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t, <y5 *•' i,-*.'*^ '4 -.\ v. .A * r-v\<-,1 ^ "f \ * '•>», s-v, , S^' • • >sSft®; „ , p , Swsji *&**<?*• '•f,-miffr%m • • ^ <*%\ v\*\̂ \% \̂»«k\V»\%\%V%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%V%V MMWH VWWWi »\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\̂ %>W^%V|V democratic Employes Known Hare Been Irregularly Paid $10,000 -ftSfe-S" ALT6ELD MaiarktUc Propo«l<lo» MM* fcr DwtRht W. Aadrewi, Qnta !•• spector Under GOT. Altveld, When He Tamed Over His OAce--Short la His Cuk .it-i LARGE STOCK OF I "zv;;'? *A,a .r.-^r Chicago, Aug.22.--Although the Alt­ geld managers of the state grain in- 1 spection department are now under in- ? dictment in Chicago for embezzlement, it is not probable that they will be con­ victed pf the crime, even if prosecuted. Jhe Altgeld crowd has made good the shortage, and so far as the office books show nothing is due the state. The 2 ^ civil suit is still pending, seeking to re­ cover about $10,000 irregularly paid democratic employe® in 1896. When Dwight W. Andrews, chief inspector Wilder Altgeld, turned over the depart­ ment to the Tanner management, February 5, 1897, his books showed a cash balance of $17,607.68. The money was not in bank, however, but was evi­ dently tied up in the business of George P. Bunker & Co., a firm of which Mr. Andrews was a partner, for he desired his republican successor to take the company's note in payment of the bal­ ance due the state and give him a re­ ceipt in full. This remarkable propo­ sition Inspector Noble refused to enter­ tain, and after a heroic effort the dem­ ocrats on March 8 turned over $13,000, leaving an unpaid balance of $4,507.48. Later the matter was brought before the grand jury of Cook county, which returned an indictment for embezzle­ ment against Inspector Andrews and • his cashier, B. F. Jenkins. While the trial was pending, 15 months after turn­ ing over the department to Tanner, the balance of $4,507.68 was paid' in by the democrats. This payment was made May6, 1898, in the office of the inspec­ tor, by Tom Gahan and Alexander Jones, representing Andrews, Jenkins and the Altgeld democracy, generally. This probably closes the affair. No in­ centive to prosecute remains, and juries are not likely to convict under such circumstances. The stuffing of the democratic pay roll, however, to an amount above $10,000, is another mat­ ter, and the end of it is not yet." Fifer yielded the state's affairs to Altgeld with.a cash balance in the Chi­ cago grain inspection department March 13, lg93, of $45,773.18. It was cash, moreover, available the day P. Bird Price retired from the inspector­ ship. Inspection of grain as a depart­ ment of state in Illinois datea from early lu the '70s. Up to Altgeld's time the department had been self-sustain- lng, with a growing cash balance. Dur­ ing Fifer's four years the net cash re­ ceipts from inspection fees were $502,- ^ 908.04, and the expense of inspection $473,205.98. During the la3t Fifer year --1892--there were inspected 601,000,- 000 bushels of grain, the collections be­ ing $127,815.87 and the expenses $126,- 327.99. Altgeld appointed George P. Bunker chief inspector. During the year 1893 there were inspected 540,000,- 000 bushels, the collections were $120,- 587.85 and the expenses $140,551.63. While there had been h decrease of business from 1892 of $7,228.02, the in­ creased expense of inspection was $14,- 223.70. A decrease in the amount of grain inspected would naturally mean a decrease of the number of helpers in the inspejdH^ department, but, while tWe pay roll of 1892 was $93,296.53, the pay roll of 1893 was $105,023.36--an in­ crease of $11,726.8$. There was a hun­ gry horde demanding fat jobs and a fat republican balance from which to pay salaries. The loss for the first dem­ ocratic year was $13,953.45. The books show a cash balance March 1, 1894, of $31,819.73. The next year was the darkest in the history of the depart­ ment. Inspection fell off to 443,000,JH)0 bushels, collections were $85,670.93 and expenses $104,757.99. The cash balance March 1, 1895, was $13,354.56, showing a loss for the 12 months past of $18,- ^ 465.17, and & loss for the two democrat­ ic years of ?%2,418.62. During the year ^collections had fallen off $34,916.92 and expenses had been reduced $35,793.70. This was effected not so much by re­ ducing the number of employes as by partial payment of salaries, the prom­ ise going out that back salaries would be paid when the finances of the de­ partment permitted. The great falling off in the amount of grain inspected and the consequent falling "bit in fees Was the legitimate result of faulty in spection, made by incompetent and ignorant men. During the democrats' first year's work grain inspection in Chicago was a farce, and a very ex­ pensive farce for grain owners. It meant nothing, for no faith could be placed in the work of men who knew nothing of the quality of corn and rye except in the liquid form. Inspection which was sought iu 1892 was avoided ID 1894, and a Chicago inspection cer­ tificate meant no more than a confed­ erate bank note in 1866. "Old