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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
County Officers.
County Judge C. W. Graves
Sheriff J. W. WHITR
County Clerk WM. Biundon
County Treasurer A. T. Fortum
Register of Deeds Wm. llutchisoh
Clerk of the Court 11. 0. Qoslinu
District Attorney JOHN 8. Larson
County Superintendent Howard Mili.ru
Surveyor W. 11. Knowkh
Coroner O. P. AIKEN
Chairman Hoard of Supervisors.... ALEX Hill
Poor Commissioner E- Tilton
Superintendent Insane Asylum. ..F. Wilkins
CITY OFFICERS.
*<ay’r.. Aug. Smith
UtycD'k H. E.
Treasurer. John S. McKitirick
Assessor .Jos. Omun son
Police Justice j. Henry Bennett
Justices i It. 8. McMkhael
„ . . 1 Squire Toney
Marshal John C. Jolm-ou
Constables !• \ L?
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.
I A BELLE LOME A. F. A A. M. NO. P 4
J Meets the l-'lrst and Third Wednesdays of
each month. Hall la Williams' block.
VIROQUA LODGE, 1. O O F.—MEETS Ev
ery Saturday uight in Williams’ block.
"\7TROQUA ENCAMPMENT, I. O. O. F.. NO.
7 60. Meets every Mouday 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 mtb.
American legion of honoil-meets
second and fourth Tuosdays of each m'th.
Alex lowrie post, o a. r—meets"
first Monday evening of each month. In
\V. R.C. hall.
IFKUINA LODGE. DAUGHTERS OF ItE
JU bekHli. No. •„.•), meet. first and thiul Mon
day of each month in 1. (). O. F. hall.
Modern woodmen of America, no.
1901, meets Friday night of each week.
\fIBOQUA CHAPTER, O. E S., MEETS
second Tuesday of each month in Masonic
balb
\riROQUA CHAPTER, R A. M., MEETS
every second and fourth Wednesday of
each month.
Wf OMAN'S RELIEF CORPS.—MEETS ON
II alternate Srornons.
WC. T. IT.—MEETS ALTERNATE TUES
• days at 3p. m.
10. O. T. LODGE. —MEETS ON EVERY
• Wednesday evenlug, in Alliance hall.
ri’HE VIROQUA COUNCIL, NO 129. A. p. A ,
J. mtets at Alliance hall every Tuesday night
7:30 o’cl ck.
V IROQUA K. O. T. M.-MEETS ON EVERY
V Monday evening in Alliance hall, at 7 ;30.
rm* ■■■■ ■ -■ ■ I I .ra
CHURCH DIHECTOUY.
Vf ETHODIST EPISCOPAL.—SERVICES AT
jJLM. 10:80 a. m. and 7:30 p m. each Sabbath.
Sunday school at 12 m. Prayer meetings on
Thursday evenings.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCn-SERVICES
at 10:30 a. in. and 7 :J0 p. m. each Sabbath.
Sunday school at 12 m.
CIHURCH OF CHRIST.-PREACnirG EV
/ ery Sunday at 10:30 a. m. and In tho even
ing. Sunday school ai 9::it*a. m.
TVjdRWEGIAN LUTHERAN CHURCH.-
IN Services every Sunday at 8 o'clock.
BUSINESS CARDS.
HP. PROCTOS, ATTORNEY AND
. Counselor, Viioqna, Wls. Will practice
In all Courts of the state. Special attention
given to Collections.
CILBAUGH & LARSON, ATTORNEYS.
L o given to collections. Of-
B e In Ferguson Block, second floor, Mala
Birert, Viroqua, Wls.
Jackson SiLCAunn. John s. Lae-on.
W.YI. A. COTT, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND
Surgeon, Viroqua, Wls
Office near residence. 1 bl'k E. Lysne's hotel.
*A P- MIN SHALL, M. D., PHYSICIAN
xV. an: Burg on. A grvduite c? Keokuk
M dloal College, one of the best of Its kind in
the United States. AU calls promptly attend
ed, day or night. Latest ana moA approved
methods of treatment use 1.
Office In Casson's Bl’k. Viboqua, Wis.
I? E. WORLEY, M. D-, PHYSICIAN
. and Surgeon, Viroqua, Wiß. Office over
Craig <fc Co’s drug sior\ on west side of hall.
All calls attended promptly day or night.
M. SURENSON. C’IIAS. 11. TROWIIRIDGB.
UURENfCN & TROWBBIDCE,
Physicians AndSurou n-i, Viroqua. Wls.
Calls lu city or country promptly uttcuded
Office over Craig & Co’s drug store.
JOHN DAWSON & CO.- gicai-.u
O Insura' ce ami Real Estate Agency. Viroqua.
Office In Williams block, second floor.
VERNON CO. COURT.-REGULAR
t terms in the first Tuesday of each
month, at the court house from H lol?a. m.
and lJOtoCp. m. D. O. MAHONEY,
County Juuge.
H J. Buttle, m.d. W. M. Thowbridoe, m.d.
DRS. SOTTLE & TROWBRIDGE.
Dr. Trowbridge, late resident physician and
lurgeon Cook county hospital, Chicago.
0 ALL CALLS ATTENDED PROMPTLY •
Day or night, from office.
GEiO. E. CHAHBERS,
Crown and Bridge Work, Mctnl Plates
and all other bran hes of dental work done lu
the latost and most Improved manner. Satls
facilon guaranteed. Offico In Towner’s blook
VIROQUA, - - WIS.
J. H. Chase, dSi
DENTIST.
