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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-27
WANTS TREPOFF To
FORM A CABINET
GAR WOULD EHHAULT GREAT
REPREssloNIsT.
BIALYSTOK ROT CEASE

Troops in Full Control and Authorities
viii Not Permit Renewal of the
Horrors-Probably 100 Jews Were
kiIled-SurviVors Tell of Horrible
outrages.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-27
ADVICE OF PRESIDENT VAN
HIsE TO GRADUATES.
SENIORS GIVE 0RATI0NS
Six Representative Members of Fin
ishing Class Present With Flo
quence-Carefully Prepared
Themes-Member of Assembly
Speaks fer the co'Ieee of Law.

The fifty-third commencement ex-
ercises at the Univ rsity of Wisconsin
were held in the university gymnas-
ium yesterday morning The com
mencement address was delivered by
President Van Hise, who spoke in part
as follows:
Members of the graduating class;
Nowadays it is in the air that men
and women must recognize their OBJ
legations to the community. This
feeling should have sunk deeply into
The souls of men and women of uni
versity training gained largely at the
expense of the state.
Doubtless many Of you think that
happiness may be attained by per
sonal success. This is natural in the
young. for youth is selfish, but as you
grow older in order that you may be
happy it will become more and more
necessary that your family and friends
are happy, that the community in which
you live is happy, that the state and
nation of which you are part are
fortunate. Many a man who does
not recognize this in youth realizes
it's truth as age increases, and often
even those who begin their lives with
no thought but to win personal sue
cess finally assist in public enter
prise. They feel that they can no
leave the world with a sustained rec
ord of selfshness, that they must Dc
something for others. and thus we have
the frequent spectacle of an elderly
man turned to a philanthropist. who
upon the road to success has ruthless
| ~ crushed the weaker along the high
way, to whom he might have lent ;
bp1n;pp hand
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-27
Pushing Legislation.

Twenty bills Of more or less general
interest passed the house under sus.
pension of the rules. Among them
were measures appropriating $4,000
for travelling expenses of the presi.
dent. which excited considerable de-
bate; providing for subdivision OF
lands entered under the reclamation
act; increasing the efficiency of the
bureau of insular affairs by comforting
the rank and pay Of brigadier general
upon the chief Of the bureau.
The house passed rule to begin
consideration of the pure food bin TO-
day and after u hours of debate vote
on the substitute to the senate brl
without intervening motion.
Must Check Clear Through.
A bill Of great 'u~orance both TO
the railroads an ttveling public
passed the house IL r suspension Of
the rules, regulating the checking OF
baggage by CT non carriers. The
bill compels aon carriers to
check baggage t. rs destination on
the transportation offered, whether In
the form of what is known as split
tickets" or the regular form OF ticket
on one line and mileage or other ticket
on another line to the destination OF
the baggage. The bill is intended to
overcome the practice Of roads which
now refuse to check baggage to its
destination where a ticket to a juno
ton point or terminal. Of one road
is offered and a mileage book or other
transportation on connecting road
to the des ination Of the baggage is
offered. The bill makes refusal on
the part Of the railroads 10 carry out
its terms a mtsdemeanor and provides
4 penalty for infTacti0n.
Wisconsin Gets Forestry Lands.
The house passed the btil granting
lands to Wisconsin for forestry pur-
poses.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-27
GERMAN VETERANS MEET.
over 1000 People Attend Convention
Hald AZ Chiffon.

Chiffon. Wis. June 2l.-More than
1000 attended the seventh annual
meeting of the Deutscher Kriegers OF
Wisconsin. Judge Wallber OF Mi
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-27
LIFE TERRIERS BOLT.

Attempt to Escape Results in Four
Deaths.
Natchez, Miss, June 2T-Four PEG.
pie are dead and one perhaps fatally
injured, all whites, as the result OF
an attempt by three life term convicts
to escape from the Angola, La, state
convict farm yesterday.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-27
A Popular Maxim MIseonstrued.

Peter Z. schram Of Madison col.
leee Of law, spoke on A Popular
Maxim Misconsfrued as follows
The average American delights In
the use Of pet phrases.-of terse,
blunt. everyday maxims. Mind your
own business" is quite popular and
typical. though Of varying shades of
meaning. In our economic affairs, on
the other hand, we have restricted
cur sphere Of activity too much.
Each year our railroads kill ten
thousand men Fifty thousand more
are MANNED crushed, and burned
Each day two coy 'Hners' homes
are bHghted by the untimely taking
away Of the father and husband, The
great manufactures about US only
reluctantly protect life. if protection
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-27
College Journalism.

