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% VOLUME XX\I - . v . - i.* -th: McHENRY, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY, HARCH aa, 1900* IK' &K- NUMBER 38. GENERAL COUNTY NEWS# J? INFORMATION GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. * : . / • ' ̂ • • . : • : f Si " • " • ^ • £ ' Some of tfte Happening In o«r County In Condensed Form, for Busy People-- ^ - Exchange Gleantngd. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Snyder mourn |j^'5 the death of their daughter Alta, aged £ ^ ' 10 years, which took place at their home &'* near the fair grounds on -the night of j Tuesday, Mar. 13, 1900. The little one -'*4'A.- was taken ill with brain fever onThurs- fl day last. She was a beautiful and prom­ ising child, and the bereaved parents have the sympathy of their many friends. IjV j', --Woodstock Sentinel. :ypv,t Mr. and Mrs. John Brink, of Crystal ^v ;. Lake, celebrated the sixtieth anniver sary of their carriage last week. A ^ X.. large company of friends gave them a ( pleasant surprise in the evening. * «'• j?. , • • The Hebron Tribune says that & %l| . Hewes refused an offer of $106 an acre for his farm one day recently. C. W. Harrison, of Ringwood, sold seven head of his thoroughbred Hol- steins the first of the week. They range in age from one month to one year, and the prices ranged from $25 to #>f). Three of them go to Kaye's Park, three to Linnton, Wis., and one to Syracuse, N. Y. V . E. H. Hopper, of Ringwood, enter­ tained a brother from Brisbane, Austra­ lia, Monday of last week. He was for­ merly in the employ of the Nelson Mor­ ris Packing Co., of Chicago, but for the past three years has been with the Queensland Meat Export CQ., at Bris­ bane. T Almond Potter, a retired fanner, of i?Marengo, died at his home in that city ^March 14, from heart trouble. He was U'i ; a man past 80 years of age and for the vjpast 40 years has resided in that city, „ yf' having an extended acquaintance in the ^ i v surrounding county. For a number of 1*4^4 years he resided on a farm in Riley 4 ' township. Mr. Potter leaves a wife and three children, two lions and <>hirdaugh- imm. U f. Masters Junius Earle and Dean Manor, of Hebron, have been given gold medals by James H. Turner, of Hebron, ; in behalf of the farmers' institute, for the part they took on the program at the institute meeting at Harvard last January. Those who were present and eftrd the youngsters perform are well aware of the fact that the prize is ji well merited one.--Harvard Herald. A mad dog scare has thrown HarvllSrd and vicinity into a state of intense ex­ citement, and dogs are being slaugh­ tered by the dozens. By order of tV>e oard of health of Chemung township posters have been issued commanding all owners of dogs to have them muzzled. E. M. Loomis captured a red fox on hy farm near Ridgefield Fridav*/ It^wrlyin£«sjl»wn to rest afTfer~8"'liard chase when its existence was ended by a rifle ball. Mr. Loomis I*took the carcass to Woodstock and dis- • posed of it after claiming the bounty. f '• The remains of A. W. Tappan, who />">/ died at his home in Louisville, Ky., were taken to Woodstock for interment P : '4%fy d last Wednesday. Mr. Tappan was well known in McHenry Co.. having been an ? early resident of Woodstock, trt Frank Newman, of Harvard, who has been suffering with a cancer on his neck, submitted to a difficult surgical Bp operation at Augustana hospital, Chica- * go, Wednesday of last week. He is im- *•: ' t-1 proving rapidly and will soon be able to *.-•? return to his home. , m, Sarah McC-abiU, an early resident of Woodstock, died in Chicago, Monday, March 12, of cancer. The remains were taken to Woodstock for burial last Wed­ nesday. James P. Clark, of Alden, had the misfortune to have his horse barn and fifty tons of hay destroyed by fire last week. The property was insured in the Alden and Hebron Mutual Co., for $200. The loss is estimated at Pleat-ant Surprise. iC ';; In view of the fact that Willie Howe was to leave for Dixon, 111., Monday morning, where he will attend, school, ft,dumber of his friends planned and successfully carried out a very pleasant /surprise in his honpr, last Saturday eveni.if*. The youmjjtoeeitfe repaired in ^ fo h islierrr^vv^ere the dining was sj^frilfplaying vitaious gWek A delicious supper was se*ved and an en­ joyable evening spent.^Those present yr**re:--MeSsrs7TSilo7"t?eorge and Willie Howe, Harry Fay, Emery Kimball and Orten Gilbert; Misses Altia Kimball, iSdna Story, Etta Siines, Elsie Howe, \ Mamie Hetzel, Rosina Npolby and Lillie Heiiner. > / * j • ""NTlllce lo AtlvertlieiFSr*"---- All copy for change of advertisements must be in this office not later than Tuesday evening in order to insure change. Kindly bear this in mind and g o v e r n y o u r s e l f a c c o r d i n g l y , v . 