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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-30

New London. Iowa.-Dear Happyham-
mers: MS been n long time since wrote
10 onr page, but I'm going to try again. |
60 10 The woods With papa to haul logs
which he Is getting up to have sawed into
lumber 10 build barn with. when 1t
ISM too cold | take little brother sic gh
riding We have two cats. | have dog
hi, name is Carlo Did any OF you ct
any valentines? ! got two, Did any OF
did. / got a knife, a ball, harp and a
book and candy | shall close now an /
do my chores I'm years old now and
papa has given me a little AK.
Edgar Rrtton.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-05
Due to Strife in Business and Social
Life, Declares DIR. Stone.

Due to Strife in Business and Social
Life, Declares DIR. Stone.
Chicago people are going to church less
and less each year. This is the statement
made by the Rev. james S. Stone, pastor
of st. James Church Cass and Huron
streets. Mr. Stone gives five reasons
which in his opinion cause this decrease
in church attendance.
Chief among these five the pastor of
the North Side church says is the con-
slant struggle IN the business and social
world. "A woman VINO for whole week
has been attending theaters, balls. teas
and numerous other social functions"
said the Rev. Mr.: Stone, looks forward
to Sunday as a day of rest, and she sore
ly needs it. For the same reason man
who has spent six days in any business
which calls for his whole attention many
hours a day does not wish to spend any
part of his Sunday in church. The LIST
of reasons given by the Rev. Mr.. Stone
for the lack of church attendance fol-
lows:
Wear and tear of the modern business
and social life; reaction from successive
einotionalism; decline in the faith in i'm.
mortality; numerous warning denomina-
tons, and lack of something new in the
church.
Chicago is no exception to the lack Of
church attendance. 1t is the same from
one end of the country to the other, said
Mr.. Stone. 1T applies to all cities and
towns and is almost as marked in the
country as in the city. have been asked
if it was not due to the criticism heaped
upon the church and the Bible. do not
think that this is the case. This criticism
has been going on for centuries and it
would not only now begin to affect the
attendance Others ask if it is not be-
cause the people have an idea that the
church is only for the rich. do not think
that this is the case, for in churches that
are built and conducted for the poor alone
the same state of affairs prevails. The
same condition prevails everywhere"
The Rev. Mr.. Stone attempted to sug-
gest remedy for the condition. There
is molly one way to remedy this apparent
abandonment of the church" said he.
1T is not in providing music and enter
Imminent for the people. but in impress
ing upon their minds that the neglect of
worship is a sin. This is the only way
that the people can be brought back into
the church.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-05
CHECK FoReER Is CAPTURED.
st. Louis Police Have Exciting Chase
After Criminal.

After an exciting chase through streets,
alleys, two stores and house, officers in
st. Louis captured William Smith, alias
kid" alias G. Z. Green, alias G. o.
Brown, alias George Frank, alias II. Il.
George Frank, self-confessed forger.
1t is believed Smith is criminal Of ma
tionai reputation. He admits having
served time in the Missouri penitentiary
for forgery and three years at Sing Sing,
n. Y, for the same crime. Smith had
left m order at a printing office for some
checks purporting TO be for the Elgin
City Banking Company of Eigin, III. De
tectiyes learned of the matter and when
Smith called for the checks they attempt
ed to interview him. Smith ran at sight
of them and after a chase was captured,
but not before he had thrown away the
package of checks and shot twice at the
officers. AT the hotel where Smith was
stopping his travelling bag was found TO
contain n revolver, check perforator
and nearly 1000 checks on Frederick
Brothers, bankers, Tonawanda, y. y
Nine of these checks, aggregating S14o,
and twelve that had been perforated and
which aggregated LILO. were found.
Smith admitted at the police station that
he was ready to begin operations rs n
wholesale forger. lie said he had in
tended goi'4.; to Texas to pass the checks.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-05
IMMENSE POTATO CROP.
Farmers Will Realize More than Fifty
Dollars an Acre.


