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Official County Paper.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
County Officers.
Connty Judge 0. W. Gratis
Sheriff J. W. Whitb
Connty Clerk Wm. Brandon
County Treasurer A. T. Fohtun
Register r.f Deeds Wm. Hutchison
Clerk of the Court H. 0. Gosling
District Attorney John S. Larson
Connty Superintendent Howard Miller
Bnrveyor W. H. Knowkr
Coroner G P. Aikin
Chairman Board of Supervisors.... Alex. Hill
Poor Commissioner E. Tilton
Superintendent Insane Asylum. ..F. Wilkins
CITY omt'KHA
Msyor Aug. Smith
City Clerl. H. E. Packard
Treasure- John S. McKlttrick
Assessor Jos. Omun son
Police Justice j. Henry Bennett
Justices !■ R. 9. McMlchael
Marshal John C. Johnson
rnastahlea l A. BoilSll
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.
TA BELLE LODGE A. F. & A. M. NO. 84.
J Meets '.he First and Third Wednesdays of
each montt. Hall in Williams' block.
■\rntOQDA LODGE, I. O O. F.—MEETS EY-
T ery Saturday night In Williams' block.
■\7TROQUA ENCAMPMENT. I. O. O.FFf. 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 legion of iionob.-meets
second and fourth Tuesdays of each rn'th.
Alex, lowrie tost, g. a. r.-mekts
first Monday ereulng of each month. In
W. R. C. hall.
Regina lodge, daughters of re
bekah. No. 28, meet, first and third Mon
day of each month in J. O. O. F. hall.
Modern woodmen of America, no.
1991, meets Friday night of each week.
VIBOQUA CHAPTER. O. E S., MEETS
second Tuesday ut ea~h month In Masoulo
ball.
X/TROQUA CHAPTER, R A M.. MEETS
T every second and fourth Wednesday of
each month.
YVT OMAN'S RE I >'DS.-MEETS ON
V V alterua'. s •> 'vih.
'll T C. T. U.-MEETS ALTERNATE TUE -
tt . days at 3 |>. m.
10. G. T. LODGE.-MEETS ON EVERY
• Wednesday evening, in Alliance hall.
fI’HE VIROQUA COUNCIL, NO 129. A. P. A .
A meets nt Alliance hall every Tuesday night
7:30 o’cl ck
\IIROyUA K. O. T. M.—MEETS ON EVERY
V Monday evening in Alliance hall, at 7:30.
_ —:
CHURCH OIRECrOHY-.
Vf ETHODIBT EPISCOPAL.—SERVICES AT
llkl 10:80 a. m. and 7:30 p m. each Sabbath.
Sunday school at 12 ra. Prayer meetings on
Thursday evenings.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH—SERVICEB
at 10 :80 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. each Sabbath.
Sunday school at 12 m.
CTHURCH OF CHRIST —PREACHING EV-
J ery Sunday at a. m. and In the even
ing. Sunday school' o-se*. m.
Norwegian lutcier.an church.—
Services every Sunday at 8 o’clock.
BUSHN'Ksjd CARDS.
HP. PBOCTO2, ATTORNEY AND
. Coun elor, Vtriqn*, Wls. Will practice
In all Courts of the state. Speolal attention
given to Collcotli ns.
CILBAUCH & I.ABSON, ATTORNEYS.
i Special a tentlnn given to colleotlons. Of
fie In Ferguson Block, second floor. Main
Itrert, Vlroqua, Wls.
Jackson Sildauoh. John S. Larson.
WM. A. COTT, M D , PHYSICIAN AND
Burgeon, Vlroqua, Wis.
Office near residence. I bl’k E. Lysne's hotel.
A Pi MINSHALL, M. D„ PHYSICIAN
J\ . an ’ Surg on. A gradua'e of Keokuk
M dloal College, one of the best of Its kind m
the United States. All oalls promptly attend
ed, day or night. Latest and moat approved
methods of treatment use f.
Office In Casson's Hi a Viboqua, Wib.
T.T E. MORLEY, M. D-, PHYSICIAN
Jl . and Surgeon, Vlroqua, Wls. Office over
Craig A Co's drug store, on west side of hall.
All calls attended promptly day or night.
M. Bdrenson. Chas. 11. Trowbridge.
UURENfvTN & TROWBBIDCE,
it I'll Ysici a.n> and Surgeons, VI rot; ua. Wls.
Culls In city or country promptly attended
Office over Craig & Co's drug store.
JOHN DAWSON & CO.- GEAERAL
Insurance ami Real Estate Agency,Vlroqua.
Office In Williams block, second floor.
VERNON CO. COURT-REGULAR
terms 1 n the first Tuesday of each
month, utthe 1 ourt house from 9 1019:1. m.
and IJu to 6 p. m. D. O. MAHONEY.
County Judge.
H. J. Buttle, m.d. W. M. Trowbridge, md.
DRS. SUTTLE & TROWBRIDGE.
Dr. Trowt -ldge, late resident physician and
turgeon Cook county hospital, Chicago.
• ALLOALLSATTENDED PROMPTLY •
Day or night, from office.
GEO. E. CHAHBERS,
OENTI3T.
Crown and Bridge Work, Metal Plates
and all other bran lies of dental work done In
the latest snd most Improved manner. Satis
faction guaranteed. Office In Towner’s block
VIROOUA, • - WIS.
J. H. Chase, 4ft
DENTIST.
Office over Chandler’s \ Vlroqua.
O. W. Graves. D. O. Mahomy.
CRAVES A MAHONEY.
Attorneys & Counsellors at Law
Practice In all Courts. Money Loaned
on Real Estate. Collections Promp
tly Attended to.
Office over Bank of Vlroqua.
VLROQUA, WIS.
MEAT MARKET.
HOLBROOK & NIX,
Fresh, Salt Meats
SAUSAGES, ETC
W* v Aim v t# *.* Pl**s*.
By being olean la our work, fair In our deal
Ings, and by keeping the beat stock of moats t*
be had.
VIROOUA, *ia.
Restaurant * Boarding,
MRS. L. C. RICE
t uow located In her new building, seoond
floor, and l prepared to furnish board by day
nr week. Lunches * rved at reasonable rates.
