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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-03
v. A. STODDARD.
ONTARIO, WISCONSIN.

I OANs PLACED ON REAL ESTATE. ALL
~ Kinds of legal papers drawn and acknow-
lodged collections ana conveYanees a special
ty. Notary public.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-03

Education.has many good results, but
none thatgisamoress than the sense
ofEpower2ands self reliance with which
tt$invests'itsscossessor.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-03

WEST PRAIRIE. July 3l-Mrs. Dora Rosl,err
Of La Crosse Is visiting with her Esther. f.
children Of viro ;1a, visited at I'm, Ei,, a,,g
home the past week 80. Mrs h NcClurv ami
sons Ross and Waiter, departed Tor Washinp-
ton where they VIII make Il their future
home. Miss Ella Hunt Is serl0uslv iii IN II
roc ua. There Will be given a Lawn Marty AZ
Mike shannon's Sunday, August = REFRESH
Proceeds for the benefit OF the new Cnfbniie
parsonage at Rising sun. Old and yound are
CORDIALLY Invited TO attend q. Elmer Fortner
Niroqua for past few days. Chooses are erect.
Ing fine new addition TO their house lake
MOiiand Is laid up with sore hand RFApFR
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-03
STERLING

SAC CITY, August Peter Monser is work
Ing Tor l.. ". Davis. ... T. o, Mork visited our
burS MONDAY Mrs. n. +. Rringe Is Improy-
ing n health MIR, aud Mrs. VIM. Slater and
tamlty visited Il. G. Schoenberger. Sunday
Ladies Aid meets with Mrs. Ida Muusop
Wednesday August 3 JAMIE Rrndas has re-
turned from La Caosse, accompanied by a
Tfiena 81 q. Thompson attended church nj
NORTH frairle sunday last. Scott SANDWICH
attended church at North Prairie, king a
call st Tom HUNS home on is return
Andrew htlen visited at Mills home SUNDAY
....feter hunice Is on the sick list bat Is i'm
proving 30. Caroline Sandwich Is visiting n
Chase 1T l. sanwick.s children are afay.
Ing With their grandma Sandwich dnri1r
thelr parents visit 70 81. Louis Expo itton -.
lrle saturday last. +. 4. Brudus and T.. 4
Schonberger talk OF going 10 the 81. Louy9 en-
position IN the tall --- Ella Muns3p Is sttif at
home. Hurrah Munson is working at A.
oeft Nunice So HlF iiURRAH
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-03

Mr.. Glibertson OF Viroqua town nasse.
through here looking up his chances for re-
lister OF deede.~. kthei and Edwin Crog ~
Minneapolis are spending the summer al
Yttrfs, Mrs. Yttri being their aunt. Messrs
Hans and Johnnie Hum transacted business
al La Crosse last week....Oscaf Nelson de-
parts today for the west. .T1llie 4ttri and
Mrs Lindstrom went 10 la Crosse Mo.tIay
returning the came day.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-03

Carpets and rugs Glow cost of pro
duction ut the closing ont sale of The
Tate Mercantile Co.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-03

CLEARANCE SALE!
VI. F. !iNDEMIAkN & COMPANY
RETAILERS OF EVERYTHING TO EAT AND WEAR

Wehave goods left We left two weeks
Why? Because
We believe
sell them We have
they r ~
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-06
NO MATTER WHO MAY BE HURT.

Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.-No
matter who may be hit or .iurt, politi-
cally, and while the entire matter pri-
marily concerns the state and it's gov
eminent. the entire country is looking
with interest on the situation In Colo
RADIO and hoping for peaceful settle
ment OF the troubles existing
No matter who may be hit or hurt
politlcally-let the results of the elec-
ton for governor be fairly ascertained
and emphattcally declared, with a rec
ognition of the claims of the candidate
for whom majority of the legal ball
lots of the electors of the state was
cast. 1t might be well for Colorado
If there were Just a little less of Sher-
man Bell in the pending contest be-
tween Adams and Peabody. He has
declared that the 5000 state troops
will follow him through dangers of all
sorts, that Peabody has been duly
elected and that Immediately on the
settlement of the difficulties he will re-
sign command of the troops and go to
Mexico. He might start even earlier,
with no bad results to Colorado.
Let the civil authorities through the
courts. pass on the questions. On the
face of the returns Adams, democrat,
Is credited with something more than
10000 majority over Peabody. 1t il
charged by the Peabody side that the
majority was effected through gross
frauds. The charge is denied on the
part of Adams, whose friends are In
sfsting that the frauds were on the
other side. BY all means let the courts
settle the question and keep the state
militia out of the case on the one side
and much more, any Irregular militia
on the side of Adams.
There must be tribunal in which IN
vested final jurisdiction in all cases.
The constitution of Colorado has pro-
vided supreme court for the purpose
Of giving final judgment and It's juris-
diction Is not disputed 1t may decide
the matter wrongly, but whatever It's
decision NAV be it will be the decision
to which all Colorado must submit
Either that or anarchy and the most
serious injury to the entire state, with
the setting of bad example to other
commemorative. Military interviews
vention will decide only the side of the
stronger. not the side on which Justice
and equity lie.
Kentucky has not. yet recovered
from the, fateful campaign Of 1899 and
its consequences, when troops on the
side of either claimant made Frankfort
appear as an armed camp and violence
took the place of law. 1t Is probable
there We're frauds on both sides In
Colorado, for the state election ex-
ceeded in bitterness even the Kentucky
campaign of 1899, and the present
situation is attracting attention fully
as close and exciting as the Kentucky
contest did. No matter who may be
hit or hurt, politically, let Colorado de-
! eide the important questions through
the courts and without violence on
/ either side.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-06
LIQUOR CONSUMPTION.

Sioux City Tribune.-The department
of commerce and labor has Issued n
summary on the consumption Of
spirits. wine and beer which throws
light upon the bibulous habits of the
leading countries The United States
stands third IN the consumption OF
these drinks, but with respect to the
Per capita consumption Americans are
abstemious when compared with the
,nhabttants of ccrta;p TT rOpean coun-
ties. and this Notwithstanding tho
presence In the United States OF many
foreigners who are accustomed to
more generous use of beer and wine
that the native American usually in
dulges in. With respect to the total
consumption Of alcohol In spirits, wine
and beer the United States stands
third The countries showing the
rritest onh-nmttion are F-dnce and
Germany. With respect to the per
capita consumption of alcohol the
United States stands sixth of eight
leading countries thetUnited Kingdom.
France Germany. Italy, Russia Bel
GUM. Sweden and the United States.
The French are the greatest consumers
of alcohol chiefly IL the form of wine.
rpon the per car IL, basis every In
habitant In France drinks annually
1920 gallons of alcohol. The other
countries rank as follows: Belgium.
LOO, ltdly, o.ol, germany. 800, UnlteQ
Kingdom. 4.99 gallons. In the United
States the per capita consumption OF
alcohol is 1928 gallons annually. Tho
Swedes are satisfied with a per capita
consumption of 306 gallons Accord
ing to other statistics the per capita
consumption of alcohol in the United
States is less than In eleven other
countries.
The report of the department OF
commerce also shows that Americans
enc Russians consume about the Same
amount of spirits. the figures for the
United States being 1873 proof gallons.
The Belgians hold the first place az
beer drinkers, their per capita allow
ance being $3.50 gallons But the
Italians must abhor beer for their per
capita is stated as only .2o--that Is
one-fifth Of gallon of beer for each
inhabitant annually. 1t is plain that a
great many of them do not touch beer
at all. The United States holds fourth
place In beer consumption with per
capita of 1904 gallons. The figures
for the United Kingdom are 3542, and
for Germany 30.77 gallons. The wine
drinking figures show Italy with per
capita Of 31.S6 gallons and France with
S47S. The wine consumption Of Ger
many is 1.93; of Sweden, 10, and Of
the United States. As.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-06
HONOR AMONG THIEVES.

