The La Crosse Tribune from La Crosse, Wisconsin • 6

FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 101. THE LA CROSSE TRIBUNE DESPERADO AT DAY ID ILLINOIS FIELD Survivor of Quartet of Mexican Bandits Holds Off Posse from Com MANY ACCEPT DID TO FARMER FEAST Acceptances to Community Banquet Pour in. Upon II. C. Evenson, General Chairman Ikd M(0)W AT THE LYRIC Tonight and Saturday, featuring Capt.

Jenny S. A. A three reel Gold Seal picture, and A Brand New Animated Weekly 'Direct from New York, i SEE THIS ALL FEATURE SHOW SPECIAL EXHIBIT OF Spring Millinery KILLED ONE AND WOUNDED TWO Shot Engineer on' Train and Two Officers; Two Are Shot and Cap-' tured saraesaaeai which includes many distinctive foreign models You will he delighted with the new style and beauty of our Hats. Whether you are prepared to buy this iveek or not come in and look around. Our prices are so remarkably moderate, they will surprise you.

BRITISH SECRET CODE OF NA VAL SIGNALS IS STOLEN FROM WARSHIP LONDON. March 13. Foreign spies today were the quarry of scores of Scotland Yard detectives and secret agents of the British admiralty, as the result of the clever theft from a warship at Sheerness, of a secret naval code book. With the aid of the stolen-volume, the veriest amateur could make out the confidential signals between warships in times of war. For that reason the admiralty officials are convinced that the book has fallen into the hands of a foreign government.

According to the story, reluctantly made public by the officials, after days of fruitless search, the- code hook was obtained by a carefully planed ruse. It was kept on file with other hooks and documents in the cabin of the ships commander. A dummy volume, bound exactly like the signal book, was substituted for it, and for days the false book i foiled official inspection. Our Extensive Showing of Hair Goods Continues a Few Days More. it Two Corset Specials For Saturday Special for 79c Special for 59c Are you in need of a Switch, Transformation or anything in this line? Is your hair hard to match? If so, come in and consult our Expert Hair Goods Specialist from one of the leading hair goods manufacturers.

She has a complete assortment of everything in Hair Goods with her. A special discount on all Hair Goods for Saturday. models. fancy styles for figures with reducing strap, styles sizes Tor every values to $2.25 79c DEATH COMES AT 6:35 OCLOCK AT MACDONALD HOME (Continued from rage Oae)- was president of the associated charities, resigning three years ago, when the present head, E. S.

Hebberd, was chosen to succeed him. To Col. Woodward much credit is due for the present high state of perfection of -the public library. The New low bust long models with clastic straps, value $1.00, at PLEADED FOR MEN TO RE-ENTER GLUB Inquest Witness Tells IIow Young Women Urged Escorts to Go Back to Burning Building ST. LOUIS, March 13.

How three young women pleaded piteously with three young mem to re-enter tho burning Missouri Athletic club, after they had escaped from the building last Monday morning, when thirty or more persons were burned to death or killed, was told at the inquest over the bodies of the vic-begun today before Coroner Padberg. Oh, please, go back. Do me a favor and do go back. You must go back. This it was testified, was what one of the girls said to her escort.

None of the party re-entered the building. One man walked to the entrance and stopped. Bodies of three more M. A. C.

fire victims were uncovered this morning by the day shift of searchers, bringing the total of bodies recovered to twenty-three. Seven or more are believed to he in the ruins. NORMALS REAT NOONS Tn the volley ball games yesterday at the Y. M. C.

A. the Normals took three straight from the Noons and the Laws toow two out of three from the Doctors. Following are the New materials, stout and figure, at nomination as a means of settling the three-cornered fight between General Bragg, Senator Mitchell and Knight. Mr. Woodward refused to enter the race andworked for General Bragg, with whom he w-as associated in the Iron Brigade and in the Loyal Legion.

Horn in Washington Hon. Gilbert Motier Woodward was born in Washington, D. December 25, 1835. lie learned the printers trade in Baltimore, being apprenticed in' 1850. He worked as a printer and proof reader in the latter city, at Upper Marlborough, and at Washington, D.

until the beginning of the year 1860. In Washington he w-as employed the greater part of the time on the National-Intelligencer. In February, 1860, he removed to La Crosse and entered upon the study of law' and was taken in the office of Messmore McKenney. He was admitted to the bar at Black River Falls, Judge George Gale presiding, but he did not immediately enter upon the practice of his profession, as it was at the time that the civil war broke' over this country. Rapid Advancement.

