Vernon County censor. [volume], April 13, 1898, Image 1

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Official County Paper.
ADVERTiSIJVa RATES.
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*®k *IOO 91.50 riso 14.00 ts.oo no *a
* week* I SO 9 25 8.75 5.75 8.00 1* M
•week* 9 00 8.00 . 00 7.5010.00 18 08
1 month 9.501 3.75 6.25 9.2519 00 IB M
• month* 8.00 4.50 9.00 11.75 It’oo 9s’S
8 month* 4.00 8 25 11.95 18.00 22 00 85 2
• month* 5.50 8.00 15.00 20 00 32 00 S 2
* r* 10.00113.00 18.00 30 00 ia’oo M 08
Borin*** cards, not exceeding five Una*, as na
liegal advertisement* at legal rate*. Adwtt**
m T, M n . wlth no *P®olfled time wRI be
published until ordered out, and oharged tat a
•ordlngly. All bills payabto qxuJuni
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
County Officers.
County .ndge 0. W. Obayks
Bnerlfl j. w. White
County Clerk Wh. Bbandoh
County Treasurer A. T. Fobtun
Register of Deeds Wm. Hutchison
Clerk of the Court H. 0. Gosling
District Attorney John S. Labson
County Superintendent Howard Milleb
flurveyor W. H. Knowrb
Coroner G. P. Aiken
Chairman Board of Supervisor*....Alex. Hill
•Poor Commissioner E. Tilton
Superintendent Insane Asylum. ..F. Wilkins
cm uffickhs.
Iffa ■ Au £- Smith
Oty Clerk H. E. Packard
* M “ urer John 8. McKltirlck
Assessor.. . Jos. Omun son
Police Justice J. Henry Bennett
Justices !• 8. MoMlchael
„ . , f -t. Squire Toney
Marshal John C. Johnson
Constable* No?**}}
SOCIETY DIRECTORY
I A BELLE LODGE A. F. A aTm. NoTba
J Meets the Flist and Third Wednesdays of
each month. Hall In Williams' block.
Y7TBOQUA LODGE, 1. O. O. F.—MEETS EV
v ery Saturday night In Williams' block.
■\TIROQUA ENCAMPMENT. I. O. O. F., NO.
* 60. Meet* eyery Monday evening.
Ancient order of united workmen
—First and third Tuesdays of each month.
/YRDER OF CHOSEN FRIENDS.—MEETS
second and fourth Saturdays of each mth.
American legion of honor.-mbets
second and fourth Tuesdays of each m'th.
Alex, lowrie post. o. a. r.-meets
first Monday evening of each month, in
W. It. 0. halL .
KEGINA LODGE, DAUGHTERS OF RE
bekah. No. 28, mee ts first and third Mon
day of each month In I, O. O. F. hall.
Modern woodmen of America, no.
1001, meets Friday night of each week.
VIROQUA CHAPTER, O. E. S„ MEETS
second Tuesday of each monthjn Masonic
hall. *
T/IROQUA CHAPTER, It. A M.. MEETS
V every second and fourth Wednesday of
-each month.
OMAN'S RELIEF CORPS.—MEETS OH
ii alternate 8v < <v -.rr. moons.
WC. T. U.—MEETS ALTERNATE TUEB
- days at 3j. m.
10. G. T. LODGE. —MEETS ON EVERY
• Wednesday evening, in Alliance hall.
r |’HK VIROQUA COUNCIL, NO 129, A. p. A ,
X meets at Alliance hall eyery Tuesday night
7:30 o’cl ok.
VIROQUA K O. T. M.-MEETS ON EVERY
Monday evening in Alliance hall, at 7:30.
f— : ■ -
DiurccTortY.
ETHODIST EPISCOPAL.—SERVICES AT
10:80 a. m. and 7:30 p m. eaoh Sabbath,
day school at 12 ra. Prayer meetings ox
■Thursday evenings.
CONOREOATIONAL CHURCH-SERVICES
at lo :3o a. m. and 7:30 p. m. each Sabbath.
Sunday school at 12 m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST.—PREACHING EV
ery Sunday at 10 :S0 a. m. and In the even
ing. Sunday school at, 9:30 a. m.
Norwegian Lutheran churctl--
Servlces every Sunday at 8 o’clock.
, OVBINEBS CARDS,
YT P. PROCTOR, ATTORNEY AND
11. Coon-elor, Vlroqna, Win. vVill practice
tn all Courts of the state. Special attention
rglven to Coih etlons.
CILBAUCH & LARSON, ATTORNEYS.
m . e ‘i* '* given to collections Of—
s' 9 10,/'I 0 ,/'• r *'ton Block, second floor, Mata
• t.ret, Vlroqua, Win.
Jackson Bilbauqh. John 8 Labsqn.
\L r M. A. COTT, M. D , PHYSICIAN AND
TANARUS Surgeon, Vlroqua, Wis.
Office near residence. 1 bl'k E. Lyene'a hotel.
A P. MIN SHALL, M. ~ PHYSICIAN
JV . an i Burg on. A gradin'e of Keokuc
51 dlcal College, one of tlie bast of Its kind in
the Uuited State*. All calls promptly attend
ed, day or night. Latest and most approved
method* of treatment use 1.
Office In Casson's Itf k Viboqua, Wia.
17 E. MORLEY, M. D., PHYSICIAN
A . and Burgeon, Vlroqua, Wig. Office over
Cra g Ac I'o's drug stur ■, on west side of hall.
A'l calls attended promptly day or night.
SI. Suren son. Citas. 11. TitowiminoE.
CUREH'fIN & TROWBPIDCF,
O I’nysiciANs A vnStTiu.Ei Nt, Vlioui i. Wls.
Call* In city or country promptly at.ended
Office over Craig ft Co's drug store.
TOWN DAWSON & CO. OEAERAL
♦I Insura ce an i Ileal Estate Ag ncy.Viroqtia.
office in Williams Mock, second floor.
\f ERNON CO. COUPT.—REGULAR
terms in the first Tuesday of each
month, at the i r urt house from IoT-i.m.
and 1110 tofip. in. I. O. SI AII ON I Y
County Juoge.
H. J. Buttle, md. W. M. Tbowbbidok, md.
DRS. SUTTLB S TROWBRIDGE.
