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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
STATE WINS THE
BACK TAX CASE
DECISION BY JUDGE TARRRANT
IN MILWAUKEE.
WAITED FOR NINE MONTHS
Case Held Under Amusement Until
Supreme Court Decided Important
Points in the Ad VaIorem and Pen.
atty Suits Between State and
Railroad Companies.

Milwaukee, Wis, July 11.-Judge
Warrant D. Tarrant has reached his
decision in the back tax cases brought
by the state to recover from the
railroad corporations the large sums
of money which Governor La Toilette
claimed to be due as the result of
false and incomplete reports of gross
earnings filed by the railroads with
the state for the purpose of calcula-
ton of taxes under the old license fee
system. The test case was argued
some nine months ago at Madison,
Judge Tarrant sitting in the circuit
court for Judge E. Ray Stevens.
Judge Tarrant withheld his decision
until the supreme court had passed
upon upon many of the vital points
involved in it, when the appeals on the
decisions of the penalty and ad va
loren cases were decided last month.
On these points the supreme court
held so that it was easy for the Mil
waukee judge to find in favor of the
state. The case went to Judge Tar
rant on a demurrer by the defendant
companies, and he overTuled this de-
murrer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
FINDS PACKING
HOUSES BETTER

Chicago, July 10.-"I found the
general condition at the stock yards
to be good" said Secretary Wilson last
night" and everything was evident
ly being hurried to place the entore
yards in first class condition and
there is an evident desire upon the
part of all in authority to comply with
the laws fully. Tomorrow l will con-
fer with some 80 government inspect
ore from vaious cities having packing
industries. They come 10 Chicago at
my request to receive instructions re-
garding the operations Of the new In
spection law and to receive their In
structions as to its enforcement.
The packers have agreed to comply
with the law. l will also confer with
the packers as to the time of putting
the law into effect. They will have to
make some changes in their operation
to do this and l am willing to grant
them time in which to get ready.
This should not require longer than
two or three weeks. however"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
WASHINGTON.

Panama canal laborers who have
been paid in silver now demand gold.
President Roosevelt has written a
letter praising the army for its rapid
advancement in rifle shooting.
American claims against Venezuela
will be pressed vigorously now that
Castro has reassumed the presidency.
Gen. Corbin has proposed plan to
reduce the United States army in the
Philippines from 10000 to 5000 men.
Secretary Wilson warned railroads
that he will strictly enforce the new
law guarding against cruelty to cat
tie in transit
Lyman ]. Gage. former secretary of
the treasury. joined Theosophists'
colony in California, having been
INSTRUCTED" to do so in a dream.
Secretary Wilson of the department
Of agriculture estimates the cost of
running his department for The year
to be s11,000,000, with an army Of
5000 persons on the pay roll.
The appointment of Attorney-Gen-
eral Wiley of The Philippines to the
United States consular court in China
has paved the way for the promotion
of Gregorio Araneta to the position
and James F. Smith TO the governor
gen eralship.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
LATEST.

Sheriff of Hancock county, Ohio, has
a warrant for John d. Rockefeller.
German steamship lines have begun
a rate war by cutting emigrant rates.
A Kansas City ice dealer admitted
that his company fixed the price on
ice
The postmaster general permits use
of homemade letter boxes on rural
routes.
Congressman Bede Of Minnesota
declares for Speaker Cannon for pres
ident.
Texas and Arkansas may combine
in fight on Standard Oil and other
trusts.
Investigation of English jam fac
tories revealed a filthy condition OF
affairs.
Brazil has reduced the tariff on
-four and other American goods 20
por cent,
The French chamber Of deputies
passed a bill making the day Of rest
/ compulsory.
President FalHeres of France en-
Itertained the Longworihs at The
+ Elysee palace,
! Demurrers attacking indictments
lagainst the tobacco trust were filed
in New York.
Third annual convention of the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
POLITICAL.

