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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-12-30

NOTICE.-The annual meeting Of the
stockholders of the VIRGINIA TITLE COM
PANY will be held at the cOmpany's office,
102 south Fairfax street, Alexandria, Va, at
s p. NJ, MONDAY, January 9TH: 1903.
WORTH HULFlSH,
noy27 w4wtb Secretary and Treasurer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-12-30

The annual meeting Of MECHANICS
BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS, Nos. 2, 3, 4
and 5, and No. o, second series OF Alex
andria. Va. win be held at No. 2l2 King
street, on THURSDAY, January I, 1903, at
7:30 O'Clock p. M.
~ f. F. MARBURY, Secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-12-30
MEETINGS

THE ANNUAL MEETING Of the stock
holders Of the AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE
APPLIANCE COMPANY viii be held at its
Office 21S King street, Alexandria. Va, on
WEDNESDAY, December 81, 1902, at 2 p. NJ.
decl7 I'd T. /. SCHARF Secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-12-30

NOTICE.-The annual meeting Of the
stockholders Of the GEORGE w. KNOX
EXPRESS COMPANY will be held at ten
A. NJ. THURSDAY, January lst, 1908, at Che
Office Of the company, No. III south Fairfax
street, Alexandria, Virginia.
deci6 I'd NJ. X. LINN, Secretary.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-02-12
WOULD SHOOT AGED woRKMEN
Labor Delegate Makes Startling Pre-,
position on Age Limit.

A State law providing for the legal
killing of all workingmen over 45 years
Of age who are unable to support them
selves was the startling recommendation
made by William f. Mclean. q machin-
ist. at a session Of the Chicago Federation
of Labor.
William Besson, secretary Of the Boii
ermakers' District Council, in q commu-
nication to the Federation, stated that
many manufacturer. railroad aud ship
building companies had fixed the age
limit Ut 30 years. and asking II anything
could be dorC 10 prevent such raes be-
ing carried ont.
If the State can pass a law prohibit
Ing cruelty to animals it ought 10 maks
a law to protect humanity" declared Del.
egate Mclean. III it cannot. then il
should pass a law providing that 81!
warkingmen unable TO support themselves
after reaching the age Of 40 years be
legally shot"
The question was made special oraef
EaE tbs Ee<t meetAz
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-02-12
SMOOTH COINS GOOD MONEY
Court Decision Requires street Gar
Conductors 10 Accept Them.

Street car conductors must accept sill
yer or nickel coins rendered by pasSen-
gers, no matter how smooth" the coins
may be 1his is the effect VI an opinion
handed down Friday by Judge Ryan oc
St. Louis, in which he oyerFued the
Transit Co.'S motion for a new trial in
the case ~ John L Ruth A jury gave
the plaintiff a verdict for $1,000. because
be was elected from car by a conduc-
tor ~ whom he gave smooth" nickel in
payment 81 his fare Tho Transit COM
pany contended the conductors act ex-
cusable on account OF his believing the
nickel bad.
Judge Ryan said: There is no such
thing Is a nickel Of less than full face
value. \ gold coin may be worth less
than its face value, because OF abrasion
or loss Of weight, but this Is not 80 Of "A
nickel. | think, on principle, Che carrier
should be held 70 the rule, if 1t elects
passenger who ten4ers good coin it
does 80 ~ its peril Il is better that
the conductor, II in doubi, should receive
the coin than to establish rule Of law
which would permit him to eject pas
senger who tenders a 70 81 coin aud then
plead as an excuse he thought 1t was
bad. Ia this case his pl'a does not go 80
TAR. be only rejects II because It was
smooth.' He never claimed it was bad.
His act was me : hantOn and capricious
rejet ton Of the only piece Of money Ire
pLaiasiH had at the time"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-02-12
WATERBURY IN RUINS.
Business Section of Connections City
Wiped Ont by Fire.

