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The Elbert County tribune., 1904-05-12

Bristol street. A black-and-white car
the pet of the repair shop. had been
taking a comfortable nap on top of
the tower when the alarm came in.
Before he woke up he was on the
way to the fire, and like a good fire
man, he stuck to his post. On arriv-
ing at the fire he was furnished COM
Portable quarters. and when the tower
was ready to return home he was
given a seat beside the driver.-Men
of Tomorrow.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-05-12

Your hand should be very steady
and must not tremble particle or
the cup will slip off. because its bot
tom is usually glazed and very
smooth. The same result may be OBJ
tanned by using two knives instead of
the fork.
1t would not be wise to try this BAL
ancing feat with any coffee in your
cup on the first attempt.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-05-12
The Cat that Went to a Fire.

The other day In Boston an alarm
came in from box 8. for blaze in
the tenement house at 40 CONNER
cial street. caused by an overturned
lamp. A strange sight was witnessed
as water-towcr No. 2 rolled in upon
the scene from its headquarters on
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-05-12

after you have tried it several times
you Will find that the cloth may be
removed without spilling drop. and!
that you are in possession of very.
clever trick.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-05-12
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man walked cautiously along until he
reached the weed-strewn and surf
lashed beach. He looked into the
face Of the boy who trudged beside
him.
You are a brave lad. John; a
brave. good lad. 1t is beginning to
rain. We must hasten home"
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-05-12
Japan's Population.

The population of Japan is twelve
times as dense as that of the United
States.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-05-12

Aquarium Ink Trick.
There are many tricks which may
be done with ink. but perhaps the sim
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-03

known as the Denver express, bound for
ST. Louis. which had stopped to take
water from a tank at Gardeene Creek,
forty miles north of st. Louis Three
dead bodies were taken from the wreck
and many that were injured.
The rear end of the Denver express
was standing on the bridge over Gar
deene creek when the crash came. The
bridge and accommodation train took FIRE
from tile demolished locomotive and
burned, the loss of the bridge temporarily
blockading traffic The rear car of the
Denver express was the Denver sleeper
1t is said that most of those killed and
seriously injured were in this car.
The express train was running behind
time because of the blizzard weather. II
is stated that because of so much extra
steam being used it was found necessary
to stop at the Gardeene tanl or water
The snow was falling and the wind
whirling it in sheets around the train cut
off the signal lights from the view of the
engineer on the local train, which plowed
its way through the storm in the rear
\ corps of men and sev, physicians
remained at the wreck a. i. -ht search
ing the debris for possible dead or in
jured persons.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-03

CTS anu SElcDLlStH
fear that it will spread TO other parts Of
the country and cut down by one-half
the production of cotton. The annual
value of this crop is $500,000,000.
There seems TO be a lot of color about
the beast. First it is white As il gets
older the body becomes chocolate in color.
The wings at first turn a clear wine
color and then become darker. Some
adults are black instead Of a dull choco-
late and some are light brown.
The weevil is largely sLout At the
end of this apparatus are small clawlike
jaws With these the weeyil eats
hole into the cotton boil. Most folks
think it bores the holes 1t doesn't aeem
to be a very important point, though.
The result is the same.
The weevil varies from three sixteenths
to three-eighths OF an inch in length
Small, of course. a mere bagatelle, and
yet big enough TO have been mentioned
in the Presidents message and the an
nual repors OF the Secretary of Agricul
ture Elg enough TO make Congress con
template a war fund OF hundreds OF
thousands; even millions. IL necessary.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-03

Some twenty-five years ago mon
gooses were imported into Barbados
TO drive the rats which ate the sugar
canes. Now the sugar planters have
petitioned the Governor to authorize
the destruction of the mongooses be-
cause the latter. instead of confning
their attention to the rats, have driv-
en- out many useful native animals, in
Guiding lizards, which were the enc
mics of the moth-borer caterpillars.
The caterpillars are now left free to
penetrate the sugar canes, thereby
making holes for the Judgment of de-
structive fungi Thus in the contn-
ual struggle for existence Nature her
self is often found to have established
the best system Of equilibrium. inter
ference with which brings more ills
than it drives away.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-03
JURY HOLDS EIGHT.
CHICAGO CORONER FIXES BLAME
FOR lROQUOiS FIRE.
Mayor Harrison, with Others, Bound
Over to the Grand Ju.y-chief TX,
ecutive, with Davis, Williams, Mush-
am, LouEhlin and Others Held.


