The Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 19

Page Twelve. THE DEO AT UK REVIEW; Evening. Febnwy 24. 1810. $52,000 DAMAGE BY (Continued from Page One) appearance, covered with Ice and the glare of the'flre showing through the windows The telephone and electric light uires In front were soon fpstnrjns of Ice As the water fell on the wires li froze and soon were covered with Ice three or fous inches thick CROWD THERE ALL THE TTMr Although the weather wps biltci cold there was a large crowd present nil the Some girls Ih ing In the -nest part of the city were Informed of the fire sonn after It started and tliev and remained till 7 o'clock Tnr it looked as though the i block would go Byid Davis removed all the horses and rolling stork from his livery stable, hut the building occupied by him was not damaged, nor was the one between him and the MIlllkln-McRoberts building 01 the building to the north of those that vi ere on fire WATER MAIN BURSTS.

Water Inspector Harry Ruthrauff and his force had to get out early. A water main in State atreet, only about 200 fret from the fire, burst soon after the fire pressure was turned on. The ater came out through the walk on the west aide of the Stoner building at the corner of South Park and State streets, and threatened to flood things generally. He finally succeeded in locating the break and, shut off the water. BAD NIGHT FOR FIREMEN.

Mercury to Zero Whole Fight Men Ineaaed In Cold Armor. It was one of the worst nights in the history of the fire department The mercury was hugging zero when the alarm came in at 1.40 a. and it didn't get much higher until towards morning. WIND STRONG BUT UNCERTAIN. A stiff wind was blowing part of the time, one of those biting affairs that creeps through clothes and chills one to the bone Luckily, It was a fickle and didn blow long from any one quarter, but swung around from one direction to another almost momentarily.

Had the wind teen steadily from the north or south the damage would have been much greater. Had it been from the south the damage to the Eaton- Duffy company's stock would have been far greater than it was and probably the building to the north, occupied by the Walt-Cahill company and Townend Brothers, would have been gutted. If from the north, the damage would have 'been smaller, but more district would have been swept. LEAP ACROSS ALLEY. When the firemen arrived on the acene the flames were leaping clear across the alley from the rear of the Uecatur Wholesale Grocer company's building.

The fire started in the basement, ate up through the floor, and then back towards the rear. The fire department had a number of leads at woik almost instantly. HANDICAPPED BY COLD. The fire had a good start and the members of the department were handicapped by the Intense cold. The hose as soon aa it became soaked froze and was soon ao stiff that It could starccly be moved.

The water in fpaiij cases also froze aa it fell. An immense amount of water waa thrown on the fire. Most of It froze until the whole front and rear of the building is one mass of ice. while a glacier, three feet in height, blocks the entrance to the Decatur Wholesale Grocer company and the Eaton-Duffy company. NO SINECURE TODAY.

Handling high pressure hose with the thermometer in the neighborhood of zero and a spray falling on one's clothes to freeze at once was a bad job. Fingers were aoon numbed and the work went on much more slowly than would have been the case had it been warm. When the firemen first started work laddera were used to Home effect, but as the men became covered with ice they aoon found themselves in a position where they could little more than move, to aay nothing of climbing. COULDN'T CLTMB. "Were we on top?" said a fireman, Thursday morning.

"I should say not. I'll bet there isn't a man on the department that could have cHmbed a ladder half an hour after we got here. 1 know for my own part that I could do little more than raise my arm. I got a cup of coffee a few minutes ago and the fellow had to hold the cup for me while I drank." DEVORE IN ARMOR. Chief C.

W. Devore was the worst covered with ice. His cap and clothes were one aolid armor of Ice, while his mustach waa frozen atlff. Around the bottom of his trousers the Ice had frozen three Inches thick. He looked like old Father Winter himself, or else Peary at the North Pole.

Other firemen were similarly en- caeed In Ice. 60 as la known no one iiad any part In Ala anatomy frozen, though all had fingers and leet numbed. The water that covered the whole neighborhood froze more or less. Right in front of the burned building It froze three feet high. On down the street it waa only partially frozen and more than one person went through the thin Ice, ankle deep.

DID GOOD WORK. That the firemen did good work goes almost without aaying. They had almost Insurmountable obstacles to contend agalnat but they did a good job all the way through. From the standpoint of the mere onlooker, it would be safe to wager that each member of the department earned a good month's pay last night. INSURANCE: SMALL.

