, A.
L. Woodson. gent for the Cheyennes and
Arapahoes, ard refused to issue rations
to the Indians unless they send their chill
dren to the Government schools, and the
schools are filing up. An Indian loves his
Government ratios, but he dslikes to
send his offspring 20 a Government school.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
DEWEY REMAINS ON GUARD.
Was Asked to Go to Paris, but Will
Stay at Manila.

Secretary Long said Jhat the reports
that Admiral Dewey would return TO the
United States were erroneous, as the Navy
Department had no such information 1t
has been suggested to Admiral Dewey sew
eral times that he 90 to Paris to advise
the American peace commission on the
situation in the Philippines, but he has
adhered to his purpose to remain at Ma
Mia until the Philippine question has been
settled or all danger of trouble there has
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
The Separate Coach Law.

Railroads by new South Carolina law
are required to provide separate passenger
coaches for whites and blacks, except in
the case of vestiOuled trains. According
ly the Southern Railway has decided to
run most of its Trains N restibue form,
finding this method cheaper and mere con-
yenient than TO provide separate sets of
cars.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
ROBBED HIS Col n nt.eE
Seventy Pounds of Metal Stolen from
a kIondiker.

Charles B. Montague, who has just re-
turned from the Klond;Se, was robbed of
seventy pounds of gold dust, valued at
SIT, 800, on the train coming from Port
land TO San Francisco. Montague had
all his treasure in one valise, which he
concealed in the section of the Pullman
occupied " his wife and himself
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26

The consular bureau issues bulletin de
voted entirely to the use of nuts as an
article of human food. The bulletin con
tains reports from consuls and consular
agents in France, Italy, Syria, Corea ano
other Embarrassing and fruit-eating coun
tries. The bulletin leads up TO TIE mora
that we in the United States ,e all the
variety of the soils ard climatic conditions
necessary to produce every kind of nut
and that if proper attention were given t.
their cultivation the people would b,
greatly benefited thereby.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
Good Work of Endesvorers

The report of the secretary of the Young
Peoples Society of Christian Endeavor
showed State membership of 20,000 $50
senior societies, 250 junior societies and
IL intermediate societies. There have
been about $4,000 given out for benevolent
and missionary work. Six hundred mem
bers of the senior societies have joined
churches.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26

4 new disease has appeared among the
peach trees in the vast orchards of south
western Michigan. 1t is said to be more
serious than the dreaded "yellows" Sew
eral large orchards in Saugatuek town.
ship alone-about 1000 trees-are said to
have been destroyed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
s1ichiran Pars on Hoosier sparrows.

Michigan pays a bounty for the heads
of dead English sparrows. Ii has recent
ly paid out over $1,000 to crowd Of In
diana sharpers who had killed the birds
by strewing poisoned wheat about tie
streets Of Indiana cities. The carcasses
were shipped 10 southern Michigan towns
and the bounties collected as on birds
killed III Michigan.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
KLoNDIKE OUTPUT 1000, 600
Receipts of Seattle Assay Office and
san Francisco Mint.

The cleanup of the Seattle assay office
and the San Francisco mint of the sea-
son output of the Klondike district yields
$1,000, 900. Superintendent Wing of the
former said that his office had taken in
81 400, 600 aud the San Francisco mint
S3,SJr5,oa0 Besides this, il Il estimated
that dust equai Z S500,000 was sent 10
Phila delphia. Denver and Helena.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
FRANCE PREPARES FOR WAR.
Ships Fitting Out aai Foundries
Working Overtime

LEcho fe Palls says that despite
official denial it is in position to reassert
that French men of-war are being fitted
out and provisioned at Toulon, anG that
various cruisers Save kqen ordered to pre-
pare for sailing. Officers nave been or
dered to join their respective ships, and
the men in the arsenais are working over
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
sunken Vessel Cast Ashore.

