Mattoon Daily Journal from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 1

DAI JLLo i 1. 1 1 rxf 1 7 IT WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 1865 MATTOON, ILLINOIS, THRSDAV, MAY 16, DAILY ESTABLISHED 1874 ACCIDENT ON BIQ FOUR. MISSIONARY INSTITUTE. VAN SELLAR SHOTflTfllM BflEWBflBy MILL Iccrce Thomas i of Parsftlc I aiauiSC Township Instantly: Killed. i SEGOilD TRAGEDY1 "Slljilttoftt wili continue all this Mr.

Waggoner's subject this j-arls Judge Cause Indignation Meet. ng In Pike. Griggsville, 1H. May the Pike county circuit court May 2, Judge VanSellar ordered a verdict of not guilty returned by the Jury in the case of Frank H. Newman, who was charged with the murder of Richard Corcoran.

'Both men were wealthy and prominent farmers. Evidence was given to show that a shot gun had been purchased by Newman some time before the murder, and this gun was found by a witness named Fuller, who could not be found when be was wanted to testify In court An other witness testified that Fuller told him of finding the gun in the river, and the gun waa produced in court, and the clerk of the house from which Newman bought the gun testified to Newman's purchasing the gun. Corcoran was killed by a shot gun. Because Fuller did not testify Judge Van Sellar ruled that certain evidence should not be admitted, and ordered the Jury to return a verdict of acquittal Petitions with Mayor W. B.

Kneeland's name are being largely signed by business men of Griggsville, near where Corcoran lived, calling an indignation meeting for tomorrow night over Judge Van 8ellar's rulipg. MEMORIAL Sunday Program As Arranged by Mattoon Post 404, G. A. R. As is the custom memorial services will be held at the opera house Sunday, May 25, at 2 p.

m. aharp, under the auspices of Post 404 G. A R. The --hall will be appropriately decorated, -and an interesting pogram consisting of patriotic songs and addresses will be given. The principal address will be given by the ReV.

J. B. Horney of the M. E. church, who wiH be assisted by all the ministers of the city.

The Uniform Rank K. of from several of the surrounding towns will j-r visit the city on that day. The line of march will be: Leaving Ws ft. ball at 1:30, south on Seventeenth, street to Charleston, east on Charles- ton to Fourteenth, north on Four teenth to Broadway, west on Broadway to the opera house. A most cordial invitation is extend- ed to all secret societies, school child ren and citizens in general to particle pate in the exercises of Decoration' day.

A complete program for that day will be given at an early date: K. H. 8UTHERIAND, T. J. MORRISON, -S.

D. GEARY, Committee of Arrangements. The missionary institute In progress at the Christian church this week a success from every point of view. There are large audience and all the people seem to be taking a preat in- lereBl me wora presemeo." evening Mr. Waggoner apoke on the 'Subject "Japan," and the evening oe- 'fore hia subject was "China." Each evening he baa shown views of mis- aion stations and missionaries to the aeiignt or targe auaiences um evening wilt, he No admls- i mou ice vunrgcu, uui bo uuenui wu be taken.

All welcome. HIS BROTHER INJURED. Officer John 8heahan of the sight police force, received a telegram from Terre Haute this morning saying that his brother, Timothy, who runs an engine on the Vandalism, had been injured. The telegram did not state the extent of the Injury. Mr.

Sheahan left on the noon train for Terre Haute. ENTERTAIN. Mrs. J. O.

Rudy and daughter. Mrs. George Mcdure, will entertain a number of ladles tomorrow aftetnoon In honor of Mrs. Ed Thlelens of Chicago, at the Rudy home on South Seventeenth' by- BOUGHT PROPERTY. Real Estate Agent John Kenny has sold the J.

