Mattoon Weekly Journal from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 5

J. J. HEAVY RAIN Lasting Three Days and Nights Inundates Central Illinois. TONS OF MOISTURE Fall -Damage to Growing Crops- Delay Railway Traffic. The steady downpour, of rain Friday, Friday night, Saturday, Saturday nigat and Sunday and Sunday night made even the frogs "holler nuff." Not since days along in the seventies, when the country had no drainage to speak of and when farmers tended their land in row boats has Central Illinois been subjected to such heavy rains.

June a Record Breaker. June has been a record breaker 11 precipitation, anyway. It has rained the majority of days of the passing month and the grand finale of three days' steady downpour has made it a notable month. The estimate is made by some peo ple that from 10 to 12 inches of rain fell in and around Mattoon in the three days, but the conservative estimate is that not to exceed five inches was precipitated. Weather sbarps figure that one inch of rainfall a million tons, more or less, per acre, so that a fall of five inches 1s some thing extraordinary.

Damage to the Crops. The damage, to the crops will undoubtedly be something enormous. The oats crop, just ready to harvest, will be the worst sufferer, as many acres have been battered down to earth not to rise again, though most of the crop can be harvested in a few days if the rain stops and gives the farmers an opportunity. The drainage of this country is excellent now, and if the rainfall ceases for a few days the ground will be dry Cornfields in every direction are under water, and people who have visited the rice fields of Louisiana say that central Illinois now looks a great deal like the southern country. The sun coming out hot and strong would have a tendency to damage the corn and broomcorn considerably except where the plant is high enough to shade the ground beneath it.

High Wind Saturday Night. Saturday evening the was the steadiest of the spell, and it ended up in a wind storm that prevailed from Saturday at 8 p. m. until after midnight, and Sunday morning the fall of water had ceased. The streets of the city were strewn with branches of shade trees torn off and blown down.

The wind blew away the rain and none fell Sunday until about 3 o'clock when the heavens began to drip again and the fall increased in quantity and o'clock, when it intensity, untiect of a cloud-burst and the streets ran with water until they appeared like rushing mountala streams. Streams Swollen. Farmers in from the west this moruing reported that the Okaw was way out of its banks and booming over the bottoms. And it was raising higher each hour, as the water continued to empty into it from the drains of Douglas and Champaign counties. The Kickapoo, Little Wabash and other small streams around Mattoon were also full and banks over.

Bad on the Railroads. The heavy rains since Saturday have caused no end of worry to the railroad officials, and it has been impossible to run trains on schedule, time. The downpour of water has resulted in several washouts along the line. The worst damage reportis on the west end of the Big Four. Saturday night a washout was discovered at Dorsey, near Litchfield, and it was unsafe for trains to cross the place.

Several of the more important trains were detoured and arrived in Mattoon several hours late. The officials thought tracks could be repaired before Louis these excursion, due to leave Mattoon at '6 o'clock, would arrive at Litchfeld. and the train was moved out of here about a half hour late. On arriv at Litchfield, however, it was found dangerous t8. cross the washout, aa1 it was decided, to detour the excursioa over the" Wabash to St.

Louis. A de lay of an hour and a half was caused at Litchfield, waiting for a man to the train over the Wabash tracks. When the train reached Mt. Olive the Wabash officials notifled the excursion trainmen that it would be dangerous to cross a high bridge near that city, The creek was swollen by the heavy rains, and three heavily loaded cars had been placed on the bridge to keep it from being washed away. This meant several hours' more delay for the excursionists.

At last it was decided to go over the Illnots Central track the remaining distance to St. Louis. But here another obstacle arose. The wires between Springfield were down and the dispatcher's office could not be reached. After several hours' wait, the dispatcher moved 'his headquarters from Springfield to Litchfield, and then a pilot was sent to take the excursion train to St.

Louis. The train pulled out of Mt. Olive at 4:55 o'clock and an rived at St. Louis at 6:80 after being on the road just twelve hours. The train remained in St.

Louis about three hours and then started homeward, coming over the Illinois Cen- tral from Louis to Litchfield at 4:30 o'clock this morning. The Knickerbocker, due in Mattoon at 8:08 Sunday afternoon, was eight hours late, arriving a little after 11 All the other trains were correspondingly late. Peoria Division, On the Peoria division of the Illinois Central there was a washout between Hartsburg and Emden Saturday which occasioned considerable delay to the morning trains. The north bound train leaving here at 3:15 was delayed three hours and the south bound train two hours. The washont was found by the north bound passenger train.

