Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 1

ILLINOIS, SATURDAY EVENINGt MARCH 25,1911. Thirty-Sixth N. 113. AQED SHELBY COUNTY TO0LOSEP.0. ON SUNDAYS CHARLESTON ELEVATOR 18 TO BE REBUILT Charleston.

March 85. Wheatly Jt Under hare given contract for the rebuilding of their grain elevator. This is the first slep in the erection of a "building to Uke the place of one destroyed by fire last Sunday afternoon. CASES SET FIVE ACCUSED Of CRIME TO FEAR AND PLEAD IN CITY COURT MONDAY MORNING. AUTO CASE IS STILL OH ttefwns of Jes Burrow Will Bs Un-falthfulns-f HI Wife, Who Facta Adultery Chars On Monday morning' th criminal docket of th March term of th city court will opened and th in taaea are set lor trial at o'clock: People versus Joseph Burrow, as sault with IntewSto-eommlt murder.

Feople rersus 6ol J. Freeman, grand -f .1 Feople Vortila "William Sslthaus, grand larceny. People versus Michael Foley, lar THI VOLUNTEER BULL FIQHTER. ARGUMENTS ON DEMURRER ceny. People way Join Cavaaaugb, so-.

action. Just how mnro the cases will bo -ready willing to go to trial a-t that time cannot be determine until the call of the docket. It la now believed "that there will bo at leaat two defendant announce willingness to proceed. In that can the atat will assent and th Jurors will be tmpaheled. Joe Burrow's Defense.

Joseph Burrow'scsse Is lb on that la attracting the moat attention or the lot. The deed waa done several months ago, and since that time Burrow haa been in Jail. Burrow nearly killed bis wife one evening. truck her with ax, nearly clearing the. head kicked her and ended up by throwing her body Into a tub of water.

Hla defense hi that he found her In company with another i man, and that hla wrath waa indignation of a wronged husband The f. woman no) is under; indictment for adultery, th Indictment charging un- ialthfalflegpajnce the huaband haa "Wb In the county jslL. boi Freeman -waa arroeiea at tn behest of Detective Brim of the Big Four aeniee a a $iargo ot stealing over one hundred pounds of copper from the Big Four construction work. His attorney have decided to. fight RESIDENT IS DEAD Shelbyrille, ll March 25.

Moses Padgett died 'Thursday morning at th home ot hla daughter, Mrs. Ira Lupton, in Rural township Death waa the result of heart trouble and old age. He had been 111 fpr several weeks. He was S3 years ot age. Mr.

Padgett had lived la that vi cinity for man-years. JOHN METZEN VERYMLt. John Metsen, a former resident of this vicinity, reported seriously 111 in Sallda, Colo, suffering from a mental breakdown. It hla condition warrants. It Is probable that Mr; Met- sen will, be brottfbt to Windsor, where a brother now resides.

SANITARIUM FOR LERNA. -The medical fraternity of Lrna la planning to erect a sanitarium In that village. NEWSPAPER BORNEO OUT TOLEDO DEMOCRAT PLANT AND BUILDING' ARE TOTALLY I "DESTROYED, ONLY ONE PRESS SAVED Building Quickly Yjelds to Firs Demon and Volunteers Save But Little of Plant Special to Journal-Oazette. Toledo, III. March this morning destroyed the building and plant of tho Toledo Democrat, the leading weekly newspaper In Cumberland county, virtually all the.

property toeing a total loxa. The origin of the fire is not yet known. The flamea were flrnt discovered about 11 o'clock and quickly spread over the entire one story slructura Only one small -press, wss saved out oilatt'ttie: type, nasuiy thrown out ana naaiy pitl, remains of tha' -plant ol i the newspaper onle if toe books, aocoun ts, subscription lfte, were canted Fire Limit Confined. The Toledo Democrat building- waa the only one destroyed was a one-story structure, built of wood. On each side were brick buildings with fire walla that- withstood the heat well, and adjacent property ownera lost but little by damage.

'The volunteer firemen fought the flamea for a time, but in vain. i Damage Over. $3,000., -The building and plant wers own ed by the Toledo Democrat company. a partnership ot George Barton L. M.

who edited the 'paper and conducted a job a printing estab- llshment The newspaper was found- was' owned and operated by Leon Sumerlln, nowot Mattoon. The damage will over $3,000. The bufMlng wss roughly estimated at $1,700. BIG FOUR EMPLOYES LISTEN TO DISCUSSIONS Convocation Held In Odd Fellow Hall Friday Evening Wall At tended. Ths (convocation ot.