W. Moore property at 231S Charleston avenue to George Rans- dall. Consideration $1,100. CHURCH DEDICATION. The Etna M.

E. church dedication will occur June 5. Dr. Whitlock will preach the sermon. JHEO.

JONTE Residence on Western Avenue En tered by BuTclars WEDNESDAY" NIGHT Jewelry to the Value of $1,000 Taken-No Clew to the Robbers. Another bold and successful bur glary occurred in this city Wednesday evening between ttoe hours at niM o'clock. The residence bur- glarlced was that of Theodore Jonte, at the corner of Western avenue and North Twenty-second street and the robbers made a rich haul, securing diamonds and jewelry to the value of $1,000. Mr. Jonte says the family left the house about eight o'clock, returning shortly before nine, and the robbery waa accomplished during that time.

An examination of the grounds at the rear of the house shows that the burglars gained entrance by a window at the west side of the house. Foot prints on the window ledge leading into the dining room are easily discernible; and It is evident that the burglars entered hy that window. A step-ladder had been placed on the roof of the kitchen at the rear of the house by the burglars, that they might make their escape by means of the up stairs window if they were surprised at their work. Mr. Jonte says that when he entered the house oh his return home he heard a noise up stairs, and he thinka the made their escape In the way mentioned.

A large quantity of Jewelry is missing. Among the lot is one diamond ring valued at "Cjanof1)er valued at $150, and Bf veral'ctl erB higMy prized. The list of articles missing is as follows: Golf watch with Mrs. Jonte's name errand l' back of ense. Lon; fold watch chain with smail link.

Diamond ring with two two-caret stones, Tiffany setting. Solitaire ring with one and one-half caret stone. Ring with two small diamonds and emerald, Belcher setting, Crescent-shaped pin with thirteen stones. The whole lot was in a case secreted in the bed In Miss Jonte's room. Several articles of value, including a gold watch) and several rings, were In a jewel case in Mrs.

Jonte's room, but. these were not touched by the burglars. Evidently they were scared away before they visited thia room. A large sum of money and a quantity of silver plate was also left unmolested. There Is not the slightest clew for the police to work on.

i Paris has the only German' newspa per published in Franca. i Mike Monahan, an Ironworker, was run over by BISJ Four freight train Nov 96 at Terre Haute "Wednesday evening, Monahan was In the yards, and as the train started to pull out he attempted to board it He was too drunk, to swing his weight up to the step and fell backward, his right foot being caught under the wheels and crushed so badly that amputation was necessary. BAND CONCERTS. The Giblert were out this morning soliciting for their summer open air concerts. They expect to begin the concerts In about two weeks, playing on; Broadway everyi Thursday even ing: GAYS ELfeVATOR.

H. E. Kenney returned from Gays. He says his elevator there will soon be' done and it will be dedicated with a grand "barn floor" dance. SCHUBERT SYMPHONY CLUB.

Friday night at Fitzgerald hall the M. E. church will present the Schubert Club. A $1 entertainment for 60 cents. HAD A PICNIC.

The pupils of 10 A class high school enjoyed a picnic in the woods at the Okaw today. HAS A COPY. Uncle Sam VanMeter has a copy of the Ulster County Gazette containing' news of the death of Washington. WICKER PITCHED. Wicker pitched for St Louis against New York Wednesday, the latter wining 10 to 7.

GUILTY Pour of Maltoon's Incorrigible Youths WILL "DO" TIME Prison for Their Misdeeds -All Well Known Characters. Four of Mattoon 's incorrigible youths will spend a year or more in the reform school at Pontiac, as a re sult of depredations committed in this city during the past year. They are Jesse Keller, Charles Fry, Clyde Summers and Benny Heath. Fry, Keller and Summers were ar raigned in the circuit court at Charles ton Wednesday afternoon on the charge of burglary and larceny. They pleaded guilty to stealing brass and other railroad material from the Illi nois Central In thia city.

Judge Dunn sentenced them all to the reform school at Pontiac. Benny Heath; pleaded guilty to at tempted burglary and was given an indeterminate sentence in the reform school at Pontiac. Young Heath is the young man who was with Sylvan Snapp the night of the attempted burglary of Warden's store on South Sev enteenth street. Duby Heath, who was tried for as sault with attempt to kill Jake Berry and Ed LIdster, was fined $25 and costs, with the privilege of spending sixty days in, the county Jail. "Squirrel" Heath! was found not guilty of the charge, and was released.

