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VOLUME XXV. U-3* \\** iiW' * McHENfitY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1900. J.V1 : •I'iaslS^ •/fJUMBER rp HE DUPES MANY FIRMS. GUSTAV PALMES, THE QUIUTY *» PARTY 18 ARHE8TEO.- f Police Claim' h» Obt«ln«d Viatly 910.000 by ttw 1» d 1 i n g-Th I rfy-three Oom- plaints are Lndged 4g»lw>t Him. The Chicago Chronicle of last Sun- contains the following: P-. "A. number of Chicago's big: business firm 3 have been busy for several months bringing order out of chaos, a condition brought about by the alleged confidence Operations of Gustav Palmes, a young Jfttrmer who came here a year ago from Woodstock and who was arrested at the i|j*and Pacific hotel last Monday on a Ipiarge of swindling. Palmes has a doeen aliases, among Jftiem John H. Whitson, J. K. Herman, ||ohn McLean and John H. Lemmar. Not until yesterday did the police that their prisioner had duped Ijiany large concerns in the city. Last > ||ight Officer Ulmacher rec >rded thirty- Hbree complaints against him, and it is Ihought that there will be as many more beard from. The police claim Palmes has obtained more than $10,000 by fraud­ ulent means, and that he has bought on swindling orders more than, $50,000 Worth of good*. ; - His method was first to obtain the confidence of the mahager of some large enterprise. He accomplished this in a manner which incurred expense as well as confusion to the firm. Then he would borrow a small sum of money. This would be his only profit after giving an order in some instances for hundreds of dollars'worth of goods. He purchased from hardware concerns, manufacturers of nearly every class, makers of caskets, poultry-houses and bakeries. In one instance he gave an order for twelve dozen pies. He would then borrow from $5 to $50 from the Baanager on the strength of the order he fpau given the house and depart. It iironld be the last seen of Palmes. The goods would be shipped and the firin he had difped would incur an expense far ^ excess of the amount the young farm-' er had obtained. 1 Palmes claimed on various occasions represent Walters & McLean, Whit- Jj§n Brothers and the Woodstock Bot­ tling and Brewing -Company, all larg" firms of his former home. He also con­ tacted for goods to be delivered to re t&il houses of other cities and in many instances the victims had difficulty in iicovering the consignment. One of Palmes' fivt victims in Chio ipo •was the Staver C arriage Company, at Seventy-sixth and Wallace streets, to whoji he claimed to represent a Wood­ stock concern. He gave an order for eight carriages and thenborrowed #15 from the manager. The carriages were skipped to Woodstock and the company founl it necessary to pay the freight back to Chicago. Christmas day he tried to victimize the same concern again and it was this that' led to his ar­ rest J At the headquarters of the F. H. Hill ®p!Sn Company, 263 Washington boule­ vard, he gave an order for 100 caskets to be sent to Woodstock aud borrowed $10 He purchased twelve dozen pies from the Ne w England Pie Company, at Lake and Green streets, and gave an order for tnrkey and various fowls at the Chi­ cago poultry-house. Safes, pumps and hardware Of «varv description as well as bulky machinery and wagdns were ordered and two Woodstock concerns say they have re ceived within the last six months more than $25,001) worth of goods \yhiph had been ordered by Palmes in this city and which they refused to accept The re­ sult was confusion and in a number of instances a representative of the victim­ ised firm found it necessary to go to Woodstock to reclaim the property. The freight depot at Woodstock has for six months"" resembled a storage- house. Thousands of dollars' wqprth of ' goods had accumulated there, and it \ was the work of days to straighten out f matters. It is said that nearly all of the orders have been returned td Chicago, though the expense incurred has been heavy. A list of some of the firms from whom Palmes ordered goods and the respective sums which he borrowed from them art as follow^: Mosler Safe Company, 87 Randolph street--Fire-proof safe ordered; $10. Jf t Milburn Wagon Company, 521 Wa bash avenue--Ait order given for several ^vehicles; $50. > Deering Harvester Company--Large order given for machinery, $35. Crescent Type Foundry--Types and inks ordered; $5. Fred W. Wolf & Co.