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I y -mr y -k, A. P. PAER, j»SIMON STOFFEL 8, 1889. WEDNESDAY, NEWS, ULMJflAKY mmm I"1 - -* -- - West IflcHenry, OHENRY, t*--*4z mx#:-. ff'f ^t-4: K^The Democratic party is in a bad >way. It has no principles that tbe party lis united in supporting, and no leaders that all will follow. The Memphis, Tenn , Commercial Appeal, one of tbe leading < Democratic papers of the south, laments the sad condition of the Democratic party as follows: "Evil days hare come, to the Dem- FiCil Hois, Jr., who sued tlio Sau FVafa oeratic party. It is not only a minority citsco Typographical tJnion to recovel parfy bnt a wrangling and dissevered 125,000 damages for h«ving^nforc« minoritv. It hasnotonb become a party out of employment by tbe union, he oeinf \ a non-union man, has been awarded $1, of negation, but a turbulen* and faction- 200 by a jury in the Superior Court. bedeviled party of negation. It has no The Buckingham Theater at Louisville leaders and no objective point to which tras destroyed by fire. The tire was enua- ^ lead. The tineel of place and position ed by a live wire in the scene room, and, although a general alarm was turned in, is more thought of than are principleg or : ft turned ̂ "fiercely'that"the entire place policies. What was once a great party was soon gutted. The loss is placed at that stood for the broadest statesman- $00,000. * ship has degenerated into a number of n>j"i .x 'T •m • fefc Another clash is reported in Samoa. Tht German consul released a German sen­ tenced to imprisonment by Chief Justicc Chambers, and now the American and British -consuls refuse to recognize tht Kaiser's representative until an apologj is forthcoming. * The Tork Farm colliery, operated by the Lehigh Valley Coal Company ai Pottsville, Pi., has closed down indefi­ nitely. Nearly 400 men and boys art thrown out of work. The colliery has- been in operation seven years and, it i* ^ said, has lost money. , In some unexplainable manner the Unit kC-' ' \ '\ ed States express car attached to the new W V,-' transcontinental fast mail train caught *4,"..' fire on the Milwaukee road as the train % •>. neared Brookfield and was destroyed £ " Only the money and bonds- iu t&e safe ~ were saved. j p v A n A m e r i c a n m i s s i o n a r y . R e v . W i l l i a m £•*" • Deck, reports that there is unrest and fe'i'^ dissatisfaction in Liberia with President Coleman, and that neighboring tribes are encroaching and inciting to rebellion, . while France and Germany are also fo- ^ meeting trouble. ' Frederick Lanbraq, of Chicago, jump- • ed from the window of a hotel in Hobo- jy , ken, N. J., where he was stopping, and V-". i sustained serious internal injuries. Lau- insurrectionary factions who agree only on one policy, that sublimely stupid policy of doing nothing and of objecting to everything proposed by the Republi­ cans. Conditions such as these cannot last because they will destroy and obliter­ ate. The question of leadership in the bouse amounts to little as long as there is no cohesion among members. The Republicans are extending the trade of the country, opening new territory, building schools and courthouses in our new possessions, and whether right or wrong, doing something to show that they have reason for being' in existence. If the Democrats in congress would sup­ plant Bailey with an expansionist who is in harmony with the spirit of the age and who is not a belated wand rer among the ruins of antiquated theories and traditions, there would be some hope for the party, but as long as De­ mocracy means do nothing, Bailey is as good as any one else that can be named." The Farmers' Institute • At the Farmers' Institute, recently held at Harvard, tbe following officers for the ensuing year were elected: ^ President, G»o. A Hunt, Ureeuwood. - Vice-President, E. S Smite, Alden. tt Secretary, M Z mpieman, Marengo. Treasurer, H. T. Thompson, Huntley. Executive Committee, F. 0. Wells, C«, W, Harrison, R W. Overton, Samuel E( Clark, G. E. Hurbank. - ? Before