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Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-04-01

COMFORT and quality go hand 10
hand in the University shoe for men.
All styles, all feathers one price, at
Hirschman's.
JUST received a carload of good
builders lime. H. G. BAKER HARD
WARE Co.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-04-01

King Edward has revived the GUS
tom OF snuff taking. Perhaps now
our ENJOYS will cultivate a ''recher-
che sneeze."
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-04-01
Wanted

A girl to do general house work,
small family, good wages. l4S Cor.
Chestnut street and Bumbo Lane.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-18
Tclegraplnic Rrevities.

Jacob CIute, wcli-known gambler, is
dead
California lawyers got $2,OO0,000 in
fees out " the Fair estate
Fred ". Ebcrharlt is accused of kill
Ing his wife al Chicago,
\ we'll Of liquid asphalt is said to have
been discovered near Austin. Texas.
The City Council Of Mobile. Ala. has
adopted an ordinance and made an appfo-
priati0n for the determination Of the mos
quito hy the use OF KEROSENE aud parlf1e
Oh.
Bishop William Taylor. perhaps the
greatest " all missionary bishops Of the
Methodist Church, died at palo Alto,
Cal. after long illness, at the age Of
81.
H. Clay Pierce Of st. Louis has pur-
chased the King Of PortusGl's steam
yacht Amelia, formerly the Yacona The
yacht will be reGtted and brought over
IT once.
Calvin Head. o prominent farmer. was
thrown from his buggy and instantly kill.
ed at Oronogo Mo The horse became
frightened at a boy on bicycle and ran
away, throwing him against a curbs:0ne.
He was IS years Of age and leaves
widow aud one child.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-18

chafed under the food of abuse which
has been poured out upon the soldiers
of the republic. Decoration Day gave
him an opportunity to express himself,
and he used 81 20 good purpose. lii the
presence of the veterans of the Civil
War who We're the theme of SO much
yituperatIon in their day. the President
stated the case of the soldiers in the
philippines, who are fighting for peace
and freedom" and are accused of every
crime in the catalogue,
His address was more than plea for
the much-abused American soldiers OF
to-day Ii was vindication Of the
general policy of the Government in the
Philippines. 1t was SIN answer not
merely to the brutalities of Senator
Carmack but to the feveriSh sentimen.
talities of Senator Hoar. 1t was an ex,
position of the good which has been
accomplished in the Philippines and OF
the greater good 10 be accomplished in
the future
The Presidents Decoration Day ad.
dress closes the debate on the Philip
pine question, Chicago Tribune,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-18
NEW POSTAL CURRENCY.
Bill Authorizing the Issuance of Post
Checks for Small Sums.

An administration bin for the estab-
iishment Of a postal currency has been
drafted by the committee appointed to
consider the question. 1t authorizes the
Postmaster General to cause TO he issued
postal checks Of fixed denominations. not
above 81, in even multiples of FIVE and
ten cents. These are to be redeema5le
or payable at any money order postotfice,
A fee In addition to the face value viii
be charged for every check issued.
1t is generally conceded that the pres
ent postal money order system is both
inadequate and inconyenient, and Con
gress has been attempting to perfect a de-
sign for currency intended especially Tor
transmission through the mails. Partic-
ularly since the adoption of rural mail
delivery has the need been felt Of some
plan for sending small sums of money by
mail without necessitating n special jour
ney TO the nestofhce on the part of the
sender.
The committee on postoflices and past
roads have had before them a measure
providing post check in denominations
of s. and down to the denominations OF
fractional currency. 1t was proposed TO
retire the FIVE, two and one dollar bills
now issued by the government and sub
stitute the post check and make the lat
ter the regular paper money for those
denominations.
The proposed post check was nothing
more than an ordinary government note
so printed as to permit its transforma-
tion quickly into q vertable check. by
atiixing stamp anG writing upon pro-
vided spaces the name and address of the
payee this note would become a money
order, payable only to the payee. To
forge the signature of the payee was
made a penitentiary olfense, same as
counterfeiting. AS rapidly as the signed
bills would come into the possession Of
postmasters they were to be sent to
Washington for redemption.
BY this process. should one desire to
make remittance by mail he would sim
ply take out a bill or piece of fire. etional
currency, write the name of his creditor,
aflx and cancel a stamp, and it would
only require tine signature of the latter
to again make the money as good as gold
at the Office named.
The committee of postal and treasury
experts appointed to consider the above
plan for the establishment Of postal
currency, however. submitted an ac1 erse
report 10 the Postmaster General. While
commencing the general scheme, the re.
port said the methods of detail seemed
impracticable The bill since framed is
supposed to be free from the objections
advanced and it is said the measure is
likel. to be favorably considered by Con
gress.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-18
DIE in HOSPITAL FIRE.
Horrors Attend Burning of a Chicago
Institution.


