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Office in Hoy block, Woodetp»k, 111. Telephone-- office, 55, residence, 59. 35yl < " DAVID G. WELLS, M. D, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office in Nichols Block, over Plainuealer office. McHenry, Telephone No. 4, Night calls promptly answered, C. H. FEGE1H, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, McHenry, 111. Office at Residence. JOS L. ABT, M. D. PHYSICIAN. SURGEON "AND OCULIST-Office in Nichols block, over Plaindealer Office, McHenry. Telephone No 4. • R. A. E. AURlNGElt, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office in the Stroner building, one door west of A. P. Baer's store, West McHenry, 111. Residence, house formerly occupied by Dr. Osborne. All professional calls promptly attended to. JOHN P. SMITH, Watchmaker & Jeweler * MCHENRY. ILLINOIS. A FINE elook of Olooks, Watches and Jew­elry always on hand. Special attention Iven to repairing fine watches. Give me call. JOHN P. SMITH. W. A.CRISTY, Justice of the Peace. WEST McHENBY, ILL. Special Attention paid to Collections. H. C. 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OUR OFFICE IS OPPOSITE U.S. PATENT OFFICE arid we can secure patent in less time than those remote from Washington. Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip­ tion. We advise, if patentable or riot, free of charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured. A PAMPHLET "HOW to Obtain Patents," with cost of same 'in the U. S. and foreign countries sent free. Address, 1 C.A.SNOW&CO. OPP. PATENT OFFICE, WASHINGTON, O. C. Dr. Walter C. Besey, DENTIST . WEST MCHENRY. Offlc^ over Beeley's I Woodstock Office- Drug Store, | Kendall Dental Parlors, Will beat Mcfienry office Mondays and Tuesdays. " . . At Woodstock office Wednesdays, Thurs­ days, Fridays and Saturdays, EXAMINATIONS FREE. HILO J. L. HOWE, - PIANO & ORGAN I „ -- _ _ _ > McHenry. Tuner & Repairer. ) -- All Orders Promptly Attended to, DR. BAECHLER, DENTIST. Plate Work and everything per­ taining to Dentistry. Parties from a distance should drop a card a day or two before coming. Oflice. McHenry. C. F. BQLEY, Purielor of McHenry Brwerf, McHEXRV, ILL. » Always on Hand with the Best, Beer ^ SMOKERS! Wto ii Waat of a Good Cigar CATA, AT THE OLD RELIABLE Cig-ar and Tobacco Dealers. OUR SPECIALTIES: Our Monogram, 10c. Barbian's Best* hand made 5c The best cigars made. Sold by all local dealers. N 1, RIii-TT„ Hill IIMI'J, ePERRY & OWED, Banker*. MCHENRY, - - GILLINOiS. This Bank receives deposits, buyt and sells Foreign and Domestic Ex change, and does a * General Banking Business We endeavor to do all business en­ trusted to our care in a manner and upon te:ms entirely satisfactory to our customers and respectfully solicit the public patronage. MONEY TO LOAM; On Real Estate and < ther first class security. Special a it r- Hon given to co- lections, INfeURANCE In first Class Companies at thk Lowest Rates. Yours Respectfully, * PERRY & OWEN. Notary Public* SUMMER Horse Goods! CUS CARLSON, At his Harness Shop, near the Red Bridge, has just received a fine line of Summer Horse Goods, consisting of Fly Nets, Lap Robes, Summer Blankets, etc. To which he invites the attention of the public. He will guarantee to please you in quality, price and style.. ALSO, A FINE STOCK OF SINGLE & DOUBLE HARNESS Which will be sold cheaper than the same goods can be bought elsewhere and war­ ranted as represented. REPAIRING Promptly- Attended to /' Do not fail to call at once and get the benefit of our bargains. CUS CARLSON. McHenry, 111., July 12. 1898. NEW HOTEL AND Boarding House Water Street. McHenry. ANTON ENGLEN, Proprietor. Having completed my new building I am now prepared to take Boarders by tie Day or 'Week, Give them the best accommo­ dations, and at liEASONABLE RATES.! My Rooms are all newly fur­ nished, well ventilated, and the building is practically Fire Proof. No pains will be spared to please all who may favor me with their patronage. ANTONY ENGELN. McHenry, 111., 1897. A, C, SPURLING, V 7 Veterinary - Surgeon, West McHenry, 1^1. Special attention given to the treat­ ment of Cows. Office at residence on Wiiukegan street, one door east of Hotel Park. W A R ! ! We have just made arrangemen s by which we obtain ooatrol of a special ealtiou of Cram's Big War Atlas, The Best Book of its Kind It is just whst^ ou want and ail you want to follow the movements of our (leetsand our armies. It contains 16 paces of laive co ored maps, 21x14 inches, and UxlO# inches in size, covering all territory where a conflict could possibly occiir, COMPLETE STATISTICS, Naval and military,, and history of all ountriea and possessions involved, all the fflcial documents, etc. It answers all War Questions, Settles all War Arguments, Strictly up to Date. <%• Even if you have another Atlas you need this one^to keep posted. 