Suppers furnPhed tor balls and private par
ties. Accommodations for 75 couples. Bakery
supplies for sale.
OYSTERS
*-IN BULK OR CAN-
Ontario Steel Bridge Works. %
WIS. H. TIMMERMAN, Proprietor.
E bridges, ffioof Urusseo, Steel Tjubeo for
Sub-Structures, Culverts, Arches, etc., of any diameter or length.
ptwrite: for information needed.
THE VERNON COUNTY CENSOR.
VOL. XLIIL—NO. 11.
Royal makes the food pure,
wholesome ami delicious.
pm
&AKINO
POWDER
Absolute</ Pure
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
Mix Kooms For One.
Toronto hotels have been bothered by
a man who persists in putting six
names on the register and ordering six
rooms, although no one aceompinies
him and he represents nobody but him
self.
Waste of Money.
More than £21,000,000 sterling repre
sents the sum annually wasted, on an
average, during the past five years, in
promoting British companies that gave
no return to the shareholders.
It is finally said of every man that
lie either acts or looks like Napoleon.
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦A
SW. P. LINDEMANN, H. LINDEMANN.
♦ President. Cashier.
♦
: Bank of Viroqua.
X [State Bank—Capital $50,000.00.)
♦ Lindemann & Rusk, Props.
T United States bondß, inland and foreign
J exchange, gold, sliver and nnourrent money
♦ bought and sold. Certificates of deposit
issued payable on demand, to draw Interest
It left six months
Easiness Honrs, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Colleotlons and banking business promptly
attended to and remittances made
on day of collection.
S. li. Heque,
Dentist,
VIROQUA, - WIA.
Grow* aid Bridge Work- Motel aa all
sther branch** of Dental work la tbs latest
Improved manner. We guarantee week.
Orrioi n Divlin’i Block
FT I BARNEY
• x>. i>. •
[owwgjjjip. YIROQUa, WIS.
s@does fine dental work.
Enc listing. Brdge, Crown and Gdd Plat-?
Work. Special attention given to correcting
Irregularities and preservation of the natural
teit’i. Twenty four years practical experience
anu study. Dental Parlors In Herrick Block.
C. Hr MINSHALL,
/lticrney=at‘La.vu,
Viroqua, Wla.
Loans,Collections and Pensions,
PATENTS.
f-4T" Office In seoon 1 story Williams’ Block *&)
IRA S. GRIFFIN, Attorney at Law.
IRA S. GRIFFIN,
LIFE, FIRE, AMiu-ii TORNADO
INHUHANCU.
General Collecting Agency. Leans Negotiated
~~ •—Viroqua, Wis.
W. A-SVISUM,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
FINE CUSTOM WORK A SPECIALTY.
Perfect Fit Guaranteed.*
VIROQUA, WISCONSIN.
VIROQUA STEAMr
LAUNDRY^
Everything' New, Complete
and First-Class.
The proprietors have spared nothing in
work or expense to equip a plant suit
able to the needs of the pnblio. Ev
rything is under the direction of a
manager with 12 years experience.
Individual and Family Laun
dry work Guaranteed.
Remember the Steam Laundry and give
it your patronage. All packages col
lected and delivered. In same block
with Opera House,
\/II=?OC3LJA, WIS.
N. Coe & Son,
—PROPRIETORS OF —
♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦
I the!
♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
i NEW HARNESS j
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦
ISHOP!
If you want a good double harness
for spring work, now is the time to place
yonr order. We know we oan supply
your wants
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY
COULDN’T FIGHT US.
SPANIARDS WOULDN’T HAVE A
GHOST OF A SHOW.
What Uncle Sum Could Do in Kvent of
War—Ready to Fight on Short Notice
—Would Sweep Culm and Speedily
End the Struggle.
Military Campaign Outlined.
Washington correspondence:
G Ci UVKR the Span-
V) 0 jfi ikh populace may think,
Jk n the Spanish rulers
iiy\ji know that Spain would
powerless to eon-
duet a successful war
s /fw with the United States.*
/A\ TANARUS” 'VL This country has “got
L \Y V3, the men, got the ships
and got the money,
- too.” Spain hasn’t,
r / \ The United States has
i \ |I a population of 70,000,-
JA .1 Vl* J 000 and Spain has a
= !•=* population of 17,500,-
~~ 1j ” 000. The United States
_ I—l is one of the richest
\ \ LsjL- countries on earth;
Spain is practically
bankrupt. One squadron of the United
States navy (the North Atlantic) is su
perior in strength to the entire navy of
Spain.
By the Spanish system of naval no
menclature what is reckoned by the Amer
ican and English syst< m as a first-class
cruiser is called a battleship. Thus the
Vizcaya and the other ships of its class
are known to the Spaniards as battleships,
but by the British and American stand
ard are only tirst-clasr cruisers. Spain
has only one ship which would he reck
oned as a battleship according to the
British and American standards. That
is the antiquated Pelayo, not an effective
vessel. In comparing the naval forces of
the two countries this difference in classi
fication should be borne in mind. Ac
cording to the Spanish system cf raf g
Spain has eight battleships to our five,
while according to our higher standard
we have six battleships to her one, and
that one “no good.”
With its regular army and organized
militia the United States could put into
PREPARING TO DROP SUBMARINE MINES.
the field immediately an army of 150,000
men, and the full fighting strength of the
"enrolled” militia which might be called
upon in case of need is over 10,000,000
men. The army of Spain on a war foot
ing is about 200,000 men.
In order to send to Cuba the 150,000
men with which she has been prosecuting
her unsuccessful war there she has been
obliged to resort to conscription and has
sent out regiments composed of mere
boys. Her legitimate military resources
are exhausted, and in the event of a big
war a levy “en musse” is all that is left
her. This, she claims, would give her
!.<XM),OOO men. But even if there were
not cuch great discrepancies between the
powers of the two nations Spain would
-W ■
AMERICAN WAB SHIPS IN THE HAItBOR AT KEY WEST.
The Court of Inquiry hold its : essions in Government Building in ihj foreground; Fort Tayloi ; s in the distance on the left
still be at tremendous disadvantage in
trying to carry on war across 3,000 miles
of ocean against an enemy fighting within
easy distance of its base of supplies.