He enlisted in the La Cross? Light Guard, Company Second Wisconsin Volunteer infantry, May 22, 1861, and was mustered into the United States service for three years, June 11, 1861, at Madison, Wis. He was with his regiment in all the.com-r paigns of the army of the Potomac until the expiration of his term of en- J- enustiana Carranza to investigate listment. He received various pro-ie execution of Benton, an English-motions, as follows: Orderly ser-! an and he disappearance of Gus- geant in September, 1861; second lieutenant in August, 1882: first a denial that the commissmn lieutenant in September, 1862, and made any report in the matter to adjutant of his regiment in June. Jo anybody else He 1863. He wis acting aid de camp of; branded as false a report circulated the First brigade.

First division. First! J.eran.din Armv corps (General James S. Wads-iaion ad found that both Benton and worths division) at the battle of I Jere murdered and that two Gettysburg. In this engagement he hlgh offlcers of General ilia rebel received severe gunshot in fund of General Washburn was not of sufficient size to fully equip the library and Col. Woodward, through his influence, made possible the donation to the Washburn library of all of the books of the Young Mens Library, association of which he was one of the organizers, in 1868.

So Interested was he In this first library of pioneer La Crosse, which started modestly, that it was a not unusual sight to see him with a number of hooks under his arm, walking down to replenish the library shelves. Wife Died in 1808 One of the saddest incidents in the life of Col. Woodward, and one of which he seldom if ever spoke, was the death of his wife, in 1S6S. He had been married but a year when she passed away. While this affected him deeply he was not the type to expose his sorrow to the public gaze.

Col. Woodward was for many years active as a member of the Loyal Legion, the civil war officers organization. He also active in charitable organizations and, unknown to all but his closest friends, was conducting numerous 'private charities. RUMOR OF REVIVAL OF EMBARBO ON ARMS TO MEXICO (Continued from Page One) army, one in Juarez and one in THE THIRTY WANT FREE BRIDGE Present Petition to the Council Tonight Demanding Removal of the Toll for Crossing River Acceptance to invitations to the community banquet to be held March 24, at Germania hall, are today pouring in upon II. Clay Evenson, general chairman of the committee of thirty local business men who will entertain 3 00 farmers upon that occasion.

Sent Tuesday The invitations were sent out Tuesday, and answers, all of which have been acceptances, began to come in yesterday. An oddity among the acceptances was that from a farmer in the county, who filled in the space left on the return card for indicating his method of coming to the city for the feast, with the information that he w-as coming by hand. Dr. Evenson confesses that he, is considerably mystified over the method of locomotion to be pursued by this particular guest. For Free Bridge That a free bridge will be one of the chief topics of discussion at the banquet is indicated hy the fact that the thirty business men backing the movement have prepared a petition to the common council, demanding a free which will be presented at tonights meeting' of the aider-men.

The petition was sent in to' the city clerk today, signed by II. C. Evenson and the other members of the banquet WOODWARD FOUND PAPERS SIGNED BY WASHINGTON (Continued from Page One) was that silence which precedes fierce action. The men talked in low tones, each man knowing that the end of the batle might find him dead. To ltefend llill I can see plainly the road down which we marched.

It was just at the time of the year when the wheat was ripe and on each side of the road it waved in golden colors. A rail fence bordered the fields we took down part of this, our line of march taking us through the -wheat and to a hill, our duty it was to hold. We had scarcely gained the hill, said Colonel Woodward, when the firing commenced. We could see the rebels in the distance and our own men spreading out in beautiful lines. As the fight drew nearer to the hill the detachment of which I was a member became engaged.

After one of our, first volleys I was wounded in the arm. I saw little of the fighting after the first bloody day, owing to my wound. In this battle Mr. Woodward was aid de camp to General Meredith. How Woodward secured the copy of a book for his commanding officer is another interesting story.

Always a great reader Colonel Woodward became known throughout the-regiment for his knowledge of literature and history. His commanding officer told him of a book named Kaloola, a fictional composition dealing with explorations in the wilds of Africa. Col. Woodward had never heard of the book and his curiosity was aroused. He promised to try and secure a copy.

On his first furlough he visited the city of Washington and spent the day. visiting old book shops in a vain search for the volume. He was successful. Ills regiment was camped near the city of Washington and that night, returning, he crossed the Potomac. Passing Arlington, the estate of General Robert E.