OB MllMkta Menobert. Building on BreBcaUU Bnlldlnc. The building occupied by the Decatur Wholesale Grocer company waa the property of the Mllllkln estate and Samuel IlcRoberta, tho Millikta eatate owning the half numbered 142 North Franklin street, and Mr. McRoberts the otber half. The Milllkin estate carried insurance on Its half of the building, while Mr.

"Roberts carried $4,000 insurance on his half. A partition wall separates the two buildings. Trnatees of the Mllllkln estate stated Wednesday morning that the burned building would probably be rebuilt, though It la yet too early to make any plans. THE BRBNNEMAN BUILDING. Tha building occupied by the Eaton- Duffy company is the property of George A.

Keller, W. P. Shade, and Mary P. Brenneman. It was Insured for This building is not badly damaged.

The alonj cornice In were present. The wedding was an elaborate affair, a Wg wedding sup- jper being served after the ceremony. Mr. Roberts Is young farmer In Creek township. Scraps of News View at $60,00,0 Fire.

A wire la Franklin street became a festoon of Ice--Chief C. W. Devore was literally armored In thick 1 ce. front and under the roof, but the largest burnt place In the roof Is not over five feet across. A fire wall of flimsy construction prevented the fire spreading to this building.

It seems strange, too, as where the joists enter the firewall one could look through to the other aide. WATER DAMAGE HEAVY The water damage to the Eaton- Duffy company is heavy. The water ran through everywhere and froze on the stairs and down the elevator shaft. Much of the material on hand was such as will be badly damaged by the water. $35,000 GROCERY STOCK.

It Had Been Largely Increased Since Jan. 1--Insurance (18,000. The Millikin-McRoberts building of three stories and basement, 40x140 feet, was occupied entirely by the Decatur Wholesale Greeer company, and the building was well stocked. This company was organized about the first of last May with A. Nlckey of Oakley president; Fred Kipp.

vice president; Herbert Grove, secretary-treasurer; and Q. C. Keyl, manager. Mr. Keyl has since withdrawn from the company, but the other officers remain the same The company has been doing an excellent business of late.

A Nlckey stated Thursday morning that he estimated the stock on hand to be worth about $35,000. Mr. Nlckey owns most of the stock In the company. STOCK RECENTLY INCREASED. we Invoiced Jan.

1," said Mr. Nlckey, "the stock Invoiced $22,800. Since then we stocked up full. In fact we had no more space in the building to put anything All four floors of the building Including the basement, were filled with goods. the last eight or ten days we got In five carloads of goods, two cars of sugar, two of syrup and a car of salt.

We had ordered two more cars of eugar and one of flour, but I cancelled the order for the two cars of sugar this morning. The carload of flour has been shipped and is somewhere on the road Our Insurance is In various companies and amounts to about $18,000. WILL CONTINUE BUSINESS "We will see that our patrons are supplied. We been filling orders very promptly and there were not many orders unfilled Wednesday night. We have a five-year lease on the building from last May.

We will get Into temporary quarters at once. We expect set a temporary location today, and may use one of the rooms of the He- tall Grocers' association TEMPORARY QUARTERS. The Decatur Wholesale Grocer company opened temporary quarters Thursday In the office of the Retail Grocers' association on East William street. Mr. Nlckey stated Thursday afternoon that the value of goods on hand in the build- Ing at the time of the fire was about $26,000.

Matter for Fire Ordinance. "You saw how the fire passed from the cornice of the Millikln-McRoberts building to the cornice of the Brenneman building," said Chief Devore to Alderman Hastings Thursday morning, "well that is one of the things provided against in the building ordinance we have been trying to get the council to adopt. If it had not been for that cornice the Brcnneman building would not have caught fire NOTES OF FIRE. The freezing of the water on the front of the burned buildings converted them into a semblance to an Ice palace or something of the kind. The Ice froze in sheets over the front of the building, while icjcles hung pendant everywhere.

Even wires became covered with Ice and icicles. The Eaton-Daffy company manufactures chemicals for bakers and other such people. It has some expensive machinery and chemicals In Us building. The machinery was not greatly damaged, and most of the chemicals escaped because they were bottled. Had the fire penetrated far Into the Brenneman building the Eaton-Duffy company would have lost heavily.

