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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-19
ENGINEER SENSELESs.
Stone Crashes Through Cab on North
western Near West Bend

Fond du Lac. Wis. April ia
Northwestern passenger train, No. 5
Wednesday afternoon made the run
from Milwaukee to West Bend with
Engineer George Rowell unconscious In
the cab, the result Of being struck OF
the head with a large stone thrown by
an unknown person. this side of Nil
waukee The fireman was able to con
troll the engine for trip of 81 miles
at the anne time keeping up steam IN
the boiler. AT West Bend a physician
was called. who found that Mr. Row
eli had sustained a bad cut on the
scalp Mr.. Rowell insisted on con
tinuiug the trip to Fond du Lac, where
he was taken care of. Railroad detec
lives are investigating.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-19
WILL BURN SLOT MACHINES.
De dty Sheriffs Will Arrest Prophet
ors Who Have Them.

Milwaukee, April livery deputy
sheriff who can be spared Saturday
morning will be sent out into the
county by Sheriff w. }. Cary to arrest
proprietors of resorts where gambling
devices are in operation and to confis-
cate the machines, which will be
burned upon conviction of the persons
in whose places the machines were
operated Sheriff Cary announces
that every saloonkeeper in the county
has been personally served with not
ice that after April IA the law relating
to slot machines will be rigidly en-
force |. From reports which have
been received at the county Jail il
would appear that many of the 1000
slot machine owners who have been
served with notice by deputies to take
out their machines are under the i'm
preston that the order will not go in
to effect before Sunday.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-19
ONLY ONE POINT
BLOCKS THE BILL

at once was recommended by President
Roosevelt in his message to congress,
and was recognized and Endorsed by
congress when the house passed the
Esch- Townsend BILL
The administration senators say
they are contending for nothing but
what the president of the United Ste-es
has recommended. what the interstate
commerce commission has been pray
ing for during ten years Of service and
experience and what the house of rep
resentatives has provided In the Esch-
Townsend bill.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-19
GREEKS KILL BuLGARiANs.
More Than 100 Slain and 80 Prisoners
Executed.

Salonica, April 14.-Later reports
from Zagorikcham. near Klissura,
which was attacked by Greek band
April and burned, say that over 100
Buigarians were killed, instead of 80
as stated in the earlier dispatches.
The Greeks afterwards executed 30
prisoners on the spot where the Greek
leader, Melas. was killed last October.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-19
FOR PREVENTION
OF TUBERCULOSIS
ANTI-SPITTING LAWS LESSEN
DANGER OF CONTRACTION.
LECTURE BY DR.. RUSSELL
Head of University Department of
Bacteriolosy Discusses Treatment
and Prevention of Great White
Scourge-Disease Not Hereditary
Sanitarium Cure Advocated.
Madison, April Is.

Madison, ApFlI 10.
In lessening the opportunity for
the contraction of the great white
scourge, tuberculosis, which has
swept off so many of our citizens
within the past few years. anti-spit-
ting ordinances have been of great
value as the germs which cause the
disease are communicated largely by
the careless disposal of the expectora-
ton of infected persons.
This statement was made by Pro
lessor II. l.. Russell OF the bacteri-
illogical department of the university
yesterday afternoon in the course of
his lecture on the Prevention and
Treatment of tuberculosis. He ex-
planned that in preventing tuberculo-
sis two methods are used, one of them
being the reduction of the number of
organisms in a persons surroundings,
and the other, increasing the resistant
power of the body towards the dis
ease. The natural resistance of the
body, he said, was frequently over
come by the Inflammation of the air
passages due to a protracted cold.
Disease not Hereditary.
THE hereditary transmissibility of
tuberculosis" said Professor Russell,
sis now conclusively proven not TO
exist. Bodily defects may be inner
tied. which may give more suitable
soil for the development of the tuber-
cular bacillus. but the occurrence of
the disease in families is due not to
the passage from parent to offspring
but to direct infection. The environ
ment in which an individual is placed
is of great importance. tuberculosis
is essentially a house disease. 1t is
more abundant in cities than in the
country, largely because the living
rooms are poorly ventilated and be-
cause houses once infected continue
to be centers of infection"
Compulsory Notification Useful.
Compulsory notification of tuber-
c3r!ar cases, continued the speaker.
gives an opportunity for , control
of the disease which Is impossible
where no registration of cases is had
The greatest factor in lessening the
contagion is the disinfection of the
building once occupied by a consump-
tive This should be made obliga-
tory"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-19
NOT A SPLINTER.
President Fails to Distinguish Himself
in Footraces.


