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Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-03-13

Club No. of Bethlehem Baptist
church rendered the program very sue
cessfully with the following perform
ers: Miss Beatrice Thrashlay, Mrs
A. ]. Elliott, Vernon Reynolds. Law
renee Jenkins.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-03-13

Mrs. ]. s. Mason is recovering from
her recent illness.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-03-13

FOR RENT-One front room to
gentleman. Near car line. Mrs. w.
w. Bragg, 1897 Ogden street
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-03-13

G. f. Payne. cousin of Mrs. G. o.
Duncan came to the city Sunday from
Newton, Kans. He is a witness in a
suit to which the Santa Fe road is
one party.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-12
TO our PATRONS

TO Our PATRONS
The TIME TO 90 YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IS NOW.
STOCKS ARE FRESH. ATTRACTIVE COMPLETE. MANY tx
elusive NOVELTIES WHICH CANNOT DUPLICATED
WILL Be THE FIRST TO BE SOLD. SELECTIONS MADE NOW
BEFORE TIE STRENUOUS RUSH Aas SURE TO sc MORE
SATISFACTORY. AL GOODS SELECTED NOW WILL BE
PUT AWAY AND DELIVERED AT YOUR OWN CONVENIENCE.
VERY CORDIALLY YOURS.
MEYERS BROTHERS
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-12

CAR FARE RE
FUNDED TO AL
CUSTOMERS PuR-
cHhsiN $500
WoRTH or OVER
RON HAMPTON.
ProEBUs or oLo
POINT.
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New Henty Books

The Red Skin and the Cow
Boy .-.--------- --~....--- oSc
All ether Henty books .....-. .2oc
Putnam Hall Cadet series 500
Doubleday books 49,. SOC
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-12
kipIing Boys Stories

Arabian Nights,
Grimm's Household Tales,
Anderson's Fairy Tales,
Swiss Family Robinson;
Gulliver's Travels.
Cast up by the Sea.
Robinson Crusce,
Scottish Chiefs,
AesCp's Fables.
All so Cents
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-12
THIS STORE WILL BE
OPEN EVERY MIGHT
FROM Now UNTIL
XMAS UNTIL 9 p. M.
SATURDAYS 1890.
Books
For Xmas Presents
BOOKS ARE ALWAYS APPRO-
PIRATE AND APPRECIATED
AS A PRESENT.


PIRATE AND APPRECIATED
AS A PRESENT.
Xmas Gift Books
The Six Cylinder Courtship,
beautiful illustrated and box
Making Of a Warehouses ....69c
Howard Chandler Christy's-
The Christy Girl .... -....98c
"A Dream CT Fair Women" by
Harrison Fisher .... ..... $50
Beautiful books handsomely
bound, put up in pretty Christmas
boxes 81 value-50c, including
The Little Minister "Helens
Babies" Han Brinker," Tom
Browns School Days. BLACK
Rcck," st. Elmo" etc.
Leather Padded Poems. All the
popular poets. Shakespeare.
Burns, Keith, Schiller, Tennyson.
etc --...-. Sl
All the new copyright books. .s8c
All reprints ....... ..-..... 48c
Peter Rabbit books ..... -. .25c
Religious gift books-nicely
bound and everyone in box.
such as the Christian Living"
Stepping Heavenward, New
Life" Daily Thoughts "Imita-
ticn OF Christ" etc. .......25c
Boys and girls classics put up
inc nice holly boxes. cretcnne COW
cred $500 $500 ~. .-'-.S9c
Rover Boys Series. every title.
SOC.
Motor Boys Series, all titles,
SOC.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-12

AIger books $50. -. .-...25e
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-12

Little Colonel series and Elsie
books for girls. all titles.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-12
RAYMOND Books

Raymond books, Bonehili series,
Noffat books, Carts. etc. AT hand
someIy bound books. all new
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-12

Optic books. handsomely bound
titles ---.. 49, $500 ---9OC
25c.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-12

Altemus Young Peoples Library
25c. and thousands OF other books
too numerous 70 mention
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-12

Pcck's Bad Roy. with the Cow
boys 75c; Peck's Bad Boy Abroad.
7sc; Peck's Bad Boy IN an Ar
ship.75o: Peck's Bad Boy with the
Circus. 75c.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-12

Rover Boys Series. every title.
SOC.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-12

Steam Engines, all guaranteed
to dc the best kind of work. rang
ing from $3.50. 500 to 1888.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-12

