Dixon Evening Telegraph from Dixon, Illinois • Page 5

Our Entire Stock LUTHER LEAGUE OF ILLINOIS. Fourth Annual Successful Convention. Must be Closed Out This Month! Women's Tan Oxfords 50c. Brown Yici Kid Oxfords, 75c and 1 00 Fine Yici Kid, hand-turned Oxfords, in black, plum and green, at $1.50. The fourth annual convention of the people's societies of the -tate now in session at Assembly Park.

Last evening at eight o'clock the convention held its first meeting in the new Chautauqua hail. Rev. Troxell, D. of Springfield presided. After a short devotional service an address of welcome by Thos.

Clayton of this city, was delivered in an interesting manner. Dr. Troxell congratulated the young peoplq upon the advancing interests of the association, the growth of the individual societies and the good work being accomplished. Then followed the annaul sermon by Rev. Dr.

H. L. Yarger, field secretary of the Board of Church Extension, of Atchison, Kan. The sermon was a practical and earnest exhortation to the members of the young peoples so cieties. At the close of the public cise a reception was given by the Dixon society to the out of town members.

THEY DID NOT LAND! SUBURBAN SIFTINGS, The Boys of Company Were Not and in tbe Sur- Needed at Santiago. rounding Towns and Villages. WS CELEBRATED ICE Very many anxious friends are await-j ing news from the boys of Company l-L- Miss Brioy Gaver and no direct new, from whom ha, been ceived since they left Charleston on the Miller Reta. and wife visited A few days, however, will pro- friends at Sterling over Sunday. with In Quart Bricks No.

3 First Street. At the Assembly Park Day. Lutheran Rally Square, honest dealing, prompt service, strict attention to your wants, and an earnest desire to satisfy you at any cost. ADD to this our large new and complete stock of Watches, fine and medium grades of Jewelry. Sterling Silver and Plated-ware, Novelties, Musical Instruments and Furnishings, enables ua to otYer you inducements worthy of your attention.

J. M. Tinsley, Practical Jeweler and Optician. No. 3 First St.

ri rpp JU and Doors Made to order. Now is the time to have your old screen rewired and painted. The finest line of Sabi Carnap In the city. Also a complete line of FURNITURE to select from. PRICES THE LOWEST.

C. Gonnerman, Funeral Director and Embalmer. 5Q First'Street. The State Luther League tonight will conclude its fourth annual meeting at Assembly Park. The meeting, which Monday evening, followed the program published in The elegraph last night and all of the sessions were numerously attended and of great interest.

The reports, both in Junior and Senior work, showed an active state of progress in all parts of the field; and the addresses were earnest and attentively listened to. The first Lutheran Rally Day exercises will commence tomorrow (Wednesday) and will be devoted to the subject of and Foreign a subject on which our Lutheran friends are thoroughly alive. Following intorspersad with music, will be the order of exercises: 11:30 a. Half- Hour Conducted by Rev. W.

H. Blaucke. 11 a. Rev. Geo.

Scholl, D. Presiding Hymn 213. Prayer. Address Martin Luther Lived Rev. II.

M. Batmen, Rockford, 111. Spirit of Missions," Rev. J. A.

Ciutz, D. Pres, of Midland College, Atchison, Kan. 3 p. Rev. J.

A. Wirt, D. Presiding Prayer. At cress Christian Stewardship in Relation to Foreign Rev. W.

H. Blancke. Davenport, la. Home Mission Work, Past, Present and Reverend S. B.

Barnitz. D. Western Sec.of Home Missions, Des Moines, la ft rings for Home and Foreign Missions. Benediction. 4:30 p.m.

Mission Conference on Living Questions, conducted jointly by Drs. George Scholl and S. B. Barnitz. 8 p.

Rev. S. Barnitz, D. Presiding Prayer, C. W.

Heisler, Denver, Col. Work in Indla and Rev. Geo, Scholl, D. Sec. of Foreign Missions, Baltimore, Md.

Address. "The Field, and How to Capture Rev. J. A. Wirt, D.

lb. Des Moines. la. Offerings. Doxoiogy and Benedictiou.

ASSEMBLY ACORNS. C. Wilson and wife and son Chas. Wilson and family of Polo are nicely settled at 265 Second street. Mrs.

