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VOLUME XXIX. McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1903. NUMBER 16 . :-%* MAKE IT COUNTY AFFAIR WAS THE SENTIMENT OF THE AG­ RICULTURAL BOARD MEETING •tending I] The following resolution was adopted by a rising vote at the annaftl meeting of the McHenry County Agricultural board at the court house in Woodstock V on Monday last: Whereas, The people of McHenry county have demonsiratedt&that they want a county fair second to none in the .state; and Whereas, The agricultural board greatly hampered by the indebtedness now resting upon it; therefore Resuived, That the McHenry County Agricultural board, in annual meeting assembled, do hereby respectfully ask the honorable board of supervisors of said count> to appropriate the sum of $8,000 to meet said indebtedness, in con sideratiou whereof the agricultural board agrees to deed to the county that portion of the fair grounds now belong ing to said board on condition that the county lease to said agricultural board said grounds so long as needed for fair purposes. The meeting was called to order by President Hatch, and on motion the reading of the minutes of the last meet ing was dispensed with. Secretary Hunt read his report, which was accepted and ordered placed on file, and Treasurer Hoy's report, show ing all bills thus far presented paid and a balance due the treasurer of $144.41 was also read and approved. Superintendent Dike also read a re­ port of his doings, which was approved and accepted. G. W. Conn, Jr., moved that a vote of thanks be tendered the generons citi zens who had donated various amounts to the board the past year, as shown by the secretary's and treasurer's reports, and the motion was unanimously car­ ried. On motion President Hatch delivered a short address,' in which he took an optimistic view and predicted that the fair would yet become the greatest and best and most successful in northern Illinois. , Secretary Hunt also offered a few suggestions, among them being that the fair next year should begin on Monday and last five days; that indi­ vidual membership tickets be sold; that all attractions be confined to county in genuity, thus keeping the money at home; that the time of the annual meet­ ing be fixed at a later date, and that a committee of three be appointed to re­ vise the constitution and by-laws and report at the next annual meeting. Treasurer Hoy also spoke in explana­ tion of the financial affairs of the society, stating that the outstanding indebted­ ness is about $8,000, secured by notes bearing the endorsements of a large number of repntable citizens of the county. He advanced the idea that the fair, being an educational institution, is one in which every citizen is interested, even from a financial standpoint, and that all being so interested, the people should, through their constituted repre­ sentatives, wipe out the present indebt edn -ss and maintain the fair on a plane that will comport with its importance as a means of increasing the productive­ ness of our soil and the consequent pros­ perity of all elements in the county, and this sentiment was generously ap­ plauded. A. J. Dike, of Crystal Lake, talked in 'the fiauie strain, stating that the fact of McHenry county taking the premium at the state fair had increased the price of land in this county $5 per^acre. He al so advocated l'.fe membership tickets. Secretary Hunt introduced a resolu­ tion asking the board of supervisors for an appropriation of $8,000 and same amount for a rotunda connecting the buildings on the grounds, the society to deed its land to the county. C. W. Hill moved as an amendment that an appropriation of $8,000 be asked for, cutting out the rotunda proposition, being substantially the resolntjon that appears at the head of this report. The matter was discussed by Fre­ mont Hoy,' W. J. McDowell, Superin­ tendent Dike, H. T. Thompson, H. C. Mead, J. H. Turner, M. Zi in pieman, Th eo. Hamer and others, and the res­ olution was finally adopted as amended. Secretary Hunt moved that a com­ mittee of three be appointed to revise the constitution and by-laws, which was carried, and the chairman appoint­ ed H. T. Thompson, C. F. Dike and Geo. A. Hunt as such committee. Secretary Hunt also moved that the date of the annual meeting be ehanged to the third Saturday in October, #rhich was carried. C. W. Hill moved, and it was carried, that a commmittee of five be appointed in each township, of which the member of the executive committee shall be chairman, he to appoint the remaining four members of the committee, for the purpose of agitating the question of a county appropriation and bringing