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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-22
BATTLE IN A JUNGLE.
Americans Have Another Fight w Ih
the Rebels and Force Them RacI+

Americans Have Another Fight w ;Ih
the Rebels and Force Them BacI%
A third encounter took place late Sat
urday afternoon betw cen American troops
and insurgents, in which General Otis
men were once more victorious. A squad
of the Fourteenth Infantry, which was
on outpost duty to the south of the city
of Manila, in the vicinity of the coast,
while engaged in reconnoitering came
upon large body of Filipinos. The pres
ence of the insurgents in force so far re-
moved from the scene of the recent hos
tilities, was surprise to the Americans,
and after few shots had been exchang-
ed the infantry squad fell back upon the
main line.
On their reporting the presence of the
enemy a portion of the Fourteenth In
fantry and the Fourth Cavalry were at
once ordered to advance and drive the in
surgents from their position. A deter
mined stand was made by the rebels, and
the engagement lasted a considerable
time without any perceptibe advantage
being gained. In the meantime a small
gunboat, which had been cruising in the
vicinity, hearing the noise of the firing,
steamed up to the support of the Ameri-
can troops. She swept the coast with her
rapid-fre guns and Colts, with an excel
lent effect, and the Americans finally sue
ceeded in driving back the enemy, after
inflicting heavy loss on their ranks. The
only losses on the American side were five
wounded, three of the Fourteenth Infan-
try and two of the Fourth Cavalry. The
rebels dispersed and took refuge in the
thickly wooded country to the eastward.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-22
Notes of Current Events.

The army appropriation bill this year
calls for 100000. 900.
The New Hampshire Legislature has
passed bill prohibiting the dissection OF
honorably discharged United States SOL
dieTs or sailors.
Peter Holt OF Dickinson County, Tenn.
was shot from ambush in his yard. the
contents OF shotgun being emptied into
his right side, fatally wounding him.
Hugh and VIII McNally, two brothers.
at Middlesborough, KY, were run over
by a train near Middlesborough and killed.
Will McNally's wife died from the effects
Of the shock
The S-year-old daughter Of John Bull
lock Of K-nnedy, Ky, fell into the fire
while playing around an open CRATE and
was so terribly burned that she died two
hours later.
The newly organized American Beet
Sugar Company viii have a CT pital Of So
100000 in preferred stock and $4,000
900 in common stock. 1t will operate In
the territory west Of the Missouri river.
Gov. Sayers Of Texas has sent a rnes-
sage to the Legislature approving the re-
quest of the railroad commissioner for a
law to punish railroads which discrimi
nate in freight rates and giys rebates.
The penalty suggested is confinement Of
officials in the penitentiary and forfeiture
of the charter of the company.
A Boston woman recently vi )te to the
agent Of the FIVE civilized tribes in the
Indian Territory for half dozen Indian
names, which she wished to bestow upon
her household pets. The agent sent her
the names Of Dennis i. O'Flannigan,
John w Brown, Siias Smith, J. Q. Scott,
Samuel S. Benton and Asa p. Longfellow,
all prominent Indians of the region.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-22
The Mexican cotton crop will yield fully


The Mexican cotton crop will yield fully
$3,500,000.
A beet sugar bounty bill has been de-
feated in the Oregon Legislature.
Over 100000 tons of broom corn were
produced in Mcpherson County, Kan, in
1898.
Rev. John Hopson, pioneer minister,
died near Hopkinsville, KY, of the grip,
aged so years
Sharkey has covered Fitzsimmons' 81
500 deposit for fight before the club
offering the largest purse.
A clergyman, resident in Seattle for
oveg thirty years, has performed the mar
| riage ceremony 1868 times.
The length of the worlds railways is
more than seventeen times the circumfer-
ence of the earth at the equator.
Will those Cuban soldiers accept that
S3,000,000 in the hand, or will they turn
bandits and look for the $50 600, 600 in the
bush?
OF course, the Nicaraguan canal will
have plenty of locks, but there won't be
any canal if the first thing is deadlock
in Congress.
There are one hundred and twenty-five
dialects in the Philippines, but Aguinaldo
plainly needs TO he spoken to in just plain
| United States.
Charles Pokagon, the new chief of the
Pottawatomie Indians, will continue to
push the tribal claim TO the land on which
Chicago is built.
Mrs. Arthur Lee denies that she was
bearer of letter from Rear Admiral
Dewey requesting his appointment as an
admiral for state reasons.
| The medal voted to Gov. Roosevelt of
New York by the Regular Army and
Navy Union for gallant military se--ice
has been formally presented 20 him.
Gov. Taylor of Tennessee, granted 693
| pardons, communications and respites dur
| ing his two years in Office. His record on
his last day was forty-three pardons.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-22
Surgery on Snakes.