Mr Eaton was formerly a member of Flint, Eaton ft The business of the two firms does not compete. George Hauss, veteran barber, has had much bad luck with his little manufacturing venture. Hauss makes some excellent toilet preparations that go to the furthest parts of the country. He wag burned out in the big fire of Aug. his rooms being on Water atreet, ana he lost several hundred dollars then.

The burned buildings were visited by hundreds of people Thursday The ice coat made the ruins remarkably beautiful. The Mllltkln-McRoberts building and the Brenneman building were put up about the same time, in 1884 or 1895 The fronts are alike, and" both were well constructed. They were not cheap buildings in any sense. It la understood that they coat about (30,000 together. Thawing out hose and clothes gave the firemen plenty of work to do Thursday morning.

Much of the hoae was frozen and simply loaded on trucks and MRten to the fire houses, where it down and al- lowed to thaw out Clothing was thawe5 around the radiators. The usual large' crowd collected to watch the work of the firemen In spite of the early hour at which the fire started and the biting cold, there were a score or more people on hand within half an hour after the department got there. This crowd increased as the morning wore along It was noticed that the crowd was an ever changing one, for most people didn't feel like lingering long In the cold. Most of the firemen looked sleepy and all fagged out Thursday. Fighting the fire was a hard job In addition most of the men were chilled through and through.

fire was altogether the largest Decatur has had since the big fire Aug. 2)2. That fire amounted to over $600,000. AND WIFE DIE AT SAME Mrs. R.

Querrey, 1533 North Main treet, received a message Wednesday afternoon announcing the death of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs Theodore Guth, at Homestead, la, at 12.30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Guth Tieio SO and 89 years of age and had been in miserable health for some time, though their death at the same moment waq somewhat of a shock to their relatives They had made their home in Homestead la, for the last fifty years, go- Ing there from New York state The funeral will be held in Homestead Saturday. CHARLES P. TERHUNE DIES AT SANITARIUM Dtcatnr Man III Only Few Before Death.

Charles P. Terhune died at Danvers early this morning. A telegram was received here this morning from the head of the sanitarium there stating that he was dead, but the rause was not given. His death occurred two houis after his arrival. Charles Terhune was born in Ohio in 1867 and with Ills parents, Mr.

and Mrs I. H. Terhune, 970 East William street, came to Decatur In 1880 He was for fifteen years In the employ of the old Haworth company. He leaves one brother. Rex, of this city; two sisters, Mrs Stella Adams and Mrs.

Mark Moran, both of Chicago, and one step-sister, Mrs. Grant RIsley, of this city. He was a member of the Eagles lodge and had many friends In Decatur. J. Moran brought the body back from Danvers this afternoon.

No arrangements have been made for the funeral Mis Terhune, already ill, was prostrated at the news of her son death, and la in a serious condition. MRS. NANCY TUCKER. Mrs Nancy Tucker died at 2 o'clock Thursday morning at her residence, 973 South Colfax street. Hei death -was due to heart trouble and asthma.

She was 81 years old last September. She had lived In Decatur for twenty-' three years She is survived by three sons, J. J. Lee, C. Lee, and George Tucker, all of Decatur, and Mrs.

Jane Pettlt of Wellston, Okla The funeral will be held some time Saturday. JOSEPH S. HUGHES DIE SIN CHICAGO Former DeeMur Mnn Had Pleural Pneumonia Only One Week. Joseph S. Hughes, formerly of this city, died at his home In Chicago, Wednesday, of pleural pneumonia He was sick but one week He was the eldest son of the late David L.

Hughes, and was born and reared in this city. Besides his wife, Leona, and his mother, Mrs. Z. Hughes, of Chicago, he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. E.

A. Winters of Chicago, Mrs Jameg Spargur Grand Junction, and Mrs. Helen B. Dlllehunt of this city, and two brothers, Hugh Hughes, Parsons, and C. B.

Hughes of Rugby, D. REARED IN DECATUR. Mr Hughes was 'born and reared in Decatur He left here about thirteen years ago to go to Chicago where he worked at his trade as a cornice maker. He was about 61 years old. He lived at 641 North Roby.

The funeral will 'be held Sunday afternoon at 2.30. MEETINGS. Independence Begins Circle--Meeting at the home of Ernwt Welis, 785 East Clay Friday afternoon. Knlghta and Ladles ot Securtty--Regular meeting la eH Men's hatl Thursday evening at 7 W) There will be a boi and datu-e after the business meeting Uniform Rank, 3d, K. of --Report In full uniform will arma at TiSO Thursday night In Coeur te lam hall to assist In rank Decatur Coanoil, No.