Big' Four em ployes held in Odd. Fellow hall on Friday the first-of its kind ever held connection, with the St Louie dlvlsioni will prove. Jit la, be-llevod 1 by th of great benefit, not only to the 4naBagemeptbut to 'the men 'l'i'A''- Saperlntendenit Had ley Baldwin presided, and In a short opening talk stated the purpose of the gatherlhg. He endeavored to; impress upori his hearers that the watchworo is to be safer plan to eoonomiz wherever passible, hot, that unless a' better showing eas) be made, such a course wilt be Short talks also were made other ofttolals of the These meetings are' being held on all the divisions of Abe New Central is probable, they will be continued at stated Intervale throughout the coming summer. STEAMER WRECKED AND THIRTY-NINELIVES LOST Natlenal Telegraph 8ervlca.

Vancouvar, -Quebec Mar. steamer fjjeebelt has tseen wrecked off Beachy Head, near and thirty-nine lives- have been lost. The vessel was wrecked 'yesterday when It went on the rocka oimntf a storm, but, the news dltl pot reach here until $qday, the case on a not guilty plea. William Salthaua Again. William Salthaua, a young man who tu arrested by Chief Welsh a few minutes before he waa to be married, faces a charge of ateallwc J.

IL Amyi's Mcycle a year or so ago. Since the bicycle waa taken, Salthaua haa been In Jail in Shelbyvill after SUCH IS GENERAL ORDER MADE ON FRIDAY BY POSTMASTER GENERAL, i IT MEANS MORE WORK dot lot Much Enthuslsam In Mattoon, ii kii staSlaaasl Tf nai ww us isii y' tr Than Anything Etas. Effective April 2, all poatofflces its) the United 8tate will rlosed Sundays. This order was issued by roatmaster General Hitchcock Friday and an answer to a fight made by clerks' omaalaation in the larger cities. Mo order haa been received by the Maitoon postofttce.

but In the wlekly "yellow which ts a pertion'ot the annua postal guide, tie ruling is expected. The plan does not meet with special enthusiasm in Jhe Mattoon poatofflce.tnd certainly 10b in the city generally. The exact result ef the order as it affects Mattoon cannot known un. til the wording of the order 1 received. At present; It is believed that only, the, general delivery window will be kept open and that all other business save the dispatching of mail will be suspended all of the day.

Now Open From to 10 O'Clock. At present the posiofflce Is open from 9 to 10 o'clock each Sunday morning, mail-order, registered- letter, delivery and general delivery departments being subservient to pub Ho demand during that hour. Mail Is dispatched and sorteds all. of th day and night and the spVial dell v-ery department works twelve hours a day on weekdayeU 'i Under the new order, tie general delivery window alone remain open, according to preaent judications, and It may be thafl even this department will not opened 1 Announce. menta1 will jbe made1 Jaterlas tha condllioH prderjreglBtry: departmeot.

special delivery and wlH' be closed and people cannot get their mail until Monday. On; Sundays now hundreds of people line) up at the carriers windows and receive their mail they would not get otherwise until Monday's first delivery; This will no longer be possible. Mail that is customarily sorted into boxes will be obtainable and business houses can get their matt as usual if they own boxes. But people cannot rent boxes for Sunday alone and mail I will not be delivered in ariy war people cannot have their mail deliver ed during the week and put into a box for Sunday only. Neither cap they ask the clerk at the general deliver to getmall from carriers' desks.

The move does not meet with the approval of many carriers, for: they now: have the task of delivering th heavy Sunday mall oa Monday. Hundreds of metropolitan newspapers will burden their Monday packs, and th Monday morning mall will be two ordinary daya' weight. It means mors confusion in the postofftcs and mor work for everyone instead of less And, aa one clerk said this morning; it means a atrained temper to explain for a few months." The office will her open as usual for the last time on Sunday, March 26. BB0DER1GK-ALSO ACQUITTED BY JURY Chicago Senator Freed of; Bribe Charges," Jury Being Out But Twenty Mlnuteet-' Springfield, 111., March 'SS. State Senator John Broderick of Chicago, who' State Senator D.