The transportation and maintenance of
troops in large numbers in a distant coun
try is an undertaking fraught with diffi
culty and involving a tremendous ex
pense. To maintain a powerful fleet of
warships 3,000 miles from home is also an
operation calculated to deplete even a
well-stocked treasury.
The supplying of food, medicines and
military stores for the Spanish army in
Cuba has been found so difficult and ex
pensive from Spain that it has been done
to a considerable extent by purchase in
this country. If there were war with the
United States no further supplies could
go from this country to the stranded army
and to convey stores and supplies from
Spain if it is difficult in times of peace,
what would it be with armed merchant
men and swift cruisers sweeping the ocean
on the lookout for prizes?
Every supply ship would have to sail
under convoy of cruisers able to beat off
the cruisers of the United States. Spain’s
navy could never carry on a war and sup
ply sufficient cruisers for convoy duty at
the same time. The United States could
easily land an expeditionary force in
Cub'.. The ease with which filibustering
expeditions land there is proof of it. A
strong expeditionary’ force joinen with
the army of Maximo Gomez would soon
sweep the island.
Meantime the harbors of the United
States are fairly well defended with mod
ern forts armed with modern ordnance.
Even if the Spaniards did, at some unde
fended point, succeed in effecting a land
ing, any force which they could land from
a fleet would be speedily overwhelmed.
Then there is the United States fleet,
which could both help in the defense of
the coast and operate against the Spanish
possessions in the W est Indies.
If the Spanish fleet came to the coast
the American fleet would meet it off the
point it aimed at and in all probability
annihilate it. If the Spanish fleet con
centrated in the West Indies, the North
Atlantic squadron would meet it there
and try the arbitrament of battle in those
waters. If the Spanish fleet split up, part
coming on the coast and part going to the
West Indies, the American navy would
be able to leave enough vessels to assist
the forts and the land forces in the pro
tection of the seaboard, and coul concen
trate nn overwhelming force against the
part of the Spanish navy left hi the West
Indian waters.
Here is a list of our available vessels in
the Atlantic: The battleships Indiana.
lowa and Massachusetts; armored cruis
ers New York and Brooklyn; second-class
battleship Texas; the cruisers Detroit,
Marblehead. Montgomery, Essex. Alli
ance, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Colum
bia and Minneapolis; gunboats Nashville,
Wilmington, Newport, Vicksburg. Annap
olis, Castlne, Bancroft and Helena: dyna
mite vessel Vesuvius; torpedo boats Por
VIROQUA, WISCONSIN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 18113.
SAH: “IS THIS TREACHERY?”
tor, Foote, Dupont, Cushing, Ericsson
and Winslow, and the monitors Ain phi
trite, Terror and Puritan.
Meantime, in the Pacific ocean the Unit
ed States has the battleship Oregon and
the cruisers Olympia, Boston, Raleigh,
Petrel, Baltimore and Bennington, the
coast defense* vessel Monterey and some
old vessels. A portion of this force only
would lie necessary for a descent upon the
Spanish possessions in the Philippines,
where the insurgents are still in the field.
All this is giving Spain the benefit of
every doubt Jis to her ability to make a
tight. The probability Is that there would
be only one c'onfliet, and that a short one,
off the harbor of Havana. Then it would
be all over, j
The most effective fleet that Spain could
send over wlmhl consist of the armored
cruisers Eufperador Carlos V, Infanta
Maria Theresa, Vizcaya, Almirante Oque
don, Cataluna, Cardinal Cisneros and
Prineessa de Asturias. It takes 8,400
tons of coal to give these seven ships their
normal coal supply. The fleet would use
up its first 8,400 tons in getting across the
Atlantic. To coal it three times when
operating on this side of the water would
take 25,200 tons. Where is Spain going
to get that amount of coal?
The coal with which she supplies her
blockading fleet now in Cuban waters
comes from Philadelphia and New York.
She has little coal stored in Havana and
ban encroached greatly upon the store she
had in Porto Rico. Spain herself gets her
coal from England. She could not supply
it to her transatlantic fleet. In case of
war with the United States the coal to
maintain her fleet on this side of the water
would have to come from England. Now
coni is a contraband of war, and a British
ship carrying coal to the Spanish fleet
would he liable to capture. That some
coal would get to the fleet from England
is undoubted, for there never was a block
ade yet in the world which was absolute
ly effective. But it is also a fact that
enough could not escape the vigilance of
American cruisers to keep the Spanish
fleet supplied, and what did get through
would cost the Spanish Government enor
mously.
War Plans Well Laid.
If war should come between Spain and
the United States, this Government would
be able to move in the field of naval and
military operations with a celerity, a com
pleteness of organization, an effectiveness
which would astonish the world. The
navy of the United Stat -s is now practi
cally on a war footing. Not only have
our fighting ships been equipped with am
munition and fully manned, but every
possible preparation in the way of coaling
and opening of lines of communication has
been made. Our naval authorities know
now, and have known for mouths, just
how cable communication may be estab
lished to various parts of the West In
dies, just what it will be necessary to do
in case certain cables are cut and to just
what points dispatch boats must be sent.
They know, too, about coal supplies, dry
docks, fortifications, guns, depth of water,
etc., throughout Spanish America.
In fact, the Navy Department and the
War Department have together prepared
a complete military campaign. Every de
tail is arranged. It is known just what
the fleets are to do, just what the army
is to do, in case of war. No precious days
will be wasted in preparing the plan of
campaign, in deciding what is to be done.
All that has been attended to. The plan
is complete and perfect. Every ship, ev-
DPILLIN’O NAVAL CADETS IN COB DOCK.
e.-y regiment, every transport, vessel, ev
ery man v.iU be sent to its or his proper
place the instant tne word of command is
given by Congress.
For some time the Navy Department
has been gradually concentrating our
fleets in southern waters. Ships have
been ordered home from all parts of the
world, even from the far Asiatic station.
The Mediterranean station has been aban
doned. Every American vessel has been
recalled from that sea and is now this side
of Gibraltar Straits. If the directors of
the Spanish navy have had any hopes of
catching American warships in the trap of
the Mediterranean, where they might be
captured or destroyed at leisure, they
have reckoned without their host. This
country now has no warships in the Med
iterranean.