--Order for two machines; $10. Piano Manufacturing Company, West iman--Large order given; $2. Healy Ice Machine Company, JChir- 'Wn?v • |^<4. compressor and fifteen-ton condenspr ordered ; $50. ? - % Clow & Franklin streets--Puinpi ordered; $5. Webber Wagon works, Eighty-first and Wallace streets--Twelve . vehicles ordered; $5. . Staver Carriage Company, Seventy- sixth and Wallace streets; vehicles ordered; $15. Wells & Nellegar, 74 Lake street; hardware ordered; $10. American Boiler Company; two large boilers ordered; $10. George W. Trout, l«8 Lake street; hardware ordered; $5. Chicago Poultry Company; fowls ordered. $5. Black A^osmer, 385 Newberryave- nue; stoves ordered; $20. New England Pie Company, Lake and Green streets; twelve dozen pies ordered; #10. Chicago Engineering Companf^^$$7 Lake street; order given and $5. : ^ Brnswick-Balke-Collender Company. 368 Wabash avenue; large order given and $10. Mearle & Heaney, 188 Washington street; order given and $5. Fairbanks, More»"& Ok; scales ordered: $10, ^ Williams Rubber Company, on Lake street: order given; $5. Liquid Carbonated Gas Company. 76 Illinois street--Large order given; $10. F. A. Hill Coffin Company--One hun­ dred caskets ordered. $10. / Gould Pump Company,4$ North Canal street--Pumps ordered; $5. Temple Pump Company, 17 Meagher street--Order given and $5 obtained. United States Office and Desk Com­ pany, 246 Wabash avenue--Order for desks given; $5. National Meter Company, 818 Dear­ born street--Order given; $10. ^ Money Weight Scale Compaay, J? State street--Order given; $20. These orders given by Palmes were filled and the goods sent to Woodstock. Palmes is 22 years of age. His par­ ents live in Woodstock and he was raised there. He was arrested last Monday By Officer Ulmacher on com­ plaint of the Staver Carriage Company. He was arraigned before Jnstiee Mar­ tin and the case was covtinhed until January 4. - The prisioner was laboring under much excitement in court, "I will kill myself, I will hang myself!" he cried, and when the officers took him to a cell he struggled to free himself." This is the person who was buying goods for our merchants last summer-- Owen & Chapell, John Evanson, Gott­ lieb Boley, Barbian Bros., John I Story, Jacob Justen and in fact, nearly every business man in McHenry was well looked after. Gustav Palmes resided in Johnsburg until about a year ago when he went to Chicago. * LI-T EH --Today Palmes was held to the Criminal Court BISHOP M'GAVICK IS BACK. NOT FOR RENOMINATION GOV. TANNER SO STATES 4 SPRINGFIELD LAST FRIDAY. IN BetMu to ^hicnfo Much Benefited kty t.' I"* Long Rest. Bishop Alexander J. McGavick, coad­ jutor to Archbishop Feehan in the ad­ ministration of the affairs of the Roman Catholic dk*ces6;of Chicago, has returned to* his home in that city after a six months' tour undertaken with the ob­ ject of gaining telief from the strain caused by overwork- At his residence, which is the pariste house of St John 's church, in Eighteenth, nea: Clark, the information was obtained that the pre­ late had received great benefit from his his prolonged outing, was in good health --though not entirety robust--and that he would be present in church Christ­ mas day having come home especially for the great religious festival. "He is home for good," said Father James McGavick, brother of the bishop, "and will take up his duties again as as­ sistant to the archbishop, But his episcopal work will not be verp onerous until spring, when the season for giving confirmation and for the exercise of similar functions will begin. Of course be will continue as head of St. John's parish. "He had been suffering somewhat from insomnia Sbout the time a vaca­ tion was decided upon. Such physicians as Drs. Frank Billings and J. B. Murphy told him he had been working too hard. It was on their adv&e that he traveled extensively and so material has been the benefit that he has had no occasion for any medical consultation recently." With his brother, Father James Mc­ Gavick, for traveling companion, the bishop left Chicago early last summer. A short stay was made at a fashionable summer resort on the Atlantic cost and this was followed by a trip to Europe. The chief point of interest visited abroad was Ireland, the home of the tourists forefathers. Here several weeks were spent amid restful scenes of quiet country life. For the first time in months the bishop slept well and a was I His home is in his native town'of Jack- improved so much in every way that he ! sonville, and at present he holds an ap- becauie convinced that the time had! pointment under President MeKinley come for him to return home. But al-! as internal revenue collector the though the ocean voyage on the way j Springfield district back was unugiially pleasant and much j Judge Elbridge Hanecy was born in enjoyed, the prelate did not feel qtdte i Wf^con^in""forty-nine years ago. He well on landing again on American j went into Chicago when 18 years of age shores. He was ready to resume his! to carve out his fortune. He found duties here, however, but was dissuaded 1 employment in the, houses of Field, from this course and, with the consent j Leiter & Co. and