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Viroqua Vernon County Censor (Newspaper) - January 1, 1902, Viroqua, Wisconsin Vernon county censor o. G. Munson publisher. Viroqua Wisconsin. Jesse James alive. Noted Missouri outlaw is still on Earth Colorado men say thut person now held for horse stealing in Denver is none other than he Plum Lucr cremated in Pittsburg fire. Intimate associates of Georg v. Thompson who is under Cha ties of horse stealing in Denver declare the Pri Oner is Jsse James once a notorious Bandit in Missouri. An old Colorado business Inan who knew Thompson Twenty years ago As Jack Howard said of him i first Beard the Story that he was Jesse James from Oscar Koop who was with me in Del Norte and came to Man age the City Stock Yards. Koop is dead now. But in the Early Days he had Peculiar reasons for knowing howards his tory. I of course bad heard the stories that the Man Boh Ford shot wag not Jesse James but was a Cousin who looked so much like the Bandit that no one Ronld Tell them apart. I talked with Thompson about James and one Day he looked at me keenly and said Bob Ford did not kill Jesse James. On the night he was supposed to have killed Hill Jesse ate supper with me in my Cabin in the san Luis Valley. How did you know Joeset i asked. The old Man hesitated moment then he said. T ought to know him i served a term in the Penitentiary with him. But the thing that finally led me to believe that Thompson might really be James was the testimony at the trial of Young James in Kansas City bout a year ago for train robbery and a Peculiar circumstance that happened at that time. Mrs. Jesse James the Mother of Young James on the witness stand wore that Nineteen years ago she and Jesse lived in Southern Colorado with their son and daughter under the name of Howard. These two children that i knew in Del Norte Are of the Ages that the son and daughter now living in Kan Sas City would have been at that time and mrs. James is the same appearing woman As the woman ibo was the wife of Howard. Fatal fihe at Pittsburg. Of refinery and surrounding property destroyed plumber cremated. In Pittsburg fire diff troyed Denlinger Bros. Oil refinery and the blazing Oil running Down the Street set fire to Jelly s foundry and four three Story Brick dwell Ings All of which were destroyed. An Drew Schubert a plumber who crawled under the floor to repair a pipe started the fire and he was burned w Heath. His Torch set fire to the Oil soaked floor. His a Lastant Jackson Ballard tried to Cut a Bole through the floor Aad Rescue Schu Bert but was driven Back by the flames. Would he kidnapper is punished. The first conviction under tile Kidnap ing and intimidating Law passed last win ter by the state legislature was secured in Lincoln neb., when c. 8. Hunt was Given a sentence of one year a the Penitentiary. Hunt threatened a neighbors family and demanded that s2oo be buried in a vacant lot. A can of nails was buried instead and officers set to watch. Hunts arrest and conviction followed. Protein fit by brother. At Lima Ohio George Smith a prominent Young Man was arrested charged with forgery by his brother was an employee of Smith & Sherrie con tractors his brother being the senior member of the firm. He is prominent socially and before the Spanish War was a member of the Lima City guards com Pany c. Farmer slain in his Home. Peter a. Jolle Buck a Well known Farmer wins shot to death at his Home near Greenport. N. Y. Eleven shots were fired and All took effect. It was supposed that Hollenbeak had been shot by Rob Bers. Afterwards four men were arrested at kind Nook on suspicion. Three of them Are nephews of the murdered Man. Attached by Tolomea. Captain Schoeffel with a detachment of eighteen men of company e. Ninth infantry at Dap Day. Island of Samar was attacked by a Large Force of Bolo men. A s vere hand to hand fight ensued in which a sergeant a Corporal and five private were killed Ella t rope eyes body found. The mystery in the disappearance of miss Ella Cropsey was partly cleared up by the finding of her body in the River near her Home at Elizabeth City n. C. The coroners jury dec red she had been murdered. Lives crushed out. Three men were crushed to death and four others severely injured by the fall ing of As Iron girder weighing Twenty tons in the shipping department of the american Bridge company s Plant