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Official County Paper.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
County Officers.
County Judge C W Graves
Sheriff J. W. WHirs
County Clerk VVm Brandon
County Treasurer A T. Fobtun
Register of Deeds Wm. Hutchison
Clerk of the Court H. C. Gosling
District Attorney John 8. Larson
County Superintendent Howard Miller
Surveyor........ \V. JJ. Knowrh
Coroner . G P. AIKEN
Chairman Board of Supervisors ALEX. Hill
Poor Commissioner E. Tilton
Superintendent Insane Asylum. . F. Wilkins
CITV OfriCEHS.
Aug. Smith
CWy Clerk H. F. P csard
Treasurer John S. MeKltirlck
Assessor Jos. Omun son
Police Juitlee j. Henry Bennett
Justices !• K. 8. Mc.MUhaei
justices j- Squire Toney
hiarshal.. John C. Johnson
ConstaMei} ;;;;
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.
TA BELI E LOI) IE A. F * A. M. NO. H
J Meets the First and Th.rd Wednesdays of
each month. Hall iu Williams' block.
YTIROQUA LODGE. 1. O O. F—MEETS F.V-
V ery Saturoay night in Williams’ block.
Y/TF.JQUA ENCAMPMENT. I. O O. F-. NO.
V 60. Meets every Monday even ng.
Ancient order of united workmen
—First and third Tuesdays of each month.
ORDER OF CHOSEN FRIENDS.—MEETS
second and fourth Saturdays of each mth.
American leoion op honor.-meets
second and fourth Tuesdays of each in'th.
Alex, lowrie post, g. a. f -meets
first Monday evening of each month. In
W. R. C. hall.
Regina lodge, daughikks ok uk
bckali. No. 28, meet, first and tliiul Mon
day of each month In I. O. O. K. hall.
Modern woodmen of America, no.
1901, meets Friday night of each week.
\riBOQUA CHAPTER, O E. S., MEETS
second Tuesday ol each mouth In Masoulo
hall.
\r IROQUA CH API ER. H A M . MEETS
r every secoud and fourth Wednesday of
each mouth.
WOMAN'S RI.Lt : < ORBS. -MEETS ON
vv alternates- ■--> ,nns.
I\’ C. T. IT MEETS ALTERNATE TUES
vV , days at 3p. in.
10. G. T. LODGE.— MEETS ON EVERY
• Wednesday evening, in AUtance hall.
ri’HE VIROQUA COUNCIL, NO 129 A. p. A ,
J meet- at, Alliauee hall every Tuesday night
7 :S0 o’cl ok
V IROQUA K O. T. M.-MEETS ON EVERY
v Monday evening lu Alliance hall, at 7:30.
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CHURCH DIIiECTOIIY.
if ETHODIBT EPISCOPAL.-SERVICES AT
I1 10:80 a. m. and 7:30 p m. each Sahbath.
Sunday school at 12 in. Prayer meetings oa
Thursday evenings.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-SERVICES
at 10:30 a. in ami 7 ;30 p. in. each Sabbath.
Sunday school at 12 m.
CiHURCH OP CHRIST.-PREACHING EV
/ ery Sunday at u:d a. m. and In the even
ing. Sunday school at aoa. ra.
■VT t) RWE OI A N LUTHERAN CHURCH.-
Tv Services every Sunday at 8 o'clock.
BUSINFIss CARDS.
HP. PROCTOJ, ATTORNEY AND
. Couu elor, Vir .qua, W is. Will practice
In all Courts of the state. Special attention
given to Collect fins.
CILBA JCH A LABSOk, ATTORNEYS.
Special a tentton given to collection* <>f
■-e in Ferguson Block, second floor. Mala
* ret, Vlroqua, VVts.
Jackson Silba ugh. John S. Lab^on.
\t?M. A. COTT, M D , PHVSICIAN AND
TV Surgeon, Vlroqua, Wls.
Office near residence. 1 bi'k E. Lysne’s hotel.
P. MINSHALL, M.~D., PHYSICIAN
Tv. ant Surg on. A gradtiVe of Keokuk
M dloal College, one of the beet of Its kind tn
the Uulted States. All calls promptly attend
ed, day or night. Latest and moot approved
methods of trea' ment use i.
Office In Casson's lll'k VIBOQUA, Wis.
I.T E. WORLEY, M. D., PHYSICIAN
K . aud Surgeon, Vlroqua, Wig, Office over
Cra g <fc Co’s drug stor •, on west side of hall.
AM calls attended promptly day or night.
M. SCRENSON. C'HAS. H, TROWBRIDGE.
CURENf \">N & TROWBPIDCE,
I ’ i'll vs K‘i aBB A St) SURGE! N, Vito |U;i, Wls,
Calls lu city or country promptly attended
Office over Craig ft Co's drug store.
JOHN DAWSON 4, CO.- GEAF.UAL
Insiira re ami Real Estate Ag-ncy.YiroqiUL
Office In Williams blocs, second floor.
VERNON CO. COURT -REGULAR
v terms in tho first Tuesday of each
month, at the i curt house from 9 fo 19 a. m.
and ljutotip. m. D. O. MAHON I Y
County Juuge.
Q. J. SUTTLK, M.D. W. M. TbOWBRIDGI, MD.
DRS. SUTTLE & TROWBRIDGE.
Dr. Trowbridge, late resident physician and
lurgeon Cook county hospital, Chicago.
• ALL CALLS ATTENDED PROMPTLY •
Day or night, from office.
QUO. U. CHAHBERS,
DENTIST.
