Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-06-03


the Distlling and Cattle Feedin-
pany in course today. Those WI, ol-
in consultation are Messrs. Gro, 1ie
Beggs, Hobart, Green. Freiber, ~
messy and Norris. That it is an IN, --sL'
ant session is evident in the fgcr ~
recent sensational developments sr,, VI
may reasonably be deemed the -
important of its kind that the or,,a-.
cation has ever seen. A sixth 60
was added to the complication NJ
terday afternoon. This in the form :.
demand in writing from Ne
Corning, of Cleveland Ohio, for ran+aI
alleged to be due on aecouut of ~
Monarch distlllery. The recent of ,bi-
demand was promptly acknowladga5
on behalf Of the company by Preston,
Greenhut, who takes the ground tbgt
no rent is due. On June 3, 1892. vvri+to-
notice was served ON Mr.. CORNING Inv
the Distilling and Cattle Feeding car1
pany that the original valuation an
which the lease rentals We're based ba7
expired by natural limitation. Tho fv,
years of its contract existance hayir,
run out. He was informed that me-
company or trust or whatever the fam
cy of the individual reader chooses do.
sired revaluation, ard was ready IN
name its appraisers with a view IN
speedily settling the new rental basis
Mr. Corning was requested to select
his appraisers, but he did not do 80
Several times since then similar dA.
mands were made, but without elicit.
ing any practical response. The re.
valuation never materialzied, not Inv
virtue of any failure on the part Of
the company to facilitate the process
but solely insofar as the Monarch dis.
tillery is involved, through Warren
Corning's neglect The company nm.
nounces its willingness to pay every
cent Of rental to date as soon as the
valuation is adjusted.
Late in the afternoon of yesterday
WIN Rich. local representative Of the
Monarch, served a notice of canella.
ton Of lease similar in form to the
written announcements made by the
five original seceders. This, too, was
rompdy acknowledged, and in response
President Greenhut served notice that
the lease is not subject to cancellation
Such being the case any attempt to
interfere with the operation Of the
Monarch Distilery or any loss due to
such interference will be directly charg-
ed TO Warren Corning, and he was ac-
cordingly informed that he would be
held individually responsible. He was
further notified that no interference, di.
rect or indirect, in the control of the
distillery would be tolerated and all
damage or loss would render him La
BILE to the stockholders and officers Of
the company to whom his house was
sold utright and paid for six years
ago This then, is the exact relation
of the Monarch Distillery to the COM
plication.
Sam Woolner and his associate wreck
ers wallow in the glory Of the Monarch
withdrawal, if such indeed it can Ia
any sense be termed. but the odds in
The race are heavily against them.
Cheir actions and attitude create sus-
picion which time serves to irritate and
foment The MYSTERIOUS alamities which
seem on the surface to Overtake the
trust are coming too thick to be the
result of accident, They seem infected
with the poison of design There arr
facts commencing to leak out that give
the affair Il sable tint Here are few
of the factors:
It seems that IN alleged failure to
pay rental on leased grounds is the
basis of the so-caIled secession. This
failure is very singularly discovered
shortly after the time for the regular
stipulated reyaluation provided for III
the original contracts. The revalua-
ton failed TO materialize, not because
of the companys action but because
the owners of the leased ground failed
to name or select their appraisers.