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the top of the ridge yonder, which is sixty
yards from the waters edge at ebb and
about thirty feet above It. And the sleet
fell in sheets.
1T was around about midnight when the
Louis V. Place was blown on TO the bar.
Captain Sam Baker and his crew were down
at the shore in a jiny with the beach ap-
p~aratus, for they knew that quick work
was needed to save men grounded in sue
a sea. They shot out the line and it
wouldn't hold. They shot out the line again
and 1t wouldn't hold, and they shot 1t out
time after time, but II wouldn't hold, for
the schooner was rolling so frlghtfully that
none OF the sailors dared come out Of the
rigging to max IL FIST.
And they couldn't go out to the schooner
in the surf boat. The wind had iammed the
J sea between shore and vessel, 200 yards
away, with porridge-that's ice packed tight
and thick. No boat can live or get through
such ice, so there they were-Captain Baker
and his men-helpless as babies, and sob
bling like babies, TOO. with the sailors freez-
ing to death in the rigging before II cir
eyes.
There was nothing to do except to wait
for the wind to die down. They waited two
days and nights, beside the beach fires
which lit up the faces of the freezing sail
ors, and as they waited and watched this
man and that, frozen beyond further endur-
ance. let go his hold and fell into the sea
On the second night they saw one man
armed with a ropes end, beat two Of the
men near him to keep them awake and
from freezing. The next day the sea died
down, the ice broke and the surf boat was
finally worked to the side Of the schooner
but not before the man who had whipped
the others 10 keep them alive had falleT
into the sea. The two survivors wer,
brought ashore and one died shortly after
The other. I'm told. lived. but he was am.
putated all to pieces, nearly.
When Il was all over Captain Baker
who Was half crazy all the time he wal
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-04

in front as far as / could and walked that
way until they ached so l thought / couldn't
keep them up any longer. And then kerr
plunkl went a fist against the patrol box.
Guess how long I'd been covering the
miller" Rudd was fastening his sou'wester
under his chin. Just two hours" he said,
as he slung a coston signal over his
shoulder and opened the door. "Yes-yes."
Tale of an English Frigate.
James @. Smith No. 5. to whose lot fell
the replenishing Of the wood fire, spoke up
as he clattered the stove lid back into
place;
Don't know why, but I'm reminded OF
a yarn that l heard at a Cape Cod station
a few years back.
Seems that an English frigate was
wrecked OF the beach, where the station is,
200 years ago. One day four or ive years
ago the hull Of a vessel all at once stuck
itself above the water in full sight Of the
station, and musket and pistol butts, like
those used before the revolution, and old
style woodwork was thrown up on shore.
Its the hull OF the English frigate
thrown up out of the quieksands,' the life
savers said; and then they sent word to the
people in the village.
"They came trooping down 10 the beach
and began putting out to the wreck, In
hopes OF securing the treasure that is said
to have gone down with the frigate. But
before the first boat was fairly under way,
and just as suddenly and silently as II
had appeared. the hull sank back into the
quicksands. And II hasn't been seen since
How Li~fe-savinE Crew Was Drowned.
"Yes-yes; and the crew Of that same
station-it's the one closest to Highland
light-lost their liyes about fifteen years
! ago" spoke up George J. Caffrey. surfman
No. 4. "It happened in this way:
IAN Italian bark was blown over one Of
the bars and on TO the other. The crew
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shot out the line and few signals and all
that, but the Italians, IL turned out, didn't
know the first thing about our work, and
so they didn't know how 20 answer the
signals and didn't make fast the rope.
when the captain saw that the Italians
didn't know what to do. he and his men
launched the surf boat and pulled out for
the bark. They reached her bow and were
Just making ready to take off some OF the
sailors when the boat got caught in the
terrible undertow that exists around the
bar and was sucked under. Every mothers
son OF them was drowned like rats. And
they went under so suddenly they didn't
have time to make a single shout for help.
Two hours later the storm died. down
enough to allow all OF the Italians to
get ashore with almost dry skins"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-04
GAMBLING ON THE INCREASE
House of Lords MIIses Betting on
Horse Races n Subject of
investigation.

