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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-18
PEOPLES, CHORAL UNION.
Last Meeting Before the Christmas
 Holidays Last Night.

Holidays Last Night.
 The regular weekly meeting of the PeooleS' Choral union was held in the City Mission building last night. There was the usual good attendance and much progress was male in the perfect ing of the work ''Phaudrig Crohoore'' which has been taken up by the society. Interest in the work is much greater this year than eyer before, and as the society is greater in number and super for in tonal quality it is quite sure that there will be even greater success at the coming concert in the spring than ever before.
 The next meeting will be held on the evening of January ' and as there will have been a rest of three weeks it is hoped that there will be an exceptional ly good attendance of all the members.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-18
DECLINES CoADJUToRsHIP.

Rev. c. Brinley Morgan Cannot Accept Recent Call.
 The Rev. c, Brinley Morgan having
 given careful consideration to the call
 recently extended him to become bishop
 coadjutor Of the diocese Of Springfield, ILL, has felt constrained to decline it. This announcement will be received with much satisfaction by his parish- toners and friends in New Haven.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-18
WEST HAVEN POULTRY SHOW.

Affair Being Well Patronized-Closes To-Day. The three days poultry show which
 has been held in the West Haven town
 hall has been very well patronized and
 gives every evidence of having been a financial success. The affair closes this evening.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-18
DuELL WILL CASE.

Hearings on the will left by the late Augustus Duell, of f5orange, was coiitin- ued in the, probate court yesterday till January 4. Mrs. George s. Andrews, a daughter, has announced that she would probably contest the will. as Mrs. Duell received all of the estate, valued at, $4,oo0. It is iiinted that the proposal to contest the will is to be dropped.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-18
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.

Annual Election of Officers will be Held
 This Evening.
 The annual election of officers of the New Haven commandery. No. ?, Knights TemDlar. will be held in it's asylum on Church street this evening. It is expected that there will be large attendance and Sir Knight Frank Bish- op. the present generalissinlo, will no doubt be advanced to the rank of emi- T3eIlt commander.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-18

TO CURE A soLD IN ONE o.Y Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money If 1t fails to cure. E. W. Groves signature is on each box o5c.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-18
SOCIAL SCIENCE CLUB
Listened to Paper on Kansas Read hN l. M Tam

by Is. M. Tarf.
 The Social Science club held it's regu- lar meeting last evening in the office of Henry c. Newton. An interesting pa- per on Kansas" was read by L. M Tarr, in charge of the local weather bu- reau. The paper gave in detail the se- clal, financial and political condition of the state and was of 9 very instructive nature. ..
 The lecture was largely attended.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-18
RECEIVER APPOINTED.

Referee Newton has appointed Ben- jamin R. Kelsey receiver of the bank
 rupt estate of Meyer Brothers, dry
 goods dealers of Waterbury.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-18

have told them they would be locked uI for thoir Christmas vacation, and iI other ways 5ollied them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-18
MoRos AND AMERICAN occUPA-

4aDhe2a AA-1 AAAAs1sAS<a-N S-A~ SA S1-
 TON. -- If asked what has most affected the life Of the Lake sforos the past year, I should say the building of military roads into their heretofore almost inae- cessible country. The highways have caused a political readjustment among petty sultans and dattos. When we entered their country, the more power full leaders were not pleased with our presence. while they disdained our over lures looking toward friendly copera- ton.
 Fortunately, some dattos who were poorer in purse and lower in the social scale were shrewd enough to recognize their opportunity. By allying themselves
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-18

Burnett's Vanilla Extract has ontiiyed criticism. IL is theifnest and purest vanilla extract that can be bought. Once tried, sl- ways used.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-18
Nasal CATARRH
In all it's stages there should be cleanliness. Ely's Cream Balm

D heals the diseased mem- Sse-'Sfa asa''Ss' brane. It cures catarrh and drives away q cold in the head quickly.
 CREAM BALM is placed into the nostrlls. spreads over the membrane and Is absorbed. Relief is immediate and cure follows. It is not drying-does not produce sneezing. Large Size. 50 cents at Druggists or by mail; Trial size 10 cents by mail.
 ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren St., N. Y.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-02-25
{: 9l5S;;ss;f } SIDE
he.NewS y