SIT, K. ot meeting tonight. Decatur Chapter, 111. O. B.

8---Regular meeting Thursday evening in Masonic temyle. Water Wllllajm Not Entitled to CommlsMon. In the caw of the United States Brokei- company versus -Walter Hutdhln Judge Johna decided that the brokerage company waa not entitled to any comrolMion for sell- rng- the Hutcbta atore to Raupp and Thifosw of H. Clay Wilson the CH- National bank la stltt on trial. A Special Sunday Dinner and Supper for Feb.

27. --Next Sunday, February 27, Greider's Cafe will give a special conaert of the finest voices of the world's best lingers, both noon and night. A three-course Domestic Goose dinner will be served from 11:30 a. to 2 at the regular Sunday price 35 cents pel plate Tables may be reserved for an extra charge of 25 cents per plate Mention should be made of a special supper for Feb 27. Regular price 35c.

Local Notices --Fine dark oak piano, nearly new, $165, easy terms. Suffern, 349 N. Water. --Lewis' Single Binder stiapht 5c-- Many smokers prefer them to lOc cigars The Great Paris Flood In Motion --At the Nickel Bijou, Friday of this week only, the great Paris Flood in Moving Pictures. First time west of New York.

Don't fall to see them Admission five cents. VIOLA HARRIS GOES HOME WITH SISTER Declarer She to Prone-cute Gang; of Assailants. Viola Harris was allowed to go to the home of her sister, Mrs. W. W.

Kish, Thursday morning. State's Attorney Redmon filed a charge against her in the county court for the purpose of putting her under bond ao that she will be here as a witness next May, at the next term of the circuit court. He told Judge Smith that he did not want to prosecute the girl, that he thought she had been punished sufficiently already and would probably learn a lesson from tier experience; but he felt also that the defendants In the cose would make an effort to get her out of the city before the meeting of the next, grand jury, and be wanted to be certain that she would be here WANTS TO PROSECUTE. Mr. and Mrs.

W. W. Kish went on her bond and she later accompanied them home She told Mr Redmon and Judge Smith that they need not worry about her not being on hand, as wanted to prosecute the men who haJ perpetrated the outrage on her. "How did you-ever happen to be in that home for delinquent children In Indiana'" asked Judge Smith. IN ORPHAN'S HOME FIRST.

"We were both there," said Mrs. Kish. "We were first sent to an orphans' home because we had no home after mother died From the orphans' home they transferred us to the delinquent home, which is an industrial school. I was there myself for ten years." ETHERTON BOUND OVER. Harve Etherton, one of the three men arrested In the Viola Harris ca.

appeared before Justice J. II. McCoy Thursday morning, waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury under bond of $1,000 with W. H. Snyder, professional bondsmen aa his security.

Arrangements it la thought will be made by Friday for Peter Harris to give bond. SWARTZ LOSES BADGE Merchant Policeman Rlney Swartz lost his badge this afternoon on account of his part In the Viola Harris outrage. He confessed to Chief Bendure and State's Attorney Redmon that while he was in his room over Bizzy Izzy writing Sunday afternoon, the Harris girl, Pete Harris and Harve Etherton came in Tho girl sat on lap and he marked with an indelible pencil on her breast. He declared that tiie only part he had In the affair. DEEDS RECORDED.

to H. Rockwell lot 5, block 8, North addition V. Hostetlei to Anna B. Million ot Bt 1-8 feet off aide of lot 6, block 2, Allen, McRos-noias CO'B addition. 14.000 lj Graodn to Anna B.

MoDanlel lot 12 block 4. third Rolling Mill addition, Sylvanus Drake to William Elkins, tiau In 31, IS, 4 east, MtleHfum to Adam Rozanskl, eVj 14, 25. 16, 1 easi, Mil. A Klein Kater, Jr lot 13 Mattes' H. ICHter, to fe A Klein lot If.

Hnron TOU Wllhelmine A riondencn lot 0, block (,, Bui rows' addition, W. Nay BOBgeso (Q Aitliui Kec i 2 lot .1, block 4, Duilcc Kins's addition, MARRIAGE LXCKN3ES. Frank. Fultz. Julia Ward.

