Darlington Democrat from Darlington, Wisconsin • 7

jT kr 3 if I 4 4 'f 1 nu The burning of a farm house at Stod- ALL OYER! THE STATE STORIES I It'' any outward 'sign of the storm that raged within him "With the impassive-ness of the North American Indian ho waited for tljebullet and though lie did not sing the death song with tha bravado of the savage yet his every appearance indicated that he could do it successfully If it bad -been one of the customs of his race I But there was hope though he kne? it not: GenJ Washburn came to liio rescue he could not bear to see one of his boys shot for doing what in the nature of things was a patriotic act He knew Lem Lancaster and he 4 knew what led up to his offense against the military law The time was brief but it! was long enough for the General to get a statement of the case to Fjeslr dent Liheoltfytand the consequence wa a reprfevethat Came on the! evening before the day set for the execution though the fact was known only to those high In authority Besides Lancaster there were two others who had been condemned to die at' the same time At an early-hourjnthe morning the three were led forth to the place of executiofi There i A ENTERTAINING REMINESCENCES OF THE WAR Graphic Account of the Stirring Scene Wltnened on the Battlefield and la Camp Teterani of the Rebellion Recite Krpertenoce of a Thrilling Katnre Faced Death land Lived HERE Is now livr lng in the city 'of Eau Claire Wis a veteran of the war of the rebellion who a a il dea lib or a squad of own drawn up tocarry Into effect the sentence of a court martial li an in which the messengers of death were" in this instance turaed aside reads like a romance but It is history The novel- 1st can easily inventsuch thrilling I stories of hri Irbreadth escapes but it is often that they occur in real life A mm Amm A ft 11 Len Lancaster does not tell his story to evenhls nearest friends There is something in it that makes his sensitive soul shrink from the recital 'But there is nothing in it that should £fal his lip3 Technically he infringed' the martial Iaw but there -were extenuating cumstances which though they'could not set aside! the stern penalty will alwaysybe regarded as sufficient ta the minds ofhis companions to justify-thc act Len Lancaster was the victim of circumstances It might have been any one of his fellows for they were in the same boat but the lot 'fell to him TARIFF AN IMPREGNABLE i The Washington correspondent of a Chicago Republican organ 'says tha the most of commltteemez frown down this! suggestion that $30-000000 more revenue be raised by doubling the beer tax VThey say that while revenues undoubtedly be "raised quietly and abundantly by internal taxation to do so would render the Gorman tariff Indeed) This Is an admission that' the people will not stand a restoration of McKinley duties: unless upon the pretext that higher duties are neces- sary in order to raise revenue If more revenue is not needed the new law Is impregnable And if more is heeded and It can be raised otherwise than 4 from imports still the new tariff is ini- 1 1 I pregnable This explains-why the protectees and their attorneys la Wasli-Mngton insist that more revenue is abso- lutely indispensable and that it must be' raised by tariff! taxes of the protective sort and in no other way This is complimentary to the new tariff and the reverse of complimentary to the" McKinley tariff But what lo these tariffing private revenue mainly thliik of the intelligence of the American people? Do they think that people who are sharp enough to prefer paying $100000000 for public revenue to1 fiaylng $300000000 one-third for public and two-thirds for private reyr onuo are so dull as not to know that the -plan of paying for public reveque only IS entirely practicable? if so they are uiucb mistaken The people knota that taxation for revenue only is entirely practicable even If the protcetees do not admit It And they also know that no more taxes of any kind arc necessary or arc likely to be unless In the unlikely event of war And they know still further that If more revenue is needed at all it Is needed Immediately that it can be obtained tion is being founded in the house of its Breaking the Eleventh Commandment All good Americans are familiar with the ten comandments which contain the moral law as it was 'delivered to Moses It is true that these commandments are often violated the one not being openly broken by protective tariff laws which take the products of the people's labor and give them to monopolies and trusts But although the principles of common morality are thus denied