If there should be a war the militia of
the various SNAes would play an impor
tant part in it Mouths ago thi War De
partment belli out secret agents to make
reports upon |he State militia-the num
ber of men the-t could be put ia the field,
their drill, discipline, equipments, bat
teries, field outfit, etc. Having amassed
all possible inSjrmoGrm the authorities
here know whol ’"pend upon.
They know, for 7us ifee, that within 24
hours, in addition to a part of the regular
or Federal army, 20,000 militiamen can
be on the railway trains en route for the
seaboard. They know that within 48
hours 40,000 men can be on the cars. They
know that within ten days, counting reg
ular troops and militia, 75,000 men can be
mobilized at the seaports. In till 100,000
trained and equipped soldiers are availa
ble for the offensive or defensive opera
tions of the Government.
The most elaborate detailed plans are on
file at the War Department with regard
to the mobilization of the militia, on dif
ferent bases, according to different de
grees of necessity, as well as to problems
of subsistence, transportation, clothing,
ammunition, etc.
Without any excitement or haste, or any
pres the President or members
of the caoiuet the various bureaus of the
two military departments of the Govern
ment have for a long time been making
preparations for active operations. It is
a matter of professional pride with the
chiefs of these bureaus to get all the bus
iness under their charge as near as possi
ble to a state of perfection. The result
is, that without wanting war, seeking it
or e.voe.ting it, Uncle Sam is to-day pre
pared to amaze the world with the rapid
ity and effectiveness of the blows which
he will strike if it become necessary for
him to move. His officials believe that
if we became involved in trouble with
Spain the war will be over in s.xty days.
They also believe that a stare of pre
paredness is the best guarantee of peace.
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
Nation Owes $1,010,104,210, a De
crease of $1,597,122.
The monthly treasury statement of the
public debt shows that the debt, less cash
in the treasury at the close of business for
February, amounted to xi,oit£iu4,2lt>, a
decrease for the month of $1,597,122. This
decrease is accounted for by a correspond
ing increase in the cash. The debt is re
capitulated as follows:
“Interest-bearing debt, $847,306,080;
debt on which interest has ceased since
maturity, $1,327,070; debt bearing no in
terest, $380,974,0**9: total, $1,235,008,419.
This amount, however, does not include
$585,252,933 in certificates and treasury
notes outstanding, which are offset by an
equal amount of cash in the treasury. The
cash in the treasury is classified as fol
lows: Gold, $204,(i03,971; silver, $511,-
858,834; paper, $107,504,958; bonds, dis
bursing officers’ balances, etc., $33,084,-
002, making a total of $850,571,700,
against which there are demand liabili
ties outstanding amounting to $031,007,-
503, leaving a r.et cash balance of $225,-
504,203.”
NO RELIEF FOR KLONDIKERS.
Secretary Alger Abandons the Rein
deer Expedition.
The War Department has decided to
abandon its expedition for the relief of
the miners in the Klondike country be
cause the-conclusion has been reached
that no necessity exists for it. Secretary
Alger has written a letter to Senator
Hawley, chairman of the Senate Commit
tee on Military Affairs, explaining the
department’s position and asking that
Congress take action by joint resolution
authorizing the department to dispose of
the supplies purchased for the expedition,
including the reindeer which have just
arrived from Norway, and to abandon the
project entirely.
In hi letter Secretary Alger says the
conditions on the Yukon have changed so
as to render the expedition unnecessary,
and that Gen. Miles and Gen. Merritt
both agree with him. He is also advised
to this effect by the Canadian minister
of the interior. Later advices than those
received last December when the expedi
tion was decided upon indicate, he says,
that the miners are in n§ danger of suf
fering, and he thinks that the great
crowds of prospectors now going in over
the pass will carry sufficient proviri as to
divide with the miners in case the. need
assistance.
Gen. Alger expresses the opinion that
the reindeer can be sold at a price suffi
cient to reimburse the Government for
their cost. He says he has been offt— -d
SIOO each for 100 of them. This amount
is above the cost price. He also states
that the Interior Department is anxious
to take chrrge of the animals. He also
asks for authority to sell the supplies pur
chased for the expedition.
An Ohio lawmaker has introduced a bill
providing for a State board to examine all
applicants for marriage Jireraes. But it
may be predicted with a great deal of as
surance that all attempts to reduce Cupid
to a civil service basis in this country will
faiL
NEWS OF WISCONSIN.
A WEEK’S RECORD OF STATE
HAPPENINGS.
Iluildinß Demolished by u Sawmill
Exploslin-Murder Hidden hy Burn
ing of a Barn—Destruction of Genesee
Depot Woolen Mills-Caught in a Ilelv.
Boiler Explodes.
People in the vicinity of the sawmill
owned by Will'am Eh rig, at St. Croix
Falls, were startled by a noise of unusual
proportions. An investigation showed
that the boiler of the mill had exploded
with terrific force, causing a total de
struction of the mill. The boiler was di
vided, parts flying in many directions,
while bricks and mortar, with fragments
of the building, were scattered for twenty
rods around the place of explosion. The
strange part of the explosion is that no
one was killed. The engineer, Mr. Camp
bell, was badly bruised and his loft arm
was broken, and an assistant was rough
ly handled.
Woolen Mills Burn.
At Genesee Depot the woolen mills be
longing to James Proctor were destroyed
by fire. The fire started in the picking
room and spread with great rapidity.
Some of the employes had narrow escapes
but ull of them, fifteen in number, escap
ed safely. George Fox’s bicycle factory,
with S3OO w rth of goods, was also de
stroyed, and a stock of carpets stored in
the factory was burned. The loss on the
factory was about $35,000, with no in
surance.
Dynamite Explodes.
Allie Jilbert, u 10-year-old boy at Pence,
was severely injured a few days ago by
the explosion of a dynamite cap, is in a
fair way to recovery. Having secured a
dynamite eap Allie, with a friend, went
behind the schoolhouse to set it off. The
result was that he had both hands so bad
ly injured that three fingers had to be
amputated from one hand and two from
the other. His knee-cap was also torn
off. He is unable to use either hand.
Cremated to Hide Murder.
