Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-09-06

Al ST. Joseph, Mo-, &. j. ] 1rdaL, a
telephone lineman, was killed BY live
wire while working at the top of a
pole
The aged turnkey OF La Crosse jail
~2s arrested ON the charge Of aiding
two notorious postoffice safe blowers
to escape
The old Kentucky farm of 10 acres
on which Abraham Lincoln was born
was sold for $4,000 to Il. J. Collier OF
New York.
Old-time telegraphers and operators
who We're employed by the government
during the civil war met in convention
in New York
Crazed by the loss of a child, Mrs.
Jackson Elder, wealthy woman of
Pike county, Indiana, committed sui
eide by hanging
Near Petoskey. Mich, forest fires
wiped curt the Skillman & Longfellow
drill, the depot, trans and most of the
village OF lowering
Cactus and other plants will trans,
form the deserts of the west into val.
liable grazing lands ii experiments Of
scientists are successful.
Penitentiary officials told Vermont
board of inquiry that man prisoner
carried a key to Mrs. Rogers ce.l and
spent much time with her.
President Roosevelt made a triar
trip on the subma:ine-boat Plunger in
Long island sound and at one time was
submerged for fifty minutes.
James J. Grove was arrested in
Cleveland charged with stealing joan
D. Roekefeller's silk hat from the
Euclid Avenue Baptist church.
investigation OF ...e bayous and
lakes of Jefferson parish, twenty-five
miles from New Orleans, discloses
thirty-fye cases of yellow fever.
Allan Johnson. banker. died in Little
Rock. Ark, the same hour that his
wife, Mrs. June Johnson, was drowned
while bathing at Coney island.
un9se,l saws, found in the cell of
Postoffiee Robber Cunningham at La
Crosse. are taken as proof that the
turnke! allowed the bandit TO escane
Na
BY ote of 10 70 3 the city council
of Springfield, H., authorized Mavor
Devereaux to take over tie lighting
plant on municipal ownership basis
Coal operators in the anthracite
region declare they will resist tn. do.
mands OF the miners union. which. If
granted, would mean an increase in the
price.
fown Marshal Lew Wallace Of Oak.
land City, Ind, was removed from M.
i've. the town board alleging thai ba
a~d permitted blind tigers" to operate
tlete. - '''0
Robbers lured a Cleveland priest n
den, imprisoned him for twent y-four
tours withou food, a. , forced him 70,
syn checks for s2.06C. They were ar
rested.
At Evansville, Ind. Presley Robh d,
wealthy turfnran, was sued for 81 on0
" Mrs. Rachel Price and her datrp,.
- May Or alleged defamation q.
character.
Mrs. George J Gould. who was bur,
airing fight with peasants while on
IA automobile tour in Europe. returned
% New York so badly injured thar She
IS unable 10 walk.
At Evansville. Ind. aft, a bftfar
'4-arrel with his wife, Andrew MnC,tainr
wealthy business man. dropped dead
AT Fort Wayne, Ir' Mrs. ]. A. Mn.
~ was asphyxiated
steve kovi, an Italian miner who
vas shot by an intoxicated tramn at
1aseyville, nd. while walking with hi.
"ee.heart. q ii. A posse has beap
Ina1ie to find the murderer
Anthony Fiala. who was chief of tha
llegier expedition which attempted m
2ach the north pole, returned 10 New
ork and says mucn valuable knowl.
4'1ge was gained during the trip.
prevalence OF fever epidemic will de.
ay the opening o. the New Orleans
schools. MississtL pi and Louisiana
TpIusIusutog49 on4a
y" IFS quarantine against Memphis.
burglars stole 400-pound safe con-
aiming jewels worth 500. 600 from
summer home in Connecticut without
arouSlng any Of the thirteen OCCUPANTS
'f the house or the three watchdogs.
Myra Kelly, author Of the Little Cjtt.
zen stories on East Side life in Gotb
am was married in New Work to Allan
hae&aushton. president of the Stan.
lard Coach Horse company of Tea
neck, n. ].
His fortune lost in the TALL of sugar
stocks, Ernest Cronier, president OF
the Say Sugar refining company of
FaFis, one Of the largest in the world
Nliiea himself By taking cyanide OF
potassium.
Delegates from ten states to rba
special meeting of the supreme council 4
ROYAL Arcanum, at Putin Bay, Ohio.
10 disrupt the lodge unless the
recent advantage in assessment rates
is repealed. /
Tipping of servants or purchasing
agents OF big corporations TO influence
trade will be a crime New York
which is liable to send both the giver
aud the recipient to Jail II is so in
Wisconsin also.
Board of directors Of the Equitable
Life Assurance society in answer to a
suit brought by New York state ad.
mits many of tAe charges against the
officials are true and prom, /
Use TO assist state in investigation in