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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-20

The ST. Louis Railway Club has es
sablished coy corner and headquar-
ters in the gallery of the palace OF trans
por,stion. worlds fair grounds.
The Rock Island statement for March
shows loss as compared with March.
i.Ei3. of $4S.TS9, or > per cent in gross
earnings, and $432,6 Gas. or 30 per cent in
net
Owing to the shrinkage of traffic that
has become so general. the Illinois Cen
trail has decided to postpone Important
improvements that had been planned at
New Orleans.
All the railroads entering St. Louis
have requested connecting lines not to
ask for free transportation to 81. Louis
for employees after Aug. IL. on account
OF the expected heavy attendance after
that. time.
Mr.. w. Il. Premier was chosen by the
International Brotherhood OF Locomotive
Engineers TO succeed Mr.. Thomas :. In
graham, first assistant grand chief, VINO
died suddenly during the Los Angeles
convention has: month.
Mr.. Adolph ottinger, ticket broker
II san Francisco, has been imprisoned
two DAYS and fined $500 for violating an
injunction Of the United safes Court
forbiddiug him to deal in certain reduced
rate convention tickets.
An authentic and impartial railroad
map Of the United States. prepared under
government auspices. has long been sore
Is needed. and such map IS now TO be
prepared. Provision for its publication
vas made by the Fifty eighth Congress.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-20
VINE RE MAXIM LIVES.
His Home. in Brooklyn Greets You
with a Maxim Gun.

His, Home in Brooklyn Greets You
with Il Maxim Gun.
On quiet residence street in Brook
yn, and. in a row of light stone houses,
there is Il house of especial interest,
Seen from the street, it does not differ
from the other houses alongside il. but
on entering the hallway one is sudden.
ly confronted by a formidable looking.
engine of war, a famous Maxim gun,
whose muzzle projects toward you in a
menaeing manner, as if inquiring what
your business is.
Stepping along still farther into the
hall, YOU are greeted by another and.
larger gun with Il still more threaten,
Ing appearance; and as you glance.
a.ro1ndf. ON every hand you see groups.
of guns. pistols, projectiles, aminnni--
ton and instruments of war, until you
begin to wonder whether this, is, u res
idence or an arsenal.
\ glance into the other rooms Of the
house however. dispels all doubt. for,
with the exception of the forbidding
sentries in the hall. the furnishings of
the house give every evidence that the
master is no. only peace.ioving citi-
zen. but home-ioving man as we'll
This is the city home of Hudson
Maxim. To enter this unique home
and to be introduced to Mr., and Mrs.
Maxim, and to hear them speak of
explosive shells and other deadly mis-.
siles as if they were commonplace
matters of housekeeping. is novel
and fascinating experience; and while
you feel at first as if everything
around might suddenly go on" this
feeling wears away and your conf.
dence is restored as Mr. Maxim ey.
plains the uses to which the variors
compounds are put. and their harm.
lessness under certain conditions.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-20

said. have advertised for thousands of
countrymen To replace the strikers.
The advertisements say the men are
10 eat and sleep in the plants.
The railroads notified their agents
throughout the country not to receive
any stock for Chicago. The packers
notified the Live Stock Exchange that
they would not receive any stock, and
the secretary Of the Live Stock Ex-
change, in turn. notified the commits
sion men. who at once began send
ing kilograms to stop all shipments
from their customers.
other Stock Yards Strikes.
The last time the Chicago stock
yards plants were tied up was in 1894,
during the great railway strike. For
six weeks all the industries were prac-
ticauy tied up, no cattle being received
and none slaughtered. 4 mob of from
5000 to 10000 men. women and chill
dren held possession Of the streets in
the vicinity of the yards, and at last
President Cleveland iitnrvened and
He'lL EtE btdE utOpN ~ thHaSp huhtt
Gen. Nelson A. Miles. This put a
quietus on the rioters and prevented in
reference with the employment NJ
non-union men, allowing BUSINESS TO, be
resumed The stock yards employees
had M grievance "f their own, hur
those that struck went cut in sympa-
thy with the railway strikers.
In 1856 the year of the Haymarket
riots. another attempt was maar TO tie
up the yards. but without success
More recently was the attempt OF
union teamsters to tie up the meat i'm
dustrics not long ago. when rioting
he anne general In the streets ef Chica-
go. This strike WAS only settled after
wholesale arrests, scores of Street
bloekades. and when Chicago was
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-20
NJ a g G i e snH e art
CHAPTER XXXl.-(Contipeud.l