in Chicago. Our Chauncey is married. The civil ceremony of the marriage of senator Chauncey m. Depew and miss May Palmer took place in the United states consulate at Nice France. Death of senator bewail United states senator William j. Sew h died at his Home in Camden n. J., from diabetes complicated with stomach and heart trouble. Trade makes great strides. Bradstreet s annual Rev. V of Trade says Prosperity is rampant in the United states and Commerce has made the most Gigantic stride t. $40,000 fire in Omaha. Fire which started in the pharmaceutical department of the Cudahy packing company s Plant in Omaha did $40,000 damage. The department occupied a two Atory Brick building 70x132 feet which was destroyed. The gum and Box fac tories were also located in the building. Four trainmen kitted. An Ontario and Western Toniu of fifty Coal cars drawn by a 100-ton engine ran away on the Hill Between Preston Park and Starlight pa., wrecking the whole train and killing four of he bands. Killed by electric current. D. P. Wheeler cashier of the citizens National Bank of Akron Ohio was found dead in front of the vault in the Bank he had been killed by an electric Shock through handling a socket of an incandescent lamp and opening the vault door at the same time thus forming a fatal current. Riot at the Presidio. Soldiers at the Presidio san Francis co engaged in a riot growing out of a tabbing and fought with the police who attempted to make arrests. Six officers were injured and sixteen soldiers arrested. Big paper Plant destroyed. Champion coated paper works at Hamilton Ohio burned. At Hamilton Ohio fire in the Cham Pion coated paper works caused a loss of from $750,000 to f1,000,000. It was the largest Plant of the kind in the United states and employed Over 400 persons. A Stock of $250,000 Worth of enamelled Book and Magazine paper was wholly destroyed. There was also a less of a great Quantity of valuable machinery. The fire was caused by the explosion of a can of gasoline in the hands of John Kopp who was using it for cleaning some por Tion of the machinery. Kopp was severely burned. The Plant is owned by a company of which Peter g. Thompson of College Hill is the largest stockholder the company has just competed a p3o -000 pressed Brick building which the tire department succeeded in saving. The capital Stock of the company is $1,500, 000, but its Stock is held at a much higher figure. Bold work 7f Hobl try. Battle with watchmen overpower them and then blow Safe. After assaulting overpowering and gagging two watchmen Tea burglars who forced their Way into the building of the Chicago wrecking company thirty fifth and Iron streets Chicago robbed their victims of their valuables ascended a stairway leading to the offices of the com Pany and with the Aid of dynamite wrecked the Safe. Then they made their escape after rifling the contents of the heavy Iron compartment securing every thing of value. The robbery occurred shortly after 11 Oclock 8 Uday night. Some three hours inter one of the watch men dragged himself up the stairway to the offices of the company and turned in and still alarm of fire. Firemen who responded released the watchmen. The Safe contained a considerable sum of currency which was appropriated by the cracks men. Steal of hundreds. Kansas robbers take $ 1,800 divided into envelopes for employees. Two masked men the other evening held up and robbed the Abernathy fur Nace company at Leavenworth kan., of is boo while Omar Abernathy Sou of the proprietor was alone in the office with his stenographer. Miss mordant. Or. Aberathy Drew the Money to the employees from the Bank during the afternoon and it was in envelopes ready for distribution. At 5 50 Oclock while waiting for the whistle when the employees would file through the office and draw their Money two masked men walked into the office covered Abernathy and the stenographer with revolvers and seized the Money. The alarm was Given and workmen pursued them with tools and clubs. The orbiters were chased several blocks but escaped. The whole a Taplico Force was later sent to capture the High Waymen but no Trace of them was found. Increase in Railroad profits net earnings show a gain of$.t5,377. 