the institute adjhftrned, or be­ fore it reached the point of electing ita officers, G. E. Burbank, of Harvard, a member of the executive committee, offered tbe following resolutions, which were adopted by a unenimous vote: Whereas, The annual meeting of the McHenry County Farmers' Institute, held at Harvard, 111., .Ian- 19 and 20, 1899, has been attended with much pleasure and profit; therefore Resolved, That the thanks of this in­ stitute are due, first, to the energetic,, public-spirited «ud hospitable people of Harvard, who have been entiling in their efforts to provide for the comfort and entertainment of us, their, particular guests, and we leavw Harvard wi" h many pleasant recollections of this, the most profitable meeting in the history of our institute. To R J. Beck we return, grateful thanks for his kir>dnet>s in furnishing us with 100 conies of the third annual re­ port of the liii'iois State Farmers' Insti­ tute and to those who have aided us by panera and addresees during our pcpmoup we are also deeply grateful, as well a* to al! who have in any way contributed to make this our bnnner institute meeting. A• we are just through inventorying all od<J» and ends must go! During the next 20 Days. Ymi can set lyn^r own price on anything you wan* among our l»Tge Hoe marked down. It wi'l h* a bigr sale at hh* low or lower prices than have t ver been offered in the Dr> Goods lice in McHenry We are going to lid cur feb.elves of this stock ynd you can at your own price. v ~ Representative Stone, of Penney 1- bran Weht East intending to sail for Ger-j vania, chairman of the committee -^on many, but missed his beat. Since then] Coinage, Weights and Measures, last week presented the committee report on the Hill bill, recently reported to the house. The Hill bill follows the lines of the recommendations of the Indianapolis monetary conference. It declares for the gold standard; provides for the inter- changeability of all forms of money; A panic prevailed in the Hotel Aether- anttj0n of the issnance of notes from lands, in New York, when a fire ™s dis- tnnch of the treasury depart- covered in a room on the fifteenth floor. lD® The alarm spread through the hotel and Iment, and gradual retirement of tbe he had been despondent. ' There is little hope for the ship Princess Edward that left Baltimore nearly nine months ago for Honolulu to load sugar. When the Coptic, just in at San Fran­ cisco, left Honolnlu the Princess Edward had not reported. The Princess Edward Carried .a crew of tWenty-seven men. > - - '{' Rj^The United States has paesed with­ out opposition a bill placing Gen. John M. 1'altner, of this state, on th-? pension roll at the rate of $ 10(rper month. The bill went to the house and will undoubt­ edly soon become a law. Gen. Palmo is a veteran of two wars, has leached the age of 80 years, and is nearly devoid of sight. Heserved as Republican governor of Illinois from 1868 to 1872, and was a Democratic r ember of the United States senate from Illinois for one term. employes trained for such an emergency appeared with the, hotel apparatus. W ith the aid of the firemen the blaze was soon pot OUt. : i A family of five/was eatirely wiped .out in the little town of Bowman, Ark., with­ in the last two days, all dying with pneu­ monia. Esquire Gwyun, his son Charles, his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs, Richard -Nobles and Mrs. Dot Carpenter, nnothec daughter, were all buried at the same<time in the same-plot of ground. For1 love of her child Mrs. Fione \ an SetMack has withdrawn the two suits of $125,000 against her father-in-law, Peter Van Schaack, the millionaire Chicago drtrggist, and has written "satisfied" across the judgment of $65,000 for alien­ ation of her husband's affections, which a Breofcfyn -Sheriff's jury gave her in 1898. directly the steamer Spartan Prince, 1 ffcmt Genoa, reached quarantine at New fork, secret service agents boarded her and arrested three members of an alleged gang of Italian counterfeiters. A fourth