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The Washington bee., 1903-01-31
CONGRESSIONAL GOSSIP.

For cIearuess Of articulation there
k DO uaitel States senator who can
.I,rre,sfu..y compete with Mr.. Bur
.on Of Kansas. lie has a clear, high
.orna.a, voice which would MI a much
larger room IEuu the senate chamber.
and he uttars hs words with d preci-
sion ana accuracy almost mechanical.
Ia times g.ar hy the senator was a
TEACHER I'd g-ocuuoH, one of his pupils
having been the late Gov. Tanner, of
Illinois.
Senator Hettus raised laugh while
discussing Tie militia bill lie had sub
m.ttel 10 several interruptions with
gy.u grace, buJWueu Foraker kept on
Ia.a4s for some l5 minutes, the ven
.r..e senator from AIabama-he is
the Oldest man in the senate-tapped
bis lesa sharply and said: "See here,
A.r Pres dent, / have been trying TO
m4ae this speech for some time, and
don, want any other seuator TO make
il for me, either" Foraker looked
agoglsled for moment, but took his
SEA, amid general laugh.
Half a score Of senator's called on
The president to talk about some i'm
pOuauJ position which was about to be
H.lea. They found Mr. Roosevelt more
inclined to discuss Bill" Sewau. tho
celebrated Maine guide, from whom he
had Just received letter. Finally one
Of the senators said: "Mr. President,
you seem very much interested in this
guide Yes, senator, l am. 'Bill' Is
an interesting man and d real friend.
Heis the only man in the United States
who on writing TO the president about
an Office or anything else addresses
him as Friend Theodore"
Tie mutability of the United States
senate IS well illustrated by musty
roll call discovered one day. 1t was
used January 81, 1877, almost 20 years
agC The roll shows IS names. OF
these but i've are now members of
the senate-Allison, Cockrell, Jones, of
Nevada; Mitchell and Teller. Allison
and COckrell are the only ones who
have served continuously since that
z date. On the roll call are the names
Of Bayard, Blaine, Burnside, ConkIing.
Frelinghuysen, Hamlin, Ingalls,. Lo-
gan, Mcdonald, Morrill,, Oglesby.
salisbury, Sharon, Sherman, Thur
man and Window.
Henry Neal, Speaker Henderson's
solorec messenger, has occupied his
present position ever since his appoint
ment by Mr.. Randall. Then he said he
nailed from Pennsylvania, and as sue
eeeding speakers were chosen he
promptly changed his birthplace to
the various states from which they
came. 1t rather stmnped him when he
was informed that Mr.. Henderson was
= native of Scotland, but he com
promised by declaring himself a resi-
dent Of Iowa. On March 4 next he will
doubtless transfer his allegiance to
Danule, Ill. He has hardly ever been
out OF Washington in his life.
The Washington bee., 1903-01-31
ELECTRIC FLASHES.

Linen Is a fair conductor of elSe-
trieity, but silk is an almost perfect
insulatOr.
The utmost distance from cloud 70
earth crossed by Lightning fash is
about four miles.
Electric automatic stamp obliter-
ating machines are now used at the
Vienna post Office.
Berlin's telephone radius now in
cludeS 43 towns the furthest being 120
miles distant. Twenty-Five cents Is the
fee charged in each case.
More than 200 different types of
cells are described by an English elec-
trician, Mr.. S. r. BOttOne. in d new
work on galvanic batteries.
An American firm is putting in a
system of electrical fire alarm appa
Fatus for the city of Hanover and has
cludes 43 towns. the furtheSt being 12s
stallation in other German cities
A French inventor has communicat
ed to the Academic des Sciences a pro
cess by which, he asserts, the features
of a person telephOning can be con
veyed through the instrument to the
person with whom be is in communica
tion.
Anaesthesia has been brought on by
electricity on animals, according to
n. Luduc's report to the Academic dee
Sciences. He uses a current of ten t.
80 volts, interrupted from $50 to 3OC
times per second, and intends to try
1t on human beings.
Electricity is TO be used in agricul-
ture as fertilizer as well as for me
chanical power. The novel battery
Sust perfected by two Russians, is to
be buried in the soil, which is thus
magnetized, and yields increased and
earlier crops, as proven by tests with
potatoes, beets, barley, etc.
The Washington bee., 1903-01-31
DICTATES OF FASHION.