The harvest of th> potato crop in the
Raw valley. Kansas. is nearing compile
ton. and while the size of the crop will
not be known until the railroads have re-
ceived reports as to the number Of cars
used in transporting il, it is said 70 be
one of the largest ever raised in the val
ley. 1t has been customary for the po-
tato growers of the valley to keep for
seed all potatoes dug after Oct l, because
they are usually not large enough for
table use, but the growing season has
been longer this year and practically all
of the potatoes harvested are market
able.
This year has been an exceptional enc
for production in the Kaw valley. The
quality of the potatoes has been better
and the yield larger than the average
wear. On some of the farms the Weld
has been as large as $50 bushels to The
acre This is extraordinary. bur the
average yield has been good and the price
about - cents a bushel. This makes on
income from such a field rs mentioned as
high as $50 to the acre.
The potatoes growing area Of the kaw
river valley extends from Argentine on
TIE east To Topeka ON the west. The
growers in this section have an orraniza-
ton and it is understood among them that
only pure Northern seed is 10 be planted
each year. This seed is Of the Early
Ohio variety and comes from the valley
az the Red river in Minnesota.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-05
| New York.

I /
New YORK Industrial and commercial
l-----1 activity is needed than
present inadequate transportation facili-
ties. Every form of railway equipment,
from track 10 rolling stock. has been in
creased and perfected during the last
few years to an extent that appeared al
most excessive, yet the nations business
has more than kept pace. Unseas0nably
mild weather has retarded retail trade
! az many points. yet the movement Of
goods is fully sustained by undiminished
preparations for future sales. Distribn-
ton delayed by high temperature is not
lost, while the agricultural community
will profit very materially by the tarli.
ness Of frost. increasing their ability tc
consume the produts of factories and
mills The foregoing is from the Week
ly Trade Review of X. e. Dun Il co. 1t
continues:
Labor is more fully employed than at
any recent date. r ly a few small con-
troyersies interrupting. Money market
pressure has been removed, and, although
securit g do not respond. legitimate trade
is not retarded by quiet speculation. Earn
ings of the railways during October thus
TAR exceed last years by 4,5 per cent,
and those of 1900 by u per cent
Coke is still the vital factor in the
iron and steel situation. Not only has no
Improvement occurred. but the supply OF
uel is falling further behind and the out
look is alarming. Pig iron is in great de-
tnand, imports promising to continue
large. ami as the higher duty on steel will
not be exacted, there is reason to antici-
pate q liberal movement from Germany.
The demand for rails is so great that
large purchases abroad are being nego-
tiated while practically all railway sup
plies find an eager market. Structural
shapes and other heavy lines of steel are
in a strong position. but there is evidence
of lrregularity in wire rods, and actual
weakness in few lines that are now
offered freely. Tin plate manufacturers
are making a hard fight to secure the
large foreign bush ass done here under the
drawback arrangement, and a new meth
cd of production is being perfected that
promises TO cheaper the cos, Among the
other metals both tin and copper adyanc-
ed sharply, but the former reacted.
Failures for tn, week numbered 232 in
the United States, against 240 last year.
and y in Canada, compared with %
Bradstreet's weekly commercial report
says:
Wheat. including -four. exports for the
week ending Oct. % aggregate 7,060.317
bushels, the largest total for fourteen
months past, against 5.240,6sS last week,
4.952 in this week last year and 1892,
DIS in 1900. Wheat exports since July 1
aggregate S5,431,317 bushels, against
l00,056,051 last season and 60, 235. 143 in
1900, For the fiscal year exports are
La, S39 bushels, against 16, 1913, 131 last
season and SO, AGO, 342 in 1900.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-05
7S'l5ElAI15EZ572S