F. w, Mackenzie Of Blue Mounds.
who also graduated from the col
!ege of letters and science. had as the
subject Of his GRAFTON College Jour
nalism, and smoke. briefly. as fol
lows:
no other field Of activity In the
university offers a greater opportunity
for individual thinking than the uni.
versity press 1t is a power IN the
affairs Of the university; and has been
in the past the most potent influence
for good or for bad in university life
With this potent influence should go
a realization on the part of college
students Of the grave responsibilities
placed upon them TO exalt above all
other consideration the best interests
Of the university. College journal
ism is not a college boys pastime II
is calling worthy Of the most ear
nest endeavors Of those engaged in
IT.. it should receive the sympathetic
interest of the entire university Its
value as training school for good
Judgment, original thinking. and &C
quaintance with human nature, is
equal to that Of any course on The
hill"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-27

The exercises OF commencement
closed at the gymnasium last night
Nl;h the alumni reception and BAH.
The event was attractive and exceed
ingly enjoyable. There was a large
attendance such as to make it dem.
ocatic gath ering and provide a happy
and approm late termination of the
graduation seasuc.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-27
Murder of a Child.

At the Bialystok railway station,
where the mob searched the trains for
Jews, a rioter seized a 5-year-old girl
by the throat and held her at arm's
length until she strangled to death.
Little children seemed to take pleas.
ure in pointing out the hiding places
of Jews. Mutilated corpses, swarming
with flies, were left lying about the
streets in some cases for days.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-27
Wisconsin Gets Forestry Lands.

The house passed the btl granting
lands to Wisconsin for forestry pur-
poses
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
YEARS HOT DAY =.
RECORD AT NOON
Government Mercury at 91-Hot
Wave Luckily Postponed
One Day. - '~..,s

;, Greater hardship and greater mortal.
1ty would have marked the e. A. r
parade had it been held today instead
OF yesterday. This is the hottest day
Minneapolis has experienced this sum
merc; While the aged survivors Of the
civil war were making their triumphal
progress thru the city yesterday the
highest mark touched by the weather
bureau thermometer was 10 degrees at
l pm. Today at the same hour the
same thermometer registered 81 degrees.
Some merciful impulse must have
promted Old Sol to withhold his rays
while the veterans made their slow and
steady march over the streets which to-
day are shimmering with the heat. The
awful score of heat prostrations and
deaths which would have been run up
had the hot weather arrived one day
earlier would have been appalling.
Many veteran who taxed his strength
to the utmost and was barely able 10
totter past the reviewing stand yes
terday, would have fallen under today g
scorching sun.
Today started warm, with tenn
perature Of 70 degrees ats am. The
hourly temperatures, official, from that
time to l am. were: 6 am, r. de-
gree geessii 7 am, 7s,; 8 am, IS; 8 an,
PM, 81; The maximum tempera.
ture for this day last year was u
degrees. r.:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
POSTWAR IS KILLED .~
ON TROLLEY TRACKS

G.. L. Anderson, substitute mail
carrier, was found dying on the street
railway right Of way east Of Hopkins
shortly before midnight. -
Both the man s. legs had been cut
off and he had lain on the tracks some
time before workmen found him. He
was placed on car and hurried to
the Russell hospital, Hennepin avenue
and Thirty first street, but he died lust
as he was being taken into the build
ing
The only means Of Identification was
his badge, bearing the number .253. It
was identified by persons at the post.
office as Anderson g badge. -
No one seems to know how the acct
dent occurred, but it is thought that
Anderson was clinging to the back Of
one of the crowded cars and fell off.
Stunned by the fall, he was unable to
get up and another car ran over him.
The body was taken to the county
morgue and today was turned over Is
the relatives. ~ 5S ~ -2s@"=
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
SOFT. LOCKS ARE
DEEMED TOO SMALL
COMMERCIAL BODIES PROTEST TO
GOVERNMENT ENGINEERS.
Private Firm Constructing Power Dam
at Keokuk Proposes Accommodations
for River Traffic Which Shippers Be-
heve Wholly Inadequate for Present
and Future Commerce.

