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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-11

TELLS or HARD FIGHT.
Admiral Seymour Reports RattIes OF
the Relief Colantn.

The adventures of the hard fighting al
Hes under Admiral Seymour, their reach
ing Anting, twelve miles from Pekin,
the decision TO retreat, the capture Of
rice and immense stores OF modern arms
and ammunition, affording material for
strenuous defense until reiieved-all
this Is told in a dispatch from Admiral
Seymour received by the British admiral
ty in London.
The casualties ere: British, q killed
and 07 wounded American, A killed and
Ok wounded; French, / killed and 10
wounded; German. II killed and GO
wounded; Italian . killed and wound
ed; japanese. Silled and 3 wounded;
Austrian. / killed and ] wounded, and
Russian, 10 killed and II wounded.
Admiral Seymour's dispatch is practi-
eally the only news Of consequence re-
eeived from China at the time this is
written. Ignorance regarding the condi-
ton and whereabouts OF the ministers
and others who were in Pckin Is com
piete. Chinese reports again say that
they left the capital under Chinese cs-
cort, but this cannot he confirmed. 1t Is
said TINT the Tsotsi Of Shanghyt has re-
iterated TO the consuls the Governments
Intention TO protect them at ali costs.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-11
FIGHT PITIFULLY FOR LIFE.
Terrible Scenes Enacted on the Buf-u-
ing Vessels.

Terrible Scenes Enacted on the Bur-u-
ing Vessels.
Men on the Main trampled each other
aud were burned alive as they sought
vainly to fee.
William Kootz, 16-year-old boy, a
steward on the Bremen, jumped from the
vessel and swan TO the pier
Despairing cries of those back of the
portfolios could be heard They seemed
to he struggling for what little air and
respite tae holes gave those already
there.
Down near the water line of the s'aale
Il swarthy faced sailor could be seen Zip
ping long towel into the water a Id
bathing with it his blistered face. he
was calmly awaiting death.
Robert Fowler, a plumber who lad
been working between decks on board the
Bremen. crawled on his hands and krees
along the deck among a crowd OF fren-
lied sailors and leaped overheard.
From the blazing stern of the Bremen
a fireman Ieapcd as ii to save himself
from being roasted by taking the less
painful method Of dying by drowning. He
fell into a burning lighter which ~a@
drifting down stream.
A woman rushed to the deck of the
Bremen and held her baby out implor
ingly toward the men on a tugboat near
by. They could not approach. however.
and the woman dropped the infant into
the water She heSitated 10 follow, but
a momerr later her dress caught FIRE and
she. threw herself into the river.
One woman was seen on the Bremen
holding 4 baby in her arms trying 70 keep
the flames away from the child. she held
the end of a small hose IN her hand. It
was evidently attached to one Of the
ships Ere apparatus and she was moving
a. stream OK water all around the chi!d's
head. She could not be rescGed and per
shed with the child.
Several men were stuck fast in tbr
r.ortho!es of the SaaIe while the ship was
gradually sinking Il was q terrible sight.
Some Of the rarn. most all Of whom were
foreigners. called ~ their own tongue 10
Heb us for Gods sake" Their suuG
giles we're something frantic. Nothing
could be done for them. The upper part
al The vessel was d living furnace & tug
crew trlsd to gct the prisoners through
The paTtholes- hut the boies were too
small The poor fellows strieked in DE-
sI4ir as they saw the tug drawing swsy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-11
LOSS IS ENORMOUS,
Steamship and Dock Companies Great
Fecuniary Sufferers.