1118 Over last year. An increase this year of 835,577,218 in the net earnings of railroads operating 192,193 Miles of line is shown in the preliminary report of the interstate com Merce commission covering the period up to june 30 last. The total of net earn Ings was $555,007,924. Gross income was $1,587,164,205, against $1,487,044, 814 last year. Of the earnings this year $1,114,740,770 was from freight and $426,909,210 from passenger traffic. Dividend declared amounted to $121. J05,627, an increase of $13,000,000 Oyer last year. Son of murderer set free. At Butler mo., William on Frell charged with complicity in the murder of d. B. Donegan a Colorado Miner for which crime his father. Or. L. Gar Trell. Is under sentence of death was released and the Case against him Dis missed. The testimony at the trial of or. Gartrell showed that the son was asleep when Donegan was killed. Soldier Poi once by beef. At Cheyenne Wyo., eighty members of company f. Eighteenth infantry were poisoned while eating breakfast and for a time Over half of them were in danger of death. The Post surgeon was hurriedly summoned and administered in anti dote. The surgeon examined Tolje food served at breakfast and is of the opinion that rate Poison was in the beef. Fire cripples Coal mines. The buildings connected with no. 8 mine belonging to the Brazil Block Coal company at Brazil ind., were destroyed by fire incurring a loss of Over $25,000, with but $13,000 insurance. The fire originated Iti the engine room. As this Plant furnished Power and Light for two other mines several Hundred persons have been thrown out of employment. Three dead in ruins. The finding of three bodies in the ruins of a Cabin in the italian settlement at Millinocket a. Has led the authorities to begin an investigation it is reported thut revolver shots were heard in the Cabin before fire broke out and that Oue of the bodies had a wound in the head. The other two were badly burned. The dead men were italians. Kilted in u Midnight fire. One child w As burned to death its parents were seriously injured and two other Young children were slightly injured is a result of t fire at the Home of James h. Connelly. 3976 Wyalusing Avenue Philadelphia. Rath Lam declared guilty. At Jeffersonville ind., Newell c. Kath Bun was found guilty of manslaughter in connection with the death of Charles Goodman. His punishment was fixed at from two to Twenty one y Arr in the Penitentiary. Death of William k. Channing. William Filer a Channing an author of marked originality and poetic Power publisher of nine notable volumes died at his residence in Concord. Mass. He was tie last of the brotherhood including Tho Rean Hawthorne Aud Emerson. Four kilted in to wreck. The local express and a working train on the Canadian Pacific railway collided Between Sault Ste Marie. Ont., and Webbwood while running at full Speed. Four men were killed and several were severely injured. Centenarian Frozen to death. William Fay. Who was an English sol Dier in tie crimean War. Died at Osage City. Kan., aged More than it years. Until a few weeks ago his mind was Tig Orous. The old Man wandered away and was badly Frozen. Strikes Gas in Minnesota. Eugene Gardiner was drilling a veil on the farm of Willet drunk near Pelican rapids. Minn., when he struck a vein of Gas which came up with a terrific noise and when lighted burned to a great Liebig t. Four die ill Steamboat fire. The Steamer Sun. Employed in the Memphis and Fulton Trade us he missis Lippi was burned to the Waters Edge in the Harbor at Memphis and four lives were lost. The year reviewed Bummer of the important events of 1901. Year Witney Saue the deaths of Queen Victoria and president Mckinley Many of her notables pass a Way Dia asters. Fires accidents strikes Etc. The year 1901, firstborn of the new Century is made memorable by the deaths of two of the Best loved rulers the world has Ever known. In its first month Vic Toria England Good Queen breathed her last quietly and at one of her Royal abodes. The forcible taking of of president William it Vinley by the bul let of the misguided anarchist youth. Czolgosz in september is in harsh con Trast with her Serene passing and is a sad commentary upon the laxity of our democracy which favors the intimate Contact of the chief executive with the general Public and fails to provide Ade quate Means for his physic Protection. Many others of the great ones of Earth statesmen authors churchmen musicians and business men have. A Bow. I marriage of Iti Cess of Amtulla and Prince Charles of Bourbon. 