by protection it Is generally believed that the responsibility tests wholly with the men and party which make the laws It is time that If-should be distinctly understood that there Is another commandment equally blading with that quoted It Is not found in the I Mosaic lawdut is inherent in the na- ture of things and reads shalt not allow thyself 'to be stolen' That men should refuse to allow others to rob therm is as necessary to the as sociation of mankind In orderly civll- ized society as that -they themselves should not steal A manly assertion of the Individual's right to his own property Is a duty which cannot justly be Ignored If it Is wrong for one man or set of men to steal it is also wrong for other men to allow them to steal The highest judicial authority thie Supreme Court of the United States has asserted that: T6 lay wltli one hand the power of the government bn the property of the citizen- and with the other to bestow it upon favored individuals to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes is none the less robbery because it is done under the forms of law and is called That this is triie no fair-minded citizen will deny It1 follows that the whole system of tariff taxation for sake that is for the purpose of aiding private enterprises or inr dustries is robbery pure and simple book every vestige of protective laws I wlifali mnlra nidvafa iroln vii a niiTllA' I which make private gain out of public loss It is not enough that good men should not steal the property of others and he accepted the responsibility like I muster roll should be told the story of a man conscious of the rectitude of his I dishonor -v purpose' and feelingtliat the indignity 1 The fatal taomont arrived but just ns he was about to place upon ills com-1 the' command was given to fire a broth-manding officer was but an act of jus-1 er officer who was apparently standing tice to his comrades It was but a sim- Carelessly near threw hlsarms around pie request signed by all the officers his comradeand bore him to the earth lard causrtPThe death of one of the in- tontes- Erery unipn printcrt in Racine -Is oaj Thej-proprietor refuse to accept he union scale Joseph Wallace aged G3 years died i JanesviileJ 1 lie was a well-known rcon jributor to magazines Louis Arnoldt an Ean jChiire youth iractured his knee cap while coasting isviH'be crippled forlife Benjamin liRoscnburg an Eau: Claire 'nerchant has becn in jail there several aionths for icontempt of court in refusing testify aslto the whereabouts of $20-)00 worth oi goods Roscnburg thinks it-is cheaper to stay in jail thando as the bids hSin I Ludwig Luecke one pf the oldest and bcst known! residents oUeboygan Conn--ty died at his home in 'the towhof IIer ainn- through the effects of a cancer Mr 'Luecke was1 several times elected to the of chairman of the Town Board of the town in Which ho lived i Mrs Bryant wlfe of Coj 1 Itry ant lexdepartment commander A IL! died La Crosr from "hervous disorder resulting from fright A burglar entered tho house and stood besidd her bed i with a revolver several months ago andthU iivas the rousof the disovdep Nick' a character of Center Outagamie County whose real- name i unknown and who is hailed as has been declared iiisaiie-aud was taken to tlje Northern' insaue asylum When ta into custody he resisted Violently and give the officers a hard fight The health department served-notice on the Wisconsin Electric Medical College of Milwaukee to discontinue or i its officers will be prosecuted The institution Is conductedby Frederick Rutland D- and by MrsJ A Neve Rutland who Lord diplomas fror the Illinois Health University and Who were refused a license to practice in Milwaukee It agreed to furnish diplomas to' graduates for $00 giving them thje right to praetice medicine and it was stated at 'the-college that a diploraa coqld bc-aecuro'd by studying COUl for three kveeks A fire difficult fo'fight was discovered in the-building of the Sheboygan Cold Storage Company Tlie damage' to tlio building Will be slight compared to thv loss on the contents from damage by Water These included over 10000 boxes of cheese vial ued at $60000 owned by ilart Co of New York and Peacock iBrpthers pud Peter Baltz The Landretn Seed Company of Manitowoc had 11000 Scares of canned peas stored and with! the butter eggs and other products inside! the contents will' foot up in 1 value to $190000 all of which is sen Qusly damaged The insurance it is thought jwijl cover the loss 1 1 The city of Superior is to have a new water supply to take' the place of tliat-now pumped out of Lake Superior which it