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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-13

cumulated seven children and that he thought
with my love of children and his seven little
ones we might live together very happily"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
News OF Minor Note.

The baby Of Mrs. c. c. Crook, Rush
vile, Ohio. fell into a bucket OF water
and drowned.
Severe blow at Carthage, Jasper and
Lamar, Mo. Many buildings damaged.
No one Killed.
Tile independent long-distance te!e
phone system Of Texas las passed into
die hands of II. +. Huntingto".
1t has cost Kansas $1,000 to print the
Journals of the two houses Of the last
Legislature. They make a total Of $3.50
pages,
Mary Jackson. a negress IS years old,
was run down and killed by a Santa Fe
switch engine in she yards in Guthrie,
o. I.
William Merritt was shot and killed
Shile sitting in his font yard at Mob
rara. Neb. Isaac Mccain was arrested
on suspicion.
AZ tine Grand hospital, San Francisco,
doctors bored a hole in the head Of Pie
tro Raaino and inserted a%ntitoxin, curing
him Of lockjaw.
New Hope Church. Appomattox Coun-
", Virginia, was struck by lightning.
Paul COwcn, Charles Austin and Aubrey
wing6eld were killed and several otf ers
lnjp- d.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
CHASED BY WILD DOGS
Eontana Girl Had q Marrow Escape
from an Awful Fate.

from an Awful Fate.
Chased for more thar a mile by a pack
of rud dogs, Miss Gertie Sullivan
daughter of a sheep man living on Bircu
creek, near Havre, Mont. escaped only
by spending the night in an old corral
and picking off the animals now and Their
9th a rifle.
Miss Sullivan was riding her pony
icr0ss the prairie when she saw, some
distance away, perhaps twenty animals
which at first glance she took to be coy
otes. As they came nearer. evidently ia
pursuit of her, the girl saw they wera
are several small pa in northern y ~
tana and just over { canadian line.
1t became a rid r life with Mic
Sullivan. She had D her a small RI. te
but the animals seemed so savage she
dared not stop and give them battle. As
she began to despair of escaping she
sighted the old sheep corral, and toward
This she ran her horse, reaching It only
When the pack was hut a short distance
away. To enter with the pony and
quickly close the gate was the work of a
moment.
Swapping and snarling, the dogs tore
at the poles forming the stockeGe, but
were unable to gain nm entrance. The
girl began shooting at the animals, which
ret=eated when she fred and returned to
the attack when the rife was silent. Miss
Sullivan was found the next morning b.;
her father and brother, who had beef,
seeking her.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
~~NNO~~ON~

The Kansas Central, Oklahoma and
Gulf Railroad Company, with a capital
stock of S20,000.000. was granted a char
ter at Guthrie, Okla.
The precedent established by the city
of st. Louis in requiring the use of pow
er brakes on all electric cars within the
city limits, is of considerable interest,
The ahipmentn of the California fruit
crop this year by the Santa Fe Railroad
has been accomplished almost entirely
with the fruit cars of that company.
The growth Of freight traffic in the
United States is quite interesting to note.
In 1898 the returns showed 93,JSS,00o,-
900 of ton miles, or 1914 per cent more
than 1891.
A temporary extension Of the time in
which a number of railroads are requir-
ed to complete their safety equipment
has been granted by the interstate com
merce commission. i.
The Milwaukee road has met the cut
rate by the 500 from st. Paul. and Min
neapolis to New York and return. Other
lines had taken similar action several
days before the Milwaukee.
An expenditure of S4,O00.000 will be
made by the Richmond, fredericksburg
and Potomac for improvements on it,
road. The entire line viii be double
tracked and the roadbed reballasted.
e. II. Hartman win make the Cali
fornia Northwestern Railway. which IS
controlled by a syndicate, of which he is
the head, a part of the coast system.
which is to nave its northern terminus
at Astoria.
The action Of the Michigan Central
directors in renewing the lease of the
Canada Southern for a period of 8
years and the proposition to refund &c.
100000 Of bonds of the Lake Erie and
Detroit River Railroad, controlled by
the Pere Marquette. thus securing a low
er rate of interest, was ratified at a
formal stockhok't - meeting.
A decree has been issued by the gov
eminent Of Mexico granting an increase
IN railroad rates so as TO put the roads
on the same basis as If their receipts
were ii Mexican dollars worth 80 cents.
President Williams has announced that
the consolidation of the Florida Central
and Peninsula system. comprising S1S
miles OF road in Georgia and Florida.
with the Seaboard Air Line. has become
effective.
Western lines have agreed to accept
the invitation Of those IN the Central
running home visitors excursions to
points in the territory Of the association
nsmed during September and October.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
JgFFRlgs IS The VICTOR.
Knocks Ont Corbett in Tenth Round
of Battle in San Francisco.