For ten hours Sunday night and Mon
day morning flames, famed by high
wind, held sway over the business see
ton OF Waterbury. Conn. causing loss
that will exceed 100000 Nearly AL
the hrst buildings standing in a space
bounded on the north by Exchange place.
ON the west by Bank street on the south
by Grand street and on the east by
South Main street were wiped out.
The first fire, which started in the
store of the Reid & Hughes Dry Goods
Company. on Bank street. was not con
Sdered under control before 100000
worth of property had been destroyed.
About the time the fremen supposed
they had subdued the flames a second
FIRE brole out in the Scovi House, the
city's ltadng hotel. remodeled by the
late Judge Il. C. Lewis few years ago
at an expense of about $4,000. and the
establishment was wrecked. The occu-
pants of the hotel were compelled TO
seek the streets in their night clothes.
With the ringing OF second alarm
the entire city was thrown into a panic.
There was a fierce gale, and sparks from
the burning hotel We're driven in lurid
showers over a great area. The occu-
pants of buildings in the path Of the
wind prepared TO leave. Although the
Waterbury fire department was rein
forced from nearby cities it was impos-
sible for slime to stay the progress of
the flames.
The FIRE buried over four acres OF the
city's Test business section. Among the
prominent buildings destroyed are the
block occupied by the Reid & Hughes
Company, the plant of the Waterbury
American, the Masonic Temple, the SEQ
vii and Franklin houses, the w. L. Doug
las Shoe Company, the johnson Block,
the Salvation Army Workingmens Home
ana scores of other buildings. About a
hundred business houses are burned out.
During the night the Mayor was in
communication with Gov. Mclean and
| the militia was called out Companies
A and &, containing about 100 men, were
detailed about the fire district The city
was practically under martial law, the
blue uniforms OF the guardsmen appear
| ing on every side. The armory, The city
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-02-12
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81 GKlHRSS}}'S5;SGI;;

William A. Barber, once Attorney Gen
eral of South Carolina, now practices
law in New York.
Lieut.. Peary is a graduate Of Bowdon
College and while there was considered
the best aIl-around athlete among the stu
dents.
Joseph jefferson is a member of the
Sunshine Society, having joined the Pu
rina branch in ST. Louis while play
ng in That city.
Samuel T.. Allen of Salt Lake City,
owns a Wycliffe Bible, one Of the first
books printed in England. The volume
S at least 300 years old.
Mrs. Benjamin Harrisoa's library. col
lected by her husband during his illus
trious career OF more thar t5.ty years IN
public life. is the r.Jst complete and
valuable private collection west Of the
Hudson river.
In the death # Mrs. Charlotte A. Sib-
ley. widow OF the late John Lansdon
Siblpy, who was librarian Of Harvard
University from 1856 70 1877, an estate
estimated to be WORTH more than Sl01oOO
will revert to the Massachusetts Hist9ri-
ca! Society under Mr. Sibley's will.
Milan N. Hubert OF New York, who
has just been appointed chief Of the de-
pa. ment Of manufacturing Of he
Worlds Fair at ST. Louis, represented
the United States in Paris in 1900, and
for his services was decorated by the
French government
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-02-12


In the days of our forefathers. when
ereameries VIE unknown. the milk
was set III cold water or the cellar, and
the Team allowed to rise. Most of
the cream used on the farm to-day is
obtained by this method. What causes
the cream TO rise is a difference in
specific gravity or weight of it and
the rest of the milk. la the cream
separator centrifugal force is used in
stead of grayitation. The force ap-
piled in the separator bowl the manu-
featuring companies claim to be seven
hundred times as great as the force of
gravitation. and thus you see why the
skim-milk from the separator contains
Il smaller percent of butter fat than
the skim-milk from which the cream
has been allowed to rise, and this is
one reason why it is more profitable to
patronize creamery than to make the
butter on the farm Another thing to
be considered is that the creamery
man. being skilled in the art of max
ing butter. is able 10 make a better
article than as a rule is produced on
the farm. and then he can ship it
where 1t will command the highest
price. while the farmer has 10 sell at
local prices. which is usually several
cents below creamery prices.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-02-12
NEWS FROM
OUR COLONIES.
]ooNONoNoNo~No~o

