The Herald-Despatch from Decatur, Illinois • Page 10

(I fcJ' 11! ill TirE BZKAZ.D DZ8PASCH COMPACT N. A i i i W. J. HO-U'M t.KK. V.

N. IIU.SIKU.tll, i maUi-r. Sru'T AfiD 1 A rKK'i, MA.VAOKII OicMtor, lllltuiu, I I I NO. SATURDAY, OC'lOIJfcK 27, the reports that uouie regularly from New York tlitit the campaign looks blue for Hill, it is never to be jrwotten thnl i thnt or- cnu do i bo done, for him. There wnu probably urjt time in the history of i finiiuuB trickster when i wng a for hard work fur i IIH now.

He is perfectly i i i i to tell out New York henuu fur hiH own uuocesa now and danger of LIB election is vory greu'. i a i "ie fact tlint ho would bo btmtuu out of i except for the trades i he can mtiko with I'latt nnd hio tools. It must never forgotten that I'latt IB not i iieitor than i and that to t'latt the OUUCOBB of tlm i a party iu secondary consideration to hid own it in morally certain that I'latt i make a delil i i lip has dons oo before and iu ready to do so again. Notl short of a political revolution can undor such oiroumutnncea defeat Hill. And a in preoioely what every man who tins the 1 Owrwotothe weateful and extravagant syetem now in vogue nt the water works, we are ueinjf about 400 tons of coal month.

That represents nt least 8200 paid to Daoatur minors to eay nottiinK of the wnffes paid to company men and others about the coal mino. To have Riven thw coal contract to ii mine elsewhere would have been to have lost this much money paid out to Decutur labor. There is therefore no quarrel with the council on account of the fact that the Decntur Coal Co. Kotn the contract for nishing the city with ootil. But there is justly a great deal of a found i the child's play exhibited 'jy thecounoil when it anvertioed for bids and then refused to give the contract to the lowest bidder.

If it is i of the council a the Decatur company is to havo the contract, let them give it the contract ye'ir in and year out, but spare the i the farce going advertising for bids. For a there is not the remotest shadow of excuse under the circumstances, DROPPED Sudflea OEAD IN HER at nine mound-Other Uortnary Mutters. Mrs. George D. Miller, of Blue Mound dropped dead Thursday about dark i in her front yard raking up leaves.

A of persons saw her at work and she was in as good health ns she had ever been. Suddenly she dropped her rake, put her hands to her head and culled her daugh terPaarl, Then ehe fell forward on her face. Before any one could reach her she was ULConbciots and within few momenta alter being curried into her home she died. When oho called to her daughter a Bumtier of men who were ou the opposite side of the street, realizing that she was i rushed to her Bide, they were powerless to help her. A doctor was culled but when ho arrived the woman was breathing her last.

Her death was due to heart disease. Mr. YARD SPIKEK IS SANDBAGGED good of Bin nt henrt to wish to happen in York Htate. Wo are liablw to havo thy democrats sucueBuFul any tiniB anil wu want to have tho party no whole fur decency in politico whenever it makes light. It i bo misfortune to tho country if Onvp i iu linncvforth held up aa a presidential TIIK big (cambism of lire not io easily.

An i i wan found iigainat Hankins and ho iniuiedi- pleuili) not guilty. A whom hu Beta up "confeeuea" that ho iu the owner of i a gambling rooms, pleiido i and la costn. Thu cnso against Mr, Itiuikioa nollied. Mr. Hnn- uf course, i i thu money to pay tho He knowe a tlnnx or two.

Ttio tlrat conviction nieami a the second lipnvior UUCP and tlm i imprisonment in tho i Tlu cheapest way out of it, thtnfurt, fur Mr. a i ie to have new i ready ovory time nnd pay tho a i have thogatiio Ko on. Of courae whan thia ia nil that IB brought out nt tlie etaU' i Amounts to i a i for the auppreamon of gambling. iu iu Chicago iw it iu elsewhere that tho moat elllciHiit way of i down a i IB through a police force from thw strict oriUirs of tlio mnyor. An nulictuient can bo moro onaily dodged than raid.

