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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-03
W00DF0RD NOT LEAVING.
Imparciars Story Without Founda-
tion-An Armistice.

MADRID. April ~ p. M.-The report
published in the impartial that United
States Minister Voodf0rd was preparing
to leave Madrid, IS entirely without foun-
dalton.
Strong pressure Is being brought 10
bear by some Of the European Powers
upon the Queen Regent and the Cabinet
for the granting Of an immediate armis-
tice. to take effect 3 soon as the In
surgents shall accept the proposition.
thus securing time for negotiations In
Cuba between the Outon0mist govern
ment and the insurgents. looking 20 the
establishment Of a permanent peace.
II IS not known what decision Spain
viii take IN the matter
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-03
GERMANYIS DEMANDS.
She VIII Take Prompt Action in the
Caunamabl Case

BERLIN, April 2.-Germany proposes
TO take prompt action 10 obtain inGem-
nifty in The Cannamaba case. The Span
ish Ambassador has been formally nou-
fed by the German Minister for Foreign
Affairs that the war snip Geier has been
ordered 20 sal in the direction OF Cuba.
(sne Is now believed 10 be In West In
dian waters 20 punish the insurgents
who, &c is claimed burned a German
sugar refinery and murdered four persons
there. and 10 collect an indemnify. unless
Spain Furnishes the offenders promptly
and makes monetary compensation for
the damage done and the lives taken.
Tho spanish Ambassador has promised
20 DO his utmost 10 comply with Ger
many demands.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-03
PREPARING TO FLEE.
The Spanish Royal Family Living in
ApDrchcnsiOn.

BERLIN, April 2-The German Ambas-
sador at Madrid. Herr Won RadOwitz,
reports to the Foreign Office here that
the Spanish royal family fears an out
break unless the differences between the
United states and Spain are soon set
tied.
The Cailist movement Is assuming
more active form, and the royal family
fears especially pronunciamento from
General Weylor and the military party.
Everything Is prepared in the royal
castles for flight. The boy king, Alfonso.
will be taken 10 San Luca de Barameda,
an Andalusian port. where yacht Is
kept ready for sailing.
he replies 20 the Queens letter. ask
ing for the intervention OF the Euro
pean Powers, haey been wholly unsat-
isfactory.
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willpermit No Raidlng

MEXICO CITY, April 2-Ine govern 'v,li1.,
mont Nm prevent any ralaihg Oh u .'',I,
here by spaniards as mas D9N
pi Inv az MEXICO April 2.-President
81. a,N1ea the spring session OF Con-
~ Isl night. The President masses
~ ~ - oirre19n 10 the spanish crisis IN MS
message.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-03

WASHINGTON. April "A decision
was rendered by the Interior Department
to-day In the Chicago Lake Front Case.
holding that the lake constitutes the,
eastern boundary line OF the sec.ion In
question and IN the conveyance Of that
section tho water tine conveyed ivclndcd
the riparian rights aud the Unii2d States
have no right TO any accessions 10 the
land In controversy.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-03
PH0EBUS FEELS
HER POSITION.
The Town viii Bear the Brunt Of an
Attack.
HAMPTON THRICE DESTROYED.
ANY Bombardment of Fortress Monroe
BY Hostile Fleet Would Sweep
the Location of the Town
Behind II.
HAMPTON THRICE DESTROYED.

PHoEBUS. VA. April 2.--special.-The
people here are beginning TO feel the
danger this place would be In should
war occur. II Is located between Fortress
Monroe and Hampton. The latter pace
having been destroyed by three wars
would be likely 10 be an object OF attack
In case the Fort VAS passed by a hostile
fleet.
Even should the Fort be snelied from
the outside, both Phoebus ana Hampton
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ro,,ve and foreign mercantile marine 70
prepare privateers. -, tho GRAVITY
senior Sagasta is alive OF lhe si" 1 =,
OF the situation, and seems 'ic.'. . ~
believe this bold 'front.' WIN 49, 1eT,a,is
United states from pushing "S
into war.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-03
TO Prepare Priyateers?

MADRID. April At Is reported that
the spanish Naval Department mas re-
celved numerous oyertures from the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-03
would be in the direct limo OF enemy.
SICK PEOPLE.

