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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17
Liohts Fire with Kerosene.

While lighting fire with kerosene
In the kitchen of her home in East
Meadowbrook, L. l., Carrie Snyder, the
18-year-old daughter of David Snyder,
. wealthy farmer, was SO severely
burned that she died. In trying to
rescue her. her mother was burned
from head to foot and is In a critical
condition. Miss Snyder had been
prominent in the Methodist church at
Meadowbrook, which was donated to
the town by Mrs. O. II. p. Belmont,
and sang in its choir
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17
LARGE AREA IN CANADA.
Forest Fires Raging Along Duluth
Extension Across the border.

Extension Across the Border.
The whole country along the line of the
Duluth extension of the Canadian North
ern railway. running to the United States
border from Arrow river to Hymers, ap-
peared to be on fire Friday. Already
thousands of dollars worth of damage
has been done to timber. On Thunder
Cape the whole section is lighted up with
flames from forest fires. East of Port
Arthur along the Canadian Pacific rail-
way it is reported that the worst forest
fires in the history of the country are
raging and that thousands of dollars
worth of timber is ablaze. According to
a report received the fire is only short
distance from the village of Hymers. For
est fires destroyed the camp owned by
George Mooring on Pigeon river with the
complete outfit
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17
Long Term for Bank Robbers.

Bill Lennant and Harry Coleman, the
young bandits who robbed the Chautau-
qua State bank at Chautauqua Springs,
Kan, locking Cashier Waterhouse and
Del Easley. a customer, i'm the vault, were
sentenced to serve an indeterminate SEN
tence of from ten to twenty-one years in
the State reformatory
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17
slav Man from Ambush.

Because John Murray, a weIl-known
farmer who lived near Fayetteville, Ark,
charged John ID. Holt, % years old, with
stealing watermelons and threatened to
ruin the reputation he had as bully"
Holt shot and killed Murray from am
bush
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17
Memphis Railway Station Burn.

The Union passenger station, Main and
South streets, Memphis, was destroyed by
fire. The loss is estimated at $4,000,
partly covered by insurance. The flames
broke out ON the third floor, at the ton
of the hotel, and spread with amazing
rapidity. At least FIVE persons jumped
from windows.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17
Freight Train Wrecked.

Two colored men were killed, another
was injured and white man is missing
as the result of wreck on the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern railway,
which made kindling WOOD of fourteen
freight cars, between Huron and Vermil-
so., Ohio
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17
Dreyfus Ae-a;,ant Acuitted.

Louis A. Greg,ri v rs acquitted of the
charge of attempting % kill Major Alfred
Dreyfus during the ceremonies at the
Pantheon in Paris. in connection with the
canonization OF Emile lola last year.
Gregori fired two revolver shots at Drey-
fus, one ball taking effect in his wrist.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17
Leper Selling Theater Tickets.

John Mouton, a leper. who escaped
from the Louisiana leper home in her
vile Parish about year ago, was found
i'm New Orleans selling tickets at a nickel
theater. lie will be returned to the home.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17
Supposed Thief DISCHARGED

George w. Fitzgerald, accused on the
complaint of Private Detective Herbert
L. Young of stealing $4,000 from AS
sistant United States Treasurer William
Boldenweck as custodian of the subtreas-
ury at Chicago, was discharged and the
charge against him dismissed by Judge
Chetlain in the Criminal Court in Chi
caGO.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17
Many Gravel Road Petitions.

During the last four months, ninety.
eight petitions calling for the improve
ment of ITO roads under the three-mile
gravel read law, have been filed in
Madison County, Indiana.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17
Electric Chair Not Sure.

DIR. George F. Shrady, coroner of the
borough of Manhattan, declares that the
electric chair does not always kill, and
cites the case of a man who recovered
consciousness after shock.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17
Accused of Doctors Murder

In Omaha. Neb.. County Attorney Eng
lish filed complaint against Charles Il.
Davis. charging him with murder in the
first degree in connection with the shoot
ing of DIR. Frederick Rustin the morning
of Sent .
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17
DISARMAMENT Suit Instituted.

Disbarment proceedings against G. w.
Trickett, assistant Attorney General for
Kansas, were filed in the District Court
Of Kansas City, Kan, by c. X. Cooksey,
an attorney. There are fifteen separate
counts in the charge.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17
NEW YORK e.L~ SMASH.
Trains Crash and Passengers Thrown
About, Then Rescued by Firemen.