15. Death of is senator Gibert a. Pierce of North Dakota death of Maurice Thompson author. Sixty miners entombed in mine at c Oberland it. C. 21 nine persons killed in collision near to Denton n. 12. Pacific Steamer Rio de Janiero sinks outside Golden Gate Ca Ifo Ruia several lives lot. 25. Fifty miners imprisoned in burning mine at Kemmerer Wyo. 26. Geo. Ward negro hanged and burned at Terre haute lad., for assault and Mur Der. 28. Death of we. M. Evarrs. March. L state Penitentiary near Lincoln neb., la burned. 4. Inauguration of president Mckinley and vice in resident Ito Osievelt. 6. Thirty men crushed to death on rail Road at Kolovo Russia 11. Twelve persons killed and Many More i injured by holier explosion in Doremus Laun dry Chicago Uay Pauu Cefole treaty rejected by great Britain. 13. Death of sex president Benj. Harris n. Destructive fire at Cloverport. By. 3. Chief Aguinaldo captured by Gen. Fred Funston. 25. Tornado at Birmingham Ala death of Charlotte m. Youge author. 30. Death of comedian Roland lived. April 3. China refuses to sign manchurian convention. 5. Japan ultimatum to Russia. 8. Logan statue unveiled in Washington. 12. Cuban constitutional convention rejects Platt amendment death of Geo. Q. Cannon. 19. British War loan voted by House of commons Aguinaldo s peace manifesto issued. 20. Unprecedented snowstorm and floods to Ohio Pennsylvania Kentucky and the Virginias. 25. Fifty persons killed by explosion near Frankfort. Germany. 20. President Mckinley starts on Long trip through the country. . 1. Opening of american exposition. Goc Dietrich of Nebraska resigns and is made United states senator by his Suc Cessor gov. Savage. 3. Burning of Jacksonville f1a civil government established at Manuila. 8. Suicide of r. N. Pollock fugitive Bank president of Cleveland it Seattle. Wash. 9. First australian Federal parliament opened to Melbourne by i Mike of Cornwall and York panic in Wall Street. 13. Steamer Paducah goes Down in missis Sippi six Miles North of grand Tower 111. 15. President s tour broken off by mrs. M. Luley a serious illness. In. Riot in Albany n. Y. 17. Death of mrs. Lyman j. Gag death of Edwin f. Uht of grand rapids. Mich. Is. Launching of battleship Ohio at san Francisco. 29. Pan american exposition formally dedicated fifty thousand machinists go out on strike. 21 death of Gen. Flt John Porter death of sex Chas. A. Bontelle. 22. Wreck of sir Thomas s yacht Shamrock ii suicide of Brescol Assassin of King Humbert of Italy. 23. Death of sex gov. John r. Tanner of Illinois norwegian Bank Ellse lost off Sable Island wiv., Crew of 14 men. 24. Gale on great lakes Steamer Balti More sinks 12 lives lost seventy miners killed by explosion in English Colliery. 194 cuban convention adopts Piatt Reso Lution. As hostess to Royalty. Beautiful countess at Nealey is much talked about. The most talked about woman in ire land and London a the present time is said to be the countess of Annesley. She is to entertain King Edward and Queen Alexandra on their approaching visit to the Emerald Isle Aud by virtue of her Jjlia ii " a the countess of Annuli by. New capacity As hostess of Royalty is a most conspicuous person. Her Beauty Long ago made her famous and she is commonly regarded a one of the handsomest women in the United kingdom. Her Home. Castle Welslau. Is in Northern Ireland and u a Superb estate ample in vary i pee to be ? Burk so. June. 2. Death of James a. , Teui burned by rubbers. 4. Eight men killed by mine explosion at Iron Mountain Mich. 6. Great fire in Antwerp does $10,000,00t damage. 9. Death of bar Walter Besant English novelist. 10. Expo tons in mine at port Royal pa., cause deaths of 17 men. 12. Platt amendment accepted by Caban constitutional convention. 14. Severn lives lost by collision of ferry boats in East River new York. La. Fourth daughter born to Czar of rus Sia death of sex gov. 11. S. Pingree of Michigan. 21. Fireworks explosion at Paterson. N. J., kills 17 persons seven persons killed by Tornado near Naper neb. 22l american Derby won by Robert wad licit 23. Destructive floods wipe out West Vir Gina towns death of Adeibert 8. Hay. Gen. Cables surrenders. 25. Death of Rev. Joseph Cook. 1. Death of senator James h. Kyle of South Dakota. Eleven boys and men killed by lightning jul Chicago. 5. Death of sex Chancellor Prince von Hoh Eulabe. 