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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-23
D,mdpm Bulrets at Toilet.

After the dumdum bullets the expl0d-
ing bomb, perhaps. Anything to stop"
enemies Of fugitive prisoners in these
days Of civilization, you know.-Balti-
more Globe.
Dumdum bullets will hereafter be used
TO shoot eouyicts who attempt TO escape
from Joliet penitentiary. This comes OF
not giving the conyicts representation at
the international peace conference BUFF
falo Express.
The guards at Joliet penitentiary have
been armed with Mauser rifles carrying
dumdum bullets. The only ey use offered
for the use Of these br in warfare
il that, in meeting barge Of over
whelming numbers Of wages. it Is nee
essary to have bullet that will produce
shock enough to stop the rush Of any
man it hits. There is no such emergency
to be met in shooting a runaway convict
W tho baek.-New YORK Journal
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-23
DEATHS WILL REACH 1000.
General Davis Reports Appalling Con-
ditiou in Porto kico

dition in Porto Rico.
The appalling conditions existing in
Porto Rico We're made more fully known
to the War Department Wednesday by
Gen. Davis in a dispatch which says the
deaths outright in the island will reach
1000. while many are dying daily from
injuries and privations.
According to special cable from San
Juan, Porto Rico, hundreds of people are
dying of starvation on the stricken isl
ands. The dispatch gives new details of
the recent hurricane and describes the
terrible scenes witnessed in the BayamOn
and Arecibo districts. Arecibo was de
vastated by the hurricane and later was
flooded by the Arecibo and Manati riv-
ers. Two hundred bodies have already
been recovered and it is thought that
hundreds more of persons missing have
been swept out ea by the flood. The
town was inundated to depth of six
feet. When the waite subsided dead
bodies were found ev' ywhere. They
were buried where they were found. The
town is now filling up with starving peo'
pie from the rural districts.
AT Naransito twenty persons were kill
ed and hundreds are homeless and starv
ing. Moravis is totally destroyed. Al
Ciales. Barcelona and Cayey hundreds
of people lost their lives and the present
condition of the population of the towns
is pitiabe. 1t is impossible to estimate
the loss of life and property in the coun
try districts. Every river is swollen and
passage is impossible.
In the towns the stencil of the decay
ing bodies under the ruines of homes and
public buildings is almost unbearable. In
Yabucoa both of the Government physi.
clans were caught N the wreckage and
wounded The town will be set on fire
in order that an epidemic may be avoid
ed. DR.. Altman of Arecibo writes that
up to Aug. IS no assistance of any kind
had reached there. Unless aid comes
within few days he declares there must
follow fearful epidemic. 1t is certain
that there are many bodies lying under
the ruins, but it is impossible to find
laborers to clean up the towns.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-23
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. THE SHOOTING OF LAB0RI. ;
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From this distance affairs seem to have
assumed very serious aspect.-New
York Times.
Assassination crowns the edifice CON
structed By forgery and perjury.-St.
Paul PioneerPress.
The cmens are ugly, but this shot heard
round the world may prove the salvation
of the republic.-Philadelph Press.
1t now seems impossible that the Drey
fus matter can be disposed of without the
spilIing of more blood.-Boston Herald.
IT supplies just the element that was
lacking to turn public opinion strongly
in favor of Dreyfus.- Buffalo Express.
The assassination of Labori is quite in
keeping with the whole course of the per
secutors of Dreyfus.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
Iabori was toe well versed in the de.
tails of the case, Labori knew too much,
Labori had to be remoyed.--Cleyeland
Plain Dealer.
Ii needed but the hard of tle assassin
to give the finishing touch Of crime to the
accumulated infamy OF the Dreyfus ease.
Rochester Herald.
The blood of Labori will speak for the
cause he championed far beyond the
reach or compass of his eloquent tongue.
philadelphia Record.
France is under a most threatening
cloud and the army, the most corrupt
army on earth, is the cause of it all.--
Kansas City Times.
1t is not easy to believe that justice to
Dreyfus could, at this late day, be again
turned back at the bidding of a bullet
New York Mail and Express.
1t will be impossible to convince the
public that this deed was not inspired
rnd procured by persons interested in the
reconyiction of Dreyfus.-Atanta Consti
tuition.
Little else, except an attempt upon the
life of Dreyfus himself, could be so GER
tain to convince the people of France
that Dreyfus is innocent.-Boston Ad
vertiseF.
The attempted murder can hardly fail
to arouse still stronger public sympathy
for Dreyfus and Labori's prediction may
be fulfilled; II may die from this be
is reported to have said, but Dreyfus is
saved. Minneapolis Tribune.
TIE attempt upon the life of Labor
reacted, of course, : family, and with
irresistible force, in favor OF the man
whose cause, despite obloquy and abuse.
he has championed so ably and so cour.
ageousIy. Boston Post.
Demoralized as the French army mas
be, it has not reached such depth OF
degradation as to tolerate as brother Off
GERS men suspected of being partners to
crime 50 infamous, one against the
prisoner at the bar of justice-Bostop
Transcript.
With assassination an actual incident
of the trial with duels, prosecutions ane
suicides playing prominent parts in its
preface and with revolution a terrible
possibility OF its finish, is it any wonder
the worlds eyes are focused upon
France ?-Cincinnati Commercial-Trib
une.
The attempted assassination of Labor,
at the moment when he was about 10 ap
ply the probe to Gen. Mercier must pro
duce a wave OF popular emotion, which
will strengthen the hands of the sturdy
man of the people who presides over the
civil government Of the republic and OF
the grand old veteran at the head of IT.
army.-New York Herald.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-23