Three Lives Lost in Posey. A terrific wind storm passed over Posey county Saturday evening, killing three people at St. Wendel's near Evansville, and seriously injuring many others. FUNERAL SERVICES. From Daily June 30.

The funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Quilty, who died Saturday morning, occurred this morning at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. The' remains will be taken on the midnight train over the Big Four tonight to her old home in Indiana for burial. JOHN WESLEY DAY. Next Sunday will be the anniversary of the birth of John Wesley, founder of Methodism, who was born June 28, 1703 in Epauce, Lincolnshire, Eng.

Many M. E. churches will hold anniversary services. M'SHANE IS ILL He Writes Technical. Books of Value.

Charles McShane, who is known to many Decatur people, is seriously ill at his home in Chicago. He has suffered a paralytic stroke and it is doubtful if he can recover. Charles McShane married Miss Rose Abel of this city. He visited catur frequently and while he never lived here at one time he spent several months here. He was the author of several books on mechanical subjects and for several years he bas been giving his entire attention to this work.

He acquired his mechanical training in the Peoria, Decatur, Evansville shops at Mattoon where his father was employed, and where he worked for several years. Later he removed to Chicago and it was there that he prepared the manuscript for his first book. After the book was published it met with a success which was beyond dis wildest expectations. Some time after he published another book, which was equally successful, and finally he gave his entire time to this work. He now has a new book almost ready for the printers.

Among his books are "The Locomotive Up to Date" and "One Thousand Pointers to- Review. FARM HAND Missing, As Is Also Horse and Buggy Owned by John Forte. John Fort, a farmer living north of Mattoon, was in the city Sunday seeking a warrant for Charles Thomas, who lives near Etna. Fort says the young man hired to him as a farm, hand the early part of last week. Friday he borrowed a horse and buggy from Mr.

Fort, saying he was going to his home at Etna to get his clothes. As he did not return Saturday, Mr. Fort became suspicious and came to Mattoor and placed the matter before the police. Up to Sunday night nothing bad been heard from the missing horse and buggy. NEW SCHOOL Oakland Will Have a Very Fine Structure Bids.

From Daily June 80. The thriving little city of Oakland is going to have a new high school building that will be a credit 1 to any city. It is understood that the structure will be the latest style of architecture and will be finished in brick and stone and will cost not less than $22,000, while the cost may run as high as $25,000. Hans Heinrichs, representing the contracting Arm of Hanker Heinrichs, went to Oakland this morning to bid for the contract. GENEROUS GIFT By Mrs.

Futterer to Church of the Immaculate ception. Mrs. Mary Futterer, grandmother of Ed F. Ritter, the druggist, has just bestowed a handsome gift on the church of the Immaculate Conception in this city. She has donated the sum of $500 to the church, the money to be expended in replacing the present brick walks around the church with concrete pavements.

The new walks will lead to the church from all sides. It is expected that the contracts for the improvement will be let at once. SURE THING In the Opinion of Crossman Is Red Fork Prospect. IS IN THE GENTER Of Rich Field- -Drilling Has Begun Ere This -In Business for Many Years. President I.

B. Craig of the Illinois Oil and Gas Co. has received the following letter from the gentlemen who have contracted to bore the well for the company at Red Fork, I. T. the work upon which has begun, probably, ere this: Crossman Artesian Well Drilling Joplin, Mo.

-Established in Fork, I. June Oil and Gas Mattoon, Ill.Gentlemen: Replying to your quiry in reference to my opinion of Red Fork as an oil field, will state that I bored the first well here last June, one year ago and have drilled three other wells here since that time. These wells, together wita two more, have demonstrated beyond doubt an oil pool is located. Deeper borings have been made four miles east and ten miles west of here, finding the same strata but little oil or gas whereas all of the Red Fork wells have demonstrated the fact of oil and gas here in paying quantities. We have been drilling in the gas and oil fields of Kansas for many years.

Made the first gas discovery in 1883 near the present Cherryvale. Have followed the field from the extreme northern limit-Osawatomee and Iola, south to Neodosha, Independence and Coffeyville, on down into the Indian Territory, and will say that every inDedication goes to show that the territory has the heavier bodies of oll and a superior grade the farther. south we have gone with the developments. Red Fork speaks for itselt. The ground upon which we have just closed our contract to drill a well for you here being so near the other wells and located at the very foot hills of the mountain or knob, I give it as my opinion that you are very safe to count on getting a "gusher." We expect to commence drilling within a few days and hope to see the well "slop over" to the satisfaction of everybody.