the matter to the attention of the board of supervisors in proper form. Election of officers being in order, the chairman appointed Clifford Thomp- i ;tnd J. H. Turner as tellers, but their services were not needed, for the following named officers were elected by acclamation: President--Win. Desmond. Vice-President--M. Zimplemann. Secretory--Geo. A Hunt. Tiva-mrer--Fremont Hoy. General 8uperintendeot~C.F. SUE*. T. A. O'Cock moved that a committee of five be appointed to recommend the names of candidates for members the executive committee. The chair appointed C. F. Dike, J. H. Turner, T, A. O'Cock, G. W. Conn, Jr.,vand F. C. Wells as such committee, who, a conferring on the subject, presented the following report* which was adopted: Chemung--H. C. LaBrec. Dunham--Geo. R. Lanning. Marengo--F. O. Weaver. Riley--Fred Griebel. Alden -- Irwin LaBrec. Hartland--W. H. Forrest Seneca--E. H. Price. Coral--H. T. Thompson. Hebron--J. H Turner. Greenwood--C. W. Thompson. Dorr--J. D. Hakes. Grafton--J. W. Weltzien. Richmond -- E. G. Turner. Burton--W. H. Cole. McHeury--C. W. Harrison. Nuuda--C. E. Rowley.- Algonquin--R. H. Grantham. Some discussion was had relative to the date of the next fair, and on motion the matter was left to the executive committee, in whom the subject iB vest ed by the constitution, the majority of the sentiment favoring the present date --the last week in August. The meeting of the board, in spite of the unfavorable financial condition, was full of hope for the future, and all ex pressed a willingness to^ut their shoul ders to the wheel and make the next fair the greatest in the history of the society. The question of a county appropria tion is one that will evoke considerable discussion, and there is a very strong sentiment favoring it, for it is argued that as the fair is a county institution the. people should see that its finance^ are kept in good oondition and pay whatever shortages may accrue, even as the people of the state cheerfully contribute in taxes to the support of the state fair. It is educational in its character, and the people always gladly pay for educating themselves in what ever is for their own benefit and profit The selection of the officers for' the ensuing year will meet with the ap­ proval of the people of the county, for all are progressive, honorable farmers and business men of the county, who can be depended upon to work for the interests of the fair and the people and not for the furthering of any self ish personal schemes. The fair of 1004. with favorable weather, will prove the greatest exhi­ bition in the history of the connty in their hands. x THE CORN CONTEST. F. L. MeOmber Offers Valuable Prises far Best Specimens. F. L. McOtnber, the west side hard ware dealer, has inaugurated a corn contest that should interest farmers. He is offering some valuable prizes for the best twelve ears of corn left at his store. The first prize is a triple plate set of silver knives and forks and the second a handsome carving set. For conditions governing contest read Mr. MeOmber's ad on another page. QUARTER OF A CENTURY, Items Clipped from The Plalndealer of October 10, 187*. Died--On Sunday, Oct. 6, 1878; of cancer, Harvey Turner, Aged 70 years, Byron D. Smith and wife of Fnraas county, Neb., are spending a few days with friends in this vicinity. Mrs. E, H. Bartlett, formerly Miss Laura Mayes, is now visiting her par enta here. She resides at Marshalltown, Iowa. The new Methodist parsonage is fast approaching completion, and will be one of the finest residences in that part of town. Hanley & Sons are making some im­ provements in and around their mill, the most important of which is the wid­ ening and straightening of the race above the mill, which will greatly in- crease their power. Our notice last week of the big corn husking feat near Wauconda has brought out the experts in that line, and now we hear that A. Still, who lives east of this village, husked one day last week one hundred and forty-five bush­ els between snn and sun. The foot race on Saturday last, be­ tween Nick Pauls of Chicago and Allen Walsh of this village drew out a large crowd, and the race was one of the most hotly contested we ever witnessed, there being less, than two feet difference in the men at the coming out mark, They ran three heats of one hnndred yards. The first was a Bingle dash of one hundred yards for a gold watoh, standing start, the runners to Btart at the firing of a pistol, which was won by Pauls by about one foot, in lli seconds. The next was for a purse of $50, dying start, best two in three, which was won by Walah in 11 and 1Q> seconds. " DMisf In rites Disease. To cure Dyspepsia or