There Is considerable sickness hare.
Tho wife OF ex-Postmaster A. +. Larrabes
was stricken with paralysis on the left
side last Sunday week The entire side.
including the lower limb and arm. are
az present useless. Her speech Is also
somewhat affected. she in under the care
OF skillfui physicians AID there is hope
Of Improvement.
Mrs. George E. la Barre has been and
still Is very III.
Mr.. T. b. Miller IA also very III.
Mrs John Bodie. who died In Dixie Hos
pital. was buried Ia Oakland cemetery
Thursday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-03
Commission.

NEWPORT. r. t. April ne new
torpedo boats Gwyn ana l"l'o'' went
into commission to-day.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-03
TO CORNER COAL?
An alleged Combination TO Controi
Black Diamonds.
Control

PrTTsBURG, PA. April 2-The Dis
patch will say tomorrow;
"A combination has been formed by
John II. Jones, c. lutte & Co. Joseph
Walton & Co, and s. S. Brown. ois
river coal operators, for the purpose OF
cornering the southern coal market in
anticipation Of war prices for that CON-
modify" -. 4
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-03
AN EAsTER MARRIAGE.

On Easter Monday at r. NJ, Captain
George W. Hoover will lead Miss Stella.
the charming daughter OF Mr. John 5.
Colin. TO the hymeneal altar The cere-
mony will be performed by Fec. c. b.
Bryan in Emanuel Episcopal church.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-03
THE NAVAL MILITIA.

Orders to Governors TO Have the Men
in Readiness for Call.
ATLANTA. GA. April 2.--Governor At
klnson to-day received Instructions from
the Navy Department 81 Washington 10
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-03

lars: s TO 16, double-breasted jackets,
well made and trimmed, well worth
50. Here for S1.15.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-03
The BaImy
Air Of Spring

makes you think about clothing your
boy in a new Suit. Our stock is the
most complete we have ever shown,
and qualities and prices eclipse all
previous efforts.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-03

a. made double seat and knees
(would cost more elsewhere without
these reinforcements)-a sensible
dress suit, only S1.6o.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-03

double knees, a regular $3.50 value.
Here only $1.45.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-03

For Knee Pants OF
SC yoollen fabrics, good de-
signs, made with patent
bands aud guaranteed for service
sizes from 4 10 8 in Junior style; 8
70 1e plain-the best we have ever
offered, 25c.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-09-14

the deryish army was estimated at bO,OOO
while the British force that dealt out such
terrible defeat to this army consisted
of Only 25.000 men-10,000 British resu-
lars and $4,000 Egyptian natives. Ac-
curate figures as TO the losses on both
sides are still lacking, but various esti-
mates place the Anglo Egyptian casual
ties at from 200 t. 800 and those of the
dervishes at from 5000 to $4,000.
The most impressive features of the
battle were the fanatical courage of the
dervishes and the terrible execution of
the Maxim guns. 1t was another demon
stratiun. if any were needed, to show the
impotency of the fiercest courage before
the modern rapid fire machine guns. The
Arabs threw themselves in fierce charges
upon various points of the British forma-
ton. but the Maxims hewed horrible lanes
through their ranks, and the deadly voliey
fire of the British and Egyptian battalions
annihiated them in the act Of charging.
The attack of the dervishes began at
dawn, the battle ragged all day, and at
O'Clock the great army lay in white heaps
on the field or had surrendered as prison.
ers. The Khalifa and his elusive chiefs
escaped with mere corporars guard. 1t
was great triumph for the British arms.
The British Soudan campaign resem-
bles our Cuban campaign in the nature Of
the original provocation, in the suspense
attendant upon its events, in the marked
disparity of the death lists on the two
sides, and in the ultimate increase of ter
ritory accruing to the conQuer0r. For
years the raiding and implacable deryishes
have been menace to all civilized life on
the borders of upper Egypt. There could
be no peace or safety until the power of
the Mahdi or of his successor, the Kha-
lifa. was crushed The present situation
in the Soudan is the OutgrOwth of the fall
of Ehartoum and the death of Gordon
and the massacre of Hicks army. The
Soudan formerly belonging to Egypt was
then taken by the Mahdi and Gen. Cor
don, the governor, was put to death. That
was in 1885. and not moment since then
has the British public or the British Gov
ernment rested satisfied with the Soudan
in the hands of the Mahdists.
The Mahdi is religious fanatic,
whose followers are no less fanatical.
When the Mahdi died Andulah Bin Sayd
Nohammed, one of the Mahdis khalifas,
nroclaimed himself successor, and he has
made cunning anu ciuei iuier
While the above was the immediate
cause of the British expedition against
the dervishes, the ultimate aim of secur-
ing another large slice of the African con-
tinent and the taking of another stride to-
ward the completion of an unbroken
stretch Of British territory from Cape Col
ony to the Mediterranean, was equally
definite and ayowed The fall OF Omdur-
man and Khartoum means that these
cities are ultimately to be way stations on
a British transcontinental railway run
ming the whole length of eastern Africa
on British territory.
The advance of the expedition from
Cairo along the Nile has been slow, but
considering that railroad has been con-
structed as the columns moved forward,
the march has been rapid, from military
view point.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-09-14
State Items of Interest.


