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of court life evidently gave Mrs. Mac.
Kay new ideas, for she made n pro-
nounced sensation by her beauty aud
was 10th to return to her native land.
Mr.. Mackay's life was always busy
and it came about that while be worked
the fascinating daughter Of his former
housekeeper sumptuously entertained
Washington society. Finally Mrs. Mac.
Kay began suit for divorce and. in 1890,
was granted a decree with S25, 900 year
" as alimony, the possession Of two
beautiful homes and also the custody of
their two sons Mr. MacKay made no
defense and by many was considered
too magnanimous because OF his quiet
acceptance of the decree.
six years later Count Won Bruening,
then n secretary of the German en-
bassy at Washington, came into Mrs.
MacKay's life. After two years they
became engaged. The marriage took
place In Washington the latter part Of
last April, the Count and Countess sail
ing at once to Constantinople, where
the former was stationed as a member
OF the German embassy. The Count
and Countess are now living in Berlin,
where the beauty and charm of the ac-
complished AUeerican are greatly adj
mired
As n wedding gift to the Countess,
Mr.. Mackay presented her check for
81 100000. He still devotes himself TO
business and has amassed an enormous
fortune.
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Neua of Minor Nnre

Poorman foundry company. PiQua, O.,
burned. Loss $4,000.
Mrs. Tanhe Writ, New York. gave
birth to bankruptcies. Three died
Man named Hartmann Was cured Of
plague in Honolulu by injection of serum.
Bodies of seven plague victims, Hon
olulu- were thrown On pyre and ere
mated.
Germany wants TO buy the two Philip
pine islands returned 10 Spain by the
United States
Tacoma, Wash. citizens refused To LET
city authorities Greet pesthouse in the
center OF the city.
Marcei-Hsbert. the colleague Of Paul
Deroulede. Paris. was found guilty aud
sentenced 70 i've years Punishment
Said that no punishment viii be or has
been inflicted on the Soudancse troops
who rebelled against their British off,
GERS.
Norwegian aud German sailing ship
owners are considering a proposition for
the establishment OF line Of sling ships
between Bremen and Chieago
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he directed against them. The 0utland-
ers paid .nine-tenths of the taxes and yet
had little or no voice in the government
All that is wanted by the 0utlaBders,
said Mr.. Hammond, is the establishment
of the principle that there shah be mo-
taxation without representation.
II Mr.. Hammond's opinion, the pres
ent strife was forced upon President
Kruger by his inability 10 longer con
troll the widespread conspiracy he had
built up against England. Dom Paul,
said Mr.. Hammond, was waiting for n
rupture between Great Britain aud
some other power when he would make
his effort to attain independence. For
many years the Beers were actively
pursuing n scheme OF conspiracy for
driving the English from South Africa
and were buying guns, building fortif
cations and hiring foreign officers in an
ticipation of conflict.
1t might be supposed that Mr.. Ham
mond was prejudiced in the matter in.
favor Of the English because of his
participation in movements against the
Beers, hut, he claims, this view of the
matter would be wrong He spoke as an
American, he said, and put the facts OF
the case plainly before his auditors.
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LadySmith Their retirement from Lady
smith, and their possible retirement from
Bloemfontein, yield great advantages to
the British invading columns, but both
moves were inevitable. With northern
Cape Colony free of Beers, Gen. Roberts
has three railroads at his service.
The retreat of the Beers in Natal viii
be less precipitate than in the Orange
Free State, because the former have the
mountains behind them and arc retiring
on positions which nature has made al
most impregnable. The Boer generals
must guard against a formidable attack
from Gen Roberts in the Orange Free
State, must resist the advance of Gen.
Butler toward Laing'S Neg and Van Rec
mems Pass, and must at the same time
strengthen their lines on the left To resist
a thanking movement through Zululand.
Withdrawal from the Tugesa and from
the Orange river to the mountain passes
and 10 Kroonstad win greatly shorten
and strengthen the Boer line of defense.
Their line will then tepresent two sides
of triangle. with the point on the Drak-
ensberg Mountains below Van Reenen'S
Pass. with one side line extending north
ward along the partially completed rail-
road 10 Kroonstad. and With the other
reaching along the mountains up 10 and
eastward Of Laing's Mex.
Kimberley was relieved after siege
Of l22 days and LadySmith after a. siege
of lis days. BY laying siege TO these
two points. both Of them Of great impor-
tance TO the British. the Beers practical
~ chose the fighting ground for the first
months or the war. 4 dozen engage
ments were fought for the possession OF
Kimberley. aud over twenty for the pos
session OF I4adySnlith.
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THE BADGER STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONClSELY
CONDENSED.
Prisoners Escape from a GAINESVILLE
Courtroom Hotel Man Arrested for
Murder Robbery of Freight Cars
Fair Dates Are Chosen.

