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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-23
ASHLAND FOR CITY PLANT.
Vote Favors MunieipalizstIon oil
LIGHTING system.

LIYHtIHEY OyotSF!Es
Ashland, Wis, Jan. 16-The PEG
pie voted at a special election yes
terday to in favor o the city
owning and operating it's own light
ing plant The Ashland Lighting
company has waged an exceptionally
hard battle against the plan, pub
lished a special morning daily for 10
days, imported an expert writer from
New York to take charge of the
newspaper campaign, which has been
characterized by much bitterness, and
feeling has run high.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-23
NEGRO SUBJECT
NEARLY FINISHED
SENATORS THINK A VOTE is IN
SIGHT.
FOR MILD INVESTIGATION
Foraker Will Probably Get an Agree
able Substitute Through-Date
Fixed for Eulogies of Late II. C.
Adams February 24-Reprimand
for Hitchcock.

Washington, Jan l7.-lne senate
leaders regard the end of the Browns
vile discussion in sight, and it is con
fidently expected that a compromise
resolution offered by Senator Foraker
just before the close OF yesterdays
session Will be adopted The sub
stitute is as follows:
Resolved, that the committee on
military affairs is hereby authorized
and directed by subcommittee or
otherwise TO take and have printed
testimoy for the purpose of ascer-
tanning all the facts with reference to
or connected with the ARRAY at
Brownsville, Texas, the night of Au-
gust IS, 1906 The committee is auth
orized to send for persons and pa
pers, to administer oaths, sit during
sessions Of the senate, and if deemed
advisable at Brownsville or elsewhere.
The expenses of the investigation are
to be paid out of the contingent fund
OF the senate"
The language of the provision is
satisfactory TO Senator Lodge and
other supporters of the administra-
ton in the matter of the discharge
of the negro troops, and it is be-
lieved by the senators that it will be
quite unanimously accepted.
The feature of the debate yesterday
was an arrangement by Senator Car
mach of REPUBLICAN senators wuo
have criticised the president for his
action in the Brownsville matter. He
regarded it as an attempt to de
throne" the president as the leader
of the party, and declared that either
the president must be renominated
or the platform on which he stood re-
turned to the democrats. Senators
Stone Money and Knox followed,
each unfolding the authority OK the
president to take the action lie did
and favoring an investigation Of the
facts connected with the Brownsville
ARRAY.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-23
SlGSBEE RETIRED.
Hero of the Maine Disaster Reaches
Resting AGE.

Washington, Jan. 17.-Rear Admiral
Sigsbee. who commanded the battle
ship Maine when that vessel was
blown up in the harbor of Havana in
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-23
NEW HOSPITAL FOR wAusAu.
Permission 20 Bulld Granted to Sisters
Of the Divine Savior.

Wausm. Wis Jan. 1.-THE Sisters
of the Divine Savior will erect a $780,
00n hosplta this year. Permission
was granted yesterday by the mother
horse OF the order at Rome. The new
building win be erected on Maple
Hill. a beautiful site overlooking the
city
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-23
THOUSAND
LIVES. LOST
LATER REPORTS SHOW DISASTER
MORE TERRIBLE.
SHIPS RUSH TO RELIEF
War Department Takes Prompt Ac-
tion, not Waiting for Full Authority
Homeless People Number 9o,GoG
Famine Imminent as Aftermath
Of Earthqual c and Fire.

ST. Thomas, D. w. l., Jan. IRE
ports received heae from Jamaica say
that II is estimated that 1000 persons
have been killed by the earthquake
and fire and that 10000 persons are
homeless. The damage to Kingston
alone is placed at fully S1o.oou,oo0.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-23
clW omoeA
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

q l0tSo q. n. and 1880 p. n each sabhAeA
RYnday school at II IN Prayer meetings @
SAnPsday EVENING"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-02
HEART IN WRONG PLACE
Organ in Right Side and
Works Physicians
Make Study.