The wave-worn wreck of the old schoon.
er Liberty CAME from the depth of the
lake, where it had lain for twenty-six
years, and was cast upon the beach at the
Government pier at Milwaukee. Apri
15, 1872, the Liberty ran into the light
house pier in binding snow storm
pounded to pieces and sank in deep water
The captain and his small son were res
cued with difficulty and one of the three
men of the crew was drowned All that
now remains OF the old schooner are the
keel and ribs, which look like the gigantic
carcass Of a whale.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
RUNNING DAY AND NIGHT.
Minneapolis Mills Break All Records
in Making Flour,

The Minneapolis Hour mills are engaged
at present in breaking all previous records,
and the wheels are whirling night and
day, Sundays not excepted. The desire to
get as much -four through as possible be-
fore navigation closes is partially respon-
sible, but there are also many orders TO
fill. One OF the large local companies was
obliged recently to purchase 25,OO0 bar
rels of flour from the Pillsbury company
to keep up with the demand.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
BALL NETS A LARGE SUM.
Needy Soldiers Will Benefit from Chi
ca.o's Society Function.

ANStUy CUIUItF5 W III IStHtHL IrOm IHl-
caGo's Society Function.
twenty-five thousand dollars was raised
for the families of the soldiers and sailors
who are in straitened circumstances as a
result of the late war by the Chicago jubi-
lee ball at the Auditorium. 1t was a
brilliant and enthusiastic society function,
graced by the presence OF the President of
the United States, army and navy heroes,
-and many oifser ynesahles The ignwns of
the women were of the richest, and the
uniforms and peculiar, highly co.ored coz
tunes added attractiyeness to the scene.
The welcome accorded President McKn-
ley was hearty and prolonged. The Presi-
dents boxes and those occupied by the
diplomatic corps were draped with flags.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
Labor Leaders ON Tr;ai

The trial of Thomas /. Kidd, secretary
of the international Woodworkers' Union;
Herman Zentner and Michael Troiber
charged with conspiracy in the conduct OF
the recent labor troubles at Oshkosh was
begun. The complaining witness is the
Paine Lumber Company, which alleges
that the defendants were implicated in
the conduct of the recent woodworkers
strike there
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
Volunteers Claim Bounty,

Missouri did not do much for her volun-
teers before they went to war. Missouri
paid her men nothing. Now some lawyers
have discovered in the statutes a provision
that the State shall pay each man boun-
ty of 70 per cent of his total Government
pay, say $50 per man.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
crt.;rg Away the Forests.

As an evidence Of how rapidly the for
ests of Pennsylvania are being cut away
ii i cited that in 1883 Westmoreland
County had 1881 acres Of timber land,
and within the past ten years there has
been a decrease of over $1,000 Of this
timber area.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
Brings So. 3.75o.ooo in Gold.

The steamer Mariposa arrived in san
Francisco from Australia and Honolulu.
She brought 735,009 English soyereigns.
equal to about So. 100. 600, the largest sin
gle shipment of specie which has yet been
received from Australia.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
skiNNING HUMAN BODIES,
Excitement at San Francisco Over
Doinss of Medical tudents.

DOings of Medical tudcnts.
San Francisco is somewhat excited over
the revelations concerning the skinning
of bodies at the Cooper Medical Institute,
the medical department of the State Uni
versity and the dissecting room of the
city and county hospital According to
indisputable evidence young physicians
in the employ of the health department of
the city and students at the medical
schools mentioned have been engaged in
the ghoulish practice of skinning cadavers
for months past, and regular stations
have been located where the skins are
taken tc be tanned and manufactured into
keensa keS
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26
BLANCO WAS IN A PLOT.

intended to Proclaim Spanish Amer
lean Republic in Cuba.
According to a private telegram received
in Washington from Havana, Captain
General Blanco, Gen. Pando and other
prominent Spaniards had, at the lime of
the surrender of Santiago, organized a
plot to proclaim a Spanish American re-
public in Cuba. The preliminary steps
had all been taken, and had the plot sue
ceeded the United States might have lad
another war on hand.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26

Total. ............ .23,Sl2h 20,366
The curing of the new crop is so far
advanced that growers will soon COM
mence to remove portions from the curing
sheds and stripping will then be in order.