A dispatch from Ashland says that Pe
ter .Jacobson, crossing tender on the Oma
ha and Milwaukee, St. Paul and Ashland
Railroad, was cremated in a barn a mile
west of Asliland. The circumstances in
dicate murder. Jacobson had driven to
the barn and tied his horse within. A
tramp, who had been with Jacobson, was
seen to leave the barn, and shortly after
ward the blaze broke out.
Meet and Are Remarried.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bussell were di
vorced one year ago at Superior on appli
cation of Mrs. Bussell, who entered the
Illinois training school for nurses to tit
herself for earning a living. She came
to La Crosse to find employment and her
former husband came on business. They
met and after some talk about the chil
dren met again and were remarried.
Both ’ Cut Off.
A lumberman n.-ued Sorensen had his
legs cut off by a freight drain at Amberg.
He and another lumberman crawled un
der the cars of a train. His partner got
through, but the train moved ahead and
the wheels cut both Sorensen’s legs off.
He had a ticket to the Marinette hospital
and was taken there. Sorensen was on
his way home to New Denmark.
The Cannon Burst.
Several Cedar Grove young bloods had
a uurrow escape from death or injury.
They loaded the old Fourth of July can
non with two pounds of powder in honor
of an old bachelor returning home from
his wedding. The cannon burst and a
piece weighing thirteen pounds, after rear
ing its way through a building, was found
about forty yards away.
Caught in the BeJt.
While Charles Meyers was placing rosin
on a belt in his mill near North Freedom
his hand was caught between the belt and
pulley. He was whirled over and struck
on his shoulders with great force. Will
Ritzenthaller was standing near and by
seizing Mr. Meyers prevented him from
being fatally mangled. He was severe
ly injured internally.
Legging Cars Wrecked.
A collision between two logging trains
occurred just west of the Chicago and
Northwestern depot at Hurley, wrecking
one engine and three log cars.
State Items of Interest.
A Methodist church will be built at
Bamboo to cost $20,000. It will be built
of real brick and will scat 800.
L. N. Larson, a grocer of Marinette,
has made an assignment to K. Lungberg.
The assets and liabilities are about the
same.
jf-The Aiken-Gieason Camera Company of
La Crosse has purchased anew building
for its plant and will fit it with five new
machines.
The Ashland Brownstone Company has
leased its quarries and outfit at Presque
island and Superior to the Portage Entry
Quarries Company of Chicago.
The application of the Endion Improve
ment Company asking that the city of
Superior Ire restrained from refunding
$400,000 of city bonds was denied.
The cotton mills at Janesville are
booming as a result of the big strike at
the Massachusetts mills. The Monterey
mills at that city arc unable to fill orders.
More than 85,000 yards of cloth are be
ing turned out every week.
Henry Byer, aged 19, of Faville Grove,
while attending an auction near Milton,
was taken suddenly ill and died in a few
hours after being removed to his home.
An inquest was held and the fact deter
v ined that he died of alcoholism.
A tramp confined in the Walworth
County jail surprised the officials by ob
jecting to tin? general npepnrance of the
lockup, and accordingly went to work one
day and gave the place a thorough denn
ing and scrubbed the windows.
A team of horses belonging to August
Roomer of Algoma broke through the ice
of Lake Buttes dos Mortes hiie attach
ed to a hayrack. In spite of all efforts
to rescue them the horses died from the
exposure after being in the water about
three hours.
Anew manufacturing company has
been organized at Racine, to be known as
the Huribut-Armstroug Company, with a
capital stock of $20,000. It has purchased
the old Hurlbut Company plant at Ra
cine Junction and will begin operations
March 1 with 100 employes. The farm
will manufacture special goods.
Mrs. C. IV. Pike of Racine has received
a patent on a glass cemetery vase for
the reception of flowers.
Papers have been served on the city of
Janesville in a suit for $5,000 damages,
in which the plaintiff. Mrs. Margaret
Heffron. claims to have sustained imma
nent injuries hy a fall on a defective side
walk.
For many months the family of Mr.
Perry, a farmer living near Eatt Claire,
has been annoyed in sundry ways. Stones
have been thrown through the windows,
chickens hare been wantonly killed and
other annoyances have occurred. All ef
forts to discover the perpetrators have
failed.
Judge Burnell of Oshkosh has denied
the application of James E. Kennedy for
a receiver for the Workman's co-opera
tive stores and dissolved the injunction
under which the "tores were close j.
The E. P Allis company of Milwaukee
has closed a contract with Sawyer &
Goodman of Winneeonne for a complete
double bandsaw mill. The contract calls
for a complete outfit, which will cost $70,-
000.
A $12,000 glycerine „ epavorator has
been added to the plant of the Marinette
soap factory. An addition 18x20 feet
was necessary to contain the machine.
The average production of soap per month
fcr the past year was 3,500 boxes.
A local stock company will put In an !
electric lighting plant at Bangor,
The stock of fruit and candy of Jager
Bros, at Merrill was destroyed by fire.
The Early Settlers’ Club of Rock Coun
ty held its annual banquet at Janesville.
The jury in the White House case at La
Crosse disagreed and anew trial must be
had.
A valentine ball at Oshkosh for the ben
efit of the new public library netted near
ly SI,OOO.
A small rat terrier at Oshkosh recently
killed thirteen rats in fifty-eight seconds,
actual time.
The Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul
(rain shed in Milwaukee collapsed under
a weight of snow.
Miss Agnes Dwight of Evanston, 111.,
has been appointed librarian for the city
library at Appleton.
In the Vernon County Court Bert Jen
niss was found guilty of non-support and
desertion of his wife and child.
The Commercial Club of Superior lias
appointed a committee to arrange for an
exhibit at the Omaha exposition.
The Pabst Brew in r Company has se
cured control of tlie i were House in Osh
kosh and will place L. Them e in charge.
Burglars entered the store of Henry
Smith at La Crosse and abstracted $2
from the till. T ie safe could not l>e
broken.
John Drake, a farmer living near Eau
Claire, was badly injured in a runaway in
that city, his team dashing into a tele
graph pole.
Nick Webber, a switchman, had his
hand badly crushed while at work in the
railway yards at La Crosse, by getting it
caught between two ears.
Mrs. Elizabeth Gooni, aged 50, widow
of Job Goom, an old soldier, was adjudg
ed insane at Rhinelander and committed
to the Northern hospital.
