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*,1 •«;!«-«'3^ ^ ^u£*» j - >e-?* * r ^ ^.pea-.-i-f fctfVV ' ^."^fl? i 'jjjJJ.-O"- jg^' jf'i'S •••• ',tri"«:, : ••••>•"•X;'i . •Z&.f%i&?'$( Jt , .j^'V * - T' s' '-.S ' V '! • ,<*£'.* ,* •% ••- -*.;'• Ijys* , VOLUME XXIX. McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1903. NUMBER \\4iV An adv. in The Piaindealer "want" column brings quick results. Try it. You read them, and others do the same. EXCHANGE GLEANINGS. HAPPCNING8 IN M'HENRY ADJACENT COUNTIES. AND A-> M lnoelloneous Auortnot of N«m Items In Condensed Form Far Conven­ ience of Busy People. A colored barber in Aurora refused to dure a fellow negro because of his oolor. All clabs in Aurora and Elgin dispenst^f®^611' °®cera ®°d members: . , .. .. . .. ._ , Commodore--Harriet M. Herts. ing alcoholic liquors to their members most take out licenses the same as dram shpps or go out of business. Rev. John J. McCann, pastor of St. Mary's church, Elgin, reports that there are 2,083 souls in his parish, including men, women and children of all ages. Nnnda Herald: The editor of the Mc- Henry County Republican wants street signs pat up in Woodstock. That city is growing so rapidly that residents have difficulty in finding their way about town. Statistics show that toy pistols kill more people than revolvers, shot guns and rapid firing guns combined. Isn't it about time the dangerous little nui­ sances were legislated oat of existence? --Elgin Courier. The Bassett creamery near Wood­ stock, which was destroyed by fire two or three weeks ago, is being rebuilt. Work was started on the structure last Friday and the foundation and frame­ work are already up.--Sentinel. At Kankakee a new industry is about lobe started, which promises to take the farmer's cornstalks at from $2.50 to $8 per ton and conyert them into pulp, from which various qualities of paper may be manufactured The grist mill at Algonquin, owned by Koch & Son, was burned to the ground last Thursday morning. The fire is supposed to have been caused by an explosion of mill dust. The proper­ ty was valued at $5000 and insured for $8000. Since July 1 three new rural delivery routes have been established in Elgin and one each in Dundee, Hampshire, Maple Park, Elburn and Sugar Qrove. Twenty-five hundred new routes have been put in operation since July 1, and there are 4,000 more to be laid out. During the white clover harvest of last June a bee keeper placed a stand of bees on the scales to determine accu­ rately just what a swarm of bees could do-in the way of gathering honey under the best conditions. The test proved that in just one day they added four­ teen and one half pounds of honey to their store. Wankegan Son: Miss Hattie Puli- cher swam across Powers' lake on Tues­ day, duplicating her daring feat of last season. In making this trip the young woman came near losing her life, but managed to remain floating in the water and reached the end of her journey without assistance. The lake is more than a mile and a half in width and Miss Pulicher was in the watej: more than an honr. Don't find fault with everything that Is done. That sneering, sarcastic smile you wear is evidence of ignorance and big-head. If you have ability people will find it out without so much effort on your part You may fool people for a time but they will soon learn your trae worth. Pull down that haughty, upturned nose; save your sneers for those of yonr own makeup, and make up your mind that yon are only a hu­ man being. It may save yon greater humiliations.--Richmond Gazette. The village board of Nnnda, at a meeting held Tuesday evening, made a tax levy of $4,029^ to meet current and special expenses for the ensuing year. This is the first tax levy in nine years and is the result of the village going dry this spring, as there is no Baloon license money with which to pay ex­ penses. Providing the village goes no lioense next spring this sum must carry the village until the taxes are collected a year from next March. The board voted in favor of a dog ordinance taxing all dogB in the corporation $3 each --Herald. The farmers around Union are going to build a pickling factory of their own. Already $1000 hare been subscribed and the work on the buildings and the vats Will be started at once. The farmers ^im that tbe prices do not suit them at times and because of the peculiarities of the cucumber, which insists on spoil­ ing after a day or so, they are prevent- ad ffoqi fioldipg their fruit until the jjlarket gets betfer. With salt vaj» of their own they figure they can hold the encumbers for months, if necessary, and take the market when it is on the