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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-29
DAMAGE TO WHEAT.
WiDENED AREA FROM WHICH
COMPLAINT is MADE.
There Is, However, Little Fear Of Crop
Failure he Season Is Backward,
but Apri Weather May Change
Many Adverse Opinions.

Weather conditions during the week
nave not been such as to materially
change the winter wheat situation, al
though alternate freezing and thawing
mas probably tended to reduce the vitality
Oh the plant in districts where it was al
ready weak. AT the same time the close
OF the week finds deeper conviction upon
the crop. In southern Kansas, Oklahoma,
Tennessee and Kentucky the area from
which complaint is received has material
" widened and the character of complaint
is more pronounced.
over that part of the wheat belt lying
north of the latitude of Cincinnati there
Is still no opportunity for definite judg-
ment o. actual present conditions, the
groul1 remaining frozen to great depth
ana over the greater part of the district
even the surface continuing frozen. There
Is practically no spring growth north of
tne OHIO river, though fields in Ohio and
portions OF Indiana are beginning to show
up green. Until we shall have had at
least week of good and continuous
growing weather 1t will not be possible to
determine with any degree of satisfaction
the extent to which the crop is injured.
South of the Ohio river, however, the
situation is beginning to clear up. 1t
does not yet appear that the damage In
Iexas, Tennessee and Kentucky Is SEN
satfonai, but it is evident that it Is wide
spread. Two weeks ago a considerable
snare OF the local reports from these
States were hopeful that the crop would
come out all right. This weeks reports
from the same sources almost unanimous
iy admit extensive winter killing and
marked lack of vigor in the remaining
plant. Another section in which while
there has been but slight crop advance
ment 1t is sufficient to give clearer idea
OF the situation is southern Kansas and
Oklahoma. From there the reports this
week are also gloomier than those here
tofOre received
1t is not yet time to say that the spring
is late, though it is verging upon it. In
comparison with last year there is a rad
ical difference.
dhe following statement shows the
number of counties in each State from
which reports have been received during
the week and the average of the returns
from these counties. These returns come
from all sections of the States, and the
averages represent the consolidated opin-
ION of the county reporters, but the fig
ures must be read in the light of the COM
ment on the value of conditional reports
at this date:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-29

@'G0E1F7ISE111FPs

Amy old whistle would answer rs well,
Col. Aguinaldo, when a man wants to
whistle to keep up his courage.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
We hasten 70 assure the grounding that
he has been vindicated. Now let us have
something like good weather.--Omaha
World Herald.
Probably Mr.. Molineux would have
been happier had he employed a type
writer to address his bromo-seltzer pack
ages.-Boston Herald.
Mr.. Roosevelt's last magazine contribu-
ton treats of a bullet that missed him.
Yet Mr.. Roosevelt has never prided him
self on his dodging ability.--W Washington
Post.
That mothers convention in Washing
ton is in favor of looser corsets This Is
in line with the claim of other women that
they're too much held in.--Philadelphia
Times.
Admitting the appropriations Of Con-
gress are something stupendous, some
may say the size of the American eagle
presupposes a big bill.-Philadelphia
Times.
Billion dollar Congresses are no longer a
novelty. The late one exceeded that limit
to such an extent that it looks like very
modest sum for the national expenses of
a year.-Boston Globe.
Apropos Of our new holiday, the Boston
Transcript rises to remark that ''the Ist
Of May is more likely 20 be frosty than
dewey" But not in the vicinity of Ma
nila.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Chicago is about to spend more than
S10,000,000 in street improvements. And
yet there are contractors who elect to re-
main in Philadelphia. - Philadelphia
Ledger
Nevertheless and notwithstanding, the
gentlemen of the investigating committee
are not subsisting exclusively ON canned
roast beef at the present time.-P Pittsburg
Telegraph.
Only about $4,000 chances for Office un-
der the Merriam census regime Do you
wonder that every day is BIS busy day p
Boston Globe.
Aguinado should not be expected to is
sue any more proclamstions until he has
stopped running.-Pittgburg Telegraph
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-29
GERALD LAPINER.


