Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-15


tea merchant, was found dead in his
bedroom in New York with bullet in
the temple. The only motive for the
suicide appears to be dependency
over long continued illness.
Suffering from me'ancholia, Charles
Becker. 81 years of age director OF
the National bank Of Belleville, III
committed suicide by shooting Beck
er was state treasurer in 1888. His
wealth is estimated at s500,000,00O.
kilograms from Sheriff McGee of
Florence. Ariz. say that A. j. Daggs of
Phoenix has been murdered near SUI
perior, and George Hunter in his
employ. is also supposed to have been
killed. There is no clew to the muir
derer.
Chicago police have arrested John
McLain, % years of age, on suspicion
Of being the man who shot Policeman
Mooney. The prisoner was identified
by Mooney. The condition of the
wounded officer continues extremely
critical
Men representing all phases of sun
day school work in North America
are in Boston to attend conference
called by w. n Hartshorn. chairman
of the uniform lesson committee OF
the Sunday School Editorial associa-
ton
Nine stabs in the region OF the
heart attested the murder of Joseph
Avellino, an Italian shoemaker at
Iryington. n Y, found. dying in his
shop. That robbery was not the mo-
tive was indicated by the finding OF
roll of bills in his pocket,
ST. Annes Orphans home a Roman
Catholic institution at Terra Haute
Ind. was totally destroyed by fire yes
terday. One hundred orphans were in
the building and a panic ensued
among them but all escaped. The loss
is about 100000
Bereft of her reason by the death
OF her husband in the Naomi, Penn,
mine disaster on Dec. /, Mrs. Lulu
Marine is dying The woman walked
from Fayette City to Pittsburg, thirty
miles, and had wandered aimlessly
about until she collapsed.
Richard Smith, "a years old has
been arrested at Straddletown, Penn,
charged with being implicated in the
plot to blow up a Pennsylvania rail
road passenger train at Monongahela
Pa Three other alleged members of
the gang have been arrested,
Nineteen year old Roy Howard, con
victed of numbering Miss Martha Pic
ray at Des Moines, Ia. has been senten-
ced to eight years in the penitentiary,
the maximum for manslaughter. How
ard attempted TO shoot jealous ri
val, and shot Miss PiCray instead.
Clad in a thin bathing suit, Miss
Helen Wilcox of Eltingville, Staten
Island, wednesday night took swim
in the ocean near her home. She re.
NAMED in the water for FIVE minutes.
although the temperature registered
2 degrees below freezing. The bath
was taken on wager.
The sale Of liquors. it is understood,
is to be d 'scontinued on dining cars
of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad while the ears are
passing through the state Of Connee- 1
ticut There II no law under which
the railroad company could obtain a
license to lega1ze such sales.
The FIRST lynehin@ of 1903 occurred
at Brookhaven, Miss, when mob in
broad daylight took negro away
from the policemen and shot him. The
negro, whose name was not known
either to the police or the mob, was
accused of killing a policeman at
Oakyale, Miss
At Fort william, Ont, twelve Douk-
hobor pilgrims started out on Jan. l,
without clothing for one OF their
strange marches through the streets.
They were finally rounded up by the
police. Seven men and five women
were in the party, and they marched
a half mile in scanty attire before be
ing stopped.
Five persons in the Washington
county, Md, Jail dug their way to
freedom through the brick outside.
Frank Smith, son of City Controller
Chester Smith. of Easton, Pa. muir
dered his wife and then attempted to
commit suicide Smith and his wife
had been separated for some time.
The physicians say that Smith will re-
cover. He charged his wife with inf
deity.
Douglas Gibson. an Atlantic City, N.
j., chairpusher, found a pocketbook
on the board walk containing $500
and jewelry. He was counting the
money when the owner, a woman, APP
peared She praised Gibson for his
honesty when he turned over her
property. She carefully counted the
bills, and then gave Gibson two
nickles and two pennies as a reward
WASHINGTON
All big railway systems of the
country are threatened with dissolu-
ton as a result Of the governments
decision to attack the merger of Har-
riman lines
President Roosevelt, in two letters
to Secretary MetcaIf. vigorously con
dennis Admiral Brownson's conduct in
res'gning rather than obey orders as
unseemly and improper"
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