LONDON. Jan. 3.-The rapid increase in
betting on horse racing in the United King
dom, especially among workingmen. and
the evils arising therefrom are fully ac-
knowledged in the report Of the select COM
mittee OF the House OF Lords issued today.
but the remedies recommended are not far
reaching.
The committee finds the betting is greatly
facilitated by the newspapers publishing
starting prices. but the committee is not
prepared to recommend its prohibition. as
It would tend TO encourage dishonesty on
the part OF the bookmakers.
It recommends that all advertisement
and circulars Of sporting "tipsters" be
made illegal and tavors legislation enabling
bookmakers 70 be imprisoned for betting
on the streets with children.
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powerless to rescue the sailors, went to
pieces and died a few weeks later. He died
Of a broken heart-died becadse he had not
been able to save the eight sailors who
froze before his eyes. And these are the
last words he said before he died:
God pity the poor boys out yonder in
the rigging"
NiPsy, the Dog Life Saver.
Captain Penny struck a match and. as he
relighted his pipe, he said between short
puffs:
Tell them about Nipsy, Carter"
Charles A. Carter IS No. 1 at the shinne-
cock station, where he has patrolled the
beach for twenty-five years. He reached
down at his side and patted a medium sized
black dog on the head.
'This is Nipsy," he said. Hes a cross
between spaniel and bull. and he's a mighty
bright dog. He keeps me company on my
watch in good weather. but whenever he
sees me put on my sou-wester he runs and
hides behind the stove. But II there's a
wreck and he sees us taking out the beach
apparatus, no matter II it's blowing a gale
and the rain cuts like a knife. Nipsy fol-
lows and works with me.
"Nipsy has done a good many pretty
bright things, but the best thing he ever
did was to save a life two years ago last
August. when a coal collier, bound for down
east from the Delaware capes, foundered
several hundred yards of shore. We
launched the surf boat and made for 1t as
soon as we saw its distress. but before we
reached IL and just before it went under a
big wave broke over the ship and washed
the crew OF four overheard.
cit was stiff work. but somehow we man
aged to pull three men from the sea before
they'd shipped enough water TO drown 'em
The fourth was nowhere TO be seen and
after looking around for a while, we gave
him up for lost and headed for the shore.
When we landed Nipsy was running M
and down the beach, where he knew wee
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come ashore, barking like all possessed. He
jumped all around me, nearly knocking me
over, and between jumps he'd run eastward
on the beach, as il he wanted me to go with
him Finally, / said to myself, 'Nipsy's
found something and maybe it's the missing
sailor l said, just for something to say.
Well, anyway, / humored the dog and fol-
lowed him, and ne ran about 500 yards down
the beach and stood still and barked. Pretty
soon l came up TO him and-what do you
think l saw lying there In the sands? My
nephew.
"Nipsy took me to him just in time and
so we saved his litn. He was the missing
man from the collier, and he had been
tossed ashore by the breakers"
Patrol Duty in n blizzard.
Carter looked at the clock.
Almost s o'clock" he said. "Rudd, wen
be on patrol in a few minutes and won't be
back before midnight, so speak up before
we 60"
"Yes-yes," John W. Rudd. No. 2, drawl-
ingly responded in Long Island vernacular,
and then continued;
II started out for patrol duty on the hrst
night OF the 'SS blizzard. II is only a matter
OF fifty OF sixty yards to the beach from
the station house, but the snow was so
binding and the wind SO high that 1t took
me fifteen minutes TO reach the beach.
Then l headed for the patrol house about a
mile TO the westward. My idea was to get
there and stay there. because that's allow
able in such weather.
II thought I'd never reach that house. ]
fought against the wind until I was almost
ready to drop. and the only thing that kept
me up at the end was the thought that I'd
freeze II / didn't hold out. The snow kept
me from seeing ahead couldn't have seen
the captain II he'd been walking alongside
OF me. / feared all the time that ia &c
past the box. because. ! knew the lamp
light wouldn't be visible. So. when l though'
I'd almost reached II, / stuck my arms out
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-04
CLEAN UP OF
and
Picture Frames

NEVER BEFORE WERE
PICTURES AND PICTURE
FRAMES offered at such low
prices. We still show a full line
of these goods, all are new and
up-to-date and frst-class. In
every particular our line of
moulding is the most complete in
the city. We will have to dis
pose of them either by the length
or made up into frames to fit
your picture at prices regardless
of cost or value.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-27
Nntes of Current Events.