Kept carefully locked up for ten months in
little out-of-the-way farm house. No
motive has been discovered yet to have
induced the woman to lure the child from
ms home, 4S35 Prairie avenue. Chicago,
last Memorial Day.
Louis Lapiner and his wife, after offer
ing rewards and following clews all over
the lake States, had almost given up hope
OF ever finding the youngest of their three
boys. 1t seemed a Charley Ross case
NO. Z" Detectives all over the country
abandoned the chase, and little Gerald,
once so prominent because Of his strange
disappearance, had been well-nigh forgot
ten.
The real discoverer of the lost child was
Miss o. G. Ferris. Miss Ferris saw the
child by accident as she passed the win
dow of the farm house kitchen. He was
uefl to the table, crying Justify. AS no
one came to his relief she knocked at the
door until she convinced herself no one
else was in the house. Then she tried to
open the door, but it was locked. All the
windows were bolted, an unusual thing in
that part of the country.
Next day she set inquiries afoot and
found thai an cid man and mysterious
woman had gone 70 live in the farm house
months before. Her instinct told her It
was case of kidnapping She went home
ard racked her brain to think of some
case of abduction she had read about In
the newspapers. The only one she could
remember was that Of little Gerald Lap
iner. She sought her brother and they
wrote to Chicago, and baby Lapiner was
found.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-29
The Spirit of Easter.

o lily crowned angel of Easter,
Spirit of gladness and light
Touched by the glory of heaven,
Pause In thy Jubilant flight
And sing to us eehoing carols,
Sing till our hearts shall grow strong,
TIL their happy pulsatlons shall measure
The time of thy rapturous song;
Till Faith, resurrected, shall greet US
With smiles on her radiant face,
While Love reaches out of the darkness
To hold US In clinging embrace;
TIL Hope, happy Hope, shall awaken
From the languor of purposeless dreams,
And move us to earnest endeavor
BY whispers on glorious themes!
o beauteous spirit touch gently
Our souls with thy quckening breath,
Till out into life and its duties
They leap from this torpor of DEATH
Abide till our hearts shall discover
The blessings that circle us now,
And our thoughts grow as pure as the lille
That droop DER thy radiant brow!
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-29
News Notes from Cuba.

| There are 1900 Cubans in the streets OF
| Santiago without work
The new asphalt mines have been dis
| covered at Arroyo Blanco, in Santa Clara
province.
| The Second Illinois regiment, now at
| Ruena Vista, has been ordered by Gen
Lee to the Isle of Pines.
In Santiago de Cuba Sunday closings
! Of all places of business are now in effect,
| the city market not excepted.
An American syndicate has bought go.
600 acres of land in Porto Principe prov
ince for big cattle and horse ranch.
The Chinese of Cuba are emigrating to
| Mexico. Twenty to thirty leave Havana
for Vera Cruz or Progreso every week.
| The United States regulars composing
| the garrisons of Forts Cabana and Morro
have removed their camps to The high
lands, west of Coiimar, as a more healthy
| location.
Twenty million feet of Amel can lumber
is to be employed in the erection of bar
racks for the United States army of oc-
cupation in Cuba, and for commissary and
other buildings.
Cardenas is so far the only Cuban town
whose municipality has openly and for
mally protested against Acting Captain
General Brooke's decree removing the old
| Spanish stamp taxes.
Among the kilograms of congratulation
received by Gen. Gomez upon his recent
entry into Havana was one from Vice
President Lithgow, Governor of Porto
Plata, Republic of San Domingo.
Unpaid deserters from the Cuban pat.
riot army in the eastern districts are fast
developing into organized gangs of high
way robbers, oYerrunning the sparsely set
tied districts and terrorizing peaceabIe
| residents.
Acting Captain General Brooke has
sent 10000 additional rations into the
province of Pinar del Rio, to be distribut
ed TO needy Cuban families of Bahia
Honda, Whales. Consolation del Norte.
San Cayetano, Mantua, etc.
4 state" penitentiary is to be estab-
lished at Santiago dc Cuba for the CON
finement of criminals convicted in courts
of the eastern districts of the island.
The bodies of the Cuban heroes, Zayas.
Perpinyan and Plana, ambushed and as
sassinated by Weyler's guerrillas near
Quivican, are to be disinterred and given
Christian burial in the Havana cemetery.
The following States are now represent
ed by volunteer troops in Cuba: New
York. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Misso,--
South Carolina, North Carolina, virg..
Texas, Louisiana. Georgia, Nebraska and
Maine. OF these the troops from Maine.
New York and Georgia are under orders
to proceed home for mastering out.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-29
A Plot for a Novel.