6. Versailles. Ohio swept by flip. 10. Collision in Chicago and Alton rail Road near Norton mo., kills 17 persons and injures 40 Corbin Mont., wiped out by Cloud Burnt Minnesota Birdou Board votes Freedom to younger Brothers. 15. Strike of steel workers begins. 20. Death of mrs. Paul Krueger. 21. Hottest Day on record in Chicago thermometer Marks 103 degrees. 25. President proclaims free Trade with Porto Rico. 20. Allotment of Kiowa and Comanche Indian lands begins at Al Reno Okst 31. B. A o. Train held up at Edgemoor ind. A i list. 1. Geo. H. Phillips company of Chicago suspends temporarily. 5. Death of dowager Empress of Ger i Many Many killed by explosion in Phil . 6. President Shaffer orders steel workers Ito strike $280,000 stolen from Shelby smelter at Vallejo. Cal. 11. Death of Francesco Crisp Italy s grand Oil Man. 13-16. Great tidal wave along Shore my Gulf of Mexico. 15. Death of Edmond audran French composer. A. Seventeen passengers drowned by Frank ing of Ohio River packet City of Goico Oda at ? Crowells landing.21. Tornado wrecks town of Anadarko okla. 26. France severs diplomatic relations with Turkey. 28. Boiler explosion on Steamer City of Trenton near Philadelphia kills eleven per sons. Knights templars conclave opens in Louisville. 31. Thirty six persons killed in great Northern wreck near Kui Espeli Mont. Up temper. 1. Flood in Cleveland causes $1,000,000 damage. 5. Miss Ellen Stone. American Mission Ary abducted by bulgarian brigands. 6. President Mckinley shot at Buffalo exposition by Leon Czolgosz. 7. Peace pact signed at Pekin. Opt Ling of Fickley inquiry a Washington. 14. Death of president Mckinley great steel strike settled Theodore Roosevelt takes oath As president. 16. Steamer Hudson lost in Lake Superior with Crew of 25 17. Foreign troops evacuate Pekin to Chi Nese state funeral of president Mckin Ley at Washington. 18. British torpedo boat destroyer cobra sinks in North sea 67 lives lest. 19. President Mckinley is body buried at Canton Ohio. 23. A zoloft trial begins at Buffalo. 24. Czolgosz found guilty. 26. Czolgos sentenced to death. 28. Columbia defeats Shamrock. October. 3. Columbia wins second race with Sham Rock death of the Ameer of Afghanistan. 4. Third yacht race won by Columbia winning the series and keep Long american cup in this country. 10. Death of Lorenzo Snow head of Church. 13. Reservoir at East Liverpool Ohio Breaks causing $150,000 damage. 17. Joseph f. Smith chosen president of mormon Church. 18. Death of sex gov. John s. Pillsbury of Minneapolis. Minn. 21. Burglars Tunnel tinder building and Rob Chicago Post office of $74,610 in Stamps. 23. Burning of great packing Plant at Hammond Lud. 24. Nineteen lives lost in Are that destroyed Philadelphia furniture House of Hunt Wilkinson & cos. 28. Fourteen persons killed in race War in Washington Parish. La. 29. Electrocution of Leon f. Czolgosz murderer of president Mckinley. November. 1. Boers steal 6,000 horses from British Rem oui station near Cape town. 2. Lose of american exposition at Buffalo. 5. French forces seize three turkish port on Island of my Triene. 6. Elections in several states. 7. Death of i Hong hang death of Kate Greenaway English artist. 8. Turkey accedes to demands of France. Death of Mother Bickerdyke. 12. Fire at Thomas w. Va., destroys 62 buildings. 15. Jeffries whips Dublin in san fran Cisco. 18. Hay Paunce Fote treaty signed in Washington. 20. Mine fire at Telluride colo., causes death of 100 miners. 23. United states buys Battlefield of san Juan Cuba. 25. President Roosevelt warns Central american nations against interference at Nicaragua canal 26. Boiler explosion in Detroit kills 27 persons and injures Many More. 27. Horrible wreck on Wabash near sen Eca. Mich. 80 killed. 28. Terry Mcgovern knocked out by Young Corbett. 30. Several lives lost in ferryboat collision in san Francisco Bay. December. 2. Fifty seventh Congress assemble opening of the Charleston exposition. 10. Demo rats Curry Boston City election. 12. Marconi signals from Cornwall England to st. Johns. N. Of. Without wires. 13. Schley court of inquiry makes its re port censuring Schley mrs. Lola Ida Bonne acquitted of killing James s. Ayres. 14. Floods cause loss of life and great damage in new York Pennsylvania and West Virginia fatal wreck on Illinois Central railway near Rockford 111. 15. Death of John Swift of new York economist. 