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' ^ -i " * - "#$ ,.-, i " rv:T,,rrr^^: , ^ iL~ "• Eureka Harness Oil is the l>est preservative of new leather and the best renovator of old leather. It oils, softens, black­ ens and protects. Use Eureka Harness on your best harness, your old har­ ness, and your carriage top, and tliey will not only look better but wear longer. Sold everywhere in cans--all sizes from half pints to five gallons. Made by STANDARD OIL CO. rs%} K • : jjjp . • •• r ^ v * j i A../ $ -l $ \ 'Twill make a horse laugh . M,1 :il y^ bring him to establishment for a new spring outfit. Nice new harness, sweat pads, cur­ ry combs, brushes, whips, etc. We also have a nice line of spring robes that you* should see. Every­ thing for the horse. Repairing done neatly and *np%. H1ST0RY0FWEEK Hems of Interest from All Over the World, J 7 -• PBEPARRD IN CONDENSED FORM. WM. MERZ, - McHenry. H. fl. Jensen FLORIST Cut Flowers in all Varieties. Fnaeral Designs on short notice and at reasonable prices. Potted Plants Potted Plants of all kinds constantly on hand. We would be greatly pleased to have the public give us a call McHENRY, ILLINOIS. It Touches the Spot B'*SA f 'V For Cuts,. Burns Bruises, Sores, Pimples, Chapped Hands and Lips, Etc. Etc. end for sample. Large box, 25k DOBBIN riFG. CO. Station S, Chicago, 111. --Don't (walt lor the Casualty!-- Be Prepared I F. WATTLES (Successor to 14. It. Howard) Proprietor of the West Side Neat Market i All kinds of Fresh and salt Meats always on liand Oysters n their season. Vegetables and Canned Goods. Come and* give me a trial F. WATTLES. West McHenry. BmiU Reported by Telegraph Given la 8hort Paragraphs--One Week's Happen­ ings Chronicled to Suit the Bnsy Reader --Crimes, Casualties and Other Matters Public Interest. THIS BOER WAR. British forces under Rundle, French, Hamilton aiid other generals are "en gaged in lighting Boers at Thabanchu Lord Roberts reports federal forces very active. General Ian Hamilton, after flghtipg all day on the flank, drove the Boers back and reached Houtnek, command­ ing the Thabanchu and Bloemfontein road simultaneously. The transport Bavarian, with 1,0 Boer prisoners, has reached St. Hel­ ena. All foreigners in the Transvaal must Join the Boer army or leave the coun­ try. The British have occupied Brand- fort, surprising 4,000 Boers, who re­ tired after an artillery duel. British troops hold positions as far as Isabel- fonteia, twenty miles north of Thaban­ chu. King Oscar of ^Norway and Sweden declares himself qn the British "side In the Boer war.* The Irish-American brigade is said to have lost heavily in resisting the British advance to Brandfort. Hunter's division crossed Vaal river at Windsorton en route to Mafeking. Lord Roberts forced the passage of the Vet river after three hours' artil­ lery fire and camped three miles north. Report of the occupation of. Win- burg by the British confirmed. Rob­ erts seized Smaldeel Junction. Boers retiring before British except on Natal frontier and .at Mafeking. They appear determined not to fight until Kroonstadt is reached. THE WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES. The American garrison of Catubig, island of Samar. consisting of thirty men belonging to the Forty-third regi­ ment, has been attacked by rebels. Twenty of the Americans were killed. The remainder were rescued. A reconnoitering party of the Twen- ty-sixth United States«infantry was surrounded in the island of Panay, Philippine islands, and four killed and sixteen badly wounded by Tagals. There are persistent rumors that Aguinaldo has been killed by the Igor- attes. General Otis and his personal staff are en route for the United States and General MacArthur is in command at Manila. Nearly 3,000 Spanish prisoners are still held by the Filipinos. General Pantelon Garcia, the highest insurgent officer except Aguinaldo, is a prisoner In tfie hands of the Ameri­ cans. - R This Bank receives deposits, buys and sells Foreign and Do­ mestic Exchange, and does a GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. * We endeavor to do all busi­ ness entrusted to our care in a manner and upon terms