Pedro Blaza. an cnterprisng Filipino ia
Manila, has just learned of the downfall
of the Southern confederacy Blaza was
ambitious to relieve the financial stua-
ton in the Philippines. He had heard
of the efforts OF the Philippine commis-
sion to secure the passage by Congress
of currency law for the Philippines,
and he felt the lack Of funds. When he
came into possession Of several large
packages Of confederate notes he con-
Guided that he held the solution Of the
money problem. He took no one iho !isi
confidence and the officials IN Manila
continued to ciamor for currency law,
ignorant for a time that Baza was work.
ing diligently 10 increase the amount OF
money in circulation. Then came "a com
paint from one OF The banks that they
had received great many confercdate
500 bills from native and Chinese mer-
chants According to report received
at the War Department the complaints
became more numerous. and n denly it
was realized that the cit ad been
flooded with notes Of the 1feredacy.
The detectives went 10 work, but for a
time were unable to find the souree of
supply The secret service was called
upon and captured Blaza He protested
1t was good money hut the willy Filipino
failed to convince the Manila authori-
ties. The food Of counterfeit money has
subsidized.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-02-12
ious people in the country. The table

DR.. Carroll says he finds it exceedingly
difficult to get statistics of Mormons.
He believes there are 100000 of them
in Utah and adjacent States, and thinks
Mormon missionaries in the East, Of
whom there are said to be 1,4O0. made
G5, 900 converts last year. He also hnds
the smaller religious bodies to be making
no Roadway Conditions seem to be that
the great bodies grow greater, with some
exceptions, and the smaller ones smaller.
An amusing fact brought out by DR..
Carroll is the tenacity of religious bodies.
no matter what the encouragement.
There are twelve kinds of Presbyterians.
Year before last the twelfth kind had
only one minister and handful of mem
bers Last year the minister died, but
the handful Of members are still faith
full and will probably remain so. They
call themselves Reformed Presbyterians
In the United States and Canada.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-02-12

guards Mrs. Soffel. the jailer's wife,
aided them TO escape. She furnished
Them with saws, reyolvers and clothing.
then fled with the murderers, She was
infatuated with Ed Biddle. Officers were
at once put on the trait Of the dcSpera-
does and rewitvd Of $4,000 was offered
for their capture. dead or alive.
Eight officers in TWO sleighs chased the
/ Biddles ana Mrs, Soffe. nearly all OF
Friday. coming close enough 10 open fire
on them late in the afternoon, on couu-
/ try road two miles esSt of Prospect The
/ biddles were in sleigh. stolen at Prr.ys-
/ vile, and returned the fire,
| Ed Bidde was wounded three times
! and John riddled with buckshot. Mrs.
! Soffel was wounded in the breast. The
theory is, and il is corroborated by their
/ deathbed stories, the two desperadoes,
knowing they would be captured, then
| tried TO end their own lives. Officers
! picked up the wounded trio from the
/ bloodstained snow and conveyed them
/ to Butler. The escape of the ohiosrs j.
| marvellous, Not one was Injuries
! Both John and Ed Bjddle did % ,aeir
| wounds during the nighf an. Mrs.
I Soifel's condition was tho 1t ia be crit
ical. symptoms Of pneumonia having de-
/ veloped.
/ As long as he was able Jack Bddle
was extremely laxative. and was at
times boastful But as soon as the shad-
ow of death began to fall upon him and
he recognized it he became repentant. lie
denied TO the last that either he or his
brother committed the murder for which
they wn~a sentenced = death. The dee.
larafiou by Edward Brddle that he did
not shoot Detective Fitzgerald and was
not implicated in the kahney murder is
ivsn no credence by Supt. Dem
mel and officers who are familiar with
the case. The kahney murder, Biddl,
alleged, was committed by Walter Dor
! aau, assisted by a man who had that
day come from Chicago, and the Seebers
/ woman, who put on man S suit. This
/ Biddle said. she had often done before
when she had assisted them in their rob
berries.
Former Jail Warden Soffel Of Pittsburs
made the statement that he had been I'M
der the influence of ehloroform DURING
the night when the Biddles broke jail
! Mr. SofleI believes the anesthelic was ad
mnistered by his wife. He said Il an
glad my wife was captured with then
and hope she viii be given just punish
ment for her part IN the crime"
Mrs. SoiTei's story.
Mrs. Soifcl told Detective Swinehar
that she and the Biddles intended goins
TO Toledo.
Boys" said she, when she had par
TALLY recovered, Tor Gods sake don
desert me now, take me with you" Late
she told Detective Swiuehart that the!
only had small sum OF money witt
them.
At the jail Mrs. Soffel said "My fu
ture is now clear. | left my husban,
and children for n purpose which
thought was Just. Ed told US he was in
nocent of the charges for which he wa
'ucarcerated. | listened TO Eds plan
and stood in front Of the cell while n
sawed the bars. We went TO Aleghen.
but about the journey from that plac
until we were found by the detectives
will not talk.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-02-12
WAR TAXES ARE TO GO.
Bill for Their Repeal Ordered Prepared
by Committee.

