Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-11-13
DOMESTIC.

DQmES TIC.
Charles H. Rogers was convicted OF
murder at Goshen, NJ Y.
Mayor Pope of Duquoin, H., was ar
rested as an eloper in st. Louis.
Rock Island railway laid of $500
men employed in improvement work.
The navy department fixed on lie
feet as the width of the Panama locks.
Clifford S. Heinz, sen of pickle mag
nate. is said to have eloped with &
nurse.
Heirs of George Washington brought
suit for a real estate, including the
site of Cincinnati.
Condition of John Mitchell, presi-
dent Of United Mineworkers, is re-
gardad as critical.
George Gould said the s29,000,000
fine on Standard Oil scared away Eu-
ropeac investors.
Because Mrs. Lena Bradley of New
York, married a coachman, FIVE col
ieges lost 100000 each.
Raymond Hitchcock, comedian, &C.
cused by small girls. was indicted in
New York but cannot be found.
Richard Walton was sentenced to be
hanged Dec IS, for the murder Of Mrs.
Lillian White Grant, in Chicago.
Kentucky tobacco growers met
5000 strong at SheIbyviile, where they
were urged to put in no crop in 1908.
The new national organization
which will give $500 to every baby
born to its members began operation.
A financial statement showed the
jamestown exposition such a heavy
loser that a receiver win be necessary.
The New York public service com
mission will investigate the affairs OF
Senator Platt's United States Express
company.
A New Haven, Conn, banker and
lawyer declared Roosevelt is a danger
GUS force and responsible Tor the f1nan'
cial crisis.
An 100000 loan by J. W. Friend OF
Pittsburg to Mrs. Cassie Chadwick is
barred by a deposition of the late adj.
ventures.
Frank Mckee, brother of the son-in
law Of late President Harrison, was
taken to a New York hospital suffering
from hysteria.
Judge Grosscup, Receiver Sampsell,
and others were arrested in Chicago
for manslaughter as the result of a
traction wreck.
Fire destroyed the plant of the St
Anthony Milling company at st. An
thon-, Ind The loss is $4,000, with
small insurance.
Relatives of Walter F. Baker who
died at Bogota, N j., after a visit to
the New York tenderloin, believe he
was murdered.
New York retail dealers in meat
said thar there was a 10 per cent ad
vance in prices instead of the cut re
ported In Omaha.
The prohibition wave now sweeping
the nation strengthened the belief thai
the entire country. outside of large
cities. will become dry"
William Deering gave 100000 to Gar
rett Biblical institute, Chicago, to en-
able 1t to avert a crisis threatened By
a shortage in a treasury.
A suit was filed asking an injunction
to restrain the Kankakee, H., schoo
authorities from permitting priz'
fighting under the guise of football
At Elgin, Albert Holstrom, 81
years old, committed suicide by hang
ing. III health and sorrow over th'
death OF sister-in-law we're the cause
Dr. Walter p. Gillette. ex-vice-presi
dent of the Mutual Life Insurance
company, of New York, convicted o
perjury, was sentenced to six months
Imprisonment.
At Boston, William B. Everett, presi
dent of the williams & Everett com
pany, picture and fine arts dealers
committed suicide by inhaling gas
Mr.. Everett, widely known in art cir
cles, was So years Of age.
Evidently suffering from temporar
insanity, Miss Salina Cairns Of Phila
delphia, aged A years, jumped over
board at sea from the steamship Indial
while the vessel was bound from Bos
ton.