The Denver grand jury = ordered
to investigate alleged election frauds
Bryan wrote ex-senator Jones that
he will accept the democratic nomi-
nation for president if it is offered
him. :
Illinois republic ans will indorse
Speaker Cannon for president at the
convention of the eighteenth district
Aug. 16
Walter L. Houser, secretary of state
of Wisconsin, was found not guilty of
attempted bribery in connection with
the legislative insurance investiga-
ton.
Bryan's name was wildly cheered at
Tammany Halls celebration Of indie
pendenee day when Congressman
Henry of Texas, nominated the Ne
braskan for the presidency
Depew declares he has no intention
Of resigning from the senate or of
dying and Odell may take advantage
IF the situation to regain control of
the party in New York state
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18

Henry G. Adams, congressman from
the Madison district, died in Chicago.
at the Auditorium hotel, Monday morn
ing of stomach trouble. He had long
been frail-had often been seriously
i'll. The great strain of the last ses-
sion told on him seriously, and, on
his way home, he succumbed when
Chicago was reached. His family
was summoned at once and was at the
bedside He as a candidate for re
nomination and it is generally thought
that he would have swept the pri-
maries.
Mr. Adams was born at Yerono,
Oneida county, n. Y, Nov %, 1850.
While still young man he came to
Wisconsin and using the leisure time
which he could obtain from his farm
work he attended the district school
and afterwards, in'6S and SO, took a
course at Albion academy. He at
tended the state university in 1870,
II and ~. After graduating he
engaged in the dairy and fruit bust
ness near Madison. and in 1889 he
went into the real estate business.
He was elected a member of the as
sembly in 1883 and in 1885. Was ap-
pointed superintendent Of public prop
erty in 1889 and served until 1891.
Upon assuming the duties OF his office,
Gov Upham appointed Mr. Adams the
dairy and food commissioner of the
state and he performed great work
FOR the dairy and farming interests.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18

legations, has left his home in New
York for a period of rest in Europe.
Pistol and cannon cracker firing
made the celebration of the Fourth
the noisiest New York has known.
Accidents were many and the arrests
400.
The chauffeur formerly employed
by Stanford White declared that Mrs.
Harry Thaw was Whites companion
at dinner five months after her mar
riage.
The man arrested in Germany for
an alleged plot to kill Emperor Will.
lam is said by Seattle police to have
been an admirer and disciple of Herr
Most
The government takes care to deny
immunity baths" to Standard Oil
magnates in the United States grand
jury investigation which began at
Cleveland.
Governor Hanly in a signed state
ment pledged himself to drive Ma
tional Democratic Chairman Taggart
and others from the management OF
Indiana gambling resorts.
James X. Allen, a veteran aeronaut
spent two days and a night in a run.
away balloon, at times being two
miles above the clouds and at others
dragged along the surface of the
ocean.
Ambassador Tower, Gen. Allen,
Rear-Admiral Nancy and John l.
Waterbury will be the American dele
gates to the international wireless
telegraph conference in Berlin in
September
Felix Powell, a negro, who broke
his chains while under restraint for
an attack on a Texas woman and then
slew Mrs. J. A. Conditt and her four
children, near Edna, Tex, escaped a
lynching and was held for trial.
1t is reported in fre-insurance
circles in New York that James H.
Eckels, the Chicago banker. will be
elected president of the New York
Life Insurance company upon the
retirement of President Orr in Sep
TENDER.
The New York district attorney ex-
poets to get a copy of Il. affidavit of
Evelyn Nesbit made in The suit she
contemplated bringing against Harry
K Thaw before their marriage. This
may be used in the murder trial
against him.
William D. Haywood. one of the
men locked up in an Idaho Jail as al
berg of Colorado, has been nominated
by socialists as candidate for the gov
ernorship of Colorado. There is talk
of eaecting his release by force.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18

storm of cheers and applause at the
banquet in his honor, when he said
that in his opinion there is only one
man under present conditions who
should receive the democratic nomln,
alton for president, if he will accept,
and that one man is William Jennings
Bryan" He said further:
There are many real democrats not
at the meeting. One is an ex-gover-
nor of Wisconsin, Robert R. NJ. La
Toilette. He belongs to neither the
republican nor democratic party. He
belongs only to the people, not to tie
people of Wisconsin alone, but to the
people of the United States"
La Toilette VS.. Bryan or Folk.
San Francisco, Cal, July S.-Con-
gresham William R. Hearst says that
while approaching Mr.. Bryan's com
pliment, 1 must decline to be consid-
cred a candidate. Let the list stand.
If Mr.. Bryan pleases, Bryan or Folk
or Bailey. For my part would sub
stitute Stevenson for Bailey.
why not Bryan or Folk or Stew
enson in 1908 on the democratic side
and why not Roosevelt and La Fl llette
on the republican side?"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
OBITUARY..