Snakes in captivity, it seems, some
times find difficulty in getting rid of the
skin which is shed every year. An Aus
tralian diamond snake in the Bombay
museum, which appeared likely to sue
cumb, was quite blind and refused all
food. A European sympathizer there
fore pressed the native snakekeeper in
to service to hold the SNAKE, and him
self. with pair of sharp-p3inted scis-
sors, performed the delicate and risky
operation of clipping away the mem
brare which adhered TO the eyes.
]. NJ. Phipson, editor of the Journal OF
the Bombay Natural History Society
performed far more dangerous opera
ton a couple of years ago. His patieni
was a large hamadryad, or king cobra
the most vicious and poisonous of al
Indian snakes, and most powerful
creature to boot. Mr.. Phipson gripped
the king cobra around the neck, and .
native literally held on for his life fur
ther down, and when the reptiles
struggles were over a third man, armed
with surgeons sealpel, removed eight
layers of membrane from each eye
London Sketch.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-22

with medical man, who at once applied
blisters. In spite Of this the patient grew
rapidly worse, and il was not long until
DR.. Launcelongue and DR.. Potin arrived,
but after q very brief examination de-
clared that there was nothing TO be done.
There had been a rush Of blood TO the
brain and the president was past human
aid.
Until late hour the crowds remained
in front Of the Elysee. On the boule-
wards the greatest emotion vas displayed
Parisians heard the news as they were
leaving the places Of amusement, but
were utterly incredulous at first, so sud
den and unexpected was the calamity. All
the streets In the vicinity Of the Elysee
filed up with private carriages, whose
occupants waited anxiously for further
information. At 1890 an order Yves is
sued that no one should be admitted to
the palace.
In the present disorderly condition Of
public affairs, with justice paralyzed and
revolution menacing, IL is not remarkable
that the people of Paris at first took it
for granted that Faure was poisoned, but
| there seems to be no doubt that he died
natural though sudden death. He was
elected president jan IL, 1850. de had
been minister Of marine n the Dupuy cab
met, and was elected president following
the resignation Of NJ. Casimir-Perier.
president ad interim aud the successor of
| NJ. Carnot, who was killed by an anarch-
ist assassin. AS his term would not have
expired until 1902, the French presidents
| being elected for seven years, it will be
| incumbent upon the two chambers to
| unite at once and elect his successor.
The flag ON the Elysee was immediate
| IL lowered TO half-masr, aud the news was
dispatched to all the officers and members
| of the cabinet. Gen. Zurlinden, military
! governor Of Paris; the grand chancellor
| of the Legion OF Honor, the prefect of
| the Seine, the prefect of the police of
Paris and the presidents Of the Senate
and Chamber of Deputies promptly arriv-
| ed at the Elysee.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-22
Below.
ADVANCEMENT OF AoMlRALs.
Secretary Long Gives Particulars
About Sampson and Schiey

