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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-09
State Itema of Intereus.

Continuous wet weather 9, satly dam
aged the blackberry crop.
Frank Lewis. OF many aliases. was
taken to Eau Claire from Chicago and
held 70. trial ON the charge of attempt
Ing to pick DR. Meer's pocket three
year ago.
Christ Walther had narrow escape
from death while thrashing near Jeffer-
son His clothing was caught by shaft
and in moment every stitch of apr qrel
was stripped from his body, but he es-
capped with a few bruises.
The 11-yeaf oil son Of Louis Schroe-
der while herding cattle en- his father $
farm six miles west Of Berlin, was at
tackled by four wolves, an old she wolf
and three young ones. The hoy was lead
ing his dog when the rnimals suddenly
dashed out of the WOODS and pounced on
the dog and then on the lad. The boys
face and left shoulder were bitten and
scratched and the dog was also badly
bitten. The cries Of the lad and n pass
ing lumber wagon frightened the brutes
off
The Park Fails Cash Supply store,
owned by W. +. HALEY, was burned to
the ground The origin of the fire is un-
determined The inmates of the living
rooms above the store barely had time to
escape ia their night clothes. Mrs. Hal
ley was nearly suffocated and was yes
cued by the firemen, Mr. Ulrig of Ste
vens Point jumped from the secOnd-story
window, but was not seriously injured,
The losses are: Building. $500; stock,
$1,000: personal effects, $500; total,
5000,
Because the outlook for the seasons
crop was such that financial ruin and
poverty stared him in the face, Thomas
Torgerson, a farmer in the town Of
Washington is violently insane. He has
been prominent in local politics.
While attempting TO give medicine
from n bottle TO horse which had con
traeted hydrophobia by being placed In
a stall in which another horse had died
Of the disease. the 1S-year-Old son of Jo-
seph C0e of the town Of Caledonia, was
bitten on the hand. The horse. before
being shot. attacked itself, inficting
deep wounds with its teeth.
State Senator Chris Sarau Z Winnie
bago County was ran dosgn by street
ear and Sustained injuries resulting in
Qtdbu WINE ataItHihs AZ Aus ASa1 "a a
Pythian prade
-; Josepb's Catholic Church IN Bar
aloo was entered and gold plate and
chalice and other yalusbles we're taken.
This Is the second time recently the
church has been robbed.
Frank 2 4horik Of Zander may die
from burnL which he suffered in the
bursting Of the steam gauge and valve on
a threshing engine. The engine was up
set and Zahorik was pinioned under 1t
IN such manner that escape was impos-
ssbia- He Is "a yenrS Of age.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-09
NEWS OF WISCONSIN.
A WEEKS RECORD OF STATE
HAPPENINGS.
freed by Pack of Wolves Governors
Daughter Wishes to Shine on Stage
Rebuilding of Ambsrg-New Rural
Routes 90 BE Established.

Clrging all night 10 the branches of a
tree, with a pack of hungry wolves
watching below and beating rain fall
ing. was the remarkable experience of
two men near Horseman. a. Snyder and
Paul Robarge. farmers, went 10 look up
some cows which failed to come home at
milking time. In their search they walk
ed mile and half from home and as
darkness came on they heard the distant
bowling of wolves, 10 which they paid
little attention. They noticed, however,
that the sounds came closer, and soon
shadowy forms could be seen lurking in
the bushes. The brutes became bolder as
it grew darker and the two men began TO
realize the seriousness of the situation.
Believing nm attempt to reach home
would be futile and being unarmed, they
did the most natural thing under the cir
cumstances-climbed a tree. Up among
the branches the men felt safe. They
could not believe that the wolves, which
were of the large, gray variety would
remain long in the vicinity. However,
the hours passed ON and the wolves re-
manned about the foot of the tree, sitting
ON their launches, with hungry eyes cast
upward A rain had commenced falling
and as time went ON and the mems cloth
ing became wet their position, which
could not be varied much. became most
uncomfortable. When daylight finally
came the cowardly brutes sneaked away
into the deeper recesses Of the forest ahd
the men ventured down TO the ground and
went home
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-09

Weary people. those who dc not
want to work. are severe against Pres
ident Roosevelt and prosperity. One
man said he was going to vote against
prosperity because he couldn't get
hands 10 work. and when he did get
them he had to pay from $3.50 TO 81
per day. He had no such experiences
in 1s94-1s9T, when this country was
full of hungry men willing to work
for rs cents and 81 per day. Then
there was no work and no money TO
pay with. Those were days Of idleness.
distress and hunger. when the tramp
crop was the most stupendous thing
on Uncle Sans farm.-Braymer tMol
Comet
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-09
Newa of Minor Note.