George koellner, metorman, was killed
and about twenty-five passengers were
injured in a rear-end collision of two ele
waited railroad trains on Myrtle avenue.
Brooklyn. One of the trains stopped at
some distance from a station because of a
fire, and the second train, which came
along at high speed, could not be stopped
in time to prevent collision. Passen-
gers in both trains We're thrown. from
their seats and many were badly bruised.
Instantly there was scene of panic
among the frightened occupants of the
cars. BY the aid Of ladders the f-cr.cr
carried many passengers to the street.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17

An ante-election warning against po-
litical assessments was issued to en-
ployes of the Treasury Department by
Acting Secretary Beckman Winthrop.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17
Two Million Dollar Fire at Louisville

The plant of the Cosmos Dale Ce-
ment Company. located at Cosmos
Dale, seventeen miles southwest Of
Louisville, KY, burned with loss eJ-
timated at $4,000 900.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17

The retirement of Rear Admiral Rob
ley ID. Evans placed Rear Admiral Cas-
per Goodrich, commandant of the navy
yard at New York, at the head Of the
active list of rear admirals of the navy.
Admiral Goodrich will be retired in
January next. The position of senior
read admiral will In no way be Il ma
tcrial advantage TO him.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17
x;,1ad nv Gasoline Explosion.

An explosion of gasoline wrecked tle
avesbop of the Wildridge-Latimer Co n
nanv in Syracuse, N. Y, killing Harry
AItenbrond and injuring number OF reo-
ple.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17

The outcome of the prolonged con
sideration of the appeal of the eight
West Point cadets expelled for brutal
hazing is the announcement that upor
the recommendation of the President
Secretary Wright had decided to LEI
the dismissal of two, Rossell and
Weaver, stand, but to suspend for one
year the other six who are younger
The two who are expelled were mem
bers Of the first class.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17

Twelve non-commissioned officers
have just been commissioned as second
lieutenants In the army as the result
of recent examinations.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17

The summary of reports of the con-
dition of the national banks at the
close of business July 10, 1908, shows
the total of the item bonds, securities,
etc." held by the banks to be $685.
S75.22O.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17

Capt. G. A Merriam, u. S. N, COM
mandant Of the Portsmouth navy yard,
died following an operation for appen-
dicitis. He was SO years old,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17

Orders have been issued by the War
Department directing Col. William f.
Stewart of the coast artillery, who sew
eral months ago was sent to the aban-
doned military post of Fort Grant,
Ariz.. on acccant OF "temperamental in
capacity" to proceed to Fort Huachuca,
Ariz., to take the riding test prescribed
for field officers. At the conclusion of
the test he is directed to return to
Fort Grant, Colo. Stewart is reported
pleased with the order.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17

Secretary Straus has approved the
action OF the immigration officials Of
Boston i'm the so-called Mormon cases,
wherein a number of immigrants were
held upon the allegation of entering
the country in violation of law.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-29
BEATS LAUGH AND GROW FAT NAN
A Western Jaunt-Oklahom the Fairy
Land.


EDITOR CENSOR: 1t has been some
time since / left Viroqua, about three
and one-half months. Starting from
N. C. Bowman's south of town, p. s.
Henry and | made bee line for the
southwest. Talk about funny! Well
it wou Id have been funny if you fell
lows had not almost cracked your jaws
laughing at some of our experiences
before we got to the first town. Laugh
and grow fat. Well, there must be
something in that saying. You remem-
Der what light weight fellow | was,
just kept getting fatter and fatter
and am still on the going order. You
surely don't suppose will have to let
my oVeralls out in the knees to make
them large enough in the waist. We
visited at Lenox, Iowa, among Mr..
Henry's relatives, then being called
home to attend to his school duties for
the winter, Mr.. Henry took the train
and | continued on my way alone.
passed through the southwestern part
of Wisconsin, crossed Iowa by way of
Des Moines, also the southeastern cor
ner Nebraska, then from the north
ern line of Kansas to Augusta, Kansas,
and direct from there to Stroud, Okla
homa, arriving here Thanksgiving day.
My team stood the trip the best kind
and were in splendid order by the time
reached here, and "Chub, the little
Shetland colt. My, my, viii ell you,
he just grew fat. But the travelling
fever has struck us all, and | guess
some of these bright days Wen have
to put the wagon sheet on and drive
around a while to get over this lone
some feeling, after all, we are satisfied
| with Oklahoma. Good eating for man
and horse. What more could you want?
| am about to rent a farm one half
mile east of here, cotton and hay land.
At present, am helping my niece, Mrs.
l.. V. Beulah Blake and her husband,
on their farms That is, | help Mrs.
| Blake with the eating and Mr.. Blake
with the blowing. And there's some
thing else I've lately got onto-a rid 1g
pillow.
Today there is cool wind, but up to
| this time the weather has been very
warm. Plenty of sunshine. Just tell
me where you can beat Oklahoma. shirt
| sleeves and new potatoes on Christmas
! day. Yes sir, we dug new potatoes to
| go with our Christmas dinner and III
! just make a rough guess and say that
| we ate our share. This chap believes
in looking out for number one Now
won't you fellows envy me when a
little bird tells you about my sum-
mer's diet. You know it will be fine
to lay out under the trees over there on
my farm and count the big yellow
I peaches and the ripe red cherries as
they very accommodatingly drop into my
mouth. Now if any of my friends, ac-
quaintances, or what-not are worrying
! about my coming back right away, you
just set it down that your uncle Henry
/ is settled" for this year. So bye by
until me meet again.
HENRY BOWMAN.
Stroud, Oklahoma, January 10.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-29
Little Willie Was There.