Boys and girls classics put up
inc nice holly boxes. cretcnne COW
cred .... $3.50 -. 49,. .29c
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-12
Xmas Gift Books

The Six Cylinder COurtship,
beautiful illustrated and box
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-12

Motor Boys Series, all titles,
SOC.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-12

Leather Padded Poems. All the
popular poets. Shakespeare.
Burns, Keith, Schiller, Tennyson.
etc $500. ... 81
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-12

Hook and Ladder; the good kind.
fitted with three gallCping horses.
These are pretty ana gccd toy:
beginning at 81 90 to $500
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-12

Childs Writing Desks, Doth fiat
top and roll top, eacn enc with
separate compartments. begin
ming at 49,. ...75c to S6.98
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-12

All the new copyright books. .98c
All reprints $500. ........ .48c
Peter Rabbit books ..... -. .25c
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-12

Plush Horses On platform.
These come in brown and black,
and assorted sizes, beginning at
soc to s1.98.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-08
EUROPEAN TRADES
To BE EXCLUSIVE
REFUSE TO CONSIDER eoMPERs'
PlAN-AmERlcA is
BARRED.
PROPOSAL TO BROADEN SCOPE
OF THE CONGRESS VOTED
DOWN.

Paris, Sep. 1.-The international
Il AIDES union conference yesterday
voted to consider no propositions ex-
cepting those submitted by organiza'
tons AFFILIATED with the conference.
But although this debarred Samuel
Gomper's affiliation proposition, del
egates nevertheless asked Mr.. Com
pers to elaborate his proposal. He
explained that Americans are entirely
willing to join an international move
ment, the objects of which are clearly
fixed such as, for example, the study
of questions directly affecting strikes
and the employment of women, but
not an organization dedicated to AGA
demic discussions of social problems.
IF Europe is ready for this kind OF
government" Mr.. Gompers said, y
believe America will participate act
lively" The Gompers proposal was
not officially considered.
The afternoon session was spent in
a heated. discussion of A proposition
from the French federation of labor
to tran form the congress, which is
now composed of secretaries of inter
national organizations, into a congress
of much wider powers, with delegates
from each trade. The proposition was
almost unanimously opposed and
finally withdrawn.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-08

city council which may reverse is
policy In some respects by a majoritg
vote. But it is held in check by the
people themselves who have the ini-
tiatives referendum. and recall Tbs
would appear to be a better plan
than that proposed for our accept
ance. An appeal to the people would
be a better plan than that proposed
for our acceptance. An appeal to tha
people would be better than an ap-
peal to the council Still our choice
has been made for US, and it lies be-
tween the presnt climax of incom-
petence. and board OF control WITH
executive powers. attached to
council with legislative and limited
veto powers.
One great success in the Des
Moines case has been the elimination
of the sinister influence ef the ward
politician. Now that the members of
the board are elected from the whole
city, the corrupt elements Of the city
find it impossible to control the cleo
tion.' A democratic mayo, was
elected for republican city; and his
colleagues are all able men. One had
been mayor before. another was the
assessor, another had been a reform
alderman and the fourth was once a
coaI-miner AMI is now. union labor
leader.
The effect of their methods OF
government have been little short OF
startling. They have improved the
streets. They have reorganized the
police force, cleaning out the red
light district and suppressing slot
machines, gambling devices, bond
sharks, and the like They have cEi
down the expenses of most of the de.
partments while giving better sery.
ice. They have avoided the usual
annual deficit. They got a more ia.
voTable contract with the lighting
companies. In dozen ways, given
in detail in the Posts article, which
we reprint elsewhere, they have
saved the city p1oney and given it far
better returns This Is, of course,
only the work OF year; and a year
is very short time for the introduc
ton of a new system of government.
THE board of control concentrates
responsibility. Under it, we will
know whom to blame when things go
wrong. The large number of alder
men make it difficult to fasten a
civic crime upon the guilty parties;
and, even when this is successfully
done. the SHINING members of the
people can only be punished by the
people in the wards they represent.
There is no way in which the electors
of the whole city can get at them as
they can at men elected by the whole
city. Now, responsibility invariably
has steadying effect Men who feel
that they are under the public eye
will be more careful to win the APP
prevail of the public than those who
fancy that they are operating in the
sem;-twilight.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-08
BOLD BANDIT ROBS
PENNSYLv wanna TRAIN