Crown and Bridge Work. Metal Plates
And all other bran hes of dental work done la
the latest and most Improved manner. Satis
faction guaranteed. Oiboe In Towner’s block
VIROQUA, • - WIS.
j7h. Chase, sm
DENTIST.
Office over Chandler’s [ Vlroqua*
jStore, ) wis.
C. VV. Graves. D. O. Mabo.'Ev.
CRAVES A MAHONEY.
Attorneys & Counsellors at Law
Practice in all Conns. .Money Loaned
on Real Estate. Collections Promp
tly Attended to.
OWice over Bank of Vlroqua.
VIUOQUA, WIS.
MEAT MARKET:
HOLBROOK & NIX,
Fresh, Salt Meats
BAUSACES. ETO.
We *.• Aim te Please.
By being aleaa la onr work, fair In our deal
age, and by keeping the beet etook of meate te
1 *****' _
VIROOUA, • Wit.
Restaurant $ h\im.
o
MRS. L. C. RICE
now located In her new buildtns. second
door, an 1 i* prepared to fnrntsh board by day
or w ek. Lunches • ryed r reasonable rates,
{tapper* furnished tor balls and private par
tif*. Accommodations for 75 couples. Bakery
supplies fur sale.
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OYSTERS
WIN BULK OR CAN
Ontario Steel Bridge Works, I
ONTARIO, WIS. H. TIMMERMAN, Proprietor.
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Sice? bridges, ffloof Tjrusseo, Steel TJubea for
Sub-Structures, Culverts, Arches, etc., of an> diameter or length.
pf'WRITE FOR INFORMATION NEEDED.
TUI-; VERNON COUNTY CENSOR.
VOL. XLITI—NO. 10.
Royal makes the food pure,
wholesome aud delicious.
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure
Rv-YAL OAKIHG POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
Heal Language.
The Japanese languages Is said to
contain <>o,ooo words, every one of
which requires, a different symbol. It
is quite impossible for one man to
learn the entire language, and a well
educated Japanese is familiar with
only about 10,000 words.
Tonqtiin IbubbT.
The ficus elastica, which is cultivat
ed in Brazil, Bolivia and the Guianas,
grows abundantly in Tonqtiin. and. as
labor is cheap, it is hoped that anew
anil prolific rubber field will be opened
up In that country.
Every man must run the risk of rain.
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X VV. F. LINDEMANN, H. LINDBMANN,
♦ President. Cashier.
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: Bank of Viroqus.
♦ [State Bank—Capital |50,0c0,00.]
♦ Lindemann & Rusk, Props.
X United States bonds, inland end foreign
♦ exchange, gold, silver and nncnrrent money
♦ bought and sold. Certificates of deposit
issued payable on demand, to draw interest
1: left six months.
Business Honrs, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Collections and banking business promptly
attended to and remit anocs made
on dsy of lOllectlon.
S. B. lieque,
Dentist j
VIROQUA, - WLft.
Crown and Brtdga Work. Metal an* all
9tber branch** of Dental work la the latest
Improved manner. W* guarantee work.
O.moi ni Devlin’a Block.
F~. I HARNEY,
• i>. i. s.-•
DP■gEBW, VIROQUA. WIS.
SSmDOES FINE DENTAL WORK.
Enc listing. Br dge. Crown and (I Id P!at
Work. Soeclal attention given to correcting
Irregularities and preservation of the natural
let 1 1. Twenty four ye irs practiou rxperl- nce
an i study. Dental Parlors lu Herrick Block.
C. H. MINSHALL,
fiiiorney=ai*Za.w,
Vlroqua, Wls.
Loans,Collections and Pensions,
PATENTS.
tW~ Offl’e in seeon l story Williams' Block
IRA S. GRIFFIN, Attorney at Law.
IRA S. ORIFFIN,
LIFE, FIRE, ACUdi.ill AND TORNADO
INSURANCE.
General Collecting Agency. Loans Negotiated
~ ' VIROQUA, WlB.
F4- A.SVISUM,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
FINE CUSTOM WORK A SPECIALTY.
l’eifeot left Guaranteed.*
VIROQUA, WISCONSIN.
VIROOUA STEAiT
LAUNDRY^
Everything New, Complete
and First-Class.
The proprietors have sparpd nothing iD
work or expense to equip a plant tnit
hble to the needs of the publio. Ev
ir_ything is under the direction of u
manager with 12 years experience.
Individual and Family Laun
dry work Guaranteed.
It.number the Steam Laundry and give
it yonr patronage. All packages col
lected and delivered. In enrne block
with Opera House,
VIROQUA, WIS.
N. Coe & Son,
—PROPRIETORS OF —
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If yon want a good double harness
for spring work, now is the time to place
your order. We know we can supply
yonr wants
REPAIRING fl SPECIALTY
DOGS OF M GROSI
Belief that a Conflict with Spain
Is Inevitable.
MINE ANDES THE MAINE
Destruction Said to Be Beyond the Power
of a Torpedo.
DISASTER DDE TO DIHSfI.
American People Eelieve the Span
iards Are Cuilty.
The Most Reliable Advices, Pending;
Official Reports, Are to the Effect
that the 111-Fated Filip slet with
Foul Play—Senators and Representa
tives ut Washington Become Aroused
-Govcrnt.rs of Many ttatei Offer
Troops—Crisis in Our National His
tory.
Since the terrible destruction of the
battleship Maine iu Havana Imrbor the
United States has been facing the gravest
crisis of the last thirty years of its his
tory. The people have been stirred by
the disaster as they have not been since
the close of the war for the Union. From
the South, from the North, and front the
far West have come magnificent outbursts
MARINE hospital, key west.