The large dropping cape collars SO
iaShlonaDle on cloth coats are seen
on many long fur coats.
Some of the French and English
IaIors are lining henrietta cloth.
cashmere, vigOgne and the other
HshJ wool skirts with plaided silks
not the clan tartans, but patterns
showing very novel and pretty color
blendings.
II you want to bring an old-style
tlght sleeve up to date slash the back
from the waist almost to the elbow.
insert a goodly sized puff of silk or
chiffon, pipe the slash and edge each
side with tiny buttons and you have
copied one of the most recent shapes.
New Persian and oriental trim
mings are very vivid in coloring and
striking in workmanship. Gold en-
broidery, gold cord and gold applique
flowers are stunning and freely used.
Chenille fringes and passementeries
in white, black and colors are very
stylish and look well on light cloth
anu lace costumes.
Fur cravats are new, and so few
q them are as yet worn that they
have great deal OF distinction.
IheT are merely a straight fur
eloaer, crossing in front and held
with an ornament or bunch of tails.
lhey are fat. not round. which makes
Them unlike the little fur animals
mat were so modish about six years
ago
The Washington bee., 1903-01-31
TOLD IN NUMBERS.

Sixty-ons ships clear from London
daily.
Many watches tick five times TO the
second. This means 157,7SS, 900 ticks
in the course of q year.
Emigration from Hungary is in
creasing rapidly. In 1900 there were
3S,SSS emigrants, in 1901 55,377.
OF the 279 restaurant kitchens in
London 211 are underground They
employ $50 men and 3,041 women.
1t is calculated that every day near
ly $500 pounds of shoe leather j.
worn from the soles of LOndOn's foot
passengers.
OF SIS plants, goat was found to
eat 40, and refuse 126. A pig, on the
other hand, would only eat ~ out of
243 offered it.
Calculating the annual industrial
value of a workman's life at $500, the
Italian office of statistics finds that
Sicily lost $250,OOO last year through
deaths from malaria.
Hawaii's population is one of the
most mixed on earth. OF its 16O,O ,OO0
people, 10000 are japanese. 3O,OOG
Chinese, and another $4,000 foreign
ers from Europe and America.
In 1870 Philadelphia had a popula-
tion of $4,000, Boston 1850. and New
York $500. Twenty years later Phil
adelphia's population had risen 10
$4,000, BOston's to 14,OOO and New
York's to 10000.
The Washington bee., 1903-01-31
PERSONAL PARTICULARS.

Lord Wolverton, recently appointed
parliamentary secretary of the British
board of trade, was at one time clerk
in a Wall street brokers' Office. He
was then plain Frederick Glyn. His
lordship is an admiral's son, married
to the only sister of Lord Dudley.
viceroy of Ireland, and stands high
with King Edward.
Archdeacon Kirby, of New York, who
recently celebrated his golden wed
ding, was the first missionary to pene-
trate within the American arctic circle.
He crossed the Rocky mountains on
foot to visit the Indians of Alaska. He
translated the New Testament, a
prayer book, hymnal and other books
into the Chippewa language. During
his 25 years of missionary service he
built six churches.
b. L. WinchelI, vice president and
general manager of the st. Louis & San
Francisco railroad, has sent out an un-
conventional bulletin to the company S
employees headed Motion Means
Money" The circular says: "Presi-
dent Yoakum in recent interview
gave utterance to these significant
and forceful words. The sentiment
could not have been better covered or
made palmer by the use of thousand
sentences. Let us impress this idea
upon every official and employe of the
system and make it our watchword: ::
Motion Means Money Standing
around doesn't earn us a cent"
The Washington bee., 1903-01-31
FRENCH FACTS AND FANCTES.

While over 10000 bacteria per liter
We're found in the air Of old houses
IN Paris only six were to be found
IN the same quantity of air Of the
mountain tops.
4 wealthy Frenchman died in a
CONN which for years he used as
o5d. His sitting room used to be
Alt,e chapel built over his family
our,ng place.
Il curious discovery was made by
'1e French customs officers at Mar
9g"tes, on board the steamer St.
'"'-In. A lot of house furniture was
WI board, and while prodding a
.o"tle OF mattresses gold coins to
,~s value of about $4,000 were dis
41 the recent sale Of the house
-'.' goods of NJ. Cambon. the retir-
."s French ambassador at Wash
-5-o-' many articles exposed for
II.. brought fancy prices. Chairs
s~ s~11 A. Cambon paid SIG or
l., -or sold for Sl5 and $lOO, and so
II fashionable society was rep
.-.'- and men and women hid
m. each other with acrimonv.
Inn. '.-..n minister paid a high
sb-ll1' -'s "ee curtains. Some veteran
I5lrL-... L..... ra. similar curtains can he
hal 4." al half what Gen. Khan
bv A., "e..-worn rugs were bought
bcr ,@. g Albert Clifford Barney for
b.a-. collection. The sale netted
Isr Prices than any held in re-
torr n ,lls. Not even the effects of
X I;+.. ..'aeeIote caused such spirit
The Washington bee., 1903-01-31

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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-14
In the Nn,.onnI Capital.

