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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-04-10
FRAUDS AT MANILA.
ARMY OFFICERS SAID TO HAVE
STOLEN MILLIONS.
Captain Barrows, Chief Commissariat,
Seven Scrgeants AMI Many Business
Men Arrested Charged with Having
Looted Government Store.

4 gigantic swindle by which, it Is
charged, the government of the United
States has been robbed of military stores
valued at hundreds of thousands of dol
lar aas been unearthed in Manila. and
the disclosures thus far made indicate
tat the extent OF the frauds has been
more far-reaching than any which have
been perpetrated against the government
in recent years. Only the harest facts
concerning the swindles have thus far
been learned, but these are sufficient, it
is claimed, to show that syste matte rob-
berry of the government has been going
on for some time.
Captain Frederick c. Barrows of the
Thirtieth volunteer infantry, quartermas-
ter of the department of southern Luzon,
together with seven commissary ser
geants, several civilian clerks. promi-
nent government contractor. the assist
ant manager OF the Hotel Oriente, the
proprietors Of three of the largest bak
cries in Manila, and several storekeepers
and other persons. have been arrested.
The investigation scarcely has begun,
but thousands of sacks of -four, a guam
tity of bacon and wagon loads of other
goods, all bearing government marks,
have been found in the possession of I'M
authorized persons. 1t is alleged that the
Contractor in question. who has been To-
ing business approximating 100000 a
month. has spent huge sums in entertain
ing officers. 1t is asserted that large
quantities of stores have been lost or stol-
en- in transit, and also that there is q
shortage in the commssary depot.
New scandals are developed daily. IL
lieit transactions have been traced back
to June, 1900, and it is possible that
there are others of earlier date. The
high tariff on provisions makes the sur
reptitious sale OF commissary supplies
immensely profitable.
Lieat. Philip *. Sweet of the Forty
sixth volunteer infantry is prosecuting
the investigation under the direction OF
Col. Wilder, chief of police.
1t was said at both the White House
and War Department Monday morning
that absolutely nothing had been receiv-
ed by the government regarding the al
legged unearthing of crooked wori on the
part of army quartermasters and others
in Luzon and the arrest of a number of
persons in aud out of the army for steal
ing property of the government or receiv
ing stolen government property.
Gen. Corbin said furthermore that the
government had no intimation Of any sort
that such developments might be expect
ed. He was inclined for this reason to
think the frauds against the government
could hardly be so serious as reported,
though admitting this opinion was based
wholly on the lack of adyices from the
government
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-04-10
THE VANISHING HANDKERCHIEF.
A Chemical Reaction that AstoundAl
washerwomau.


washerwomau.
The faeetious chemist took an Ordi-
nary cotton handkerchief and soaked it
in nitric and sulphuric acids. Then,
after so long time he took it out a3d
rinsed ii carefully SO as TO remove the
free acid. 1t looked then like any other
cotton handkerchief. 1t went to the
washerwoman, who put it through all
the waters that handkerchiefs go
through, hun, 1t out on the line, and
took it in again when it was dry. She
spread it out on the ironing board, put
the hot iron on it, and-it went away.
There was a flash, a puff of smoke, and
tken-no handkerchief, not even the
ashes of one When you consider bow
frightened the poor washerw0nan
must have been at such goings-on in
the broad, open daylight. how worried
she must have been lest the gentleman
should think she had stolen his haad-
kerchief-for she was an honest wrm-
an | make no doubt whatever, at least
as far as cheap cotton handkerchinfs
were eoucerned--and, of course. abe
thought he wouldn't believe her wHen
she told him what had become of it.
YOU will see ut once that this is really
II very fine joke. indeed, and oughs to
have been in Die Eliegende Blaetter.
What happened to the handkerchief
was what happens to the manufacture
of guncotton. The sulphuric acid taees
: In, ,,I l,1f,
nitric acid mades an arrangement
whereby Il certain bWount of nitryl gets
to take the place of&t so that when Ere
is applied it all burns nj once. starch
is til same thing chemically as cotton
same proportions of carbon. hydro gen
and oxygen. only the patterns, Sc to
speak. of the molPcule * different, aud
out of that law-ahiding box of white
grains at this moment in the left-hJnd
corner of your kitchen cupboard,
madam. could be made enough nitro-
starCh 10 wreck your happy home waile
you are saying Jack Robinson I'he
molaSses jug Is Just as potent for lie
struction, and al explosive is now IeAr-
keted that is made from straw. ritraied
in the same way as cotton. OF coC-se,
you have heard that glycerine which is
so good for chapped hands, can be t;an-
ed into the most powerful exnIas. sc
known by the sane combination Of
aciC.s. 1t is 50 powerful that 1t las to
be diluted with infusprial earth. e..ch
tiny particle of which. long years Ego.
was the she'll of a little animal taat
never dreamed it was going 10 assist
in torpedoing an oil well. II scens to
me Il queer use Of this terrible de5jruc-
tive that it should be 4 medicin.
heart-s;imulant. II anybody is dasir-
Gus of getting a headache without a
gay evening to preccde it. he has only
to taste tiny drop Of the yellow,
swedish. oily liquid. and he win think
every beat Of BIS heart Is a WIiack Of a
slcdae-hamma on the back of his
neck -AinSlee's
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-04-10