bulge. - Sonti nel • New Telephone*. During the past two weeks a gang of workmen have been installing new tel­ ephones for the McHenry exchanges, •nd the following new numbers have been added: C. E. Reed, Jr., 558; T. W. Browing, 557; J. P- Lay, 556; S. H. Jtonnd, 558; Rev. H. Mehring, 552; John Stoffel, 801; Mrs. Ella Lamphere, 418; Emil Lasch, 514 The following have signed contracts and telephones will be installed soon: R. J. Sutton, L. Walmsley, Will Welch, R. Givens, H. Ftlmeten, H. L. Knigge, J. Frisby. W. A. Sayler has contracted for a 'phone goon as the required number of signers has been secured a line will be built out his way. The exchange now JMM 182 PHOOTTK " -j& PISTAKEE AND THE FOX. Tsng Ladles' Yacht Club Keeps Thing* Moving at Bay. The Young Ladies' Yacht Club, re­ cently organized at the Bay, is destined to become the center of many social events at the Bay. The first ball given was a success in every way. The or­ ganization will add much to the social life at the resort. Following are the Vice-commodore--Neva E. Petera Rear Commodore--Florence McAnsh. Official Chaperone--Mrs. Ella Juul. Sec'y and Treas.--Antoinette Schillo. Emily Wilk lima Wilk Harriet Wolf Luella Flynn Florence Edelmann Ida Combs Helen Hedges Lenore Beck Marguerite Hertz Hazel Peters Ella Mamer Birdie Folz Mable Hinman Lee Hedges Ethel Lorimer Mrs. G. J. Sayer of Rose Lodge, Pis- tagkee Bay, entertained Saturday after­ noon at a lawn party twenty-five little girls ixi honor of her neice, Gladys, of Minneapolis, The lawn was prettily decorated with Japanese lanterns and flags. Game and dancing were the amusements. Dainty refreshments were served and all had a very nice time. A large number are preparing to spend next week at Oshkosh m attend­ ance at the yacht races. The "old boys' " yacht race at Pista- kee last Saturday was a success, surely, Each aspirant for honors drew cuts for the selection of catboats, thus giviDg no man any intentional advantage. Mr. Kendal of Aurora won with Miss Har­ riet Hertz's boat, Tuck. Mr. Salomon brought up the rear, not far behind Henry L. Hertz and A. R. Beck. The winner never sailed a boat before in his life. ( A CONTEMPTIBLE TRICK. Boy Five Tears of Age Left Alone Twelve Miles from Home. Gust, the fruit dealer who has a stand on Main street in this village, has had blood in his eye during the past few days and with good reason. In all prob­ abilities if he ever lays hands on a cer­ tain young scapegoat named Charlie Dattilo there will be heaps of trouble and Charlie will be at the bottom of the heap, for Gust i6 a powerful man while Dattilo is a little runt, altho possessed of a big capacity for meanness. The young man in question was a near neighbor of Gust in Chicago and came out to McHenry about one month ago without money or ambition to work. Gust took him in and fed him for some weeks, sending him out occasionally with the wagon to sell fruit at distant places. But it developed that he was an ungrateful youngster. Last Satdr- day, in company with Gust's five-year old boy. Dattilo made a trip to Ingleside and early in tbe evening bad about twenty-two dollars in his pocket. The temptation to steal was too much for him, sO he left the boy, wagon and horse standing in tbe road and skipped, telling the boy he would ,be back in a few minutes. When the minutes had stretched into hours the boy became frightened and cried until he attracted tbe attention of Alec* Tweed, who suc­ ceeded in getting tbe facts and tele­ phoned to Constable Walsh. Walsh and Gust secured a rig and drove to Ingleside at onoe. It was tbe happiest moment in the boy's life when he saw his father step into the house. It is needless to say that the latter was furi­ ous, not on account of the money stolen, but over the fright to which his little son had been subjected. It has since been learned that Dattilo was in Chicago Monday and stole a bi­ cycle from his cousin. Constable Walsh and detectives are after him and will land their man before tbe month is out Man and Girl Drowned at Lake Geneva. Lawrence Doty of Chicago and Miss Jessie Brown of Janesville. Wis., were drowned Monday afternoon at Geneva Lake, while rowing in a small boat from Williams Bay to Rockford Camp, where they were spending the summer. The wind was blowing strong from the northwest but the bay was compara­ tively calm and the young people evi­ dently did not feel the force of tne wind until they passed Colliers point, when the boat was overturned by tbe waves. Mr. Doty was an expert swimmer,. but Miss Brown could not swim, and the man undoubtedly succumbed in trying £o saye his cqrjipanjon. Nothing was known pf the- disaster