Ten lives were lost in a fire that swept
through the Sanitarinm of the st. Luke
Society. an institution for the treatment
of habitual users Of drugs and liquors,
Wabash avenue and Twenty-frst street
Chicago, Monday afternoon. among the
victims being Alderman WilliamNE Kent
of the Fourth Ward known as Blind
Billy" Kent Some beat out their
strength against the iron-harred windows
and double-locked doors that cut them off
from freedom and life on the top floor
Of the fiye-story building, and others hurl-
ed themselves to death or fatal injuries
on the pavements OF the street. A dozen
were injured in their flight from the place
or seeking 10 rescue those of the in
mates who still lived.
Most pathetic of the struggles waged
for life was that of Alderman Kent, who,
blind and alone, freed from the bonds
that held him to his bed by the flames
leaping across the room and tapping at
the mattress, made his way to the bars
that held him captive and beat his hands
against the screening until he fell back
suttocated. He was so terribly burned
that identification was only possible be-
cause Of some dental work which had
been recently done for him.
Another man. saloonkeeper named
Newell, held fast in a strait jacket and
with mis- hands cutred across his breast.
lay helpless in his place. unmindful of
the bolts and locks that hemmed him in
because of the FEVER Of delirium which
possessed him. He was found where he
had been left by his attendants, burned
almost to a crisp.
A woman. maddened with the frenzy Of
fear, locked herself in a closet on the
fourth aoor and met death there while
rescuers thronged the Railways all about
her searching for whom they might carry
beyond the reach Of the greedy fire.
Before Ia 'dnight in the course of their
preliminary examination into the disas-
ter and its causes, the police made eight
arrests. These prisoners were detained
for the coroner's inquest, They are the
president of the sanitarium, John Z, Ma
gel. who was conducting gasoline fuel
experiment In the basement, the present
engineer and his predecessor and the
formers fireman, and some other en-
ployes of the institution.
The building was damaged 5000, and
the contents, of which but little can be
styed from the wreekage, 10 the extent
of $4,000,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-18
President Rooseveit,s Address.

The soldiers whose memory is honor
ed By the ceremonies Of Decoration Day
have no assailants now. They had
while they were In the service. North
ern copperheads traduced them. Con
federate congresses and papers called
them brutes and barbarians. Doubtless
when the soldiers now lighting a cruel
treachercus foe in the Philippines have
ceased from their labors and their deeds
are no longer modern history they will
have no assailants. 1t viii be admitted
then that hard task was imposed on
them which they performed b-avely
ard weil
The soldiers IN the Philippines have
their traducers now. They are assaHed
on The floor of Congress and by cranks
and maiignants out Of Congress As
they have assailants. so should they
have defenders. They have found some
eloquent Spokesman in the Senate.
They found an eloquent champion IN
President Roosevelt He must have
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-18
A "BUMPER" GRAIN CROP.
Largest Yield IN Many Years Is Looked
For In tn. Nnrt hMest.

Largest Yield IN Many Years Is Looked
For in tho Northwest.
A bumper grain crop for the four
great States of the Northwest which are
traversed by the lines Of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad is the
prophecy of A. ]. Earring. president Of
the company Mr.. Earling, together with
several of the executive officials of the
company, recently completed an inspec-
ton tour of the entire St Paul system.
The trip was taken largely with a view
of ascertaining the crop conditions, and
the president and his party have return
ed to Chicago enthusiastic over the pros
poets.
Never before i'm my connection with
the St Paul road" said Mr.. Earring.
nave | seen the Northwest so big with
promise of abundant grain crops. l speak,
of course. for those portions of the
States of Minnesota. Wisconsin. Iowa
and South Dakota which are traversed
by our lines and ] understand that a
similar condition prevails over the en-
tire Northwest. In South Dakota the
acreage is somewhat larger than in for
mer years, while in the other STAKES it is
about the same Unless something I'M
foreseen happens between now and har-
vest time, believe crop records win be
broken in the territory which I have
named"
Based upon the present crop conditions,
the st. Paul officials are looking forward
to material increase in the earnings of
the company, and are correspondingy
we'll pleased. Everywhere over the sys-
tenn, it was stated, the farmers are in
good humor. and are talking of big crops
and increased prosperity.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-18
CITY OF 4o, 600 wlpgp our.
Destructiveness of Guatemala Earth
quake Is Appalling.