Etnden It required the services of phj- slclans to icduce the fiactyres In the arm and of A lordan, a carpenter 50 years old, living at 841 Bast William atreet. He fell on an ley sirte'walk in Central paik anil frfectured both the right arm and Crunelle and Taft Hay Appear Here as a Lecture Course Attraction. Efforts are being made by J. M. U.

authorities to secure Leonard Crunelle and Lorado Taft, Chicago sculptors, to appear here in joint lecture at the university this spring. The attraction will be a part of the regular Milllkin lecture course. The sculptors will appear in place of Ex-Gov. Folk of Missouri or Gov. Hanely of Indiana, one of whom was to have delivered a talk here.

WOULD DRAW CROWD. If Crunelle and Taft should lecture here, a big crowd would probably attend as the former was once a resident of Decatur and has hundreds of friends here, while the latter is considered one of the best sculptors in the country. Prof. W. H.

Varnum of the J. M. U. art department has asked the two men to come to Decatur and he expects an answer from them soon MAS MINER. Crunelle once worked In a local coal mine, before becoming a sculptor.

Taft was tils teacher In his art work. The former Decatur man's work is of the best and has been favorably passed upon by the most prominent critics la the country. In their platform appearance, Crunelle lectures while Taft does modeling work In view of the audience. Then Taft takes his turn at talking while Crunelle works with the clay. THREE LEFT.

The attraction will be one of three yet remaining for the lecture course. One will be ft musical number while the third will be a lecture by Judge Ben Llndsey of Denver. DEBATERS SELECTED. Debating teams to represent the J. M.

in the trl-college debate with Wesleyan and Northwestern in April, were chosen, Wednesday afternoon. Tlie team to appear against Wesleyan will be composed of John Lyons, Corwin Roach and D. W. Montgomery. The team which will face Northwestern will be composed ot Everett Dickey, Leo Brown and R.

Reynolds. Knox college freshmen want a debate with the Milllkin freshmen and an effort will be made to pull off the oratorical fight. EVANGELISTS SPEAK. "The Earnest Man" was the subjecl of an address delivered by Rev. J.

O. Sheldon to members of the university, C. Thursday rooming. Rev7 S. Sheldon addressed members of the W.

C. A. Coach J. N. Ashmore of Mlllikin goes to Shelbyvllle, Friday to officiate In the games of the basketball touina- ment to be held at that place.

BRASS WORKERS ON PICKET DUTY Men bay They will Pmh Their FlgM Threush Country. There is practically no change in the strike situation at the Mueller factory with the exception that all the men are signed up for duty as pickets. They have been taking turns at picket duty and have had some effect In turning away applications for positions there. It is also reported that several men who went there to take positions vacated by the strikers are also preparing to leave. WILL PUSH FIGHT.

The men are firm in their statement that they will carry on the strike aggressively and will put it before the national bodies, especially the American Federation of Labor and the Building Trades Council. At the same time, they say that In the whole International brass workers' union In the country they are the only branch on a strike, so that It Is not hard to support them SAT THEY WERE COMPETENT. The men take exception to ft story that tliey were not competent and state that noailjr all of them have been cm- tfd it the factory for several years, one ol the strikers being there when that department was organized In that time they state, the firm always thought them competent woikmen They also state they had a signed agreement with the firm that three jears was the time in which ati apprentice would learn his trade, but that are some felloWs who had been time fotii sears and hajd not been rec- ognlxert ns than apprentices The men have chairs, tables, a desk and big In their rooms TAX COLLECTIONS. Wednesday's tax collections amounted to J3.JB7.26, making the total collections up to Wednesday night, 132.09. BANK CLEARINGS.

The bank clearings for the week end- Ing Thursday were 806.46. Last week they were $636,031.16. A year ago they were 1363,880.10. PARALYZED. Mrs.

Milton Warren. 16BS North Main street, suffered a stroke of paraly- 1s Wednesday night. Her entire left side la paralyzed. CROCKER TO CALIFORNIA. John Crocker of the Citizen's National bank left Thursday to In California the rest of the winter.

GRANDMOTHER ASKS I SONG AT FUNERAL albs Coberl, "He Lifted Me" and Then Breaks Down. Complying with the special request I made by her grandmother, Mrs Francis tulvain, before she died, Miss Eva Coberly sang "He Lifted Me" at the funeral of Mrs. Mulvain this morning. It was a deeply moving moment and It was only with supreme effort at self control that the young woman was able to finish the song. When she was sho broke down completely.