Frederick, Okla, April 1S.-Yester-
day was an ideal for President
Roosevelt and his pal ~ of hunters in
the Big Pasture. One of the diver
sions of the camp was a series of foot
races in which the president also par
ticipated. He failed TO distinguish,
himself, however.
In one of the hunts i wolf was
chased over hills and through creeks
and timber for ten miles. Only the
hardest and best riders could keep
up such a terrific pace as this for any
distance When the wolf was finally
captured there were but four of the
party within sight of the animal, and
one of the number was President
Roosevelt.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-19
Senator Seriously III.

waukesha, Wis, April 14-Senator
Merton is seriously Ill with erysipelas
One side of his head is badly swollen.
His physician says he may be con
fined To his bed for 8 week.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-19
earthquake in Iowa.

Keokuk, iowa, April IA slight
earthquake was felt in and near Keo-
kuk yesterday Buildings we're shak-
er but no serious damage was done.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-19
Compulsory Notification Useful.
Sanatorium Treatment.

Particular emphasis was laid on
the sanatorium treatment of the dis
ease by means of open air living.
abundance of good food, exercise or
rest aud supervision by medical men.
The disease in many tubercular pa
tients can be arrested and utterly
eradicate,i by this treatment.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-19
Old Lines Grow Rich.

OId Lines SroW HiCn-
The gain and loss exhibit also shows
, that the reserves released by surren
der and lapse during the year amount
ed to $51,747,449S5, while the actual
amount surrendered or allowed on
Iapsed and loan values amounted to
S37, 1852 1929, leaving a gain on re-
serve surrendered of s13. 1874, 717.26
which amount would have been re-
turned to the policyholdcrs under
Commissioner Hosts contention for
annual accounting for distribution OF
surplus. instead of being confscated
by the companies Hence, it viii be
seen that the 81 old line companies
transacting business in Wisconsin
during 1904 made a net surplus gain
of 50,246,84113. as follows:
Gain on death losses . s17.S60. 719. SIS
Gain on interest ..... 800, G18.73
Gain on reserve surrer-
dered ...... ........ 3,994,7f7.2G
Loss by exceeding the
expense loading 49,. 7.f15,214.4l
Total surplus gain .. $50 .246 S4f 10
The 40 casualty and surety compa-
MES transacting business in Wiscon-
sin had ON January /, 1905. a capital
stock of $11 .669, 600; assets amounting
to $45 993.92S.49: liabilities, s20.515.
71T,87, leaving surplus over liabilities
and capital Of s14.309, 2t062.
These casualty and surety comps-
niles collected in premiums in Wis
consin during 1904 1907. SS7t6 and
paid as losses $294,09020.
The 20 assessment accident associ
ations transacting business in Wis
consin during 1904 had assets, Janu-
airy /, 1905, amounting TO s596.647.42
and liabilities of $105.956.7S. leaving
a balance to protect contracts of $500. +
69o."4. These companies had in
force in Wisconsin on January /. 1904,
26.775 policies. During the year a.
IFS were written and 2S,741 terminal.
ed ~ lapse and death, leaving 25.307
policies in force January l, 1905.
amounting to st0.SSs1S6. These com,
panies collected in premiums and as
sessments during 1904 from Wiscon-
sin members PAT, 5S27i. and paid as
claims during the year S11464S1S.
Readiusting Rates.
The 81 fraternal beneficiary socie--
les had on January ! 1905. total ad.
mitted assets amounting to s36,511.-
590.05, an increase Of s12, 500 900 more
than they had on January /. 1904,
which IS an indication that some OF
the f1aternal beneficiary societies
/ transscting business in this state are
To certain extent realizing that their
| rates are inadequate and are adjusting
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-19
STATES INCOME
IS FIGURED Up
COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS FINDING
OUT ABOUT APPROPRIATIONS.
MUCH PAIRING TO:BE DONE
Deficit Would Result il All Requests
for Money Were Grented-TotaI of
$1o356, 141 Asked-Many Special
Demands for Money Made-Larse
Educational Demands.

