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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29
Pardon for Train Robber.

jefferson City, Mo, March ga
Governor Folk yesterday Tardone;
James /. West, convicted of holdin
up a train on the Missouri Pacific
railroad near Sedalla, and sentenced
to ten years in the penitentiary in
1899. The pardon was issued on
the request of the presiding Judge at
the trial. the prosecuting official and
prominent citizens. on the ground OF
extenuating circumstances.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29

legations and evidence and giving his
conclusions. He says the evidence
failed to prove the charge Of poison
ing, but that the defendant admins
tered instead remedies she deemed
beneficial to her husband. Judge
Scott cited the letter of Col. CO dy's
daughter as proving that the rnhappi-
ness was caused by the plaintiff.
Wife Not Guilty Of Charges.
Judge Scott also found tnat the
charge of unbecoming actions on the
part Of the defendant toward the
coloneTs guests was not proved, that
there was no evidence that she had
even threatened her husbands life
and that when attending the funeral
Of her daughtt' Aria, al Rochester.
n y in February. 1904. she offered a
rermaI ent reconciliation and no an
-wer ever came to this.
"She was an overindulsent mother
and wife who always took pride in his
success and always looked forward
to his Homecoming and made great
preparations to receive him. said
Judge Scott. "She entertained his
guests with cordiality. She did not
lrse profane language. The poisoning
of his pet dogs was accidental She
never spoke disrespectful Of him to
his friends or guests. She always
accompanied him to the depot on his
departures and was there to receive
him on his returns"
Fond of Husbands Pictures.
The judge also called attention to
the pride she took in having the pic
lures of Col. z .dy in her home, even
to having her dishes stamped Or
etched with his photograph.
Cody Was Cruel.
"In return for this wifely devotion "
SCI, The Judge, "the plaintiff has been
cruel to her and heaped indignations
upon her Even if ii we're true that
the defendant had at times been i'm
patient with him and such impotence
had been considered as indignities, il
also is true that she has had much TO
contend with"
motion for a new trial will be ar
gued at the next term Of the court
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29
KILLS HIS HALF BROTHER.
Quarrel over Some Land Leads to
Fatal End.

Des Moines, iowa, March GAS a
result of quarrel over some land.
James Blee shot and killed Isaac
Sailer, a half brother, at Swan, Iowa,
near here yesterday. Blee drove to
the home of his brother and was talk
ing to him about the land when, he
claims, Sailer reached for his gun.
Blee warned him not to use it and at
the same time seized his own winches-
ter and fired point blank. The entire
top of the mans head was blown off.
Blee was arrested.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29
ORIGINAL D. A. z. pead.

Superior, Wis, March 24.-Mrs. Re-
becca Tylee, aged 90 years. one Of the
five original Daughters Of the Rsvolu-
ton. died at the home of her daughter.
Mrs. A. X. Smith Of this city. Mrs.
Tylee was the daughter Of Austin
Smith. a veteran of the revolutionary
war. He entered tine continental army
in 1774. He lived TO be 90 years old,
dying in 1867. Mrs. Tylee was born in
1903 Up to the time Of her death she
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29
STATE GETS WAR
CLAIM MONEY
Madisnn March "a.

Governor La Toilette last night re
ceived from the United States treasury
department a check for SIZES, 981.S8 in
payment of Wisconsin's war claim
which Judge Charles Comstock sue
ceeded in getting allowed just before
the close of the last session Of con
gress. The check was the largest even
paid into the state treasury 1t is pay.
able to Gov r. NJ. La Toilette. who
upon its receipt turned it over to John
J. Kempf, state treasurer. Treasurer
Kemp was given the check last night
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29
TWO BABES HIDE
AND BURN TO DEATH

Superior, Wis, March 24.-While
their father was away and their mother
was in a barn doing chores. two little
children Of f. SynIing Of Brule pla ed
with the kitchen stove and set the
house afre They ran TO nide from
their mother under bed and were
burned to death. while the mother with
difficulty saved third child, who at
tempted to get cut Of the house
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29
DRINKS COMMIT MURDER
WHEN PUT OFF FROM {

