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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04
HEAVY MARINE LOSSES.
An Unusually Disastrous Season for
Fresh Water M yigation.

Marine losses during 1898 were mate
rally greater than during any previous
season on the lakes. Up to the middle OF
July insurance men we're cOngratulating
themselves that they were doing well.
The losses had been few, and there was
large margin OF premiums TO cover the
latter half OF the season. Along ia Sep
tember the trouble began, and it did not
cease until the last boat was in port at the
close Of the season.
The trouble was not confined TO any one
cause. Fire contributed an unusual num-
Der of big losses, but strandings were pre-
eminent. The collision item was much
smaller than in previous years. As to the
grand total Of losses from all causes. no
two underwriters make estimates within
a half of a million dollars II one another.
A general average Of statements made by
people who are Ia touch with the business
places the aggregate loss at about $2,-
100000. Yesselmen, vino are fearful Of
high rates next season, protest that these
figures are too high.
In list of $50 losses the causes assign
ed were as follows: Ashore, 123; aground
in protected channels, 126; fire. &c; COLI
lisions, 90; ice, 10: storm-beaten, 96; SCUM
dered. s.; miscellaneous causes. 116.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04
CUBAN JUNkET GIVEN UP.
War Investigating Commission Pre-
L.

War Investigating Commission Pre-
pairing Its Report.
The war investigating commission will
not visit Cuba and Porto Rico. The idea
has been abandoned owing to the fact
that great number of witnesses have
been examined who took part in the cam
paigns in both islands. The examinations
have covered every possible point, and
thousands of pages of printed testimony
are before the commission for review.
The members of the commission have
commenced the preparation of the report
which is to be made to President McKin-
ley. 1t will probably be completed during
the latter part Of January. The under
standing is that in addition to the con-
clusions reached on the conduct of the
war with Spain, the commission will sub
NIT number of recommendations for the
future, and these will be based upon the
suggestions of the officers Of the various
grades whose opinions were requested.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04
VETERAN BURIED ALIVE,
John Clark, Believed to BE Dead, Sur
wives His IDfermeut,

John Clark, az inmate at the Veterans
home at Dodge City, Kan, was supposed
to have died Wednesday Of typhoid fever.
The doctor pronounced him dead and the
veteran, who is past 20 years of age, was
buried. After the funeral an old COM
rade named Hazen came forward with
the theory that Clark was not dead. He
insisted that Clark was only attacked 5y
sinking spell, to which he was subject.
and that he had been buried alive. So
great a disturbance did Hazen create that
on Friday afternoon the supposed dead
man was taken fro11 the grave and, after
a vigorous rubbing, he recovered. He said
he was half conscious of all that was hap
pening during the burial, but could not
make move to prevent il.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04
LUNA'S FACE HID IN ECLIPSE,

Obscured for the Third Time ia the
Course of Year.
For about an hour and half Tuesday
night, where clouds did not obscure, it
seemed as if black hand had been nut
over the face of the moon. Her silver face
was blotted out and the sky was -; If sh >
had never been. In her fight about the
earth she slid for period Of six hours and
eighteen minutes through the converging
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04
ILOlLO is GIVEN UP.
Spanish Governor Surrenders 1t Pre-
sumabIy to the Americans.

Iloilo, capital of the island of Panay, ii
the Philippines. has. been surrendered t.
the An orleans. Gen. Rios, the Spanish
commander in the Visayas, cabled tn,
Madrid Government as follows from
Iloilo:
"Am preparing to embark on the siesm
er Leo XIII. for Zamboanga, island o.
Miadanao, having formally surrendered
Iloilo, in the presence of the military anC
naval commanders. the mayor and tn,
foreign consuls. Have charged the Ger
man consul with the protection of Spanish
interests"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04

thought necessary for the support of
the government. 1t simply means that
there shall be no discrimination. All
the questions raised by the anti-ex-
pansionists have been thought of and
taken into account by those who be-
lleve in growth. Assistant Secretary Of
State Meiklejohn sees no difficulty in
treating the Philippines as colony and
legislating especially for them. 1t can
be depended upon that whatever the
outcome, existing industries in the
United States viii neither be destroyed
nor disturbed.-Utica (N. " Press.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04

White House, and its approach from the
south side is to be buttressed by walls,
terraces and broad flights of stairs, some
what after the style of those ON the west
side of the Capitol. The architecture is
like that of the Congressional Library,
but the plan calls for white marble in
stead of granite for the building. 1t is
estimated the work will cost $4,000, 900 TO
Sl0,oOO,00O, and require eight or ten years
for its completion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04
A National Necessity.