arrest was afterward made at the barge office. The agents of the secret service have been looking for this gang for some time. The south-bound passenger tra il on the Kansas City and San'Francisco road was slowing up for a railroad crossing near Pittsburg, Kan., when the roadbed for a distance of sixty feet sunk from under the engine and train. The engineer put on a fnll head of steam and succeeded in palling the entire train out of the hole and on solid ground. It was found that the roadbed was over a coal mine rind the ground had sunk to a distance of six teet , below the level. A decision of the greatest importance in - t^wgdEraptcy proceedings throughout the country has been handed down by Judge Seaman in the United States Circuit Court at Milwaukee. The court holds that the file of a petition in bankruptcy ^jraivea the constitutional privilege of re-; , fusing to give testimony under the plea that it nlay tend to criminate himself The decision is rendered in the contempt proceedings instituted against Louis Sa piro, a Waupun bankrupt merchant, for failing to produce his books of account greenbacks. The report says of the bill: 'it seeks to strengthen, solidify, and fortify our present system rather than to build anew. Its purpose may be de­ fined in three words, 'to remove danger,' or, perhaps better, the apprehension of danger. It especially seeks to allay at home and abroad all doubt as to the present and permanent quality of our money, and to make and keep the credit of the nation above the reach of success­ ful attack or well grounded apprehen­ sion." This bill can be easily put through the house, but the leaders have not yet decided to do so, and may not, because of tbe absolute impossibility of getting it or any other financial-bill through the senate as that body now; stands. tSyA Washington Correspondent says: "The finding of the Eagen court-marshal, together with a legal review of the cast by the Judge Advocate General, has just been handed to the President. That he will mitigate the sentence of dismissal from the army imposed by the court martial is legarded us certain, but tc what extent, or how soon he will act, it is impossible to do more than guess at this time." With a larger stock of Goods in all Departments than elftr beforer whioh he wUi sell at prices to suit the tim^p? ^ f J tuau n»vet:vt)rwieu <>uer«*u iu me isiy ,1U« •" f f\ \ TT'O A ATT\ j/~\T TT^n A It Won't Last Forever. |^LOAKS AND ©VERC04|S buy At 20 per Cent Discount for Cash. WW! DRESS GOODS. We have remnints of Dress Goods tbit have been thrown into the Ma tighter Feu Th^re are many astonishing bargains. ( atch. tbem before they are all gone. Ladies' and Children's Shoes. A quantity ot Women'* ar-d Children's Shoes, -which will 9acritijed. .Al, good and stjl sh makes. Call and see them. be Bed Blanketslfrcm 42c to $4 per paira Underweai, Gloves, Mittens, Hats, Caps, Overcoats, Rubbers, Etc, W e have in stock the celebrated > Mishawaka Felt or Knit Boots In endless variety, which has too equal. Call and look them over* Odd Pieces of Crockery. In Decorated Wire, ^vhich you can have at your own price. Some very desirable pieces. We can't fail to please you in almost any line. Wo have Fine Handkerchiefs, Mufflers, Neckties, and in shoit Fancy Goods of all kinds. Styles the Latent. NT* On the Elgin Board of Trade on Monday tbe butter market was firm at 2 0c. Of 71 tubs «ffn«r .re u V < r 1 Last week's price was 18^; one year ago 19c. The better exhibit from the Na­ tional. Creamery butter-Makers conven­ tion, at Sioux Falls, H. D., goes from Elgin to Green Bay, Wis. ^ ; MEWS NUGGETS. JloCkey Tod Sloane is reported to hav« cleared $400,000 by the recent boom in iWThe most important diplomatic utterance in Washington for some time was tbe authorized interview in which the German Ambassador to the United States said: "About the question oi ex­ pansion, which has become such a vital one, I can say that Germany at least is M>t interfering in what is strictly the of tuS Uuitou ommb. The United