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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21

when it struck the business center of New
Richmond. Outlying residences in the
path of the storm were stripped of shin
giles and boards or sides were blown off
or, as more frequently happened, were
torn asunder and the fragments were scat
tered to the four winds of heaven. Trees
were uprooted and roadways blocked
washed away or $50 overfowed as to be
entirely lnrecogniZable.
The people who had crowded into the
city for the circus were shopping before
going home in the evening 1t was at this
time the storm cloud came up from the
southwest. The circus grounds were out
side the path of the storm, but most of
the people, being in the business places,
fell prey to the terrific wind.
Fire Adds to the Horror.
There was rush and a roaring in the
air and sudden, appalling darkness. The
inky blackness of the atmosphere that ac-
companies all cyclonic storms almost in
stantly engulfed the town. Through this
whortIed trunks of trees, housetops, store
fronts, sections of buildings, animals and
human beings, tossed like chips Oh the
yellow edge of a Good.
In ten minutes was all this on, with the
accompaniment of pitiless thunder and
lightning, and then the horror of fire and
food Little wonder that the survivors
ran from pillar to post like madmen cry
ing for this lost one and that and hearing
no answer but the savage roar of the ele-
ments.
And, by and by, when there was no
more to destroy, there came the shining
of the stars and the awful calm which
always rests upon the place of the dead.
New Richmond was no more.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21

home. His most noted measure was u
bill for the free and unlimited coinage of
silver, restoring s:;21k grains Of standard
silver as the dollar and the unit of value.
After passing the House it was amended
in the Senate by Senator Allison. and was
known as the Bland Allison law. 1t was
vetoed by President Hayes and ps ssed by
both houses over his veto.
In 1894 mir. Leland, the Republican can
didate, defeated him for Congress by a
narrow majority, but the silver champion
was reelected two years later and again
In 1898. Before the Chicago convention
no man was named oftener as a presiden-
hal possibility than Bland.
Bland never accepted railroad pass
nor any other present for his political
work, although he was recognized as the
leader of the silver wing branch of the
House. Early in 1865 while Bland, in the
capacity of a schoolmaster on a vacation.
was visiting the Young Ladies' Seminary
at Caledonia, Mo-, he met Miss Virginia
Mitchell, daughter of Gen. Il. Y. Mitchell,
whom he later married BY his simple
directness and plain, kindly manners, Mr..
Bland won warm place in the hearts. of
his constituents and colleagues
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21
Cornering the Editor.


Richard Watson Glider, editor Of the
Century, tells this little joke mt his own
expense: One day Il young woman
came into my office and submitted
some poems. | told her that l would
read them. When she came back |
advised her not to offer them for sale
told her that i was afraid that she
could never succeed in the line of lit
erature.
But / can,' she said.
81 must differ with YOU replied.
But | have had one of my uoems
printed in a, first-class magazine, and
the editor paid me ten dollars for it
Yes?' | said.
Yes she repeated.
And who was this editor?'
1t was YOURSELF
And it was. | had forgotten all
about t."-Saturday Evening Post
Boys always hate a boy who takes
flowers to the teacher.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21
WIPES OUT DEBTS.
Effect of the Federal Statute Framed
m Reiieve Men of OhIipatious

Since the Federal bankruptcy law went
into effect q little less than year ago its
provisions have been availed of in every
State and territory. Thousands of uebt-
ors, large and small, have gone into court
asking to be relieved of their burdens of
obligations, and the courts have granted
them relief in great sum-aggregating
more than $5T, 100000. From forty-five
cities in different parts of the United
States in which Federal judges sit infor-
nation relating to the working of the law
has been obtained. In some cities few
have sought the benefits of the law, while
in other communities a grand rush has
been made to get out from under the
heavy weight of debt.
In nearly all of the court districts-em-
bodying two-thirds of all in the country
and embracing all the more important
ones-from which reports have been re-
ceived, the law is said to be working sat
isfactorily. In this connection it is said
that little evidence appears that an undue
advantage of the law is being taken by
insolvents. While the amount of liabili-
ties wiped out by the operation of the law
is large, it is explained that the greater
part Of this consisted of old debts that
could not have been collected anyway.
The number of petitioners discharged in
the different districts and the amount of
liabilities obliterated in them are, in round
numbers as follows:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21
OTIS TO HAVE $4,000
President Decides TO Give Him Nor
Men than He Asked.

