Mattoon Daily Journal from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 1

1 1 1 4- 1 i 1 jr WEEKLY ESTABLISHED, 1605 lUTfOON. ILLINOIS, TUESDAY 'FEBRUARY 41002. DAILY ESTABLISHED 1873 TO PRINT THE NEWG AfJD MATTOON'S INTERESTS although ahe was said to be, had on ENJOYED A SLEIGH ftlDS. NEW LODGE, K. OF l.

DUNN'S SIDE HE IS FRE 1 GRATITUDE 'a 4 Jf 3 1 i i i i Mattoon Knights of Pythias wUl go to Cooks' Mlfla, Tuesday night. Febt 11, -i and: help' Institute a new K. of lodge in that village. The new lodge there will' start' off with 38 charter members end wilt have beautiful aew aet paraphernalia POUND THE SHOES, stolen from a farmer in (hla city one day last week. The shoes had been hidden away undei a pile of brush.

tuna ,1 I Bert Modlin, who for several weeks has been running a small lunch counter on Western Avenue, shut up' shop Saturday. He and hla wife are now visiting to Humbolt'. 1 ME88ER CASE, Anos Messer wen to Charleston titjia, afternoon His case against jthe county is to come up before Judge Dunn today. 1 ti 1 t1 5 DR. BOYS DEAD.

4 Of Charleston Toward Mattoon Is A 4 StrlWnl Displayed, SNEAKING.1 1 Are Told to the State Hoard of Health About Mattoon Treachery. I i tr A i There Is certainly a set of the most miserable wretches on earth living at i Charleston. They are a crowd that would make a midnight- assassin3 blush with shame. The following letter, which is explanatory, win show up that 'Charleston crowd In their most debasing light as a'gang that Benedict "Arnold; would be ashamed to associate with: STATE! BOARD OF HEALTHS Office of Secretary. nt, Jan.

Mr. F. M. Health1 1 Mattoon; Illinois. J.

i a Dear board has been in-l formed by 'your A surrounding towns that the proper precaution la not nsed in the' prevention of, the spread of smallpox in your city, It has also been reported that a -death occurred which Vaa pronounced pneumonia but thai the burial took place at mid night, and. the case was known to have smallpox by your home officials. wish: you would gate this matter fully aa court is i Dr. Tom Boya, formerly of Shelby-; vllle, died In 8t. Louie Sunday; He' was buried at Pleasant Valley today- I Ccrtfcndalc Kereld Ssys' It t'J ths Dcctor a Urcna.

-f EXPLAINS REASONS I nW-, i4 11 For the Apology 7 Dr. Dunn Writes Journal a Letter it 1- la lait weekV Herald appeared an article under the beading Sensation- al Arrest at DuQuoltt, that didjDT. D. wlnton prominent pays dan ot DuQuoIn, a wrong. The artlcla waawntten' xronv a cispatcn printed to4the that appeared to be authoritative.

Recent erenta go far to prove that the die patch had no foundation In truth, and la Justice to Dr. Duna we cheerfully do what we can to- aet him right be- fore the public 1 The purport of the dispatch waa that Dr, Dunn had been arrested and committed to the Pinckaoyvllle Jail. without charged wlUi murder. The fact la that the doctor waa not placed la Jail at all, and that he re-'. turned home the day following hla arrest.

Bute's Attorney Hawkins was absent from PJnckneyvllle when the officers, haTlng the doctor in charge, arrived there. As soon aa he returned home he at once admitted Dr. Dunn to ball i 'J f'A. Dr. Dunn declares that the charge made against him Is false, and later derelopments Indicate hla complete 'vindication fTbei girl who gave- out the statements thai led to the charge talked too It la more than 1 probable that ad prosecution proceed- Ings trill be had.

Carbondale Herald. The Journal Is In receipt of a long letter from Dr. Dunn In which he complaint that The Journal made cer tain accusations against him In re- gard to hla recent. troubles In Du Quoin. For the Information of the doctor we will say that, our articles were copied from the special dispatches of the Bt.