Bill" Smilie, the expert who had made the old inspection so reliable, was retained , by the democrats as chief supervising inspector, but he was shorn of author UgT and bad no power to discharge in- S;-.' compel en ts. Bunker retired at the end of the see- Ond year, and was succeeded by An- jV drews. The wagon and carriage busi nes* of George P. Bunker & Co. had t»een launched, with Bill Cantrell chairman of the railroad and ware­ house commission, as a member of the film There waaan apparent cash bai­ lee of above $13,000 when Andrews •>k charge, the department funds be- lepoBited in the Spaulding bank, es not appear from the books that turned ov*r any cash to An- ^TpIominent lawyer. jreetivilUy 111., Mr. C. E. Cook, write* ' *1 have been troubled with billiousnwn flick headache, sour stomach, constipa tfe#, etc., for several years. I eou&bi loM and tried many iemediea, but wa* JHbpointed until I tried Syrup Pepsin f^ijpp cheerfully recommend It to any suf - LERAMK from above complaints." J • A Jgl% MeBanrr. rs, cuffs, shirts and ties in endless at M.J.WALSH'S. FILVER DRAGOM TEA. best Tea in the market, and bough he Tax. 8oid now at 50 otntfi At Suacs StsSsl's. Men's, Boy's and Youths' Manufactured for us by the most progressive and largest Cloak House in the country, Messrs Joseph Biefcld & Co. of Chicago. Our prices are way down, the style and quality high ip, our stock extensive and sizes for alL Cloth, Plush and Fur Capes, new designs and colors in Cloaks and Jackets. Can fit all sizes. Can show new stock in few days, ,, Even the Children will be supplied with fine and well wearing Clothing from $ Kuh, Nathan & Fischer, for years our old reliables. p3|| and Winter Dress Goods and'Matched Trimmings, Suitings, Flannels, Outing Flannels, Prints, Domestics, etc. U nderwear To beat all former successes. You can't afford to pass us on the best line at lowest prices in town. Blankets, Shawls, Hosiery, Yarns, Caps, Gloves, Mittens. The Old Reliable Dutchess Pants, Lycoming Pants, Beloit Shirts, Jackets, Duck Coats, Overalls, etc. Stylish, Guaranteed and Servicable Footwear. Selected from best factories, W. L. Douglass' Men's Shoes head the procession of ail good shoos, Faunce & Spiny, Harding & Todd Ladies Fine Shoes in all the fashionable lasts and stocks. Rubber .Goods kinds cheap and of the J^pst kind. Fur and Cloth Gut Prices in GROCERIES. Try our Silver Dragon Tea. We don't sell much Pillsbury's Best Flour-- >nly a car in about three and one- half weeks, but we must and will beat all prices on Flour in large or small quan­ tities and invite purchase of chance. We will add more shelving this week to receive Fall Goods and will lay wires for a big fall trade. Tours Truly, NEW FALL MODS ARE JUST ARRIVING AT THE FARMERS P STORE WEST McHENRY. With a carefully selected stock in every department and prices on the "Live and Let Live Basis," we take pleasure in inviting you to call and look us over before you buy. WHEN YOU BUY DRY GOODS Go where only Standard Grades of goods are kept; where quality is not sac­ rificed to make a low price; where the stock is not clogged with old good?, nor with odds and ends. Go to "the busy store" where every season the season's favorite fabrics, styles and colors are to be found at prices much lower than city prices. OUB iHOl B1PA1TM1NT IS COMPMTE. !w, CROCKERY and GLASSWARE Our stock is not excelled by any. We can sell you anything in this line, from a single dish to a full set at almost your own price. CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES. Our store is headquarters for the best in the market, and our prices are as low as first-class goods can be.bought for anywhere. ct-. : : ^ SLEEPY-EYE "FLOUR CONSTANTLY ON HAND. Be sure to call and see us when in town, the village Free of Charge. "V\ est McHenry, Sept. 14, 1898. _ Goods delivered to any part of r -- -- " -- -- l.nfrllr-lrilrriri-ifrirfiffvrirrri'i-nin>iiitii ra'riffTTiMirrMh1 nrrarami wmm irajf ,, a drews, but It is a fact that Andrews came a member of the firm of Bunk & Co. # Even Chicago democrats can learn,] and the work c-f 'the department £ ! proved after two years of experimen ing. i The amount of grain inspects in 1895 was 545,000,000 bushels, an in­ crease of 112,000,000 bushels over 1894. Collections for the year were $96,115.7T --an increase above $11,000 over 1894-- and expenses were $87,905.64--a de­ crease of above $16,000 from the pre- - viouis year. This was the only demo1- cratic year which showed a profit, thfl „ cash balance March 1,1896, being $23r 899.19--a gain of $10,544.63 for the year.' They couldn't standi prosperity, how*. ever. The business of 1896 was thai heaviest in the history of the depart? ment. The inspection was 649,000,000 bushels, the collections $137,339.19 and the expenses $137,369.11. This was afi increase of $49,463.47 over the expensB of 1895. Of this $10,827.37 was back pay, and $10,735 was clear theft^ through "stuffing" the pay roll. Thia back pay was not authorized by tho railroad and warehouse coihmiesion, and was illegal. The voucher® for the back pay bear the "O. K." in blue pen­ cil of "W. S. C.," but Chairman Cantrel] before the grand