Men than He Asked.
Under plan that has been arranged be-
tween President Mckinley and the Off
cials of the War Department, the Ameri-
can fighting force in the Philippines Will
be increased to $4,000 men, all regulars,
by the beginning of the dry season. This
number is 5000 greater than estimated BY
Gen. Otis as necessary to quell the insur-
rection The administration, however.
has come to the conclusion that it is better
to have d few more troops than Just
enough required for all purposes in the
Philippine campaign.
After a great deal of consideration of
the subject the determination was reach.
ed by President Mckinley and his ad-
visers that in order to provide Gen Otis
with 10000 troops it would be necessary
to give him surplus number, so the sick.
wounded and those whose terE.s of enlist
ment had expired would not reduce the
force below the estimate Of the command
ing gener,'. All these additional troops
will be tax, from the regular service.
Plans which the officials consider salts
factory have been prepared, and will be
carried into effect when the proper time
arrives. Officers on duty at the War De-
partment said that these plans had been
carefully arranged ard would 5e success
fully executed without detrimees to the
service. The plan likely to be adopted IL
TO send two-thirds of nearly every infau-
try regiment and Of come of the cavalry
regiments TO the Philippines. retaining the
remaining thir1 or each regiment for home
service and keeping every organization re-
cruited to its full strength.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21
HOPE FOR MRS. MAVERICK.
Pressure Brought to Bear on Eng
IauN hx Z ~


1aud by Am bass ador Choafe.
London papers announce that Mrs ELor-
ence Mayblick is to be liberated shertlv.
as the result of the pressure brought to
bear by Joseph II. Choate, United States
ambassador, in fayor of reopening the
case.
The case is one of the most celebrated
of the century. Florence Chandler May
brick was an American girl who married
an Englishman, was convicted of his mur-
der and condemned to death The sen
tence was commuted to life Imprisonment
and she has served eight years in Woking
prison.
There has been a vast deal of agitation
in the prisoners favor on both sides of
the Atlantic and special societies have
been formed to endeavor to secure O re-
opening of her case by the English home
secretary. 1t has always been claimed
by Mrs. Maybrick's friends that the late
Justice Stephen was unfair to the accus-
ed in his charge, and that Mrs. MAVERICK
was convicted without conclusive evil
denee that she poisoned her husband.
Mrs. Maybrick is the daughter of the
late William G. Chandler, well-known
and respected banker and high Mason
of Mobile, Ala, where she was born in
1862. In 1881. when girl of 10, she mar
ried James Maybrick of Liverpool, who
was many years her senior ald of disso-
lutte habits. Two children were born to
them.
On June 81, 1889, Mr.. Maybrick. who
had been ailing for long time, was
caught in a heavy rain, and on the next
day was quite i'll. Several physicians
were called as he grew worse and all
agreed that his sickness was caused by
some grave indiseretion of diet away
from home" Early on the morning of
May II, thirteen days after he was taken
sick, Mrs Maybrick fell into a speechless
swoon, which lasted for nearly forty-eight
hours, Mr.. Maybrick dying meantime. I'M
medately after Mr.. Maybri death, up
on the suspicious of his two brothers, and
of female servants, the police were called
in and searched the house, finding arsenic
in quanaities. 1t was afterward proved by
the affidavit Of Valentine Blake expert
for manufacturing chemists, that about
three months before Mr.. Maybrick's death
he had sold to Mr.. Maybrick, who was
known to be confirmed arsenic eater, $50
grains of white and two kinds of black ar
senic. Mrs May1rick was arrested for
murder The jury found her guilty of
murder and sentenced her TO death The
sentence was committed to life imprison-
mont
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21

in the latest volume of the geological sur
vey reports, the distinguished scientist has
explained how it is that the gradual rising
of the land in the northeastern part of
the lake region and the sinking of the
level of the southern and western shores
of the lake viii, in the course of time.
cause the lake system to be drained
through the Mississippi instead Of through
the st. Lawrence. This win involve
/ broad stretch of water just where Chi
cago now stands, and the flow to the sou.h
will he over the site Of the city. Luckily
for people now alive, the professor places
the beginning of this condition at least
500 years in the future and it will not be
definitely established for 1000 years or
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21
HITS THE GLUCOSE TRUST.
Prof Mas, Expert themist, Testifies
for Industrial Commission.