The above map of portion of the Isl.
and of Luzon shows the relative position
of the province of Isabella, in which the
insurgent leader was captured, to Ma.lila.
The northeastern portion of the island is
wild, mountainous and unsettled. 1t is
almost inaccessible, except by water. The
early dispatches said that the capture
was effected near Casiguran, nine miles
from Baler," but is inaccurate. since that
would involve his capture in Nueya Viz
caya instead OF in Isabella. Gen. Mac
Arthur's official dispatch names palanan.
as the spot. This is evidently the same
as Paranan shown in the accompanying
map. Palanan is town on the eastern
coast of Isabella prorince, situated some
what inland on a riser Which flows into
the Gulf of palanan. Between the coast
and the Rio Grande, which flows north
ward through northern Luzon, are the
Sierra Madras mountains, a coast range
which is almost impossible. Palanan
and the coast towns where Aguinaldo
has been hiding could only be reached by
the water route.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-04-10

VENEZUELA is DEFIANT.
Minister Loornis Recalled to Washing
ton in Interest of Peace.

Although the officials Of the State De
partment adhere to their statement that
Mr.. LOOMS, the United States minister
at Caracas, has been recalled for the pur-
pose of consultation Ga technically correct
explanatory, his homecoming, according
to a Washington dispatch, has an inter.
national significance Of a serious charac-
ter From what has been learned Of the
existing relations between Venezuela and
the United States, it is believed that NJ
single incident was the basis for the min
ster's recall. General conditions are re-
sponsibie for the turn affairs have TAX
en-.
Summed up briefly, the decision Of the
administration TO summon Mr.. LOOMS 10
Washington was due TO the fact that the
attitude Of the Venezuelan federal au-
th0rities toward the American govern
ment and American citizens in that coun-
try had become well nigh intolerable.
aud the tension had become 50 great that
it was apparent to everybody familiar
with the circumstances that trouble be-
tween the two nations was likely 10 oc-
cur at any time and could not, in fact,
be long postponed, unless something were
done 70 avert II.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-04-10
WHY the Function Was Held.

AIr. Green-Now. I'm going to tell
YOU something Ethel. Do you know
that last night. a your party, your sis
ter promised to marry me: | hope you
viii forgive me Tor taking her away.
Ethel-Forgiye you. Mr.. Green. OF
course I viii. Why. that's what the
party was for.-L9ndon Punch.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-04-10

Denver. Colo. prohibitionists nominal
ed a ticket composed entirely Of women
for the city Offices. Slrs. A. A. Hawley
heads the ticket for Mayor
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-04-10
Iomcial Publication,

STATEMENT of the condition Of the
LION FIRE Insurance Company, Of
London England, for the year ending De-
cember 3ist, 1900, made to the Commits
sioncr of Insurance of the State of Wis
consin, pursuant to the laws of said
State
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-07-06
TIENEw HAyEN SAVINGS BANK

Tl4ENEW HAVEN SAVINGS BANK Interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum will be credited depositors for the six months ending June 3Oth, 1901, upon all deposits entitled thereto not exceeding in amount one thousand dollars, and at the rate of three ane one-nalf per cent. per annum upon the excess of one thousand dollars; payable on and after July list, 10O1 Deposits made in this bank on or before July 10th, 1901, will commence to draw in- terest July 1st
 ROBERT A. BROWN, Treasurer.
 New Haven, June 29th, 1901. jy2 9t
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THE PEOPLh'S FORUM.
lcontlnued from Tenth Page.

