Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-06

| pany Chinese merchants, was wrecked
BY a terrific explosion. One whit.
girl and two Chinese boys were taken
from the ruins seriously injured
Senator Thomas A. Plat, testifying
before the New York insurance in
vestigation committee, admitted re-
ceiying campaign contributions at
stated periods from the leading life
insurance companies, in return for
which they expected political fayors.
In a report to the department of
commerce, Special Agent Charles M.
Pepper says the United States, be-
sides selling Canada exports to the
value of s166,000,0O0 last year. sent
$4,000 settlers into the dominion be
tween January and October of this
year.
That the title of baror mas been
conferred on James Coats, the founder
of the thread mills in Rhode Island
which employ 1000 hands, is an
nouneed in private cablegram. Mr.
Goats is of English BIRTH has large
estates in Scotland and spends much
of his time abroad.
At Stevens Point, Mrs. Minnie
Krombs pleaded guilty of shooting
Miss Clara Peterson with intent to
kill and was sentenced to ten years
in the Waupun prison by Judge Webb
The shooting occurred last Septem-
Der, while Mrs. Krombs was under
the influence of liquor.
A former agent of the Standard Oil
Company in Missouri, testifying be-
fore a special commissioner in st.
Louis. says the trust used fraud in its
effort to kin competition. John D.
Rockefeller, Henry H. Rogers and
other financiers are suppoened to
testify in the custer suits.
At Lone Rock, crashing through the
frail planking and stringers of the ap-
proach to the wagon bridge over the
Wisconsin river, a traction engine
turned over, dropped twelve feet on
X. j. Hood of Spring Green and
Thomas McGill of Clyde, crushing
them to death in five feet of water
At Danville. ILL.,, Charles Glass and
William Dunn, subcontractors at the
construction camp of G. L. Carey OIL
the Big Four. were shot by negroes
while asleep in their +ent. Glass died
- noon and Dunn is S .riously wound
eL. George Hedges, William Sample
and Tom Williams have been arrested.
At Fairibault. Mimi, the depositors'
committee OF the defunct First Ma
tional Bank here yesterday rejected
the proposition of a settlement for
100000, which would mean 65 per
cent, and decided to continue the
Suit, expecting to get 20 per cent. A
mass meeting of depositors will be
held Dec. 2.
At Indianapolis fire caused damage
to the stock of the Badger Furniture
company amounting to $4,000. The
Columbia National bank, which oc-
cupied an adjoining building, was
damaged by water. During the prog
ress of the fire securities to the
amount of 100000 were removed from
the bank for safety.
Eight negro worlmen were caught
in the cellar of the Houston, Texas,
company when an ammonia
pipe broke, and all of them were over
come by the fumes Two of the men
are dead 1t was necessary to dig
the wall to get the men out,
and this took much time. The acct
dent was caused by leaky pipe.
George Wylie, paymaster for the
Conflicting company of
was gagged and bound
by two masked men in his room at
the railroad camp near Cudahy, Wis,
and robbed. The safe in his custody
was looted of certificate of deposit
for $1,004, a $50 draft on the Wiscon-
sin National bank, and S455 in cash.
At Milwaukee the demurrer to the
Indictment of Cornelius L. Corcoran,
president of the common council. was
0 arruled and that official remanded
to the custody of the sheriff. Cor
coran is charged with misconduct as
4 city officer in selling feed to the fire
The court commissioner
held the facts are sufficient to sustain
a charge of official misconduct.