Dcstructiveness of Guatemala Earth
quake Is Appalling.
Were it not for the osershadowing ira
cedies in the West Indies. the great
earthquake disaster in Guatemala, the
Central American republic, would have
occupied larger share of public atten-
ton. The seismic disturbances there were
horrible In their dcstructiveness and IA
tality. Practically the city Of Quezal-
tenaugo, a community of 10000 souls,
was destroyed. Buildings were toppled
over aid thousands of persons were
buried in the ruins.
The shocks. which numbered three. be-
gan at S:l5 on the evening of April Is
and in ninety seconds Quezaltenang0 WAS
/ a ruin. In that city and in the nearby
towns Of San Pedro, San Marco, San
Juan, Amatitlan and Sol1la. all of which
were ruined, 1900 lives were instantly
crushed out and 1000 persons We're in
| jured. Not many houses escaped destruc-
ton and the few that remained standing
were badly cracked. The streets of One.
| zaitenango. after the shocks had spent
| their force. we're strewn with dead and
injured. Bodies, CHASTITY in the terror
| depicted ON the faces and bloody and
! UiELiiaNeas sAfEWtI the kHuF1AsuldIcS
| Everywhere arose the cries and groans
of the injured. The shocks We're preeed
/ ed and accompanied 10y terrific thundel
| peals and by lightning flashes which
seemed to sci earth and sir atire. Rain
fell in torrents as though cloudburst
was enjoying itself over the city and tc
add 10 the horror Of the whole fires broke
out and ragged furiousy.
The present city Of Quezaltenango, OF
rather the ruins. will be abandoned and
another town bearing the name viii be
erected few miles north Of the old site
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-18

The Republicans have swept Oregon
as they have never done before, raising
the Congressional maJorities from H.
900 in 1900 to $1,000 now. This result
disappoints no one who has kept close
track of affairs. The Philippine policy
means much TO Oregon. for, being on
the Pacific coast, she expects 10 derive
ever-increasing benefits from the trade
of China and Japan. for the exploita-
ton Of which the Republican party Is
committed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-18
TEN KILLED I'M A TORNADO.
Storm Deals Death and Destruction
Near Like pnrk. Mimi.

Ten persons were killed and many hurt
in tornado which swept across the
country twelve miles north Of Lake Par,
Mimi, at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon.
The storm devastated a strip OF country
three miles long and two miles wide. Aire
farm houses were destroyed aud the.r in
mates crushed and MANNED. Barns and
other outhouses were blown down and
crops were ruined. The church at Span
gels was demolished and several other
buildings in the little town We're dam
aged.
Lake Parh is a small town In the north
western part of Minnesota, 217 miles
from St. Paul. about thirty-three miles
from Moorhead and forty miles east OF
Fargo. \. D., and is situated on the main
line Of the Northern Pacific Railroad.
1t is in Beecher County and has a popu-
lation of 600 Spangels is country dis
trict near Lake Park
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-18
THE TRAIN TELEPHONE.
latest Thing for the Convenience OF
the Travelling Public.

tAE AIaf1ttH2 AhbtAcs
The latest thing in the way Of comfort
and convenience for the travelling public
was given practical trial on the Chi
cago and Northwestern Railroad recent
ly. It is what is@ealled train telephone.
While train stood in the Chicago de-
pot, connections were made between New
York and the telephone equipment IN
each car and passenger who desired 10
had no trouble In eonyersing with 0er.
sons In the metropolis. II is exp ted
that in the near future all limited trains
will be equipped with the train telephone
Not only will 1t he possible to talk from
one car to another. but at every station
whore stop is made a connection will be
made al once by p ivate wire with the
local central" and passengers will he
able to call mp any one they please. wher
ever the ordinary telephone service
reaches. without leaving their seat in the
car.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-18
BETTER STICK TO THE FARM.
Advice to Country Boys by One Wht
Knows City Conditions.