Office over Chandler’s ) v Viroqua,
Store, | wis.
C. W. Graves, D. O. Mahoney.
CRAVES fc MAHONEY,
Attorneys & Counsellors at Law
Practice in all Conrts. Money Loaned
on Real Estate. Collections Promp
tly Attended to.
Otfice over Bank of Viroqua,
VIROQUA, WIS.
PLAIN or FANCY
PRINTING....
EXECUTED °%j;Ssr
WE CAN DO
anything iu the Hue of
J3RI NTING.
Restaurant i Boarding.
MRS. L. C. RICE
Is now located In her new building, second
ffis.r, and l prepared to furnish board by dav
or w. ek. Lnuohes • rved at reasonable rates.
Ruppcrs furnished ror balls and private par
ties. Accommodations for 75 couples. Bakery
supplies for sale.
— -♦
OYSTERS
WIN BULK OR OAN.
Ontario. Steel Bridge Works, f
ONTARIO, WIS. H. TIMMERMAN, Proprietor.
Steel bridges, Sioof Uri/sseo, Steel Tjubeo for
Sub-Structures, Culverts, Arches, etc., of any diameter or length.
F*OR lISIF'OFRIVIATICDN NEEDED.
THE VERNON COUNTY CENSOR.
VOL. XLIII.—NO. 12.
Royal makes the food pure,
wholesome and delicious.
Pfft
S*KillS
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
RCYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
Ail Unfailing Tost.' r-
Weary Willie —The milk inspectors
have hired old Slobsy Slocum to test
milk.
Sunset Sims—ls it hard work?
Weary Willie —Not very. Slobsy sim
ply drinks a little out uv each can, an’
if there's etmy water in it it puts him
into convulsions.
A Choice ui Evils.
“Did you really lie still and see a bur
glar walk off with your watch?’’
“Yes; my wife had just quit talking
and gone to sleep, and I wouldn't have
had her wake again for all the gold
watches in creation!’’
♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦+♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ •
X W. F. LINDEMANN, H. LINDEMANN,
♦ President. Cashier.
| Bank of Viroqua.
♦ [State Bank—Capital $50,0c0.00.]
♦ Lindemann & Rusk, Props.
A United fa.’ates bond.. Inland tnd foreign
J exchange, gold, silver and unourrent money
♦ bought and sold. Certificates of deposit
Issued parable on demand, to draw interest
If left six months.
Business Honrs, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Collections and banking business promptly
attended to and remlt'anoes made
on day of collection.
IS. J3. lieque,
Dentist,
VIROQUA, . WI.
Ctowb and Bridge Work. Metal tag *ll
Jtber branch., of Dental work Ib th. latest
Improved manner. We guarartM work.
Orr.cz is Devlin's BlOvE.
F\ I RARNEY,
• x>. r. h. •
HTH ■ J. VIROQUA, wis.
s#® DOES fine DENTAL WORK.
Enc listing. Br.dge, Crown and Gld Plat?
Work. Special attention given to correcting
Irregularities and preservation of the natural
teit i. Twenty four years practlcd Experience
arm study. Dental Parlors lu Herrick Block.
C. H, IYSINSHALL,
fitiorney=ai*Lauj,
Viroqua, Wls.
Loars,Collections and Pensions,
PATENTS.
Office In see m 1 story Williams' Block “1?;
IRA S. GRIFFIN, Attorney at Law.
IRA S. GRIFFIN,
LIFE, FIRE, ACGIDEUi AND TORNADO
INBUUANCE.
General Collecting Agency. Loans Negotiated
T- " ~ —Viboqua, Wis.
W. A-SVISUM,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
FINE CUSTOM WORK A SPECIALTY.
♦ I’erfcet Fit Gunrnntoed.4
VIR OQUA, WISCONSIN.
WOUASTEfIM
LftUNDRY>-
Everythin? New, Complete
and First-Class.
The proprietors have spared nctlimg in
work or expense to equip a plant tuit
able to the needs of the public. Ev
erything is under the direction of a
manager with 12 year3 expjrieuoe.
Individual and Family Laun
dry work Guaranteed.
iiemember the Steam Laundry and give
it your patro. .age. All packages col
lected and delivered. In same block
with Opera House,
\7IROQI_T JAr WIS.
N. Coe & Son,
—proprietors of —
I THE I
♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
I NEW HARNESS i
—ISHOPI—
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
If you want a good double harness
for spring work, now is the time to place
your order. We know we can supply
your wants
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY
HE CLOUD BARKER
Feeling that a Conflict with
Spain Is Soon to Come.
MILLIONS FOR DEFENSE.
Congress Makes Appropriation of
$50,000,000 for Emergency.
UNITED STATES IS READY.
Spirit of Patriotism Is Universal Amcng
American People.
The Administration and All Officials
at the National Capital Realize that
the Country Is Facing a Crisis—Con
ditions Deemed Such that Hostilities
Seem Inevitable Spaniards Have
Sought to Cause a Clash and Mast
Take tire Bitter Consequences-No
Honorable Recourse Save the Ar
bitrament of Arms Appears Open.
Washington correspondence:
THEKE is a general fooling at the
capital that we are face to face
with a crisis. The bill t.o appropri
ate $50,000,000 for the national defense
is evidence that the administration has
recognized this in its preparations for an
emergency. Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois,
chairman of the House Committee on Ap
propriations. Monday introduced the bill
SPANISH PREMIER SAC. A.ST A.
appropriating $50,000,000 for national de
fense. This bill is as follows:
“Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of tho United States
in Congress assembled: That there is
hereby appropriated, out of any money in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated,
for the national d< fense and for each and
every purpose connected therewith, to be
expended at the discretion of the Presi
dent, nml-4o remain available until June
30, 1800, $50,000,000.”
