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Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1903-01-22
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WIEDEN, 10 stycznla. ~
Wykaz statystyczny 2 roku
ubieg1ego dowodzi, re nal
wieksza lose wypadk6w sa-
mob6jstwa przypada ma sto-
lice Austro-W egier. w roku
zesz}ym odebra}o sobie zy-
Gle 453 osob, a 467 pr6bowa-
10 uczynic to samo. Liczba
samob6jstw kobiet wzros}a W
ostatnich 10 latach W sto-
sunku 81 do 124 procent.
Powodem samob6jstw by1y:
gl6d W 1853 wypadkach, ME-
pok6j domowy W y, straty
pieniezne W 10, ob1ed W 127
100 os6b %powiesilo sie,> 148
zastrzeli}o sic, so utopi}o, a
35 otru}o sic.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1903-01-22
Polmy6lno1t farnler6W.

Farmerzy.w Pulaski, Krakow,
sobieski Hofa Park, SO barxd1izo.
zadowoleni. Grupa: inzyynieer65w
wymierza teraz miejsca, gdzie ma
tychmiast move drogi beda robionr.ea,
przez r6wniny, krzewy gdzie
grunta SO zarosniete debina; kt6re.
juz So ma sprzedaz. TIE Swietne
grunta So pc pierwszy raz wyda-
wane ma sprzedaz, leza one blisko
Krakow i Sobiesk1. Piszcie Tub
p~rzybadzcie do
j. j. HOf Land Co.
Sobieski, Wis.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1903-01-22

WIEDEN, 10 stycznia. -
Nadesz}y tn telegramy dono-
szace, re W Macedonia dopu-
szczaja sic wojska tureckie
strasznych gwa1t6w i rzezi.
Sultan przerazony grozba-
mi Rosyi Austryi mia} ma
kazac, by wszelki ruch po-
wsta6czy zdusic bez litosci.
Codziennie uciekaja ztamtad
setki ludzi, 0 lie i'm sic uda
precise przez grantee. Pre-
zydent komitetu macedo6-
skiego W Bu}garyi, Michaj-
1owski, z1ozy} swoj urzad.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1903-01-22

PARYZ, II grudnia w STE
rach r%zadowych z%apewniaja
re Rad Venezuela, przygoto-
wuje odezwe do wszystkich
pa6stw, W kt6rej pragnie do
wiesc, il postepowanie Me
mice i Anglii zaszkodzi zna-
cznie wszystkim wierzycielom
rzeczypospolitej. Zr6wnanie
d1ug6w ~pa6stwowych Wene-
zueli znajdowa}o sic juz W
przededniu za}atwienia po-
myslnego. Jeszcze teraz dali
by sic projekt przeproWa-
die, gdyby Niemcy i Anglia
ME mia}y innych cel6w ma
oku, jak tylko pretensye ma
fury finansowej. W najbliz-
Sym czasie, zdaniem, wyra-
zonem W odezwie, mog}oby
przyjS6 do skutku zaciagnie-
Gle gwarantowanej pozyczki
200 do 300 milion6w, jak
r6wniez moznaby utworzyc
w Carasas Bank miedzyna-
rodowy, pozostajacy pod kon-
trola Europy. Venezuela chce
lojalnie w~ywiazac sic z d}u-
gov, ME MONA jednak czy-
nami gwa1tu zniechecac pry-
watnej inicyatywy.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1903-01-22

NISZ. Hr. Lamsdorf przy-
.by1 tn dzisiaj o godz. 3 pc
po}udniu. Ma dworcu powi-
tai go adjutant k%r6lewski, La
zarz Petrowicz. Witany CORA
cemi okrzykami t}umu, uda}
sic W karecie paradnej do
pa1acu ~kr6lewskiego, gdzie
przyjety by1 przez kr6la ma
pos}uchaniu uroczystem. Ma
uczcie urzadzonej ma. Geese
ministra wzni6s} tenze toast
ma Geese kr6la i kr6lowej.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1903-01-22