Charles James of Oakland, who was up for stealing a watch, stood trial by Jury and was found guilty. will serve' time at the Chester penitentiary. SIGHTLESS EYE As the Result of Playing With a Piece of Glass at School. Clem Hart of Ash Grove brought his twelve-year-old son, Clifford, to Shell byville this morning to consult Dr. Eddy about an accident to the young fellow's left eye.

Clifford attends the Ash Grove school, about three miles south of During lntermiBslpn, while at play forenoon, the boy picked op a piece of glass and holding It in one hand struck it with a stick. The glass broke and a small piece of It struck him in the eye. Dr. Eddy says the piece of glass went right through the sight of the eye and is lodged in the eye ball. He says the sight is absolutely destroyed, and advised Mr.

Hart to take his son at once to the eye and ear infirmary in Chicago or some good hospital, where, under the best conditions, an operation can be performed. ShelbyviUe Lil Webster, Keeper of a Shaggy Row Resort, MAKES IT WARM For "Broncho" Heath, Who Is Out on Parole From -Chester Penitentiary. "Broncho" Heath came near having his lights put out on Shaggy Row about 3 o'clock this morning, and the poor marksmanship of Lil Webster; the keeper of a house in the tenderloin, was all that saved him from shuffling off this earth. "Broncho" is out of the Chester penitentiary on parole, and 1b supposed to be on his good behavior. But his actions last night show that be is doing just the reverse from- what his parole calls for.

Some time during the night he took on an overload ot the overjoyful and went down on Shaggy Row to have some fun. It waa early this morning when be wandered into the bouse kept by Lil Webster, and a short time after be started a rough bouse. The Webster woman did not' Intend that-1 anyone else should run the place, and she took prompt measures to impress this fact on "Broncho." She first took a shot at him with a revolver, but her aim was not good, so she discarded the weapon for an empty beer bottle. The latter was more effective, and resulted in a bad cut being inflicted over Heath's right eye. Things were getting more Interest ing than Heath cared for about this time, and he made his escape through the front door.

He had no sooner gone than the police made their appearance on the scene, but aa things on Shaggy had settled down to their normal state they could" make no ar- GERMANS Will Have School and Church In This City Rev. Dan tenhahn. Rev. Dantenhahn, a German minister of Springfield, is in the city making arrangements to start a church and school here. He has met with much encouragement and Mattoon will again have Sunday services con ducted by a German minister.

Several years ago there was a German church in this city, located on South Twenty-first street, near the old P. D. ft E. station. For some reason interest waned, and the church was discarded.

The building is now oc cupied as a restaurant Rev. Dantenhahn will commence Sunday services at once in the Third Baptist church on western avenue, commencing at 2: SO o'clock. The German school will be commenced as soon as the public schools are closed for the vacation, it being the plain to hold the school in one of the rooms of either the Hawthorne or Longfellow buildings. PLENTY Of Material From Which to 8elect Successor to Df Wikn8or). school board will have plenty of material'' from which to select a superintendent of schools to fill tfcfe vacancy caused by the of Dr.

for his old Up to date iiiere have been twenty applications tiled with Dr. O. Ferguson, secretary of the board. Several of the applicants have also been visitors in the city, in order (o press their claims. The list of applicants so far received is as follows: G.

P. Randle, ShelbyviUe. IU. Montgomery Moore, Belvidere, 111. C.

S. Joseph, Chicago, In. A. Sweet Danville, 111. W.

W. Wirt, Camp Point H. C. F. Phllbrook, Rochelle, 111.

Paul P. Mason, Reed City, Mich. A. 8. HHUBerea, Ky.

Geo. A. Parker Marine City. Mich. Herbert Bassett TJrbana, 111.

Geo, M. Michigan City, Ind. E. E. VanCleve, Carlisle, 111 W.

R. Hatfield, Plttsfleld, 111. J. D. Foucbt Effingham, UL H.

B. Agnew, Ann Arbor, Mich. James Cupples, Galena, 111. C. N.

Paeak, Princeton, ID. A. G. Grant, Sbulleburg, Wis. M.