Mr. Cannon introduced this bil, in his
individual capacity, but it was after a
most important conference at the White
House attended by Secretary Long, Sen
ators Allison and Hale, and Representa
tives Cannon, Dlngley, Boutelleaud Gros
venor. The conference continued for an
hour and was regarded as most signifi
cant, in view of the developments of the
day and the reports that the President
hail given an emphatic refusal to the re
quest for the recall of Consul General
Lee, and another to the request that re
lief supplies should be sent to Cuba in
merchant rather than in war vessels.
While Senators and Representatives
were speculating ns to the meaning of
such a conference, the answer came from
Mr. Cannon when he introduced his bill
appropriating $50,000,000 for the national
defense. There was much excitement in
the House, but Mr. Cannon said he hail
no intention of adding to the excitement
throughout the country. “The bill speaks
for itself,” said lie. “It is an rppropria
tion for national defense and it gives the
President discretion in the use of the
money. I am not certain that we should
not always have such an emergency fund,
ltut just now, with the strained relations
between this Government and Spain and
the talk of war, it is important that the
President should leave nothing undone
that would strengthen the national de
fense. He is doing everything, but there
are some thing? which cannot be done le
gally, such as the purchase of ammunition
COAST DEFENSE 16-INCH 126-TON BREECH-LOADING GUN.
This Is the most powerful gun In the work 1 and was designedly the
r/. I^srs”ss
Jubilee shot llr.nl too years ago In England. ——
for our navy, projectiles for our big coast
defense guns, coal for our fleet, and other
things that have to be contracted for
vvheu there is an emergency. This appro
priation is to be drawn against in just
snch an emergency.”
The bill is not simply n private bill, it is
an administration bill and an emergency
measure. The situation regarding Cuba
lias become so delicate that it is recogniz
ed that war is inevitable unless Spain is
made to understand that this Government
is ready for war and will not stop at half
way measures. The President proposes to
be ready for any emergency, nnd if Spain
wants war she shall have it, but she will
be driven from the western hemisphere.
She lias done enough binding.
Ah hough few persons will openly admit
it, the feeling in the inner circles of the
administration at the time this is written
is that the country is on the verge of war.
Conditions are such that an outbreak
seems unlikely to be long postponed.
There is good authority for the statement
that Congress will declare war against
Spain soon after the report of the board
of inquiry into the Maine disaster has
been made public.
The change of front on the part of the
administration is regarded as significant.
Mr. McKinley, who all along had seemed
somewhat averse to the ominous move of
asking Congress to assist him in making
preparations for war, has thrown off his
indifference and did not hesitate to re
quest the emergency appropriation of
$50,000,000. The change in the attitude
of Speaker Reed was even more noticea
ble than in the case of the President. The
Speaker had set his face resolutely
against every proposed piece of legisla
tion which might be construed as intend
ed to prepare the country for war. Mr.
Rood had declared that there should be
no increase in the standing army and that
the bills to 1,500 additional seamen and
the arming of the auxiliary cruisers
should never see the light of day. Mon
day, however, Mr. Reed looked and noted
very differently.
The transformations which have occur
red in the cases of men like “Joe” Can
non, Payne, Little, Dalzell and Gen. Hen
derson were also such as to cause com
ment. ;
Saturday night some pooh-poohed .the
idea that war with .Spain was possible,
declaring that the people of the United
Stall's were not concerned about Cuba,
and that it would be ridiculous for this
country to dispute the right of the Spanish
Government to control its own dominion.
Monday some of these same men were
going about like raging lions.
There was a reason for all these
THE NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON IN CRUISINU ORDER.
VIROQUA, WISCONSIN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH IG, 1898.
THE UNITED STATES IS READY.
changes, and efforts were made in every
direction to find what that reason was.
I can say upon what is considered thor
oughly reliable authority that President
McKinley had in his possession a tran
script of the evidence taken up to Friday
before the board of inquiry seeking to dis
cover the cause of the disaster to the bat
tleship Maine in Havana harbor. That
testimony, it is asserted, is of the most
startling character. This evidence is sa’l
to show that the Maine was not only
blown up by design, but that her destruc
tion was the result of a carefully laid con
spiracy, in which a number of Spanish
guerrillas nnd volunteers and at least one
Spanish officer were implicated. I am
assured that when the full report of the
board of inquiry is made public it will dis
close facts which will shock the civilized
world.
Heretofore the President has believed
that he could bring the war in Cuba to an
end by peaceful means. While not entire
ly confident that he could secure the peace
nr<l independence for the island by such
means, he hoped at least that he might
secure autonomy for Cuba with the prom
ise of independence to be accorded the
Cubans at some dete in the future. Here
tofore all preparations made by the Presi
dent have been f or defense, for he has
recognized nil along tnat war might result
in spite of all his precautions. Since he
has looked at the evidence deduced before
the board of inquiry he has changed all bis
plans.
During the last month a lesson in cool
ness nnd self-possession has l>een wed
learned. If Spain were only able to real
ize it, the very calmness of the American
Government nnd the American people
speaks loader than any noisy vociferation.
In the presence of a real danger of war—
for no one denies that a real danger now
exists—-party lines seem obliterated and
every branch of the Government and ev
ery man who has anything to do with it
stands squarely out for the preservation
of American honor.
