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wfiWiEsDAJf V * i •" irtjpp. HtfTButtor on the Elgin Board ol Trade on Monday was unchanged, 18,- !MI© pounds selling at 24% cents, the same as last week. An offer of 24 cents W is refused for several lots. Last year's price 25 cents. IV "Congressman Hopkins, of this district, has been reappointed a member of the ways and means committee by Speaker Crisp. He is also a member of the reform and civil service committee. This is an honor of no small moment The ways and means is the most Impor­ tant committee of the house. So SayS the Elgin Every Saturday. , WF Printed copies of the comparative .statement of assessment by local Assess­ ors for the years 1892 and 1893, in the several counties of the state, prepared for the State Board of Equalization now in session at Spriogfild, shows that the aggregate assessment for 1893 is f 761,- 230,600. As compared with the aggre­ gate valuation of 1882 this is a net ' increase of in pre than $15,000,000v Malon of tfet Offtk Beg) meat The Annual Reunion of the 95th Reg'fc Ilia. Tors will' .. 1, I*** PROGRAM will be observed. f At 13 o'clock the regiment will form in line on the north side of the public square where the roll will be called by compan­ ies. Will then march to the city hall, where the business meeting will be held and officers elected for the ensuing year, after which dinner will be announced. After dinner old soldiers and citizens are invited to meet in the public park, where letters from absent jnembers of the regi­ ment will be read, after which visiting and a general good time will be had. All old soldiers are invited to meet with us and enjoy this reunion. Every member of the 95th is requested to be present or mind a communication to be read. GKO. KCKBUT, PRESIDENT. P. E. Cox, Secretary. ABE IN I6T In answering the question, "Is j there any rule as to the proportion of the j United States flag? " the New York Svn says that there is no legally authorized proportion, but the army regulations I prescribe the general dimensions of the garrison flag and from these the neces­ sary proportions can be worked out. This flagls 36 feet fly and 20 feet hoist; the union is one-third the length of the j fly, or 12 feet, and extends to cover i teven of the thirteen equal stripes into I which the hoist is divided. This makeB I the unioirl2ifeet by 10 feet 9 inches. 'mrin answer to the question, "When did the first railroad for general trans­ portation enter the city of Chicago," the ] Inter Ocean says: "The first railroad which entered the city of Chicago was the I one built from this city westward, the | Galena and Chicago Union. Work began on this in April, 1848. In November an engine, obtained from Tonawanda, N. Y. was put on the track and ran regularly the ten miles of completed road from Chicago to the Desplaines river. The! track was finished to Elgin in- January 1850. The first road from the east | which entered Chicago was the Michigan Central, which was completed to this ] city February 20,1852. IVThe Russian government has just j Completed its survey for the great canal which is to connect the Black sea and the j Sea of Azoff with the Caspian sea, and the work is to begin at once. The level d the Caspian is said to be only 84 feet | below that of the Black, and the Caspian has no tides, though its water is salt. The Tribune remarks that "the junction * would have the effect of revolutionizing [ Rnsia's trade with Persia, Central Asia and India, and would tend to reduce the | present heavy cos*; of transportation by the Trans-Caucasian railroad. It is a work of considerable magnitude, and j bMs fair to rival in importance and in NBults the great Trans-Siberian railroad ] which is to place the Pacific coast of I Asia in direct communication with the ra i l road sys tems o f wes tern Europe npj to the very shores of the Atlantic." Baby's Venomous Cradle Fellow. The wife of a lumberman named Wil­ liamson a few days ago had a novel and terrifying experience with a rattlesnake. The Williamsons live in a small cabin on Lake Caleasieu. Mrs. Williamson had left her 6-months-old baby asleep in its cradle, near the open door, and was going about lifT household business, when she happened to approach the lit­ tle bed to look at her child, and to her horror saw a line of mottled green and black nestled close to the form of the peacefully sleeping little one. The ugly head was raised and resting on the child's arm with its eyjs keeping drowsy watch over it. The another sank nearly fainting on the floor, but with a parent's bravery