The part which American merchant
vessels and their seamen performed in
the war with Spain demonstrates that
this service (the American merchant
fieeD, furnishing both pickets and the
second line of defense, is Ii national ne
cessity, and should be encouraged in
every constitutional way."-President
McKinley's message to Congress, Dec.
3. 1893.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04
Wrecked by carelessness.

The coroner's jury in the inquest held at
st. Kevern, England, in the case of the
steamship Mohegan, returned yerdict
that the wrecking of the ship was due to
carelessness and irregular navigation
Some of the jurors suggested that the cap
tain willfully ran the Mohegan upon the
rocks
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04

1t was noticed that Mr.. Mckinley
made more speeches during the cam
paign of 1896 than were made by any
other candidate who was ever elected.
All of them We're pointed and appro-
pirate, however. Since his election he
has gone among the people to a greater
extent than any other President ever
did in the same length of time, and con-
sequently has had to talk more. Here
as in his campaign speeches he always
says something worthy of the occasion
and of their author No man ever In
the White House was more popular
with the masses than is tnt present oc-
cupant.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04
AN INDIANA LYNCHlNG.
Murderer Taken from His Cell al
Hanged to a Tree.

hanSed TO a Tree
George Tyler was taken from the Scott
County Jail at Scottsburg. Ind, about
2:30 o'clock in the morning by an armed
mob and hanged to q large tree in the jail
yard. On Nov. % Tyler shot his wife and
afterward attempted to end his own life
by putting bullet through his brain. His
attempted suicide was checked, however,
and he was arrested and placed In the
Scott County jail, where he has been con-
fined since. The attempted murder Of his
wife was considered by the citizens of the
county to be the very height Of brutality.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04
peafnes. kaI.nol ne Curea

bg local apalirations as they cannot each the
diseased PORTION Of tile ear. There Is only one
ray 10 ctlFe IeagIs s. and that Is By eonstttI-
ti0ilal rcInesties Deafness Is caused BIZ an in
famed condition of tie Mucous lining Of the
Esistaehian Tube When this tube gets infiaIDed
you have a ruinbllIfg sound or imperfect hear
lag, and when it Is entirely closed Deafness Is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored 10 It's normal
condition. hearing viii be destroyed forever
nine eases out of ten are caused by eatarrh,
which Is nothing but an infamed condition Of
the mucous surfaces.
We viii give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness lcaused by catarTh) that cannot
cuiars. free.
a3- Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04

bystander turned the gun, and the charge
entered Snyder's right breast, making a
fatal wound
III. Foher, principal stockholder of the
Pana Coal Company, informed Julius
Broshl, superintendent, that if matters
are not more satisfactorily adjusted by
Jan. II the two Pana mines will be closed
down indefinitely.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04
E;n6. for n Railroad

A committee OF fifty wealthy residents
Of Yankton, S. D., are in Omaha for the
purpose OF securing. capital TO assist in
building a railroad from Omaha to fank-
ton. The Omaha Commercial Club has
taken up the project and is communicate
ing With New York promoters
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04
Under the American Flag

"There should he established regu-
lar aud frequent steamship communi-
cation, encouraged by the United
States, under the American flag, with
the newly acquired islands. president
McKinley's message to Congress, Dec.
& 1898
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04
PROMPT, Durable, Liberal.

"It will be conceded that the present
situation calls for legislation ION the
subject of American shipping) which
should be prompt, durable and liberal. y
President McKinley's message to
Congress, December 8, 1885.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04
SOUTH DAKOTA DIVORCE LAWS.

More Stringent Legislation to Rid
State of Matrimonial Misfits.
Among t5c measures which viii come
before the North Dakota Legislature dur
ing its session viii be one providing for a
more stringent divorce law. A large eIe-
ment of the people are ashamed of the
record gained by the State on account Of
the iaxfty of the present law on this sub
Ject, and are anxious to shut off the ex-
cursions thither of matrimonial misfits.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04
An Anti.Expansionist View.