entire­ ly satisfactory to our custom­ ers and respectfully solicit the public patronage Honey to Loan II F 1! f\ \ f on real estate I li 111 II I an<* other I I I I I 1 I m I c l a s s s e - V111* I 11 * 1 curity. Spec- ial attention and promptly at-given to collections, tended to, in First est rates URANCE ( (/liipanies, at the Low- Yours Respectfully RRY & OWEN, Notary Public, Bankers, WASHINGTON NEWS. Both houses have passed the amend­ ed Porto Rican bill, after a struggle in conference committee which led to presidential interference. The Nicaragua canal bill was passed by the house--225 to 35--after the stormiest debate of the session. Captain Chadwick, who denounced Rear Admiral Schley as a disgrace to the navy, has escaped with a repri­ mand. The senate has, passed the army ap­ propriation bill. The Nicaraguan canal bill was placed on the senate calendar but it is said the Republican leaders aim to let it sleep until adjournment. Senator Clark announces his inten­ tion to speak in his own behalf when his case arises in the senate. The president, it is said, is not in favor of repealing the war stamp act The situation regarding the Ameri­ can indemnity claims against Turkey Is unchanged. An early adjournment of congress seems probable. IN THE POLITICAL FIELD, The Michigan democratic state con­ vention indorsed Charles A. Towne for vice-president Represetative Grosvenor, of Ohio, gives McKinley 260 electoral votes and Bryan 174. The Brooklyn Eagle (Rep.) starts a boom for Grover Cleveland for presi­ dent The Christian political party has been formed at Rock island. Ills. Friends of^ Grover Cleveland will meet shortly to determine the advisa­ bility of starting a movement to re­ nominate him for the presidency. The municipal election at St. Paul. Minn., resulted In a Democratic land­ slide. The Iowa Democratic convention elected a Bryan delegation, but did not declare for 16 to 1. Michigan Republicans instructed the national delegates for McKinley. The United Christian party in con­ vention at Rock Island nominated Silas C. Swallow of Pennsylvania and John G. Woolley of Illinois as its presi­ dential ticket. Nebraska Republicans nominated Charles H. Deitrich for governor. Among the delegates at large to the na­ tional convention are Senator Thurs­ ton and Edward Rosewater. Corrected returns on Chicago wards at the Republican primaries give Car­ ter 229 Peoria delegates. Hanecy 233, and 39 uninstructed, who probably will vote for Hanecy. H. S. Boutell has been renominated for congress by the. Sixth Illinois dis­ trict Republicans. Wisconsin Democrats urge the name of former Senator John G. Mitchell for the gubernatorial ticket. THE CRIMINAL. RECORD. George Miller committed suicide at Toulon, Ills., by shooting. His mind was deranged. He was a son of the late James H. Miller, formerly speak­ er of the Illinois house. The men accused of complicity in the murder of Senator Goebel. at Frankfort, Ky., have been given a change of venue from Frankfort to Scott county. la testifying regarding the assassina­ tion of Goebel, at Frankfort, Ky., W. H. Culton. a suspect seriously inciim- Miated Youtsey, another suspect. General Harrison Gray Otis attacked a newspaper man with a bayonet saber tn Los Angeles, Cal.. and will be tried for assault and battery. Trial of the Kentuckians accused of •Complicity in Goebel's assassination has been set for the second Monday in July. An unknown acid-thrower rains dresses of many women shoppers on downtown streets at Chicago. John Green and Charles Brown were hanged at New Iberia. La., for the murder of Young Sorreil at Oliver Sta­ tion, La. At Bamberg. S. C„ Rev. W. E. John­ son killed a neighbor as a result of a quarrel growing.out of the painting of a fence. D. P. Shaw, originator of the office supply project, committed suicide at Chicago because of ill health. Affairs of F: H. Zander, the missing Austin, Ills., real estate man and church trustee, are found in a tangled condition. :; , - . BUSINESS NOTES. r.';- More than 15.00C union workmen in many cities struck on May day be­ cause their demands were refused. The East Side Rolling mills, which are a" part of the