Adam Comstock of Arcadia, a gradu
ate of the University of Wisconsin, died
at Getenberg. Germany, where he was
studying. He was a civil engineer.
A plunk thrown from a saw in a mill
at Eaton struck a young man named Karl
Bueholz in the breast and inflicted injuries
from which he died a few hours later.
The body of Otto Meiinhart was found
beside the tracks of the Chicago, Mil
waukee and St. Paul Railway at Ca’ido
niu. The cause of death is unkuown.
Harry Quilley of Beloit, whose disap
pearance had been worrying his friends,
has come to town and announced that he
merely had been visiting in the country.
The Kindergarten Association of Sun
Prairie has decided to close the school for
three or four weeks on account of sev
eral cases of scarlet fever among the pu
pils.
Fifty Door County farmers were caught
in the city of Marinette during the recent
blizzard and compelled to remain there for
about twenty-four hours until the storm
had subsided.
John Weiss and William Radlof, aged
12 anil 15 respectively, were arrested by
Sheriff Roach for breaking into a store
at Jefferson. They took tobacco, candy
and trinkets.
Several fine horses were shipped from
Janesville to Europe. They sold there for
S4OO each. There is a good demand in the
stock raising districts for horses to be
used in the pineries.
J. IC. Tillotsou has at last secured a
permit for the town of Black Wolf to run
a line of street railway from the city of
Oshkosh to the new summer resort which
the electric railway will build.
Francis Spencer, who for several years
has been connected with a hardware firm
in Chicago, has purchased a iot at Dart
ford and will lmild a brick block and open
in it a general hardware store.
A stock company, comprising W. Slat
ter, G. and G. Burgess, F. and J. Pyborn
and J. Mitchell of Sun Prairie, has pur
chased a $1,500 2-year-old horse from the
Dunham horse farm at Wayne, 111.
The Racine Water Company has served
its complaint on the city to recover $159,-
153.50 for water alleged to have been used
by the city in flushing its sewers and
flushing tanks, for which the city refuses
to pay.
The case of tlie Stevens Point Water
Company against the city to recover $3,-
800 of alleged illegally-collected taxes for
1894 with accrued interest, was discon
tinued, the suit having been improperly
begun.
A young man hy the name of Papen
deck, living in the town of Rhine, has dis
appeared. He left home saying that he
was going to visit his uncle a few miles
from home, and since then nothing has
been seen of him.
.Tere Vosburg, one of the oldest mem
bers of the Oshkosh fire department, was
run over hy a hook and ladder truck and
sustained injuries from which he died.
Vosburg was 35 years old and leaves a
wife and one child.
Prof. Marsh of Ripon College is taking
soundings of Green lake for the State,
These lake surveys are being taken over
the State with the idea of forming a
basis for an accurate relief map. The
greatest depth of water in Green lake was
found to be 217 feet.
The Duke and Duchess of Duval were
passengers on a Wisconsin Central train
going through Oshkosh recently. They
hail from Paris ami came to this country
to investigate the Klondike boom. The
duke is interested in several claims on
the Polly river, near Dawson City.
C. A. Bartlett was ejected from the
office of the La Crosse city weigh master
by the chief of police, 11. H. Byrne. Some
weeks ago Bartlett was impeached hy the
Common Council and ousted from the of
fice ior alleged irregularities in his ac
counts. Bartlett refused to vacate the
of ice and took the matter to tiie Circuit
Court. Judge Wyman signed an order
approving the proceedings of the Common
Council and directing Bartlett to turn the
office over to his duly elected successor,
Arnold Itoemer. When the order was
served hy Mayor McCord, Bartlett refus
ed to surrender the office. Chief Byrne
thereupon threw him out.
The Land and River Improvement Com
pany of Superior has sold fifteen tenement
houses in the suburbs to J. W. Young
blood, who will remove them to lots near
the business district and fit them up ."or
dwelling purposes.
Bert Seager, a young boy of Ivnukauna
was arrested on a charge of stealing a
padlock and a pair of rubbers. He was
fined sl, and as his father refused to pay
the fine, the boy was sentenced to ten
days on the rock pile at Appleton. The
father, who was a hard-working man, con
cluded that it was a good lesson for the
boy.
Fifteen carloads of scrap iron from the
ruins of the Sawyer-Goodman mil’, at
Marinette have been sold to Chicago par
ties for SI,OOO.
Avery clever “fake” was brought to
light at Neenah. Several days ago a quiet
old gentleman called at the Winnebago
pai>er mill and asked permission to use
the accumulated ash dust on the top of
the boilers. The request was grafted.
The man took all he wanted and then di
vided i* 'nto small packages, which he sold
for 15 cents apiece, as a fine polish. The
facts were brought to light only when the
fireman of the Winnebago pai*er mills re
turned home ar.d ascertained that his wife
had bought three packages of the “stuff.”
The announcement of the appointment
of M. B. Martin as postmaster at Darling
ton ended a spirited contest, there being
no less than seven candidates besides Mar
tin.
At the State encampment of the I. O.
O. F. the following officers were elected:
Grand patriarch, F. A. Harriett, Foud du
Lae; grand head priest, A. B. Whitaker,
Appleton; grand senior warden, IV. P.
Fish, Madison; grand scribe, L. O. Ho
laes. Baraboo; grand treasurer, William
Humphrey, Wntertown; grand junior
warden, A. L. Fulton, Whitewater; grand
representative, S. J. Bradford, Hudson.
Marinette was selected as the next meet
ing place.
ESTABLISH El) 1855.
WILL NOT HELP SPAIN.
All Europe's Powers Refuse Her Even
Their Moral Support.
Spain will receive uo assistance what
ever from any European Government in
the event of war with the United States,
whether arising out of the destruction of
the Maine or because of American inter
vention in Cuba. It is the general opin
ion of diplomatists in London and other
capitals that the disaster to the battleship
Maine is having an effect to postpone in
stead of to hasten the interveneion of the
United States in Cuba.
