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ALL OVER THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN BADGER
DOM.
Girl Killed by Mistake
Nearly Cost Two Lives-County Of.
fetal Found Not Guilty-German's
Queer Method of Suicide.

Rica Staggemyer, aged 90, while on
her way to the rubber works in La Crosse,
where she was employed, was struck by a
Chicago and Northwestern locomotive.
She was thrown 100 feet through fence,
and with such force that the fence was
broken. The body was terribly bruised
and mangled and her skull crushed. A
sister and two other girls, who were with
her, were unhurt. Miss Staggemyer at
tempted to cross the track ahead of the
train, but slipped and fell. Her home
was at New Albion, Iowa.
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Freed from an Ugly Charge.

The case of the State of Wisconsin VS..
Charles NJ. Simons, charged with the en-
beZzle}aent Of county funds, came to an
end al Mansion when a verdict Of not
guilty was returned. The jury was out
but ten minutes. Charles M. Simons has
been county clerk of Adams County for
the last fourteen years, and change of
venue was taken to Juneau County.
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Took the Wrong Medicine.

Mrs. Myron Tower and young daugh-
ter had terrible experience at Beloit, in
taking poison by mistake. Mrs. Tower
and the child took what they supposed was
a dose of dandelion extract. Shortly af-
forwards they began to feel very sick and
Mr.. Tower went to drug store to inves-
tigate the character of the medicine they
had taken. On his return he found his
wife and child unconscious and their faces
distorted with agony. Physicians worked
over them all night and it is believed both
will recover. 1t is said that they took
belladonna.
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Cattle Drop Dead.

AT Cataract, peculiar and fatal dis
ease has made it's appearance among cat
tie and is raging in that vicinity with Sc
rious losses to stock growers. When first
affected, the animal begins to tremble and
suddenly grows stiff-death following
within ten hours. 1t was first believed
the trouble was caused by feeding bad
corn, but cattle stall fed from other ma
terial are similarly affected.
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Dose of Poison.

On returning home from his work the
other night, George Darlington of Sparta
found that his wife had left the house and
taken all of the furniture with her. Be
ing determined to put an end to his do
nestle troubles he committed suicide by
taking Trough on Rats
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Points to Fou1 PLAY.

The dead body of August Erickson, who
has considerable property in West ST.
perior, was found at Two Harbors, Mimi.
in the rear of building. Examination Of
the remains and other developments show
that the man probably met with foul play.
He had $3.50 ON his person the night be-
fore, which could not be accounted for.
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Little Girl Rurned to reath.

At Cranberry Center, while Mrs. A. S.
Outcalt was preparing dinner the house
caught fire by kerosene flames. A 4-year-
old daughter who was playing upstairs
could not be reached, the smoke and
flames driving Mrs. Outcalp back. Inside
of ten minutes the house tumbled in. The
charred remains of the little girl were
found in the debris after the fire.
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Laid His Head on the Track.

Carl Henry Otto Garting, about 40
years of age, placed his head on rail Of
the Chicago and Northwestern track in
Milwaukee and held it there while a
freight train ran over his neck, decapitat-
ing him. Garting left a long letter In
German, addressed to the chief of police
of Helm, Germany, in which he tells the
story of his troubles and his determine
ton to end his life. He was evidently
insane
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CHAPTER TX.

The air under the pines was balmy. Eve
carried her straw hat on her arm, nuns
by its blue ribbons. She needed ITS snei-
ter in the wood no more than IN her faeh-
er's hall.
She came to brook, drihblinG and
tinkling on its way through moss and over
stone. Yhe path was fringed with blazing
marigolds. Eve had already picked some,
she now halted and brimmed the extern
porized basket with more Of the golden
flowers.
Suddenly a flash OF vivid golden light
broke before her, the trees parted. and
she stood on the Raven Rock. precipice
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Chumps- What one half the people In
the world are working the other half
for.
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NHAPrER VII.

IN0Sa - IT In VII.
e2sd lyr "I.1S' scientific pursuits" soft
hath: ba 4, ~ Gan, Jasper spoke in good
Pursuits ~" 40 Idea how worthless those
iierel i9.o :, : now little true science en-
daa n95 tJ 'nem' He knew that Mr.. Jor-
Supposed ,, neurological studies, and he
UNn, ,1SE We're we'll directed.
lie TO do what you WILL" said
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i Superior, where In an endeaVOr to get rlch
| as fast as possible he got into trouble.
Judge Vinie sentenced him to one year in
| the State prison at Waupun, giving him
the lightest possible sentence under the
| law because of his services in the late
war.
At Beaver Dam the special accommoda-
ton freight train collided with a freight
| train bound in the same direction. The
accommodation was going at fast rate,
and struck the caboose of the other train
with considerable force, knocking it on
| one end and lifting it to the top of the fat
| cars to which it was attached. There
were three men in the caboose. William
Owens of Randolph, John Ousten of Fox
Lake and William Cogswell of Beaver
DAM The first two were unnjured, but
| Cogswell was badly bruised about the
head and chest, while one of his legs was
| cut and wrenched. The engineer of the
accommodation" jumped when he saw
| what was coming.
! A distressing accident occurred at the
home Of Andrew Hornick, farmer living
three miles east of Marshfield The f.
| year-oid child, Katherine, while playing,
| fell into a wash boiler of boiling water.
| The child died after a few hours Of in
| tense suffering.
DIR. C. l.. Remington of Eau Claire has
won big victory over the Detroit Dent
| list Manufacturing Company in the Su-
preme Court of Wisconsin. About two
years ago the company brought an action
| against the doctor on a promissory note.
| He defended on the ground of want Of
| consideration
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-01-20

Robert c. Lee was the youngest son OF
Henry Leo He was born at Stratford on the
Potomac, Westmoreland county, Virginia,
on January 70, 1897! His mother was Ammo
Hill Carter, daughter Of Mr.. Charles Carter,
OF Shirley, OH the james river His father
was twice married, first to Miss Lee and then
to Miss Carter, a Virginia aristocrat of the
blucst Of blood.
History knows Robert Z. Lee as the soldier;
only his friends knew him as the man--the
Christian gentleman. Perhaps no man ever
had surer claim to that title than he. In lis
civil, social and domestic re ations-as citi-
gen. friend, husband, father and instructor Of
the young-ho without flaw stain. He
never stopped to EleanneSs. One Of his
biographers said Of him. "A broad, unsophis-
ticatsd, childlike, msd!.oval nature was his,
Infinitely upLfted, Gloriously enlightened by
modern culture, and all the graces and amen
tiles Of true Christian diSciDieship. His
virtues, like lis religion, were of large, SIM
pic, antique mold"
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JACKSON AND LEE AT COLD HARBCR
of cannon and the rafting Of musketry q
mighty cheer arose. The words jackson,
Jackson" ran along the lines, "in shout so
wild and triumphant" says one who was
present, that it rolled across the woods and
reached the ears of the Federal army" The
same soldier. who can write as well as fight,
has written this dramatic description Of the
very dramatic event, the meeting between
Lee and jackson that Immediately took place.
Jackson was riding raw boned sorrel with
his knees drawn up by the short stirrups. his eyes
peerng out from be meath he low rim OF his pad
ded cap; there was absolutely nothing about him.
save the dingy stars his collar. indicate his
rank. Lee on the contrary. was clad in a neat
Uniform, without decorations, rode az excellent
and carefully s-oomcd horss AMI eery detail OF
his person every movcni.Et OF the erect and
southern army revealed his elevated character,
the consciousness Of command. a species OF moral
and official grandeur. both Of which it wGS i'm
possible to mistake. The Almighty had made
both these human beiosss truly i,reai; to ouly one
Of them had He given the sliditke2i grace OF
looking grea.
"Ah. general" said Lee, grasp-Ls Jackson 3
hand. Il am very glad 70 yeu. I hoped 70
have been with you before
jackson saluted and returned TIE rs's1re u
that hand OF who's ownsr he sill lie II .
p..c :.orleuOp; b i the only I.!-I eo'i fDIp"
tLnGicId-" Cen Lee tleu boxed .!.n cnxseJ
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Lees ancestry dates back to pure Nor
man blood, and his American ancestors were
distinguished men from the first Richard Lee,
who came over to Virginia in the reign Of
Charles as secretary to the colony and mem
Der Of the kings privy council
His father, Gen. Henry Lee CLight
Horse Harry'D, was three times chosen
governor OF Virginia, and he represented
Wcstmoreland in the Virginia conven-
ton which ratified the Federal Constitution
after a severe struggle, in which Patrick
Henry used his eloGuence to defeat it. He
was writer us we'll as q revolutionary soldier,
who during the revolutionary war command
ed Lees legion, under Gen Greene, In the
southern department Of the United States,
and wrote his Memoirs" Of that war. He
delivered the funeral Grafton Of Gen. Wash
ington in congress, and the resolutions
he drew up on this occasion contained these
celebrated words: First In war, first in peace,
0rst in the hearts of his countrymen."
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for marking out the boundary line between
Ohio and Michigan. A year later he was
made first lieutenant, and in July, 1888, cap
tain Of engineers In 1859 he was sent to
improve the navigation Of the Mississippi at
st. Louis and to open passage for the river
ut the Des Moines rapids. There was danger
that the Mississippi would cut channel on
the Illinois side, which would have proved the
death of st. Louis, commercially. Lee con-
ceived and executed a plan which averted
this danger.
Capt Leo was sent to Fort Hamilton, in
New York harbor, and while there, in 1874,
was appointed one of the board Of visitors to
the West Point academy. Many OF the letters
written to his family during those years have
been preserved and published. All show that
the busy engineer was ever the loving,
thoughtful husband and father Page after
page was written to his children, expressing
bis love for them, and reminding them OF
their duties to each other and to their mother.
To his boys he wrote repeatedly in these and
similar words: on must take great care OF
your killd mother and dear sisters" And
again in lSA7. after the difficulties with Mex
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"a ali the best yesArs OF my life, and al tn
Gbihty I possessed" He had been a distin-
guished offlc.r in the Federal army for morv
than quarter Of q century, and 1t was con
fdently believed that he was destined to b
the successor Of Gen Scott, to whom he wa
devotedly attached. Hon. Montgomery Blair
was responsible for the statement that Presi.
dent Lincoln sent one of his cabinet to offer
him the command Of the army, and Gen.
Scott did al he could to influence him to 70
main, and said to him as he bade him fare
well: Lee, you have made the greatest
mistake Of your life; but feared it would Be
So"
In letter to his sister, written on the Goth
Of April, 1851, from his home at Arlington, he
wrote: with all my devotion to the Union,
and tho feeling of loyalty and duty Of IN
American citizen, have not been able to
make up my mind to raise my hand against
my relatives, my children and my home. !
have, therefore, resigned my commission In
the army, and, save in defense Of my native
state, with the sincere hope that my poor
services may never be needed, I hope I may
never b called on to draw my sword. ]
know you viii blame me; but you must think
as kindly Of me as you can. and believe that
have endeavored to do what thought right.
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eon Carter, then a s.u1ent at Cambridge. he
says: Robert, who was always good, viii Be
confirmed In his happy turn of mind by his
ever watchful aud atfectionate mother
"When Robert was II years old his
father died. From his excellent mother he
learned at this early age to practice self de-
NAL and self CONTROL well the strictest
economy IN all financial concerns, virtues
which he retained throughout his life.
"This good mother was great invalid one
Of bis sisters was delicate, and many years
absent in Philadelphia under the care Of
physicians. The oldest son, Carter, was at
Cambridge, Sidney Smith in the navy, and
the other sister too young to oe OF much aid