Mr.. and Mrs. Jones and their LITTLE
boy of six on leaving party they mad
been to thought they would go the
nearest way home, which led across
some fields. When nearly home they
had to cross ditch, which, to their
surprise and horror. was flooded. They
consulted each other as t. whether
they should wade through 1t or return
and go the other way, which meant
five mile walk. They finally decided
to wade through it, SO Mrs. ]. took
the little boys hand and Mr.. j. his
wife's arm and started crossing. They
gradually found it deeper and deeper
until at last 1t was mp to their arm
pits, when suddenly Mr.. j. exclaimed,
Where is little Willie?" Hes here"
said Mrs. J. 'I've got his handr'
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-29
All Out.

George Golden and his friend Casey,
s.pair of well known humorists, once
sailed for Europe.
Relating the events of the trip after
ward Golden remarked:
"Talk about seasickness! Had I
known that Casey was afflicted that
way we pes or should have gone
abroad. The very first day out Casey
collapsed cld refused to brace up
again. tried all sorts of remedies on
him, but without avail. All he would
mutter was oh, musha, musha! I'm
SO illr
FINALLY l cried out, Can't you keep
anything on your stomach, mann
"'Only my hands, George he groan-
ed; only my handsp"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-29
= Storm sash cheap at Thayer,s

-OIoEm SASH cheap dI mayer D.
Yes H. NJ. Barker Cough Remedy
cures, at all drug stores.
DR. R. W. Baldwin, dentist; oppo
site postofice.
ATTEND the Wausau Business Col
lege, WaUsau, Wisconsin.
Born, January 26, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Morton Alexander of Ross, son.
Under-Sheriff Chester Silbaugh was
at De Soto, Genoa and La Crosse on
official business.
"A few of Miss Luella Morrison s
friends surprised her on her 18th birth
day, Wednesday last.
Call and see our new ginghams.
Endless line of patterns 30 select from
at c. j. Severson & Co.'S.
Miss Jane Hinkst has returned to
her home at Liberty Pole after visit
with her sister Mrs. r. f. Drake.
Mrs. Maggie Sheridan of La Crosse
was down the first of the week to visit
her mother and brother, John Side.
Miss Julia Bergh, daughter of Pet
er Bergh, of Dach Ridge, is reported
very i'll and news of her death expected.
Mrs. l.. R. Colt has been confined
to the house for the past ten days with
la grippe and is just commencing to be
on the gain.
B. F. Purdy and son Lutte arrived
home from North Dakota, where shey
passed eight months on newly acquired
western lands
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-29
TWO SCHOOL BOARD CONVENTIONS

