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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-22
SIX MEN 81
Sanguinary Battle in the Streets of
Hot Springs, Ark.

Hot Springs, Ark.
As result of shooting affray in the
streets of Hot Springs, Ark. five men
were killed outright and one mortally
wounded. The affray was between Sher-
iff Williams and friends on one side and
Policeman Goslee and adherents on the
other. The fight occurred in Central ave-
Columbia was enforced few months ago
ed with people and it is remarkable that
others were not killed or injured.
The origin of the trouble was an encoun-
ter early in the afternoon between Po-
liceman Goslee and Sheriff Williams,
when the former made an unsuccessful at
tempt to kill the latter, shooting at him
three times. Subsequently GOslee and
John O. Williams, son of the sheriff, met
in the street, and the former proposed to
let the matter drop. As the two men
were in the act of shaking hands some one
shot young Williams from behind. This
was the signal for hostilities in which
Chief Toler Policeman Goslee, Detective
Hart and Louis Hinkle were instantly
killed.
The shooting was the result of feeling
growing out of the mayoralty contest. The
sheriff was warm supporter of the reg
ular Democratic nominee, while Toler,
Hart and Goslee were supporting an OPP
positiOn candidate
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-22
catarrh Cannot BE Cured

with FOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they cannos
reach tine seat Of the disease Catarrh Is a blood
ar constitutional disease and In order to cHre It
you must take internal remedies. Halls Catarrlt
Cure * taken internally. and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces. Halls Catafrl Cnra
one OF the best physicians In this country for
years and is regular prescription. n l. com
posed Of the hest tonirs known, combined with
the best blood purifiers. acting directly Oh tile
mucous surfaces. The perfect comb. alton Of
the two ingredients is what produces such won-
derfu results in curing Catarrh. Send for tes-
tim0nials, free.
FL. CHENEY & CO.. Props, Toledo, o.
lola by Druggists. price 7Jc.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-22

When the curtain ignited-for that is said
to have been the start of the fre--instant
panic came over all. Men and women
fled to the stairways and the flames leaped
after them. Up the stairs and elevators
sped the guests-up air and light shafts
raced the flames.
In an incredibly short time the whole
building was enveloped in dull, roaring
tongues OF fire and heavy sitting. smoke.
1t seems as if the fire must have been
burning under the floor and in the walls,
for on no other hypothesis can the sud
denness of its spreading be accounted for.
The width of the corridors made it easy
to run, and the guests filled them in their
rush for the streets. The elevators. al
though they we're run until afame,
brought comparatively few down in safe
ty. The road out of the death trap was
down the splendid marble stairs. And
down these stairs poured terrified pro
cession.
Meanwhile through the tangled mob
outside the fire engines had forced their
way. 1t was after the. first wild rush that
swept so many to safety down the broad
staircase that the most awful events of
the great FIRE occurred. All of the wom-
en- had not sprung frem their rooms with
the first alarm. Some had stopped to
dress, some to gather their most precious
belongings. And these were doomed.
Then, too, there were sick persons in *he
house, bedridden men and women. When
these belated ones got into the corridors
they were for the snost part bounded by
walls of fire.
Up the great central well roared the
flames. Right at the stairways, the iogi-
cal and accustomed avenues TO the streets.
were the terrible sentries, curling and
swiriing with threa.z to all who dared TO
pass that dread picket line. Then these
belated guests took to the fire escapes,
throwing open windows and reaching
their arms out TO the sea OF people who
groaned below.
Many of those who came to the win
dows were saved at last by daring fremen
and citizens. But the fire was too swift.
the time too short. While the fremen
we're helping some TO safet-, others felt
the touch OF the red hand upon them from
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-22

Minneapolis created her public library the
books Of the Athenaeum were used as Il
nucleus. There were but 1900 volumes
in the collection. Seven years of labor on
Mr. Putnam's part swelled the number to.
10000 choice books and lifted the new
library TO the fifth place in circulation
among the concerns of its kind in Amer
lea. The new director Of the National
Library is lawyer and man of high
culture, He knows not merely the titles
of books, but their contents, too. lie is.
not vet 40 yeArS Old
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-22
WORK OF THE WIND.
Four Hundred People Homeless at
Oklahoma CITY