1 . . . - > * * # . \J> - ' ' * HERE AND THERE. A Miscellaneous Aggregation of Infbrma- tt«s Interesting to AIL " It has come to be a settled business principle that advertising and success go hand in hand. The time has passed when a man could establish a business and, little by little, build it up to profit­ able proportions Without the aid of ad­ vertising. Competition is too fierce. John Newman, of Elgin, the butter king of Illinois and perhaps of the world, came to this country from England in 1859 and located in Chicago, Where he earned $8 a week in a dry goods store. Now he possesses directly or indirectly 8,000 farms in Illinois, Wisconsin, Min­ nesota and Iowa, having a combined acreage of 260,000. He has 60,000 cows working for him and he daily skims cream from 600,000 quarts of milk. The Fox Lake Yacht races will begin oti decoration day this season, almost a month earlier than usual. There will be eight regular, six handicap and six special races. A dance will be given every Saturday night during the season, which will no doubt be a good one, as the club is in a most flourishing condi­ tion now. The youngest child of Charles Piute, of" Palatine fell into a boiler of hot water one day last week and was badly scalded on the left side. Dr. Muffat was called in attendance and the little one is doing nicely. The veteran 15th Illinois Volunteers will hold their annual reunion in Chi­ cago this year on August 29, during the national G. A. R. encampment, instead of Belvidere on May 24 as usual. The low railroad fares it is hoped will result in getting all the survivors of this grand old regiment together. J. A. Watier and Robert Selter have purchased the good will and fixtures of the Spring Well Bottling Works, of Grass Lake, from E. A. Boydell. All those interested in raising poultry, whether for the pit or market, are re­ quested to meet at the Simons House, Antioch, Illinois, on Saturday, March 31, 1900, at two o'clock p. m., at which time and place it is desired to perfect an organization to be known as The North­ ern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin Poultry and Pit Stock Association. Ii successful in perfecting the organization it is intended and hoped that the asso­ ciation may be able to hold a poultry show in Antioch next winter in conjunc- Aatioch News. Mrs. George Blade died at her home in Elgin on Wednesday morning of last wwV. Mra was noted for her charitable acts. She leaves a husband and one sister in Iowa. Henry F. Corbett, who was on trial at Racine charged with assault with in­ tent to kill Rev. David B. Cheney, wa« acquitted March 15. The jury arrived at a verdict after being out one hour. Fred May committed suicide in the asylum at Elgin March 15, by stabbing himself. He was sent to the asylum from Belvidere January 27. His wife is also an inmate. The Lake County Woman's Christian Temperance Union held a very success^ ful meeting Saturday March 3rd at Gage's Lake M. E. church. The occa­ sion was the. regular quarterly confer­ ence. The day was a perfect one and the Unions of the county were well rep­ resented. The church was prettily de­ corated with bows of white ribbon, Miss Willard's picture and the triple pledge cards, making it have a cheery and home-like appearance. Mrs. Louise Shepard, County President presided and had an excellent program arranged. Mrs. Mary Hopper, State Cor. Secretary was present and in the afternoon gave a splendid address on "Personal Respon­ sibilities." A free rural mailrdelivery route will be started from Princeton, Bureau countyJafrkering territory northward of the cifrjsir John C. Foote, the well known dru gist of Belvidere, has in his possess* as an heir loom of his family, what is lieved to be one of the most rare of li erary curios handed down from tke early oolonial days of the New Englan states. This literary treasure is a dic­ tionary published by Samuel Johnson, Jr., of Guilford, Conn., in the year 1798. It is believed that there are only three of these in existence; viz, the one in the possession of Mr. Foote, one in the pos­ session of i~he British Museum, and the other, an imperfect pne, in the library of Yale University. The book is an odd looking, leather bouiyi little volume and was on sale in 1800 ill the cities of Con­ necticut, being intended for use in the schools, in which several generations of the Johnsons were well known instruc­ tors. A novel scheme is being put into use at country sales in Boone eounty. It is ' . t ' i . 'A* : from the South,. 