The loss on the steamship properties
and to other companies is estimated APP
proximstely as follows: The steamship
Main of the North German Lloyd line
cost 81 500, 600 outside Of the cargo, nit
tings and stores The loss Is placed ut
81 ,300. eco for the vessel and about $780,
coo for the fittings and stores and cargo
that was aboard of her. The steamship
Bremen OF the North German Lloyd cost
81, ESQ, 600 aud her fittings and cargo
were valued at 100000. The cargo and
stores We're entirely consumed and the
loss to the vessel proper viii amount TO
at least 100000. The Saale, the steam
ship which will have the most horrible
story of death 10 untold when the divers
go down in her, cost the North German
Lloyd Company S1,2J0,000 and the TT
tings and cargo were valued at 100000.
The damage TO the vessel proper Is placed
at about 100000
The damage done to the Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse is estimated at So, 600.
The three docks Of the North German
Lloyd line, which weIe burned 10 the
waters edge, are estimated TO have cost
$500. 900. The docks were well filed with
merchandise just received from abroad
and valued at $3.50. 600 The Thingyalla
pier, which was entirely consumed, was
valued at $50, 900. counting the stores
which were on h. The Hamburg Ameri-
can line dock, hich had just been con-
pleted as an ext snsion to their great per
and which was destroyed in order TO pre-
rent the spread of the flames, was dam
aged to the extent of $4,000 The
warehouses of Palmer Campbell. houses
K, +. G and II. were burned The dam
age TO buildings alone amount tc at least
$4,000, and the contents $l,2Jfh0oo.
One lighter containing 5000 bags OF
sugar was destroyed, the loss being S27.
600. Eight barges and eleven canalboats
were either burned or sunk with their
,.ar9oes. Total valuation $12a,0o0 Minor
'oSses on floating property burned at the
FIRE proper or set on fire by burning drift
wood will amount to about $2h, 900.
Four Of the North German Lloyd fleet
suffered. The unlueky Saale was totally
destroyed the Bremen will probably be a
total loss. the recordholding Kaiser WA
helm der Crosse was badly damaged the
Main was sunk at her pier. The Bremen
was one of the six twin-screw vessels
built in 1896 and 1897. She had hereto
fore been singularly fortunate and had
never met with serious mishap Her
maiden trip was made in June, 1891,
from Bremen TO New York City. She
was steel vessel, $50 feet long.
Accidents have marked the car, er OF
the Saale since she was built in Glasgow
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-11
erief News Itemn.

Six million persons were stated to be
receiving famine RELIEF in India.
Laborers are being recruited IN Jamai-
en- to work on the Panama canal
A Princeton student has started to
drive TO the Pacific coast. lie has had
prairie schooner constructed FOR his pur-
pose.
The contents OF Wizards Hotel. Wash
ington, are being sold at auction, and
that venerable and historic structure viii
be torn down this summer and replaced
with new S2,OoO,0OO building, with
modern cOnycnienceF. II IS expected 10
be one Of tho finest hotels in the world.
The word compound" which is fro
quently used In the dispatches from
China. means an Enclosure. In that coun-
try and in japan il is customary 70 build
high brick walls around factories, bust
ness houses, banks and residences for
protection, and these nre known as com
pounds"
Mary Jackson, servant, Louisville, KY.
poured coal oil on FIRE. She's dead
President Ferrozurla, Chill, has hod a
third and dangerous str Ike Of paralysis,
The Senate committee on privileges and
eleetions agreed with abe friends Of SEN
ator Clark Of Montana 20 allow the Sen
ator's case to rest where IL Is.
The Boston Board Of Health has class
ed tuberculosis az contagious, and reguir-
ed reports from physicians Of cascs Of
the disease In the past I'VE ysAss deaths
from consumption in Boston hsvS bssn
about doakis the combined mortality
from scsElct fever. diphtberSa and typhoid
teves.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-11

At the sight Of the first burst Of flames
scores OF tugs FASTENED to the piers,
drawn by the hope of salvage. The first
thing to which they addressed themselves
was TO extricate the beautiful steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse from her dan
gerous position. She was already afire
on her starboard side forward. She was
drawn into the stream aud dropped with
the ebb tide and put down her anchor.
She was surrounded by iirehoats and
tugs. 1t was fully twenty-five minutes
Lsfore the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
was out of reach OF the flames which
We're encompossing piers and steamers.
Her commander maintained the utmost
discipline, and as the vessel was bein.
towed into the stream let down lifeboats
and sent his officers and crew TO the res
cue or the unfortunate creatures who
were struggling for their lives
The Saale aad the Bremen were towed
cut i've minutes after the larger steamer
had been carried into the stream 1t was
impossible to tow the Main. and she was
left 10 burn and sink at her pier
Scenes OF indeseribable horror followed
Frantic men We're seen at the portfolios
of the Saale yainly beckoning toward
tugs and small boats and lifting up their
hands in their entreaties for help. Their
escape from above was absolutely cut
of. They could look out of the small
portfolios and for the last time see the
blue sky and the shimmering green of the
Hudson's estuary Scores OF them died
in this way. Some OF them were clinging
to strips of bagging and ropes which had
been thrown to them by the deck hands
of heishboring tugs. One man was pull
ed through narrow portfolio of the
Saale, ana only enc, for he was small of
stature and very slender. The score of
poor wretches who saw him escape from
the portfolio were last seen clutehing the
brass edge of the aperture and reyiling
their more fortunate fellow.
Whisky Fed the Fire.
In the middle of pier 5 was large
quantity of cotton bales and alongside
this inflammable substance were 100 bar
rels of whisky. The FIRE had its origin
in the cotton and was fed by whisky
The casks which contained the spirits ex-
ploded and their contents were scattered
over the inflammable merchandise upon
the pier The fire swept over the pier
with greater rapidity tha1 the deyouring
elements travel over the dry grass of the
prairies. 1t caught the awnings and rig
ging of steamers and spread with incon-
ceivable rapidity to the highly polished
woodwork of the cabins and the infam-
mable cargoGs which were being stored
in the holds Within nine minutes every
steamer and every pier was ablaze Six
hundred 'longshoremen were at work
stowine re cargoes and fully 800 sailors,
engineers and stewards were on board
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-11

