Drive Resorts from Kankakee

Billy Sunday's Revival Wakens Up The People There TO BEGIN THE CRUSADE The Notorious Resorts That Have Existed There For Many Years Will Be Banished at last From All Appearances Other Cities Watch the Fight Eastern Will County Interested. One of the results of the Sundav revival services in Kankakee Is an active crusade started against t lie institutions of vice which nave flourished in that city for many years and have become regarded as fixed institutions by many. The battle will he watched with great Intel est by other cities. Joliet has not permitted the illegal houses of shame to become fixtures in this city but many cities of Illinois have done so and the result in those places has been that the people have giad ually come to look upon such a condition as inevitable. The Sunday revival services are counted on to arouse and awaken pub. lie sentiment to a point where it will demand the enforcement of the laws The Ministerial Alliance of Kankakee met Tuesday and decided upon a campaign to close the gambling and bawdy houses and to shut up the Sunday theatres there. A special committee was appointed to investigate the best method for closing the Bijou theatre. The first attempt to close this theatre was defeated. A jury declared that the theatre which operates with moving pictures had a right to run The Kankakee Democrat in commenting on the situation said: "The ministers have high hopes for Kankakee and hae launched In a crusade if, ending successfully, will nail the lid over the town so tight that wings will sprout among the pop-ulus. "No gambling, no Sunday theaters, no houses of ill fame. These three things are going to command the attention of the Alliance for some time to come. Gambling houses, tf there be any In the city, must close. The theatre must close, N6J1 Clark must SIDE LIGHTS ON BILLY SUNDAYS BIG REVIVAL IN KANKAKEE How Fred Seibert Who Was in Joliet With Williams Had an Exciting Experience. One of the interesting characters in the Sunday revival services which are now on at Kankakee, is Fred Seibert. Those v ho attended the Williams re-vivlas which were held in Joliet, in the tabernacle that stood where t lie high school now is, will remember the little fellow called Fred, who had charge of the hymn books and literature in those meetings. He was extremely popular with ev-tiyone, and a most active worker He is now with Billy Sunday, and the Kankakee Gacttc in giving some Sidelights on the Big Revival" tells the following incident, that indicates that Fred lias grown some: "Fred Seibert, Mr. Sunday's allround man at tho tabornai le, had an experience this morning that shows tiie man who travels with an evangelist has as many trials as any other man of t lie world. "While at the breakfast table tins morning Mr. Seibert had a conversation vvitli a lady who Is taking no als at the same boat ding house. Very natuiallv, the subject for discussion was icligion, and, the story goes, the leave town, taking with iter, the inmates ot tlie West avenue r sort "The Alliance was thoroughly stirred and cnthusiistic Tliec fi It strong and no work seemed too great foi their undertaking and final aicoin-plishmc nt. "We have the suppoit of tlie bus iness men of the town, said a mem-j lario.-i s have lcld good crops ail her of the Alliance, this morning 'around tills season, ami are getting Several men piominent in the eitv.jfairlv good pi less for the same, have offered to contribute towaids a. Wheat m (51 cents a buhe. bar'ey 36 fund to be use 1 In prosecution Wei cents, coin Jv and 30 eenls and oats ate going to c leun up tlie it v : 27 cents Thcie is not as many cattle "Chief Jackson was confronted with j on feed here this cui as usual, but the news tills afternoon An inter- the fanners are feeding lots of luep. view was expected, but Die Chief One man lias 12,060 ami another 5,- throw back his head and heaved a j U00. mighty sigh. Years ago upon la mg I We thnk hay is quite high here. At appointed Chief of Police, Jac kson j prose nt, it is from to $6 a ton. We had the same ideas. He tried. His had quite a flood here last fall, and efforts were persistent and unrelenting 1 it spoiled a good mam stacks, for the The effect was on sight. With years i Logan bottom is nothing but hay fop, of experience, ne decided that a regu-fiO miles around lation of the vices was the best. j Potatoes are plenty here They are will and can wortli 25 cents in trade at the stores. We hace had very fine weather here tills fall and winter There has been some pielty cold nights, but in tlie day time it is quite warm. The Ice on the Logan is from 8 to 12 Inch-Renewing his subscription to the cs thck They are going to start to. JoltetNews, Henry E. Peterson, a put up Ice today. former resident of this community, j HENRY E. PETERSON. now living at Lyons, Neb , gives the result of his experiences and observations, as follows: lady remarked she had been a member of a certain church at one time. Ah, a backslider, said Mr. Seibert, in his most honeved tones. Apparently the incident ended there, but not so, in fact. The lady's son, who was sitting at the table, took offense at what he considered an insult to his mother, and went straightway after a horsewhip, which he brought back with him, and called Mr. Seibert to the door, and Iheie informed him of his mi. ii'ion to apply the lash as a rebuke for I lie fancied insult. "Mr Seibert is a husky specimen of, muscular Christianity, and as he sued up tlie fragile form ot' the young man he i.-marketl, Young man, if you attempt anv thing of that kind you will need a physiologist to put you together' And whether it was tho speukei s manner or his phy-uiue that sudd.-nlv impress. .I the would-be avenger. lie def rr.-d hi- mission and marched clown the hill again like the Biiti.sh troops of t evolutional y period "Mr Seihett had no idea of insulting tile lady . I will drop you a few lines to let vciu know how the country is pros-pciing Imie I. and is getting higher and higher There have been several faints sold here In tlie last few weeks for $166 an at re, but w he n you get out about tell ol fifteen fillies llolll I,y ons. it is Horn $5ij to $75 an acre. The i