New York, Nov. 2.-"Let me examine
your heart" said DIR. Heitlinger In
Bellevue hospital when James McCabe,
a driver. was brought to him suffering
from shock, the result OF kick from
a horse.
Producing his stethoscope, the physi-
clan applied it in the customary fash
ion, when McCabe exclaimed: That's
not the right side, doc"
Yes, it is" replied DR.. Heitlinger;
its the left side
That's whay 1 say" continued the
patient; its not the right side, It's
the wrong side, the left side. You
want the right side If you want to find
my heart"
Looking at the patient in surprise
the physician saw that he was in
earnest, and having failed to hear any
thing on the left side he shifted the
instrument to the right side, or the
wrong side, and there, sure enough
McCabe's heart was pumping away nor
mally.
At the invitation OF the physician
McCabe said he would attend a clinic
some day and undergo a further exam
nation as a physiological curiosity.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-02
STORK WINS POSTOFF|CE
President Captivated by
Forty Births in One Week
Among 300 Families.

Burlington, n. j.. Nov. 2.-Roebling's
aversion to race suicide has won the
two year old manufacturing city a
postoffice in record time.
Less than a fortnight ago the citi-
zens filed petition with the presi-
dent asking for the annulment Of
rural postal delivery in their town and
the substitution of a postoffice OF their
own.
When the delegation that took the
petition informed the president that
there had been births in nine-tenths
of the 500 families since the place was
established, there was no doubt of the
ultimate action on the petition. and
the appointment of A. L Major as post
master of the new office beat some of
the petitioners home.
Forty-two births in the last week
keeps this city TO the front as the
champion stork community Of the state
There has not been a day in the last
month without at least two such cases.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-02
ENGAGEMENT BROKEN !?
Action of Miss Townsend
Towards Nobleman is the
Cause Of Rumor.

Washington, D. c., Nov. 2-The an
nouncement that Mrs. Townsend and
Miss Townsend have delayed their re-
turn to Washington until late in the
season is taken to mean that the re-
ported engagement between Mis- Town
send and the duke de Alba of Spain is
off. 1t is declared in the event Of their
marriage Mrs. Townsend would have
returned here to have the ceremony
take place at her palatial home on
Massachusetts avenue
This romance, in which the hero is
nephew Of the former Empress
Eugene of France and the head 81
one Of the oldest houses of the Snan-
ish nobility, and the heroine the hand
soonest and richest girl in Washing
ton society, began two years ago In
Paris, where the duke was presented
to Mrs. Townsend and her daughter al
the Spanish embassy.
EmiSsary on Finances.
The Spanish nobleman at once paid
court to Miss Townsend. who received
his attentions with favor, but no en-
gagement came about or was even ru-
mored until the return of the Town
sends to Washington. Senior Riano.
VIM spent HNe or SIX years In America
as secretary of the Spanish legation.
assured his countryman Of the social
and financial standing of Mrs Town
send.
On their return to Washington after
his visit the duke is said to have sent
his agent to American to confirm
Senior Ramos report. He reported
that the American widows income
never exceeded $3.50 600 a year and.
furthermore. that W. L Scott. her
father. had tied up his estate so that
it could not be dissipated By his de-
scendants of the present generation.
Duke Devoted, but Needs Money.
The duke de Alba professed the
deepest devotion TO Miss Townsend,
but pathetically assured her mother
that an annual income Of 100000 was
the least that he could accept for his
title and encountered estates.
Some persons believe Mrs. Townsend
may yet sacrifice four-1fths Of her in
come to secure her daughter one OF
the best titles now on the matrimonial
market.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-02
Hnbeas Corpus limited.
Flshhawk Gives un prev.

Aleck Canova brought three-pound
trout TO the Record office the other
morning and gave a very inter
esting description Of the manner
in which it was caught. His son
Frank observed a big fshhawk
swoop down on the fish near
Bar Greek. about a mile and a half
north of town, and noted that the
fish was of very respectable size. He
watched the big bird until it lowered
almost overhead, but within close
range. and he picked up a stone and
with splendid accuracy hurled the
missile at the hawk, striking it. The
bird dropped the trout and Frank
ran forward and took charge of It.
The head was torn open, but the body
was uninjured except for the pune
lures made by the talons Of the
hawk.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-02
WATER WALL is BROKEN;
50 HOMES WRECKED
Cloudburst in California
Takes 800 Cattle
to Sea.
VAST PLANTATIONS ARE RUINED
News of Hurricane and Miraculous
Escape of Oct. IA, Comes
Through Survivor.