Where some of the wounded of the Maine
crew are being cared for.
of national sentiment showing how pro
foundly this great nation is agitated.
The Maine was one of the finest battle
ships afloat; oue of the most perfect in
construction, one of the most complete in
equipment. All that modern invention,
long experience and trained intelligence
could do to make her efficient and safe
THE WRECK OF THE MAINE-FROM A PHOTOQRAPH TAKEN THE MORNING AFTER THE EXPLOSION,
\TA\ AL experts claim that the appearance of the twisted and torn wreck is in itself evidence
-*- of the fact that the Maine was destroyed by outside influences. The position of the wreck
shows that the sb - k was from the port side. The main deck between the forward and after
magazines is blov. >• upward and to (he starboard. The forward smokestack is thrown back and
to the starboard. The whole wreck has a list to port. It is claimed that the picture indicates
that the Maine was destroyed by a submarine mine. Aftei awning is in view; ship’s rail is six
feet under water; superstructure twisted and thrown aft; forward superstructure thrown 3UO
feet from the ship forward; smokestack lying down.
had been done. And yet this magr .'eent
vessel, at anchor in the harbor of a friend
ly nation, was destroyed with greater loss
of life than would have followed an en
gagement with the whole Spanish fleet in
Cuban waters. Had the Spanish cruis
ers aud torpedo boats attacked the Maine,
and sent her to the bottom with the loss
of 250 lives, the calamity would have been
bard to bear. But to have the Maine de
stroyed as she was destroyed is calamity
unbearable. It was useless to cry pa
tience when there was no patience. It
was useless to ask for suspension of judg
ment when judgment had been given.
That judgment was against Spain, and if
reversed it would be only on the testi
mony of witnesses who had standing in
the court of public opinion.
No foreign country- can appreciate tho
full depth of American patriotism, writes
END VIEW OF TIIK WRECKED MAINE.
a Washington correspondent, and it takes
an incident of this sort to show it up iu
its fall strength and magnificence.
Ger Tanner of Illinois was the first to
offer the fighting forces of his State to the
nation. Gov. Mount of Indiana telegraph
ed that Indiana would make a generous
response to arms. Gov. Blacs of New
York sent word that militin of the Em
pire State, numbering 14,000, could mo
bilize within twenty-four hours after or
ders were received. The belief is also ex
pressed that there are 000,000 men in New
York State available for service. Gov.
Atkinson of West Virginia insists that he
will furnish at short notice fifteen of the
best regiments that can be raised in the
Union. Gov. Holcomb of Nebraska will
supply 1,200 well-drilled men and pledge
200,(X)0 volunteers. Gov. Wells of Utah
says his State will do its full duty when
it comas to raising troop's. Adjt. Gen.
Sykes of Tennessee will emist 1.800 ex
perienced soldiers and raise 50.000 volun
teers. Gov. Cloti„h of Minnesota wires:
"Minnesotians are fighters, and will only
be satisfied in the front ranks.” Gov.
Stephens of Missouri declares that if war
is declared he will issue a call for 150,000
troops.
And so it goes and so it comes, with
other warrior States to hear from. There
is no lack of soldiers. Spain can depend
upon that. Old Glory was at half-mast
because the tears were being shed for the
dead in Havana, but it proudly and de
fiantly waves iu the breezes that blow
from the north, soot east and west, and
It will be well for the Spaniard if the
good ship Maine went to the bottom of the
Henna harbor as the result of an in
scrutable act of providence.
This Washington correspondent, whose
assertions are thought to be reliable, says
MROQI A, WISCONSIN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1898.
that private talks with members both
of the Senate and House clearly indicate
that there is a volcano at the Capitol
which may burst into activity at almost
any time. The pictures of the wreck re
ceived in Washington, reproductions of
which are shown on this page, coupled
with the general tenor of newsnaner dis
patches, have gone far to convince mem
bers of Congress that the Maine was
blown up from the outside. They are
willing to wait a reasonable length of
time for the board of inquiry to discover
something definite, hut as the genera'
opinion is in ft vor of a torpedo or sub
marine mine, failure to discover positive
evidence of nr accident will only serve to
confirm this opinion.
Several well-known Senators talked
with say that they are being fairly inun
dated with letters and telegrams regard
ing the catastrophe in Havana harbor,
ttt'd that ninety-nine out of a hundred of
'hem look upon the explosion as the result
of a Spanish plot and demand action ac
cordingly. Conservative lenders are be
coming startled by these expressions of
public opinion, aud they say this is evi
tinee of a rising tide of popular indigna
tion which w.ll sweep Congress from its
feet unless something is done to allay the
excitement.
The newspaper reports indicate with
surprising unanimity that a submarine
ORDERLY WILLIAM ANTHONY.
Tills Is tlit? marine who. when Capt. Sigs
bee ran from Ills eubin just after the explo
sion on the Maine, saluted his superior, and
iu a ealtu voice said: “Sir, I have to inform
you that the ship has been blown up and is
sinking.” “What a soldier,” exclaimed
Capt. Slgsbee, iu admiration.
mit.e destroyed the Maine. If those re
ports are not contradicted promptly and
officially Congress will surely respond
with a declaration of wt-r. which is dearly
within its powers, and which the Presi
dent will be forced to obi y. The people
demand that if ships and nun are to he
lost it shall be in open warfare, and uot
in so-called peaceful harbors. Any police
magistrate would hold the Spaniards un
der the evidence now at hand on suspi
cion and require them to prove their in
nocence. This is exactly the position tak
en by nine-tenths of the tnembers of Con
gress. This opinion, declares the corre
spondent, represents clearly the private
sentiment of Senators and Representa
tives. They all say that the time has gone
by for any questions of belligerency and
that the only point at issue now is whether
the United States shall seize Havana
harbor, root tip its submarine mines and
make it free and safe to the navies of the
world. The administration fully recog
nizes the dangerous situation and is mak
ing preparations for war. War may not
come, but the Government will be pre
pared if it does come.