According to London advices every Eu
ropean power received several weeks ago
a frank, though informal, statement of
American intentions in regard to the Cu
ban situation. It may- be said without re
serve that the policy thus disclosed met
with no European opposition. This pol
icy, as understood by the British foreign
office, and outlined by British diplomat
ists. is as follows:
The United States since last summer
has been insisting that Spain must restore
peace in Cuba. Finally, tlie Sagasta cab
inet was given to understand that unless
peace was in sight hy March 1. the United
States would actively intervene. This,
while not technically an ultimatum, be
cause it was not part of a formal diplo
matic correspondence, was, in effect, noth
ing less. The Spanish Government so un
derstood it, and so did every chancellery
in Europe. No European power gave any
sign of willingness to protest in behalf of
Spain, though the Spanish Government
at first hoped to secure at least the
“friendly offices’* of Austria or France to
induce the United States to refrain from
intei vention. The attitude of Great Brit
ain has been particularly disappointing
to Spain. The disputes of tlie United
Ststes and Grant Britain over various
matters seem to have inspired the Span
ish Government with a ho)e that some
moral support, at least, might lie obtained
in London. The British Government has
refused point blank to meddle in the mat
ter.
WAS A CUBAN VICTORY,
Spanish Loss 1,000 Killed uu<l Wonnd
ed at llolguiu.
Reports of the recent battle at Holguin,
Province of Santiago de Cuba, have been
received in New York. Instead of the
battle being a Spanish victory, as repre
sented from Havana, it was a disastrous
defeat, followed by a retreat on the part
of the Spanish forces. This information
is the cause for a great amount of rejoic
ing in New York Cuban circles, because
the guns and ammunition shipped from
Long Island less than a month ago were
used in tlie fight.
Owing to the character of the country
less than 2,000 of the Spanish troops could
be brought into notion when the Cubans
opened fire, and the Cuban force of less
than a thousand men could not be dislodg
ed. Gen. Garcia's command did not reach
its full strength until the fifth day after
the fighting began. On this day the
Spanish columns retreated in confusion,
carrying the wounded to Holguin and
leaving 200 dead on the field. The Cu
bans’ loss in the five days’ fighting was
less than fifty killed. The real Spanish
loss will never be known, as the dead and
wounded were taken from the field at
night. It is estimated that nearly one
thousand were killed and wounded.
The Cubans in the field, according to the
letters, are praying for the United States
to strike a blow in order that they may
attack Havana from the land.
MARTIN ON THE STAND.
Defendant Tells the Part He Took in
the Lattiuier Shooting.
Sheriff Martin, on trial at IVilkeslmrre,
Pa., went on the stand in his own defense
Tuesday for the Lattiuier shooting and
told in detail the story of the occurrences
on Friday afternoon. Sept. 10, and tlie
conditions which led to them. “IVlien we
got to Lattiuier,” said the sheriff, “I told
my men to line up along the road, as that
was about as good a place as any to stop
the strikers from going any farther. I
told my men that I would try once more
to stop them, and if they refused, to fol
low them up the breaker. IVhen the first
rank- of strikers came within 200 feet of
us I went out and spoke to them and
again told them to stop, hut they called
back, ‘IVe no go back, we go to Lattiuier
mines.’
“One young fellow kept saying, ‘Go on,
go on!’ This fellow I tried to arrest, hut
as I had my revolver in one hand and
my-proelaination in the other I had some
difficulty in doing this. Then several men
tried to grab me, two threatened me with
revolvers and another made a lunge at me
with a knife. Then someone gave me a
terrible blow on the side of the face and
1 was knocked down on my knees. Just
then the shooting began.”
TO CHECK ROWDYISM.
National League Adopts Measures to
Prevent Misconduct.
Most radical legislation was enacted
Tuesday hy the magnates of the National
Baseball League, assembled at St. Louis
in annual session. A measure for the sup
pression of obscene, indecent and vulgar
language upon the hall field hy players
was adopted by the representatives of the
twelve clubs present without a dissenting
vote. The provisions of this measure are
most sweeping, and provide for the trial
of guilty persons before a tribunal of three
judges, to he known as the board of disci
pline, which shall punish the culprit either
by suspension or expulsion for life.
The first tribunal under this provision
will Ik: composed of L. C. Krauthoff of
Kansas City, Mo.; Louis Kramer of Cin
cinnati and Frederick K. Stearns of De
troit, Midi. These men, who are promi
nent and well known to the patrons of
the national game, will serve respectively
for three years, two years and one year.
One mernlier of the hoard will retire each
year, and his successor will Ik* elected at
the annual schedule meeting of the league.
Will Ignore Judge Rogers.
The decision of Judge Rogers at Fort
Smith, Ark., holding the United States
Federal meat ins|>ectiou law to Ik: uncon
stitutional, apparently causes no concern
to the officials of the Agricultural De
partment. under whose administration tlie
law is ’xeeuted. They regard the decision
as one largely technical in character, and
will not affect tlie practical operation of
the law when applied to the inspection of
meats intended for interstate traffic or ex
port to foreign countries.
lijjSElL
The Czarina of Russia is said to be suf
fering from Smallpox.
Thirty American locomotives and 1,500
tons of railroad iron went by one steamer
for China.
Commander Bunce, commandant of tin*
Brooklyn navy yaid, has been appointed
rear admiral.
A rich strike of gold is said to have t*een
made on American creek, in the Yukon
valley, Alaska.
Democratic National Chairman Jones
is said to h**ve urged Frank J. Cannon’s
election as United States Senator from
Utah.
La I.ucha, a prominent Havana news
paper, advises the Snanish Government
to prepare for war with the United States.
At Little Rock, Ark., the State Supreme
Court decided on a charge of removing
mortgaged property, that it was not nec
essary to show that the mortgage was re
corded before the accused could be con
victed. Heretofore, it has been conceded
that if the mortgage had not been record
ed conviction was impossible.
IVooden shoes are produced in France
to the extent of about 4,000,000 pairs
yearly. In the Province of Lozere they
are made by hand, 1,700 persons are en
gaged in their manufacture, and the year
ly product hi more than 500,000 pairs.
Official City Paper.
