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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-01-29
DISTURBANCES INcREAsiNe.
Secret Rebel Society Threatens For
eiQners in koreA. s. " I.

VIZ New York, jan. 20. The native dis
turbances at Pyengyang are increas-
ing, according to a Herald dispatch
from Seoul, Korea. The secret rebel
society known as the Tonghaks is
openly threatening foreigners and the
overthrow OF the present dynasty.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-01-29
ESCAPING GAS THE CAUSE.
TWO Persons Dead and Several III se
rious Condition. s3s

rious Condition.
Erie, Pa, Jan. % Escaping gas IN
the home OF Glenn Saunders OF this
city resulted IA the asphyxiation OF
Mrs. Saunders and her mother, Eliza.
beth Montgomery OF Pittsburg Saun.
ders will probably die and his three.
weeksrold baby and Eva Mont gomery,
q sisterin-laW, are lii aaserious condi.
tion. The members Of the family were
found unconscious by Mr.. Decker, who
lived IN the same house, about noon
All were dressed and 8 flre was burn.
Ing in the STOKE. The affair Is shroud.
ed IN mystery.
tiEAviEsT ON RECORD. Il
Snowfall Of Eight inches at 1irming.
ham, Ala. $s
Birming ham, Ala, Jan. % Accord.
ing to the weather bureau the snow
storm here amounted to eight inches
the heaviest Of which there Is an OH
cials record. Street car and railroad
traffic is delayed.
Jackson. Miss, Jan. "a. Thirteen
inches of snow fell here during the
night and morning, the heaviest fall
of snow known In this section III the
last Twenty-Five years.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-13
THREW AMegRaRIs AWAY.
Sailors Thought 1t Wasn't A. Usc
for Smashing Down Rigging

Sailors Thought 1t Wasn't A. Use
for SinshinG Down Rigging
Two sailors on the Kelvinbank.
which arrived in this port some days
, ago from the tropics, unwittiugly let a
fortune slip through their hands, says
the New York Tribune While off the
coast of Brazil Adolph Hansen and
Peter Smith, who were on the dog
watch, saw off the port bow a spongy
mass of some greasy substance. 1t
was black, with the exception of few
places where it was notified like mar
BILE Smith. who is Cockney dock
rat, wondered what the blooming
thing was. so dropping oversize in
the blight of Il rope. he captured the
stuff and got Oh board with the help
of his mate. No one knew what il was
and as it began to give off Il most IN
pleasant and rank odor, it was thr3vn
overheard again, after fair quantity
of it had been transferred TO the slush
bucket.
The contents of the slush bucket are
generally the greasy refuse from the
galley, which is used to slush down
various parts of the standing rigging.
The fiotsam found by the two sailors
was thrown into this mixture. which
the men used for various lubricators.
including the greasing of their boots.
While apparently full of grease. it
lacked the fine points of a good piece of
fat salt pork green with age, so the
most of it vas finally dropped over
board in disgust.
The men had no ndea what they had
picked up until they had been paid or
at this port One Of them told re-
porter and then learned that they had
run across a lump Of ambergris weigh
ing probably 200 pounds, which would
have netted then a sum thar would
have given them months dissipation.
even in Port Said.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-13


Special kilograms from correspondents
ut the International Mercantile Agency
throughout the United States and Can
ada report check 10 the exceptionally
good general trade in the Southwest due
10 wet weather. an Improvement in the
central West following more seasonable
conditions. but some disturbance in re-
turns as to increased labor troubles and
IN the conflicting reports Of the condi
ton of the winter-sown wheat
depressing influence is shown by the
strike Of Iowa soft coal miners and dis
sense in Pennsylvania in addition 10
bittsl2"ss of the struggle between strik-
els and the militia in Colorado and the
prospect for another tieup of the New
York City building industry.
AdviceS from the Southwest are that
winter wheat has improved. with good
rains. In the central West the plant
is generally well rooted but thin ON the
ground Western centers say good corn
Is scarcer than for years. Reports are
numerous of the poor condition OF crib
bed corn
The outlook for cotton mills for the
next six months is not regarded prom
ising by New England authorities, hut
wooden mills there are running on full
line OF orders. Further shutdow1,S of
cotton mills at Philadelphia are reported.
Eastern Shoe manufacturers in some in
stances are not ordering MS freely as a
year ago.
Chicago and New York mail orders
ana reports from visiting buyers begin
10 point to the prospect for an iucreas-
ina NyAlf
ch0Hdise and retau trade has been the
best in q long while In I'ittsburg the
March business in steel and iron is the
best in six months. with the tendency to
larger outputs and some advances in
prices.
Speculative activity in stocks has turn
ed on the results to follow the dissolu-
tion Of the Northern Securities merger
Conjecture has pointed to a probable
renewal of old projects looking to fur
Their community OF interest in the rail-
road world. especially in the transconti-
mental field. Manifest accumulation Of
Union Pacific on a large scale is the
most substantial basis for a food Of ru-
morS.
Money has ruled very Easy, railroad
traffic is reported rather better, cheer
fuI conditions exist in lie coal trade. the
copper market is active aid improvement
is reported in the iron t,alc, with some
doubts professcd, however. Of the main
| tcnance Of the United States Steel pre-
| fcrred dividend rate. The latter will be
1 liked on Tuesday next.
Canadian wholesale merchants and
manufacturers report good gains in near
/ ly all lines now that railroads have got
ten free of the car congestion handicap.
! Demand for iron and steel is better than
/ for some time. Coal companies are plan
ming TO increase their outputs Requests
/ for spring and summer goods are note
| worthy and bank clearinss are increas.
ing.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-13