Leavenworth, Kas., March 24.-Late
last night Isaac Powers and John Ma,
ret of Kansas City fired sh0tguns into
an electric car on the Leavenworth-
Kansas City line, MORALLY wounding
John Ufman of the sixteenth battery
Of Leavenworth and H. P. Raycroft Of
Kansas City, Kas. They were arrest
ed and arr in Jail here. They had
been drinking and were enra ged be
cause they had been eiectd from the
car.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29

was in fairly good health and recently
visited Tacoma, Wash. 1t was in thar
city some years ago that she joined the
Daughters Of the Revolution, being
voted in with special honors, as there
were only four others in the country
belonging to the order who could boast
OF being daughters OF men who Tough,
in Washintoas day
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29
FIND NO MORE BODIES.
Forty-four Employees Of Grover Shoe
Factory Still Missing.

Brockton, Mass, March 23.-The
chief of police has 4 report from an ex.
pert as to the cause Of she explosion in
the Grover shoe factory and has laid
the matter before the district attorney.
No more bodies were found in the
ruins yesterday The number of
bodies recovered is s.. Late last night
the city marshal said that A persons
employed in the factory were stlH
missing.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29
Black Murderer EIeetrocuted.

Columbus. Ohio, March 24-lIer-
man Hamilton. a negro, convicted Of
the murder Of Lee Culver, a foreman
in the Norfolk & Western railroad
wards at Portsmouth. Ohio, May 26,
last was electrocGted in the peniten-
tlory last night. The motive Of Ham
NtCns crime was robbery.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29
CODY CANNOT
Be DIVORCED
coURT DENIES The PETITION OF
BUFFALO BILL.
WIFE FOUND NOT GUILTY
Charge of Poisoning Not Proved
Against Defendant Woman-un
happiness Caused by the Husbands
Bad Conduct and Not Sufficient on
Which TO Base Separation Plea.

Sheridan, Wyo. March "a The
district court yesterday refused The
petition of Col William + Cody, Ruf
falo Bill, for a divorce.
Judge Scott delivered an opinion of
considerable length. reviewing the al
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29
Mississlppi Season Omen.

La Crosse, March 24-Nayigation
opened on the Mississippi river yester-
day. the ice on the upper river going
out In a general movement. The open
ing Of navigation Is q week earlier than
last year.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29
FOUR STRUCK BY A BLAST.
Mine Disaster Narrowly AVerted at
LiVinasron

Liyil zston, Wis, March During
a premature explosion Of a blast In the
Cokerville mine. four men were ia
jured A box Of caps. each Of forty
pounds pressure, burst. = disaster
was narrowly averted. The iniureI;
James Aide Of Centerville, badly in
iuTed in the eyes and face.
Charles Butlress Of Pewey, kae
broken and ear drums burst
Henry Williams Of Livingston, bc-i
eyes cut by a piece of tin.
John Knapp Of Rewey. one eye blown
out and knee crushed.
The injuries are serious, hut the men
may recover.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29
DEWEY AND PRESIDENT
CONFER REGARDING NAVY

Washington. March 24-Admiral
Dewer. greatly improved in health
since his recent illness. had a long
talk with President Roosevelt yestsr-
day about matters affecting the navy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29
Voting Machine Bill.

The asser'.y committee on cleo
tons decided 70 recommend for pas
sage a bill providing that voting ma
chimes may be used al primary cleo
tons. While the bill permits the
use Of the voting machines. It does
not require their use The committee
amended the original measure 50 as
20 make the use Of 'he machines op.
tional until they are perfected The
committee also decided TO recommend
for passage the Cloary bill providing
that an ballots cast at elections are
TO be preserved and returned TO the
county eek.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29

gated 20,O74. The various house
committees reported 1904 measures,
including senate acts and resolutions.
OF all the house bills sent to the pres
ident Tor his approval only one failed
10 receive his signature ana become
a law.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29

Wheeling. ". Va March 24--Two
women VIII probably Jie and five
others are severely injured as the r.
su't Of a runaway accident al Bellalre
yes crdav afternoon.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29
MAY DRIVE RUSSIA
OUT OF MANCHURIA
LINEVlTcH MAY NOT BE ABLE TO
STOP AT HARDIN.
ALARMING NEWS TO CAR

Commander at the Front Needs Imme-
diate Reinforcements of 100000
Men-Women Ordered to Leave
Vladivostok-RoyaI Leader Spared
from Great Danger of Being Hurt.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29
Arque Park Tunnel am.

