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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
CHINESE KILL THEMSELVES.
At Approach of Allies Members of
Imperiai Household End Life.


Dispatches confirm the report that, in
addition to Hsu Tung. guardian of the
heir apparent, Yu Ii, Niceroy of Chi Ii.
and Wang II Yu. president of the Impe-
rial Academy, with 200 members of the
official families, committed suicide when
the allies entered Pekin. Other dispatches
say that before his departure Li-Hung-
Chang having been convinced by his in
terviews with Mr.. Rockhill and DR..
Mumm von ) hwartzenstein that it
would be useie to discuss any settle
ment excluding the punishment of the
Empress Do er and her chief advis-
ers, sent a te aphic memorial to the
throne impeacliu. Prince Tuan, Prince
Ching and TsaiIau. Prince Tuan's brother,
as well as Hang vi. president of the WI
Board, and Chao Su Ciao, commissioner
of the railway and mining bureau and
president of the board of punishment.
Earl Ii tele.raphed to Gen. Yung to
use every effort to persuade the Empress
Dowager and Emperor to return to Pc
kin and TO remove Prince Tuan and his
encourage.
Dispatches sent to Berlin say that
troops in large Ders are gathering
from all parts of China at Sian Flu,
which has been chosen as the permanent
residence of the imperials. The secre-
tary of the German legation has refused
to begin negotiations with Prince Ching,
saying that DR.. Mumm Won Schwartz
eustein is alone officially qualified for
such functions.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

The steamer War Eagle of the Eagle
Packet Company and the steamer Car
ricr Of the Calhoun Packet Company
were burned to the waters edge at St
Louis and Joseph Schultz, bin clerk Of
the former, was burned 10 death while
asleep in the War Eagle. Both steamers
are total loss, which is estimated Mt
100000. Two wharf-boats belonging to
the Eagle Packet Company We're also
damag :, but not totally destroyed. The
entire crew and passengers Of the Car
rier were on board when the fire started,
but all We're aroused and got TO shore
safely Nothing else was saved. On the
War Eagle all the crew except Bill Clerk
Schultz escaped The fire is supposed
TO have started from hot ashes dropped
from the pipe Of one of the colored fire.
men, who was smoking contrary to or
ders
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
FIGHTING AT PIETANG
ALLIES VIGOROUSLY BOMBARD
THE BOXER FORTS.
Chaffee Wants Winter Tents for His
Decentralization Are that 10000
Foreign Troops Will Remain in Pekin
-Viseroys Plead for Peace.

a Taku dispotch reports that the allies
attacked the Pei-tang forts at daybreak
Thursday. The cannonading was very
heavy.
Gen Chaffee expresses preference in
favor OF tents for the winter camp rather
than unsanitary buildings. The indica-
tions are that 10000 Of the allies will
winter at pekin. The German force will
be the largest, Some of the troops will
probab,S tie distributed in the surround
ing cities to relieve the strain. The Jap
ahes" will withdraw the most of their
fore. 10 Nagasaki TN Russians viii
retain at Least 1000 men il. Pekin. The
Dowager Empress has Expressed her
willingness to return to Pekin if guaran-
teed protection. The generals in COM
mand and the ministers Of the powers are
unwilling to assume such a responsible
ity.
The Chinese minister at Washington
has received a dispatch from the Yiceroys
OF the southern provinces of China max
ing an appeal for the opening of peace
negotiations without further delay They
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
ga he = Side
( A(oIggys Is
The News ~

