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Show An Explanation. The ChIoii lllock, now occupied by a saloon, Is the propel ty of Mr. John A. Hendrlekson, and during his absence ab-sence in Kuiopewas let foi rent by Mis. Hendrlekson. who attended to her husband's business. The fact that Mis. Hendrlekson Is such a piomiuenl woiker In the chinch and in behalf of a higher standard of morals for the city doesn't seem to hatmonic with tlieicntiiigofoueortheli buildings Tor-saloon Tor-saloon use, and she lias been subjected to much unkind criticism and no little wonisome Inquirj. In Justice to herself and to the people who aie necessarily laboring under a false Im-piesslon, Im-piesslon, It has been deemed advisable advisa-ble to pi hit the following statement of facts. Mis. Hendilckson has this tosav: On Octobei 20. l'.KKt, .while Mi. Hcndilekscn was on a mission In Kuiope, 1 iccelved the following note by mail from Jos. A Smith: "I would like to lent join piopeity known as the I'nlon lllock, formerly occupied by the Fhst National Rank, embracing store loom, cellar, etc. I nuclei stand the pi Ice to be f(i pc.r month which" I ;nn willing to' pay. The business I want it foi is dings, medicines, llquois, etc." (Signed) Jos. A. Smith. 1 leplied that he mlghl have Hie place, and on the 21th of Oct. mv agent and Mi. Smith made out the lease for a term of three jeais, "for the purpose of selling drugs, medicines, medi-cines, wines, Illinois and other goods carried in stock witli that kind of business, and permission Is given to conduct a ictail bar in Hie ie:n of the piemlses." I objected seilously to the liquor clause, but I was told that every drug store In Hie cltj sold Illinois al wholesale, whole-sale, and at letall on peiscilptlou, that no one could object loading stole handling llquois. Receiving the positive assurance, that liipiois would only be handled theie the same as hi all othei Logan ding stoics 1 could laisc no fmthur objections: nor at any time had the idea come to me that the place was wanted for any othei pin pose, than a drug store. The local papers had also about this Mine, made mention that Jos. A. Smith was about to open up an up-to-date diugstoie on Main St. 1 was unsuspecting or anj underhanded work. Mv husband was olleied 7Ii pel mouth beloie leaving ror Kuiope, by two dilletent saloon men, but simply stated It was not foi lent for thai kind or business. The tent was paid in advance, and I gave no fin Ihcr thought to the matte). mat-te). Sometime aftei this wind came to me that a paililion had been put hi a little over half the distance fiom the front to the leai.a few hundred dollais wot Mi of patent medicines placed In the Mont pan, and that one Mi. Huist had moved his saloon fiom the Rlauchaid hotel into the lear paitof the loom, under thenameof the Logan Mercantile Co (Incorporated.) (Incorpor-ated.) I at once sent for Mi. Smith, who came about two weeks later, and 1 explained mj thoughts to him In plain Kuglish: lie stated he had taken this means of obtaining the place fo Mi. Huist for a consideration. I then sent loi Mr. Huist, who stated lie wanted the building and knew of no other way to obtain It, was glad to get Mi. Smith's services, and left the responsibility with him as to how he obtained the lease. Said he had paid Mr. Smith 100 ror the job, and was giving him 75 per mouth lent; that he intended to cany siitllclcnt drugs and medicines to comply with the lease, but would canv liquors in the rear Accordingly Mi. Smith received Hon for obtaining the lease In the way 'H he did, and transfened it over and ! above what we leeeived as a drug H sloie. j All told, he has received uu to date ''I t2:w, and continues to recelvo 10 per mouth ror that mess of pottage. i 'I I called on At ty W. W. Maiighan, W to ascertain If I could not compel ' 'I then to operate a drug store as the ; I lease piovldes, or vacate, but I was ',M Informed 1 would fall in the attempt. 'M This explanation Is otTored to the ! fl public, that the responsibility may ( fl rest where it belongs, ;H M.vitv L. IIknihukso.n. tl J |