'aij&AN ANTONIA DE BEXOR, WILL FIGHT TO DEATH. March 18, 190ft Before we left McHenry The Plain- ftealer extorted a promise that we would write a letter giving an account of our trip. Our journey from Chicago here was uneventful; we left Chicago at 5:80 p. m. March 6th; the weather was as doleful as could well be imagined; at Gil man, Illinois, we were held up for four hours by a disabled engine of a freight train; part of this lost time we made up and we reached New Orleans at about 10 p. m. March 7th. New Orf leans has changed remarkably since my former visit there, but then that was thirty-seven years ago. We left New Orleans at 11 a. m. March 8th, arriving here on Friday morning about 9 a. m. The transition from the cold winds of Illinois to the mild breezes of Texas was too sudden to be agreeable, and we find that with the temperature at about 85 degrees a feeling of lassitude comes over us; lassitude looks well on papet but it is akin to laziness I am sure. This is a strange city, it looks as though it had come down from former times, and such is a fact. Its first char­ ter was granted in 1738 or 1734 by the King of Spain. I noticed a building on the door of which was the date 1720 and' was told that that was the date when it was first swung. Everyone who comes here asks about the ostrich farm. It is one of the 6uriosities of the place; they have now thirty-nine ostriches and the young son of the proprietor, a bright boy of about ten years, showed us around the grounds. He called our at­ tention to John L. Sullivan, a huge bird whose head was ten feet from th« ground. He showed us the finest bird of the lot, he said his name was William McKinley. In a pen by himself was one whom our guide called William Bryan, for the reason, so the boy said, he always had his mouth open the same ai Bryan. •Yesterday (March 12) we took a short (?) drive out into the country to a places called Leon Springs, which has been se­ lected for a rifle range. Suitable grounds for target practice are hard to, find for reason of the scarcity of water, and again there must be a hill to.stop1 the bullets. One object of our trip w to secure samples of the water of the springs for analysis as the authorities will not finally accept the grounds un less the water is ieported good. As to the trip our party consisted of five be-^ tion with the~ ^rmera ThBtitut&-^flides the-motar man, our vehicle horseless (?) army wagon, the motive power being four army mules, the dis- ? tance a trifle over eighteen miles, our motar-man a government teamster of long experience; we started at 8 a. m., and those mules struck a gait which was; a terror* up hill and down they never slipped a cog, the driver hardly spoke a word to them nor took'the whip from the socket; and the road, or more prop­ erly a trail, stones of all sizes and shapes, ledges just cropping out of the ground, occasionally the wheels would strike a stone a little more emphatically than usual and we would shoot' up from the seat only to be stopped in our upward flight by the cover of the wagon. It took us precisely two hours and seven minutes to reach the springs, quite a good gait for a four mule team and a heavy army wagon. We found the water good, ate our lunch under the trees and at two p. m. started back, reaching the fort a little past four. Leon Springs consists of items as fol­ lows : One spring of good water, one railroad water tank, one government target, one target range building, a shanty 16 by 20, doors and windows hav­ ing been removed to prevent theft, one stone building said an hotel, but now empty. More about this city later. REPUBLICS WILL RETAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE. Boers ftn Aroused to Wild Knthnsiasm hy Addresses of Presidents Krugerand Stey at Kroonstad. A dispatch from Kroonstad, Orani free State, dated March 18, says: "The Pretoria Federal command are here. They are in grand spiri They are ready for the enemy, and a even defiantly awaiting the British vance. Presidents Kruger andJSteyn address ed a vast camp meeting today. The Transvaal President made an 'impass­ ioned appeal to the burghers to main­ tain their gallant fight for freedom. He told them that it was certain the ultimate result of war would be that the Boer republics would retain their independence, despite the temporary British occupation of Bloeinfontein. President Steyn followed President Kruger in a strong speech. He told the burghers that the Free State was far from conquered because its capital had been occupied by the British. He in­ formed the burghers that England had definitely refused to allow the republics to remain as independent states. There­ fore all the republics had to do now was to fight to the last. President Steyri" stated that in the six months the war had been going on the Boers had lost less than 1,000 men in killed, and that the fighting was real­ ly commencing now. As President he warned the Free State burghers not to believe Lord