Secretary Long Gives Particulars
About sampson and Schley.
Secretary Long has sent TO the Senate
an exhaustive report in reply to the reso-
tatlon recently passed by that body call
ing upon the Navy Department for all
records in its possession upon which the
nominations of Admrals Sampson and
Schley to their present grades were
based. This resolution was passed in
executive session. Secretary Long goes
into the naval history of the Spanish war
at great length, citing orders, movements
and all the details which preceded the
battle of July 3. In summing up these
facts and citing the reasons for the ad-
vancement of Schley and Sampson he
says:
THE advancement of Admiral Samp-
son was proposed in recognition of his
services in the execution of his duties as
commander in chief of all our ships en-
gagged in the campaign in the West Indies;
for the supervision of all it's details, wher-
ever distributed for the blockade of the
island of Cuba; for the conveying and
landing of the army and cooperation with
Its movements, and for the pursuit, block
ade and destruction of the Spanish feet,
which destruction, on the Sd day of July
by our fleet under his command, was the
consummation of his orders and prepara-
tons beginning on the 1st day of June
In this connection the dispatch of Com
modore Schley dated July 10 is peril
nent fact.
The advancement of Commodore Schley
was proposed in recognition of his
| services as next in rank at the vic
tory of Santiago Where so much was
achieved in this eliminating battle and
where his ship was such a conspicuius
force in the fight, his conduct while in in
dependent command prior to June /, the
report of which has been given above
and which, by reason of its unsteadiness
in purpose and failure to obey orders, did
not meet with the approval of the Presi~
dent, the department was yet not per-
| mitted to stand in the way of his nomina-
tion for promotion to a higher grade for
the part he took in that final triumph. In
this connection pertinent fact is the
letter of Admiral Sampson, in which,
while not overlooking Commodore
Schley's reprehensible conduct, as above
referred to, he asks that ample justice be
done him for his part in the action of
July 3.
| 1T is just to both these officers to say
that each of them was selected for his
command in the war without solicitation
| or suggestion on the part Of himself or of
| anyone in his behalf"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-22
CAPTURE OF ILOILO.
American Ships Bombard and Troops
Take Iusurzent Stronghold.


The United States forces under Brig
Gen. Miller captured Iloilo, capital of the
Island of Panay and seat of the so-called
government of the Visayas federation, on
Saturday after a bombardment. The
rebels set the town on fire before evacu-
ating it; but the American troops extin-
guished the flames. There were no casu-
alties on the American side.
Gen. Miller, ON receipt of his instruc-
tions from Manila, sent native commits
sioners ashore from the United States
transport st. Paul with communication
for the rebel governor of lloilo calling on
him to surrender within a time stated,
and warning him not to make demon
stration in the interval. The rebels i'm
mediately moved their guns and prepared
to defend their position. Thereupon the
Petrol fired two warning guns, the rebels
Immediately opening fire on the gunboat.
The Petrol and Baltimore then lombard
ed the town, which the rebels, having set
on fire, Immediately evacuated Ameri-
can troops were promptly landed and ex-
tinguished the fires in all cases of foreign
property, but not before considerable dam
age had been done. 1t is believed that
the enemy's loss during the bombardment
was heavy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-22
BLIZZARD In SOUTH.
DEEP SHOWS AND HIGH WINDS
CAUSE HAVOC.
Eastern and Southern States Para
lyzed by Cold Wave of Unprece-
.dented Severity-PeriI to Shipping

The protracted COLI wave that recently
held the Northwest in its grip later ex-
tended 10 the South and East, changing
its form east of Ohio into that of bliz-
zard of almost unprecedented ferocity,
and carrying its below-zero weather far
out into the Gulf of Mexico. The storm,
as whole, was phenomenal for its vast
extent and its extreme severity. New
York was practically paralyzed under the
fierce blizzard that swept over it, with
the wind at fifty miles an hour, the ther-
mometer al degrees above zero, and the
snow coming down steadily for twenty
four hours. Three feet of snow In Wash
ington city, forty inches in Maryland,
and twelve inches in South Carolina CON
tinue the story of disaster and suffering
soutnward. Kentucky seems to have suf-
fered The worst that the thermometer
could 60. In sunny Georgia drifts of
snow ten feet deep and temperature of
Is below are reported, while the waters of
the gulf are said to have been frozen a
mile out from shore.
The suffering everywhere was pitiable,
but in the South 1t was worst, because the
cold was so unprecedented. There is
something appalling in the thought of zero
weather along the Gulf of Mexico. The
suffering among the ill-clad and poorly
housed negroes and INDECENT whites in
that land where frost is q rarity must of
necessity be extreme. Severe damage to
crops has been one of the results of the
cold snap. Florida has suffered enor-
nous loss. The pineapple industry has
been dealt a serious blow. The extent
of the damage to the orange groves can
not be definitely stated at present, but
reports agree that many trees are killed.
Early vegetables are ruined. Throughout
the South early fruit crops have been
ruined. Cotton planters have suffered
heavily.
The damage done by the storm along
the Atlantic coast, from New England
southwark, is of a more immediate and
scarcely less disastrous nature. Thirty
vessels were at one time overdue at New
York alone, and shipping was paralyzed
by the ice in the harbor. The storm caus-
ed the loss of several of these vessels and
many of the $500 people on board of them
pershed. E'he fact that the New York
Central Railroad abandoned all its trains
on one day is fair example of the havoc
worked by the blizzard upon the railroads.
The storm probably took as many Amer
ican lives and cost as much hard-earned
| money as the whole Spanish war. Not
since 1888 has there been any storm COM
pairing with it in severity, and even that
| one had not the widespread extent of
| the one of 1899.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-22
WHAT A MARVEL is MAN.