indigestion it is no longer necessary to live on milk and toast. Starvation produces such weak­ ness that the whole system becomes an easy prey to disease. Eodol Dyspepsia Cure enables the stomach and digestive organs to digest and assimilate all of the wholesome food that one cares to eat, and is a never failing cure for in­ digestion, Dyspepsia and all stomach troubles. Eodol digests what yon eat-- makes the stomaoh sweet. Sold by all DEATH CLAIMS ANOTHER C H. FEGERS DIES MONDAY IN CHICAGO HOSPITAL. Mrs. G H- Fegem died Monday morning, Oct. 12, at two o'clock, at a hospital in Chicago, from the ef­ fects of cancer. Mrs. Fegers had been a patient sufferer nearly all snmmer and during the weeks spent in the bos pital her suffering was intense. Altho it was Known in McHenry that there was iittle, if. any, hope for her re­ covery, yet the news Of her death came as a great shock to the friends of the family. Until recently Mrs. Fegers had been the picture of good health and •beautiful womanhood, and it seemed impossible that death could haVe claimed her. Mrs. Fegers was a woman who loved her home life and always surrounded the members of her household with ev ery available comfort. The body was brought out from Chi­ cago Monday evening and the funeral held Wednesday forenoon. Services were held at St. Mary's church. The church was packed to the doors by sym­ pathising friends of the family. There were many beautiful floral offerings. Six brothers of the deceased acted as pall bearers. After the services at the church the procession of fifty carriages started on its long journey to Wood­ stock, where the remains were laid to rest in the family lot There were many persons present .from Woodstock and other towns. The husband, brothers and sisters, and the nieces whom Mrs. Fegers loved as any mother oould love her own chil­ dren, have the symphthy of every per­ son in the community. Obituary will appear next week. WERE NEARLY DROWNED. In Fox River EXCHANGE GLEANINGS. Happenings In McHenry and Adjacent Counties. Elgin will bnild an old people's home at an expense of about $15,000 on South State street property donated by G. P. Lord for the purpose. It is stated on seemingly good author­ ity that school teachers in the pnblic schools of 41 counties in this state re­ ceive on an average but $80 per month, That this is so must be regretted, and it shows the vocation of school teaching is the poorest paid of any similar kind of work where the sdine amount of abil­ ity is required. Elgin is as noted for its butter as for its watches. Last year the district of which it is the center f>rodnr.«d 45,1$1,- 860 pounds of butter valued at $10,887- 784, and 5,847,408 pounds of cheese val­ ued at $467,799. In the thirty-one years since the Elgin board of trade was or­ ganized the district has produced 587,- 9851,045 pounds of butter and 193,631,354 pounds of cheese, the whole valued at $147,861,951; The six survivors of the Fifty-third Illinois, which, with Ford's cavalry and Coggswell's battery, formed the Cush< man brigade, held a reunion at Kanka- kee Wednesday. The following were present: Fred Herscher of Bonfield, Dr. J. W. Mullen of Lafayette, E. S, Singer of Grand Ridge, J. L. Moss and Louis A. Brooks of Chicago, and Joseph Beau pre of Kankakee. E S. Singer was elected president and J. L. Moss, vice president and secretary for the coming year. « Gibbe, who Burton's bridge, and a friend from Chi­ cago were nearly drowned in Fox river last Wednesday and but for this timely arrival of friends would be numbered among the victims of 1903. They were returning to camp down the river in a row boat, a$d in some manner, when about a mile from the point where the party of McHenry men were camping, the boat capsized. The water is very deep now at any point in the river and the men, being heavily laden with clothing, would, under the most favorable circumstances, have had a struggle in reaching land. To make matters worse, Mr. Gibbs, who by the way is an excellent swimmer, became entangled in a submerged barbed wire fence, making it impossible tor him to move. The Chicago man hung to a keg which had been in the boat, thus keeping his head above water. It is es­ timated by friends who were there to the rescue that the men must have been in the water over an hour, and both were in a critical condition when tan;en home. The men at the camp were afraid that something had happened to the occupants of the boat, owing to their long delay in reaching camp, and a searching party was sent out They ar­ rived just in time. CAMP AT GOOSE ISLAND. GETS LIFE SENTENCE. Resort on Fox River That Is Well Patron- Iced. 8fl)oo| Notes. McHenry connty