The affair could not be kept quiet
che county rang with it; the London pa
gers had mysterious paragraphs in odd
corners, speaking OF the event; but be-
,goRd the fact that the bride had been
killed only two days before the we'd
dang, they knew little or nothing of the
sexual circumstances Money was spent
}savishly to hash matters up; SO, beyond
the meager report in the county paper
. Of tho inquest, at which it stated the teel-
lngs of Mr.. Royston and his family had
been respected as far as possible, ard
chat the verdict of the jury was Death
BY the visitation Of God" little was ever
known And then it had gone on to say
that, curiously enough, OF the same even
lug, poor escaped lunat =. whose name
appeared to be Temple, or Templar, who
was reported to be a relation Of the peo-
pie who kept the lodge, had also been
killed In the Changmoor woods, near the
same spot
There had been a sum of money hand
ed over to Mrs. Atkins, whose face light
ed up with joy; a joint signature to a lit
: Sc paper, and lawyer accompanied Mr..
and Mrs. Atkins TO Liverpool. and did
not leave them till they were fairly I'M
der weigh for Australia.
There was only one more little mat
Yer to settle-that was a professional
visit to two old maiden ladies who live3
Tn Burnham Wood. At night Mrs. Chol-
mondely came, and there was quiet
family party, and the story was told OF
-naggie's early life.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-20
DOES A VACATION PAY 2

Does it pay to regain your cheerful
personality?
Does it pay to sip powes from its
very fountain head?
Does 1t pay to increase yeGE creative
power and originality?
Does it pay to get a frmer grip on
your business or profesSioaf
Does it pay to regain your lost conf
dence by upbuilding your health?
VIII a fresh vigorous brain serve you
better than a tagged. jaded OLs9
Do you want to get rid of the scars
and stains Of the years campaign
Does it pay to exchange aaccid. stiffen-
ed muscles for strong. elastic ones?
Does it pay to get new grip on
life aud to double your power tC do
good work?
Does it pay to put iron into the blood
and 20 absorb granite strength from the
everlasting hiils7
Does 1t pay to renew the buoyancy
and light-heartedness, the spontaneitT
and enthusiasm OF youth7
Does it pay to get rid OF your nag
ging. rasping disposition so that you can
attract people instead of repeiiing thcm2
Does it pay to develop our powers OF
observation; TO learn to read books in
the running brooks. sermons in stones,
and good in everything?"
Is it a good investment to exchange q
few dollars for a great deal of health
and happiness; to economic on that on
which the very well-springs of our being
depend7
Is il better to be q full-rounded man
or woman with large views ard wide
outlook. or q mere automatic machine
running in the same old grooves year az,
ter years
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-20
OVER $4,000 IDLE.
The Biggest Battle Ever Waged in the
Clothing Trade in New York.

The Biggest Battle Ever Waged in the
Clothing Trade in New York.
The big clothing strike in New York
City is considered the uost serious that
has ever affected this inch of trade IA
the METROPOLIS Over $1,000 men and
women directly employed in the various
branches of the trade are idle. and a
xseat many more, such as expressmen'
borters and statesmen, employed by the
trimming manufacturers, are thrown OUT
Of employment
The number Of tailors affected. inelnd-
ing basters, fnishers. operators anC
nressrnen. is $4,000. There are l,4oo
cutters on strike and 5000 others, in
ending the vestmakers, trouserSmakers
and buttonhole workers. A large mum
Der of the strikers are itaiian women
The strike leaders explain the troaole
By saying that It Is not strike Lor
higher wages. but strike 10 prevent
cut in wages. which they fear may TSne
along il the open-shop system becomes a
reality.
The fight Is being waged over the open
shop Question. When the menufactur-
ers nosted notices that in 'uture they
would permit non-union ner TO WORK
side by side with union men the strike
was ordered. From that time on the
strikers waged war on the manufactur-
ora and con, actors who favored open
sboDs The contractor is the middle
man Many Of them are now siding
with the strikers, whom they bitterly op-
posed shortly after the strike was de-
elsred she manr tacturers, however.
have a strong organization, and assert
nat they are getting all OF the help
which nv need az this time OF the year,
vrhsn the trade Is usually dull.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-20
PAsTIME OF AMERICANS.
Baseball, the Game Which Is Our Trne
National Sport.