is alleged is during the months when the lakej is not frozen over unhealthy -and impure Preliminary steps (6 annul the franchise of tae Water Light and Power Company have been taken Early last summer the water company dug ar test well on Minnesota point and the water of the lake jwns allowed to filter through the 4- chemical analysis was fun dd to be free from impurities The company has just let the contracit for the putting In of a new system of filtration to be completed by next June Thje experiment Is being watched with interest by sanitary! engineers 'I' 1 I The breach of promise ''suit- Belle A jery of Fond du lac against 12 vans a real estate dealer of Mar-: shalltowp la will come up at the Janu-' ary terni of the Superior Court in Marshalltown The plaintiff sues for $5000 damages) tZviring the past few weeks there was female detective in Fond dn Lac evidently in the interest of Ithe defense- Thcf wqmah was in the jeity for two weeks qt lcast i-It is understood that attorneys for Mr Evans were in thejeity and made a proposition tiv1 set jle The offer was! refused and the" case will come to trial' (len Brag who is the attorney for the yquijg woman Baya' that she has a ig ca very strong! cdse against the Iovya man and he thinks she will secure damages Perhaps the greatest inland fight evqr waged against illegal fishing had its seat Lake Winnebago and surrounding-waters the 'past summer and the results of the campaign were made known by CaptW-: C- Johnston game -warden in his report to' the State Department On his appointment Capt Johnston chartered the steam launch Cora' and from early June un(il ihe ice covered the Waters in Noyember'she was out nearly every flight During that time -he seized and confiscated 273400 linear feet of gill nets each net being from five to fiftejen feet deep iri the water These represent more than fifty miles of nets He also took from the 'water and destroyed more than 310000 feet of set lines to which were attached about 150000 hooks: and a large number of hoop yets' A series! of exprimehls which cessful will increase several fpld the magnitude of the wood pulp manufacturing business which have for some time been under way in the Fox rivet valley For several months James Conley of the Manufacturing Investment Company Jhas been quietly conducting eiperiments with fa view to discovering some process' for immediately and without addil tonal ex-pense for collecting by increasing the! therefore plain He must resist the ag-tax on beer and that It cannot be had! gresslon on his rights must refuse tb immediately by Imposing duties to in- allow others to Steal from him and crease the prices of their clothing If must join in wiping from the statute pn The duty of every honorable man is Mr committee lias nothing LAffnM 4a 'AfUfti iliAtl ilia MiTvIfiloV ITAnl better to offer than the McKinley wool schedule and double prices for cloth-1 lng the people will understand the mat-1 ter perfectly and lnjprove the opportunity to Express their opinion of the Republican policy of forcing McKinley-Ism back upon the country when they go- to the fcoll8 next November They will cause1 it to be understood that the new tariff is impregnable in so far as it I I mandment Is 'a departure from the McKinley system of licensed robbiery Yants Fre Refined Sugar The wicked Cobden Club is at it rigaifl Its dark designs against Amerl JUAUUC1 VI by the i jr-'r' ITEMS OF INTEREST IN BADGER-' DOM ilorf ibe rrcUlcnment of wo 'Men in lhe Majrvillo Blast State Treaanrer Death of a Fa mo as Methodist Preacher Deadly Steam Bath (Qhartes Clifford nhd an unknown man WerA terribly scalded while making repairs in a boiler at the works the May-ville blast furnace The mien were inside the boilers when in- some manner steam was turned on with shocking effect The men -presented a terrible sight when taken 'front the boiler and were almost: unrecognizable Clifford was removed to his home-and medical aid summoned He suffered terrible agony and' the doctors say he cannot survive The unknown! man is doings well and will probably re-i cover although: his ace wiirbe scarred for life- IPtate PinanCcs The balance sheet showing thereon of the State treasury on: Jal 1890 ha been completed by Treasurer Peterson and is as -n: I Disbursements for -December: General fund 93 School fund V' 440 00 School fund income -1 01 Normal schoolfund income! -671 70 University Jtund income 224-15 23 Agricultural-College fund in --V f- come V- L03 drainage fund 30135 17 Balance Receipts X443C9 09 205363 37 24717722 102555 24 1 $42102 5 11428 45 41149 15 10090 83 8300 88 1815308 0742 SO