realized that the snake must be dis­ lodged at any cost to herself, as at the first or slightest movement of the babe the cruel fangs might be buried in its flesh. It was necessary also to act'with 6peed, so, arming herself with a pistol belonging to her husband, she bent over the cradle and with one rapid gesture laid hold of the snake by the end of its tail and as suddenly gave it a jerk which landed it on the floor. The t creature made at her with uplifted head, sound­ ing its dreadful rattle- as it coiled close to her feet. But, aiming steadily, she put a ball through its body, and al­ though it again tried to attack her she fired again and again and succeeded in killing it. As it died it flung itself upon her foot and struck the sh<5e with its fangs, but it was only the death agony, and the blow served only to entangle it in the tie of the shoe, to which it was still clinging when her husband reached her, having heard the shots and run to her assistance.--Louisiana Cor. Phila­ delphia Times. HUtN WKUUUH r OY i Ht SOUTH CHICAGO FIRE. Many rwmtllM Deatttat* at Shelter, Food UD Clothing--Thieves Pillage the TMTW Stricken People--Money Lou Not So Greet A Blackened VMt*. Late reports say that the loss from the terrible fire which nearly swept the village of South Chicago off the earth win be at leabt one-fourth loss than was estimated during the progress of the conflagration. The official re­ port of the police is that 131 houses were burned in place of 200 or 250 as reported first. One who is familiar with the character and cost of the structures saifl that the average cost of the burned dwellings was $1,600, and that they were mostly insured. A conservative estimate of the losses on buildings, exclusive of'the larger ones, churches and the like, is $196,500. It seems impossible, however, to get any­ thing like an accurate statement as to the amount and value of property de­ stroyed. By the time the cooler esti­ mates of the fire were complete the total losses wera figured like the sums given below: LOWEST ESTIMATE. 131 bntWtnsee at Ltmis Prey's estimate of average cost of $l,Roo $196,800 German Lutheran Church, 91st street and Superior avenue 11,000 Zion's Lutheran School, 91st street and Superior avenue 8,600 Irst M. E. Church, Superior avenue, between 90th an I iilst streets 6,000 Sunday Creek Coal Company, George K. Edwards' estimate 60,000 A. T. Thatcher estate, coal plant, Har­ bor avenue and river 25,000 Total *191,000 BIOBE8T ESTIMATE. 131 buildings at George K. Edwards' esti­ mate of average cost of $2,200 German Lutheran Church at 9l8t street and Superior avenue 11,000 Zion'e Lutheran School at 91st street and Superior avenue 8,600 First M. E. Church, on Superior avenue, between 90th and 91st streets 6,000 Sunday Creek Coal Company, Superin­ tendent L. H. Bullock's estimate.... . 176,000 A. T. Thatcher estate, coal plant, Har­ bor avenue and river 26,000 « Vumml Btt y 8*1)1911 at T3 DUttJNG THIS MONTH. Child's and misses' colored button Shoes, fide goat, 85c, $1, $1.25 What Cbullies are left 2c per yard. Choice in fine LawnsSc. L* dies' low Shoes, patent tips, 75c to It. Closing Out Prices on Ladies' Shirt Waists. L'ljiUtJs' muslin Underwear, Men's Tennis, Flannel ^jbi^ts, ? ' • $ ' •v&V m CLOSING OUT PRICES ON 100 Bltinjcets for sale at 25 per cent discount. All fresh and They are on second floor, and open Saturday, in Special Sale of Fine Hankerchiefs, Satnrdav evening, from 7 to 9 o'clock. -ric . , «rv. • .. '•> _ R J0HN EVANSON VcRonrv. III., 1^93. " JW Here is what the New York San, the ablest Democratic newspaper in this country says of the situation: "The abundant prosperity of the country has been changed into stringency and panic. The Democratic administration has taken a billion dollars from the pockets ©f the people in four months. It has di minished the wealth of the nation by an amount nearly equal to the entire sum of money in circulation in the United States -16-day. It has eost the people of the United States three time as much as the glossal swindle of the Panama canal which shocked France from center to circumference, cost the French people. It > lias taken enough money from the peo­ ple to build the Nicarauga canal ten times over. Bluster and prevaricate as they spay, the mouth-pieces of Democracy cannot obscure this tremendous fact. In Jour months Democratic rule has rob- bed the American people of f 1,000,000,• 000." : * Cultivation of Tobacco In Germany. Of late years there has been a constant diminution of the area under tobacco cultivation in Germany, and the indus­ try seems to be