N@tlllIlutd HUH GIliu lEdSP.D
 yet there was no protest, no denial, and no apparent i'll feeling He charged his fellow workmen with not having sufficient self-respect, with going black and erimy from their work and with eating their meals in this condition
 "Clean up" he said, "clean up," and in truth the average English workman doesn't look so dapper and presentabe either at work or at play as his brother in America. One reason for this is that the 'overall'' habit hasn't yet come into vogue in England. Another req son is-but there, I havn't time to think of any other reason, for just at this point, a dapper little chap mounts stand and in a screaming voice. which soon draws crowd, announces That he is going to lecture on the diff ferent systems carried on by Billie Booth his title for General Booth of the Salvation Army-"Who," he says, "is the greatest l5idder in the world"
 He speaks for an hour, Few believe what he says; the great mass who hear him are merely amused. But I was moved to reflection. He told the story of young country girl, stranded in London, who could not be admitted to a certain shelter because, when asked if she was a fallen woman, she was obliged to say. no. Was this a true story? Probably not. All the same though it is distinctly suggestive, and the lesson it carried to me as q student of charity is that in all coun- tries there ought to be more preventive work, more help given to those who have not yet reached the bottom notch of need. HENRY TUCKLEY.
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NEARLY 99 YEARS OLD.
Death of Mrs. Winslow of Hart
 ford

Death of Mrs. Winslow of Hart
 ford.
 Hartf ford July 5.-Mrs. Marinda Winslow, who had attained the great age of 9S years and five months, died at $50 o'clock yesterday morning at the residence of her son, Nelson Winslow, No. "A Brook street, Her death was caused by old age,' although a malig nant growth which made it's appear anCe some time ago, probably sapped her remarkable vitality, Mrs. Winslow was the daughter of Ashbel and Sarah Hills Keney and was born in East Hartford, February 4, 1903. She was married May 16 1922, to Daniel Wins low of East Hartford, who died about % years aGo, She was the mother of three children, all of whom are living. She had ten brothers and sisters, one of whom, Mrs. Emily Kenyon of Port land, N. Y,, is still living, 96 years old. The others with one exception all lived to be over 90, a remarkable family rec ord for longevity. Mrs. WinsloW leaves a large number of descendants who are: Children, Mrs. Willis B. Bronson and Nelson Chapman of Glastonbury; grandchildren, Willis w. Bronson and Robert T. Bronson of this city, Mrs. James E. Francis of Ormond, Fla: Mrs. John w. Robinson of Boston and Mrs Mahlon H. Whittlesey of this city; great grandchildren, Mrs. Alfred Wells of Glastonbury, Mrs. J F. Kin ney of Denver, Col; Willie Bronson
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-07-06
NOTICE TO BIDDERs.

NOI Nr1 O pr I1 I1 NNS' BIDS FOR TEXT BOOKS FOR NEW IA.
 VEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
 Office of the Board of Education
 21 Center Street,
 New Haven, Conn.,. July 5, 1901. Sealed proposals will be received at the Office of the Board of Education, 21 Center street, New Haven, Conn, until Monday. July 15, 1901, at twelve o'clock noon at which time they will be opened by the Committee on Schools in public meeting. for furnishing Text Books for the public trict for the year beginning September 1st, 1901.
 Copies of specifications and forms of pro- posals may be obtained at the office of the Board of Education 21 Center street, New Haven, Conn. The right is reserved to re- feet any and all bids. c. T. HEWLETT, jy5 Clerk Board of Education.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-07-06
GOLF TOURNAMENT NEXT WEEK
Over 25 Clubs Will Be Represented at
 the State Meet Here.