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I& made i n 16 different stylos and guaranteed to tnrn all kinds of stock Nothing but Large Galvenized Wire of the Best Bessemer Steel used in its construction A FENCE THAT ALWAYS KEEPS ITS SHAPE. M The hinfte joint at each /TTyftf intersection of the wiros Wpf maies; an adustable fence and prevents stsy wires tij The crimp in the strand- „ „ . T . wire provides for expan- CrSmp and Joint. eion and contraction and prevents stay wires from moving out of place. MAKCFACTUBED BV CONSOLIDATED STEEL & WIRE CO CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Those wishing a fence will do w e l l to see this fence aad get our prices before purchasing. Call on or address E. H. THOMPSON, 9 M 4 R West McHenry. Tie Great Prodicias 1 GEORGE ilnt, o. 9701. ' 'Standard under both the trotting and pacing rules. Sired by Lakeland Abdallah, 351, by Hum- bletonian, 10, Dam Fanny B, a fast pacing mare t>y Autocrat, a son of Geo. M.. Patchen, 2:23)*. Ueorge O, 2:21)*, is the sire of 11 in the list with sr.varai more rapablfe of entering at any time they are caHed upon. A good many oi above are from mares of no known trotting blood who can beat it ? I will continue to stand .George O at my place in McHenry, at , • • $20 TO INSURE. Payable in cash or due bill at time of ser­ vice or removal of mare. A live colt guaranteed. L. H. OWEN, ? MCHEKEY ILLINOIS, BARGAINS YOU ARE LOOKING FOR? If so, wliat*s the matter with-these ? Cider Vinegar, 10c per gal. New Orleans Molasses , 35c per gal Condensed Milk, 10c per can. Fine Mixed Candy, 1.0c per U». Fine Gold Banded Glassware from010c to 13c a piece. Colored Glassware 6c and plain 5c a piece.' Milk cans at the very lowest price they can be bought any where for. We have a good can we can sell for $1.50. Barn door rollers 30 cents each. Fine Wool Sweaters* $1.25. Quart fruit cans 50c per dozen. Blueing 5c per bottle. Yeast wafers 2 boxes for 5c. Men's working shirts 15c. Men's line shirts 50c. Selz Schwab's Shoes, the very best on the market. They wear the longest and look the best. *v Here is the best of all bargains in McHenry or Lake Counties. A Fine New Wheel of high grade for only $25 You who wish to buy a new wheel now is your chance to get your order in. Remember this bargain can't last forevor. Seven Bars for 25c. "\\ ith every 25c worth of W ris- ley's Soap we will give you a portfolio of Navel Views which is worth 25c without the soap, and you get the soap and portfolio for only 25c. It is very elegant and instructive, and we hope you Will not fail to take advantage of these great bargains we place before your eyes this week. E. RICHARDSON, Voloi Lake Co., Ill Post Office and Telephone Office. MIJX) L. HOWE. DF.ASERIIW PIANOS. ORGANS, Musical Merchandise. Of all Kinds and Sheet Muso. West McHenry, - Illinois- ly'es Tale to Piaae Stools Naturally. A growing girl who has no Piano misses a great deal or enjoymt>rft, and day by day becomes at a great disadvantage, socially. We make a specialty of good, honestly-built Pianos, at low prices. Our stock is all-- embracing--we exhibit the finest Pianos ever shown in this village, but we take equal satisfaction in extremely low-priced instruments. A Visit of Inspection Will Surprise YOU^ Pianos Tuned and Rep .ireJ. On short notice and satisfac­ tion guaranteed. MiLO U HOWE. . V U U £ U M M X J U ) NEAE THE DEPOT, WEST McHENRY, ILL, Keeps open for the accommodation of the Public a Firet-Olaes,, Saloon and Restaurant Where ho will at all times keep the best brands of Wines. Liquors and Oigare to be tound in the market PABST'S Milwaukee Lager Bee;, At Wholesale and Retail. "Beer in large or small Kegs or Bottles al. wavson hand, cheaper than any