Disbursements Balance Condition of funds: Genera fund School fund School fund income University fund Agricultural collcRe fund Normal school fuudV Drainage fppd Indemnity fund Delinquent tax Deposit fond Redemption fund St Croix dep fund: Wis It IL Co Columbia and Sauk Allotment 30 fund 996 10 10810 S7 o4i 240 99 j40S 02 4513 57 3911 22 910 34 sdsss Normal school fund income' overdrawrn 20 Balance on hand: '102555 24 -''I Elder Stow? la Dead i Rev 'Stowc a prominent member of tbe Methodist Episcopal Church- and for many years a presiding elder of the Wisconsin conference died Sunday afternoon of apoplexy at his residence in Chicago Rev William Page Stowe tvas born in Haverhill N' IL 1832 he was yet a boy his parents removed to Wisconsin and after receiving primary education in the town where hey lived and in Milwaukee he entered Lawrence University at Appleton Wiss graduating in 185 He occupied several mportaut pulpits until but a few years aterhe was made presiding-eider of the: iWisconsin conference which he had join- ed some time previous This position he: retained until in 1880 he was made agent of tlie Western Methodist Book Concern1 Chicago Four years ago he was again! ado elder of the conference for tha Osh- kosh district which statioheheld at the! time of his death He wim'wtoo elected the head of the delegation from' the "Wisconsin conference to the general Method- st conference which meets at Cleveland Ohio next May led the delegation threa'times prior to his election this time ko In the district for which' het was elder he had under him about" thirty charges1 Before entering the book concern he was! elder qf-the Milwaukee and Janesville districts In 1858 he married Grace Bond daughter of ET Bond who died onl jr recently BilParyest of Bullheads --'7 Bearer Da in is harvesting itigreatest of bullheads -The work is carried oh in a very systematic manner and none of the fish are wasted There are a number df springs where the bullheads throng in ldrge-numbers Two large holes a r4 cut in the ice in one a crib of slats i built to receive the fish as' they are caught: One of these holes sometimes contains tons of fUh The fish aredipped out oi1 the other hole -As' soon'! as the hole is cut in the ice fish begin to flock there1 In great numbers sticking their heads out of the water hpparently waiting to! be' lifted out This dipping is continued" all day and the supply shows no 'signs yet of giving -out Near by -is a shanty where several men are engaged in 'skinning the bullheads 'Whidr is a sight to see Con stant practicCrha made the mep so skillful that one man will sometimes dress at 'many' as fifteen' in one minute Ten is a good average r-This work also goes on das and night The 'dressed fish are packed into sugar barrels' which bold 300 and 400 poqndseachaifd are shipped daily to the city markets- Actionis Legal At the last" meeting of the Rock ty -Board of Supervisors it was voted cut the fees for officers and magistrate! for the arrest and prosecution of tramps' etc one-half This more was held tq illegal -by the officers and a test suit wa talked of but a case has been found where the Supreme Court passed npod this point declaring that the County Boar I had nich authority The resolution wa i passed to prevent the offenders' and jut-tices from making a buariuess of tram 1 i Uinor Stfitettsttera Mrs Classen sged 74' yean died at her home in Sheboygan 1 Thd Chippewa C-ounty insane asyluBi has been completed it cost $65000 -Z- -John Clark' agrVd 80 years died a) Watertown ne was 'a native of Irelatb and came to America in 1845 A wif i and four children survive 1i Ex-City Clerk Joseph Wallace died a Janesville aged 63 For fifty years was a resident of Janesville Williams? of Milwaukee 'mil death while walking upon a 'rail wa i bridge passenger train striick hiu throwing him over the bridge into'tht 1 river'-" la Crosse has had a fair degree of pro perity during 1895 its rerent buildiri and others permanent improvemenl I amounting to $775490 divided as fo-lows 1 Factories stores churches etc $471146 hew dwellings' $246450 add ItumtAVAvnottla QGA 2 improvemrots' $57900 i I jr 7 i 1 r- t-' -1 7: v- -'t -v iV v- II 'I 'J- can Industry are once more exhibited tills time In an assault on the very cita- and 'member of Congress Lancaster-enlisted as a private soldier but ad vanced' through the noncommissioned grades to a commission and was made au UUiyUUUaiEMTUlUik luauff I 1 vivuituvj iu tiAAiC I United 8tates some tUlrtyda theJSS reton'edtd bta home though' not: yeareago before Tim horror of the ar approach of death the hand of I-ncaster never