Chicago correspondence;
After nearly eight hours driiherutiou,
upon the testimony Of lT9 witnesses who
appeared at the inquisiyion held over the
remains of the 5S7 victims OF the lrn-
quois fire disaster in Chicago, the coro-
ner's jury Monday night presented a
verdict which recommended that eight
persons including Mayor Harrison, WIN
j. Davis and Fire Chief William Mush..
am, be held to the grand jury to answer
as being responsible for one @ the most
frighttu theater fires in the worlds his
tory.
The finding touches first upon the cause
of the fire 1t laid the origin OF the fire
to a foodlight situated or the right hand
of the stage facing the auditorium, from
the heat of which 4 grand drapery was
ignited. The jury found that nearly all
the building ordinances relating to thea
ters were disregarded. including those
portions of the building ordinances apply
ing to fire alarm boxes. fire apparatus,
bumpers and fues on and over the stage.
nreproof scenery and woodwork. exit
signs. aisles End also found that the as
bestos curtain was wholly inadequate and
worthless. 1t considered the general con
struction of the theater well planned
but denounced the pitch of the top bal
cony as being extremely dangerous in
case of an emergency. \ damaging de-
feet in the wide stairs leading to the
gallery from the extreme top east en-
trance was held to have been responsible
for fifty or sixty deaths as it w2s taken
for regular exit, through which many
walked only to be caught in a trap
against locked doors.
For all of which violations the jury
placed the responsibility upon VIII j,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-03
Thia and That.

Two children of r. SymanietZ Of ST.
Anna. MINI. burned to death while their
parents were temporarily absent.
The St. Louis Star. an afternoon news
paper which has hitherto supported
Roosevelt has come ont 10 favor Of Can
non or Hanna for President
The design for the Russian building at
the st. Louis exposition has been approx
ed 1t viii be d handsome structure.
on the style Of the palace Of R9manolf
Bovards at Moscow, and viii cost $3.50.
900
The family aud friends Of Henry Ha-
zelton. the st Louis lace importer who
disappeared at Paris. i'rance. believe he
was murdered and his body thrown into
the River Seine.
After having been blind for five weeks,
Miss Hattie Hinkley Of Barnard, Kan,
suddenly recovered her sight During
her blindness her mother had b"er over
come by grief because Of the o1iiction
and died.
By reasorF OF defective gas fixture
IN their room at Joseph Fouchs' boarding
house. s Kansas avenue, Kansas City,
Kan. James Ward, a bridge builder,
is dead and his roommate, John Max,
was made quite IL
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-03

J.E. Hubbard. New York Y. NJ c.
A. worker. sailed for Havana to estab-
lish a branch Of the organization in
Cuba.
An American group to be affiliated
with the Interparliamentory Union for
international Arbitration was organized
1T Washington by forty Senators and
Congressman.
The Hamburger Machriehten says that
Emperor William has invited James Cor
don Bennett, editor Of the New York
Herald. 20 be his guest during the auto
mobile races at Homburg.
Although George Udell. Jew Of Pas
sale. n. j.. celebrated his one hundred
and fourteenth birthday anniversary the
other day, be is anxious to get married
n third time. ard has set about TO make
Rebecca wodiski. q 22-year-old Jewess,
his bride
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-03
One hundred Years AGO.

\ memorial was presented 20 Congress
urging that the importation of slaves
into the territory of Louisiana be pro-
hibited, a resolution to that effect al
ready having been passed by the Senate.
French and American planters at Crux
Gays. ON the island of Santo Domingo,
We're ma aered by negroes.
Jean Jacques Desallines. provisional
governor and leader of the revolt against
France, proclaimed himself emperor of
Hayti,
Congress extended the customs laws
over the new Louisiana territory by max
ing Natehez a port of entry.
Congress refused to consider propos-
ed re~uction Of the duty on sugar, hold
ing that it was 'unwise" TO agitate the
tariff question
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-03
ARTIFICIAL STONE FOR PuMIcE
1t Is Made from Ground Sandstone
and Clay by Ten Processes.