Coming down to the test of a nation
at sport, how many Americans cannot
tell you the difference between u
home rum and base hit" between
an "outshoot' and hot liner to
shortY Not one in a thousand is
conservative bet. Indeed. this genera.
ton of youth knows baseball by in
stinct, 1t has become a heritage by
right of American birth How else will
you explain the indisputable fact that
6-year-old boy knows the game so.
much better than the lessons he is be-
ginning to have poked into him in the
schoolroom? The first game in this
country has been traced back 30 wears.
and the first club of that misty era TO,
Philadelphia. Parties of dozen or
more used to gather of an afternoon
once week on the field adjoining the.
upper part of Market street, near
where the Episcopal Church now
sFansis, to play the old game, and 9TH
ers again would go over TO the Cam
den fields to enjoy the sport. An old
resident of Camden used to say that
the players were laughed at in those
days for playing ball, the prejudice
against Wrestling time in that way being
very prevalent in the Quaker City of
that period
The mier0IJe did not spread until
1860. and Then it went through the
country, sweeping all before it, The
rise OF professional baseball is an oft
told story. but back of its history is
the most interesting epoch of its eyo-
luton, when the primitive game of
FOUNDERS was hammered into some
thing like it's present form, game
which had rOom for skill and scientific
development. There were four bases
instead of three, and the base runner
was put ont by throwing thu ball at
him. In these days he would. indeed.
be down and OUT if such a practice
We're permitted, and one league game
would tally as, many called ambulances.
as called ballAf Even as late as the
SOS these rules Were in vogue
THE batsInam could be put out on
any fair hit or foul ball that was
caught on the first bound. There was
no rule to punish wild pitching, and
the rule governing called strikes was
such as to- allow the batsman almost
entire freedom from out on strikes"
One batsman in game between the
Mutual and Atlantic clubs allowed
more than 30 balls to pass him before
he struck Mt q single ball, no strikes
being called even then. ',rhe pitcher
could only. send the ball in by IL
square pitch. or toss, and not by any
kind of throw
Now, scarcely i year las passed
since the crude and incomplete code
of the early Cos tfaat distinct improve
ments have not been made in the
game of baseball along the lines of in
creased demands for skill and agility
both for the batter and fielder. This
is one of the rea sons why the game
is so essentially American, and why it
is becoming more popular every year.
The inventive taTent. the unceaSing
itch to do, things III better and more
scientific and economical way. is found
in every department of American IN
du trial and commercial life.-Illus-
trated Sporting News.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-20
Steam HAVOC AT TIE FAIR.
Are Dreuched. and tine PTk.
l. narr,a.yedL

Thpusauds Are Drenched: and the PTh@
Is Damaged.
Sweeping down from the mouth against
Il . heat and humidity that made st.
/ 0nis dead center of atmospheric stag
nation last week, terrific storm of cold.
wind and hail wrought death and havoc
in tie worlds fair city Monday after
noon. The icy gale struck, the EXPOSE
ton at time when the grounds we're
thronged with sightseers and threw the
visitors into a panic. Thousands who
were within few steps of the buildings
or just outside the attractions on the.
Pike were drenehed by the sudden DOWN
pour.
The Storm swooped down at the rate
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-20

After couquering Burmsh the Brit.
ish undertook TO carry the greas
Rangoon bell, the third largest In the
world. to Calcutta as a trophy. but
dropped II overheard in the Rangoon
river. whero it deied all the efforts of
the engineers TO raise It, Some years
to mourn Its loss, begged to be allowed
TO recover IT Their petition was grant
ID. and by attaching to it an Incredible
number of bamboo floats the unwieldy
mass Of metal was finally lifted from
its muddy bed and triumphantly re-
stored to its place.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-20