16. Hay Paunce Fote treaty ratified by Senate death of gov. Gregory of Rhode Island. 17. Postmaster general Charles Emery Smith resigns from Cabinet and Henry c. Payne of Wisconsin appointed to succeed him. 16. Congress adjourns for Holiday recess. Told in a few lines st. I Ouis police Are engaged in a War on the Pool rooms. The United states supreme court Day took a recess until Jan. T. A $13,500 fire occurred in the Busi Ness Section of Pawnee o. T. W. 11. Rogers a Railroad Man was killed by a train at Blackwell o. T. Bids for a site for a new county court House at Lawrence kan., Are asked for. Topeka ivan., was 47 years old the other Day and the anniversary was duly celebrated. Mrs. Lola Ida Bonine is going to st. Joseph mo., to remain with her another for an indefinite period. The postmaster general has ordered the consolidation of the Posto flees at Empire City with Galena office Kansas. Count Leo Tolstoi the famous russian novelist and reformer is reported to have entirely recovered from his recent serious illness. The to mans International Union wants the United states Constitution so amended As to prohibit the practice of polygamy. Emporia kan., Lodge a of u. A. Will build anew Hall which will Cost about $6,000. There Are Over 1.000 members of Titis order there. Convicts Are being transferred from the old Penitentiary at Laramie to the new one at Rawlins Wyo. The first lot removed a timbered 200. A Monument to the memory of Robert Fulton erected in Trinity churchyard new York City by the american society of mechanical engineers my uns Al recently. Shaw in Cabinet. To succeed Gage As head of Treasury. Lowass governor accepts the portfolio offered by president Roosevelt Secretary Wilson is not to be displaced because of the selection. Gov. Leslie m. Shaw of Lowa has for Mally accepted the offer made to him to become Secretary of the Treasury and the fact was officially announced wednesday night at the White House. The understanding is that gov. Shaw will take charge of the Treasury department As soon As he can relieve himself of his official business in Lowa As nearly As can be Learned he will go to washing ton in january and Secretary Gage is arranging his affairs to be Able to leave at any time before feb. 1. In announcing the acceptance of gov. Shaw it was officially stated also that this appointment would in no Way inter Fere with the retention in the Cabinet of Secretary Wilson. It is known that president Roosevelt has a High regard for the Secretary of agriculture who has made a greater record than any Ohe previously in that office since it was established in 1889, not even excepting the famous Jerry Rusk of Wisconsin. The announcement at the White House that Secretary of agriculture Wilson is to remain in charge o. Bis department and that his relations to the administration Are not at ail affected by the Selec Tion another Cabinet officer from Lowa Leslie m. Shaw. Seems to be Well received throughout the country. Or. Wilson is known far and wide As the most successful and progressive head the agricultural department has Ever known. President Roosevelt has been greatly impressed with the Many evidences of or. Wilsonis useful Ness and despite a difference of opinion Between them As to the cuban reciprocity question the president and the Secretary Are on the Best of terms. In selecting gov. Shaw president Roosevelt did so without co resulting any one. He has known him for Many years having campaigned in the West with him on several occasions. The governor is one of the original Gold Standard men of the West and Long before single Standard became an emphatic Issue to was making speeches for it. Several times he went As far East As the new England states urging the single stand Ard As the measure of value. Although Only 53 years old he has been prominent in politics for More than a fifth of a Century. He removed to Lowa Early in his lift and has been actively identified with the affairs of his stats for Many years. He is now concluding his second Tern As governor and it is said could have been renominated for a third had he sought a renomination. When president Mckinley declared against a third term Shaw was mentioned As a presidential possibility by senator Allison and other Lowans. He is a banker of considerable local distinction and a lawyer of no mean repute. Began life Humble. Clement Studebaker was a Type of the self made