Testimony before the industrial commits
sion at Washington alleges that at the
time of its formation the glucose trust
doubled the price of its product The evil
dence to this effect was given by Prof. Err
nest Mas, an expert chemist, who says he
was discharged by the trust because he
would not sign certificates saying the i'm
itation food products of glucose were not
injurious. Prof Mas said the by-products
of corn -four are used for cheapening
wheat -four, the starch is of the kind ordi-
narily sold on the market as corn starch.
the corn oil is used for making cod liver
oil, mixing it with olive oil, and as a sub
stitute for cotton seed oil
In further examination the professor
stated that the similarity of linseed oil and
corn oil is so close that a chemist cannot
distinguish between them. There is diff
ference Of 40 cents gallon be
tween the two in favor of linseed
oil. The wholesale dealers, to a large
extent, mix the two oils, selling the COM
bination as pure linseed oil. prepara-
ton of corn oil can be mixed with Para
rubber in any proportion, making an acid
proof product, The resulting product is
used for making bicycle tires and other
rubber goods.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21
HOW THE WAR FUND WAS SPENT
Little of the $5O,oOO,OOO Appropri-
ated by Congress Now Remains.

Little of the $50,000,0O0 appropriated
by Congress before the war with Spain,
and made available unit! July 1, remains
in the treasury. Allotments made by the
President exceed that sum by SOS, ,216.90,
but as the War Department has little
more than $3,000,000 of its allotment on
hand no deficiency viii be created Other
appropriations were made by Congl ass for
the army and navy during the war, but
it was found necessary to also utilize the
$50,000,000.
AS the war with Spain was primarily a
naval struggle, most of the money appro-
priated in preparation was spent by the
navy. Allotments made by the President
for the Navy Department amounted to
S31, ,0SS, $500, and those for the War De
partment to $1S,969,62T.6S, total Of
S50, ,05S, ,216.90. The Treasury Depart
ment has given out this statement of the
allotments made:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21

MN" i'oN Ai-iii-o' after the king and his
cabinet attempted to negotiate a treaty
of commercial reciprocity with the United
States, offering it the exclusive use of the
harbor of Pearl river, Oahu, as coaling
and repair station for its ships of war.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21

The home Of Walter II. Dinmore, in
San Francisco. is suffering from too many
rnlaiixns-in-lnw Mrs DIImnre las
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21
APPALLING RECORD OF wINDsToRMs.

in
q
y lsS
%
GOWN 70 the
1886 The
he dead
May
Killed The property loss in
visited by as
me twenty-five killed Chicago
@ cyclone eaped Cook County
similar
Here is a table 0 winds n
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21
An ELECTRIC shock.

Science. which is explaining every
thing, has not accounted for the queer
little nervous shiver that comes upon
one now and then without apparent
cause. IL is generally iokingly put
down as '.some one walking over my
grave Actually, it is the effect of
electricity. This great power is con-
stantly being generated everywhere.
End when the positive and negative
parts of the power meet they produce
a shock in any living thing. There is
a good deal of electricity in the air,
and when Tie human body is made a
bleeting point the sensation is liable to
be felt about the region of the spine.
Some people are liable to shocks now
and then in special parts of them, in
the ankle, for instance, or. very COM
monty, around the base OF the brain.
There is no harm in it, but it shows q
rather highly-strung organization.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21