John Brown, Rheems, Ia, while
drunk. perhaps fatally stabbed two OF
his companions.
a street car in ST Paul. MINI. struck
and upset a hook and ladder wagon. No
one injured.
In four days nineteen babies in Der,
yer, Colo, died of diseases traced TO milk
preserved with fornaldehyde
Engineer Oily and Fireman Conley
were killed in wreck, Little Falls, y.
Y. Engine jumped the track while on
a curve.
Steamer Annie Roberts. carrying ! 500
excursioniss, sunk at the foot Of Mar
ket street, MekeespoSt, Po. No one was
drowned.
As result Of the disastrous hurricane
in the West Indian islands the price of
bananas in New York has advanced from
~ cents 70 So bunch.
r. ID. Rogers, who was appointed Cir
cult judge to FIJI tiie vacancy caused by
the death Of Judge e. NJ. Hughes of
the Eleventh Missouri district. has sent
Gov. Dockery his resignation.
Hamilton Zook the l3-year-old son of
jess Zook. city councilman and mining
e-iitor Of the Joplin. No. Daily Globe.
was instantly killed by runaway team.
attached to an ice wagon The lads
neck waH broken.
During a drunken bragl at the sol
diers' reunion grounds at Jefferson. q. Il.
Charles Haver. young man trayeliEs
with woman. was hit over the head
with a neckyoke and then stabbed
through the heart
The State Department has beer using
its good Offices through Minister Ieish-
man at Constantinople to secure p,.-1lIis-
sion from the Turkish government. for
the wives and families Of several natrr-
allied Armeniars who have succeeded In
business in the United States. 10 join
their husbands and fathers Minister
IeishInan cables the department that one
woman left the other day for America to
3oin her husband and that permission
hSs oesn granted for the families Of =
number OF 1ther Armenisns 10 come to
this country.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-09
TO FIX ALASKA LINES.
Boundary Comm ission Holds Opening
Meeting in London.

Meeting in London.
The Alaskan boundary commissioners
held their first meeting Thursday IN
London. An abstract of the arguments
of the United States, given out sets
forth that serious collision" with Can
ada was threatened if Canada had press
ed boundary claims,
1t is declared that the British commits
sioner's contention that 'Canada's claim
10 the territories at the head of the Lynn
canal was at the time well known to the
United States government" is fals".
Continuing, the document says: This
eratuitous assertion. There is no proof
to sustain it. Canada never pnt forward
any such claim TO the United States. The
claim was first made in 1898 by Great
Britain before the joint high commits
sion. 1t has been said that if the Cana
dian government had instructed British
vessels TO disregard these regulations
there would have been grSve danger of
serious collision There undoubtedly
would have been collision. Just as GER
tainly as if they had been Instructed &c
disregard the regulations of the port of
New York"
Considerable space is devoted to the
pars played by the Klondike gold dis
coyerieS in arousing Great Britain's in
terest in the controversy, and in this
connection notice is taken Of an assertion
made by the British commissioners that
the towns of Dyea aud Skaguay owed
their existence to the migration TO the
Klondike. They assert on the contrary
that Dyea was founded in 1856 and Ska
quay in 1888
The documents covering the American
presentation of the case are comprised
in three volumes. making a total of about
eleven hundred pages. In addition there
are also tN'o volumes of maps
Prior 10 thu formal assembling the
commissioners met in their private con-
ference room and selected Reginald 4.
Tower of the British diplomatic service.
formerly attached TO the legation at
Washington, and recently minister to
Siam, TO be secretary of the commits
sion. j. II. Carter, second secretary of
the United States embassy. and Mr..
Pope, a representative of the Canadian
government, were appointed assistant
secretaries Lord Chief Justice Alver-
stone was subsequently chosen chairman
of the commission.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-09
Industrial suicide.