Dr. Trowbridge, late resident physioian and
mrgeon Cook county hospital. Chicago.
0 ALL CALLS ATTENDED PROMPTLY •
Day or Dlght, from" office.
GEO. E. CHAHBERS,
Crown and Bridge Work, Metal Plates
nd all other bran hen of dental work done l.t
the latest and moat improved manner. Satis
faction guaranteed. 011100 In Towner’s block
VIHOQI’A, . . ms.
J. H. Chase, Wb
OEINTIST.
Office over Chandler’e ) Vlroqua*
s I Wls.
0. W. Graves. n. O. Mahoney.
CRAVES & MAHONEY.
Attorneys & Counsellors at Law
Practice in all Courts. Money loaned
on Real Estate. Collections Promp
tly Attended to.
Office over Bank of Viroqua.
VIKOQUA, wia.
PLAIN or FANCY
PRINTING....
EXECUTED
WE CAN DO
anything in the line of
PRINTING^
EdaifaiiUWifig.
MRS. L. C. RICE
{ now located in her new bnildimr. second
floor, and i< prepared to fnrnleh board by day i
or w.ek. Lunches s rved at reasonable rates. |
Suppers furui-hed lor balls and prlva!e par
ties. Accommodations for 76 couples, bakery
•applies for sale. ,
—
OYSTERS
*~IN BULK OR CAN-
Ontario Steel Bridge Works,!
WIS. H. TIMMERMAN, Proprietor.
-
Steel bridges, ffloof TJrusseo, Sleet Uubea for
Sub-Structures, Culverts, Arches, etc., of any diameter or length,
*rWF?ITE: r-ore INF-QFervIATIOW NEEDED,
THE VERNON COUNTY CENSOR.
VOL. XLI IT
Royal makes the food pure,
wholesome and delicious.
. RjlG Pflj
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
IT VM. tt.MUNQ t'OwDER CO., NEW YORK,
Writing Poetry on an Omnibus.
Joaquin Miller, in one of the foo*
notes to the new complete txlition of his
poems, mentions the,different methods
of authors and say’s of Bret llartc:
‘‘lie onee told me that his first line
was always a cigar, and sometimes
two cigars. I reckon Walt '"hitman
could write anywhere. I onee was
with him on top of a sth avenue omni
bus, above a sea of people, when he be
gan writing on the edge of a newspa
per, and lie kept it up for half an hour,
although his elbow was almost continu
ously tangled up with that of the
driver.”—New York Tribune.
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XW. F. LINDEMANN. H. LINDEMANN,
♦ President. Cashier.
| Bank of Viroqua.
♦ [State Bank—Capital t50.0c0.00.)
♦ Lindemann & Rusk, Props.
X United States bonds, Inland and foreign
X exchange, gold, sliver and unourrent money
■ w bought aud sold. Certificates of deposit
issued payable on demand, to draw interest
if left six months.
Bnsiness Honrs, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Collections and banking business promptly
attended to and remittances made
on day ol collection.
N. B. lieque,
Dentist j
VIROQUA, ■ WIA.
♦
Crown and Brtflg* Work. Metal and all
other branohe* of Dentil work la th lautt
Improved manner. We guarantee work.
Omci nr Devlin’■ Block.
F\ I BARNEY,
• I>. I>. 8. •
VIROQUA. WIS.
*?SB&does fine dental work.
Enc listing. Br dge. Crown and G 1,1 Plat
Wo k. Special attention given to correcting
Irregularities and preservation of the natural
ter 1 1. Tsvont', four years practlcd * Xpert-nee
an t itudy. Dental Parlors la Herrick Block.
C. H, MIN SHALL,
attorney-ai-Zew,
Vlroqua, Wis.
Loans,Collections and Ponslono,
PATENTS.
IWT Odlso in seocn I story Williams' Block
IRA 8. GRIFFIN, Attorney at Law.
SRA S. GRIFFIN,
LIFE, FIRE, ACUDfJi AND TORNADO
INHUHANtrK.
Oeueral Collecting Agency. Leans Negotiated
- —Vtkcqua, Wis.
rOL A-SVISUM,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
FINE CUSTOM WORK A SPECIALTY.
el'oiToot ICit (iiinrnntoed.e
VIROQUA, WISCONSIN.
VIROQUA
LAUNDRY^—-
Every thins* New, Complete
and First-Class.
The proprietors have spared nothing in
work or expanse to equip a plant suit
able to the Deeds of the public. Ev
try thing is under the direction of u
manager with 12 years expsrieaoe.
Individual and Family Laun<
dry work Guaranteed.
Eemember the Steam Laundry and give
it your patronage. All packages col
lected and delivered. In same block
with Opera House,
WIS.
N. Coe & Son,
—PROPRIETORS OF —
1 THE!
j NEW HARNESS f
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
|SHOP|
If yo’i want a good double harness
for spring work, now is the time to place
your order. We know we can supply
your wants
REPAIRING# SPECIALTY
MESSAGE IS ILD BACK
Genera! Lee Given Time to Get
Americans Cut of Cuba.
GREAT EXODUS FROM HAVANA
Departing Ships All Crowded Beyond
Their Safe Capacity.
VAGUE SITUATION IN MADRID
Stories of Certain Peace and Hints of
inevitable War.
Postponement of the Communication
to Congress Occasioned by Notice
from Havana that Americans
Would Be Massacred by Enraged
Spaniards-Reports Circulated that
the Queen Regent Is Anxious to
Promise Concessions to Keep Peace—.
Representatives of the Powers of
Europe Active in Their Efforts to
Prevent the Threatened War.
Washington correspondence:
President McKinley's message on the
Cuban question did not go to Congress
Wednesday, as had been expected. It was
withheld in order to give Gen. Lee and
the other Americans in Cuba a chance to
leave the island and reach the United
States before the crisis Whs precipitated.
The President’s communication to Con
gress was. ready for transmission at noon.
Assistant Secretary I’ruden had his car
riage at the door and the carefully written
document was in his hands. But before
sending him to the capital the President
ERRATUM.
Notwithstanding President McKinley’s Delay, There Are Sonic Americans
Who Will Not Leave Cuba.
wished to hear from (Jen. Lee ihut the
consul generai anil other Americans at
Havana had sailed for Key West. At
l—:*to a cablegram from Lets. Lei* to the
’■'fate Department brought the informa
tion that he could not get the Americans
out of Havana till Saturday or Sunday.