Chicayo-Cattle. common TO prime,
S..O0 to ST25; hogs. shipping grades.
s4.23 IA $3.50; sheep, sair to choive. 200
70 $3.50: wheat. No. red. lie u T2c:
corn. No. =. 55c 10 5G:; oats. No. >, 2Sc
10 soc; rye. No =. As. to 49e; hay, tim
,thv. $3.50 to $500, prairie. $500 TO
$3.50: butter. choice creamery, pie 10
&c: eggs. fresh. lSc to 21c; Lctatoes.
S5c 10 45c per bushel.
unpolis-Cattlc, shipping, $500 TO
sI.25; hogs. choice ligat. $500 tG $3.50:
sheep. common to pr.sle, $2.JG tc 1918;
wheat. No. >. zoe TO lie; e, -. No. =
white. 59c to G0c oats, No. :, white,
Bic TO SIC
st. Lou;s-Cattle, s. 80 to s7.2a: hogs.
$3.50 to 500; sheep S2J0 to 500;
wheat. No. =. Use to Ggc corn. No. >.
55c to Jtic; oats. No. : .hSc TO ans; rye.
No. =. 4Sc 10 49c.
Cincinnati--Ca;tle. $3.50 to $500:
hogs. $500 so S6SJ; sheep. $3.50 TO
S3.2 wheat, Nc. >, 74c to 15c: cora. No.
, mixed. G3c In Gle; oats, No. mixed
&c to Poe; rye, No. .. 52e to 53c.
Detroit-CattI+. $500 to $500; hogs,
$500 TO SG.73 sheep. $3.50 TO $500;
wheat, No. =. 74c To T6c; corn. No. )
yellow. 65c u C7c: oats No. , white,
Sic 70 32c; ryo. sc to 53c.
Milwaukee Wheat No. . northern.
73c to "a, ce'ra No = 5Sc To 59c: natSs
No. VII te. re 10 3;}c; rye. Ne |. SOC
to &c; barlcs No. =, sac to 5se: Lork.
mess, S4G.J0
New Yori-Cattle. 500 70 $500;
hogs. $500 to sG25; sheep, 500 TO
So. 80: wheat. No. red. TTc to 7Sc; cora.
No. =. ,5c 20 t5ic; oats. No. white,
&c 10 Ste. Iutter. creamery, &c 10 @4ci
Sggs. western. zoe &c e4C
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-05
Highly encouraging ar,
Chicago.

| o., Highly encouraging are
| UillCdlO. the reports from the indus
- trial field. Manufacturing
companies have good volume of bust
ness and in many lines are not selling
more only because they cannot make
more. Jobbing trade is satisfactory on
the whole. A touch of cold weather
would be welcomed in the Northwest to
draw the farmers from their active work
at home and turn their attention to fall
requirements. This would liyen up re-
tail trade, which is reported a little quiet
in some localities.
The railroads are doing business
heavy beyond precedent. We no longer
hear the loud complaints, common at
this time last year, when the situation
was not much worse, of the scarcity of
cars. With all the new equipment added
since then and with more coming into
use daily, the roads are still overtaNed.
The grain movement is affected seriously.
But shippers realize the situation better
now and are slower to lodge complaints.
In the Northwest it is believed that the
movement of coarse grains, the heaviest
ever known. has passed its maximum
point and that from this time on more
wheat will come instead. Country ele-
vator stocks are larger than at this time
last year, while wheat stocks in Mime
apolis and Dautt-are about lO000,0OC
bushels less than last year
There has been some slight growth of
reactionary feeling during the week due
to the recent sharp advance in wheat and
the fact that number of bearish items
are seen in the worlds statistics. The
heavy Russian wheat and rye crops are
dwell. upon as influences making for III
innate price depression, rs is the large
increase in Manitoba interior stocks and
the fact that in four weeks the worlds
visible supply of wheat increased 3J.S00,-
900 bushels. compared with an increase of
9,N10,001 bushels in the correspond
ing four weeks last year. Yet the facts
remain that there is scarcely any wheat
in store in Minneapolis and the movement
is not heavy. while the -four mills have
been grindhl" at a rate to make new rec
ords In -four production, and outside mill.
ers have also been heavy buyers in this
market. The fact that prices are not ton
high to do business in competition abroad
would seem clear from the continued ex-
port inquiry reported from day to day
and the exports of T.0G0.317 bushels
this week. the largest of any week fo@
more than Il year.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-05
NAMgs BAY oF THANKSGIVING.
President Issues Proclamation Desig-
mating NOV. 27.

President Roosevelt has issued his
proclamation designating Thursday, Nov.
=, as a day of thanksgiving The proc
iamation is rs follows
According to the yearly custom Of our
people. II falls upon the President at this
season 70 appoint Il day Of festival and
Thanksgiving to God.
Over a century and quarter has
passed since this country took its place
among the nations of the earth. and dur
ing that time we have had on the whole.
more to be thankful for than has fallen
70 the lot Of any other people. Genera-
ton after generation has grown to man
hood and passed away. Each has had
to bear its peculiar burdens. each to face
its special crises, and each has known
years of grim trial, when the country
was menaeed by malice. domestic or for
eign levy, when the hand of the Lord
was heavy upon it. in drought or Hood or
pestience, when in bodily distress and
anguish Of soul it paid the penalty Of
folly and forward heart.
Nevertheless, decade by decade. we
have struggled onward and upward; we
now abundantly enjoy material well be-
ing. and, under the favor Of the Most
High, we are striving earnestly to achieve
hoFii anu spiritual upIlItng. 1he year
thar has just closed has been one of
peace and of overlooking plenty. Rarely
has any people enjoyed greater prosperity
than we are now enjoying. For this we
render heartfelt and solemn thanks to
the Giver of Good; and we seek to praise
him, not by words only, but by deeds
by the way in which we do our duty to
ourselves and to our fellow men,
Now. therefore. l, Theodore Roose-
welt, President of the United States, do
hereby designate az a day of general
thanksgiving, Thursday. the 9th of the
coming November. and do recommend
that throughout the land the people cease
from their ordinary occupations. and IN
their several homes and places of wor-
ship tender thanks unto Almighty God
for the manifold blessings of the past
year.
In witness whereof | have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this
Goth day of October, in the year Of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and two,
and of the independence of the United
States the one hundred and twenty-sev-
enth.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
by the President:
''JOHN HAY Secretary of State"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-05
Note. of Current Events.