Though the war cloud darkens, it is not
believed by some that the storm is likely
to break very soon, although K may come
at any time. It is a long ways from a
strained situation or a misunderstanding
to actual war, they argue, and this dis
tance may never be bridged. In fact,
there are plenty of acute observers of the
situation who say Spain’s apparent policy
of aggressiveness is a mere bluff, designed
for home consumption, nnd that the best
possible treatment of it was to refuse the
recall of Gen. Lee and to refuse to change
the plan of sending relief supplies to Cuba
by war vessels. If it were Spain's pur
pose to test the firmness of the United
States, to ascertain whether or not this
country was really willing to take its
place, gun in hand, ready to fight a duel,
Spain has her answer.
Meanwhile, too, the most energetic prac
tical preparations for wrr continue in this
country. Ships nre being fitted out as
rapidly ns possible, crews are being en
listed, ammunition is hurried forward, the
coast defenses are manned, transports for
troops are being prepared, the State mi
litia nre ready to jump aboard the cars.
Not only is the President to have placed
m hi? bauds the funds with which to outfit
all our own ships, including the merchant
vessels subject to our call for transports
or auxiliary cruisers, but he will be able to
close contracts for the purchase of a cum
ber of foreign battleships and cruisers
which are in the market. If it turn out
to be true that Spain lias succeeded in
borrowing $40,000,000, and with this has
bought two Brazilian cruisers, the Presi
dent will in a few days have in hand the
money with which to buy a dozen ships, if
that many are thought necessary.
Moreover, it is proposed to let contracts
at once for the construction of a large
number of small torpedo boats, perhaps
fifty or a hundred, to he built during the
next two months on inland rivers nnd
lakes, where they will be free from any
possible Spanish attack, ready to be taken
to the seaboard at a moment’s notice. The
meaning of all this is simply that the re
sources and ingenuity of the American
people ure brought into play in all their
wonderful extent and celerity in prepara
tion for the national defense. Coupled
with the preparations which the Govern
ment has been making for months past,
the sum total is most formidable and well
calculated to impress Spain or any other
possible enemy with the vastness of the
task which she must undertake if she
starts war upon us. Tlie United States
is ready for war, and at this moment is
able to make war with terrible effective
ness. This Government is not seeking
war, and is trying to avert war, but if it
must come to blows we are ready to strike
in a way which Spain will never forget.
But it is a long way yet to war, and we
may never get there. The attitude of the
President is thnt it is not for us to make
war, but to be prepared for it if it is forc
ed upon us. There is nothing in the pres
|r i -mm
4 "' N iv
SPAIN’S BOY KINO.
eni situation justifying Spain in declaring
or provoking hostilities. Nothing is at
issue which makes a case on which she
dare go before the world as a disturber
of the peace. The position of this Govern
ment is a simple one. and should not tie
misunderstood. It is that if war is forced
ipon us, either directly or by provocation,
we will tight. Or in good time we will
have a solution of the Cuban problem,
which has become simply intolerable to
this nation, even if we have to fight to get
it. But over such questions ns Dupuy
de Lome, Gen. lasi, the Maine disaster
and the method of forwarding relief sup
plies it is our purpose to lie correct in ac
cordance with the practice of nations, dig
nified and firm, neither cringing nor un
necessarily provoking.
One thing now most noticeable among
the public men of Washington is that as
the danger of war becomes more serious
they grow more conservative. The events
of the last few days, pointing more and
more to the possibility of war through
change of policy at Madrid or the accident
of friction between people who are grow
ing to hate one another, have served to
level up and level down opinion at the
American capital. Those who were ultra
conservative have become patriotic advo
cates of war. if necessary to preserve our
honor and dignity. Those who first fierce
ly shouted for blood, with or without rea
son. nre now facing the'actualities of the
situation calmly. I truth, so far as the
is represented at Washington by
Senators and Representatives of all po
litical parties, of all sections and all
shades of opinion, the nation stands to
gether as one man looking calmly and
without fear into the eye of a possible foe.
The jury in the case of the State of Ne
braska against the bondsmen of ex-State
Treasurer Bartley returned a ’-erdi t for
the defense. The amount Sued for Is ?530,-
000.
PASSED IN A HUfiRY.
DEFENSE FUND VOTED WITH
OUT WASTE OF TIME.
Senate and House Unanimous to a Man
In Favor of the $50,000,000 Emer
gency Bill Montgomery Now at
Havana-Shcritr Martin Acquitted.
With n Whoop.
On Tuesday the House by a unanimous
vote appropriated $50,000,000 to be used
by the President for national defense.
M ednesday the Senate, also by a uuaui
uious vote and without debate, passed the
House bill within the length of time con
sumed in reading it and calling the roil.
In other words, the Senate in fifteen min
u*'s authorized the Prc-.-ddent to expend
$50,000,(MX) if necessary to defend the
honor of the nation. The unity of the
American people may be a surprise and
a revelation to those unfamiliar with
American character, says a Washington
correspondent. In some quarters there
has been a belief that the enmities of sec
tional strife and the bitterness of our po
litical contests Imd divided the people
beyond the possibility of reunion. But
suddenly the nation finds its peace endan
gered and its honor menaced from with
out, and 10, in a breath, as it were, every
local dissension has vanished and the peo
ple are united in a common purpose. For
two days at least the United States Con
gress contained neither Republicans,
Democrats nor Populists, but Americans
only.