Then the message was ordered withheld.
At the on Intel a great crowd hid gath
ered to witness scenes attendant npon the
reception and reading of the rnomentou
document. The galleries of both houses
were crowded, and among the Senators
and Keprescntath • - on the floors there
was an air of in >st eager expectation.
When it became known that the message
was not coming th<re was witnessed a
manifestation of human nature which
might he described either as a tragedy or
a comedy, according to the point of view.
Disappointment, disgust, anger, dejec
tion reigned everywhere. This was not
confined to the occupants of the galleries,
who had gathered in holiday attire to wit*
ness the beginning of the slaughter of
Spanish sovereignty in America and who
had been cheated out of their promised
show. Down among the statesmen Upon
the two floors tli ■ bitterness and anger
were unparalleled in the recent history of
onr Government. Men who have for n
score of years been in almost daily obser
vation of affairs in Washington have nev
er before seen such a state ot' feeling as
that engendered by the- failure of the
I' •esideut to send in his message.
No more inspiring scene could be wit
nessed than was presented by tl.*i great
hall of the House of Representatives.
Tier upon tier of people, from gallery rail
to wall, stretched in an unbroken line, the
gay colors of the gowns and hats and flow
ers of the ladies relieving the somber black
of the garments of the men. Above the
Speaker's desk the festooned silk flag
of the American republic was to the eye
“FIGHTIXO BOB” EVANS.
Now in command of the Battleship lowa.
the symbol of patriotism which throbbed
in the breast. And opposite the Shak
er's chair the great clock, with its guard- j
ing warriors, ticked away the minutes as j
the vast assemblage waited. A memora- j
ble scene was also presented in the Senate.
An audience that tested the full capacity i
of the accommodations had filled the gal
leries hours before the Senate convened. J
It was by no means an ordinary crowd of i
gallery habitues. Members of the fami- ■
lies of most distinguished men in Atueri- j
can public life were there, prominent rep- J
reseutatives of the several foreign lega-1
tious occupied the diplomatic gallery and
persons distinguished in all walks of life j
had come to witness a scene that prom- I
ised to form an important page in Amer- j
ican history. They were there to hear a ;
message from the President, which would
carry the fortunes of the American peo
ple, but the message did not come.
The suddenness of the announcemeu.
stunned the public, ”hioh heard the news
in distorted forms, and amused veteran
members of Con press. Ultimately it be
came known that not only would there
be no message that day, but no message
during the week.' and that it was a possi
bility that the message wr tten and ate
I rdred might never go to Congress at all.
The first reason for the delay was the
administration hna received advice* from
Geo. Lee at Havana Intimating that ali
VIROQUA, WISCONSIN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1898.
Americans could not be gotten off tlie Ist
and in time and would be in great peril if
(he message preceded their departure. The
second reason, and perhaps equally po
tent with the other, slowly drifted into
public comprehension late in the day. This
j was that the Spanish Government, after
whfit plainly had boon must exciting times
in inner Spanish circles at Madrid, had
decided to reopen the ease, closed, so far
as ih:s Government was concerned, by tile
refusal of Spain to make satisfactory re
sponse to the representations made by the
l nited States last week, and, in order to
avert impending war, had decided ta make
concessions heretofore refused.
Leaders at the White House.
While the message was awaited there
came a hurried summons of lenders of the
Senate and House to the White House,
and they were there informed that the
A
Qt'KF.N REGENT OF SPAIN.
message was to be withheld upon the in
formation received from Consul General
Lee. The reasons he gave w -e deemed
entirely satisfactory by all, : ad Senator
Davis informed the Senate, while the
House leaders carried the news to that
body. That the danger to American life
was considered sufficient reason for non
action _ appeared in the postponement of
all proposed meetings to consider the sit
uation.
The proposed armistice by Spain inject
ed another feature into the discussion of
the situation, and, while some were very
hopeful that a satisfactory solution of the
problem might eventuate from it. the gen
eral feeling was that the conditions in
Tuba, the determination of the insurgents
, to continue lighting until independence
was recognized, and the sentiment of this
country in favor of Cuba's independence
of Spain possibly made overtures on this
line too late. It has been said, and prob
ably is true, that at Madrid the authori
ties. and especially the queen regent and
her immediate sympathizers, have been
moving heaven and earth to avert the
blow about to fall upon Spanish sovereign
ty in the western hemisphere. ' There
have been indications that Spain was
walking the tlm. It Is true, too, that
i Gen. Wood fold re .itediy wired the State
I Department that 'here seemed a disposi
tion at Madrid to yield everything the
Cnitod States had nsked or could ask, ex
cept the independence of Cuba.
! in administration circles at this time
there is Very little hope Spain will be able
to make a proposal which Will satisfy the
United States. It would be foolish to stay
the action of this Government, now that
| a definite policy has been agreed upon, for
the puriHist* of considering suggestions lit
Spain which do not go to the heart of the
luostion, and which there is little indica--
I tion will rise to the dignity of offering a
real solution of the problems. Though the
State Department is naturally secretive
as to the nature of the communications
which have been received from Gen.
Woodford, enough is known to warrant
the conclusion that Spain is willing to
concede everything hut the actual free
! dom of t'uba from Spanish sovereignty.
\ Spain is willing to do everything but pull
| down her flag at Havana, and there are
j no indications whatever that she is willing
j to do that.
The truth is that there has arisen in
both the United States and Spain a con
dition which may be described as political,
and to which apparently both Govern
ments are compelled to bow submission.
If the queen and the cabinet at Madrid
were able to settle the Cuban question as
they would like to settle it they could be
depended npon to grant Cuba freedom. I?
President McKinley and his cabinet were
able to deal with the problem without in
terference from Congress or the pressure
of an a roused public opinion, they might
be able, in time, to seem; - the freedom of
Cuba without going to war with Spain
about it. But as matters now stand,
neither Government is powerful enough
to stand before the storm of public opinion.
The people of Spain demand that Cuba
shall be retained: the people of the United
States demand that Cuba shall tie freed
from Spanish dominion. The irresistible
force is coming in collision with the im
movable body. There is sqrious danger
that Congress will break away from the
policy outlined by the President, and eith
er declare war outright upon the issue of
the Maine or recognize the independence
of Cuba.