szlym.
PREsZBURG ma We
grzech. Skutkiem odwilzy j
ruszeniu sic lod6w ma Du-
naju zala1a woda wiele ulic
i przedmiescia. Mieszkancom
dano ostrzezenie um6wione
, strza1ami armatniemi i pou-
suwali co kto m6gl, oraz sa-
mi unikneli utraty zycia.
MA SWIETA Bozego Ma
rodzenia i uroczystosci ko-
scielne 2 niemi po}aczone zje-
cha1o do Rzymu bardzo VIE
lie rodzin z Anglii i Anne
ryki.
tvs. centna-
r6w karpi zwieziono do Ber-
lima ma wigilia; pochodzi}y o.
ne z Slazka, Wielkiego KS.
Pozna6skiego, Galicyi Ho7
landyi, Rumunii i nawet z
Francyi.
ATENY, 81 grudn. Pred
otwarciem posiedzenia izby
odby1y sic burzliwe sceny.
Teoktysci, kt6rzy podczas
wakacyi p%arlamentu, ukryli
|klucz cd gmachu izby, ME
chcieli oddac go Delianistom
i pragneli rano przyjsc wcze-
sniej, niz wszyscy, ably no.
wynn prezesem zrobic przed-
stawiciela swojej partyi, ale
Rad wyda} W ciagu nocy roz-
porzadzenie, zeby drzwi Of
worzono PREY pomocy silly. -
Rano process Deliost6w, Car
lembos, zajmowa1 juz krzes}o
prezydyalne. Teoktysci De-
putowani r~ozpoczeli b6jke ma
piesci. Rzucony ka}amarz
trafi} W naczynie, nape}nione
woda. Teotysci opu6cili sale,
poczem kr6l odczyta1 move
tresu.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-07
ll57iI52 81 POPULAR.
KM 81 PULPIT

amendment gave every ignorant and
degraded negro TIE right to vote, and
then the speaker usually goes on to
show what a colossal mistake that
amendment was. But the fifteenth
amendment did nothing of the kind
Under that amendment it is entirely
competent for any state to impose an
educational qualification or a property
qualification for voting, provided It is
applied equally to both white and
black. Such a qualification to-day in
the South would exclude from the polls
4S per cent OF the coiored people and
about 10 per cent of the whites as il
literate And no one can question that
the country would ne better off for the
exclusion of both.
The necessary consequence would be
a corresponding reduction of the rep
resentation of these States IN Con-
gress. But that viii have TO be made
In any case. So far as the race prob
lem is legal or political problem its
solution is TO be found only in obedl-
erce to the constitution and in the lp-
plication of the laws impartially 10
both races.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-07
ERROR THAT COST DEARLY.
Millions Might Have Been So sed If
Astor Had Been Backed III,

Millions Might Have Been Sa sed If
Astor Had Been Backed III
When, back in 1911, John 5aeob AS
tor, with his Pacific Fur Company.
established the trading post of Astoria,
at the mouth of the Columbia, he took
step which, if followed up by the
support that he had a right to expect
from the United States government
would soon have given this country
possession of all the territory on the
Pacific coast up TO Russia's colony of
Alaska, which came to us through pur-
chase in 1867, and thus have shut Eng
land and Canada out of access to the
great ocean.
Denied by President Madison the
slight measure of military aid which
he asked for the defense of his post
on the Pacific in the war of 1S12-15
with England, and with his appeal TO
the same President for letters Of
marque to equip an armed vessel at
his own expense to defend the mouth
of the Columbia ignored, Mr.. Astor lost
his post, which was sold by his treach-
erOus British subordinates, who were
temporarily in control, in 1918 to Can
ada's Northwest Fur Company for a
third of its value and the place was
captured by a British war vessel
shortly afterward. In the settlement
at the close of the war the place was
given back to the Americans, but here
again Madison, and subsequently Mon
roe, denied to Mr.. Astor the protection
of The few soldiers which he asked and
he declined to re-establish the post.
This lack of courage and foresight
on the part of these two Presidents in
this case was fatal to American inter
ests on the Pacific, Here are some of
the few things which would have come
to pass had Mr.. Astor been sustained
by the government: He would easily
have he'd his ground against tho Brit
ish warship which captured the post
in 1913 ana the transfer to the Cana
dian company, which took place be.
fore the capture, would have been
averted. With the advantage of his
sea base and his Russian affiliations in
Alaska, both of which had been firmly
established before the news Of the war
arrived on the coast, he could readily
have excluded England's Hudson Bay
Company and Canada's Northwest Fur
Company from all the territory west
of the Rocky mountains. That dis
pute about the ownership of the pres
ent States of Oregon, Washington and
Idaho, which did nor end until Eng
land gave up all claims in 1916 10 the
territory, would never have taken
place, for England through her fur
traders would never have obtained a
foothold there. All the present Cana
dian territory of British Columbia and
Yukon, which are " est of the great
mountain chain. would have been Sc
cured for the United States. And then,
when the transfer of Alaska to us by
Russia came-and it would have come
earlier than 1867 in that eyent-we
would have an unbroken stretch of
territory from the northern border of
Mexico up to beyond the arctic circle.
-Leslie's Weekly.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-07
NEWS OF WISCONSIN.
A Weeks RECORD OF STATE
HAPPENINGS.
Shoots Wife and Himself at Door of
La Crosse Church-Boy Accidentally
Killed by BrOther-Banks Robbed
of sunds-KiIIed by Explosion.