In a spirit of patriotism, with eloquent
words ringing in their ears, every member
of the House of Representatives respond
ed to the President’s first call to meet the
Spanish situation by casting n vote for n
bill placing in President McKinley's
hands $50,000,000 to be expended at his
discretion for the national defense. Party
lines were swept away nnd with a unani
mous voice Congress voted its confidence
in the administration. Mn v members
who were paired with absei. colleagues
took the responsibility of breaking their
pairs, an unprecedented thing i:i legisla
tive annals, in order that they might go
on record in support of this vast appro
priation to maintain the dignity nnd honor
of the comilly. Speaker Reed, who ns
presiding officer seldom votes, except iu
ease of n tie, had ins name called and vot
ed in his capacity ns a Representative.
The scene of enthusiasm which greeted
MONTGOMERY AND HER COMMANDER.
the announcement of the vote —yeas, 811;
nays, none—has seldom been paralleled
in the House.
On Wednesday the Senate distanced the
House when it came to prompt action. All
the traditional conservatism of that body
■'•as thrown to the winds. It took less
than thirty minutes’ time and no speeches
to pass the bill in the Senate, while the
House gave up more than three hours to
debate. The blind chaplain had hardly
concluded the usual morning invocation
when Senator Hale, erstwhile the “con
servative” of the Senate on the Cuban
question, the friend of the late Minister
de Lome, made the report from the Com
mittee on Appropriations and added that
the committee had unanimously agreed to
the fifty millions. The Senator asked for
an immediate vote and, ns is the custom
in the Senate, called for the yens and
nays. There was no objection and the fa
miliar nasal sound of the voice of the
Senate clerk rang out announcing a roll
call. Not a dissent was raised.
The venerable Senators sat about with
grave faces. The most distinguished au
dience thnt has assembled in the Senate
gallery this session looked down upon the
impressive act of legislation, so unusual
in the Senate. It is safe to assert that
never before had that body appropriated
money at the rate of $2,000,000 a minute
with such unanimity. The result was an
nounced —70 votes in the affirmative. No
dissenting vote. No Senators present and
not voting. The remaining Senators that
compose the body were accounted for by
the traditional respect for pairs which
characterizes the Senate. No applause
greeted the announcement. The House
on Tuesday applauded, roared, hissed or
laughed by turns. Not a sign of approval
or disapproval was raised in the Senate,
for the rule forbids it. At 3:40 o’clock
Wednesday afternoon the emergency ap
propriation bill was signed bv President
McKinley and became a law.
When it comes to facilitating business
and making no noise about it. the Senate
stands without a peer in the estimation
of parliamentarians. Three minutes af
ter it had given its assent so unostenta
tiously to a war measure the Senate
sounded four lad Is and closed the doors,
in order to work out the problem of an
unconfirmed postmaster in the sworn bc
creey of its own councils.
MINERS MAY STRIKE.
Trouble Brewing In Kanawha and
New ltiver Coal Districts.
From present indications there will be
a general strike of the 2,000 coal miners
in the Wanawha and New River districts
of Wert Virginia April 1. The Chesa
peake and Ohio Coal Asosciation, com
posed of tl: ‘ various operators along the
river, had u meeting at Charleston and
considered a statement made to them
some time ago by Fred Dilcher of the ex
ecutive board of the United Mine Work
ers. Mr. Dilcher stated again to ibe op
erators that unless they signed the Chi
cago agreement and complied with the
agreement of the United Mine Workers’
organization that he would order a gen
eral strike April 1.
It is generally understood that five op
erators will not accede to the demand of
the organization. Prominent State offi
cials conferred with the operators, but
failed to secure even a promise of arbitra
tion. The miners ask for an advance of
10 ceuts a ton. At present the mluers are
receiving 30 cents a ton for soft coal and
2V; cents per bushel for hard coal, screen
ed.
M. D. Rutchford, the president o l the
National Mine Workers, has been In con
sultation with Mr. Dileber. W. 11. 11.
Toler of the State Miners’ Association
also looked over the fieid. It is under
stood five State organizations will not act
with the National Mine Workers in case
of a strike.
Fort* Are Isolated.
Secretary Alger has called the atten
tion of Senator Allison, chairman of the'
Committee on Appropriations, to the fact
that the harbor defenses of Boston, Phil
adelphia, New York and other places are
not connected by electric wire, and rec
ommended an appropriation of $20,000 for
the purpose of making provision for this
BOMBAY NATIVES RIOT,
Resist Hunitary Measures and Murder
Several Europeans.
Serious native riots in opiwsiticm to the
sanitary measures taken to check the
spread of the bubonic plague have occur
red in Bombay. A plague iusiioetor and
three Euglish sol tiers have boon stoned to
death by the mob, and other Europeans
injured. Many rioters have been killed
and wounded.
The more ignorant natives have always
resented the measures to stamp out tLo
plague. The trouble began when a search
ing party visited the native quarter to
ascertain if there were any deaths from
the plague in the houses of low-caste Hin
doos and Mohammedans. The intrusion
was resented, auJ in a surprisingly short
time a inob collected which vented its fury
upon all Europeans in sight. The police
fired a volley into the mob, killing six
natives nnd wounding many others. Bus
iness was suspended and all available
troops and artillery were called out.
During the rioting the European officers
and police were severely mauled. Several
civilian Euroiieans in the streets were
beaten and stabled, some of them dan
gerously. A large number of plague am
bulances were seized and burned. At
tempts were made to set fire to the hos
pitals, but these were checked. The Jnm
setjee hospital was the scene of an espe
cially violent assault, during which one
English surgeon was badly injured. Suc
cessive rille volleys alone saved the build
ing from destruction. The number of riot
ers killed in these late assaults is un
known, but is believed to have ix'Oh great.