Three prisoners from the Rock County
municipal court at Janesville escaped
The men were William Howe, John John
son and Thomas Terrell. They were ar
rested on the charge of robbing the post
Office at DE Kalb, H.. on the night of
Nov. {, 1899 Their escape was the most
dramatic affair ever witnessed in Wis
consin court For the lack of sufficient
evidence Justice l.. f. Patton ordered the
discharge of the prisoners. Then free
foT-all fight ensued for their possession.
United States Attorney Henry I Shell
don of Madison, P0stofiice Inspector Bird
of Milwaukee, Postoffice Inspector Gould
Of Milwaukee, Chief of Police Adams OF
De Kalb, United States Marshal Lewis
ton of Madison, Deputy Marshal Meehan
of Madison and Sheriff Huntley of Prai-
RE du Chen were soon mixed in the fight
in their endeavor to hold the three pris-
oners on other charges. But the very
second that Justice Patton said the word
discharged" the three prisoners made a
rush for their freedom, and they We're all
equal to the occasion. Assemblyman w
G. Wheeler, who defended the prisoners,
yelled to the men that they were free.
In the rough and-tumble fight that follow
ed blows We're struck and revolvers Were
flashed.
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northward from De Aar to the relief of
Kimberley; Gen. Butler, north from Dur
ban for the relief of Ladysmith; and
Gems. French and Gatacre, northward
along the railroads passing into the Or
ange Free State. to clear Cape Colony
of Beers. Gen. Methuen's column ad
vanced more rapidly than the others,
fought four battles, but was not able to
relieve Kimberley. Gen. Buffers column
got no farther north than Colenso. Gen.
French was stopped below Colesberg.
Gen. Gatacre was held at Molteno.
The third stage of the campaign open
ed with the arrival of Gen. Roberts and
another reorganization OF the British
army. Making feint on his extreme
right at Colenso, Roberts moved his main
column to flank the Boer position at
Magersfontein. This movement broke the
Boer line, resulted in the relief of KIM
berley, in the capture of Gen. Cronje and
his army, in the retirement of the Beers
from Colesberg and jamestown, and was
the determining factor in relieving Lady
smith.
The fourth stage of the campaign opens
with the retirement of the Beers TO new
lines of defense. The reports indicate
that a show of resistance was kept up
south of Ladysmith until the siege guns
and war material were transferred north
ward. When this was accomplished no
military purpose could be served by the
Beers in clinging to the positions about
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SQUELCHED A MUTINY
ANECDOTE OF "8OBS" THE BRIT
iSH COMMANDER.
Harsh Measures Were Necessary Jus,
at That Time, arS He Ordered an
English Soldier Shot for Insubordin-
atfon-It Took Place in India.