Oklahoma City.
Early Saturday morning a tornado
struck Oklahoma City and left 400 people
homeless. The city is in ruins, and the
streets strewn with the remains of de-
molished homes and uprooted trees. The
damage is widespread, and the property
loss enormous.
Friday was delightful day, with moth
ing to indicate a storm. Toward nightfall
the skies became overcast, and fitful gusts
Of wind were followed by downpour of
rain. Toward morning the rain ceased,
but the wind gained in force. About 4
O'Clock a. IN. came the crash of falling
buildings and the roar of the storm as it
swept through the city, picking up houses
and hurting them TO the ground. Flashes
of vivid lightning added to the terrors Of
the people. Above the roar of the storm
and the crashes of wrecked dwellings
could be heard the cries of women and
children, the groans of the injured, and
the loud voices of men seeking to render
aid to the distressed in the hour Of peril.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-22
Cramp in the Leg.

To those who suffer from cramp in
the leg at night the following hint may
be useful: When the cramp comes on
take good strong string-a long garter
will do wind it round the leg over the
place that is cramped, and take an end
in each hand and give it sharp pull
one that will hurt a little. Instantly
the cramp will depart, and the sufferer
can return TO bed assured it will not
come on again that night.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-22
ROYAL-
Baking Powder
Made from pure
cream Of tartar.
Safeguards the food
against alum.
Alum baking powders are the greatest
menacers to health Of the present day. 4
RoyAl BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
Sculptur. as a Fine Art.

Think | could have been sculptor, y
remarked Whinger in the bosom of his
family.
''Do you now? Just think of thatr'
exclaimed Mrs. Whinger, admiringly.
Yes continued the great man,
musingly, ''all it needs, you see, is a
big hunk of stone, and then you just
knock off what you don't want, and
that's all."-London Judy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-22
Notes of Current Eveuts.

The hospital ship Relief has sailed from
New York for Manila.
The gunboat Vixen is to be sent to join
Admiral Dewey's feet in Philippine wat.
ers.
Just before final adjournment the House
OF Representatives refused, by vote OF
146 to IL. TO unseat Gen. Wheeler and
other members who served in the army
during the late war.
At Anglesea, y. j., gunner killed
duck with a large clam attached to one
of its feet. The duck had evidently been
wading in water and had stepped in the
opening Of the clam while it was fsss..;l.,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-22
RUSSIA is AGAINST ITALY.
China Is Assured of Moral Support of
the Czar.

There is evidence that the Russian
minister at Pekin has assured the Tsung-
LYamen that it can be certain of Rus
sia's moral support in resisting the de-
mand of Italy for a lease Of San Nun
bay. The assurance, however. is extreme
ly cautious. no promise being given of
material aid. 1t is thought that quid pro
quo has been agreed upon by Great Brit
ain and Russia regarding the settlement
of the loan contract protest, and that
Great. Britain and Russia has consented
that the railway VIII not be extended be-
yond Mukden.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-22
PEACE PACT ST.
QUEEN OF SPAIN RATIFtES TIE
HISTORIC DOCUMENT.
Was Approved by Unfe.d States FEN
ate Feb. g and Executed ny the Pres
ident Feb. 10 Americans a I'd cana-
dians Clash in Alaska.

The QueeI Regent d Friday signed
the treaty If peace between Spain and
the United States. The signed document
will be forwarded to the French ambassa-
dor at Washington, hss Cambon, for
exchange with the one signed by Presi-
dent Mckinley.
Madrid dispatches announcing that the
Queen Regent had signed the peace treaty
were received with great interest in
Washington. Speculation is now turning
ON the probable action OF the President in
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-22
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PLEADS FOR HIS MEN.
Sampson Urges the Promotions He
Has Recon- meuded.