BY next season the Kansas farmers
probably will be blowing corn in shirt
waists.
One of the questions settled by the cleo
ton is whose Maryland My Maryland"
really is.
Unlike many of the people who come
from there, lots OF these Chinese stories
won't wash.
The real Uncle Toms" sister is dead,
but the Uncle Toms Cabin" show goes
marching on.
The yellow peril has gone up against
the white peril. and has discovered that
there are others.
One hundred and eight thousand men
are not assisting the coal trust to that
extra 81 ON the ton.
Imita ION is said to he the sincerest
flattery. The British have decided to
hold an election also.
The Chinese Empress will see to it that
the number OF her long-distance tele-
phone is kept out OF the directory.
In regard to that little bill he owes us,
the T%rs, seems 10 be perfectly willing
that we s..STld be the one to walk the
floor.
Russian troops are leaving Pekin, but
they Will probably be back as soon as
they can induce the other powers TO
leave.
Thee is an misstaiement in the asser-
.i6n that the campaign liar is taking more
rope than usual. lie docs not use rope.
but yarn.
Gen. Yung-Lu has sworn to kin every
foreigner in China. He is liable to be
pretty Old Lu by the time he gets the
job finished.
If the powers of Esrope and every
where else know what's good for them
they win keep their hands OF the Chi
cage gas war.
Kruger will be allowed TO depart for
Europe without being molested. Joe
Chamberlain does not feel that he needs
any more elephants on his hands at PREF
ant
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
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/ CHURCH AND CLERGY. (
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A fund is being raised in the. diocese
of Canterbury for memorial % the late
Archdeacon Maidstone.
The late Archdeacon Purse was per-
sonal friend of Mr.. Gladstone aud Lord
Rosebery, and was a strong LIBERAL.
The Bishop of Liverpool visited Walton
jail recently, the occasion causing remark
from the fact that it was the first off
cial visit a bishop had ever made to the
prison.
Bishop John w Hamilton. one of the
new bishops Of he Methodist Episcopal
Church, has arrived in San Francisco,
which was made his official residence.
He is said to be the youngest bishop of
his cIurch He is now 81 years oJ1,
The death of Prof. f. P. Gould d. D.,
removes one who as professor at the
Newton Theological Institute. and later
at the Protestant Episcopal Divinity
School. Philadelphia, had gained high
place among American New Testament
scholars.
Bishop William Il. Derrick of New
York. resident bishop of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, favors the
establishment of schools throughout the
south for the care and education of the
young men and women of his race who
are imprisoned for petty crimes. Many
of these offenders are now sentenced to
terms in the penitentiaries when their
reformation might be accomplished if
there were schools or reformatories to
which they might be assigned. The
bishop is working on plans for the estab-
lishmeut of the reformatories which he
recommends.
There is again talk that Archbishop
Ireland OF ST Paul viii be made a car
dinai ut the next consistorye The Pope
has shown him marked attention of late,
and in certain Vatican circles il Is free
ly talked that he purple will be- con-
ferred on the American archbishop.
The Rev. Bn~chard Yilliger, president
Of WoedSlact College, Philadelphia, Tor
the last five years. is critically i'll, and
his recovery is doubted. He was born
in Switzerland in 1919. hut came to
America in his youth. lie was rector
Of the Church Of the Gesn for thirty
years.
\ window will soon be placed in the
Center Church. Hartford. Conn. hy e
ward W Hooker, IL memory Of the Rev.
Thomas Hoaker. who in 1885 removed
from Cambridge. and with about 7oo
others founded the Commonwealth Of
Hartford Mr.. Hooker became the first
pastor Of he church.
Part Of he site Of St Augu>tiue's fam
Gus church at Canterbury and part II
the site II the ancient church of st.
PancraS, aear by. We're sold at auction
few days age for fs.oo0. The land which
contains the burial places OF King Ethel
bert. Queen Bertha and 81. Augustine
will be presented 10 ST. Augustine Coli
lege.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
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Maj. Gen. Won Hopfner, who COM
mands the German forces in China, enter
ed the army thirty-four years ago and
is a veteran of the Austrian campaign
of 1866 and the French war of 1ST0-71,
in both of which he served with the First
Footguard regiment. He rose to be
colonel in 1894, and ia 1896 was made
inspector Of the marine infantry. He
was appointed major, general last May.
Maj. Gen. Won Hopfner is favorite OF
the Emperor and has accompanied him
on many of his travels
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
SEARCH ENDS IN DEATH.
Missing Farmers Relatives Seek Him
in Nine and All Three Die.

When William Flick, Il farmer of Rim
erton, Pa, did not return from the mine
on his farm. to which he had gone IN the
morning to dig a load of coal. his sister
started in search of him. She entered
the mine and stumbled over her brothers
body and was unable TO arise Later the
mother Of the two. frightened by their
absence, went to the mine She, too. was
overcome. A rescue party found the
three victims. They lay together aud
were dead from damn.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
FIRE DESTROYS JOLIET MILL.
Blaze Caused by Dust Explosion and
I.oss Is S0O,O OO-W ork men Ercape.