At Meadville, Pa, former State
Senator Homer J. Humes, aged So,
died. He was thrown from a horse
July 3.
At Eau Claire A A. Cutter, aged 81.
a prominent shoe manufacturer. died
.of heart failure at his summer cottage
en- Long lake, New Auburn.
w R. White. a wealthy resident Of
Bloomington, H., who amassed his
fortune during the past ten years
through the invention of a gate, died,
aged 65.
Bernhard Inner. a member of the
firm of the Healy Music Company
and who for forty years was identified
with the piano business in Chicago, is
dead, He was IS years old.
Christopher Columbus Langdell.
Dane professor of law, emeritus, at
Harvard university and an authority
on law, died suddenly at his home in
Cambridge, Mass from heart diseased
He was born in HillsborOugh county,
n H, in 1926.
Cassius NJ. Moves, a well-known
business man and a brother Of Judge
George H. Noyes, general counsel
for the Northwestern Mutual Life In
surance company. died suddenly at
his residence in Milwaukee. Mr..
Noyes was 81 years of age.
Brigadier General Louis Henry
Rucker. U. S. A. retired, is dead in
Los Angeles He had been in con
tinuous military service for more
than forty years. He enlisted at Chi.
cago when the call for troops was
first made in 1861, rose from the
ranks to high grade and retired, at
his own request, as brigadier general
in 1903.
Mrs. Lydia Coonley Ward, widow of
Professor Ward, who was killed in
Buffalo Wednesday, reached Roches-
ter. n. Y, and took charge of her hus-
bands body Some years ago Pro
fessor Ward brought huge glacial
quartz boulder studded with jasper
pebbles from the northern shores OF
Lake Superior. having conceived the
feeling that he would like his ashes to
lie beneath so lasting and beautiful
a monument. It's rarity is great, for the
stones are imbeddei with glacier
flows that cleft the Laurentian range
of Canada and the beauty of the mass
of glistening quartz is heightened by
the Opaque dull reds and yellows OF
the jasper pebbles. In accordance
with his wishes the ashes OF Profes-
sor Ward will rest under this glacial
boulder In Mount Hope cemetery at
Rochester.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
FOREIGN.

A son was born to the Crown Prin-
cess of Germany.
Austria-Hungary bars out Servian
cattle and canned goods.
British troops surrounded and shot
hundreds Of Natal rebels.
Bertha Krupp's betrothal to Baron
TeIo Won Wilmouski was announced.
Hailstones as large as oranges
killed fifty people in Valencia. Spain.
Emperor William visited King
Haazon and was cordially received by
monarch and people.
The action of General Trepoff in
joining advocates for a liberal min
istry changes the face of the political
situation in Russia.
General Trepoff gives out a notable
interview at Peterhof in which he
says almost all the men of talent in
Russia are "raving like lunatics."
The Longworths' French connec-
tions of nobility received Mrs. Long
worth into the family with open arms
when they find she is not a tom
boy"
David LlOyd-George says the Brit
ish house of lords should be placed
on the scrap heap and Winston
Churchill calls the body "unsound
and irresponsible"
A great reception was given Presi-
dent Castro of Venezuela upon his re
turn to Caracas July to resume the
presidency. Gen. Ayala, old rival
of Castro, has arrived in New York.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
DOM

A Milwaukee saloon keeper accuses
the police of graft.
Tolstoi said the douma amuses, ir-
ritates and disgusts him.
Four persons were killed in a gas
oline explosion at Saginaw, Mich
Mayor McCellan's municipal light
ing plant scheme Is abandoned in New
York.
Crowds greeted Secretary of State
Root when he arrived at San Juan,
capital Of Porto Rico.
The lid was thrown off in St Louis
county and St. Joseph, Mo, in open
defiance of Governor Folks orders.
The widow of Stanford White, who
was killed by Harry X Thaw in
New York was paid $4,000 insur-
ance.
w. ". Rose, mayor Of Kansas
City, Kan, was fined $4,000 for con-
tempt and must go to Jail until he
pays it.
Sarah Bernhard is an American,
born in Canada and reared in Iowa,
according to stories told by alleged
relatives
New York banks report heavy de
crease in cash on Withdrawals by
trust companies to comply with the
new reserve law,
Roosevelt entertained the New
Zealand premier at luncheon, but
failed to encourage his scheme for a
reciprocity treaty.
The Concordia Singing Club OF
Wilkes Barre. won Emperor William
$4,000 trophy at the Newark, n. J.
national saengerfest.
The central federated union Of New
York has threatened tie-up Of worn
on the Hudson and East river tunnels
in course Of construction.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw charged he
husband with threatening to kill he
because she would not accuse Stan
ford White of running her.
Mrs. Frederick Cossitt sailed fror
Southampton for New York with tn
hody of her husband. who was kille
in the English railway disaster,
Mayor Edwin Bidaman of Teri
Haute. Ind, has yielded to the cit
council Of Terre Haute, which in
neached him, and vacated the office.
Charles H. Hughes, special couns
,n the insurance and coal road inye
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
FAVORITE WINS THE
REALIZATION STAKES