Louis The doctor particularly object to statement made la the Globe-Demo-- crat that he waa Jailed at Plnckney-V Tllle. which he aaya was not so. la the course of his letter the doc 1 tor further says: 5 "Ton also stated la a prerloui edt-1 tlon of your paper that I waa aocusod of a'- like offense before I to Mattoon. To. thli' charge, which Tery unjust, I wlll'lUte that If you If -or any one else can find sucja a charge against me oa ths' Perry county doek- eta that I will gire 1100, This being true it la yery unjust for yon to as sail ma upon wrong Impressions.

her- death bed, when she knew that she was going to 'meet; the great Judge, In all the solemnity of dread moment, poised upon the brink of eternity, had said that Dr. D. Win-ton Dunn was responsible for her Con dition Inasmuch as he had "performed a criminal operation upon Ail honorable and Just Judge, feeling that statement made by Mrs. Lester waa not hedged about with such Incidents' as to make it potent In1 law; refused to let It go to the Jury and thereupon the case against Dr. 'Duna was at aa and." 1 The above facta" were" duly chron- Isled hy The Journal in Its mission aa a purveyor of news to the people.

We are glad that In the present in stance Dr. Dunn 1 able to establish his Innocence not only In law but In the' minds of He certainly haa our congratuntlona and Ve gladly cor rect -the mistake made Ay the' Globe-Democrat correspondent: when It stated that he waa In JalL i.i Mi, -DOUGLAS -TEACHERS, The Douglas county teachers Insti tute wfll be held at the X. church In "Areola, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 21 and it, large attendance of the teachers of the county Is expected. Assltant State Superintendent Free man will be present and deliver a lec ture at the Friday evening session.

WHERE IS CHAS. BOWSER? Well Known Commercial Traveler. Has Disappeared -May be In i A Terre Haute paper advances the theory that. W. Bowser may have con to Uaaka.

Tifcr umi in no ground for the theory other than that Mf. Bowser spent one winter la tbe gold fields; and may have a chUm there. 4 As stated la the Beacon last week H. Hnlmaa, for whom Mr. Bowser formerly haa made aa unsuccessful effort to locate the missing salesman.

Two of Mr. Hul- man'a repreaentailves were today in terviewed by a Beacon reporter and both atated that so far as they knew there was ao authentic mformatloa aa to the whereabouts of Mr." Bowser, neither of them having heard anything from him since he was tn St Louis. One had heard that Mr, Bow ser waa traveling for a St. Louis firm and had also heard that he had gone to Alaska. In the absence of definite information It is probably useless to make random guesses.

The missing i.jt..4 n-', I u.u.OT. nawy oowser, uuaaa I QO OOt re- celve word from Mr. Bowser in case he Is alive and well Paris Beacoou 4 i t. SCALDED t1 Engineer Francis Meets With Dad Accident. Engineer John Francis of ti.

Four met with a severe Mnt MTnn. day night, being scalded about the A i ft now. to session at Charleston and a shoot Lidster as was charged, and he great many of your people are In at- was released. tendance there, Complaint to the The trial of Heath waa con-above effect, haa been received from Unued again until next and good, reliable 'citizens of Charleston, it is likely the case wlU not be pushed. The Sunday school class of Rev.

Wilson, pastor' of the chureh, enjoyed' a sleigh ride Mon day evening. The cold weather had terrors' for the young people and they enjoyed, the' ride hugely' The Sunday school class of Chas, Klncald of tbe C. P. church also braveJ te biting winds and had a Jofljf bob sled ride Monday, evening. BRICK B6TTER.

Reports from the bed side of Prick Hose, who waa Injured by falling through a iky ylght at Perry Swlckard's store, are that he la rest- I'ls worst la the ut tn his leg; -althougbj he Is lacer ated In a severe manner, about 'the bands and 'arms. 4 5 APPEAL CA8E. 4r 1 I 'An appeal case from 'Sqdlre Hart's eourt? was filed In the city "court this morning; Js Wl Pren. Elliott, and Is a suit to recover wage for labor performed. Jiff v4 CARRIER LOVELESS ILL.

I. 8- Loveless, carrier for- Rural Route Now la confined to hla home by 111 teas, an Wra. Arltbony.f substitute Carrier, Is acting In his place. HIKE HILLER I IS FAVORED Knights of Pythias Want Him Elected Major of The Second Datallion. (: The four companies comprising the Second Batalllon, (.

Uniformed Rank Knights of Pythlaa, Mattoon, Casey, St. Elmo and Charleston, will hold a Meeting to Mattoon ouMarch It to lect a major to succeed the late EL J. piair; commanding the Second Batal-Uon. -Only the rank officers will have a vote In the election and twelve rotes win be the total number cast Tbe Charleston Lodge has roted for its rank officers to work and vote for Mike Miller, the furniture dealer of this city, who by his long service tn the lodge and hla knowledge of the Dnlformed rank fa emlnenUy fitted to perform the duties of the position. His many friends In and outside of the order, will be glad to see Mr.