"pSon Urges the promotions He
Has Recon- ended.
President Mckinley received a long
letter from Rear Admiral Sampson bear
ing on the controversy in the Senate over
the naval promotions for gallantry, which
were ell hung up on account of the Schley-
Sampson fight. After reciting a lot of
well-known facts, and setting forth the
allegation that he did his duty without
any special hope of reward, the admiral
says:
Il did not anticipate that dissatisfac-
ton from any act or acts of mine would
cause the Senate to withhold from other
officers a promotion which they have we'll
deserved and which has been promptly
granted in similar circumstances to 9TH
ers.
Il therefore respectfully suggest. Mr.
President, that your appointment of these
officers about whom there is no discussion
should at once be renewed in order that
they must secure their promotions under
the personnel bill to which they are en-
titled and without creating confusion
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-22
LOST NINE MEN IN TEN MONTHS
Remarkable Record Made by New
York Volunteer Regiment

The Forty-seyenth regiment. New York
volunteers, after an absence Of ten months
from Brooklyn, five months of which was
passed in Porto Rico, returned on the
transport Manitoba. Lient Col. William
II Hubbeil was in command and the reg
iment mustered 1.154 officers and men.
While away the regiment lost but nine
men. One was murdered, another was
accidentally killed, two committed suicide,
and the others died OF disease contracted
ia Porto Rico.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-22
MANY DIE IN fire.
Guests OF Big New York Hotel
Caught in Death Trap.
SCENE OF WILD PANIC
Nearly Score OF People Are Killed and
FOrty-two Injured.

Fashionable Gotham Hostelry, Crowd
ed with Guests and 6ightseers, Burns
Rapid Spread of Flames Cats OFF
Escape by the Elevators and Stair
ways-Men and Women Leap fl nm
Windows of Upper Floors to an
Awful Death.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-22
REREsFoRo FOR "oPEN DOOR,"
English Lord Declares This Policy
ShouId Be Maintained.

Lord Charles Beresford landed at
Southampton from the American liner ST.
Louis, after six months hard work as the
British Empires commercial traveller in
Chi:.a and the United States. When ask
ed to give his opinion of the future of the
Chinese trade, the feeling in the United
States on the matter and the future rela-
tons of Great Britain and the United
States, Lord Charles said
There is only one thing to do. and that
is TO maintain the policy of the open door.
IL we don't have that policy, If we go in
for spheres Of influence, we shall drift
into war. Spheres of influence mean ev-
cry county grabbing something and If
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-22
PHILADELPHIA HAS TYPHOID.
More than Three Hundred Des tins Al
ready This Year.

Philadelphia has an epidemic of typhoid
fever. The close of the tenth week of the
year shows a mortality from the malady
in Philadelphia far in excess of the num-
Der Of men and officers killed in the bat
ties on land and sea in the war with
Spain. and almost equal to the total of
those killed in action and those who sub
sequently died Of their wounds. The rec
ord so far this year is 3, 3,424 cases and $50
deaths.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-22
NEW LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS.
Herbert Putnam, Head of Enston's
RuhIi.. l. iLrnr,.- 3 ......i.,au-I

hSfoert Fntnamt HEAD or Eoston's
Public Library, Appointed.
Herbert Putnam of Boston. has been
appointed congressional librarian by Pres
ident Mckinley. Since he ,came head of
the Boston public library in 1898 that in
stitution has been greatly improveda
high compliment to the librarians merits,
for Boston has always prded itself on its
library Mr., Putnam began his career as
custodian of books in 1854, when he was
called to Minneapolis to take charge of o.
Athenaeum Library in that city When
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-22