Cyrus F. Putnam, aged 64, pioneer
settler, died at Brodhead.
Towns near Ashland were threatened
with destruction by large forest fires.
At Milwaukee, Hugo Rohn, a Bohe-
milan, was found dead in Lake Michigan.
Miss Jennie Scott of Monroe has been
appointed a Government nurse in the
army hospital at Atlanta, Ga.
The corner stone of the st. Iuke's guild
at Racine was laid in the presence of
1000 people by Bishop Nicholson of Mil
waukee.
Ex-Mayor Oellerich of Oshkosh was
fined IS for contempt in municipal cour :.
He was defending and objected 30 the
large fine his client received.
Judge Bennett of GAINESVILLE granted a
divorce to Jennie Il. Caldwell from Louis
w. CALDWELL. They were married four
months ago and Caldwell disappeared
shortly after.
Byron White, citizen of Arbor Vitae
and an employe of the Ross Lumber Com
pany, was drowned while bathing in Ross
lake, three miles north, evidently taken
with cramps.
Henry Cartwright, colored man, born
and raised at Racine, was shot dead by
another colored man. He had eioped
with servant girl eight years ago, leay-
ing family at Racine.
President Mckinley in letter to Thad
c. Pound of Chippewa Falls regretted
that 1t wolld be impossible to attend the
Northern Wisconsin State fair, as he
l1Io -, F.sr
Alma Swartz, trained nurse of Bara-
boo, left for Georgia to care for sick SOL
diers.
The Lakeside Improvement Company
of Racine fled articles of Incorporation
with 100000 capital stock. The incorpo-
rators are David 6. James. @. ID. Sin
clair, Fl. G. Mitchell, f. L. Mitchell aad
L. w. Philbrook.
Charles Freuek came near being buried
alive while digging sewer on the asylum
property at West Bend. A large bank of
gravel and sand caved in and covered him
over completely, but as his assistant work
men were near he was taken out in time.
A dislocated shoulder is the only injury
he received.
A 6-year-old son of Frank PageI Of
Monroe died without any symptoms Of i'll
ness. The child had swallowed piece Of
iron about week before, and the pres
enee of the particle in the stomach is snp-
posed to have caused death.
A man by the name of Greer had mar.
row escape from being run dowH by the
Omaha switch engine at Stevens. He
was walking on tie trestle along the bay
front with part of camping outfit, and
when in the middle Of the trestIe the
switch engine came upon the bridge. The
switchmen yelled at him. and he got on
the side of the trestle, but before they
could rescue him he fell into the bay. He
was pulled ont all safe.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-09-14
cRETAN MosLEMs RIOT.
Attack British Soldiers in CNndia aut
Burn Houses.

Gambia, Island of Crete. is in a state
of anarchy. A collision between the Mus
sulmans, who were demonstrating against
European control, and the British author
tiles, who have been installing Christians
az revenue officials, eliminated in bloody
lighting between the Mussulmans and the
British troops. Riots took place in va
rious parts of the city and many have
been killed. When the outbreak was
fercest a warship stationed in the harbor
began firing shells, with the result that a
portion of the city was soon in flames.
TIE greatest confusion and uproar pre-
vailed.
The trouble began with the attempt of
the British military authorities to install
Christian officials. They had appointed a
council of internal control to administer
the tithe revenues, and a detachment of
soldiers was stationed outside the office as
precaution. A crowd of unarmed Mus
sulmans who had been demonstrating
against the Christians attempted to force
an entrance into the office. The British
soldiers fred and wounded several. The
Musulmans ran for their arms and re-
.tasning attacked the soldiers. Other
Mussulmans spread rapidly through the
Christian quarter, shooting into windows
and setting many houses and shops on
fira
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-09-14