New York, July Thames B
Brady's Accountant, 13 to fayorite
ridden by Martin, won the Lawrence
realization stakes, worth $4,000 tc
the winner, at Sheepshead Bay yester
day, with Fred Johnson's Entree, IL
to l, second, and the New Castle
stables Bulls Eye, 16 to in the bet.
ting, third Mile and a furlong, time
2:48. The time is three seconds slow
er than the track record Water
Pearl, 10 to 5, won the second half OF
the $4,000 double event.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18

Mr.. Adams was engaged in farm in
slitute work for three years, he was
secretary of the State Horticultural
society two years, president of the
State Dairymens association for
three years and was a member of the
state board of agriculture for eight
years. 1t was largely due to his eff
forts that the dairy and food laws
which were passed by the legisla-
ture of 1895, and which forbid the
manufacture and sale of filed cheese
in Wisconsin, and which compel the
sale of oleomargarine under it's
proper name, were drafted and
adopted He also assisted in the
drafting of the filed cheese
bill passed by congress several years
ago and was one of the committee of
the National Dairy union which went
10 Washington and did such effective
work in behalf of that benefcent
measure. Mr.. Adams did telling
work on the stump in every campaign
local, state and national, since 1888.
nc "U'0 'AAA ILL AStSIOi III Aiie'i'
state, congressional and county con-
ventions, and in 1888 was honored by
his party by being elected delegate
at-large to the national convention.
He was a man of wide acquaintance
and great popularity, especially
among the farming communities. He
as serving his second term in con
gress.
Mr.. Adams leaves a wife and four
children.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
BRYAN WILLING TO
HUN THIRD TIME
BUT WILL DO NOTHING TO GET
NOMINATION.
INTERESTED IN REFORM
Would Like to Help Make Application
Of Jefersonan Democracy tol
American Government, But CAM
Work Out of Public Of
flee.

Washington, July 9.-Former Unit
ed States Senator James K. Jones OF
Arkansas, who was chairman OF the
democratic national committee when
Bryan made his campaigns for the
presidency in 1896 and 1900, has re
ceived a letter from Mr. Bryan in
which he announces that he will ac-
cept the nomination for president for
the third time IL it is rendered him.
The letter is dated June IS, at Stock
holm, and is as follows:
Il have been watching political de-
velopments and have noted with graf
ifcatlon the vindication of democrat
lc principles. You have correctly
stated my position. AS l wrote to
Colonel Wetmore, | shall do nothing
to secure another nomination and do
not want one unless conditions seem
to demand it. may add that | en-
joy the freedom of private life and
that | feel l can do some good with
out holding any office.
There are, however, certain re-
forms which l would like very much
to see accomplished, and to assist in
the Accomplishment of these reforms
I am willing to become the party can
didate again, If, when the time for
the nomination arrives, the advocates
of reform are in control of the party
and think my candidacy will give the
best assurances of victory. If some
one else SEEMS more available, I shall
be even better pleased.
81 need not assure you that am
more interested in seeing our princi
pies triumphant than I am in the per
sonnet of the ticket. The country
needs to have Jeffersonian democracy
applied to all departments of the gov
eminent, state and national, and
am content to help to make this sp
pIication"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
sritishers Quickly Released.

Washington. July IA cablegram
received at the state department from
Governor Magoon of Panama confirms
in a measure the report that a Col
ombian warship had seized the cap
t. ms Of two British schooners at j
point off the Colombian coast. The
governor says, however, that the COM
mander of the Colombian ship, upon
discovering that the men were British
subjects, Immediately released therI.
Further trouble is not expected
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
San DOMINGO May Get Loan.

