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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
LABOR MEN IN upRoAR.
storm in Convention over Socialist
Resolution.

An outbreak Of Kisses from the gall
leries of FaneuiI He'll, in Boston. when
socialistic resolutions were reported uu-
favorabiy in the American Federation Of
Labor convention Tuesday afternoon,
caused President Gompers 20 order the
galleries cleared Amid many hostile ex-
pressions the crowd was expelled from
the building.
For the first time during the conven-
tion the question of whether the organi-
cation should commit itself 70 the doc
trines of socialism came squarely before
the delegates. The question was not an
swered. as shortly before Is o'clock an
adjournment was taken until the next
day. Some nine resolutions favoring pub
lie ownership and the organization of a
political party to bring about conditions
the socialists seek we're all reported on
unfayorabiy by the committee on resolu-
tons.
At once the long arranged plan Of the
socialist delegates to fight for tile adop-
ton Of their principles was put into OPP
GRAFTON by Delegate Hayes Of Cleveland.
He offered a substitute for the commit
tees report, but was ruled out Of order.
At this point the demonstration from
the spectators led President Gompers 10
order the galleries cleared. The eject
people. numbering several hundred. as
semgled outside Faneuil Hall and adopt
Ell resolutions condemning President
Gompers for his action.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
WISCONSIN'S RECORD.
FAITHFULLY TOLD IN READABLE
SHAPE.
Many Accidents with Firearms- Losses
in Durand Fire- JanesviIIe SCHOOL,
girl Tries to Kill HerseIf-FaIiing
Wall Injuries Two workmen.

Stephen Nichols Of Palmer has been
lost in the woods OF northern Michigan
for several days. He was hunting, with
three companions, and il is believed froze
TO death IN a snowstorm. Searching par
ties have failed 10 find any trace Of him.
Alfred Williams Of Stevens Point was
shot end killed by the accidental dis
charge OF gnu in the hands OF Edward
Fisher OF Borgia. another member Of a
hunting party which included Louis Will
liams and F. A. Zeaman. The men were
shooting az a deer which had been
woundes. by Game Warden Tracy. Ed
ward 4 eete. aged 10, while hunting near
Peshtiso, shot and killed Carr Olson,
aged ia. He was loading his rife and
the accidental discharge killed the boy.
At Two Rivers Henry Bishop, aged IL,
was shot and killed by his brother Ed
ward, aged IA, who did not know the gun
was loaded,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25

Walter DE Witt II years old, Of
Brookdale. y. j.. owes his life to the
gratesulness Of mongrel dog to which
he tossed bone the other day. The
dog was a homeless outcast that had
been kicked aud beaten aud shot at by
the entire ncighborhood. DE Wits kind
ness won the ours everlasting friendship
and he followed the boy everywhere.
Young he Witt had a SELF made raft on
which he was padding about on Town
House pond when II struck snas and
capsized. I've boy could swim but little
and bad all he could do To keep himself
aaoat. The only being within reach of
his voice was the nougrel, branded as
chicken thief and with hide SCARED
from bullets, but the grateful brute swan
10 his assistance and by this aid alone
was the lad enabled 20 reach the shore
in safety.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
Te1eurnnhic Rroxi,ien.

Mrs David X. Francis has been elect
ed president OF the St Louis Woman's
Club to succeed Mrs James l.. Blair. re
signed.
The win OF Mrs. jamie Stewart Boye-
sen OF Chicago, who made small requests
TO various charities. was admitted to pro
bate q, I.aporte, Ind.
Dominica Bashetto. who has n wife
and several children in Italy, was 80 in
sistent that Mrs. Giuseppe Denicola OF
West Hoboken, \. j.. elope with him
that she shot and killed him at n. T home
The reports OF the Dawes commission
and the attorneys Of the Cherokee Nation
show that there are about 4.4200T0
acres OF land subject 20 allotment In the
Cherokee Nation, valued az SIS. 1873, 600.
Theodore b. Campbell, aged about so
years, was run over and instantly killed
By q Rock Island train at the depot in
Lebanon. Kan. His home was in New
Haven. Ky, where he had wife and
eight children.
After being out forty-eight hours, the
jury at Hartville, Mo. found Sam GoSs
guilty OF murder in the second degres
and assessed his sentence at ten years
In the penitentisry for the murder OF
wills Harberson last August
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
NYest Ia Prosnert.r ..