We recognize that the gigantic trusts
and combinations designed 10 enable capt
tal TO secure more than It's just share Of
the joint products of capital and labor and
which have been fostered and promoted I'M
der Republican rule are menace 20 bene-
fetal competition and an obstacle to per-
uzgnent business prosperity.
private monopoly Is indefensible ana
fnt0JeEable Individual equality OF opPoF-
trDsty aud free competition are essential
to q healthy and permanent commercial
prosperity, and any trust, combination or
monopoIy tending to destroy these by con
trolling production. restricting competition
or fixing prices should be prohibited and
punished by law. We especially denounee
rebates and discrimination by trausporta-
ton companies as the most potent agency
In promoting and Strengthening these I'M
lawfli coRspiracies against trade.
Any trHst or unlawful combination en-.
gagged In Interstate commerce which Is mo-
uopOlizing any branch of business or pro-
duction shoGbd not be permitted TO trans
act business outside Of the State of its
origin. Whenever II shall be established
In any couTr of competent Jurisdiction
that such mRn@polizatlon exists such pro-
hibltiou should be enforced through com
prehenslye laws to be enacted on the sub
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-20
QUESTION.

The race question, has brought countless
woes to this c6tntrY. The calm wisdom of
the America. people sboDlG see to 1t that
It brings no more.
To revive the dead and hateful race and
sectional anjmosities In any part of our
common country means confusion, dIstrac-
ton of business and tbs reopening of
wounds now happily healed. North south,
East and West have bat recently stood to.
gether in line of battle. fr, IN the walls of
Pekin to the hills OF Sa 4t.ago, end az
sharers Of a common glory and common
destiny we should share FIR: ternalI! the
common burdens.
We therefore depIeeate and condemn tie
bourbOnlike selfish and narrow spirit of III
recent Republican convention at Chicago.
which sought to kindIe anew the embers
of racial and sectional strife. and we an.
peal from 1t to the sober con mon sense
and patriotic spirit Of the AnnrleaL peo-
nile
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-20
Democratic Platform 1904.

We insist that we ought TO do for the
Etltpinos what we have already done FOR
the Cubans. and It is our duty to maSa
that promise now and upon suitable gnar.
antees Of protection TO citizens OF our own
and other countries resident there at the
time, OF our withdrawal, set the Filipino
people upon their feet. free and independ-
ent. to work out their own destiny
The endeayor OF the Secretary. of War.
By pledging the governments Endorsement
for ''promoters'' In the Philippine Islands.
to make the United States Il partner In
speculative legislation Of the archipelago.
which was only temporarily held up by The
opposition OF the Democratic Senators, In
the last session. will, IL successful lead
TO entangemenfs from which 1t will be
difficult to escape.
All men under the American flag are en-
titled to the protection OF the institutions
whose emblem the flag is; II they are inner
emily unfit for those institutions then they
are inherently unfit to be members of the
American body polite. Wherever there
may exist people incapable of being gov
erned under American laws IN consonance
with the American constitution THAT people
ought not TO be part Of the American do
main.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-20
THE TRUSTS.

which the Democratic party falle,B TO en-
force, ard which were intended for the PRO
lection of the public against the najuss
OF vast aggregations Of capital have been
fearlessly enforced by a Republican Pres
ident, and new laws insuring reasonable
publicity as to the operation of great cor
poratlons and providing additional rem
edies for the prevention of discrimination
IN freight rates have been passed by Re-
publican Congress
In this record Of achievement during the
past eight years may be read the pledges
which the Republican party has fulfilled.
We propose to continue these policies and
we declare ouV constant adherence 20 the
following principles:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-20
Hou-s Thiss

We offer One Hundred Dollars R,,yEsr,, for a,v
case Of 1atarrh that cannot be cured BY Hans
Ca.arFh Cure.
+. J. CHENEY & Co. Toledo. o.
We the undersigned have known F. J Cheney
honorable N All business Transactions ana imam
cially able 10 carry out any obligations made by
their firm 4' -
WEST & TRUAx. Wholesale Druggists Toya5o n
NAtDlNG. hINSAN s MARVIN Wh0le>aia
Druggists Toledo O.
HANS tataTFh Cure IS taken internally. acting
aiIeetly upon TIE blood and NITROUS slIrfare> ~
ne system Price T5c. per bottle. Sold by al
Halls Family Pills are the hest.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-20

We denounce protection as a robbery of
the many to enrich the few and we favor A
tariff limited to the needs OF the govern
meat economically administered and so
levied as nor to discriminate against any In
dustryy class or section, to the end that
the burdens OF tnxatf0n shall be distributed
as equally as possible.
We favor a revision and gradual reduc-
ton OF the tarin by the friends Of the
masses and for the common veal and not
by the friends Of its abuses, its extortions
and its determinations, keeping In view the
ultimate ends Of equality OF burdens and
equality, Of opportunities. and the consti-
tutional purpose OF raising a revenue by
taxation-to-wit the support OF the Fed
eral government in all its In Hgrity and
virility, but in simplicity.
We favor liberal trade arrangements
with Canada and with peoples of other
countries where they can re entered into
with benefit to American & .iculture, man.
ufactures, mining. or commerce.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-20
SENATOR CLARK IS MARRIED.
Wealthy Wesferner Webs His Ward
In France Three ears Ago.