Director of the Mint Roberts estimates
production of gold in the United States
in 1902 at $50, S53.0 70. and Of silver at
S31 .040. OPS.
Rear Ad;ilral John c. Watson declares
United States must enlarge navy to keep
pcee with widening interests and favors
authorization of six new fighting craft by
present Congress.
John II. Fimple of Ohio will succeed
w. \. Richards as assistant commission
er of the land Office, the latter having
been chosen TO succeed Binger Hermann
as commissioner.
American Association at Shanghai has
made a formal attack upon Consul Gen
eral Goodnow aud the matter is being in
veStigated by the State Department.
William +. Curtis says there is no
hope for the reciprocity treaties pending
because Of the hostile attitude of Sena-
tors representing small manufacturers.
Senator Quay believed TO have aban-
doned hope of passing omnibus statehood
hill. but latter viii be used by him to
prevent abolition of steel and coal tariffs.
Robert r. Armstrong. formerly in
newspaper work in Chicago. has been
chosen as Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury, 20 succeed Gen. Q. /. Spaule-
ing.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-14
sparks from the Mic.

Heavy rains about Memphis, Tenn
did 100000 damage.
Mrs. I.yde Ward. -, St Louis, turned
On the gas. Dead.
Wreck on j.. N O.. Oakland. Md. in
jurcd six passengers.
Rockefeller has given another 81 900
900 to Chicago University.
King Edward will. it has been an
nounced. visit ireland next year.
Miss Clara Barton has been elected
president for life of the National Red
Cross Society.
George I&irain, near New Orleans.
perished in qnicksand. Negroes heard
Isis cries. bat were afraid to attempt his
RESCUE.
The cruiser Philadelphia. once one Of
the crack ships Of the navy. is to be cor
verified into a training ship at the Puget
Sound navy yard.
The striking silversmiths and fnishers
il. New York City have returned 10 work
without having gained the object of the
>trike-a nine-hour day.
\ 'ispatch from 81. Petersburg SAYS
THAI IN the riots which occurred recently
at Ristoff the troops fired GA the work
men. killing twenty Of them.
The Delaware. Lackawanna and West
evn Railroad Company purposes sub
stantial increase in rates of pay to em-
pi0yes in the various departments
United States Marshal Austin. Knox
Vile. Tenn. is bucking the coal trust
Opened yard and is selling coal for -
! ton. Others have been getting -.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-14
KNOX CIV MoNoPoLIEs.
Attorney General Sends Message to
Congressional Committee.

Attorney General Knox submitted a
communication 10 the subcommittee OF
the House committee on judiciary which
is endeavoring to formulate a measure
TO regulate trusts. This communication
is in reply to request of Chairman Lit
tlefeld.
1t deals exclusively with the subject,
going into it at greater length even than
the Attorney Generals recent Pittsburg
speech. Attorney General Knox's an
swer is under three heads, namely: The
questions which have been decided by
the courts, the questions which are pend
ing in the courts, and suggestions respect
ing further legislation. In introducing
his recommendations he says:
The end desired by the overwhelm-
ing majority of the people of all sections
OF the country is that combinations of
capital should be regulated and not de-
stroyed and that measures should be tax
en- to correct the tendency toward monop-
olization of the industrial business of the
country. | assume a thing to be avoid
ed, even by suggestion, is legislation reg
ulating the-business Interests of the coun-
try beyond such as will accomplish this
end.
industry would be impossible in this
-eountry' where money is abundant and
cheap and in the hands or within the
reach of keen and capable men, if com
petition were assured of fair and open
field and protected against unfair and
artificial and discriminating practices.
If the law will>guarantee to the small
producer protection against piratieal
methods i'll competition and keep the
highways to the markets open and avail
able to him for the same tolls charged
to his powerful competitors he win man
age to live and thrive TO an astonishing
degree"
Coming down to the suggestions asked
for and desired by the committee he
says:
My suggestion, therefore. is that as
first step i'll policy to be persstently
pursued until every industry large aud
snail, in the country can be assured of
equal rights and opportunities and until
the tendency to monopolization of the
important industries of the country is
checked, that all discriminatory practices
affecting interstate trade be made Of
lenses t. be cnjoined and punished.
Such legislation should be directed
against those who give and those who
receive the advantages thereof and cover
discrimination in prices as against com
petitors in particular localities resorted
to for the purpose of destroying compe-
tition in interstate and foreign trade, as
well as discrimination by carriers.
Such legislation to certainly reach
producers guilty of practices injurious to
national and international commerce
should, in my Judgment, take the form
of penaliZing the transportation of the
goods produced by the guilty. parties and
the federal courts should be given peer
to restrain such transportation at the
suit of government"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-14