San Francisco. Nov. IA hurricane
|or great violence. accompanied by a
cloudburst that sent wall of water
twenty feet high from the summit
or San Lazaro county tearing through
the valley into the sea, caused a loss OF
score of human lives, the wrecking
or half a hundred houses and swept
away SOC cattle at San Jose del Cabo.
or the southernmost end of the PENN
suia of Lower California. on the night
OF October 4. News Of the catastrophe
was received by the steamer Curacao.
arriving this afternoon from the Mex
lean coast.
Mrs. Carrie Garcia, a passenger on
the Curacao, was miraculously saved
from death in the flood, with other
members of her family. but witnessed
the death of others, and tells a graphic
story of the storm and cloudburst. of
the efforts made to save women and
children. and of the great devastati ton
wrought by the waters that without
warning roared down the whole width
of the valley at a time when nearly all
the inhabitants of the neighborhood
were asleep in their beds.
Amy Escape Seems Miraculous.
The hurricane was bad enough" said
Mrs. Garcia, but 1t was nothing to
compare with that terrible wall OF
water that swept away the houses and
their occupants. How any of the peo-
pie escaped is more than 1 can under
stand, for most of the houses were
ra Their fragile and collapsed immedi-
ately after being struck by the food.
Yet afterward 1 saw members OF the
families from some of those houses and
heard from their own lips how they
were overcome and still managed to
scramble out of it all on fragments of
wreckage, half head and many of them
with bruised and broken limbs.
My own house fortunately was sit
uated on ground higher than most of
the others, but still within reach of the
water, which invaded the lower rooms
and caught us before we could escape
We were in the whirling flood, in the
darkness, for perhaps ten minutes. UP
to our necks, and frightened almost to
death. To make things worse, pigs and
chickens and other domestic animals
were laundering about all around us
and a few of them were carried into
upper windows of the houses and left
there by the falling water.
Family of Seven Drown in House
i ne worst thlhg saW-lt Will never
be effaced from my memory-was the
drowning of the entire Marcos family
Of seven. They were neighbors of ours
their house being a little lower in the
valley. 1t was crushed like an eggsheIl
and whirled away into the sea. Not a
single member of the family was seen
again. They were probably drowned
before they could fully awake to their
danger. but 1t would have been hopeless
for them in any event on account of the
location of their house. Their loss
seemed more than all else, and yet they
were only one of the families that We're
killed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-02
COVERED BY 1870 TONS.
Nubian in an Eighteen Hour
Struggle Through Ava
lanche of Coal.

New York. Nov. IA black Moham-
mendan Nubian. Mohammet RachauI.
who arrived here last Tuesday aboard
the date laden steamship Umvoti. is at
Ellis island recovering from an eigh-
teen hour struggle for life in the coal
bunkers Of the tramp freighter His
finger nails are gone and his eyes are
so badly inflamed that the Marine hos
pital doctors are undecided whether he
has trachoma or whether is ailment is
due to the smOothering steam coal
which overwhelmed him just after he
boarded the Umvoit at Port Said. He
had slowed away in the bunkers and
coal struck him and did not wake him
up.
Begins Digging His Way Ont.
When he recovered a bit from the
shock he found a number or tons on
top of him and began toiling upward
through the suffocating dust The ship
was eighteen hours out OF Port Said
when some of the coal passers heard
Mohammet's mufled cries Every man
who could be spared was put to shovel
ing coal TO discover who it was that
was appealing from the depths for de-
liverance. The shovelers worked as
they never had in their lives and final
ly uncovered a black specter that
startled them. Mohammet didn't know
then that he had been rescued
Gives Thanks to Allah.
In digging out he had lost con-
seriousness. He was carried on deck,
where he revived. He spoke nothing
but Arabic. and gave thanks in that
language to Allah for his deliverance
His flesh, from his head to his feet.
was lacerated and bruised, and his
clothing, which had some barbaric pic
turesqueness at first, was torn to
shreds
He got a suit from the slop chest
Of the ship after his most serious
wounds had been bound up. and later
he was set to doing light work about
the craft Purser Lee OF the Umvoti
says that $50 tons of coal were shifted
before the Nubian was uncovered
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-02
CLAIMS SITE OF CITY.
Cincinnati Built on Land
Granted to Washington
Heirs Want It.

Washington. D. c., Nov. Ito re-
cover some little parcels OF real estate
given by two grateful governments TO
George Washington about 100 years
ago and worth, at the present time.
hundreds Of millions of dollars. are
the object Of proceedings started for
mally today by the heirs at law of the
father Of his country
After an undisturbed rest Of nearly
a century in the circuit court Of Fair
fax county. Virginia, the Washington's
estate has been reopened by the APP
pcintment of an administrator for the
undistributed assets which consist of
this almost forgotten land which he
possessed.
Heirs-at-Law Bring SUIT.
The appointment was made upon the
application of Lawrence Washington
and S. w. Washington. heirs-at-law OF
George Washington. Robert Z. Lee of
Fairfax county was appointed aminis-
traitor. He is a grandson of General
Robert f. Lee and a great grandson
OF Lighthouse" Harry Lee, General
Washingtons chief Of staff
The land which the heirs seek to
recover is situated in Ohio. and is fully
described in Washingtons will. 1t ag-
gregates nearly 10000 acres and in
cludes practically all the land on which
the city of Cincinnati is built Another
tract OF the land embraces Point Pleas
ant. the birthplace of General Grant.
while another, at the mouth of the
Kanawha river, is rich in coal and oil
deposits
Want lard or Money.
Part OF the land was granted to
Washington by the British government
as a reward for his military services
and part of 1t was granted to him by
the United States later for the same
reason The heirs who have brought
the suit scarcely hope to recover the
specific tracts of land granted to their
great forbear. since by an error all the
territory embraced in the grants has
been, at one time and another. given
to settlers.
But in default of such recovery the
heirs expect to obtain from congress a
sum of money equivalent to the value
of the land-whether its value at the
time the grant to Washington or at
the present time is not known. If
congress should award the heirs the
present value it would run up to hun
dreds of millions.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-02
DIET THAT VARIES LITTLE.
German Workmen Take Many
"Snacks" During the Day.

l was told at $50 it was time for
luncheon. writes an American tin
smith working in Leipzig. On stat
ing that l did not care to eat, he told
me that it would be better If I did no
work. so l sat down for half an hour
and watched the Others At noon we
had an hour and a half. and at four
o'clock Is minutes for lunch. It
may be Of interest to some read
ers to know what the German
eats. For his first breakfast he
generally has milk roll and
a cup of coffee. The second break
fast is almost always a slice of bread
with lard or goose oil, piece of sau-
sage or cheese and a bottle of beer.
For dinner he has two slices of bread
as above, with a herring or large
green pickle, cheese or sausage and
another bottle of beer. For lunch an
other bottle of beer and a milk roll.
For supper soup and potatoes. This
is the general variety of foods we
had for the four months I worked in
that shop. and they had it day in and
day out.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-02
The Tecl1nicaIitv-

Your honor" said the lawyer for
the prisoner. there is no course open
to you but TO dismiss the case against
my client "The evidence shows" re
piled the court, that he was caught
with his hand in the pocket of John
Jones'" Il admit that such is the Ian
guage Of the warrant and the tenor Of
the testimony" rejoined the lawyer,
but in that pocket he found an unre-
ceipted bill for the clothes Jones was
wearing. That pocket. your honor, did
not belong to Jones, but to Smith. the
tailor With an air of confidence he
awaited decision from the bench.
Did you buy m, advertised ssbargain''
yesterdayf There are more Of them
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-02
H0W'S THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. F. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo. o,
We, the undersigned, have known F.
]. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm.
Walding. Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, 0.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Testi-
monials sent free. Price 75c per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constt-
patton
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-02
MORE LAID OFF
st. Paul Road Reduces
Force in Milwaukee Plant
"Pennsy" Adds.


and employees Of the West Milwaukee
car shops OF the Chicago. Milwaukee
& St. Paul road. nearly all skilled
workmen. were laid OF indefinitely
yesterday afternoon by a. E. Man
chester superintendent OF motive
power on orders from the general Of
fees in Chicago. Several hundred
freight solicitors also were laid Off
Mr. Manchester said last night all
work in the locomotive and car build
ing departments has ceased and will
be at a standstill until conditions in
the country warrant resumption Of
work Since the fire. two weeks ago.
that destroyed the planning mill with a
loss of 100000. all but the workmen
in that department were laid of. on
pay however.
The total number OF employees at the
West Milwaukee shops has been 1000.
The order reduces this number to less
than 5000. 1t is expected the policy
OF retrnchment Will reach the work
men who remain by next week.
Pennsylvania Road Employs More.
Philadelphia. Pa. Nov. I'm con-
trast TO the action Of many other
roads. the Pennsylvania has employed
500 additional men in its shops at AL
toona- The reason given for this is
that the vast amount Of traffic makes
It necessary TO keep a larger force of
car repairers at work. At the same
time President McCrea announced that
retrenchment, wherever possible. would
be the policy of the Pennsylvania and
admitted this would delay the compile
ton of the New York tunnels and
| terminals
Reading Is Retrenching.
Reading. Pa. Nov. 2-The Reading
railroad company is curtailing ex-
penses in it's roadway department.
Thirty five laborers were discharged nj
Bridgeport and about 100 more Will be
laid OFF at Linfield. All extra hands
employed during the summer have been
suspended. The order affects $50 men.
Wage Cut In British Columbia.
Seated Wash, Nov. Grand Forks
B. c.. miners and smelter EMPLOYEES Of
the CRANKY Smelter company will have
their wages cut so cents a day. COM
mencing Nov. l. This Will effect al
the miners in the Phoenix camp. as
the British Columbia Copper company
| and Dominion Copper company VIII
make a similar cut. The Grand Forks
labor union Will decide as to whether
the men viii accept the reduction OF
| go on strike.
Air Brake Cuts Wages 10 Per Cent
Watertown, n. j., Nov. 2.-The New
York Air Brake company issued no.
tice that commencing Nov. 1 and unit
| further notice the salaries OF all EN-.
ployes from superintendent down vii
be reduced 10 per cent. The COMPANY
employs 5000 men.
Cut in Wages Of Copper Miners.
Calumet. Mich, Nov. 2.-Copper min
| ing companies yesterday ordered a cut
in wages to the basis OF two years ago
| Copper range pay rolls will be cut
per cent this month and Calumet and
Hecla's II a per cent. 1t also is as.
serted that Smelting's dividend rat,
Will be cut to a per cent basis. TIL,
! October output of the Michigan mines
was reduced considerably.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-02
Mutiny Is QueIIed.
INDIANA COAL RISES 25 CENTS

Terre Haute. Ind, Nov. 1.-The price
Of coal at the mines in Indiana was ad-
vaIlced twenty-five cents today The
rniI'es are working one-third time. and
thee IS q shortage of cars.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-02
rne Truly Great.

Nearly all the really great people
of the world have always been cour-
teous, simple and kind in manner TO
their fellow men in all stations Of life.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-02
BOAT BLOWN TO BITS
Russian Batteries Riddle
a Rebel Grew to
Death.

st. Petersburg, Nov. 1.-The torpedo
boat destroyer blown to atoms and its
rebel crew riddled to death with shrap-
mel blasts and shells from the shore
batteries, is one result of the mutiny at
Vladivostok and the subsequent attack
on the forts. says a telegram from the
scene of the revolt.
The crews of three torpedo boat de-
stroyers. the Skory, Serdity and Ire
votshny, had hoisted the red flag and
shelled the port doing considerable
damage to buildings and killing some
soldiers and civilians. The Skory. on
board of which were three revolution
airy agitators, including one woman,
took the lead in the mutiny. the crews
rising at the instance of the agitators,
killing the commander Of the boat and
wounding the other officers. who were
overpowered and confined below decks.
Rebel Boat Blown 20 Bits.
The fire Of the rebellious torpedo boat
destroyers was answered by the bat
teries ashore from the gunboat Mand-
jour and the torpedo boat destroyers
Grosovoy. Smelly. and others.
They surrounded the Skory and
poured a raking fire into her. which
battered her to pieces. exploded her
two boilers, and caused fire TO break
out on board Nearly all the mutineers
of the Skory were killed on the vessel.
The three or four survivors threw
themselves into the sea-
Mutiny Is QueIIed.
The mutiny on board the Trevot-
shiny was quelled by her own crew.
after six OF the mutineers had been
killed and six wounded.
The American who was wounded dur
ing the bombardment OF Vladivostol
by the mutinous torpedo boat DESTROY
ers IS Harry Nietert, an employee of the
Pacific Commercial company. whose
building was struck by a she'll.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-02

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