Republic Iron and Steel company's system at Toledo, O., have shut down indefinitely. Edward E. Rice, theatrical manager, has filed a petition in bankruptcy, scheduling $91,610 liabilities and no as­ sets. The First National bank of Lyons, la., has purchased the Citizens' Na­ tional bank. The Siegel-Cooper company, capital |24,000,000, was incorporated at Tren­ ton, N. J., to deal in goods of all kinds in New York, Chicago and other cities. The City National bank of Philadel­ phia has decided to merge with the r'hiladclphia National bank. Its capi« tal is $400 000. It is rumored that A. P. Wilder, edi­ tor of the Wisconsin State Journal, of Madison, will buy H. A. Taylor's stock in the paper and assume full owner­ ship. MISHAPS AND DISASTERS. -A mine explosion near Scofield, Utah, killed 250 men, all at work in two shafts of the Pleasant Valley Coal company. "•* At Fond du Lac, Wis., Walter N. Lessleyoung, aged 21 years, son of Louis Lessleyoung, was thrown from a carriage and received injuries which resulted in his death. Mrs. J. Johnson, residing three miles from Arkdale, Wis., was burned to death. It is supposed her clothing caught fire from her pip£. An explosion in the soap factory of B. McGurri & Sons, Chicago, wrecked the plant and injured four persons, two seriously. The child of ex-Marshal Krueger, of Brillion, Wis., was so badly burned that her life is despaired of. The total life loss in the Scofield mine disaster is now estimated at 250. Six sailors lost1 their lives in the wreck of the British steamship Vir­ ginia at Diamond shoals, off Cape Hat- teras. Mrs. Adeline McNally, 62 years old, of 1312 Page street. San Francisco, fainted in a bath tub and was drowned. Two persons were killed and three injured in several small cyclones in Kansas. Bruno Andersonr aged 8, was rua over and killed by a Chicago oil wagon. NOTABLE DEATHS. Sheridan Cox, a well-known educa­ tor, died at Kokomo, Ind., aged 68. Waitman Thomas Willey, former United States senator from West Vir­ ginia, is dead at his home in Morgan- town. W. Va., of old age. He was born in 1812. George B. Smith, a journalist of the Old school, is dead at Chicago. Bishop H. M. Jackson, until re­ cently assistant bishop of the Episco­ pal diocese of Alabama, is dead of pneumonia at his home in Montgom­ ery. David B. Culberson, father of Sena­ tor Charles A. Culberson of Texas, is dead. William C. Endicott, secretary of war in Cleveland's first administration, is dead. Alexander Chesney, an Illinois pio­ neer and one of the wealthiest men in his part of the state, is dead at his home near Nashville, Ills. Alonzo Burr, for fifty years a lead­ ing business man of 'Bloomington, Ills., is dead. Mrs. E. S. Hinriclisen, mother of for­ mer Congressman W. H. Hinrlchsen, is dead at Alexander, Ills. * THE FIRE RECORD. Fierce forest fire has been raging since Wednesday night in the woods between Cedarviile and Center Grove, N. J. , Fire destroyed the Newport villa of W. S. Wells, of New York, the loss be ing $200,000. Sandon, a mining town of British Columbia, was destroyed by fire and nearly 1,200 persons are homeless. Loss, $700,000. Fire destroyed the- Maliory steam­ ship pier in the East river, New York, cost an infant's life and caused a loss Of $1,000,000. The paper and pulp mills at Grand Mere, Que., have been destroyed by fire. Fire destroyed the plant of the Reed Fertilizer company at Eastwood, N. Y. Loss, $50,000. OOD» AND ENDS. Detectives working on the Wetland canal ease say they have found evi­ dence of a plot involving Fenian and Boer organizations. Dupuy De Lome, former Spanish minister to Washington, is now ambas-* sador to Italy. Cripple Creek's output of gold thus far in 1900 is $10,592,988, against $7,- 124,233 for a like period in 1899. The palace of arts at the Paris ex­ position has been inaugurated by Pres­ ident Loubet. Archbishop Keane's appointment to the Iowa see Is now believed certain. Tbe governor of the Gold Coast col­ ony reports desperate fighting with the Ashantis. Many Chicago pulpits were occupied Sunday by visiting bishops and dele­ gates to the Methodist general confer- •nee. 1W.C. T. U. PRESS DEPARTMENT! MRS. A. E. AURINGER, Editor. I •mw«i..