Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-03-28

some time ago the suicide Of Saaduhah
Pacha, Ottoman ambassador to Vienna
for twenty years. He was separated from
his wife and children, who remained at
Constantinople Being unable to obtain
leave of absence to be present at MS
marriage, he committed SUI
eide
Four widows of revolutionary veterans
are still on the pension roll, although the
war of the revolution ended l20 years
ago. They range in age from IS to W.
Seven daughters Of revolutionary soldiers
are still drawing pensions. Of the S69,-
100000 which has been paid in revoln-
tionary pensions $20,000,000 was drawn
by widows. One pensioned survivor of
the war of 1912 remains. He is Hiram
Cronk, 30 years old and his home Is IN
northwestern New York The last pen
stoned soldier of the revolution dld NOT
die until 1860. He was 100 years =
months and days old. He lived in Free
dom, Y. Y. More widows than soldiers
Of the war of 1912 were pepsioned. In
that war 296916 soldiers served sixty
days or more. The pensioned we're 81,
900 soldiers and $4,000 widows. TO the
sole survivor of the war of 1872 the
Government is now paying $193 year
and 10 widows of that war $293,O9I
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Census taking is not the political picnic
that many people imagine, Few appre-
ciate the magnitude of the work Ihe
eleventh census cost more than $ll,u0o,-
boo and in the twelfth census an office
force OF more than 1000 for about two
years and field force Of yer 10000 for
from two weeks to a month will be en-
poyed. Then, too, the Holler1th tabu-
ating machines, by which the population
Is counted and the returns tabulated,
make census taking huge industrial
process. The census Office becomes fac
tory; the director OF the census a captain
Of industry, who, if he Is to be success
pul, must possess all Tie directive energy
aud genius for organization which char
acterize our most successful manufactur-
ers and railroad presidents.
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Senator Depew receives as large maIi
as Senator Hanna, which is So. ing y
great deal. Several times day the
pages distribute the mail in the Senate,
and the pile on Mr.. Depew's desk is al
most mountain high. He is not only
addressed in his official capacity as Sen
ator by constituents who want fayors
but his personal acquaintance ID so large
and his financial interests SO great that
his correspondence from these two
sources alone would keep his stenag
rapher busy. Mr. Depew Is very sys
tematic in disposing of his mail. BE does
not allow il TO accumulate, and thus 1t
does not become burden to him. More
nyi atoms to deliver after-dinner
speeches come to Mr.. Depew than to any
other Senator.
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There j a movement on foot for the
passage Of a law requiring defendants ~
criminal cases in United States courts to
furnish bail through surety companies
rather than individuals, While there Is
very little bail forfeited in the Federal
courts compared with the State and mu-
nicfpal courts, nevertheless there rs al
ways more or less trouble lat this line aud
il is almost impossible to recover on
bail bond without legal proceedings. The
same difficulty was found in recovering
on bonds given by civil officers of the
Government until the system of surety
companies was introduced. No surety
company has ever declined to pay a bone
except in one instance, swhele n dispute
ms 10 liability occurred.
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The condition Of the negro III Washing
ton has been made the subject of inves-
tiEation by John w Ross, who for
twelve years has been one Of the district
commissioners. In the district govern
government as officials. clerks and mes
sengers are fifty negroes receiving an
nual salaries aggregating $4,000. There
are forty negroes on the police force IA
various capacities drawing S3f 400
year. while there are 500 negro men and
women in the school system as teachers
whose yearly pay is $290000. These,
with the negroes In various public msu-
tutions and the water, street and sewer
departments. bring the total up to $500
drawing an annual compensation Of about
$1,O00,000.
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Commissioner Of Health Reynolds Of
Chicago has written a letter to Surgeon
General Sternberg at Washington pro
testing against the shipment of the bodies
Of soldiers from the Philippines to the
United States and proposing conference
OF the sanitary officers of the country 10
consider the bubonic plague. The doctor
fears the plague may be brought into the
country in this way and he asks the sur
geon generals assistance to prevent the
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