1 over 70 1IuDS w Ill DE INtplcstllltu dl the State Meet Here
 The managers of the second annual association of golf clubs are surprised and pleased that entries have been re- ceived from total of 25 clubs for the matches which begin here next Wednesday. The clubs who expect to send representatives are as follows:
 Norwalk Golf club of Norfolk; OK ford Golf club of South Manchester
 Washington Golf club, QuaganapoXet
 Golf club, Litchfield Golf club and Litchfield Country club of Litchfied
 Waterbury Golf club, Wee Burn Golf club of Stamford; Fairfield Golf club of Bridgeport Stafford Golf club of Stafford Springs; Arawaner Golf club
 Hartford Golf club, Brooklawn Golf club, Meriden Golf club, Danbury Golf club, Hillandale Golf club New Ca naan Golf club Fenwick Golf club of Saybrook; Glastonbury Golf club, New Britain Golf club, Rockville Golf club, and the Pine Orchard Golf club.
 The tournament is being arranged by the following executive committee: 4. M, Young, Branford;H H. s. Rcdfield J. P. Cheney, Frank c. Beach. New Ha- ven; w. H. Sanford, Lftchfield, A. S. Pitt and A. F. Barnes, New Haven. Mr. Young is president and MT. Barnes secretary and treasurer, Four distinct events are scheduled in the competi- tton The conditions of the first, the in- dividual state championship, are IS
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-07-06
FIRE IN TORRINGTON.
Did Ahont &. 900 Damage.

Torrington, July 5,-Fire in Iilley's block on Water street started this morning from a lighted lamp dropped into a quantity of millinery by Mrs. Herskind, a miiliner on the second floor. The millinery establishment was gutted and much damage done by wa ater in the postofflce and stationery store of Mrs. Charles Wheeler on the first floor. The damage is estimated nt about s5,000. The property belongs to Representative George E. Lilley of Waterbury and is insured.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-07-06
ACCIDENT IN EAST HAVEN.
Timer Fell from a Ladder.

A. Judson Smith, roofer and timer of 206 Chapel street, fell from a ladder a a new house on High street, East Haven yesterday. He struck on the concrete walk. His collar bone was broken. He was attended by Dr. Hol- brook, and then taken home.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-07-06
NEW ADVERTISElIEN TO-DAY

PaKe Amusement Gentry Brothers Show. Basebal--Savin Rock Grounds.
 Cuticura Soap-Druggists. l: Estate H. w. Bryan-Probate Notice. Estate A. E. Hooker-Probate Notice. German Wines-E. F. Hall X Son. Money to Loan-W. D. Judson. Old Blue-The G. II. Ford Co. Peruna-At Druggists. Pure Castle Soap-D. M. Welch X Son. Refrigerators-Th Chamberlain Co. Summer. Comforts-H. H, Guernsey. Saturday-The Gamble-Desmond Co. Straw Hats-Brooks X Co. Special Prices-E. Schoenberger X Sons. |, Sale No. 5-'rhe EdW. Maley Co. ! The Garment Roonl-Howe X Stetson. Wanted-Young Man-95-Greene Street, .
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-07-06
Rrief Mention.

High water to- day, 2:0S p. m
 Captain Frank Todd and wife are summering in a cottage at Morris Cove.
 Epworth M, E. church will have it's annual Sunday school picnic at Double Beach July II.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-07-06
nL-i1LiLR kLCORD.

Washington, D. C., July ,, 1901, s p. Ill.
 Forecast for Friday and Saturday
 For New England: Showers Saturday with somewhat Higher temperature along the coast Sunday. probably showers; fresh south to southwest winds.
 For Eastern New York: Showers Satur- day, somewhat higher temperature. sun day, fair, except showers along the coast southeasterly winds, becoming southwest erly.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-07-06

and Robert Bronson of this city; Dr. Nelson Francis of Ormond, Fla; Ethel w. Francis of Ormond Fla; Isabel K. Whittlesey of this city, Clifford $. North of St. Louis, Mo-. Nellie Wells and Guy Wells of Glastonbury.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-07-06
Local Weather Repor.,

New Haven, July ,, 1901.
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Your Paper by Mail,