came exhausted. After demanding an ad.
mission several times he attempted to
force his way in. He drew his revolver,
but before he could use it he was seized by
Aguinaldo's guards and one of them nam
ed Ney stabbed him several times, it is
said. Gen. Luna's aid, who was near him,
rushed to the generals rescue, but was
seized and disarmed. Luna died a few
minutes after being stabbed.
1t is said that Luna had become so i'm
Fortunate in his demands on Aguinaldo
for power aud increased authority that
the Filipino leader decided that Luna's
death was necessary for his personal
safety and the Filipino cause. The major
generals commission was merely a bait
to throw Luna off his guard and render
his assassination comparatively easy
matter. There is open rejoicing among
the Filipinos in Manila that Luna is no
longer capable of making trouble. He was
noted throughout his career for produc-
ing discord and mischief wherever he was.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21

News from Hawaii that the grave of
Lunalillo, the barefoot king, has been rob-
bed recalls the fact that he was one of the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21

the Philippines, in a
letter TO a friend in
Washington. T b e
letter is dated early
in May, about the
time Aguinaldo was
making his over
lures for peace, and
S h 0 W $ that the
American army Off
GERS had little faith
in the sincerity OF.
the request for peace
negotiations.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21
DEATH CLAIMS BLAND.
Missouri Congre ssman Expires After
Lingering Illness,

LAhGSFthE tllhSSS.
Congressman Richard z. Bland, better
known as 'Silyer Dick" died Thursday
morning on his farm, about three miles
from Lebanon. Mr. 2land had been at
tackled by the grip some time ago and il
soon developed ii to illness of a serious
nature. The direct cause of his demise
was cerebral congestion
Richard Parks Bland was born Aug. 10
1885, near Hartford, KY He went to
Missouri when about 20 years old, and
five years Liter went to California and
thence to Utah. ~He praeticed law there
among the miners, and had ample opportu-
nifty to study the mineral interests and
the relative output of gold and silver
There he absorbed the doctrine Q bimetal.
lism. He returned to Missouri il 1865
locating at Rolla, in Phelps County, and
in 1860 removed to Lebanon, his la
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21
Te1egraphic Rreyities

Scurvy prevails to an alarming extent il
Alaska.
Said that Japan win try to reclaim Co
rea from Russia.
Session of the Church of 6oi, Decatur
H., denounced faith cures
Trolley ear, Pittsburg, Pa, collided witt
wagon. Several people injured.
Julia Crosby and her husband disagreed
0sceola, Iowa. She shot him dead.
Rev. Mr.. Webb. Baptist minister, com
"A tied suicide. Cisco. Texas. Insane
Trial OF Pau Zeltner, Bowling Green
Ohio, for killing Attorney Westenhaver
began Monday.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21
wATERsPouT SHOT WITH SALT.
How AN Oklahoma Town Has Thrice
lseape' Disasfer

A waterspout the other afternoon would
have swept away the town Of hennessey,
Ok, bad -v6 cannon loaded with salt
been discharged at forty rods range into
the whirling black mass. This il The third
time this spring Hennessey has been saw
ed from destruction By the cannon device.
John Rhoades, formerly a rough rider, is
the inventor. He bought four old cannon
in Cuba, and brought them TO Hennessey.
where the citizens purchased them The
City coSncil emp'>gs man to attend to
tht M
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21
GENERAL LUNA XII LED.
Assassinated by Guard at AguinaI-
dos Headquarters

General Antonio Luna. one of the Bit
terest foes of the Americans in the Philip
pines. has been assassinated by orders of
General Aguinaldo. the Filipino leader.
Luna has recently found himself in oppo,
sition to his chiefs views, and has not
only disobeyed his orders, but at one time
stopped Aguinaldo' peace commissioners
while on their way TO treat with the
Americans. Aguinaldo ordered his death
and his orders were carried out by some
of his fanatical followers.
The assassination of Gen. Luna occur
red ON June 8. at Kabanatuan, to which
place he had gone to confer with Agui-
naldo. He had just previously been pro-
mated to the rank of major general by the
Filipino leader. BY preconcerted plan
he was kept waiting at the door OF Agui-
naldo's headquarters until his patience be-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21
ANTHRAX KILLING OFF STOCK.
The Dreaded Disease Causing Alarm
Among Louisiana Planters,