British blue jackets have a'so boon landed
to assist in preserving order.
CRUISER AT HAVANA.
Montgomery Anchors in the Harbor
Near the Wreck.
The Fern lias sailed from Havana for
Key West, aud will return with supplies
for the starving reconeontrados. She will
deliver tlnse supplies at several ports
along the northern coust of Cuba. The
Montgomery entered t>ort at Havana and
anchored iu front of La Mnchina, near
the wreck of the Maine, nnd facing the
Spanish cruiser Vizcaya. Captain Con
verse of the Montgomery, his officers and
crew s[H'iit several hours on deck Lukiug
at the wrecked American battleship. They
all said that they had never before seen
such complete destruction. There is much
comment over the extraordinary precau
tions taken by Captain Converse of the
Montgomery. The Spanish officials con
sider them to be “unexplainable.” The
fact is that a double guard is posted at
various points on the cruiser, and every
boat thnt approaches her is stopped. If
persons in the bout do not immediately
give the countersign they are compelled
to turn back.
SHERIFF MARTIN ACQUITTED.
Neither He Nor His Deputies Are
Found Guilty of Murder.
At Wilkesbarre, Pa., the jury in the
case of Sheriff Martin and his deputies,
charged with shooting striking miners at
I.nttimer Sept. 10, lias returned a ver
dict. Long before the time for court to
convene there was a big crowd waiting
to gain admittance to the court room, and
when the doors were thrown open there
was a wild rush, hut only a limited num
ber were admitted. Judge Woodward did
not take his seat on the bench until five
minutes after 10 o’clock a. m., the jury
coming in a few minutes later. When the
jury was polled each juror answered not
guilty as his name was called. There was
an attempt at applause, but it was quick
ly suppressed by tbe judge.
When the jurymen retired the previous
evening they took only one ballot and it
was unanimous for acquittal. It is said
the jury was prepart'd for a verdict l>o
fOre leaving the box. After the jury had
been thanked and discharged by Judge
Woodward District Attorney Martin ask
ed that the defendants Ive required to con
tinue their hail bond, as there are still
seventeen indictments for murder hang
ing over tliem and thirty-eight for feloni
ously wounding. The bond was continued
as requested.
CAN’T EUY IN BRITAIN.
United States and 'pain Must Peek
Warships Klsewhere.
What appears to bo an effectual check
to the efforts of the United States to ob
tain warships from English firms has been
given by the unexpected action of the
British Government in notifying the ship
builders that they must not give options
to the United Stutes on vessels under con
struction or make contracts with this
country for building new ones without ob
taining permission from the admiralty
office in London.
This is not to be taken as an act of un
friendliness on the part of Great Britain,
ns it applies equally to Spanish endeav
ors to buy ship* from the Armstrongs,
Thorn.vcroft and other English concerns.
It is regarded in Washington tis an indica
tion that Great Britain has already de
cided to assert her neutrality between
Spain and the United States, and that she
does not intend to take any chances of
becoming involved in another expensive
international episode like that of the Ala
bama.
BRYAN GIVES APPROVAL.
Heartily Indorses the $50,000,001) Ap
propriation by Congress.
William J. Bryan, who passed through
Atlanta, (la., en route to Macon, where
he was to: deliver an address, speaking of
the Cannon appropriation bill, said:
“I nm very glad thnt the House unani
mously passed the measure. It might
have been better to have made it SIOO,-
000,000, to show the world that Congress
and the American people, regardless of
political differences, are ready to support
the administration in the protection of our
honor. The appropriation need not mean
war. In fact, such prompt liberality may
lessen the probability of war. lit the face
of danger our people should stand as one
man for the nation’s defense.”
AN UPRISING IS ANT’ TiPATFO.
Revoltof Kanakasin Hawaii If Annex
ation Is Refused.
Those who keep close watch on :he
white politicians in the royalist campaign
at Honolulu declare that these men are
especially active among the Kanakas now,
mid are stirring up an ill feeling that may
break out at any time in a revolt such
as was ineffectually planned in 18t)5. It
is said that the news that the United
States refuses the annexation will be the
signal for an uprising. The leading busi
ness men there are very anxious,.for they
know how Dear to success the last con
spiracy came.
ESTABLISHED 1855.
SLUMP IN ALL STOCKS.
DECLINE IN SECURITIES ALMOST
CAUSES A PANIC.
Increasing Faith iu War Rumors Has
Marked Effect in Wall Street—Some
Losses Are Ueuvjr—Supreme Court
Decision Favors Western Roads.
Millions Are Lost.
Oue billion dollars would rot cover the
paper losses on Wall street Monday morn
ing. Millions were a< iua)ly lost. It was
the most serious r .iuinp since the panic
consequent upoe Cleveland’s Venezuela
message. The elimination of margin deals
was computed and ihe loss sustained by
many bona tide Hosiers of securities was
very heavy.
London prepared the street for some
thing extraordinary. The foreigners ex
hibited their apprehension of the Ameri
can-Spanish imbroglio by qm * ng Ameri
can values from %to 2% off. London
started the ball rolling as soon as the mar
ket opened, and London by reason of the
difference in time sets the pace for New
York. New York Central with its ijUtiO,-
000,000 of capital was quoted at $3.37% a
share lower than the close of Saturday.
St. Paul, another favorite with the Eng
lishmen, was off ul*out the same amount,
on its $77,000,000 stock, making a paper
loss on these two slocks of over $500,-
000,000, so that when Sugar and the hun
dred other securities with billions of cap
ital are considered, it may be that the
actual loss would not fall far short of
$500,000,000.