An attorney Tor he MilwaOl 90
Southern railroad appeared before the
assembly committee on cities to ar
gre in favor Of the bill permitting the
company 10 tunnel unf~r Mitchell
park. John Burke Of Milwaukee rep
resented the Milwaukee Southern
company Az the ri0se Of the hear.
ing the bin was taken under consider
alton and action upon It deferred nm.
~ today.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29
WOMEN ORDERED OUT.

St Petersburg, March 24.-It is
announced here that all women have
been ordered to leave Vladivostok.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29
Mutual Insurance Bill.

The assembly committee on finance
banks and insurance decided To rec
ommend in fav"r OF the passage OF
assembly bill No. 698a, which amends
the law authorizing mutual FIRE insur
ance companies in cities and villages
so that these companies may set aside
a contingent fund The amendment
provides that the members may be
charged such premium rates as to
provide for this contingent fund and
the amount Of the fund Is limited To
ten per cent. OF the aggregate amount
OF insurance in force.
The committee had an extended SEES.
sion and then an executive session,
at which several bills were cousid-
cred, including those regarding mutu-
al threshermen companies and mu.
tual school property insurance. but
no final action was taken on any Of
the bills other than that authorizing
the creation Of contingent fund No.
GqSa.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29
Cody Was Cruel.
FAIL TO ELECT.

Delaware Legislators Unable to
Choose United States Senator.
Dover, Del. March 24-The Della
ware legislature adjourned sine die
yesterday without electing a senator.
The last ballot stood:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29

For over fifteen years 1 have suffered
more or less from Impure Blood About
year ago 1 had boil appear on my leg
below the knee, which was followed by
three more on my neck. I saw S. S. S.
advertised and decided to try it. After
taking three bottles all Boils disappeared
and have not been troubled any since.
GEO. G. FERTIG.
ia W. Jefferson St. !. louisville, Ky.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29
stondaH Bill Considered.

The senate committee on corpora.
tons last night and favorably
reported senate bill AIS, of
which Senator Stcndan Is the
sponsor. The measure amends the ex.
.sting law which gives power to cities
and villages 20 condemn land for pub.
JIG purposes and make improvements
and which provides a method of pay,
ing for the same The amendment
makes the law applicable to cities op.
Grating under general and special char
tiers and instead Of paying for the
whole improvement in one year as un.
Ger the present law, divides the pay
ments into 10 annual installments, so
that 10 years can be taken for pay
ment If desired This is purely option
al, however, with the municipality. At
torney John NJ Olin spoke in favor of
the measure. while alderman Henry
Smith of Milwaukee was inclined to
oppose it.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29
b0ILs!.. . AND

Have been suffering from Impure Blood
for many years, having Boils and other
Eruptions. Having heard of S. S. S. de-
cided to try it, and am glad to say that it
has done me a great deal Of good. Intend
to continue to use i, as believe it to be
the best Blood Medicine on the market.
Cleveland, Tenn. w. K. DETERs.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29
VETO SLIGHTLY USED.
President Refuses Signature TO Only
One BILL

Y asDIHgTIN, NaTtI -4---F- y
Wakefield docket clerk If the hous
Jf representative. has prepared q
statement showing the amount %
work done by tie ffty-eighth congress
iust closed i shows the number Of
bills and resolutions introduced aggre-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29
Measures Concerning Cities.