The incident of the shooting of the
New York tough, FELTON,, by his for.
mer friend and fellow criminal, Frank
Roche, brings the country back with
a hard jolt from the heights of sup.
posed latter day progress" to the old
days of the frontier and the boom
town. FELTON,, when he thought him
self dying from the effects of the
wound inflicted by Roche while the
two were on Broadway in the busiest
portion of New York, pleaded with the
officers for the life of his assailant,
declaring that Roche had been right
and himself wrong and asserting that
If Roche had not shot him he would
have killed Roche.
Bret Harte and other writer's, in
their stories Of the western country in
the gold craze days, tell of honor
among thieves, and their stories TEEN
with brotherly affection even among
the most degraded men, Not broth.
erly affection, either, to be exact. but
a deep feeling of justice and right re-
CARELESS of the consequences Affairs
like that of FELTON, are written and
were doubtless facts in the old days
VI IilC carly llIlSS, UuI IL is ITO SIudll
surprise to see the same sentim ent
spring UP in the nations busiest me-
tropolis between two of New York's
most desperate men.
FELTON, and Roche were of the hui.
man scum. Roche, it is said, had al.
ready one murder to his string and
FELTON, was connected with many a
shady dealing. Both were known as
violent and evil men, But their quar-
rel, whatever it's cause, was evidently
one in which Roche was on the right
side and FELTON, in the wrong. So the
latter, when he thought he was dy-
ing, was true to his ideas of right.
Somewhere in his makeup was the
voice that told the difference between
justice and wrong. Some observers
have taken the case to indicate re-
verting to the primeval savagery of
ages that are gone and that the rites
of the Malta and the Highbinders
have come to us from Europe and
Asia but it is more encouraging and
more simple, too, to conclude that the
deep rooted regard for justice which
occupies place in the mind of every
man. no matter how degraded he may
be, was the agency that brought about
the pleas of FELTON, for his murderous
aSSailant
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-06
THE END OF THE FAIR.

With yesterday the Louisiana Pur.
chase exposition. greatest of all
worlds fairs. came to an end after a
splendid season. While the fair was
not by any means money making en-.
terprise, it was not organized for that
purpose, ST. Louis as city, lost
money, but st. Louis, taken as com,
munity of people Is vastly ahead
financially as result of the exposi
tons having been held there.
However, money is not the only bless
ing in the world Notwithstanding the
fact that it is often said to be just
that. The Worlds fair in ST. Louis
has been the means Of bringing many
nations closer to America in sympathy
and friendship. 1t has brought people
from all over the world to st. Louis in
the heart of the richest part of this ma.
ton. 1t has acquainted them with the
glories and the possibilities of this
ing as wild and forbidding territory
inhabited largely by bloodthirsty say.
ages. 1t has allowed the American
public to become better acquainted
with foreign countries and foreigners
and to get an insight into the customs
and the resources of other nations
which could have been obtained NO
other way except by extensive travel
ing. In fact. the fair has enabled the
people of the United States to become
better acquainted with each other and
to learn the greatness Of their coun.
try which they themselves did not
know.
The st. Louis fair was beyond doubt
the greatest Of all Worlds expositions
Chicago's exposition was all it could
be at It's time. 1t was a credit to the
city. the nation and the people who
made 1t possible But the st. Louis
fair was on larger scale and had the
advantage of being held at later
date. The total number Of admis
sions up to yesterday since the fair
opened was 18,317,457. The banner
month was September, with 1851, s79
admissions. The heaviest attendance
on any one day was on st. Louis Day
September IL. Yesterdays attendance
which was near the record will bring
tho grand total to very high mark.
1t was fitting that yesterday should
be given over to a celebration in honor
of David Francis. president of the ex
position and the moving spirit of the
whole grand affair. Mr.. Francis has
demonstrated his splendid ability dur
ing the summer and 1t is to him that
credit must be given for large share
Of the success Of the exposition. He
has proven himself to be the right
man in the right place.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-06
A oNE.wAY RLEssINc.