Lee, commander in chief of the rebels, he noticed a broken down army wagon. His curiosity aroused he made a further examination. The seat was a box and opening the top he fumbled underneath. The first thing he drew out was a bottle of whiskey. He explored fur tber, groping beneath the seat in the darkness, and his hand touched what appeared to be a number of loose sheets of paper.

He drew it out and found he had unearthed a book, the cover of which had been torn off. He carried it into camp to peruse it by the light of the campfire. On the frontispiece was the name Kaloola. TUBERCULOSIS TAKES FOREST M. MERCIER After two years struggle under the grip of tuberculosis.

Forest Mathew Mercier, son of Eli Mercier, well known farmer of West La Crosse, died at his home last night at 11:30 at the age of 24 years. Mr. Mercier was born in La Crosse and has lived here all his life. Surviving are his father, Eli Mercier, and one sister, Ruth, at home, and four brothers, George, Harry, Earl and Henry, all of La Crosse. The funeral announcements will be made later.

ECZEMA Psoriasis or Itching Prof. J. Blanchard, kin Specialist, 3S11 Cottage Grove A Chicago, will help you FREE Diagnose Yonr Skin Disease mmmmmmm also st ate ho the disease will act, od disappear under the use of Blanchard Eczema Lotion, how manv can do this? Write for symptom blank to all out Sold At Drag Stores PEORIA, 111., March 13. In a hand to hand encounter with members of a pursuing posse, the member of a gang of four Mexicans who shot and killed Art Fisher of Pekin, 111., Chicago Northwestern engineer, and wounded two county officers near Manlius early today was captured in a corn field near Langley at noon today. The other members of the gang, badly wounded, are incustody at Langley, and posse3 from Peoria, Sheffield, Manlius and Princeton are trailing the fourth man with bloodhounds.

Surrounded by a sheriffs posse in a cornfield near Manlius the bandit made a desperate fight to resist capture. Two other members of the band were wounded by the officers bullets and were captured. They are being rushed to Princeton in automobiles to escape lynching at tho hands of angry Manlius citizens. The two officers wounded in the gun battle that followed the hold-up are Leslie Byers, son of Sheriff Charles Byers of Princeton, and Bert Skoglund, deputy sheriff of Princeton. Skoglund has a slim chance for recovery.

Young Byers is not seriously injured. At 10 oclock this morning the posse after the Mexican hiding in the cornfield received reinforcements and more ammunition and his capture was a matter of on a short time. The fourth Mexican in the band made his escape. Bloodhounds will be put on his trail. Excitement in Manlius and surrounding villages is running high and a lynching is feared.

It was reported that the Mexicaus had been drinking and fearing arrest demanded that the crew take the train through Manlius without stopping. The engineer refused to comply and was shot down. BROTHERLY LOVE FREES YOUNG BOY Oscar Green Said to Have Stolen Brothers Savings, Is Released After. Plea by the Latter Brotherly live triumphed at cen- tral police station today. Oscar Green, aged 17 years, Ho-kah, charged with stealing $22.50 from his elder brother Henry, is free.

The elder brother is soon to, be married and to prepare for the venture was saving his earnings. The money was to go towards the cozy little cottage in which he planned to install his bride. Oscar, a reckless but not vicious youth, found $22.50 of the savings, said the elder Green, and took it, leaving Hokah yesterday morning for La Crosse to have a good time. This morning the brother, intent upon punishing Oscar, came to Crosse. His desire for vengeance gave way to one of sympathy and instead of chief witness for the prosecution he turned chief pleader for the defense.

Give him another chance, he pleaded of Captain' Larry Dugan. Hes only a boy and will make good. Ill take care of him. Im sorry, Henry. I didnt think what I was doing.

I will make, good, almost sobbed Oscar as he left the station with his brother. WANTS CITY TO BUY INCINERATOR The question of erecting an incinerator in La Crosse will probably be brought up tonight's meeting of the city council. C. H. Hunter, representing a Chicago incinerator firm, who is consulting city officials today, will lay the proposition of furnishing La Crosse with a unit incinerator before the board of public works and city council.

A one unit incinerator which will icost the city $3,500 Is capable of burning six tons of garbage per day at a cost of 200 pounds of soft coal per ton. According to Dr. Furstman.j I city health commissioner, the total i garbage of La Crosse amounts to about fifteen tons per day. SETTLE FOR $3,100 IN MADDEN CASE: A settlement In the. Madden divorce case was affected today whereby Mrs.