"Gen Lord Roberts of Kandahar.
Kipling's 'Bobs Bahadur,' was the last
English general to order the execution
Of private soldier for insubordina-
tion,' said a visitor TO Washington.
who has seen service under her Males
tvs flag.
1T was away back in the 'T0s; but
the incident is still very clear in the
memory of old soldiers, and has 1een
handed down with every possible ex-
aggeration for the delectation of the
'recruitie,' who listens to the barrack-
room tales told for the express purpose
OF striking terror and horror to his I'M
hardened heart.
THE story is revivified now. 1t con-
tributes something to illustrate the
man who is beloved and feared by rank
and file. and Notwithstanding his deter
mined and exacting discipline, IS con-
coded to be England's ranking soldier
among good soldiers.@
1.-The Indian contingent has always
been ticklish department to handle.
Roberts did more than any one man to
bring them to realization of what dis
cipline really means. To-day, thanks
TO him, there is less grumbling, less I'M
easinesS, and less CHARGE of revolt than
ever there has been since first the ma
tive wore the uniform, and even now
extreme measures are necessary.
'But Roberts, once upon time abou,
the year 1878. found himself threatened
with serious situation. The native
troops were uneasy. The English sol
diers, too, in the case of several regi-
ments that bad been kept overtime on
Indian service, were Kicking loud and
strong. The mouthing of the men of
the English regiments was a bad ex-
ample to the natives, 1t disorganized
everything. and the punishments We're
made severe upon offenders who gave
opportunity. But characterization was
rife. 1t needed but little spark to
kindle the whole command into blaze,
in which many lives must have beea
sacrificed and the prestige of the COM
handing officer lost.
"0ne day q drunken private was in
solent to corporal Of one Of the regi-
ments. The 'non-com.' ordered the man
to the guard house. A lance-corporal
of the room called out file of men.
One OF these refused to act as escort
He had slept in the next bed to the
prisoner for years, he protested. They
were army bed chumS.' He, too, was
made prisoner, and the charge of in
subordination and refusal to obey or
ders entered against him. 1t was n
high crime. A general court martial
was ordered, the man was sentenced to
be shot. and the sentence was approved
by Gen. Roberts.
Before the assembled regiments at
Calcutta he was taken out and died ig-
ANONYMOUSLY with his face to the wall.
ut was terrible and effective les
son. The spirit of INSTRUMENTATION was
dead, but the department issued an or
der, religiously observed since then, to
the effect that where others are avail
able, a bed chum cannot be ordered
/ to act as escort
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BUSINESS SITUATION.
8 NNoNoNoooNoNoNoNocN
Chicago Corresnondence;

The general tenor of the trade reports
indicate that the movement Of business
is still large, and that prices for all the
staples are being well maintained. In
certain lines there is little less eager
ness to contract for forward delivery on
the assumption that presidential year
always carries with it more or less uncer-
tainty, but as a rule stocks are low and
deliveries still backward
The tendency of the stock markets dur
ing the week has again been downward.
There is little pressure on the part OF in
vestors, but the traders who bought on
the slump of last December have been
taking their profits and practically no
new buying has made its appearance.
Special causes are largely responsible for
the present condition of the market, and
until these causes are eliminated it will
probably be useless to look for any per-
manent Improvement in the general list.
Business of the week in speculative
grain circles was of normal activity,
without being subjected to violent change
from previously prevailing prices. The
general tendency was to a somewhat
lower range, but with prices already rea-
sonably low holders displayed considera-
bic reluctance to part with their property
at any marked reduction. There being,
however, an excessive supply at the mo-
ment, compared with the demand, prices
were compelled to follow the inexorabIe
economic law. Shipments of wheat from
Argentina were never so heavy for the
same period as they were last week, and
European buyers appear TO be able to buy
on better terms than are asked by hold
ers of American wheat. Unless there
occurs a serious failure of some one or
other of the more important wheat crops
of the world that mature about July or
August a permanent material improve
ment in price seems improbable.
The price of corn yielded slightly, and
some of its former friends expressed
themselves less hopefully regarding its
future than they had been doing for the
previous two or three months Many who
had bought corn when the May price
was around 80 cents sold out at and
above 81 cents and profess to believe de-
liveries from farmers will exceed the nc.
mand from shippers from now until they
start their spring blowing at least. Dur
ing that time the expectation is the pres
sure of the immediate offerings will en-
able bulls who have sold at around 80
cents to buy back perhaps , cents above.
Any little stacking up of the movement
from the farms would upset that calcula-
ton, for there is no abatement Of the
great demand from feeders and exporters.
European importers are more than usual
~ dependent on this country because of
last seasons failure Of the crop in the
countries bordering the Danube and the
recent burning up Of the crop of Argen-
tina
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rho Acc OF Iron.

The census, taken ut the dawn of the
twentieth century. marks the greatest
epoch in our national life. says the
North American Review. The age of
iron has come TO climax with force
almost dynamic.
The world has Witnessed the golden
age of Augustus. the silver age of
Elizabeth. the era of great wars and
of wonderful progress in the arts and
sciences; but as the nineteenth century
eliminates. behold. the age of iron and
steam and electricity, telegraphS, sew
ing maShineS. telephones. automobiles:
an age which is devoted 10 material de-
yelopmcnt. TO the accumulation of
wealth and TO the upbuilding OF vast
enterprises. and which halls the advent
of the uncrowned king OF commerce.
the consolidation of great corporate in
tereStS. High-water mark in our COM
mercial and Industrial life has been at
taIned. and 20 that fact the vast emu
meration 10 be taken in 1900 will add
its testimony. The work OF the twelfth
census will mark the Industrial growth
of the nation aud be another mile-post
in its marvellous history.
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Hotel Man Held for Murder.

