Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-23
Items from All Over the State Of
Matters Of Interest to Our
Readers.
Happenings Of the Week from Cairo to
Chicago Carefully Compiled for
Busy Men.
All over the state.

at McI.ain.
George Shaw. captain of Company a,
Scvcnty.ffth Illinois volunteers, died at
prophctstown.
Forty supervisors from Eve counties
after an investigation ~ Sterling failed
10 find that Il bridge trust existed.
Charles Nirdcn. State charity agent,
made an inspection of the Harriet Beech
ct Stowe Institute for colOrcd Children
ut Bloomington.
Walter Casey. n negro politician in
Springfield. was found guilty of uNoricidc
and sentenced to forty years In the pcni-
Tertiary NJ Chester. lie murdered his
wife on March -. 1906.
Congress passed an appropriation OF
S2OO.UOO for improvement and mainte-
nance of the Chicago river. an increase of
SlSO.OOO The total amount In the rivers
and harbors bill is SS3,oOO,OOO.
The Rev. william 4. Sunday. the base
ball evangelist Of Chicago. who Is con.
Quoting u great revival meeting In Kanka-
kee. received an anonymous letter In
which his life was threatened IL he re-
manned any longer in the city.
Jude Gcehart. said to be an escaped
convict from Joliet prison. where he was
serving n tcn.ycar sentence for grand lar
ccny. was arrested In n Los Angeles bak-
cry. where he has been working for four
months under the name of Gus Meyers.
The Chicago and Alton boiler makers
IN Bloomington have refused to nrbiiratc
the strike and the company will now pro-
| coed TO decisive measures. All of the
strikers are now officially out Of the ser
vice and men will be- brought In to take
their places.
Traffic on the Chicago Milwaukee and
st. Paul railroad was blocked at Elgin
the other day because of rcar.cnd col
| liSion of two freight trains on the bridge
nj Fox river switch. The debris caught
| fire and the flames spread to the bridge.
making the disaster n serious one.
County Clerk Brooks of Edgar county
has been notified of the escape from the
Eastern Illinois Hospital for the Insane
ut Kankakcc of Edgar a. Fulton. Charles
Wallace. william Wimsctt. William Ora
per. Frank Smith. u. &. Kirk and Thos.
II. 4. Fuller. all Edgar county patients.
During the funeral OF John Triska.
superintendent of an Edwnrdsvillc mine.
who was killed by fall Of slate, Triska's
widow became violently insane. She
b, okc up the service. and II was necessary
to summon the police. She was sdiudged
insane In the County Court aud ordered
sent To the asylum at Anna.
VIM. Pcrrings. II. and Miss Louisa
Levi. IL. were married by Justice u.
Nathan at Alton. They had To be- accom-
panied by their parents To Edwnrdsvillc
10 obtain license from County Clerk u.
e.. Fcu,z. They previously arranged with
Justice Nathan that he should wait In
his Office until their return from Edwards
willie. which was about D p. m.
One man was killed and four persons
were injured IN u wreck on the Chicago
Great Western railway NJ Pearl city. IL
j. said that two stock trains crashed. One
of tho persons injured Is nm engineer.
Physicians were hurried To ia" scene To
render assistance, Daniel II, koonta of
StOycston. Pa, On the way home with
carload of horses, was the man killed.
Miss Winifrcd Colcman's relatives IN
Springfield were surprised to learn the
other morning that she was married az
Fast st. Louis to Charles lleisel of ~.
: Louis, when they were under the i'm
preston that she went to ~. Louis on u
: shopping tour and to spend u few days
J with girl friends. They have been sweet
hearts for some time, and during her
shopping tour he proposed that they get
married after their MONDAY lunch. She
agreed.
Ezra Rue Of Elgin, member of tho
Kane County Bar Association and one
D of its best known attorneys. has been ar
rested on u charge OF embczzlcmont made
:, by the wealthest woman In the county,
Mrs. Mary rlummcr I.andon. She de
= clnrcd that Rue failed to turn over To
: her Sl,25O mortgage money paid to him
by Willis Hathaway of Hampshire, Mt his
home in Crystal avenue. Mr. Rue has as
:, yet been unable In make u reply To the
,, charge. but his friends promise TO clear
his good name,
by the finding of the body Of Willard
; u, Barr on the banks of the Wabash river
near Nnccnncs, Ind, the mystery of his
y disappearance on Jan. II Is cleared away.
= and search that embraced the whole
: country IL put to an end. Tho finding
of Bars gold watch and ring prccIudrS
foul play, and his brother thinks Barr ac-
ridcnnlly walked into the river M its
high stage while temporarily insane over
his wife deserving him and his three chill
drcn. Barr was II widely known orchard,
V list and horticulturist at lawrcuccyillc.
:, Illinois.
u In Rockford the local police arrested
J. August Ludolph of GAINESVILLE, Wis, who
y was causing considerable disturbance ON
! account of the Thaw trial Iudoph was
u temporarily dcmcntod lie said he was
II en- route to New York, where he said he
l. was to receive S5uO,OuO 10 testify rs an
u expert in rhaw's behalf. lie engaged in
: several disputes and rushed from the din
- Ing room of local hotel after eXhortng
j. in behalf Of the man being tried While
) in the Jail Ludolph promised 100000
; to six men who were in the county Jail
with him,
\ bill increasing the salary of the dis
- tricr attorney at Chicago 10 SI.5OQ and
removing The limit Of $500 placed upon
the salaries of his assistants was passed
by the Senate in Washington.
y The infant son Of Alexander Dale of
a Bonnie was burned TO death. An older
: child set fire to the crib in which the liz,
Il tie one was sleeping, then gave the alarm,
.. but too late TO save the baby.
Il An epidemic of meningitis has appeared
d among the cattle OF Morgan county and
e the district southwest of bloomington
a One farmer has lost fifteen head and 9TH