I remain, Yours truly, P. L. CROSSMAN. RAN TOGETHER Illinois Central Engine Damaged in Accident Sunday Night. Fast freight No.

90 on the Chicago division of the Illinois in charge of Engineer McHenry-' and Conductor Clapper, met with an accident in the Mattoon yards about one o'clock this morning. The caboose and a cut of cars were left standing on a grade, while the engine switched some cars. After the work had been completed the gineer started the engine back to cut of cars. In some manner the brakes on the cars had failed to hold and the heavy wind started the cars down grade. The result was that the cars and engine came together with force enough to knock one of the cars off the track and cave in t' tender of the engine.

The engine was not so badly damaged, however, but it could take its train on to Champaign. REAL ESTATE Owned by Banks Is Taxab'e Property. Judge Creighton of Sangamon county has tendered a decision in the circuit court in the injunction proceeding brought by the First National bank against County Treasurer R. F. Kinsella, in which the court holds that real estate of banks is taxable property.

Treasurer Kinsella levied taxes on the real estate held by all the lo cal banks and the case by the First National bank was made a test. The court allows sixty days in which to file an appeal to the supreme court. Attorneys for the bank claimed that as banks pay taxes upon their capital stock, which embraces their real estate holdings, the same would not be assessed again. DITCHED CARS While Transferring Train From Big Four to Illinois Central Track. While transferring train' 67, in charge of "High" Belnap, from the Big Four to the Illinois Central tracks at Litchfeld Sunday night in order to pass around the washout at Bethalto, several of the cars and the engine were derailed on the Illinois Central Both the Big Four and the Illinois tracks were blocked by the accident, and it was necessary to call the wrecking crew from Mattoon to pick up the engine and cars.

PECULIAR MISHAP. Mrs. Bert Bresee, formerly Miss Bertha Kirchgraber, who lives south the city, accidentally ran a piece of a needle into the palm of her band about years ago. Recently the place began to fester, and Sunday the needle came out without the use of the knife. Mrs.

Bresee has suffered more or less pain because of it, but states fist the wound is healing rap adiy and that her hand will be 11 right in a few days. PILING UP COAL. The Big Four railroad company believes that the strike now on among the miners in Pennsylvania will spread to Indiana Illinois. To that end it is preparing for all emergencies, and is hauling train load after train load of coal into this city and storing it in the east end of the yards in this It is said that about 500 loads will be stored here. BIRTHDAY DINNER.

Mrs. W. L. Kilner gave a 12 o'clock dinner Sunday at her home on Charleston avenue in honor of the birthday anniversary of her mother, Martha Conley. Mrs.

Conley has been a resident of this city since. and has hosts of friends who will join in wishing that she may live to celebrate many more like occasions. ARE NOW ONE. A marriage license has been granted to Simon Welch, age 20, of East Nelson township, and Vernal Knapp, aged 18, of Whitley township. ANNIVERSARY Of Small Cyclone That Passed Over Mattoon.

Twenty-five years ago Mattoon was visited by a cyclone of brief duration. The only damage done was on Cemetery street, between Shelby and Moultrie. There were only two houses on the east side of the block, one on the southeast corner, occupied by Theodore Heermans and family, and the one on the northeast corner occupied by Willis Walkup and family. Mrs. Heermans had noticel an ominous looking cloud approaching from the southwest but before she could give warning a terrific wind swooped down from the overturning several outbuildings in their yard and barely missing the residence.

Passing northward it struck the Walkup house, turning it completely over. Mrs. Walkup was at home at the time and received injuries that confined her to her bed for several weeks. After overturning the Walkup residence the wind rose toward the sky with a terrific roar and disappeared to the north, doing no further damage that was ever heard of. A pigeon house about four feet square stood in the Hermans' yard, but after the passing of the cyclone neither it nor any of the piguons were ever seen or heard of with the exception of one pigeon, which was found dead in a potato patch between the two houses.