1t IS Made from Ground Sandstone
and Clay by Ten Processes.
Artificial pumice is made in guam
titles ia Bietigheim in the Valley of
the Enz n Germany, which is said to
be valuable substitute for the genu-
inc stone. 1t is made from ground
sandstone and clay, and there are ten
kinds, differing from each other in re-
gard to hardness and grain as follows
O A hard and soft kind, with coarsG
grain, particularly useful in the leath
er, wax cloth, felt and wool industries
% hard and soft kind, with medium
coarse grain, suited to stucco workers
and sculptors and particularly useful
for polishing wood before it is painted:
CD soft, fine-grained stone for the
white and dry polish of wood and for
tin goods; a. one of med UNI hardness
with fine grain, for giving the wood
a surface for an oil polish; 20 hard,
fine grained one for working metals
and stones, and especially photographic
stones, and finally pumice stones with
q very fine grain. These artificial
stones are used in pretty much the
same way as those of volcanic origin.
For giving Il smooth surface to wood,
a dry stone is dipped in oil. For fine
work fine grained stones are used. The
unreliability Of pumice, botL in grain
and hardness. variations being noted
even in the same piece, suggested the
idea of replacing it with the artificial
product.-New York Post
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-03

Cuban citizens and foreign merchants
resident there were compelled by the
Spanish government 20 pay forced loan
Of S30.000,000 TO suppress an insurrec-
ton.
Morrison r. Waite Of Ohio was con
firmed by the Senate as chief justice of
the United States supreme Court, to sue
coed Salmon +. Chase. deceased.
Gen Benjamin r. Butler. then mem
her of Congress from Massachusetts, was
accused of charging $4,000 for granite
from his Cape Ann quarry, used for the
pedestal OF the statute Of Gen. Scott in
Washington.
Newt reached London that DIR. David
Livingstone. the famous explorer, had
died ia the interior Of Africa.
\ band of Cuban negroes burned three
plantations in the Trinidad valley and
carried off oil the slaves.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-03
lGtf TEal21Ez>ERS
- S2clf S:9s <esl>- GN .
sa5 1s s. s CO.
-~tsos s<SA2oE

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $5.25: hogs, shipping grades,
$500 TO $500; sheep, fair to choice, So
to S440; wheat, No. . red, SSc to Ole;
corn, No. =, 45c to Ace; oats, stanford,
4Oc to Ale: rye. No Q 55c to 5Gc Eay,
timothy. $3.50 to $3.50 prairie, 5000 to
S11.0o: bntter. choice creamery. Zoe 10
2lc; eggs, fresh, 2sc 10 33c; potatoes,
93c to 9Gc
Indianapolis-Ca shipping, $500 10
$500; hogs, choice light, $500 10 $5.o5;
sheep, common to prime $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, Ole to a3c: corn. No ,
white, ABE to 4Jc; oets, No. . white,
39c to Ale.
ST. Louis-Cattle. $3.50 to $50; hogs,
$500 to $500: sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. >. $50 to $40; corn. No ..
sc to Arc; oats, No. ., SIC to 3ec; rye,
No .. 4Sc to 49c
Observation-Disclosures. $500 to $4s5;
hogs. $500 to 50. 15 sheep, $500 to
S3.75: wheat. No. ., 96c to 9Se; corn.
No. = mixed Ace to 47c: oats. no. 2
mixed, Ale to 43c; rye, No. =. &c to &c.
Detroit-Cattle $3.50 TO $3.50. hogs,
$500 10 $40; sheep, $50 - $425;
wheat No. >, 93c 10 Ole. corn, No.
yellow. 44c to 4Jc; oats. No 3 white.
Ale TO 42c: rye. No. 2, Gle TO &c.
Milwaukee, Wheat No. =. northern,
Soc 10 SIC; corn. No. 3, Ale to 43c; oats.
No. > white. 42c to 43c: rye, No. !. 60c
10 62c: barley. No ., G3c to 6Gc pork,
mess, Sl275.
New York-Cattle. $3.50 to S5.45;
hogs. 500 to $500; sheep, $500 to
$3.50: wheat, No. = red, 00c to 93c. corn,
No. .. J5c to 56c: oats. No. 2 white,
ace 10 47c; butter. creamery. zoe 10 nc;
eggs. western, 3Gc to 3Sc.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-03
Twenty Years Ago.

Cen Chinese" Gordon reached Cairo
on his way 10 take command OF the
Egyptian forces AT Khartum.
During n debate In the House at
Washington on the bin for the relief of
Gen. Fitz.JohB Porter it was declared
that 5000 Union army officers were
against him and only Grant Rosecrans
and Slocum IN his favor
A blockade Of Tonquin was declared
by Admiral Courbet. French commander.
Queen Victoria was reported TO have
set mp statue of John Brown. her
Scotch gillie. who recently had died, and
to have placed brass memorial tablet
on the door of his room at Windsor.
Matthew Arnold. the famous English
scholar. lectured in Chicago on 'Num-
bers.' the newspapers next day Gazing
attention to his method Of parting MS
hair in the centre"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-03
Forty Years Ago.