other, quality considered. Ordeis by mail promptly attended to. GOOD STABLING FOR HORSES Mr Oall and see us. Robt. Schiessie. West McHenry, May 2, 1898, HARD WOOD TIMBER Over One Half Million Acres of splendid hard wood t imber land in Northern Wisconsin and Michigan for sale by the Chicago & Northwestern Railway. The best land proposi­ tion ever made to set­ tlers. The timber more than pays for the land. For prices, terms, and all details, write or apply to J. F. CLEVELAND, I<and Comr. C. & N. W. Ry., Chicago. SDR. CALDWELL. Y R U P 'CURES CONSTIPATION. •MS At USD How the Southern Penitentiary Was Mismanaged for Four Years UNDER THE REI6N OF THE DEMOCRATS. Cheater an ^e«l Spot for a llrtaon-- Democratic Books m. Commercial Curiosity Cor the Fleldi Museum-- Old. Guards So Attached to Their Gun* They Took Them Away. WELL'S BI PEPSlN iTI PATIO W. I 1 Oh the spot where western America had its birth; where the history of the great northwest begins; where old Fort Gage has ceased to frown because OF enfeebled age; where Kaskaskia, once the queen city of the west, has passed into memory; where the Mis­ sissippi river stopped the western flow of the Illinois prairies and stood them up on edge; where the Alpine village of Chester clings desperately to its rocks and crags and sandstone steps; where the products of the soil are fire-clay, /building- stone and sand bars, is located the southern"Illinois penitentiary. It is an ideal spot for a pi1son, a historical library or a goat farm. When the institution had its birth, 20 years ago, Gov. Cullom and his wise men exhibited prophetic wisdom in se­ lecting its site. At that time Chester was the most difficult point of access in the state, except Hardin and Gol- conda. The wise men argued that an institution hard to get out of should bo hard to get into, and after giving Hardin and Golconda the benefit of every advantage, Chester was selected. The state purchased what was then calculated to be, and what is still reck­ oned to be, 266 acres of land, four acres of which lay on the ground, while the other 262 acres reared their sandstone bulk in the air. A building was erected with room for 200 pris­ oners, and in February, 1878, the JOL- iet prison contributed to the new in­ stitution 200 of its most undesirable Inmates. Only one of the original population remains, and he is in "the bughouse on the hill," the asylum for criminal insane. He is John Brown, a negro, and he is the happiest man on earth. He says he is 108 year3 old, and that he has known all the presi­ dents of this United States, and that he built the St. Louis bridge at a cost of $92,000,000. Because of its great natural ad­ vantages of geographical location, cli­ mate, sanitation, clay and rock, the new prison became popular at once, and prospered from its inception. In 1880 A new building of sandstone and a cell house for SfiO prisoners were built. The original building was turned into a factory. In 1888 another cell house, a duplicate of the first, was added, and the prison's capacity for inmates was increased to 1,600. To the original industries of stone- cutting and brick-making were added various kinds of manufacturing un­ der the contract system. To-day the institution operates the largest HOL^ low ware foundry in the country, em­ ploying Hi)0 men. The "sock foundry," as the knitting works are known, employ about 200 men, and 150 more work in the quar­ ries and brickyard. All of the 920 prisoners have daily employment out­ side the cell house. Under republican administration for the first 15 years of its life the Chester penitentiary became one of the model prisons of the world, es­ pecially in point of discipline, health and humane treatment of its inmates. Then came four years of democratic management of state afPairs under Gov. Altgeld, and the Chester peni­ tentiary passed under a cloud of what Christian charity would characterize Incompetency. The institution' has been celebrated. It became notorious. Required Heroic Treatment. With the election of Gov. Tanner last year came a return of the old character of management, and the governor's commissioners and warden found here a messsf material and offi­ cial rottenness that required heroic treatment. For the first time in its history that peculiar "prison" odor emanated from the