HURRY OUT OF HAVANA.
Vessels Crowded with People Tv ho
Want to Cct Out cf Panscr.
Ships departing from Havana on Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday carried heavy
loads of Cuhun-Atnerieiins who expected
that war would be declared and were anx
ious to escape from Cuba before hostili
ties began. The Mangrove, which left
Wednesday at t> o’clock, was crowded far
beyond its regular capacity. Many had
to spend the night on deck, as there was
no room for them in the cabins. The
Plant steamer Mascctte left Thursday
for Tampa with more passengers than it
has ever carried before. The Ward line
steamer Orizaba left in the afternoon with
twenty more passengers in the first cabin
than it accommodates with stateroom.
The American colony was in a state of
great excitement Wednesday. The Fern
and Baehe stood ready to steam out at a
moment's notice whenever Gen. Lee
should command. Every American eiti
sen’s house was fttil of packed and pack
ing household goods. The fright was real
ly pitiable.
The Spanish military and naval author
ities abandoned the comfortable manana
policy for feverish hustle ami hustle. The
rich Spaniards and high Government dig
nitaries stretched every resource In order
to get out of Havana with their famliiea
and so much of their portable wealth as
yomiWe before the storm .vhotikl burst,
THE BADGER STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONCISELY
CONDENSED.
Police Officer Beaten by Tram pa-A
point me nt of State Officers-Woman
Burned Alive -Strike at Racine-Boy
Killed by an Electric Car.
Tramps Beat an Officer.
Louis Larose of Lake Linden, Mich.;
John Little of Cleveland, and John Roil
ing of Alexander, Minn., tramps, severely
beat a Milwaukee patrolman and wre
captured after a long chase on bicycles
and a running revolver tight. The tramps
attempted to board a train for Chicago
and were arrested by Officer William
Hermann. He took a revolver from one
and brought the men to a patrol box.
While he was calling the wagon the men
attacked and beat him, leaving him
conscious and inflicting injuries which
may result fatally. William Waite, a
Northwestern conductor, saw the affair
and felled one man with a brick, captur
ing him.
Wisconsin f tate Appointments.
Dr. H. B. Tanner of Knukamia has been
reappointed State supervising inspector of
illuminating oils for two years. Assem
blyman Frank Hurd of New Lisbon and
R. VV . Jackson of Shawano have been ap
pointed on the State military visiting
board. 'Hie three vacancies in the State
fish commission have been filled ns fol
lows: VV . J. Starr, Fan Claire, six years;
J. J. Hogan, I.aCrosse, three years.; Cal
vert Spens’ey, Mineral Point, four years.
All three are reappointments. Dr. F. C.
Suiter of LnCrosse has been appointed to
succeed Dr. 0. 11. Mnrqunrdt of La-
Crosse on tne State Board of Health.
■Milwaukee Beer War Feared.
The representatives of the big Mi'wnti-
Uee breweries have refused to accede to
the demands of the union men. The na
tional scretaries who were there left for
St. Jxiuis to report to the national organ
ization's executive committee. The men
employed will continue to work under the
old scale, but there will be some action
taken in a short time. Just what it will
be is not known, hut it will he either a
strike or a boycott, and it is said that the
bosses most fear the latter.
Mnke a Grewsonie Discovery.
A horrifying discovery was made at
Itosedale cemetery, in Pardeeville. The
grave of Mrs. Sarah Smith was uneaiih
ed for tlie purpose of removing the re
mains, and on opening the coffin it was
found that she had been buried while in
a trance. The body was partly turned
over and the right hand was drawn tip to
the face. The fingers indicated they had
been bitten by the woman on finding her
self interred alive. She liad lieen buried
thirteen years.
Giegerson Admits Failure.
Frederick Oregerson of Milwaukee,
tvho had tin- courage to attempt to support
his wife and six children and another
tVoumn and her two children on sl.lO a
flay uttd failed, and against whom A com
plaint was made by Agent FrellsoU of the
associated charities, pleaded guilty to the
charge of living unlawfully with one of
the whitish, lie was sentenced to six
fitOnths in the house of correction.
Killed by Electric tar.
Frank Fenas, a 7-year-old boy, was
struck by a Milwaukee, Karine and Ke
nosha electric 0,.r on the State strert via
duct fit ilficihe, and was instantly killed.
The lad with some companions was play
ing by the track and started to run f cross
ahead of the car. Ilis head was crushed
find his body terribly mangled.
Death Stops a Festival.
Death put an end to n birthday party
at the residence of James Bannen at M'>-
waukce. Mrs. Mary A. Curtin, wife of
the superintendent of the fire insurance
service, had take i her y ung son to the
party and suddenly fell and expired. She
was 45 years of age.
Milwaukee Singer Honored,
The ex-Emprcss of Germany has pre
sented Vane Weyk, the Milwaukee singer,
with n diamond and emerald pin in recog
nition of the pleasure with which she has
listened to his singing in the Episcopal
Church throughout the winter.
Wailleigh Pleaded Guilty.
William Wadleigh, who surrendered to
the Milwaukee police and was taken bn ok
to Racine, where he was wanted on a
charge of burglary, pleaded guilty and
\vfis sentenced to two years at Wanpuii.
Workman L:.jr Down Tools.
Over 200 carpenters, painters, pa.per
hangers and plasterers at Racine quit
Work the other day pending a settlement
Of their differences with tl e contractors
over the wage scale for an eight-hour day.
State Items of Interest.
A lodge of Ancient Order of United
Workmen was organized at Merrillan by
Grand Master Workman J. M. Thayer of
Janesville.
At Marshfield, fire was dueovered in
the residence of John Erion. ihe house
was destroyed with a loss of about $2,000.
It was insured.
Damond Youngs, son of Mersey Youngs
of Plainfield, had throe fingers of his left
hand cut off while working in his father's
sawing machine.
Ed Daly shot James Kenealy and John
Walsh in Paul Foley's saloon ir the Acad
emy of Music building at Milwaukee.
Both, were seriously wounded.
Both the Chicago and Northwestern ami
the Wisconsin and Michigan depots in
Pcshtigo were entered by burglars while
the agents were at dinner, and a small
amount of change was taken from the
cash drawer of each.