If grave robbers are abroad the safest
way is to drink boiled water and thus
avoid them.
Why should President Roosevelt act
as arbitrator when The Hague tribunal is
suffering for exercise?
Sultan Abdul Tamid may be mobilz-
ips a great army and again be may he
mobilizing n giant bluff.
IL John y. Rockefeller, .1r sent thoes
kilograms they give further evidence that
be is not as wise as his pa.
With worlds fair job on its hands
St. Louis cannot be expected to pay
much attention to a mere arthquake.
No one seems to doubt ,hat such n
telegram would hare expressed Mr.
Rockefeller's feelings accurately enough
The powers that are talking of putting
the Turk out Of Europe the Sultan sends
polite invitation to come outside and
put him out
Tests made by the international doe
tors indicate that Europe's sick mans
temperature is again showing several de-
greea of fever.
1t will be remembered that n few
years ago Greece was going to lick the
Turk with dream weapons but the dope
failed to work.
!, In Salt Lake City an ex-senator has
been sent to jail and yet some people
doubt the wisdom of having admitted
Utah as n State.
Even if Crown Princess Louise las
dropped her music teacher she may have
hard time getting Saxony to take her
back on probation.
There was tine when Minnesota
would have been glad to have Cole
Younger agree 10 keep out Of the State
without conditions,
Well If none Of those Senators receiv-
cd Mr.. ROckefeller's message he will he
going to the telegraph companies aud
demanding his money back.
1t is claimed by the defense that part
Of that Indiana grave robbing testimony
is paid for. II certainly sounds some
what ike a historical romance.
With that European war cloud getting
blacker every minute the Monroe doe
trine thanks its stars that it does not
have % watch over the Dardanellcs.
Jim Hill is determined not TO let
any fancied enjoyment Of present urJs-
perity deprive him Of the luxury Of say
ing II told you so" when that wave Of
adversely sets In.
Let them revise the football game IN
til It will not be necessary to begin the
reports with a list of the killed and
wounded and they win see what happens
- ~ EAls FeosSrA@
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-02-25
UtEs lTZA[21{lERS
sSl q 9 ~ &
-s-tfsaos SrSA2G~

Chicago Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $5.2J hogs, slipping grades.
$3.50 to S7.30; sheep. lair 70 choice. 81 90
to Sj.35; wheat No. > red. 74c To zoe;
corn, No =, 42c e. tie: oats. No ,, 33c
to 34c: rye, No. . 4Sc to f9c; hay. TIM
othy $50 to $135O; prairie, $500 to
S11.J0: butter. choice creamery. 2fc 10
pc; eggs. fresh. l1c to lie: potatoes.
4Oc to Ale per buShci
ST Louis--Cattlc. $3.50 10 ST.. ~; hogs,
$500 TO S7.4J; sheep $500 to S525:
wheat No. >. 70c to Tie corn. No. =.
4Or TO 4io; oats, No. ., BE 10 Doc, rye,
NJ .. 4Sc 10 49c
Cmciunati-Cattle. $3.50 to SI75;
hogs. 500 to S7.3J; sheep, $3.50 10
$3.50; wheat, No. :. sc to 79c: corn.
No. = mixed, I5c TO 4Gc. oats. No. .
mixed, BIC 10 3sc; rye, No. ., be TO Sc.
Detroit Cattle. $3.50 10 SJ.75; hogs.
$500 "a 81 20: sleep $3.50 10 =; -.
wheat. No. ., Toe to SOC: corn. No. 8
yellow. 4Gc to 47c: oats. No 3 white,
3sc to 39c; rye, No. .. &c to 54c
Milwaukee Wheat, No. . '.heru
nc to 79c; corn, No. 3, 43c TO dc; oats
No. white, 3Jc to 2Go. rye. No. /. so
to 52c; barley, ~. 2, 63c to 64c; pork
mess, S19.3j.
Toledo-Wheat, No. . mixed. &c to
re: corn. No . mixed 4Jc 10 ACC. oats,
No . mixed, 36c to SIC; rye, No. ?, 52s
70 53c; clover seed, prime, S7.12.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-02-25
BoERs TO LOCATE IN TEXAS.
Fully 10000 Families Are Ready TO
Come In America.