Among Louisiana Planters.
Planters il Louisiana are alarmed at
the prevalence of tharbon or anthrax,
which is killing off stock right and left.
Every day kilograms from different parts
of the State, and especially the Tensas
delta, report havoc being wrought by the
dreaded sickness.
Reports also come from the delta that
several planters have contracted the dis
ease from stock. There are now two eases
of anthrax in the charity hospital Of New
Orleans. One Of the patients, john Lit
tlH of Livingston parish, has beci. brought
in from the little village of MaurepaS. He
contracted the disease through having
been bitten by flies which had been inoeu-
lated from stock suffering from charbon.
The other patient is Salvador Mariana, an
Italian, who works on the Woodlands
plantation. While treating a mule which
had charbon the virus entered an abrasion
on his arm.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21
Winds Dire WORK.
New Richmond, Wis, a Scene of
Death and Ruin.
OVER $50 ARE KILLED
More than 400 Injured in Their Ruined
Homes or by Fire.

Detailsofs the Cyclones Terrible
Havde Sickening Mangled Bod
les RSssted in Burning Homes Lit
tls City Complete Wreck Second
Storm Strikes Herman, Neb., Blow
ing Ont Score of Lives Damage at
Other Places.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21

=" -
an error, a remark
able record, taking
into consideration
t h @ n u IN b er o (
chances he has had.
In the second game
in st. Louis he
made a misplay that
approached an err
ror, but the major
ity Of the scorers let
Barry have the ben,
eft Of the doubt aud
gave the batter a
Ls4 7, bsa Cro&
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21

al aiSIleu Ill New i Ork
before Justice Furs-
man in the criminal
branch Of the Supreme
Court. charged with
kidnapping Baby Ma
rion Clark. Bella An
derson was called. and
by the advice of her
counsel, A bra h a m
Levy, she withdrew
her plea of not guilty
ard pleaded guilty to
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21

and other members
of the royal family,
who all wished him
good luck in his ex-
pedition to the north
pole. The duke will
leave Franz Josef
Land for the far
north Immediately.
The preparations for
the expedition have
been completed. The
royal explorer thinks
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21

his voyage viii occupy two years. He has
high expectations of the scientific results
of the expedition and is sangnine of iind-
ing Andree. -.
Barry Mccormick bids fair to become
the star second baseman of the National
League. He is practically man without
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21


at least will regard as
a prouder title. The
duchess, who Is Ameri-
can born, was Virginia
Loweryss a Washington
belle. Dewey fell in
love with her. as did
the future duke, then
Count Brunetti. Miss
l. o w cry s ( a [ b e r
thought Dewey was n
bad match, and did not
,.... =. 4, -. - -. - ...... a 4. -
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21

President Schurman OF the Philippine
commission, denies that there is any fric-
tion between him and Gen. Otis.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21
Gen. Otis has been

instructed 10 censor all news. and, to be
consistent, the War Department. since
the departure Of Scastary Alger, has de-
clined to make pphlic msny messages re-
ceived from the Philippines.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21
No skull for an Irish Fair.

In ireland recently a quarrel had
taken place at a fair and a cuIprit was
being sentenced for manslaughter The
doctor, however, bad given evidence
to show that the victims skull was
abnormally thin. The prisoner, ON
being asked If he had anything to say
for himself, replied: No, yer honor,
but would ask was that skull for
a man to go to a fair wid?"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21

They've been having great time re-
calling Paul Revere in Boston this
month" Paul Revere? Oh, yes, know
he was the original rough riderr'-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21

Man supposed to be John Birmingham
burned to death in barn, Londos, Ohio.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21

O7A IT IT WHIT tHe tHaTEt OF kIUHNp-
pug. She was remanded to the Tombs.
The work of selecting a jury to try Bar
row was then begun.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21

Griffin, Ga, is again under martial law.
Regulators attempted TO release their
pals from jail.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-21

John w. Brown was shot and instantly
killed by Gabe Slow, his fatherin-law.
near Front Royal, Ky, while Brown was
endeavoring to kill his own wife. Slow
was acquitted.