behind, and threw themselves from the
windows. The firemen displayed the ut
most heroism and daring in saving life at
the most imminent risk
The Windsor was the resort and dwell
ing place of rich people. aGd there may
have been half a raillion dollars worth *
jewels alone lost by the women who lived
there. Among the deasi are the wives of
milionaires, as well as the maids, who
We're shut off in the top story Abner Nc
Kinley, brother of the President of the
United States, with his rlfe and daugh-
ter, Miss Mabel Mckinley, occupied a
suite of rooms on the ground floor of the
hotel.
Among the dead are Mrs. Warren Le-
land, wife of the W'indsor's proprietor,
and her daughter, Miss Helen Leland and
Mrs. James S. Kirk. widow of the million
aire soap manufacturer of Chicago
Panics Within, Panics without.
The fire occurred in the middle of the
afternoon, when Fifth avenue was jam
med with people from cur line to house
line. and from cur to curb with ST Pat
rick's Day paraders. 10 this fact is due,
perhaps, some of the loss of life and a
good deal of the serious injury to person,
for the crowd interfered with the police
and the fiEemen; but so suddenly did the
fire ,stait, sud so quickly did it, sweep
through the big hotel from floor TO floor.
from street to roof, from side to side, if
there had been no crowd there, and moth
ing to hamper the work of the officials,
there would still have been many acci-
dents and some fatalities. With such
awful rapidity did the fire spread, once it
started that people no higher up in the
bull ling than the floor above the street
had to fly for their lives. Only by search
OF tie ruins will the extent of the dis
aster be known, and so complete was the
wreck wrought by the fire that this will
be long and tedious work.
The fire started according to the best
information, in q dining room. 1t was
due. it is almost certain, to the careless
tossing of match into lace curtain. Be
fore an alarm could be sent in to the fire
department the building was doomed Had
it been finder box the fire could not have
taken hold quicker and completed the
work of demolition in less time. Yet the
building has been called fireproof 1t was
fitted, according to the building and fire
officials, with all of the equipment for
use in case of I've that the law requires.
It had sufficient fire escapes and the halls
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-22

CLIMAX LIKELY AT MANILA.
Advices at Washington Indicate Hos
tiIities W:u Cease Soon.

tiIities W:H Cease Soon.
Advices received in Washir gton from
Manila indicate that the climax may be
reached at any time and that hostilities
will cease. The insurgents are reported
on the point of capitulating. Aguinaldo
is known to be greatly discouraged at the
situation and the superior knowledge OF
arms the smaller force of Americans pos
sess Company G of the Washington reg
iment has captured $50 additional prison
arS uaar TaUtIip
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-22
REPORT OF BANK CLEARlNGS.
Table Showing Percentage of Increase
and Decrease,

The following table, compiled by Brad
streets, shows bank clearings at ne prin-
eipal cities for the week, with the per-
centage of increase and decrease, as com
pared with the corresponding week last
year.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-22

The grand reception of the Daughters
Of the American Revolution at Corcoran
Art Gallery was gala event OF the
Washington social season. Among those
present were General Niles and Admiral
Schley, who received an ovation.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-22

Business cards, not exceeding ave Hnes. rs 90.
Legal advertisements at legal -ates. Advertise
menus lnserSed with no specified TIM win be
published until ordered ont. and cbarea, .,- A..
cordingly. All bills payable quarterly.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-22

Senator Fairbanks OF Indiana was the
reci,. ant Of a Spanish sword, gilt handle,
Toledo blade, the gift Of grateful sol
dier whose discharge he had procured.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-22

Clerks of the War Department who
handle the immense correspondence which
is addressed to the Secretary of War read
many heart-rending appeals Letters by
the thousands are received from widowed
mothers, appealing for the release of sons
who are the only support they have. These
letters are pitiful enough. and tell Of dire
want and wretchedness, bat there are let
ters of different character which tell of
the anguish of the mG,hers who have not
heard of their sons since the beginning
of the war. The writer's do not know
whether their sons have been killed in
battle. are sick, or the reasons why no
letters come from the camps and battle
fields, and they appeal to the department
for information. The War Department
officials do all in their power to relieve the
anguish of mind and bodily suffering.
Colonel Charles l.. Jewett. former
Speaker of the Indiana Legislature, re-
Gently from Manila, where he went as
Judge advocate. expresses the opinion that
the work of reducing the recalcitrant Fill
pinos is an arduous one and will require
considerable time.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-22

Under the new army bill there viii be
101 second lientenants appointed. and
nearly 10000 applications are already
filed.
The evening times., 1899-09-15
A PLANT TO TEST Seeds
Protection for the Government and
the Farmer.
The Agricultural Department Finds
nm Institution for Experiments to
BE n Necessity-The Building in
Course of Construction - What
Trials With Material Have Shown.