The suspicion that the Maine was blown
up by a torpedo or submarine mine has
grown almost to a conviction. No one in
Washington, says this correspondent, can
explain why such on act should have been
committed, and many hope that it may be
proven that it was not committed by any
Spanish official; but there are few who
any longer hold to the theory of an acci
dental explosion in one of the magazines
o/ have any assurance that a conflict with
Spain will not follow the development of
the fact that the Maine was destroyed by
an act of treachery.
It is admitted that Consul General Lee
has warned Americans who are iu Ha
vana on pleasure to leave because they
are not safe. Cabinet members are talk
ing guardedly about indemnity. Naval
officials admit that warships are moving
toward Key West and that work is being
pushed with all possible speed on ships
now in the various navy yards. Army
officials admit that fortifications are to
be manned at once and that other prepar
ations are making to place our military
arm in the best possible condition.
Activity Is Significant.
All these things are explained as only
in keeping with the plans formulated
months or weeks ago, and th it they have
no especial or immediate significance at
this time. But they are in keeping with
the suspicion now almost a conviction,
that the Maine was destroyed by a hostile
act of someone connected with the Span
ish army.
It is not, however, the preparations in
the Navy or War Department or the
warnings of Gen. Lee for Americans to
leave Havana that point to a crisis as
much as it is the feeiiug that the Maine
was destroyed by treachery. The most
conservative men in Congress fail to find
any possible plan for righting this great
wrong. It has been suggested to the l*res
ident that an indemnity of $10,000,000
might be demanded from Spain if the
board of inquiry reports that the battle
ship was blown up by a torpedo or sub
marine mine. Some members of the cab
inet are reported to favor such demand,
but it is not favorably considered by men
iu Congress with wider range of experi
ence in such affairs. Should it be estab
lished clearly that the Maine was blown
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CAPTAIN W. T. SAMPSON.
President of the Naval Board of Inquiry.
np by a torpedo or mine placed in Ha
vana harbor for defense, it is not proba
ble that this Government will present any
claim Tor damages. It wil be regarded
as a hostile act—as the beginning of a
war in the most barbarous and treacher
ous manner.
Had one of the guns at the fortress
opened on the Maine as she entered Ha-
—New York Journal,
vana Imrbor it would have been regarded
as a declaration or war and the beginning
of war. A Government torpedo explod
ed under the Maine by a trusted Govern
ment official is as hostile if not as open an
insult. It matters not that the Spanish
officials in Havana/ xpressed their horror
of the destruction of the Maine, and the
Queen of Spain - -ut her condolences to
the President.
When the board of inquiry establishes
the fact ■ that there are torpedoes in the
harbor, that Blanco’s naval officer guided
the Maine to her ; tic-borage, and that a
torpedo was exploited by means of the
secret cables controlled by the Spanish
Government otfiiialk, there can be no fur
ther investigation o’- inquiry. This Gov
ernment will not try to find out who ex
ploded the torpedo. The whole case then
rests with Spain. On her rests the re
sponsibility. On SAain will be the sus
picion of having mde another trench* r
ous assault upon the United States. Those
who nre most experienced in diplomacy
and the more rtelicat * relations of Govern
ments express the opinion that the Presi
dent can do nothing but declare war on
Spain and send the navy to bombard Ha
vana. He must accept the evidence be
fore him.
Spain alone can prevent war under such
circumstances by muking amends. She
can express her regi ts, tender her apolo
gies, lay hands on the criminals whom
Blanco must know, because they must
have been in his employ, and execute
them, salute the American flag and offer
to pay an indemnity for the loss of the
ship and another for tho lives of the 250
men who were murdered.
It would remain for this Government
to make the terms 01-peace tlist would be
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acceptable, and the independence of Cuba
would be one of these conditions. The
diplomats see no other way to prevent
war if it should be established that the
Maine was blown up by a torpedo or mine.
They brush aside ti e suggestion that it
could have been the act of a fanatic of
either faction in Cuba. No mere enthu
siast or fanatic could have access to the
secret keyboard which communicated
with the torpedoes laid in the harbor un
der Government supervision. Spain must
stand responsible for the men who could
gain access to that keyboard, just as she
LOOKING FORWARD FROM TilE AFTER SEARCHLIGHT
is responsible for the men who control
the guns in her forts anti on her big cruis
ers. Governments do not have such se
cret agencie- open to the access of fa
natics, and if they do they must be held
responsible for their acts.
The work of the board of inquiry will
therefore end when they have examined
the ship and found the evidences of foul
play. There will then be left no alterna
tive for *his Government blit war. unless
Spain ones for peace and asks for con
ditions of peace.
READY FOR A FIGHT.
In Case of Trouble with Spain the
United States Would Be Prepared.
In spite of all denials it is well known
that unusual efforts are being made to
arm and oq.ip every sea coast fortifica
tion, and that the regular army officers
throughout the country have been quietly
nntified to put their commands into the
best possible condition. The President
does not want war. and will go a long
ways out of bis way to avoid it. but be
fully recognizes the force of public senti
ment and is preparing rapidly for the
worst that may come. Press dispatches
from different points show preparation
that is being made:
New Orleans, La. —The United States
cruiser Marblehead has joined the North
Atlantic squadron at Dry Tortngas.
