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The Washington times., 1903-11-03
ELECTRIC WAVES TAKE
MESSAGES 666 MILES
Aurora Borealis Enables Sending Of
Telesrams Without Use
Of Batteries.

ST. PAUL. Nov. 3.-The Northern Pa
ciic telegraph department has tele-
graphed a distance OF 800 miles without
batteries.
Saturday night. when the aurora. bore
ais display was on, the electric waves
were noticed as early as o'clock by
Superintendent Green and Assistant SUI
perintendent Dildine. of the system.
They decided to experiment with the
atmosphere as a current, and according
ly had the line opened from st. Paul to
Dickinson. n. D.. with the batteries
along the line removed. The electricity
was taken from the atmosphere during
the disturbance. which lasted twenty
hours and was the greatest since 1875.
Superintendent G.eeu says;
"A wire leading TO Dickinson was
cleared Of all bates. and other arti-
fetal current. and subjected TO the at
mOspheric tests. This line IS Sos miles
long. and was successfully operated nu-
merous times by using only the cleo
tricity which descended from the skies.
"A pale green light shot forth at stat
ed intervals toward the earth. Each
time these points descended Il charged
the electric wires all over the country
to such a degree thft ali communica-
ton w9s stopped for a time and dis
turbed for many hours. The electrical
waves came with the regularity Of the
pendulum movements.
The Washington times., 1903-11-03
CERTAIN CORPORATIONS
FREE FROM SCRUTINY
Authority of Commissioners Set Forth
in the Opinion of Mr..
Duvall

according to sn opinion submitted to
the Commissioners yesterday by A B.
Duva1. the Corporation Counsel, the
ComI tssioners are charged with no
duties in reference to the organization
OF corporations, except 10 those engaged
in the safe deposit. trust, loan mort
gage, insurance. security, and guarantee
business. nor Is the power vested IN
the Commissioners 10 proceed against
any company Incorporated under the
code for the forfeiture OF its charter
and franchises.
The opinion states that section 7s6 Of
the code provides for this last named
proceeding by a petition In the name
OF the United States, TO be filed by the
Attorney OF tho United States for the
District OF Columbia. The duties OF the
Commissioners. except as 10 TIE cor
porations above designated, relate to
taxation after Incorporation.
The decision was submitted at the re-
quest OF tho r. s. Donaldson Company,
who claimed the Recorder OF Deeds had
refused TO record certificates or incor-
poratiOn for the National Realty and
Loan Corporation, and the Pittsburg
Securities and Underwriting Corpora
ton. on the ground that they We're trust
companies. and that the Commissioners
had discretionary power = grant or re-
fuse the charter.
The Washington times., 1903-11-03
BEAUTIFUL HEBREW GIRL
MARRIED A BRIGAND
Discovered Mistake After Wedding.
When Husband Was Killed and
She Was Wounded.

ODESSA. Nov. S-The newspaper
-Novostf' today prints a story OF de-
ceptiOn practiced on q beautiful He
brew girl named Clara Grishpun
The girl, who IS but nineteen years
Of age, while staying at Marienbad.
Bohemia. recently made the acquaint-
ance OF a handsome stranger. who rep
resented himself as a rich land owner
named Louis STAMINA. She married him
contrary to the wishes OF her relatives.
The newly married couple went trav-
cling. presumably on their wedding trip.
The girl has Just reeurned with one
eye gone and one Of her arms in a
sling She tells a story OF an awful ex-
perience.
Clara says shortly after her marriage
she discovered that her husband was
not Louis STAMINA. but Oscar Shen. a
Dyigand leader. One day four men ac-
costed the couple and accused Shen OF
wishing TO desert his band The latter
ordered them TO depart, but one OF ths
four said:
You are a traitor" and fred at the
leader.
The bullet missed Shen. but hit his
newiy-rnade wife in the eye. Three
other shots were fired, two OF which hit
Shen and killed him. but the third
shattered the bone OF the girls arm
The muroerers have been arrested.
The Washington times., 1903-11-03
CHARGES MADE AGAINST
A NEW JERSEY JUSTICE
Attorney Newlin Requests the President
to Investigate Actions of Judge
Andrew Fitzpatrick,

A letter has been sent to President
Roosevelt by James NJ. w. Newlin, a
lawyer OF Philadelphia, in which he sug-
gests that United States District Judge
Andrew Fitzpatrick, Of the New Jersey
district, should be impeached because
he Is the active president Of the Federal
Trust Company OF Newark. which was
promoted to elect him SITS president. He
says Judge fitzpatrick has brought the
administration of justice into contempt
Mr. Newlin IS counsel for bondholders
OF the Asphalt Company OF America and
the National Asphalt Company. Both
of these companies have been involved
in litigation before Judge Fitzpatrick.
The Washington times., 1903-11-03
WELL-ENOWN OFFICERS
SAIL ON SHERIDAN
General Young's Son-in-Law and Other
Army Bridegrooms Start
for Manila.