until Tuesday morning, when, on account of tbe alarm felt at their absence, searching parties were orgaanized and the boat was found turned upward on the south shore. Tbe work of dragging the lake for tbe bodies began immediately. One Hundred Miles an Hoar. One hundred miles an hour is tbe speed which the Aurora, Elgin & Chica­ go e'ectric railroad company expect to make this fall in a test run to be made with a specially geared motor car. The trial run is to be made at the request of the General Electric company, which will supply the motor car for the occa­ sion. The result of the test is counted upon to demonstrate as never before the possibilities of electric railroad traffic. Many persons are suffering from kid­ ney complaint who could avoid fatal results by using Foley's Kidney Cure. Sold by N. H. Petesch, QUARTER OF A CENTURY HAPPENINGS IN M'HENRY TWEN­ TY-FIVE YEARS AGO. Items Clipped from The Piaindealer Pub­ lished August 81. 1878--Particularly In» teresting to Old Residents. At Buffalo, N. Y., Barns, driven by John Splau, made the best time on rec­ ord, trotting a mile in 2:18£. Married--At the home of the bride's father, Thursday evening, August 15, Rev. R. K. Todd officiating, Mnrray Tyrrell and Miss Ella M. Paige, both of McHenry. The infant and only son of John L Story, aged four months, died on Sat­ urday last, of cholera infantum. Mr. and Mrs. Story have the sympathy of the entire community in this sad be­ reavement. Wm. Paige had on our streets on Monday a four months old Durham calf that weighed 500 pounds. Besides being large it was of fine, square build, and as handsome an animal as one would wish to see. At the present time our villrge is o ie vast field of weeds, the sidewalks in many places being lined waist high. For the looks and credit of our village, our citizens should see that these un­ sightly things are removed at once. It will take but little work for each one, and the improvement will more than repay the trouble. The travel to Fox Lake the present season has been greater than ever be­ fore, and the prospects are that it will materially increase in the future. The steamer "Excelsior" has made, BO far this season, one hundred and two reg­ ular trips and has not failed in a single instance to get passengers Around on time for the trains. "Happy iB the man," says the New Orleans Picayune, "who can lie all day under a shade tree looking for work." Happy, then, thrice happy, is Jim An­ derson, who can lie all day anywhere, sun or shade, rain or shine, in the gar­ den, down the cellar, across the street, around the corner--anywhere. Just give him a subject, and the place is. no object. On Sutnrday last more than usual in­ terest was manifested in the return game of base ball, which was to be played at Libertyville between the Fox River club and the Libertyville nine, and on Saturday morning when the boys started out a large number of our citi­ zens and lovers of tbe game accompan­ ied them. The week before, although neither club played up to their standard, enough was demonstrated to lead all who witnessed it to expect the second would be an interesting gamo. And so it would have been had the Libertyville club not shown their cussedness. It was evident to any disinterested spec­ tator that it was their intention to win the game by fair means or foul, and finding in the second innings that the McHenry boys were outplaying them at every point, they resorted to tbe dirty trick of attempting to cripple the play* ers, that they might therefore win the game that they could not do by skill MILK IS WATERED IN CHICAGO. State Foed Records Show that Ship the Pare Fluid. Farmers According to officials of the state food commission Chicago's milk supply is adulterated after it reaches tbe city and not by the farmers, as was charged by the retail dealers. Alfred H, Jones, member of tbe state food commission, declared that the records show that the trouble was with certain small distrib uters in Chicago and that tbe farmer was trying to supply a good product. Assistant Commissioner R. M. Patter­ son Baid that the records of the com­ mission show that 95 per cent, of tbe milk coming in from tbe country is all right Associations of retailers are now planning to join in a crusade for pure milk. Between them and the state food commission inspectors it will be determined who is responsible for the adulteration." Swindling Old Soldiers. An exchange says that an impostor is traveling around swindling old sol­ diers. The fellow approaches the vet­ eran, calls him by name and proceeds to tell him he is securing the personal records of all the surviving soldiers of the rebellion, by and