teachers' township meeting will-take place at Hebron Sat­ urday, Oct 17- The Northern Illinois Teachers' as- sociation meets at Joliet November 5-7, and a teachers' meeting called by the Northwestern university will be held at Evanston, October 29-November 1. Walter Jtrause and Edmund JJeefe haye returned to school after a brief absence. Misses Kathryn Walsh, Margaret Sut­ ton, Mrs. E. C, Fisher and son, Boyer, Mrs. Geo. Huson and friend were visit­ ors in onr school dnring the past week, The principals and superintendent of McHenry county met at Woodstock Oc­ tober 10 with college and university inspectors for the purpose of arrang­ ing a uniform oonrse of study for the schools of MoHenry county. The picture, "Christ and the Doctors," which ie to be held t>y the room having the highest average in attendance for each month, was won by Mrs. Cobb's room for September. Education is a steady growth, a grad­ ual development, a daily acquisition of power; and time, application, and de­ termination are essential elements. Without regular and systematic appli­ cation to study the interest lags and the mental vitality wanes. The pupil who misses a few lessons on account of ab­ sence not only drops a link in the chain, but also loses interest in, and disposi­ tion'to pursue, his work. A , pupil should have a fixed purpose, a determi­ nation, and be regular in attendance, if he would march steadily on. Jack Miller and Peter Engeln are camping on Goose Island, near Burton's bridge for a few weeks, having pitched four tents and converted the place into a genuine resort for pleasure seekers. It may be called the "Hotel de Wetem- up" and it would be a fitting name. Re- freshments of all kinds are served to the guests, but there is a strict rule that prevents anyone from drinking river water or anything that looks like it A ban has also been placed on John Buch's sixty.-five dollar gun. Last week two gentlemen went oat hunting, with the gun in question in the boat, and while no one was watching went overboard into the stream leaving the gun at the bottom. The latter was recovered. It was thought best, too, to pull the men out, altho they had broken the rules of the hotel by "soaking up" so much river water. It was not long after that an­ other man went out with the same gun and had a similar experience. Both gun and man were brought in with little difficulty. The hotel has been doing a flourishing business. Among the guests registered last week were: Jos. Heimer, John Buch, John Buss, Jos. Bishop, Frank Brondecker, Nick Bishop, N- E. Barbian Matt Heimer, Anton Engeln, Patsy Boley, M. D. Weber, C, P, Barnes, Frank Jackn>ant Engeln. The menu for each meal is enough to intice any man to leave bis home and board a week. The noon meal is som6 thing like this: Clam Chowder, some thing else, fried perch, something else, mud hens, fish, ducks, something else, rye bread and oheese, something else for desert. If yon want a good time plenty of room and plenty to eat call at the "Wetemup." BUCKWHEAT A SCARCE ARTICLE, JSxcemlye Wet Weather Has Curtailed the Crop--Little Ra|*ed In the Cast, Very Low Sates to Kansas City, Mo* Via the North-Western Line. Excursion tickets will be sold Oct. 16 to 3i, inclus­ ive, with very favorable return limits, on account of American Royal Live Stock exhibition. Apply to Agents Chi- Mlgo dbNorth-Western R'y. got 81. Buckwheat is scarce this year, says the Rockford Star. The milling com panies have not yet received any and though Bome shipments may be made the present week, there is nothing def­ inite known. The cause of the scanti­ ness of the supply is attributed to the excessive wet weather, which has de­ layed threshing in the eastern sections, where the heaviest orop is raised. Not a particle of buckwheat has been ground this fall in this vicinity and the shipments are from three to four weeks late, as compared with former seasons. Last year the first of October there w4s a considerable quantity of the grain in the hands of the millers. Buckwheat is generally the last of the grain to arrive at the mills, and when thiB begins to come it is known that all the crops have been garnered. Cncuinber Seed Scare*. Cucumber seed is very scarce and probably will be very high next season. It would be a good idea for every farm­ er to go over his patch and save all the yellow cucumbers he has, taking the seed from them to be used next year, as the local factory may have to ask a high price for seed on account of its scarcity and advanced cost. This will probably be an item of saving to each farmer. Jacobs-Wlloox. Jabe Jacobs, son of Clark Jacobs of Nnnda, and Miss Emma Wilcox were married last Wednesday at Woodstock. The