Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-11-20
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At Pana, Ill, the jury in the case OF
John Collier, charged with killing his
father-in-law, Alphonse Jolly, returned
a verdict Of not guilty.
The Union National bank. the Oldest
in Oakland, California, was closed.
The officers claim they we're taking ad
vantage of legal holiday.
Money stringency resulted in the
closing of the large mill of the Ed
ward Hines Lumber company at Iron
River and $500 men are idle.
In New York six persons were badly
injured and traffic was blocked as a
result of the collision of two elevated
trains loaded With passengers.
At Paris Henry Farnam successfully
accomplished the feat of flying kilo.
meter with an aeroplane and returning
to the point of departure with the ma.
! chine under perfect control.
Representatives of the switchmen's
i union and a special committee of
general managers of western railroads
met in Chicago to discuss the demand
for six cents an hour increase of
wages.
Lazard Freres of New York engaged
two and half million gold for i'm
port The National City bank cancel
led the engagement for one million
made in London last week. Total en-
gagements to date $54,aOO,00O.
At Danvile. Va, the federal grand
jury began an extensive In
yestigation of alleged gigantic frauds
by various bonded distilleries in this
/ section and collision of storekeepers,
! gaugers, and government employees.
Commissioner of Health Evans OF
Chicago issued an order that all mem.
/ bers of the football team of Chicago
University be vaccinated Immediately.
Two students of the university were
taken to the isolation hospital suffer
! ing with smallpox.
President Roosevelt witnessed an
exhibition of Japanese wrestling by
Mr.. Hitaehiyama. champion japanese
and his assistant. The bout was ar
ranged by the Japanese ambassador
and was Witnessed by number Of the
presidents friends.
Three million of gold was
carried through the streets of Chicago
in four wagons guarded by so police.
men. The gold was transferred from
the sub-treasury to the First National
bank and constituted the largest
single draft ever made upon the sub.
treasury.
At Trenton, N. j., application was
made to the United States court for
the appointment of receiver for the
consolidated Arizona Smelling com,
pany and Arizona Smelling company
The application was made by Frank
L. Croker Of New York, who charges
insolvency. The companies are capital
lied at $17,0O00O0.
Upon motion of Mrs. Emily Hin
president of the Cook county, Illinois
W. c. T. u, memorial to congress
was ordered drafted by the national
women's christian temperance union
asking that body to forbid the sale oil
liquor on the lakes and rivers Of the
country and the United States coast
waterways.
A pool in which the largest copper
consumers Of Europe are represented
was recently formed in London and
has purchased fifty thousand tons oil
copper at price slightly above the
prevailing price in the market. The
copper is to be delivered in November
and December. The amount involved
is s15.000,00O.
Miss Eta Mclean, stenographer re
Gently arrested in Chicago on a charge
OF stealing papers from the of1ce o.
the United States district attorney, re
lating to the prosecution Of John. r
Walsh, former president of the Chi
cago National bank was released or
her own cognizance. The trial OF
Walsh begins today.
Alive, unhurt, but in a darkness thai
never win be lifted, Michael McCabe
miner, is waiting certain death By
starvation, 500 feet below the surface
OF Draper colliery near Washington
City, Pa. While McCabe was at work
he fred blast that blew away one Of
the mine pillars. He fed in the wrong
direction and got into a blind shaft.