The funeral was held at the First Methodist church at 10:30 this morning, Rev. J. C. Willlts being In charge. Besides the song by Miss Coberly the other special music was by Miss Ubble rowle and Mrs.

Frank Acton. The flat rai offerings were beautiful. SIX SONS PALLBEARERS. Six sons of Mrs. Mulvane carried her to her last resting place.

They were C. J. O. H. E.

and O. V. Hulvaln. The interment was in Greenwood. ROY JONES The funeral of Roy Jones was held at 2.30 Thursday afternoon at the Monson Wilcoz chapel on North Main street.

The services were conducted by Rev. S. Bowyer of Springfield assisted by Rev. J. F.

Mills of the First Baptist church There waa a large attendance The floral tributes were many and beautiful. The music was furnished by a quartet composed of Mrs. Walter D. Glenn, Mrs. Leon Monson, Everett Hodge and Warren A.

Stadler. The selections were "Jesus Savior, Pilot Me," "Abide With Me," and "Nearer, My God, to Thee" The pallbearers were William German, John Sharp, Frank Parkison, Lester Carter Roy Koehn and Will Moran. The Interment was at Greenwood. IMPROVEMENTS ON ORPHANAGE TALKED Mrs. A.

W. Conklli EJBtertalna bera of Cunningham Board. Mrs. A. W.

Conklin entertained the members of the board of the Cunning ham Deaconess Home and Orphanagi at Urbana at dinner today in the tea room of the Y. W. C. A. building.

The members of the board came over to Decatur to hold a meeting In reference to business of the home. Mrs. Conklin is president of the board. The meeting of the board is bcjn! held this afternoon at the home Mrs. Conklin.

It was expected that one of the matters of business to come up was the improvements and buildini contemplated at the home. It was de elded some time ago that some im provememts would be made this year. D. D. LEHMAN DIES AT ST.

CHARLES, MO He Formerly Owned Large Farm BTertl of Decatnr. P. 1C. Shutter has received a messag stating that his father-ln-Jaw, D. i Lehman of St.

Charles, died Mon day afternoon at 2:30. Mr. Lehman ha been In poor health for several year but his death was caused by bloo poisoning which resulted 1 from runnini a nail through his hand. All the old people and farmers nea Decatur will remember Mr. Lehman He owned a large farm north of De catur but sold out about ten years ag and bought land in Missouri which has farmed since.

All his children were present at hi death. Besides his wife he leaves fou sons in Iowa, two In St. Charles and L. Lehman of Casner. Mrs.

Shut ter of Riverside Is hla only daughter TO COMESATURDAY The Kat-' St Louis Real Ks-tale Association of Boosters three hundred stions anil Advertl'ins; their i'Hv all ovei the Illinois Traction system Urns, i a In Dec-itur afternoon instead of i a as was first a The loral board of real estate men and all business wlio wish to will meet the Kt. Jelegn- Jion at the tiansfer house Dvantmr Mlnlvtvr Performs Ccrcmmy, Clayton Roberts and Miss Itla Bennett weie mairled Ht 6 clock Wednesday at tho home the pride's father, JT Bennett, In Creek DeWItt bv Hev Aldiicg of Decatui. Fifty guests MTJf COURT FOR $750 Tuscola, Feb, the county cour J. C. Louthan of Arcola settled his claim in full, amounting to $750, Wed nesday.

This has been In litigation for some time, Louthan being fined a number of times for contempt of court DAUGHTER THE CAUSE Vivian Louthan. Louthan's daughter was removed from his and her stepmother's care owing to mistreatment and placed in the home of C. Jenne Louthan refused to pay for her support, hence the different lawsuits. SISTER DIES J. Helm has received word the death of his sister-in-law, Mrs Sarali Helm, of Santa Clara, Cal.

Mrs Halm was tho wife of Alec Helm ant was for a n-ioiber of years a tesldent of Murdock township, where she was well and favorably known. A number of persons In Tuscola were wel acquainted with her. SHOWER FOR MISS GARNEAU. Miss Harriett Cooper will give an apron shower Friday evening for Miss Jennie Garneau. Eighteen guests are expected.

FROM WYOMING. Dr B. Atkinson, president Wyoming Christian college, will ad dress the people at the north side Christian church. Dr. Atklneon la an old classmate of the pastor.

Rev. I. M. Hoel It MACEY IS HOME R. Macey returned Wednesday from a trip to Terre Haute and Chi cago He was called to Terre Haul by the illness of his daughter.