Ne offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrll Cure.
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo q.
We. the undersigned, have known r. J. Cheney
for the last Is years. and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and fiDan-
cially able TO carry out any obligation made by
their firm.
West & Irllax. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, ..
Nalding, kInnan {. Marvin, Wholesale Dsug-
gi>ts, Toledo. Ohio.
Halls CatarTh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon tie blood and mucous surfaces Oh
the system. Price 7Je. per bottle. Sold by AL
Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-23
COLLECT MAIL AT THE DOOR,
New system in New York Will Soon
BE Extended.

Within sixty days the letter carriers of
New York viii begin collecting valuable
mail matter dirctt from private resi-
d,,ces. The method to be- employed was
ri ginatcd by Edward c. Madden, third
assistant postmaster general, and the car
riers will carry receipt book from which
they will issue receipts for parcels or let
ters sent as registered mail, This system
will soon be extended to all nostofiiccs
hnr-is,., l..srrirrS
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-23
News of Minor Note.

The village of Quehello, France, was
destroyed by fire.
During a1.S there were 672 deaths in
Tavana, against 2,0S3 IN 1898.
Andrew Carnegie will establish a new
library at Keighley, Yorkshire.
Mrs. James Roosevelt was elected a
school trustee OF Poughkeepsie, y. Y.
Section :uen on the B. & O. in West
Virginia wait s1.25 instead Of S1.15 a
day.
Injunetions WEI served on the munich
nal officers OF Toledo, Ohio, prohibiting
them from taking trip to Syras- lse, ".
", at the taxpayers expense.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-23
1T PREYEO ON HIS MIND.
indianian Confesses to Virginia
AIu.-ao- I'll

Murder Committed in 1864.
John I. Rogers, who served in Com
pany A, Eighteenth Indiana Infantry, in
the civil war, went to the Soldiers Home
at Marion, Ind, and stated that he
wished to confess a crime that had been
continual strain on his mind for thirty
five years. He said that he had killed a
man named Hun. hreys in Virginia in
1851. The crime was fastened on an in
nocent man, who suffered the death pen
alty
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-23
GIVE $4,000 FOR SINNERS.
Rev. Simpson Secures $4,000 at One
Meeting, Balance at others.

