Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-03
ILLINOIS

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Dec. 1.-The coro-
ner's jury which held the inquest over
the remains of Reid Rice. who was killed
by being crushed between two interur-
ban cars. returned a verdict generating
the Mckinney syndicate.
Il. 3. Hall has been appointed school
trustee of Mechanicsburg township. sue
ceeding w. r. Constant, a shortage in
whose accounts of $4,000 is alleged.
Another chapter was closed in the long
fight by the Court of Honor against
Frank E. Dooling when the United States
Fidelity and Guarantee company of Bal
timore paid to the local Court of Honor
the sum of s3S0O
The petition signed by 1000 voters ask
ing that the law relative to the closing
of saloons on Sunday be enforced was.
brought before the city council at the
regular meeting.
VIRGINIA-Mrs. Howard Campbell en-
tertained party at a linen shower in
honor Of Miss Frances Chttick, whose
marriage to Harry Conover is a society
event scheduled for early in December.
unique dinner and whist party was
given, the preliminary games and dinner
courses being enjoyed with Mrs. L. L.
McCauley, the company proceeding to
the house of Circuit Clerk A. +. Sell
schott, where the festivities were con-
cluded Prizes were awarded to Miss
Beatrice Mains of this city and Mrs. l..
j Baujan of Beardstown. Other out-of-
town guests were Mrs L. b. Payne of
Peoria and Misses Isabel McKinnell and
Helen Gibbs of Beardstown.
The body of Allan Huested, who died
at the Passavant hospital in Jacksonville,
was brought to this city,
QUINCY-Mrs. George McMein and
daughter are home from Arizona.
Peter III. Meyer is visiting his daugh-
ter, the wife of Prof. w. f. Geiger, In
Seattle, Wash.
Mr.. and Mrs Herman Webring cele-
brated the fifteenth anniversary of their
marriage.
Esther May Coulson. the 3-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William Coul-
son of Melrose township, set fire to her
clothing while playing with burning pa
per and died from I.er injuries.
w. p. Young will make his future home
in California.
PEORIA. ILL.,, Dec. Mrs. Barbara
Anderson, a recluse aged 60 years, who
lived in a cabin boat in a lonely spot
on the Illinois river near this city, was
found dead. Her body was lying on .hc
floor and twelve dogs were devouring it.
1t is thought that she had been dead for
four or five days
ARCOLA-Rev w. H. Steadman Of
Champaign has accepted a call to the
pastorate of the Arcola Baptist church
The local Baptists have purchased site
and are preparing to erect fine new
church.
IIAVANA--William r. Bates, aged 20
baggage master of the Illinois Central,
and Miss Fora ". Peters, 49, former
school teacher, were married by Rev. l..
o. Lehaman.
FREEPORT-Episcop ministers of
Illinois are planning new step in the
anti-divorce movement The northern
deanery of the Chicago diocese decided
to ask the Legislature for a law requiring
that every marriage license show wheth-
er either of the parties has been divorced
and, If SO, for what cause. This will
enable pastors who have scruples against
marrying divorced persons to avoid doing
so ignorantly.
JERSEYVIL LE-Rev. Galloway Nash,
Rev ]. II. Jones and Judge o. B. Ham
ilton are attending the State Anti-Saloon
league convention at East st. Louis.
Patrick w. Burns has bought the Ed
Slattery residence in the southeast par
of Jerseyville for $780,
II. l.. Easily of Newbern Ill.,, is can
vassing among the farmers in the vicinity
of Jerseyville for a milk station Mr..
Easily states that if he can secure pledges
from farmers to deliver thirty cans OF
milk per day he will establish a milk
depot here ~
Misses Arzina and Sarah Keith depart
ed for Denver, Colo, where they will
spend the winter
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