James ]. Jeffries knocked out James
j. Corbett in the tenth round of the
fight for the heavyweight championship
Of the world Friday night in Mechanics
pavilion. in San Francisco. thus retain
ing the title of championship which he
wrested from Bob Fitzsimmons.
1t was a terrific right-hand drive to
the pit of the stomach that settled Cor
bett and SEM him 10 the hoor. lefta
hand hook which landed in the region of
the solar picks preceded the right-hander
and Corbett had just regained his feet
and the pair had come together in a half
clinch, when the champion gent in the
blow that won the fight for him.
1t was a better Jeffries than ever that
won-e man Of tremendous strength and
of surprising quickness and eleYerness.
The stoutest blows of his antagonist
served only TO add new force and velocity
to the champions ruslfes and his terrific
punches. Corbett did his best. w!,ieh
vas far from being good; JefIries did his
best, which was better than he had ever
done before.
The battle was witnessed by a record
crowd for San Francisco, the biggest in
numbers and dollars that ever looked at 4
fight in that city. According to the
Yosemite Clubs figures the attendance
was 10,669 and the money taken in was
So, $40, OF this the fighters divide 20
per cent, ,Jeffries taking three-feurths and
Corbett one-fourth.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
THE CROP DtsIROYER's TALE.


This is the season of the year
When always, without fail.
The Crop Destroyer finds it pays
To tell a Bulliah tale.
He takes his trusty pen in hand
And wires his daily scare.
The Hot Dry Wind, at his command,
Comes roaring from its lair.
For.h comes the Chintz Bug, fierce aid
strong,
Anon, there comes the drouth,
The wheat at nee turns into straw,
Obedient TO his mouth.
AS up and down he wallis the fields
They shrivel at his breath.
He blights them here and shrinks them
there
And marks the path of il 18th.
He sums It up, and puts IL own,
He quotes il East and West;
His words are final. terse, and grim
And thrown out like his chest.
And good Dame Nature dare not raise
A bushel more nor less:
She always stards around and waits
Till he has made his guess.
Then, when he's killed the wheat crop
off,
And all the lands bereft,
His friend. the Chintz Bug. finishing
The little that was left,
The foolish farmer who don't know
The Chintz Bug has been there
Goes on upon his silly course.
Not asking bull nor bear;
And some way. no one knows just how
He gathers up a crop
That staggers all the estimates,
And makes the markets drop.
The moral of this halting rhyme
Is easy, don't you thinkf
1t is-in short-you can't kill wheat
BY drowning it in ink.
Northwestern Miller.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
Note. Of current Event.

A binder Irvine factory is 90 lie erected
al the Missouri penitentiary a., soon as
the work can be done.
Marlin Deeginger, aged II years, WAS
drowned in the kaw river while 81 md
ming at Topeka Kan.
Conductor Bert Clay was killed at
Oklahoma City. o. T.. while his train
crew was switching ears on TO a siding.
\ young man whose identity is I'M
Known iamped into the PataPseo river
near Baltimore, Md aud drowned him
self.
An effort is to be made to secure the
passage of a law providing for the exam
nation and licensing Of music teachers
ia Iowa.
In a quarrel among a number Of Ital-
ians at Felix, Wyo., two men were XII
ed aud another IS so badly wounded that
be viii probably die.
Former Congressman Driggs. New
York. pleaded net guil6y to two indiet-
ueuts. charging him with being impii-
Gated ia the postal scandals.
George A. Williams. a newspaper so
licii or. formerly Of Lexington, Ky, want
ed 1t Detroit. Mich. for alleged embez-
zlemeit, was arreated at Troy. Ohio.
An automobile in which Judge and
Mrs. Lockwood Honore Of Chicago wers
riding frightened horse near Brewaer,
Mass. and the animal a away. injur
lag two women.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
Told in a Few Lines.