Claud Smith, aged Il years. was killed
by an elevator II the Planters Hotel at
Lee eenworth. Fan.
H. Il. Ferguson has been nominated IS
the Democratic candidate for delegate
10 Congress from New Mexico.
Mag John NJ. CrowcH. one of the pion-
GERS of Atchison. Kan. died after pa ID
ness lasting about two months.
Owing to a scarcity of boys girls have
lately been employed rs messengers IN
several Of the large cities of the country.
Enid. q. T. voted on issuing $l3.o09
water works bonds and $4,000 for sew
ers. Both propositions carried by large
majorities-
At the national convention Of he
Christian Church. at the Coliseum. Dc
hn. Neb., 1900 persons c0mmuned. Tie
vast audience was served with the So
rsRent IN % minutes
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-05

In spite Of the fact that arrests and
convictions for burglaries in postoffices
Increased materially last year. the crimes
increased in larger proportion. The an
nual report of j. l.. Bristow, fourth As
sistant Postmaster General, says there
were 1,746 robberies of postofllces, eleven
robberies of mail trains, sixteen Of mail
messengers. star route carriers and wag-
ons and 400 Of letter boses OF the total
of 1921 persons arrested for violating
laws 304 were connected with the postal
service, including 112 postmasters, Mr..
Bristow renews his recommendations that
a law be enacted requiring assistant post
masters, cashiers and other employees to
give bonds TO postmasters direct and that
postmasters be held responsible under
their own bonds for all acts and defaults
at their offices. An amendment OF the
interstate commerce law is urged 10 pro-
hibit telegraph and express companies or
their employees from aiding in green goods
or lottery swindles or similar schemes.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-05
HELD Up WITH LAUNDRY TICKET
Clever Thief DcspoiIs L Station Agent
in Unique Way.

On recent night young man succeed
ed in securing the entire receipts of the
day mt the Forty-scventh street station
of the South Side Elevated road in Chi
cago. through the medium of what after
ward turned out to be worthless laun-
dry check. Shortly after IL o'clock, dress
ed in regulation uniform. he approached
II. NJ. Polite, the ticket seller, and tossed
him piece Of paper with the remark
that he had called for the days collec-
tons. Polite handed the stranger S2l2
and he departed An examination Of the
mHn's credentials showed that piece of
a laundry check had been made use Of.
The police were notified. but no trace Of
the impostor was found.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-05
WESTERN UNION OWNS NEWS.
corporation Wins a Great Victory
Over National News Company.

'NN -NdtlOual NEWS Ipth pdnJs
An important principle of law was es-
tablished when Judges jenkins, Gross
cup, Baker and Bum of the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals in Chi
cago handed down an opinion to the ef-
feet that the Western Union Telegraph
Company has right of property in the
news which it gathers and that such right
does not cease when the news is published
on the tiekers rented to its patrons. In
laying down this new principle the Court
of Appeals afIirms two decisions of the
lower court and forever enjoins the Ma
tional Telegraph News Company, the
Illinois Commission Company and other
defendants from using the quotations in
question. The court holds in brief that,
while the printed matter on the tape of
the telegraph company is in no sense
copyrightable, yet the business in cues
ton involves the use of property. and its
service is not to he outlawed. The de-
cision is made to apply also in the case
in which tho Illinois Commission Com
pany is the defendant.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-05
HoLp.uP MEN SECURE 5000.
Wealthy Appleton Man Robbed on
the Street.