Advice to Country Boys by One Who
Knows City Conditions.
1t is said that the annual increase Of
Chicagos population is from 60,o0o to
10000, and among the newcomers every
year are young men from the country
who are victims Of the notion that OPP
portunity awaits them In the cities alone,
says an editorial writer in the Chicago
| Record-Heraid. Under this deusion they
condemn themselves very probably 10
the disappointments of an oyercrowded
, labor market. If they get work 1t is at
n small wage or salary. they must live In
cheap boarding houses, pass from them 10
cheap tenements il they have the courage
to marry. find more and more that the,f
position il one Of anxious dependence,
and that the imaginary charms Of city
life disappear to leave nothing but the
depressing reality Of buildings jammed
together to the exclusion of light and air,
Of an ail-peryadug noise and dirt. Of
routine which gives little but a bare sub
sstenee in the present and holds out 10
promise for the future.
In the vast majority Of cases such
must be the result and while country
life may have some serious drawbacks
it is plain that these young men make a
capital mistake when they come to con-
slider the question OF opportunity through
an ignorant contempt Of their familiar
surroundings. II instead of INDUCING in
dreams Of fortune building in the city
they were to master thoroughly all the
work Of farm. cultivate an Interest in
It. add a new intelligence to it, take over
the lands Of their fathers, or acquire 9TH
ers 10y purchase, put into this life all the
ambition of their dreams, they would do
better in the end than 80 per cent Of the
city people have a great enjoyment out
Of living ana attain 70 an eDylable inde-
peudence.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-18
MAGNET FOR GoL0-sgEkERs.
Alaska Still Attracting Many Miners
and Prospectors.

Over two dozen vessels. including SIX
teen steamships. will sail from Tacoma
and Seattle during the next sixty days.
They will larry north 10000 10 1900
miners and i~ospectors. Many Of these
viii be heavy operators who 20 north
with machinery to develop placer and
hydraulic claims on a large scale. One
Milwaukee company shipped 5000
worth Of machinery on the steame.
Jeanne, which is under contract to land it
in tine to PERM s.eslding it to Solo
mon river pIacers before snow dlsap-
pears. An important feature of the de-
velopment this summer will be the open.
irg Of Tundra claims. which experiments
show to contain gold running from SO to
80 80 each cubic yard In gravel for a
depth OF thirty to eighty feet between tbs
top layer Of peat and bedrock
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-18
senator noar,s vieious rreasen.

Senator Hoar's Vicious Treason.
Age and previous good record have
secured too much indulgence FOR Sena'
tor Hoar in the National Senate fol
certain it is that his reasonable utter
ances have done more to continue the
war in the Philippines than all that
Aguinaldo and all the other leaders OF
the Filipino Instruction have been
able to accomplish. simply because the
igronant Inhabitants OF those islands
have been made to believe that Sena-
tor Hoar represents the real sentiment
of the American people.
Senator Hoar knows that the same
conditions would have produced the
same results in Cuba The Filipinos
attacked the United States army, not
withstanding that army was there to
prevent other nations from Selling the
Philippine Islands, and to prevent the
different tribes from destroying each
other The Filipinos have continued
their warfare against the American
troops, despite. the fact that those
y
proof that they are there to preserve
peace For a year past the United
States officers and soldiers have en-
deavored to remain In their camps and
induce the Filipinos to see that their
mission was wholly peaceful. but trait
ors, like Senator Hoar and others, have
spouted their treason in the United
States and induced the Filipinos to con-
tinue their warfare. In Cuba, the Uni
ted States soldiers and people have
everywhere been greeted with graft
tude for freeing that island from the
dominion of Spain. The United States
expended S30O,000.000 and sacrificed
hundreds of lives to free Cuba the Gu.
bans have proved that they are worthy
of the sacrifice but the Fiiipinos have
placed themselves under the charge OF
Senator Hoar and the other American
traitors who have misled them! The
result is plainly apparent to all intel
ligent persons whose eyes are moi
blinded by their own reasonable eff
forts. 1t is possible that these trait
ors may be able to continue the war
in the Philippines for another two
years. but certain 1t is that there can
be no peace on those islands until the
duty and power of the United States
have been fully recognized.
The traitors will howl in vain; they
are only repeating thc noise made by
the three wolves heard by General
Grant: the Filipinos " Ill be conquered
or annihilated, but their survivors win
be given the same liberties enjoyed by
the people of the States constituting
the American Union.-Des Moines Reg
lister.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-18