Charges in the Chicago Times that
Confederate prisoners at Camp Douglas
were being starved were disproved by
the sutler. who submitted bills showing
large quantities Of beef and pork. sugar,
fish. dried apples, chickens, butter and
dried peaches were being fed TO them
daily.
Charles A. Dana. Later famous as the
editor Of the New York sun, was nomi-
mated by President Lincoln as assistant
Secretary Of War.
4 packet line Of FIVE ships was organ
lied to carry passengers and freight be-
tween Chicago and Liverpool, England. "A
line between Chicago ami Norway al
ready. being in sucrt ssful operation.
London newspapers warned the Ger
man states that Denmark would he com
pelledf 10 declare war if the formers
troops crossed the Elder River.
The National Association of Loeomo-
tive Engineers ordered strike on the
only railroad then connecting Chicago
ana Pittsburg, because its members had
been refused "a daily wages.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-03
Seventy-five Years Ago.

A resolution was introduced in the City
Council of New York abolishing all lot
teries in the city limits, because they
had become so numerous as to be demon
alizing.
An Indl~.I war broke out in Arkansas.
and United States troops were ordered
to the frontier 10 protect the settlers.
Burglary was made capital offense
in Great Britain and Ireland
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-03

The Democratic House at Washington
voted for free sugar. 1877 10 80. and
struck out the Sugar bounty provision in
the Wilson tariff bill
Ex-King Milan Of Servia arrived unex-
pcctedly at Belgrade, and the cabinet
Immediately rendered their designations
10 King Alexander.
James j. Corhett, heavyweight cham
pion Of America. knocked out Charlie
Mitchell in the third round at Pensacola.
Fla.
Bismarck arrived in Berlin for pub
lie reconciliation with Emperor William
H.. with whom he had quarreled four
years previously.
The Democratic income tax, later de-
clared unconstitutional, was reported
favorabIy 10 the House at Washington,
Bourjte Cochran voting with the Repub-
Leans against it.
Secretary Of the Treasury Carlisle in
vited bids On his famous issue of $780,
10000 per cent bonds.
The Pitsburg Window Glass Work
ers' Union loaned $4,000 to It's employ
ers to enable them to survive the bust
ness depression.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-03

CHARLES FOSTER. power lol SoOo'
man of unbounded faith in MS own
convictions. he could not, having once
decided upon a course of action IN any
matter. be swerved by the strongest
politicai influence. He was tlne type
of our country's statesmen anu ms
death will be mourned by the men oI
all parties. especially by those VINO at
times fought him on political issues
vet who always retained deep respect
for the man whose nobility OF charac-
ter and sterling integrity were never
questioned.
Charles Foster was born in Seneca
Township. Ohio, April II. 1873 men
he was ! years old his father remover
TO wilderness, which is now lhe
thriving city of Fostoria. Young fos-
ter was educated in the Norwalk Acad-
envy. and after leaving school became
a clerk in a country store. his hrst
active participation in politics was III
1862 when he was nominated for state
senator. The Republicans sent him 10
Congress in 1870, and he was reelected
4broa times In the House Foster had
a ronutation as convincing speaker
and parliamentary leader. For
tima be was member of the Ways
and Means Committee ard IN 1914
won't to New orleans as the chairman
Of a Congressional investigating com
mittee.
In 1879 Foster was elected Governor
Of Ohio and was reelected in 1881.
Dnrinc his administration as chief ex-
ocutive of the Buckeye State he made
q notable record and became ma
tional figure in politics.
In 1891 the late President Harrison
named Foster as Secretary of the
Treosury. to fill the vacancy in his
cabinet caused by the death of Secre-
tarv Window. A year later, however,
Mr. Fosters health broke down and he
went to Europe for rest.
In financial circles 90, Foster was
n remarkable figure. But although he
amassed two fortunes at different peri
DDS of his career, they were both swept
away by business reverses and he died
a comparatively poor man.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-03
Had A SINGULAR STOMACH.
oueer Collection of Junk Found in 6
Young Mans Digestive Organ.