John V. Farwell & of Archbishop Feehan, a quiet retreat in j Co. In 1874 he had acquired a law ed- A Number of Good Men In the Field--A Short Sketch of the Lives of Yates, Hanecy, Reeves and Carter. From all parts of the state gathered the warriors who fight the battles of the Republican party to participate in the "love feast" held at Springfield last Thursday and Friday. Governor Tanner announced that he would not be a candidate for renomina­ tion. Some of his friends insisted on him remaining in the field but this he would not listen to- Four possible candidates are an­ nounced--Yates, Hanecy, Reeves and Carter. Chicago papers say that Cook County will be solid for Hanecy and if such is the case he is sure of the^ nomi­ nation. It would be well for our readers to be- acquainted with the m^n who are st sing nomination for governor and fol­ lowing will be fouttd short sketches of tltsir lives: Richard Yates is 89 years old. He is the son of the war governor of Illinois, "Lick" Yates, and was born in Jack­ sonville, Morgan county. He is accoun­ ted an orator of more than ordinary ability, and as a college youth was a winner in many oratorical contests. He is a graduate of Whipple academy, of the University of Illinois, and of thelaw school of the University of Michigan. While completing his law education he was city editor of the Jacksonville Daily Journal. Ia 1885 he was elected city attorney of Jacksonville, and held that office un­ til 1891. He is interested in the Sun­ day-school work of the Methodist church, of which he is an active member. Since making the announcement of his intention to run he has made a num­ ber of speeches throughout the state. Mr. Yates is married and has a family. majority of 6,251, and in 1898 he ran against ex-Attorney General Makmey and defeated him. ^ Mr. Reeves has been making a can­ vass openly for some months, declaring that he represents no faction. Judge Orrin N. Carter was born in a log cabin on thtf banks of the St. Lawrence river, in Jefferson * county, N. Y., in 1854; At the age of 10 he moved with his mother and. brothers to Illinois. They located on a farm two miles north of Wheaton. His fath­ er, who was a lake captain, died in Chi­ cago when Judge Carter was 1 year old. The Judge's early life was a struggle. While compelled to work on a farm, he was determined to obtain an education. He attended the common school in winter until 1874, when he entered Wheaton college, being graduated in 1877. To meet his expenses there he taught school and worked as janitor at the college. 1 He was a law student in the office of Judge Tuley in Chicago, graduating in 1880, after which he began practice at Morris and wag the prosecuting at­ torney of Grundy county for six years. In 1890 he opened an office in Chicago, where he was elected county judge in 1834. > SKATED TO THEIR DEATH TWIN SONS OF MATHU|a ADAMS DROWNED. IT IS NOT NEW Question Was Yearn Ago Michigan became his temporary home. For the last few months the bishop and his brother have been in the wol­ verine state. Once a rumor was started that nobody knew where they were and it was reiterated in a morning news­ paper. To%his false report Father Mc­ Gavick referred laughingly. "We were not at all lost or missing," said the priest. "We were in regular communication with our friends in Chi­ cago, but were sot traveling with a ucation and was admitted to the bar. J He soon took an active part in polit­ ical matters, and in 1898, when the number of circuit court judges was in­ creased, he received the Republican nomination and was elected for fotir years. In June, 1897, he was re-elected for the full term of six years. His ca­ pacity for work is shown by the fact that last year he finally disposed of 1,452 cases. The judge and his family are mem- The disagreement as to the end of the old and the beginning of the new cen­ tury is not new to this year. Indeed it is uot surprising to learn that the same question vexed the curious mind 1M years ago, and of this we have proof in. the following verses, which were recent­ ly discovered at the Chicago library. They appeared in The Triumph Demo­ cracy, or New York Verses, published in the Conneticut Courant, January 5, 1801. They were found in a v6lume of notes and queries, called ' 'The Searcher;" "Precisely t welve o'clock, last night,. The eighteenth century took its flight. Full many a calculating head * .