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t w»K(.-i HI .ft.:;, ,S' Y > ' ' * ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JANUARY II, 1000. NUMBER a8. EV«R> BODY KNOWS HIM. Mr. Knight is a Mason, a Knight Templar, a Forester and a member of the Union League and Chicago Athlet- iccJubs. He was married October 81, 1877 to Ad l̂l, daughter of Br. EL T. Brown ,of McHenry, 111. They have two children---* a son and daughter. SCHOOLS FOR DECEMBER. ClwniO) A. Knight, one of Cktoaya't Lead Ing Attorney*. AN© MRS. WHITING CELE BRATE GOLDEN WEDDING WJUkJI* SPRING. Relative^ and Friends M««t at Their Home Idwt Hondajr and Pmrnvt Them With a Number of Very Handsome P»et«nU. Relatives and friends to the number of f«p<^f®iBr;«athered at fcfcs ibotoe of Fret m m 'iM Wm on the cele- £ion of their:jp^pp§^ding. It was the anravewaiy §#; Mr. Whiting's 78th birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Whiting are both pioneer settles of McHenry Co. * having come here, with their parents more than fifty-seven years ago. a ii? have be«u continuous residents of McHenry Co., ever since.# Amos Whiting, of Nunda, was the only one present at the golden wedding who was in attendance at the marriage fifty years ago. v Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Smith, who1 were present, celebrated their golden wedding in McHenry not long since. % The affair was planned as a surprise and it was most successfully carried out. The ghests brought with them baskets loaded with dainties and an elegant dinner was sprved at twelve o'clock, to which all did ample justice. After a very enjoyable day the guests departed leaving behind them a number of beautiful presents as pleasant re­ minders of the event. Gold-headed cane and set of pie forks and knife, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Whiting, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Whiting, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Waterman, Mr . and Mrs. J. W. Cristy, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Francisco, Mars. Mary Dodge, Mrs. Lucy Randall, Anna Water­ man, Artie Whiting, Edmund Dodge, Will Dodge, and Howard-Waterman. Easy chair, jardinier, plant and stand, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. W;. E. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Smith, Mr. said Mrs. P. D. Smith, Mrs. Julia Bishop, A. G. Bishop, W. E. Bishop, and S; E. Smith. Gold pin wad fount­ ain pen, Mrs. Richard Thompson, Mrs. Charles Harrison, Mrs. Frank Martin and Adelbert Whiting. Gold pin, Alice Harrison, 3 china cups and saucer? gold decorations, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Smith. The Plaindealer joins the many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Whiting in wishing they may celebrate many annivgr- • w t o * . ' . * » > . ? school frotM.̂ <^has. Buss is visiting friendsinChi- eago this week. Rose Husdh was unable to attend school on Monday. ; , Warren Howell has left schooltogo .east with his parents. Mrs. W. A. Cristy visited the first primary on Wednesday. The seventh grade has Commenced studying McMaster's History. Miss Frances Fleming was a brief caller on the high school Monday- Leo Aylward and Edwin pickles are new pupils in the first primary room. Jennie Lambert has been absent from school the past week, owing to sickness. Rev. Whipple called on the first inter­ mediate room on Wednesday afternoon Peter Justen and Bessie Zimmerman are absent from school on account of sickness. Frank and Geo. Witt have left school to enter the German catholic school of ' this place. * Elder Straub called on the high school da ̂ Friday and spoke on the leading top- iesof the day. Sltlfred Pouse, Jno. Leickem and Er­ nest Eetzel are new pupils in the first intermediate room. • ̂ Agnes Thomas of the high school is again with us, after a week's absence on account of sore eyes. Several of the boys of the grammar andsecond intermediate rooms are ab- sent from school, working. Ada Poile is spending the winter with her grandparents and attending school here, she is enrolled in the second pri- . Principals' Association. t following program is sn^ested , ' ̂ r the next meeting of the Principals' 1 'Association to be held at Wood^f^on Saturday, January 18, 1900: • /q f t ."Froebel"--C* W. Hart V "Taylor, " Chapters 14, 15, 18, and \ 17--E. E. Lueas. _ 'The Practical Versus the Ideal in School Life"--D. M. Mills. 