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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-09-03
TO FRAME OHIO LAWS.
Special Session of the Legislature Is
Called to Order.

Called to Order.
The Ohio Legislature convened at 3
p. IN. Monday in extraordinary session
at Columbus, to enact laws for the gov
ernment of municipalities and to restore
lost jurisdiction to the Supreme Court,
these matters having been clouLe1i by
the action of that court early in the sum
mer.
Each branch of the General ASS m
bly, was called to order promptly, and
after roll call the Governors me. sage
accompanied by a municipal code bill
prepared under the directich of the chief
executive, was received Following this
resolutions were Offered on the death Of
William Bell, Jr, former Secretary OF
State and at the time of his death a mem
Der of the House. Adjournment was
then taken. In his message Gov. Nash
first called attention to the act passed
last May deprivng the Supreme Court
of nearly all the Appellate jurisdiction
formerly possessed by the court. The
repeal of the act is recommended.
Continuing. the message says: Dur
ing the last days of June the Supreme
Court of the State handed down several
decisions, which practically deprive our
lnuultlpdi governments VI al EOFfE HlitUt.
1t is apparent that this creates an cx-
traordinary situation, which needs a rem
edy at the earliest possible moment Con
stitutional gov eminent must be restored
to our cities and villages. The labor de-
manded of US is not so much work Of
construction as Of readjustment
The question now is not what we
think would be a model municipal gov
eminent, but what we can get consider
ing the constitutional limitations and all
the circumstances. The task must be Lp-
preached with a spirit of give and take
and with a determination to accomplish
something which will bring order out Of
chaos. 1t is time enough to attempt to
have our favorite ideas in regard 10 mu-
inequalities incorporated into law after
order has been res1red and when the
General Assembly has ample time at its
regular session to discuss and consider
.1sem"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-09-03
ENEMYS SHIPS TAKEN.
Mimic Naval War Ends with Surren-
der of PiIIsbury's Squadron.

The mimic naval war on tae New Eng
land coast ended Sunday morning with
the capture of Piiisbury's white squad
ron off Magnolia. Mass. by Rear Ad-
miral Higginson's fleet pilishury was
attempting TO steal into Salem harbor
when his vessels were sighted by Daniel
II. Staehe, the signal boy of the flagship
kearsarge, and soon the defending bat
tleships were racing to int cept the
enemy" The attacking ships were cor
nered and Pillsbury was forced to sur
render.
1t was daybreak when the signal boy
saw Pillsbury's ships steamng in the di-
rection of Salem. The Kearsarge, with
its consorts, the Alabama and the Mas
sachusetts, lying near by was anchored
close in to Thatchers Island and less
than three miles off Rockport
Piisbury was heading in northeast
and was about fifteen miles to the south
ward of the Kearsarge. Staehle knew
the enemy's ships and gave the alarm i'm
mediately. Ir ten minutes the kear-
sarge the Alabama and the Massacnu-
sets had anchors up and were headed
for the hostile squadron, going at a clip
ping rate. The big flagship got up a
tifteen-knot speed within few seconds
after it was started. Close behind came
the Alabama and Massachusetts.
Commander Pillsbury saw the game
was up and stopped is engines to wait
for his opponents to draw near. 1t was
AGO o'clock when the white squadron
was sighted. At o'clock the crews of
the blue were summoned TO quarters. At
5:35 Rear Admiral Higginson called on
Pillsbury to surrender Five minutes
later the commander of the squadron
gracefully complied. sending up a flag sig
nal to that effect.
Then the blue squadron hove TO and
Commander Pillsbury came aboard the
Kealsarge, where he and Rear Admiral
Higginson said pleasant things to each
other. When this was over the Kear-
sarge, the Alabama and the Massachu-
sets went back to Rockport to await
the reassembling of the entire fleet, dis.
patch boats being sent ont in the mean
time to gather in the guard and picket
vessels strung out along the coast be-
tween Portland and Cape Cod.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-09-03
PENNSYLVANIA COAL STRIKE.
Leaders Acknowledge that Indications
Point TO Long Struggle.