Miller win In the contest Charleston ii Mike Is a big man with a ine military presence. He would look all right regimentals. BBOWII Resigns as Night Man a Union Station. Fred Brown haa resigned his place aa night, ticket agent at the union UUon in this city, and will to hl'S: 1 i iltchfield where he has been given the position of cashier at the Big a. four ireigm nouse.

He will be succeeded tni this city by Charles Kelly, who a few days ago resigned his place with the Vigo Commission Co at Terre Haute. Mr. Kelly Is a clever young man, and has the making of a future railway official in him. Everyone will glad to see "Chick brick In hla old jPlnce at the ticket window, 4 KIZER CA8E. The Riser voluntary bankruptcy cue will come up at Springfield tomorrow, Judge EL S.

Clark and B. Oralg will, represent Klser, and J. E. C. Craig wiU appear for the creditors.

THAT'S WHAT, IT IS. The Terre Haute Express is certamiy: considered an important point on the Big ALAS, TIS TRUE. The republicans who bolt tickets generally get ahead of the men who never. bolt-Charleeton Newa, ton Cclscn'Ccse Ccrr.es to cn Cr.J ClrcniLCoiirt fhte Morni2. IS iiW GUILTV to Jury Came to an Agreemc In the Night Time end 8ealed.

the Paper. it About o'clock Monday evening a case of the People vs. O. E. Cols perjury, weat to the' Jury in the cult, court at Charleston.

The co waited untU a at hour laet and the Jury not coming to an agrcd- ment the Judge fwenl home leaving Instructions for a sealed Terdlci This morning at o'clock the yen diet was "returned' and read." It said 'Not 1 On the first ballot the Jury stood 11 to one for acquittal. The solitary Juror stood out for conviction until o'clock. He waa Juror Price of Pleasant Grove township. I Mr. Colson was represented by At torneys J.

W. ft ETC. Craig, and John Hall, the noted criminal la w- Thus ends some of the most famous litigation In Coles county for a number of years. Almost half av doien times G. EL Colson and hla son, Charles, have been put on trial for t111 and 'Charles defaulted on a $100 bond.

cases hard dt ded social circles In Mattoon, played a cart In bolklcs. rot th Illinois and at Megger heads and been he theme for talk conveiaaitotf-Htof; the past two1 years. This probably will end the matter and ft Is not likely that it win come up Inthe courts again. BEAUTIFUL Was the Eastern Skv Eariv This MornlngA Phenomenon. A beautiful eight was witnessed in the eastern sky this morning shortly after A half Ii1a i crimson and bIM reached ftom on- of ths heavnni.

to fh very much resem'iilng a rainbow with tints and colorintc Id the center of the half circle old TSoJ, shone out la all his glory as lotilng Jack Frost to do hla worst. It waa a sight which even "the old- eei Inhabitants" does not remember eeinr. before In the winter time. 8om cltliens attributed the phenomenon to a renectioa of the sun's rays on the snow, while others say trwta nog nas arranged with Aurora for a series of morning spect- acniar "wwucoa to recompense the uuow. inu aa it may.

the Ptur heautlful one, and 07 ftUnap8 of early risers FISHIIJG Was Enjoyed at Social Given by M. E. Ladles. The pieasant homi of Dr. and Mrs.

ciai Mondav vAnin V. slon waa ohe of thorough enjoyment The horn. ttAfn 1 -vvvwu miniature bond. jtK rvNvU, A JAM IJBIUDs mi nissn rna watn rrrw tlea organise by the guests had lots angling for prizes which were niaaen Dttninn th nm mg circle of the aew Methodist church. Tn: he w.

a Heath Not Held -f for Shooting The trial of Duby and "Squirrel" Heath came up-before Jiagiatrate Scott this morning. CThe evidence went to show that rSqnlrrer did not When the continuance- was granted, Jake Berry- waa heard to remark to State Attorney Volgt f'You might as well dismiss the case for. If we cant 1 conVict a man who' shoots, it aint likely we can "stick" the fellow, who. uses an ax" NEOGA ITEIIS Wedding and a Death Reported From that Town. eoga, D.

4. Ray Melton of WestneI n4 Mies Leona Ferguson "tw city, were married here Sunday, Elder Shcrmin Ferguson of 4 Methodist church, offlclafc re-' ride la a. prominent young Neog elJle. 1 "Crazy Dick" Dead demented man. bout 60 years; who has lived in and near here for several yearall Jlsd Monday.

Ha known as Crazy Dick and though hopelessly Insane. was perfectly harmless. Please advise1 is' Board by return mall as to the altoatioo, Yours very truly, J. A. EG AN, M.