An attempted murder and suicide oc-
CURED at the German Lutheran ChurC \
in La Crosse at the beginning of relig-
ious services Sunday when Herman Ros-
SOW shot his wife and himself in the
presence of hundreds Of witnesses Mrs.
Rossow will die, while Rossow. though
dangerously wounded, may recover. Ros-
sow, who has been separated from his
wife for some time, lay il wait for her
opposite the church where the tragedy
occurred, Finally he saw his wife, with
her moaher, Mrs Weiss, approach and
enter the church. He ran across the
street and, at the door of The edifce,
drew a revolver and shot his wife three
times every bullet entering the back
and passing completely through the WON
ans body. Then he fired at his own
heart. The bullet detected slightly and
entered his side just below the heart
Rossow was arrested and later taken TO
a hospital. Domestic trouble was the
cause of the shooting. Rossow is 80
and his wife % years old. They had
been married three years.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-07
Push and Pun.

A certain judge, well known TO the
present generation of Philadelphia law
yers, was recently invited TO deliver an
address before the graduating class OF
a Southern law school AS he enter.
ed the commencement han he read an
the swinging door the word Push"
THAT'S a good text for my speech, -
he said t. himself, as he related the
story afuerward.
lie began his remarks Sc netblng like
this:
Gentlemen of the graduating class:
As | entered this beautiful hall q word
met my eye which | would wish you
all to take as motto in your profes-
sional careers"
Every one instinctiyely turned to
glance at the door, the orator among
the rest. There, on the inside, in let
tiers only too easily read, was the In
scription, Pull
1T was clean give away" said
the judge later; I'D let the cat out
of the bag then and there, and there
wasn't a thing to do but to confess"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-07

fallen to men. The tasks requiring
more prolonged effort, but under less
tension, have fallen to women New
Industrial conditions seem about to
shift the line of the sexual division
Of industrial tasks How far this will
shift the mental and spiritual charac-
teristics of men and women remains
TO be seen. The invasion of mans in
dustrial and professional world by
women must eventually have a very
marked effect on sex temperament
Out of this complication of sex divi-
sion of labor appears a few marked
contributions peculiar to each sex.
They are never exclusive. Still they
are more emphasized in the one sex
than the other. First man appears as
the provider. To hunt the game and
bring it home was his business When
agriculture and industry took the place
of the primitive life man still contin-
ued the provider. Upon him fell the
responsibility.
Again, man has been the pioneer. In
the great historic migratiens we have
no instance Of a woman leading the
migrating hosts. In explorations man
has been and is still the pioneer Man
has been the pioneer in truth seeking
and finding OF some 900 religious
sects only eight were founded by wom-
en-, and these are comparatively unim-
portant In philosophy and metaphy-
sizes, in invention, in the vast mental
ventures which have transformed hui
man thought with few exceptions, the
leaders have been men.
Out of all this have emerged certain
not exclusive but characterizing vir-
tues. First, man has excelled in ag-
gressiye courage. Woman also exhibits
courage, but it is passive courage.
The courage of the men is in action,
of the woman In endurance. Another
virtue of man has been honor. 1t some
times appears well battered and frayed
at the edges. No one says that woman
also has not honor. but the life of man
as warrior and pioneer developed a
peculia y masculine honor, which hi
been and still is very important ia.
social progress. 1t arose in days when
laws were lax or did not exiSt-when
mans word took the place Of law.
1t still exists in business.
Man. the provider the subduer, the
pioneer, the creator of new institu-
lions, with the accompanying virtues
of masc uiine courage and masculine
honor, has contributed in a special
and characteristic way to social prog
ress. With notifications man viii
continue to mold social progress III
similar ways and through similar vir
tues. These masculine elements WI
affect the home, education, religion
and business and give to each mas
culine coloring which no merely fem
mime coloring can supply. Those who
seek to make men and women similar
in tastes. habits and aims seek the
impossible and the improbable. So
cial, educational and religious life re-
quire for their full contamination and
symmetry both the man and woman
elements of mind and soul.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-07

mingled errors. The love Of God for
man and the lore OF uan for man
as revealed In Christ have only just
begun their glorious mission CHRIS.
vet waits for his tr1le throne. Human.
ity has not yet learned its rev name.
for il has not been interpreted com
pletely with the spirit Of Christ. Su.
perstitions are yet TO be removed.
Bigotry has not set been buried So
cial autagonisms still prevail "Ths
statelier Eden" has ret TO come back
10 man
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-07
Boy Kills His Brother.