Shall the possibilities Of the Missis-
sippi for navigation be limited to the
needs Of present traffic, or shall the
locks at Keokuk be made large enough
to accommodate the vast tonnage that
is expected to 90 by the water route
when the river channel has been. i'm
proved7 ,e#~ ~:
The question is one of vital interest
to Minneapolis, and it is live issue
right now. A board of army engineers
held hearing at Rock. Island Monday
be placed in the new power dam at
Keokuk: The Keol8uk & Hamilton
Water Power development company
which has, the franchise from, the. gov:
eminent, wants to put in locks $50 feet
long by 80 feet wide, which is the width
Of the present canal and locks by which
boats pass the Keokuk rapidssy!. -.
Business Men Protest.
At the hearing a vigorous protest was
made by the business imen interested in
improving navigation. They were
headed by Thomas Wilkinson Of Bur.
ington, president Of the Upper Missis
sippi River Improvement association
who took the ground that the upper
Mississippi should have locks Of the
standard size of the Ohio. The ':Ohio
locks are 600 feet long and ITO wide,
Smaller locks will accommodate the
business that now is handled, but Mr.
Wilkinson maintained that the $4,000.
600 improvement should be constructed
for the future. v o.: =: =
The law granting this company right
to build and maintain the dam pro
vides that it must furnish accommodate
tions for present and prospective river
traffic. It would be an immense ex.
pense to widen the locks after they are
built, so they should be put in now on
scale large enough to handle the
tonnage Of flour, coal, lumber, cotton
and other freight that will 90 by water
when the six-foot channel is attained.
Dam Must Be Benefit.
The Keokuk dam is the first one the
government has allowed private parties
to construct that interferes with navi-
CATION, and the understanding has been
that the dam should be an assistance
rather than a hindrance If it is to give
TO better lock service than the present
canal, then the people will not be ben
Gifted.
President Wilkinson has called the
attention of A. L. Croker, the Mime
sapolis member Of the association IS ex-
ecutive committee. He will lay it be-
fore the Commercial club and the
Chamber of Commerce for action. Min
neapolis has a big interest in the i'm
provement of the river on large scale,
and will no doubt protest vigorously
against limiting the accommodations
for river traffic to the needs of pres
emit business.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
PICKP0CKETS SECURE
H.. CASH FROM VISITORS

:. In spite Of the immense crowds on
the. streets yesterday the pickpockets
had a quiet day, and few losses were
reported to the police. =
F. Q. stebbins, Covington, ILL.,, was
robbed Of his pocketbook on Sixth
street, near Nicollet. It contained pa
pers and about $50 in cash.
Mrs: F. H: Witt, Al Eighth street s,
lost $l1 on Nicollet avenue.
Mrs. Hannah Smith Of Sherbourne,
n. Y, told the police that her hand.
bag, containing SIS, had been taken
from her on Como Harriet car. -
More than fifty detectives were scat
tered thru the crowds Yesterday. and
every man who made suspicious move
was taken to headquarters and exam
med. V. Dale and Thomas O'Neil were
arrested by Detectives Lawrence and
Shortman, and William Boysworth was
taken. in by Detective Joseph Rhoades.
The men could not give good &C.
count Of themselves.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
TOO GREAT HEAT
FOR SOME Vets
SEVERAL EXHAUSTED MEN oCUu.
Ply HOSPITAL COTS TODAY
No Very Serious Cases Noted Yet
People Injured or Exhausted Yester-
day Have Recovered or Are on the
Road There.

