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FLEE FROM eALLoWs.
Condemned NIurdcrcrs Arc Aided by
JaiIcr's Wife TO Escape.

Condemned Murdcrcrs Are Aided by
Jailer's Wife TO Escape.
Assisted BY the warden's wife, who fed
with them Edward and John Biddle.
awaiting execution in the county Jail at
Piusbure Cor the murder of Grocer
Thomas D. Kahney of Mount Washing
ton. oyerpowered the guards at 4 o'clock
Thursday morning and escaped. Ono
guard was shot and another was thrown
sixteen feet to stone floor below
Both prisoners had been provided with
saws. with which they cut the bars in
their cells and were ready at any mo-
meBt to make an opening large enough
for them to pass through. The men oc-
cupjed adjoining cells on the second
range. They had evidently been prepar-
ing for esc5tpe for some time and had
assistance from the outside, as both
were armed with reyolvers
Warden Peter X. Solicit authorized
the allegation that his wife is RESPONSE
Die for furnishing the revolver and saws
to the Biddles In her infatuati0n for
the handsome desperate. Edward Biddie.
IL Is alleged that she left her husband
and her four children and, il is supposed
she was to iueet the escaped conyicts az
a place agreed upon.
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The Golfers Valentine.

Where or | look, whate'er the place,
Mine eyes are stymied by thy face.
What6'.r | try to do the while,
My stroke is fooled by your smile
Where'er l walk, / can't disguise,
My steps are blnkered by thine eyes!
some days when thou art kind to me
My heart is lofted gloriously.
But when, alasl have thy frown,
'ris topped ald sinks, and sinks deep down
Sometimes. when listening to thy mirth,
I'd try 10 loft the whole glad earth,
And make each mortal on 1t see
Bow sweet life's fair green is to me.
All, Phyllis. dear. my souls so wrapt
To thiak of thee, I'm handicapped
But on my knees beg the joy.
OF being just thy caddy boy.
Two ur are we upon this day
Let's seek the priest-with one to play!
or. II tits medal play, twill do
Were we to make 1T one off two!
-Harnce's MOEthlT.
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Brief state Happeni acs.

George Harters shin-ie mill ut Faith
orn Junction was completely destroyed
by fire.
A Manitowoc the Wagner department
store was destroyed bl' fire. entaihng a
loss estimated at $4,000.
Grast Borry wel-known Baraboo
citizen. was held up by two men, sand
bagged and robbed of $l3.
Fire broke out in c. w Woodford's
grocery at Phillips The building was
badly damaged. The loss is estimated at
about $1,000.
August Generich and julius Kesie
were badly hurt while unloading heavy
timbers from a car at Rolling Prairie. 4
piece of timber fell, breaking Generichs
leg and crushing Keske's foot
The Roman Catholics of Bloomer have
just let the contract for the construc-
ton Of new church at that place The
building will be OF brick and stone. COX
80, two spires OF Gothic design. and
when Jmpleted will cost $4,000
HcRosha was flooded with counterfeit
iasl-dollars by a stranger who is said to
nave come from Milwaukee The coun-
terfeit is a poor imitation. but the man
Is said 10 have passed upward Of Sloo
worth Of them there. lie made his es-
cape
William Michael Niederprim, one Of the
oldest residents Of Kenosha. is mysteri-
ously missing. lie left his home in South
street to seek medical advice and failed
to return. He is almost blind and it is
thought he may have lost his way, fallen
in the snow and been frozen to death
He IS nearly so years of age
Stepping upon the revolving hub in at
tempting TO get ont Of her wagon. Mrs
e. Nygard of Coon Valley fell to the
ground and before the arrival of a ply
stefan was dead
William Cage. machinist was hit
between the eyes by a 22-caiiber bullet
while walking on the streets in Chippewa
Falls The wound is not serious There
is no clue as to who fired the shot
John Collier. n prisoner in the Marinette
County Jail. has been committed to the
insane asylum. His insanity is supposed
10 be due TO vaccination. Just before
being committed he was vaccinated and
the virus caused a slow fever which de-
ranged his mind.
4 bucket brigade formed By the stu
dents saved the main buildings Of St
Johns Military Academy at Delafield
from destruction by fire. Sc efficient was
the work Of the boys that the FIRE was en-
tirely confined to the armory. which was
destroyed The loss IS about $1,000
covered by Insurance.
Mercedes Julips Pieterje. No. 30 SO
jefferson County Holstein COW. raised
and recently sold by W. Z. Gates Of
Oakland TO the South Side stock farm.
ST. Paul. now holds the worlds butter
record by producing 5S4 pounds Of milk
in seven days and twenty nine pounds
Eve and Seven-fenths ounces OF butter
The average test Of this COW IS 4.0s.
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MANY FIREMEN KILLED.
Crushed by the Falling Walls of
Burning Building in st. Louis.