St. Louis. Mo.—The war fever con
tinues unabated, and already the work -j
organizing companies here has begun.
Wash : agton.—All the marines on shore
duty hi ve been ordered to hold themselves
in preparation for service at the shortes*
possible notice.
Tampa. Fla.—The cru ser Montgomery
has been ordered to Havana, where she
takes the place of the wrecked Maine un
til further instructions are received.
THE NATION MOURNS FOR ITS DEAD MARINES.
Columbus, O.—The Ohio militia is pre
paring to respond to the President's call
lor troops in the event war is declared
between the United Slates and Spain.
At Charleston, S. C. t work on the Gov
ernment fortifications is being rapidly
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KMHAXCF, TO It AVAN A CEMETERY.
Here lie many of the Maine victims.
pushed. The navy yard force is kept
busy putting the guns in shape for war.
In Fort Sumter a torpedo tube which com
mands the entrance to the harbor is pre
pared for work. The garrison, consisting
of eighty-five men on Sullivan’s island, is
ready for any orders that may be sent
from Washington.
At Norfolk, Ya„ the Norfolk navy yard
received instructions to have the monitor
Terror ready for sea. Both the Puritan
and Terror have been shipping recruits
for the vacancies caused by the Maine
disaster.
Providence, R. I. —The 150 officers and
men in the three of the Rhode
Island naval reserves are fully equipped
for any emergency and are prepared to
answer a call to duty ou board any of the
Government war vessels within five
hours.
New York. —Never before since the days
of the war of the rebellion has the Brook
lyn navy yard seen so pronounced an ac
tivity on the part of officers and men.
No longer do the officers deny that the
Government is making the most strenuous
preparations “to meet any emergency.”
St. Augustine, Fla.—Captain Hubbell,
with one battery, has been sent to Sulli
van's island, and a few days ago Lieut.
Van Dozen departed for Fort Moultrie
with a detail of twenty men to tai- ~
charge of coast defenses. Army officia,
here freely discuss the probability of trou
ble with Spain.
At Cincinnati, 0., a recruiting office
for soldiers to serve in case of war with
Spain was opened at Mergard's Ilali.
Ma. v men signed the muster roll. A
member of Nelson Post, G. A. R., issued
a dodger beaded “To arms, to arms.”
Hundreds of white badges and buttons
with the words “Volunteer—On to Ha
vana" have been distributed.
NeV- York.—Preparations for war, car
ried on with tlie greatest secrecy, have
been going on in New York harbor. If
the United States declares war and Cap
tain Filiate tries to leave porte by force,
he will find a barrier such as he has not
bargained for. All that is necessary to
do to blow up the Spanish warship Viz-
caya i: to touch an electric button if she
tries to pass out through the narrows.
Key Wist, I’la. —The preparation for
war can be seen on every hand, and from
the naval station stores are being sent
to the battleships at Tortugas. Every
night the battleships New York and lowa
clear docks for action, and everything
suspicions is stopped and spoken. Sol
diers ear. be seen everywhere. Troops
that would enlist from this city are accli
mated to yellow fever, and could be sent
to the interior of Cuba without fear of
taking that dreaded disease.
Will Not Help Spain.
Mr. llanotaux, the French minister of
foreign affairs, denied the report that, in
the event of war between Spain and the
United States. France would aid Spain.
He said: "The French Government has
not 'vutemplated the probability of war
between Spain and the United States.
The statement that France will take the
field against America is absurd. I prefer
to think that the memories of Columbus,
Washington and Lafayette are sufficient
ly entwined to make the three nations set
tle any differences upon an intellectual
basis.’’
For a Monument to Victims.
Representative Cummings of New York
introduced the following resolution to the
National House of Representatives:
"Resolved, That the sum of SIOO,OOO be
and the same is hereby appropriated out
of any money in the treasury not other
wise appropriated, to be expended under
the direction of the Secretary of the Navy
for the erection of a monument at Fort
Lafayette. New York harbor, in honor of
the officers, a.'Sots rod marines of the
United States war vessel Maine who lost
their lives to the harbor of Havana on the
night of Tuesday, Feb. 15, lbtlS.
NOTES OF THE DISASTER.
Brief Pits of Important News Bearing;
on the Horror in Havana Harbor.
The wreck has sunk several feet already
in the soft mud.
The Spanish Government will stake all
on the claim that the disaster was acci
dental.
The main portion of the wreck, as seen
from above aud noted from below-, was
blown to starboard.
A large quantity of clothing has been
taken from the wreck aud will be given
to the reconcentrados.
The Spanish anti-American feeling in
Havana is growing and Americans are in
sulted openly on the streets.
The most intense anxiety is shown by
the Spanish officials in Havana, who are
in constant communication with Madrid.
Divers found the bodies of twenty men
in hammocks, where they had been in
stantly killed by the shock of the explo
sion.
Admiral Sicard issued orders forbidding
any United States official or sailor to talk
of the Maine disaster with outsiders un
der severe penalty.
Significance is attached to the fact that
the wrecked ship was the first foreign
war vessel to be anchored to that par
ticular buoy since the Cuban trouble be
gan.
Sharks have given little trouble, but
the vultures left scarcely anything but
the skeletons of three men, who were en
tangled in debris very near the surface
of the water.