*.! lias raked its brain, its ink haashe^^; , • To prove l»y metaphysics One, A hundred means bu* ninety-nine; While at their wisdom others wondejpNt"' •v'. But took one more to make :i hundred, C v* Tims by an iniexaniplei? riddle The world's divided in the middle, . Tl:e century waking from its bed t ri Finds half mankind a year ahead; Wlillc t'other half with lingering psi^K^_ •} Have scarcely started in the race. ' Strange at t he-eighteenth century's fcloM, When light in beams effulgent glows*, When bright Illumination's ray Has chased the darkness far away, Heads filled With mat hematic lore Dispute if two and two make four. Go on. ye scientific sages, 'V /C' Collect, your light a few more ages, ;V j. Perhaps as swells the vast aiaoant, . ,• j., A century hence you'll learn to count." "These lines were written," says the contributor, "by Dr. Lemuel Hopkins, a noted physician of Hartford, Conn. The poet doctor was also one of the 'Hartford wits,' and was commonly called 'Old Doctor Hopkins,' although Theodore and Nicholas Adams, Aged Years, Meet Death While Slcati ng on PMh 1 t«k»>»> Bay--Bndlcs Recovered. '! The home of Mathias B. Adams, two and one half miles north of Johnsburg^ 41 was shrouded in gloom last Wednesday/ 1 1 when the lifeless bodies of the Uttl^ii^ii twin sons, Theodore and Nicholas were carried home. 0 The boys attended to their morning' * '1 work, as usual, and in company witlt i their younger brother, Henry, started /- out for a skate on Pistakee Bay. All ^ ^ they Were leaving the yard they caUe4^f*|I * 'good-by " to their mother and continued '• \ to wave an affectionate farewell until they disappeared from view. They skat* =. i ed as far as S. J. Mellin's where they 1 stopped to get warm. A short time later - they started out for a skate on the Bay. On the east side of'Half Moon Island , •*>, the ice gave away ayd the twin brother* ^ ^ Theodore and Nicholas plunged in. The youhger brother s skate strap broke and he stopped to repair the damage, thus avoiding a similar fate. Hearing a call for help, Henry looked up in time to sea hi^ brothers disappear in the water.- att Pitzen, of Johnsburg, and a boar* der at Mellin's responded to the call for ^ help. The bodies were taken out at'^! 12:30 p. m. after being in the water W vftljout two hours. ,< - 11 The inquest wasjjy^d Wednesday ere- ||f ! ning. • The little fellows were inseparable 4* ̂ companions, always sharing their joya %f||! and sorrows in life, and in death they i?f>f . are united. kf Theodore and Nicholas Adams were f ̂ , 5 years of age October 5, last . The funeral services will be held Fri- j day at 9 a. m. in St. Mary's Cntholio Church, Johnsburg. Rev. Father Meh* S, \ K-\ ring will officiate. i "Nothing is lost though tn tlooiii and i| ^ • sorrow. - ^' Death lakes our loved ones aud bears them away, £ \s.; The sun that goes down sinks to rise on the morrow. - " . .' p r And night springs f*0m darkness and life dccajr." . m' 3." •; CHILDREN AND THEIR STUDIES. .. 0 Five Bevr*' Brain Work, the Maximum | Two Honrs, l'lay, the Minimum. The cramming system and its aocom panying evils are characterized as "M National Crime at the Feet of Americait Parents" by Edward Bok in the Januar/ Ladies' Home Journal. "No child unf der fifteen years of age," he contends, "should be given any home study whatr ever by his teachers. He should haves not more than from one hour to four of; schooling each day, the hours increasing^ with his years. Outside of school hours; he should have at least three hours of play. After fifteen the brain has anoth* er period of rapid development, with1!' special increase of the highest faculties! Four hours of schooling, then, is hot too much, provided the child's physical be-g ing is capable of It, and in time an hour of ^isolated study may be added. But that is enough. Five hours of brain work a day is the most that. we should ;isk of our children, and the chiid^hould' EMSSC *f.V ? t is. : ' V m " ° •- 5' ̂ I i- .-Sv I m Jr, H SCENB ON Ont kindljr ioxned' bjr £mtl Lash of c?hicag» «s/- pass at least two hours a day in the open air. Our boys and girls do not get enough fresh air and sunshine into their bodies and natures. The higher insti­ tutions of learning understand the need of physical, development for brain growth far better than do our lesser schools aiid onr homes--sad as ft is to admit-it" V Have You Cold? If so, then instead of taking so much ,quinine take a pleasant and mild stomach and bowel remedy which will cleanse the system, and you will be surprised how qnickly the cold will leave you. We sell Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for just •this purpose. Try it. 10 cents 50 cents and $1. For sale by Julia A. Story. f'harmacy Hoard tu-Meet. The state board of pharmacy will hold its annual business meeting next Mon­ day and Tuesday at Springfield. The applicants for pharmacists' certificates Si - ws*m msm brass band, and there was no flourishing of trumpets before any of the towns we entered. Perhaps that explains the ori­ gin of the report as to our alleged mys­ terious disappearance." Most Rev. Dr. McGavick has been bishop about a year. He is one of the youngest of the Roman Catholic bishops in the United States, being not yet 40 years old. When the increasing weight of cares in the archdiocese caused Arch­ bishop Feehan to seek a helper he had the privilege of choosing his aid. To the surprise of nearly everybody he selected the unassuming young pastor of St. John's church, who had in a few years cleared off most of the heavy churcii debt that had been*hanging over the parish for nearly a quarter of a century.