Annual school board conventions for
Vernon county will be held at La Fargo
Friday, January 81, and at Viroqua
Saturday, February l, 1908. Meeting
called to order at 1910 a. m.
PROGRAM
What Constitutes First Glass Rural
School. ..... County Superintendent
Duties of School Boards .............
A. T. Saunders, district clerk, On
tario and Rev. Gulbranson, district
treasurer, Westby.
Consolidation and Township Hig h
Schools. L. w. Wood, state inspector.
Compulsory Attendance Law. .........
A. F. Drew, attorney, La Fargo and
j. II. Bennett, district alto 1ey, vi
roqua.
The Teacher. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. go.
A. E. Smith, Prin. county training
school.
Address. .................L. w. Wood.
Opportunity will be given for gener-
al discussion. We trust that every
school district in Vernon county will be
represented by one or more members
of the board H. l.. GARDNER,
County Superintendent.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-29

soaa aail Uncle Eaou, "dll
der Wst,a On . de- ye.e little tu-
boats como snoatin' along tain kgal
Of q srcs. Zig ocean lirerf"
"Yaas, indeed" answered Pic&anin-
ny jim.
AN did yea eber see one err desc
'lectfic motors pick up a handsome,
,5!s!ny locomotive an drag it frou de
Baltimo' tunnelf'
Lots o times"
"An' did you eber see a quiet ole
knee sprung white boss pullin' a help
less automobile to town."
Il sho' has"
well, sonny. denis all 70 remind
you dat no matter how b., or impor-
tant an stylish you gifts, dar ain no
tellin' when you may need help FUN
somebody dat don seem to cut no fig
IRE wuf mentionin'" - Washington
Star.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-29

Mrs. Jos. Pulver is regaining her
usual health after having the la grippe
Dist. Atty. j. Henry Bennett. was
at La Crosse on Monday on professional
matters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Larson Of
Coon Prairie are reported dangerously
i'll with pneumonia.
Mrs. E. A. Stark has been confined
to her bed for the past week with a
severe cold. Her condition at present
is improved.
Miss Geneva Graves has been APP
pointed district secretary of the west
Wisconsin division of the Christian En-
deavor society.
Jesse Powell has been confined to
his home with sickness since tie Frog
after Christmas, being first tax On with
bronchitis and then la grippe lie is
regaining his health now but is not yet
strong enough to get up town.
Friends here learn of the sudden
death of William Morris, who expired
while attending church in Milwaukee
Sunday morning. Mr.. Morris was a
brother of Mrs. August Smith, and had
spent not little of his time here with
the family in late years.
"A. w. Powell, wife and little son,
spent few days with the gentleman s
father, Jesse Powell. A. w. Powell
and family have just returned from
Lead City, where they went on account
of Mrs. Powel's health, but the alti-
tude affecting her heart action they
were obliged to return to Sparta.
--Messrs. L. Sandsmark, A. J. Beat
and d. F. Mains are the owners and
managers of the long time established
Vernon County Land company There
has been transferred through this
agency during the past eight years
more than $500, 600 worth of real estate
in Vernon county. 1t will continue to
be our policy in the future as it has
been in the past to maintain the repu-
tation that the former managers have
established for square dealing.
Rev. NJ. r. Shanks, who was pas
tor of the Christian church of Tiroqua
in 1857 is said to have fallen heir to
very comfortable fortune. The gentle
man has been preaching at Geary, Ok
lahoma at a 5000 yearly salary and ae-
cording to reports is one of the princi-
pal heirs of his grandfather. Simon p
Sublette. who owned considerable
tract of lana in the southern portion of
st. Louis. The matter has been in the
courts for sometime. His share Is Civ
en- at 81, 500, 900.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-29
First publication January %. 1908.
PR oBATE NOTICE.

Notice Of application for letters of admin ration
" ERNoN COUNTY CoURT-IN PROBATE.
State Of Wisconsin County Of Vernon, S.
In the matter Of the estate Of Nels II. Eeprud.
deceased.
On this 2Sth day of January. A. D. i90s. upon
reading ard filing the petition of G. II. Butt Jr..
as trustee of the bankrupt estate of Nordal N.
NepTui. bankrupt and heir to said Nes II. Nep-
rud. If the county Of Vernon died intestate. on or
about the LIST day OF November, 1884 and praying
that Jens Davidson Of Westby. Wisconsin. be APP
pointed administrator Of the estate Of said de-
ceased.
1t is ordered. that SAID application be heard be-
fore me- at the probate office AZ city of Niroqua.
Wisconsin on the Sd day Of March. A. D. 1905, At
IL o'clock a.
And il is further ordered. Il at notice Of the
time and place appointed for sarings sal 7 ap-
piicauon be given 10 all persons in lrestcd b. pub
fishing a copy OF this order for tn ee weeks sue
cessively in THE NERN0N CO. MY CENSOR, 8
newspaper printed in said county. previous to the
time appointed for said hearing.
BY the Court d. o. MlsHoNEY. County JUDGE.
Yes said the first gallery god. de
scribing the meldslrama. de hero done
de villain UP all right. but lie villain
wouldn't admit It,
Com exclaimed the other.
''No." the first continued; de last
v9idS he sez wuz. I am undone.' y
Phiadelph Press.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-29
CALL FOR DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION

Notice is hereby given that the Democrat coun-
ty committee, of Vernon county State of Wiscon-
sin has instructed me to call county convention
Of the Democratic party. Said convention will be
held at the court house in the city of Viroqua.
Wisconsin. ON SATURDAY. THE sTH DAY OF FEB
RuARY, 1905, at o'clock p. sharp time, for the
following purposes. to-wit;
First: To elect seven delegates to represent said
county in the Democratic state convention TO
be held at the city Of Milwaukee. on Thursday,
February Is. 1903 at O'Clock D. m. for the pur-
pose Of proposing delegates to be voted for at the
spring election the first Tuesday of April 1903;
said delegates to attend the Democratic National
convention to be held at the city of Denver. July
Z. 1908, to nominate candidates for President and
Vice-Presdent of the United States
Second: For the transaction of any other law
full business that may come before said count
convention
All voters of Vernon county. irrespective of past
party affiliations who believe in the principles of
the Democratic party. are respectfully invited to
attend said county convention.
CAPT. Fl. CONNER. Chairman
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-29
BEN HUNTLEY'S
Ben Hur Picture
is A MARVEL

By far the most pretentious thing
ever attempted in motion picture
production in America is Ben
Hur. just being introduced by
the Huntleys The subject is one
that presents many possibilities;
the story is replete with dramatic
situations susceptible of reproduc-
ton on a motion picture film and
Ben Huntlev has selected and put
together i'll logical sequence series
of comprehensive pictures that tell
the story
Technically, the Ben - Hur.
motion picture is a wonderful COM
position, dramatically staged and
beautifully photographed; the most
extensive and elaborate production
ever conceived in living pictures.
Subdivided into sixteen scenes. de.
picting the various periods in the
life of the hero, including the now
famous chariot race in which he
defeats his rival and the dlpressor
Of his family
Could any one conceive 8 more
thrilling scene for life motion re-
production than this chariot race?
Ben Hur and his dashing Arabiars
matched against the hated MESSIAH
and his thorobreds Not once
around the great arena, nor twice,
but three times and just at the
dash for the finish the final clash
with Ben Hur the victor. No
speed feature of the modern circus
could ever equal this thr ag
scene Of Roman Sple udor.
A pictorial treat for every man,
woman and child. Acknowledged
by pulpit and press TO be the great
est picture success ever flashed
across a screen.
Ben Huntley is acknowledged
the greatest projectionist in the
country, ard he personally super
intends the presentation of every
program. The Huntley Quality
has not yet been duplicated.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-29
Coming in February Moon.

! treat all such cases as rupture,
goitre, asthma, rheumatism, eczema
and all chronic cases that will not yield
to medicine, by the laying on of the
hands during the new of the moon. |
will treat at the Hotel Fortney on Feb
ruary 5th. J. F. MYERS.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-29
GOOD PLACE TO INVEST.

Wanted, $50, 900. 90 as a loan at per
cent interest for a period of from two
to four years, to the wish of the lender.
Nete of reliable party with first mort
gage on $500 acres of good Musselshell
valley land. Good water-right and
easily irrigated. Also have land to sell,
in town and country. If interested
write L. D. GLENN, Harlowton, Mon
tan9
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-29
Members Of the High school team

Members Of the High school teams
that debate with Sparta and La Crosse
teams on February 22nd are Edith MOI
ley, Harold Eckhart and Bernard And
erson, who meet the Sparta team here,
and Earl Arlington, Royal Bennett and
Albert Zimmerman go to La Crosse tc
meet the La Crosse team. The ques-
ton to be argued is Resolved that the
labor unions, as conducted during the
past twenty years, have been detrimen-
tai, or have had that tendency, to the
best interests of labor.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-29
wANTED-FENcE POSTS.

One to two hundred fence posts,
white or burr oak, y feet in length,
size inches at bottom. Twenty-fOur
posts, z inches in diameter, white or
burr oak, eight feet long. c. M. BUTT.