4. ' 'What Improvements can be made in Teaching Reading in oar Schools?" F. E. ANGEVIN*;, Sec. -IhigliieM Men's As*oei»tio^» TThe business men met in the (Sty hall Tuesday evening, but ad jonrned to Friday ,evening, Jan. IS. A large tendance is desired as business of im- portanflp before the meeting * "" 'V V * J . The Chicago Chroniclesays Clarence A Knight is a native of Mc­ Henry, 111., where he was born in 1858. His father, 'John Knight, at the out­ break of the war of the rebellion, joined this. cpion :a*vy and was killed in the ' expedition5' in June, 1868. lift Knight attended the public and high schools of his native town afterward the Cook county norma! school, Illinois. He engaged in teach­ ing school in 1971-3 and in April, 1872 began the study of the law. In September, 1874, heWas admitted to the bar by the sujweH*© court at Ot­ tawa, III, and immediately entered up­ on the active practice of his profession. His ability soon br<>u^t recognition and in 1879 he was appointed by the late Judge Julius S. Grinnell/first assistant city attorney of Chicago. This position he held for five years, when Judge Grin- nell was elected state's attorney of Cook county, and Mr. Knight was appointed city attorney by the late Mayor Har­ rison. Upon the election of Hempstead Washburn as city attorney Mr. Knight was retained as first assistant and so continued until January, 1888, when he IvvU SooioMiiiv Wi jiui avwu counsel by Mayor Roche. Mr. Khight remained in the latter office until July 1, 1889, when he resigned to enter upon the private practice of law. ... During the ten years in the law de­ partment of the city of Chicago Mr. Knight had charge of a vast amount of municipal legislation, including, the preparation of numerous acts passed by -the state legislature pertaining to Chi­ cago and many important ordinances passed by the city council,1 including grants to quasi-public corporations, and is now a recognized authority upon matters pertaiiing to municipal law. In 1888 the supreme court li eld an act, which provided for enlarging the ter­ ritorial jurisdiction of the city of Chi­ cago, was unconstitutional, therefore Mr. Knight, at the request of the late Joseph Medill, prepared the act passed in 1889 fegr Jbe legislature, providing for enlarging the territorial jurisdiction of the city of Chicago, and under which acta the towns of Hyde Park, Lake View, Jefferson, Lake and portions of the town ofCi&ro became a part of the city of Chicago! This act as prepared by Mr. Knight has been repeatedly tested be­ fore the supreme court and has been held constitutional and valid in every respect. tOn Mr. Knight's retirement from the law department of the city of Chicago he formed a partnership for the general practice of law with Paul Brown, under the firm name of Knight & Brown. The firm at once entered into an extensive practice and took a leading position among the legal firms of the city and Still continues as originally formed. Mr. Knight is general counsel for nu­ merous corporations and street car com­ panies of Chicago, including the Con­ solidated Traction Company, the Lake Street Elevated Railroad Company, the Northwestern Elevated Railway Com­ pany and the Union Elevated Railroad Company (Union loop--so called) and since his resumption of private practice has been engaged in much of the most important litigation affecting corpor­ ate and real estate interests that has been before the state and federal courts of the city of Chicago. One of the great­ est legal contests in the history of the city was that brought about by suits to restrain by injunction the building of fcheelevated railroads and particularly the building of the "Union loop." In these contests 3Ir. Knight represented the railroad companies and was sus­ tained by the supreme court in his con­ tention (in which the nisi prius courts were against him) that a bill for injunc­ tion could not be maintained.' Mr. Knight is gifted with ,a logical mind and legal intuition to a marked degree, which, coupled with his inde­ fatigable industry and tireless energy, has led to his truly remarkable success, standing as he does today as one of