John Madden of Vernon county gets $3,100 with her decree of divorce from John Madden. Mrs. Mary Madden, mother of John Madden, recently brought an action to set aside a deed to CO acres of Vernon county land which she had deeded to her son, alleging breach of contract. The real reason for her action, however, is believed to have been to prevent the division of the land upon the divorce of her daughter-in-law. As the result of the settlement of $3,100 upon Maddens former wife the second action has been dropped.

i 1 iji 1 i i- I i I rli fi it I -5 OPEN CONVENTION OF LUTHERANS HERE Twelve Pastors and Forty Laymen From Out of the Citv At- tend With a sermon last night by Itev. C. H. Jelseth of Nelson, the semi-annual convention of the La Crosse district of the Norwegian Lutheran church opened at the West Avenue Norwegian Lutheran church. About twelve pastors and upwards of forty laymen from out of town, besides residents of the city, attended the meeting.

Itev. Jelseth introduced the text of devotion for the convention, Titus 2: 11-13: For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all nien; Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for the blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the Great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. These things speak and exhort, and rebuke with fill, authority. Let no man despise thee. The discussion of the text was opened this morning by Rev.

A. For-ness of and was joined in by a number of the visiting pastors. This evening Rev. E. llofstad of Viroqua, will preach in English and a large attendance is expected at the services.

WATCH WIRE FENCE MACHINE AT WORK A committee of the Industrial association today saw in operation a machine for the manufacture of woven wire fencing, which S. Clay of Hutchinson, has patented, and with which he desires to equip a factory in this city. The machine was shown in operation at the Stamping and Tool company. It is along a line entirely different from other machines for the same purpose. Mr.

Clay has been negotiating for terms under which to come to La Crosse for some months. THE GERMAN CLUB FAVORS SUFFRAGE The affirmative or the question, Resolved, that woman suffrage should be adopted in Wisconsin, won unanimously in the debate staged last night, by the German club at the normal school. The affirmative was upheld by O. L. Meer, F.

W. Kuehl and O. Simenson, while A. P. Euler, Fred Reimers and W.

W. Huber took the negative. Preceding the talk. Dr. P.

W. Wech gave a very interesting talk on the origin and the evolution of the German language, comparing its qualities with those of the English tongue. Miss Marcella Keller rendered a vocal sold accompanied by Miss Charlottle Hartel. VOTE OX S. G.

A. MADISOX, March 13. A record vote hy students was being made today on student self government, which was before them in the shape of a referendum. Class officers and officers of the S. G.

A. and the Daily Cardinal are also to be, elected. YILL LAY PLANS FOR THE HEARING Call Meeting in Caledonia on the IStli and Invite Local Men to Help Preserve Train Service Notice of a preliminary meeting of the persons interested in preserving the morning train from LaCrosse on the Reno-Preston branch of the Milwaukee was sent to Secretary Ut-ermoehl of the board of trade this morning by O. K. Dahl, who has been retained as attorney of the Commercial club of Caledonia to recent them at the hearing of the railroad and warehouse commission April 7.

The preliminary meeting will be held in Caledonia March 18 at 11 a. according to Mr. Dahles letter. Representatives from La Crosse are invited to attend the meeting, and it is expected that the secretary of the local board and the railroad committee will attend, as well as several others who are directly Interested. Delegates are expected to attend for the purpose of laying out a plan of action to be pursued at the hearing before the commission in April.

GIRLS FACE WANT WHEN FIRM FAILS More Than 500 Destitute When Courts Close the Siegel Stores in New York XEWYORK, March 13 Caught in the maelstrom of failure which has swept the New York stores of Henry Siegel to ruin, more than 500 girls, it was said here today, will face absolute destitution tomorrow night' when Siegel's enterprises are closed down by the courts. Terror stricken by the prospect of want, hundreds of the girls today worked at their accustomed places on the verge of hysterics and threats of reprisal against the firm which is accused of heartlessly defrauding them were many. Scores of these girls, most of them from small country towns, are said to he living scantily In furnished rooms with hardly a dollar between them and want. Nearly every employe, it was said, had suffered by the collapse of Siegels bank, and even the few dollars (they had contributed to the henefi- clary funds maintained by the stores are alleged to have been swept away 'in the general crash which engulfed the firm. CARD OF THAXKS.