The Rev. A. Il, Simpson, of New
York. President Of the Christian Mission
AIRY Alliance, preached sermon on Civ
ing at a camp meeting at Old Orchard,
Me. Sunday. His words had a remark
able effect upon the coz gregatioR Of TO-
600 people, for within an hour collee-
tion Of $50, 900 was made for foreign mis-
sions.
In fhe afternoon and evening DR. Simp-
son held other meetings, and the offerings
were increased TO $4,000. Among the
contributions were gold watches, rings,
hySceiets. lockets and other iewelry-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-23

the back. After the
attack he WAS able
to walk o 1 doe
tors house, an d
climbed the stairs
to his office. The
physician found the
wound was under
the left shoulder
blade and had been
made 5y II small
bali. The wound is
not deep. When
NJ. Demange. La
boris colleague in
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-23
ALWAYS Changing.

Among the popular delusions now be-
ing exploded is the idea that the body
changes every seven years. 1t is only
necessary to read any text book of
physiology to find that life is really
constant series of changes, which pro-
ceed every minute one lives. Changes
of chemical and physical kind are al
ways going on within the body. and
the very fact that one requires food
daily is n proof of this.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-23

Miss Lillian Clayton Jewett, Boston.
will tour Northern cities to arouse public
sentiment against lynching. She went to
Lake City. $. c., and secured the family
of the late Frazier b. Baker. lynched in
1898. Mrs P.ker and her i've children
will accompany Miss Jewett.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-23
; BUSINESS SITUATION.
So Y the stock markets

y tIle STOCK markets
last week further
evidence was given
of confidence on the
part of tie people
at large in contin-
ued advances. Trad
ing in what are
known as the Gin
dustrials," the Sc
curities OF the large
manufacturing conf
binations w n i C h
have been formed in
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-23

General Aristo Company. Rochester, \.
Y, has been Incorporated. Capital So
100000 The company win deal In pho
tographic supplies.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-23

The authorities claim TO have definite
information of plot involving an upris-
ing in Rennes, and have adopted extreme
measures to squelch the conspirators and
their allies. Instructions have been is
sued to the troops to fire upon any crowd
Mt the first sign of demonstration.
Drums have been stationed with each
command-three rolls of a drum being,
according to French law, equivalent to
the reading of the riot act in England.
When five rolls of the drums are beaten
it is signal for the troops to fire. 1t is
believed that the agitators are plotting
a Jewish and Dreyfusite massacre.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-23
Aggregate combatants for Phil

=
In addition TO this force it is proposed
to increase the hospital corps in the Phil
ippines to 1900 men. and the number of
medical officers win be increased so that
Gen. Otis will have an army of practi
cally 5000 men. With this number
Secretary Root is confdcnt-and his con
hdcnce is based upon reports from Gen.
Otis-that the Manila commander will
have sufficient force to suppress the i'll
surrection during the coming fall cam
paign.
The enlistment of the ten additional
volunteer regiments viii make the total
volun eer force in service number 30,507
men. leaving but 4.493 men of the $4,000
authorized uncalled for. and the total
strength Of the army about $4,000 men.
Secretary Roet feels that there is no
present necessity of calling out the 1890
men remaining. but, should the condi-
tions in the fall show that they can be
advantageousls employed, he will not
hesitate to order their enlistment.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-23
TRY TO SLAY LAHORE.

Drcyfus' Counsel Shot in the Back by
Hidden Assassins.
At Rcnnes. France, two men ambush
ed Attorney Labori, counsel for Drcyfus,
and one shot was fred; hitting Labori in
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-23

practice revoked. The total number Of
attorneys standing disbarred JtIy /, 1899,
is ] ,1G3
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-23
BIG ARMY FOR OTIS.
Zen Additional Regiments for Service
in the Philippines.

IN the philippines.
Formal orders were issued Thursday
by Secretary Root directing the organ
ization of ten additional regiments for
service in the Philippines. President Nc
Kinley gave his approval of Secretary
Roots decision TO organize this additional
force and approved this recommendation
In the matter of regular army officers Sc
lected for appointment as colonels and
lieutenant eolonels of the proposed regi-
ments
The result of the Secretary's decision
viii be to give Gen. Otis fighting force
of 62,451 men, distributed as indicated
in this table:
Regulars. including 5,0I2 en- route
and 2,S0l about to sail. 80, 423
Organizing in Philippines two in
fantry and one cavalry regi-
ments, yolunteers) .... 1856
Ten infantry regiments, volunteers
organized in the United States. .13 ,090
Ten infantry regiments, voun-
teers, to be organized in the
United States ......~......13, csc
OiAANSAs 1850
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-23
Official County Paper.
ADVERTISING RATES.