New York, July 11.-Negotiatious
for loan 10 San Domingo are under
way and may be carried TO a success
full conclusion If a satisfactory adjust
ment Of that country's involved
finances is arrived at San Domingo'e
secured debt is estimated at $4,000.
Ooo. TO effect the loan the secured
debt will have to be materially re-
duced. while it's unsecured debt viii
have to be wiped out entirely.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
Van SAINT Adds to His Fleet.

st. Paul, July 11.-Former Governor
Van SAINT, who for he greater part
of his life has beer engaged in upper
Mississippi river traffic, has demon
strated his faith in his statement that
the era of the rivers greatness is
just dawning by yesterday awarding
contracts for two new steamers to be
added to his feet.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18

lous parts of The united kingdom.
Replying TO speeches of preservation,
entered on political re
Prospect. Abiding 10 the charge that
he had often changed his opinions, he
quoted William E. Gladstone, who
once said that change was a sign of
life and that it was only the dead who
remained the same.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
Banker and Lumberman Dies.

Oshkosh. Wis, July 10.-John r.
Morgan, aged 75. prominent lumber
man and banker, is .dead. He was
president of the Morgan company
which conducts a large sash and door
factory here, and was also vice-presi-
dent of the National Union bank
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
CHAMBERLAIN AT SEVENTY.
Birthday Celebrated by Presentation
of Addresses.

Birmingham, July 10.-The celebra-
ton of Joseph Chamberlain's attain
ment of 70 years was continued last
night when 10000 persons assembled
in Bingley hall 10 witness the presen-
tation of 120 addresses Of apprecia-
ton of Chamberlain political ser
vices. The addresses came from var
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
BIG YIELD TO WISCONSIN.
inheritance Tax on BoiIman Estate Is
$1,155.

Sheboygan, Wis, July 10.-The will
of Ernest Bollman of Calumet, Mich,
has been probated in Judge Krez's
court and the state receives $1,155 as
an inheritance tax. The value of the
estate is over 100000 and consists
of property in Wisconsin. Michigan
and Dakota. The amount of property
taxable in this state is $77,S6S. There
is considerable other property in the
state in bonds and securities that will
amount to over 100000.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
Young Broker Suicides.

New York, July 10.--Norman G. Leo
pold. a young broker, killed himself
in a room in the Waldorf Astoria
hotel. some time yesterday Finan-
cial difficulties are supposed to have
caused him to commit suicide.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
DOGS BITE FATAL
Animal Killed Three Cows and One
Horse in Shawano County.

TIT % IF' ~" ''-1''0
Oshkosh, Wis, July 11.-From the
bite of dog, supposed to be suffering
from rabies a brother of Andrew
Mongle of this city is now in danger
of losine his life He is at the Pasteur
institute in Chicago. Three Of his
cows and one horse have died as a
result of the bites of the same animal.
Mr. Mongle's brother lives on farm
near Aniwa, Shawano county, The
state veterinarian has been notified.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
HATEFUL FAMILIES FIGHT.
Feud in Indian Territory Results i
Three Fatalities.

Muskogee, l. T., July 10.-Ernes,
and Pleas Hubbard are dead and Reu
ben Kirby is fatally injured as the re-
suit of pitched battle near West
vile, I. T., yesterday between mem
bers of the Hubbard and Kirby fam
lilies, which have been keeping alive q
feud for several months. Winchesters
and pistols were used by both fac
lions.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18

WOMANs RELIEF CORPS MEETS
% alternate Saturday afternoons.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
UPHOLDS GRAIN LAW.
Circuit Judge Parish Decides for Wis
consin Commission.

Superior, Wis, July 10.-Judge Par
ish of the circuit court at Ashland, IN
a decision in the case of Gregory,
Cook & Co. versus the Wisconsin
Grain and Warehouse commission,
holds that the grain law is valid and
dismissed the action brought to pre-
vent the use of mill scales by state
inspection officials.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18

vIRooUA CHAPTER, r. A. NJ, MEE1Q
every Second and Fourth Wednesday u
each month
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18

W. c. +. U.-MEETs FIRST rHURsDAx
81 se.'h month at Q .. N.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18

vIRoQUA CHAPTER, o. e. g., MEETS
sscond Tuesday Of each month In Masoz4
Hall.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18

vIRooUA K. o. T. NJ. - MEETS 90
fvsry Monday evening In Allisnce Hall, e
ffSo. .. N.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18

vlRUoUA CANTON-PAT RCHs MIA
A each month.