Crushed by the Falling Walls of q
Burning Building in st. Louis.
BY the collapse Of n building in st,
Louis during fire Tuesday night six
firemen are dead and many are injured.
The walls of the structure fell without
warning, for it was believed the fire
fighters had the blaze under control. Men
were at work on all FIVE floors of the
building when the accident occurred.
The fire broke out in the upper floors
of the fve-story building at '14 Chestnut
street A general alarm was sent in
and the department hurried to the scene,
as the district is considered a dangerous
one, being just opposite the Merchants
Exchange The flames seemed to be
pretty we'll under control when suddenly
the entire building collapsed, crumbling
away from the first story The roof,
floors and walls fell inward, carrying
down with them the fire fighters who
Were on the different floors.
Chief Swingley. who was in front OF
the building directing his men, had Il
miraculous escape from death. As 5hc
front wall fell outward he scurried across
the street and fell under the aerial truck.
The truck was covered with debris and
partially wrecked and it was owing 10
its sheltering protection the chief owes
his life.
The building was one of the oldest bust
ness houses in the city, having been Occur
pied by the Mclean Medical Company
twenty years ago. bat of late has been
occupied by the American Tent and
Awning Company Two years ago it
was badly damaged by fire which broke
out in the fifth story The loss VIII not
exceed 100000
The laboratory and office building Of
the Leslie t. Kelley Company ~
Dwight, III. together with the Living
stone Hotel. owned By the same corpora.
ton, were destroyed by hre Tuesday
morning. The estimated loss is $4,000
ON the laboratory and $4,000 on the
hotel. both OF which are partially covered
by $4,000 iiSurance.
The Keeley buildings were commenced
IN the winter Of 1891 and we're eompletcd
in 1893. In these Buildings all oe the
supplies were manufactured. There was
no loss of life. and only two persons were
iniured-a woman and Il colored p0rier
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this saints birthday. See that the desire
thus aroused finds outlet with the child
in the right kind of valentines purchased
and made. Let him send them TO the
people he loves. The valentines which
are made by the child are. as a rule, more
healthful than those that are purchased
by the mother for him."
Miss Harrison then showed several
pretty ways of folding and cutting the
old-fashioned valentines used in our
grandmothers' days.
''If this plan is carried out" continued
she, Il think you will have little need to
forbid the purchasing of the coarser arti-
Gle. The incongruousness of the thing
will show itself to the child. Remember
that the grotesque leads into the coarse;
the coarse into the impure; the impure
into the obscene" Western Rural
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( 81 me III 0F@S
G. @@WIIW9 ~
y. - " O5 o q
The News "

Prof. Pearson may not believe ID mira
cles. but It will be one II be- holds his
job.
Parliament Is different from some other
games II Fn be opened with kihs aud
q queen.
why not divide the Filipino war up
into preciActs and tell the natives thar
it is an cieclion:
50 louis SEER Of S2oo0o Tor an air
thipfappears 10 have set EVERY crank in
The ,.2uutry AZ work.
M9rcoui ard Croker went 70 England
en- j. same boat the wireless man aud
the iaan Of nlny wires
That naval battle At Colon could not
lave been MECH. one does not read that
any 81 the vessels lc0ped the loop.
Prof. Pearsoa WI be allowed 70 think
whatever he chooses provided he VIII
agree not to th.nk out loud any more
Edward speech does not begin 70 com
pafe with me Presidents message. IL
did not ts1e nip half the number Of col
umns.
II might seem strange that Or. Pear
cons ,s,nscience would not allow him 70
belie7e in miracles and at the same time
wouli never switch at the thought Of his
drawing salary from a Methodist FDi-
yeTsity.
Sn.w being general throughout the
West a great sad IS taken of the minds
Of those farmtrs wh5 were thoughtful
enough to plant wheat.
Andrew Carnegie has beer sued for
S2O00.00O. II the attorneys viii trans
late the amount into libraries perhaps
Andrew win nrda 5tand.
VIII some one please explain the psy-
al illogical process By which everybody AZ
oisee transferred his allegiance from the
Nicaiagua 70 tie Panama routeI
Citizens Of 81 Louis who go out 10 the
site occasionally 20 see * the fair has not
etrurg I'D during the night by magic
thus far have been doomed 10 cruel dis
appointment
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Remarkable Family Record.