Senator w. A. Clark OF Montana has
caused the announcement to be made
that on May 70. 1901, in Marseiles
France, he was united TO his ward. Miss
Anna La Chapelle. Following the for
NAL announcement by the Senator him
self came the fact tb2. there is little
daughter in France, who is now about
2 years old Mrs Clark and her child
are at present in Paris.
The announcement adds another chap
ter to romance that began about nine
years ago IN the city of Butte and in
which the handsome child Of the western
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-20

Hrinang fields and the many times mill
i@maire United States Senator are the
lead5Gg characters. Senator Clark made
the girl his ward and provided her with
opportunities for such tuition as he con-
sldsred she should have. 1t began in
seGlinares in this country and finished
IN schools abroad and in extensive traveE
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-20
The Mothers Nav,

Visitor-What do sou do when John.
ME is naughty?
Mamma-Put him to bed Will ant
any supper.
Nisitor-Well, what them
Papa-He cries and she carries II IN
to him on tray.-Tlt-Btts
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-20
THE TARIFF.

Protection with guards and develops
cur industries is cardinal policy of the
Republican party. Dhe measure of pro-
tection should Away, at least equal the
difference In the eoit OF production at
home and abroad We insist upon the
maintenance of the principles of protec-
tion.. and therefore the rates OF duty should
be readjusted only when conditions have
mands their alteration but this work cen
not safely be committed to any other
hands, than those OF the Reput Tean par
ty. To lntrust 1t to the Democratic party
Is to invite Disaster Whether as In 1892
the Democratic parity declared the pro-
teetiye tariff unconstitutional, OF whether
Ii demands tariff reform or tariff revision,
it's real object Is always the destruction
Of the protective system However spe-
cious, the name. the purpose Is ever the
same A Democratic tarn has slways
been followed by business adversely; Re
publican tariff by business prosperity.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-20

Combinations Of capital and OF labor are
the res1lIts OF the economic movement or
the age, but neither must be permitted 70
Infringe upon the rights and interests OF
tba nsonIe Such combinations when law
fnlly formed for lawful purposes are alike
entitled to the protection of the laws. but
moth are subject TO the laws and neither eau
ba permltted 20 break thaEh
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-20

The great stock yards strike, expect
ed to paralyze the meat industry for
time at least, began Tuesday. Ow-
ing to the refusal Of the packers to
grant a demand for increased wages,
what promises to be one Of the most
extensive strikes in the history of the
packing industry OF the United States
was begun in Chicago, Kansas City,
Omaha. St Joseph. Mo. and o.ner
cities where large packing plants are
located If prolonged, fhis strike IS
expected 10 cause such widespread IN
convenience as was never before
cqualed, except by the anthracite coal
famine of two years ago,
No one can foretell how long the
strike viii last. Meat in Chicago took
a big jump In price at once. with
in short time it will be Impossible
for the city householder to- secure meat
at all, unless the packers succeed in
running their establishments with ion
union labor. More than $1,000 men and
their families are involved in the move
MINI N14EB HIS eRlOECe&l tIl8 2GSak
idIeness. In Chicago alone $4,000 men
are on strike, and 10000 more work
eFs, whose services as electricians,
steamfitters, frpinen. engineers. car
workers, painters, clerks. bookkeepers
and teamsters will not be needed, wiz
be thrown out OF employment
What Man Demand
A uniform rate of wages. the mini
mum to equal the maximum now paid.
a stationary date for the expiration of
all agreements, liked living wage
for unskilled workers, non-ressriction,
of union influence and no. more than
ten hours days work. are some of
the essential requests of the union
which have been Incorporated into
piatfcfm upon which the general Off
cials have accepted the strike power.
Anti-unien anti-inrrease and opp0si-
ton to all demands is the platform
upon which packers representing an
a aggregate wealth Of S1O7, OOO,00O have
decided to fight The packers. it is,