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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07
News of Army and Navy.

The British navy has control of sixty
two docks for its ships.
English philanthropists have opened a
home for eonvaleseent soldiers in the
Midlands.
Extensive additions are being made to
the United States naval station at New
port, X. |. /,
Total expenditures at the Charlestown
(Mass.l navy yard for the last fiscal year
were S137, ,405.
The Ninth regiment of PENNSYLVANIA
celebrated the Tooth anniversary of its
organization recently.
Old Fort Cafrron at Baltimore is to
be remodcled into modern fortress for
the protection of that city.
A Highland officers uniform costs from
$3.50 to $500, including full dress, un.
dress and mess uniforms.
Many officers in South Africa took their
bicycles with them. the war office using
all care to facilitate safe carriage.
A new order in the English army pre-.
scribes that the field dress of officers
must be as much like that of the privates
as possible.
/ tgfu. -, ID. NsbtAuu mas tSShCh AAN AOA
NAL orde4' for the annual meeting of the
United Confederate Veterans to be held
in Louisville, Ky, May 30 TO June )
The association now numbers 1.24t
camps.
| The Omaha Commercial Club is making
strenuous efforts 10 secure a branch oi
the army supply depot and mandatory
| now located at jefferson. Ind.
! New York i to have a new army and
navy club house. costing S1J0,0OO, con
venient to Fifth avenue and Thirty
! fourth street.
The Italian Red Gross Society has sen
/ to South Africa fifty cases Of oranges anC
lemons, with large consignments If Mar
sala wines, for British soldiers.
AdYiees from Capt Town state TIA
/ the British volunteer soldiers show eaOa
hilities suitable for work at the front X
uch quicker time than experts expect
! ed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07
ALL OVER THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN BADGER
DOM.
Lawsuit in a Suicide Case Prisoners
Escape from Waupun-Thieves Crack
Racine Postoffiee Safe-Giri Commits
Suicide Beloit Student Drowned.

Papers have been served by United
States District Attorney David Il. Jones
Of Sparta on Attorneys Doherty and
Baldwin of La Crosse in an unusual civil
action. which is sequel TO a suieid that
occurred last October in Wilton. james
Llewellan, whose home was in Waterloo,
went to Wilton with several hundred dol
lars, with which he intended to purchase
farm and make home for his young
bride. While there and before he closed
the deal Llewellan got into a game of
poker and lost every CEN of his money.
He Immediately went to his room and
killed himself. Rel tives of the young
man now bring suit against man, alle<
ed to be the one who won the money
from Liewellan.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07
GOEBEL PASSES AWAY
CLAIMANT TO KENTUCKY GOV
ERNORSHfP DIES OF WOUND.
Bullet of the Assassin Proves Fatal
Victim Made Brave Struggle for
Life Beckham Assumes the Func-
tions of Chief Executive.

William Goebel, the Democratic clainl'
out TO the Go.ernorship of Kentucky,
d:el in his chambers at ne Capital Hotel,
Frankfort at 5:44 0ciocA SATURDAY
evening from the effects If the gunshot
wound inflicted 10y an assassin AIR.
Goebel fought against the end with All
the vigor and fortitule of his nature, ana
persisted till he lost consciousness that
he would live, bur the arch enemy slow
ly but surely conquered the wounded
leader
Mr.. Goebel's sister, Mrs. Herman Brun-
necke, and his brother, Arthur Goebei
of Cincinnati. were alone with him when
he died. They remained with the lifeiess
form until the arrival, at $40 o'clock, of
Justus Goehc;, another brother. who had
been hurrying from Arizona 10 Frankfort
ON a special train. As soon as instus
Goebel reached the capita he hurried TO
his brothers apartments, where he found
Arthur Goehel and his sister weeping
over the body of the dead man.
The news of Mr.. Goebels death, at
though expected, came ut profound
shock. 1t spread like wildiire, aud awful
consequences were again feared. At the
State House grounds extraordinary pre-
cautions were taken TO put down any
disturbance ~hich might arise.
Mr.. Goeb1 rested well Friday night
and early Saturday morning announced
that he fell better than he had al any
time since he was wounded. Al has re-
| quest ex-Congressman John II. kendriek,
one of the Goebel leaders, was called INTO
his room and they were in consultation
concerning the situation for an hour.
After that Mr.. Goebel asked for some
| thing to eat, and light food was given,
| but he could not retain it in bis stomach.
| The patient then began ~ sink and his
| physicians realized that the end wcs but
a question of a few hours The 3u' tors
| tried to keep Mr.. Gocbel alive by the in
| PRODUCTION of oxygen and artificial blood
until his brother from Arizona could ar
rive, but in this they were unsuccessful.
The news of Mr.. GoebePs death rap
| idly spread over ic state. In half a
hundred cities Saturday night mass meet
ings were held deploring the assassination
and calling upon the people not 10 resort
to violence, but to allow the law to take
its course. AT many meetings Gov. Tay-
lor and the other Republican State ott-
GERS were severely denounced.
Twenty minutes before the death 9:
Mr.. Goebel was publicly announced j. W
| Beckham the Democratic Lieutenant
Governor, was duly sworn in as chief eN-
ecutive of the State by one of the Demo
cratic Judges of the Court of Appeals OF
Kentucky.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07
BIG FlRe IN ST. LOUIS.
Loss Is Placed at S. 800, ,oo0-one Fire
man Killed and Several Injured.