This has been busy season for the
western farmer. stock rais4r, merchant
ana rlanufat tlrer Their products are
bringing good prices and the great agri-
cultural belt of the Uppec Mississippi
valley is enjoying a degree Of prosperity
that is probably unequaled in history.
The crops this year have been good, the
acreage larger than ever before known,
and the benefcent results of the harvest
far reaching enough to have 4 favorable
effect on every man. woman end child in
the region,
\ trip out along the line Of the North
western Railway, particularly through
the rich valley Of the Elkhorn, or any
other part of Nebra ska, is filled with
surprising revelations of development
and growth Nebraska will produce
2OO,O00.O00 bushels of corn and over
40,o00,000 bushels of wheat this year.
Her total crop acreage is 100000 acres
and the value of live stock is over $780,
100000. In western Nebraska heavy
immigration is helping the State greatly.
The prospect of future growth IS bright
and promising for Nebraska, rs it IS for
the whole great West.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
OIL MAKING FARMERS RICH.
ssusa tionaI Rise in Price Gauses Ex-
pIoftation OF Old Fields.

The rapid and almost sensational In
crease in the price Of oil during the last
few months has caused the oil fields ID
Indiana and Ohio to be exploited in a
manner unprecedented except in the
boom days when oil first was discovered
in this territory. Operators have been
stirred into activity. and rigs have been
erected TO drill for oil over a vast area
contiguous to the known oil fields whicL
hitherto had been left INFESTED.
The price Of the crude oil in Indiana
and Ohio has been advanced over 40
cents a barrel dnring the past year, and
IL Is now selling from S1.27 a barrel in
Indiana TO as high as S1.32 a barrel in
some Ohio districts That the advance
in price is destined to continue for some
time is conceded by all oil men, and some
of them even venture the prediction that
it win not stop until $3.50 barrel has
been reached.
Agents of the Standard Oil Company,
who buy most of the oil produced in the
Ohio and Indiana fields, are stimulating
the people to drill more wells. cry
where they are urging operators to put
down wildcat" wells, the term common
ly applied ia the oil country to test weals
drilled in territory outside of the known
oil belt
The sensational rise in the price of oil
began little more than a mouth ago.
From sc cents, which was the ruling
price in October, 1902, it gradually had
risen 10 SLIP. Suddenly the Standard
Oil Company, which makes the price in
these fields, boosted it to S1.14, and with
in three weeks was offering 81 - and
higher.
Wells that have long been abandoned
because their fowage was not sufficient
TO pay the expense OF pumping when the
price Of )il was less than 81 have been
started again owing to the increased
price.
Farmers. who own most OF the oil
lands, which they lease TO operators for
u royalty ranging from one-tenth to one
sixth OF the output, are beueiiting from
the renewed activity aud consequent in
crease in their revenues. The marked
and alarming decrease in the production
of oil in the Pennsylvania and West
Virginia fields is declared by OIL men to
be the cause OF the advancing price in
the Indiana and Ohio fields. The produc-
ton OF crude oil in Pennsylvania has
fallen. ii is said, below the consumption.
and the surplus stock has been decreased
100000 barrels in two years.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25

Chicaco-Cattle. common 10 prime,
$500 to S5.25: hogs. shipping grades,
81. so 70 81. 10; sheep, fair to choice, S2.25
to SD: wheat. No. , red. S2c to S3c;
corn. No. >. Ale 10 42c: oats. standard.
&c TO SAC: rye. No .. 52c to 53c; hay,
timothy. $3.50 to S12.09; prairie, $500 TO
S1i.OO; butter. choice creamery, 1sc 10
22c, eggs. fresh. 2oc to 24c, potatoes.
62c to &c.
st. I.ouis-Ca;ile. $3.50 to Sj.l3; hogs,
$3.50 to S475; sheep. $500 To $3.50;
wheat. No. >. SIC to SIC; corn. No. ?,
%, 10 Ale: oats, No. .. SAC TO 3Gc; rye,
NJ. =, 5;lc to J4e.
Ciucinnati-Cattlc. SIPS to S4.45;
hogs. $500 10 $3.50; sheep, 500 to
&. %; wheat. No =, Sic TO Sc; corn,
No. > mixed. 43c to 46e; oats. No :
mixed. BIC to 56e; rye. No. .. Coo 10 Gle.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to S4.50; hogs.
s4CO to S4S5; sheep, $3.50 70 S3.23;
wheat. No. >. Sac To SIC: corn. No 3
yellow. &c to 45c: oats. No. white.
Sec to sac; rye. No. >. 5eic TO 5Ic.
NItlwsukee-N neat. No. northern,
-ae IN SOC. cora. No. 5. 44c to 45c; oats.
No. . white. SIc to 3Se; rye. Nc. ]. 5s's'
"a &c. barley No. =, he 10 64c; pork.
mess. S11.25.
Toledo-wheat. No. > mixed. sc 70
SSe: corn. No. mixed. 47e 10 4sc: oats.
No. mixed. &c 10 3Sc: rye. No. :, 54c
to sc; clover seed. prime, $3.50
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
susTAlNs CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
Ohio Supreme Court Declares It May
BE Praeticed ia the state.

