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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
For a Preliminary Election.

The abolition of the primary cleo
ton in cities and the substitution
therefore of an optional preliminary
election in case there are more than
two candidates for each office. is the
subject Of a bill which will be intro
duced by Assemblyman w. A Kay of
Spring Valley. The bill provides that
five per cent of the voters shall petit
ton for such an election where there
are more than two candidates for
each Office. Candidates must file
their nomination papers % days be-
fore the regular spring elections, and
in case a preliminary election is re-
quired. the petition therefore must be
filed within two days after the filing
of the nomination papers by the vari-
GUS candidates, or 90 days before the
regular election.
In case OF a preliminary election
no party designations will be allowed
by the candidates. each one running
on his own individual merits. and the
same is true in regard to the regular
election. The object of the bill. &C
cording to Mr.. Kay. is to relieve the
cities and villages Of the state from
the useless expense of conducting a
primary election where not more than
two are contesting for the same
nomination. The bill applies to all
cities except Milwaukee.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
IN NORTHERN CLINICS.

H. G. Wells thinks that some day
there will be a universal flight from
our northern climate to live through
the winters In the south. That time
will never come. For the person born
In the northern climate that is best.
The y 0nontony of tropical life is op-
pressive; every day the same; no
trosts, no freeze, no icy blasts-this is
. sad lot The particular commenda-
tion Of the tropical life is that II is
mostly outdoors; that one gets pure
air and sunshine. But one can get
these things in the north and In way
that makes them real The bedroom
window can always be open. The house
may be kept temperate, 65 to 10. an
moist, says the Ohio State Journal
Then one can robe himself and strike
put into the keen air with a relish.
These are better than a monotony OF
warmth. There is the variety Of life
In the northern cline. somewhat that
gives it spice and zest. That is the
secret of our civilization. 1t is what
makes man get move on himself
let one walk along the woodland ways
Of the tropics as the sun goes down.
and feel all the soft luxury of the
event. and the experience is not half
as grand as when one puts on his
great coat and dashes out into a big
sunlit morning, when the thermome
der is ten degrees above zero, and
the crisp air makes the blood fairly
shout for JOY.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
KILLS WIFE TO WE'D ANOTHER.
Slayer Breaks Down When Confronted
With Girl He Had Wooed.

Reading. Pa. 49, Confronted sud
denly by a young woman he had
wooed when posing as bachelor,
Matthew f. Vanaman. aged twenty
two. broke down and confessed that
he shot and killed his wife, Mary L.
Vanaman, aged twenty-five, in order
that he might marry Miss Ellen Wes-
ner Vanaman would not admit that
he had set fire to the bed in which his
wifes body lay He said she upset
an oil stove In her death struggle.
Mrs. Vanaman was found dead in
bed In their home Monday night. The
bed had been set on fire apparently
while Mrs. Vanaman and her baby
were sleeping in it.
Vanaman aroused the neighbors
with the cry that the stove used for
heating his wife's bedroom had ex-
ploded. that the room was afire and
that his wife was being burned to
death He rad caught up the child.
and says he clied for his wife to fol
low He lent hand in the work of
rescue The woman was, however
already dead. as she had been shot
In the right temple.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
DECLARES POST INCREASE JUST.
Hitchcock Says Increase on Adver-
Using Sections Is Fair.

Hitchcock Says Increase on AdVer-
Using Sections Is Fair.
Washington. Large profits as
serted to be incuring to the pub
fishers of magazines and immense
losses being sustained by the gov
eminent in the transportation of
magazines as second-class mail mat
ter at existing rates are made the
basis of statement issued by Post
master General Hitchcock. The
statement is in response to the attack
made by the magazine publishers
upon the proposed increase of the
postage rate on the advertising pages
of the large magazines from one cent
to four cents a pound
Mr. Hitchcock makes it clear that
the proposed new rate does not af.
feet newspapers of any kind nor
does it apply to periodicals mailing
less than 1000 pounds of each issue a."
Applying the increase to the en-
tire amount Of second-class mail mat
ter" continued Mr. Hitchcock. lit
would amount to less than one cent a
pound"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
TWO KILLED IN GRAFT QUEST.
Reporter Dies, From Live Wire, Other
Perishes in Attempted Rescue.

Chicago. - Seeking for evidence
that the county had to been de-
frauded on coal deliveries. James j.
McCabe, a reporter for Chicago Exam
liner was electrocuted in power house
81 of the drainage board.
While endeavoring TO recover the
body of McCabe, Frederick Fitzpatrick,
assistant engineer at the county hos.
pital was killed instantly and Thomas
Mahon, superintendent of the county
morgue, was blown against a wall Of
the building by the shock.
McCabe went to the power house,
which is located in the grounds of the
county hospital and in the same build
ing with the weighmaster of the hos
pital. and met his death while peerins
through window in an effort to dis.
cover evidence of wrongdoing. He sup.
posedly stepped too close to the dan
gerous electrical machinery.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
Has "sane Fourth Bill.