The thirty second annual enca mpment
of the @. A. II. at Cincinnati was a sue
cess so far as attendance was concerned,
even for those national events. which are
phenomenal for crowds. The opening day
surpassed expectations The posts arriy-
ed in bodies and were escorted to their
quarters by local posts. The special trains
arrived faster than they could be handled
at the terminals in the early hours. and
the crush continued so that later trains
were stopped at Camp Sherman and other
suburban points. where street cars and
other transportation had been provided.
There were over 100000 strangers in the
city, and in the evening the sidewalks
were almost impossible, while the streets
were crowded with bands, drum corps
and marching delegations.
There was capacity. of $4,000 in the
tents of Camp Sherman, and il was we'll
filled, as well as the smaller camps The
decorations were unusually elaborate, the
electric light designs in the public
squares and at street intersections sur
passing even the finest structures of ex-
positions, and the entertainment was
equally lavish.
Monday was mainly devoted to the
naval veterans. and in the morning the
exercises in connection with the dedica-
ton of their "harbor' in horticultural hall
of the exposition buildings were held.
Commander in Chief Goblin came from
Camp Alger via Camp Meade and had a
leave of absence for six days only, so that
he was compelled to get back to Camp
Meade by Saturday. Gen. Goblin sad staff
arrived while the big Labor Day parade
was in progress, and he was most enthu-
siastically received all along the line from
the Pennsylvania depot to the Grand
Hotel
Comma uder-in-Chief Goblin and staff
visited Camp Sherman in the afternoon,
when the camp in charge of Captain
Byrne was formally turned over to him.
The official salute was fired upon the ar
rival of the commander-in-chief, after
which the bands rendered concerts. Pray
er was offered by Rev. David II. Moore.
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wishes can never again harass the British
and Egyptians on the Nile with their pred
atory raids, for their army has been al
most wiped out, their black standard has
been captured, and their leaders are
henceforth destined to be fugitives until
they become prisoners. At last the muir
der of Chinese" Gordon is avenged, and
the last of the Mohammedan strongholds
in Africa is practically destroyed.
This great British victory is due to good
discipline, fine arms, steady work and ex-
cellent generalship. The British have
made the Egyptians into effective soldiers
under English officers. Both the natives
and the redcoats were armed with the
best rifles and machine guns known to
modern military science. The strength Of
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-09-14

the delegates in the Butler faction, said
to be friendly to fusion and openly opposed
to the plan of naming ticket at this early
day, withdrew from further participation
in the conventions work.
The convention adopted the referendum
system in its entirety, and the ticket. as
result, must be submitted to popular
party vote. A resolution was adopted
providing that hereafter the nominations
for all offices, whether national, State,
county or city, shall be made through the
initiative and referendum or by petition
indorsed by popular party vote. Friends
of Messrs. Barker and Donnelly, however,
have no fear of their rejection by the
party at large when the test Of popular
vote is taken.
The boilers were led by Joseph Palmer
of Illinois. Included in their ranks were
the delegates, either in whole or in part,
from Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-09-14
Hung by His Hands.

Much excitement was caused on Colum-
bia street in Chippewa Falls the other
night in front Of the opera house. A lad
about II years old, named Booth, was
trying to climb into the building by way
of front balcony over the main entran nce
He was discovered by an employe of the
opera house, who made haste to drive the
boy back. The balcony railing is driven
full of small sharp spikes. On these the
lad in his fright caught with both
hands, badly lacerating them, and was
taken to a physician, where the wounds
were dressed. Excitement ran high for
short time, and angry and indignant
citizens who saw the boy hanging by his
hands were anxious to punish the opera
house employe, but quietness was restor-
ed. 1t is expected, however, that more
trouble may arise from the affair.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-09-14