Congress has power to establish
rules by which interstate commerce
shall be governed. and by the anti
trust act has prescribed the rule of
free competition.
Sane and consistent protectionists
have o. posed tariff tinkering as Il trust
remedy, first, because it would prove
ineffective and destructive, since by
killing off non-trust competition il
would leave the trusts as sole surviv-
ors on the Industrial battlefield; and,
second. because the law of 1890 CON
fers upon the courts ample authority
and power to deal with trust abuses.
The insenSate folly of injuring all in
dustries by free trade in commodities
which compete with triist-made arti-
cles is now very generally recognized
by Republicans. The absolute need
lessness of tearing up the tariff on ac-
count of the trusts is shown by the
dictum Of the highest court. Use the
weapon already provided by law, and
let the tariff alone-that is the lesson
to be drawn from the decision in the
Merger case.--American Economist.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-13
Voc value Of e and I,oultry.

Last year the poultry and eggs pro
duced and eaten in the United States
were worth more than all the gold and
silver riined in the world during the
same year, Except for the year 1900,
the egg proc net Of the country has ex-
o2s5ed in value that of its combined gold
AMI silver output for every year since
1850. which takes in the entire bonanza
period Of our history. That, with the
poultry product, also exceeds in value
the wheat crop of - of the most fruitful
States and territories.
Reduced to concrete terms, in 1899 the
eg. record Of this country was LOO
OO0000 dozen. There are 80 dozen 10 Il
crate. and 100 crates 20 a ear. SO q train
Of cars sufficient to accommodate the
transportation Of all these crates would
reach from Chicago TO Washington, n
distance Of SOS miles, and then there
wo.ld remain several cars of eggs 10
spare. In 1900 Iowa produced 990o0.
OO0 dozen and Ohio g1.0OO 900, having a
value of over $10000.000 for each State
OF course, the Incubator has consjdera-
be 10 do with poultry production but
il cubatoTs do not lay eggs. In a single
year the value Of the eggs and poultry
Of the country has been MS high as $3.50
600 600.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-13
To nenl win Trusts.

The contention that only 10y the re
peal Of tariff duties can trust extortion
be checked is completely swept away
by last weeks decision of the United
States Supreme Court in what is
known as the Northern Securities Mer-
ger case. AS result of that decision.
the fact is iudicially made known that
the existing antitrust lGE placed upon
the statute books by the Republican
party in 1890 furnishes all needful
remedies with which TO combat the
trust evil The decision of the court
settles that question in the following
specific terms:
The antitrust act embraces and de-
clares Illegal every contract. in what
ever form, of whatever nature, which
directly or necessarily operates in re-
straint of trade among the several
States.
The act IS not limited to restraints
of Interstate trade that are unreason-
able in their nature, but is directed
against all direct restraints, reasonable
or unreasonable, imposed by any com
bination upon such trade.
Railroad carriers engaged in inter
state commerce are embraced by the
act.
Combinations. even among private
manufacturers or dealers. whereby in
ter-state commerce is restrained, are
equally embraced by the act.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-13
What's the Matter.