J. S. Green and daughter, Miss Florence and friend, Miss Nina Wrard, of Morrison, have arrived upon the grounds and are pieasently located in their pretty cottage, B. Third street. J.

M. Powell and family are nicely located in their fine cottage on Third street. Mrs. Sherwood Dixon and son George are located at 239 Third street. Ira W.

Lewis and wife are located at 240 Third street. Mrs. J. F. Strock of Sterling is among the early settlers and nicely located at street.

Editor A. H. Heiple and family of state, are again with us and we will soon be able to publish some good fish stories. Mesdames L. T.

Stocking and J. W. Davh and daughters of Morri-on are beautifully located on Mound avenue. bably relieve all anxiety. One thing is assured: They did not land at Santiago.

It will be remembered that when the troops ief; Charleston, the companies were separated and shipped on different steamers. Company A was taken aboard the Yale: Companies and I sailed on the Columbia: Company and five others took passage on the Rita, while two companies were left. On Wednesday, July 13th, the Columbia, on which was tht Sterling Company, arrived otf Santigo harbor; and the Rita with the most of Colonel Foster's command did not arrive until the evening of the 16th. the day of the surrender. The Sterling papers of last evening are full of letters from boys of that company, the most recent bearing date of Sunday July 17, so it is likely that a day or two at the most will bring direct nows from Company G.

The boys on board the Columbia, including the Sterling company, received orders on the 14th to prepare to land and take part in the contemplated assault oi expected to go ashore about noon three miles above the mouth. The order to land, however, was countermanded, and on the from the deck they saw the white flag hosted on Morro castle. On Sunday, the 17th, at Guatanamo, the Rita having arrived the night previous Warren Hussey of Evanston visited with Franklin friends the past week. Mrs. J.

P. Gaver and children returned to their home in Ashton last Saturday. Fred Keith and Clyde Chronister went to DeKalb on their wheels Saturday, returning Sunday. Mis- Alma Lane, who was the guest of Miss Maud Pense at the M. Gaver home, returned to Chicago day.

Mrs. Lena Angelberger and daughter of Cleveland, Ohio, are guests at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Engel.

BROOKLYN NEW YOPK CHICAGO NELSON. July are all very grateful for the rain of Monday morning; the atmosphere is much cooler. Several of our young people joined a party from Rock Falls and picnicked in Stover woods last Saturday afternoon and evening. One oftthe men who was helping thresh at the Addle Hollenbeck farm, lost a pitchfork in the thresher. Several teeth from the separator were broken out and work was delayed manv hours.

John sons gave a party last Friday afternoon to their schoolmates, at their home on Rock River. Miss Minnie is visiting relatives at Austin and Belvidero. J. E. Donichy, also Mrs.

O. R. Poni- chy and eon Earl were -visitors at our agent's. Mr and Mrs. Theo.

Pokei drove to the Wm. Joynt home in Harmon last -LJ- (S. Sole Agent, Dixon, Illinois. Special Sale on Ladies9 Shoes For 10 Days Only! rtur minimii SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICOS PRINCIPAL HARBOR. The principal harbor and city of the island of Puerto Rico in San Juan.

A fair now of the city, showing iomo of chief ia given in tha illustration, with an ontiino of tha harbor in the distance. College Notes. I YV J. Pint bottles only ioc for the balance of this week. I.U Telephone No, 127.

A telegram from Congressman Dolliver gives his final acceptance tu deliver the graduating address on August 11th. Mr. Dolliver is one of the best and most flowery speakers in this country and his address will be a treat. There is a gang of men at work getting the foundation ready for the cement sidewalk around the the college campus. It will cost the institution somewhere in the neighborhood of a thousand dollars to complete the work.

Prof. promised the students sometime ago that he intended giving them a ta 1 in chapel some morning on the citizen soldier versus the regular army. We hope the Professor ha- not forgotten his promise. Katie and Jennie Neuritter returned today from a visit with relatives at La Crosse, Wisconsin. band concert will take place tomorrow instead of Thursday evening this week, on account of Thursday being opening night at the Tne concert will be given in Court House Park, after the surrender, all the unlanded forces received orders to proceed, after taking on coal, to Porto Rico.

In a letter to his wife, Lieutenant G. B. Dillon of Sterling, dated namo, Cuba. July 17th, says: left last night and came here to coal. After we coal we go to Porto Rico to take the city of San Juan Col.