Blaze Caused by Dust Explosion and
Loss Is S60,oo0-W ork men Escape.
The most destructive fire that has Wis
tied Joliet. H.. this year nearly wiped
out of existence the Lakeside Oatmeal
mills and caused loss of $50, 900 10 the
David Oliver company. An explosion Of
dust in mill y, four-story brick struc-
ture. was the cause Of the blaze, The
insurance amounts to $4,000. The loss
is divided as follows. Building, including
machinery, $4,000; labels and cartoons.
$4,000; grain. 5000; product, $1,000:
extra machinery, $4,000; total, So 900.
Seven men were at work il the mill at
the time Of the explosion a, 1 all escaped
without injury. The entire Joliet fire de-
partment responded. but before the
steamers arrived the biz building was
mass of flames, and the efforts of the fire
men were devoted TO preventing the
spread of the FIRE to the other buildings
and mills in that section. The explosion
occurred in the milling room on the third
floor. The first warning to the men was
deafening roar that shook the building
10 its foundations, and the whole interior
was lighted up with the flames that SEEM
ed to bursg out in dozen places ut once.
Window frames were blown nearly to the
railroad track, several hundred feet
away, ant broken into fragments. The
mill was finished only two weeks ago
and was considered one Of the most com
plete in the country. John Kelly, who
was at work on the third floor of the mill
when the explosion occurred, jumped
through an open window, landing on
box ear twenty-five feet below. He
climbed 10 the ground with few injuries.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
FARMER KILLED FOR HIS MONEY
Peter Hartman Falls Victim TO Thugs
in Chicago Levee District.


Three thugs dragged Peter Hartman
farmer from Burkett, Ind, into an az
ley at 294 State street. Chicago, at ma
day, and in an attempt to rob him LOOK
his life. The instrument used was beer
bottle. The crime was witnessed by sew
eral hystanders, who ran TO Hartman
assistance and scared the thieves away.
After l2-hours search. that cuimlnated
IN a desperate struggle, Inspector hart
nett and Detectives Quinn and U haiiey
of the Harrison street police station. cap
tured two OF the men implicated III the
murder. The men, who gave their names
as John Cummings and John Callnhah'
haze been positively identified. The sum
OF SOB was found on Hartman at Roi-
stoD's morgue Letters on bis person
told that he had been working this sum
mer near De Kalb, H.. and WAS on ms
way home to his sick wife. He was 10
have left late in the afternoon. While
waiting for his train he was IN several
saloons In the leyce district, where he
met the three men. and it IS thought
Hartman let it be known that he had
money in his possession.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
BoER FORCES IN PANIC.
Lord Roberts Announces Complete COLI
lapse of the TransvaaI War.


Lord Roberts cables from Nelspruit, on
the Pretoria Delagoa Bay Railroad, not
far from Komatipoort, the frontier sta
ton. as follows:
"Of the 5000 Beers who retreated
from Komatipoort before the British ad-
vance from MachaaqSprp 700 have enter
ed Portuguese territory. others have de-
serted in various directions, and the re-
mainder are reported to have crossed the
Komati river and to be occupying spurs
of the Lobombo mountains south of the
ailway. A general tumult seems 10 have
occurred when they recognized the hope
lessness of their cause. Their long toms
and field guns have been destroyed and
nothing is left of the Boer army but
few marauding bands. KellyKenny is
dealing with one of these. which occupies
a position at Doornberg.'
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
STEADY INCREASE OF BUSINESS.
Sharp Rise ia Cotton Hoists Prices of
Staple CoruInoditi es.

Sharp Rise in Cotton Hoists Prices of
Staple Commoditi es.
X. G. Dun & Co.'S weekly review Of
trade says: Prices of staple commodities
are higher for the week hoisted by the
sharp rise in cotton, but in manufactured
products there is little change, though
steady increase Of business at the current
level is satisfactory. More orders are
being received at iron mills, and prices
are steady. In structural and finished
material there is much business, and ac-
tiTIty is becoming almost universal in the
iron region. Boots and shoes begin to
recover after many weeks of idle wheels
throughout New England In the wool
market sales last week aggregated ?
G43,6O pounds, against 12,05G,500 year
ago. Failures for the week were 1913 in
the United States, against $40 last year,
and 30 in Canada, against 90 last year.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
RABBps SOS nosrs BRIDE.
After Days ,ioney moon, 1t Is Al
legged, Bridegroom Disappears.