Lewistown, Pa, Sep. lone of
the lrost audacious railroad holdups
in the east in recent years was COM
mitted on the eastern slope 0f the
Alleghen:es yesterday morning when
a single sighwayman stopped the
Pennsylvania express train with a dv-
Mantle cartridge, compelled the crew
to carry thousands of dollars in gold
coin bullion from the express car into
the wilderness. When the conductor
attempted to interfere, he was shot
in the hand and the bold bandit sue
ceeded in escaping. He mistook, how
ever, a bag containing ten thousand
Lincoln pennies for gold coin and
staggered away with it. leaving the
gold to be recovered. Railroad and
Adams Express officials and many de-
tectives assisted by bloodhounds up
to late last night were unable TO trace
the robber.
The train was composed of three
express and two sleeping cars filed
with passengers. While running
through the Lewistown narrows, a
lonely mountain gorge, cartridge ex-
ploded and the engineer stopped the
train. He was Immediately confront
ed by masked figure holding two
revolvers.
The engine crew at the point of the
revolvers accompanied the robber to
the first express car. The bandit
pointed one revolver at the messen-
ger, who was looking out, threatened
to blow up the car with dynamite. and
then forced the messengers of the
two express cars and the engine crew
to carry all the gold and bullion from
the first car to the side tracks.
Conductor Poffenberger, who APP
preached. meanwhile was ordered
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-08
THAW'S ATTORNEY
CHARGES S195,736
ALREADY PAID sos, 100, HART
RIDGE WANTS $e2,6s6
MORE.

New York. Sept. Mrs. Mary Cop
ley Thaw was to have appeared be.
fore United States Commissioner
Shields yesterday for examination in
the suit of Clifford w. Hartridge to
recover $92,636, which he says is still
due for his legal services and dis
bursements during the trials of her
son, Harry X. Thaw. Her attorney,
however, obtained from the United
States circuit court an order vacatir 9
the notice directing her TO appear. -
the same time the court directed Mrs.
Thaw TO furnish Mr. Hartridge w''h
IA bill of particulars OF her count
claim of S46.S15.
The court said that in case Mrs.
Thaw should change her residence
from Matteawan, New York, to one
more than 100 miles distant from New
York and beyond the reach of sub
poena, time and opportunity would be
given to take her testimony BY com
mission or otherwise. Mrs. Thaw con.
tended that the notice for taking her
deposition was not served in good
faith but to annoy her.
Mr.. Hartridge alleges that he paid
out large sums in protecting Harry
Thaw's good name from scandal ]"
His bill in the aggregate vas sls5..
'S6 and he has been paid SI03, 100.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-08

back by the bandit. who empsjed one
revolver at him, one of the shots pen
etrating the conductors hand and
others grazing his body.
Despite the appearance of three
passengers, who were awakened by
the shooting, the robber calmly or
dered the crew aboard and compelled
them to steam awav. leaving the gold.
1t was recovered .ater by posse sent
by special train. When the train
was leaving the robber shouted
goodbye, good luck; hope to see
you again.
1t was reported last night that be-
sides the missing pennies, several
thousand dollars in currency is miss
ing, but the express officials refuse to
announce the amount of the loss.
The robber wore a SLOUGH hat
pulled down, and spoke excellent Eng
lish with a slight foreign accent.
Six bags of pennies, cut open TO
ascertain contents, were abandoned
by the robber.
Missed Chance of Lifetime.
st. Louis, Sept. 1.-THE robber who
looted the express of the Pennsyl-
vania train at Lewiston Narrows, Pa,
yesterday missed chance to acquire
half a million dollars or more gov
eminent funds, according to Oscar
L. Whitelaw, sub treasurer of the
United States here.
Whitelaw said the five iron safes
in the car were filled with currency
and that their contents total 100000
in one, two and FIVE dollar bills. He'
added that bills of greater denomi-
nation may be included and in that
millions. The safes are due here to-
day.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-08
DOMESTIC.