Roberts' proclamation and accept his invitation to lay down their BARNES IS VICTORIOUS. Wilis Two Important Cases in the Circnit Court atSyc*more This /Attorae rW ednesda Attorney. C. P. Barnes returned on ednesday of this week from Sycamore, 111., after spending several days in the trial of two cases before a jury in the circuit court of that county. The two eases were tried at the same time before the same jury, and on Wednesday even­ ing last Mr. Barnes received word by telephone that the jury bad returned a verdict in favor Of Ids plient tn both ^ c a s e s . , i y . . ' * . • • - "The Chicago Times Herald of March 9th contains the following: "The slan­ der case brought by Dr. L. A. Westgate against Elizabeth Hamilton in the cir­ cuit court at Sycamore was called with Judge Charles Brown of Dupage comity on the bench- today. "The case is the result of the death of Mrs. W. J. Carothers in February, 1898, whom Dr. Westgate was attending. She brings the case on the grounds that her practice has been ruined by Miss Elizabeth Hamilton and others, who she claims, said the death of Mrs. Carothers was caused by morphine poisoning. "Miss Hamilton, who is a trained nurse, and was caring for Mrs. Caroth­ ers at the time of her^death, enters the plea that she is not guilty of the charges preferred against her, but if she did say Mrs. Carothers was killed by an over­ dose of morphine it is true, and she will produce evidence to prove it, and be­ lieves the death of the patient was caused by malpractice. "It is one of the most sensational cases ever tried in that court and is being fought by some of the best lawyers in 7 ftS k c *igh £.CMCK£*tt* MJ#80rfRYSTAL HERNE AS JANEY CAITLPWELL IN "SAG HABBOR.' GRAND OPERA HOUSE, CHICAGO. arms. He assured them that the Brit­ ish had failed on every occasion to keep the solemn treaties they had made. Sir Alfred Milner, the Governor of Cape Colony, Mr. Steyn stated, had publicly proclaimed that the' Africanders would be exterminated, knowing that the re­ publics would fight to the end. He JAMES B. PKRHY. R 1 CIASE£ by urging the burghers to place Mr. tod Mra; ttesley Kntertain. their trust in God. President Steyn's appeal aroused the burghers to a pitch of wild enthusiasm." (Continued on page 8.) /"One of the most delightful social events of the season was the card party given by Mr. and Mrs. George W. Bes ley at their pleasant home last Thursday evening. Cinque was the game selected with which to while away the time, and interspersed with social conversation the evening passed all too quickly. mty refreshments were served at small tables, little Misses Hattie Lam- phere and Mamie Granger doing chief honors of waiting upon the guests in a charming manner. Those present were* Messrs. and Mesdames John 1. Story, Walter C. Evanson, Lewis H. Owen, D. F. Hanly, John Evanson, E. J. Hazel. Dr. and Mrs. Wells, Hon. and Mrs. F. K. Granger, Messrs. George Hanly, C. H- Granger and O. N. Owen, Misses Hattie Lamphere and Mamie Granger, Mesdames Ella Lamphere, C.C. Chapell and C- H. Albrec-ht, of Waukegan. Th#i Plain dealer Is Responsible. Some time ago an advertisement ap­ peared in these columns stating that a limited number of musicians could secure free scholarships in the Dixon Normal School, by giving their services in the band connected with the school. Willie Howe, of our village, answered and has secured a scholarship. He left for Dixon last Monday morning where he will 1iake a business course. We wish him success in his school duties. , • Notice. After April 1st, Dr. Besley will be i* McHenry to attend to dental work only by appointment. The increase in his practice in Woodstock compels him to lake this courae. "• Chnrch Notes. *' The Ladies' Aid society of the M. E. church will meet with Mrs. Auringer on Friday afternoon of this week at one o'clock. The time will be devoted quilting. The Willing Workers will meet with Mrs. E. E. Gorton on Thursday of next week. All members are cordially in­ vited to be present. me I 1 Ladies wrappers, in all sizes, from 7a oente to $1.7& M. J. Walsh. rA Northern Illinois. Attorneys Barnes of Woodstock and Kellum of Sycamore appear for the plaintiff and Attorneys Cliffe & Cliffe and Jones & Rogers of Sycamore for the defendant. Many prominent people of Sycamore are sub­ poenaed and the court house will not hold the crowds that gather." We are informed that all the physir clans in the city of Sycamore were called either as witnesses or medical experts, and that several noted physicians of Chicago also testified. Mr. Barnes is to be congratulated on his great victory and also that through his own individ­ ual efforts he has risen to the place in his profession where it is admitted by all that as a safe counselor and a skill­ ful trial lawyer he has no superior in Northern Illinois.