threatened with extinc­ tion. The British consul at Mannheim in a report on the subject says that the public taste demands a better quality of tobacco than can be produced in the country, which is therefore becoming more and more dependent upon foreign growths. Tobacco, moreover, is an ex­ pensive plant to grow, requiring not only heavy manuring, tut u;uch skill and labor. It is very likely to suffer from the weather, ami even when har­ vested, and after the leaves have been hung tip in the barns to dry, the herb stn.ll remains dependent upon the tem­ perature and upon propc r treatment. In short, its value depends upon a variety of factors, and to be remunerative its cultivation must be rewarded by a good price. . Whatever the market price, there is always the excise duty to be paid, and then there is the competition of the for­ eign tobacco which, although often not very good in quality, is generally very cheap in spite of the duty upon it. For the cheapest description of cigars) and for the peasant and workman, German tobacco would always find a market if it could be profitably raised, but this seems to be almost impossible without reducing the exciw duty or raising the import duty. In 1892 only 14,735 hec tares were planted with tobacco, as against 18,533 hectares in 1891, and 22, 262 hectares, the average of 1871-9, while the number of planters has sunk from 180,200 in 1890 and 162,843 ia 1891 to 145,023 in 1892. Lincoln Monument in Sootl&nd. A monument of Abraham Lincoln was unveiled at Edinburgh, Scotland, bn the 21st inst. Sir William A. Reil.tbe builder of the great Forth bridge, presided, and the consul at Edinburgh, Wallace Bruce, the "poet of the Hudson," delivered the oration. The monument represents Lincoln free­ ing the slaves. It is fifteen feet in beighth the bronze figure being life size. At the feet of the martyred president is a figure representing a freed slave, and battle flags also in bronze. The figure of Lin­ coln is by the sculptor Geo. E. Bissell, and cost, *4.000, The entire cost of the onument la placed at $6,000, which i^Sps subscribed for the most part by g^gnerifiaus in Scotland and prominent tchman. >4, « |he money was raised through the of Consul Bruce, and the project g from his discovery that a Union vetjBfcui had been buried in the Scotch city % a pauper's grave. The pathetic atoryktt ached led Mr. Bruce to the de- termljktion that the many Union vet- eran»«8cotch birth should have a fit­ ting vti%mnent in tbe chief city of their nd. A burial plot surrounds #nt. The Captain Bad Seen Ko Fire. The commander of the Martha paced the deck of his steamer, buried in thought and wrapped in gloom; 'Captain, how about that „fire or board?" "I have seen no fire, young man." "But there was a fire on board." "Young man, I tell you that I have seen no fire." Then the captain buried himself m thought and meditatively stroked his port whisker. He was right. The fire unseen had fed itself on the fat of the coal bunkers for five days. It was smoke which the captain saw. The Martha ar rived here from Newcastle on Friday in ballast. The fire broke out on Aug. 6, Water was pumped into the bunkers and pumped out again as fast as it col lected in the hold.' After five days of this sort of work the fife was extin­ guished. The iron vessel was not dam­ aged and there was no cargo to be in jured.--New York Tribune. , Total $606,600 Various rumors were current as to the origin of the fire, which those best informed declared was caused by a small bonfire built by the children of Conrad Papp, who lived at 142 Ninety- first street. In some manner a spark from this bonfire fell upon some hay which was stored in a barn in the rear of Papp's house. A hot breeze from the northwest had blown steadily all day, and everything was like tinder. When the flames were seen bursting through the roof of the barn, the com­ bustible material with which the Papp residence was surrounded proved to be ready fuel for their progress, and It was evident from the start that a seri­ ous blaze was inevitable. The flames were spread rapidly by the flying sparks in every direction, and seeing that the surrounding property was in imminent danger, Captain Wilson at once turned in a 4-11 alarm. Another theory is that 9-year-old Birdie May, daughter of John May, who lived at 9048 Superior avenue, started the conflagration while at play in the yard of Patrick Tulley's house in the rear of William Giles' residence at 159 Ninety-first street. It is said that the child threw away a burning piece of paper she had lighted and it lodged under