The War Department has been noti-
fed that the transport Sheridan sailed
at noon Saturday with the following
military passengers: Colonel wygant.
Lieutenant Colonel Maus. Majors Crit
tenden. Pickering. Parks. Chaplain F'itz-
gerald. Captains Hannay. Donovan,
Hamilton, Wazzell. Davidson, Wolfe.
StritEinger, Richardson. Newell. Wheel
er, Stone. Bomford. Lieutenants Leon
ard. Curtis. Huguet. Harris. Justice,
Ripley. Goodale, Hit. Whitfield, Novak.
Nesly, Gregg. Graham. Roberts. Par
shall, Flake. Russell. Halford. Bull,
Moore. Rozelle, SIS enlisted men of tho
Twenty second Infantry. Lieutenant
Colonel Hannay, retired; Captains Bot
toms, Subsistence Department; FolweIl
and Cochrane, Seventeenth Infantry;
Lieutenants Greer, Murray. Medical De
partment; Abbott. Graham, Twelfth
Cavalry; Leisenring. Fourth; Crowne.
Twenty-ninth Infantry: four unassigned
cavalry, thirteen casuais. fifteen :Iospi-
tai. and six Signal Corps men, together
with one casual. sixteen recruits and
Contract Surgeon Baker for Honolulu.
The Washington times., 1903-11-03
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The Washington times., 1903-11-03
LAST APPEAL REFUSED
BY SUPREME COURT

Bert Ross, convicted of murder in San
Luis Obispo county. Cal, viii have TO
hang. The Supreme Court OF the United
States yesterday refused TO interfere.
His case came as an appeal from the
order of the California supreme court
denying him a writ of habeas corpus to
the warden of San Quentin peniten-
tiary. His claim was that the grand
jury was not selected according to law.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-16

Las Vegas Valley md Tts People Mt
Mercy Of Redakin OntIaws.

Las Vegas valley, the extreme south
ern end of Nevada, is at the mercy Of
redskin outlaws and the entire region,
embracing several hundred square miles,
is in state Of terror. An uprising Of
the desperate Piutes has occurred and
their deeds are as bloody as those Of the
Apaches twenty years ago. Two hun
bred white ranchers and miners are scat
tered over the desolate territory and the
life Of every one Is in imminent peril.
Marvel and pioche, the county seat, 200
miles aw; are the nearest points, and
there is not even deputy sheriff In tho
valley. which is remote from civilization.
Already three atrociOus murders have
been committed and alarming reports are
received indicating that wholesale butch
cries may be expected. Sunday Charles
Stewart and George Latimer left their
ranch at Indian Greek for a day, leaving
William Williams, worthy and trusted
man, in charge When they returned
next day his swollen body lay in the
hot sun on the porch, blood 0ozlng from
a bullet wound in the back. lie had
been shot presumably while asleep and
then scalped. "Cochi," ? Piute who had
been hanging around, as missing. A
posse went after him and after a long
chase he was captured. He is said to
have been executed summarily after con
Tossing the terrible deed. The same day
the bodies Of Two unidentified prospec-
tors were found al Ash Meadows shot
and scalpcd and otherwise mutilated.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-16

Holbrook, who left his vast estate to his
daughter, now the Baroness vor Roques
aud a resident of Rouen, Fransc. with
reversionary interest 10 her daughter
Mrs. Maybrick. Tens Of thousands of
that fC~tune went to save Mrs. Maybrick
from tbs gallows, when she was sen
fenced to Heath in 1899 for poisoning hsr
husband.
Darius HoiSrook also owned $500
acres of coal a1,i iron lands in Virginia
and West Virginia, and suits to recover
them have been instituted. Should they
be successful Mrs, Maybrick may become
one of the wealthiest women in the Unit
ed States
Mr.. Holbrook was a capitalist of Mo-
bile. Ala. He was associated with Cyrus
Field in the laying of the first transat-
lantic cable, he founded the town of
Cairo, ILL.,. and was one of the promoter;
of the Illinois Central Railroad When
he died. in 1868, he was considered one
of the wealthiest men in the South.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-16
MORE POSTAL TRUE BILLS.
George W. Bowers Surreuders Him
self to ths Federal Authorities.

