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VOLUME XXVI. McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1900. NUMBER 5 ATLANTA CONVENTION. DR. STRAUB VISITED THE SOUTH­ ERN CITY. At a Delegate to the Y. P. C. U. Conven­ tion--Relates Many 111 teresting: Facts Re­ garding Places Visited. - - On the evening of July the 10th the Monon train pulled out of the Dearborn station, Chicago, at half past 9 o'clock, headed for Cincinnati. It had a palace car filled with delegates and visitors en- route for the Atlanta Y. P. C. U. con­ vention. The car was one of the finest, with every birth taken, exclusively at the Y. P. C. U. After spending a pleas: ant evening, on board in social chat and Y. P. C. U. songs, the births were lowered, and the party retired. Of course there was no incident noted in passage through Indiana and Ohio. At 7 o'clock in the morning the train pulled into the Union station at'Cincinnati. A half-hour was given for breakfast, dur­ ing which the party was joined with delegates from Michigan, southern Illi­ nois, Indiana and Ohio. After break­ fast a train was boarded by the party for Chattanooga. It was a fast train, and, having crossed the high bridge over the Ohio river, sped rapidly over the famous Bluegrass country of Ken­ tucky. Passing through the cities of Lexington and Sominerset. we were soon out of Kentucky into Tennessee, and in the region of the Cumberland mountains, many of them quite rugged, but seldom a bare peak. In this regard they are quite like the Green mountains of New Hampshire, but are more dis­ tributed and isolated, and less in the form of mountain ranges. They are cut by deep sharp gorges, at the bottom of which there usually may be seen a small stream, with verdure of oak and pine extending to the bottom. There are fewer boulders and loose rocks than are seen in the New England gorges, showing they were never covered and furrowed by glacier action, as is true of the northern mountains. In the densest of these regions, and wildest, the hu.ts of residents could be seen, with roads, scarcely more than bridle-paths, leading to them. In nearly every door could lie seen a squad of children, with cleyer looking faces in the main. Now and then there appeared what seemed a school house. These huts or shacks were small, not more, usually than 16 or 20 feet square, with chimneys invari­ able on the outside. Few men were visable except at stations. We passed this region in the daytime, with fine views of the scenery. The road seemed well balasted, and the coaches of the vestibuled train comfortable, but zig- zaging around the mountains, gave un­ pleasant sensation of lurching from side to side, often quite startling as in the midst of these curves we were hurled over deep ravines. At; 6 o'clock we ar­ rived at the classic Tennessee river, crossing it near were General Sherman crossed his troops in his attack upon Missionary Ridge. Here the historic city of Chattanooga broke fu'l on the view. Our stop was but short, and little of the city could be seen but the larger buildings and numerous steeples, and to the right what seemed near, but really eight miles away, loomed Lookout mountain, the scene of Hooker's famous battle above the clouds. From Chatta­ nooga we headed southeast for the city of Atlanta. Darkness soon overtook us, and the rest of the route was without incident until we arrived in Atlanta, near midnight. As our train drew into the Union depot and our company dis- barked, we were met by the committees of the Atlanta church and conducted to our quarters for the rest of the night, Atlanta is a northern city ifci aspect, de­ meanor and construction. Its streets are generally well paved, and along them are not a few ' "sky-scrapers." Peach Tr6e street is the principle street of the city for residence purposes. The resi­ dences are in a large part palatial, with spacious grounds. Many hotels abound in the city, very fine in construction and pleasant in management. It, too, is bountifully supplied with churches and schools for both white and colored. The sessions did not begin until in the evening, but delegates from various parts were renewing and forming ac­ quaintances from their several head­ quarters. Strolling to the church dur­ ing the day it was found to be a very pleasant, modern edifice of wood above the3 first story, the roof slated. The windows for the audience room are all memorial, some of very rich design. The audience room, church parlors, and other rooms of the second story are all completed, and busy hands were at work with decorations. The lower rooms of the first story are not wholly completed, but were designed for church work. It is centrally situated and in the best residence part of the city. The evening session was quite in- formal, consisting largely of songs; and