M. Warner, Morrison, IU. Ham, Puna, ill. Ed Moore was a Humbolt niShootYouJV Cried Out Clar 1 ence Cm ry, FULLED TRIGGER And Little Frank Was Man gled and Kllled-Terrlble Accident Near Gaysr 'Batty, baby." lit shoot you! joking ly cried Clarence Curry, as he playful ly pointed bis shot gun at his little cousin, Frank' Curry, at the home of Frank's father, John Curry, three miles south of Gays Tuesday -afternoon. With not a thought that the infernal weapon was loaded Clarence pulled the trigger.

There was a deaf ening report and the breast of little 4-year-old Frank was torn to shreds, and his pure young soul was in eternity. The above is the simpte story of a horrible accident that startled the country west of Mattoon. John Curry had been hunting a few days before, taking the shot gun of nis, nephew, uiarence. it was a single- barrel gun. Returning home he placed the gun in the rack, but failed to draw the load bb was always the custom of Clarence when he returned from hunting expedition.

Tuesday afternoon- Clarence took the guff from the rack and started to clean it He supposed the loaded shells had been removed by his uncle. and did not look to see. Just at this point little four-year-old Frank, a son of John Curry, came into the room and Clarence playfully pointed the gun at him and said, "Baby, baby, I'll shoot you!" He pulled the trigger and in an instant there was a loud report, and the little fellow fell to the floor with a terrible wound in his right aide. 'l He expired before young Curry jcould reach his side. The shot tore its way into the tender flesh of its Utile vic tim, and death was instant.

The runeral of the little one was held Wednesday afternoon, and was largely attended. He waa the son of John Curry, one of the most prominent and well known farmers in the Gays neighborhood. Clarence Curry, the young man who did the shooting, is an orphan and has been making his home with his uncle. He is nearly prostrated with grief over the sad accident The verdict of the coroner's Jury ex onerated Clarence from blame. GRADUATING Exercises of Gays High 8chool Occurred Tuesday Evening.

The commencement exercises of the class of '02 of the Gays high school occurred Tuesday and were attended by a large crowd. Each member of the class acquitted hifflself admirably. Thear numbers snowed the excellence of the studies they had pursued during their school life. The program as rendered was as follows: Music. Invocation Rev.

W. W. M. Barber. Salutatory -and Oration Sovereignty of Character.

Edna L. Grier. Music. Oration Our Rea. Should Exceed Our Grasp.

Bessie B. Blythe. Oration Build for Thyself a Monument B. Grace Moore. Music' Oration Carnegie, the Man and the Philanthropist Estella G.

Armanr trout. OrationWhom Should Ameriqa Honor? O. Feme Sexson. tousle. Valedictory and Oraaon Optimism.

Nola Treat. Talk Principal J. J. Love. Music.

Conferring of Diplomas Director D. Hardlnger. Music. TO HATTOON Champaign Citizen May Move Soon. J.

F. Metz, theSrebl estate dealer, who recently sold his beautiful farm In the neighborhood of Phlto, has Juit purchased another in Coles county, not far from Mattoon. Mr. and Mrs. Mets have driven to Mattoon where they will spend some days on the new possession; It is aald by JMr.

Mets's friends thai If he can dispose of lfis residence property In this city be may remove to -Coles county. Champaign Gazette, Dr. Whitlock wenti to Grandrlew. u. Ash Grove Township- Head Crushed-Unfortu nate Young Man.

"My Ood! Go for Doctor! Tro a dead man! Arm caught!" These disjointed sentences were the last words ottered Sy George Thomas when his head was crushed and mangled in saw mill In Ash Grove township Wednesday evening about A moment later Thomas was How It Happened. The tragic death of Thomas was the second fatality In Ash Grove township la two days'. The scene of the accident was live-miles west of Paradise and four miles southwest of Gays, Just one mile from the place where Baby Frank Curry was shot and killed, White's saw mill was busy sawing oak timber, and Thomas was watching the dost? ejector. belt supped of of the ejector and was winding up on the large mandrill when Thomas 'got under the frame to put it back on. grasped at the belt and It caught right arm.