Ii we can sell steel rails to foreign
countries, and locomotives, and har-
yes.ing machines, and bicycles. and
about everything else we make, there
is no reason why we cannot make mer-
chant ocean steamers, and run them,
too, as cheaply as anybody does. And
it Is high time TO take hold of our mer-
chant marine and do our own carrying
across the ocean. And IL England Sc
cures her business by substituting her
steamship lines, We must subsidize
ours. That's much cheaper than 1t Is
to buy distant islands. and pay heavy
expenses in caring for them.-Loweil
fAfassl Courier.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04

world. She is not in a trance, for during
the greater part of the day her eyes are
wide open and fixed with a wistful glance
upon one corner of the room, where she
seems to see things that other people can
not see.
Hypnotists are experimenting with the
girl and claim to have made progress In
reviving her. They expect to ultimately
succeed Physicians, however, find nC
change in the girls condition.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04
MoTloNLess FIVE MONTHS.
Milwaukee Girls Strange Trance a
PnzzIe to Dlxsicirus.

Milwaukee, GIFTS Strange Trance n
Puzzle to Physicians.
For five months Tiny Broeschit of Mil
waukee has not spoken word and lies in
her little room entirely oblivious to her
surroundings. Every effort to attract her
attention or make her so much as raise
an eyelid has completely failed. She Is
gradually wasting away; death Is the only
thing which her family and friends think
will relieve her from her suffering. She
has become greatly emaciated, takes but
little food and seems simply to exist with
out interest in the outward and apparent
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04
Majority for Expansion.

A canvass of leading newspapers
throughout the country gives 800 for
expansion and 1913 against 1t. Every
section of the country is for it except
the South, and that is nearly a tie in
uewSDaDer sentiment
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04
uust.rinu Ont Volunteers.

With regard to the plustering out Of
volunteers, Secretary Asger says the pol
lev witt b.. to fRst recall 25,0O0 men who
are volunteer reg ments. When that has
been done the volunteers in the regular
army win be mustered out.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04

IL. Davis of the peace
commission, who advo-
Gates a triple alliance
between the United
States, Great Britain
and Japan. The corre-
spondent says: "Mr.
Davis declared An eri-
can and British inter-
ests in the far East run
qIite parallel, and,
therefore, the two pow
crs should act jointly.
Il am not appealing to
....4..,r,t l,n gnt a
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04
Words Will Be Remembered.

Integrity nd industry are the best
possessions tnat any man can have,
and every man can have them. No
body can give them to him nor take
them from him." The President puts
truth in a form likely to be remem-
bered
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04

At Atlanta, Ca. Captain J. X. Camp
bell Of the Ninth Illinois volunteers, who
IS member Of Congress from TIE Twenti-
eth Illinois district, declared he would ac-
company his regiment to Cuba regardless
of the effect of his action would have as
to his position IN Congress.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04
pIana for Uou. pn,.

John Dillon, the Irish leader, announces
that new measure Of land agitation win
shortly be engineered through the United
Irish League conference. He says the
prospects Of unity among the factions ia
the conference are bright and declares
that home rule is eventually assured.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04
GIRLS DYING OF LEPROSY.

Dread ScOurze Claims Two Victims in
Ohio, Near Columbus.
Two Ohio girls, Hattie Garry, 80 years
old, and her sister, II years of age, are
slowly dying of leprosy in remote part
of the Perry County hills. DR.. Charles
o. Probst, secretary of the State Board Of
Health, has investigated these cases. He
found the girls to be genuine lepers. Hat
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04
It's Real Meaning.