Intense heat and the excitement Of
the encampment compelled several Of
the veterans to retire from tn field for
time today.
The men were noticed, however. al
soon as they dropped, and were hur-
ried to the emergency hospitals, where
they were soon revived. There were
no serious cases, but many Of the cots
were occupied.
]. NJ. LEVEL Of Forest City, Iowa,
was found wandering about the street
at O'CLOCK this morning. He had be-
come i'll because of the heat and left
his room to seek the cool air of the
streets. He recovered after a few
hours rest and was able to rejoin his
comrades.
Thomas H. Wilbur of Pittsburg. Pa,
was overcome with heat and was taken
to the hospital in an auto. His case
was more serious than the others, but
he will recover.
7. B. Rockefeller, Laurel, Ind, be-
came exhausted while walking with his
comrades and was taken to the emer-
gency hospital. He was revived in
few minutes.
E. B. More Of Chicago slipped on the
West hotel steps and fell to the side
walk, iniuring his leg. He was taken
to his room, where be will be confneds
Tor fe wdays.
:, Several men went to the hospitals
thus forenoon and asked permission to
lie down for a few moments until they
regained thei rstrength. This permits
sion was granted in every case and
many a veteran was strengthened in
this way.
OF the fifty or more persons who
were injured or fell exhausted during
the great jam on the downtown streets
during the G. A. R. parade yesterday
all but two or three have completely
recovered and the others are improving
rapidly.
EARLY today the physicians and at
tendants at the ten emergency hospitals
were able to take their first real rest.
Up to clock there was not a patient
in either hospital. Some of the men
and women who were overcome with
heat or exhausted were kept in the
wards all night and discharged early
today. Many Of the Red Cross men
themselves are in worse condition az
q result Of their strenuous work for
the past three days than the majority
OF the persons they cared for.
Those who were painfully injured
will probably leave the hospitals today.
E. T. Steckel Of Atlanta, Ind, is re-
covering from convulsion at the city
hospital.
Mrs. Ryan, who tainted at the Or
leans hotel and fell against the stove,
is reported out Of danger.
John Foster, who was jabbed in the
eye with a pipestem in the hands of
drunken man, is at st. Barnabas hos
pital. The physicians now think they
can save his sight.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16

much as that proceeding is in accord
ance with the Instructions given you
by; the last legislature in Joint resolu-
ton. chapter $50, laws 1905, as fol
lows:
orEer Is Plain.
The railroad and warehouse COM
take the work Of securing a readjust-
ment Of the existing freight rates in
this state, which will give a more uni
form system Of rates turnout the state
and a uniform scale Of percentages
which each class rate shall bear to the
irst class, the readjustment to secure
substantial reduction in the existing
merchandise rates.
"There is no reason for presuming
that the inquiry being conducted before
you will result in any injustice to the
railroad companies concerned; if it
should, the courts are open to them for
the purpose Of having such corrected
and they. should be willing to abide by
the decision Of the same tribunal which
passes not o9ly upon every :conceivable
zen, but upon questions of life and
death. -. -
1T is a startling and audacious pro
posal, that your board should forbeal
continuing an inquiry which you hao
commenced pursuant to Legislative in
structions, and the suggestion made or
behalf of railroads other than the three
making the proposal-that such re
duction would disturb their rates-it
equally .preposterous. The people OF
one portion of the state should not con
tinue to pay excessive rates in order
that the symmetry Of the rates in force
upon some other road, in some Other
portion Of the state or in other states
should be maintained.
Go After Railroads.
ct request, therefore, that you take
such means as may be available, and al
the attorney general Of this state may
advise you are efficient, for the purpose
Of securing to the people Of this state
the reduction in rates upon coarse
grains by the three roads I have men
toned, pending the decision Of the
board upon the question Of merchan
disc rates, nor should such reduction
be LIMITED nn 1o TO shipments men J.. originating
or if you should be advised that such
the present inquiry be so enlarged az
to include not only the propriety Of the
present rates on merchandise, but also
commodity rates in this state gener
allyr
"In conclusion, desire to assure yor
Of my hearty cooperation in any effort
you may make to secure more equal ar
just railroad rates to the people Of this
state. Very respectfully,
0"J. A; johnson, .,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
August rs, 1905.
RAILROADS SCORED
= ON THE COMPROMISE
Governor johnson Directs Railway Commission to Orde,
4 Reduction Of Grain Rate. and to Proceed
! #l With Merchandise Hearing