with the consent of the federal government. At this point he produces credentials, which are apparently all right. The infor­ mation, when compiled, is to be depos­ ited in tbe congressional library and published in book form- At this junot- ure he begins to reach out for a piece of money. He says the government will publish the book and put it ont to old soldiers at $2.50, a payment of one dollar to be paid now and the remain­ der with tbe delivery of the book. This is all there is to it. The old soldier gives him his dollar and all he gets in return is a pleasant look and '1 know you will like the book." This Is No Fish 8tory. The Lake County Independent last week contained the following item: "An eighteen and one-balf pound baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. August Koepke Monday. Mr. Koepke is fore­ man in the Eaton foundry. Say, Brother Just, are you responsi­ ble for the above story or did you get the facts from the fond papat EMERALD PARK VANQUISHED. Were Beaten la a One Sided Ball Game Lut Saturday. Despite the wet grounds at the ball park last Saturday and the small lake which had formed in the left field dur­ ing the morning, the ball game between tbe McHenry team and the Emerald Parks was pulled off. The weather was threatening during the entire day, keep­ ing many people away who had intended to be present About 100 spectators however had tbe courage to turn out and root for their favorites. In the first inning it looked as the the game would be evenly contested, but before the end of the fourth it was evi­ dent that the Emerald Parks were sim­ ply outclassed. John Gibbs pitched for the Park club during the first part of the game but he was touched up for so many hits that it was necessary to take him out of the box to save tbe team total annihilation. Ed. Whiting of Ostend then did the twirling for the visitors. His delivery was wild at first but he soon settled down and let the McHenry fellows get in a few more hits. The Emeralds played a good game in the field, their main weakness being in the battery. Gibbs makes no pretentions of being a Rusie, but the McHenry boys could not take that into consideration. He is the regular catcher for his team and does good work in that position. The McHenry team was by far tbe best put in the field this season and it was demonstrated that we can get up a team, with careful selection of material and training, that would be able to go some. Tbe outfield was particularly strong, Peter Justen, Fred Eldredge and Jim Voeltz playing an errorless game and backing up the bases in fine shapg. The infield was well guarded also, with Carl Mead at third, Frank Schreiner at short, C. D. Schoonmaker at second and Linus Newman at first. And, say, did you see that old warrior Newman hit the grit down the base line. He can sprint with the beet of them as in the days of yore. If a bell came within 'steen feet of first base it was a gonner every time. He had several put-outs to his oredit and not an error. The McHenry battery did excellent work. With Dick Walsh as pitcher and Sam Zimmerman behind tihe bat there was little show for hits from the Emerald Parks. Walsh struck out eight men and held them down to very few hits. He has plenty of speed and a good head, the principal points in a good pitcher. Sam has a good arm and with a little practice can shrow bases as straight as an arrow. The Emeralds and McHenry teams have now won two games each and it will be necessary to play the rubber at some future date. If the boys from down the stream can arrange to play some Saturday afternoon tbe local team will be pleased to meet them. As it now stands McHenry has a little the best of "It," owing to this overwhelming score: McHenry 10475942 1--26 E m e r a l d P a r k 0 8 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 -- 8 PREPARE FOR THE FAIR GREATEST IN THE HISTORY OF M'HENRY COUNTY. Let Everyone Turn Out and Join In Cele­ brating: the Golden Jubilee--Next week, August 25, 26, 87, 28. Next week we celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the McHenry county fair. For nearly nine months the offic­ ers and members have been woiking diligently and with one accord to make the Qoldfln Jubilee Celebration the greatest event in the history of the fair. A new constitution and by-laws have been adopted. The premium list has been revised and many of the premiums largely increased. New departments have been added. By constant efforts the women of the county have secured funds to erect a building 86x96 feet to be known as the Women's Building. The supervisors generously appropriated $2000 for a manufactures building. Public-spirited