The Washington correspondent of the
london Daily News states on what he
claims is unquestionablc authority, that
the Panama Canal Company has rcceiN-
ed German offer to buy for S40,O00,OOO
all the company's rights and concessions
II the United States does not exercise its
option, which expires March 1. The
correspondent says that he further learns
that the German government has offered
10 buy Colombia's share in the Panama
Canal Company. agreeing TO take them
ant par in full liquidation Of all German
claims against Colombia. The German
view of the right to build the canal with
out violating the Monroe doctrine Is that
she Colombian constitution is not alien
ated nor the sovereignty thereof trans
Ferred to a foreign government. There
fore, if German capital builds the canal,
neither Germany nor individual Germans
acquire sovereignty in Colombia or per
petual occupation of Colombian territory.
Furthermore. de United States, in not
opposing the French company in build
ing the canal. established precedent
that such building is not regarded as
violation Of The Monroe doctrine, for
which reason the United States would
have no justification in interfering with
Germans completing the French com
pany's work
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-14

In the Senate on Thursday a House
Till was passed amending the Internal
revenue laws allowing all distilled spirits
now in bonded warehouses. or which may
hereafter be produced and deposited
therein. the same allowance for loss from
leakage or evaporation which now exists
in favor of distilled spirits gagged and
loSiteL prior to Jan. /. 1899. Mr.. Al
drich (R. H. then addressed the Senate
on the resolution offered by Mr.. Vest
(Mo.l directing the Finance Committee
to report bill removing the duty en-
anthracite coal. Mr.. Nelson tNlinnb
cont.atted his remarks against the oGni-
bus statehood bill. \ few minor bills
were passed. and the Senate adjourned
until Monday The House passed the
Philippine constabuIiry bill as it was
reported from tiie' committee, except for
an amendment limiting thu number of
assistant chiefs to four. \ roll call was
demanded on the third reading of the bill.
which was ordered. I01 TO SO. The bill
then was passed. The resignation of
Mr.. Lanham, Of Texas. who has been
elected Governor of Texas. was laid be
fore the House. The resignation is ia
take effect Jan. -.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-14
MANILA HARBoR Is SAFE.
Naval Maneuvers Show Hostile Fleet
CouId Not Enter.

The naval maneuvers Of the feet I'M
der Rear Admiral Evans in Subig bay,
Manila, have proved instructive and
show that hostile fleet could not enter
the harbor. The 200 marines, who were
detached from the ships and landed at
Grand Island, where they laid 400 yards
of railroad and threw up entertainments
and batteries, frustrated the majority OF
attempts to run the mine fields by small
boats carrying counter mines. These
boats acted as If an enenny's ships were
attempting to invade the country and
pass the mine fields, but the marines
discovered them by searchlights. A small
boat from the captured Spanish cruiser,
Don Juan de Asturias, disguised with
bushes, under command of Ensign Bah
cock, however, with two of the crew,
made a mile and a half to the shore,
which is infested by sharks, and succeed
In carrying counter mine bu0ys and at
taching them to the mines without being
discovered. Rear Admiral Eva - con-
graduated the marines on their good
work
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-14
HER HUSBANDS BODY PIcKLED.
Ma. McInerney's Long Search in Oma-
ha and Chicago Rewarded

Mas. McInerney's Long Search in Oma-
ha and Chicago Rewarded
Mrs. Daniel McInerney's long search
for the body of her husband led her to
Omaha and back again to Chicago's vari-
GUS hospitals and ended when she viewed
the "pickled" remains in the dissectins
room of the anatomy department of the
University of Chicago. MeInerney is
said to have died last September in the
Cook County hospital in Chicago, and as
no one called to claim his body, it was
given to Rush Medical College, being
later transferred to the big school on the
Midway. Though the McInerneys are
said to have been estranged for NUM-
Der of years, the object of the woman's
search was to give the body decent
burial. She was granted permission to
take the body away.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-14
Robbers woRsrED IN BATTLE.
Citizens, of Eagle, Wis, Wound One
Thief and Capture Another.