George Ayers and Tom W.podson, Bris-
toll. Tenn, were frightfully injured while
blasting coal.
g. s. Bailey, Mountain Park. o. Z;
killed w. Brown. Quarreled over pro-
posed removal Of the town.
The bank Of Dwalls' Bluff IN Arkansas
has gone into the hands Of a receiver.
1t is expected depositors viii be paid in
full.
=. s. Bennett. a New York capitalist,
is reported killed by the upsetting Of a
stage il the Thunder Mountain district
Of Idaho.
A Chicago undertaken threatens to
drive his hearse Hp TO a de'''or's door
every day until he receives his honey fer
a coffin furnished the mans mother.
Fire which started in the Dayy block
at Rochester, y. y. did damage e~timat-
ed at 100000. -Four stores with their
contents we're destroyed. Thirty girls
were rescued with difficulty.
Foreclosure proceedings have been be-
gun against Eppingef & 60. and Others
Of San Francisco 10 Genre am indebted
ness OF 1857. 164 due the London, Ameri-
can and Paris Bank, Limited.
A mob in Henderson, Texas, released
a negro siser preparing to lynch him.
Judge pFomised that grand jury would
take up the DeEro'S case At once. He is
charged with criminal assault.
Mrs. X. c. Scott, Richmond. Va. whie
on q car pear Cincinnati, was slightly
sounded by q bullet which passed
through a car window. She was abls 20
continue her Journey. No eIey.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
MISPLACED COMMA SPILL
NEBRASKA DEATH SENTENCE.

The execution Of William Rhea. which
tooS place az 0mana, is traceable almost
directly TO a chance want Of punctuat on
in 4 criminal statute. When the Nebraska
laws were amended in 1898. the inten-
tion was to retain the former copy of
the Ohio laws regarding iirst-degree muir
dS. In drafting the statute a slight
change was made, TO leave 10 the discre-
tion of the jury capital punishment or
life Imprisonment. After the engrossed
copy of the law had been signed by the
Governor it was found that a comma
that appears both in the Ohio law and
the earlier Nebraska statute had been
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
FINDS FEUolsTs GUILTY.
Jett and White Convicted by Jury of
Numbering James Is. Marcum.

Jett ana Whtfe Convicted by jury OF
Numbering James u. Marcum.
The jury in the case of Curtis Jett and
Thomas White, charged with the assas-
s~ination of James B.. Mareum at Jack
son, Ay., returned a verdict of guilty,
fixing the punishment on each at life
Imprisonment. The verdict was returned
at a time when there were few persons
in the court room. The only attorney
present was County Attorney Webster.
Jett received the verdict with compar-
alive Indifference and calmness. White,
who has been apparently under a severe
strain during the trial, uushed up and
his eyes filed with tears.
Attorney Golden for the defense stat
ed that a motion for a new trial wonld
be made as soon as possible. The gen
eral opinion seems to be that the motion
will be oyerruled by the court and that
It will then go to the Court of Appeals.
The verdict on the whole is regarded as
q victory for the defense. as the prosecu-
tion asked that no middle ground be TAX
en- and that the men either go acquitted
or be hanged.
The case has beer on trial almost three
weeks. At the first trial at jackson the
jury disagreed and it is believed that the
later verdict was a compromise with a
juror opposed TO capital punishment.
There have been twenty-seyen lives
lost within the past two years in the
Hargis-C ockerill feud in Breathitt Coun-
t. and this is the first conviction. No
arrests or indictments had been made nm
til last May when the troops were or
dered to Jackson 10 protect the grand
jury and afterward the trial jury and
witnesses. Jett is still under indictment
for first degree murder for killing Town
Marshal Cockerill. Friends of the de-
PENDANTS showed such relief as to leave
no doubt Of their previous apprehension
of the death penalty.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
TORNADO osvAsrArss FARMS.
Buildings Blown Down and Persons In
jured Kansas R~iverat Flood stage.