GEO. RODGERS CLARK Intrepid Hero in His March to Vincennes Passed Through This Country. The July number of McClure's has a delightful article in it from that charming writer of American history -Cyrus Townsend Brady, the sub-, ject of the article being the conquering of territory of Illinois from the British by George Rogers Clark. After surprising and taking Kaskaskia and getting a cordial welcome from the French of that town who were heartily weary of being subjects of King George, Clark, with an army of 170 men started out in February over a hundred years ago to take Vincennes and Detroit from the English. Mr.

Brady describes the trip of Clark and his band across the country when they traversed the state of Illinois from east to west and victoriously Vincennes. In describing the journey Mr. Brady states that the prairies 'of Illinois were covered with water and that Clark and his men had to wade swollen streams and ice cold swamps and we should judge that they traversed a section of the country not far rom Mattoon, as they finally reached the Embarras, or Ambraw river, floated down it to its confluence with the Wabash and then paddled up the Wabash to Vincennes. When they reached the Ambraw the men had little to eat for two days and were almost starved but they came upon two Indian in a canoe. The SqUAW had a hail a buffalo in the toat and this Clark and his men devoured ravenously.

GOT A FORTUNE By Death of GrandfatherFormer Charlestonian's Luck. Bert Williams of Terre Haute, formerly of Charleston, is a favorite of fortune. He was working in the Vandalia shops at Terre Haute when he received notice that his grandfather, dying in France, had left him legacy of $200,000. The old gentleman had several hundred acres of land within eight miles of the French capital. New York from set Williams leaves Wednesday, for sail with A.

C. Ficklin, formerly of Charleston, but now an attorney in New York, for France to claim his legacy, As soon as he receives his money he intends to start cafe in Terre Haute that will be the finest thing of the kind in Hoosierdom. OBJEGTIONS Filed by Illinois Central to Pavins Assessment. CASE TO BE HEARD In City Court Next MondayClaimed the Assessment Rate Was Too High. 8 Ed Guthrie, who was appointed by the board of public improvements of this city to make an assessment against the property on South Seventeenth street for pavement which is soon to be constructed, filed the following assessment roll in the city court today: F.

D. J. 0. 265 D. D.

265 Miss M. J. 265 J. F. Voigt, 265 A.

265 James 265 S. A. 141 P. J. 123 Mrs.

A. M. Schrock. 265 Mrs. Ella 265 R.

C. 265 R. A. 265 0. 265 J.

J. J. J. J. J.

J. J. J. 265 W. D.

265 I. S. 265 Sam Smith 150 Wm. Bleakley, 351 Illinois 153 Mrs. Mary 156 Anna C.

100 P. N. 100 P. 100 H. B.

ugh. 100 H. F. 46 Illinois Central 116 Emery 75 'S. P.

J. M. 200 L. 100 H. F.

O'Bannon. 100 M. B. 100 Mrs. E.

J. Storm. 100 Geo. Authenreith. 100 J.

F. Voigt, Jr. 100 Geo. W. Ferguson.

100 R. H. 100 A. G. 100 H.

V. Anderson. 100 S. L. 100 Frank 100 Charles 100 M.

B. 100 P. M. 100 C. E.

100 757. $8568 The assessments are to be paid in ten equal installments, one each year. When the assessment soll was filed, Attorneys Clark Scott appeared for the Illinois Central and filed objections to the assessments against the railroad. The objection was made on the grounds that the assessment was too high, and that their property would not be benefited by the improvement. A hearing will be given the objection in the city court next Monday.

The Illinois Central was the only party objecting to the ment, SAGE LOSES Minnesota Supreme Court Requires Him to Deed 30,000 Acres. St. Paul, June Sage must deed to Mr. L. Lamprey of St.

Paul, 30,000 acres of land in twenty-six counties of central and northern Minnesota, worth $100,000. The case, which has been dragging through the courts for several years, was decided in a decision handed down by the court, written by Chief Justice supreme, The point involved in the case is a sale of railroad land to Mr. Lar prey in 1887. The road claimed 30, vv0 acres were not paid for and sold the land to Russell Sage. Besides the $30,000 purchase mone? there is $62,262.20 in taxes and penalties due, anu Mr.

Sage has paid any portion of these taxes and penalties he will be entitled to recover th amount so paid from Lamprey. Manford Horn, formerly of Hu bolt. a nephew of A. H. Sutherland.

of Mattoon, is the manager for Mr. Sage's land. CHIMNEY Blew Over and Fell Through Skylight at Schmitt's Jewelry Store. As the result of the high wind Sunday night G. F.