As a result OF an early morning en-
counter between a posse of Eagle, Wis,
citizens and a gang If four burglars and
ssrfe blowers four miles from that village,
one robber was shot probably fatally, one
was captured and the other two escaped.
AT O'Clock in the morning the robbers
broke into the Witham livery stable and
stole horse and denble cutter, start
ing toward Mukwonago The theft was
discovered ami the owner started after
the robbers with party Of four, oyertak-
ing them near clump of woods. The
robbers at once opened fire, which was
returned by the posse, with the result
that one was heard to SC cam and later,
on their attempting to escape, fell. An
other was captured and the other two
escaped to the woods. The man who
was cal tured had on his person two bot
ties of nitroglycern and a complete set
Of burglar tools and two reyolvers.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-14
wHITTLEs OFF HIS FOOT.
Engineer Pinned Down in Wreck Frees
Self from Steam with Penknife.

Engineer Pinned Down in Wreck Frees
Self from Steam with Penknife.
Pinned by one foot under the wreckage
Of his engine, with escaping steam scald-
ing his flesh, Engineer G. ]. Wood, of the
Burlington Road searched his pockets
till he found his knife and then deliber-
ately amputated his left foot below the
ankle Then crawling away from the
fury of the roaring steam he succeeded
in stanching the flow of blood with a
handkerchief. The crew of the switch
engine with which Woods incoming
freight had collided at st. Paul, Mimi,
and several switchmen and brakemen
hurried to the scene Of the collision and
found him near the track He will prob
ably recover. He is "a years Of age
and lives at Galesburg, Ill.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-14
KICK A REAL GOLD BRICK.
Wall Street Brokers and Messenge
Rnvs Scoru Ra of SHINING Metal.

Wall Street Brokers and Messenge
Boys Scorn Bar of Shining Metal.
The wise ones in Wall street who think
they know gold brick when they see it
took passing kicks at shining bar of
metal in lower Broadway. New York.
This brick Of real twentyltWo-oarat gold,
worth hundreds of dollars, was kicked
about the financial district by messen-
ger boys, jocuiar Brokers and knowing
fnanciers for an hour or so, when a stu
pid looking youngster who had never
heard joke in his life came along and
picked it up. The owners were found
to be assayers on Johr street and the boy
was handsomely rewarded
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-14

At Bath, Pa, trcssle bridge which
the Bath and Northampton Railroad is
building swung from its abutments with
locomotive and seven loaded cinders
cars, together with the laborers ana car
penters. Lafayette Schall, carpenter,
had several ribs fractured and was seri-
ously cut about the head. The damage
to property is about $4,000.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-14
FEAR FoR Loss OLE LIE.

Hundreds of Locating Parties Fail to
Return from Wyoming Oil Fields.
The situation in the Wyoming oil fields
remains practically unchanged. The full
story of the conflict may not be known
for weeks owing to the immense tract to
be covered. OF the hundreds Of locating
parties leaving Evanston, Wyo.. Dec.
80 and 81 but small percentage have
returned and in some instances grave
fears are entertained as TO their safety.
Should prolonged spell of severe cath
er set in many locating parties would
undoubtedly be lost
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-14
STRIKES GOLD, DIES OF JOY.

Prospector After Making n Rich Dis
covery Expires on the Spot.
David Thompson, one of the best
known prospectors in the Black hills,
over which country he has hunted gold
for seventeen years, the other day
struck n ledge of great richness, and
after ten minutes If demonstrations of
delight fell to the ground in n fit. \ few
moments later he was dead. An exam
nation made later by physicians showed
a blood vessel in the brain to have been
ruptured
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-14
GovERNoR's ORDER IGNORED.
Court Recognizes Dudley as Sh riff of
Sullivan County, Indiana.

Court Recognizes Dudley as Sheriff of
Sullivan County, Indiana.
That the authorities and people Of Sui
livan County, Indiana, mean to recog-
nize John Il. Dudley as Sheriff of the
county was indicated when the January
term of the Circuit Court opened and
Judge A. b. Harris recognized Dudley
as Sheriff Governor Durbin refused to
rrappoint Dudley because he allowed a
mob recently to take a negro away from
him and lynch him. The new law pro-
vides that a Sheriff shall forfeit his office
in such circumstances. The County Com
missioners met later and intimated that
they would not recognize Dudley as Sher-
iff The County Clerk in delivering legal
papers recognized Coroner Maxwell as
Sheriff. Under the law the Coroner sup
plants the Sheriff.