The contractors of the Wisconsin Val
ley Telephone Company have reached
Hurley with the extension of the line plac
ing the Gogebic range in communication
with Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls, St.
Paul and Minneapolis.
A thing that denotes the prosperity of
the city of Sheboygan is in the amount of
uncollected taxes. City Treasurer Giese
announces that there are but s7.<H*> in
taxes to tie collected of the $170,000 levied.
A year ago the amount to be collected
was nearly twice as large.
The students of Lawrence mourn the
loss of a sacred relie. The “senior spade,”
as it was known to all the graduates of
the institution for years back, has disap
peared and it has not as yet been located.
The spade had for many and many a col
lege generation been handed down from
the senior class to the juniors.
The saw and planing mills of R. 11.
Bunker at Valton were burned, entailing
a loss of $5,000, with no insurance. Bun
ker was badly burned while trying to Rave
the machinery.
A real estate deal recently closed will
result in the erection of a 1,000,000-bushel
grain elevator in Sheboygan. The prop
erty consists of three and a half acres
of land on the lake front and was pur
chased b ythe C. Reiss Coal Company for
$15,000. It is said that the Northwestern
road is interested in the enterprise and
will now proceed to complete its Prince
ton line west from Sheboygan to St. Paul.
The elevator will be built during the com
ing summer.
Half n lillion lake trout were planted
In Lake Michigan off Sheboygan by the
United States commission. Streams in
the vicinity were also supplied with many
thousand brook trout.
James E. Keelyn has begun an action
at Eau Claire against the American Bell
Company for $25,000 damages. Mr.
Keelyn is one of the officers of the West
ern Telephone Construction Company, and
hn been establishing lines in Wisconsin
and other States, He allege* that the
Bell company caused circulars to be sent
broadcast and articles printed in maga*
*ine* and papers derogatory to the stand* j
ing and Intention of the Western Teie* j
phone Construction Company, _ J
Rev. A. E. Irving of the Baptist Church
at Antigo has resigned his position.
The next quarterly meeting of the Fox
River Medical Society will be held in
Marinette April 12.
J. Boeder of Middleton, who was found
unconscious from coal gas, is dead. His
wife is critically ill.
The salary of ibe sheriff of Chippewa
County has been fixed nt $2,000 a year
by the County Board.
Elmer Granger, 10 years flbl. stepped off
a train nt Janesville and fell twenty-four
feet. He was severely injured.
_lhe grocery store of William Hnglois on
North Main street. Racine, was burned,
with a loss of $1,50(1. partly insured.
. A fire in the factory of Suelflohn &
Seefeld, manufacturers of carriage trim
mings, at Milwaukee, inflicted u loss of
SIO,OOO,
1 he pupils of the State school for the
blind ni Janesville will present Shaks
peaies ‘'Julius Caesar’ at an entertain
ment soon.
Hilbert Junction will be incorporated as
a village, the people having gained the
consent of Rantoul township with which
it is connected.
A horse belonging to William Buchanan
ran away at Janesville and dashed
through a plate glass window, valued at
SBO, In a clothing store.
J. A. Gifford and wife of Edgerton,
who narrowly escaped suffocation by coal
gas, have nearly recovered, though they
were nearly 80 years of age.
Tile little son of John Klinger of New
London was attacked by an enraged
heifer and .severely gored in the neck and
face. Tin child is but 3 years old.
Henry Greb, living near Appleton, re
cently shot a wildcat, which was nearly
live feet in length and had whipped a
pack of bounds before it was killed.
1 lie contract for the erection of the
additional buildings at the Indian indus
trial school at Tomak was let to H. Roet
tiger of Fountain City for $8,994.08.
A stick of dynamite exploded at the
residence of Mrs. I>. T. Ewers in Reads
town, causing probably fatal injuries to
Mrs. Ewers and her two daughters.
1 he Northwestern Railway Company is
soon to have detectives placed in Appleton
and Neeuah for the purpose of arresting
boys who are caught jumping on cars.
Rev. C. F. Stoeckiuann, who recently
graduated from the Rochester Theological
Seminary, has accepted a call from the
German Baptist Church of Sheboygan.
1 he smokestack of the Manitowoc Seat
ing Company was blown down. The stack
fell on the boiler house, damaging the
dust collector and some of the steam pipes.
Bruce Glyndon, a woodsman, committed
suicide at Menomonie by shooting Little
is known of him. From a letter found it
is thought he has friends at Riverside,
Cal.
Milwaukee brewery employes have pre
sented a contract demanding shorter hours
for inside men and teamsters, and six
days to constitute a week's work for malt
sters.
The 20-year-old son of the Wrightstown
mail carrier was shot in the stomach by
n revolver which he and his father were
examining. He will recover from the
Wound.
Twenty acres of the Robert Candlish
farm, three miles sou.h of Oshkosh, was
transferred to the Citizens’ Tractiun Com
pany. The company will fit it up for a
summer park.
William Harrison pleaded guilty at
Janesville to robbing a Chicago, Milwau
kee and St. Paul car at Beloit in January
lasi. He Was sentenced to thirteen
months at Waupun.
Dogs recently killed ten sheep and
wounded thirty-eight more ltelonging to
Mr. Kinney of Lake Geneva. Sheep
killing has become a great nuisance to
farmers in the vicinity.
Ole Seamonson, the clerk of the Nor
way House at Chippewa Falls, was as
saulted by some unknown person after
nightfall and was terribly injured. His
recovery is very doubtful.
Ex-County Treasurer Walter Stone has
been asked to make up a difference of
over $2,000 in his accounts with Sauk
County. The trouble came about, it is
alleged, through careless bookkeeping.
A party of capitalists has been looking
over the property of Henry Sherry, includ
ing the Park Falls Lumber Company and
the Park Falls Paper and Pulp Company
at Tark Falls, with an idea of reorganiz
ing and operating the mills at thnt place.
At Spooner, Elijah A. Lowe appeared
before the Circuit Court charged '"lth the
shooting of two men whom he mistook for
tt deer. lie was found not guilty of intent
1 M ’.ill. He has, however, served a term
of sixty days in the county jail for hunt
ing deer out of season.
Grand Patriarch F. A. Bartlett of Bar
aboo and Grand Scribe L. O. Holmes of
the grand lodge, I. O. O. F., of Wisconsin,
have issued a proclamation to all the en
campments in the State to take appropri
ate action to commemorate the founding
of the order in America, April 26, 1819.