Harry SIMON Lasker, the 19-year-old
son Of rabbi Max Iasker, and his bride
~ d day have been torn apart at st.
Louis by their difference of religious be-
lief. Miss Ethel Leslie, became Lasker's
bride Saturday and Sunday. she says,
his relatives took him away. She and
her mother charge that the youthful
bridegroom is held by his parents locked
in room. Having failed to recover her
husband by persuasion. she intends to
bring legal proceedings against his par
ents. Before they were married young
Lasker vowed that for love of Miss Les
lie he would give up father, mother and
home ana dare the ban of his church.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
BURGLAR ouAILs BEFORE GIRL.
Met by I7-Year-OId florence Foley
with Revolver ant Gives Tn,


with Revolver ant Gives Up.
Miss Florence Foley. II years old, an
Evanston, H.. high school girl. daughter
of Michael Foley, contractor. foiled a
burglar at her home the other afternoon.
She met the housebreaker with his booty,
leveled revolver at his head. and made
him disgorge the valuables he had stuffed
in his clothes. Then she forced him TO
walk down the steps and out the front
door. About noon Miss Foley heard
some one open the front door and go up
stairs lightly. Her father had gone for
the day and she was alone in the dining
room. Suspecting something wrong she
got her fathers revolver and slipped up
stairs to investigate. Like fash she
covered the strange man with the pistol
AMI demanded that he unload his booty.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

represent that a prolongation of the pres
ent unsettled condition is serious dis
advantage TO China and all parties con
ceFned.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
Teller EnfIs his liz.

George 5. Forbes, a teller iii the First
National Bank in Chicago, fred bull
LET into his heart in room in the South
Chicago Hotel. and died almost instant
". Financial troubles. caused by the
failure of friends TO pay back money they
had borrowed from him, was the reason
Forbes assigned for his decd.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

FoIlowing s the standIng in the Amer.
Big Combiue Under WAY.

Steps toward the merging Of all the
telephone and telegraph companies u the
United States are being rapidly taken
in New York The four leading com
panies involved are the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company, controlE
ing the American Bell Telephone Com
pany the Telephone, Telegraph and
Cable Company of America. the Western
Union Telegraph Company aud the Pos
tai Telegraph Gable Company.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
Bic Fire in NV World.

Five policemen were overcome by
smoke in the fire in what is known as
the Terminal Stores New York ware
house block 'rhe fire loss is estimated
at $4,000 Thu stock, principally fur.
niture and carpets, in the buildings esti.
mated at several millions. is stored by a
number OF leading New York houses
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

At Frankfort, Ky, sensational testi-
mony in the trial Of James Howard,
charged with having fired the shot that
killed William Goebel. was given by
James Stubblefeld. an ex-deputy sheriff
OF Clay County. Stubblefed testified
that Howard exultingy told him that he
fired the shot that took Goebel's life
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
BIG STEEL MILLS RESUME.
| Several Plants Closed Since Famous
Gates Order to Start Again.

s1SNSFaA AiautH NlOssu Since FAMOUS
Gates Order to Start Again.
Divers south side plant OF the Ameri-
can Steel and Wire Company has re-
stunned operations at Pittsburg and or
ders have been issued to start the Ander-
son plant and the rod mill of the same
concern. The mills have been closed
since the Gates order last April The
resumption is caused by the return of
confidence in the iron and steel trade and
the heavy demand for wire and nails.
Employment will be given to several
thousand men in the district.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
COUNTY RECORDS MISSING.
Those of an Oklahoma County Are
Thought to Have Been Stolen.

hO"SHN ~ AaNS bSSh StoiNH'
The county seat war in Washita Coun-
ty, o. r., eliminated in the theft Of the
judicial records from the court house at
Cloud Chief, until now the county seat.
Judge Irwin and the court retinue went
into that county to open court and court
convened at Cordell, the newly elected
county seat. much to the surprise Of both
cities. A posse armed with an order Of
court repaired to Cloud Chief to bring
the records. However. they had been
stolen the night before Court journed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
storm Kills Forest Fires.