There viii be sane" Fourth of July
celebrations in the future. should a
bill introduced in the lower house by
Assemblyman Lentz be enacted into
law and its provisions enforced.
The bill prohibits the sale of all ex-
plosives except fire crackers not more
than three inches long, one-half inch in
diameter, and made of ordinary gun
powder. Skyrockets, giant crackers,
blank cartridges. dynamite canes and
similar noise producers as we'll as te-
tanus agents are prohibited
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22

While the result of Dr. Stiles In
Vestigation into the alleged relation
between he lint of cotton mills and
the condition among southern mill
workers is what practical mill men In
the north expected, it is nevertheless
gratifying to have the assurance of a
recognized expert that there is no
basis whatever for the claim advanced
IN the south that the condition was
due to lint rather than to the hook
worm, says the Manchester Union. Dr.
Stiles caused an investigation 70 be
made ia many New England mills, and
Of the results he says: 'As the New
England mills are using southern cot
ton. and as the mill hands are breath
Ing in the same kind Of lint as are the
southern hands, these observations
give proof of the error of the popular
idea that the condition or the latter
mill hands is due TO the breathing in
Of lint" He says further that such
an array Of data is now on hand not
In harmony with the lint theory that
when all facts are published 1t is be.
ueved public opinion will OF necessity
undergo a change. Hook-worm dis
ease Is due entirely to soil pol
luton
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
MARTIAL LAW IN NICARAGUA.
Estrada Cables for Guns and Ammunl
ton to Replace That Destroyed.

Managua, Nicaragua. A coun.
Gil of war has been appointed tc
investigate the explosion which oc.
CURED in the ammunition barracks
situated within tho grounds Of the
presidential palace 1t is believed that
the investigation viii be of sweep
ing nature. for the opinion Is held
that there is a widespread plot against
the administration. Nicaragua is un
der martial law. but congress will
continue its sessions.
When it was found that a vast
quantity of arms and ammunition
would he destroyed President Estrada
cabled TO New York for 5000 rifles
ten maxims and 100000 cartridges
This was an indication how he viewed
the situation.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
Varsity for Milwaukee.

A joint resolution to establish a
branch of the state university in Mil
waukee was introduced in the senate.
That $50 students from the state me-
tropolis attended the state institution
and that one-eighth of the population
OF the state was in Milwaukee county
were reasons given by Senator Boden-
stab why such action should be taken.
He declared that the present housing
problem would be solved and that
more young people, now unable to at
tend the school. could receive the ben
cfts of a higher education.
His resolution provides that the
state board of university regents shall
go into a conference with the city
and county authorities of Milwaukee
and cooperate with them in order that
there may be developed in Milwaukee
a branch of the university which
shall offer the same facilities as the
state school at Madison.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
No Opposition to VinJe.

Senator A. w Sanborn of Ashland.
Representative Lenroot of Superior,
and others are supporting Judge A
j Vinje of Superior to succeed him
self as supreme court justice He
may have no opposition There was
some. talk of w D. Tarrant and w
D. Corrigan OF Milwaukee entering
the race. but they decline to be can
didates
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
GOV. VESTS VETO ovERRULEn
Oregon Legislature AboIlshes Whip
ping Post.

Portland, Ore. The whipping
post in Oregon Is to be abolished.
BY a vote of 40 20 IA the lower house
of the Oregon legislature repassed
the anti-whipping post measure over
Governor Vests veto. Humanitarian
motives are assigned by the members
who supported the bill that wit re-
lieve wife beaters from corporal pun
ishment in public.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
RYAN PASSES AWAY.

Archbishop Suceumbs at His Resi-
dence In Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Surrounded by mem.
bers of his immediate family
Most Rev Patrick John Ryan. arch.
bishop of Philadelphia and metropoli-
tan of Pennsylvania. died after long
Illness. Had he lived until the twenti-
eth of this month he would have been
eighty years of age. For weeks the
distinguished prelate fought off death,
but a weak heart. enfeebled by the
arduous duties of his high office, could
not stand the strain. and he passed
away breathing the benediction God
bless you" upon those who stood about
the bedside
Archbishop Ryan, known as the
greatest orator of the Catholic church
in America. was born In 1891 in
Thurles. County Tipperary. Ireland
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
No Room for Governor.