We, the undersigned, wish to extend our sincere and heartfelt thanks to all our friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy shown us during the illness and death of our beloved husband and father. Especially do we wish to thank Ref. Gamin and for the beautiful floral offerings. MRS. FRED LIECK and Family.

frjKO-gtmei ((fcj nuuim, icu TKA. ANi KMOHB Rtftand.d Ifu hill, AN 9UR4MrMt GEO. B. ROSE. Uke Jewels 310 MAIN STREET Chihuahua, were the murderers.

Passengers who arrived from Chihuahua today brought rumors that Major Rudolfo Fierra, a relative of Valla and army officer, had been arrested charged with murdering two American railroad men, and that he was the man believed responsible for Bentons death. THREE MEN ARE OUT FOR BOARD Three men have already announced their candidacy for positions ou the first county board of education to be elected in La Crosse county. The candidates are T. W. Whitbeck of the town of Onalaska; F.

I. Bolles of the village of West Salem, and Peter Markel of the town of Shelby. TO ADDRESS WORKERS John J. Seannell, representative of the Boot and Shoe Workers union of. Detroit, will deliver an address before the Trades and Labor council of La Crosse tonight at the Trades and Labor hall.

the right forearm. His services as aid de camp were continued during the Wilderness campaign. May 5 to June 11, 1864, his division -being then a part of the Fifth corps. He was mustered out of service at Madison, June 30, 1864, when he returned to La Crosse. Mayor of La Crosse Tn April of the following year, he was elected city attorney.

In November, 1865, he was elected district attorney of La. Crosse county, and was re-elected in 1867, 18G9 and 1S71. He formed the law partnership with S. S. Burton, in January, 1868, which continued till 1876.

In 1874 he was elected mayor of La Crosse, and discharged the duties of this office two years. He was again elected city attorney of La Crosse in April, 1876, and held that position for several years. He was a delegate to the national liberal convention at Cincinnati in 1872, and was a delegate to the national democratic convention in the same city in 1880. In 1882 he was elected a member of congress from the Seventh district of Wisconsin, but was defeated when a candidate for re-election in 1884. He was the democratic candidate for governor of Wisconsin in 1886 and w-as a delegate at large from Wisconsin, to the national democratic convention at St.

Louis in 1888, and sferved as chairman of the delegation. January 1, 1889, the law partnership of Losey Woodward was- formed. Abandoned Public Service Since Colonel Woodwards en-thance jnto -the -law firm-of Losey Woodward, later changed to Woodward Lees, Mr. Woodward devoted most of his time to his legal business. He practically withdrew from public service, although it was not until TRY TINS IF YOU HAVE DANDRUFF Or Are Bothered with Falling Hair or Itching Scalp There is one sure way that never failj to remove dandruff completely and that is to dissolve it.

This de- stroys it entirely. To do this, just get about four ounces of plain, ordi- nary liquid arvon; apply it at night' when retiring; use enough to moisten the scalp and rub it in gently wRh the finger tips. By morning most, if not all. of your dandruff will be gone, and three or four more applications will completely dissolve and entirely destroy every single sign and trace of it, no matter how much dandruff yo may have. You will find, too, that all itching and digging of the scalp will stop instantly, and your hair will be fluffy, lustrous, glossy, silky andf soft and look and feel a hundred i times better.

If yon want to keep your hairs looking rich, do by all means get rid of dandruff, for nothing destroys the hair so quickly. It not only! starves the hair and makes it fall out, biK it makes it stringy, straggly, dull, dry, brittle and lifeless, andr everybody notices it. You can get' liqu'd arvon at any drug store. It is I inexpensive, and four ounces is all you will need. This simple remedy has never been known to fail.

FMCMIES February and March Bring Out Un sightly Spots. How to Remove Easily The woman with tender skin dreads February and March because they are likely to cover her face with ugly freckles. Xo matter how thick her veil, the sun and winds have a strong tendency to make her freckle. Fortunately for her peace of mind the recent discovery of a new pre- 1901 that he resigned hi3 place on scription, othine double strength, the board of state bar examiners, makes it possible for even those which he had held for ten yearb. For most susceptible to freckles to keep the last seven years he been their skin clear and white.

Xo mat" president of the police and fire com- ter liow stubborn a case, of freckles mission of the city, having been re- you have, the double strength othine appointed after his first jternv expir- should remove them. Get an ounce cd. He left the hoard a year ago. from O. T.

Erhart and banish the or a number of years, also, he freckles. Money back if it fail3..