The Ohio Supreme Court hollis that
Christian Scientists violate no Ohio stat
utes ia practicing the teachings OF their
creed. The matter cafle VIZ on error in
the case % The State versus Sylvia and
Lcotta Bishop from Butler County The
defendants were parents Of an Syear-old
daughter who was badly burr ed, but
being Christian Scientists they refused
10 cali physician, il was alleged, and
depended entirely upon their religious
treatment for relief
The child died aud later the grand
Jury returned an indictment charging the
parents with manslaughfer In the trial
the judge charged the jury TO bring in
a verdict OF arquittal on the ground that
no existing statute Lad been violated
The prosecutor OF the county, Holmes
Gard. carried the question up on excep-
tons. which the supreme Court oyerrulei
without comment.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
Five BuiIdinas I3urned,

Five store buildings in Durand burned
TO the ground with all their contents. The
furniture store Of the F. ". Goodrich
& Sons Company, valued at $500, and
stock worth $500. was completely de
stroyed, while the total insurance is only
$4,000. The Louis & chm double store
building was burned, causing loss Of
5000, with insurance OF $4,000. The
Smith Brothers general store suffered a
loss of $4,000. with only $3.50 insurance,
The J. d. Eidridge printing Office build
Ing went, the loss being $4,000 on the
structure, $500 on the plant. The insur-
ance is $500. The Joseph Forester
hotel and saloon burned; iosis Sc 500, with
insurance of $4,000 on the buildings. The
total loss is estimated q $50, 800.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
ODDS ard Enas.

William Stahlnecker, Jr.. son of the
former Congressman and Mayor Of 1on-
kers. y. y. was arrested in that city
for burglary.
Humbert Cattlina and Martin J. Pish-
kur Italian miners. fell from d cage de-
scending into the Minnie Hcaly mine at
Butte. Mont. and. striking the sunip,
! 600 feet below, were instantly killed,
Cattlina's head was severed from his
body.
Judge John +. Garland Of the United
States Court for the district af South
Dakota sustained the anti-compact law
passed by the Legislature last winter. 1t
forbids coliusion between ire insurance
companies in fixing rates,
The estate Of A. /. T. Coape. the al
legged English lord who killed himself,
his wife and siSter-in-law Oct. at
Iuuberton. n. NJ. is appraised az Sl0,-
600 Diamonds which Coape was known
10 have had have disappeared Their
disappearance is the foundation for a
rumor that the family was murdered by
an outsider bent on robbery.
The Pittsburg Coal Company formal
" took over the control of the Mouonga-
hela River Consolidated Coal and Coke
COMPANY. FIR the present the company
win be one:ated as separate organIza-
zion. but in the near future the depart
ments OF the two concerns vii b. eon-
solidated.
Sheriff Love Of kiagfsbec County.
oklahoma. created a sensation by Sery-
ing a warrant oa J. w Hoover, promi-
neut business man and agent OF an Ohio
bridge company. on an indictment charg-
ing h:m with murder The indictment
crew out OF tbs wreck Of q bridge built
bv NJ. Hoover's company, in Which two
Eaen we're killed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
Girl Seeks Death In School.

Driven temporarily insane by over
study Mabel Charlton 1G years old, left
her seat in the Janesville high school and
going to the toilet room cut the arteries
of her wrist. y girl companion passing
at the time heard her groan aud say;
''oh. | wish were dead" A teacher
rushed TO the scene. and the girl was
removed. A physician was called and
her life saved The attempted suicide
caused panic in the school. Miss Charl-
ton is the daughter OF George Charlton.
one Of the heaviest live stock buyers in
southern Wisconsin.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25