In household matters SO Robert was tho
hopsekeeper, attended to the marketing, gave
the orders and took care Of his mothers
horses
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Sco had eliminated In . declaration Of hostnQ-
ties and Capt Lee was assigned to the central
army In Mexico, as chief engineer under
Gen. Wool, be writes to his soLs: II shall
not feel my long separation from you, II
find that my absence has been of no injury to
you, and that you have both grown in good
ness and knowledge, as well as stature. But,
ah, how much will suffer on my return II
the reverse has occurred You enter into all
my thoughts, in all my prayers; and on you,
in part. viii depend whether l shall Be happy
or miserable, as you know how much love
you You must do all In your power to save
me pain"
Gen. Scott noted the young officers mill
tary genius and appointed him to position
on his personal staff. and always asked his
opinion In the council, and In SCOTS auto
biography he says: Il am compelled to make
special mention of Capt R. E Lee, engineer.
This ohcer greatly distinguished himself at
the siege Of Vera Cruz" And at Cerro
Gordo Cen Scott wrote: II am compelled
to mako special mention Of Capt. R. E. Leo,
engineer. This officer was indefatigable dur
ing these operations In reconnoissances, as
daring - lsboeious, and Of the utmost value.
Nor was b less conspicuous In placing bat
teries and IN conducting columns to their sta
tions under tho heavy fire Of the enemy"
It is said that when Gen. Scott was asked
whst was the most daring achievement OF
the war, he said, Lees crossing tho PedrlgaL"
The Pedri2al II q vast pathless field Of vol
canic rock lying between Cherubusco ard
San Augustin and south Of San Augustln
several miles. 1t was only passable by day
light with great peril, but Capt. Lee crossed
1t at night alone carrying a message from
Brig. Gen. Smith to Gen. Scott. In Scotts
own words, "The greatest feat Of physical
and moral courage performed by any indi-
vidual, In my knowledge, pending the cam
paign." Santa Anna was on the right and
Valencia on the left, and the slightest devia-
ton on bis part either way would have thrown
Capt. Lee into the hands OF one OF them He
had nothing to guide him on his way but the
direction Of the wind.
Lee was wounded at Chapultepec. He was
twice promoted for his services in Mexico.
In 1s47 he was breveted major for gallant
and meritorious conduct in the battle of Cerro
Gordo, and later was breveted lieutenant
colonel for bravery at Contreras and Cheru-
busco Years after Gen. Scott said: Leo is
the greatest military genius i'll America"
Superintendent ut West Point and Fight
ing Indians III Texas.
After the Mexican troubles wero over Col
Lee was appointed q member Of tho board OF
engineers and stationed at Sellers Point, neal
Baltimore. He was busy with the coustruc
ton Of Fort Calhoun until made superintend
ent Of the military academy ut West Point i!
1852, where be remained three years. During
his administration the course Of study wa:
extended to five years, end numerous i'm
provements were made lii tho ;scudeEly aEi
It's surroundings 1t was be who built tll>
fine riding hall, made the good read, tht
wharf and other irlDrOXcmCiltS.
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LEE AS COLLEGE PRESIDENT.
torch to Light the awful scene, the cir was
dense with smoke and thick with bullets and
she'll while the shouts Of the combatants, ths
rattle of muskctry and the roer Of artillery
made the scens terrific. The victory for the
Cenfederates was purchased at a fearful cost
the death Of jackson. "From that hour till
the end, says Emily Mason in her popular
Life Of Lee," ION Lee alone rested the burden
which only Jackson had been competent to
share"
BY the last Of June the whole Confederate
army was at Chambersburg. The two armies
gravitated to Gettysburg, and on July 9,
1863, were face to face, and then began the
memorable battle of history which ended In u
victory for the Federal army The Sd of July
dawned and they still confronted each other;
and the 9TH dawned OH Lees disrnantlcd army,
which retreated the next day. Col Free
mantle, who was present at the battle Of Get
tysburg, said OF Lee after the repulse:
II Longstreet's conduct was admirable, tiat
Of Gen Lee was perfectly sublime, H- was ID.
gagged in 1anyinE and eneouraf.nk the b bro broken
the stat quite alone, The whols OF his staff bcinx
engaged In q smiar manner farther to the rear.
His face which is always placid aud cheerful, did
not show signs Of tho siiSh.cs. dsaPRentmept
every soldier he met few words OF encourage:
ment Fsw failed to answer bis appeal and
saw many badly wounded men take OF their hats
and cheer him. He said to me: This has been .
expect always to gain victories" One Of his gem
erals coming up In great distress, lanenttnG the
state Of his brigade, Gen Leo shook lands with
been my fault 1t is thct have lost this fight.
and you must help me out Of it In the best way
you cSh-"
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pronounced over his body Row William y.
services Of the Episcopal church, Of which he
was q member. Here rests bis mortal part,
but where brave men aro gathered in the up
per world there will be found his soul
In May, 1890 the equestrian statue OF
Lee, by the celebrated French sculptor,
Mercie, was unveiled at Richmond In the
presence Of $1,000 confederate veterans.
who sent up mighty shout when Cen
eral Joseph 4. Johnston pulled the cord
holding the covering and exposed to vtsv
"Marse Bob' on his celebrated warhorse
Traveller.
The recumbent statue by Valentine, at
Lexington, unveiled in 1888, is a worthy
tribute to Virginia's greatest soldier:
The place Lee holds In the heart Of the
south has been fitly voiced by J. Linsday
Gordon Of Virginia in an address delivered
at Atlanta ia 1893 on Lees birthday. Re-
ferrinR to the belief in England that Ar
thur still lives. he said:
1--WE knowour southern Arthur shall
not come again. We believe his like shall
never come again to us until the end OF
time. But In our memories forever he
shall be the snow white chief and bis
kingdom IL the inner sanctuary OF our
hearta The walls OF the enchanted palace
tains of his native land, its dome the skies
above But the royal and released spirit
has passed eternally from the shadows Of
defeat unto the place OF victory. where,
We believe, the knowledge that his people
have struggled out Of darkness into this
radiant day can touch his high soul into
greater gladness even amid q SUPER
nal spkndor Of that city whc the Lord
God and the Lamb are the ligLt thereof" !"
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His Early Lifs and Education.