Fire broke out at $50 a, III. Sunday IN
the five-story brick building ut Broadway
and Franklin avenue. st. Louis, occupied
by the dry goods firm Of Penny X Cen
ties, and in few hours had consumed
81, 900 worth of property, caused the
death of one fireman and the serious in
jury of many others. and alarmed the
entire city. The cry that the city was
burning succeeded in almost breaking up
the services il many downtown churches,
and for a ii ~ it looked as if the cry
was to prove lrue. Only by the most
strenuous effort Of the firemen was the
commission district saved.
Soon after the flames broke out the
entire building of Penny y Gentles was
enveoped. Spark and brands were
blown in every direction by a strong
northwest wind, and the destruction of
adjoining property was threatened. 4
general alarm was turned in, and soon
every engine in the city was at the scene.
On the south of Penny X Gentles' the
flames communicated with the buildings
occupied by Schaper Bros, dry goods,
and The Famous, dry goods. III burn
ing Grea increased minute 10y minute, the
flames gaining great headw8y and leaplng
across to the east side Of Broadway. In
a short time large empty store building
on the corner of Franklin avenue was
destroyed, with those directly south oe-
cupied by the Peoples House Furnishing
Company, the Marks millinery store.
Dnrs dental parlors and Derr Brothers
) and 10 cent store. Falling walls caused
the death of one fireman and wounded
several others.
Before the flames had been subdued the
following had sustained heavy losses:
Schaper Bros, Penny x Gentles, The Fa-
nous, dry goods; Fuch Millinery and
Cloak Company, ID. Crawford building,
the Peoples House Furnishing Company,
| Derr Bros, the st. Louis Dressed Beef
and Provision Company, Yued & Prabst,
! commission merchants; A. Stautfer, bar
ber: j. II. Rohde, retail liquor dealer;
! Herboth Mercantile Company, and the
| Schisler- Cornelia Company; A. Nasse,
wholesale grocer; Plant Seed Company,
Krenning Glass Company, Bassett's 5
plumbing establishment McLain X Al
corn Commission Company, Bueller Block
! Commission Company, Nelson Distilling
| Company, Hake & Sons Commission
| Company, George \. Benton, produce:
| Bauer Flour Company, Shaw & Rich
mond, produce; Fred Pohlman's saloon>
| A private watchman of Penny II Gen
! ties was arrested and held at the -four
! Courts, pending an investigation into the
! origin of the fire He was taken into
! custody as the result Of statement
I by woman rooming opposite to
/ the effect that she had seen man an
swering the watchman's description light
! ing matches in the store prey ious 10 the
| fire. He denied having had anything to
! do with it, and states that he was at
| home when the FIRE broke out.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07
Three Prisoners Break Jail.

Three convicts have escaped from the
States prison at Waupun, ana Warden
AfrGfnughry things they had help from
the outside, bars being cut in one OF the
outside gratings. The men wao escaped
are John Wilson, Edward Iatigan and
Ferdinand Knaak. Ratigan is one of the
Amherst bank robbers and he is suspect
ed of having procured the cutting of the
bars. Owing to the arrangement at
Waupun grated openings in the walls,
accessible to anyone outside, are numer-
Gus. All the prisoners had to do was to
watch their chance and get into the open
space between the cell houses and the
outer wall
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07
Postofnce Broken Into at Racine.