Secretary. No Smallpox Here. The Journal desires to say to' the world ad to stake its reputation for truthfulness upon IV that THERE IS SMALLPOX IN MATTOON, nor haa there We have for our au thority Dr. Charles 8. Fry; one of the most eminent physicians and surgeons in the state of Illinois.

Prob ably no man in the sUte haa had more experience with amallDox than Tr. Chaa, B. Frr. Aa an arm doctor in the war of the rebellion he treated I hundreds of cases ot smallpox. He says THERE IS NO SMALLPOX Dl MATTOON.

In this statement is Joined by Dr- F. Beals," a pbysl- clan of years of standing and practice and chairman of the board of health of Dr. Beals has so reported to Dr, Egan of the atate board of health;" Treacheroue Ingratitude, Probably no lnatance on record equals the treacherous Ingratitude shown by Charleston la this sneaking, underhanded complaint to the state board of health. The week that the holidays began It was heralded over jCentral Illinois" that Charleston had two cases of The Charleston people knew It waa true, yet the merchants were frightened to SrrS Prospect of the ruin of their. holiday trade staring them in I Replying to the doctor we wlU say vi that The Journal has In no wise aa- ST.

PATEICE'S face and neck. He was pulling ia pianetvror ma reUre- east bound midnight express, and al mmt 10 quarters again af-Iubrlcator on the engine exploded therefrom and seeing sailed him. has merely published news Our Information that he had been charged with a like offense at DuQuoln before coming to Mattoon was obtained from the doctor, himself, tfe win probably remember that the morning after he was arrested on the charge of performing a criminal op eration upon Mrs. Lester, the editor of this paper Interviewed him In hla room in the Lane block, MattoonJ where he" waa under the; espionage or Day Will be Celebrated by. Giving a Play." Father O'Connor, assistant to v-.

uonsuue Harry- Cole. The doctor While the train was near Litchfield the hot liquid flying Into his face be- fore he could turn out of harm's way. He was unable to continue his run, ana waa brought home to this city. i Engineer Redding of the Litchfield local run, brought the express on into Mattoon. FOR MVS.

JOHN KIRCHQRABER. In" honor of the birthday of Mrs. John Kirchsraber of Mattinn fi enW.Mr. ahdMrs. A.

B. Sharon I ltd JeyT to Matt00 macuute ConcepUoo. 'U preparing -we cuagei ana hammer them In re- nrintv at that, time told the editor of this paper flaat a fellow had come Into his jjfflce and accused hits, 9t performing 1 an abortion1 hut ww ne iur. uunn atucjt bis revol-1 Ter (ln he fellow's face and that he (the fellow) mighty soon took It back SMS. A a TheaTre 7n St tawUn' that purpose'was heU Mmdv taMtarts 4 v.

J. ar ojnnw ounaay at tneir home, JW. Summers on Champaign ave-a mile and auarter west of the city, nue waa the scene of a fishing so xns is; uoonng under a 1 wrong Impression when; he Imagines that The Journal Is or 11 uw iwea ue custom 1 for the pupil, of St. JosephVsAoS Wf wi uiuwm wresa was serves I iu 4uIO wm s-iora or guests in at-1 wnwance enjoy, the hospltaltty'of thm KIi. oumruuiunent ijx ceiebra- tlon ot Patrick day, but thia 'Jr year' the children will gire way to 4 turn for the attempt made by 0Ur Z'Tr PtT011 parable injustice would be' done if I L.

TV Ju' I and The Star. were merciful. 1 were merciful. This Is we are repaid for" it The sneaks attempt to damage" Mat toon to the same way that a sand-bagger sneaks on hla victim in the night time: 7 1 iC-. i.

It la fair to state that the Charleal Courier decried the effort to Smallpox" the Mattoon street fair. wan ine anove explanation Th I yurnai, uenres to leave, Charleston murnmia paper nan. and in one room was assaulting him or his character. As a newspaper we are giving the news as we find It publication was made In the Qlobe-Democrat of the accusation against him. Quickly realizing Its alue as a item we puDiisned it.

In connection with that item It became of Interest again that Dr. Dunn was accused of the same thing here In Mattoon and that poor, miserable, ainning, but alhned against Annie Lester, a woman of the town, thelt; older brothers and sisters. will daughter. i leave tonight-for Little Rock, Ark, where -m Will Rfmnw.n courier. a 1 VVILPUL, MURDER.

The noronr' turw MtnMAji 1 "vv. or- i uni oy B. Hawley at Moweaaus I uiunjer wjtn i nuuict aroreinougnt, v- 7 1 of i within a month. if.