Uoaulo-i mid ia bad for buai- ntea. It i a suckers nwiiy and keeps awny. i Chicago or De- ontur or nny other city goto a mnyor bent on i down a i there can bo no hendwuy mnilo against i' un- leon it is by raids of civic associations, TUB Btockn of grain iu Chicago ele- vatora Inut Haturdiiy evening wore 25, 310,000 i i of wheat, 1,323,000 buoh- elu i corn, 1,102,000 bushels of outs, 300 bushels of rye, nnd liU.OOO a of bnrlcy. Totnl, 23,177,000 buehels of all i a gram, nguinat 23,105,000 bualiels a yenr ago. For tho name date tho Hocrotnry of the Chicago board of trado Btatmj the visible of in thn i States and Canada us 70, a of wheat, 3,309,000 buB(n-l-) o( corn, bushels of .108,000 i a of rye, nnd 000 a '( barley.

Theae llgurea are largor a UIH corresponding onea week ago by in wl.enl. and 20,000 in corn, The visibla of wheat for tho corresponding week a year Hgo increased buuheln. IN I I I convention the demo- a i party endorsed Governor A i nnd now thw comes, why don't lluii inim go ou tho There are only tuw more days for the campaign of tlii-i ytnr and thu local democratic manageTM'hove had 10 ilosomo tall hust, ling nnd light very defensive campaign from tho a to tha tiuish. In view ot tho dilllrjultieti they IHIVB had and are still a ing, enema to us thnt Governor Alt- i heed their Mncedonian cry and come over here to help them, if he only were urged hard enough. There ia in this reapoot a woeful negligence by tho local democratic managers.

Altgeld, the purdonor of anKrohista, ought to be very much wanted, TIIK havo in charyo the or- of tho now i i a report moot gratifying prngntH. flay that tlu membership pronuues to be nt lonst 1,000 by tlm lirst of November nud tluiy would not surprised to BBB li total of by tho tirat of Junliiiry. Tlm i-luli, it ia understand, does not i to actively en- Rag i in politics unless tlin tminiueeo ut UitioUl parlies should bo objection Hblo in ci.sic thov would take linnd nnd nomimtto ticket, hoping by i of tlu strongest mom- bership to carry its unndulitta through euccesBfully. The club is not to a any one's political i i or to help nnybody to ollicf. club hits no axes to grind --it, simply wants to bt ns- a there shall be successful business i i i ot the city's BlTairs.

The club IB uimlter- nbly opposed to plaes a i nnd to a i in tho wny of rewards for party oervico. wishes men to bo appointed to places on the score of tltneas only nnd thus hopes to be assured that the public service will not only be better but more than heretofore in the history ot the city. SIT.AKINU ot tho campaign In New York stato the Albany (N. Evening Journal says: "Was ever apeotnole presented in thia Btote more indicative ot the complete collapse ot democracy than thia one, where the democratic leader ot the state, senior ITnited States senator, is depicted in an attempt to throttle the democracy of the greatest democratic city on the continent, in order that he himaelf tuny be defeated by a lees rnojirity through having hla name printed alongside that ot the re- publioun candidate for mayor of that oily?" WITH the turning down of all but one democratic congressmen in New "prk City who voted for the Wilson IS does not this distance, knowi TIIK i a spenher ftt the meeting on Monday night was regarded by some local republicans nn a candidate for governor. A a he did not the impression which one would like in campaigner, nud after hia speech it waa virtually settled thnt if he ever did up as candidate for governor it IB morally certain a he would bo unable to get tho republican delegation from thia county in his favor.

urciNo the last your 035 families in a Philadelphia district where woridngmen i nre said to havo been supplied with charity aoup. It is no wonder they are claiming Pennsylvania Is going to go republican by 200,000 majority. 0 They OrciinUo nuil Numo Wurtt Column, Fur tint C'onihijf Klecllon. There wnu fair nudienco nt the mooting Thursday called at the W. C.

'I'. U. ruoniii for tho organization ot the i i i women ot this city to so a largo a regiatry nu posbiblo to poll i vote. Mra. Jennie i a wna selected na tmipornry chairman and Mra, Linnio (jjleinnn na temporary aecrotary.