prayers for the forepart. At the con­ clusion of these President Fowler took the chair, and after some introductory remarks, called the audience to arise and greet the governor of Georgia, the Hon. Allen D. Candler and the mayor of Atlanta, James L. Mayson. The gover­ nor gave the address of welcome in be­ half of Georgia--a very fine address in matter and spirit. The mayor gave the address of welcome in behalf of the pity of Atlanta, which also was very fine. These addresses, with responses, con­ cluded the evening exercises, and the eleventh annual session of the National Y. P. C. U. was open for the usual rou­ tine of business. Only 166 delegates were present, representing 23 states. In comparison with other conventions this was small; often there have been three or four times as many. But there were many attendants beside the delegates The church, audience and Sunday school rooms taken together, seats about 500 people, and was filled most of the time. Close attention was paid to the business during sessions. A very fine spirit prevailed, and much import­ ant business was transacted. Greetings were telegraphed to the Baptist Y. P. C. U. in National convention assembled in Cincinnati, which were cordially re­ turned by that body. Among the speakers of the first evening arranged for was Rev. Dr. Landrum, of the First Baptist chuch, supposed to be the largest Baptist church in the south. He was not able to be present in person, but sent a very cordial letter of welcome, which was read by Dr. McLaufiin, pastor of the Universalist church. The courtesy from the churches was liberally shown, by their generous at­ tendance. On Sabbath morning I at­ tended Bishop Turner's colored Metho­ dist church. It has a seating capacity of 2,500, which was quite well filled. An usher met me, and asked me whether I was a pastor from the north, and I answered in the affirmative. He said he was instructed in that case to bring me to the platform. But I de­ clined, saying I was in a cool place, and I would be obliged if he would favor me with a fan, and that after the services I would be pleased to be introduced to the pastor. Bishop Turner was not present in person, bui the regular pastor of the church/ He was an educated man, and the sermon was truly able. The singing fcy the colored quartette, accompanied by pipe organ, was of a very high order. 1 never heard the Doxology chanted in better form. The singing by the large congregation, too, was something majestic. After the services I was introduced to the pastor and other prominent members of the church. The pastor invited me urgent­ ly to preach for him in the evening, which I was obliged to decline on ac­ count of duties at the convention. Sat­ urday was taken off for sight seeing, after the morning devotional exercises; and I, with others, took the occasion to visit some of the historic scenes in and about the city, including a visit to Fort McPherson, battle ground of Peach Tree, battle ground of the battle of Atlanta, and the battle ground of Decatur. We were favored by a guide who was familiar with these grounds, and also with the company of one who had participated in the battles. There was something solemnly inspiring in the view of the old trenches still to be seen in many places. The geological formation of the country is somewhat peculiar. After leaving the middle of Tennessee the soil is characteristically red clay owing, probably, to the disintegration of red granite in an early geological age; the red feldspar, dissolved, forming a red clay. The agriculture seems to be in­ ferior, resulting in inferior crops --not that the soil, if properly cultivated, would not be remunerative to the farmer. Indeed, it is claimed that where labor has been intelligently be­ stowed on the soil there has always been a good return.- Still a common scene in the field is the woman with the hoe and the man and the single mule with the plow. I saw as many white women as black in the field, sometimes side by side, but more black men than white. Refering again to the church edifice, its cost was reported at about $12,000, and was mainly the gift of the Y. P. C. U., it being an important missionary point. They give it assistance for an­ other year, when it will be presumed self-sustaining, and another mission work elsewhere will be started. It was voted that the contributions of the Junior Unions of the nation for the coming year should be devoted to the Girls' School in the missions of Japan. I should have said, perhaps, that the headquarters of the Illinois delegates with whom I stopped, was the Ley don hotel, which also, after the fall of At­ lanta, was the headquarters of Gen. Sherman. A tree stands on the lawn the upper trunk of which had been cut WYCKOFF SISTERS ALIVE AMERICAN MINISTER SENDS WORD DATED JULY 21. Legations