The following sound and timely ar
ticle from the Michigan Farmer will be
found of significant interest:
The millers OF st. Paul and Minnea
polls favor reciprocity SO they can get
their wheat cheaper, and we presume
other interests affected would favor
reciprocity for the same reason. While
declaring that they wish reciprocity he
cause it would be an advantage to this
country, the fact is they want it be-
cause it would benefit themselves. DO
they pretend that this cheaper Cana
dian wheat, il admitted free, would
benefit the American wheat grower as
we'll as the Minnesota nillersE They
have not the face 10 make such dec
laration because they know II would
be laughed AZ They are after cheaper
wheat, not dearer. and cheaper Cana
dian wheat means cheap American
wheat. This is also true of oats. bar
ley. potatoes, poultry. eggs. cheese. but.
Ter. hogs. cattle. sheep, wool. yegeta-
bles and fruits They are all much
cheaper in Canada than III the United
States, and their free entry into this
country would most assuredly cut
down prices now paid American farm
ers for those staples
Let us look at the situation as il
really is. The Canadians are trying by
every means in their power to build UP
their country and develop its resources.
This is right and proper, and altogeth-
er commendable. But they find that to
attract people to the great Northwest
ern territory extending from the west
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-09
an Aronnd the faIn,,.-

John Haley, 20. police character. s..
Louis was fatally shot by a patrolman.
The date for the commencement of the
army uaneuvers Mt Fort Riley, Kan,
has been postponed to Oct. IL.
Three men a Sulphur, east of Ard
more. /. T.. drank wood alcohol. result
ing in the death Of W..ey Aired.
Judge Morgan of Butte. Mont, mas
sentenced Chalmsr e. Snuff to life i'm
prisonment for tFe murder of Eugene
Kline. bookkeeFe- al the mines al
Mace, Idaho.
From Olustee. o. r., was reported the
accidental killing Of the Of tile 12-year,
old daughter Of J. II. Poe by her Older
sister. Tho latter was pT8cticing shoot
ing n q post with rifle, when her sis
ter came around the house suddenly and
was killed.
Otto Il -anell faInee living two
and one-half miles east OF Perry. o. z.
has found tomatoes valuable crop in
Oklahoma. Last spring be put out an
acre and q half Of plants. and already
be says tie small area Of ground has
brought hin several hundred dollars.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-09
Rural Routea Est.blisbea.

These rural routes Will be established
Oct, 1: Arlington, Columbia County, with
one carrier area covered ii square miles,
population 800; Camp Douglas, Juneau
County. with one carrier, area covered
u square miles, population 4GS: Poy-
nette, Columbia County, with one carrier,
area covered IL square miles. population
425; Princeton, Green Lake County, with
one carrier, area covered - square miles,
population 46S; Reeseville. Dodge Con-
ty, with one carrier. areg covered y
square miles, population Az.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-09
Prediction for the Stage.

Miss Fola la Toilette, oldest daughter
of Gov La Follepte, desires to make the
stage her profession and it is said has
discussed with her father aud mother the
subject of her going upon the stage when
she finishes her university course Miss
La Toilette has done extremely we'll in
amateur theatricals ana is at present a
member of the company of uniyt Tsity
students which, under the management
of Walter Pyre of Madison, has given en-
tertainments in several cities of the
State The Governor has not said "no"
to his daughter, although he has no de-
sire to see her on the stage.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-09
SPEECH BY TIE SULTAN.
Breaks Sphynx-Like Silence at Last
and says Kind Words.

On the anniversary of his accession
Tuesday. Abdul Hamid, me Sultan of
Turkey, received in audience al the pal
ace the heads of the religious communi.
ties and the ecumenical patriarch made
a speech of congratulation. In reply
thereto. after thanking the patriarch and
the Others present for their good wishes,
the Sultan, contrary TO precedent spoke
at some length, as follows;
"All my desire is for the welfare of
the population, without distinction of
race or religion. AS to the detestable
and regrettable deeds to which the pat
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-09
No Change.