SER To TING n GQeEdi
The federal grand jury In Washington
has returned seven indictments in postal
cases. The names Of those indicted have
not been divulged Although there are
seven indictments there are but six de-
PENDANTS, indicating that one of them is
indicted twice The officials of the dis
trict attorneys office refuse TO disclose
the names Of the parties indicted until
warrants for their arrest have been sery
ed. Some of those indicted reside out
side of Washington. George w. Beav-
ers, the former head Of the salary and
allowance division Of the PostofIlce De-
partment at Washington. surrendered
himself in the office of United States
Commissioners Hitchcock in New York
City and gave 5000 bail for his appear
ance before Commissioner Hitchcock.
The indictments against the former head
Of the salaries and allowance division
were returned two months ago in Brook
lyn and charge him with having receiv
ed 4 check for $50 from the Brandt
Dent Manufacturing Company of Mid
dletow1, Wis, which it is alleged was
paid to him by the firm as a part COM
mission on a number of automatic cash
iers furnished the postal department by
that firm.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-16
"HOLD-uP" ON CANAL.
More Money Asked by Colon bians in
the Proposed Treaty.

the Proposed Treaty.
The bill which the Bogota Congress
is now discussing, authorizing President
Marroquin to negotiate new Panama
canal treaty with the United States, con-
tains the following stipulations:
The perpetual use of the canal zone
is granted provided that at the expira-
ton Of each hundred years the United
hundred years % per cent more 2remi-
um and rental than for the preceding
term, the premium beginning at $780,
600 and the rental at 800.
The mixed tribunals in the canal zone
shall try suits between foreigners or be-
tween Colombians and foreigners.
The police and sanitary NEE ,,sres shan
he practically in charge o. the United
States.
Twenty million dollars is fixed as the
price of the concession, besides the
rental (sum:) of $10000.O00 payable by
the canal company, in consideration of
Colombias approval of the transfer of
shares.
The railroad shall in sixty-four years
revert to Colombia. but the United
States may buy it under a valuation.
A term shall be fixed within which the
canal must be begun and finished.
The contract snail pro.ide for means
10 znttle Differences whici may arise be-
tween the governments during the con-
struction and execution of the contract
According TO the latest reports receiy-
ed from Btgota, the Hay Herran canal
treaty is now generally regarded in the
capital as dead and buried and it is de
clarel the United States might as well
turn seriously to negotiations with Me
aragua.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-16
IEtz SA'G21sE%[5RS
.s.st:SlS|sS Rs&l~- GN-.
I'D <S@-S&S

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades.
$3.50 10 S6.05; sheep, fair TO choice, $500
TO $3.50. wheat, No. red. roc TO soc;
corn. No. .. soc to ole; oats. No. .. BE
to 34c; rye, No. .. 53c to 54c; hay. tim
othy, $3.50 to $500; prairie, 5000 TO
$3.50: butter, choice creamery, lie 10
19c: eggs. fresh. 15c to 1Sc; potatoes.
45c to SOC per bushel
Indianapolis shipping. $500 to
$3.50; hogs, choice light. $500 to $6.2j;
sheep. common 70 prime. $3.50 to S3.10;
wheat. No. .. soc 10 Sic: corn. No, 2
white. soc TO ole; oats, No white, 34c
TO 36c.
st. Louis-Cattle. $3.50 to $685.: hogs.
$3.50 TO 5000: sheep. $500 to 1910;
wheat. No. >. Sic 10 sc: corn. No. 2.
4Te to 4Sc; oats. No. >. 34c to 35c; rye,
No. >. ole to SIC.
Observation-Disclosures. S4.25 10 $500;
hogs. $500 10 $500; sheep. $275 to
$500. wheat. Ne. ., S3c TO Sc: cexn.
No. > mixed. ole to 53c; oats. Ne. .
mixed, SIC to 35e; rye. No. =, zoe to 60c
Detrcit-Cattle. $3.50 to $500: hogs.
S4O0 to S5.75; sheep. $3.50 to s325;
wheat No. =. Sic 70 Sc; corn. No. 3
yellow. 53c to 56c; oats. No. 3 white,
;sSc TO 3Slc; rye. No. .. 55e 70 sc.
Milwaukee Wheat. No. . northern.
SEE to Sc: corn. No. ;. 5Sc 10 90. eats.
No. white. Soc 10 3Sc; rye. No. ]. s5e
to sic: barley. No. ., d4c 70 65c: pork.
mess. S12-T0.
Toiedo-Wheat. No. mixed. SIC TO
S5e: corn, No. MIXED. 53e t. 55c; cats.
Ne. = mixed. Sac 10 See. rye. NJ. =. SIC
10 sc; clover ssed, prime. $5.G5.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-16
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At Sutton. Ireland. nest of white
blackbirds has been found.
The Scandinavians now have an enor-
nous feet of big keel tramp ships in
.,rious rivalry with the British
For the first time in 100 years al Con
stantinople a Mohammedan has publish
cd book on anatomy and medicine,
There has been no duels among Bel
gian military men for fourteen years.
Disputes are decided by courts Of honor.
Naples is to have new quay go feet
in length and costing $4,000 princi-
paily for the use of her emigrant ser
vice.
State lotteries in Holland are to be
gradually diminished during the next
eighteen years, when they vii! be abol-
ished entirely.
Twelve million pounds worth of leath-
or is required every year to provide
boots and shoes for the inha bitants of
Great Britain.
At A reeens examination in China the
candidates were asked To draw a COM
parison between Pc Wang aud Ma Pc
Inn (Napoleonl.
me ANhDScG 49, II aAAlN-Alt mas fElAl-
menced TO send cadets 20 Germany in
stead Of, as heretofore. n the military
schools Of Japan.
Over 1000 miles Of telegraph poles in
full blossom ar to he seen ia Uganda,
Tie wires are strung from species of
hg tree which has extraordinary pow
ers of termination.
Seventy Polish school boys at a Ger
man gymnasium have been sentence. to
terms OF imprisonment from six weeks
downward for belonging TO a secret So
ciety,
So little have the Industries Of India
been affected by the British oecupa ton
that the naive smith still FORCES locally
made iron on a stone anvil within eighty
niles Of Simla.
An opal has been found Ia Australia
~ the White Cliffs fields which. with
coed fortune in the cutting. viii make
gem eight inches bong by I've wide. -
larger than any q the crow jewels q
Belgium. seighs nearly a pound and .
valued at $4,000.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-16
NEW JERSEY MARKsMEN WIN.
First Regiment of National Guard Is
Nietorionn in RIFE Contest.