--McHenry County Democrat. i. Church Social. The social given at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. John Claxton, one mile east of the village, last Friday evening, was well attended despite the bitterjjt \ rx)ld weather., In the neighborhood of |Lucile Byrd 1 Jtortv^fiv* forty-five people were present. Two busses, one driven by Charles Lamphere and the other by William Sayler, .car­ ried the people free of charge Games ancT "social cOnVersatfon passed the time pleasantly until lefreshments, of which there was an abundant supply, were served^ The treasury of the M. IS W fwitbw swelled by the \jaumof f? whiuli win UJtejpa. GIGANTIC STRIKE LIKELY HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN WILL BE CALLED FROM WORK. Mannffccturers and Laborers Fail to Agree on a Scale of Prices and War to the Knife is Proclaimed. After the conference between repre­ sentatives of the International Associ­ ation of Machinists and administrative council of the National Metal Trades Association ended, which was held in Chicago last Sun!day, President James O'Connell of the union declared that strikes would be called immediately in all parts of the United States and Can­ ada. Such strikes would involve 100,000 men, and cause to be shut down for an indefinite period plants having an ag- gregregate capital of millions of dollars. Chicago labor troubles are responsible for the disagreement which is expected to precipitate the general machinists' strike Were it not for the fact that leaders of the machinists' union refused to call ofE the strikes that now exist in Chicago, Columbus, O., and Patterson, N. J., the manufacturers and leaders, it is believed, would have come to amicable agreement and arbitration would have been per­ manently established between the Na­ tional Metal Trades Association and the t Machinists Association. Before leaving the room in which the joint conference was held President O'Connell declared the union would be­ gin immediately to call strikes in all parts of the country. The first of these strikes will be called in Cleveland, O. After all the large cities have been tied up, strikes will be called in the machine shops of all the railroads in the country. Weekly School Nntes^ By A Senior* The marble season is on in fall blast Mrs. Byrd visited .the second room oently. . ' S i Algebra has been added to the eighth grade studies. The senior class has chosen pink and green for its colors. , Frank Cobb was a brief visitor at the school Wednesday. Miss Alice Sutton called upon th« school on Wednesday. Maude VanSlyke donated a medallion Of a madonna to the first room. , Misses Thomas and Hall of Ringwood called upon Miss Osborne, Tuesday. Nellie Newman presented the third jNHnn with a fine picture of Miss Frances Willard. s Misses Mary and Alice Knox were visitors in the fourth and fifth roomilott Thursday. . [V It is a lean pig that is always squeal- % ing, so also a lazy scholar is always com- | plaining. ^ Wanted--A thick coat of calcimine to apply to the walls of the school to cover the accumulated dust. Advice to Freshmen--Honor thy pro- 1 fessor in thy youth that thon mayBt. lMft solid in thy senior year. m W ••y* •M 1 ,! Millie Lawrence, of the fourth room, was absent on account of sickness on Tuesday and Wednesday. The following pupils of the first room are ill: Johnny Feltz, Katie Simon, Lillian Pouse, Agnes Tesch. The following pupils made an average of ninety per cent or more at the term examination: Jennie Smith Jennie Walton Nina E Colby Margaret Sutton Willie Claxton Harold Cristy v y Fay Small Charles Buss '". j Emery Kimball Winnie Grimol*$t»y Mayme Knox , Rosina Reynold# j Elsie Howe Charles Slimpin ' • Edna Story Mabel Grange* Nina M Colby Thos. Bolger RoseHuson Dora Stomal t : GRAMMAR ROOM Lizzie Bolton Robert Sutton Ethel Owen Archibald Auringer FOURTH ROOM Zoe King Frances Buss Chester Goodman Florence Howe Charles Heimer Zinna King Grace Lee Lillie McGee Carlton Ross Martin Stoffel Bessie Smith Dick Walsh THIRD ROOM Y Irene McOmber Clayton Rcfeg George Freund Zue Gallaher Christina Weber Maggie Ward Myrtle Wattles Lillian Whjpehstr Rosie Zimmerman Ellen Cleary SECOND ROOM • V; •J 1 Kt Lola Boyle Joe Wrede Ruth King Julia Stoffel Pearl C'laxton Thomas Knox Leonard Phillips Johnny Long Susie Simon Fannie Granger Ray Page Gilbert MeOin Howard Wattli Maude Granger - >&»V! •ir^s FIRST ROOM Josie Adams Harry Niesen Emil Olson Katie Simon Leon Slimpin Maude VanSlyke ; 1 MartmeriteGrangerRayniond Howard Nicholas Meyers o Lizzie Phalin Johnny Smith Henry Weber Edwin Owen Emma Krause The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.. Jacob J us ten has been seriously ill during the pastwetfc - 'r- tih.fr 1^; - •& • ;# a a