A true story OF the freaks of n som
nambulist comes from France. A gen
tleman missed from his bedroom a
packet containing more than f2.OOO
worth of bonds. The thief could not
be traced; but shortly afterwards the
mistress of the house, who had taken
the robbery to heart even more than
her husband, was taken to a doctor, for
she was suffering from nervous pros
tration. The doctor, firm believer in
hypnotism, was told of the robbery.
and, putting two and two together,
hypnotized his patient and extorted a
confession from her that she had taken
the bonds and buried them in the gar
den. There, upon search being made,
they were found, but the lady is as yet
quite ignorant of the fact that she her
self was the person who hid them.
Treat a dog kindly and he will not
desert you when your money is gone.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-29
MANY REBELS SLAIN.
FiLiPlNoS SUFFER GREAT LosS
NEAR CALOOCAN.
S-asrican Loss Was 10 Killed aud $50
brilliant Victory won by
Gen. MacArthcr's Brigade-PIans to
Quickly Crush Axuinaido's Forces.

Manila advices Saturday reported ter
rible battle near Caloocan. The Ameri-
cans won splendid victory. Five hun
dred rebels were killed and wounded and
as many more were taken prisoners.
American losses were conservatiyely es-
timated at sixteen killed and about lS0
wounded. The insurgent losses are great
er than during any previous engagement.
Gen. MacArthur's division is to be cred
tied with the splendid work OF the day,
including the capture of several villages
and complete Generalization of Aguinai-
dos forces. The capture of Malabon, the
rout of the insurgents, the making pris-
oner of Aguinaldo and the complete occu-
patton of his so-called capital, Malolos,
is the campaign mapped out by Gen. Otis.
Elaborate preparations were made. Gen.
Wheaton's brigade was placed in the rear
and Gen. Harrison Gray Otis and Gen.
Halls were massed behind Gen. Hale's.
Under the cover Of the darkness Gen.
Otis and Gen. Hale's brigades left their
trenches and advanced close up on the
enemys line without being detected, Gen.
Wheaton's and Gen. Halls brigades oc-
eupying the vacated positions. AT day
light Gen. Otis and Gen. Halls brigades
advanced from La Iona church straight
through the rebel lines. cutting the enc
my's force in two. Upon this occasion the
rebels adopted the American tactics Of
holding their fire until the attackers were
about 1000 yards distant The rebels
also fired lower than usual. The Ameri-
cans fired volleys with terrible effect aud
then rushed forward, cheering and carry
ing everything before them. Once through,
Gen. MacArthur's division was swung TO
the left, driving the rebels away ON all
sides
The natives stood until the Americans
were within 200 yards OF their position
and then broke and ran for the woods.
Thirty of them were killed in the out
skirts and seventy ON the roads. The Mon
tana and Kansas troops met the hottest
resistance. Smoke from the burning huts
marked the line of the American advance.
Ambulances and horse litters, led by oh'u-
ese. brought in the wounded, among whom
were few Filipinos. The Americans
who were wounded endured their injuries
bravely
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-29
WOMEN PERISH IN A FIRE.


Deals Death and Iujuries.
AS result of what was at first said to
be an explosion Of a gisoline stove nearly
two score women wer,. imprisoned in the
third story OF the Patterson block at
Omaha. Thirteen Of he women leaped to
the stone pavement below. One was kill
ed instantly and all the others more or less
seriously injured, and number are ex-
pected to die. The plight of the victims
was witnessed by thousands of people,
who were unable to render aid. The wom-
en- were forced to jump or be burned to
death.
The victims are all members of the
women's branch of the Royal Neighbors
and of the Maccabees, and at the time the
fire broke cut were in session In Labor
Temple, which occupies the top story Of
the building The explosion occurred in
closet under the stairway leading to the
room occupied by the women, and from
the first their escape from that direction
was cut off A fire escape was available
on the opposite side of the building, but
the only woman who had presence Of mind
sufficient to reach that point was Mrs.
Brosius, and she tainted from excitement
the moment she reached the ladder and
dropped the full distance.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-29
EASTER GLORY.