A Spanish lieutenant openly boasted
that if any other United States warship
arrived she would be served the same
way. Ilis brother officers applauded him
uproariously.
One thing seems certain, if the Maine
was blown up by an outside agency, the
agent was a mine, and not a torpedo, as
no torpedo known could have produced
such tremendous results.
The number of missing is eighty-five or
DIVER IN UNIFORM READY FOR WORK.
eighty-six. and five have died in the hos
pital. Of the missing many doubtless
were blown to atoms, no portions of their
bodies being recoverable.
Cubans claim that there are mine gal
leries under the harbor leading from sub
terranean passages known to have exist
ed for years between Fort Cabanas and
Morro Castle and Havana.
SPA'N IS LIABLE.
Dons Arc Pecuniarily Responsible for
Loss of the Maine.
Good authorities on international law
say that if it is proved that there were
mines in the harbor of Havana, Spain is
liable for the disaster to the Maine,
whether those mines exploded by accident
or through the criminal act of an indi
vidual Spaniard, whether an official or
not. They believe that if Spain had laid
submarine mines in the Havana harbor it
Was her duty to warn the officers of the
Maine of the danger they incurred in an
choring there. They cite precedents,
whereby nations have recovered damages
in instances very similar to the one in
point, to prove Spain's liability, not only
for the loss of the ship, but for indemni
ties for the sailors whose lives were lost
in the explosion.
NEW SPANISH MINISTER.
Senor Polo cle llernabe, Who Succeeds
De Lome in Washington.
Senor Polo de Bernabe, the new Spanish
minister to Washington, is the son of
Admiral I’olo of the Spanish navy, who
was minister to the United States during
President Grant's administratVm and who
was chiefly instrumental in s tying off
belligerency recognition in the last Cuban
rebellion. Senor Polo, as he is called, is
by no means the brusque democrat his
father was. He is a colorless young man
of almost no force of character at all. and
has been carried along in the diplomatic
ottices of Spain by administration after
administration for the sake of his father
and his family. He has done little of note
during his official life, although he is a
man of much learning. He speaks Eng
lish fluently, and has a wide acquaint
ance with commercial history, on which
subject he has written a number of val
uable treatises. His wife. Senora Moil
dez de Vigo, the daughter of the present
Spanish ambassador to Germany, is an
accomplished woman not unknown in
Washington society. The new minister
SEXOP. POLO DE BERN A BE.
is not the Polo who was attache and third
secretary of the Spanish legation here
from 1873 to 1881. That official was a
brother of De Lome's successor and is
now- dead. The dead brother’s career
was exceptionally brilliant. He rose to
an importance almost equal to his fath
er's.
ESTABLISHED 185".
ALL OVER THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN BADGER
DOM.
Judge Finds Holes in the IMumbiiig
Law-Large Transaction ut Kan
kauna—Beginni ig of a Klondike Ro
mance-Murderer Sentenced.
Plumbing Declared Void.
At the list session of the Legi/ature a
law was aiopted providing for the exam
ination ami licensing of all who are en
gaged iu the plumbing business. Judge
Sutherland, it Milwaukee, has rendered
an opinion declaring the law unconstitu
tional and invalid. The object of the law
was to limit toe number both of the so
called master plumbers and the journey
men plumbers, and this object was ac
complished in part over a month ago,
when out of about .tot> men examined only
about 60 per cent passed the examination,
while the remaining were refused licences
and deprived,of their means of earning a
livelihood. They sued, and Judge Suther
land's decision will briug joy to their
homes. There are two serious defects in
the law, the court finds, one being the re
quirement that n journeyman plumber
must pass the same examination as the
master plumber, and the other the permis
sion given to firms to have but one of their
members take out a license. The case
was decided upon the complaint of Jacob
Winkler, who failed to pass the exam
ination and was refused a license.
Extensive Deal Closed.
J. A. Kimberly and F. C. Shattuck, rep
resenting the Kimberly & Clark company,
met Col. 11. A. Frambach and Joseph
Vilas at their Kaukauna office and have
arranged the final terms for the sale of
the Quinnesec Falls water power, mills
and lands to the Kimberly & Clark com
pany. This is the biggest water power
and paper mill deal that has been consum
mated in years in that section. The exact
amount is not known, but in financial cir
cles it is understood to be about S3tX),(XX>.
The Kimberly & Clark company, even
before this deal, was the heaviest paper
and pulp mill owner in the West.
Romance of a Sock.
A girl employed at tie Lake Superior
Knitting works at Appleton recently
wrote her name and address on one of the
guarantee slips placed in a lot of Ger
man socks shipped to Seattle for the Klon
dike trade. The other day she received
a letter from a gold seeker into whose
hands the socks containing the slip fell.
The letter contains a promise* that the first
gold nugget found in the Klondike by the
writer will be sent to the girl and rlso
hints at a visit to Appleton with matri
monial designs as soon as his pile is made.
Brained for a Bill.
John Walters, a steel worker employed
by the Racine Boat Manufacturing Com
pany, got into a row with Charles Mroch,
proprietor of the Pennsylvania House,
with the result that Mroch hit Walters
over the head with a club, fracturing his
skull in two places, and Mroch is out of
jail on SI,OOO bail. Walters boarded with
Mroch and the row was over the payment
of a hoard bill.
Ground Sinking.
The surface ground of the Montreal
mine between Pence and Gile has caved
in in various places of late, and several
buildings standing along the location have
been moved off the ground during the win
ter to insure their safety. The cellar
under one house had caved in before the
house was removed. Abandoned under
ground drifts arc said to be the cause.