jured Kansas Rivers ut Flood Stage.
Heavy damage was done by a tornado
which swept the country ten miles south
west of Norfolk, Neb. The house Of q
farmer Of the name of kriger was demol-
ished, Mrs. Kriger was seriously injured,
and one of the children hurt. Fields Of
corn were destroyed and outbnildings
blown away. The storm struck the farm
of Albert Rerglund, neaa Newman
Grove, All the o%uthouses were totally
destroyed, including The barn, blacksmith
shop and sheds. The machinery on the
place was wrecked and scattered. Peter
Ber;;lund was standing in the door Of
the blacksmith shop when the storm
struck it, and was carried some distance
with the building. The only injury he
suffered was a broken arm.
The storm reached its greatest fury at
the farm Of Louis Kvam, where a large
barn was wrecked, mol enough Of it be-
ing left in one piece to make an ordinary
door. A quantity Of barley in the gran
airy was carried 100 fees and scattered on
the ground. The rest of the barn was
strewn over the country for half a mile.
Two horses were picked up by the wind.
carried some distance. and killed. Twen-
ty-fiye or thirty hogs were also killed.
Traffic between the Kansas Cities was
practically suspended Saturday. all the
temporary pile bridges erected after the
great flood in June having been endan-
gered by a rise in the Kansas River, the
result of continuous heavy rains.
The stopping of traffic over the tenn
porary bridges caused a rush for the flow
line bridge, which supports the pipe car
rying the city's water supply. The gatey
at each end of the bridge were torn q.
in the anxiety Of those seeking to set
across. The bridge is a comparatively
frail structure. and at one time there
were nearly 800 persons on 1t. There
was danger of the bridge falling. aud it
became necessary to nail up the gates
and force persons from the structure.
The james street bridge, the only
means of street car communication be-
tween the two Kansas Citys, went
Monday morning. The bridge had been
weakened by the high water and gave
way when struck by a great mass Of
driftwood carried in from the west by
~ swift current. The James street
Zdge was built of piles to replace one
esried ont by the June food. Part Of
ne Belt Line bridge collapsed Sunday.
At ~Armourdale, which was ~literall'
wiped ont in the June food, the rive
was fourteen feet above low water mark
and seven feet higher than the lowest
mark recorded since June. At Abiler@
yhe water was two feet deep on 4th az2
9th streets, and many cellars were
Hooded
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
PANAMA ROUTE IN PERIL.
Amendments Adopted in Colombia
May Cause Choice of Nicaragua.

Mag lause NhOlce OF Nicaragua.
The Panama canal treaty has practi-
cally been killed by Colombia and it is
thought that President Roosevelt will Sc
lect the Nicaragua route. Colombia
struck a ~deathblow 20 the Panama route
when the congressional committee hay
ing the treaty under consideration adopt
ed nine amendments, any one of which
viii be fatal to the treaty. owing TO the
impossibiiity Of securing their adoption
By the United States Senate, which must
accept or reject them. Officials Of the
Department Of State and Seno Herran,
the Colombian charge d'affaires in Wash
ington. are in the dark az to the exact
nature of these amendments. From mea-
ger and mutilated official dispatches it is
known that the two principal ones pro-
vide for a large increase in the bonus
demanded of the United States for the
strip through which to construct the wat
erway. and prohibit the Colombian gov
giving. the United States ALSO
lu-e control over this territory.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

By order of the Turkish yernme
the province of Macedonia is suffering
the agonies of massaeres. individual muir
ders, torture, incendiarism and wholesale
arrests without cause-all in the name of
reforrn-says a note issued by the Rul-
garian government and sent to tae pow
ers interested in the Balkan revolution.
Turkish soldiers have cas- hundreds of
Bulgarian priests and educators and
thousands of other innocent persons into
prison, burned Bulgarian towns. attack
ed Bulgarian women without number and
spread desolation and oppression through
out four vilayets. ofsentimes collecting
taxes for years in advance
Show Horrors ia Detail.
Specific cases are cited to show the
horrors endured by the people at the
hands of the Turkish troops, All are
officially guaranteed to lie truthful, the
facts having beer gathered by Bulgarian
consuls or other agents and given TO the
powers with a view to showing that Bull
garia is not to blame for the Macedonian
revolt against Turkish rule.
So confident is the Bulgarian govern
ment of its accusations that it challenges
1uFhty u AlspEoNS z stHSlt Nhai -. Abc
memorandum has made a s,rong impress
sion In diplomatic circles. The Austrian
diplomatic agent has already called on
the premier to express his anxiety re-
garding the results that may ensue from
its publication. The French and italian
agents also expressed uneasiuess. all
though they took a less gloomy view.
Turkey Calls Ont Troops.
An imperial trade has been issued by
the Sultan Of Turkey calling ont itty-two
additional battalions of troops tabout o.
600 mem from the European provinces Of
Turkey in consequence of the spaead of
insurrection in Maeedonis. Thes troops
comprise twenty battalions of reserves of
the first class from the AdrianopEe and
Salonika army corps. The balance are
reserves Of the second class.
The British ambassador has called the
attention of the Porte to the serious sit
nation in Macedonia. He pointed out
that s e consequences may attend
fresh ma iers Of consuIs or foreign sub
jects.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
RURAL DELIVERY GROWING.