>miiimM>mniin.minnMHniMI| [Thf Plaindealer does not hold itself respon­ sible for the opinions expressed In this col­ umn.--En.l ( Good Advlee. George W. Childs, of Philadelphia who is often pointed out as the best type of a successful business, man says this: "I cannot lay to muoh stress on the matter of strict temperance. Drinking beer, wine or spirits is a useless and a dangerous habit. It does no good, and if the habit is continued it is almost sure to lead to destruction and death. Taste not, touch not, handle not. You should have courage enough to say 'No,' if you are asked to drink. In looking back over my life I recall many of the best and most promising of my com­ panions who were ruined by the habit of drinking, not one of whom ever imagined that he would be wrecked in mind and body and eventually fill a drunkard's grave. There is no safety in moderate drinking; every one who touches it at all is in danger." , Parts 1900 Exhibition^ According to Dr. Legrain, France is showing signs of awaking and of taking fire at the temperance idea. , It was hoped at first that there would be at the Exhibition a Temperance Palace in which the temperance exhibits of the world would be arranged, a restaurant added thereto, combining theory and practice. Towards this project the Sweedish Parliament had voted six thousand francs. Dr. Legrain had the support of his colleagues on the com­ mittee, who were put on their mettle by the action of the traffickers in obtaining nearly all the best sites for their in­ toxicants. But men value not in the bulk that which they value in detail, for although each by himself was con­ victed, when it came to a vote all ran away together. But notwithstanding this exhibition of moral cowardice there will be temperance exhibits, arranged not in one building, as was hoped, but in connection with the various countries represented at the Exhibition. Judge Baker's Opinion of Saloons. Recently Judge Baker, of the Federal Court, Indianapolis, in passing sentence upon a young man named Beeming for assisting in tbe robbery of a postoffice, said: "It is an unpleasant thing to send an intelligent young man like you to the penitentiary. It is a sorry thing that so many young men do not realize until it is too late that the saloon leads to prison. I doubt if there is one man out of fifty that I am called upon to send to prison that does not begin his career by frequenting saloons and gambling places. If the young men of the country would study the prison records of the various penitentiaries it would be to them a stronger sermon than all the temperance lecturers could ever deliver. When you get out of prison there will be little hope for you unless you right about face--turn your face from the sa­ loons. I think I will send you to the workhouse. Maybe the memory of your dead father and mother, and the prayers of your good mother, offered for you in your childhood, may yet make a man of you." Beeming was then fined $10 and sent to the Marion county workhouse for six months. - A Fast Bicycle Rider. Will often receive painful cuts, sprains or bruises from accidents. Bucklen's Arnica Salve, will kill the pain and heal the injury., It's the cyclist's friend. Cures Chafing, Chapped Hands, Sore Lips, Burns, Ulcers and Piles. Cure guaranteed. Only 25. Try it. Sold by Julia A. Story, druggist. Great opportunity offered to good reliable men. 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All the latest styles can be found on our counters, and at proper prices. Hats, Shirts Neckties and everything in gents' furnishings--all new and stylish. The gentlemen of this town would do well to call and see these goods. Prices are right. Carpets, Wall Paper Lace Curtains, Window Shades "Steegy Bye" and 4'Pillsbury's Best" Flour SlflON STOFFEL Aug. Buchholz, Tailor. West McHenry, 111. Don't be flistateen If you want a stylish fitting Suit or pair of pants go to -\ Buchholz, s 5 That is the Place He makes no humbug fit and workmanship is the beat. Made up right or no sale. NMNMN Si# READ THIS And be assured that others will notice that well displayed advertisement of vour's JIM ;h , t '•