A team Of six men representing the
First regiment Of the New Jersey Ma
tional Guard won the trophy, cash prize
of 500 and medal for each team mem
Der, Ia the interstate regimental team
match at Sea Cir, ~, J. Twenty-seyen
teams, representing the National Guard
of different States the United States
navy and the United States Marine corps
competed. The finish was remarkably
close. The winning team scored a grand
total Of 533 out Of possible GOO. The
Sixth Massacr qsetts also rolled up a
total Of 533, but the First New Jersey
team took first place by reason Of hav-
ms made the highest score at the longest
range. The Sixth Massachusetts team
win receive second prize Of 500 and the
team of the First District Of Columbia
regiment third prize Of SO The tota!
of the First District Of Coir.lbia team
was only one point lover THAI that Of
the winner,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-16
MAppENEp MAN KILLs.
Farm Hand Calls Father iar Law to
Door and ghoots Him.

William A. Hoffman, Young farm
hand living near Maeystown, La CALLED
his father-in-law, DIR. William Brandt,
TO the door Of his house the other night
and shot him to death with a Winchester
repeating shotgun. Then he rode back
10 his home. told his wife that "he had
killed the old hound her father" gave
her 50, which he said he wanted her TO
spend on the christening Of their 4
weeks-old daughter Mary, kissed her and
their four children aud rode into the
woods. There are two men / must kill
before | kill myself" he said TO his wife
before leaving. That entire section Of
Monroe County Is terrorized, as the fugi-
tive Is regarded as desperate II is not
known who are the other two persons
he intended 10 kill 1t is supposed that
Hoffnau's motive for killing his father
in-law was that the latter refused 10 In
crease his weekly allowance Or, Brandt
vas wealthy and had been practically
supporting his son-in-law and family. lie
gave Hoffman a certain amount Of spend
Ing money each week.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-16

George Lonstorf Of Milwaukee has Sc
cured control of the famous Section 30
mining claim in st. Louis County. Mime
sofa, after twenty years Of litigation and
the expenditure of s H'O,000 in fighting
for the claim through all the courts in
the land. Last year the Supreme Court
decided the contest IN favor of Mr.. Ions
tori and his mother and the three other
claimants, Frank w. Eaton Of 81. Paul
and Leonidas Merritt and Richard Fs-
gan of Duluth. Opposed to LOnstorf
through all the fight has been the Min
nesota Iron Company and Its successor,
the United States Steel Corporation. Mr..
Lonstorf has just bought ont the inter
est of the three others. The property
consists of 800 acres Of the richest iron
ore in the district and il has never been
mined. The courts are expected soon to
vest the title TO the remaining forty
acres In Lonst0rf. as it rests ON the
same claim as the balance. Mining men
estimate the district to be worth Sl0,-
100000.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-16
ATTACKS THE GRADED SCHOOLS.
Professor Says Nature and Memory
Studies should Occupy Eight Years.