The HumaU BOuy the mOst WOEuer-
full Thing in the World.
Human beings are of all sizes, but
the tall man is less common than the
short; Only one in every POS exceeds the
height of six feet. For every foot OF
stature a man should weigh from TWEEN
ty-six to twenty eight pounds, proper
tion that is not the lot of all in these
hu.rying, scurrying days. An average
size man weighs 40 pounds; woman
125 pounds. Curiously enough, the mean
weight and height of lunatics are below
those of sane people. Another unex-
pected thing in this respect is that a
negro's skeleton weighs more than that
of an Englishman.
The vitaliZing power is the blood, a
drop of which takes but twentytwO
seconds to go the round Of the body.
| There passes through the heart once
every three minutes an amount of this
precious fluid equal to all that is con-
tanned in the body. The mileage of the
/ blood circulation reveals some astonish-
| ing and undreamed of truths. 1t Is es-
| timated that, assuming the average
, speed of the heart to be sixty nine beats
minute, the blood travels POT yards
| in sixty seconds in other words, seven
| year.
| If man of "a could have one single
blood corpuscle floating in his blood all
/ his life it would have traversed in that
period no less than 5.150,S ,S0S miles. The
average weight of the brain of an adult
male is three pounds eight ounces, of a
| female two pounds four OUNCES. The
woman's brain begins to decline In
weight after the age of 80, the mans
not till ten years later. according to
| high authorities the nerves, with their
branches and minute ramif1cations con-
nee iNg with the brain, exceed 10000
600 "a number.
The palms of the hands and soles Of
the feet are composed of cushions Of
fat, in order that sudden jolts and vio-
lent blows may be successfully resist
ed, and no injury done to the muscles
and bones underneath. The muscles
of which the tongue monopolizes eleven
and bones of the human structure in
combination are capable of more than
1,200 different motions.
The teaching of experience indie ates
that accidents are far more likely to
occur to the right leg and arm thal to
the left. Further evidence of this fact
Is supplied by the makers of artificial
limbs; they dispose Of many more ap-
pendages to the right side Of the body
than to the other Statistics show that
in fifty-four cases out of 100 the left
leg is stronger than the right.
If man could move his legs proper
tionally as fast as an ant he would
travel not far from 500 miles an hour.
London Mail.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-22
Relnw
NEED or a PACIFIC CABLE.
The President Sends Congress
Special Message an the Suhiecf


The following message from President
Mckinley was read before Congress Oh
Friday:
Executive Mansion, Washington, y. c.
AS consequence of the ratification of the
treaty OF Paris by the Senate of the United
States and its expected ratiica ton by the
Spanish Government, the Up ted States " III
coine into possession of the Philippine ISl-
apds on the farther shores. of the Pacific.
Tle Hawaiian Islands and Guam being Uni
led States territory and forming convenient
stopping places on the way across the sea,
the necessity for speedy cable compiunica-
tion between the United States and all the
Pacific Islands has become Imperative.
Such communication should be established
In such way as to be wholly under the
control of the United States whether in
time OF peace or war. At present the Phil
ippines can be reached only by cables which
pass through many foreign countries, and
the Hawaiian Islands and Guam can only
be communicated with by steamers, inFoly-
ing delays in each instance OF at least a
week. The present conditions should not
be allowed to continue for moment longer
than Is absolutely necessary.
The time has now arrived when A cable
In the Pacific must extend as far as Manila,
touching at the Hawaiian Islands and Gnam
on the way. Two methods Of establishing
this cable communication at once suggest
themselves. First, construction and main
.tenance of such cable at the expense of
the United States Government, and second,
construction and maintenance of surh a
cable by private United States corpora
tion under such a safeguard as Congress
shall impose.
do not make any recommendation Con
gress as to which of these methods would
be the more desirable cable of the length
of that proposed requires so much time for
construction and laying that it is estimated
that at least two years must elapse after
giving the order for the cable before the en-
tire system could be successfully laid and
put in operation. Further deep sea sound
ings must be taken west Of the Hawaiian n
Islands before the best route for the cable
can be selected. Under these circumstances
1t becomes paramount necessity that
measures should be taken before the close
OF the present Congress TO provide such
means as may seem suitable for the estab-
lishment Of cable system.
| recommend the whole subject to tine
careful consideration of the Congress and to
such prompt action as may seem advisable.
WILLIAM M'KINT,HY
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-22
PERISH I'M FIRE.
Seventeen Insane Women Are Gre
mated at Yaukton, S. ID.