Wallace Downey, the Shooters Is
land ship builder, has made propo'
sition to the Amalgamated Society OF
Engineers, trades union, offering to
reopen his ship building plant near
Elizabeth, N. j., and conduct 1t on a
cooperative basis, all the profits over
expenses, wages and dividends, to be
divided among those interested in the
enterprise according to a fixed order
of distribution. If the experiment is
tried 1t will no doubt be watched with
much interest but without much faith
in its success. Like all socialistic
ideas, Mr.. Downey's scheme looks
splendid on paper but 1t provides for
nothing but profit on the operation
Of the plant. There have been in.
stances before now when business en-.
terprises failed to make a profit and
ship building plants are not excep.
tons along this line. The Downey
plan would doubtless so all right for
time, or as long as there was no
trouble to meet, but let a fire occur,
few reverses turn up, the price of
raw materials rise, the necessity occur
for larger or more modern quarters,
and 1t is not borrowing trouble to
prophesy that there would cease to be
that feeling of happiness which is sup.
posed to exist always in two places
socialistic community and Heaven
Mr. Downey feels sure that his plan,
If put into operation, would insure in
dustrial peace. 1t would give great
opportunity for the investment of cap.
ital he says, and that is no doubt true.
He even grows enthusiastic and de-
clares that it would offer greater re.
compense to executives and working.
men and it would bring out additional
earning capacity which is known to ex-
ist and is now dormant as a result of
real or imagined injustices in the dis
tribution of combined earnings under
the prevailing system"
If the members of the union agree
to try the scheme Mr.. Downey says he
will start it in operation imm ediately.
This is the order of the distribution of
combined earnings:
1. Workmen's wages at prevailing
rates.
2. Executive salaries.
3. Taxes and insurance
4. Material used in production.
5. Operating supplies, including
fuel, water, OIL light, heat, etc.
6. Maintenance and depreciation of
plant.
T. Dividend to invested capital at
the prevailing rate of interest.
8. An apportionment of surplus (if
any, to be mutually agreed upon and
deposited in trust as a reserve fund
to the credit Of the participating par
ties to secure wages and interest
against reduction in dull periods.
In the event of the discontinuanc Of
the business or the plan, tho reserve
fund is to be distributed pro rata to
invested capital and all active partici-
pants at the time Of the closing.
An Independent chartered account
ant Is to act as arbitrator in the event
of any difference as to the proper
amount to be apportioned yearly to the
reserve fund. The remainder of sur
plus is TO be distributed pro rata on
the total sum of invested capital.
workmen's wages and executive sal
aries for fiscal period.
The following 10 an Illustration Of
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-06

was the result of apoplexy asd was
very sudden. Sh. WIS to have an.
peared in Chicago theatre last night
and for several nights in the future, as
the star in a play written especially
for her and called Granny"
All the stage world knew Mrs. Gil.
bert, or, surer proof of popularity,
those who did not know her respected
her for the splendid reputation she had
Won The news of her death carried
sorrow to the very hearts of every
member of the craft for Grand
mother Gilbert was one of the &C.
tresses whose success does not bring
enemies. But outside the narrow con
fiDes of the stage world Mrs. Gilbert
had vast following. Everyone who
has seen her. especially in the past
few years since her unusual age has
brought her strongly into notice,
learns with deep regret of her sudden
death. Her presence in a company
was like a breath from the past. Her
face. which needed not the lines OF
grease paint to give it age, was the
face Of the grandmother we see in
the crayon portraits at home and in
our dreams of childhood. Her sunny
nature, whether on the stage or of,
endeared her to everyone whose priv
ilege it was to know her personally,
and her very name on program was
enough to draw big audience even
from the class commonly called non.
theatregoers.
Mrs. Gilbert was all her life an &C.
tress. While yet child she first APP
peared on the stage and from that time
until her very death few seasons
failed to find her connected with some
prominent company. The story of
her life would read like history of
the American stage during the last
half century or even more. She has
seen the early and late success of
Uncle Toms Cabin" East Lynne
and others of the old plays that
f!ourished a generation ago. She has
watched the careers of actors and &C.
tresses of note whose names are now
but memories. She has had the oppor-
tunity to note the many changes of the
theatrical fancy. the withdrawal of the
old standards and the substitutions of
the new ones. Her life has been given
to the work of entertaining her fel.
low beings, causing them to forget
their cares and worries and to laugh at
her jokes and to ponder over the NOR.
ais she taught.
And has she lived in vain? Has not
this kindly faced, motherly woman of
stage fairyland done her part in the
world? Have not her merry words and
happy face brought cheer to the
hearts Of thousands? Surely she
performed service to humanity dur.
ing her long career. Think Of the
faces that have frightened at her
witty sallies. for she was essentially a
ccmedienne especially when younger;
think of the hearts that have been
made the lighter by her merry ways
and cheerful tones; think of the bash.
full lovers she has taught the courage
that brought them life long happiness.
Call her life. If you will, superficial
or purposeless one. but she has
wrought some good without even
meaning 1t, no doubt. And If no one
would do less the world would be a
better, happier and nobler one.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-06
CLARA BARToN's NEW MOVE.