--Antioch News. Elgin Batter Market. ' On. the Elgin board of trade last Saturday 78 tubs were offered and 25 sold at 38 cents. The committee re- beri of Grace Episcopal church. He lives at 3116 Michigan avenue. The judge belongs to the jfraniilton, Union League and Washington Park clubs. Walter Reeves, the representative in Congress of the Eleventh congressional district of Illinois, was born in Western Pennsylvania in 1848. He came to Ill­ inois in 1856. After leaving school he taught school for several years in La- Salle, Livingston and Marshall counties. He was admitted to practice in Streator, in 1875, where he has resided for twenty- four years. Fcr many years he has been active in politics, and in 1894, when the Eleventh district was divided, the two leading candidates, Thomas J. Henderson and Hen y Mayo, withdrew, and the party united on Walter Reeves. He defeated the Democratic nominee for Congress, Captain Gibbons, by 4,982 votes, al­ though at the time the district wa i be­ lieved to have a Democratic majority of at the time of his death, April 14, he was about 50 years of age. - Evidently neither the doctor 'w humor, j nor the passage of another hundred/ years, with all the advancements theV have witnessed in the various fields of human knowledge, has served to con| vince all that the centuries end with the years whose last two figures are 00, in-) stead of 99.--Woodstock Sentinel. Nearly fifty years ago James B. Perry wrote the above poetry in cuie of hie school books. At that time he Oommit- ted the lines to memory. Last summer he sent the first five lines to the Daily News, Chicago, asking for the author. The reply was nearly identical with that taken from The Sentinel. Rapid Work. H. Erickson secured the contract .for a factory erected at Foster and South- port avenues, Chicago. The building sisi stories and basement 100x150 ft fourteen days he had the maron work ' ~^N£V»Y5fc}TSBAU^ Aflna4 SuecM* and Many Pimeat'itWi Neighboring Towns /*fhe ball given in Stoffel's hall on New - Year's night was a grand success. A large number were in attendance from 'the neighboring towns and Chicago. At least 400 people were in the hall and 175 ^dance tickets were sold. The musio was exceptionally fine, and an excellent supper was served. Beneath each plate was concealed the souvenir, a dainty/; little leather-covered pocket mirror. / Mr. Will Jungruckel, of Dundee, and pliss Myrtle Slimpin, of McHenry, carried off the honors in the prize waltz. * The gentleman received an elegant pair of cuff buttons and the lady a imwiiloil /-J buckle set 1- ' • %$•] -- - . Important Notice • . Everyone interested in the progress * of our village is kindly invited to attend v", a meeting of the McHenry Improvement • j? Association at the city hall on Tues- day evening of next week, January 9, 1900 at 8 p. m. for the purpose of adopt- f||C ing by laws, considering factory sites and to transact such other business as may V* oome before the meeting. * \ " • " J O H N E V A N S O N , PresidMt. , / . Tax Rate for McHenry. . t ,; i - The tax rate for this village and that part of school district No. 2 outside, is" as follows: Sl&te tax.A;.*f,. County tax. Town tax. Road and bridge tax. ,f School tax. M :«* Total, A New Year's Dinner. ntng ontre New \eor 'pleasantly observed at home of Mr. Oliver N. Owen. Amon^ the relatives entertained at dinner were: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis H. Owen, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Chapell, Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Owen, Mrs. E. M. Owen and Master Edwin Owen, of McHenry and Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Babbit, of Elgift. A Family Keunion^ f - 'A 5 .# '-W • Mrs! Margaret Bonslett enjoyable family gathering at her home i^ on New Year's day. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Simon Stoffel, Mr. and v Mrs. Will Bonslett, of-McHenry, Mr. "> ar^d Mrs. Charles Frett, Mr. and Mrs. B. '3onslett and Peter Frett of Chicago. Mi v t V. Swif; New Orleans Physician Called. An offer has been made on behalf of the Transvaal government to a prominent; physician of New Orleans connected with the marine-hospital corps. It agrees to provide free passage to and from the i South African Republic, and a bonus of $500, •S ft?"