ny 1Otu
The ways and means committee, by
unanimous vote, instructed Chairman
Payne to prepare a bill repeating all the
war taxes except the tax ON mixed -four.
The action taken was in the form of a
resolution to the effect that the bill
should provide for the repeal of the re-
naming war taxes, to take effect on
July l, 1902, except that the repeal of
the duty on tea should go into effect
Jan. /, 1903. The only division in com
mittee was on amendments proposed by
Democratic members. Richardson pro-
posed an amendment to put trust-made
articles on the free list.
This was defeated by party vote,
as was the amendment Of Robertson of
Louisiana to continue the tax on bucket
shops" Newlands of Nevada offered
two amendments. one excepting from the
repeal the tax on petroleum. and sugar
refneries, and another imposing tax Of
one-tenth of ! per cent on the gross re-
ceipts of any industrial corporation hav-
ing receipts of S1.000000 annually. Both
amendments were defeated by party
votes.
Chairman Payne made the following
treasury now has an available cash bal
ance of something over STA 100000. 1t
is not likely thai this will be increased
materially during the present fiscal year.
as the treasury is buying bond at a rate
that will use up the surplus to accumu
late between this and the end Of the ifs
cal year, June 30 next. The Secretary
of the Treasury's report estimated a sur
plus for this year of $100.000000. and
subsequent results seem to confirm this
estimate, The committee, therefore,
thought it was entirely safe 10 repeal the
remainder of the war revenue taxes,
amounting to SGS,000.000 and the tax
on tea of $4,000, 600 in the aggregate
ST. 100000, at this time.
This will still leave a surplus esti-
mated upon this years receipts and ex-
penses OF 500 000,0 or $23 100000 for
the year, while we viii start upon the
next fiscal year with S174,000,000 avail
able cash in the treasury"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-02-12
The LirI,tninc Rod.

Hundreds of farmers have been swim
died by the lightning rod agents. pay
ing for the rods much more than fair
price. and in some eases giving notes
for them when they thought that they
were only signing receipt for a GER
tain amount of rod. which would be %
moved If they were not satisfied to keep
it at the end Of certain time. But
ihis does not disprove the efficacy OF
the rod to protect from lightning when
II is properly put on and connected With
the moisture OF the earth \ lightniR-
rod or a conductor should run from
every wire fence about once in fifteen
or twenty rods. going six or seven feet
into the earth. as the electricity often
follows the wires for considerable
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-02-12
Hints Ahnuf Hogs.

1t is better to try to prevent disease
than It is to try to cure 1t.
To be successful in swine growing the
hogs should be kept improving.
These items are not written with hog
pen. Out by experienced gained through
ore
Corn is all right as n staple food for
the hogs. where the trouble comes In is
IN making it the only food.
Be careful about feeding new corn,
as it is after the excessive feeding Of
this that cholera makes its appearance.
any number Of farmers have made a
success out of the hog business. What
one man has done another man can do.
If be be so inclined.
The early buyers secure the tops.
They always get their pigs early and
have them acquainted with their new
homes long before breeding season
opens
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-02-12
Farming on a Big Scale.

In no locality has modern steam
farming machinery been applied with
such effectiveness as upon the grain
ranches in southern California. On one
ranch the engine used to draw the ma
chinery is of 50-horse power. and has
drive wheels eight feet high. 1t con
sumes II barrels of oil every day, and
its operation requires the services of
seven men. In blowing. 80 burrows ag-
gregating 40 feet in width, are turned
at one time
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-02-12
distance. and when it leaves them may
go several rods along the surface of the
ground to reach man or beast
Ensilage or Roots.