missed Us executioners and the fut La ther horrors of that dismal prison had mradesAnd respected by Usofflcers ola ntn Mltl Hc wa j0 longer the SSn g94 light-hearted sojdler but there weft I scars upon his heart and soul that could Every soldier will appreciatctHe: position' in -which Ien Lanstewas placed when he reads the story Which follows Every one knows how detestable a petty tyrant can become when pany late Union Railway eastern division 1440000 Central branch Union Pacific Railroad Company late la the chair a new presentation 'of the case had to be made before Lancaster become a fit subject for executive clemency but in time he was freed itive and lli never be effaced' -What he suffered! In hat loathsome prison will probably never be known from him: for it is a subject on wlilcit he never speaks not even to his most' of the regiment asking the' Colonel of the regiment to resign for the good of the service They were embarked in- a common cause but the request had to be placed in the hands of the Colonel by' one of their number They knew what would probably be the penalty but they-did' not shrink from what" they considered their duty To carry out that duty' they drew lots for the puf-' pose and it feli upon Len Lancaster to perform' He accepted the responsibll- Ity and like tUe hero who leads the or- 0Ht forth Wltli SOldiCrly bearing to certain death Len Lancaster went out into the war of the rebellion from Eau Claire with the Second Wisconsin Cavalry one of the most gallant of the gallant Badger regiments It was led to the field by that brave soldier Cadwallader Washbum afterwards a major general and subsequently Governor of the State dressed inv litde brief authority can appreciate the feelings of the "officers and men of the Second Cavalry when they came under the control of a com manding officer according to their story was such a man Under CoL Washburn and his immediate successors in the command of the regiment they had nothing to complain of in this respect but when liter In their term after the lcksburg campaign the reg iment came under the command of Lieut Col Dale' there was friction- Col Dale In the opinion of tlie members of the regiment was anoverbear-ing martinet When he became un bearable the officers bf the regiment united in a written petition demanding that he resign rand leave the service That done it became necessary to have the document presented tothe CoioueL As gentlemen and officers they could not afford to adopt the expedient to avoid initial responsibil Ity as to sighing neither conld they ilol of protection As everybody knows I Cipal and Interest on the first of Janr the only safeguard for ourlpfant Indus- tiary'Was a total of $3680000 of the tricVis the Protective Tariff League I principal sum issued in aid of tha fol-an organization of kind-hearted unsel-1 lowing railroads: fish noble-minded citizens who purely Central Pacific Railroad $l600000 out of love for their fellow-men devote Kansas Pacific Railway Com bytliie side of their newly made graves they were blindfolded -and caused to kneel upon their coffins while the regiment-was draurn up pii three sides of a hollow- square abput! them to witness the 'execution and-learn therefrom -the lessons of obedience to the army-regulations Without a'hlnt of the reffVIove to sustain him gallant Lon' La nfrdster fir8t fared without a qulvprlie long line of the comrades who had ridden at his side on many a long march and into many a sweeping charge then accepts ed the bandage and knelt upon the cof- fin-ready for the firing squad of his own comrades tb send his soul forth to' join those who had fallen in honorable battle while opposite his name on the While the bullets hurtled past taking in their couree-the two unfortunates who were left to staffer the penalty while Lancaster was unharmod Then his eyes were freed from their bandage and the story of his reprieve was told The President in his kindness of heart had commuted the sentence to life Imprisonment at -the Dry Tortugas a place scarcely less dreaded than death itself though there was still the hope of ultimate pardon Lancaster was transported to his place of imprisonment and after the lapse of two years President Lincoln's successor Andrew Johnson! completed the work Of mercy which would have been completed much sooner yithout doubt had not the great Lincoln himself fallen by the bulletTof-the assassin before tae time came when he could himself do it with safety to- the' morale of the service1 With a new President intimate associates neither does he njention the unfortanate" affair In "any of Its aspects But- hla