Dep1orea. Denpunces and Condo INNS.
Most OF the things that the Demo
cratic State Convention at indianapolis
failed to deplore. it took occasion TO Il.
nounce and condemn. in accordance
with the time-honored custom of ii par
~ which never points with pride except
when it views with alarm.
The platform is a series of protests
against the existing order of things. Al
the outset it denounceS tile Republican
party in unmeasured terms and on gen
cral principles Then it condemns the
acts of the Republican party bitterly
and specifically. Then it denounces and
condemns the policy of the Republican
party. Then it deplores the results Of
the policy Of the Republican party and
denounces and condemns them.
I'VE deplore,' 1t says, I'VE condemn, .
it adds, I'VE deplore. denounce, and
condemn" it continues. And this is
practically all that the Democratic par
ty of the great State Of Indiana has to
offer as an apology for obtruding itself
upon public attention at time when
the American people are more deeply
concerned than usual in the strenuous
affairs of life 1t is really pathetic
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-18
TOO MUCH MUSIC.
Rag Time and Other Select ions DRIVING
Chicago sid ers Mad.


Chicago West-Siders Mad.
Complaint after omplaint is coming to
the police station at Desplaines street,
says Chicago dispatch, because of the
talking machines which are producing
raucous tones from morning until night.
A wild-eyed man rushed into the station
the other day with hair disheyeled and
clothing awry. He begged to be sent to
the Philippines, or Martinique, or Pata-
gonia-he didn't care whore. so long as
he could have at least FIVE minutes OF
peace and quietness.
Its these internal talking machines. s.
he said They are driving me crazy
and not only me, hut hundreds OF others.
You'll soon have to start an emergency
insane asylum in my neighborhood II it
keeps up r.Gch longer It's a fright! Send
me f. Martinique. The music Of an ex-
ploting volcano would be sweet for a
change"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-18

Pooling with frst-ciass tariff law
for the sake Of Cuban concessions. or
for any other reason, VIII not pay. The
Dinghy law is successful and satisfac-
tory.-St. Louis GIobe-Denocrat
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-18
Ne soto station .

Leave st. P. EXP. except Sunday: 7;os nj
Going La Crosse EXP. ex. Sunday, IA D ia
North Accommodation lex. Sun 1855 D n
Leave tChi& St.Louis Exp ex SUM- l:U6 D ID
South Accommodation lex sundayl $3.50 u
sY- For tickets, rates, maps, etc. apply tn
Local agents at above stations
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-18
canoa S4atIan

Leave st. p. Exp except Sunday 7:79 a M
Going La Crosse Exp. lex. Sunday SOL p no
North Accommodation(ex. Sunday 4;40 . III
Leave Chi. & st, Louis Exptsx. SUM- l2:l7 y m
Going Dubuque Exp. except sum- 7;l2 . IA
South Accommodations. Sunday s.23 Q u
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-18
Too Prnsnernus.

The Democrats will have To draft
men to run for office on their State
ticket this fall. Times are too pros
porous for Democratic success Find
lay, OHIO, Jeffersonian.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-18
An Old Pioneer.

The moss on the back OF free silver
wifi soon BE- as long as 1t is on the back
Of the old pioneer Of all the heresies,
free trade.-Benton, Ill. Republican
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-18
Victory Station

Leave st. P EXP. except Sunday 7sl6 m
Going La Crosse Exp. EEK. Sunday $50 N
North Accommodation lex Sunday AIS D m
Leave Chi. & Sc. Louis Expgex. SUM- 1888 m
Going9 Dubuque Exp. except SUM- 7g22 D h
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-18
e. P. PROCTOR Fl. II. PACKARD.
President Cashier,
VERNON COUNTY BANK.
$4,000 CPITAL.
Does General Banking and Fire
Insurance Business.
4 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Tim
Deposits.
81. P. PROCTOR, G. 8. SMITH.
R. J. RosENFELD, FL. l. REED,
Directors
RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
C 3. 6 Q. r. r. TIME CARD.
StoddaYei station

Leave st. p. EXP. Except Sunday,l 7;41 a ma
Going La Crosse Exp, lex. Sunday SIG y ia
North Accommodation lex. Sun.l 6sl2 y m
Leave Chi. g. st. Louis ESp{ex SUM 1881 D m
Going Dubuque Exp. lex. Sunday T:02 p m