W. Holstlaw conteaed paid him $2,500 for hl vote for yesterday acquitted by a. jury. The Ju-ry was out only twenty it- State's Attorney Burke, following the return of the yerdict said "It would, be interesting to knf how much of the slime jjyi mirei corruption the people ot The cou' will suffer themselves to be ed In before they rebel." Mr. Burke made his final a1 yesterday afternoon, ately after the boon rece and contlnuln o'clock.

ory Toward the last made a sensation Swinging around tfSetl to Mr, Broderick, "John BrodericVV here before the stale: will nolle Ht 1 ia BOYLE FUNERAL SUNDAY. The funeral of Richard, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs, Rlfljard Boyle, will be held from the Catholic church on Sunday afternoon at o'clock, with burial In calvary cemetery. BIRTH RECORD. To Mr.

and Mrs. Howsrd Ly, 713 South Fifteenth street, a daughter. fo Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shoemaker, 3220 Champaign avenue, a daughter.

To Mr. and Mrs. William Fen, a AGREEMENT IN CAUCUS ALDERMEN OECIOE ON FRIDAY EVENING AS TO RISES IN SAL-' ARIES CITY OFFICERS. TO STAND BY MEASURE Pronounced Increaaea Opposed by Aldermen Bird and' Snyder 8ome 1 1 Flgurea. At a meeting of twelve aldermen of the city council held In the city council chamber Friday night, a scale of wages for the city ofQclals.and employes was agreed upon In caucus, and the ordinance as smended by the committee Is now certain of passage nmiltee is now certain passage thVgjjnext council The ottages aa agreed upon vote at scale by vote Is as follows The figures, jure jne present annuat thai second the JVyi-; I 'o Attorney- 0 600 Treasurer 400 300 Comptroller 300 300 Sexton 900 1000 Electrician 900 1000 Health officer 120 120 Police chiof 960 1000 Patrolmen 720 840 Fire chief 780 1000 Drivers s.

660, 900 Bremen 00 840 Stenosrapher i '360 400 Janitor 240 300 Engineer light plant 780 900 Fireman light plant 660 780 Trimmer 70 780 Linemen 720 780 Superintendent of streets raised from $2 per day actually in service to $2.50 per day aotuslly In service. City engineer raised from tf per day actually in service to 15 per day actually in service, City scavenger raised (from 1300 per year to $25 per month for the months of May to November, 4nchir aive, and $10 per month the remainder ot the year. The city clerk, is restrained from collecting any fees ss provided by city ordinances. 1 By this ordinance, all but" the city comptroller and health officer are giv en, increased annual salaries. The to tal increase in salary of rsgqiar officials and employes 'amounts to $2,030 per year, a neat sum.

This does sot take 'into aceountthe city scavenger, city superintendent; streets and city engineer, work on a' per- dfenr basia hereafter. The biggest increase Is- given In the fire department, -where irises of $240 are noted. The smallest goes to the police chief and city stenographer, only $40. The various employes of the light plant are put on the aame basis. r--; Alderman Hoay presided the caucus, and It.

was a long A fight against moat of the increases' wss led by Aldermen Bird, Gharrett and der. These men- favored all salaries but not by such big margins. Arguments the money, is better spent In permanent, improvements while the city is so poor were made. The caucus agreed to stand by the ordinance as it now reads aad to vote for It over a possible Mayor Welch was not present. The aldermen absent were Poll-Quln and Beals.

POLICE AND BANDITS -v FIGHTING BATTLE Natlona? Telegraph Service. Lynn, J.larch '25. A battle Is In progress in the woods near this city between two bandits and a score of police officers. The bandits tried to rob the office of- an lee Company, but were detected In the aet i and took to flight. vPurauit -waa.

at gnce. be-gnn. and the men have been surround-d in a deAse piece of woodland. Alrin Llndley of, Neoga was in the city Friday, conviction of stealing a gold watch and other valuables. arrested that time, he attempted to hurl him-self In front of a train.