Mia Mabel who Is attending school at St Marys After I er convalescence went on to Chicago MISS WILEY SICK Mr and Mrb Ell Wiley of Camarg lecelved a message from Valparaiso Ind. stating their daughter. Miss WH na, was herloutly sick Mrs Wiley let or, Hie noon train Miss Wllna was iHudent In tlie Tiifcola schoola last fal Cl-arle? II Bowles of Hammond an Mora Settle of Assumption were mar rlid Ivy County Judge Dolaoo In hla of flee Tuesday morning United Cigar Stores Offers More Bent HAS TEN YEAR LEASE It Will Expend $5,000 on the Building. The statement la authoritatively made that the United Cigar company has broken into Decatur and will open a store here. Aa is the custom of the company elsewhere one of the best business corners In Decatur selected and a rental was offered which simply raised the present tenant out of the game.

GETS ARMSTRONG CORNER. The store room leased is that occupied by the Armstrong drug store at the corner of Water and East Main streets. Mr. Armstrong wao paying' a rental of $150 a month. The United Cigar Stores company wilt pay $226 a month for the first five years and after that 1250 a month.

In addition $5,000 will spent by the company on the bulld- ng. The lease la for ten years. Mr. Armstrong did not know the cigar people were considering the matter of taking the building till the lease had been made. He heard it then from some of neighbors and It was confirmed R.

Montgomery. The building is owned by the Montgomery eatate. Mr. Armstrong's lease still has a year to run. He haa been told that the cigar company will be glad to take it off his handa at once but he las had no direct overtures from them.

Whether ho gives up the building before his lease expires depends on hla ability to secure a satisfactory location elsewhere. PLANS NOT KNOWN. (Nothing definite la known of the Intentions of the United Cigar company in the matter of their bual- ness in Decatur. It la not known bow they expect to expend that money on the building. Five thousand dollars should DO nearly enough to erect a new building.

A company was recently incorporated In New Jersey by the United Cigar Stores people with authority to conduct drug atorea and there la a suspicion that this will be alao conducted aa a drug atore with the cigar business an important feature, but it ia not known that this will be the plan. But It la certain that the United Cigar Stores company baa leased the. building and that It will be one of their red front atorea. IN BIG CITIES. For several years the United Cigar Stores company has been pursuing the practice of leasing choice corners in the big cities for their stores.

In the down town business district of Chicago it looks to -the casual observer aa if there la not a desirable corner that Is not occupied by a red front cigar store. The prlee offered has In most cases been more than the local man. could pay and he was forced to give up the location. It has been comparatively recently that the company has commenced to open atores In the smaller cities. There has been a store in Peorla for several years and lately there have been store.

opened in Bloomlngton and 6 This policy Is being pursued all over the country in cities ot tills else a. it The United Cigar Stores Co. Is recognized as the cigar department of the American Tobacco company. The com- bought up most of the leading cigar manufactories in the country as It did the tobacco factories. The cl- B-ars are sold to dealers generally but fhe ptan of marketing the cigar, by directly to consumers through medfum of the United Cigar the thing which has aroused the ire This company determines the rental value of a location not by the amount ol'busmeas which the which occupies that location is doing but by the ide-walk traffic-- the number of peo- le that pasa there.

An actual count la aYe of the sidewalk, traffic. A man Ith an indicator in his hand will Vand on the aldewalk for day. and weeks and click off the slde- talk traffic. A count will be made of for certain hour. of the Cay.

of the ween. AH obtained and the of the property IB determined from this average with mathematical precision. It 1. not a llld MADE OTHER OFFERS. was the Baupp Young BIG ODD FELLOWS' MEETING HELD TODAY Decatur enoalmpment No.

37. O. meeting will be attended by SOO peo- Pl The encampment is conferring two degree, this afternoon and it wUl confer another degree to" 1 quet will be served by the 1 for the encampment are D. C. Stocking of Rockford.

grand 8 of Olney. grand scribe; F. N. of 'Danville, deputy grand. The meetings are held in Odd hall on North Main street.

BORN. To Mr. and Harry Dunn, I Eldorado street. Wedaeaday. Fafc.

To Mr and Cecil mb lrtl ver IT aon. Mr. Jormerly raided bWhe connected with the Ui Condlt a Drnnks In the con and Edgar Ing drunk and coats. Dickinson guilty to be- flned.