Much Importance is attached to the
calls Gen. Gobin receives from coal mine
operators, who spend hours with the gem
erai in going over the strike situation.
After having met i number of operators
Gen. Goblin said that he docs not see
any signs of a settlement
In fact he states that all indications
point more definitely 10 prolongation OF
the strike now than they did when he
first reached Shenandoah, Pa. He keeps
in touch with the strikers, as well as the
operators, and may be seen daily riding
over the hills with members of his staff
Along the road he frequently holds coz
versations with miners, all of whom dis
play a friendly feeling toward him per-
sonally.
There is no i'll feeling in Shenandoah
against the soldiers and the military has
become so popular that a movement has
been set afoot to start a company in that
town.
Senator Hama in Buffalo has admitted
that all hope Of persuading the anthra-
cite coal operators TO arbiTrate with the
strikers has been abandoned. IL have
exhausted all my efforts" said Senator
Hanna Il have done all in my power
and can do no more | will make no fur
Their attempts. for it would be useless"
He declared there was no chance Of Or
bitration so long rs only one side, the
miners, wore willing to arbitrate. He
gave it as his opinion that the miners will
not give in as long as they are able to
fight
ut win not be a short fight" said lie.
at will be prolonged and such prolonga-
ton will mean not only hardships for
the miners and the women and children
dependent on them. but il will have its
effect on the American people. The long.
er this struggle continues the greater will
be the increase in the price Of coal
President Roosevelt will be asked tC
call special session OF Congress to take
action TO end the coal strike. This was
decided at a meeting in New York of The
Central Federation Union, representing
$50 900 workingmen,
Russell Sage explained how ] Pier,
pont Morgan could end the coal strike
MIR. Morgan" said Mr.. Sage. ''is the
greatest man in the financial world OF
this country. No one can deny this, and
it is through this fact alone that he can
bring an end to the coal strike. His In.
fiuence is so great that all that it Is
necessary for him to do is to speak, de-
clare his mind on the subject and If IL
favors a termination of the strike il
would not be long before the miners
would resume work"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-09-03
FILIpINos ACTIVE IN MOUNTAINS
Natives, According TO Mail Advices,
Are Causing mich Trouble.

The Manila mail brings intelligence Of
The activity Of the insurgents in the
mountainous districts Of Tobacco, Mala-
nae and Tivi, in Albay province. The
rebels number 800 ard the native con
stabula-y is out daily.
At BaL'ayau. six natives were killed
and three Chinese carried off. A sick
constable at Malanao was captured and
his arms AMI legs were cut of The
American soldiers report that they IRE
unable to get any aid from the natives.
not even guides being furnished
In the viciIit. Of Malolos the chief
amusement Of the Ladrones seems 10 ne
to annoy the land tax department. In
the town Of Pulilan the deputy WAS fred
on half dozen different times. At last
accounts vital spot had not been
reached.
Guevarra. the ex-insurgent, is reported
TO be doing splendid work for the civil
authorities in samar When military rule
was discontinued q band OF Diosdes re
visited their rendezvous. They we're pre-
pairing 20 move against the civil authori-
ties when Guevsrrs sent them word to
disband unless they wanted the crows
70 feed on the4r earcasses." They obeyed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-09-03
CITY SPRINGS Up in A NIGHT.
Oklahoma Prairie blossoms Into
Thriving Town in "a Hours.


Thomas City, o. r.. with $500 popu-
lation, has leaped forth city without
the preliminary stages Of hamlet, village
or town. In fact, over night it came into
actually. What a few days ago was
virgin prairie OF Custer County is now
the site Of a city which promises to grow
and prosper.
A few days ago the inhabitants were
touring on trains through Kansas and
Oklahoma. To-day they are enthusiastic
boomers of the new city.
Thomas City was born in the brains Of
some Missouri land promoters. They or
ganjzed and secured for ii resting place
on 1he bosom Of mother earth and then
proceeded to find the inhabitantr for IT,
The latter We're secured before 40 city
was brought into actually, so far Us a
loca habitation is concerned.
Lots were generously sold and to-day
Thomas City has its daily newspaper, its
financial and mercantile institutions and
all those features which 80 to make up
municipality, including the machinery OF
government Yet when the inhabitants
arrived not one knew where his lot was
to be. how yalua de or for what avail
able.
Thomas City's inhabitants met for the
first time at Kansas City, where they en-
trained for their new home. They fra
ternized at once, for no one knew who
would be his next door neighbor.
A unique plan was followed in organ
izing the town II was on paper and
the lots sold at the NJ 'orm price Of $40,
"unsight and unseen" Consequently no
man knew when he arrived whether he
was to have the choicest plat in town or
to get the outermost corner. The site
committee reserved every other lot and
these viii be sold TO future settlers at
an advanced price.
The day following the arrival Of the
settlers the drawing OF the lots occur
red, and although some did not secure
as good location as they had hoped there
was no complaint.
The site is now dotted with tents, and
shacks are going up rapidly The ma
terial Of the printing Office, the fixtures
for the three banks, the stock for the
stores and shops were all on hand. and
the town vprane into existence without
any unnecessary excitement
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-09-03
Nemn OF Minor Note.