the porch of the Tulley house, setting the rubbish on" fire, the flames from which caught the house. Mrs. Tulley barely escaped from the house with her two children. From there the fire spread to the Giles' house and soon through the entire burned district. Nearly ore hundred and forty build­ ings went down before the flames like straw in a furnace, and an immense district, twenty acres in extent, is all that remains in blackened and dis­ torted ugliness of what was the site of a multitude of happy and contented homes. Immense lumber yards and huge coal sheds vanished bafore the fierce onslaught of the fire, and hun­ dreds of South Chicago's ' population stood panic stricken and appalled around the charred fragments of their for­ mer homes. Utter desolation pre­ vailed among the homeless. Women and children roamed the streets until 3 o'clock in the morning. Some of them were given shelter by kind neighbors. Others slept on the bare ground in back yards and vacant lots. Children were crying for food and their parents had none to give them. The community seemed paralyzed by the misfortune that had overtaken it. H the stories of the homeless ones around those ruins are to be believed the excitement attending the fire was made the occasion of wholesale rob­ bery. Men with wagons drove up to the houses nearest the fire, coolly load­ ed on their vehicles everything port­ able in the places and drove away in spite oI the protests of the rightful owners. SINGLE TAX CONGRESS. THE FARMERS STORK LOOK I LOOK! LOOK ! HOW IS THIS' CAN YOU BEAT 'EM? "'if- •*' . ••J; * i - r,„.' * > \ ? mm native the moni The Bicycle For the English ArBjr, The war office has taken the bicycle into its decided favor, owing to observa­ tions made as to its utility during recent maneuvers, A large number are to be attached to each battalion. The volun­ teer corps of London have long since in corporated the bicyclist, and when they turn out and ride by the side of the corps they look well. As the colonel, usually the only mounted man, cannot very well be dispatched with a message from a corporal, a bicyclist volunteer comes in very handy. The regulars, when on for­ eign active service, would find a body of bicyclists amazingly useful, and good scouting would be done by them.--Lon don Court Jourrihl. The Nothwestern Home Seeker is the name ol aWgpaper just issued, giving valuable inirmation regarding the agri­ cultural, tnnral and other resources of South " " This new ttfcte is enjoying a wonderful ant any person looking for a desirable locflnpn, or interested in ob­ taining intonation concerning the di- versined resou^ 0f South Dakota will W matted a copfc 0f this paper free of ctalK8 by sendii their address to W. -A, Thrall, Gen^i Passenger Aftent Chicago. North-Western LH A Letter From Honolujd. An intelligent lady writing from Hon­ olulu to the New York Sun says: "The queen has only herself to blame for her downfall. She made more an­ nexationists in a few hours than there had ever been before, and by her duplic­ ity and self conceit she lost her cause, and with it all her best friends. Mr. Nordhoff misstates the facts when he asserts the contrary. The queen has not half a dozen of what we call respectable, high princiifled people to favor her now, and these are such for outside reasons." Advocates of That Doctrine Moot at til* Art Palace, Chicago. • congTeFs in which much interest is centered met at the Art Palaoe in Chi­ cago. It was the single tax congress, Advocates of the doctrine of equal tax on all land and that nothing should bo taxed but • land were there and listened to speeches by, the most noted advocates of thiit belief. Henry George, the Rev. Edward McGlynn, Jerry Simpson, and others nearly as well "known were in attendance. Henry George spoke on "The Single Tax. The Rev. Mr. McGlynn followed him. His subject was "The Single Tax and the Church." The relation of single tax to the temperance question, tL commercial crisis, education, the press, sanitary reform, and many other meas­ ures were discussed. The women a& vocates of single tax met in hall and several female speakers -were heard. KotM of Current Events. THE graduating class at Chautauqua numbers 225. A NEW case of yellow fever is report­ ed at Brunswick, Ga. RAILROAD property in Indiana ig as­ sessed at $160,000,000. # THE George H. Lain Furniture Com­ pany, St. Paul, assigned. Liabilities, $100,000. Miss OPUS KINRISCH, passenger on the steamer Majestic, died on the voy­ age between New York and Queens- town. BUT 1,000 men are now employed in the Santa Fe shops at Topeka^ Kas. Last