The Government is preparing 10 more
seed men generally against the fraudulent
or careless persons who through ignorance
Oh sharp practice impose on the Agricul-
tural Department and reputable dealers
and farmers by selling them bad Seeds
A seed testing house is being erected in
the southwest corner of the Mall, near
the Bureau of Printing and Engraving
The plant will consist of house about
thirty by twenty feet, in which seeds Will
be stored and also packed for distribution
and used generally for work-room At
tached to this house will be a glass hot
house eighty by eighteen feet, in which
the tests of terminating the seeds will be
made.
The packing and work room Is already
completed and it is expected that the ger
minating house will be- completed by the
last of October and experiments viii be
conducted there the busiest season being
from October to April. The testshwii be
conducted under the direction OF the botan-
lists of the Agricultural Department and
about FIVE or six men will be employed in
the work For some time these tests nave
been made by the botanists IN parts OF the
various buildings under the control OF tn
Agricultural Department, but the WORK
has grown to be of such Importance that
it was thought best to have special plant,
so one is being erected.
All seeds purchased by the Government
for. distribution through the members Of
Congress are tested thoroughly as to their
purity from weeds and other seeds and
also as to their terminating qualities. On
all contracts made by the Government lO
per cent of the price to be paid is held in
reserve until the seeds are tested, and
then, if they are found to come up to the
required standard, the 10 per cent is paid
over. The Government in this way has
protected itself against sending farmers
worthless seeds and also saved thousands
OF dollars to the Treasury.
Many tests have also been made for
farmers and seed dealers who have sent
samples to the Agricultural Department,
and many cases of gross fraud have been
discovered where persons have purchased
or were about to purchase seeds, the SAM
plies of which had been tested and proved
to be anywhere from 80 to 80 per cent, bad.
The work Of the new testing plant will be
devoted particularly to field seeds, but all
kinds of grain and garden and grass seeds
will be tested.
From the tests made in the past" said
Botanist F. v. Coville. "it is evident that
there is great carelessness in planting and
harvesting seeds and also undoubtedly
much sharp practice INDUCED in by deal
ers who mix seeds of very inferior grade
or of an entirely different variety with
good seeds and sell the stuff as the best
quality of seeds, and in many instances 1t
is impossible to detect the fraud except by
experiments. The foreigners In particular
The evening times., 1899-09-15
UP GOES MEAT AGAIN.
Retail Butchers and Not Consumer.
the Victims of the Rise.

Retail Butchers and Not Consumer.
the Victims of the Rise.
NEW YORK. Sept. 15.-Once more the
beef trust has raised the price of meat in
New York. This time the public is not
made to suffer, as the action affects the
retail butchers only. The butchers admit
they dare not again raise their prices, be-
cause customers would not submit to pay
ing another increase, after the two raises
of few weeks ago.
The price of lamb was yesterday in
creased from II cents per pound to Ii
cents. while butchers must now pay the
trust II cents instead of 10 cents per
pound for pork. They are. also COM
PEELED to pay 10 cents per pound for beef,
an increase of ene-half a cent over last
week.
Increased profit on beef as the result of
one-half cent per, pound raise is esti-
mated at 5000; the increased profit on
sheep and lambs equals S120, 900, while the
increased profit on +, pigs is estimated at
$4,000, making the total increase weekly
profits Of the Trust in Greater New York
and Jersey City alone s233, 600.
Competition on the part of the beef
trust with the beef shipped to England
from Australia is the actual cause of the
increase in the price of beef of late, ac-
cording to the statement made yester-
day by George ]. Loeser, vice president
of the Greater New York Retail Butchers
Association
"A few months ago, :, he said, "the beef
trust became alarmed at the increase in
shipments from Australia and made an at
tempt to induce the Australian packers to
join them in pool whereby the English
market could be controlled
Greatly to the astonishment of the
trust, the Australians refused to enter into
any pooling arrangement whatever. Then
the trust began to threaten, and announced
that they would reduce the price of beef
unless the Australians accepted the offer
to join forces The Australians refused to
be intimidated.
"At once the trust reduced its price of
beef in England, after several meetings OF
it's members had been held, when it was
decided to lose $1,00O,000 per month, if
necessary, to fight the Australians in the
English market. Prices of American beef
in England dropped at once, but very soon