Prince Chen says Roosevelt is "a fine
ruler Of fine people"
Santa Fe train No. struck and killed
Walter Oldham at Sibley, No.
The President has appointed John +.
Richardson Of Kansas. United States
consul at Utiila, Honduras
The old soldiers and settlers Of Doug
las County, Kan. will hold their annual
reunion at Ava Sept. 10 10 10.
The first Missouri district Republicans
nominated Lee 7. Robinson OF UniOnville
for Congress By reclamation.
The engagement Of Reginald Vanderbilt
and Miss Csthleen Gebhard Nelson has
been announced at Newport, r. !.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-09-03
EPIGRAMS FROM ROOSEvELT's SPEECHES.

The man who lives simply. and justly,
and honorably, whether rich or poor, is
good citizen.
In the long run the only kind Of help
thar really ayails is the help which
teaches a man to help himself.
Almost all Of our great Presidents have
been brought up in the country. and most
of them worked hard on the farms.
The country districts are those in which
we are sureSt to find the Old American
spirit.
Our duty will force as TO see that more
power is conferred on the national gov
eminent.
believe that the nation must assume
power Of trust control by legislation.
and if it becomes evident that the Con
stitution will not permit needed legsla
ton, then by constitutional amendment,
There is clearly need of supervision
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-09-03
London statistics.

In London a child is born every three
minutes and death * registered every
five minutes The city contains 100
railway stations. 5000 omnibuscs. l.
0Oe hansoms. 1900 cabs and 700
tram cars Daily 100000 persons
travel on underground railways. Elev-
en- railway bridges span the Thames
$50 letters weekly. walking q distance
equal to twice The circumference Of the
globe. There ARE 16@D miles Of over
bead telegraph wires aud the number
III telegraph message received in Lon
don last year WIS over G.O00OJ0. Nine
IS million gallons Of water are con-
Sumed daily.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-09-03
NEw PHlLlPPINE COINS.
Successful Design Was Submitted by
Native of the Islands.

Designs have been approved for the
new subsidiary coins to be put into circu-
lation in the Philippines The designs are
the work Of Filipino artist named ri
gueroa. On the diverse side If he coin
appears female figure in flowing robes,
with hair streaming 10 her shoulders.
Her left hand reposcs on her bosom.
while her right holds hammer which
rests upon an anvil. In the rear appears
a smoking volcano. a representation of
dhe Mayor volcano in LUzpn. Above this
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-09-03
Dc soto station.

Leave st. p Exp. except Sunday. 7:os N,
Going3 La Crosse EXP. ex. Sunday, IA D M.
North Accommodation {ex. Sun } $3.50 nc 4
Leave fChi.& ST. Louis EXP ex Sum- 1:O8 3 n ,
Going Dubuque Exp, Except SUM- 7:e0 D N
South Accommodation lex Sunday s;sO a N
tT- For tickets, rates. maps, etc. apply txse
Local agents at above stations
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-09-03
Fl P. PROCTOR, r. r. PACKARD.
President Cashier
VERNON COUNTY BANK.
$4,000 CPITAL..
Does General Banking and Fire
Insurance Business.
4 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Tim o
Deposits.
Fl. P. PROCTOR, G. 8. SMITH,
r. J. RoSENFELD, II. l. REED,
Directors
RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
: B. q 0. r. r. TINE CARD.
Rtocidard statIon.

Leave st, 3. EXP. Except sunday,l 7:4i a me
Going La Crosse Exp. lex. Sunday s;i9 y MS
North Accommodation tez. Sum- S;f2 D rs
Leave Chi. & st, Louis Exp.lex SUM 12ssl . IT.
Going Dubuque Exp. lex. sunday 7:0a D m
South Accommodations. sunday AsSA D Es'
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-09-03
NInforv Station.