Schmitt, the jeweler, suffered about $500 loss in cut glass and silverware. Just under sky light Mr. Schmitt kept his show case containing 8 fine asortment of cut glass and silverware of all kinds. During the storm the wind blew over a chimney on the roof 'and the whole. mass of bricks crashed through the sky light and fell into the show case.

The result was a quantity of broken class and silverware. The silverware that was not broken was bent twisted so badly that It will be dimcult to repair. Mr. Schmitt says loss will be about $500 and that his insurance policies will not cover this kind of an accident. "IDLE HOUR CLUB." Gays, June number of young people of Gays drove to Farley's Grove on a hay rack last -Thursday evening for a picnic arranged by the "Idle Hour Club." On account of the weather they returned to the home of Miss Nola Treat, where they feasted on mice things.

Those present were Messrs. Grover Wilson, Fred Ferry, Oro Glasscock, Ray Birch, John Seaman and Webacer Rose and the Misses Estella Armantrout, Fern Sexson, Grace Moore, Bessie Blythe, Edna Grier and Nola Treat. Miss Castle of St. Louis and Miss Daisy Booze of Sullivan were also present. All had a splendid time and those entertained do not think it such an idle organization after all.

HAD A GOOD TIME. A party was given Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Bleakley, on South Stventeenth street in celebration of the 17th anniversary of the birth of their son, Joseph. A number of Joe's friends were present and the evening was spent in a delightful manner to all.

KILLED A cow. During the storm Sunday night the barn of George Borrer, in the southeast part of Lafayette township was struck by lightning and slightly damaged. A cow sheltering in the building was killed. No fire resulted from the lightning SHELBYVILLE MAN HURT. Oscar Bennett, one of the Texas excursionists from Shelbyville, was knocked down and quite seriously hurt by a runaway team at Houston, Texas, Sunday.

HIS FATHER DEAD. J. W. Terry, the Seventeenth street meat dealer, was called to Shelbyville today by the death of his father. The meat market was closed today on that account.

1 GETS OLD POSITION. Press Walker has been appointed gauger and storekeeper for Uncle Sam by Revenue Collector Mills. His headquarters will. be at Pekin and Peoria. Mr.

Walker formerly held a similar position. A PIONEER CALLED. Robert G. McCubbins, a pioneer resident of Edgar county and one of the "forty miners" who made the rush for gold in California, died at his home in Paris Friday. WANTS A DIVORCE.

W. H. Swanson filed a suit in the city court this morning for a divorce from his wife, Hattie Swanson. GOT THE TRUTH Charleston Citizens Finally Obtain Real State of Affairs. Charleston News: The show people got the word to the church people that the credit was due to them and not the sheriff or the knights or the police.

The show people say they notifled the knights Thursday evening that the street gambling must be stopped right away or the shows would all be closed. They say that Glassco whined and hummed that they had taken the money of the bunco men and they would have to be protected. The head man of the show says he then said: "We promised to give you a clean show; bunco men, three card monta ing public streets was about men and, people of that kidney play. as low down as any of the toughest things of Chicago, or New York, and they gave them an ultimatum and told them to clean the streets of gamblers or the shows would all close in a few moments." Glassco and his committe were up a stump and how do you suppose they got around it? They went to the sheriff and wanted him to make their own gamblers on the streets to quit playing in spite of their license from the city clerk! The sheriff went in as a party to help the committee out and not to stop crime. He went to the street gamblers and 'then would say: "Stop your gambling on the streets! Get back in a room or I will pull you! That is the way morality, the K.

committee and sheriff all worked in unison. That is way the shows did not all close down at six o'clock Thursday evening. For further evidence you may consult the showmen and preachers. It also shows why the patent side paper operated by Glassco had to come out and protest against a Rardin man, as if that had anything to do with the facts in the case as to the street gambling episode and sanctimonious freebootres On the "Committee." Another gentleman who reads the proof of this article says the above is not right. He says that Wright, the carnival man is the one who ret ommended that the Indianapolis thieves be turned loose with their skin games, "Because the poor devils are in hard luck and without funds and if they can make a piece of money, I will not He says the Wright man advised the K.

P. committee and they recommended the mayor and the sheriff made a bluff to fool other honest men. WON SECOND PRIZE. "The Boston Pilot" makes creditable mention of James McCarty, son of Mr. and Mrs.

James McCarty of this city, who won the second prise a contest for the best map drawing of the middle states offered by the Pilot publishing house. For all the news take The Journal.