Under Continuous* Fire Until July 16, When a Truce With Chinese Was Arranged. A dispatch dated Tien-Tsin, July 27, via Cherfoo, July 80, and Shanghai, July 31 says: "A courier reached .here from Pekin today with dispatches addressed to Major Waller, the commander of the American marines. These dispatches were dated July 21 and were from Min­ ister Conger and the representatives at Pekin of the British, Japanese and Ger­ man government. There were also, several private mes­ sages, all of which corroborated previous reports. The courier also reiterated the statements as to the bad condition of the roads to Pekin, and the number of Chi­ nese who lined the way. Minister Conger in his note to Consul Ragsdale says: "Since the 16th, by agreement there has been no firing. We have provisions for several weeks but little ammunition. If they continue to shell as as they have done we cannot hold out long and a complete massacre will follow. "I hope relief can come soon. We 'were glad to hear of the victory at Tien­ tsin, but regret the terrible cost. All siafe and well." This last refers to the Minister's fam­ ily- Sir Robert Hait, the imperial mari­ time commissioner of customs, sent word to commissioner Drew and the customs staff that he and his family were still safe. The missionaries report that all the Pekin and Tungchow Americans and also the Walkers, Chapins, Smiths. Wyckoffs, Veritys, Hobart, Terry, and Muckan are safe at Pekin. All the mission property has been destroyed. This Terry has previously been reported killed at Tsunhua. HERE AND THERE. A Miscellaneous Aggregation of Informa­ tion Interesting to All. FAREWELL RECEPTION. Given In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. K. E. Gorton, Saturday Evening. The spacious parlors of the Riverside House weye the scene of a brilliant fare­ well reception, last Saturday evening, given in honor of Mr. and Mrs. E. £. Gorton. Mrs. Gorton looked very sweet and charming in a reception dress of blue organdie with lace trimmings and greeted the guests in her usual gracious manner. Progressive cinque was played and a dainty course supper was served at small tables. During the residence of over two years in this village, Mr. and Mrs. Gor­ ton have made many friends who sin­ cerely regret their decision to leave Mc­ Henry, but wish them success and hap­ piness in their future chosen home. Mr. Gorton has been connected with the Ceramic Works at Terra Cotta for several years and has advanced many original ideas regarding the work. He has accepted the position of superin^ tendent and has also purchased an in­ terest in the Ohio Mining and Manu­ facturing Co., at Shawnee, Ohio, and ^vill no doubt prove of incalculable bene- to his employers. FOR MR. AND MRS. GORTON. A large number of dinner parties were given in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Gorton before their departure. Mrs. S. S. Cha- pell was the hostess at one on Friday evening and Mrs. Walter C. Evan son entertained on Saturday. MRS. OWEN ENTERTAINS. Mrs. L. H. Owen gave an elaborate dinner party on Sunday for Mr. and Mrs. Gorton. The guests were: Messrs. and Mesdames S. S. Chapell, W. A. Cristy and E. E. Gorton. (Continued on page eight) A Pleasant Surprise. Dr. W. C. Besley was very pleasantly surprised on his return from Wood­ stock, last Friday evening, to find a number of friends assembled, upon the invitation of his wife, to assist in cele­ brating his birthday, at the pleasant home of Mrs. D. F. Hanly. A delicious tea was served and an enjoyable time spent by all. The doctor was the recip­ ient of a number of handsome present?. Band Concert. The McHenry Military Band gave the third of a series of concerts in the park last Tuesday evening. A large delega­ tion of people was present to enjoy the excellent music furnished and were en­ thusiastic in applauding the numbers rendered. The boys are surmounting all obstacles and with a word of cheer now and then will come out with flying colors. v Notice. The McHenry Business Men's Asso­ ciation is requested to meet Friday night at city hall at 8 o'clock for the purpose of considering proposition for locating factory here. WM. STOFFEL, Secretary BRIEF NOTES. Regarding What is Going on in the World Around. --«..•. ̂ 1N The Fox and Rock river district of the Free Metluklist church will hold its annual camp meeting one mile north­ west of Belvidere; Aug. 7-15. The Chicago, Fox and Geneva Lakes Electric Road company have secured options on all right-of-way desired be­ tween Lake Bluff and Libertyville with two exceptions and satisfactory arrange­ ments are all but closed in the two cases referred to, and in three cases where it will be necessary to condemn. Monday morning William Porter, Ed­ ward Richmond and Eugene Taylor, the three youths charged with stealing brasses from air brakes on cars in the railroad yards in Waukegan, were held to the grand juTy. Porter was arraigned before Justice Shatswell and his bond was fixed at #1000. Richmond and Tay­ lor were bound oyer in bonds of $500 each by Justice VanDeusen. Five million dollars is John Alexander Dowie's estimate of his receipts through the channels of Zion since its advent in Chicago ten years ago. The head of the Christian Catholic church made the statement of his gross revenues in his re­ cent anniversary sermon, but did not go into details of the sources of the income, the amount expended or the balance held by him. " "™~ ~ ---- Ogle is a big county, but, neverthe­ less, there are an unusually large num­ ber of mortgages on record, over three hundred of which an* held by parties outside the county. Holders of these mortgages reside in sixteen counties of Illinois and twenty-one states in the union. Much of this paper has escaped taxation in past years, but lists are being made out by the board of review, and an ^unpleasant surprise is in store for the holders of this (taper when tax paying time rolls around in 1901. Ogle County Republican. In the fall of 1898 an experiment was undertaken by Prof. Atkinson at the Iowa experiment station, to ascertain the amount of moisture contained in an ear corn. A crib was constructed that an exact register of weight could always be made. Seven thousand pounds were husked and placed in the crib October 19, 1898. The crib was 18$ feet long by 7|feet wide. The corn was weighed once each week for a year. During the first three, months the loss was 630 pounds or nine per cent of the original weight. During the next three months from January 19 to April 19 the loss was 890 pounds or 5 per cent of the original Pope Leo received 200 Americn pil­ grims and delivered an allocution. New York city gamblers are said to pay $8,500,000 a year for police protec­ tion. The Liberal rebellion in Columbia has ended after the sacrafice of more than 600 lives. Rol>ert Gisel, 5 years old, Chicago, touched off a powder can with a match and will die. . An Atlanta jnr^ decided that a wife is responsible for the burial expenses of her husband; Emil Uhlbrecht, once of Chicago, was drowned at Honolulu and his body eat­ en by a shark. Joliii Ilv'nfro was hanged at Cleburne, Tex., for the nmrder of W. M. Williams, in February, 1SU9. The Uniu>d State offers $100,000 for a coU] 'e of islands not included when we took the Philippines. The czar and czarina received Rev. Dr. T. D»Witt Talmage yesterday v at the Peterhof palace. St eamer Florence S. was wrecked on the Lewis river and the purser and two women were drowned. . Joseph Mayer, for many years the Christus of the passion play, has been elected mayor of. Oberammergau. Among the arrivals at London from South Africa .are the Duke of Marl­ borough and Lady Sarah Wilson, the herione of Mafeking. Raymond Crane, 3 years old, Chicago, caught his foot in an iron water pipe. After resorting to various devices the foot was tickled with a straw and out it came. A bear got loose on a train carrying a show from Corning to Toledo, O., and drove the conductor into the caboose. The bear then had a good time climbing over the other cages. The train was run to a siding until the game could be corraled. Herbert Stimpson, a noted lawyer and crimnologist of Wichita, who was arrested off a charge of embezzlement, committed suicide. His father was formerly curator of tue Smithsonian in stitution at Washington. The young man served in the French war with Dahomey, Africa. At a Grand Army meeting in Gales- hurg the department commander, Judge Longnecker, declared that the American people need not worry but that the , X .. i. ' >• •* LEWIS II. OWEN Winner of the Diamond Medal, representing the championship of McHenry County at live birds weight. During the next three months the loss was 220 pounds. During the last three months the loss was 190 pounds. The loss during the full year was 1,430 pounds, or a trifle more than 20 per cent. This means that a bushel of corn weighing 80 pounds Wthen husked will weigh 64 pounds at the end of the year.--Rockford Register. SeriouH Accident. Peter Mueller was the victim of a serious accident last Sunday. He was leading his horse out to graze and see­ ing some beautiful marguerites stopped to gather them. The horse became frightened and in the straggle to subdue the animal Mr. Mueller was severely kicked in the face and otherwise bruised. He is resting comfortably at present and his many friends hope for a speedy recovery. .Philippines would come out all right. He compared those who were encourag­ ing the insurrection in Luzon,to those who encouraged the rebellion in Lin­ coln s day. The loss of four lives by an explosion in the Henning and Speed building on Dearborn street, Chicago, called atten­ tion to the lack of tire escapes which the inspection department of the. city de­ clares were ordered six months ago. The circumstances show a lax state of affairs in the inspection bureau. Last advices from the isthmus reported terrific fighting around Panaba, lasting several days, but the gevernmeut troops still held their ground. The American government filed a protest to the Colum­ bian government against the threatened destruction by rebels of the Panama railroad and announced that if neces­ sary it would send marines to protect the line. GENERAL COUNTY NEWS. • FORMATION GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. Some'of the Happenings In our Conntjr in Condensed Form for Busy. People Exchange Gleanings. John Condon has disposed of 4$ •eras of land in Riley township, to Herman „ Klotz. Consideration, $2,200. A carload of wild Montana horses was sold at auction in Marengo recently at prices ranging from $25 to $40 apieoe. A special committee of the Board of Supervisors composed of W. A. Cristy, McHenry, John Weltzien, Hnntly and Frank W. Hatch, Burton, let the con­ tract for additional iron work on the bridge acrdss the Fox at Algonquin to a Chicago firm for $3,198. The firm of Henry Boehmer & Co.; •' proprietors of the Woodstock City creamery, are doing a rushing business at their plant here. They are receiving t ten thousand pounds of milk daily and it requires a large force of men to handle it. They also operate the Inde­ pendent factory in Seneca, where they receive three thousand ponnds of milk. H. W. Beardsley has some diminu­ tive ears of pop-corn of the Tom-Thumb variety. He has a small patch of this corn and the ears arealready ripe. He -v- brought the seed from the west. The stalks grow only about two feet in height, and the ears are 2 to 2| inches in length. The corn pops large and has an excellent flavor.--Nunda Herald. While the head of the «family was employed in taking the census of the town of Dorr during the month of June, Mrs. G. E. Burbank and her sister, Mrs. J. S. Soper, were engaged in gather­ ing the largest crop of strawberries ever gathered in this locality from so small a patch. Their entire pickings amounted to 1,800 boxes, which is cer­ tainly a record-breaker.--Woodstock Sentinel. The barn on the Timothy Lawler farm in Hartland, which is occupied by David Walsh, Jr., as tenant, was de­ stroyed by "fire last week Tuesday even­ ing. The fire started from the explo­ sion of a lantern and before it could be subdued was beyond control. Mr. Walsb had some grain in the barn which was insured in the Dunham and Chemung Township Mutual Fire Insur­ ance Co., but there was no. insurance on the barn.--Harvard Herald. School Entertainment. The ice cream social and entertain­ ment given at the city hall last Friday evening was a great success. Misses Kate Howe and Agnes Perry deserve unlimited praise for their untiring efforts in developing and maturing the idea of raising money to finish the walls of our public school building which have be^n in an "ttnfigiished state since the building was arecte&some six years ago. For the past two weeks these ladies have labored unceasingly to make this entertainment a success and their efforts received the appreciation merited and the snug sum of $82.50 was cleared. The hall was beautifully decorated vith the national colors, cut flowers, palms and Chinese lanterns. Several excellent musical and lherary numbers were given by home talent. Vliss Georgia Eldredge, of Richmond, graciously tendered her services and rendered two beautiful vocal solos. Miss Eldredge possesses a sweet, mellow voice and uses it with excellent ef-. L'ect. She has many friends here who ire always charmed with her singing ind accord her a very warm welcome on each appearance. It is sufficient to say that Misses Howe and Perry have few equals as terahers and as entertainers they can not$oe ex- • celled. Annual Picnic. St. Mary's Congregation will hold its annual picnic at Riverside park Aug., % 12-13. These gatherings have become very popular with all classes and are looked forward to with much pleasure. Arrangements are in progress to enter­ tain a large crowd and everything will be done that might add to the comfort or pleasure of those in attendance. A \eii- Met h«>d of Heating. The board of ukiucation has decided to mature the original plans regarding the matter of heating our school building and the contract for an up-to-date steam plant will be let in the course of a few days. This is a forward stride which will be thoroughly appreciated by both, the teachers pud pupils. Mrs. George Gage Dead. Mrs. George Gage, who has been in feeble health for some time past, died this (Thursday) morning, at the resi­ dence of her daughter, Mrs. Homer Clemens. An obituary notice will ap* pear next week.