The Montgomery lAla.l Advertiser
says the nomination of Mr. Cleveland.
or one of his kind. would be due TO the
returning sanity OF nhe Southern Dem
oeracy. after an alteration of seven
years. As most Of the Southern states
vote the Democratic ticket without
question. any change in political san
ify. one way or the other in that sec
tion is lmprrceptfble st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-09
Amberr Is Being Psbui:L

The business portion Of tb town o.
Amberg. which was almost entirely de-
stroyed by fire few days ago is to be
rebuilt at once. Men and teams ere now
at work clearing away the wreckage.
Wright Brothers will build a large brick
store john b. Wood will rebuild the
Commercial Hotel. NJ Corn his grocery
store and T, Forth the Pike River
House The other burned structures will
be rebuilt and new Amberg win be Il
much comelier town than the old town.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-09
safe IL Blowu omen.

The postoiIice at Whitewater was brok-
en- open and considerable amount Of
cash taken The burglars bored a hole in
the safe door and blew it open with dyna-
mite They took $500 in currency. hut
left the stamps untouched, although there
were several hundred dollars worth thai
they might have taken.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-09

4 panic was nearly caused in large
circus tent in which a Swedish revival
ist has been holding meetings in Ash
land when large stick of dynamite with
n long fuse was found under the plat
form. Had the dynamite exploded it
would have caused many deaths among
the 500 people assembled
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-09
WHY Ther onno.e Il.

As rule. the farmers who have
heen receiving such high prices for
an the products Of the farm are OPP
posed TO ripping the tariff as = means
Of getting at the trusts -Des MGlnes
Capital.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-09

Protection is held responsible for
arif wars. but the action of France
/ imposing discriminating duties on
lmeritan meats because Vie manufac-
irers OF that country wish Ia force
Don us wares which we DO not want
hows where the responsibility lies.
hritf wars are entirely Oh. -geabie 10
he desire to push upon other people
hat cannot he consumed at home.
rejection only aims al self-Suflicing
ess. When that idea is strictly ad-
cred TO 10 one has a right to take Of
,uSe. Ii Is rs Illogical for Il nation
find fault with another nation be-
ause it refuses to buy goods from IL
/ Il would be fer kearny street
aoakeeper to call people who refused
buy from him hard naInes.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-09
The Farmrr and Mechanic.

In 1850 the nunlbei of wage-earnrrs
J American factories was 93T.059; IN
700 there were 5.3l6.Sgs This vast
my OF workers and those who are de-
sndent upon them are pre- y well dis
Bibuted over the United States. and
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-09

ern shores of Lake Superior to the Pa
eitic, markets must be assured for the
products they would raise. Under pres
ent conditions their market is Liver
pool and thousands of miles must be
traversetl by railway before shipping
port Is reached. which is certainly
great handicap TO the settlers who may
go there, and has prevented the rapid
settlement of that big country. Now, II
those settlers could market their grain
and live stock across the border in the
United States it would be of great adj
vantage 20 them financially. and set
tiers would flock there by the thous-
ands. Even as it is. good many
American farmers have moved that
country, and thousands more would
take advantage of it's cheap lands could
| a market for their products be assured
/ lover the border The cost of trans
porting their products to the markets
| of Great Britain eats up all the profits
+ and leaves nothing for the producer.
1t is to give the farmers of the Do
minion better chance that reciprocity
with the United States is desired by
ICanadans. not to help American pro
Sducers. They know quite well that the
in the Canadian PROV
Iinces are those that can he produced
. In endless quantities in this country
trhey also know that the cheap lands
hnd virgin soil If the Canadian north
west could compete advantageously
with the high priced lands in the older
states. more or less denuded of their
original fertility
Reciprocity therefore would simply
mean the development of the Canadian
hor,nwes and older provinces ut the
Expense of American producers. and
With that development would come the
Milling industry and competing lines
If transportation that would finally
oh the Minnesota miller of the adj
,antage he would enjoy for a few
ears. And he would be aiding all the
inle in the development of his finally
uccessfui competitor.
The Canadian northwest is so i'm
aense country that IL fairly popu-
ated 1t could grow all the grain re-
uired by Great Britain and the inn
,ortlng countries of Europe. 1t would
e suicidal for Americans to aid in
uttIng that country in a position to
O so-Des Moines Capital
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-09
a

therefore IN more or less close contact
with the agriculturlsts who produce
she foodstuffs upon which they sub
sist The question which the sensible
farmer asks himself when he studies
these figures aud tries to interpret their
meaning IS: Would l sooner have an
army of manufacturing producers and
their dependents at my doors. aud thus
sure customers for my products, on
would | prefer TO see great armies of
manufacturing hands III other coun-
trh and take my chances of selling to
them - san Francisco Chronicle.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-09
Bryan in Ohio.