Leave st. p. Exp Except Sunday tue n nt
Going La Crosse Exp. lex sunday ass "a
North Accommodation lex, Sunday A,AD , M
Leave Chi. & t.Louis Exp,Hx. SUM- f2sss > m
Going1 Dubuque EXP. (excUaB SUM- 7;12 D n
South Accommodation lex. Sunday e;AS = N
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-09-03
MUST RULE TRUSTS
Roosevelt Says the Nation Should
Be Supreme.
CONTROL Is NEEDED.
II Congress Lacks the Power, Then
Change the Constitution.

Corporations a Blessing When Man
aged in the Right Way, and Aid in
Building Up a Country Poor Are
Not Poorer than Formerly, but the
Rich Are Much Richer-Men of Lit
tie Wealth ought Not to Rail at
Others from Envy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-09-03
Genoa station

Leave st. P. EXP Except Sunday 7;zp n ID
Going La Crosse Exp, lex. Sunday sen . M
North Accommodation(ex. sunday $40 rs
Leave Chi. g. ST Louis Exptsx. SUM- 1871 M
Going Dubuque EXp. except sum- 7:9 p 10
South Accommodations. Sunday s:s m
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-09-03

need to exercise the mower of regula-
ton on the part Of the representatives
of the wherever, as in our eoun-
try al the present time, business corpora
lions become so very strong, both for
beneheent work and for work that is
not always benedcent.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-09-03

Under present day conditions Il Is as
nee ssary TO have corporation in the bust
ress world as it is to have organization
among wage workers. But we have a
right TO ask in each case that they shall
do good and not harm.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-09-03

design appears the denomination Of the
coin and below the word 'Fihpinas.' On
the reverse is a simple American shield,
bearing the Stars and Stripes with an
eagle perched above the words Il uited
States Of America" aud the date.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-09-03
TOURS NEW ENGLAND.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT VISITS
MANY CITIES.

Hearty Receptions Accorded to the
Nations Executive Speaks AbDut
Trusts-Says Organization is Good,
but Advocates Publicity.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-09-03

1t is useless to rail at the great growth
in industrial civilization.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-09-03

The full light of day is great dis
courager of evil. When publicity is OBJ
tanned it would then be possible to see
what further should be done in the way OF
trust regulation,
We face many diff cult problems as a
result of progress.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-09-03

DO not aDxiously expect what is not
yet come: do not vainly regret what is
already past.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-09-03

Potatoes form the worlds greatest
single crop. 4000CO0000 bushels being
produced annually. equal in bus 10 the
entire wheat and corn crops.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-11

and it has been estimated that his win
nings on that one race aggregate $780,
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-11
SOIL WAS NOT coNeENIAL.
One Reason Why Peach Orchard Did
Not MateriaIize.

NOT Materiallze.
1t was Aunt Rebecca's first visit to
her niece, city girl, who had married
a few years before and begun house
keeping in a pretty town in southern
Michigan.
Myrtle" she said. looking out of
the kitchen window one morning, you
have a fine patch of ground here that
seems to be going to waste. Why
don't you plant peach trees? They
grow beautifully in this climate"
mo, aunty." replied the young wife,
''the soil is too poor. have tried it.
You remember those canned peaches
you sent me year before last? They
were the finest | ever saw-fner than
any that grow here. Wel,1 saved the
stones, and without saying anything
to Robert about it planted them out
there in the yard; but not one of them
ever came up-not single one!"
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-11

Pretty southern maiden, aged 23,
height feet inches, weight 140,
worth $4,000, well educated and re-
fined, wants Immediately good, re-
liable husband"
Gentleman, age 2S, height feet 10
inches, weight 165, worth $4,000 in
cash and will inherit 100000 more,
wants to marry in the early spring a
wife who would not be opposed to a
wedding trip to China and Japan. No
objection to working girl or widow"
AS an inducement to patrons to try
their luck insthe matrimonial market
most of the agencies have stock" let
ters setting forth the marriages al
ready brought about by them. Here
is the claim of one, and by some
strange chance the same names ap-
pear in the literature of the other con-
Germs:
Mrs. jackson, a Boston widow
worth S65, 900, married James r. Kelly,
a poor man.
Thomas Schaefer, poor sailor,
married widow in San Diego, CaLy
worth $25,000."
Mrs. Mary Bentley, a New York
widow worth 100000, married John
Wells, a poor mechanic"
That many persons invest their So
or IS on chance of getting fortune
and a spouse was shown by thousands
of letters of application found in the
different offices.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-11
Fourteen Years IN a Plasty.