Burglars entered the postoflice at Ra-
cine through a cellar window. Making
their way to the private office of Post
master Case, they drilled into his private
safe, which they cracked with dynamite.
There was some valuable family silver
belonging to Mr.. Cases mother in the
safe. but this was not taken. No money
was in the safe, so the cracksmen turned
their attention to the large office vault
The vault was nearly drilled through,
when for some reason the men stopped
and left the Office without taking any
thing
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07

OHIO BRlN0s DEAD SOLDIERS.

Transport from Manila Reaches San
Francisco with I3S Bodies.
The transpor. Jnio arrived at San
Francisco Friday from Manila with the
bodies of 13S soldiers who died during the
campaign in the Philippines. The trip
was made in twenty-seven days. the run
from Nagasaki having taken twenty days
When the Ohio left Nagasaki the trans
ports Benmohr. Patison and Indiana
were in port there. The Indiana has
about 200 bodies on hoard. The bodies
of the soldiers will be removed TO the
Preside. where they will remain pending
shipment to the homes Of relatives.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07
COLLEGE student 4 Drowned.

! ID. Burns, a student at Beloit Col
legt, was drowned in the river while skat
ing. A searching party found his body
at the northern outskirts of the city, ly-
ing in ten feet of water. Mr.. Burns was
president of the college Y NJ. G. A, busi-
ness manager of the Round Table, the
college journal, and was a substitute end
on the football team. His parents re-
side at Sweetwater, Ill.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07
WILL Bt NO STRIKE.
Miners and Operators at indianapolis
FINALLY trree ON Scale.

Finally Agree on Scale.
The joint scale committees subcommlt-
tee at indianapolis agreed to a scale of
wages to obtain throughout the competi-
tive States of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and
Pennsylvania. The price is soc a ton for
screened coal. This agreement settles
the most important question before the
joint conference of miners and operators.
1t establishes the single-screen standard
in the four States, including Illinois,
which has been on the run-of-the-mine
basis. 1t was the Illinois miners who
held out so long, objecting to going back
to screens. The Brazil block district of
Indiana will receive 90c a ton. This
scale gives the miners an advance of lac
ton over the present scale. The agree
ment dispels all prospects of a strike, and
goes into effect April /.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07
Charue Not eustaiued.

Frank Poplanski. ho was arrested in
Minneapolis Jan. /, charged with muir
dering Martin Meegus in Chippewa Coun-
ty, Nov. 3, 1899, has been released from
custody. as the body of Meegus could not
be founc There is not enough evidence
to hold the prisoner. Poplanski will re-
turn to Minneapolis, and his marriage
there, which was necessarily postponed,
will take place
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07
SULU SLAVES.
They Are Worth from $50 to 500, Mexi-
NI...D.. Otis States

They Are Worth from $50 to 500, Mexi-
can Money, Otis States.
The President responded to the Senate
inquiry relating to the treaty with the
Sultan of Sulu. Gen. Otis was told to
distinctly state TO the Sultan the United
States would not recognize the institution
of slavery Otis reported: The market
price of slaves in the archipelago ranges
from $50 to 500. Mexican money. and in
some instances. owners will be pleased
TO grant freedom 10 their slaves il they
can escape the burden OF supporting them.
In the archipelago the slaves become
members of the owners families.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07
pai,road station Is Robbed.

Unknown person or persons entered the
ticket office of the Northwestern Railroad
station at Kenosha and opening the safe
took away $500 in cash and several rail-
way tickets. There is a mystery about
the affair and the robbery must have been
committed by person acquainted with
the movements OF the night operator.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07
Servant Girl Kills Herself.