The forest fires which have been rag
ing near Plymouth, Mass, were extin-
guished hy storm. The loss on build
ings is $50. 900; on timber, $350,000. and
on cranberry boys, 100000, bringing the
total to $500 600
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
Yerk Rnxs London Rni1wav.

The London Times confirms the report
that Charles L. Yerkes has purchased the
franchise Of the Charing Cross. Euston
and Hampstead underground railroad
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
mnmmer Bloc BIinds Nan.

While5 worsinF ia the Hidden Fortune
mine. owned by Otto Grant, north OF
Lead, $. u, Captain Grant Tod o. Lead
was accidentally struck in the bs ok Of
the neck 10y q mining hammer. The blow
shattered the nerves in such a way that
total blindness has come TO the man.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
Forty Hurt i'm Co1lision.

About forty raceguerS We're injured in
collision which occurred on the ION
kers, y. Y, trolley system. Two cars.
travelling in opposite directions on a single
track ut the rate of ten miles an hour.
came together with terrific force. Three
Of the victims viii probably die.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
summer Resort v ipcl Out.

Spring Lake, y. j., summer resort
near Sea Girt, VAS destroyed by fire.
Among the buildings burned were three
OF the largest hotels in the place, eleven
fine cottages and several stores. The
total loss is estimated at $250,000
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.

LA BELLE LODGE. A. F. & A. NJ. No.s4
Meets the First and Third Wednesdays of
each month. Han in Williams block.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
Two Ships Sink in Collision.

The British steamer Gordon Castle and
the German steamer Stormarn met in
coils. IN in Cardigan bay and both yes
sells sunk. Twenty of the persons on
board the Gordon Castle were lost.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
Entnl snashun i'm In,iinrn

Two men were killed and several in
jured in smash-up between express ana
freight trains on the Lake Erie sud
Western near stUncie. Ind.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

Captain Charles McQucstion of tn.
Fourth United States infantry, now in
the Philippines. while insane shot dlwn
several of his men and was in turn killed
in seIf-defcnse by soldier.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
Population Near 10000. 900.

VI illiam r. Merriam. director of the
census, predicts that the census of 1900
will show the population of the United
States to be about T6,000.000 This is
not an official forecast. but is the opinion
of Mr. Merriam
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

den Bartlett Har s OF New York. accom-
panied by two guides has returned from
complete ascent Of t'le Gros Glockncr.
the highest Of the Austrian Alps.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

In fit Of drunken rage because she
stayed ont late, Joseph MeGuigan threw
his wife. Sarah. ont u the window of
their Cat in New York, killing her.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
Diver Has Fight for Lilo.

While wearing a divers suit at the bot
tom of cove near the torpedo station
at Newport. George Brown, seaman
gunner. had a thrilling fight for lie with
a shark. in which the shark was killed
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
Acting Executive Appoiuts Senator.

While Gov Wells and Secretary Of
State Hammond Of Utah were in Idaho
to meet Gov Roosevelt and escoct him
to Salt Lake City, Judge .. w. Powers
OF Salt Lake, Il Democrat, was appointed
United States Senator The appointment
was made by Aquila Nebeker, president
of the Senate. who was acting governor,
according 10 the constitution.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

Edward Morse. just returned from
Nome, was shot and instantly killed by
Policeman Fred A. Ribbach at Seattle
Ribbach found Morse and two comrades
attempting to commit burg airy in the
White Chapel district aud tried to arrest
them.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

The will of the late Thomas Kingsford,
the Oswego, n. Y. millionaire starch
manufacturer, directs that the property
be divided according to the statute. The
estate is estimated to be worth $1,000
sAkn
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

At Mansfield, cHio. mob drove Zion
Elder Ephraim BaVsinger OF Blutf,on.
Ind. and two of D,'wie's followers out
of tho city.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
Eighteen Fishermen Lost.

twenty three which the Schooner Maggie
Sullivan carried to the fishing grounds
of Chatham. Mass, were lost in the
storm
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
q. y. Townlee Bound nend in Red.

George f. Townlec, aged G5 years, one
Of the best known business men in In
diana. was found dead in bed Mt Indian
apolis. He was of the firm Of Fred +.
Rush & Co, His wife and children are
in Europe.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
Roger Wolrott Decl;res.

The Boston journal announces that
former Coy Roger Wolcett viii not sc.
rept the post of ambassador 10 Italy. ten
dered him by President Mckinley,