POST aster General Payne Estab-
Iishes 5000 New Mai1 Routes.
Postmaster General Payne has had
prepared a statement showing the status
Of the rural free delivery service through
out the country. rs shows that during
the month Of July, the first month Of the
present fiscal year, almost 1900 new
routes have been established. The APP
preparation made for the entire service
for the year was Sl2.000.000. or a little
less than $3,000.000 more than necessary
10 maintain the existing service. This
is only sufficient to justify the establish
ment of about G,000 new routes. There
are 0 ON file petitions for about ll.0oc
more routes,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

mhue IN tne railroad
world by J. +. Brad
field, whose appoint,
ment 10 the latter
position recently be-
a effective. Mr..
Bradfeld has moved
his quarters from
Syracuse to the
Grand Central sta
ton in New York
City. While he was
acting as a messen-
ger fer the New
York Central Mr..
Bradiield studied
4atarr,nhV and sub
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

omitted. BY this difference in punctua-
ton it is not made obligatory upon the
State 10 show that murder was intended
before robbery and murder were commit
ted. The comma was inserted in re-
prints of the law. but upon in appeal Of
the Rhea case, the Supreme Court fixed
the engrossed copy as official, and re-
fused a new trial. Rhea shot and killed
Henry Zahn at Snyder. Ne5., while con-
Quoting a ''hold-up" of the place with
two ~companions.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

declared to be tho
old Methodpe
minister in the
world, being eight
months older Ian
the Rev q. =. Ayres
Of Sidney, o., who
has heretofore been
called "the oldest
Methodist minister
The Rev. Alden Is
still a forcible pulpit
preacher and fills
appointments ocea-
sionauy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

country. He " $
born in Oneida
County. New York.
Oct. ], 1911, and be
came a printer at Is
years of age. He
saw the old United
States Gazette
printed on a hand
press In Philadel-
phia, and he was
present when the
first two cylinder
presses made by
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

heneeforth hold the
purse strings of
Uncle Sans great
fighting establish
ment on the sea,
has had a long and
e~redi-able career.
lie was appointed
al acting assistant
payrmaster during
tho Civil War, and
IKE many another
oNcer he stuck to
the service after the
close Of the conflict,
gaining one promo
ton after another.
" - NJ
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

A freight train ran into a work train
On the Santa Fe eleven miles south u
4 3more. J.. T., probably fatally wound
iag Kid Stone and E. A. Downey, en-
gineer and freman. and seriously i~njuring
four others A hagman is said to be re-
sponsibIe Tor the accident.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

tuition ana IS one OF
the most famous liv-
ing physicists and
astronomers. He
has been for many
years experimenting
with various prinei-
pies 10 air nayiga-'
ton. much Of his
work being in CO.
operation with DIR.
Alexander Graham
Bell. Prof. Langley
was born in Boston
4sfrN --
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

~Breekinrldge, retir-
ed. has been a mem
Der Of that depart
ment since 1885 and
for several months
has been stationed
ut Governors Island,
New York, as in.
specter general for
the department OF
the east. Gen. Bur
ton is a native OF
Delaware and was
graduated o M
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

part few months
owing TO the Kings
many junketings. In
his capacity as pri
waite secretary he
not only reads all
the letters addressed
10 the King. but IN
swers many of them
without tn 4bling
his employer with
their contents. Sir
Francis knows his
business from A 20
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

18th arms of frankie Burgess, the
[ -ar-eid daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
G.. Burgess. were broken Tuesday when
the little girl fell from a picket fence
near her home IN st. Joseph, No. She
vas injured internally and vii die.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

ed in Cambridge and Oxford, and has
honorary degrees from nearly all the
principal colleges. lie has also many
medals given him by scientific societies
In this country and abroad. His works
on astronomy and %dynamics and espe-
cially ON ~aerodynamics, are text books
in the technical seho5is.
49,
From messenger boy to general super
intendent of t;e New York Central Rail-
road" represents briefly the rapid strides
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

%sequeRtly became dispatcher and train,
master. Fe then arose TO be assistant di.
vision superintendent. then assistant gen.
eral superintendent, now becoming gem
eral superintendent through the promo
ton of A. II. Smith, who has been ap-
pointed general manager of the New
York Central.
.-s-
Rear Admiral Henry T. 3. Harris,
who has just been made paymaster gem
eral of the United States navy, aud Will