Foster and six companies arrived night. Have been over to their boat. We have a much better -hip. Are doing well as could possibly not a sick one among us. Moses L.

Dillon says: the loth, we saw the first land since leaving Bahama inlands. The next land was Cuban soil, neen at 7:30 o'clock Monday morning. Sunday afternoon we espied two ships at a distance and made straight for them. The big gun- were loaded and turn 1 on them, and you ought to have seen our eyes stick out, when within 3 or 1 miles, we found that one of them a Boston fruit ship. Another of the Sterling company boys says: has been little sea sickne-s since we came aboard.

The ocean has been like a millpond most of tbe tlm and the water is blue as indigo. Flying-fish and gulls are seen, and yesterday afternoon we -aw a couple of Writing of the trip, another tyU of the midshipmen caught a shark weighing 40 pounds. The a 11 or-took it forward on the gun and butchered it. The back fin was cut up for souvenirs. The desire o' the boys for swimming has been cha since the appearance of the vie The teeth on the fish were some on thejcang saw plan, lots of then, very sharp.

We saw the finish of bombardment the day we arrived those big guns make a very loud r. We also saw the burning Arco small village above our supply sta The buildings were burned to pre the Yellow Jack from spreading looked very pretty from the gun On board the Columbia are 45 ma. armed with the Lee straight pul. They ail nice fellows and along nicely together." Sunday. They have a new 134 pound girl out there.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Phillips have returned from Marion, Iowa. Mrs. B.

F. Stewart of Dixon is much improved in health aud at present is visiting her daughter, Mrs. M. C. Stitzel.

Miss Kate Eisle of Sterling visited Miss Stella Beggs for a few days. We were permitted to read a diary of the present war, written by John McKinstry in verse form. It begins with May 1st and from 8 to 15 lines have been added daily happenings being chronicled in a pleasing manner. is a production of much merit and we wish Mr. McKinstry would consent to its publication.

He is a poet of no mean abiiity, as bae shown previous productions. The first volume and carries ua through July 8th. Mrs. Annie Blair was a visitor from Sterling for a few last week. Misses Katie Ortgiesen and Luiie Portenius spent Sunday at home.

Miss Katie Dolly went to Sterling Saturday fora short visit. Supervisor John Sterling and men are building fence on the Butler farm, recently acquired by the county. All of our Hand-turned and Goodyear Welt, Sd.OO and $5.50 Shoes, go at 2 50 And others in proportion. Don miss this golden opportunity. WE GIVE ATLAS CHECKS YOURS TO PLEASE, YATES SMITH, No () East First Street.

FLY All Leather Fly Nets from 75 up 3 Bar Team Nets, leather, 75 up 5 Bar Team Nets, leather, from 1.00 up Cotton Team Nets, 75 up A big line of Fancy Nets, 1.00 up 1st Sip fe Ii: Jew, fo S. J. AYRES, 170 Galena Ave. iged tor. Ft at and the and a ion, ent It DIXON.

July Hubbard hah a new wind mill with fifty foot tower. Mr. Blackman had two cows struck by lightening last week, George Anderson, of Marshalltown, Iowa, formerly of Dixon, died Monday morning. His sisters Mary and Libbie were with him. also Howard Burket, his brother-in-law.

His brother, Jerome, left Monday afternoon for Marshalltown. George Ankuey spent Sat mi ay and Sunday ot Steward. Henry Schumucker is still quite ill. The wind biew a load of hay over at Lloyd's la-t woek, frightening the horses, who ran away, completely ly wrecking a big strong rack, reach, and tongue. They concluded by that tlrne they had done enough damage and allowed themselves to bo caught.

Cello. The excavations for the tank into which Dr. Car er horses will dive at JOB PRINTING! Envelopes, Notes, Note Heads, Checks, Letter Heads, Tickets, Bill Heads, Invitations, Statements, Cards, Receipts, Programes EVERYTHING I ANYTHING I 4 From a calling card to an elegant bound book. Call examme-stoekrandget THE TELEGRAPH OFFICE LOOK! A GOOD NICHOLS SHEPARD Threshing Outfit asure Park, Friday and -Saturday, was begun this afternoon, and tomorrow the tower will be erected. The horses will arrive Friday morning, 220U liso taid-liiUMl binine.

Riverside and Gold Coin Stoves. First Street..