Governor MeGo~ern and Chief Jus
tice Winslow of the state supreme
court went to the live stock show at
the university. but owing to the big
crowd attending were unable to get
into the pavilion and had to come
away disappointed. The show was
given last week, but there was such
a demand by persons who were not
able then to see it that it was re-
peated. 1t now may be repeated a
second time to give the governor.
chief justice and others an opportun
ity to see It.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
MAN IMMUNE TO DRINK DEAD.
Father of Margaret Dale 5equeaths
Brain and Stomach to Science.

Philadelphia. Jules Rosendale
Of this city. translator and f.
Their of Margaret Dale, the actress,
is dead. aged seventy-six years. Mr.
Rosendale in his will directed that
his body be cremated and that his
brain and stomach be given TO the
University of Pennsylvania to dis
cover the reason for his immunity
from the usual effects of intoxicating
drink
1t is stated by physicians that Mr..
Rosendale could consume almost IN
limited quantities of alcoholic liquor
without any effect on his brain or
nervous system.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
To Halt Bounty FRAUDS.

A bill to prevent wild animal bnun-
~ frauds and limiting county boun-
ties TO those paid by the state viii
be introduced It requires that the
entire skin. with the scalp. ears, paws
and tail intact. instead of the scalp,
ears and upper eyelids be p:oduced,
and that the skin shall be rIarka4 by
county officers By cutting q slip not
less than four inches long between
the ears: or, IL the animal be a pup
or cub, by removing and destroying
the scalp. This. It is said. viii de,
stroy the use Of skins fol vugs etc.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22

1t is the correct thing now in Chi
cago TO print the names Of those po
iicemen who get chance TO shoot
hold-up men. The latter. however. are
understood to strongly condemn this
form OF fulsome notoriety
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
california Soldiers First Avlators

san Franeiseo.-The coast artillery
corps. National Guard OF California.
Monday completed arrangements for
Eugene Ely. the aviator. to act as In.
structor for the aviation squad. This
Is claimed to be the first aviation
squad organized by militia corps.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22

Idaben. Okla,-Detectivs Brown of
Los Angeles Tuesday ident.n as one
Of the men wanted in connection with
the dynamiting of the Los Angeles
Times. David Caplan. a prisoner in
the local Jail The capture Is said to
carry a reward of $4,000
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
Ends Lie to Escape Marriage

Martins Ferry, O-Minnie Doncal.
aged eighteen, of Warrenton. o., com
mitted suicide Wednesday by jump
ing into the Ohio river at Rayland
A note pinned to her coat forgives
her parents for trying to force her to
marry man she did not love.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22

Women will be more interested In
the news OF that earthquake in Turke
stan when they learn that Karakol
where the coats (some of them, any
way) come from, has also been wiped
of the map.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
California Court Demands Probe.

Sacramento. Cal-The state 81,
preme court Wednesday demanded
an investigation by the legislature
into charges which have been circu.
lated in connection with its decision
in the case OF Abraham Ruef, in
which a rehearing was granted.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
Rob 4 Rsnk: - Woundea

Sacramento, CGl.-3lowing oreo the
safe OF the Nippon bank of this ~'ty
Monday. FIVE bandits glt ava, 18th
S.. COS after seriously Nouneipg p
liceuan Charles Pairlin anu Charles
Allison. s. companion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22

When a person with bad cough
and red nose and wrapped-up
throat and general appearance sug
gestive of the influenza steps up to you
and sneezes in your direction and tells
you how catching the grip is are you
not annoyed?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
WOMEN ORGANIZE NEW PARTY
Hold Convention in South Dakota
Lay Plans for Fight.

Pierre, S. D. 49, a convention OF
women. held in the state house, took
first steps towards the organization of
a "woman's party" The organizers
will seek political preferment accord.
ed them under the constitution of the
state. without waiting for the full voc
ing privilege.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
whipping Post Must Go.

Portland, 0re.-The whipping post
IN Oregon is 10 be abolished BY vote
Of 40 TO Il the lower house OF the Ore
gon Legislature Tuesday repassed the
antiwhipping post measure over Gov
ernor Vests veto.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22

Two Hackensack church deacons are
charged with playing pinocle and both
refuse TO resign. Pinocle may seem
ike an innocent game, but 1t loses
much Of this innocence at FIVE cents
q point.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
Quake Shakes salt Lake.