States did not object to onr occupation of Kiact-Chou. Why should we object to American occupation of the Philippines? We have not in the Philippines any more vital interest than America has in China, Since the United States, although nrged to do so, did not protest against our •itrance into her commercial domain in tbe Celestial Empire we cannot do a more Oourteous act than to follow ker example #nd abstain from all criticism of her acts in Asiatic waters." Tbe fact that the ftorman Ambassador had from the be- ; ginning of the war with Spain until the publication of this interview refused to •ay one word has added to public inter- •st in his words. In the diplomatic irodd nothing is said or done without ftn object. Perhaps the object of the Embassador in this case was merely to . fell the Americans that Germany was jBot disposed to meddle witb them, but time may show him to have had a very , f t different object. Ool Bennett Held Up. It is reported, says the Elgin Daily News, that Col. Bennett was held up the night the soldiers were paid at Joliet. Tbe colonel was going home about mid­ night, as the paying off was not com pleted until after 11 p. m. A man sud­ denly appeared from nowhere and pulled a gun on the colonel, bat the latter was prepared and pulled bis enormous weapon quicker than scat. The man then played off drunk, said be didn't know where he was at, and the colonel allowed him to stagger off. He had gone only a few paces, however, when be broke into a lively run. Such is the story told by members of the late Third who were recently at Joliet. It sounds reasonable enough, ••ay the'soldiers, except for one thing--nobody was ever known^to escape the colonel after being rounded up. I®" The Peace Treaty waa ratified b^ the Uuited States Senate on Monday by a vote of 57 for and 2^ agSftnet. Wh<n we take into consideration the un doubted fact that had this been done some weeks ago, the bloodshed at Ma nila would have been avoided. Th< se Senators who by their opposition tactics delayedithe vote have nothing to feel proud of. desperate battle took place at Manila on Saturday night and Sunday last between the American forces and the Filipino insurgents under Aguinaldo, which resulted in the defeat of the in­ surgents and utter rout oE their arn.y. The land forces under Gen. Otis, assisted by Admiral Dewey, made shoft work of the treacherous natives. The insurgents were the attacking party, and it will bt necessary to whip them into submission, and teach them that Uncle Sam is not to be trifled with. In the fight the Amer­ icans lost aboht fi'ty men killed and 200 wounded, while it is said the loss of the insurgents was over 2000 killed, 2500 wounded and 500 taken prisoner. Our New *Stock Has just commerced to arrive. You will h ar more abouj it soon. FlOlir OLD SLEEPY EYE FLOUR is still the leading brand. We do not have to change brands two or three times a year likcsome merchants do, trying to get a flour that will suit the trade. Sleepy Eye Flour gives satisfaction to every one that uses it. VV e have a Jot on hand. Goods delivered to any part of McHenry, Yours for trade, Weat McIIeury. il > inois. For Ladies and Gents, found in this section. FI SfE SHOES. The largest and best assortment to be Chicago's Leading Newspaper is the Chicago Journal. You Should Read It BECAUSE-- n Ano'her Car of PiMsburv'sEBest this Week. SIMON STOFFEL. West McHenry IU. Dec 7, 1898. ?'NCWOODI II-1- Tust what You Want. J SJ f ^Congressman Albert J. Hopkins, of Aurora, 111, will take the place on the Anglo-American commission made va­ cant by the death of Mr. Dingley, unless there is a decided change in present plans, says the Aurora Post Journal. Mr. Hopkins was chosen for a variety of reasons. In the first place, he is a mem ber of the Ways and Means Committee, thoroughly conversant with all tariff matters, and well up in the general policy enunciated by Chairman Dingley himself. More important still is the fact that the Illinois representative was the author of the reciprocity features of the Dingley tariff bill and is an acknowledged au­ thority on that branch of the revenue legislation. • Mrn» press represents civilization, jtt stands as the safeguard of liberty and -Hf^jjiwtaoe and progress. What is it that upousi ths cause of the helpless and ' - «taads between the humble and oppres- & i - jiosT Who is it that confronts corrup- <!