Salthaua la --young man, but appears to have a criminal Instinct Mlcbael Foley Is another man ao-1 cused ot having been too free wlthkd in 1859, and4or a number of years IIAZISTO QUIT EV2EXIG0 PRESIDENT TO F0RI.1-NEW CABI-, NET AND THEN SAIL FOR, 7 i CLOSE TO THE PEOPLE Msff in Whom the People General Have Confidence. National Telegraph-Service. Mexico City, Mexico, March President Dlas Is to form his new cabinet with men who stand close to people. Minister LJmantour is' to be the directing force, and after ort-ganizatlon has been tt is stated that President Diaz will- set sail for Europe, probably never, to return. He is well along In years, and he feels that the strenuousnees of life, as he has experienced it' ior many years, has been such as to.

en title him to permanent retirement and freedom entirely from pojitical affairs whkhrfreedomicould riot be his. should he soil. ain his native As" the people have the utmost con. fidence in Minister Limantour, it. Is believed that the new cabinet will do much toward 'bringing about peace between the nation and the insurrection ists.

Two of the members of the new cabinet' will be Cteneral Reyes- And Governor Apunda off Inaurrecto Junta Jubilant, El Paso, Tex, March 25. 'Members of the lnsurrecto Junta are Jubilant today over the resignatioh of the members of the- cabinet and are predicting today, an early ending ot, the Insurrection. General Madero'a main command fought a battle with the federals near CMpuahua, killing 160 and taking forty prisoners. NEW YORK BARS PUBLIC DRINKING CUP New -Tork, 25. After October' 1, it will be unlawful ta have a ''common drinking cup'' In any park, public ifc building.

factory, theater, school, railroad. station or ferry house in.iNewi A regulation adopted by the board of health as an additional section; to the, sanitary code, rates the common drinking cup as a publio nuisance, and prescribes; penalties to prevent. Its Commissioner Lederle, in comment- ihg upon the new points out that the pufolle drinking cup Is now -regarded. as the moat dangerous carrier of diphtherial scarlet fever, tonsllltis, colds, Influenza, tuberciilo sla and other Infectious diseases. The health board's action follow an Investigation, In-whlchf bacteriological examinations were made of the mois ture adherent to the edges of publio drinking 'cups 'from -various -places in the city.

The result fully demon strated the danger of transmission' of diseases In thlsmanner. SHOPPERS IN CITY. Mr. and Mrs. Ti.

Vnrinf Kanrk were sboppgrs ia tg jcjty, iWdaj, SIX YEAR OLD GIRL IS BADLY BORNEO Daughter of O. R. Patton, Near Death As Result of Running Over' Fired Grass. Running across grass that was afire- wlH probably result fatally to Daisy. Pa4ton.

six year old daughter of Mr, 'and Mrs. D.TB. Patton, who live at the Intersection of FlrBt street and Richmond The child waa Injured horribly 1 thia morning by snwll body. ome stalks had been burning In nearby field and the conflagration spread to nearby dry grass. The child had been watching and attempted to run' across the burning grass to her home.

Her skirts caught fire and as she fan" screaming to her home the breeie fanned the smouldering lire irtto flamea that enveloped her whole Falling on the ground near her home, she called for help and the mothef came to rthe door. Seeing ithe child lying in a mass of flames she seized a bucket of water and drenched her with it, but too late. A 'physician hurried to the scene and Wnd that virtually all the gSrl a clothing had been burned off. The body from the "knee- upward was horribly burned while at the hips the flesh was literally roasted. The best remedies were quickly applied but the suffering was ao intense that little hope for her recovery Is entertained.

BRIBE INQUIRY WILL START NEXT MONDAY Legislative Committee Will Begin sw. Investigating Independent of Courts. 1 --y Bpringfleld. March 25. The ao-tiva taking of testimony by the senate bribery Investigation committee on charges that members of the past general as sembly were guilty of accepting bribes, will begin next Mon-day.

The appellate court room in the supreme court building probably vrlflrbeTJsed for- the alttlnga)Lthe committee. Former State's Attorney John Healy of Chicago has been employed as legal adviser. Senator Helm, chairman of the investigating body, atates that the ac-ejulttal of Benator Broderick wfll hiure no'effeet on the work of the committee. The' members Intend prosecuting- their- investigation independent of. the FISHERMAN MAKES GOOD i CATCH rN SHOE STRINGS Centrslia, 111', March 25.

flshe man on the banks ot Crooked creek secured a "strong bite" this afternoon, and when ho pulled in hla line he found eight dozen pairs of shoestrings hanging to the hook. This led 'to the discovery of shoes, clothing and other goods stolen from Illinois Central cars last night, the value of the goods taken reaching $1,000. ASK w.s sxxxmx! WEATHER. Illinois Incressing cleudlnaae, with showers late tonight or Sunday. Warmer tonight.