Businsss cards, not exceeding ave lines. As 90
Legal advertisements at legal rates. Advertise.
menus inserted with no specified time win be
cordingiy. All bills payable qusrteriy.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-30

A mammoth stalk of corn was
shipped recently from Wichita, Kan
sas, to the agricultural department at
Washington. The stalk is eighteen
feet long, and Ross wrapped it in the
American flag from top to bottom
and consigned it to the government,
enclosing with it some averaged sized
stalks to show the contrast. This
stalk was raised on the farm OF S. D.
Hazen, of Salem township, Sedgwick
county, and is away above any stalk
brought to Wichita this year, being
more than twice the average height.
A person does not realize how tall an
Is foot stalk is till he stands by one
and looks up to the top. This stalk
has two ears both 10 feet from the
ground.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-30

The fact that an Assistant Secre-
tary of the Interior, a man as close to
Mckinley as the Hon. Webster Davis
is now on his way to the Transvaal,
should not be lost sight of by the pub
lie. It is claimed that he visits that
country for his 'shealth," but it
strikes the ordinary observer that
South Africa is a very unhealthy
place for Anglo-Saxons just at pres
ent. We believe his visit was pre-
arranged and designed to show to Eu-
rope the compact between this coun.
try and Great Britain, for the purpose
of intimidating any European power
from interfering in behalf of the
Beers.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-30

Most surely the Senate will not pass
the Mason resolution sympathizing
with the Beers. There is a limit even
to hypocrisy, and while we are doing
in the Philippines what the Beers are
preventing the British from doing in
South Africa, it behooves the impe-
s~rialists in the White House, the Cabi-
net and Congress to at least maintain
a stimulation of consistency before the
world.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-30
Bob Burdette gives Senator Petit

Bob Burdette gives Senator Petit
grew of Dakota another excuse for
blushing. Burdette says: IL read
how this people have made their name
respected in every land, their flag to
be saluted on every sea; | read how
her statemen sit in the council OF the
nations and her scholars are reyered
in every hall of learning. And SO L
read on until | come down to the his
tory Of Dakota and there | read that
a man up in Aberdeen wanted every
BODY to know that he was ashamed OF
his country! God save the mark /!
Oh, well, my boy, I once saw a Ken
lucky mare, beautiful as a dream,
victor in a hundred races, sucking a
mule colt. And I have no doubt that
sometimes that mule went hee-haWing
around the pasture, bawling that he
was ashamed of his mother"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-30

The coinage Of the $4,000 Lafay-
cite dollars at the United States mint
for the Lafayette memorial commits
sion has been completed. The money
will be sent out to the members of the
commission in Chicago under the care
of the United States Express COM
pany. The commission will then give
the people generally an opportunity
to subscribe for the dollars at 50 each
until a date yet to be decided upon,
when all the dollars not disposed upon
will be taken to the Paris exposition
and there sold.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-30

Mckinley dominates a Republican
as the third member of a board, hav-
ing two Republican members and con-
corning which the law says, the mem
bers shall not all be of the same poll
tical party, and then feels aggrieved
because the Senate sees fit to question
the propriety of the selection. Mr..
Bynum's thirst for Office has evident
" led his beneficiary, MI. Mckinley,
into error, but campaign pledges
should not be paid with public places,
and the Senate viii do well if it re-
fuses to confirm the unfit appoint
ment.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-30
Sherifss Sale.
STATE OF LOUISIANA-Parish of
Vermilion-17th Judicial District
Court-No. 1889,
Laura Bodin ct ais
IA. Gibson.