couple are estimable young peo­ ple and deserving in every way of the congratulations and good wishes that have been tendered them. EARL ELLSWORTH CONFESSES TO ATROCIOUS CRIME. Clever Detectives Work the Canse--Will Spend Balance or Life at Hard Labor Penitentiary. The Record-Herald/ Monday con­ tained the following regarding the Ellsworth case: "The^ mystery surrounding the sup­ posed double murder and suicide at Woodstock, 111., eighteen months ago, has been partially cleared up by a con­ fession said to have been made by Earl Ellsworth, who is alleged to have ad­ mitted that he fired the shots which killed his father, Benjamin Ellswoth, and Amos Anderson. The manner of the mother's death is still unexplained. The statements by the young man, who is only 24 years old, are said to have been made to detectives in this city, and it is reported that he is being close­ ly guarded. ' 'The elder ETlsworth, a wagon mak­ er; Mrs. Ellsworth and Anderson were found dead in an upper room in the Ellsworth home. It was supposed that the father, in a jealous rage, had killed his wife aud Anderson. Ellsworth car­ ried $6,000 life insurance, and this is supposed to be his SOU'B incentive for the crime, if the young man is respon­ sible for the deaths. "The insurance companies have feeen pushing the matter, and recently De­ tectives Gallagher and Thompson of the detective bureau were called in to aid the Matt Pinkerton agency, which was in charge of the case. Earl Ellsworth was led to believe that one of the city detectives was his friend. The officer ingratiated himself into the young man's good will and secured his confidence. "Ellsworth is declared to have told the Btory to the officer in Pinkerton's pri­ vate office in Dearborn street Ells­ worth believed be was alone with his companion, it is said, but behind a por- tierre sat the other officers working on the case and a stenographer. The tale told at this time is declared to all but proye that the suicide and double mur­ der theory implicating the father was erroneous. "Since this private talk State's Attor­ ney Lowell of McHenry county has been working on the case. He conferred with Chicago officials yesterday, and is believed to have Btrong eyidence that Earl killed his father and his mother's snpposed admirer. Most of the evi­ dence connecting the boy with the crime is believed to have come from Earl's own lips, but the officers first worked up a strong circumstantial case and it is supposed the 'friend' who chatted with Earl in the detective's of fice showed knowledge of these oircum stances." Very Low Ratpq to Df^rqlt, Via the North-Western Line. Excur­ sion tickets will bS sold Oct. 14 to 17, inclusive, with very favorable return limits, on acoount of Christian Church National Couyention. Apply to Agents Chicago A North-Western Lin*. Oct 17 LATER DEVELOPMENTS. Since the above appeared in the Chi cago papers, Ellsworth made a confes sion to States Attorney Lowell. He was taken into costody and on Wednes day taken to Woodstock where court was at once oonvened with judge u. H Donnelly on the bench. Below we give the court proceedings in full from the opening of court to the last word of the sentence: THE PROCEEDINGS. Hon. C. H. Donnelly, judge presiding, says: Mr. Ellsworth, do yon want to con­ sult with Mr. Lumley? I don't know of anything I want to consult him on. Mr. Ellsworth, will you stand up? Yes sir. (Mr. Ellsworth stands.) I have here in my bands a paper Bigned by you requesting that the order chang­ ing the venue in the case of the People of the State of Illinois, against Earl Ellsworth, charged with murder, be va­ cated and set aside, and that you be given leave to withdraw your petition and motion for a change of venue. Is that of your own free will and accord that you make that request? Yes sir. You do it voluntarily? Yes sir. You have heretofore entered a plea of "not guilty" to the charge agaiust you in the indictment, which was found charging you with the murder of Amos W. Anderson. Do you desire to with­ draw that plea of "not guilty"? Yes Bir. ' • " You have had the advise of counsel In this matter? Yes sir. And do you desire counsel now, or further counsel, or assistance of attor­ neys? You do not? No sir. Mr. Clerk, will yon read the indict­ ment in this case. (Indictment ia read by R. C. Richards, circuit clerk.) You have heard the indictment' read by the clerk, have you Mr. Ellsworth? Yes sir. Do you desire the advise or aid of counsel in the matter? No sir. You understand, the nature of the charge made against you? Yes sir. Da yon understand the penalty that the oonrt may inflict againat yon incase you enter a plea of guilty? I think I do. Do