^ - tion and wrong? What, in this land |/ feath no fear? It is the press of America, r tits free press, and all men know that the P nswpapers, as if by instinct, mark for iMr displeasure every enemy of the bonammity and the nation and every of immorality and crime. IT HAS THE SERVICE. BEST NEWS ITHAS THE BEST MARKET - PAGE. - - • IT HAS THE BEST SPORT­ ING NEWS IT IS INDEPENDENT AND : EARLESS. TERPRlSING AND ESTALL AROUND ER PUBLISHED. Atwavs on the jriKht s'de ot Cti<» jtreat <iu etlonsofthe flay Pnnta just wliat 11 mean* in an !r.<iepemlcnr. stia Khlforward mannnr. Our * i.u Is ti m ke a pav>»r for the people just as we tinri them-- roo'1, healthy buoyant and full r f hu gan interest for fate everywheru. One cent a copy. By wail 13 per icar. 8en»l for sample copy. IT IS THE NEW8P CHICAGO JOURNAL. Wanted-Rn Idea Who can think of some simple thing patent? Protect your ideas; tiiev ir.ay brlua y«>u wealth Wi-lu* JOHN WEUD'-.IUJCHN ft Co., Patent Attor­ n e y s , W a s h i n g t o n . D C . . f o r t h e i r $ 1 . 8 U t ) p r i s e of fer and list of two hundred Inventions wanted. Fur Goats, Jackets and Gapes, FeltrBoots and Lined Shoes. Mid-Winter Clearing Sale. For the purpose of reducing stock to make room for Spring Goods, we shall make liberal discounts on all lines of inter Goods such as Duck Coats, Underwear, Blankets, Flannels, Wool Hosiery, Caps, Gloves and Mittens, Felt Boots and Ovcrs, Jer»ey and Flan­ nel Shirts, etc. Our stock of ' i Fancy Shirts and Collars, in Stripe, Checks and Plaids Arc the finest in town. Call and see tLem. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW SUIT. TH I S label on Men's, Boy's and Children's Clothing is a warrant of quality, workmanship and value. It specially particularizes the brand That Never Disappoints the Wearer No uncertainty about these goods--they are depend, able--they are reliable. Everything in them is sOt absolute certainty. Without being a judge you can buy in perfect confidence--they are correct. Don't take some other kind. We have full line of samples. Come to our store and make your selection new. The largest stock of Fresh, Pure Groceries in town. Prices the lowest. , Another car of Seal of Minnesota and Fancy Flour just received. Goods delivered promptly. ~' ^ PRICES THE LOWEST QUALITY THE BEST. It Agent for Continental Fire Insurance Co. Yours Truly, M. J. WALSH. - West McHenry. Count Telephone No. 20. AN SON'S The Gold Snap Reminds You Very forcibly that winter is by no means spnnt, and that to keep comfortable you must have solid, sound Footwear, warm Under and Overwear for the next three mouths perhaps. You will need the best to ward off cold and sickness. T*ke no chances with half warranted wearables. We sell the correct kind. Spring Merchandise are also beginning to arrive. W e will fce pleas id to see you. JOHN EVANSON & CO. West McHenry. Illinois. BOUCHT TO SELL THIS WINTER. Prices Will Talk for Themselves. COME AND SEE THE 60008. J. E. CRISTY. JACOB JUSTEN, The Reliable Furniture Dealer Can still be found at his old "tand, four doors north of the Bank of McHenry, with a full stock of furniture of all kinds, to which he invites the attentio11 of the buying pu ic. Rarlor apd Bed R66m Sets. Lower than the same goods can be bought anywhere in than county. In short, I WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD on any class of Furniture, quality of goods considered. Call and see me when in want of anything in my line. WE OABRT A FULL LINE OF Caskets, Coffins, Burial Robes, Eto We guarantee first class work .in every respect. Call and see me before purchasing. • <35 JACOB JUSTEN* McHenry, III., 3ept. 7? 1898. sfet-'i ^ &>yVi* & -J..: