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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-12-04

was so complete that II seemed sncsa-
ceivable that any one could have e..
capped alive. Twenty-one were killed
outright. including several Of the ser.
wants who were in the act of serving
dishes to the late car, seated with his
wife and his children at dinner. Grand
Duchess Olga's nurse was found. with
her skull shattered, holding tightly
clasped in her arms the child. whose
only injury, beyond the terrible shock
to her nervous system was caused ~
dinner fork, the prongs of which
hao penetrated deeply into her arm.
Alexander Ill also sustained some
slight injuries, but the present EN-.
peror, then a lad of 20, suffered no
harm at all / need hardly add that
the destruction Of the imperial train
at Borki was nothing more nor less
than a carefully organized attempt to
wipe out of existence at one blow the
late emperor and all his children. for
no more deadly spot could have been
selected FOR the purpose than that
where the wreck took place.
Then there was that attempt upon
the life of tire present czar in Japan,
when a crazeo aid fanatic Japanese
ex-roble struck at him with one Of
those terrible old two-handed Japanese
swords, the blades of which are SO
keen and so finely tempered that they
will slice without effort silken hand
kerchief thrown upon it in the air,
and cut through tissue and bone, in
flicting the most frightful wounds.
Nicholas, thanks to the Intervention OF
his cousin, Prince George of Greece,
who hit the would-be assassin a terri
fic blow On the head with his heavy
walking stick, escaped with glancing
wound ON the head. Had the sword
struck true and had it not been for
Prince Georges interference, it mHst
have cleft the head of Nicholas to the
chin.
Then, two years ago, when the en-
peror, the empress and his other re-
latvies were presiding at the cernouY
of the blessing Of the waters Of the
Neva, the guns used in firing the sal
utes across the stream from the oppo-
site bank were found to be loaded with
shrapnel instead of blank cartridge,
and several members of the imperial
encourage standing In the immediate
vicinity of the czar and czarina were
struck, while many of the windows Of
the Winter palace, including the two
at which the imperial children were
standing to witness the cermony, were
shattered Now We have the wreck
of the yacht STANDARD. Truly the e.
capes OF the present emperor Of Russia
from violent death may be described
as miraculous.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-12-04
czAR's MIRACULOUS ESCAPES
how The Many Attempts To Kill
Nicholas u Have Failed.

Marquee d. Fontenoy' in the New
York Emperor Nicholas may
be said to bear a charmed life, and
there is no monarch in modern times,
nor prince of the blood, who has had
so many hairbreadth escapes. For it
now turns out that the wreck of his
steam yacht STANDARD was the result
not of accident, but of deliberate de-
sign. The chaLnsl v-hers the mishap
occurred is VIGOROUSLY I, ngerous, so
much SO that the tile passenger
steamers running from st. Petersburg
to the neighboring Finnish ports, and
drawing third as much water as the
imuerial yacht, are strictly forbidden
to use it. This prohibition Is known
to everybody in Finland and is a mat
ter with which every navigating Off
Ger Of the Muscoyite navy Is &C.
quainted.
Yet in spite of this the most exper-
fenced Finnish pilot took the huge i'm
perial yacht into the channel at full
speed, of course ripping up her bot.
bonn on several rocks, which. in spite
of what has been said to the contrary,
figure on every chart, Russian as well
as foreign. The boat was going at
the rate of Is knots when she struck,
and the force was So great as to give
her heel of "a degrees. Fortunately
the sea was absolutely and phenom-
enally calm. If the ordinary Finnish
weather had prevailed it would have
been a matter of the utmost difficulty
to have taken off the women. and
especially the children, in boats.
The commodore in command of the
yacht was the captain of that solitary
cruiser of the Inflated Baltic fleet
which managed after the victory of
Admiral Togo to escape northward and
to convey to Vladivostock the first
news of the destruction of the Russian
armada in the sea Of Tsushlma The
arrival Of that one battle-scarred,
storm-beaten cruiser in the bay at
Vladivostock, in view of the crowds
assembled or the neighboring nights
to witness the advent Of the great
MuscoYite fleet which they had hoped
would break the naval power of Japan,
turn the tide of the war and transform
defeat into victory, but which proved
to be such q messenger of evil, has
furnished the inspiration of several
striking marine paintings.
The czar's escape, so far as they are
known to the public. have been, to say
the least, dramatic and well-nigh mir
aculous, and there are many others
which are shrouded in mystery One Of
the most sensational was the wreck Of
the imperial special train at Borki in
October, 1888, when the destruction
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-12-04
Wisconsin Editor Has Novel Money Scheme

Editor ]. s. Konkel of the Leader
Clarion, Superior, springs new
monetary scheme at the psychological
moment. He declares that the
standard for the making and paying
of debts is absolutely wrong, and he
illustrates thus:
A man borrows $1,000 for five
years What does he agree to do? He
simply agrees to deliver three pounds
of gold at the end OF five years with
out any regard to what the gold may
be worth at the expiration of that
time. Could anything be more fool
ish? Can any man now living give a
reasonable guess as to the value of a
thousand gold dollars in five years
from this time? Do you say gold
dollar Is always worth a hundred
cents? Very good. Now what is hund-
red cents worth? One dollar. All
right What is dollar worth2 A
hundred cents. Very good. Now WHIT
is a hundred cents worth? One dol
ish? Can any man now living give a
worth? One hundred cents. But dol
lar is worth exactly what it viii buy
of the worlds products. It has no
value at all except in exchange value
and it's debt-paying value. We can no
more regulate the value of a dollar
by law than we could regulate the
value of oats by law Money Is jus.
rs nuch commodity as is wheat,
oats, corn or cotton, and the same
law regulates the value of all com.
modoties.
And so Mr. Konkel gets down 10
his measure of reform, which is
based on the belief that the standard
for the payment of debts should be
composed of at least hundred diff
erent eommodoties-all the staple
products of our farms and our fac
tories. Wheat, oats, corn, rye, bar,
ley, beans, potatoes. peanuts, cot
ton, WOO. lax, beef, pork. mutton,
coal, copper, lead. zinc, silver, iron
ore-these and all other staple prod
ucts OF our farms and onr mines
should be in the standard of value.
would have hundred commodities
in the standard. For present pur.
poses I viii use a standard COM
posed Of FIVE commodities. My stand
ard will be one bushel each of wheat,
corn, oats. rye and barley. These
bushels of grain viii call n.ater.
That is to say one meter of value
shall be c.mposed OF a b1shel Of
wheat, o. bushel Of corn "a bushei Of
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-12-04

cats, bushel' of rye and bushel OF
barley. (95 other commodities in the
real nleter.) This meter is not money.
1t is not currency. 1t is not the me
dium of exchange. The meter would
neither be coined, printed or issued
The total number Of meters would
therefore be regulated only by the
ability of our farms and our mines
to produce. The number of meters
would simply be limited by the total
PRODUCTION of the farms and mines.
The money, currency, or medium of
exchange need not be changed at all.
We would use the same mouey We
use now. If man sold load of
wheat for fifty dollars and the trans
action would be closed. The mater.
be it understood, is not money. 1t is
lot currency. 1t Is one bushe1 each
of wheat, corn, oats. rye and barley.
AS the name implies, the meter
would simply be q measure. The
meter would measure the value OF
money for the payment of debts, My
system would be the reverse of the
present system. Under the present
system the dollar measures the
value Of all other commodities, as
represented in the meier, would
measure the value of the dollar.
Suppose my system to be in vogue.
A man borrows a thousand dollars
Before note could be given II woaid
be necessary to ascertain the value
of the dollar at that time. Suppose 1t
takes five dollars in money 70 eqsal
the value of one meter. He would
give note calling for money 20
the value of 200 meters, or
200 meters of money. We will say
the note was made payable Ave
years after date. Now let us suppose
the five years have elapsed and he
note is due. He has agreed to pay
money to the value of 200 meters. He
would again ascertain the vafae OF
of the dollar as measured BY the
meter. Suppose he finds that it takes
ten dollars to equal the value Of enc
meter. He would pay $4,000. If 1t
should only take two dollars to eszaa
the value of one meter, he wesAd
pay s400. The number of dol'exs a
man would have to pay to esaed a
debt would never depend on the nau1-
Der Of dollars he borrowed, but en-
the number OF meters he borrowed.
He might pay more dollars or less dol
lars, but he would always return the
same amount - .alue or purchasing
power mat he borrowed"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-12-04
GOOD ROADS WIN IN MICHIGAN,
County System Quickly Adopted m
Twenty-one Counties.
To be contiued.

County System Quickly Adopted m
Twenty-one Counties.
Marquette, Mich, Nov. 23.-That
q of Michigan's S3 counties have
adopted the county road system is the
information impaired by State High.
way Commissioner Earle, who is in
the upper peninsula on official bust.
ness and Incidentally to boost his
candidacy for governor. These eoun-
ties share in the bounties offered by
the state to stimulate the construction
of good roals. Eight of the 81 are
north of the straits.
"Manistee has the best gravel road
system III the country" said Mr. Earle
while Aalkaska county is a wonder
when i: comes 10 building good roads.
L. is little county with valuation OF
only $4,100,000. but it has more good
roads IL an Wayne, Kent and Hough-
ton counties put together, and those
counties are the three richest In the
state. That good roads might be quilt
more quickly, 1t went to the legisla-
ure and secured special authority to
raise 81 o. each thousand of valus.
tion, whereas the limit fixed by tn
general statutes is 81. And despite the
fact that the special act permitting
his Yves uneonstitutione there has
Geeh no protest againse the extra ta>
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-12-04
Wisconsin s Part In
Postal Administration.
JUDGE E W. KEyEs IN MADISON DEMOCRAT

Meyer to call particular attention Of
the central west to the Importance Of
postal savings banks and a parcels
post, he acted wisely in visiting the
important cities of Chicago and Mil
waukee and submitting his views to
classes of citizens likely to be favor
ably impressed With them. That his
presence here accomplished much In
commencing his measures in the di.
rection he sought is clearly apparent,
and 1t seems probable that congress
soon viii enact them into laws.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-12-04
On the Rail

There has just been. completed and
opened for work at Springfield, Mo-. a
100000 plant for creosoting railroad
ties. A contract has been made with
the Frisco road for the treatment of
$4,000 ties annually. More than 800.
900 ties already are on the ground, and
will be treated as rapidly rs possible.
Nearly all these ties were obtained in
southern Missouri. The enterprise
promises to be one of great benefit to
the locality in a number of ways.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-12-04
Fata, Auto Accident.

Des Moines, Nov. 80. R. Nattin-
ger was killed and Frank cetehell
seriously injured IN an automobile
accident last night. while Miss Ruth
Wilkinson and Miss Isolde Benny
were seriously hurt. The autonohSie
collided with a cart at the side Of the
street.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-12-04
Cannot Convict Powers.

Georgetown, Ky. Nov. 23.--Attor-
neys for the defense in the Powers
case stated last night that the worst
they can expect With the panel as now
composed is a hung jury. One juror
was accepted at the night session.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-12-04
Triumphant Wooing.

Manager-"For heavens sake. Frau
lein, what have you done? You've
gone and accepted the hero's prop ii
in the first act instead of in the fifth"
The Star-"But he begged so
nicely! Ano--why can't just refuse
him in the fifth t?"-Translated for
Transatlantic Tales from Fliegende
Blatter.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-12-04
LEGISLATIVE INVITATION
TO A DENOMINATION

Sacramento, Cal. oNv. 23.-Assem-
blyman Smith of Santa Clara county
yesterday introduced in the legislature
a resolution, calling on the president
to reconsider his decision not to be-
come a candidate for reelection.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-12-04

overheardn what orders were give
about the carriage" said the countess
to her son DO not be alarmed
Claud Hilda is safe. am sure
Barbara. go to her room She may
have left note there for us"
lord .-ayneham went out and found
the groom who usually helped the
coachman, and he had heard all that
passed. The goodman asked where
he N ,uld drive and her Iadyship re-
piled to oulston, and ne was to wait
for her as usual at the Baynehair
Arms.
Again Lord B2yneham felt relieved
Perhaps. after a.. she was only gone
shopping, and had beer detained;
there might be no accident, nothing
but forgetfulness of time He re-
solved, however ride over to ouls-
ton at once. He feturned to tell the
countess Of his intention; she stood
in the dining holding a folded
paper ia her hand; and Barbar.. Earle,
with white wondering face. stood
rear her. Lady Bayneham went up
to her son; he saw that her face was
full OF strange emotion and that she
spoke in a low panied voice,
"Claud," she said. come with me
to my dressing. room. Hushi not one
word-the servants will hear you"
In silent wonder. Lord BaynehAm
followed the stately lady, and Bar
bara Earle went with them. His
mother closed the door, and locked 1t.
she then hell out to him the folded
paper.
Barbara found this on the floor of
ypur wife's ROOM" she said. gently;
"it had slipped from her desk. and 1t
Is addressed to you
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-12-04

1t properly might be remarked that,
during the earlier administrations as
postmasters general of Ex-Governor
Randall and Ex-senator Howe, the
country had not become fully awak-
ened to the vast possibilities of this
DEPARTMENT in so far as extending to
the people of the country the great
benefits and advantages which since
have been vouchsafed by later in
cumbents of the Office. Suffice it to
say that the administration of this
Office by these four distinguished cit
liens of Wisconsin reflected highest
credit upon the state and resulted in
marked advantages to the service.
Thus a little reminiscent history
shows what a really important part
Wisconsin, but one state in this
union, has played in the administra
ti0n of service which probably is
more highly appreciated by thu
people than that OF any other depart,
ment of the entire government.
During the administration OF
President Rutherford b. Hayes. his
postmaster general, a kind and cc1-
siderate old veteran of the confeder-
ate service, was not expected by his
chief to pay any particular Alteration
to the we'll being Of the department
at the head of which he stood. How
ever, he did no harm, aud his first as
sistant executed the principal part OF
the service during his term. 7 state
this much as Introductory to the face
that while he was postmaster general
he visited Wisconin. the city of Mudi-
son and the Madison postoffice.
So to sum up this matter it may be
stated that Wisconsin has furnished
the country four postmasters general
and that two others have visited the
state, Postmasters General Key and
Meyer.
II seems eminently proper that the
postmaster general, specia; represen-
tatlve of the peoples department In
our scheme of government, should ap-
pear before his constituents in any
section Of the union to advocate new
measures and to&commend their en-.
aetment by Congress, to che end that
stili greater privileges may be ex-
tended to the people. all redounding
to the benefit and advantage Of our
common country.
In the desire Of Postmaster General
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FORTUNE HINGES ON ODD TERMS.
Heir to Estate Coming Here to Sc
cure Federal Job.

special Dlspatch 10 Inc star
CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 30-Baron
John Frederick William Won Mucgge
started from Cincinnati for Washington
d. c., today to seek a federal position
with which he will carry out the terms OF
an odd will that will make him a million
aire. He makes the claim that he is the
heir to estate worth little over mil
lion dollars near Hanover. Germany, and
that his mothers will contained provision
that he must serve period of ten years
either in the German army pc ice
lnan in the United States. Former Repre-
sentative Grosvenor of Athens Ohio, who
has investigated the claim, says that Won
MueEge's title is genuine, and that he is
heir to the estate he mentions
According to Won Muesge he has another
year to serve before he can claim the es-
Won Muegge first came to this city, and
at that time secured employment as a pri-
vats policeman. From here he went TO
Washington as deputy marshal. serving
in that capacity for about two years, when
he was transferred to the local district
under former United States Marshal Fagin,
for about year. He then drifted to ST.
Louis, where he was a guard at the fair;
ale" the fair he went to San Francisco,
and remained there until that city was de-
stroyed by the earthquake. Now he wants
that will keep him employed until the time
mentioned in the will has expired. He has
been fourteen years trying to carry out
the ten-year provision, but at various in
tervals he was out of position, the last
time amounting to five years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-30
COMPLAINT AGAINST GRAVES.
Envoy to Sweden Accused OF Dis
courtesy by Woman.

NEW YORK, March 30.-Complaint has
been made to the State Department IN
Washington against Charles H. Graves,
United States minister to Sweden. by Mrs.
Ida NJ. Won Claussen, formerly of this city.
who alleges that he refused to formally
presen; her at the court of King oscar.
although that ruicr had personally invited
her and her credentials were OF the best.
Mrs. Won Claussen arrived in New YORK
last Saturday on the French line steam
shin Provence. and she Will so IN a few
DAYS to Washington. where she will seek
To re,atc her grievance to the President ana
will asl, redress for the injustice which she
saws has been done her.
1t is her determination to be ViEdlclted-
After that she purposes to return TO Swe-
den and arrange for the presentation.
whether Mr. Graves. and especially Mrs.
Graves relish. the idea of being sponsors
for her or not. She insists that as an
American she was entitled to every pro-
tect.on and courtesy which the American
minister could have afforded her, ana she
insists on obtaining her rights.
Mrs Won Claussen is one of the heirs IN
terested In the Byrnes estate, ana receives
a substantial income from the Hotel Lor-
raine which she says she named. Her in
come has enabled her to live in comtort
abroad. and she frequently has VISITED the
watering places of Germany. II was al
Wiesbaden. she says, she first made the
acquaintance of the Swedish king.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-30
GAVE HIS BLOOD TO SAVE WIFE.
Heroic Course of Philadelphia Res
c,ed Woman From Death.

PHILADELPHIA March 30.-Dying from
anaemia, the life of Mrs Peter Anderson
has been saved by remarkable surgical
oneration. in which her husbands blood
was numped direct from his arteries into
hers. The woman, who was in coma at the
time. is now on the road to recovery. and
her husband though weak from the loss
of blocd. will be restored to his normal
condition.
The oneration the second of the kind
ever performed in the United States and
the first in Philadelphia. was conducted
by DIR. G. NJ Dorrance and DR.. David Refs
man. The operation never had been at
tempted before as a means of curing amaze
mia.
Mrs. Anderson, who is thirty-five years
old had been suffering from extreme amaze
mia for several years. Pale, weak, she
seemed almost bloodless Ten days ago
the disease took a turn for the worse, and
her attending physician. DR.. Reisman, had
her moved to the Polytechnic Hospital. A
week ago she lapsed into coma. The sur
geons gave her heart stimulants. but in
vain. Then DR.. Reisman thought of the
experiments of DR.. Torrance in blood
transfer. DR.. Torrance was summoned.
He had experimental with animals with
success. but never on human beings.
Anderson and his wife were placed on
the operating table together. The man
was put under an anesthetic. An artery
in his left arm was punctured, and through
a tube blood was pumped into an artery IN
his wife's arm. She rallied at once and
rapidly gained in strength. After two
quarts of Andersons blood had flowed into
his wife's arteries the tube was removed
and the wounds of both patients dressed.
Anderson wept with joy when he came
from under the influence of the ether and
saw his wife restored to consciousness and
strength.
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Fleet of Tug Boats.

The tug Capt. Toby, the latest addition to
the fleet of tow boats owned by A. ]. Tay-
lor & Bro. of this city, while employed in
towing mud-laden scows out of the East
ern branch yesterday evening, in crossing
shoal part of the branch picked up a
wire cable about thirty feet long and wound
it tightly about her wheel and shaft. The
tug was brought to the shoal dock, near the
fish wharf, where several hours work was
necessary before the cable was taken out
of the wheel. The Capt. Toby is in service
today.
The tug D. NJ. Key, which has been hauled
out on the marine railway at Bennett's
boatyard for several days past undergoing
an overha uing and painting of her hull,
will be launched from the railway this aft
ernoon and will go In service on the river
under the command of Capt. Charles Raley.
While Oh the railway the hull of the Key
was overhauled and her machinery put in
good order.
The small tug Little Angus, belonging to
the Potomac Dredging Company, which has
been hauled out at Reagans during the
past winter. is receiving a general over
hauling and repainting before being put
into the water again ready for service.
When she goes into commission again she
will be used as a dispatch boat by her
owners and for light towing.
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NEW RATES POSTPONED.
Increased Charges on Grain Will Be-
come Effective Nav /.

Railroads OF the Western Trunk Line and
the Central Freight Association and the
Eastern Trunk Line Association recently
filed tariffs with the interstate commerce
commission announcing an increase on
grain from the west to the east and on
grain products TO become elIective April /.
The raise was not very much, amounting
to about 21s cents per hundred from Chi
cago to points on the seaboard. RepreseE-
tations were made TO the interstate COM
merce commission that this was a bad time
to inaugurate the raise and representa-: ions
were made in turn to the railroads suggest
ing a postponement of the increase till a
later date. These suggestions were accepted
by the carriers and the commission has is
sued an order granting such carriers per-
mission to at once post and file, effective
April l. amendments postponing the date of
the taking effect of the proposed advances
in rates on grain and grain products to
May 1. leaving the present rates in effect
until that date, and on that date conceling
the present rates and making the advanced
rates effective.