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hot stufif,‘;''V,tV,‘;r ,h,‘1 a w •ihtMM. nut * ol. Ewart made someother rc-Foithe “(iovernorettc.”marks whirh vou did not quote in theHlandtTous t*|*ist!♦» vvi»o h vbiII*. Mnlit*i«HisI\ SIiuhIits SnlinCount} tor Political KHcctI,\„,1 Willfully Lies in Ioing So., • - — Von have «*enf«;ver the land. In the hope1 • »».U letter may overtake vour*. and' riKht Hie wrong which yoursdone to our people. I lt;|i,ote: ' ! lilt* aiMtirbrinrf1^ wi i»* fHoa• *war. nor an organized inovenient hv the rltj/fii. n»i re«iiliTiu. I,, ........’I'll''itv paper, even to the m. I.oui. . . . - • Iii uiv orunuuii the trouble originated from a spiritof fun. deviltry or hrav '. .....ado on the part oung and irresponsible persons, and seem so loth to do justice to I 11 VV!,',‘ kept up and maintained because some Of the colored citizen-Of'RfpHbiisheriff Barteli ovrrnnr Vales that we give the text ofin his controversy withe colored‘came frightened.“That the citizens of Eldorado and Mr, Harter's !a-l letter to the governor ] county generally deplore tin* act*blt;.inu that our readers mav see how the ',f '«**lt;* unknown persons, and will en-* 'deavorto stop all future lawless acts.-land. It is dated July 7 and.honor,1,0m of superfluities. i- as follows:The unfortunate occurrences at tin‘•’lhcxagge-J—(’itv of Kldorado. in this county, havelH.e’n *o widely discussed In the public press, and my ollieial connection therewith a? sheriff so iT'ossly misrepresent.1, that I feel it to be an imperative Io far a* within me lie,**, to vindi- 1e entire affair has beenrated by correspondents, non-residents ot the town and county, and I tiimly »• ie\ •• t bat no reputable colored citizensarc in danger of either lifeor property* *ie(duty.A I)onblc-Track KutfTprisp.I lie incorporation papers of tin* Ohiot.ap. mvodf iu the premises and at the I Kfver t.'oul and Hailway (Company wen a,ne time the fair name of Saline cotin- j recorded in this county this week.Tb.u which hitherto has needed no vln- «v~ .di.-atioii. K in doinn Ihi- II,.. plain. 1 pnrpoa.- of thlt; company ismunvarnished statement «f facts convict** j cm^truct a railway from a point on thevntir evreltency of mendacity, there I* j Ohio river near Kosi Clare, throughno.iti/en of the state will regret it morel Harrisburg, to Marion. III.; al«*o fromthan I do. Then to the facts:On tin* 17th day of June la-t I receivedfrom your excellency a telegram dated»t Chicago, w hich is as follows:‘•V oil have paid no attention to my if.jiiest that you advise me fully a* to Kldorado trouble, meantime protectingfully lif'* and property and rights of all.It is rumored here that you decline toLet me bear fromHarrisburg to Galatia. The principalofliee i«lt; to be located in Harrisburg, and the incorporators are Collins |j. ||ub-bard. Waldo B. Morse and C. Woodward*Wheeloek of New York, and .lames It. Blackman and John W. Shaw of Harrisburg• «afferi protection.vou at once.Inline I lately upon receipt of thin Imred you, **1 will mail full particulars to-nigtit to pringtield.” lt;»n the same dav I wrote \ ou very fully tin* facts and circumstance- with regard to the trouble\s the two local incorporatorshave heretofore been managing this endof tbr Harrisburg Southern, tin*newimovement looks a 1 if11*. like an effort todouble-track the (.Tews enterprise; hiltia re informed that it is onlv an effort tolat Kldorado;what i bad done on myown motion as -herift, before bearing from you. That * had informed tin*teacher of the Industrial School, whichit win a--erted hucl been assailed. Mr. .Jeffer-on I»a\ i- Alston, that In* would receive at my hands every possible protection tor hi.- lift* and property, andthat I had gone upon tin* premise- w ithout tin* knowledge of others except Mr.Alston and had carefully, for twom sucees-ion without sleep,make sure that a railroad is built thisi1\ ear. If Mr. Crew- is ready tobeginwork we arc* in favor of letting him goahead and giving him all neeful help:if In* i- not ready and tin* other gentle-• »men are. he should -land aside as onewho has had his chance and failed.tThe people are tired of ‘‘monkeying'rand want something done now.nigtitpatrolled tin* premises and tried, if pos-A Falling Out I let ween Infants• fslide, to discover who it wa- that hadasailed hi- school—but to no avail. I took the precaution to avoid being seenor having it known th.it I wa- in Kldo-It cann* to pass that men with Doughbesought tin* People, saying:1••i.ive u- What we ask and we will *radio,r vicinity, foi tin* purpose of aiding Make you all Rich.Ime to detect tin* offenders, if any.Thisletter 1 mailed you at Springfield, and your -ecretarv, John lt;fglcsbv, acknowl-* «r *edge 1 its receipt on tin* day following. '•a\ ing to me: “I am in receipt of your letter addro-ed to the (Jovennu, in regard to the trouble at Kldorado. The-aim* will he brought to hi- attention on his return.I heard no more from you until yourletter of.I illy Jd. which reached me on4.