The cost of growing corn. cutting it
and putting 1t in the silo. has been
variously reported at almost all Jig
ures from 81 to So per ton. We do
not doubt but that it has been done
for the smaller sum when the land has
been made rich and well cultivated,
and the most modern improvements
We're at hand TO do the work. but we
think fair average would be nearer
double that with the ordinary farmer,
even in a favorable season. But there
are not many who would like to grow
roots for feeding to stock at that price,
Certainly we know of none who would
grow them to sell at that price. and
few who would care to grow them at
81 per ton il they could grow other
crops and find a ready cash market
for them As regards the value of
them an average of the various roots
show that the same amount of each
fed with equal ratiOns of hay and
grain resulted a little in favor of the
roots, but this was more than off
set by the two facts that the roots
cannot be kept in as good condition
for late spring or summer feeding as
can the ensilage, ana that there is
more apt to be crop failure from
drought or other car Ses with the roots
than with the corn. The droughts of
the past two years have led many to
believe that having ensilage to feed in
the summer when pastures are grow
ing poorer is of almost as much i'm
portance, and some say more, than
having it in the winter--Massachu-
sets Ploughman.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-02-12
Rye for Pigs,

In Germany they tested rye as food
for pigs in comparison with barley. In
some cases the pigs refused it alto
gether, and when given in large
amounts it was not eaten readily AS
a single ration it should not be CON
tinued long. and it ought in all cases to
be soaked or carefully ground 1t gave
best results when fed with other feed
ing stuff that has larger percentage
of fibre more protein and less of the
carbohydrates. 1t is not a good CON
centrated food for young cattle or
hogs
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-02-12
Adapt Fruit to the Locality.

Ealat az inc
We notice iG our reports of the fruit
trade and the apple export trade that
Western" Ben Davis are usually spec
flied as bringing the highest prices
paid for that variety, while Maine"
Baldwins rank above Baldwins from
any other section. Now Ben Davis are
grown in Maine. and Baldwins in
some of the Western sections, but they
do not attain the highest degree of ex-
cellence in either case. We would
advise Eastern farmers to stand by
the old sorts that have done so well
by them when they have been well
cared for. The Baldwin Rhode Island
Greening, Snow. Jonathan, and SUIT
toms Beauty are always in demand.
and grow well in all the Northeastern
States So for early fruit do the Red
Astrachan and Gravenstein. In some
soils King and Newtown Ptppin thrive,
but not in all, the latter doing better
in the Middle States. They are all
good enough for table use. sell well.
tite for more just like them. Let the
Southern and lower Middle West have
a monopoly of the Ben Davis the
Black Twig and the Arkansas Black if
they wish. Let the Russian varieties
go to the far North. where they can
not grow a decent apple. if there is
such n place. and let some hundreds
of other varieties go where the wood
may serve as fuel, and then give more
care to pruning. fertilzing, thinning
and spraying what are left, and get
more profit from less labor.-American
EulfiVator
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-02-12

time the grindstOne should be cOnsid-
cred machine tool. with good light; no
meagre, misery driblet of water, trick
ling from toy pail, on its honest and
homely face, but steady stream that
pours at the point of tool application. l
have had it on very good authority that
a grindstone should not run fast
enough to spatter the water around the
machine. but it is better to provide for
the flying fluid another way and drive
the machine full speed"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-02-12
The AppIe Crop,


The American apple crop is rapidly
becoming the leading crop of the Uni
ted States so far as actual returns are
concerned, and our exports of these
fruits are growing larger and more val
liable every year. says Massachusetts
Ploughman. No grain or other farm
product is more generally or more wide
ly cultivated than the apple This fruit
is by all odds our national fruit. 1t is
raised from Maine to Florida now, and
from the Atlantic to the Pacific 1t is
eaten in every American home almost
the year round. and England and Ger
many are rapidly initiating us in the
matter Of consumption. Our apples sell
better in the European markets than
any of the continental fruits, and the
prices thus obtained help to swell the
returns to our farmers on lands where
wheat and corn fail through drouth, OF
where these cereals cannot be raised
successfully.
The question of improving the quail
ty of our apples, and increasing the
yield, is one that more farmers are act
ually interested in than that of improv
ing corn or wheat. Injury to the apple
crop may not cause such ruinous dis
aSter to some few States as corn OF
wheat. but it will reach a wider nun.
Der of farmers in the whole country.