Particulars have been received Of the
accidental death of James Dalgard, aged
u, caused by the discharge of a rifle in
the hands of his brother, Fred, aged 10,
at Yeedum. The boy is son of 2. C,
Dalgard, proprietor of the Veedum Ho-
tel The weapon was a rifle loaded with
shot The discharge lodged in the throat
of the victim, severing the jugular vein,
The shooting was wholly accidental and
the bereaved family are FRUSTRATED with
grief at the sad accident.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-07
Rank I,ose. Lavspi+.

After being ont all day, the jury ct La
Crosse in the famous case of Jesse Howe
against Merritt c. Ring returned a spe-
cial verdict in favor of the defendant,
who is released from the payment of
notes to the amount of S2.700. He also
receives $500 from the plaintiff. The
case came from Clark County and was a
suit in which the Clark County bank
sought to recover S2,700 in notes, which
the defendent had claimed for extraOrdi-
nary service as attorney.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-07

ress, which have
b e en- d ssimilar.
Through an age
long specialization
of function or divi-
sion of labor the
mental and spir-
itual d ssimilarities
Of sex have been
developed and ac-
centuated. In gen.
eral the tasks re
curing the greatest
strength Of bone
and muscle have
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-07
Two Banks Robbed.

The State Bank of Roberts was robbed
the other day and it is believed more
than $1,000 was secured from the safe
by the robbers. While the rear window
to the bank was shattered it is believed
the thieves entered the front door by
means of a key. The safe was shattered
by dynamite. The Sank Bank in Prairie
du Sac was entered and robbed of 81, 900,
the theft having been committed about
midnight and the thieves taking a team
from the stable of George Mockler. They
got to Lodi in time for the $50 train to
Chicago
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-07

dation Of all re
ligion Is faith in a
power above man.
1t is a belief old as
TIL. human soul and
as permanent as
human existence.
All the old truths
which pagan and
b e q { hen religions
( a u z b t primitive
Christianity amrms
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-07
ono KiI1e, In Exp1osion.

With a report which shook the entire
town and startled the inhabitants of the
Twin cities, huge pile of refuse In the
waste coop" of the Mel asha Wooden
ware Company exploded, killing Charles
Kruse and injuring Charles Core, Will
lam Hambick, and two unknown Poles.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-07
TaE RACE PROBLEM.

BY Rev ~ r. Thorp
The supreme test to which the Amer
lean people are put to-day is whether
the equal rights Of all men before the
law shall be maintained in the case
of the coIored race. To retreat from
that position is to betray one Of the
foundation principles OF AngIo-Saxon
civilization II we admit for a moment
that justice ma mean one thing for
the black man and another thing for
the white man, the next step wiz be to
hold that It may mean one thing for
the poor and another for the rich. The
only solution must be found in an
eEen-he nde5 Justice 10 both black and
white
The same solution applies 70 the
franchise question II is often care
lessly asserted that the fifteenth
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-07
Balance IN Onr Favor

The emigration from northwestern
States to British Columbia leaves the
Cnited States still about 1000, 600
ahead of Canada in the exchange of
citizens.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-07

Women just naturally hnger around
picture showing a man holding a
woman very tight in his arms.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-07