The Peters family of the town of Lit
tie Chute has quite a remarkable record
as a numerous family. \ brief sketch is
as follows: Martin Peeters and katherine
Voleberg were married July ,, 1861, IN
Holland, and came to this country in
1873, settling in Depere, afterwards NOV
ing to Little Chute. where they have since
lived. To them. twelve children We're
born, all of whom are still living and
most of whom are now married. At a re-
cent family reunion held at the home of
the parents in Little Chute, there were she
parents, the twelve children and thirty
eight grandchildren present. There has
not been a death III the family during the
past twenty-one years
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CUPID uP; TO DATE.

Said Cupid, this year
] know what I'll do.
I'll show the .sold fossils"
new thing or two.
I'll haste me and purchase
An ''automobyiIle.'
Then Valentines day
| won't have the least trouble
In making the rounds
OF each house In the land
Where smoldeying heart-Afes
Need 10 be famed.
III have everything new,
Ny own tcgs as we'll;
Oh. tell you. my boy,
I'll he nothing but swell.
Now. poor santa Claus"
Caa sit on the fence,
For I'll make his old sleigh
Look like thirty cents"
And when I'm not using
Ny mobile myself.
1t won't be put up
Nor laid on the shelf.
But I'll rent 1t to folks
Who want 10 go -ridin'."
Though nv prize will be
On scale that is slidln'."
To any old freak
Who says love is q snare,
I'll let IT. | s'pose.
But Til soak him for falr."
And whenever | let
70 4 charming young maid.
I'll inst take a kiss
And feel more than repaid.
Now. nll yoE good people.
On Valentines day.
just keep yeur eyes open
Along the highway.
And take care lest your hearts
Dan Cupid may steal
As he whiZzes along
In his automobile.
Globe Democrat.
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REJECT PEACE TERMS
BRITISH DECLINE GOOD OFFICES
OF HOLLAND.
VIII Brook NoMcdia,iane Of a Huropean
Power Are Ready 20 Treat for Peace
: With Boers IN the Field and Only in
South Africa.

The Secretary OF Statt for Foreign
Affairs. on behalf of the HritiSn sovern-
nlent, has rejected the oyertuees for neacs
in South Africa made by The Netherlanls
The full text OF the correspondence b.
tween the Secretary and the Dutch min
lister in London was given 10 the press %
Britain and Holland simultaneously.
Lord I.ansdowne reply % the coinmu-
nication of the Dutch minister makes Is
conspicuously plain that no mediation on
the part OF any European power win he
brooked. The British government will
only enter into negotiations for peace
with the Beers in the field and only in
South Africa.
1t IS now said that the retirement of
Lord Salisbury from office win he coinci-
| dent with the cad of the South African
war. The St James Gazette claims ,o
have the highest auihpeity for saying
the premier has fixed the restoration of
peace in South Africa is the appropriate
moment to resign Office. If the war Is
ended Lord Salisbury win retire at the
conclusion Of the present parliamentary
session but il is his present intention TO
retain his post until peace is accomplish
| ed.
The British press is unanimous in APP
| plauding Lord I.arsdowues dignihed and
courteous rejection Of what is regarded
as a rather Ingenious attempt on the part
of the Dutch government to draw Great
Britain into making peace oyertures 20
| the Beers.
The London Daily News. representing
| the o-BoerF. while regrettng that tn,
offer of the Netherlands government was
rejected, is fain to admit that the reply
of Lord Lansdowae is il@eDroachable in
style and temper 2ih
Opinions in The Hague differ concern
ing the actiea of Dr. kuyper Many per-
sons think the Dutch premier was i'll adj
vised in making the proposal feeling his
/ ground. The papers recognize the cour
tesy of Lord Lansdownes reply and in
| dictate that efforts toward mediation will
be renewed at Il more favorable period.
| Mr.. Fischer, Dr. Leyds and The other
Boer delegates attended conference At
the residence Of Mr. Kruger in Utrecht.
The British pursuit Of Gen. Dewet has
| been successful to the extent that his last
gun has been captured and Commandment
Vessels, one Of his principal lieutenantS
has been routed. Lord Kitchener sent
the news in dispatch from Pretoria
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here he clerked in a general store; it was
here that he first told his stories, and it
was here that the Lincoln of history
was nodded Here and there are the de-
caying landmarks of his boyhood life.
The last time he was here was when en-
route TO Washington to occupy the place
which the people of the nation had elect
ed him to. He came to see Sally Bush,
and she would have gone with him if she
would have listened to him. The eyes
of the nation were on him at that mo-
ment as they were never upon a Presi-
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Shot Hi1nse1fin law.