against the Is feet 3 inches of the Kear-
sarge. The turrets of the Wisconsin are
oval, with the front plates slightly in
clined. and the rear plates vertical. This
gives more room for the handling of the
guns and for their loading appliances, and
is much lighter. S4s
The main battery of the Wisconsin, will
consist of four 13-inch breech-loading
rifles, but the removal of the S-ineh guns
and the upper turrets permits of the use
of a secondary battery of fourteen 6-inch
rifles instead of the fourteen 5-inch rifles
| in the batteries of the Kearsarge and
| Kentucky. In addition TO the increase in
weight, the battery will be more widely
separated, with more complete protection
for the gunners.
The Wisconsin will be launched ON the
26th of November, and will go into COM
mission some time next year. In obedi-
of 1897, Gov. Scofield has appointed a
committee consisting of Senator De
! Wayne Stebbins of Algoma, Or. J. G..
Reynolds of Lake Geneva and Julius
B!eyer of Milwaukee, TO raise a fund for
the purchase of gift for the ship, in be-
half of the state. This committee is now
soliciting subscriptions to the battleship
| fund. and it respectfully requests all con
| tributors to send their money to the First
/ National bank, Milwaukee, subject to its
order. The committee expects that the
/ people of Wisconsin viii contribute at
| least $4,000, as that amount will be re-
/ Quired to do handsomely for the Wis
| consin as other states have done for the
| ships which have been named for them.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-09-14

The battleship Wisconsin, now in pro-
cess of construction in the shipyard of
the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, is
one'of three new battleships' which will be
practically alike. Her sister ships are the
Alabama and Illinois. The dimensions of
these ships are: Waterline length. 36S
feet; % Nh, ~ feet 2Ib inches: draught.
% feet 8 inches; freeboard forward. 20
feet; freeboard aft, IL feet 3 inches: dis
eight f'set longer than the Iowa, and near
ly three inches wider, but sh, will draw
six inches less water than that ship. She
is twenty feet longer AL aOout three feet
broader than the battleships of the In
diana class, with six inches less mean
draught.
The best features of the Indiana class,
as well as those of the Kearsarge and
Kentucky, have been improved on in the
Wisconsin. The plan followed in the con-
struction of the kearsarge and Kentucky,
of putting the S-iach guns in turrets SUI
perimposed on the turrets carrying the
l3-inch guns, caused a great deal of ad-
verse comment, the objections being ba ased
principally on the danger of having all
four guns thrown out of service by one
successful shot. This danger has been
avoided in the Wisconsin by omitting the
S-inch gun from the armament, leaving
the heavy turret unhampered, and greatly
increasing the weight and efficiency of the
secondary battery Another improvement
is the adding of an additional deck for the
first three-quarters of the ships length
giving the Wisconsin 20 feet of freeboard
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-09-14
Helm Came Too Late.

While four boys were in bathing near
Mayville, one of the boys, Paul Schellp-
feffer, got out beyond his depth and went
down. screaming for help. None of his
companions being able to swim, some Of
the men who had been sitting on the shore
hurried out to rescue the lad, but they
arrived too late. Five or six men dived
for the body for long time without any
success, and it was finally brought to the
surface with the aid of a fish net All
efforts made to resuscitate the boy were
in vain. Schelpfeffer's parents live at
Fond du Lac and he was on a visit.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-09-14

REPORT ON PENSIONS.
Com missioner tvans Says Roll Ia In
creasing in Numbers and in Value.

Com missioner tvans Says Roll Is In
creasing in Numbers and in Value.
The annual report of Hon. III. Clay Ev-
ans, Commissioner of Pensions, was made
public Saturday. The commissioner says
that the roll is not only increasing in num-
bers, but in value. 1t is believed that it
will increase from the war of the rebel
lion, as there probably are 100000 ex-
Union soldiers living who have never had
pensions, and it will increase in amount
naturally by reason of increased disabili-
ties as provided by law. The amounts
paid out at the several agencies for the
year on account of pensions under the
general laws were $40, ,275, 1888, and on ac-
count of pensions under the act of June
q, 1890, 66,255,670. The number Of
pensioners in foreign countries at the
close of the fiscal year was 4,371, having
increased 800. The total amount paid TO
pensioners living abroad was $669, 1862.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-09-14
BARKER FOR PRESIDENT.
"M:adle of the Road" Populists Nom.
mate Ticket for 1900.

Wharton Barker. the Philadelphia
finaneier and editor, is the first presiden-
tial nominee in the field for 1890. In ma
tiona convention at Cincinnati the anti
fusion Populists selected him as their
standard bearer, and named Ignatius
Donnelly of Baconian cryptogram fame
as his running mate. The naming of the
ticket was preceded by riotous scenes,
during which the tumult attained such
threatening proportions that the manager
OF the Lyceum, in which the convention
was held, requested the delegates to leave
the hall. Order was restored only when