Lena Miersch, a domestic employed in
the home of A. ID. Curtis, a promiueD.
Marinette lumberman, committed suicide.
She took corrosive sublimate, which was
in the house to be used in developing ko-
dak pictures, and died in few hours.
She refused e .ake antidotes. Disap-
pointment over a love affair was the
cause.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07
A BEAUTIFUL GIFT.
Wisconsin Man Erects Handsome So1-
diers' Monument.

diers' MONUMENT.
Work has been commenced on the Ke-
nosha County soldiers monument at Ke-
nosha, Wis, and next Memorial day its
generous donor, u. q. Simmons, will pre-
sent the monument to the old soldiers of
the county, 1t is the finest work of the
largest solid block Of granite ever brought
to Wisconsin
The monument is Il Cornthian shaft of
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07

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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07
srArE o. ORC. cIT, o. ToLEpo. ;.

TFTIT
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he Is tho
senior partner Of the firm Of +. j. CHENEY &
Co. doing business in the City Of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, and that said firm win pay
the sum OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for eeeh
and every case Of CataTrh that cannot be eured
by the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn TO before me and subscribed In my pres
enee, this 9th day of December, A. ID. 1886.
A. W. GLEASON.
SEAL Notary Public.
Halls Catsrrh Cure is taken internally and acts
directly on tbs blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system send for testimonials, free.
f. J. CHENEY s. CO., Tob 10, o,
EE~gold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07
INDIANS DYING BY DOZENS.

Fatal Smallpox Epidemic ON the Col
willie Reservation.
A Tacoma dispatch says that smallpox
is killing indians in dozens in the Col
vile reservation. The mining town of
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07

JOHN DAwSON"& CO.-GENERAL IN
surance and Real Estate Agency, ViroqIa.
Wis. Office in Williams block. second flo or.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07

VERNON COUNTY CoURT-REGCLA
terms on the first Tuesday of each month,
at the Court House from to II a. m.
and so to p. m. ID. o. MAH0NET,
County Judge.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07

NJ. Surenson. Chas Fl. Trowbridge
SURENSON Il TROWBRIDGE. PHYSI-
clans and Surgeons. Viroqua, Wis. Calls in
city or country promptly attended. Office
over Craig & Cos drug store.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07

The monument is d Corinthian shaft Of
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07

II. Il. MORLEY. NJ. d., PHYSICIAN
and Surgeon, Viroqua, WIS. Office over
Craig 4 Co.'S drug store, west side of
hail. All calls attended day or night
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07

A. L. MINSHALL, NJ. d., PHYSICIAN
and Surgeon. graduate of Keokuk Medi-
cal College, one Of the best Of its kind in the
United States All calls promptly attended.
day or night. Latest and most approved
methods of treatment used
Office in Casson's Block Viroqua, Wis
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
After Each Meal.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL.-SERVIC
at 1920 a. III. and 1880 p. m. each Sabbath.
Sunday school at II IN. Prayer meetings on
Thursday evenings.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07
BUSINESS CARDS.

II. p. PROCTOR, ATTORNEY AND
Counselor, Viroqua. Wis. win practice in
all Courts Of rhe State. Special attention
given to collections.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-10-12
NEGOTIATIONS BLOCKED.

They are still playing politics in
China. Somebody has got the dowager
empress to remain away from Peking
with her court, which means the delay
of punishment for those who have been
guilty Of leading instructions. 1t
serves the purpose Of the politicians IN
Washington very well, however, and
will assist with the delay that is being
sought by the administration till the
election Is over and 1t can with safety
take the people into it's confidence. The
absence of the empress dowager and
the emperor-the latter isn't very i'm
portant in the transaction-blocks
everything.
With the court at Peking there would
be no delay in effecting a satisfactory
settlement, but with II absent there will
be disposition to pick flaws in the
credentials of the Chinese negotiators,
and there will be interminable delays.
In the interest Of early peace, therefore,
1t is believed to be highly desirable
that the court should at once proceed
to his capital, but the emperor is un-
able to do so and the empress dowager
has no intention Of permitting him to
return when she is not even invited to
accompany him.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-10-12
SENATOR srooNER.s SPEECH.