Man. Clement Studebaker who died in South Bend ind., recently was a Type of the self made Man beginning his business life on the modest i jars ghz capital of sob and j gradually building Fame Wagon manufacture t t ing p ant of which he was the head a. Had grown to Mam m Moth proportions it or. Studebaker Haiku if / was born in 1831 in m / Adams county " a a few Miles a Studebaker. From the scene of the Battle of Gettysburg. When he was 4 years eld is family removed to Ohio and there until the age of 14 Clement attended school. He then worked on a farm for $2 per month and later Learned the Wagon making business with his father. In 1850 he moved to South Bend and taught school for one Winter. He then worked for a threshing machine company for 50 cents a Day and his Board. In 1852 he and his brother Henry with a combined capital of sob set up in the blacksmithing business Mak ing an occasional Wagon As the demand arose. Soon the business began to grow and in Isis it was incorporated Clement being made president. Meantime Henry had retired and other Brothers had joined the concern. Or. Studebaker died leaving an ample Fortune Aud a flourishing business. He was during his life a Delegate to several Republican National conventions. Com missioner to the Paris exposition Mem Ber of the american Congress and president of the Chautauqua Assembly of new York. Spark from the wire emperor William has decorated mar quis Ito the japanese statesman with the order of the red Eagle. Senator Warren has _ introduced an amendment to the Constitution granting the right of suffrage to women. The Wagoner National Bank wag Oner i. Tanarus., has been authorized to begin business with a capital of $25,c00. By Way of avoiding factional trouble in Illinois w. Bryan has refused to accept an invitation to speak on Jackson Day to the Bryan league at Chicago. A store belonging to Buttram Sanford & Thorn in Paul s Valley 1. Tanarus., was in ten and by burglars and set on fire. The total loss is about so too. Three negroes have been found Frozen the death near Canton miss. The cold in Central Mississippi is beyond p be Dent at this time of the year. Gould Goodman and Joseph Robinson were seriously wounded in an altercation which arose at a dance at Weldon Tex. Goodman will probably die. Ball Bros., the largest fruit Jar manufacturers in the world announce that factory no. 3 will be in it in the Spring adding 500 additional to their pres ent list of 1,500. New York. Hold Trade reached its Maui am this week nearly id sections of the country reporting a optional distribution. While tue classic goods especially stimulated by Christy. S demand occupied the position Olg test prominence general merchandise a not far behind in activity. Transport g interests were just beginning to Ove Refue congested conditions when severe Sterns made the Ait nation More comply rat than before. In Many industries it is p t a question of finding buyers but Seeling the privilege of postponing deliveries beyond the Date originally specified nth ring to r. O. It a & weekly Rev of Trade. Bradstreet s says ret. Trade has held the Center of the stage it s week stimulated As it has been % the dual influences of exceptionally cold weather throughout the Oautry 1 a rather More pronounced Holiday debt i which promises to be of record-bi4.iug character not Only is to volume Hias to Quy and Grade of goods Pur based. While jobbers in Many lines table shoes clothing and rubber Gools report a Good reorder business growing it of the above conditions wholesale Trail As a Rule Lias been seasonably quiet Eji options to this being noted in Woolen go is raw Wool lumber leather Coal am last but by no Means least Iron and tee in a my Riad of forms. Nothing i heard of the usual conservative wait. For the new year s arrival to place. By Ness and or Der books of leading prod ers Are filled for Long periods ahead. I tinware is in Good demand at most mat ets. Foreign Cotton Safe Eula s Are apparently getting their second p ind after the Surprise Given them by to government estimates. Liverpool Esti items claim a crop of Over 11,000,000bans against the 9,674,000 Bales indicated ind prices Are now on a dead Center Awa aug anew impulse. Tales of rate cutting at t e West con Trast strangely with reports of car Short age and incidentally return of earnings which show that fifty roads earned 8 per cent More in