| A new organization which, it Is
claimed by the promoters, will take
| the place of the Red Cross society in
America, has been established in Chi
cago and is called the white Cross
First Aid society,"" Miss Barton, who
recently resigned from the leadership
Of the Red Cross, will be at least an
honorary officer of the new society and
will probably be the moving spirit.
Several noted doctors are in the plan
and Edward Howe, who was for years
working with Miss Barton originated
the plan for the White Cross society.
The disagreement which arose
within the ranks of the Red Cross So
ciety and between that organization
months ago is responsible for the new
move, according to reports that have
leaked out In Chicago. Miss Barton,
1t seems, was practically forced out Of
the society which she had built up
with her labors and her private for
tune and her Resignation was ac-
cepted by those who had virtually al
ready displaced her at the head of the
movement.
1t Is to be regretted that such a
move has been considered necessary
by Miss Bartons friends. The splen-
did and noble work Of the Red Cross.
not only in this country but through
out the world, has endeared 1t to every
one and especially to the men who
have fought on battle fields and have
seen the practical work of the society.
There can be no doubt that 1t has been
of inestimable good during its exist
ence and for sentimental reasons If
no other It should be perpetuated.
However, Miss Barton must be cred
tied with having put 1t In position
to do Its best work and the fact that
she Ia behind the new White Cross
movement would seem to mean that
II. too. will be q grand success and
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-06
By-Low, By-Low.

Here's the way she sang to me,
By-low, by-low,
AS she held me on her knee,
Long ago long ago.
Oh. the years between are long
And their haunting spectors throng,
Yet hear her olden song:
By-low, by-low.
have wearied on the way
By-low, bvlow--
And the sunset Is but gray,
Well I know, we'll know,
Yet, my mother through the stress
Comes your son, my heart to bless:
Comes your song like a caress-
By-low, by-low.
Hold me, mother, as Of old
Let your song of love untold
Ebb and flow, ebb and flow:
Hold me to your loving breast,
am worn and fam would rest
Sing the song Of songs the best:
By-low, by-low.
"A. J. Waterhouse in Sunset Mara.
zine for November.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-06

animated by 1.-The desire to be decent
and to keep close to the truth, are be-
ginning to realize the necessity of
some concerted action for the suppress
sion of the pestiferous special cores
pondents, who daily load down the col
umns of The newspapers whom they
serve. with all sorts Of unreliable, mis-
leading and oftentimes slanderoua
matter.
The Davenport Times declares that
the sentiment in favor OF federal regu-
latlon that will regulate growing
very rapidly and that winding sheet
and nameless grave will be the lot OF
the politician who stands out against
a.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-06
PASSING OF A PIONEER.
Grandmother" Gilbert is dead

The Oldest of American stage
women. one who spent almost her en-.
tire life as member of theatrical
companies who had seen the rise of
rlany and many star to his or her
zenith and the gradual setting behind
horizon of retirement, was called
to the hereafter yesterday while in
Chicago on what was announced as
her farewell stage tour, Her death