Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-12

The ninth biennial convention Of
the Polish Socialist Alliance of Amer
lea is being held in New York. It's
purpose is TO spread the propaganda
Of socialism and agitate for free Po-
land.
Engineer J. c. McLendon, who was
shot in the jailyard in Salisbury, n. G..
on the night of Aug. when mob
stormed the Jail and took from it
three negroes, whom they lynched, is
dead.
The grand lodge of Colored Elks,
which has been holding its seventh an
nual session in Brooklyn, concluded
its labors Chicago was chosen as
the place for holding the next annual
session.
The naphtha launch Adelaide, with
twenty-five girls on board, that was
reported missing in Lake Erie, near
Sandusky, O.. is safe. The vessel
grounded on a sandbar and reached
port later.
Adyices from London say that the
little 9-year-old daughter of Andrew
Carnegie is afflicted with hip disease
and so badly crippled she can hardly
walk. The case resembles that of
Lolita Armour's.
George w. Koran OF Canton, o.,
who has been searching four years
for his young son, has found the little
fellow in the possession of his wife,
who left him, and will take legal steps
to get the boy
A Chicago & Alton limited train was
wrecked near Bloomington, H., and
passenger who was travelling to Chi
cago to wed was forced to use a long
distance telephone in securing a post
ponement of the ceremony.
President Roosevelt in a letter to
the public printer says if the reform
spelling advocated by him does noe
meet with popular approval it win be
dropped. He denies any intention to
do anything far reaching or sudden.
The quick run of officers from Som
erset to Danville, KY, prevented the
/ lynching of Perry Copenhaver, a ne
gro who. it is charged, committed an
I assault on the 5-year-old daughter of
Leonard Fairchild Of Wayne county,
/ Archbishop Messmer announced tue
appointment of Rev. P. NJ. Abbelen,
chaplain of Notre Dame. as a vicar
general of the Milwaukee archdio-
cese to assist Monsignore Rainer IL
the discharge of the duties Of the o.
fee.
In announcing that ne intends to
bring suit for $4,000 damages
against the school board Of Peoria.
which prevented him securing a
plumbing contract, C. w w. O'Neill.
Peoria contractor, declares the board
is an Illegal trust.
Capt T. L. Wornsop. representative
Of a British steamship syndicate. has
arrived at Victoria, B. c., with an
agreement from the Mexican govern
ment for a 100000 steamship service
between British Columbia ports and
/ west-coast ports of Mexico
Brigadier Generals Thomas H. Barry
and William P Duvall, Major Joseph
E. Kuhn and Captains Herman C,
! Schumm, William S. Riddle and
Charles S Frank, who will represen.
the American army at the German
military maneuvers, have arrived at
Berlin
Lieutenant R. W. Drury and Private
John Dowd, u S. A. charged with
; manslaughter in connection with the
shooting of William Crowley. a Pitts
burg citizen, on Sept. 10, 1904 re-
newed their bail of $4,000 each for
trial during the coming September
of the criminal court.
Eki Hioki. who was first secretary
to the Japanese legation at Washing
ton before the mission was advanced
to ambassadorial rank, has been Of
fered the position of counsellor to the
| japanese mission at Berlin, but his ac-
ceptance of the position has not been
announced Mr.. Hiolzi is now at To
kyo
At the meeting of the council of min
listers at Rome Marquis Di San Giul-
limo, who was foreign minister in the
SonninO cabinet was appointed am
bassador to England. Nothing was
decided about the Washington en-
bassy. although Ambassador Des
Planches wishes to be transferred >
a European post.
Epraged over the fact that he had
been discharged by Floyd Coleman.
his employer. Charles Soltwedel, a
Milwaukee barber, shot Coleman in
the abdomen at the latter's shop, sol
Twelfth street. Coleman, though Sc
rioUsly wounded, has cHlnce to re-
cover. His assailant was overpoweyed
by Will Waters, a colored employee OF
the barber shop, and held until the
police arrived and took him into Gus.
toby
The Hotel Green and sanatarium
at Lake Geneva was totally destroyeG
b. fire with a loss of $4,000. Dr. ].
Payne, lessee of the hotel,
believes the fire was caused by cross.
ed electric wires. The Hotel Green
was the property of the Green estate
and was erected sixteen years ago. It
was a noted summer resort and its
location, Immediately opposite the
Yerkes observatory, made. it a favor.
lite outing place for people form other