year at this time 2,000 men were at work. G. A. REYNOLDS, a Utica (N. Y.) shoe manufacturer, has failed. His as­ sets are $500,000 and the liabilities are $260,000. BECAUSE Missouri River lines refuse to accept its basing rates, the Union Pacific declares the Western Associa­ tion agreement void. A RAINFALL of over two inches in three quarters of an hour at Sioux City did unprecedented damage. It was ac- J companied by fearful electrical dia-1 turbances. " 1 CJOATS AND VESTS Ml Former Price $3 and $3,50. A. P. BAEIl, West McHenry. W|LL BE OFFERED BY JOHN J. MILLER, West McH^nry, At a great Discount, during the next thirty days* We.haye an over stock ofClo'hing and vill give a special lqw >rice to reduce stock soon, for cash. Call in now. it "will pay you We positively carry in stock all sizes of the very latest square toe Patent Leather Tip Button or Lace Shoes, at correct prices. We are ndw making preparations aud purchases for:alarge Fall and Will mftkfi nrinAa t/1 nnrotill k.>b»n A* tradd, and will make prices to reduce our still heavy stock ot reliabt* - - ' \ & SUMMER MERCHANDISE! Out, Regardless of Cwt, ' ~ , • • • *'• •>„ v" * - > * ' -Por Cash only, including Jjgy Goods, Dress Goo% ;x ' $ Notions, Trimmings 1 Hosiery, Furnishing Goods, Embroideries, Ribbons •7! Straw Goods, &§* "-"I ^ V - .3^1 •; l-r ^ • * % , > - • Laces, Etc. H;sv V' sei iSmm ; * • .i - V |>r 4 for 25 centir We offer (or 10 days only* ladies fly* Ribbed Jersey Summer Vests, in all sizes, worth 12 l-2d» * 500 Yds. Standard Dress GinghamS, Worth 11 cents, for only 7c, Call earlj^ for them. ; f , - , ^ : SIummeib At less than first cost to oloil£ We are creating great havoc among the prices of our standard WBAR 2 r , j • • - 4 - And will at once close out without reserve to make room for tall Mock, all our broken lines and sizes, and have selected a large lot of misses', ladies' and men's slippers and low shoes, which we will s#tr at prices never before heard of in this toffn. Children's slippers, 5,10,15 to 35 cents. Children's shoes. 15,25 to 50 cents* Men's slippers 25.35 to 75 cents Men's shoes 40,50 to 75 oeets. . Ladies' slippers 25,35 to 60 cents. Ladies1 shoes 75.90 to 9115. MeoVI*#shoes 50, 75 to 91 50. Mao's low sbo«||jj,*l 25 to 93. ^ All other goods iu proportion in this lind. Call and be convince^ Boys' warranted shoes, all sizes, 40, 60c to ^ 7 Good • Of the Best Hakes only, STRAW GOODS AT &OST, Boys' and Men's Seersucker Coats and Vests, all sizeft from 50 cents to $ I ?5 for Coat and Vest. • BUY WALL PAPER, Shades. Carpetr, and save money. A full line of ladies' and men's GAUZE UNDERWEAR. Our stock of Hats is yot complete, call in. Also, a full line ol Straw Hats, Trunks, Lap Robes. Hosiery, Groceries and Flour. .Call on yours for business. JOHN J. MILLER, West McHenry. FLY NETS AND COVERS Of all kinds, in leather end oord, for working or Large stock and priees right. % JTJSTEN BROS., ISilFilEM IfHiih t wo stores, one on the West side and one on the iSast side, (McHenry), they present to the buying public A Larger Stock of > all 'kinds of . Than ever before, whlah we are offering at greatly REDUCED PRICES. NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY. t&»We also keep in stock a full line of sample* of CARPBT9, and we can give Tflh any ttiltig from the Cheapest to the finest Brussels at lower prices than an; in the county. - * ^ We lia^e taken great palos in selecting our U N D E R T A K I N G S U P P L I E S , Coffins. Caskets and Trimming* of the latent designs. Everything new and elegant. We keep nothing but ihe best. Do-tjot. fall to call and see us when In wantof anything In our line. • • A SPLENDID NEW HEARSE, In connection,wl lelnrHI te far lab*d at Reasonable Rates. .'..-JU;: • " JTrSTBH McHenry* lll» >803. Now is thl time to Buy your Fruit Jars and Crockery. Oar etock is largetin both White Granite, Lustre Band and Decor­ ated Ware ot all kinds Prices low. , COFFEES AND CANNED GOODS. HEDUCTIOlV OIV FIX>Ull. Jutt r*c*ive4, W r,ou,, whloh g«nVtt Abe 85o. Sffew'Process 90c. Half pfte"1 8 JJ 10' All fully warranted and delivered free In any pairof town.. Try w. We are agents tor the world renowned W. L. Douglas'fully warranted $2, $3, and $4 shoes, and carry a full stock in the various styles made. Still Insuriw®. "ftt our old and reliable time-tried and fire and storm panies, on all classes of insurable property at just rates. Our busi­ ness in this line is very extensive and jour interests f(^fiyoJhe.|wit of attention possible. BespectfuUy, silage ji. Maw, i" 4K ' « . .. Mk..,. > & - : West MoHenry IB..X8&3