The laying Of duplicate GermaE-
American Atlantic cable was commenced
at Borkum. an island in the North sea,
twenty miles from Emden.
after returning a verdict in a damage
suit. p. j. Mckinley. foreman If the
iurv. dropped dead Of heart disease at
Hamilton. Mont. He was a prominent
RAMBLER.
f. VI. Re-edict, the Topeka lawyer
wl.o was hurt April - il a collision
between his automobile and a heavy
broadway electric car, in Los Angeles
Cal. died
Gen. Maxine Gomez has accepted the
Craftsmanship of the committee tor the
erection Of the Cuba building II the 81.
louis exposition, auh a.5ll be in ST. Louis
10 look after the worE
Additional rural free delivery service
viii BE established Jnae az Oklahoma
C;.v. O. +, with two carriers Length
af route. forty-aaveu and one-aaif miles.
Population served, 94o,-
The abstract Of the national banks Ct
Oklahoma shows the average reserve
held at HIP per cent. against l1.lt per
cent: loans and discounts Increased from
s.. qS.,. qtl6 20 s. IOs1 .671. gold coin from
Sa2.z.4 .0ss4 70 SotO 9isg total specie ,eom
S,4o 80 70 S56g5-s5. individual deposits
decreased from slS.6s65TT 10 Sl0496.-
ice.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-27
FATHER sHor DOWN BY soN.
Ohio business Man killed as a Result
:. Ls....si.. nrrarr

OF a y amy RuaFFtIs
John II. Moebus, Go years old, one of
the best known business men Of Hamil-
tod, Ohio. was shot TO death by his son.
Edward G. Moebus in the latter's store.
The tragedy was the result Of family
quarrel Of long standing. which became
acute when the father. who was Wild
over, Indicated a purpose to marry
woman much younger than himself. The
wounded man died an hour after the
shooting. The murderer was crested
and held without bail There have been
disagreenents between Edward Moebns
and his father for years" said Mr.. An
drews. his attorney. Domestic mat
tiers Of which l cannot speak recently
made them acute. This afternoon the
elder Moebus entered his sons store real
Is to quarrel. nominaly to inspect the
ledger. After locking at the book he
said: Ed, if yea interfere in my affairs
again | viii xiii you. The son request
ed him to leave. He refused and scuttie
followed. IN which the father drew
penknifc which he had already open in
his pocket. Edward seized a pistol from
desk and fired in self defense"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-27
DIE ~ BuRNINe nuILDING.
Flames Destroy Apartment House,
Bringing Death and Injury.

Flames Destroy Apartment House,
Bringing Death and Injury.
Three persons met death. two were
probably fatally injured and many more
less seriously hurt in a fire which de-
rtroyed the Westchester apartment build
ing, 50iT to 1925 Cottage Grove avenue,
Chicago Twenty-seven families were
rendered homeless. Two bodies were re-
covered, and the third is supposed 20 lie
beneath the water and wreckage which
nil the basement. The blaze is believed
TO have started in. the laundry In the
basement Of 5017 Cottage Grove avenue
beneath the grocery owned by a. !.
Flynn. Within a few minutes fames
were shooting up three sir shafts ana
spreading to the fats above. Many per
sons living in the building had ropes be-
meath their beds or in places where they
were accustomed TO sleep. But for tfs
preeaution, 1t is believed, more Inv =
would have been lost In the blaze Many
Of the occupants of the structure say
tina, they feared fire and had supplied
themselves with ropes rs a means u es.
cape. The building was erected va 1915
as n hotel There are twenty-five hats
IN the building. II was valued when
built at $4,000 TIE structure was al
most entirely destroyed and Mrs. Fran
ces Chaye, the owner. estimates her loss
at $4,000 The loss ou the contents -
estimated at SI5O
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-27

News reaches FL Paso Of fight at
sanderson. Texas, in the desert 200 mile
east of TT Paso. which resulted in the
killing Of H. S. Biggs magistrate anG
school teacher; FL Bell, citizen, and
X. c. McMahon, deputy sheriff Only
Incager details have come. As far ms
learned the quarrel arose at the postoitice
between Ed Bell and II. $. Biggs over
letter. Bell had been working for
McAiahon. Biggs was very quiet man
and was not known 10 have had any pre-
vious trouble He had been school
teacher in Sanderson for eight or nine
years The story goes that when Biggs
and Bell had row Mcmahon tried 10
separate them. Biggs fought desperately
against the two men. IN McMahon, It
seems. turned on him during the fight.
Riggs shot Bell through the head, killing
him. and was in turn shot through the
body by Mcmahon. While lying on the
Door II the postoflic, he took aim Of Nc
Mahon ana fred one shot. fatally wound
ing tbr deputy sheriff who died few
hours later
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-27
FORCE rArERs FOR SALE.
Wholesale Business Done in Frsuau
lent GENERALIZATION Certificates.