Special telegrams regarding the state
Of trade from correspondents Of the In
ternational Mercantile Agency through
out the United States and Dominion of
Canada are summarized as follows:
The week has been marked by some
what unsettled feeling and renewed con-
servatism in commercial circles. Distri-
bLtion of staples is smaller than week
ago at Chicago. and materially SO at
Putsburg, where industrial activity has
improved, except for millinery. Cooler
weather has improved trade in New Eng
land, except for jobbers. where season is
ended Warm weather has dulled de-
mand at Baltimore and at Louisville.
Collections are rather slow in pcrritory
tributary to St Paul. but in the cotton
regions they are growing easier. Plow-
makers report a good business but mod
crate collections Kentucky has me-
dunn obacco crop. but prices are better
than last year. Philadelphia merchants
say Trade in staples is smaller. October
lumber shipments from Minneapolis we're
the largest of any month this year.
Encouragement is felt at the new pol
icy Of the steel trust. Consumers will
no longer have to so abroad for steel.
Ten thousand tons of rails have been
sold to 20 to China. More mills are
opening and some are closing tempo
rarily. Colorado's coal strike offsets the
settlement of Montana's copper war. Fail
Rivers wage cut was not altogether I'M
expected. Makers of prints have been
losing money at late prices for material
and rate of wages. But high cotton is
making foreign exchange fa", now that
Europe is demanding all it can get re-
CARELESS OF price--the most significant
financial feature OF the week, with cot
ton. not steel as king.
Tight money has checked the rising
demand for bonds. hut shrewd people are
making large investments at bottom
prices.
Trade conditions at Montreal are about
the average. and demand for seasonable
goods is fair Mild weather at Toronto
has checked the distribution, but dealers
report the beginning of holiday trade in
fancy goods and jewelry. Canadian lum-
Der cut will be less this year than last
owing to scarcity of labor Canadian
banks are loaning money in the United
States, which makes it more difficult TO
secure funds here.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25

Dun's Review. published by z. G. Dun
& Co.. says this of business III Chicago
and in the West:
Business at the banks confines ahead
of year ago. nut i'll some important
branches of trade curtailment appears,
although not in 4 more marked degree
than usual at this season, when there is
less activity in outdoor work and lake
navigation becomes suspended. Weather
conditions also hive not been entirely
satisfactory for normal consumption of
seasonable merchandise and a strike of
street car men interferei with dealings
at retail
East-bound shipments of foodstuffs ag-
gregate better than for The corresponding
week of 1902 but run behind last week
in wheat and hog products. Western
roads exhibit smaller gains in earnings
and managers are now considering meth
ODDS for reducing operating expenses.
Manufacturing industries find new or
ders coming in slowly, but many remain
fully occupied on old business. Merean-
tile collections are not rs satisfactory
for city as on country bills. Failures i'll
the Chicago district num1er 81 against
30 for last week and 2S Il year ago, but
the liabilities show large increase.
Grain shipments. including 1.G49,056
bushels of corr. reach 3.GS1,13 bushels,
and are per cent less than year ago.
Increasing receipts and favorable posi-
ton Of Argentine crops affect the general
demand and prices are again lower
compared with week ago. Live stock
receipts, 2ST.9S4 head, are 40 per cent
under year ago. when the total was fb-
normally large Notwithstanding a ten
dency to withhold supplies. prices do not
regain strength Hogs declined 20 cents
per hundred weight and cattle recovered
20 cents Demand for provisions shows
duliness on export account but has been
fairly good for domestic eors lmption.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25

Drastic measures were taken the other
day to enforce the payment by the Chip
pewa Falls city street railway Of its
share OF a tax for pavement. Orders
were issued to stop all cars. When the
first car reached the city limits in a
heavy snowstorm it was stopped by the
chief OF police. 1t was loaded with pas
sengers. who p. tested, but to no avail
until the attorney for the company tele-
phoned promise to the city attorney
that the tax would be paid. when the car
was released
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25

Denver Priest and Friend Clash and
Both VIII Die

Rev. Felix NJ. I.epore, pastor Of Mt
Carmel Catholic Church, and another
Italian named Joe Sorici were fatally
wounded in Denver in a fight supposed
TO have arisen over a card game they
were playing in the priests apartments
IN the church building. Father Lepore
was shot twice in the abdomen and once
In the face and Sorici was shot once in
the abdomen. There seem TO have been
no eyewitnesses to the affair. Both men
were taken to St Josephs hospital.
where ii is said they cannot recover.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
sheriff Takes Railroad Casa.