cell houses and workshops, and in the administrative office examination of the institution books developed a decided odor of the penitentiary. * The Fifer administration turned oter the prison to the Altgeld adminis­ tration in 1893 with a credit of $40,000 In cash and undrawn appropriations. Four years later the Tanner adminis­ tration inherited the property from the democrats with an estimated de­ ficiency of $97,000. Examination of the democratic books developed that the leading accounts of the prison had not been posted since May, 1895, a period of about 20 months. In the work of settling these accounts a shortage of about $9,000 was found. Near $6,000 of this amount was traced directly to Chief Clerk Ha vill, and as a result, Warden James M. Tanner caused a warrant to issue for Havill's arrest •last August, nis absence from the state prevented his arrest at the time, and the grand jury of Randolph coun­ ty indicted him in September. Before his indictment his bondsmen as clerk paid the amount of his bond, $3,000. He was arrested in October and gave bond for his appearance at, the March term of court to answer to the charge of embezzlement. The amount of the total shortage which is charged to Havill's account was determined from receipts FPR cash and bank checks indorsed by Havill, which' were produced by apparent debtors of the institution in proof of settlement of their accounts. As an example of Havill's loose method of bookkeeping, when the present prison management called Qfi George Wyeth, of Charleston, to settle his ap­ parent indebtedness, he produced* among other items, a bank check for $5.90, drawn by him December 18, 1895, TO favor of the prison, and mailed to the prison, in payment of a bill. This check was presented by Havill to the bank at Lawrenceville and paid March 1, 1897, 14 months after it was drawn. The account of Wyeth in the prison books sliowed no credit for this amount, nor did the cash book show its receipt. •> When George W. Evans, of Mount Vernon, was called on by Warden Tan­ ner to settle his account he showed 12 checks, aggregating near $900, for which his account had not been credit­ ed, and the receipt of which did not ap­ pear on the cash book. In this manner between 50 and 60 remittances, aggre­ gating about $6,000, were traced to Havill. / ; ^ Crooked Work., In addition to this the cash book shows a shortage of above $2,000, occa­ sioned by something worse than an error in bookkeeping. In October, 1896, the management borrowed $2,500 of the Menard Manufacturing com­ pany, one of the contractors for prison labor, giving a promissory note. The company's check for $2,500 was drawn in favor of Warden Schneider, who in- dorsedit to Clerk Havill. Havill cashed it at the Chester bank, receiving the currency. The presumption is that Havill brought this currency to the prison office and placed it with the petit cash. No record of the transac­ tion was made in the books, and for a- time the cash drawer at the office was "long." Within a month after the loan was made it was paid with a check for $2,500, drawn by Warden Schneider against the state fund in the First na­ tional bank of Chester. This balanced the account between the state and the Menard company, but the prison books showed that, while the state had paid the company $2,500, it had never re­ ceived from it a like sum. Meanwhile the cash in the prison safe should have been $2,500 "over," but it did not so re­ main. When Warden Tanner took charge he found the bank account $2,- 500 "short" on account of the Menard company deal, but the cash in the office safe was less than $500 "long." The Bum of $2,018 of this "long$- office CASH HUD BS^N sbscrbcd, BUT cis ctlici* officers had access to the cash drawer this shortage cannot be traced direct­ ly to Clerk Havill. The third item of shortage, amount­ ing to about $750, appears in the loss of above 250,000 brick, shipped out dur­ ing 1896 and accounted for on the books. The Field museum should inherit these democratic books, for they con­ stitute a commercial curiosity of rare interest. In his effort to comprehend them during the last nine months Clerk Holman has taken on a dark saffron hue, which is not all Egj'ptiah malaria, and his black eyes have a retrospective glitter that alarms Dr. Auten in "the bughouse on the hill." During the democratic management the prison made pearl buttons, and in the button account in the books only the cx-edits of a few purchases appear, no charge for goods sold being record­ ed. The prison sold about $10,000 worth of buttons to perhaps 20 pur­ chasers, but the- only record of the business that Warden Tanner could find was in the memoranda of the prison agent who sold the gooda. Sev­ eral of the checks sent to the prison in payment for buttons are now filed in the score against Clerk Havill. More Borrowing. When Gov. Altgeld asked for reports from the state institutions in Jan­ uary, 1895, the prison commissioners here reported the insane asylum on the hill as having a surplus of $4,500, and it had it. At this time Treasurer Baker, of the asylum, failed, and in the wreck the AS^LM'S surplus was wiped out. To keep up the showing of the asylum the commissioners borrowed $4,500 from the prison and placed it to the account of the asylum. It hap­ pened that the time this loan was made the Menard Manufacturing com­ pany paid to the prison $4,500 on ac­ count. No credit was given^he com­ pany for the payment, but the sum was used to balance the prison shortage made by the loan to the asylum. Twenty months later the asylum paid its debt to the prison, and then credit was given on the books to the Menard company. During all this time the books showed the Menard company in­ debted to the state $4,500, and no ac­ count between the asylum and the ' prison. Much pure thievery and a dense mass of carelessness, ignorance and incom­ petency characterized the Altgeld management of the Chester prison. Young Havill is the scapegoat, and he will probably have to suffer for the sins and negligence of all. The three commissioners waited good govern­ ment, but they didn^iknow how to get it, and they hadn't TH^ nerve to act when they saw plainly^Hhat things were going wrong. They had been warned, and the oclor became so pun­ gent that in Decelnber last they em­ ployed an expert to check over the prison books.. The expert is C. A. Van Allen, of Effingham. He.labored with the books for 34 days, at five dollars per clay, and reported to the commis­ sioners that all was well. There is no proof that Mr. Allen did not do his work conscientiously, in proportion to his ability, but if he had balanced the cash books he would have found in the' first hour of his work that the general cash book was $2,500 "short," ,and that the petit cash book was $2,5<jo "long," without the necessary currency in the drawer to make it good, which condi­ tion existed from the day in October when Warden Schneider borrowed $2,- 500 from the Menard company. It is probable that he accepted as correct the entries in the ledger accounts and fears of the commissioners and on Feb­ ruary 10, 1897, the institution was turned over to the 3?anner manage­ ment. In the office the transfer was made by Chief Clerk Havill and I is as­ sistant to Chief Clerk Millspaug. They turned over $57. of a cash balance in the Chester bank and $11,750 of a "wind" balance in the Leiter bank at Lebanon. The petit cash in the office was shown to be $435 "over" the cash, however, being represented in due bills. Clerk Havill did not ask tor an adjustment of this balance, nor could he explain it. When Assistant Clerk Holman got at tie books the'*$2,500 item at once developed, and as the work proceeded of checking off the ledger with. the cash accounts the shortage appeared. Wherever the cash book showed a purchaser of goods to be in debt to the prison a statement was made, and in the settlements which followed the supposed debtors have produced checks and other forma of^emittances to the amount of about $6,000, the sum now charged as having; been received by the prison manage­ ment and not accounted for. Above 150 accounts have been thus gone over, and while* the investigation has pro­ ceeded ever since the new manage­ ment came iriu thejsndjs not yet. The largest unsettled accouh$ is that of the. Altgeld administration with the state of Illinois. The balance in fa­ vor of the state to date is Approximate­ ly $6,OC|07-S®LTHRWERY little prospect of book entries, or he ivould have found standard of excellence. The democrats large discrepancies. \ The Expert's Report. Thfirgpqrt 9f