These terrifying declines persuaded
brokers to send communications to their
clients reading: “Get out of this market
immediately. There will Ik' a sinnsh.”
This somber prediction was fulfilled at
the stnrt. Directly the gong sounded
American Sugar certificates dropped from
120% to 121%. Manhattan Elevated stink
from 102% to 08, Northwestern from 120
to 118%. St. Paul from 02% to 80%. West
ern Union from 80 to 84, lsurlington from
03% to 00%, llock Island from 8.5% to
83%, Jersey Central from 100% to 08.
Nothing, indeed, was exempted from the
merciless pressure to be rid of stocks. The
acute apprehension seized even those who
had bohght securities outr(;;M \ not in
considerable part of this eoivserva.ive ele
ment liquidated. Wall street could see
nothing but threatening clouds on the hor
izon; speculators and investors felt that
something of a very grave nature would
soon transpire relative to the Cuban affair.
General Lee.
THE Spanish Government recently
intimated a desire for the recall of
(en. Lee, and suggested that a
merchant ship instead of a man-of-war be
employed to convey the relief supplies to
the reconcent ratios at Mntanzas un<l Sn
gua le Grande, but was met with such a
firm and emphatic negative from Presi
dent McKinley that the subject was drop
lied. The incident occurred some days
ago, but nothing was known about it in
•Washington outside the White House and
tiie Department of State until it leaked
out at Madrid and was cabled over. The
action of the Spanish Government seems
to have been prompted by the widely puls
lished and frequently denied reisirt that
Gen. Lee had informed the Secretary of
State that the destruction of the Maine
was due to external causes and was the
result of a conspiracy; tint the President
does not consider that the Spaniards have
any good reason to object to him, and
Gen. Woodford was instructed to advise
them to that effect. He was also instruct
ed to inform them that the President inis
complete confidence in Gen. Lee’s integ
rity and discretion, and intends to retain
him at Havana as long as his services are
necessary. There have been two other at
tempts by the Spanish Government to se
cure a change in the American consulate
there—once when Gen. Williams took
prompt action coneernir.tr the crew of the
filibuster steamer Competitor a.id again
since Lee has been in office.
The reasons for objecting to the use of
a gunboat to carry the relief eupp! -s are
not so clear, but there are two explana
tions. One is that it gave the relief move
ment an official charuc. -r, and was equiv
alent to Intervention. It is supiwised that
the Spanish Government fears that the
distribution of final and medicine by offi
cial agencies of the United States among
its subjects may be construed as interfer
ence in Its domestic affairs. On this point
it is exceedingly sensitive. The use of n
merchant vessel would partially relieve
the transaction of its official character,
but President McKinley is not disposed
to split hairs while the people of Cuba are
dying of starvation and the inen-of-war
will go. It is suspected also that the
Spaniards fear that some of the supplies
may reach the insurgents, which may pos
sibly occur, as they are in great need of
medicines.
WESTERN ROADS WIN.
Supreme Court Decides Maximum
Freight Law Is Invalid.
The United Slates Supreme Court ren
dered an opinion in the Nebraska maxi
mum freight rate case declaring the law
unconstitutional. Just.ee Harlan wrote
the opinion; he holds the Nebraska law
to be contrary to the constitution in that
it authorizes the taking of pro; Tty with
out due process of law and is therefore
invalid. This case was instituted to test
the validity of a law pnssed by the Ne
braska Legislature in IMG, prescribing
the maximum rates for tin- transportation
of freight by railroads within the State.
The act applies specifically to freight
whose transit begins and ends in the
Stute, and there was no effort in its en
actment to control interstate freight. It
affected all the railroads in the State and
the railroad companies institute- e pro
ceedings which were terininnteo by this
opinion by filing a bill in the Nebraska
Circuit Court soon after the law was en
acted. The object of the bill was to se
cure an order rest. r ning the State offi
cials from putting th. law into force.
Another Uprising Planned.
It Is said that th<* chit '■ who were re
cently exiled from the Philippine islands
for their participation in the insurrection
there, and who are now in China, have
received a letter from Manila soliciting
their support of another rising against the
Spanish Government. o
Thirty Tons of Powder Daily.
The Dupont powder work* are turning
out thirty tons of smokele? powder ev
ery twenty-four hours. This is a most re
markable output, and the works are run
ning .on full time, turning out more pow
der than since 1801.
Official City Paper.
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As yet Gen. Miles has spoken no word
that would ' '’.onto a desire to exploit his
new uniform in a war with Spaiu. Phil
adelphia Ledger.
Nansen’s vocal impressions of America,
as related by European interviewers, do
not sound so well as did his narration of
his Arctic trip.—Pittsburg Chronicle.
It is stated authoritatively that Spain
won’t sell Cuba at any price. Well, if
they blew up the Maine we may get it
cheaper.—Washington (la.) Democrat.
Warriors of the Weyler type will no
doubt regard the precautions taken by
this country to prevent injury to the Viz
caya as very unbusinesslike.—Washing
ton Star. ,
“As Maine goes, so goes the Union."
The Maine lias gone to Havana. Does
tile Union go there also? It will, if the
wishes of the people are heeded.—Salt
Lake Herald.
Do Lome says the American newspa
pers have been lying about him. Nothing
of the sort. Not more than three news
papers in this whole country have printed
a complimentary sentence about him.—
Minneapolis Times.
Out of the mass of groundless rumors
and sensational fakes one grim fact
stands immovable and uiidiscrcditcd.
'llicre was an explosion in Havana har
bor, and more than 250 American seamen
are dead.- Kansas City Journal.