During the year ending July l, 1901,
Canada bought from the United states
$110,4s5,000 in products. which was
very mucl more than half of all she
bought away from home curing the
year which ended July /. 1902, Canada
bought from the United States $120,-
100000 worth of goods, which was
much more than half Of what she
bought away from home.
During those same years she in
creased her sales in this country.
Does there appear TO be any trouble
here which needs CORE Ting?
Is it customary to send for the doe
tor TO see a well man?
Is it necessary to fix up tariff dose
for Canada. or reciprocity dose for
the Iowa farmers with relation to that
country of fifteen-dollar iands?-At-
lanta Qa.) Telegraph.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-13
Women who BETRAYED Men.

In nearly every instance of treach-
cry ana corruption resulting in public
scandal during the last fifty years
woman has played a prominent and ig
noble part The real instigator of the
crime, she goes unpublished, bringing
10 those connected with her ignominy,
disgrace, exile and sometimes death.
one of the most notorious of these
women who for time pulled the
strings o h,s.orT was TIE Baroness &c
Kaula. a German by birth, who caused
the downfall Of old General de Cissey.
the Minister of War in Paris during
the pres 'dency of Marshall MacNiahon.
The general. infatuated with the
baroness. was in the habit of lunching
with her at her house close to the
Elysee every Thursday. after the meet
ing of the cabinet council
While they were ut lunch her SER
wants were taking shorthand notes of
the ministerial papers in the generals
portfolio. which were then forwarded
in cipher to Bismarc.l in Berlin. who
thus knew every Friday morning all
that had passed in the French cabinet
council on Thursday
This went on for two years, and
might never have been discovered If
the baroness had not made the mis-
take of being too grasping. She sue
ceeded in obtaining from the general
who could refuse her nothing. 'luable
army contracts for some of her friends;
this led to searching inquiries on the
part Of disappointed candidates. and
the whole business came out.-Pear-
sons Weekly
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-13
The workingman,s Surplus.

During the last three years the peo-
pie of New York State alone have in
creased their savings banks deposits in
excess of Withdrawals by over $4,000
GOO. How could the laboring classes,
to whom these savings. for the most
part, belong. put aside ell this money
If the cost Ct living is so much In ex-
cess OF wages as the free traders
claim The fact is that in spite Of the
higher price Of some necessaries and
luxuries the steady employment al
high wages enables the laboring man
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-13
An Industry Lestroxed.

In 1888 the United States imported
4,209O15 pounds of raw silk. In 1905
the imports had increased TO 1920.
1853 pounds This country now sup
plies its inhabitants with the bulk OF
the silk fabrics used by them. although
1t still imports tidy quantity of very
high grade textiles from France and
Germany Curiously enough, while the
silk textile industry has vaxed strong
in this country under protection, the
free admission into Great Britain 81
silk goods has destroyed the once
Furnishing silk industry Of Il at nation
San Francisco Chronicle.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-13
lIG1z lS2gs2[1[g7S
.s,st,.SaSsSly[s.ss ;Ss$4l~ar E0-
---4s2. 1@2&-2a~

Caicago~-Cattle. common to prime,
| So 20 TO $3.50; hogs, shipping grades.
81 O0 to $J.37; sheep, fair to choice, 81 IS
10 $3.50: wheat, No. . red. 9'lc 10 ST. ~;
corn No .. 53c TO Jic; oats standard,
3Sc 10 39c; rye, No. ,, G0c 10 zoe. hay.
timothy. $3.50 10 Sl3,50; prairie. $500 TO
Sl1.0O; butter. choice creamery, 22c to
24e; eggs, fresh, BE TO Ice; potatoes.
9Jc to Sl.OG.
ndianapolis--Cattle. shipping. $3O0 to
S5.35; ,ogs. choice light. $500 to $3.50:
sheep, common to prime, $3.50 To So. 10
wheat, No. >. 500 to S1.02; corn. No .
white, 49c 70 soc; oats, No. > white, 42c
II 43c.
St Lo.is-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50: hogs.
S40o to S535: sheep. $500 10 S5.25:
wheat NJ. . 99c to 500; corn. No. ,,
49, to 49, oats. No. ,, 4lc to 42c; rye,
No .. &c to Csc.
Cincinnati--Cattle. $500 to Si15:
hogs. $500 to $3.50; sheep. $500 to
81 %: wheat. No. 2, S1.0S to $1.Ug: corn.
No. mixed. &c TO 53c; oats, No >
mixed, 42c to &c. rye. No. . re to 7Sc
Detroit--Cattle, $3.50 to S475, hogs,
$500 to $685.. sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2. Sl00 to $1.02: corn. No. 3
yellow. dgc to SOC; oats. No. 3 white, 43c
to doc; rye. No. ?. 74c to zoe.
Mi!waukee-Wheat, No. northern.
9Gc to Csc: corn No. 3. 49c to JIc;
oats. No. 2 white, 43c 10 44c rye, No. !.
nc to 73c; barley, No. >, G3c TO Gle;
pork, mess $500.
Toleds-wheat. No mixed. 500 TO
S103. corn. No. , mixed 4Jc to sic.
oats. No mixed. 42c TO f4c; rye. No. ,.
re 10 T3c; clover seed. prime, SG.45.
Bufalo-Cattle. choice shipping steers.
$40 to $3.50. hogs, fair TO prime $500
to $500: sheep, fair to choice. So p TO
S5.25; lambs, common to choice. SI.75 to
$3.50.
New York-Cattle. $3.50 10 $500:
hogs. $500 to 1910: sheep. $500 to
$500: wheat. No. . red. $1u5 TO $1.0i;
corn. No ., .4c 10 J.Jc; oats. No. white.
87c 70 4Sc. butter, creamery, 22c to &c;
eggs western lie 10 ISc.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-13