Wholesale Business Done in Frsuau-
lent naturalization Certificates.
'rThree Italians arFaigned before United
States Commissioner Shields ID the fed
cral building in New York are, 50 the
secret service agents say, the leaders Of
a plot 10 forge thousands of naturaliza-
ton papers. This would include the forg-
ing Of the United States seal, the sigma
ture Of Commissioner Alex ..tder and the
naturalization certificate itself. The pris-
oners are Roberto finGaro. a foreman OF
laborers; Rocco Figulio. printer, and
Giuseppe CapareiH, foreman ia the de-
partnent If sewers. According to the
secret SER ice men Bunaro is the bank
er in the plot A small printing cstab
hshment in Hobokeg was purchased and
in this Office which was run in Figulio's
name, the plates were fnade and fOrgeries
committed The establishment was then
moved to New York aad the certificates
circulated The secret service men say
The certificates had been sold from -
10 S100 each to Italiaus and that Mt least
1000 have been issued. Commissioner
Shields bcld Buuaro in $1,000 bail and
ljguho and Capareili In 5000 each 10
await the action Of the grand jury.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-27
FACTS ABOUT :: !:
-: THE CENSUS.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES


Ii is interesting 70 know how many
Of the homes in the United states are
owned l,y the people who occupy them
and how many ere rented, Taxing the
total Of 1G.1S7.7t.; we find that I.259,-
3t2 are owned and $500. i39 are rented.
leaving little more than nalf 4 million
unrepurted. This is decided change
from ten years ago. when the namher al
homes owned was 6,0G6,4lI aud the
number of homes rented was 662:},'3o
That is. during the last ten years there
has been falling OF OF homes owned
from AIS per cent % 400 per cent, while
the percentage of hones rented has in
creased from 52.2 per cent 60 80 per
cent.
There Gems also 70 have been a de-
cided increase OF mortgages during the
last ten wears. fer in 1870 - Pc cent
of all the homes owned were free of
remembrance. while in 1900 only ga per
cent were unmortgaged- Taking them
from the ether point Of view. BIG per
cent Of all the owned homes were mort
gagged in 1900. 81 per cent af the
farms amd - per cent Of tcvn homes
while in 1850 oaly - per cent If al the
town homes were mortGaged and cnly
2S.2 per cent Of the farms,
The proportion OF incuu.hered hoEes
Is larger than in 1899 in all the Stat-=
and Territories ea,t Of thp Mississippi
River and along the Atlantic sea''oa~l
and Gulf States, eNcep; Michigan. while
In that be,t ef States reaching from The
Mississippi tn the Paci6c Ocean there
has been a decided decrease ia the uum-
her of mortgage The most notah.e
changes in f'aS .prpect are found ia
North and south l'akota. Nebraska and
Kansas
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-27

VIM the death Henry T. brown,
or "Old Caribou Brown as he WIS
known, there passed away one Of the
most picturesque characters ia all the
frontier history Of the great Southwest.
Brown was for quarter Of century
one of the most notable figures IN the
gambling circles Of Tucson. Arjz. He
made aud lest a dozen fortunes over the
gambling table. but throughout bis
eheckered career he maintained the name
sf being honest.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-27
PROXY SUICIDE Is MURDER.
Jury Convicts Man Whom Girl Coaxed
TO Bring Death.

Leland Dorr Kent was found guilty of
manslaughter in the FIRST degree, as
charged in the Indictment found against
h4m, which is aiding, abetting and en-
couraging and assisting the suicide of
Ethel Blanche Dingle,' the beautiful
young nurse Of Riverside hospital, Buff
falo. the night of Sept "a at the Whit
eombe house In Rochester. The third
count of the Indictment on which Kent
was found guilty also charges that for
the purpose Of carrying cut her suicidal
purpose Kent inflicted the mortal wound,
she consenting thereto"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-27
WESTERN UNION LOSES.
Telegraph Company Hit ny Decision
ira PeunsS Isania.

The United States Court Of Appeals
in Philadelphia held that the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad had legal right to remove
the poles and wsrcs Of the Western
Union Telegraph Company from the rail-
roads right Of way. The decision af-
firms a judgment Of the West Peunsyl-
wanna United States Court and reverses
Judgment OF the New Jersey United
States Circuit Court. The Pennsy ivanis
court refused to grant the petition for
an injunction sought by the Western
uaiou Telegraph Company against the
Pennsylvania Railroad, and the New der
sey court granted the injunction.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-27
WARM WEATHER AIDS Crops.
Drouth, However, Afiicfs Large Are az
in Great Lakes Region.

