Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-01
NEWS OF THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.


S. B. ShoaweIl. st. Paul STOCK
broker, was run down and Killed BY
an automobile while on his way home
srom the ball game. The machine
was driven By Miss Theodola Stuart
aged 10. of Minneapolis.
Harry Pike. formerly of Chicago,
shot Miss Hazel Ritter and then shot
himself at Denver. It is believed
both will die. Pixies divorced wife
is said to be living in Chicago. Miss
Ritter is from Laramie. Wyo.
George ". Coleman, the Sl2 week
clerk of the National City bank OF
Cambridge, Mass. pleaded guilty TO
footing that institution Of sS09.OOo
and was sentenced by Judge Hale to
fifteen years in the federal prison at
Atlanta
Stephen Zacak. aged -, after
fifty-two hours questioning. during
which. it is saia. he was not permit
ted TO sleep, confessed to the muir.
der of a Chicago policeman, commit
ter suicide. The alleged slayer hanged
himself with handkerchief in his
cell
Randolph Bero. the l6 months old
sen Of Joseph Bero. OF Menomonee.
Mich. drowned in tub of water.
The mother left the child in the house
while she went 10 hang out clothes
She was absent for only few min
utes and on her return she found
the child dead.
Playing house while their mother
went tomarket. Louise Crouch aged 6,
years, and her brother Johnnie. 3
years younger. of Elizabeth, n. j.,
went to the ice chest and drank freely
from bottle Of tonic compound thae
they had seen their parents use.
Both died In commissions on Sunday.
Albert c. Gordon. for nineteen years
C1icago NAH carrier. was arrested
by order of Postoffice Inspector James
II. Stuart. who says Gordon has con
fessed to robbing the mails for more
than four years. Complaints from all
over the country during the last four
years of the loss of money registered
letters had baffied the officials
While Samuel Vogel and wife OF
Newark. n. j.. slept soundly, burglars
entered their home and stole hand
bag containing jewelry worth $4,000
from under the pillow beneath Mrs
Vogels head and $500 in cash from
her husbands pockets. The pair did
not discover their loss until they
woke vogel had put the savings OF
a lifetime into diamonds.
During the panic of 1907 Mike Hill,
OF Cheyenne, Wye coal miner, lost
confidence in banks and drew out his
savings. amounting to nearly $1,000,
which he buried on the pralries near
here. Recently he was adjudged in
sane in the County Court Hin for
got where he buried his money, and
his frantic efforts 20 locate his
cache" coupled with breeding over
his loss, resulted in the flight OF his
reason.
Bradley Lane OF San Bdrnardo. Cal.
saved himself from being dragged to
death BY killing his horse While he
was leading the animal ii became
frightened and ran away, Lane was
entangled in the rope and dragged
nearly 220 yards, the horse galloping
toward a rock strewn fiat overgrown
with oacu, Lane managed to re-
lease one Land and drew his revolt |
yer. He fired two shots into the an
imals head
Declaring in a speech before the
Atlantic City W. G. T. Z. that girls
OF the country are becoming addicted
TO the use OF cigarettes even worse
than boys the Rev Charles Martyr
Niles, rector OF the Episcopal church
OF the Ascension. raised storm
among he parents in this city.
Though few Of them smoke openly
they practice the vice secretly aud
are continual users. said he. AS
result of the charges made by the
minister women active Ia reform are
investigating