The committee on claims has pre-
pared a balance sheet showing the
total revenue of the state, the appro-
priation asked for and the deficit
which would result if all the appropri-
atoms requested were granted. In
cases of duplicate bills. the maximum
amount of the bills was used.
The total revenue of the state, as
computed by the secretary of state
for the last biennial period, less taxes
in counties for high and graded
schools, interest on the state debt and
including the balance at the beginning
OF the period is $3.50 1876.
Total appropriations asked for, in.
Guiding standing appropriations, unex-
pended balance of odd appropria-
tons and maximum of appropriations
as a. ked for by bills before the legis-
lature on April 9, assuming that no
state tax will be levied and disregard
ing the $4,000 recently received from
the United States government, &c.,
356141. showing a deficit on this ba-
sis Of $2,225.405.
These figures include the university
20 Eill tax and assume that the uni
versity appropriations may be paid
out Of the general fund, as has been
done occasionally in the past, and also
that tha normal school funds come
from the general fund.
The appropriation asked for the
maintenance of the charitable and
penal institutions for the two-year
period, as compared with the past bi-
ennial period. is as follows:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-19
EMF LOYERS MAY
Do OWN TEAM|NC
DRIVERS.
dunno WORKS FOR PEACE

New Mayer Makes Earnest Efforts to
Settle Strike in Chicago and May
Ultimately Succeed-severaI Seri-
Gus Disturbances Caused by Sym,
pathizer5.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-19
MILLIONS SAVED
BY BIG COMP AN|ES
OLD LINE INSURANCE POCKETS
GROW FAT.
HOSTS ANNUAL REPORT
Preliminary Publication Showing Bus
mess During the Year 19o4-Fra-
ternities Coming to Realization
That Rates Must Be Adequate and
Based on Mortality Tables.

Insurance Commissioner Zeno NJ
Host has published the. preliminary re
port showing business transacted in
Wisconsin during 1904 by the life
| casualty, surety, assessment, acciden'
companies and fraternal beneficiary
societies; also showing the condition
OF these companies on January /, last
The report shows that there are 81
, old line life companies transactine
business in this state, of which x
have capital stock amounting in the
aggregate to $11,243, 500. The in
come of the 81 life companies
amounted to $685., 200, 900 and the dis
bursements to $346, 100000; the total
admitted assets amounted TO S2,307.
045,S26 OF or January ] 1905, and the
liabilities, except apital stock and
surplus, amounted to 1868, oil .991. 40
leaving surplus of 1927, $40, 334.5S
which surplus Commissioner Host has
contended during the past two years
should be returned to the policyhold
ers, as it consists of their overpay
ments.
Paid Back Third of Premiums.
These 81 old line life companies had
249,37S policies in force IN Wisconsin
on January /, 1904, and they issued in
the state during the year 1926. The
number of policies terminated by
lapse or death during the year was
1896, leaving on January l, 1895
272,22S policies in force in Wisconsin
amounting to s233. 995,632. These
companies collected in premiums in
this state 1882, 1928 and paid as
claims in the state s2.495,323.8S.
The gain and loss exhibit, which is
only found in the reports of the Min
nesota and Wisconsin insurance de
partments. shows that the expense
loading of the 81 old line companies
during the year 1904 was S115, 7s9,
2S2.11, while the actual expenses oil
these companies during 1904 were
1922 ,904 1866 Therefore, these 81
companies used for expenses s7,115,
21441 more than they were entitled tC
use in accordance with the loading
the expense element of the premium
paid by the policyholders. This ex
hibit also shows that the companie:
expected to pay s109,955. 52443 fol-
death losses, in accordance with the
calculations of their actuaries, but the
actual amount paid as death losses
was 1872 ,094, 794.8S. Therefore. il
will be seen that they made a gain il
death losses last year of $17,860,
1885. as their total losses were tina
much less than they expected to be-
compelled to pay. The gain and los:
exhibit also shows that the actual in
terest earning of these companies
amounted to s96,4S7. -589, while tht
/ required interest earning according t.
the calculations of their aetuaries
amounted to s70.981 .002.16, leaving /;
gain in interest earnings of $25,506.
61S73
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-19