the expert aufetqfl Afi being p^id. pocket money, the Altgeld \D^£^PF%TS seemed to covet nothing bnH firearms. Every man on the prisonl staff became so attached to his gunl during his four years' service that he apparently took it away with him lastj February. The Fifer management left in the armory in 1893 ten Winchester rifles, five muskets, six shotguns andi ten revolvers. The Altgeld manage­ ment purchased 15 Colt's repeaters^ three shotguns and 48 revolvers. The Tanner management found in the ar-i mory nine repeaters, seven Winches­ ters, three shotguns and no revolvers, showing that the demoorats must have taken with them 18 rifles and shotguns and 58 revolvers. The Tanner lnven-i tory shows that 17 milk cows disap* peared during' the four democratiai years, but this mttst not be charged against the administration, for 4 Chester milk cow, burdened with a full udder, 1B liable at any time to fall of] her pasture into chaos. The demo-> crats must be credited with leavlnd more property here than they found in 1893, by near $200,000. The increase; was chiefly in buildings, and from ait exalted idea of the value of property} in general. Having never owned any- thing in Illinois until 1893, they were Inclined to exaggerate values. When the Fifer men retired they offerfed an inventory and appraisement of thej prison property to the Altgeld men, but the democrats detected A steal inj this and made an appraisement of their own, whereby the republican val­ uation was raised $30,000. The demo-t cratic appraisement, taken in October, 1896, fixed the value of all prison prop­ erty at $1,223,847. The republican ap-j praisement, taken in February, 1897* valued the same property at $1,157,810. Change of management When the change of management! occurred last February, Deputy Dow>^ ell found as much rottenness In the yard and cellhouses as Warden Tanner), found in the office. Twenty ©art loads of refuse matter were taken out of thflj ventilating ducts of the boiler housef and two men worked two weekB Ini cleaning THE yards. The oellhouses were odorsfas and black from 1c lack of lime and whitewash. Prisoi discipline had become lax and bling among the convicts was strained. One cell had been ass! to draw poker and the game was 1 ducted with a "kitty," the "rake-ol going to a keeper. The "crap she ers" were flush. As the rules do nbt permit the prisoners to carry moneyj Deputy Dowell collected and ttirne into the office several "rolls." negro gave him $50. As the out administratiofi had absorbed all institution funds this contribat from the convicts was gladly : at the office. Until the state treasure! c3me to the relief the only cash In ' prison was in the pockets of the "oraj shooters." . Chief Deputy Randolph left to Chl« Deputy Dowell a relic that Is still o exhibition in cell .No. 49. It 1s a < my of a prisoner, by means of whlc Fred George, a burglar and thief, ma his escape on the last night of thede ocratic management. „ George Tras d molder, and a fast, expert workman] He had complained of being sick for few days, and on February 9 was alV lowed to remain in his cell. That nlghtj at lock-up time, when all the prlson^r^ are required to stand up to the grat^ ing and be counted, the guard saw? George, as he supposed, lying on hlaj bed, and, knowing that he was sickJ did not require him to stand up. Hej was not missed for 24 hours, when an{ examination of the form on the bed! disclosed the dummy. It Is such an( artistic piece of work that It will brt preserved. The striped suit is stuffed) to perfect proportions. It Is equipped! with' plaster hands, orossed on thoj breast, and a plaster head and face, so much like George that any acquaint^ ance of his would recognize It. Evi­ dently he had molded the plaster Im­ ages from molds made in sand In th<< foundry and he had Colored the facaj and hands and streaked them with* soot until the -resemblance to himself is remarkable. He "hid out" on the night of February 9, went out the nex^ day with the democratic management, and, like it, will probably never turn. ' The "S. I. P.,** after foUT years of dis­ sipation has reformed and returned! :* f:- ' 1 I did not compare them with the cash J "to its original friends and to Its Old! probably didn't start with the inten­ tion of making such a mesa of t EJ