A mining company has been formed at
La Crosse with a capital of $500,000 to
engage in mining in Wyoming and Colo
rado. The company owns about 1,000
acres in Colorado, on which is located
some valuable pine, and there are also
deposits of coal and gold on the property.
Two children of Alexander Richards,
living four miles south of Wittenberg,
were burned to death in their home. The
little ones were but 3 and 5 years of age.
The building caught lire from an exploded
lamp nnd in the excitement the childrei,
who were sleeping at the time, were for
gotten and perished in the flames.
John Kofka, a Scandinavian of Mari
nette, while suffering from delirium tre
mens, ran across the county eighteen or
twenty miles to get away from four im
aginary men who were chasing him. He
waded through swamps, pushed his way
through tangled underbrush and in des
peration threw away his shoes, stockings
and coat tlin he might run the faster.
He was taken in by a farmer in a terribly
exhausted condition and the exposure may
kill him.
The young man who entered several
residences at Racine, knocked a woman
down and held several citizens at hay
with a gun, pleaded guilty to the charge
of carrying deadly weapons and was sent
*o jail for two months. He gave his name
as John Watson of Pittsburg.
It is announced that a colony of twenty
six Hollanders and two Turks are headed
toward Sheboygan. The money to buy
their transportation was contributed by
the Hollanders. The t\ven*y-cight immi
grants are working people and it is sup
posed are coruing to Sheboygan to secure
position* in the factories.
A farmer's team ran away at Wrights
towi and dashed into the livery rig of
Amiel Rozka, killing both the horses at
tached to the latter vehicle and inflicting
injuries on Rozka from which he died.
His beck was broken by the collision.
William Woback was also badly injured,
but will recover.
Frank Tillman, engineer; Ernest Sloni
ker, brakeman, and John Van Alstine,
fireman, on the Ashland division of the
Chicago ami Northwestern Railroad,
while near New London had their faces,
necks and hands severely burned by the
explosion of a lubricator glass, the oil in
stantly igniting front a lighted torch. All
were free Kaukauna.
O. C. O'Hearn, a merchan at Disco,
whose store was closed by *?ie sheriff,
n ade an assignment. H. J. Ortnsby is
assignee. The liabilities are estimated
at #2,500 and the assets are unknown,
but it is generally understood that there
is nothing left for the creditors.
Two Milwaukee storekeepers were held
pp by a young robber in a novel way. He
stepped into a store, put on a pair of
shoes, which he pretended to bny, and
started for the door. When asked for
the money be drew a revolver and fright
ened the storekeeper into a back ruuai.
He repeated this performance at a cloth
ing afore, where he was fitted with a tin*
aaw salt,
WORK OF THE WATER
REVIEW OF THE DESOLATION AT
SHAWNEETOWN.
Exaggerated as First Reports Were,
the Truth Shows that the Disaster
Was Frightful Submerged Homes
Are Pillaged,
Many Absolutely Destitute.
Pillage and plunder have been added
the horrors of the Shawneetown flood, it
became necessary to call out armed men
to guard the salvage. Hundreds of houses
were entered by vandals and money, jew
elry aud other property stolen Monday
night. Men armed with lpaded Winches
ter rifles and shotguns have patrolled the
levee, on foot and scoured the town in
skiffs. The mayor bad almost decided to
call for militia, but was dissuaded from
hia purpose. A lynching was narrowly
averted Tuesday afternoon by the pros
pective victim’s fright. He had been ac
cused of attempting to break open a flood
sufferer’s trunk. Constable F. O. Miuter
ordered the man, a negro, Tom Hancock,
to leave town at once on pain of death.
‘I 11 string the rope around your neck my
self, the constable declared, and nt'
voices yelled approval. Hancock flcJ
down the levee.
Mayor Carney, at the request of the
citizens’ committee, detailed special offi
cers along the levee, and to scout in skiffs,
ihe citizens executive committee is com
posed of Charles Carroll, chairman; Karl
Roedell, treasurer; Rev. Fred Bnecktuan.
secretary, and Mayor Carney. Chairman
Carroll's apprehensiveness that armed
militia might tend to additionally demor- i
aiize the situation deterred the mayor I
I'FJJKF MAP OF INUNDATED SHAWKXKTOWH.
With a range ofhil.sti the west, levees on the north, east and south, thj little town
was in a veritible “pocket.”
from appealing to the Governor for the
declaration of martial law.
The revised list shows twenty-five dead
beside two unknown negroes, tbe bodies of
whom were recovered Tuesday afternoon.
Unofficial estimates place the dead at
from thirty-live to sixty. The fatalities
are expected to reach this number, ns
many- persons are unaccounted for, as in
the case of a wagon and team containing
three persons which is reported to have
been blown off the rock road into the
flood waters. The work of the forces
engaged has been almost exclusively of
IJANK OF SHAWNEEtOtVJf.O
rescue and relief. No effort had been
made up to Wednesday to recover bodies,
most of which were supposed to be im
prisoned in collapsed houses. The entire
time and energies of the relief committee
have been devoted to the survivors.
Twelve hundred persons are absolutely
dependent on the charity of the public.
Every man, woman and child in Shuw
neetown. rich or poor, must receive pro
visions through the relief committee un
til the property buried in the stores of
the city is recovered.
A careful estimate of the damage to
property places the amount at sl." 9,990,
divided equally between business houses
and residences. Relief boats from Evans
ville and Cairo brought in additional pro
visions Tuesday. The homeless were shel
tered from the cold, cutting rain Tuesday
night for the first time since the town
was inundated. Tuesday afternuon 590
tents arrived from Springfield by direc
tion of Governor Tanner, and fifty more
were sent by- the citizens of Harrisburg.
The only dry spot in the city is the levee,
an apparently solid embankment about
ten feet above the water’s edge and fif
teen feet wide. On either side as far as
the eye can reach is a desolate, watery
waste.
System of Relief Work.
