Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-29
State News In Brief.


ington.
Roscoe Strong of Mattoon was drown
ed in the Oakaw river near Shelbyville.
lie was ~ years of age.
While playing with torpedo an ex.
plosion injured frightfully the T-year-old
son of Frank Hoover Of Mt. Carmel.
Miss Elizabeth G. Daubncr Of vii.
mettc was injured in San Francisco when
a street car crashed into a car strikers
bus ut Market and Davis streets.
Harry Coleman. aged ~. was sen.
fenced to the penitcntiary in the Marion
county Circuit Court by Judge Dwight
for being implicated in the Odin bank
robbery Oct. % last.
lrate citizens Of the farming commune
ty east of Sterling who have been waging
war on Sunday ball games have decided
to issue paper called the Palmyra
Scnrchlight. This paper Is to contain the
names Of all Of the persons who attend
the games.
Fire destroyed virtually oil the business
section of Wayne City. including the
post Office. two large furniture stores OF
r. Il. Dickcy and ". NJ. Gillespie. II. u.
Things general store. Alex Wilson's
store. Il. +. Nerritt's general store. and
Edmond's hotel. The buildings burned
constituted the chief business block. Tho
fire Is supposed to have been Of incen.
diary origin. Tie loss Is estimated nc
$4,000.
The annual reunion of the Countryman
family Of northern Illinois was held In
Rockford. nearly 100 members being pres
ent. Among the first members Of tho
family TO come to that part Of the State
were four brothers, who had married four
sisters In llcrkimcr county. New York.
All Of the brothers and their wives were
present. The members of the family are
noted for being total abstainers. anT OF
the men who attended this reunion only
three use tobacco.
In thirty.four indictments, charging
criminal libel. extortion, bribery and con.
spiracy. John Iooney. politician. news.
paper owner and lawyer. was arrested In
Rock Island. With Looncy Is indicted
Charles W. Neal Of Davenport, Iowa, an
Iooncy's agent In making proposals to
the Rock Island Brewing Company to pny
$4,000 to have the Sunday lid" put on
two years ago by Mayor George McCask.
rcn. abolished.
1--WE. the jury. find that Miss Hattie
Briggs and Miss Dorothy Tillotson should
each DO taken from this court room and
well and truly spanked" was the verdict
of q jury which Judge Oasdalc Of Au.
rora set aside as unconstitutional. Miss
Briggs and Miss Tillotson. each about
~. are the daughters OF wealthy parents.
Miss Briggs had been accused Of assault
and battery by her former friend and con-
idantc. Miss Tillotson, whose name had!
been omitted from the. guests ut q party
given by Miss Briggs. The hostess was.
discharged. B
George Bullock and Miss Clara Miller
ended their lives In a suicide pact near
Bcllevillc. The couple were In love. hut
Bullock already had wife living. The
bodies were found clasped together on
the shore Of Triangle lake by boys. In
the forehead Of each was bullet hole and
between them lay revolver. Notes left
near by indicated that they had ended
their lives In turn. Bullock was 30 years
| old and Miss Miller II. Bullock In his
note to his mother asks her 10 tell one
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Joe Waitzmnn. a prosperous young
Russian merchant of Elgin. surprised his
friends by going TO Chicago In search of
a bride, finding Anna Goldman ut
department store. and taking her back to
Elgin rs his iancee. whom he will wed
next Christmas. lie came to Elgin
few years ago almost pennilcss. attended
night school, and started a business. BE.
coming lonely he decided he would find
bride. While walking through the Chi.
cago store. he explained, he saw Miss
Goldman and fell in love. lie immediate.
~ asked her to marry him. Without hes.
itation, he says, the girl dropped her eyes
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rested nv DEPUTY sheriff Croot. chorged
with the murder. Buffmeyer claims nm
alibi. but saws that Hin and Policy we're