May Christ, the risen Savior,
0'erhow your heart with light;
And may His gracious 4avor
Make all your Easter bright.
Upon the wings of the morning light
Something is borne 10 the waiting earth;
Something that's new and strange and
bright,
Waking the world to a newer birth.
Breezes are blowing o'er hill and lea,
Flowers unfolding In bud and bloom,
Birds are astir in each nest or tree,
Valleys are bathed in sweet perfume.
Over the meadows the sunshine lies
Teiiaerly breaking from zone to zone.
Carols are lifted to arching skies,
Chimes from the steepies are swung or
blown.
Out on the mountains the wild flower
springs;
Ear on the river the mist wreaths curl,
High up above us, like great white wings,
The clouds sweep forth from their gates
OF pearl.
Ah what is 1t, this glow in the air,
What Is 1t, thrills thrO' the souls deep
prayer,
This sense In the heart, of whispered
hymn?
Christ Is risen! Oh, marvellous word,
Speaking forever thro' sounds and signs.
Lift Thou each soul like a soaring bird,
Up where the Light of the Risen One
shfnesi
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-29

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they cannot
reach the seat OF the disease. Catarrh is blood
or constitutional disease and In order 10 cure II
YOU must take internal remedies Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces. Halls CataTrh Cure
Is not a quack medicine. Ii was prescribed by
one of the best physicians in this country for
wears. and Is regular prescription. 1t Is COM
thc best blood purlners acting directly on the
mucous surfaces The perfect combination Of
the two ingredients Is what produces suol won
derful results in curing Catarrh. Send for tes-
timonials, free.
FL. CHENEY & CO, Props, Toledo, o.
lola by Druggists, price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-29

more pleasant she is possessed of no little
share of the worlds wealth. Her home
is one of the prettiest among Pasadena's
famous homes and its social atmosphere
is delightful. She is the founder and
former president OF the Ebell Club OF
Los Angeles, and is writer of force and
reputation. The friendship between these
two brilliant persons began twenty years
ago when they met on the lecture plat
form in a Wisconsin town, she rs the
president of literary organization and
he as the lecturer of the evening.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-29

Hammond had seemed to fear trouble on
observing Hammond enter the cafe, and
had cautioned her companions not to
speak to him. After the first shot the
victim of Hammond's rage dropped under
the table.
A panic reigned in the hotel immediate
ly. Guests ran into the lobbies scream
ing for assistance, and walters sought
places of safety on the second floor. The
assailant started to leave the room by the
entrance to the lobby, but was confronted
by the head waiter and chief clerk. He
was led unresisting to the private Office of
the Annex, and taken into custody.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-29
M,x. -AaM
"a, S !
The Risen view OF the Rising fie

Easter gives to us the privilege of the
risen view of the rising life. BY it the
soul gains birds eye vision of its earth
ly existence before the time or power for
fight. Christ, after He had passed
through the grave, takes His disciples of
every age with Him, that they, with Him,
may look downward and see the new glory
of their old life, and thus be prepared to
live it with patience and devotion. The
first meaning of Easter is not the mortal's
view of immortality, but the immortars IS
view Of mortality, which every mortal
may have who is risen with Christ.-Rev.
0. M. Lamson.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-29
nntes of current Exent.,

The President has approved the plans
Of Adjt. Gen. Corbin for the reorganiza
tion of the army.
On rainy days Gov. Roosevelt still dons
the old sombrero which he wore at San
tiago and San Juan.
Manufacturers at Ba-gor, Ne, are
sending canoes Of birch bark and canvas
to China, Japan and Palestine.
Ernest LegouFe, the senior member of
the French Academy, has entered upon
his 93d year. He received prize from
the academy for a poem seventy years
ago, and has been member of that body
since 1854.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-29
WEALTHY cHlcAGoAN SHOT.
ARRAY Takes Place in the Cafe of the
Auditorium Annex

Auditorium Annex.
In crowded dining room of the Audi
torium Annex in Chicago, where there
were nearly 100 guests, most of them
women, III. HI. Hammond shot John T.
Shayne Tuesday afternoon. Three shots
were fired, two of which took effect.
Hammond made no attempt to escape, but
surrendered to the house detective and
was locked up, Both men are well known
IN Chicago, Shayne being the head of the
firm of John L. Shayne & CO., furriers.
Hammond is merchant tailor at 1S9 Wa
bash avenue.
Jealousy of a peculiar nature was the
passion that led Harry Hammond to
wreak vengeance on John L. Shayne. Mr..
Shayne was dining with the divorced wife
of Hammond and two other ladies. Since
her divorce Mrs. Hammond had been re-
ceiving the attentions of Shayne, who is
widower, and it was alleged they were
soon to be married. 1t is not apparent
that Hammond grieved over the loss of
his wife by divorce; in fact, he made no
effort to prevent her securing one.
AT the commencement of the shooting
the ladies with Mr.. Shayne fed to the
palm gallery at the end of the room. Mrs
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-29
REPORT AS TO FARM ANIMALS.
Departments Figures Show a General
increase I'm VaIue