] Governor j. A. Johnson, in COM
munication today to the state railway
and warehouse commissioners. calls
upon them to insist that the railroads
Immediately grant the 10 per cent re-
duction offered on grain rates in order
that farmers may benefit by it for
this falls crop; but at the same time
he informs the commission that it
should not grant the proposed COM
promise of agreeing, in view Of the
grain rate reduction; to permit q con.
tinuance of present general merchan-
disc rates in the state.
Governors Letter.
Governor Johnson's Communication
is as follows:
ITO the Board Of Railway and Ware
house Commissioners
Gentlemen: It the statements con-
corning the recent transactions before
your honorable body, in the matter of
the rate hearing, are correctly reported,
think an opportunity is afforded you
Of securing immediate and considerable
benefit to a large portion Of the peo-
pie of this state.
"It appears that on the 18th inst.
accredited Representatives Of three rail
way companies appeared before you
and proposed to reduce the rates on
wheat and coarse grains shipped from
all points in the state Of Minnesota, in
excess Of 100 miles from the terminals
OF their respective systems, 10 per cent
from the tariffs now in force
,"The proposal was, however, coupled
with the: condition that the merchan-
disc rates under discussion. 40 far as
they relate to the tariffs now in force
on said lines of railway, shall con
tinue in force and the proceedings with
reference to the same shall be dis
missed .
Lower Grain Rates.
"It further appears that representa-.
tives Of other roads objected to the &C.
ceptance Of this proposal by the com.
mission, upon the ground that the effect
would be to disturb the rates on their
roads. --=r--' H.,
IL think every one must agree that
you were clearly right in refusing to
entertain the proposal Of the three COM
panies, but the fact Of it's having been
made and the manner in which it was
presented, suggests to my mind that we
should be able to secure reduced rates
on grain before the present crop is
moved, without in any manner inter
fering with the general investigation
OF rates now being made by your board.
"By their own statement the three
companies can afford to make ma
terial reduction in grain rates, and
they should be compelled to do it with
out delay. - ~
quiry into rates. be suspended could
not, Of course, be entertained, mas
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16

Seventh and hennepin.
Mime apolIs'
Great Marketing Place.
Telephone s..
N. W. Nicollet sc. T. G. &c.

Whether you telephone your order,
leave your order personally for deliv-
cry, or take your purchases along
with you you'll find absolute salts
faction. We carry no shoddy goods,
and no matter how ridiculous our
prices may seem, you'll never seq
quality sacrificed.
Our Zone Hundred' Brand of Flour
Is absolute -four perfection per
cent pure-tests 100 per cent-guaran-
teed equal to any of the best brands Of
flour on the market and better than any
other private brand. On sale Friday.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
MANY STAY IN MINNESOTA
Not All of the Visitors in MINNEAPOLIS
Will Leave This Week.

Those visiting friends and relatives
in, the city will remain longer, MANY Of
them the full thirty days allowed on
encampment transportation. It is esti-
mated that this portion of the visiting
multitude numbers at least 10000.
Many who, came here as visitors or
mere idle sightseers will adopt the city
as a permanent home. Others have
scattered thru the state to the smaller
cities and towns and have found onnor-
tunities to their liking. It is estimated
that at least $4,000 who came as visit.
ors will remain in Minneapolis or in
the state. ~ $3.50" =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
THREE SUMMONED
BY DEATHS CALL
One Heat Prostitution and Two
Sudden Deaths Keep the
Coroner Busy. . u

One sudden death and the finding Of
two dead bodies under suspicious cir
cumstances kept the police and coroner
on the run today, and detectives are
still Investigating reports that one of
the men met with foul play.
Charles A. Foley's Fall.
The dead body of Charles A. Foley
was found at noon in the basement Of
Charles E. Ersin's saloon, 100 Henne-
pin avenue. Investigation showed that
death had resulted from fractured
skull and a broken neck, probably sus-
tanned in a fall down the stairs leading
to the basement.
Foley was driver for the Salvation
Army for a time, but left the army two
weeks ago and has been out Of employ.
ment since. He is supposed to have
started down stairs looking for place
to sleep.
The dead mans home, according to
Salvation Army officials, is at 10 Sum-
mer street, Boston, Mass. The coroner
is investigating the case.
Unknown Man Drowned.
The body Of an unidentified man was
found today in the Mississippi river at
the small island near the Soldiers
home, at Minnehaha park.
The men who saw the body floating
in the water fastened It with a rope
and notified the police Of both cities.
By some mistake both the Ramsey and
Hennepin county morgue keepers start
ed after the body. It was learned lat
er, however, that the island is in Ram
sey county and the body will probably
be taken to st. Paul.
The body appears to be that Of man
about SO years old.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
Frank Lindquist Drops Dead.

Frank Lindquist, employed by the s.
R. Skies Rubber company, 915 Wash
ington avenue S, dropped dead while
working at one Of the machines today.
Other workmen in the place saw him
fall and rushed to help him, but death
came instantly. The body was removed
to the county morgue and then turned
over to the family for burial. Death
was due to heart failure.
Lindquist was 40 years old. He lived
with his family at 1713 Central avenue.