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or the prison atmosphere is likely to tn1ure her
hculth application will be nude within few
days by her friends for pardon.

or the prison atmosphere is likely to tn1ure nef
hculth. application will bc nude within 1eW
days by her friends for a pardon.
Two 1sp1cTAEsTs are now pending in the
Criminal Court against Edward G. Dawson, Tor
uerly an cmploye Of the City Health Depart,
Inent. In one he fs charged with forgery, and
in the other with hnving falsely represented
himself as John 3. Dawson. The cases Will bo
heard In the ordinary course OF business. Da"-,
sou was discharged by Judge BArnum upon q
writ OF habcus- corpus, owing to the absence OF
witnesses for the prosecution, but the Grand
Jury subsequently heard the testimony ana
found tho indictments MS stated.
GEonGE SrRArrox. who shot Lottie Robinson,
and pleaded guilty to manslaughter the otnef
day, was in the Criminal Court again yesterday
ornang ana @ ms pfe4 ter fe aa cban9e @ us
understood to be bis inability to get statcss At At
torncy Mills to agree to light sentence, Strut
twenty years and the probability Of ten Or if-
teen Years III Joliet. His counsel, Mr.. Mitchell,
for cause which he declined to state, rs IT
might be prejudicial to the accused. Withdrew
from the case.
The average taxpayer is usually taxed to the
Utmost to pAy the various county, city. and Suite
lcvics against his real and personal property
To know thut he has been oycrtnxed is thnrc-
fore matter of se1f-con9ratulation, provided,
Of course, that the amount ne hns beeu over
taxed can be regained. It vii! be an interest
know that the County Treasurer has quito
all amount of money to be so refunded. 1t IS
claimed that ons,sixth OF TIE persona! property %
Treasurer: subject to the order OF controller
Gurney. The s.ue statc Of thinYs exists in re-
gard to the real estate taxes Of 1e'3and ls4 and
the county authorities, being powerless to tllke
any steps to rectify the errors arc anxious thnt
the Council should ut once tnke such action rs
will result In the payment of these excessive
taxes back to the people upon they wore inl-
posed.
THE Grand Jury yesterday made its final re-
port, from which it appears that 130 c,.scs were
heard during the june term. Sixty-eiHht true
hills frn6 and in seventy bills
were returned. Twelve eAscs we're considered
and passed tu the next Grund Jury. Edward
ing murdered his wife, wss discharged. There
was no evidence except the mnns s statement that.
while drunk. be accidentally set lire to his wife
clothing, The jury were of the opinion that tho
wolnan's death was purely accidental. Nc fur
ther action was taken III the Wilulette t3leycr}
case; al the 5nil cases were heard up to the dny
eide wns found during the term. very cor
dial vote Of thanks was rendered by the jury to
ncss-lke and impartial manner III which his
duties were performed. Mr. George Baker.
Second Assistant States Attorney, also received
1ncnt for his gcntlernanly aud efficient assst-
ancc.
CLARENCE DAVIS.
1t was expected thar tbs motion for a new
triul in the case Of Clarence Z. Davis would be
argued in the Criminal Court yesterday morn
ing, and the question whether he should so to
tho Pen'tentar3 th it, the next nafcn aof RITZ
When Dnyis' turn came to he called to the Bar,
however. Stnte's-Attorney Mills sufd he hnd not
been nblc to secure ccrtain ai1idnvts which he
wanted, and, with the concurrence Of sir. Van
Buren, the defendants counsel, asked that the
matter go over until Tucsdny morning.
Mr. Van Duren said he was US anxious as any
body to get at the truth, believing his position |
ut the time of the trial to he correct. He was |
willing to give the prosecution every facility,
but wanted the mnn Smell i'll court. II the de- I
fense had the means he would be produced, but |
Davis hadn't the wherewithnl.: He also wished I
tO have present some Of the members OF Maggie |
VandercArs family, since the Suite claimed thnt
1t was one Of Maggio's sisters and not herself !
who married Smell.
Mr. Mills rttorted that he had never made any |
such claim. having simply thrown out the sug- |
ecstioD to the jury that such might be the casg.
The claim was and is that Mrs. Davis tA1nggic) !
was never Mrs. Srell. He hoped Mr.. Van Buren, |
was US sincere rs himself In the desire to get at
the truth.
After some further talk of no interest, the |
Court deferred the hearing Of the arguments |
until u o'clock Tuesday morning. !