comrades In arms speak for him and! with one vok-e they declare that he was made a martyr to the cause-of truth and Justice Gen Object Lesson remembf a former surgeon In the 'dConf ederate army' on: Ma-i hone! as he appeared before Petersburg in 1S04 and 1S65 lie was already famous throughout the army for his lng qualities for life peppery temper and for his many -eccentricities My duty as surgeon took me frequently past his headquarters and one morning saw Mahone pacing solemnly up and down in front of his tent while a negro man sat in the doorway gorging himself with! fresh baked biscuit I turned to an: officer who was looking on at some little- distance! and asked the meaning of the strange performance at teristic of the eccentric but determined little man who lilt upon this strange method of 8he Benienbered Him A little romance of the war was ap- 1 propriately rounded out at Harlem Courthouse1 Kyr a' few days ago Tn 1802 -a -fine yoimg fellow of 17 named Jesse -Baker a Confederate was woupdedln a skirmish near that place and vas left bjrhis -command--at mountain cabin owned by John Cai-leen a bushwhacker who was helping the Yankees -John and his wife were absent -and their 13-year-old daughter Nannie- was at home She cared for the wonnded boyr pursed hiiin through a sickness" and fell In love with hini during that time But Baker went away forgot Nannie" and at the close of the war inarrh another girl Ills wife died A little while ago he moved to Harlem County I 'where he discovered benefactress Nannie and found she was a widow A few days ago they weremarried Berlin is said to be the healthiest cil In the world i J7 I I i i -1 1 I i I I 1 -H i Tl -i i ha ve the document reach its destination I the negro had baked a pan qf sobr and (mM MW A WM AW Al it 11' 1 £1 I tent1 Tlien catfie the explanation that Atchison and Peak Rail- road Company- assignee of the Hannibal and St Joseph Railroad Company -These roads were to have inade good their indebtedness to the government but the have not done so This Is but 640000 small part of the grand total which is over $125000000 But Uncle Sam has to pay it There are notwithstanding this lesson persons in the United States who believe' it entirely proper for the government which is a pauper because it subsists only on the taxes wrung from the people to encourage private enterprises with its credit with substantial land donations and in any other way that adventurers may suggest Among the various schemes contemplated by persons ready to raid the national treasury is a contribution to the' Nicaragua "canal scheme for 'the benefit of Warner Miller and politicians of his class We may expect Just such legislation at the present Congress In behalf of the Nicaragua carnal scheme as the A MM A A Congress of lS62 and 1864 during: the i war period when the distress of the country was great! made in behalf of the selfish scoundrels who manipulated the Pacifies From a Bnalnesa Standpoint So damaging to all trade would be another general tariff discussion that many expressions of anxiety on the subject have reached! the Dry Goods Economist from-both sides of the v'V'-'''' Unless however the logic of the situation and signs of the times' are equally at fault nothing bo disturbing as a new tariiff will be seriously proposed by this' Congress In i the first place there is not time" Intakes many months to formulate a new law and talk it through to an agreement In both houses and months more must elapse before It can be put Into operation and just now the grqat necesfsity is for a speedy Increase in the revenues Again such a tariff law as would alone satisfy Republican traditions and make It worth their political while to give business a paralysis would probably: betoo highly protective to have the desired effect on the revenues in which case it could never get by the Dry Goods Economist' ft Moens of Brussels has spent $200000 In collecting stamps groat deal of money to teaching the people that high taxes are a blessing nd increased commerce an" evil The tories published in Democratlc papers the effect that the League la a gang or selfish boodlers' who are engaged in fooling the public so that they ctin get rich tariff legislation are riot by those who da not know the facts aid in its good work of loving mankind the League publishes ah organ called the American Economist probably because its editors know nothing of political economy This paper Is de-votedHo thq expression of trade-hating Sentiment was an ardent defender of tlie late McKinley tariff and urgently advocates its restoration So learned and logical was its