Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-16
State News In BRIEF.

committed suicide by drinking carbelic
acid because his wife had left him.
In a dispute over a woman at Fort
Washington, Md. Private William 8.
Wircbager shot and instantly killed Pri-
vate Frederick Gosney. Gosney enlisted
from Ottawa, III.
Charles G. Lewis, q well.known news.
paper man publishing the Normal Advo.
cate and Bloomington Trades Review,
was struck by train at Bloomington
and fatally injured.
John Jones, 40 years old, was killed
while ut work in the Illinois Steel Com.
pany's plant at Thirty.sccond street and
Ashland avenue. Chicago. when he fell
into an elevator shaft from the fourth
floor.
Accidentally falling into bin contain.
ing several hundred bushels of flaxseed ut
the American Linsecd Company plant,
10th street and Terrence avenue. Chi.
cago. Michael whalen, % years old, was
smothcrcd TO death.
Major II. r. Burroughs. a veteran Of
the Civil War and member Of the iii.
nois Legislature twelve years ago, was
killed at night BY being kicked In the
head by a colt. The accident happened
In Major Burroughs barn near Elkville.
Discovery was made ut Peoria that
twenty.four men had been serving on the
grand jury which has been engaged for
three weeks In investigating graft charges
when only twcnty.threc are allowed by
law. This will make 1t necessary to 50
NIL over the work again.
Shields Blaine. Mayor Of Champaign.
was caught In Thursdays quarantine net
on account Of n servant In his home de.
vcloping symptoms of disease. Three
new cases were reported. bringing tho
total In the twin cities up to fifteen.
Three public schools In Champaign arc
closed.
A series of conference In bloomington
between officials Of the Chicago and Alton
and boiler makers employed by the road
ended with an utimatum that demand
Of cents an hour increase In pay could
not be allowed. The company gave tho
men a voluntary increase Of 2 cents per
hour on Jan. I. All other departments
were satisfied with the increase.
The business and professional men Of
Mount Vernon held meeting to take
steps to prevent the bill for the removal
VI touEt iEoiI tuut WY W
Fast st. Louis being passed ut the pres.
ent session Of the Legislature. \ commit
tee composed Of five citizens was appoint.
cd to confer with Representative Blair
rs to what steps should be taken to have
the bill killed.
The newly Incorporated village Of Fox
Lake held Its first election Thursday. Tho
citizens ticket was victorious. Harry
Dunncll was elected Clerk. Six Alder.
men were named. as follows John Brown,
Conference Marble. Otto Muchrckc, Col
Ian Ostrander. ID. q. Scott and George NJ.
Maypolc, son OF Alderman Maypolc Of
Chicago. The Mayor will be chosen by
the Aldermen from their number.
The advocates of ll.foot channel for
the Mississippi river from Chicago to tho
gulf met defeat In Washington when the
House, considering the river and harbor
appropriation bill In committee Of the
whole, voted to stand by the recommend.
alton of the committee In opposition to
the project. Although there was much
,pecchmaking by the friends of the meas.
ure, they secured only 43 votes for tho
amendment rs against 1+5 against 1t.
Willie Brigham. ~, son of State Mine
Inspector Il. V. brigham of Ziegler, who
ran away from home because his father
vas going TO spank him, was found at the
relay depot In East st. Louis. hungry.
cold and homesick. When he left home
no took oil his savings. which were In
toy bank, but the funds soon became ex.
hausted. He says running away from
home IL not the picnic he had been led to
believe II was, but he avoided the spank
ng.
Six business firms suffered loss Of
$4,000 by fire In the village Of Leland.
The bucket brigade formed to fight the
iames were handicapped by lack of sufh-
cient water. there being but one pump
available. The fire was discovered about
o'clock by V. Kinney, the rural mail
arrier. Three farmers-R. jacobson, II.
Pierce and L. Conneily--whO assisted the
bucket volunteers, received painful burns
on their hands aud faces. Aid was ask
I'd from Aurora, but before the engine
started word was received that the fire
was under control,
| Fon Lcbbettcr, 10 years old, was mr..
rested In Sturgis, Mich, on charge of alb
duction. The boy had eloped with Fran.
res Burris, n pretty little l1-year-old.
| Ilp parents OF lht couple, WelltO-uO
farmers of Rossvlle, where the couple
came from, objected to their marriage on
account of their youth. The couple tried
to get a license to wed In four different
States. but were refused, Though they
claimed to be of age, appearances were
against them. They arrived In Sturgis
about four weeks ago, stopping awhile
at the Star hotel, where they were arrest
ed from descriptions sent out from Dan
Vile. The couple had spent over $500
and were stranded, unable to get a IL
censc. The girl refused to return home
when her boy lover was taken to Jail.
The father of the girl took them both
home.
John Rastmus, 80 years old, was
| hurled to death on a shafting of ma
| chine In the boiler room of the Calumet
Grain Elevator Company, l02d street and
the Calumet river, Chicago.
Solomon Engle, aged 33, farmer Of
near Meadows, while driving across the
tracks with his family was struck by
Toledo, Peoria and Western train. Engle
died from injuries, but the others escaped.
Brooks Friese, 12-year-old Alto Pass
school boy, broke through the leo ON
deep pond while going home from school
and was rescued from drowning by the :.
principal Of the school, Prof. e. @. Fer.