The body of James Lewellin, who was
found dead in Trump's Hotel at Wilton
last August, was disinterred at Water
town and examined in the presence of
District Attorney Altizer and Sheriff Car
nahan of Sparta, by two local physicians.
The theory of suicide was very much
weakened, and Officers Fitch and King
of Sparta went to Wilton and arrested
Daniel Trump, the hotelkeeper at Wilton,
on the charge of numbering Lewellin, and
took him back to Sparta. Trump was
committed to Jail. Last October Level
lin, who was young farmer of Water
loo, went to Wilton with the intention of
buying a farm. He took large sum of
money with him. After being in Wilton
three days Lewellin was found dead in
bed in Trump's hotel with two bullet
holes, one in the head and one through
the head. The coroner's inquest Feturn-
ed verdict of suicide.
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Gen. Buffers final success in relieving
Ladysmith is moral rather than mill
tary gain. Considered merely as a mill
tary advantage, the release Of zen. White
and his small army has cost about as
much as it is worth. While it sets free
this starving and plueky remnant of the
original army of occupation in Natal. it
also releases a similar force of Beers
from siege duty The honors are even
in that respect. The British have lost
about 1890 men in the four months
fighting for the relief of Ladysmith, not
including the 1,600 or more who fell or
were captured in the battles that pre-
ceded the siege. The town itself is
worthless as a strategic point. except for
its railway connections. Its loss is no
great blow to the Beers.
The relief of Ladysmith and the with
drawal of the Beers from Colesberg and
jamestown mark the beginning of the
fourth stage of the campaign in South
Africa. The first sta &c opened with the
advance of the Beers into Natal and Cape
Colony, about the middle of October. The
object was to drive the British from the
coal districts of Natal, to gain possession
of the railroads extending into the Free
State and the Transvaal by way of
Laing's Mex and Van Reenen's Pass, to
prevent the use of the railroads in north
ern Cape Colony, and to promote ris-
ing among the Cape Colony Dutch.
In two weeks the British We're driven
from northern Natal, and were besieged
in Ladysmith; in less time the British
force in he west had been penned up in
Kimberley and Mafeking, and the Beers
held all the roads in northern Cape Col
ony leading to the Orange river crossings.
The second stage of the campaign open
ed about Nov. 20, with the REINFORCED
and recognized British army advancing
| in four columns. Gen. Methuen moved
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She entered on her labors enthusiastic
ally, and apparently was so devoted 20
the work that she had time for nothing
else. During daylight hours she was al
most always absent from her nome and
even her evenings were spent out. Her
mother and sisters noticed that the bloom
was rapidly fading from her face and
urged her to abandon the work at least
for a time. But she would not. Mean
time Miss Bibghaus instead of making
converts or endeavoring TO do go was
fast going to ruin. She had contracted
the opium habit, and instead Of reform
ing others she was degrading herself. But
of this her people were ignorant From
opium smoking she finally became sick
and the next Gay she died.
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Robbery on the Wholesale plan.

Superintendent H. B. Seymour Of Green
Bay is arranging to prosecute q gang of
thieves that have been operating on the
Wholesale plan the past few months at
Narshland They have been breaking
into the cars of the Winona, Green Bay
and Western Railroad at that point and
stealing has been going on for months.
For some time past, thieves have been SO
bold that they have backed We CONS right
up to cars in the night time and carried
away great quantities of stuff from cars
on the side of the track some distance
from the village. The last big JOB was
the theft of a whole wagonload Of flour
and a barrel of brandy. Mr.. Seymour
is confident that he has the right parties
spotted.
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Tt.E FAULT OF TIE Aeg.