Oueer Collection of Junk Found in a
Young Mans Digestive Organ.
The organs of man are extremely
sensitive and the smallest foreign body
is often capable of seriously disturb
ing their functions. At the same time
we have cases in which a remarkable
tolerance is shown by the stomach,
such. for instance, as the child years
of age. who was presented to the
Academic de Medicine in 1897, after
having had a piece of money removed
from the esophagus. This example of
tolerance is, however, considerably ex-
ceeded by the following case, which
we presented to the academic at re
cent meeting:
The patient was young man %
years of age. pale. of slight inte!li-
gence. and epileptic. who had been I'M
der the care of DIR. LerouX, OF the St.
Joseph Hospital, for nervous and in
festival trouble. At the end of several
days several foreign bodies were OBJ
served in the left hypochondrium and
the patient was sentnko ola surgical
ward. where the operation of opening
the stomach was performed. What was
our surprise when we felt with the I'm
ger through Che incision a great mum
Der Of metallic substances. With tine
aid Of long pinchers we drew forth the
foreign bodies. First we obtained two
coffee spoons, varying from five to FIVE
and one half inches in length The last
spoons taken out were the smallest
and were extensively corroded by the
acids Of the stomach. This. however.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-03

was not the end, for taking a longer
pincher-the stomach being very large
we found the back of an ordinary
fork with three prongs, the handle of
the same fork broken another fork
handle, the fourth prong of the fork
above mentioned a pin six inches long,
a piece of metal seven inches long
with d pointed end, two nails, one
needle, one knife handle and two knife
blades, third fork haEdln. one key
and some small particles of oxidized
metal: in all twenty-five pieces, with
a weight of go grams.-Nature.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-03
TRAGEDY OF a swlNoLER.
Whitaker Wright Convicted, Sen.
fenced. and Dies. All In Nne Hnur

fenced, and Dies, All in one Hour.
A London jury Tuesday doomed Whit
aker Wright to seven years in prison,
but higher court changed the verdict.
An hour after his conviction the man
who ranked with the Humberts as the
prince of twentieth century swindlers
was dead--he had cheated the cell and
the grave was his lot. Heart disease.
wh,ti, attacked him. probably as a result
OF tue excitement incident to the ending
Of the trial, was the cause of death.
Some SAID he had committed suicide.
EARLY in the day justice spoke its
word and decreed that Wright must
suffer Tor fraud through which the Brit
ish public lost more than S1000o 400.
After a twelve-day trial the jury in the
Kings bench division of the high court
Of Justice found Wright guilty on all
the counts and he was sentenced to seven
years penal servitude
Wright fed from England about
year ago after the great London and
Globe Finance scandal had become pub
lie. March 10 he was arrested in New
York as he left the French liner Lor-
r;ine with his niece. He spent his time
in the Ludlow street Jail until his extra
ditior At first he was willing to 10
back without papers and gave out long
interviews, declaring he was honest and
deeply wronged, his misfortunes and
those of the people high and low who
trusted him being attributable to the
treachery of others. But hard fight
was made before Wright finally returned
to England.
The London Globe Finance Corpora
ton, of which the late Lord Dufferin was
the nominal president. went to smash
Dec -, 1900. The crash was provoked
in measure by the Boer war and its
attendant financial stringency. When the
concern failed thirteen brokerage firms
went to the wall
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-03
Fifty Years Ago.

John u Mason, United States min
lister 10 France, presented his creden-
tails to Louis Napoleon
The new clipper ship Tayleur. on its
first voyage from Liverpool TO Mel
bourne struck on rec with the loss Of
SAP of its passengers ans crew.
Prince Albert, consort Of Queen Vic
toria. was criticised in England for his
interference in the eastern question.
The American ship Oneida left Shang-
hal, China, with $4,000 pounds of tea
consigned TO New York
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-03

Wynco0p proclamation
inga corporate
will be subject
will
general will watch the Severance experiment with
hlde in
of taxation rather than
II
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-03
No Time for selfshress.

Mr. Trucker think | snail give up
my business, my dear. might as well
have some good out of my money.
Mrs. Trucker-Oh, not yet, Samuel
But when one of us dies l shall give
up housekeeping and see little of the
wOrld-TOwn and Country.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-03
Inappropriate sureestio.

See how har-rd We kin hit that
punchin' machine, Moike. Jist imagine
it's yer mother-in-law, and"
"Shure. If OF imagined twas me
mother-in-law Ord he dodgin' tn
blame thing inshtid av hittin' it,
Judge
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-03

party in this coun-
try suffered the loss
of one of its most
p r o m i IL e n t
members. His pub
lie career was most
honorable. AS a
member of Con
gress. Governor of
a State. and a cabi-
net official under
Harrison he was a
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-03

less. homeless, but
with an undaunted
spirit, it hiked to
the cotton fields. In
dustrious as the ant,
it worked from
dawn to sunset. 1t
multiplied some, too.
Last yeaI it de-
stroyed $4,000. 600
worth Of cotton in
Texas alone. Grow