The political situation in Ohio Is
very Interesting Republicans. Tom
l.. johnson, who controlled the State
Democratic Convention last week,
planned to open his campaign last
Monday with Mr.. Bryan, w;lo was to
make two speeches. one at Oak Har-
bor anu one at Toledo. On Wednesday
Mr. Bryan was to make non-partisan
speech at the Ohio State Fair, and
later in the week he was to make two
political speeches, appearing with Mr..
johnson.
This was Mr.. .Johnson's program. and
IL was well planned Mr.. Bryan. how
ever. declined to appear with Mr..
johnson at Oak Harbor or Toledo, and
VII make his first appearance In the
johnson campaign in a non-partisan
speech at Columbus. IL the situation
is to his liking he win make two po-
litical speeches in the State this week,
and postpone his other dates to Octo-
bel. after his return from Europe.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-08-29

The sweeping declaration by
President Roosevelt that the Uni
ted States would make no discrim-
nation between union and non
union laborers in the government
employ is as sensible as it is posi-
tive. BY the late order the presi-
dent says to the union man, I'VE
want your labor and it is your
labor we propose to pay for; we do
not care to what church you may
belong nor to how many lodges or
clubs you may belong but we can
not afford to hire you because of
these affiliations, neither will we
discriminate against you by reason
of them. Give us your labor and
we will give you its equivalent in
the coin of the realm" " To the
non-union man he says "It is not
the business of the government to
inquire as to your religion or uu-
ion or lodge affiliations, or whether
or rot you have any such afilia-
tions. Qualify yourself for our
work and you will get your
money" This, in effect is the
statement of the president and it
is the only reasonable and sensi-
BILE position the president could
take and maintain in honor to the
high position he holds and in JUS
tice to the people of a great ma
ton. As well make membership
in a certain church or a certain
lodge the test, or bar a man who
was not the father of a certain
number Of children as to require
an applicant for a government pos
ition to belong to certain union.
Labor unions, which are entitled
to proper consideration, have at
tempted to and have succeeded in
debating the policy of hundreds
of big business concerns, but thank
God, with Teddy Roosevelt in the
white house they can't run the
government-Glenwood Post.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-08-29
Press Opinion From Over the State

If anything were needed to con-
vince the public that Judge Overs
is absolutely disqualified for sitting
as trial judge in the case brought
against the Citizens League of
Idaho Spring, Judge Overs has
himself furnished ample proof of
that fact in his sarcastic, undig-
nifed and insulting letter adj
dressed to Governor Peabody and
made public last Sunday morning
In that letter Judge Overs passes
judgement on the Citizens League
or those members of the organiza-
ton who are said to have escorted
leading members of the Miners
union beyond the boundaries of
the town of Idaho Springs, and
yet in view OF the Caustic and very
positive accusations expressed in
that letter Judge Overs would pre-
sumo to sit in judgment upon these
men if they would consent with
out protest to leave their fate in
his hands. But this is no greater
assumption of power and jurisdic-
ton than another action we call to
mind which took place a few years
ago. Judge Overs who was then
a candidate for reelection wrote a
protest which was filed with the
county clerk of Lake county pro-
testing against the names of GER
tain candidates being printed on
the official ballot. The county
clerk denied the protest and an
appeal from his decision was taken
to the district court, Judge Overs
presiding. A change of venue
was prayed on the ground that the
protest was drawn by the district
Judge who was in reality a party
in interest and therefore legally
disqualified from hearing the case.
Judge Overs very ompously and
emphatically informed council that
while he was willing to admit that
the protest was in his handwriting
he did not consider that any bar
to his trying the case and the mo-
ton for a change OF venue was
promptly overruled. Glenwood
Post.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-08-29

The evidence of VIM. Bate, the
ex-president of the miners union
at Idaho Springs, shows plainly
that the officers of the union were
responsible for the blowing up of
the Sun and Moon property, and
one and all, including the men
who did the job, should be sent to.
the penitentiary for long terms,
and if Judge Overs fails to do his
duty when court convenes next
month at Georgetown, the Alliance
would be justified in taking the
matter in its own hands.-CentraI
City Register-Call.