With the thermometer registering % de-
grees below zero, fire terrible in its ef-
fects broke out in one of the cottages of
the State insane asylum, near Yankton,
s. D., with the result that seventeen hui
man beings were burned to death. Owing
to the crowded condition of the main
building the burned cottage, three stories
high, was utilized for keeping women pa
tients, there being in the building at the
time the fire started fifty-two people, forty
of whom were inmates, the other twelve
attendants. The basement was used as
a laundry, and it was in the dryroom Of
the laundry that the fire is supposed to
have started. The walls of the building
were Of stoLe and granite, while the in
terror was mostly of wood, and as the fire
gained headway it was impossible to
check it. The loss on building and ma
chinery is placed at $4,000.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-22
RARE BOOKS ARE LOST.
Burning of the McCIurg Book Store
in Chicago,

A. G. McClurg & Co., the Chicago book
merchants, lost their entire stock in a fire
which consumed the building occupied by
the firm. The loss on the stock will foot
up $45O,OO0. The building was owned
by the Rutter estate and was valued at
$4,000. Fifty thousand dollars of the
total loss is represented by the destruc-
ton of one of the most extensive and COM
plete collections of rare books, fine bind
ings and costly manuscripts in the United
States. This collection constituted a de-
partment in the business known as the
saints and sinners corner" name given
it by Eugene Field and made famous by
him in his writings.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-22
JARO m AMERICAN HANDS.


Another Battle Fought More Serious
than That of I1oi1o.
The village of Jaro, mile north of
Iloilo, was captured on Sunday afternoon
by battalion of the Eighteenth infan-
try. 1t was learned that the rebels were
assembling there, and our troops were dis
patched to make reconnaissance. 1t was
not expected that any serious resistance
would be made by the insurgents, but they
made a better defense than was antici-
pated, with the result that the American
losses were heavier than in the capture Of
Iloilo. Lieut. Frank Bolles of the Eigh-
teenth regiment and four men were
wounded. Lieut.. Boles' injury is slight.
The enemy resisted for about an hour
and then retired into the hills, taking
their dead and wounded with them. Their
forces numbered about one thousand men.
Reconnaissance developed that the town
of Molo had been deserted by the enemy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-22

Alabama coai oGtpu: increased Gil, ,1S9
tons In 1898.
Miss Hekl Gould has read law, and
could practice in the courts.
During January gold double eagles val
ued at S14.022,000 were coined at the
Philadelphia mint.
The Confederate veterans of Norfolk,
\. c., propose to erect in that city q
monument to Admiral Franklin Buchan-
an.
The value of last seasons grape crop In
the lake shore region of New York is es-
timated at S1.170,000. The shipments
Giled 5,12S cars.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-22
GAR STRENGTHENS ouTPoSTS
Russia Pouring Troops Into Port
Arthur and TaIieu-wan.

Advices from the orient state that the
Russian government is pouring troops into
Port Arthur and Talien.IWan on the
ground that the force now garrisoning
those places is too small in view of the
apparent discomfort c. the inhabitants of
Lao Tung peninsula, who have within
the last two months risen up against the
Russians in thirteen towns and districts.
No less than 5000 men have landed at
Port Arthur within a month and il is in
tended to add 25,000 more before the end
et the Chinese first moon.