II was reported from Shanghai Friday
that the United States battleship Oregon,
which sailed from Hong Kong TO Join
Admiral Kempff's squadron at Tsku,
was wrecked on Thursday night on an
unknown rock four miles south Of the
How-ki light The How-h Light Is on
small island of the Mao Tao group, fifty
miles north by west OF Chefoo. A steam
err of the Il1o-China Navigation Com
pany was set to the assistance Of the
Oregon.
Something akin to CONSERVATION wss
created among officials IN Washington
when they heard of the going ashore Of
the battleship Oregon 0n the coast Of
China near Chefoo. They were losth to
believe the report because of so much
unreliable information having recently
been sent out from Shan ghai. Aside from
this, they argued that The Oregon has
been considered the luckiest battleship
In the navy and is under the command
of Captain Wilde, who has the reputa-
ton Of being one OF the most careful
sailors in the navy. The loss Of the
Charlie ston, however, was recalled, and
one naval officer was loud in bis denun-
citation of the defective charts OF those
| waters that are necessarily used by naval
commanders for the want OF more accu-
rate guides q navigation. This effcer
said that the accident probably was due
TO one of these charts being followed too
closely. The Oregon had on board in ad-
dition to its regular crew 194 sailors and
marines brought to Hong Kong from Ma
nila by the Zafiro. The distance the tat
tieship had to travel was about 1900
miles.
The battleship Oregon excited the Won
der of naval men all over the world By its
long voyage and the leading part It took
In the battle of Santiago at the close OF
the journey. The trip covered distance
greater than half way around the world,
yet soon after the ships arrival In Gu
ban waters, with no time for rehtting the
battle OF Santiago was fought, and in
that contest the Oregon won highest hon
ors.
The ship was begun b. 1891 Mt the
Union iron works in San francisco, at a
/, contract price Of 3d. 1905 900, and was
Launched ON Oct. 90, 1894. 1t made IT'S
oficial trial run on May Id, 1896. exceed
Ing the required speed TO such a degree
that the builders earned bonus of s1T5.-
900. The speed developed was 1878
knots an hour, the bonus being $4,000
for every one-quarter knot over fifteen
knots. This performance elated the bpild-
ers, and the City OF Portland showed its
appreciation by presenting q silver ser
vice valued at $4,000 to the ship.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-11