A wealthy farmer, named Leopold
Stix kept his brother a prisoner in a
pitch-dark pigsty for fourteen years in
order to appropriate the latters share
of his inheritance.
The victim of this barbarous treat
treatment lost his reason and became
thoroughly animalized by long confine
ment under bestial conditions. His
body was covered with thick crust
of filth, and he lost the power of
speech, crawled on his hands and
knees, and ate from the ground like
a pig.
Chance led to the discovery, and the
inhuman brother mas been arrested
Vienna correspondent London Ex-
press
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-11
Colonel Foster.

mander-in-chief. Milwaukee was
chosen as the next meeting place. Col.
Foster appointed Capt. ]. ]. Cairns Of
Chicago as adjutant general He also
appointed Capt. James o. Fried of
Youngstown, o., as quartermaster
general Headquarters will be estab-
lisned in Chicago.
A resolution was unanimously
passed favoring a consolidation of the
Spanish-American war veterans and
the Spanish war veterans. A commit
tee was appointed to confer with a
committee from the Spanish war vet
Grams with full authority to complete
the union.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-11

bn so almost absolutely secluded
I'M the public view, or at least from
blic knowledge, that most people
Pbably thought he had died some
he ago. In his day he was the most
|minent figure in American financial
fles. He was born at Sandusky, o..
|1S21. and began his active business
with E. W. Clark & Co., bankers,
philadelphia In 1858, in connec-
h with his sons, he established the
lat house of Jay Cooke & Co. This
Is before the days of great captains
Industry, trust promoters and multi
|lionaires, and yet his financial OPP
|tions were on great scale. 1t was
small operation to handle the
yer part of the $4,000 100000 bonds
| ed by the government during the
| of the rebellion, but he did it cas-
| and most successfully. His next
ortant venture was not so success
| for, after promoting several minor
erprises, he undertook the financial
lagement of the Northern Pacific
road construction. A financial de-
;sion ensued in 1878. The house
Id and disastrous panic ensued.
Cooke, however, saved something
|of the wreck and retired to Ogontz,
where he spent the remainder of
|iays so quietly that he had almost
forgotten.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-11
PROJECT FOR NATIONAL PARK.
Camden County, Missouri, Offers |
Many Advantages.

A project is on foot in Missouri for
the establishment of a national reser-
walton in Camden county, in that
state. There is a rare combination
in that county of mountains, rivers,
valleys, caves and springs, and wild
animals are still abundant. The
county is traversed by the Usage and
Niangua rivers. the scenery along
which is extremely beautiful. One of
the caves is 1000 feet long, and at
one place 120 feet wide and sixty feet
high. Another extensive cave has
width of 200 feet. A noted spring
rising at the foot of a mountain is
120 feet wide and eighteen feet deep,
and forms lake covering several
acres. In the same region are many
waterfalls.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-11

Five matrimonial agencies were Wis
Eted recently by detail of Chicago de-
tectives.
The methods of conducting the mat
fimonial agencies would be a shock to
the patrons of these concerns. stock"
letters and stock" photographs were
the rule. The letters found in the
various offices were so similar as to
Suggest a common author, and the
Fame photographs of handsome women
Rnd prosperous appearing men were
found in use in the several agencies.
If the correspondent is pleased with
he photograph sent he is asked to
register as a member of the CLUB" and
o forward the fee-s5 for men desir-
ng wives, and So for women desiring
husbands.
Letters were found in abundance in
Which the writer's had inclosed their
wn photographs for exchange. That
ome of the correspondents were not
leased with the attention paid them
fter their money had been paid was
hown by the large number of protests
bund among the letters.
Among the various good things" Of
bred by the agencies to their cores
ondents in their stock letters are:
Young widow without kith or kin.
ut lover of home and children, and
worth in cash and city property at
East $S9, 900, left her by a deceased
usband."
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-11

Central station detectives recently visit
ed number of Chicago matrimonial bu-
reaus and made two raids and some
rests. Among the articles confiscated
were several stock photographs of
young women and men of engaging ap-
pearance. These pictures. the detectives
believe. are used by the bureaus to
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-11
FAMOUS BEAUTY OF SARATOGA
Mrs. John A. Drake, Wife of Fortunate
Turf Speculator.

Mrs. Drake was the reigning beauty
at Saratoga, where her husband, Mr..
]. A. Drake of Chicago, was a partner
with his friend, Mr.. John w. Gates, in
some bold specuIations on the race
track. Mr.. brakes horse Savable af-
terward won the great Futurity stakes