the leaders of the Chicago bar. Personally Mr. Knight is a man of the highest character, of sterling energy, always sincere and possessing a keen sense of h >nor. He never compromises with his own conscience, wad, having made up his mind that a certain course is right, pursues it steadily fearlessly, persistently and consistently, with an unvarying aim toward his object, re­ gardless of consequences and never turn­ ing aside to explain his course or to stop to answer criticisms. , He is a man of strong likes and dis­ likes and strong convictions, which he is never afraid to uphold,*and yet so plaiiy* and unaffected, genial and pleasant i maimer that he is popular, not onl with the bench and bar, but with large circle of personal imMfah --•' - - - * -irrx LEHMANN DEAD. Founder al the Fair, Chicago* hasPa*** - Away. - * Lehmann, founder of ti and the originator of th' departiiW&t-stare idea .died Ffcl̂ ^stfter- Won, White Plains, N. Y. liirliMl been for years ae a private sanitarium in the Eaat His body was brought to Chicago for interment. Mr. Lehmann waa bom in Germany in 1849, and when 2 years old he came to this country with his parents, who settled in Manitowoc, Wis., where his father engaged in the manufacture of baskets. In a few years he removed to Chicago and followed the same line of business. His son, Ernest, took an active interest in the work and in a short time had acquired sufficient experience to warrant his starting in business for himself. He opened a retail store for the handling of baskets and gradually added to his stock until he took in several branches of trade. In 1875 Mr. Lehmann opened a small store next to the corner of State and Adams streets and called it "The Fair." It was a success from the beginning, and this fact was attributed to the business sagacity of the founder. Mr. Lehmann is survived by a • widow, Mrs. Augusta, Lehmann, three sons, Edward, Otto, and Ernest, and three daughters, Mil­ dred, now Mrs. C. D. Peacock, ifr., Augusta and Edith. t Mr. Lehmann was a man who de­ served his wealth," said Otto Young, secretary and treasurer of The Fair, "he being very charitably disposedf l i < hand always being open to the needy and unfortunate. When he once called a man his friend he remained his friend always, especially through adversity. He never forgot the smallest |ayor shown him when he made his struggle for fame and fortune in ̂his yoi»i|fca® 'days.", . " - --If SWANSON LOSES HIS MONE# Another Victim of a Shell Game Searching Confidence Mea With Detective*. 'Ay tank ay saw the explo'shun all right." said Peter Swanson as he left Central station, Chicago, with Detectives Bailey and McWeeney to scour the city for the confidence man and his confeder­ ate who worked the shell game upon him to the extent of $30. Saturday Swanson arrived at the stock yards Chi­ cago, with a carload of cattle from Hampshire, BL He met a willing guide, who took him to the Randolph street viaduct to view the remains of a ship that had been blown up in the har­ bor "just like the Maine." There they met a man who had "found three clam­ shells upon the beach" and was covering and uncovering a buckshot in a clumsy manner. The only reason Swanson didn't lose more was that another man owned the cattle. He says he is going to take some shells back with him and get even with a fellow he knows $j| Hampshire. His "Wear Old Jim." "Gorbett is my friend and benefac­ tor," says Mr. Jeffries. "I was once his sparring partner, and he treated me as a gentleman. Hence I have gladly agreed to fight him as a return for favors. I am bound by <all the ties oft friendship and gratitude to give him a A Number of New Homes Will be Built a» Soon as frost to Out Of the Ground-- Bright Prospects For Contractors. • Last year many buildings were erec­ ted in McHenry and the indications so far this year ar© that the building will far exceed that of last. The new resi­ dences contemplated will be up to date in all respects and an ornament to the town*-r" Mrs. George Schreinfcr will build a res­ idence on Maple avenue which will con­ tain ten rooms and have all the latest improvements, to cost $3,500. The build­ ing will commence in the early spring. Mrs. Elizabeth Stoffel will soon com­ mence the erection of her cottage on the lot recently