*the evening of the 5th. During all thetime from June 17th to July 7th I was certainly justified in believing that mycommunicattoil was in every re-pertsatisfactory. If it wa- not whv did von* •nut a-k f*»r explanatii ns or further information, in-tead of waiting half-a-month and then sending broad-east over the land, through the newspapers, an attack upon my oflirial conduct w hich was as unmerited as untrue.V\hy go thus far out of the way to injure the fair fame of one of the counties of Iilinoi- which hitherto halt; maintainedWhat asketh Thou?*1 queried the ;l1‘eoph*.I* •Protection, which Moaneth. let us tCharge* vou all the Trallie will bear bvhutting off Competition.(Being Cnsophisticated, the Peopletgave their Consent, saying. *\See, these eare Infant Industriewhich must be 11Protected against the Wolves in Pauper 1lt; ’lothing from Kurope.kA large number of years went by andthe Infants grew Whiskers and Bieepthat were Immense. Still the Pcoplwot not that it was so, and the Infant;Killed tlie Boost.vBut B came to pass that a pair of In-afants fell out Concerning a Division ofwthe Stuff, and it was Revealed that theitInfants were Doing the Public to thetlt;ITune of Five Hundred Per Cent. ProfitaMoral: Plenty of Suckers will goright on Coddling the Infants.— M ill M.Maupin.Cnder recent amendments to the pon-* reputation for peace, quiet, industry,and patriotism—a county in which there 0,1 ‘have been no riots or vendettas, and a county which furnished more men anda* brave ones in proportion to her population to battle for tin* cause of *bl-65 than any other in the Cnion.In your dispatch of tin* 17th you say to me. “You have paid no attention to my request that you advise me fully asto Kldorado troubles. No such requestreceived by me prior to that dis-of the 17th. If one had been sent y wire it certainly would have been ’cceived. if by mail it would have beenlelivered; hence J say you never sent it.eiiuwasion law s where widows who lost theirsoldier husbands and remarried and the1second husband died, the w idows are en-otitled to be placed on the pension rollssi-- - — ■ j T' - - - ---fhi the second and third pages of yourHtiT to NVhicll I -iib twivv riMiIviot/ \’(ll, am now replying you tuote from tlic re|ort of Col. Theodore'*wart, Assistant Adjutant General, win sent by you to Kldorado to inves-lSafe* as follows:ounder, Alston, anil his family, oneat $12 a month. The allowance underthe law of KSWO of $12 per month for totalPcldisability has been increased to $30 perolmonth. The allowance for loss of handKThe school had tinorfoot has been increased to $40 perKe*r off at hip or arm off at*r and five non-resident pupils.be school was ‘rocked' one night andbe folio winif ^ morning protection wassked for from tin* Sheriff of the county.was informed by both colored and bite that tin* sheriff came from Harris-Urg and itfhts.month.shoulder $5.1 per month. An arm below elbow or leg below knee, $4lt; per month.Total disability w here attendant is need-And for all oldqled, $1)0 per month, soldiers that are drawing for total disa-isinremained onguardnt w oI am satisfied that if the ‘’school' was ci 'rocked it was done by Jefferson avis Alston himself, for the’purpose ofonsi.ng sympathy and enabling him tovy ntore contributions. But the uibilitv $40 per month.Plt;ItPirlt;\ man went w itli his wife to visit her, taThe doctor placed a tber- 11-contributions. But the quo-Oon continues: -Auer the two nights ^guarding and watching, on the sher-,s ad vita*, the inmates of the schoolH ln a body and have not returned.I bat Col. Ewart may have been toldl* I cannot deny, but I say now. openly1 above board, that any one who told Ju Unit I advised them to leave is anfatuous liar — a cowardly scoundrelmometer in the woman's mouth. AfterPfditwo or three minutes, when tlte phv-sician was removing the instrument, theman, who was not used to such a prolonged spell of brilliant silence on the part of bis life's partner, said: “Doctor. what will you take for that tiling.dtthVIp*tiifbere will certainly he a good excuse30 will not repeat the assertion to me1 the contrary. I urged them to remainguaranteed them -every protectionfor our people to lay aside their work on Wednesday, July HK At that time theNebraska Indian Base Ball team \wlIIanplay the Harrisburg team here.
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Harrisburg Saline County Register
Harrisburg, Illinois, US
Fri, Jul 11, 1902
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