—- '• STEAM —',
800 l ai Jot Priii£ House
AM* KlftDS or
Job Printing
NtOMPTL T BXBCUTBD
la m Most Satisfactory Manner
At a reception given recently by a for
eign minister a woman was discovered in
the net of carrying off a large plate of
chicken salad. She had slipped it under
n rich wrap which she wore and had pro
ceeded as far as the outer door when a
detective in the employ of the caterer
beaded her off. This is hardly an un
usual occurrence. At the public recep
tions women thieves have been accus
tomed to steal china, silverware mul eve
common dishes. So great has become the
nuisance that those giving the receptions
no longer use their own dishes. A cater
er is hired to supply everything and he
also supplies detectives to watch his prop
erty. These detectives are sometimes in
the disguise of maids, who assist the la
dies with their wraps, but more often ap
pear as guests in proper gowns and suits.
A short time ago a lauy who goes in the
very In-st Washington society was dis
covered stealing valuable pins from the
dresser at a small private dinner. She
was confronted hy her hostess and said
she had slip|K*d the jewelry into her pock
et so that it might not be stolen by the
maids who were about the dressing room.
* * *
The most unique application for office
that has yet been filed under this admin
istration comes from Alonso Bradford,
who wishes to be postmaster at Hay
wards, Cal. Accompanying his applica
tion is n letter of recommendation, sign
ed by a large number of Republican poli
ticians and citizens of the place, together
with an X ray photograph of his left knee.
The photograph shows that a bullet c*u
tered his knee at the joint, pushed up the
kneecap and lodged between the bones of
the upper and lower parts of the leg. The
buHct is still there, it being impossible
to dislodge it by probing, and the only
way in which it can Ik* removed is by
amputation of the leg. Mr. Bradford
stated that the bullet was received at the
battle of Fort Donelson, and that he had
carried : t ever since.
* *
Washington is now enjoying its annual
invasion f women. The National Wom
an's Suffrage Association lias recently
been in session. Next we have the Daugh
ters of the Revolution, and after that
the mothers' congress, a convention of
colonial dames and other assemblies of
the feminine persuasion. The hotels ar>*
filh*d with women, they occupy the side
walks, crowd the street cars, and in the
reception rooms of the Senate and House
of Representatives and the White House
have displaced the office seekers from the
1 (ouches they have occupied so patiently
since the 4th of last March. The hotel
corridors, which are usually redolent of
tobacco smoke, are now soentt*d with lilac
and nuisk, and there is a change for the
better all around.
* * *
The statement is frequently made that
Speaker Reed is a rich man, but a close
personal friend says that this is far from
the truth. Only lately he said Mr. Reed
was complaining that lie had to live in one
small room at the Shoreham and write for
magazines to eke out his income. The
Speaker receives a salary of SB,OOO a
year. His position requires that he live
fnirl.i well, and with a wife it must cost,
nearly this sum for regular current ex
penses in Washington.
* * *
There is a hopeless lack of interest in
the proposal to legislate ngainst the adul
teration of flour and corn. It took Sen
ator Mason two weeks to get ft meeting
of his committee on manufactures, arm
then there were only two out of live mem
bers present. The representatives of the
Hillers’ Association read their arguments
to Senators Mason and Harris, hut as
there was no quorum nothing could be
done.
* * *
It has been definitely determined that
the Diipuy de Lome letter was stolen in
the Havana postofllce. It was offered for
$250 to the correspondent of a newspaper
in llavna. When he declined it the thief
offered it to another correspondent for
SIOO, and then, not being able to make a
sale, it was offered an agent of the junta,
and purchased for a price that cannot be
ascertained.
* * *
rr here is a telephone war in Wnshing
to i which has got into the courts and Con
gress, and will undoubtedly result in the
passage of a law regulating the charges
and service on some more equitable basis
than wo have been accustomed to. The
charges in Washington range from SBO to
$l2O n year, nr > Jit gto the distance of
the subscriber f:m the central office and
the number of messages sent.
WILLIAM M. SINGERLY IS DEAD.
Well-Known Philadelphia Hanker and
Publisher Passes Away.
William M. Singerly died suddenly at
his residence, 1071 Locust street, Phila
delphia, Sunday afternoon. Heart lesion
was the immediate cause of death. Mr.
Singerly had l>eon suffering for about ten
lays from a cold and had remained nt
home since last Wednesday, although his
indisposition was in no way serious.
While sitting in his bedroom smoking
a cigar he was seized with a violent fit of
coughing and immediately afterward fell
over dead. In the room at the time were
Mrs. Singer's granddaughter, Miss Mabel
Singerly Meredith, and two servants. His
son-in-law, James S. McCartney, had left
a few moments before the sudden end
came, leaving Mr. Singerly apparently in
good health, apart from his slight cold.
Tlie physicians say they had f ■•queutly
cautioned Mr. Singerly that his heart was
weak, ns a result of excessive smoking,
mid of late his custom was to take a “dry
smoke." Sunday, however, his cigar was
lighted and it is thought lhat the smoke
brought on the coughing spell, the sever
ity of which ruptured a valve of the
heart. Mr. Singerly leaves a daughter,
Mrs. E. Singerly Baleh, who is at present
touring Europe.
William M. Singerly was proprietor of
the Record Publishing Company, presi
dent of the Chestnut Street National
Bank and the Chestnut Street Savings
Fund and Trust Company, which recent
ly collapsed; and president, of tne Hinger
ly Pulp and Paper mill. He was a mem
ber of the Fairmount Park Commission
and until lately the treasurer, and a trus
tee of tlie Philadelphia Commercial Mu
seum.
Nc-’ee of Current Events.
A hill providing a government for the
territory of Alaska has been reported to
the : :,.e.
Attorney General Griggs was formally
presented to the United States Supreme
Court and was admitted to practice before
that tribut.nl.
While following the deerhounds, near
Aiken, S. ('.. Mrs. William C. Whitney,
wife of the ox-S". ret ary of the Navy, was
knocked from her horse and seriously in
jured.
The residence of ll’. D. Reeves at Hel
ena. Ark., was entered hy burglars and
s<ioo worth of wearing apparel stolen.
The radical wing of the autonomist
party in Cuba lias reolveil to open nego
tiations with the insurgents in the belief
that the revolution cannot be suppressed
by force of arms. A number of proposi
tions will Ik* submitted to the insurgents,
with a view of bringing about i>eace.
The recent cold weather in Arizona la
unprecedented. The river in the Gran l
Canyon of the Colorado was full of float
ing ice, whereas the temperature in the
canyon is credit* J with purtuking of the
nature of perpetual summer, regardless of
the temperature on the nlateau above.