a
Increase I'm Value.
The annual report of John Hyde, statis-
tician of the Department of Agriculture,
on the number and value of farm animals
will shortly be ready for distribution. 1t
will show an increase in the number of
sheep and miich cows and a decrease in
the number of horses, mules, swine and
neat cattle other than mich cows, with a
general increase in value. The following
changes in these statistics are shown:
Horses, decrease in number 295, ,6O4, in
crease in total value $32, 712, ,406; increas-
ed value per head, S34.26 to S37.
Neat cattle mot milch cows), decrease
in number, 1,269,972, increase in value
$25,634, sol; increase per head, $2092 to
500. 10.
Mich cows, increase in number las, ,229,
increase in value 500, ,420,0 ,099; increase
per head, 1921.
Sheep, increase in number, 1,457, ,493,
increase in value $f4,976,397; increase
per head, 20 cents.
Mules, decrease in number 56,069, de-
crease in value $146,255; increase per
head $106.
Swine, decrease in number 1,10S, 1862,
decrease in value $4,241 ,666; value per
head unchanged.
The total value OF farm animals is con-
servatively estimated at $780,, ,010, ,40T,
an increase of $780,, ,4S2, or 5.74 per
cent, during the last year.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-29
Spain Is Defiant.

Notwithstanding the fact that Gen. Otis
refused to sanction negotiations between
the Spaniards and Filipinos for the ran
som of the Spanish prisoners held by the
latter, on the ground that the money
would be used to aid the insurgents
against the Americans, the Spanish Gov
ernment has offered Aguinaldo 5000 Pc
setas fbr each soldier, and $500 pesetas
for each civilian.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-29
Lord of fife,

Most glorious Lord of Life! that on this day
Didst make Thy triumph over death and
sin,
away
Captivity thence captive, us to win;
This joyous day, dear Lord, with JOY begin;
And that we, for whom thou didst sin,
May live forever in felicity!
And that Thy love, we, weighing gortidly,
May likewise love Thee for the same again;
And for Thy sake, that all like dear didst
buy,
With love may one another entertain.
SO let us love, dear love- like as we ought:
Love is the lesson which the Lord us
taught.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-29
A Not Unpleasing Custom.

In Russia many men and women greet
whoever they may meet on Easter
morning with kiss and the announce
ment, ''The Lord is risen" A distin-
guished American civil engineer was thus
greeted a few years ago by an innocent
and sweet-faced chambermaid at a hotel
at st. Petersburg, and no explanations
would pacify the gentleman's wife.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-29

Go Bang, wire-aaired fox terrier, the
property Of prominent New Yorker, en-
ioys the distinction of carrying on his life
the highest insurance dog ever had. He
may take additional pride that the pre-
MUM paid is unprecedented. So valuable
is Go Bang that when an insurance COM
pany demanded $500 for a $1,000 policy
for year the owner paid it without a
murmur.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-29

work. Then the
sheriff of Lake
County, Ohio, ar
rested the alleged
ibductors of Gerald
Lapiner ON q farm
two miles west Of
Painesville and re-
stored the long lost
child to his mother.
The prisoners are
John Collins and
Mrs. Ann Ingersoll.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-29
WILL MARRY BOB euRDETTE.

TIC brtde- Eject OF the Humorfst 10
Wealthy and Gifted.
Two recent events in the career of Bob
Burdette will interest the admirers of the
great American humorist. One is that he
has turned preacher and will fill the pulpit
of the First Presbyterian Church of Pasa-
dena. Cal, and the other is that he will
soon take unto himself another wife. The
bride-elect is Mrs Clara Baker of Pasa-
dena. Her remarkable beauty and grs-
ciousness would distinguish her in any
company, and TO make matters all the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-29

Fresh evidence Of the wearing away Of
the rock on both sides of the Niagara
gorge is now to be seen. On the Ameri-
can side, between Rapids View and the
Old Maid of the Mist landing, the destrIe-
tive force Of the elements is seen.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-29
Counties Average

1t will be noted that on very compre-
hensive returns Ohio makes a claim of
very high condition, while Indiana makes
showing but little less promising.