Uncle Sans Pension Bounty.
To individuals in almost every lane
beneath the Sun Uncle Sam extends
his pension bounty The largest mum
her OF pensioners residing outside OF
he United States is 10 be found Il
canada. where there are now more
than 2.3Uu persons who receive pen
sion~ rs survivors or as widows or or
phans of soldiers who served his na
ton in war. In Germany Wre are
moro than -Q0 In ireland the next
largest number, 40; in England 80
in Mexico. 1876, in Scotland III, II
Switzerland :; in Sweden, 81; III aus
tialia. -. in Chim. Il. and 50 or
throughout the lis OF distant lands.
1t is remarkable that in far-oG Tur
key There are six pensioners of the
United states. and OH the island of st
Helena one. lind way down in Para
quay. South America, age two pension
crS.
Then. reflect upon the fact tnat II
tie Azores. IN belgium. in Gcuador
the ComorO Islands. in Egypt siam
the Seychelles islands Samoa. Gu%te
mala. Honduras. india. Malta. the lslt
Of Man. Maurtius. Greece and Liberia
and many other places equally remote.
are TO be found from one to u dozen
pensioners. aud the bare mention of the
fact serves TO illustrate how great i
the bounty OF the United States to lbs
soldiers who have served under tbs
flag. scattered to all parts Of the
earth. wherever Il survivor or the wild
ow or orphan Of soldier entitled un
der our laws to q pension can bt
found.
The state having the greatest NUN
Der Of pensioners IL Ohio. with l02,
SIS residents within her borders wiz
annually draw pensions pennsylyau.s
is close F"cond with tC'll Of l0l,-
1914. and the next on the list il Illinois,
with 1887 In the other States OF tjt
Northwest the list Of pensioners sums
mp rs follows: Michigan. 43.435 WIS
ccnsln. - .5CS. Iowa, 3G,1S2. Minnesota
Ic.75j: North Dakota 1851, AID &outl'
Dakota. 1905.
The sum Of Sl40.m1DO0 is paid on
each year to persons all over. the world
but Of course by far The greatest
amount goes to the people Of the Unitrd
states. and to those pensioners vino re
side IN about doze- States Of th(
North The precise distribution Of TIL
vast sum Of money is rs follows To
pensioners IN the States and Territories,
SI3G gg2. 1Sl. to pensioners in the ia
stlInr possessions S5.9OT; TO pensioners
residing In foreign countries sGSl.5o3
0f the nearly 10000 pensioners. 19l,
$40 reside In the States and Territories
1919 in foreign countries, and 20 H.
the lnsalar possessions.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-13

there We're 2,7TS,304 enlistments; but
after deducting the re-enlistments and
reducing the short-term members to a
three-year basis the round numbers
would not be very much in excess Of
the figures stated.
This would indicate that the number
of killed during the war was. ON the
Northern side very close to ) per cent
of those engaged. and which is. by the
way a greater percentage than that
OF the Crimean or Franco Prussi..n
war
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-13
Hid Banks Gold in Men.