Kpworth League Officers.
The Wisconsin State Epwortli League
convention at Eatt Claire elected officers
as follows: President, F. W. Hall, Madi
son; vice-presidents, Charles Thompson,
Appleton; Flora Berger, Oshkosh; Miss
Carrie Oakes, New Richmond; Mrs. R.
L. Wheeler, Milwaukee; secretary, W. L.
Jennings, Platteville; treasurer, A. J.
Rice, Ilorieon.
Murderer Fentenced.
William Payne, the negro who murder
ed John Beaman, proprietor ot the Bea
man Hotel in Fond du Lac, last October
by cutting his throat, pleaded guilty to
murder in the second degree and was sen
tenced to twenty-five years at hard laitoi
in the State prison, the first thirty days
of which is to be spent in solitary con
finement.
Merchant Missing.
if. Papert, a well-known general mer
chant at Plainfield, is missing. He went
to Chicago, saying he was to purchase
his spring stock. His stock ot goods has
been seized under a chattel mortgage.
State Items of Interest.
The Finnegan block on Second street,
Kaukauna, and the Gates House adjoin
ing, were burned. Loss, $25,000, partly
insured.
Otto C. Ilaefner, who was expelled from
Lawrence University, was in Neenah con
sulting an attorney as to his legal right in
the case.
J. 11. Wade, manager of the Grande
Hotel at Sheboygan, will retire and be
succeeded by George Ileinemann of Elk
hart Lake.
Alexander Shuman, the well-known
Rock County farmer and tobacco dealer,
made a voluntary assignment to H. H.
Brace of Fulton.
F. C. Knapp of Ashland has sold near
ly 1,000,000 feet of lumber to Illinois inen.
The lumber will be shipped by rail from
the Ashland docks.
The Farmers’ Co-operative Association
of Brown County will lie incorporated
with a capital of $5,000. The stock will
be divided into 5,000 shares of $1 each,
and every member must hold at least two
shares.
For the first time since 1893 all the
Sheboygan factories are running full time
and with a full force of men employed in
all departments. All arrears in wages
have been paid to the employes in some
factories where the accounts had been be
hind for many mouths.
August Ringling. father of the Ringling
brothers of circus fame, died at Baraboo,
aged 21.
Janesville people will actively resume
the clamshell industry in the spring. Deal
ers are already taking orders for carload
lots of the Bock river clamshells to be
shipped to the pearl button factories in the
East.
By the payment of $5,500 of principal
the bonded debt of the city of Beloit is
reduced to SII,OOO. The del ft was incur
red in 1850 by the city giving bond*" for
SIOO,OOO to help build the Ilacine and Mis
sissippi Railroad.
Irving Clark, a pupil in the high school
at Brillion, eceired a stroke of paralysis
on one side of his face while in his class.
The students supposed he was irakittg fun
until the seriousness of the case was
made known.
The new crop of tobacco is la-ginning to
be sold quite freely in the Edgerton and
Stoughton markets. Prices have stiffen
ed somewhat under the competition of
many buyers and most sales show an ad
vance of Yi to 1 cent over recent ship
ments. About 15,000 or 20,000 eases are
being sold every week. Business at the
packing houses is lively and there is now
little danger of the warehouses being over
loaded
The annual midw inter fair at Janesville
will be held this year in connection with
the last of the series of State farmers’ in
stitutes at that place.
A man named Shoies disappeared from
La Crosse sixteen years ago under cir
cumstances that led people to think that
he had been murdered, and a thorough
search was made for him by the authori
ties. Recently a former La Crosse man,
named Richard Adams, wrote a letter
home saying incidentally that he had met
Sboles alive and prosperous on an island
in the Pacific ocean. Shoies has two
sons in La Crosse who will at once take
steps to find their father's exs- 4 where
abouts.
Official City Paper.
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exsasren
la • Mott Satisfactory Manner.
Racine trunkmakers struck for a 16
per cent raise iu wages.
Mr. Tempest was fined SSO for selling
liquor without a license at Merrimack.
Arthur Feige. aged 10, of Fan Claire,
committed suicide by shooting himself.
The will of the late Milwaukee million
aire, Charles Kipp, will he contested by
his widow, Mrs. Julia Kipp.
Oscar Peterson of Melvina paid a fine
i of $28.16 for shipping three dozen part
ridges to Chicago iu a barrel of hides.
Harry Quixley of Beloit has disappear
ed, and his friends fear that he has met
with foul play. He was a mechanic.
A “Pingree potato patch” will be es
tablished near Kau Claire under the di
rection of the Associated Charities of that
city.
M iss Matie Bushey of Plainfield was
awarded a gold watch in a contest as to
who was the most popular girl in the vil
lage.
A Chicago and Northwestern freight
train collided with a logging truin uear
Malvern and blocked all traffic for many
hours.
August Kietsn -rt of Manchester, who
was charged with etting fire to a thresh
ing machine outfit near Berlin, was ue
quitted.
James Comerford post. G. A. 11., of
Chippewa Falls, has appropriated $1,500
for a soldiers' monument to be erected in
that city.
Richard Walker and J. K. Lovelass of
Lafayette County were sentenced to cue
year's labor iu State prison for stealing
chickens.
Charles Driver of Racine has been
granted a patent for a papering machine
which he is now manufacturing in large
quantities.
The store of Robert Lockwood at Dane
was visited by burglars, who carried off
a large amount of goods, mainly cutlery
and clothing.
Flans nre now under way for a $150,-
000 hotel at La Crosse. The promoters
ask the city for a site, the value of which
is placed at s2i,<XX>.