The weekly crop report issued by the
weather bureau says all northern anC
central districts east of the Rocky MouD-
tains experienced highly favorable TEN.
peratures during the week ending May
Is. the central valleys, lake region ana
New England receiving ample and muck
needed warmth, while in the Southern
States it was too cool fer favorable
growth. The very general absence OF
rain in New England and the middle At
iantc States and over a large part or
the lake region and Ohio valley has in
tenslfled drought IN these districts. in
consequence Of which crops have made
slow progress and planting and germna-
ton have been greatly hindered. The
east gulf States and portions Of the low
er Missouri and lower Mississippi val
leys have suffered from excessive rains.
Corn planting has heen further delay
I'd hy rains in the States of the lower
Missouri valley, and By drought in the
Ohio valley, middle Atlantic States and
portions Of the lake region. Planting is
we'll advanced in the DakotaS, and, not
withstanding the wet soil in Iowa and
Missouri, has been vigorously pushed iD
those States. where it is terminating very
satisfactorily In Nebraska, the Ohio
valley and middle Atlantic States large
part Of the crop is yet to be planted, not
more than half the area having been
seeded in Ohio and Nebraska
Winter wheat has made favorable pro-
gress in Nebraska and Kansas, and has
been improved by rains in portions of
Missouri, Oklahoma. Texas, Arkansas
Tennessee and Kentucky. But in south
ss.f, NTsca.s,1pf ha 4l,,4.,r 4
Of the Ohio river and in the middle At
lantic States the crop has suffered fur
Their deterioration. 1t is heading as far
north as central Kansas and the south
ern portions of Indiana ;kid Ohio.
In the spring wheat region the weather
conditions have been highly favorable for
termination and growth Of spring wheat
which is coming up TO good stands with
vigorous plants.
IN the Missouri valley, Oklahoma ana
Texas a general Improvement in tho con
ditioa OF cats is indicated out N the
Ohio valley, middle Atlantic States and
the greater part of the lake region. the
condition of the crop is less favorable,
owing to the effects of drought.
There is general complaint thr5ughout
the cotton belt Of the unfavora Die effects
Of low temperatures on cotton Consid-
cradle tobacco has been transplanted in
Tennessee and western Kentucky. Fur
Their Improvement IN the outlook for APP
pies is indicated. but the prospects for
most of the other tree fruits are very
poor. The g.ass crop in the OHIO valley,
lake region, middle Atlantic States anG
New England is much in need Of rain,
but westward of the Mississippi it has
made rapid growth and is in promising
condition
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-27
VERDICT THROWS NO LIGHT.
death at Hands Of Persons I'm
known" Is Verdict at kokomo.

Death at The hands Of persons nn-
known" has been tire cor3GcF's verdict
Ia three mysterious murder eases at
kokomo, Iud., the last being when Coro-
ner Harrison made this fiI13as in the
ease IT Louis Yeager. who was found
dead in his buggy with bullet in the
braia Yeager was killed while return.
ing from visiting his betrothsd. Myrtle
Finley Of Hemlock, Two weeks ago
Francis Sutton WAS likewise slain at
iemlgek after visiting bis sweetheart.
Stella Peters. A few weeks ago Jacob
Dotterer # the same locality was muir
dercd at his home.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-27
FORTUNE - BEING ROBBED.
Massachusetts Woman Given $4,000
by NLiser WHO Stole Her Purse.


IS rcGompense fer having stolen her
pocketbook in 1855 George II. Todd,
a misery travelling peddler Of Utica. \.
Y. has bequeathed $4,000 to Mrs. Pc
ter Jorion Of Brocktou Mass. Todd had
always been looked upon IS penniless,
but after his death = wallet was found
N his pocket containing bankbook ana
seearities worth moro than $4,000. This
amount was accumulated thrC ash mig
gardly saving. the scautiest OF living,
suffering in cold weather for Maas Of
proper clothing. going without food rath-
er than buy Todd had carried a tin
box for fifty years from enc end of the
country TO the, ether always selling
something and Invariably begging his
meals and lodgings. For the last ten or
fifteen years he had used a wheelbarrow
and his tall. gaunt figure lad become a
familiar object in all parts of the coun-
try
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-27

Situated within a few miles Of rich
coal fields, Columbus, Ohio. will be
forced to pay 50 a ton for hitumiuous
coal next winter The Ohio coal trust
has already Faised the price - cents a
ton. although il ordinarily drops ia sum
mer 1t is also announced thar Colum-
bus viii he taken from tile favored list
i'm revenge fer the quo warranto proceed
ings brought in that city last winter to
dissolve the alleged coal trust.