The work of caring for the survivors
has progressed rapidly and good results
have been accomplished. The relief com
mittee inaugurated a systematic plan of
extending help. In addition to food and
clothing received, a large barge of coa!
came from Caseyville by way of Evans
ville, Ind. The arrival was a Godsend,
for the weather is cold and the lack of
clothing, next to hunger, has been tbe
greatest want of the survivors. An ap
peal was issued to tbe public asking for
money contributions to enable the popu-
. tallt* 9MI
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THE OLD DLXTKiS MILLS.
iation to survive. M- ney is to be sent to
Charles Carroll, chairman c. ,iic relief
committee. Funds will be required to re
place the wrecked houses and to repair
the damaged dwellings of the poorer in
habitants, and unless outside help is ex
tended the future of the town is doomed.
Two hundred sufferers were seat to
Mount Vernon, Ind., Tuesday, in a body,
and an equal nnmber went there in a
small craft. Hundreds of others have
gone to relatives in neighboring towns or
sought refuge in the hills to the north
west of the flood. But scores of suffer
ing householders ciinq with desperate
stubbornness to their wrecked boim-a.
Hundreds of persons who have not al
ready removed their remaining all to nth
#.* places aoßcunte they will lire la Shew
ESTABLISHED 1855.
neetown no longer. In riot, it is con
servatively predicted inai when the flood
subsides the town will have lost more
than three-fifths of its population, chiefly
by removal to other points.
Of the r JO houses iu the town at least
100, mostly sumll frame structures, in the
poorer portion of town, south of the
break, were destroyed. Every other
building- in the city was damaged from
s*• to $5,000. Following is a list of some
of the heaviest suffereis among the busi
ness men:
Frank 'rmstrnng, hardware, $800;
Lowe lit _,ers, general store. $1,500;
Krebs „V Shavr, grocery. $1,500; (joetx-
Hi ijp n fjJ 1 m
iJlsSSSsiPssr:; r
THE FAMOUS SHAWNEE HOUSE.
man Brothers, grocery and wheat,
50(1: Ivoopindoffer & Froelich, hardware,
$3,000; Ed Ehrenweine, drugs, $2,500;
Kobiusou Brothers, drugs and hardware,
$5,000; Charles Smith, restaurant, $500;
Charles Car-oil, block of dwellings de
stroyed, $2,000; Charles Carroll, genetal
store, $2,000; J. F. Nolan, grocery and
dry goods, $000; Riverside floor mills,
$500; Upper mills, $200; 11. Drucker,
clothing, $1,000; A. Meyer, clothing, $750;
Ambrose Eswein, groceries, $1,500; Allen
<A Loomis, clothing, $1,200; A. Richard
son, general store, $1,200: Karcher &
Scanlan, lumber, $500; Ross & Allen,
general store, $1,500; Mrs. Ellis Eddy,
milliuery, $500; Shawnee News office,
newspaper, $200; the Immaculate Con
ception, Methodist and Presbyterian
churches and parsonage, about $509 each.
The colored Baptist church was swept
away. It was a small frame building.
The electric light plant was almost de
stroyed. The pumping plant, completed
a few weeks ago by Fail-bank, Morse
Cos., of St. Louis, at a cost of $4,000, was
also destroyed. It was used to pump the
sewage and rain water from the lowlands
adjoining the city on the south.
Immediate relief from tiie flood victims’
hunger and exposure is b<"'ng furnished
by sympathizing sister cities with a readi
ness that augurs well for the unfortu
nates.
KLONDIKERS FREEZE TO DEATH.
Disaster Follows Stampede from Daw
son to Swedish Creek.
Death and suffering have followed the
most remarkable stampede yet made from
Dawson. It was to Swedish creek, re
ports of the richness of which reached
Dawson on Feb. 16, when thermometers
registered 69 below zero. In their haste
the statnpeders left their blankets behind,
depending on camp fires to keep them
warm. Many were frozen and helped
back to Dawson by friends and the Cana
dian police. Three died shortly after re
turning. Two others had legs amputated
and died from the shock.
XSto^f /T\
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The ice crop is about the only thing in
tlie country that satisfied to "keep cool
and wait.”
Curiously enough, the cry ‘‘On to Mor
ro!” does not imply any delay in making
the attack.
Kentucky stands ready to furnish all
the colonels who may be needed for the
entire army.
France, it is said, will give Spain “moral
support.” Such drafts will I* returned
marked “No funds.”
Practical banking reform might be ap
proved just now by the people who live
beside the Ohio river.
Warning to James G. Blaine, wbo<#s to
mai-'-y Ivuhue Beveridge; Don't let ail
Kuhnes look alike to you.
In Kansas then* is a surprising lay of
eggs with the word “war” on the shell.
Batteu down the hatches.
And a using the other things the Cuban
trouble is responsible for is a terrible
straiu on the English language.
Painting the United States mcn-of-war
black may be a preliminary to giving the
Spanish fleet a “whitewash.”
Luetgert n charge of the sausage fac
tory at tbe penitentiary will probably
find life a “demnrtion horrid grind.”
As the war with Spain would be large);
on the water, it is natural that American
sailors shousd la? anxious to “wade in.”
After reading the Spanish report one is
inclined to the bcliof that tie- Maine would
have blown up if she never had been built.
It looks as though tbe jury in Sheriff
Martin's case took the scales from the
baud of Justice and applied them to her
eyes.
Activity in the battleship market in
dicates that men-of-war are going up.
Later on they may show a tendency to
go down.
California doctors are curing the whis
ky habit by administering serum. Thus
the serum habit cures the patient of the
see rum habit.
The Arizona Press Club has resolved
unanimously to stand bj the President.
Now let slip tbe dogs of t ar, Alfonso, as
soon as you’re ready.
Teller Cunning, who hypothecated $23,-
000 of that Cincinnati bank .* money, is
out of a job. The bank lost its n opey and
its Cunning at tbe same time.
An exchange, referring to a scene ip tbe
Senate, **:*: "Women were weeping,
nnd no effort \vm made to stop their
It wouldn't Itave soumkol polite
for Hobart to bare requeued rheiq jo
HflM" _ .
Official City Paper.
STEAM ~- -r.
Boot ang JflS Priatfflg Hoase
Job Printing
wu tnxr EXBCVTTB
In a Mast Satisfactory Manner.
A battleship is not built f>• spet-d, but
for weight and to support enormous guns.
It is intended for coast aud harbor de
fenses and will not be sent across the sea.