purchased from T. J.Walsh. Dr. Dl G. Wells will commence the binding of a residence on his lot located on the northwest corner of Elm and Green Streets as soon as the ground is in condition in the spring. The house will comprise ten rooms, bath, closets and will be up to date in all pertainings. It will cost about $3,500. T. J. Walsh will erect an elegant residence on the southeast corner of Elm and Green Streets in the Spring. The house will contain twelve rooms, bath and closets, will be modern in every respect and will cost in the neighbor­ hood of $4,000. This is one-of the most desirable locations in the village and the building will be a great improve- town. .. Charch Note*. Miss Bernice Perry will lead~the Y. P. C. U. devotional meeting at the Uni- versalist church next Sunday evening. Subject: "Say So." Psalm 107-2. The meeting will open* with a short song service led by W. A. Cristy. A cordia invitation is extended to alL The contrast of the centuries was dwelled udon by the pastor at the Uni­ versalis t Church last Sunday morning. The distinguishing feature between the nineteenth century and the twentieth will be that while the nineteenth was devoted to xnaking money in the twen­ tieth the strife will be to develop man­ hood. The inventive genius in the nine­ teenth was directed to the discovery of material economic devices, that the twentieth will be towards devices for bettering the moral and spiritual con­ ditions of society and state is true This must result in higher ideals of right and wrong and measures to free the community from debanding insti­ tutions that are breeding armies of in- capables and criminals to handicap the state and endanger its very existence. As a necessary result, also, there will be a larger participance in the christian religion and the spread of it to ali classes and nations. The common interest in the embetterment of society will exact more of moral deportment of the indi­ vidual life. The following are the officers elected by the M. E. Sunday School board for the ensuing year, for the M, E. Sundayj School: 11 -•? | Dr. Auringer, superintendent Mrs, Bell Sayler, dent. • Co*-a Wilson, secretary, yn. Ben Smith, treasurer. Vr^v;; Alice Waite, organist. -- • '• '• • Mrs. Bell Saylor, assistant organist Ethel King, librarian, Mabel Granger, assistant librarian. Thg Ladies Aid Society of -the M. ,E chance to fight me." Was there ever* church will meet with Mrs. Whipple on such a touching instance of devotion? Mr. Jeffries will reward his old patron and benefactor by beating him into pulp Mid knocking his head Off. One can fancy him saying, as he puts his terrible right into his friend's ribs,' 'Dear old Jim!"--Kansas City Star. The Standard tia« Irfunpft. We have accepted agency for this lamp and would be pleased to have you investigate it., Either at Owen & Cha­ pels, Snydera Jewalery store or at our store. If you will favor us with a call we will explain to your Satisfaction its advantages over other lamps, I - ^ WAJUTEB C. EvANSON. . Blgin Batter Market. Batter advanced 3c. on the Elgin board of trade Monday. All the offer­ ings, 177 tubs, were sold; 103 tubs at 38$c. and 75 tubs at 35c. Official mar­ ket firm at 39c; one year ago butter sold for 30ic; sales week, 9,600 tubs. I A'Probable K. of P. Lodge, J. p. Lodtz is interviewing the fan- bus business men of McHenry with a view to organizing a K. of P. lodge here. This is an excellent order and it is hoped that Mr. Lodtz will meet with success his ant Friday afternoon of this week at two o'clock. A cordial invitation ia exteuded toalL Fourth quarterly rftport of tire M. E. Sunday school: Total attendance, 648; average attendance, 46; total collection, $13.28; average collection, .94|. Last quarter's report eho^s a great increase in members and interest A Lilt Of Pupils Who Have Been Neither Absent uor Tartly. Total attendance 306; average daily attendance 186 which is divided among the various departments as follows: ..17 14 35 132 ..36 » ' ..48 40 High school.. Fifth room. .. Fourth room . Third rogtn.. Second room First roo: The following pupils have hfeen neither absent nor tardy during the past month and have made satisfactory in scholarship: , HIGH SCHOOI* Willie Claxton(t. SV Lynn Cristy • *• Earl Waite <v ' Thomas Bolger