q. NJ. Mckinney, industrial agent for
the Hartman lines. is authority for the
statement that 100000 acres Of land have
been purchased for the Beers IN south
west Texas between the San Antonio ard
Neucus rivers. The purchase is said TO
have been made by Gen. Pearsons, who
has been Investigating lands IN various
portions Of the West and Southwest with
a view Of Boer colonization. II is suited
that fully 2O0)D Boer families are await
ing the result Of Gen. Pearsons' inYesti-
cations and will immigrate to America
at ooce and settle in their new homes 10
Texas Should the movement prove a
success IL is believed that in time a. ma
jority Of the Africanders viii become
citizens II the United States and viii
found in the great SOHthw west a vast col
ony. with conditions as near as possible
similar 90 these in the Transyaal
The present colonization win be along
the lines Of the Southern Pacific in
Texas. an the officials Of the company
expect 10 assist the Beers in their in
itiai effort 10 raise rice and tobacco, for
which that section Of the country has re-
Gently been demonstrated to be peculiarly
adapted. A determined effort was made
by several western and southwestern
railroads 70 induce Boer settlement, and
Il Is possible that other colonies may be
started in Tine.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-02-25

TRUST LAW UPHELD.
Illinois Supreme Court Declares sta
ute of 1894 to BE Valid.

Illinois Supreme Court Declares stat
ute of 1894 to BE Valid.
The Illinois antitrust law of 1891 and
its amendment of 1893 were declared
valid by the Illinois supreme Court
Wednesday. Under the decision corpora
tions will hc compelled to file yearly
aiiidayits with the Secretary of State
as to whether or not they are members
Of a trust The decision was rendered in
the case of the people vs. the Butler
Street Foundry aud Iron Company,
which was made test case by the Hi
nois Manufacturers Association.
The Supreme Court decided that the
act of 1893 and the amendment of 1857
were unconstitutional but do not repeal
by implication or otherwise the act of
1891 or any part of it, as amcnl2d in
1893. The result Of the decision win We
that members of the Illinois Manufac-
turerS' Association viii become Liable to
fine of $50 day for failure to file afli-
davits, the total amount of the fine lying
in the discretion of the judge who shall
hear the eases against them.
The decision bears directly on the cases
pending in the lower courts against the
soft coal operators of northern Illinois,
who were indicted for conspiracy under
the antitrust act. The operators have
based their defense chiefly on the ale
cation that The act was repealed by the
amendment of 1897. which exempts cor
porations, the combination of which re-
suits in an increase of wages of work
ingmen. The cases against the retail
coal dealers and the Indiana operators
will not he affected by the decision, us
they were indicted for conspiracy under
common and sfafnfe law
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-02-25
STEAMER SINKS: MANY DROWN
Accident Takes Place in Chowan River,
North Carolina.

A cyclone struck the passenger steam
er Olive and sent it to the bottom of
Chowan river. in North Carolina. drown
ing eighteen persons. The Olive is a
river steamer plying between Franklin,
Va. and Edentou. n &. The accident
took place off Woodley's wharf. between
Mount Pleasant aud DIV er's wharf.
Without any warning furious blast
of wind struck the shallow craft, careen-
ing it until the water rushed over the
side. 1t rightcd. but sack Immediately,
and the passengers on the lower dee, and
in the cabin had no chance 20 seek safety
in any direction Nearly every one was
In the cabin on account of the threaten
ing storm.
Only the pilot house stood above the
water when the steamer settled to the
bottom. In it were Capt. George ii.
Witty and FIVE others. the only ones
saved Early the next morning the river
steamer Petit came in sight and rescued
the almost frozen survivors. Eight mem
bers of the crew who embarked in life
boats to go TO passing craft were pick
ed up after rowin; four hours.
The Olive was small single screw
steiner. owned ~ ]. 4. Preflow Of
Franklin. Va. II hft Franklin for Eden
ton. and had almos reached its destina-
ton when the cvciM 81 struck IL.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-02-25
FINDS A coMBlNe.
Court Decides that Beef Packers Are
in unia y fnl Cnmhine