Wealthy Appleton Man Robbed on
the Street.
Martin Cornelius, a wealthy saloon
keeper of Appleton, Wis, was held up
and robbed of $4,000 late on recent
night, Cornelius reached the city '-bout
o o'clock from Oshkosh, where he had
taken the money intending to purchase
some real estate. Leaving ear at Pa
cifc and Bates streets, he met two men,
who confronted him and ordered him TO
throw up his hands. One of the men held
Cornelius hands to his back while the
other covered him with a revolver and
went through his pockets. The money,
which was in one roll and consisted Of
bills ranging in denomination from SO
to $500, was carried in his inside vest
pocket. After securing the roll the rob
bers warned Cornelius against making
an outcry. and then disappeared down Il
dark side street No clew to their iden-
tity has been found
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-05
SPECULATION IS A DANGER.

Marshall Field States Reckless Deal
ing Threatens Bust Stability.
Marshall Field of Chicago, who mas
been in Hartford, Conn, on a brief visit
20 his father. in an interview expressed
his opinions concerning the trade and
financial outlook. He stated that he saw
great danger in the reckless speculation
which hal distinguished the dealings in
the stock market for some little time past
and that he thought it was threatening
the business STABILITY of the country.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-05
Plan to STAY Christians.

1t is learned at Tangier, Morocco. that
the reason the Sultan had taken such sud
den and drastic measures against the
murderers of Mr.. Cooper, the English
missionary who was slain recently, was
due to the fact that he had been inform
ed of an immense anti-foreign plot TO
murder all the Christians in Fez which
would have been carried out had he
shown any WEAKNESS or vacillation.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-05
Bear Injuries a BOY.

At Happy Hollow, resort rear Hot
Springs, Ark. containing ZOO" Robert
Tatum, S years old, went near whore a
large black bear WIS chained and was
caught between the paws of the animal
The bear placed the boys head in his
mouth and started to crush his skull
when the animal keeper arrived and pried
omen the mouth of the benst
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-05
Banker NIissina-Bnnk Closed.

The sheriff of Taylor County, Iowa :
In search of II. e. Christensen. presiac.sr
of the Farmers and Merchants Bank Of
Sharpsburg. Iowa, who has been missing
for several days The bank has closed
its doors. and 1t is said the funds have
been depleted in sum between $4,000
and S50 OOO
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-05
Cnnrt nstains Strafton Will.

District Judge Seeds at Colorado
Springs handed down a decision overrul-
ing the action of the County Court in
appointing three administrators. and sus-
taining in every point the executors who
were named in the will of the late W. S.
Strattnn.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-05
Firemen Hnrt hy Rroken Ladder.

Six firemen were injured at Mnneapo-
lis in a fire ;hat entailed a damage e,ti-
Mated at $4,000 The six-story building
occupied by the Minneapolis Paper Com
pany and owned by J, c. Oswald X Co.
was destroyed. Capt George Smith # en-
CINE company No. 10 was leading a squad
of men up Il ladder on an adjoining true
ture on First avenue when the ladder
broke, precipitating six men to the
ground.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-05
KILLS DAUGHTERS LOVER.

Indiana Postmaster Shoots Soldier
Who Threatened to Stay Family.
Newton b. Staugh, postmaster Of Riy
erton, Ind. shot Herbert McCanuon, fir
ing one shot in his breast anC another in
the back of his head, death rtJultins al
most instantly. McCannon had been the
sweetheart # the postmaster's daughter
and had just returned from service in the
regular army. Miss Staugh and her
mother witnessed the shooting. it IS
claimed McCannon threatened to kill the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-05
Thrice Found an bezzler.

The federal grand jury at Louisville
rendered a verdict of guilty in the case
of ]. NJ. Mcknight, former president of
the defunct German National Bank of
Louisville, on the charge of embezzling
the banks funds. Mr.. Mcknight was
twice convicted and sentenced on this
charge. -
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-05
Mock Hanging becomes Real.

At Oxford, Miss, Emanuel C,ump, a
14-year-old negro boy who had witnessed
a recent hanging, secured plow line and
hung il over tree limb and arranged a
moose for a mock hanging of himself. He
Ctood ON milk jar and placed his head
In the moose In some manner he knock
ed the jar away and his mock hanging
developed into the genuine article.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-05
Exhume a Live Aliigetor.

Workmen digging cistern near TIE
Turkey creek pumping station in Kansas
City found an alligator in stratum cf
earth nine feet below the surface. The
sauran apparently was dead. but after
exposure to the air showed signs of life
and when placed in water began TO swim