New York Reports of declines in com
modify prices continue to come IN, and
there has been some falling of IN the
volume of business. The months OF July
and August always have been eompara-
lively dull season in neariy all lines OF
trade. The fiscal year of the Government
has ended, and adyices from Washington
state that experts estimate that exports
of merchandise will reach the enormous
total of 81 400, 600 600, an increase OF
S173 900, 600 as compared with the pre-
cediHg year. In the stock market the sit
uation is still one that tends TO eonserY-
atsm Buying orders are being hello back
because OF the pre- tdential campaign, the
reports of crop damage and the Chinese
complications, The prevailing idea now
is that the market will continue dull and
rather narrow for several weeks.
Chicago-The speculative fever in the
wheat market gave no sign of abatement
during the week, although the trend OF
prices was reversed and the previous
weeks advance all but ohliterated. The
pace had been too fast, and, alarmed over
the probability of future scarcity, the op"
orators figuring on a rise lost sight OF tho
present plenty. Because of the latter
condition the spectators lacked the as
sistance of the millsrs and shippers who
on the eve OF deliveries from the new
crop were naturally DESTROYS of awaiting
the effect upon the market of the early
movement before buying more than was
necessary for their immediate wants.
There would appear to be no remedy Cor
the shortage of spring wheat except such
economy in its use as must come from
higher prices. But it is not likely that
speculation viii do much more toward
the application of this remedy until the
test Of experience from diminished sup
plies has been applied and shall give
clearer indications than at present exist
of their actual necessity. Unless the pres
ent information concerning the crops Of
Europe proves 10 be wrong, the import
ing nations will require as much wheat
from this side as they took during the
crop year now about to close. That such
quantity can be supplied at any such
| prices commanded for the previous crop
is ont of the question. Corn hung in the
balance between the influences OF report
ed small reserves Of old corn and favor
able week for the growing crop.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-11
DEWEY CANNON UNVEILED.
Greatest Day i'm the History of Three
Oaks, Mich.

Greatest Day i'm the History of Three
Oaks, Mich.
Three Oaks against the world" was
the burden OF the paean of joy and tri-
umph sent mp by the citizens Of the new
celebrated Michigan town Thursday.
Nearly 10000 enthusiastic visitors jeSaed
the chorus till it rolled away on the west
wind like the cheers OF Dewey's victori-
GUS seamep. Helan Miller Gould, guar
liam angel Of the American soldier, cheer
ed, toe. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon she
pulled the sillsen strand that bound the
fag-lined petals of monster lily over
the bristling cannon captured by Dewey
at Manila, and then the glory of Three
Oaks was at Its zenith. For the first
time the Jealous world looked ON at the
prize token of the towns generosity to
the Maine monument fund. Russell A.
Algor, general Governor and Secretary
Of War in order, watched with a smile
Of triumph for his State and for The town
Of Three Oaks, while President E. w,
Warren OF the village board nnfurlsd
new silk ensign IN the whipping breeze
and bade the band play THE star-Span-
gied Banner"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-11
MiIIinr,a MOD IN.

Forty-fve or fifty million feet Of logs
are still stranded on the Upper Nemadjj
and its tributaries and the loggers begin
to give up hope OF getting them down this
season. Not log has, as vet, come
into West Superior harbor from the Ne
madji and the jam below the big dam.
which has about 100000 feet of logs be-
sides lot of ties and cedar still holds
and the men running the dams have been
unable to get flood big enough to make
an impression.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-11
SCENE OF FIRE WHERE HUNDREDS LOST THEIR LIVES

in 1886 for the North German Lloyd line
Shortly after her first trip she ran
aground, but was rescued without injury.
She again went aground OFF Flynn's Knoll
in 1896, but got OF unhurt. The Saale
on Aug. 4. 1892, during fog, ran into
and sunk the Norwegian bark Tordensk-
jold. No one was injured. On June IL,
1889, the SaaLe struck an iceberg, but es-
capped with little damage. The Saale was
a single screw steel boat, 43S feet long.
The Main was built last year at Ham
burg. She was q steel vessel with twin
screws and was 800 feet in length.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-11
WISCONSIN'S RECORD.
FAITHFULLY TOLD IN READABLE
SHAPE.
Boy Walks OFF a Boat and Is Drowned
Lake winncbago Hotel Burns Many
Logs Tied Up-Iittie Lad Attacked
by Savage Dog.

"AIan overboard.' was the cry that
startled 500 exeursionists on the steamer
E'elyn within two miles of the Fond du
Lac harbor on the boats return from
Oshkosh and Appleton at about o'clock
on a recent night. Little Benton Freder-
icks, aged 10 years. who had been sleep
ing near the engine room, had walked
off the boat. Vernon GudenSVhwEger
saw the hoy fall overheard and give the
alarm. The boat was stopped and cruis-
cd around the spot where the accident
occurred. but no trace of the Lad could
be found
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-11
Burulars in a PostofIice.

Burglars blew open the safe in the post
office at Albany the other morning AT 80
o clock. They only secured about $50
in cash and stamps and some cigars and
confectionery There was $3.50 in an in
side vault. This was not taken, as the
explosion failed to break the inner com
bination There is no clue to the parties
committing the deed. The building was
completely wrecked.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-11
ouTRAaEs BY BOXERS.
Bioodshed and Fiendish Cruelty Marx
the March to Pekin.