Ed Sutton . Emery Kimball' Harold Cristy i ^V^jTred Eldredge Dora Stoffel /f1 v Nina M. Colby Mabel Cteamgel̂ r. )£amie Knoic Elsie Howe ;tennie Walton Nina E. Colby! ; Martin Knox. Jennie Smith $1 ANGEVINE, Prin. FIFTH ROOOM. Agnes Stevens > Bessie Mason J Philip Aylward . Ethel Owen * Belle Gallaher. AGNES A. Penny, • FOURTH ROOM, Delia Beck with Iva Mead Cassie Eldredge Carlton Roil Chester Goodman Lena Stoffel Charles Heimcg,. Martin Stoffel Katie Heimer ¥^Bessie Smith Katie Justen T , ^Maggie Schreiner Zoe King ' - Dick Walsh Millie Lawrenli* Willie Nickels Lillie McGee. MARY L COBB, Teacher. THIRD ROOM. Florence Granger Irene McOmber Lillian Wheeler Willie Gallaher Nellie Newman -.Luln Byrd | Eddie Con Unfa. Myrtle WattWfc.' Mary Knox Joaie Schafer. JESSIE M. BALDWIN, Teacher, SBOOND ROOM. George Freund Ellen Cleary Caroline Spurlitog Willie Heimert Zue Gallaher LucileByrd Pearl Claxton" r E m m a C o n w a j j f • Fannie Grangfl̂ t ̂ Maudie Granger Paulie Auring ̂,,,,, Tillie Stewart:- !V Susie Simon Vv Gilbert McOmhar Ruth King Joe. Wrede Howard Waltles Eddie Rossman Leonard Phillip ̂ Clarence Ostfander Julia Stoffel Thomas Knox Johnny Long Gerald Newman Ray Page The Willing Workers will mee$ with Mrs. S. & Chapell next Thursday after­ noon. All are cordially invited to be present. Services in the McHenry M. E. ch next Sunday will be as follows: Preac ing by the pastor at 10:30 a. In. Subjec "Jesus- Receiveth Sinners." Sunda .̂ school at 11:45. A Prominent Lawyer Of Greenville, III., Mr. C. E. Oook, writes: "I have been troubled with bil­ iousness, -sick headache, sour stomach, constipation, etc., for several years. 1 sought long and tried many remedies, but was disappointed until I tried Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. I can cheer­ fully recommend it to any suffering from above aate by Julia A. Story. FRANCES A. OSBORNE, Teacher. FIRST ROOM. Joste Adama Elsa Block Albert Freund • Hugh GallaiKSr Marguerite Gra&gerLyle Hazel Raymond Howard Mattie Laures Rosa Miller Nicholas Myers Arthur Myers Harry Neisjitt - Edwin Owen "* Roy Page ̂ Otto Rossmanft Johnnie Smith Leon Slimpin e S o Frances Stoffel Agnes Tesch • Maude Van Slyke Charlie Witt 4 Albert Witt Henry Weberf s ̂ Annie Yeske Henry Witt KATE F. HOWE, Teacher. Post Office looted. The post office at Liberty ville was en­ tered by thieves last Tuesday night and $60.00 in stamps and money stolen. The * thieves bored a hole near the combi­ nation and succeeded in working it with a wire, which was left in the hole. Then the inBide doors of the safe were pried open with the ice spade, bar and shot gun. This done, access to the booty was reached and they took all that there happened to be on hand. Part of the money taken was governmental money and part of it belonged to the receipts of th<0 express office, which is also run in connection with t^e store and post office. Richard Harding Davln' New Story. La Lettre d 'Amour is one of the best love stories Richard Harding Davis has written. The scene is laid in London and the characters are a beautiful Amer­ ican girl, her mother, a wealthy young Harvard man, and a violinist of the Hungarian Orchestra. The illustrations are by Howard Chandler Christy. La Lettre d 'Amour is the leading story in the Midwinter Fiction Number of The, Saturday Evening Post, which will be on sale January the 25th. SHE GOMMITTEDSUICiDE SIS11H **JPUSTA'S BODY FQUyNO " 'IN THE LAKE, k'" A Family Reunion. Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Colby, Ora Colby and wife, of Nunda, Br. J. F. Cravens and wife, of Dakota, Mr. Clayton Harri­ son, wife and children, of Ringwood, and Miss Story, had a most pleasant family reunion, at Mr. Robert Sher­ burne's, last Friday, where, around his generous, hospitable board, they dis­ cussed the days of "Auld Lang Zyne," and kept green the memory of their dear ones, who have "gone before." Clothed In Religions Garb, the Corpse of Missing Slater to Pound Near the Scene of Her Labors. The disappearance of sister Augusta from Kemper hall, Kenosha, Wis., cat Tuesday, Jan. 3, is no longer a mystery, hut the final ending of the tragedy re­ veals no story of broken vows, ofro» mantic courtship, or blighted lives, Th® denouement is simply the sad story of a woman, tired by some secret