When Il comes TO representation In
Congress, the farmer has the best Of It.
The most influential, because the most
able, Senators and Representatives are
from the rural districts The big cities
furnish dismally dispropcsuonate gum
Der of the men who dc things" The
above is Rpropos the recent protest sent
up by the western farmer at the ridicu-
lous figure he is made TO cut in a recent
magazine article, and generally In eastern
publications. Whatever he may be in
other respects, the farmer does not have
70 take off his hat to city legislators. A
few examples will illustrate. The Speak
er of Ghe House (the man who will bel
is from country district, Uncle Joe"
Cannon Of Daoville; he takes pride in
his farmerisms, anu all his talk and per-
sonal habits SAVIOR of an upbrnging
among cultivators Of the soil. He 10
the most powerful single personality in
the popular branch of the national legis-
lature The average country Congress,
man Is better informed on all public mat
tiers than is the average city member.
lie voices a greater and more intelligent
interest IN such matters than Is found in
the great municipalities. The city Con-
gresham Is ephemereal. Sc comes and
goes, and even if he is an intelligent man
and able TO make an impression, he 10 not
often kept In Congress long enough 10
more than serve an apprenticeship. The
country districts know the vslue TO them
selves of a Congressman who has been
In Washington long enough t. learn the
ropes and 70 work up to position in the
legislative organization where he has
sune power. The cities, passing around
he honor as a reward TO members OF
political machines" are practically not
represented; no man Is allowed to remain
long enough, even If he has the ability,
and il must be admitted that, in the ma
jority of instances, the city member is
no match for his rural colleague in edu-
cation or native ability. The best intel-
ligence of cities is not represented by
the men who are picked out by the poll
ticians to d the representing. Generally
the city member wishes he had not come,
and is glad enough to Quiz after one or
two terms. To use the vernacular, lie
has not 'been in il" ct any stage of the
game.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-07
OLD AND NEW RELIGION.

IdsfsOp
Man possesses religious nature
which in all lands and ages has found
expression in varied forms. The foun-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-07

Who makes quick use Of the mo-
1nent is a genius Of prudenee.--La
water.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-07
SPHERES FOR MEN AND WOMEN.

made certain characteristic mental and
spiritual contributions to social prog
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-07

The interests of the old soldiers are
always we'll cared for by Congress- but
they are certain not to be neglected in
the Fifty-eighth Congress. Although the
Civil War ended over 80 years ago there
will be II men in Congress who foughS
in il. Forty-seven fought on the Union
side and 80 served in the Confederate
army. In the Senate there are l3 Union
soldiers and 10 xConfederates. But
in the House. where the representation
Is more fairly npportioned, there are "a
Union veterans and II ex-Confederatcs
The Grand Army has declared In favor
Of uhe service pension for all Union vet
Grams over 81 years old, and an effort
viii be made to pass such bill. But
as any veteran who needs help gets 1t
now. regardless Of age, there is thought
to lie poor prospect Of the success Of such
a measure.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-07

when President Roosevelt jumped to
the wharf At Ellis island from the immi-
grafton GU er H. b. Cha oerlain the
other day a powerful gust caught the
skirts Of his frock coat and whirled them
against the back Of his head Those
standing behind the President saw stick
ing out Of his right hip pocket the handle
Of a revolver One Of the secret service
men has explained that the President in
yariably carries revolver when he goes
TO q public place. The President has
carried pistol ever since he took the
oath Of Office after the assassination OF
Mckinley. He has the greatest faith
In the ability Of the dozen or more secret
service agents who guard him. but pre-
fers TO be armed himself in case Of culer-
gency.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-07

All offers Of silver bullion for the Phil
ipplne coinage were rejected by the
Treasury Department OH account OF the
high prices demanded. The offers
amounted to 10000 ounces, and the
prices asked ranged FROM Coz to CO.'S
eaRfa Der ounce
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-07

Commissioner of Pensions Ware, In his
annual report. predicts that the pension
roll is not likely to again cross the mill
ion mark, as the highest point Was made
a year ago He suggests that men CON
yicted of an infamous crime be deprived
of the right 10 a pension and recon-
mends cutting off the pensions Of women
who marry soldiers after the men have
become pensioners. He places the total
number of pensioners now on the rolls
at $685. 45, of which TBS, 1856 are soldiers
and 267, 1S9 are widows and dependents
The cost of the pension system per cap
tia Of population for 1908, is given as
$1.75. The system was the greatest as
a burden TO the people of the United
States in 1893, since which time II has
shrunk from $2.24 to $1.32 pc. $1,000
of taxable wealth, and in ten ye,rs, he
says, the burden will cease to be noticed.
Mr.. Ware estimates that the unpension-
ed survivors OK the Civil War, exclusive
Of deserters, is in round numbers 300
600. The great bulk of the roll Is as fol-
lows: Civil War, invalids 703, 456, wild
ows 24S. 800; Spanish war, invalids 300.
widows 1862: regular establishment, in
valids 9,170, widows 2,93S. The roll
shows a net loss Of 2,901 pensioners dur
ing the year. Out of a total of 304, 800
applications on hand during the var
100, 100 were admitted and t9[,T94 re-
jected. The average annual value of
each pension is now 1888. The annual
value Of the Spanish war pension roll
has reached S1.765,310.