Edwin Curd. of FultoA tells an in
teresung story of the way in which
the proprietors of the old Western
bank, the first in Galloway County,
took care that bushwhackers should
not get their gold deposits In the Civil
War. says a Kansas City correspond
ent of the New York Herald.
In IN old tobacco warehouse in Full
ton stands an iron safe. 1t was
brought by the bank and shipped by
water from St Louis in 1856. Ii
weighs three tons and half. aud at
! one time, in 1862. contained $4,000
IN gold. Conditions were unsettled
| and bands of predatory soldiers and
bushwhackers were prowling over the
/ country in every direction. committing
many outrages, as well as fighting
with one another.
The officials of the bank of which
Mr. Curd was president became merry
| Gus for fear one Of these bands
should make raid on the town,
crack the safe and take their gold.
| The directors held several coQsuita
tions, and ii was at last agreed that
Mr. Curd. Col w 7. Smell and Ed
ward Parker should make secret
| di' position OF the treasure One man
suggested that it be buried in a hay
stack, but this scheme was rejected.
Il yentWed the idea" says Mr..
/ Curd, that we drop it to the bottom
( of a well. ba,, - John Bartley's
store, and my suggestion was adopt
! ed. wanted to throw The gold into
the well 10 So but the others thought
| it best to put il in sacks. for fear 1t
would get so scattered fiat we would
not ind it ut all
Il told them that ! had separated
/ the gold in its raw state from the dirt
in California and felt sure that |
could find %2o geld pieces in what
came ont Of we'll at home But they
had their way and the $4,000 was Iii
vided into parts and each part wsap-
ped in a sack and tied securely and
put into the well There it stayed
about two years.
When the tcrrors OF the war had
| about subsidized and it was thought
safe to raise the treasure. we tried tl
bring ii UP by attaching hooks TO She
sacks and hosting it 10 the surface
But that would not work. for the
sacks had ratted and the weight Of
the coin caused them to break The
water had 10 be taken ont and the
loose coins gathered together again
The secret regarding where the mon
ey was hidden was known 10 non
except the three who placed it In tins
well-not even 10y the ether director,
of the bank When the we'll SCI ems
was first preached it was said that
The bushwhacllerS might hear Of it,
being there and would dip the water
out anG obtain the booty. but l TOLD
them that while a gang was dipping
All that water we could Get "r..u-i
men together to make matters un
comfortable for them
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-13

1t is useless for the free-trade ex-
FOUNDER of to-day to contend that
Blaine favored the lessening Of the pro-
tective system, for he always contend
ed that where reciprocity treaties were
made they should be made on nom
competitive articles and supplemental
to the great principle Of protection
Emmettsburg Qowaj Reporter
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-13

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to enjoy good living. and still have
considerable left for Injuries and
pleasures, and even then he finds he
can fatten his bank account little
every quarter. 1t will take some pref
ty tall lying TO get such men to vote
tAe Democratic ticket next fall.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-13

Representatives OF six telephone com
pnnies operating trunk lines extending
from Philadelphia TO Texas met at In
dianepolis and agreed TO establish q uni
form toll over sail lines. A committee.
headed By s. T. Sheerin Of indianapolis,
was named TO forEnt late a specific agree
fneut
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-13

get at the truth of the matter is TO
remind himself that they told us the
same thing in 1892. Then when they
got into power by obtaining Office I'M
der false pretenses, their promises
weren't worth even as much on the
dollar as silver authorization Undy
Chronicle.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-13
PerfectlY Satisfied.

Mrs. Jenks-Are you perfectly salts
fed with your new dress?
Mrs Specifies, indeed. The man
/ love best thinks it's beautiful and
the woman l love least has pretended
to turn up her nose at it.-Philadel-
Dhia Ledger.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-13

Teacher you tell ne what e
dromcdary l.. Tommy
Tommy-Yes, ma'aln : drouledary
is two-massei CAN'T YonkcTs
sta. -sTnaI.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-13
Worthless.

Whatever the opposition may have
to offer on the tariff question in this
compaign all the voter needs TO do to
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-13

There is no index Of character SC
sure as the voice.-Disrael.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-13

Hollow steel spheres are in use In
Sweden for billiard balls.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-13
Sour
y to IN aCh

NO appetite, loss OF strength,
nervousness, headache, constipation,
bad breath. general debility, sour ris-
ings, and catarrh of the stomach are
all due to indigestion. Kodol cures
indigestion. This new discovery repre-
sents the natural juices Of digestion
as they exist in a healthy stomach.
combined with the greatest known tonic
and rsconstructive properties. Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure does not only cure in
digestion and dyspepsia. but this famous
remedy cures al stomach troubles by
cleansing. purifying, sweetening and
strengthening the mucous membranes
lining the stomach.