Miss Emily V. Mason, il her Popular Life
of Gen. Lee" thus speaks of his early life:
"W hen he was but 4 years old, his father re-
moved to Alexandria, the better to educate
his children, and there are many persons yet
living in that old town who remember him
at that early age. His childhood was as re-
markabls as his manhood for the modesty
md thoughtfulness Of his character, and for
the performances of every duty which de-
volved upon him Tho family lived on Cam
eron street, near the old Christ church, then
on Orinoco street, and nfterward in the houss
known as the parsonage.
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In 1885, when several now cavalry re%
ments we're organized, Col Lee was commits
stoned lieutenant colonel OF tie Second
airy, which was commanded by Col. Albert
Sidney Johnston, OF Confederate fame, WHO
was killed at Shiloh. This regiment fur
nished many officers Of high rank to both
armies during the late war, and produced
more generals than any regiment OF tho old
army. Gen. George II. Thomas, the beloved
"Pap Thomas" of the Federal army. and
johnson, Stoneman and Palmer, also Union
lists, and Herdee, Van Dorm, Kirby saith,
Hood, Field, Cosby. Fitzhugh Lee, Confed-
crates.
For several years this regiment was en-
gagged against tho Indians in Texas Col.
Lee was ever active, and in one Of the battles
distinguished himself.
In q letter to his wife dated ut Fort Brown,
Tex, Dec 81, 1856, speaking of President
Pierce's message, which had something TO say
about 'the efforts Of certain people at the
north to interfere with and change the do
nestle institutions of tho south" he writes:
There are few, l believc, in this enlight-
ened age, who will not acknowledge that
slavery as an institution isa moral and po-
litical evil in any country. 1t is useless to
expatiate on its disadvantages. think it is
@ greater evil to the white than to the black
race"
However, be went Oh to say that the enaan-
cipation Of the slaves would sooner result
from "the mild and melting Influence Of
Christianity than froI, tie storms and
tempest Of fiery controversy"
One OF Less officers who served with him
at this time has told how cons> irEtioi.sly Lie
made himself master Of every detail, never
risking the possibility Of ecti.l.; u-l,er ilnper-
feet knowledge Stern as Le VIZ, Ii matters
of duty, he attracted love ni:l co:ii 'cnce.
lie was q favorite OF children, u:td Ii: ,lan
ner toward them always Iuaie tA"il feel
happy and easy in LIS presence. Tie John
Brown insurrection at 1is;ri'er's Ferry was
the cause Of Lees recall to " ashinGto.,. lie
was ordered to take part i'll .upp.sssins it,
and reached the Ferry on October II, 1850.
In February, 1860, be was ordered to assume
the command of the department Of Texas, and
was stationed at San Antonio.