Francis II. Leggitt, millionaire gro
Ger and clubman. died of heart failure
in New York.
Miss lnez Purdy. the Oakland music
teacher, injured in an automobile &C
cident near McClelland. Iowa, died In
Council Bluffs hospital.
Posses are searching for an unin
Identified man who fatally wounded
Jacob Schwab, 70. at his farm house
three miles east of Anoka, MINI.
Daniel Bruss of Battle Creek, Mich.
was killed and three others injured
In a wreck between Grand Trunk
passenger train and a work train.
S. H. Webb, an insurance agent, OF
Louisville. Ky, was shot four times
and Totally wounded at Fort Worth,
Texas by T.. T. Baldwin of Abilene,
Tex, in tae lobby of the Majestic no
tel.
Passenger and freight trains on the
southwestern branch of the Northern
Pacifi, colided head on between
Fargo and Lisbon. Both engines were
damaged and the passengers were
shaken UP, but no one was seriously
hurt
Two persons We're killed and twenty
were injured near Julesburg, Mo,
when the Wabash passenger train No.
81 crashed into an extra train. The
dead are Henry Ludwig of Queen City
and Freeman Thompson of Moberly.
DENNIS Heating, a wealthy farmer
of Monroe, Wis, fell from third
story apartment window at Freeport
and was killed on the pavement He
had been sleeping with his head out
of the window for air.
Missing since early last May
Thomas Curtis Thompson, retired
wealthy farmer, was found on a farm
three miles cas- OF Benton Harbor
Mich. after countrywide search
had been instituted for him by his
wife Thompson was laboring as an
ordinary farm hand, having assumed
the name Thomas Curtis"
The skins sent by Col Theodore
Roosevelt from his African hunting
trip were unpacked IN the taNlderm'
S. 5 shop OF the National museum IN
Washington. Owing to the tanning
Il viii he many months before The
skins are ready TO be placed on exit
often.
James Garrett. formean OF a print
NJ company at Evansville, Ind, shot
his wife through the head, tried tc
XIII his : year old SON ana ended his
own life in Indianapolis Garrett
brought the boy to try to persuade his
" e to return 10 Evansville with
them. She refused aud Garrett shot
e-. shot n his son. but missed him
Daniel OBrien, employed in the
/ Northwestern railway gravel pit near
Lewiston. Mimi, was found dead be.
si6e the track. He had been to Lew.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-08
BADGER BRIEFS.

Henry Morrison was found dead in
h.s room in the Saratoga hotel at Su.
perior.
The Victor A. Lundgren pharmacy
at Marinette. was entered and the
cash register rifed of s25.
Miss Pearl Seallon of Loretto, was
drowned while fishing with a number
of other women. The boat was cap
sized.
While wrestling for the possession
of % caliher revolver James David.
son of Neenah, was severely injured
when the trigger was accidentally
pulled by Joseph Parks.
Ella Anderson, IS years old, daugh.
ter of John Anderson of Black River
Falls, was drowned In Black river
while boating with Two companions.
The body has been recovered.
A moral crusade has struck Two
Rivers and Mayor Baetz ordered all
saloon keepers and drug stores to re.
move every slot machine ia their
places.
An autopsy over the body of Her
man Martin, which was TEND floating
in Lake Marie of Twin lakes near SUI
perior showed that he was smothered
aud not drowned as was at first be-
lieved.
Louis FoXgrover, on employe at tea
American Writing Paper company's
plant at Green Bay, lost the sight OF
an eve in an accident A board few
up striking his glasses. These wer-
broken, piece piercing the eye.
Vincent Butler, manufa. tureg. GU
one of his fingers Blood poisoning
set in. A few hours later he injured
another finger and a second ease o.
blood poisoning set in. He is in a
preearlous cond tion.
Mrs. Herman Becker fell backward
into the cellar at her home in Shebov-
gan and broke a rib on her left side
She was reaching for some food on q
shelf when she lest her balance and
toppled backward eight feet.
Ole Springer Of Blooming Grove.
lost his balance and fell from the "a
bic of a shed to the ground, q s,
tsnce of about twenty fest He strucE
on his feet, crushing the bones Of his
right heel, hut otherwise was unhurt.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-08
EoREiaN