The fault OF the age is mad endeavor
TO leap to heights that were made to
climb;
BY a burst Of strength. or thought most
clever.
We plan 20 forestaI ard outwit tine.
We scorn to wait for the thing worth
having:
We want high noon at the days dim
dawn;
We find no pleasure iE telling and saving,
As our forefathcrs did in the old times
gone.
We force cur roses, before their season,
10 bloom ard blossom for Us to wear;
And then we wonder and ask the reason
Why perfect buds are so few and rare.
We crave the gain, but despise the get
ting:
We want wealth--not as reward, but
dover;
And the strength that is wasted in useless
fretting
Would fell forest or build tower.
New York Journal
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According 10 the Irrigation Age. the
waters Of the Great SAT- lake in Utah
have receded a mile within the pas
gear. and some persons think thai
within tho coming century this Won
derful body Of water may be complete
4 dried UP. The cause Of the lowering
OF the water Is ascribed to the rapid
extension OF irrigation bitches. which
draw their supply from the streams
emptying into the lake. There is now a
salt desert not far from the lake,
which was once covered with water
The salt deposit on the floor OF the lake
Itself s. believed TO be OF great thick
ness.
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John Hays Hammond Condemns Oolss
Paul and His POLICY.

According to John Hays Hammond.
the American engineer whose activity at
johannesburg while associated with the
Rhodes mining interests at the time of
the jameson raid in 1896. came near.
costing him his life at the hands of the
Beers, Americas sympathes in the Brit
ish-B oer conflict should be not with Ocnr
Paul but with her majesty's forces. Mr.g
Hammond gave expression, ia this view
at a brilliant diBner given him q few
days since in Chicago He spoke of the
condition of affairs in the TransvaaI
prior to the war and took the opportunity
to say that England was carrying ON II
just war and that the Beers were wholly
10 blame for the present difficulty.
Mr.. Hammond made the assertion that
the Transyaal mining industry w0uid
never have achieved success were it not
for the fact that English capital and
American ingenuity became Interested
and entered the field. The 0utlanders.
he said, were invited to the territory by
Dom Paul, who, when they had served
his purpose, denied them the right TO ex-
list there by reason of the oppressive laws
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Churchill, formed a committee of Amer
lean women in London to carry it out.
The sum of $155,000 was raised in a
short time. At this juncture b. n. Ba
ker Of Baltimore, Nd, president of the
Atlantic Transport Company, offered the
steamship Maine and its crew to the
committee, to be used as hospital ship
as long as the war lasted. This gift
represented an outlay of between $4,000
and $4,000 a month. To equip the yes
sci the committee expended S125, 900, and
as it costs some $4,000 a month to keep
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A Colony of Farmers,

4 colony of Ohio farmers, from the
central part of the Buckeye State, will
She tly locate in Clark or Jackson coun-
ties as Il result of the good SEED sown by
State Immigration Agent George w.
Taylor. ]. +. Goddard, the advance
agent of the colony, viii bring Eve fami-
lies to the place he selects very shortly,
and several more are likely to follow.
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belonged to q high
ly respected family
and at one time
was an enthusiastic
c hurch WORKER
Last May she de
termined 20 bring
converts into the
church and offered
her services to Mrs
j. j.. Nash, super
intcndent Of thc
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At the meeting of the Western Fair
Association in Sparta the foliowing dates
were agreed on: Mansion, Aug. %, %,
80 and 81; Tomah, Sept. 4, 5, { and q;
Sparta, Sept II, -, - and IA; Viroqua,
Sept. 1S, 10, 20 and 81; West Salem,
Sept %, %, 81 and IS; Viola. Oct. ,, 3,
and 5. Hilisboro not being satisfied
with dates, withdrew.
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COUNTESS Won BRuENING.
American Woman Who Is Admired b
the Old World Aristocracy.

the Old World Aristocracy.
An American woman. Countess Adolf
Won Bruening. is well known in the
social circles in which European nobil-
ity moves because of her marriage to
her husband, the Count, but to the
American people her name Is familiar
chiefly because Of the touching devotion
of her divorced husband, Gordon Mac
Kay Of Boston and Washington. The
Countess life has been most romantic.
She was the daughter of Mr. MacKay's
housckeeper and had grown from child
hood to mature beauty under his eyes.
Although twice her age, Mr.. MacKay
paid her devoted attention, and she
finally became his bride. Everything
that wealth could provide was lavished
upon the young wife and for a time
theirs was a happy home. But season