-X in a a WATERWORKS CASE COMES UP -In FEDERAL COURT AT DANVILLE FRIDAY. CITY FEELS HOPEFUL Court It Is Believed Demurrer Wilt 'Be Sustained. In the federal court in Danville Friday afternoon, arguments to the demurrer filed by tho city of Mattoon to the petition of George M. Fernald for a permanent injunction restraining the city from laying water mains, ot'c, were made by attorneys. The decision of the court was withheld for deliberation, but by the verbiage of an offhand opinion given by the court during one of the speeches of attorneys, it is believed the demurrer will be sustained.

Tho demurrer was supported by I. B. Craig and Mvlntyro, appearing as corporation counsel. Opposed to them was II, Steeley of Danvillo, for the bondbolding company. The argument of Attorney Steeley was along the aame lines as that made in the first hearing, when It was contended that the city of Mattoon had entered Into a contract with the Mattoon Clear Water company, and that basing its future existence on.

that contract the Fernald concern had taken its bonds. Then by starting in on this new company and taking over its business, he contended that the city had violated its contract with the Clear Water company, impairing the contractual obligations and endangered its financial welfare in a way that Its bonds would be tendered useless and -worthless. Can't Grant Exclusive Franchise- To this answer wss made by the city that there was no denial of the obligation of the contract between the city and the Clear Water company; admission was, made "that" the" city was obligated to allow the company to use Its atreets for mains and the like and to pay rent on hydrants until 1922, the life of the franchise. But it was iaid that the city to forbidden by the constitution of the state to grant any one corporation an exclusive franchise, and that the petition was pitUng this phase on its argument. This argument, was stopped by the court, who said that ho had no doubt that this waa true and that aspect of the case must be considered.

But the Section of the 'city or dinancs that provided for the purchase of the Clear Water company's plant must not be overlooked, he said, and on that phase alone hangs the decision on the demurrer. The court's words encouraged the city's representatives. ln case the demurrer is sustained, tho petitioner will then more to amend the -original petition and litigation will continue. If the demurrer Is. overruled, the city will file an answer" and the evidence will be Introduced into court.

Judge Wright will be ready with hla opinion in about two weeks. 1 HAS RETURNED HOME. Misa Nellie Glenn returned Friday to -her home in Champaign after a visit with Mrs, material belonging to the Big Four Railroad company. Valuable metal was quite- recently, and Detective Brim procured Foley's arrest Foley onty recently got out of limbo for the alleged theft of a watch from the local T. M.

C. A. building. Drink Is said to be the man's worst fault Cavanaugh Will Fight. Cavanaugh'a Indictment will be bitterly fought mHo is accused ot unlawful with a stepdaughter, aad Iris wHo, the girl's mother, was rfore.

the grand Jury. A plea of not guilty was-entered. '1 Tlvnan-Besn Css Now On. The TlTnen-Bean case- lasted Wwgh today, making -one aolid week of automobile -cases- In the city -court 4Tbe iclvll law- docket was completely upset; this week and will now hare to go over until after the criminal Jaw cases are completed. The ease) Is attracting much5 attention and the conrt room lwsyshas Ita share of spectators.

plaintiff concluded the opening testimony Friday' and the defense opened at onoe, In rebuttal the plain-Hff has more evidence than was in troduced In the opening round, In thia leaal batUe. the burden of proof is shifted from plalntirf to de-1 economy in tho smaller matters, and fendant operation ot law: The 'hat rather than -cut down the work-plaintiff hows that he left his auto- Ing force, it Is believed a Setter and mobile In 'care of tho defendant ia good condition, that defendant, maintained a garage, and that whea the car was returned to the plaintiff, It was not in good condition. Then the defendant shows how It all occur red, and tho plaintiff comes back to shew that the care taken of the ma ehlna by the defendant was not good. The ase will undoubtedly got to a higher' court, no matter how id regains, tor the costs amount to as mnet. as tha' damages asked.

This is the second trtai the Issue, and the fees have plied up to large sum. VW) TO RETURN SOUTH, O. C. VoLendon, who for more than a year has been la the employ of Cbartes T. Welch as optician and watch i repairer, haa resigned snd Sunday will depart for his forme adsasj te ntfpmerjrJ.Alaj 1 -f 4-, -1 i.