The object of the meotintf wae thpu briolly discuseed bv tho Indies representing tho various wards. Aiuoug thuae took part in the diHOUBaioii woro Mro, Underwood, MIIIM Crissey, Mra, Olive Holt, Mra. Mario OlH'ia, Mrd, Mnry A. Kinnoy, Mrs. Pltuer.

A. Smith, chuirman ot the prohibition county committee, who dropped in WHS naked of questiona. It was slated that over 100 women had signed tho club roll nnd nuniuer of others gave thoir which permanent olllcera were selected as followa: Preeulent-- Mrs.H. A. Uudirwood.

Secretary--Miea Lucy Coletunn. It waa then decided on motion t'i chairman of tho ward commit twe, nnd tho following selections WITS- Miller was away from homo at the time. He is a cattle nod hud gone to the after stock. Mrs, i was about jO years of uge. She ia survived by her husband, two daughters nnd one son, They are Mrs.

Thomas Uankson, Pearl Miller and Guy Miller. D. A A A At her home in Latham Mrs. J. D.

Gnsnway died ot paralysis Thursday evening nt 8 o'clock, nged about (J8 years. She was the mother of Mrs, Brintlinger, nnd i Tuesday noon bad been in excellent health. At a i she was stricken i par- id, cis and nover revived. Her husband ditd ago. KDOAR I Edgar Friend, the son of John Friend, died at the family residence Long Cronlt township nt 7 o'clock Thursday, Uct, 23, after a illness.

The was held Sunday at 11 o'clock. MRS. ROARK. Mrs, Violfit Konrk died nt 4 p. Thursday, October 23, at the home her daughter, Mrs.

A. T. Grist, No. Eaat Jefferson street, aged 8. yearn, fane leaves daughter Mrs.

T. Grist, and three s-jne, Henry Konrk, of this city, Wil. Uoark, of Benlon, and Charles Uoark, of Paduci.h, Ky. Mrs. Koarlc was born in North Carolina.

She lived in Pnducah, till eight years ago, when she came here to uinke her home i her a She made many friends here by her liindcieeo and she waa member of the Presbyterian cluiroh, Short funeral serviced hold at the residence today nt ra. At 5 o'clock the family took the rbinams to Pnducah, for burial, VVtn. Grillln, aged 07 years, died in Argentn, at the home of hi3 brother, Clay Onlllo, on Tuesday Oct. 23. His death was due to Bright'e disease.

The a service was held on Thursday at the D. I', church of Argento, Elder Brown olliciatiug. JAMES A James Kearney, who was familiarly KB Uncle Jimmy, died nt St. Mary's hospital Tuesday, nt 4 o. nged 75 yoars.

The remains were removed to the resulnnoe of his sister, Mrs. Docl- well, MIC Illinois street, and the funeral was held at St. Patrick's Catholic church Thursday morning at 8 o'clock. Last Friday afternoon Mr, Kearney was struck by a street car on EiiBt Eldonido strtet BUC knocked violently to the ground. recoived severe i i from which h.

wns unable to recover. Mr. Kearney us an eccentric old man nnd wns known to nearly every one in the city, I A A 3 I Henry, the 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs, William Grubnski, died at 3 a. in, Monday, October 22, nt hia parents home, No.

042 North Alien street. Tne a waa held Tuesday nt 2 p. from the residence. Services were also held at the Germ'in a church, on West Wood street, nt 2:30 p. Rev.

M. Wagner oiliuinUd and the ial is at Greenwood cematery. RUTH A the i a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Ghnrrett, died nl 5 n.

Monday, Octobsr 22, the a i residues on North Edwnrd street. The a i be held at 10 a. Tuesday, at College. Jeesn Steel, ngod died at 12 o'clock, noon, Monday, at hu home, 900 West Decntur street. Ue leaves a sons Bad one daughter.

The funeral, conducted by Kov. A. W. a i took place Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock at tbe residence. Mrs.

liertin died nt 7 a. Wednesday, Oct. 2i, at hor home, 60i West street, yuars. The a was held b'liduy i A CYPHERS. Charles Cyphers died of cocoumption (it fat.