citizens are erecting a large dining hall 52x60 feet Mahy other improvements are being made. ,• An up-to-date educational policy is being pursued and the management has provided an array of attractions and amusements second to none in the history of the fair. The interest in the fair is increasing rapidly not only in our own county, but is extending throughout the adjoining counties and even the state as is evidenced by the application A FOWL STRIKE. Thief Caught In the Act of Taking Chick­ ens froui Roost. In a most amusing manner a well- known McHenry character was caught in the act of transferring chickens from a roost to a bag last Saturday night and this same loafer owes his present free­ dom to the kind heart of the owfcer of the chickens. Mrs. E. M. Owen Jbas a choice lot of fowls in a house near her barn and it was there that the wonld be thief ran up against the real thing. The bam is used by W. H. Strawser, agent for the Leonard & Ellis Oil company. While working in the barn on the night men­ tioned, he heard suspicious noises in the chicken house, and, holding a pitch fork before him, with the tines pointing in a direction that would best act as a per­ suasive power, be threw open the door leading to the roost There in the gloom stood the bold, bad man with a bag of chickens in one hand, while with the other he was feeling for another pair of yellow legs. Strawser ordered the thief to deliver the goods v into his hands or suffer a triple puncture in his lunch basket. It is needless to say that there was a quick delivery, and the purloiner of chickens WAS thankful that he had not been tickled with the pitch fork. Altho the fellow is one of the most worthless characters in tbe community Council Proceeding*. Council Room, Aug. 8, 1008. Regular meeting. Present, trustees Block, Chapel 1, Engeln, Eldredge, Lau- res and Rothermel. President Story presiding. The minutes of tbe last regular meet­ ing were read and approved. The fol­ lowing bills were read and approved by tbe finance committee; J. Stoffel, acct M, Welsh, labor, .•$ 8.00 M. Engeln & Son, oil, etol........ 7.90 J. J. Miller, oil, eto 2.56 C. L. Pike, labor . 4.85 W. H. Strawser, gasoline. 18.60 P, Engeln, burying fish 1.25 Theo. Bickler, " " 1.25 John Walsh, police services 50.00 M. M. Niesen, police services 50.00 F. L. MoOiubet, nails, eto 7.85 On motion by Eldredge, seconded by Engeln, tbe bills were aocepted and that orders be drawn on the treasurer for the same. , An ordinance amending ordinance No. 29 was read, and on motion by Chapell, seconded by Engeln, was passed. On motion duly carried the board ad­ journed. JOHN I. STORY, Pres., JOHN STOFFEL, Clerk. Amendment Ordlnaaee. An ordinance to amend ordinance .No. 29. Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the presi­ dent and board of trustees of the village of McHenry, Illinois, the amounts spec­ ified in sections one (J), two (2) and three (8) of ordinance JJo. 2®, passed and approved Jane 1, 1903, are hereby amended so as to read "One dollar and twenty-five cents" (#1-25) instead of 'three (|8) dollars." Sec. 2. The village olerk is hereby anthorized to retain as a fee for the is­ suing and reoording of each dog license the sum of twenty-five (25) oents, and and shall pay the Bum of one dollar for each license so issued to the treasurer. Sec. 8. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect on and after its passage and approval. This ordinanoe shall be known as or­ dinance No. 80. Passed Angust 8, 1908. Approved Angust 8, 1908. JOHN I. STORY, Pres., JOHN STOFFEL, clerk. Qnlek Relief for Asthma Sslfcm*. Foley's Honey and Tar affords im-" mediate relief to asthma sufferers in the worst staged and if taken in time will effect a /cure. Sold by N. H* Fe teach. fii'iiiiinu:::"* COLLISION AT LONG LAKE TRAINS LOADED WITH PA88EN* GERS MEET ON CURVE. m PISTAKEE INN, Ptetakee Bay. for entry in the live stock, speed and other classes. Tbe sum of $0,500 is of­ fered in priees and cost of attractions of which $2325 is for speed. The speed program proyides for three events each day. The Harvard band has been engaged to furnish music for Wednesday and the Oliver Typewriter band for Thurs­ day and Friday. Tuesday will be entry day. All entries must be made before six o'clock p. m. at the secretary's of­ fice on the fair grounds. Wednesday will be tbe grand opening day of the fair. Dedicatory exercises for each of the new buildings are being arranged for. Special efforts are being put forth to make Wednesday one of the greatest if not the greatest day of the fair. Excursion rates haye been secured on tbe C. & N. W. R'y from ali points within 75 miles of