the first week f december this year than they did it while for the second week forty two and show a gain of $500,000 Over the Neil die week of december 1900. Again t Tober Gross earnings of 105 systems in. Reused 16.2 per cent on a total of $119,2 2,776, while net took on 20.5 per cent Ali total being $46,092,955, As against $15h249,005 for october last year Ken the Oal miners strike held Sway. Chicago. Conditions in the wheat Market have issued a i More bullish Tom and those who had been bears and won and for lower prices for a week found it impossible to dislodge any amount of Ion wheat be Low 80c, and although they forced the Price Down to 7t e on two and is a 24c Advance followed and the Prii saturday was up to 81%c to set la an. Closed at 81c. It was at 81c a week age but broke to 79%c at the close. The by gain for the week was la in. There is evidence of a tenacious country holding. The latter have made up their minds tha wheat is going to bring More Money Anc with com Selling very High they Are keeping their wheat for an Advance. The Fot Igner has bought Manitoba wheat Large by at the Seaboard and has reduced the discount under the american. This Manitoba wheat is moving freely going Tjom Winnipeg to the Seaboard by rail ind is taken in preference to the Amerjan. We Are nearing the period of increased con sumption and depleting Stock and on this basis the Bull has the Best -90 sheep common to prime $2.50 to $3.25 wheat. No. 2,81 c to 82c Corn. No. 2 White new tic to 69c Oats. No. 2 White 49c to o9e. St. Louis cattle $4.00 to $6.35 hogs $3.00 to $0.35 sheep. $2.50 to $3.80 wheat. No. 2. 82c to 83c ecu. No. 2. 65c to 67c Oats. No. 2,47 c to 48c Rye. No. 2,64c to 65c. Cincinnati cattle $3.00 to to hogs $3.00 to $6.40 sheep $2.25 to $3.25 wheat. No. 2,84 c to 85c Corn. No. 2 mixed. 69c to 70c Oats. 2 mixed. 50c to 51c Rye. No. 2. 69c to 70c. Detroit cattle $2.56 to $5.50 hogs. $3.00 to $6.05 sheep. $2.50 to $3.50 wheat. No. 2,83 c to s4c Corn. No. 2 yellow 67c to 68c Oats. No. 2 White 48c to 49c Rye. 63c to 64c. Toledo wheat. No. 2 mixed. 84c to s a Corn. No. 2 mixed. 66c to 67 Oats. No. 2 mixed. 45c to 46c Rye. No 2. 64c to 66c Clover seed prime $5.75. Milwaukee wheat no. 2 Northern 73c to 76c Corn. No. 3.64 c to 65c Oats o. 2 White 47. To 48e Rye. No. 1. Ti2c to 61c Barley. No. 2. 62c to 63c pork mess. $1 Al l new York cattle. $3.73 to $5.75 hogs $3.00 to $6.00 sheep. $2.50 to $3.75 wheat. No. 2 red. 2e to 83c Corn. No. 2. 69c to 70c oath no. 2 White 53c to 54c butter Creamery 22c to 25 eggs West Ern 86c to 33c. Official p rectory. County officers. County judge d. O. Mahtar a sheriff f. M. Mush of county clerk Don Shern a county treasurer s. I be Register d is t. O. Mall clerk of the i Nort 1 f. Bistre a .1. 11. N i fish count sup ii 1 Surveyor w. 11. Kuh Coroner. A. W. Ii a Jug chairman a i us. poor t 1 11. Supt. Insane Asylum f. Will a City officers. N mayor 1 c. Boyle City clerk .11. E Packard treasurer w. F. Fisher assessor Joseph Omundson police Justice Squire Toney justices. A. R. Pollard Squire Toney marshal a. H. Bank . W. Dunlap. Jos. Forse Al society directory. I la . F. \ a m meets the first net Thiru each month Lylall it Williams Bjork. M visit ova cf., i. O. I. F. Mil sol every saturday i i our 1 y, visit Obi a i m Ami mint. I. No 60. Meets every monday evening. Ancient of fit. O. Mahoney county judge. H. Suttek. w. M. my. . Suttle it Tro is Ridge. Or Trowbridge late resident physician and a Virgeon Cook county Hospital. Chicago. All Calls attended promptly Day or night from office. A. W. Bartheld. . I successor to f. L Barney Viroqua. A is. Crown Ami Bridge work a specially. Iso correcting irregularities. Dental offi in Herricks Block j. H. Chase dentist. Of face Over Chandlers i a Laroqu. Store. Wis. Thos. A. Tolrud attorney at Law d real estate agent norwegian spoken Viroqua Wisconsin. Silba Ufah & Bennett attorneys at Law. I rat lev in All marts. Collections a Spe Moqua. S a Sand str a � a insurance. # John Dawson & co. Pioneer insurance Agency. Established in 1868. Lire. Life. Tornado. Steam boiler Accident Bonds. Plate cd Lara insurance representing 30 leading in Pawlesa to real estate a and Loans. Territory Vernon l Crose Crawford Richland. Grant and Monroe commies 1 office in Viroqua Bank big. flan is. Teie pit a no. 105 and 42. Let la

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