Judge Grosseup at Chicago Wednes-
day oyerruled the demurrer Of the lie
tc1dant packers to the allegations made
against them by the federal government
IN the famous beef trust cases. by
this decision the Injunction against fur
ther operation Of the combination is made
permanent Judge Grosscup's decision
establishes that the operations of the
packers in the buying of live stock and
the reselling as fresh meat constitutes
interstate commerce. II sustains the gov
ernment's position in every detail. and
if it is finally approved by the supreme
Court il means not only the dissolution
of the alleged trust, but Of all OF the
other large combinations acting along
similar lines.
The court briefly summarized the al
legations in the governments bill in the
following:
That the defendants combined and con.
Spired 10 refrain from bidding for live stock
Queer.
That thay bid up prices for a few days to
Influence large shipments 10 the stockyards
and then refrained from bidding, thereby
again depressing prices.
That they arbitrarily raised and lowered
prices and maintained uniform prices by
secret agreement, curtaied shipments, i'm
posed penalties for price deYiations and
kept Checklists" of Delinquent dealers.
That they Imposed Illegal and expensive
carriage charges ON dealers ana consumers
That they received and divided among
themselves Illegal rebates from railroads
carrying their goods.
That they attempted to obtain monopoly
of the supply and distribution of dressed
meats.
The governments definition is coin
cided with by the court in these pivotal
points:
Commerce is not restricted TO specific acts
of sale or exchange. 1t includes the inter
eourse-all the nitiatoFy and intervening
acts instrumentalitics and deallngs-that
directly bring about the sale or exchange.
The UNDERLYING test (0f interstate com
meIce) is tat the TRANSACTION as an en-
tirNty, Including each part calculated to
bring about the .aSuf. reaches into two or
more States, and that the parties dealing
with reference thereto deal from different
States. What may be called the body of
these transactions Interstate commerce in
meats is twofoid, 1t reaches back to the
purchase of cattle that come To defend
ants from States ether than those in which
defendants manufacture, and il reaches
version TO parties dealing with respect
thereto from other States followed by shin
ments into the other States
1t may be true that the way of enforc-
ing any decree under this petition Is beset
with difficulties and that a literal enforce
meat may result IN vexatious interference
with defendants affairs, but In the inquiry
before me ! am not at liberty 10 stoD be
fore such considerations, The sherman
act. as interpreted by the Supreme Court.
it stands both court and people must
Weld obedience
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-02-25

CHICAGO.

-. While wheat prices have
UDlb0lD declined somewhat of late
the market shows remark
able stubbornness throughout. All the
recent news has been bcarish, yet the
bears have little to show for 1t. 1t is
true both Argentina and Russia are ship
ping freely to Liverpool, that nearly all
foreign markets are weak, and our cx-
ports light while primary receipts hold
up and winter wheat prospects are ex-
collent In short, nearly everything IN
the news or in the regular statistics has
been hearish. But the bulls who are
bulls for long pun are very confident.
They see MI the bearish facts but they
see also four things first that the Aus
tralian demand has cleaned mp the Pa
chc coast surplus and Australia has yet
to buy more wheat; second that nOtNitl-
standing some adverse conditions the
Minneapolis -four mills had the largest
January trade in their history and are
now doing business fully mp to last year;
third, that at this time last year there
was more wheat in the Northwest than
there is now, yet before the new spring
wheat crop began aoye q great scare
ity of milling wheat existed; fourth. that
the winter wheat is showing up well. hut
has not sufficient snow covering and is
liable TO damage in places should cold
wGIc dip over the Southwest. On the
certain bearing Of the first three PROPOSE
tons, aud the possibilities suggested by
the last. the bulls are willing 10 buy
wheat at present prices and hold it.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-02-25
MILLION FRAUD LOSS.
Gigantic Swindle Charged by Life In
surstnee &C IL panies.


BY an astounding series of frauds car
ried ON for years band of Italians in
New York has swindlcd dozen life in
sEraace companies out Of more than ST.
1900. One of the conspirators is said
To have received at least S250000 as his
share of the booty. Scores of men and
women were involved in the plot, which
was carried on for ten years under the
noses of the Insurance officials and was
discovered only by accident.
Perjury, forgery and perhaps murder
were committed in this gigantic swindle
As many as twenty-three substitute bod
les were passed off on a single Insurance
company, and it is possible 100 substi-
tute bodies were used during the long
series of frauds. Ii will be necessary TO
open scores Of graves IN the process of
unearthing the extent Of the incredible
swindles,
Among the insurance companies said
to have been vietimized by the sWindlers
are the John Hancock the Union Cen
rral, the Washington Life, the Trudcn-
tial, the Equitable. the Proyident Life,
the Tradesmen's Of Newark, the Mutual
Life and the Metropolitan of Cincinnati.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-02-25
MANY TURF CONCERNS RAIoer.
Millions of Dollars Are Lost in Gigau-
tic Get Rich Quick" SwindIe.