A guu tested near Washington Inst
week threw a shell over ten miles, which
means that a hostile ship would be under
fire for twenty miles in passing a battery.
Such target practice will make it interest-.
ing for the ship.—St. Louis Globe-Denio
t rnt.
The French paper which remarks that
“the American army is still to Ik* hrouglff
into existence” is not well informed. The
American army is already in existence,
and it is a magnificent l>ody of men. All
it needs is to Ik* uniformed and mustered
into ranks.—Kansas City Journal.
Conviction of Zola.
Zola’s trial was nearly ns sensational as
Zola's novels.—Baltimore American.
Zola shouldn't mind it. He must be get
ting material for two or three realistic
r .'els.—Dos Moines Leader.
Every day in jail and every franc of
fine will add anew leaf to his crown of
laurel. —New York Tribune.
The French nation does not seem to
have any sci.se of fair play, to judge from
the proceedings at the Zola trial.—Mil
waukee Sentinel.
M. Zola umy think himself lucky that
the court did not convict him < f having
written the Dreyfus documents himself.—
Philadelphia Ledger.
When France shall have recovered from
this ulicrrntiou the people will hide their
heads in shame, and Zola will be honored
as a martyr.—Minneapolis Tribune.
The imprisonment is martyrdom and in
tense glorification. Zola will be the pop
ular hero and when lie writes his next
book lie wifi dip his pen in vitriol. — Bloom
iugton Bulletin.
The world is given to lies, yet its ideal
is the truth. It will reverence this man
who loves truth for its own sake —and
lives it. Through truth alone can man
kind bo made truly free.—Buffalo Ex
press.
They have justified the worst charge
that M. Zola brought against them. It
i Stain who (ms been vindicated before
nil humanity; it is the Government, army,
and people of France who have condemn
ed themselves!- Philadelphia Record.
It has exhibited to the world the ma
chinery and mct.iods by which the con
viction of Lieut. Dreyfus was procured,
and has confirmed .lie belief, which be
fore obtained so generally, that lie is prob
ably an innoceut man. —Charleston News
and Courier.
Pointer** for Klnrirfikert*.
Indications multiply that the gold fields
of Alaska will turn out to Is* richer than
those of the Klondike region.—New York
Tribune.
Of course every man who returns from
Klondike brings money with him. That
is the only way he can get hack.—Daily
Nonpareil.
A St. Louis manufacturer has shipped
three ears of soap to the Klondike. He
must expect to wash gold with it. Salt
Lake Herald.
Two dollars a pound for flour could only
exist in the Klondike. It requires a
Klondike pocketbook to meet such prices.
Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.
The arrival of open winter along the
Yukon lias placed the ice in a condition
where it yields readily to dynamite treat
ment.- St. Louis Republic.
In spite of all the great stories about
gold in Alaska the Wells-Fargo Express
Company, which is very good authority,
estimates the gold product of that coun
try in 1897 at $3,571,000. This helps to
bear out the statement that more money
has been expended iu going Into Alas!.,
than lias been found there. —Champaign
Gazette.
In tin' • preparations to Join In the
spring exodus to the Klondike regions
there arc unquestionably many people
who are not only paving the way to bit
ter disappointment for themselves, but
are also imposing sm-rilics ni*>u those
they leave behind. On the strength of
Klondike hope it cannot be doubted that
there is many n mortgage leing given
which will never be lifted.—T’ittsburg
Commercial Gazette.
FRYE SAYS THERE WILL BE WAR.
Majority of Foreign Relation* Commit
tee Share His Opinion.
Senator Frye, member of the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations, believes there
is no escape from war with Spain. This
opinion is shared by a majority of his com
mittee assiK-iates. The Senator from
Maine says that if indemnity is demanded
from Spain for loss of the Maine the Ha
gasta ministry will not dare to pay it. The
Spaniards will be too proud to acknowl
edge any responsibility for the explosion,
and the I'resident must make a demon
stration of force to collect the claim of
the United States. That will cause war.
Then there is the determination of the
American people to put an end to the
butchery and starvation of innocent Cu
bans. Spain, in Mr. Frye's view, will at
tempt to gain time by promises, but if
pressed for a decision to grant indepen
dence to the insurgents, will refuse to do
so, an<l then the United Btat<*s must iu
tervenc. This also will mean war.
Yt ant* $500,000 War Interest.
During the late war the Stnte of Penn
sylvania made advances to the National
Government aggregating $1,500,000. The
amount was repaid a few years ago, but
no interest was included in the settlement.
A claim is now being urged by the State
officials for $500,000 interest.
Notes of Current Events.
Bands of desperadoes are stealing sheep
by thousands in New Mexico.
Col. W. H. Spencer, n veteran of two
wars, and many years a leading business
man of Lebanon, Ky., is dead.
Romulus, the Italian strong man, wres
tled with a bull at Ciudad Juroz, Mexico,
and the bull had the better of the bout.
A schooner from Gloucester, Mass., has
arrived at San Francisco with a party
bound for the Klondike. The trip took
120 days. „ t , ,
Last year the railways /f .the Lnited
States enrrieu 13,pdO,UUO.OOO‘passengers
one mile and- 96,000,000,000 tffns oI
freight one mile.
Howard Gould, the owner of the ss<)jL
<*iO pleasure yacht Niagara, the large!}
and most elegant craft of it* class
built, which was. tmuwhed at Wilming
ton. Del., say* that, if accessary, he witl
gladly turn it over to the Govern Meat le
ease of war with Spain.