Mary a hospitnl Wednesday even- log, Oct. 21, at 7:30 o'clock, ngod 29 years, lie member of tbe Tailors' Union. AND THIEVES QET IN THEIR WORK Sundbaggerii, Confidence lien and Snnuk Xhintet Find Victims--No Arrests. THE CLEVELAND Bicycle l-'irat Ward--Mrs. Jennie East Mitrieltn street.

Mills, Sacoad Ward--Mrs. Ollie J. Holt, 521 West Willmiu Third Ward--Mra. Richel 8tnrr Pit- nor, 831 Weat Wood street. fourth Ward--Mrs.

Mary A. Kinney, 501 South Broadway. i Barbara Hastie, 4117 K'let Mnrieita street. Sixth Ward--Mre, Mary Doty, 132G Worth Ivullroiid erenue. Seventh Ward--Mra.

Marie Olsou, 1102 North Church street. It wna dfoicled to have a meeting The Unco Teiim or I lie Co. Arrlro In Dec.uir. On Sunday the HERALD.DiservroH announced the fact thnt the members of tho Uevsland nios team were not en- a ualietled with their treatment in ieri'B Haute and would in all probFibil- ty come to Decntur to try record breaking on th'S truck. The Cleveland men bt'lii-ys tho Uocntur tr-ick Is fhster than the Hoosier tmck nnd Thursdi.y made the to city and hava already nxecl tlioir headquarters at the assooin- tiun piirk.

The party includes Manager Hoy Dr. A. I. Brawn, L. D.

C.ibaoTie, L. O. Jdbnsoii, Bob Goelz, B. lg by O. E.

E. Anderson, J. (Jo- bum, U. K. Culver and 'Assist- Jack App and W.

E. Morgan The team took their racing parn- phenalia to the traok and establishad the prohibition women of each ward at uu oaiaousnaci the residence of the nbove named on I 'niuK headquarters in the blacksmith Saturday at 3 o'clock with the a tiou ot the First ward, which ia called iuu WMO i TVUIUU ID UtittCU nt the residence of Mra. G. W. Ruoklee, nl" Marietta street, The ladies niiiued will eeleot live nsaiatanta to aelp in wouring tbe registration of the women of the wapectire wards.

All are requeated to attend tbe ward meetings on Saturday afternoon. A MaHjr Mt. Fnlaitil. umun auu Springer left h.re Thumday mornina for Mt. PulMki where big democratic noting waa held Thursday.

thia W8S lw OD It woe one of thebin- nhop which A. 'heir disposal, had been done J. Dunston placed at No preparatory work on the traok but the terim did a little practice work. Johnson and F. B.

Ricrby on a tandem dld juarter in 0.24, 4 5 which is onlv one-nfth of a second snort ot the tan- deni record. O. P. Bernbart and Bob Goetr. did a quarter in 0:25 2-5 and KJ.

Anderson Joe Coburn made their trial in 0:25 3-5. Ooete and Bernhart paced Dr. A-. I. Brown in 1 tie team members did not expect to records Teursday.

They wished to take their daily oonatitu- tional and keep in trim. foraa TM went -to nS! Judging from the pol ion reports Thursday Deoalur just now has a full share ot pickpockets and sneak thieves. The b'rst of the numerous oases reported yesterday and happening that duy was the Or CEORCIE SPIKER. Between 5 and o'clock Thursday morning Gaorge SpiKer, who lives at Voorhiea, south of Dement, wns slugged und robbed of $115. About 5:30 o'clock the negro porter at the Central House rushed into the hotel nnd paid he had a dead man on the sidewalk behind the Wabash trainmaster's olHce.

Oiher persons accompanied the porter to the spot' and found man lying unconscious in a pool of blood, was picked up and taken to tbe cflice of Dr. P. H. Fithian and that gentleman found a scalp wound on the back of the head. The wound dressed and after several hours the man recovered consciousness and related his story.