exposition of trade prohibition doctrines that the secret emissaries of the Cobden Club deter- mined to destroy it at all hazards A plot was fonned and several tons of yellow British gold Imported for the purpose of corrupting the Jionestfhen who stood as hv bulwark between tlie American people andthe opportunity to purchase cheaier and better goods The villainous: scheme of the bold bad CobdenIte8 seems 'to have been only too successful For in its issue of November 29th theEconomist renoun- ces McKlnleyism as applied to an Im-Ivortant Industry and declares in favor of free trade in refined sugar refined sugar and protection -for domestic beet 'sugar 'will kill the sugar trust The sugar trust is a public nuisance an excresence abhorrent to free Americanism -1 Clearly this is the work of British gold' Else how would a staunch pro- tection paper be found advocating free trade in Are our great sugar refineries to be subjected to the competition- of the foreign refiners? Must the highly paid (in the minds of Republican orators) workmen employed by tiie protected sugar trust have their wagesut down by free trade in sugaT? If free sugar will kill the sugar trust would not free rails kill steel rail combine or free glass the window glass trust? That an organ of the Chinese policy of prohibiting foreign trade should fa-vor free refined sugar is ridiculous There are only two explanations possible- One! is that ithe organ lias been bribed by foreign gold The other Is that its editor has discovered the troth of'tlio Democratic claim that free trade in the products controlled trusts Will kill those monopolies In ither case it is evident that protcc I In any other way than through the heavy biscuits for breakfash'anj Ma hands: of one of their number The I hone by way of an object jesiroh had army-regulations made It a capital get the cook down to eat aU 'of his offense for an officer to insult hls supcl product The negro ate away as fajit rior as' heinous an offense as treason I ag- ppsglbe: Mahone kept np lil Itrelf The officers knew! this but they patroi untti the last biscuit had disaji-J Knowing that the one I peared The performance wascharae did not hesitate making ordinary sulphite fibre pulp fire- "1 -proof foreseeing that if such process could be discovered it would open up a new field for using an immense Quantity of the for roofing and sheathing for buildings- Mr Conley has not been -wholly satisfied with any fire-proofing process which has been brought to his attention The best results however bare been secured with samples of fiber treat- cd by a seqret process The 'treatment is in the nature of a bath in which roe fiber is placed and after being dried it is ready for use In experiments made with it it was found that when held for: a considerable time in a flame the fiber -would char with the formation of ood i deal of smoke but could not be made to burst into flame The process will be perfected before details are made public Abram Parker! fell from his chair at Janesville and died of heart-disease jlle was 78 years old and a former well- 1 i known manufacturer 1 The eases of the State against tJoe! Swift and Armour packing" companies: foitbo sale of oleomargarine wa taken ujr in the municipal court at West SuperiorTh Armour agent who was arrested changed his plea of not guilty to guilty hud was fined $50 and costs The Swift! Packing Company will fight On account of tho non-arrival of the 'representative of the State Dairy amyFoad Commissioner the 'Vt' case was adjoi who shonld present the petition would go with his life in! hisother hand they had recourse to lots to detenhine which one of their number should suffer for the good of the rest and of tlie serviqp The number fell to Lieut Len Lancaster and It war accepted by him without a murmur though his feelings can well be imagined After giving a -brief interTarto i preparation the gallant soldier pulled hlm- self together and with a firm and unr faltering step marched to the quarters as though stepping to the sound of the drum and there unflinch- ingly presented: the -petition his owi death warrant He was Immediately arrested for vlplatlon-of the articles of -war A court-martial was convened by the division Commander without delay and Lancaster was arraigned and as a matter of courise convicted of one Of the: gravest -offenses against military discipline lie was sentenced to be shot and but a brief time intervened between the-day of sentence and' tlie time- fixed for the execution" i th-out hope the doomed mail began bis preparations for the endVXo man saw asd ik 1 4 Vj vT 4 'I cr i ufieba.