Its sides are covered with heavy armor
of liarvoyired metal, a mixture of nickel
and steel, from six to ten inches in thick
ness, which extends in a twit about ten or
twelve ft wide from stem to stern, the
greater proportion of it being above the
water line. An armored cruiser is a fast
sailing vessel with a similar armor. A
protected cruiser lias an arched deck ol
steel, beginning about the water line and
extending over the '“vitals”; that is, the
machinery of the ship, so as to give them
protection and turn the force of a projec
tile. A shot or shell striking this arched
deck is expected to glance off and not
penetrate. A monitor is a submerged ves
sel, the upper deck of which, when it goes
into action, is almost on a level with the
water, and it carries turrets above the
water, in which the guns arc placed.
These turrets are arranged so as to re
volve in order that the guns n.„ ( fired
in any direction without turning the ship.
A gunboat is an ofit|sry vessel, carrying
guns which may lie of any sire and of
any material At present most gunboats
are built of srtoei. A ram is n gunboat
so strongly constructed that it will resist
collisions, and, in addition to its guns, is
armed with a prow or prong, with a sharp
point, which would cut in two any vessel
it might happen to strike. The machinery
is also constructed of unusual power, so
that it may strike with great force.
Of the $,-.0,000,000 re,. . Jv appropriated
for the national defense about four-fifths
has been expended up to date—about $20,-
000,(RK) by the Navy and $15,000,000 by
the Mar Department. The navy expen
ditures, in round numbers, art' ns follows:
Ouns. ammunition, torpedoes $7,000,000
1 “Fee cruisers and two torpedo
boats bought in Europe 4,000,000
lachts and tugs bought in the
catted States 1,800,000
Teu merchant vessels bought In
the United States 6,000,000
Coaling stations. Key West and
Pry Tortugas 1,000,000
Coal 2,000,000
Itepalrs to men-of-war 1,200.000
Repairs to engines 1,600.000
Miscellaneous supplies 2,000,000
Total naval expenditures ....$26,000,000
The expenditures by the War Depart
ment. in round numbers, are ns follows:
Fortification work $4,500,000
Submarine defenses 1,500.000
Projectiles and ammunition 4.000,000
Rapid-fire guns uud carriages.... 1,000,000
Soacoast guns 500,000
Transportation, camp etjulpuge .. 1,000,000
Telegraph cables and signal ap
paratus 100 000
Miscellaneous 2.000,000
Total expenses war deparan’t.sl4,6oo,ooo
Grand total $40,600,000
* * *
Claims for more than $10,000,000 dam
age have been filed with the Department
of State by Americans residing in'Cuba
whose property has been destroyed either
by the insurgents or the Spanish forces,
and it is not believed that the United
States can afford to release Spain from
her responsibility for this destruction.
That question will come up again when
the terms of peace are being negotiated,
and any indemnity that limy be offered
for independence will be garnished by our
Government until these are settled.
* • •
Among other war plans it is proposed to
garrison the coast cities of Cuba as fast
as they are captured with the colored reg
iments of the regular army, as experience
has shown that they cun endure the heat
better and are less subject to the diseases
of the tropics tlinn white men. There are
also between 7,000 and 8,000 colored mi*
litiani'- in various parts of the country
who have already volunteered or may be
called out by the President to re enforce
the “buffaloes,” as the col red troops tire
familiarly called in the army.
• * *
Speaker Reed described the temper of
r ’o’ ;i-css Wednesday morning in - single
irk. He was reading a lette. om a
►romiiient Eastern gentleman, urging him
to bold the House of Representatives in
check and prevent any action that might
lead to war. As he folded the letter and
put it back in his pocket the czar remark
ed: “My friend has a very Haltering con
ception of my power. He might as well
ask me to stand in the middle of a Kan
sas prairie and stop a cyclone.”
In rase of war it is expected that the
Spanish authorities in Cuba will confis
cate for the use of their troops all the
supplies that remain unconsumed contrib
uted by the people of this country for tbe
relief of the reeoncentrados; thnt the
work of the Red Cross Society among the
sufferers will lie suspended and tha the
starvation of non-combatants will continue
until our forces can obtain possession of
the citii-s on tbe coast where most of them
are gathered.
• • •
It is stated authoritatively that in our
affair with Spain the President has de
cided upon a course to lie pursued, and
that he apprehends war may result. The
feeling that war is inevitable is so confirm
ed among tlie Senators and Representa
tives as to warrant the belief that there
would boa general feeling of disappoint
ment if there should not be war.
• * •
The House Committee on Library has
favorably reported a resolution permitting
the erection of a monument in Washington
to the late Gen. Albert Pike. The Su
preme Council of Ancient aiid Accepted
Scotch Rite Freemasonry propoae to build
the monument, to cost not let s than $lO,-
000, and to be presented to the United
States
• * •
The Secretary of the Interior lias sent
to the House an estimate calling for ap
propriations of over $8,900,999 to meet a
deficiency in the pension funds. This
brings the estimate, so far as submitted,
for incorporation into the general defi
ciency bill to about $14,000,900.
* • *
Tlie largest order ever given by tbe Gov
meat for telegraph cables was given on
Friday, for submarine and underground
cables connecting all tbe forts and islands
of New York harbor.
Washington has at least one newsboy
who know-s something alec t the ncw*]ta
per* he handle*. When called by a pros
pective purchaser of a papier, he asks:
“White or yellow?”
* * •
The Attorney General holds that the
President has the power to call out the
National Guard for any purpose he secs
fit.
• * •
The Postoffice Department has rescind
ed its order prohibiting the printing of
business addresses on postal cards.
Notes of Current Event*.
An ice trust ha* been formed in Chi
cago, with a capital of S3,<XXMIOO.
Sheriff Waldrick, of Cass County, Mis
aouri, was shot while arresting two men.
Twelve thousand acres of Alabama coai
lands have been purchased by a syndi
cate.
Prince Bisma'ck says that Spain has
no chance w hatever 4 o win i- a war with
the United States.
A dispatch from Pekin says that I.i
Hung Chang is in the K v ( ’ { Russia and
a traitor to Chinese intere. - **.
The* wounding of Lieut. Col. Benedict
to, who killed Arangureu, the insurgent
leader, 1h reported iu Havana.
A bill ha* been introduced in the Ohio
Legislature appropriating #1,000,000 t
put the Station a war fooUng. .