Woodstock. Special excursion trains will be run from West Chicago via Elgin on Wednesday and Thursday. A special will also be run on Wednesday from Huntley via Belvi- dere and Caledonia with connections from Rockford. Tbe exciting speed contests, repro­ duction of the state fair exhibit, Rice's dog, pony and monkey show; depart ment of antiquity, the grand semi-cen- tennial, children's and automobile par ades are all high class attractions, any one of which is worth the prioe of ad­ mission to the fair. Let everyone turn out and join in celebrating tbe "Golden Jubilee." Klgtn Displaced. While Elgin Board of Trade dictates the prices of dairy products each week, it is claimed that the Aurora butter concern puts out a much larger product than Elgin, says the Marengo Republic­ an. It is further stated that: "Since the purchase of the Obadiah Sands creameries by the Fox River Butter Co. nearly a year ago, Aurora has been tbe home of the King of the Batler Busi­ ness,' qnd headquarters of the strongest creamery combination in this famous butter producing seotion. Charles S. Kilbourne, president of the Fox River Butter company, the largest producers of pure butter in the world, now con­ trols the destiny of 288 of the finest and largest butter-making plants in the best dairy section of Illinois, Wiscon­ sin, Iowa and Minnesota, and distrib­ utes among the farmers of one of these states alone over $100,000 weekly for milk supplies." Auditors' Meeting. Notioe is hereby given that the board of auditors of the town of McHenry, county of McHenry and state of Illi­ nois, will meet at the town olerk's of- fioe on the first day of September, 1908, at two o'clock p. m., to audit any and all bills against said town and to trans­ act such other business as may come be­ fore the meeting. Dated at McHenry this 18th day of August. 1908. CHAS. B. HARMS EN, ^ Town Clerk. Don't forget the "want ad" column! he was foxy in choosing the location for his work. Mrs. Owen is totally deaf and no other person lives within half a block of the barn. But h$ either forgot the oil man or did not know that he was late in getting in from his daily drive that day. Mrs. Owen will not prosecute, altho she has all the proof necessary to send the .fellow over to Woodstock. FOX LAKE HORSE SHOW. New Association for Horse Lovers to be Launched. An annual horse show, devoted to charity, is the purpose of an organiza­ tion about to be launched at Fox Lake in the near future, A call has been is­ sued by the following committee, men well known in Chicago and Lake coun ty: Oliver Solitt, William Maypole, C. D, Bunnell, Henry Kleine, A. I. Bouf- fleur, Charles F. J. Swain, Truman Bro- phy, J. L. Hoerber, True Willey, Robt Dalziel. Tbe committee on organization an­ nounces that the society shall be known as "The Fox Lake Region Horse Show Association," and that the first exhibi­ tion will be held August 22, at 2 o'clock, on the Fox Lake Stock Farm, which has been opened for the event by Dr. Brophy, owner of the big stock farm. Any lover of horses or persons desir­ ing to exhibit are invited to join the association, there being two classes of members, governing members, (dues $5 a year), and annual members, (dues $1 a year; The object of the association is to give an annual exhibit in open air of horses and kindred exhibits at or about Fox Lake. All professionalism is to be excluded and the proceeds are always to be used for cljia^ity, this year being given to th^ Vox Lake Congregational chnrch. No money or other valuable prizes are to be awarded, the chonor of win­ ning to be the inducement sufficient to exhibit. No peMon not a member of the asso ciation will be allowed to exhibit and tbe judges will be selected from among the members. A meeting of the governing mem­ bers will be called shortly to elect of­ ficers of the association, Oliver Solitt, 1100 Hartford building. Chicago, has been chosen to act as tem- orary treasurer. The great number of summer resort- ers in the Fox Lake region at the time set for holding the annual event leads the promoters to believe that tbe event will come to be a society affair of im­ portant and may even rival the Lake Forest event* Soldier*' Reanloa. The Lake County Soldiers* and Sail­ ors'reunion will be held at Grayslakw on Wednesday and Thursday, August 26, and 27. This event always draws out ^ large number of the old soldiers aad sailors, and the people of Garayslake never fail in. providing (or the crowds. One Man Killed and Many injured--Cause of the Wreck Not Yet PlseOTSreA Um motives Demolished. In a head-on collision near Long Lakp^ • ,. Monday, on the Chicago, Milwankflfif - & St Paul road, Express Messenger W. <-T-: A, North way was killed and se /eral train • V men seriously injured. The engineer* ? and firemen of both trains jumped ipf .