The members Of the American
water ways comm lssion arrived at "
emma from Berlin.
An explosion in the Weiss cartridge
! factory at Buda Pesth, resulted IN the
death Of i've men and the serious in
jury Of ten others
Charles " Fairbanks, former wee.
president Of the United States, has
been received in separate audience by
the prince regent in the forbidden
city.
An Argentine wreeker has presented
a proposition to the treasF1y Depart
ment to raise the Maize. The propo.
slion was referred 20 Che state de
partment.
Mr. Dodge United States minister
to Morocco, confirms the report of the
capture by the sultan's troops of the
pretender. Buhamara, and the rout of
his forces.
The reports that the Prince and
Princess De Sagan and Mrs. George
! Could were robbed Of valuables at
Rheims, are denied by both the De
Sagans and Mrs. Gould.
The summer hlaneuvers Of the Ital-
an army, now being conducted GEAR
Cremona have been mared Dy the
death Of Lieut. Count Rocca, who was
/ thrown from his horse and died OF his
injuries
As a result OF the differences with
the Employers association regarding
the mehod of changing from piece to
time work, the gtone masons' union
of Paris decided upon strike. Four
teen thousand men went out There
we're disturbances in connection with
the walkout.
The election for a member of the
douma from st. Petersburg will be
! held Sept. to fill the vacancy eaused
by the expulsion last May of NJ. Kolub-
| ialtin. The constitutional democrats
have put up as their candidate N. N.
/ Kuttler. former minister of agricul-
ture. By-elections also will be held
at Moscow and Odessa Sept. 10.
The death of four children at Rot
! terdam, supposed to have been caused
| by poisonous sweets has been found
after meteorological nation,
to have been due to asiatic cholera.
One man also died recently from a
suspicious illness and fourteen adults
and fourteen children are under OBJ
servation at the isolation hospitals.
Sharp fighting with the Russian
consular convoy at Tabriz lasted from
noon yesterday until late in the even
ing at the village of Margergiz. The
kurds lost twenty men while two
Russians were dangerously wounded,
A column was dispatched from
Urumiah to clear Marzergiz of the
Kurds on account of their repeated
| attacks on the Orthodox peasants.
A dispatch rpm Rheims to the
Petit Parisien says that the room oc-
cupied in a hotel there by Mrs. H. B.
Livingston of New York was entered
and jewelry to the value of $4,000
stolen. Mrs. Livingston explained
that she took off her iewelry and laid
ii on the dressing table while she
washed her hands She forgot to put
1t on again and was absent from the
room for a moment wien SHE re,
turned she fond that the jewelry had
vanished
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-08

"Pop. tell me one thing"
Yes. my son"
When they want pets on board OF
ships. do they take old sea dogs ?"
baltimore American.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-08
500 Reward. SIOo.

The readers Of this paper will Be pleasas
70 learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able TO curs
In all Its stages. and thai is Catarrh. Hairs
Satarrh Cure is tie only positive cure now
known 20 the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease REQUIRES a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
cure is taken internally, acting directlv
upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system merely destroying the foundation
OF the disease. and giving the nstiant
strength by building up The constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have SO much faith IN its cura.
i've powers that they o1er One Hundred
Dollars for any case that Il falls TO cure
Send for list OF testimonials.
Address +. J. CHENEY Co, Toledo, O.
Sold By all Druggists, 7ac.
Take Halls Family Pulls fer constipation.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-08
MORAL WAR IN RUINED CITY.
Movement at Osaka, Japan, to Keep
Resorts Out of Good District.

Toxic, Japan. Sept. An active
movement is in progress in Osaka to
prevent the rebuilding OF the burned
licensed resorts in their former good
station in the businesses section of the
city. The agitation, which was begun
under Christian auspices. is winning
the support of all the moral forces
and crowds are turned away from the
massmeetings which are held. A mon
ster petition already hps received
more than 100000 signatures and
strong hopes are entertained that the
efforts for the municipal improve
ments of Osaka will be successful
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-08

iston and had partaken freely OF
liquor On the way back he was run
down by train and leg and arm
cut Of the shock and loss Of blood
causing dsatl. o'Brien had relatives
near Chicago.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-08
JokEsMITHs TO HONOR DEAN.
Press Humorists win Pay Tribute t,
Burdette.

Los Angeles, Sept. MERRY max
ing will cease for one day at the
American press humorists' convention
sympathy for the perpetual parson
and pastor emeritus" of the associa-
ton, the Rev. Robert j. Burdette, D.
D.. who is seriously i'll at his home
near this city, according to an an
nouncement by President Frank T.
Searight.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-08

Henry
flying ILLS
without touching ground his supply
this country last exhibitions OF flying Brighton eh
York,
financial
splendid
is OF
vnton Although he tbs klu
the Rheims
ability
Latham previously
n .
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-08
SWEPT BY cLouDsuRsr.
Six Women and a Number of childre,-
Missing.

Reno, New, Sept THE mining
carp. Rawhtde, 100 miles from here.
was swept by a cloudburst last even
ing, a wall Of water said to have been
l2 feet in height rushing through the
streets. Six women and a several
children are reported missing. 500
homeless, and l65 buildings DESTROYED.