tic Get Rich Quick" SwindIe.
Further search in Chicago for get
rich-quick' conce, rs developed the fact
that f. ]. Arnold Il Co. the St. Louis
firm that collapsed recently causing pat
rons to lose many millions Of dollars, had
a branch Office in Chicago The place
was raided and the local manager. H. b.
blackstone, was taken into custody
From letters and books gathered in at
the Arnold. Benedict & Co, Mid,o inent
Company and Brolaski & Co. raids it
has been found that the turf scheme has
found victims in tifty-one cities and towns
in the West. IL is said by those who
should know that Chicagoans have lost
more than $t.000,000 and the loss to res
idents in other sections of the State will
be quite as much more.
1t has been learned that fully 20 per
cent of the raeegoers and race lovers of
the country have been yictimized by
these turf swindlers. From every town
and hamlet in Illinois and from all the
large cities and towns throughout the
country come reports from losses through
the operations of these concerns and It Is
safe TO say that more than 100000 per
sons have contributed vast sums to the
pockets of these spectators Report after
report shows that the dupes are count
less and that the sums lost are of 81
gantic proportions and may reach nearly
S40,000,000. From Omaha comes a re
port showing that the losses there will
run away up into the thousands of dol
lars. Boston Washington, Philadelphia.
Pittsburg, Louisville, New Orleans. Gin
cinnati Atlanta and the summer resorts
OF California and Florida all contribute
their tale of losses.
And when this is all summed up it will
he found that this gigantic swindle ex-
ceeds in extent even the great fraud of
the South Seas known rs the south sea
bubble" Five hundred and twenty per
cent Miller of New York was mere
tyro as compared with these get-rich-
quick swndlers. MilleI's dupes lost
millions. The customers of the get-rich-
quick tipstcrs will lose tens of millions.
A young woman employe in tho st.
Louis Office of II. ]. Arnold & Co. de-
clares that no attempt at bookkeeping
was made beyond rec ding the amounts
received aud the addresses of the victims.
Money poured in at the rate of $4,000
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-02-25
JURY FAILS TO AGREE
FIASCO IN INDIANAPOLIS GRAVE
ROBBERY CASE
Jurors Become Involved in Aiterca-
cation and Fail 10 Reach Verdict
Evidence Showed that Organized
Bands DespoiIed Cemeteries.


At indianapolis the jury in the trial
of DR.. ], G, Alexander. Indicted on a
charge Of completely in grave robbing
was discharged at 10 O'Clock Sunday
morning after being out forty-eight hours
and falling to agree. On the final ballot
the vote stood eight for acquittal and
four for conviction. There were sew
eral serious alterations during the con
slderation of the evidence in the Jury
room which came very nearly resulting
in blows. The cause of the personal feel.
ings in the matter, il is said, was a re-
suit of the wives of the jurors being
permitted to visit them.
Attorneys declare that the imputation
that any outside influences were brought
TO bear ON the jury or any member of il
cannot affect the result of the case as ii
now stands, If, however u conviction
had been returned the alteration and
the causes leading up to it would have
been grounds for the granting of new
trial. Public opinion is divided. Some
are in favor of letting the negroes 20 now
MS the alleged head was not convicted,
but generally the disagreement seems TO
be acquiesced In
The trial of DIR. Alexander is the out
growth of disclosures made recently be-
fore the grand jury. They showed that
form of traffic such as has never be-
fore disgraced an American city has
been carried ON in indianapolis. with
the cemeteries there and in the vicinity
as the basis of operation. Indianapolis
has been the center of graye-rubbinc
industry and human bodies have been
shipped to all parts of the country. Ac-
cording to one confession over 1000
graves have been despoiled and the
bodies taken from the collins and shipped
to the dissecting rooms in colleges in Gin
cinnati, ST. Louis. Cleveland. Chicago.
Louisville and other large cities Through
the medium of person whose identity
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-02-25

a day, and it lay around the office like
so much merchandise, being so album
dant that little care was taken TO prevent
thefts by employees. One girl employed
in the office, it is said, stole $1,000 and
not only escaped prosecution. but kept
the money, because her employers knew
she could tell their secrets and close
their swindling concern.
1t is stated by men conversant with
the business of the +. j. Arnold Com
pany that Arnold has S5,000000 in his
possession when he fed to escape arrest.
This money came to him in a golden riv-
er from all over the country, and when
he ran off to escape arrest and imprison-
ment it is believed he took the $1,000
600 with him
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-02-25

John r Crawford. ~. is dead Wake
field. y. J. lie had been known is the
father Of asphalt navements."
Boilermakers Of the Chicago Slipbuild-
ing Company. South Chicago. have
struck. Machinists have been out for a
year
G. InHan Barnard. Paris correspoa-
dent Of the NV York Tribune. has re-
eeived the rank Of chevalier Of the Le-
gion Of Honor.
Ethel Register. Merry Dean and VII
fam Tiliitson were swept from their
buggy while crossing a stream, Oxford,
). .. Miss Register was drowned