Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-07-05

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serted that Levi Bevard murdered hel
andmother, Mrs. James Wertz.
Simon Ford, a negro. who assaulted
white woman near Riverside. Tenn.
was taken from jail at Hohenwald by
a mob OF fifty men and shoc TO death.
Pete Ford, who is considered to be
the eldest man in the state Of Illinois
celebrated his one hundred and fifth
birthday anniversary at Sterling, Ill.
After the twentieth century limited
wreck, in which 20 we're killed. the
Lake Shore abandons the eighteen
IAour schedule between Chicago and
New York.
Eight candidates for membership on
the Vanderbilt university football team
for the coming season left Nashville,
Tenn, to work in the harvest fields OF
the west.
President Roosevelt was given an
enthusiastic greeting at Worcester on
his visit to Holy Cross College and
Clark university, where he was given
a degree.
Herman Knappe was found dead in
the woods six miles west CT Fort
Wayne, Ind. He complained that he
felt the effects of the heat and went
into a grove.
The case Of the United States
against United States Senator John II.
Mitchell, indicted in connection with
the lana frauds in Oregon, was called
in Portland
Every coal mine I'll Illinois will shut
down June 30 and remain closed until
tae mines sign a contract agreeing to
bear the expense of the new shot
frers' law.
Judge Seaman in the United States
circuit court in Milwaukee decided
that TIE paper trust must produce all
books and dOcur ents as evidence in
.govevnments SUI.
Raymond Robins of Chicago was
married in Brooklyn to Miss Margaret
D. Dreier, an heiress and president Of
the New York branch of the woman's
trade union league.
A statement was filed in Milwaukee
in tie William Bayley &c Sons com
pany foundry plant bankruptcy case
showing the liabilities to be S300,360
ard assets $217193
A boiler at the sawmill of tie Curtis
Alfalfa lumber plant, Alfalfa, Ala. ex-
pIoded, killing James Watts. viii Ros-
son. Gus Cash ami Marion Maddox. c.
Smith was fatally hurt
After g. Fl, Gaskill's death Philadei-
phla banks discovered that he had
robbed them of nearly 100000 by
forging and Rising certificates and
borrowing money on them.
John Plummer shot and killed L.
Dale, assistant mine foreman, near
mine No. &c. south Of Bevier. Mo. af-
ter renewing an old quarrel Plummer
was SHOT by sheriRs posse.
Thomas B. Clement, former presi-
dent of the failed Faribault First Ma
tional Bank. was placed on trial in the
United States district court on a
charge of having caused the failure of
the institution.
A headon collision between two
freight trains on the Hartford division
OF the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad at Newington Ju q
ton c n, resulted in the death Of al
engineer, fireman and one brakeman.
the annual convention of the Train
Dispatcaers association at Denver has
reiterated its stand in favor of the
block system for handling trains
and the delegates favor legislative
9Gsilq}n9 2, to enforce the aaontinn If this
Expo oil and gas well drillers be-
lieve that the monster gas gusher re-
Gently struck at Butler, Ohio, will be
the greatest producer of gas in che
world. II Is now sending out with
tremendous force 100000 cubic feet
Of gas every twenty-four hours.
A sensational campaign against
graft at Milwaukee reached its climax
when Otto Seidel, register OF deeds.
resigned his Office and implicated SUI
peTyisors were summoned in contempt
proceedings by the municipal court
Seyen'y-tiye indictments are expected.