He was whirled in the fair like a feather blown by the his head striking with terrible' force against the frame of the machine. His skuH was crushed in. The machine wa Instantly stopped; and the young man dragged out He was past human aid. and with the few words noted above he died." The accident being In Shelby county. Coroner Horn was summoned, from ShelbyviUe.

An inquest was 'held Wednesday night. The mill people were exonerated. It developing that Thomas went about his dangerous mission on his own volition. An Unfortunate Lad. Thomas was an unfortunate young man.

He was 23 years of age, the eon of Mr. and Mrs. "Tank" Thomas cf Paradise township. His parents live apart- and the boy made his borne Its his mother. "A year ago Thomas became Insane.

His mania was that he was the greatest horse trainer in the world and he tried some very fantastic tricks with horses. The delusion became so strong that he waa taken before Judge Harrah and committed to the asylum at Kankakee. He remained there eight months, was discharged as cured and came home, 81nce then he has been working for various people la Ash Grove and Paradise townships. Funeral Held. funeral was7 held at Paradise this (Thursday) afternoon at 8 o'clock, burial being at Zlon HiU.

Rev. Bur- i ton BAD ACCIDENT At Nokomls Wednesday Afternoon' Section Man Injured by Knlcker. booker. A peculiar accident In which a sec tion man waa seriously Injured, is reported to have occurred at Nokomls Wednesday afternoon. The Big Four Knickerbocker, which does not stop at that village, waa coming through at full speed, when a brake-shoe on the tender was torn up, and part of It was into the face ot a section man who was standing on the plat form, The piece of wood struck the man square in the face and he was knocked down.

When assistance reached side it was seeji that he was seriously hurt about the face jmd heail. It was take him to his home and to call a physician to at tend his Injuries. COAISHEDS On Western Avenue Destroy ed by Fire at Noon Today. An alarm of fire was turned in from 2008 Western avenue today about 12:30 o'clock and the department made the run, finding the coal sheds th ro.r of Mccartv'a harness store and Raffety's notion store in flames. 1 A pile of trash had been burned this morning and It la thought the sheda from sparks from the -fire.

Besides the coal sheds a large Ice box owned hy T. A. Rhoades, which had Just been taken out of Owens' meat" market was also de-Owen's meat market vas also des tlally covered by Insurance. CABOOSE Was Robbed While Train Was Doub ling Up Magnet III This Morn- The caboose on second No. 88, a north bound Illinois Central freight train, was broken Into and robbed this morning near Magnet, two miles sooth of this city.

The train was in charge of Conductor Ed Johnson, and he and his brakemea are minus a sum of money and a quantity of wearing apparel. The train was too heavy to make the Magnet hilt and the trainmen concluded to double the grade, that is take half the train up the hill and then return for the remaining cars. -They did this, but while they were gone the rat time the caboosV 'waS broken Into- Three- $10 a $10 gold piece, a silver and several 'r'" articles of wearing apparel were ta- ken. No one was teen around the -train and there is no clew as to did the deed. MOTHER Of Mrs.

Kllner Guest of Honor at Dinner Party Today Mrs. Waller L. Kilner gave a twelve o'clock dinner today to six eld erly ladles in honor of her mother, Mi s. Conley, at her handsome home on' Charleston avenue, Mrs." FrC assisted Mrs. Kllner in serving.

Sou- venirs of the occasion were pcoto-! graphs of Mrs. Conley. i Tkt ladies who partook of Mrs. KI1-, 1 oer's hospitality were Mrs. Sarah Moore, Mrs.

Richmond. Mrs. S.VD. Geary, Mrs. Goodell and Mrs.

Strick- i BOUGHT PROPE RTVk Mra Anna, Bell has purchased the Buses, residence property at 412 N. Twenty-first street and will remodel It and make a handsome, up to data home. It Is also understood that Monte White will soon erect a neat little cottage on th vacant lot next to the above. mentioned property..