Henry Raw, a farmer residing few
miles from Bona, was accidentally shot
in the jaw by the premature discharge
of rife with which he was driving
away some wolves which had been both
ering him Of late He and brother We're
crawling through a fence when the charge
struck him in ire jaw, the ball passing
through and lodging back of the left ear.
The jawbone was shattered and he was
taken Immediately to st. Frances hospital
at La Crosse, where the ball was ex-
fracted
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her great fund OF organizing aud manag-
= powers, tbSS gave % the world enc OF
its Greatest nles. aol been for her
there is little doubt that Lincoln would
not have risen higher than the alterate
WOOL chopper.
ABE was within two months o. being
~ years old when be accompanied his
father 10 Illinois aud became rail split
ter by force Of his poverty. and later
Lawyer by constant night study. Thomas,
the father. had showed Improvement un.
der the management OF Sally. Ii WAS here
that Lincoln built bis Eat boat and went
sown the Mississippi. To New Orleans and
first bebeld siave'y y, and il was here.
when i.S rstsrnei home. that he gave ut
terance TO II ever set chance TO hit
that slavery. viii bit il hard Il was
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To Catch Timber Thieyes.

All the deputy game wardens of north
Wisconsin, James Oberholtzer of Eagle
River, A Lavell of Shell Lake, James
Blackadder of West Superior, Charles
Klienstiber of Butternut and George
Griggs of Ashland, conferred at Ashland
recently with State Oil Inspector +. +.
Mills They will watch and report all
Illegal cutting of timber of State lands.
Maps have been furnished of all State
lands in northern Wisconsin.
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Surrenders to the Authorities.

j. H. Joice, alleged wrecker of the
Dane County Bank OF Stoughton, came
from Chicago tie other day and surren-
dered himself to the law. He was releas
ed upon furnishing bonds of $1,000. He
has made a stubborn fight in Chicago
courts for two months to resist the SER
vice of requisition papers. 1t is said he
spent $1,000 in this process, Two hear
ings were had before Coy. Yates and
TWO before Judge Clifford
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To Make EmpIoyes Save Money.

The first annual profit sharing OF the
Appleton wooden mills was paid to the
employees the other day and amounted to
about ) per cent of the wages earned
during the past year. In connection with
this Il unique inducement to promote
economy and frugality was extended ey-
cry employee This innovation consisted
of the presentation by the company to
every employee, of bank book showing
the amount deposited TO their credit i'll
the First National Bank. together with
pledge from the company. agreeing that
the one showing the largest additional
deposit, proportionate 10 wages received
during the ensuing year, will, Mt the eN-
piration of such time, receive cash
prize Of $25.
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Hall Bishop Valentine

All the air is thy diocese,
And all the chlrping choristers
And other birds are thy parishioners.
Thou marryest every year
The lyric lark and grave whispering dove,
The sparrow that neglects her life for love;
The household bird and his red schumacher.
Thou mak's the blackbird speed as soon
As doth the goldfnch or the halcyon.
st. Valentine, as herophant Of the
heart, has no more devoted disciple than
our ancestors.
The very children in the country towns
Of England decorate themselves with
holly wreaths and true lovers knots and
move in professions, from house to house
singing:
Good-p.orrow TO you, Valentine;
Curl your locks as do mine
Two before and two behind
Good-morrow to you, Valentine.
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Slabs His son-in-Law.

Herman Bretene, farmer aged GS
years, living in the town of Hale, stabbed
his son-in-law, Iyer Skoin. with a hunt
ing knife as the elimination of a family
row and inflicted injuries which doctors
say will probably prove fatal. After a
quarrel the old man retreated to his room,
the son-in-law following, breaking down
the door The cutting affray followed.
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Cnrious Old Tradition.