Details received a. Victoria, Il. G., by
the Empress Of China, which arrived
from Yokohama, Of the Boxer outrages
on their warch toward Pekin. and the
horrors enacted by the way, reek with
stories Of bloodshed and Of atroeious cru
elites perpetrated by the rebel hoFdes.
Some Of the unfortunates who fell into
the hands OF the Boxers were tied to
trees, some with their thumbs and toes
tied together, and after being horribly
tortured were disembowslcd. The Bel
gian engineers who were captured in THAI
heroic running fight. briefly described in
"a he reports. from Fengtai TO Tien-Tsiu.
were literally hacked to pieces Native
Christians suffered particularly, village
after village was rayaged. and the ma
tivcs known to be converts to the foreign
religions were cruelty done 70 death.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-11
Nfnt;1a.ef, bv n Dog.

The S-year-old SON of Melvin Bortle a
farmer living near Galesville, was hoa'-
ribly mutilated by a savage dog. Upon
examination ii was found that Their we've
ne hess thar dfteen gashes in the bop's
legs, made by the savage brute's teeth.
The little fellow tonight the dog brayely
bnt was unable to beat him off, and
would undoubtedly have been killed had
not assistance arrived.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-11
Summer Resort Destroyed by Fire.

Weaverley Beach Hotel, the oldest and
most frequented. Of any resort on the
north shore of Lake Winnebaco, was to-
tally destroyed by fire. The place was
run by Louis Chenevert of Appleton,
who had leased ii FIR several seasons
from the owner. Mrs. NJ. Massonett. The
loss is $1,000, with $500 insurance.
The origin of the FIRE is unknown.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-11

report of the butch
cry of Baron Won
Kettteler, the Ger
man minister, June
Is. The amhassa-
dor was riding IA
Legation stree +
when he was at
tackled by Chinese
troops and Boxers.
dragged from his
horse and killed
His body was hack
ad "a nipcas with
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-11
Killed by a Boy.

Lewis Brown, son of Fred h. Brown
of North Grove, was shot in the breast.
He was riding on a bicycle from the
cheese factory and was shot by three
boys shooting ct a target. He died four
hours later. Brown was a cheesemaker
1S yenrs old
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-11
HORRORIN HOBOKEu
Awful Loss of Life and Destruc-
ton of Property by Fire.
BIG STEAMERS BURN.
Ocean Liners Bremen, SaaIe and MAR
Are Len Charred Huiks.

Huge Docks ofthe North German Lloyd
Company Destroyed = Flames Conn
municate to Steamers Mored AlongO
the Piers--Death List Placed at Near
~ 800 and the Monetary Loss at
SI5,oD0,oO0 - Victims Entonbed iu
the Blazing HuI1s.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-11

Prof. J. NJ. Stedman professor Of en-
t0mology in Missouri University. has
been appointed by the bOapi of curators
Of the institution to make a collection
Of chronological and 0tker specimens for
the university museum in >otshssn Mex
loo
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-11
Driven to insanity.


cradle deaths. How many may never be
known.
Driven to insanity.
Some of those who went into the water
and were rescued with but slight injuries
say that when others who We're caught
between fire and water sa " death coming
they went insane. Men jabbled of home
and friends during the few brief moments
that they and the others faced death. The
fear OF the furnace Which lay between
them and the land bereft them Of their
senses. There were acts Of cowardice as
well as heroism. Men chung &c others
and refused to let go, even though the act
meant death to both. One of the surviv-
ors was seized by another man, who chung
to him frantically and refused to lei go.
The man, who was later saved, lad TO
beat his companion into insenFilnlity be
fore he could loosen his hold an6 plunge
into the water.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-11
OREGON RUNSASH0RE
ACCIDENT REPORTED TO TIE
BIG BATTLESHiP.

Famous American Man-oi-Nsr Said
TO Have Met with a Most ssrbous
Disaster NORTH of chefoo, Off tho
Coast @f China.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-11
Won ksTTELER OUT TO PIECES
Brutal Butchery of the German Min.
ister by Chincse.

Official dispatches received by The con-
sular body at Shanghai, a cablegrum
says, confirm in the fullest manner the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-11

the vessels Many of the men met mis-
cradle deaths. How many may never be
known.