As Paymaster Sweethen OF the Penn
sylvauia company was leaving the First
National Bank IN Logansport. Ind, Sher-
III Beckley took from him a yalise con
tanning $4,000 and carried 1t to the
court house. where the money WIS poured
cut on a table and nearly $4,000 Of il
seized by the officer. The sheriff was
collecting judgments 10 favor Of Thomas
Collins and George Lghtheiser who
were injured on the Pennsylvania lines
and we're awarded damages la court.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25

Workmen dredging the Rockaway inlet
near New Yorl brought M from q depth
OF thirty-tive feet pa Of skeleton OF
enormous proportio.s. Many Of the
workmen Thought tta bones belonged to
the ikeletoa Of q w',e!S Some wise ones
said that it was the skeleton of q pre-
historic dinoSaur or mastodon. The bones
were liz a perfect state of preservation.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
Wind BIows Nya1t over.

A heavy wind in Brodhe..d blew down
the brick wall of the eastern end OF the
tobacco warehouse in course Of construc-
ton Two men were badly injured by
being caught under the falling brick.
Miles Maxwell of GAINESVILLE had two ribs
broken, his arm hurt and head cut. Hen
ry Conrad Of Tomah was severely cut
about the head and face, his upper jaw
and nose being badly smashed. besides
a fracture Of the hip bone.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
Burning bridge Imnerils Traiu.

With the Chicago flyer due ct that
point in ten minutes the big Psrn Mar
anette Railroad bridge spanning the
river at Lee. Mich. was discovered on
Ere. Section men with the aid o. q
handcar stationed a danger signal jast
as the Chicago bound train neared a
curve leading to the bridge, which top
Piled into the river at this moment The
estinatad loss Is SaN00n
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
MuRpER MYsrARY Is pnEr.
Twenty-ose stiietto Wounds iu Body
of Man at Minneapoli-.


With twenty-one stiletto wounds. the
frozen body Of Salvador Battnha was
found at midnight on the Franklin ave
nue. bridge in Minneapolis. A letter
was found on the body showing that the
man had applied for admission to the
Masonic order. That robbery was not
the motive is clear rom the fact that
about S6J was found untouched in his
pockets, while n loaded revolver in the
hip pocket showed that he had been
spuck down without a chance TO defend
himAelf
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
Kiluar.d or in ui.Iing

Somewhere in or near New York Hen
ry Baxter Kingsley Of Kutlund, Vt, is
either in hiding or imprisoned 10y kid
napers. For two days aud nights the
entire police force has been searching I'M
avaiIinely for some clew as TO his where
ahouts. For three days before the POI
lice were called his family ard friends
bad somgilt h.N
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
Young GirI saved bv onicer,s SIC,

After wild ride over country roads,
Sheriff Algie Bourne overlook and stop
ped n hack in which. it is said, 16-year-
Did Bessie EggIeston, drugged and I'M
conscious. was being carried away from
Stevens Point. The young woman, who
Is noted for her beauty and accomplish
ments, is said to have been lured into a
saloon and given knockout drops" by
two men who are said to be emissaries Of
the keeper Of notorious resort in the
woods.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25

Edward Dubsly, - years old. walked
tn the rear OF his saloon, 4s02 LOOMS
street, Chicago. and shot himself In the
head. dying instantly Neither Mrs
Dubsky nor any Of her friends could fur
nixh a possible motive Tor the suicide
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
Modern Convenience. for Alfonso.

The ancient castle 81 the Kirgs Of
Spain is to be brought mp 10 date with
sanitary plumbing and grauitoid walks
leading TO the chicken house aud stables.
according to a dispatch from the United
States minister
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
Train Robber. Get $50. oOo.

Two men boarded a railway train as Il
was ascending steep grade between
Petersburg and Mushroom, South Africa.
oYerpowered the guard looted the treas
ure car OF $4,000, and made their es-
cape. The moneys had been consigned
10 the STANDARD Bank 81 Pretoria.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
Rir nnildinr I.ncknnt \. o.

The threatened lockout by the Build
ers' Exchange Leagae in Pittsburg
against ali crafts affiliated with the
Building Trades Council. has become ef-
fectiYe. throwing 5000 men out OF en-
ployment, With the 1900 men on syn
pathetic -srike, 10000 are now idle.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
succumbs 20 Appe adieitis.

Henry Seton Merriman (Hugh Sto-
well Scott the English novelist is dead
He had been suffering from appendicitis
for a week
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
cnIIi.ion Ia FreIght and WOOL Trnin..

Thirty-onc men arr killed, fourteen
injured aud three missing as the result
of a collision between freight and work
trains ON the Big Forr Railroad near
fremont, H.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
Mon Rus.inn. comlnr Here.

Large numbers % Russians are pre-.
pairing 10 emigrate 10 America The
emigration from all parts Of Russia has
been greatly increased Of late by rosy
letters received from former emiprants.