DR. d. ", Dennis Of Earlham Col
lege, in an address before the Vigo Coun-
ty teachers at Tcrre Haate, said the
course Of Instruction in the graded
schools was wrong because the pupil hn-
der l3 was forced TO use reasoning fac
ultSes that should be spared Grammar
aud arithmetic could be taught in a few
months after the pupil IS IS years old
BY rearranging the system a student
would be ready for a college at l6 in.
stead Of 10 and 20 years Of age. Nature
AMI memory studies should occupy the
eight years Of the grades.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-16
KILLS WIFE AND HER MOTHER,
Wisconsin Man Creeps Up on Women
and Shoots Them in the Isnck

wisconsin Man Creeps Up on Women
aud Shoots Them in the Back.
George Brandt shot and Killed his wife
and mother-in-law the other night. The
women were living at the farmhouse of
Mrs. Mary Murphy. the mother in-law,
six miles from Spring Green. Wis.
Brandt and his wife had been living
apart for the last two or shree years. A
l2-year-old son of Brandt was the sole
witnesstto the murders. From his story
the ElStn crept upon Mrs. Murphy as she
sat on the porch of the farmhouse and
killed her With a shot from behind. Then
he ran Down to the barn, where his wife
was attending to the stock and shot her,
too, by creeping on her without being
seen. Both women dropped dead at the
shots. The boy. fearing he would be
killed, hid aud did not stir until Brandt
had left the place Then he went in the
darkness 70 Spring Greea and reported
fthe tragedy. A posse found Brandt in
barn on a neighboring farm. He had
scars on his forehead as though he had
attempted suicide. He admitted the
murders, Doubts Of his sanity are ex-
pressed
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-16
P1TrsBURG mAs s2os, 900 FIi<:.
Nearly a Complete Square IL swep
by Early Morning Flames.

by Early Morning Flames.
Fire which broke out in the large
stable of the Allegheny Transfer Com
pany at Sixteenth street aud Liberty
avenue. P:etsburg. at 2 O'Clock Tuesday
inorniD2 resulted in a loss of at least
$685. 600, distributed over q greater per-
ton of the block bounded by Sixteenth
and Seventeenth streets and Liberty ave-
nue and Spring alley. The blaze orig
mated in the stables supposedly from the
oyerturning of a lantern setting fire to
some hay. There were 12S horses n the
stable. and sixty of them were either
burned to death or so badly hurt that
they had to be killed. In addition to the
loss of the stables, the four-story brick
storage house of the Pittsburg Glass
Company was partly destroyed, three
two-story dwellings in Spring alley, oc-
cupied by foreigners, were ruined, and
considerable damage was done 10 the
Comstock B. as Manufacturing Com
pany. the rneumber Manufacturing
Company and several small storage
houses
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-16

Ineendiaries Imperi1 TIE Lives of 40
Peraons at Findlny. OHIO.

Incendiaries attempted to burn the fat
Of Mrs. William Shue. in Findlay. Ohio,
during the absence OF herself and dsugh-
ter. She resides 10 the Gibbs block,
which contains eleven flats, al occupied.
1t is an Oil frame, on either side of
which lis a threestory tenement. Coming
home at H. the daughter discovered
smoke issuing from the door cracks.
Opening the door. shal was eByeloped in
hau'es, which burned her most severe
~. \ burning bah Of cotton, saturated
in oil and surrounding a half brick. was
thrown into a clothes press through the
transom, which had been pried open. \
burning newspaper was also dropped on
the floor. Nearly forty persons. many Of
them children, live Ia the building
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-16
500 SYSTEMS ARE MERGED.
Consolidated Railway Company File
Articles OF incorporation in 81. PauI.

Articles o. Incorporation Of tue Minne-
apolis, ST. Paul and SauIt Ste Marie
Railway Company. a formal eonsolida-
ton of the roads embraced by the 500
system. have been filed with the Secre-
tary Of State at St Paul, MINI The
consolidation Of the Minneapolis, St
Paul and Sault Ste. Marie, Minneapolis
and st. croix, Minneapolis and Pacific.
and Aberdeen, bismarck and Northwest
ern is to have capital stock of SAL
100000 divided into 210,00o shares. Of
which To,ooo shares are preferred and
40 600 shares common stock.