mental straggle, seeking sweet repose and ob­ livion on the ever-throbbing bosom of Lake Michigan. : After being tossed about for almost a Week by the waves of the lake, the body of Sister Augusta was found floating oil the surf near the shore at the foot of the steep crag bordering on the proper­ ty of the Sisters of St Mary, used as the St. Mary's summer home. The remains were found close to the spot where, as a sister of charity, the unfortunate wo­ man was wont to watch the little waifs of the home at their play during the summer months. Still garbed in the somber robes of the sisterhood, with her hands cla^pcd upon her breast, the final home-coming of Sister Augusta told lit­ tle of the story of her departure, and yet it spoke in eloquent language of the laying aside of a tired life to test tha secrets of the great unknown. The remains were found by Mrs. Wil­ liam Smith, who resides near the place. She and her children were walking along the beach, when one of them saw the black robe of the dead woman float- tog just above the surface of the water. * The final ending of the strange story of the sister and her disappearance will 06me as a great surprise to all. It was given out by the sisters that the lady was with friends in St. Louis, and it is evident that this statement waa not made by the sisters for the purpose of hu *hing up the story of her disappear­ ance, as a letter was received from a friend of the sister in that city, which seemed to clearly show that she had ^planned to leave the work of the order and return to the world. The sisters at the hall would not Speak in regard to the affair this afternoon, and time alone will tell how much they know of the fate of the missing woman. The causeŝ thich led to the deed are buried with the past. That it was a case of a carefully planned suicide none may doubt, but the reasons that caused Sister Augusta to take the tragic step are supposed to have been known only to the dead, and the sisters of St. Mary were as much surprised as any one when |he lake laid its burden at their feet. The cororner's jury did not complete the inquest, but will meet to-day and register its verdict in the case. The sisters can give little information in regard to the life of the dead sister. Her name in the world was Miss Augusta Henderson. She was 88 years of age, and an English woman by birth. Before she was allied to the sisterhood, five years ago, she was a school teacher. Since that time she has been constantly connected with the work of the sister­ hood in Chicago, her work being espe­ cially among the poor classes. Her only relative /in this country is her sister, J&t.iJ. Smith, of St Louis. * Current Event Club., V.'; A very pleasant and profits ̂itiiii ing of the Current Event Club was held at the home of the leader, Miss Julia A. Story, on Tuesday evening. The work the club is doing is commendable and the members are deriving nfuch benefit A mutual exchange of thoughts and ideas is always'beneficial to those whose inclinations are progressive. Miss Florence Searles discussed "Art, " Miss Agnes Perry talked on ' 'Personal Matters" and Mrs. E. J. Hazel gave-~% "Review of the Magazines." The club will hold its next meeting January 23, at the home of the Misses Perry. r**?S Wall Map of McHenry County, Jas. T. Walsh, at one time editor of The Plaindealer but now of Harvard, and Capt. Eichelberger, of Woodstock; will publish a wall map of McHenry County. The work of preparing the map is to be under the management of Capt. Eichelberger, who has a thorough knowledge of this line of work. It is the intention of the publishers to make one that is accurate. The map will show the cities and. villages, school houses, railroads and highways, farms and the owners of the farms eta v s Church Social. A social will be given at the residence of Mrs. John Buck land, Ringwood, Thursday, Jan. 18, by the Willing Work­ ers. A cordial invitation is extended to the McHenry people to be present and aid in making the affair a grand success ,̂1 Have You a 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 quickly the cold will leave you. We sell Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin lor just this purpose. Try it 10 cents 50 cents and $1, For sale by Julia A Story, - ̂ - •»v , ,-V* '