b. A. GIBSON
10y virtue of a writ Of fieri facias issued
ID by the Hon. 18th Judicial District
Court in and for the parish of Vermilion,
in the matters of the above entitled and
numbered suit, fully authorizing me to
seize and sell, I will proceed to sell at
public auction, to the last and highest
bidder, at the principal front door of the
courthouse in this parish, on
Saturday, January 20, 1900,
between the hours prescribed by law, the
following described property seized to
satisfy said writ, to witt: :,
One certain tract OF land lying and
being situated in the parish of Vermil-
ion, containing one hundred and twenty
four arpents, more or less, measu
ing four arpents front, more or less, by
thifty-one arpents deep, more or less,
together with all and singular the build
ings and Improvements thereon situa-
ted and appertaining thereto being the
SchexnaiIder tract in the aIarin Mou-
ton grant, and bounded north by Chas.
Bandoin tract hereinafter described.
east by Cleophas Vincent, south by
Primeaux tract. west by Amilda Glib
son, wife Of lack Griffin, being the
same property acquired by said j, A.
Gibson from John Lemaire and Joseph
Lemaire by act of sale executed before
Leo Perret. notary public.
An undivided one-eighth interest in
and to that certain tract of land lying
and being situated in said parish being
the Chas Baudoin tract in the Marin
Mouton grant measuring four arpents
fropt by forty arpents deep, being
bounded north by Mrs. Beloni Baudoin,
east by south by the tract de-
scribed above under item thereof, west
by public road
Terns-Cash.
Abbeville, La, December 16, 1899.
}. o. HEBERT. Sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-30

The Civil Service reformers have
rugged up a fine argument in favor Of
the merit system in reviewing the adj
vancement of General Leonard Wood.
But it must not be lost sight Of that
he did not reach his present position
through his capacity to answer intri-
cate and irrelevant questions pro-
pounded by a commission.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-30

Notwithstanding the absurd claims
Of Sampson and his nan Friday
(Chadwick9 We express the opinion
that General William r. Shafter de-
serves well at the hands of his coun-
try, for he managed one Of its most
important military achievements and
has since very considerably refrained
from talking and writing about it.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-30

Up in New York State, Tom Platt
is beginning to discipline his Teddy.
Already there is talk Of an organiza-
ton nominee for governor next year,
because in a Presidential year any old
thing for governor can be elected, so
the Senator thinks. Accordingly
Teddy's grin has become less pro-
nounced and he is showing bis teeth
with q vengeance.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-30

Dom Paul expressed gratitude to
his American friends, but he will not
neglect to hand out dum-dum bullets
to his soldiers right along. His adage
seems to be "Pray increasingly and
keep your powder dry as well as
seeing that there isJa liberal supply of
cold lead.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-30

Now that the Hon. Sam Jones of
Ohio is to run for Congress we ven
ture to suggest to him that if he is
successful in breaking in, he will find
the Golden Rule department Of the
Congressional Record in a badly run
down condition.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-30

Admiral Cervera's report to the
Spanish Navy Department fills a very
large book, but he makes no refer
ence in it to any inconvenience that
may have been rendered him by Adj
miral Sampson.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-30

MI. Quay, no doubt, begins to be-
lieve the truth of that saying, "Bless-
ings brighten as they take their
fight since that Senate seat is fast
slipping away. Bro. Wanamaker
seems to have worked a bargain coun-
ter deal on it.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-30

We have it from the best authority
that the Hon. Cecil Rhodes, who
was penned up in Kimberly, is now
firmly committed to 'sthe 0 n the
better theory.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-30

1t is very evident that the late
General Lawton did not depend on
the typewriter on newspaper inter-
view for chromeling his deeds of
heroism, as some Of his imitators in
the Philippines do.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-30

Some other remedy than the Wis
consin Payne Killer will have to be
prescribed for that bad CASE of south
ern Republican representation SWELL
ing.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-30

It is hardly reasonable to expect
that the Tagalogs will relish the kind
of rules melted out to the miners in
Idaho last summer. There is an in
stance of what militarism will do for
a country.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-30

Some Republicans express them
selves in such optimistic language
when talking on the subject of pros
perity, that we begin to fear for
the equity laboring man.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-30

Perhaps General Butler would have
done better if he had had a private
car equipped with a bathtub and an
Administration to restrain him.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-30

Our Kansas hero would have cross
ed Tugela river and had his story in
the hands Of his publishers long ago.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-30
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 80, 1899.

The southern delegates to the next
Republican National Convention are
likely to be a drug on the market.