INC IOFA dppTUpTAAtIUHs lot tuV
maint enance of these institutions for
the last biennial period was 1895 600
and for the coming two years 1t will
he 81 O52. 600.
In additions to these appropriations
for the maintenance are the special
appropriations for Improvements at
the state charitable and penal institu-
tons as follows
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07
Alarm Clock Not Needeu

one wishes to rise and gaze at this
just long enough to fix the hour firm
ly on the retentive memory. Then if
no other absorbing thoughts intervene
between that and the moment one is
locked in slumber, the nights rest will
be easy and unbroken, and promptly
at the hour in the morning, as a rule,
one will find oneself released from
sleep and wide awake. There is no
need to keep thinking of the hour
continually for number of minutes,
no need to repeat it over and over in
the mind; all this makes the brain un-
easy and results in the disturbance of
slumber; simply look at the watch or
clock as l have indicated and the in
fluence of the mind over matter will
be clearly demonstrated in the morn
ing. Try it some night and observe
how smoothly this psychological fact
works st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07

1--WE hear it frequently asserted
that if persons will impress the
thought firmly upon their minds and
continue thinking about it until they
have fallen asleep that they desire TO
awaI,e at a certain hour in the morn
inc they will do so without fall Dr.
Tosenh l.. Boehm tells me, but now
many people have tried this method
Of t' insurins a prompt awakening at a
rivan hour in the morning only to tlnd
tbeir rest throughout the night dis
turbed and uneasy?
"The brain will usually respond 10
+no will and awaken one in the morn
inc near the desired hour under any
circumstances, but to prevent the I'M
broken uneasy sleep the adoption OF
only a very simple device is neces-
sary The last thing before getting
into he'd take a watch or CLOCK ana
turn the hands to the hour at whicn
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07

There's not a season of the year that tolls
its passing bell -,.,,
1rro, the shores of life and love, with
weird and mystic spell, 49,.
THAT does not bring to me thought time
cannot override
OF the dear and manly boy used 10 love
at school,
vr,,or shadows slowly heightened on the
dial plate of time
1Jo wrought me pink arbutus in the sweet
ness of its prime, A.,
And blue-eyed, dewy violets from out Ihe
summer woods, 80
,,a daisies from the hillside in their
Anu snow-petaled hoods;
1ry,;1e downy pussy-willows' as they
"iiiie fringed the frozen pool
,,,.,, lad upon my little desk by the boy
/ loved at school,
r. ,,-ed 10 steal me roses through the
ne SGuire's old garden fence; -, -
~. never seen them half as large OF
We smell as sweetly since;
No ether girl could ever coax single one
away -. Co. ~,
D., sn,iIe or winsome gesture, Tor my
D' knight was true as day. % 49,
A,5 fondly still remember, spite OF oes-
tiny's misrule,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07
IN the Trackless Woods

What appears marvellous and posi-
lively uncanny to a town person is
simple to bushman.
This bump of locality is highly de-
Veloped in all Indians and whites who
nave passed many years in the bush.
Without the faculty of remembering
objects bushman could not find his
way through the forests.
Providing the trapper has once
passed from one place to another, he
IS pretty sure to find his way through
the second time, even if years should
have elapsed between the trips. Every
object from start to finish is an index
finger pointing out the right path. A
sloping patch, leaning tree, a moss
covered rock, slight elevation in
land, cut in the hills, the water in
the creek, an odd-looking stone, a
blasted tree-all help as guides as
the observant trapper makes his way
through a painless forest, says Forest
and Stream.
OF course, this tax on the memory
is not required of trappers about a set
tied part of the country, but l am tell
ing of what is absolutely necessary
for the safety of ones life in the far
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07
The Coffee Of Commerce

rooster and acts in much the same
manner. The former cherrylike fruit
has now become a tough, black and
wrinkled nondescript, resembling peb-
bles as much as anything and with
pebbles it is more or less mixed. From
here it is shoveled into the large fer
menting tanks, where it is covered
with water and allowed to remain
some time, being. continually stirred
and having the extremely malodorous
water drawn off at intervals.
From this process it energies com.
pletely cleansed of the large amount OF
soft pulp which has hitherto covered
it, but the beans are still held face to
face by thin and very strong parch'
ment-like covering, which can only be
removed economically by machinery.
This is accomplished by a huller,
which breaks the beans apart and
blows off the covering. The impuri-
ties, such as black and worthless
beans, stones and similar rubbish, are
then picked out by hand and the cot
fee is bagged ready for shipment. The
roasting and grinding are always done
where the coffee is to be used.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07