yon understand that the court may impose the death penalty? Yes sir. Or to imprison yon in the penitentiary for the term of yoor natural Ufa? Yes sir. Under theee circumstances what plea do you want to enter to the indictment? Guilty or not guilty? "Guilty." You do that with a knowledge, thorough knowledge of the punishment which the court may inflict? Yes sir. Have you signed a written waiver of. trial by a jury^-are you willing that the court should hear the matter, and pass sentence upon you? Yes sir. You have had the assistance of coun­ sel heretofore--do yon desire their as­ sistance further? No sir. Do you want to make any statement relative to^this mater? I would like to, but I don't know hether I can here^or not. I don't know whether I can make a complete state­ ment now or not ' ^ You may say anything you deffre to say, in regard to this fatter. Yon can sit while you are doing it, if you wish. Counsel tells me you are faint. I don't know where to begin. I will start in--that morning I went down to the breakfast table about seven o'clock. Father eave me a notice to pay the life insurance, he gave me the money, and just as I went away he asked me to do something for him. He asked me if I had seen anything wrong in the house. He wanted me to go to the house and watch. I didn't want to, but I thought to satisfy him, I would. I got a ladder and put against the honse and wept up to the attic, and he showed me a hole he bad bored there, and asked me to watch. I heard some one eoming from below. I don't remember just what I did do next/ I must have given the sig­ nal. In a short time father rushed up stairs, and I went down, and partly fell. At the bottom I found a cane, and took it with me and went into the room back of my father. He had commenced shooting, my mother fell against me and knocked me partly down. Do you know who shot yoar mother? My father shot my mother, but not then. I cannot remember just how it happened. He shot Mr. Anderson and he told me to go down stairs and I would find a gun in the closet, I found the old gun, and I think .with that he shot my mother. He then gave me the old gun. I threw is over on the floor. He said to be sure he was dead before I went away. Be said he would shoot himself, and he wanted me to promise Jnot to leave him until he was dead. Did yon say anything about commit­ ting suicide? He said to be sure he was dead before I went away. He gave me the key to a small secretary down stairs, and told me to get the notes against him and give then) to my uncle, and then he shot himself. I was to shoot him again if he was not dead, and I shot him again. Mr. Anderson came towards me, and shot him. Then I got the papers. How many times did you shoot your father? Once. How many times did you shoot An aerson ? Once. Only once. That is all. Do you know where you - Btruck him ? No sir. Did he say Anything to yon? He said "O, Earl, what you going to do?" That was just when my mother fell into me. When you came back after being down stairs, with the other gun, after you shot your father, did he say any- to you then ? No nothing at all, that I think of. He made a gurggling noise. He came to­ wards me and I shot him, I don't know why, but I shot him. How many shots did yonr father fire? I could not tell you. I fired two in all. What did you do after that? I got those papers and put them in my coat, went down stairs and crossed the lumber yard. What papers? Those notes against my uncle and my father. What uncle? Lawrence McGee. How long after the shooting of An­ derson was it that you went down stairs? Ju^t to go to the closet and down DEATH IN EXPLOSION. FUNERAL* OF CHRIS SCHMIDT HELD AT ELGIN SUNDAY. 'J stairs. I must have got them after I shot him, I think I got them after. What did you do with the notes? Put them in my overcoat What did you do after that? 1 put them in an out-house. After that? I neyer had them after that. ,Who got the notes for yon? My uncle. This same uncle} Yes sir. I told him to take them. My father said for him to. He brought them back to me. He told me to hand them baok, so I gave them to my other uncle. What uncle ? Ensil Ellsworth and told him I found them on the book case. What became of them after that? I don't know. What was the amount of the notes? I don't remember. Did you take any money ? I think one hundred doll*rs ($100.00) He told me to take all the money there was there. John Lelckem, Tho Terribly Injured, Will Recover--Full Details of Awful Accident --Obituary and Fnnentl Notice. The terrible accident at the residence of F. K. Ganger last Thursday occurred just as The Plaindealer was going to press, making it impossible to go into details at that