Seven 1 men had narrow escapes from
being killed at the sawmill of A. F. Un
derwood at North (’random The boiler
blew up, wrecking the mill.
The board of trustees of Wa.vland acad
emy has decided to relit the old dormito
ries ,nd to build anew structure tor the
chapel and recitation rooms.
Rev. J. D. W. Frizzell of Darlington
has accepted a call to the l irst Congrega
tional Church at Ean Claire and will re
move to that town in a few weeks.
Investigation has brought out the fact
that the recent fire at St. Ameliaueus' or
phan asylum, near Milwaukee, was start
ed by some of the boys in the institution.
Thomas Carter, a brakciuan on the Illi
nois Central Railroad between Dodgeville
and Freeport, had his hand smashed be
tween tin* bumpers of the cars at Jones
dale.
A team of horses belonging to a Stur
geon Bay man broke through the ice on
Green bay with a load of fish. The drifer
escaped, lint the horses and the load went
to the bottom.
By the breaking of a wheel fourteen
ears were piled on both sides of the Chi
cago nnJ Northwestern Railroad uear
Hortonville. A brakciuan who jumped
was slightly injured.
H. S. Wetzler, traveling salesman for
L. YV. Hartmann A Cos., wholesale liquor
dealers of Milwaukee, was held up by
two masked men on the high bridge at
Bamboo and relieved of $275.
More than $14,000 was paid to Rock
County tobacco growers in two days by
an Ohio firm recently. The sales filled
eleven carloads, which are shipped to
YY’est Alexandria, 0., for storage.
Fire partly destroyed the drug store of
Reinhardt & Fugina at Fountain City.
Fred Ficldman was seriously injured by
being knocked off the roof by a stream of
water. The loss is $1,500; fully insured.
A committee composed of Col. Osthold
er, James Forkins and John Steffen has
been appointed by the G. A. R. post of
Sheboygan to push the project to secure
the next S<ntc encampment for that city.
A class of twelve Indians from the Gov
ernment school have applied for admission
to the public high school at Wittenlicrg,
and the district has voted to receive them
at $2 per month tuition from each, to
be paid by the United States Government.
The annual meeting of the La Crosse
County Fair circuit was held at Sparta
and the following dates for fairs were ar
ranged: Sparta, Aug. 22-25; Mauston.
Aug. 50, Sept. 1; Totnah, Sept. 6-8; Y'iro
qna, Sept. 13-16; West Salem, Sept. -0-22.
Harry Barwiek was bndly cut by a
knife in the hands of Hank Klussv of
Monroe in a fight. Barwiek will recover.
His home is at Kansas City. Klassy is
in jail awaiting charges that will he made
against him. Berwick suffered great loss
of blood.
Anew bicycle club lias been organized
at La Crosse as a -esult of the recent se
cession of the local wheelmen from the
L. A. YV. The new dub is composed of
1,. A. YY’. members who were not satisfied
with the action of the wheelmen who left
the national organization.
Neil Ellison was brought to Marinette
from Crivitz and placed in jail, lie ite
eame suddenly insane and ente.e! the
electric light plant at Crivitz and fired up
the boilers. There was only a little wat
er in them, and the watchman, by great
effort, prevented an explosion.
The ease of Col. Knight of Ashland
against 11. Leaser and others to recover
land valued at $150,000, lying contiguous
to the city of Ashland, on which the de
fendants had settled, was decided in favor
of Col. Knight in the Federal Court by
Judge Bunn. The decision end* a bitter
contest of six years.
The plans to connect Peshtigo harbor
with the iron ranges by means of a spur
of railroads thirty miles long from Faith
orn Junction to Iron Mountain have been
completed and work on the branch will
commence in the spring. The line will l>e
part of the Wisconsin and Michigan road
and will connect with the Soo line at
Faithorn Junction.
Surveyors have been busy for weeks
surveying on the Omaha road between
Eau Claire and Altoonu. The company
contemplates straightening out two bad
curves on either side of the Eau Claire
river. Anew bridge will be erected across
the river.
The Eureka Chemical and Manufactur
ing Company of La Crosse has made an
assignment to R. M. Bell. Executions
for $7,800 had been levied against the
company in favor of publishing houses of
St. Paul. The Eureka company was cap
italized at SIOO,OOO and did a large patent
medicine business.
The first shipment of sheep to the Chi
cago market from Trempealeau's great
ranch took place recently, 5,000 of the
woolly quadrupeds being loaded into Bur
lington ears and taken in one consign
ment. I‘ took twenty ears to carry them.
Thomas Meredith had an experience
with a hungry wolf near Morse. While
going to his work in the woods as iand
hunter a large and hungry wolf followed
his tracks and suddenly grabbed him by
tlie leg. tearing bis boot top and lacerat
ing his leg. At the time he bad aii ax in
his hand and succeeded in driving the wolf
away. The animal, however, shortly re
turned and he had a second fight with
the hungry animal.
St. John’s Catholic Church at Highland
will have anew sl2.<too edifice to be built
by Milwaukee contractors. The church
will be 50x120 feet and will seat 800 pco
ple. There w ill be a spire 120 feet high.
The structure will be liuished in veneered
brick.
A tramp, who was arrested at Fond du
Lac, offered to wager the justice that he
could repeat more Scripture than could
that official. The justice stuck on the
Fourth Commandment, and the tramp
then repeated the Ten Commandments,
the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord's
Prayer, the first five chapters of Genesis
and the Twenty-third Psalm. The judge
dismissed the charge of vagrancy.