Jury could nol identify the letters as his signature. A large ainouiit of the money paid foil back salaries did not reach the men to whom it was due. It developed be« fore the grandi jury that several had signed the pay roll for larger amountl than they received, One man whd signed for $700 testified that he had ren ceived $250. Men known to be in thq ' employ of Bunker & Co. drew theix pay from the state as employes of thfl inspection department. James Baker, the defaulting warden of the Chestel penitentiary under Altgeld, shows oH| the roll as having received $700. R. & D. Willbanks apparently received $60Q .1 but he told the grand jury that he ha<3 not received a dollar. Sol Van Prague appeared on the roll ias "V. 8. Da Pague." Whoever signed his nam started to write "V. S.,w and the: wrote over the initials the word "Sol." He told the jury he did not sign tha pay roll, and that the money he had received from Andrews was on? ae> count oi previous loans. "Big Sandj Walters" was on the roll, and he un­ dertook to prove to the jury that h«i had worked fpr the department and earned his salary. He made such 4 mess of it that he is now under in< dictment for perjury. G. M. Haynea^ a business partner of Cantrell, at peers to have received $790 as a cler in the department. B. J. Hinkston r€ ceived $665 for service rendered th(| state, although he was employed In th« salesroom of Bunker & Co. f When the Tanner administration^ took charge in February, 1897, Inspect tor Noble's first act was to relieve thoj pay roll <Jf 81 names. Since that tima the pay roll has never reached tha amount of the highest demoeratio pas roll by about $2,000, although the bust" ncBs of the department for 1897 waa heavier than for 1896. The collection* " for the first republican year were $14A^ 803.35, and the expenses $130,248^T, This shows an increase in fees earned oi $8,000, and a decrease In expenses oi $7,000, in round numbers, over the last democratic year. The showing for tha first six months of 1898 is still betterj the collections to July 1 being $74,368.49| • and the expenses $64,224.20, During thd first 16 months of the Tanner adminia* - tration the department has put by a surplus of $48,460.77. During the flr«* two years of the Altgekl admlnlstra* tion the department lost $32,418.62 ol * the surplus left by Fifer. Altgeld in* herited a cash balance in the depart ­ ment of $45,773.18, and left a balance oi $17,607.68, showing a loss of $28,166.60 ̂ Tanner received a balance of $17,607.68, which had increased to $66,068.45 Jul| 1, 1898. . |, The difference in the figures showd the difference in the method* of th^ two administrations, and the figureai: teach a lesson* Thieving and ignorancaJ. applied to the management of the spection department,- cost the stat^l ^ $28,000 in four years. Honesty and in* telligence, in the same field, has added - $48,000 to the state's funds la lq months. Viewing him from all pointi Chester to Bock Island, and from Kan kakee to Quincy--Altgeld was the mos costly natural phenomenon ever wii neesed by the people of Illinois. . PAUL, HULU A REVENUE PRODUCER. THE Dlagler Act Hu PTOT» Success During- th« Put VUcal Year. Assistant Secretary Howell's statti ment of the receipts and'disbursement of the government during the past: cal year prove the success) of the! ley law as a revenue producer. gives these figures! "Receipts, 'Including PmoUe items, $405,821,836; expenditures. Inc Pacific railroad Items, #448,168,80. le*\ deficit of <38,047,247. It we Inolude the ccipta from Pacific railroads, amount to 864,761,223, and the expenditures on account oi $4,649,868, the account stand as follows: Receipts.-8846^0,111; pendltures, 8438,819,814, leaving * deficit $98,249,103. "This large deficit Is acoounted for, part, by the extraordinary demands the treasury to carry on the war. A servattve estimate of the war expendltv. during the months of March, April, Hal j\« and June Ss $56,000,000. If we deduct tali from the 198,249,108 the deficit would be 9*1' . ' 249,108. la other wor<V>< the deficit woaty •*,„ not have exceeded this amount on a peac< ,, basis. At the end of the first seven montfei of the fiscal year the deficit was $61,Ml<J8fc ? - Deduct from this 142,249,108, and we fin«l that the defloit has been reduced durtnfl " the last five months of the fiscal year t< _ $9,652,719." From Mr. Howell's report it is seen *J~" that the receipts for the last five months ; s from the Dingley tariff law were over -)? $9,500,000 in excess of oar ordinary e» •, penditures. ' The operations of the law has proved . its success as a revenue producer times of peace as well as of good < in the encouragement of American j duatry.---Chicago Times-Gerald. \N \N. E. C. Blanks, of Lewisville, Texas, writes that one box oi De Witt's Witeb Sazel Salve was worth f 50.00 to him. it cured his piles of ten years standing. Be advises others to try it. It also cures eczema, skin diseases and obstinate ioree. By J. A. Story. Tan shoes and slippers at redooed prices to make room for fall goods. M.J. WALSH., Win your battles against dttoaao acting promptly. 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