There is curious old tradition that the
birds select their mates on st. Valentines
day. which is more interesting in the at
tention accorded it than in itself Shak-
speare in his Midsummer Nights
Dream" makes Theseus say when he
suddenly stumbles upon the quartet Of
lovers asleep in the wood:
ST. Valentine Is past!
Begin these wood birds but to couple now?
One of Chaucer's stanzas pictures Ma
ture reminding the "foules" of her mex
orable laws:
Ye know well how. on st. Valentines day,
BY my statute and through my goyernanee,
Ye do choose your mates.
DR.. Donne also has indited an ode to
st. Valentine:
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THE BADGER STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONC,SELY
CONDENSED.
italian Carried Into Lake Michigan
on Ice Fioe-AppIeton Wooden Mills
share Profits Numerous Family
Game Wardens After Timber Thieves

The tug Welcome found John &. De
Lueo helpless and gamost dead on a field
of ice ten miles and almost dead on a field
waukee. His hands and feet were frozen
and he may not recover from the expos
ure TO the fierce gale and zero weather.
De Lueo and another Italian workman
named Sorce went out from Jones Isl
and to shoot ducks. They shot one and
it fell il the water beyond their reach
They wanted the duck, 50 De Luco In an
old, leaky, ice-crusted rowboat was push
ed from the shore He knew nothing
about boats and could not manage his
craft. The wind was blowing a gale
off shore and it carried the little craft out
so rapidly that Sorce hurried back to The
city and reported his companion as lost
The F. & Z. NJ. mail boat came into the
harbor and Captain Russell reported hay
ing seen on floating ice field a man
who waved his hands to the steamer. The
Welcome was then sent out through The
ice in search of him. When found De
Luco was drifting rapidly out into The
1al-
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went four miles TO
school and had to
walk. The boy read
ily graSped the in
struction given. and
within him were
born the ambitions
which mace him
President. After all
the influences Of
those high in polit-
ieal authority ar
ter al Of the sc-
Quirements az the
man himself. after
all that might be
c IN 5 j { re j are
weighed. il becomes
eviden; that IL was
this woman. with
her rulins hy love,
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dent before or since, but still his heart
was centered in the little cabin. He had
paid off the mortgage with the first
money he had ever saved. and he sent
her money as long as he lived"
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WANTS KRUGER AS VISITOR.

Reprl sentative Cochran Introduces
Resolution in Congress-.
Representative Cochran of Missouri in
troduced in the House Of Congress the
following resolution:
"Resnlyed. BY The Seaate and thu
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ABE'S HOOSIER HOME.
TT WAS ALMOST AS PRIMITIVE
AS AN INDIAN HUT.

Were Tt Not for His "Second Mother
the Immortal President Would No
Doubt Have Lived and Died an Hit
crate RaiI-spIitter.
The birthday anniversary Of Abraham
Lincoln furnishes occasion 10 T.. !. Lewis.
writing in the St. Louis Globe Democrat,
TO discuss the Lincoln family III their
early home in lincoln City. Ind. The
picture he draws is far from pleasing in
many particulars.
There are many histories OF Lincoln,
he writes. many stories of his boyhood
and tales Of his privation in early life,
but sin, after reading all of them, when
one enters this little village and stands
surrounded by the landmarks ef his early
days. another and more interesting story
than any that has been published comes
to a visitor Lincoln City is lost away
among the hills Of Spencer County-inac-
cessible almost to the traveller. 1t did not
boast Of a name until after the poor boy
who spent his boyhood-from I to u
years-here had become President of the
nation and took his place in the brightest
pages of the worlds history. Then peo-
PIE Gown I the county seat began 10
refer to the settlement as Lincoln City,
and now it has a recognition on most
maps of Indiana. Here, on knoll, lies
buried Nancy Hanks, Lincoln's mother
Over there in a forgotten grave lies Sally
Bush, his step-mothcr and guiding angel,
and all around are the landmarks of in
terest, each referring to a story of his
boyhood days.
lit was along in the early part Of the
year 1S16-a few months before the
State was admitted to the Union-that
Thomas Lincoln, Nancy Hanks Lincoln
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| GREAT RACE PROMISED.

+. = Smothers, owner az Lord Derby.
so6l2' has accepted the challenge ISSUED
JOS Ihes. W. Lawson. owner OF Boralma.
80 ~ TO a match race. best three in
I'VE heats for limit Of 10000 side
Boraima was defeated by Lord Derby
last summer AT Hartford in one of the
hereest three-cornered races in turf his
fDrv
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and their children,
Nancy Hanks, aged
8, and Abraham,
aged Z, appeared at
the mouth OF An
derson creek, on
the Kentucky side
of the Ohio river.
Nancy aud Nancy,
Jr., sat IL the rude
frontier wagon, in
which were packed
oil - thar aarthiv