If you are going away you can re- ceive your paper regularly by mail without extra cost. The address will be changed as often as desired.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-24
y Deafness carne, b. Cured

by Local apriilc ,tiona, AS thew cannot
reach the hiss : ed portion OF the ear.
There Is only one wa 70 cure deafness,
ami that is By co.'s titnticnal remedies.
Deafness is caused by a. inftn.ed condi-
ton of thu mucous i ing of the Eustach
ian Tube. When this tuba gets inf , uet.
you have q rumbling -'und car imperfect
hearing. and win. it is tntirelv closed
deafness is tie result, and unless the in
f1amma'iom al be taken out and II ia
tube restored to its norm | condition.
hearing will be destroyed forev, r; nine
cases out of ten are caused bv cararrh,
which is nothing but an lnf1amed condi
ii IN of the mucous serfaces.
We will give One hundre ed Dollars for
any case Of Deafness (caused BY calarrh)
that can not be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure Send for circular, free.
F CHENEY & Co Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall Family Pills are the best
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-24

A most alarming letter from Cape
Town was published Sunday by the
Daily Express. The writer says:
"Tne Beers are overrunning Cape
Colony. They are on both the coast
lines and within forty miles Of Cape
Town. Even the intelligence depart.
ment does not know how many colon.
iai rebels have taken up arms in the
last fortnight.
"The town guard Of Cape Town has
been ordered to hand in the magazine
riff IS and ammunition, obstenSibly be-
cause these are wanted at the front.
Martini Henrys have been served out
Instead"
In conclusion the writer declares
that "The Dutch element in the col
ony is in revolt, ana it is useless to
disg use the fact"
Sat Pretoria the strength Of the
Beers in the field is now estimated at
IL, OoO."
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-24
LONDON STIRRED UP.

London is considerably stirred up
over the situation in South Africa.
A despatch says: "a very peculiar
state of affairs exists in regard to the
war. While Mr.. Kruger and Mr..
Leyds are drawing up petitions to
President Roosevelt and the Car, ask
ing them to intervene, the fighting
Beers are helping themselves in South
Africa by celebrating the expiration
of the period in which Lord Kitch'
ener proclaimed they must surren-
der by four notable successes, killing
80 officers and men, wounding 63 and
capturing five guns and 200 men," In
Cape Colony fighting is again going
on south OF Stormberg."
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-24
CLOTHES AND THE MAN.
The Difference Being Well Dressed
Mnde to n Cabinet Official,

The Difference Being Well Dressed
Made to a Cabinet Official.
Eyes. the clothes a man wears make
especially in official life" remarked
the private secretary of a cabinet Off
cial. who is compelled to see many
people and to hold many more people
at bay
II was especially struck with the
importance of clothing some time ago"
continued the official. when the as
sistant secretary was absent and 1t
was my duty to stave all the callers
off the secretary. | do that often, but
when the assistant secretaries are here
they help a great deal.
well. l noticed on the occasion l
referred to that l had no trouble in
keeping people away when l wore my
Prince Albert and looked like the real
thing. When l told them that the Sec
rotary was too busy to see callers, they
thought l owned the whole place and
walked away without remonstrance or
without saying that their business was
very important and they were sure
they would be seen If l would just take
their names to the secretary.
when wore an average looking
business suit. which might look just a
little bit shabby. the callers didn't pay
much attention to what l said. 1t was
more difficult than you can imagine to
get them to go away. They would find
all kinds Of excuses to remain and to
get me to present their names to the
secretary. The difference was so ap-
preciable as to be noticed by others in
the room. | found that it paid me to go
well dressed on all occasions and that
i was much more useful to my eXecu-
tive head.'-Waslington Star.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-24

There has been a great outburSt OF
public Indignation wherever there has
been an outpouring Of sympathy
either for Czolgosz or his eowardly
crime. But in no cast has bodily
harm been done to any one, more than
a little rough handling or the admins
terlng OF a coat OF tar and feathers to
the offender. 1t is a matter of deep
concern with the American people
whether anarchy is to be c%ountenanc.
ed in this, the freest country on
earth, and these &C s of lawlessness,
for they are such, are committed SOLE
ly for the purpose of preventing great
lawiessness later on. 1t is to the
credit of Vermont that few such acts
have occurred in this state. The
temper OF the American people has
been aroused and will permit of no
tampering with the we'll grounded
principles Of American liberty, and so
all offenders are treated in such a way
as to show that their company is not
wanted any longer. But If this will
not do, the next word that will be
passed along will be: 'If any man
dare to speak against the American
flag, the constitution, or liberty,
shoot him down as you would q mad
dOu.n