The real meaning Of the open door is
simply a guarantee OF equal opportnn-
ity to trade and under Ike conditions
and 1t does not exclude tariff for rev.
enue or protection which may bs
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04


impossible to dress him
for three years. His
head AID body were a
mass Of sores, and his
eyesight also became
affected. No treatment
was spare d that we
thought would relieve
him, but he grew worse
until his condition was
indeed pitiable. I had
almost despaired of his
ever being cured, when
by the advice of O friend
we gave him S. s. s.
tSwfft'S Snecifsel A Ia.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04

siueu Improvement was the result, and after
he had taken dozen bottles. no one who knew
OF his former dreadful condition would have
recognized him, All the sores ou his body
have healed, his skin is perfectly clear and
smooth, and he has been restored to perfect
health. MRS. S. s. MABRY,
800 Elm St., Macon, Ga.
For real blood troubles it is a waste
of time to expect cure from the doc
tors. Blood diseases are beyond their
skill. Swift's Specific,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04
Scrofula, a Vile
Inheritance.

Scrofula is the most obstinate of blood
troubles, and is often the result of an
inherited taint in the blood. s. S. s.
is the only remedy which goes deep
enough to reach Scrofula; it forces out
every trace of the disease, and cures
the worst cases.
Ny son, Charlie, was afflicted from infancy
with Serofula, and he suffered so thatit was
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04
Bad for Spanish Merchants.

Porto Rico continues TO buy large
quantities of supplies from Spain.
That is because under existing arrange
ments the Spaniards are the most IA
vored nation dealing with Porto Rico.
When the Porto RiCaD tariff is the same
as that of the United States, some of
the Spanish merchants who have been
getting wealthy Off the trade with the
islands will discover a sudden and dis
astrous falling off in their business.
The majority of the ships delivering
goods at Porto Rico will be sailing un-
der American register soon after the
tariff is extended to our new posses
sion.-Buffalo Review,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-04
DECLARES FoR NEW ALLIANCE.

Senator Davis Suggests Combination
that Can Defy the World.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Daily Mail summarizes an interview he
had with United States Senator Cnshman
Morris tribune., 1899-04-22

A wild coffee of the island of
Reunion, in the Indian Ocean, is
stated to be free from caffein, but to
have much of the odor and stimulat-
ing effect of ordinary coffee. 1t is
suggested that, improved by cult
walton, this coffee should be made a
valuable product in Cuba and the
Philippines.
Morris tribune., 1899-04-22
Mutual Life Insurance Compa
Why7 Do you complain of Indiges-
Established 1862.

Why7 Do you complain of Indiges-
ton, Constipation and Liver Ills,
when BEGGs' LITTLE GIANT PILLS are
within such easy reach. They are to-
day without a superior, do not grip
or grippe, and can be relied upon to
effect a speedy cure when all other
are without the least avail. Be sure
and ask for "Begps''. Take no sub
stitute.
Thinking doesn't amount to much,
as rule, until it gets down into your
hands L. A. w. Bulletin.
Morris tribune., 1899-04-22

The singular and unexplained pro-
perty of aluminium of writing upon
clean glass and porcelain, a property
discovered by NJ. Charles Margot, of
the Geneva High School, seems
admirably adapted for decorative
purposes. The burnisher and oil
give the designs drawn with the alu-
minum pencil, the luster and appear
ance of inlaid silver.
Morris tribune., 1899-04-22
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

The Freezing Fad--The Cause OF Dark
Photography Electric Waves in
Metallurgy Progress in seismo-
logy--The African Piague--caffe
Observation-Disclosures of Bacteria
"A Wonderful Gem if Genuine--
An Aluminium Pencil for Glass.
Morris tribune., 1899-04-22

Frigotherapy is stated to bealready
in vogue at several places in Europe.
The treatment consists in standing
the patient, we'll protected with furs,
in a freezing-box cooled to POO de-
grees or more below zero, this daily
cold bath being continued ten min
utes. The head is allowed to prot
rude from the box, as breathing OF
the intensely cold air would be dan
gerous. The effect is to powerfully
stimulate the circulation, creating an
immediate and ravenous appetite, and
tending to Danish dyspepsia and vari-
GUS kidney and liver diseases, as we'll
as nervous exhaustion and its attend
ant melancholy and depression. The
whole body is aroused to vigorous
action.
Morris tribune., 1899-04-22