time. Just what ignited the gas in the ma­ chine will never be known, for John^ < Leickem, who lives to tell the story^':' can give no satisfactory explanation. His theory is that the. gas waa ignited by toe lamps which were being used in ' the basement. But this does not seem possible. Had the room been filled with a volume of gas that would reach the lamp the explosion would not only have burned the victims but the house would have been wrecked. When Mr. Grang- • er appeared upon the terrible scene one lamp was still burning. An acetylene machine has a tank in which the gas ia - stored and it was probably the gas con­ fined in that small space which explod­ ed. Young Leickem does not remem- of Schmidt striking a match near the machine at any time. In making re­ pairs the pipes bad been disconnected and it may be that the plumbers went , to work believing that no gas remained in the machine. From all appearances the machine was thrown to the ceiling by the explosion, the top striking Leick- • em under the chin, throwing him back­ ward to the floor. He was bruised in several places about the body, but the "most severe wounds were under the. chin as stated and back of the neck. Something struck Schmidt between the eyes and made a terrible wound that ^ looked at first as though it may havefg> H%< caused his death. But later examina-«,;H^ tions showed t^at two pipes extending from the tank had struck him on either % side just above the stomach, crushing V iV' 1 /i his ribs. He lived only a short time^ {}*£.'- /JS after the accident and never regained, consciousness. Doctors Beebe and Feg- f era were called at once, but their services,^' ,.f. v - were of no avail in the case of the de- ^ ' - ceased. There was no possible chance^ for him. John Leickem was uncon- «. • for some time, but under the care of Dr. Beebe will undoubtedly fully re­ cover. He suffers at present more from the shock than the wounds. Coroner Maxon came over from Har­ vard in the afternoon and empaneled jury, which, after careful investigation, r handed in the following verdict: In the matter of the inquisition in. the body of Christopher Schmidt, de-* ceased, held at McHenry, 111., on the 8th day of October, 1.908, We, the jury, - sworn to inquire of the death of Chris­ topher Schmidt, on oath do find that he came to his death by an explosion of acetylene gas while overhauling a gas machine in the village of McHenry, state of Illinois, on tha 8th day of Ooto- 'M i ;S -1 (Continued in Snpptement) ber, 1903. H. C. MEAD, foreman. JOHN WALSH BEN LAURE3 C. T. ELDUEDGE MATH NIESEN CHAS. LAMPHERE It will be seen by the above verdict that the jury, after its investigations, could not locate the cause. Christopher Schmidt or "Chris," as he was familiarly known, was one of McHenry's most promising young busi­ ness men. By attending strictly to his own affairs, conscientious work and general unobtrusive disposition he had not only established an enviable busi­ ness in McHenry, but had gained friends as well. He was an exceptionally good plumber and his work about town will show that he never left a job until ifc was done. He was just as careful in all his transactions. He was an up­ right, valuable citizen and one that Mc­ Henry or any other village could not af­ ford to lose. Chris was born in Germany about twenty-nine years ago and came to this country with his parents in 1880, the family locating at Elgin. While & youth he learned the plumber's trader He came to McHenry about two yean ago to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Geo. Sommers. The parents both passed away some years ago, but there are two brothers and two sisters living, as follows; George, of Wood­ stock; Louis, Louisa and Mrs. Lisxie Leedler of Elgin. The body was taken to Elgin Friday evening, the fnneral being held at that city the following Sunday. Thomas Law, who has been employed by Chris, will complete all work under contract at the time of the> aooidaat. The business will then be sold. Body Found at PUtakee. After being in the water six days the body of Wrn. Mullen was recovered last Friday. Mullen, in company with three other men, attempted to cross the lake on the third of this month, and the boat capsized, resulting in the death o£ the former. Mullen was the only sup­ port of his widowed mother. sides in Chicago. While opening a box, J. C. Mount, of Three Mile Bay, N. Y., ran a ten penny nail through the fleshy part of his hand. 'I thought at once of all the pain and soreness this would cause me," be says* and immediately applied Chamberlain's Pain Balm and occasionally afterwards. To my surprise it removed all pain and soreness and the injured parts' 2#' a i