/, Alderman Henry Smith OF MilWau-
hee appeared before the assembly
committee on cities 10 argue against
several bills effecting municipalities.
After the hearing on the bills. the
committee in executive sesslua made
the following reconm andations:
The bill regula ing the orean!za.
ton and government of cites. con
tanning the clause for the establish
ment of municipal docks in MiIwau-
kee, was recommended for indefinite
postponement
The Lenroot bill providing thar mu-
nicipal light and water plants be re.
quired to reduce the cost of light and
water, when their earnings Justify
the reduction was recommended for
indefinite postponement.
The bill providing for a commission
to revise the municipal laws of Wis
consin was also recommended for in,
definite postpOnement
The bin to reduce the number of al.
dermen from each ward to one. was
laid over for further hearing. as was
also the IN creating a shade tree
commission in Milwaukee.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29

St. Petersburg, March PA pre-
liminary contract was signed yester-
day with a number of Russian banks
for an issue of $4,000, 800 of the pro
posed internal loan of 100000 000.
The bonds bear interest at the rate OF
5 per cent per annum and are redeem
able in so years. The issue price Is
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-12-15

ion crushing business satisfied with the
progress of the printers strike, then every
body is satisfied, for certainly the printers are
not complaining. But especial attention is
called to that portion of the above letter which
appears i'll blackface type. Right there is the
milk in this union busting cocoanut. 1t is a
plain and direct threat that advertising patron
age will be withdrawn from newspapers and
magazines that sympathize with the demands
of the union printers, or in any way give aid
and comfort to the union cause. The big mag
aznes of the country already cowed by
these threats, and filling their pages with
biased, lying articles derogatory to the cause
of unionism and laudatory of the union busting
associations headed by Parry and Post. Mr..
ton that can give or withhold vast amount of
advertising patronage. Mr.. Post is at the
head of national advertisers association that
controls several millions of advertising. And
the cowardly, subservient magazines at
lacking the unions in order to curry favor with
these two organizations. Now these organza-
tons are beg inning to make their covert threats
to the daily newspapers. IF you do not help
us destroy union labor we will ruin your bust
ness" is the threat The unionist who advo
Gates boycott is thrown into Jail, but the
ion buster who advocates boycott under
high sounding name is pointed out as man
who Stands for his rights as individual" 1t
makes a wondrous difference whose is
gored, doesn't it
1t remains to be seen whether the daily news
papers will be so cowardy as to submit to Mr.
Cushing's demands. One thing is certain, the
labor unions of the country can and should give
their undivided support to their own labor pa
pers Mr. Parry and Mr.. Post do not hold any
clubs over them, and Mr.. Gushing may threat
Ell until he gets black in the face and 1t will
avail him nothing.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-12-15

ger has done this and he would do again.
He would and he should be honored for it.
The Wageworker has repeatedly urged the
laboring people to get into politics, and use
their numbers and votes in lettering their con-
ditions. Mr. Gompers has been a persistent
foe of this policy for years, and it is high
time that he were sent back to his trade. The
trades unonsts of Europe have nearly all gone
into politics. We will never get justice until
do get men in the halls of legislation.
What we could do for ourselves if we had the
law-making and enforcing power in our
hands is partially shown in The WageWOrk-
ers article the condition of the people of
New Zealand, where milliona;resm and pau
persm unknown, and where they are pre-
pairing to establish the six-hour day. The
workingmen are in the great majority in this
country, they the ones who produce and
should have all wealth, therefore Mr.. Berger,
MIR. Hayes and all the rest of us socialists
say that we should go into politics and demand
and take our own. Mr.. Gompers, the Wash
ington T. Z. and other apologists for capitalist
exploitation and tyranny hold UP their hands
in holy horror at this proposition, and say oh,
my, no. Let the capitalists continue to run the
country. How they running it is told by
The Wageworker:
las a result the Georgia cotton mills are
filled with children. Conditions exist in that
state that would not be tolerated in Russia.
Thousands of children less than years old
work from eleven to thirteen hours day in the
Georgia mills. 1t is no uncommon sight to see
children barely six years of age watching the
whirring spindles Disease, idiocy and prema-
ture death is all they have to look forward to
in this life. They have never known how to
laugh. They the victims of the insatiate
greed of men whose god is the almighty dol
lar" How long will it be ere this greedy pow
er voluntarily ceases from employing child
labor?" asks The Wageworker They never
will THE labor unions the only hope OF
these little slaves" Now, there is where The
Wageworker should confess itself in error.
Everywhere the socialist party is waging an
unceasing warfare against the system of CAPT.
taist exploitation and wage-slavery, demand
ing the collective ownership and operation OF
the factories and the abolition OF child labor.
and that the children be put in schools instead
of having their tender lives ground up into
profits, so the selfish few live in idleness
and luxury and hobnob with the aristocracy OF
Europe When such terrible and disgraceful
conditions exist in land which was once sup
posed to be free, it is high time that all men
with drop of patriotic blood in their veins
should cast aside prejudicial partisanship and
do what is necessary to be done to stop these
things The socialists will stop these things
when they get the power. The workingmen
are in the great majority and can give them
the power whenever they get ready. At the
ballotbox they are all-powerful, and that is
where the capitalists are weak. We can out
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-12-15
ABOUT THE PRINTER MEN.
A Few Little Facts Concerning the Men Who
Chronicle Things.