About 500 species of bacteria have
been catalogued by Sternberg. Not
more than 10 per cent, says DIR. Sen
eca Egbert, are what we call PATIO
genie or disease producers, and the
rest are probably of some real use
while even the disease germs may
have some unknown use or purpose.
They are single celled, representing
the simplest plant life. The other
classes of single celled vegetable are
the yeast and the moulds, which grow
by budding, like the higher plants,
and differ in this respect from the
bacteria, which are reproduced by
dividing or splitting in two. Growth
is very rapid, The two parts from
an individual each become as large
as the original in few moments, and
as these in turn divide, the increase
is by geometfical progression; so
that it has been calculated that,
under favorable conditions and with
no deaths, single bacterium l-l2OOO
of an inch long, belonging to species
that reproduces itself as aften as
every half hour, would in As hours
increase to 281 ,OOO,OOO,OOO individuals
filing a pint cup. In " hours more,
at the same rate, they would fill every
ocean on the globe. These organisms,
the smallest of living things, swarm
everywhere, and they benefit us in
many ways. Our very existence, even
depends upon the reconversion by
them of dead matter into plant food.
It has been lately discovered also
that bacteria feed some plants
through their roots with atmospheric
Mir )gen; they aid in various pro-
cesses, such as Fastening the removal
Morris tribune., 1899-04-22
The Yrihn,re.
DIRECTORY.

JUDICIAL OFFICER.
HON G. I. BROWN. ..... District Judge
Morris tribune., 1899-04-22

A vase that has been locked up in
the cathedral of Genoa, Italy, for six
centuries is III inches in diameter
and 81 inches high, and is claimed to
have been cut from single emerald.
A local antiquary has tried to prove
that this precious relic was one of the
gifts of Solomon to the Queen of
Sheba.
Morris tribune., 1899-04-22

Mother Earth is now known to be
in state Of nervous palpitation and
and continual unrest that few years
ago would have been thought incredi-
ble,even solid England where earth
quakes are practically never felt Civ
ing instrumental records of seventy
or more unfelt earthquakes yearly.
Some shocks are found to set the en-
tire globe in a tremble. Besides the
strongly marked pulsations, the pen
dulum instruments show daily move
ments and almost unbroken tremors,
the latter unexplained, although
Prof. Milne suggests that they can
hardly be surprising whenit is con
sidered that an average of one earth
quake every half hour is felt some
where, while many under the sea and
deep in the ground must be unfelt
One of the interesting, but not yet
understood, discoveries is that mag
netic disturbances are noted at few
observatories at the timc of earth
quakes or even just before suggested
cause being the displacement of large
masses of magnetic. The scientific
study of cosmology has made rapid
strides in the much shaken lands of
japan and Italy, while the new series
of obseryatories in all important
countries is extending the work over
the world, giving promise of result of
great practical as we'll as scientific
value-as in showing engineers safe
routes for submarine cables, in ex-
planning perturbations of the magnet
ic needle. and in giving an under
standing of the varied displacements
of the earth's crust.
~
The plague of Uganda is described
by the Right Rev. Bishop Hanlon as
akin to the historical black of Lon
don. 1t begins suddenly, there is
high fever,and swelling,usual un-
der the armpit. In the mild form
of the disease, the swelling moves
about over the body, often causing
death when it approaches the heart
or gets into the throat. In the severe
type, the swelling seems stationary,
and the patient dies speedily if not
Morris tribune., 1899-04-22

Scales, Burns, Old Sores, Tumors,
Piles, are all relieved at once, and in
time effectually cured by the use of
that perfect ointment, BEeGs, GERMEN
sALvE. Ask your DRUGGIST for
sample and take no other.
Morris tribune., 1899-04-22

Brand new blood is what conquered
Spain, and what you can have to
conquer the world by using BEGG's
BLOOD PURIFIER AND BLOOD MAKER.
There is no substitute.
Morris tribune., 1899-04-22

Milk has been shown by experiment
to have advantages in extinguishing
burning petroleum. 1t forms an
emulsion with the oil, and in a limit
ed space is thus made to quench
flames upon which water could be
thrown with little effect.
Morris tribune., 1899-04-22

A striking possible application Of
electric waves is pointed out by Prof.
Lodge, who has noticed that these
waves cause drops of mercury and
oil to unite, thus overcoming diff
Guilty of certain metallurgical opera
t ons. He thinks that Scotch mist
could be converted into rain by cleo
trio rays, which would precipitate
most fumes, but doubts if the effect
upon London fog would be en-
couraging.