Salt Lake City-Four earthquake
shocks We're felt in parts of the CITY
Wednesday and were registered by
the university seismograph. They oc-
CURED at 9:56. t0:1S, 1871 and l1:04
o'clock. No damage was done
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22

Every now and then you hear some
Dne discussing the weather. say; The
paper said" so and so. Now. the pa,
pers have enough to answer for with
put being charged with the mistakes o.
the weather bureau.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
enhhers kin 4 Earmcr

Springfield. nl.--George Flari5a q
farmer. was shot and killed Tu=- 5ay
hv robbers at his home two t1tles
north OF here. when he went out % MS
smokehouse. The thieves fed and ar
being sought by a posse.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22

vladivostok.-The effort to enforce
sanha.J regulations against the
plaque resulted in a fight Tuesday be
tween Russian soldiers and Chinese
residents in which SIX persons were
killed and twenty wounded.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
storm Ties Up Copper Country

Calumet. Mich.-Sleet and winia,orm
Tuesday practically tieI up all susi
ness in the copper country. deiay ing
all railroad and electric car trafic and
carrying down telegraph and telephone
wires in all directions.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
arl,ons Bush for Bonds.

Subscriptions for the S.,
600 600 OF Kansas City & Southern
railway refunding and improyeEs ent
mortgage five Per cent. gold tonds
closed Monday. having been largely
nyersnbscribed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22

In London a petticoat manufacturer
claims that he was bankrupted through
adoption of the hobble skirt. How.
ever, he mustn't consider himself to
be the only one who has fallen down
on that account.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
-. Made New choctaw chiet.

Washington. -- President Taft
Wednesday appointed Victor NJ.
Locke OF Antlers, Okla. to be prin.
cipal chief OF the Choctaw nation In
rlace Of the late Green MeCurtain,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
Woman who Saw Lafayette Dies.

Charlottesville, Va.-Mrs. Cornelia
d Burley. who was present when
Marquis de Lafayette visited the Uni
versity of Michigan in 1925. died here
Monday at the age Of ninety-three.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22

Especial inter est attaches to the
astronomer who says Venus is iuhabit
ed, owing to the Facts that his name
Is See" and that he comes from Mis-
souri,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
Fa,her shoots and an. Scr.

Spartansburg. S C.-WiI.iam NJ.
Lanford shot and killed his son. w.
d. Lanford. Wednesday. at the for
mer's home near Woodruff as a re
suit of a quarrel
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
Wreck in south Kills Two.

Chattanooga, Tenn Engineer
Welch and negro fireman were
killed and several others of a freight
crew were hurt in a rear-end collision
near Spring City on tne Cincinnati
Southern railroad wednesday,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
To Support Taft,s Trade Anresment.

L
Joint resolution was pre-
sented by Senator Randolps. Dem
ocrat, to memorabilia the Wisconsin
members of congress to support Presi-
dent Taft's reciprocity agreement with
Canada. This was looked upon as
a Democratic move and was calculated
TO perplex the Republican majority,
which is not In accord with the ma
tional administration.
drastic corrupt practices bill by
w. A. Kay came into the assembly
providing that candidates may
not dtsburse money in campaign ex-
cept personally or through party com
mittees. 1t is further required that
weekly statements of disbursements
and receipts be filed, detailed as to
receipts of money and purposes. The
bill limits the expenditures of candi-
dates as follows: For United States
senators. $500; congressman, 81. 500;
governor. $4,000; other state officials.
$4,000; state senator, $500; assembly
man. $3.50; for county, city, village and
town Offices the limit is based upon
the number Of votes for governor in
that district at the last election, being
for 5000 votes or less, $500; for
each 100 votes over 5000 and under
$4,000. two dollars, and for each
100 over that number, one dollar.
The civil service commission
denied the petition of Attorney Gen
eral Bancroft that The position of sec
! ond assistant attorney general be
exempt from the operation of
the merit law, for which posi-
ton three eligibles have been
certified none Of whom Bancroft
is willing to appoint However, he is
expected to follow his original inten-
ton and name B. Ryan J. Castle, and
take the matter of his salary to the
courts in an effort to wipe out the
civil service law.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22

A New York man who had lost his
memory was found with $4,000 in his
pockets. Probably discovered on a wit
aess stand at an investigation,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
Salvador hss New Chief.

San Salvadc~-The election Of Or
Nanuel F. Arauio to the presidency
and OF Onefre Duran To the vice-presi
5ency was ratified by congress Tues
DAY.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22

TIE college professor who says that
tLere will be no babies in a century or
so may turn out TO be merely another
myth.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
IOWA HOUSE FOR OREGON PLAN.
II Governor Signs Bill Primary Law
VIII Become Effective.

Des Moines. Ia When Gov.
B F. Carroll appends his sigma
turo to the Oregon plan election bill.
passed by the senate. 1t win become a
law In Iowa. The bill passed the
house of representatives by vote
of two to one and ii passed the sen
ate by vote of 81 to i6.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22

Every day we gain at least a minute
OF day light. but the gas bills will not
be likely to show II.