̂ \'v time to escape death in the smash up. Train No. 131, which left Chiosgo :- 7:45, and train No. 140, which loaves •' Madison at 6:20, arriving at Spring Grove at 8:40, are both due at Long Lake at 8:59. According to the train­ men the train from Madison Twinned through Long Lake, contrary to thn v usual custom, on a flag signaL The time between that station and the next, ^ Round Lake, is only five minutes, and developments proved that before train No. 140 had left Long Lake the other train was coming on from the statiai| ahead At a slight curve a short di^„ tance from Long Lake the two train* came together with terrific force, throw­ ing the passengers from their seats and completely demolishing the express cam and locomotives. When the engiiw ^ men saw their danger they leaped to the ground and escaped, but the bag- " gagemen were caught like rats in JH-Jr.: trap, resulting in the death at one ai^fT; injury of the other. -:r~: 4* Both trains were loaded with pleasuijn ; - ? seekers going to and returning from th|| - summer resorts in the Fox .Lake region. • Many Pistakee Bay people were aboard* • ;: Otto Muehrke was one of the slightly, injured, his foot being crushed. *... Both trains were going at a ntft "' thirty miles an hour. The crash of tte collision was heard at Long Lake and assistance from that place was soon at the scene. .-i;: . I Tbe baggage oars1 caoghi fire soon I a fter the accident, but by quick and ; ^ ' cool headed work on the part of one at the porters the Haines were soon extiip> ( guished. Many of the passengers e^ r f ~ caped from the cars by crawlinjg through the windows. r; ^ There were hundreds of anzions peer'. • pie at the lakes and in Chicago whep^" news of the accident was announced* and the operator at the central telephomt, .; r; office in MoHenry was kept busy fa£/-<"'; < several hours, giving Chicago peopla oonnection with the lakes. jj- The injured were taken to Chicago iH'V:^/ a coach which was switched at Western avenue, so that they might be removed to hospitals and their homes. It was first reported that twenty-fivn ' passengers were killed, bnt shortly affcr er a more favorable report waa broagJA v to the anxious friends. Wm. Simes of this village was a ' enger on the Chicago bound train and occupied the front seat in the smoking car. He was one of the number who jumped through the windows and rolled down a twelve-foot embankment His hip was badly sprained and gives him considerable trouble. Mr. Simes says . that the couplings held, together* preventing the train from rolling into the ditch. In that event the loss of liflS/ would have appalling. OUR GENTLE WOOING. Spring Grove Correspondent to Agitator Is Suspicious. The Spring Grove correspondent to-x the Wilinot Agitator had the falLowin^ to say last week: "Nay, nay, Fair Piaindealer, we art obliged for a champion but are a littlft suspicious of your gentle wooing, and are afraid you may have some other*, motive or another Lorimer scheme to arouse the sleepy old Fox while we are • juggling over your compliments. In this Plaindealing, or hast thou an ax to. grind? Like Hamlet 'We had rather bear those ills we have than tty to tit##, we kuow not of.' " 4 Now wouldn't that jingle yonr oaMI change t We feel battered to think thaft The Piaindealer is accredited with thn . power of engineering Larimer's schemes Our ax is already ground and we use i&P in "hewing to a straight line, lettiag the chips fall where they may." INSTANTLY KILLED. takaown Ycng Maa Btndt by CSS e|t' Vox Lake. While walking on the Chicago, Mil* I, waukee & St. Paul tracks between Fo* Lake station and the river bridge, Mone ̂ • day evening, a young man was stracfc-^V/; by a rapidly moving train and instantly killed. At this writing be has not bee*^y>^ identified, there being no papers in hi*r *4:; pockets that wonld lead to a discovery ol his friends. He wore a black suit and had about $100 in money on his per-, < ? son when found. The body is now be- in* held at Maehrfce's hotel awaiting j| identification. \ 1 ^ Utile On* GoMt Alfred, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs,, John Young, who reside 011 the Owen farm in this village, died on Monday - afternoon of this weak at four o'clock, - of cholera infantum, Alfged was horn „ April 3, 190& / ; The fun*r«d was held at Si. Mary'Is Church Wednesday forenoon, at nine ojoloek. l&»v. M. W. Barth officiating. * Foley's Kidney Cure will care i| disease* arising from disordered kidneys or bladder. Sold by N. fi. Peteeofa,