Senator Spooner was greeted by a
large and intelligent audience at the
Tabernacle Monday night, and ought to
have had better sense than to make the
assertion that IL Mckinley were only
let alone and IL the people would just
re-elect him again and be real good to
him, maybe he would give the F'ilipinos
their freedom ultimately. This insult
to the intelligence of his, audience ia
objectionable. Everybody knows that
Mckinley Is directing his campaign to
the passions and not the judgment Of
the American people, and that his most
potent cry, with the unthinking, Is that
the flag, once planted, shall not be
hauled down. He has said so in every
utterance he has thus far made on the
question. He has said so frequently.
and all of the orators, including Roose-
welt, Foraker, Hanna, and the whole
list but Spooner, are going about declar. /.
ing that the islands are valuable and
that we are there and cannot get out.
The have all said that the United
States must, in honor, hold the Islands.
Where does this place Spooner? His
declaration that IL the people will be
good to Mckinley he may give the Fill
ipinos independence Is twaddle of the
cheapest sort In the course of his
speech he said that Mckinley never
demagogued in his life." After that
reference to the Philippine situation,
that is more than can be said of
Spooner.
The trust talk of Senator Spooner
was weak in the extreme. He said
Hanna was right when he s i'd there
were no trusts, but declared they were
simply corporations He said some Of
them were bad, but he offered not a sin
gle suggestion Of remedy and promised
did not say what would be done with
the bad ones nor how the good ones
would be fostered. He gave no assur-
ance, even by inference, that the evil
would be corrected. His talk on trusts
consisted mainly of excuse for their ex-
istence. 1t was flabby and weak. Sem
ator Spooner should cut the trust ques-
tion out of his speeches IL he isn't going
to offer a remedy. What the people
want is relief, not cheap talk. They want
to know what is going to be done about
it. Mr.. Bryan promises that he will
have an attorney general who will en-
force existing laws against trusts and
will make an effort to have additional
laws passed. What is offered by Sem
ator Spooner and other trust orators
on behalf Of Mckinley?
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-10-12
SURE BRYAN WILL WIN.

The New York Journal Is firmly Of the
belief that William ]. Bryan will be
the next president Of the United States.
The Journal has canvassed the doubt
full states. and finds that they are not
all doubtful. In fact 1t Is claimed that
they are, for the most part, for Bryan.
Some states that are undoubtedly in the
full. The Journal gives Bryan 157 and
Mckinley 1877. The doubtful states have
1853 votes. The Electoral College con-
tains H7 votes. SO that 224 votes, a
majority, are necessary to the choice of
a president and vice-president. A care
full canvass Of the states gives Bryan
157 votes, 81 less than are necessary to a
choice.
II Bryan carries Kentucky 13 votes,
Nebraska s, Idaho 8, Maryland and
New York 36. he will be elected, with
225 votes.
New York 36 votes. Illinois "a, Ken
lucky 10, will elect Bryan, giving him
226 electoral votes.
II Bryan Is successful in the western
states, Nebraska, Idaho, North and
South Dakota, Utah. Washington and
Wyoming, with their so electoral votes
In New York 36, and in Maryland 8, he
will win, with 22s votes.
The far western votes, just named,
Indiana is votes. Illinois "a, would elect
Bryan. with 224 votes.
Bryan could lose New York and be
elected. should he gain the SO votes Of
the far western states. Indiana Is, Ken
tucky 10, Maryland and West vir-
ginia e--227 votes in all.
There are a thousand probable COM
binations Of states by which at least
half OF the electoral votes In doubt
win 20 to the Democratic candidates
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-10-12
DEATH OF LYMAN KEPLINGER.
NEW YORK LOOKS CERTAIN.

The Republicans hoot at the idea Of
Democrats carrying New York but they
should recall that some changes have
taken place since Mckinley carried the
state by 100000. Mr.. Mckinley carried
Greater New York city by big major
ity, but the following year the same
city named a Democratic mayor and
gave such a strong majority for the
Democratic ticket that Judge. on the
state ticket, was elected from the Demo-
cratic camp. The year following that,
Governor Roosevelt, In the height Of his
popularity, before he had written dis
paragingly of the colored soldiers who
carried the day at San Juan hill and
saved Roosevelt's Rough Riders from
utter annihilation, pulled through for
governor of the state by the small mar
gin Of $1,000 votes. Does any one be-
lieve that the prospects for Democracy
in New York are not better than they
were In 1898, when the subject Of i'm
periallsm was comparatively new? II
IL almost a certainty that Roosevelt'a
plurality Of $1,000 will be wiped out,
with good margin to spare.