ut was drawing near sunset when
he was executed in a neighboring val
ley. He was led into an Enclosure by
a gendarme There was a small gath
ering of the judges, newspaper CORE
spondents and others. The prisoner
asked Capt. Hamao. who was in at
tendance, for permission to pray. The
request was of course granted. When
he had finished his prayers Capt.
Hamao asked him if he was married
and whether he had children. Both
of the questions being answered in the
affirmative the captain told him that
he was one of the bTavest and most
honorable soldiers of Russia. The in
terests and law of Japan, however, de-
manded his death. But the captain,
in his private capacity, admired his
bravery and deeply sympathized with
him. If he had anything to leave or
communicate to his people the captain
would gladly undergo any trouble in
order to fulfill his desires.
"These encouraging words caused
tears to rise to the eyes of the brave
Russian. He said he had no word to
send to his people. The only thing he
wanted to express was his gratitude
to the captain and the only favor he
would ask from him was permission
to shake hands with him. This was
done in the heartiest manner. A few
minutes later Vasilli Liaboff was
! dead"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07
Death Of Russian Spy

II was about twilight of Sent. 90"
says Tokyo paper. "A Japanese
so'uler camped in the neighborhood
Vi rental was cooking his supper
"neh man attired in a Chinese
farmers clothes and hat passed by
ne soldier asked him to bring some
iiesh water. Instead of complving
WIN the request the man took to
lilght' This conduct aroused the an
SCI ana suspicion of the Japanese sol
uIer' who at once pursued the man.
ne caught up with him and. tearing
OH MS hat, discovered that he was a
russian in disguise. He was a spy
ne following day court-martial sat
70 deliver judgment on the Russian
soluler whose name was Vasilli Liza
DOH He was SO years old and a pri-
'aVe belonging to the 2S4th Chenbal-
SKY regiment of the list division of
the oth army corps. He walked calm.
" INTO the court and bowed to the
Judges, MS dignity and manliness com.
lnandlng the respect of all present
Capt' Hamao, one of the associate
Judges read the verdict, which stated
that the accused was a spy and there
lore was to be punished with death
When the full meaning of the sen
tence was explained to him by an in
terpreter he said, respectfully but
clearly that he was satisfied, ant
showed no sign of fear.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07

Early in the spring the coffee tree
breaks forth in mass of bloom, but
the complete covering of delicate
white blossoms disappears in a very
few days. A period of four or five
months must elapse before the next
period Then, as the bean is firmly
attached to the branch and the region
is not subject to heavy storms, the
crops are not depleted by windfalls,
the trees showing almost as complete
a covering of fruit as of blossoms. The
picking is done by a large force of
peasants, each with basket slung over
his shoulder, in a short time. The
fruit is hauled in numbering ox-carts
of medieval pattern to the patios or
drying yards. The latter are literally
huge cement floors, which form admir-
able tennis courts when not being put
to their legitimate use, and on large
plantation will cover several acres.
Here the berries are spread out in a
layer a few inches deep, and then hoed
up into rows, being continually turned,
so as to present all fruit to the sun.
BY a new method the coffee is dried
nv a machine which resembles huge
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07

away wilds of the North, where to
lose ones self might mean death.
By constant practice those who are
brought up in the wilds acquire the
ability to walk in a straight line. They
begin by beating trail from point to
point on some long stretch of ice, and
in the bush, where any tree or OBJ
struction bars the way, they make up
for any deviation from the straight
course by a give-and-take process, so
that the general line of march is
straight.
During forty years in the country
1 never knew an Indian or white bush
man to carry a compass. Apart from
a black spruce swamp, it would be nc
use whatever.
In going from one place to another
the contour of the country has to be
considered, and very frequently the
longest way round is the shortest
way home" A ridge of mountains
might lie between the place of start
ing and the objective point, and b!
making a detour round the spur ont
would easier reach his destination
rather than to climb up one side ant
] down the other.