Ha said that his name was George Spiker, that hie home was near Bement. He came to Decatur on Tuesday with a pocket of money and had put in bis time seeing tbe elephant. Tho last i Spiker rjould recollect wiia that about 5 o'clock he left Kilker- ry's saloon and started for the depot. When he left tbe saloon he had $115 and when found he had not penny, but be- i 11 on the ground was sixty-five cents in email ohaoge. Near his body was a piece of limestone aboat the size of a man's fa'at.

This etono was tied in a hemstitched linen handkerchief. The hem was a broad one with a fancy border, marked in bluck, the figure being a Tine. In one corner of the handkerchief were the i i i a -'J. W. 0." The handkerchief wns a fairly good one but was much sailed nn.l had been badly torn by tue force of the blow delivered, Spiker had been in Kilkerry's saloon and had shown to Tom McGowan four gold double eagles nnd a $20 bill.

While he was there a stranger enme in and sun! that he cold for be hud been "ridinfe on the head end" i i a i that he had been beating his way on a passenger a i This stranger left the saloon tho same time that Spiker did. One theory is that thia stranger slugged Spiker. A handsome gold watch which Spiker carried ID his vest pocket was not taken. He says that he cnnnot any one came up behind lina but the blow was delivered froip jehind, because Spiker saya i i live he did not meet anyone. Although Spiker does not say ao, persons who saw urn i the night any that he him )een i i not a little a at o'clock while he showed the effects of lis tippling he was still apparently able care for 'himself.

Thursday night Spiker departed for hie home in Piatt ounty. riOKrOCKETH, About 12 o'clock Thursday noon Mrs W. U. Slater, of No. 422 North Morgan treet, was robbed of a purse containing bout $5.

Mrs. Slater was in the act of fitting on street car at the Water street crossing ot the SVabash when two young men crowded up against her and one ot them suddenly snatched her puree and both ran away. Mrs. Slater wore a light jacket, and in the pocket of which her purse was barely visible. The two sneaks are about 17 years old and have been hanging about the Water street crossing of the Wabaah for a week or ten daya.

They are not residents of Decatur but are known to several boys who were out all afternoon i Marshal Lehman on the hunt, but they could uoi be A mCYCLE STOLEN. Thursday Marshal Lehmun wns sending out descriptions of a bicycle stolen 'roin in front of the Decatur National bank Wednesday forenoon. Thabicyole, a valuable Cleveland nice wheel, was the property of Edward Powers, who offers a reward of $20 for its recovery. PROM BOODi! George Soiand, of Boody, telephoned to the Decatur police Thursday saying a farmer living near village had been robbed by a fellow who gave his name as Curl Schmidt. The supposed thief appenred at tho farm house several days ago snyine he was from Decatur and wns given a job shucking corn.

Wednesday i the family was absent Schmidt stole a suit of clothes and un overcoat and disappeared, lie is man 15 yenrs old, weighs 170 pounds and speaks English imperfectly. AN EASY VICTIM. W. P. Duncan was a visitor at the state's attorney's office Thursday with an experience which cost him and ipon which he is anxious to realize.

da related the following story. Several weeks ago ha came to Dscatur from Chicago, intending to embark the )lumbing business. He took rooms at the Brunswick hotel and there fell in with C. W. Rouse, of New York, Rouse was a hfttter, repairing' old hate untd they looked like new.

When Rouse talked to Duncan he told what skads of money there was in the business and h'nally took in the plumber as a mrtner in the business, articles of igreement being drawn up and signed each and then Duncan parted with IW which Bouse transferred to his in- ide pocket. Next day he went to St. Louis and the dny following his arrival in St. Louis he sent to Duncan the fallowing dispatch: "Send S100 by telegraph, without identification; have struck a gocd thing." Without ceremony Duncan forwarded to St. Louis by telegraph $100.

He heard nothing furtherfrom Rouse until yesterday when he received a letter from that wortliy, who writing from Chicago, asked for Wo, Instead of sending the money Duncan went to the state's attorney's office and asked for a state It transpires, however, that under the articles of co-partnership, signed by the two, Rouse will be safe from prosecution, and Duncan can refbot on tbe truth of the remark, favorite with "kow little we know." IES 7 rubber at A on the fci of the Advanoe Thresher company the corner of Wood and Water streets is noarly completed. A person.