On December 10 the officers of New York
Typographical Union No. announced that the
local had unanimously agreed upon assess
ment that would put an additional 100000 in
to the unions treasury before January L. The
union already has about $4,000 i'll its strong
box The assessment was ordered in antici-
patton of the fight almost to begin
January 1. The agreements expire in New
York on that date, and already the Typothaete
has begun showing its teeth Big Six has
about 1000 members and under no contingency
will more than 1900 of them be affected by
strike. The Typothaete will have the fight
of its life when it goes UP against the New
York bunch of union printers.
These be busy days for the Lincoln printer
man. The rush of Christmas work is on, and
the printer who does not want to work over
time has to remain in hiding The newspaper
shops crying for ad men and the job shops
are looking for men with search warrant
w. F. Todd, editor of the Burwell Tribune
and treasurer-elect of his county, was in Lin
coin day this week and signed an appli-
cation for membership in Lincoln Typograph-
ical Union No. 2O9 Mr. Todd has been
printer for years, but worked in city
shop. During the past three months he has
been reading about the printers demand for
an eight hour day. and being satisfied that the
demand was just he deemed it his duty to help
his fellow printers win it. Il want to become
an active member said Mr.. Todd so can
pay my assessment and have a part in this
struggle. Whatever assessment is decided on
you'll find me ready to pay. i want to be
counted in on the victory when it come-and
it's coming Mr.. Todd's unselfsh action has
given the printers encouragement.
E. P. Thompson came in from Denver Tues
day. He has been operating mills in various
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-12-15

vote them and tell them to go to work and
earn an honest living instead of living off of
the profits produced by murdered babes.
Workingmen, paste this in your hat, so you
won't forget it.
One thing that should be mentioned I think
The Wageworker has overlooked, and that is,
that at the recent session of the A. F. of L. it
went record as favoring equal suffrage.
This is of the principles that the socialist
ladies should remember that we are their
friends and demand justice for them as we'll
for all other people who not getting it.
We believe that if woman did have the ballot
just conditions and laws would be established
far quicker Well, | guess | have kicked
enough for this time.
T. c. L. WISELY.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-12-15
woMAN's UNION LABEL LEAGUE.
Holds an Enthusiastic Meeting and Talks of
Work to Be Done.

The Woman's Union label League held an
unusually we'll attended meeting Monday even
ing A general discussion on what needed
in the city and the best methods of going about
it began soon after the gavel fell, and every
body took part. Some good ideas were brought
ont and the interests of the members present
keyed up to high pitch
A. L. A. Schiesmeyer was elected secretary
to fill a vacancy, and Mrs. Jessie Baker was
elected doorkeeper. The next regular meet
ing night being Christmas night it was decided
to skip until the second Monday in January
There was some talk of holding social in the
near future, but it was finally decided that this
was not opportune time because OF the nu-
1nerous affairs of the kind now being held.