Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-04
NEWS FROM ILLINOIS.
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.


died IN Sterling Of measles.
The public schools Of Seatonville have
been closed on account of scarlet fever.
Wright Cog,lall of Havana was drown
cd at Spring Lake. lie lived on cabin
boat.
James Evans of Chandlcrville fell un.
der a train on the Chicago. Peoria and
st. Louis road and was. killed instantly.
Miss Mae Tolson. u department store
cashier. left Nowcaqua the other day for
Chicago. to wed W. 4. Durham Of that
city.
Joseph Smallcy. blind and III, was
killed in fall from a thrdstory window
in Chicago. witnesses declaring his wife
pushed him from the sill.
John Dcvansconcellos. who was to have
been married the other night 10 an Au.
rora young woman. shot himself an hour
before the time fixed for the ceremony.
\ shortage of S2.I2i was discovered in
the Office of Chief Clerk Galpin of the
Municipal Court In Chicago. covered
by unsigned memo" notes and IL. O.
Us"
Fire In Ilcaly Music Company's store
OH Wabash avenue. Chicago. imperille'l
many lives. overcame iiremen. menaced
Auditorium district and resulted In $780,.
600 loss.
William Bricc. engineer of passen.
ger train ON the Chicago and Northwest
ern railway. was killed in collision with
a freight train at Nelson. Miles Frccr.
fireman. was severely scaldcd.
Owing to the big ice crop in the north
States. 1t Is said that ice will be cheaper
In Chicago tins summer than for several
years. IL Is stated that reductions will
amount to from 10 to 10 per cent.
With u live fish still struggling on his
line. the pole sraspcd in his stiilcncd fin
gers. George Powell. nm aged fisherman.
was found dead in the river near Kanka-
kcc. Excitement over the catch il sup
posed to have caused his death from heart
| trouble.
Charles Dicks. farmer. who lived near
Shaw station. was found dead in bed Mt
the home OF ncghbor. Earl Clink. Mr..
Dicks was on his way home when his
buggy ran into a telephone pole and no
decided to remain all night nj the home
of Mr.. Clink.
An electric railroad from Tcrrc IIautc.
Ind. TO Quincy and 81. Louis. Mo-. was
licensed to incorporate by the Secretary
of State In Springfield The road Is the.
~. Louis. Tcrrc llautc and Quincy Trac-
tion Company. principal office In Spring
field. capital stock S2j.OOO.
After being our twcnty-scvcn hours.
the greater part of which time they stood
eleven to one for the death penalty. jur-
ors In the case of Charles Hanson MUIR
derer Of Policeman Luke Fitzpatrick In
Chicago. returned u verdict sentencing
the defendant to life imprisonment.
Mayor Bussc of Chicago visited Adjt.
Gen. Scott In Springfield and arrange
ments were started for the celebration OF
a Chicago day" on Oct. y at the James
town exposition, II Is proposed TO havo
Gov. Dcnccn and his staf aud Mayor
Busse with II party of Chicagonns pres
cni.
Prof. J. G. Blair of the University OF
Illinois Is Of the opinion that half tho
fruit crop In the southern part of the
State has been killed. as n result of the
cold weather. Prof. Blair says that he
can make no prediction about the crop
IN the north part of the State. The ex-
pert is pretty sure, however. that there
has been terrible damage in the southern
piTt VI bI'ih'iS'
The famous hat check suits by +. T..
Gwinn. 7. +. Gwinn and Nellie
Gwinn of Baltimore against the Chi
cago and Alton railroad were dis
missed by the plaintiffs IN Bloom
ington, the road making Il settlement said
to be $500 in each case, The plaintiffs
were elected from II train because they
failed to retain hat checks alleged TO
have been given them by the conductor.
Dayton Osborne has been held in the
county Jail in La Sale ON charge OF
stealing skunk skins, but the situation
was complicated by the appearance of
Ida Mae Peters. who said that in spite
of the allegation she wanted to Marry
him. The sheriff told her that he could
not act. so she brought minister, and
the ceremony was performed within tho
prisoners cage. The prisoner seems quite
happy.
Earl Dalcs, aged II years and a stu.
dent at Browns Business College In Rock.
ford, fell dead while playing at ball ON
the fair grounds park. lie and a num-
Der of comrades had been practicing and
the play was at an end. and as the
boys started for their homes Dales fell
to the ground and before medical aid
could come to him he had passed away.
Heart trouble and overexerton was
given as the cause of death.
The whereabouts of l.. II. Strauhun OF
Murphysboro, secretary'trcasurer of the
district miners organization who mys-
teriously disappeared Saturday mornin,
at Cairo. are unknown. The theory frsc
advanced that Stratum had been muir.
dered Is now regarded as groundless, as
facts in the case come To light Ii has
developed that Strauhun drew Sl,5OO of
miners union funds Friday before leaving
for Cairo and also that while in the city
he participated in gambling game in
which he is said to have lost heavily.
II. II. Ostcrhage, proprietor of the Ar.
lingtOn Hotel of Monmouth, was taken
to Vincennes, Ind, to answer to tho
charge of forging notes aggregating ST.
200. lie also is charged with n $1,000
shortage in his accounts as manager of
the Citizens Cold Storage plant Of Vim.
cennes.
Taken secretly from the Cook county
Jail In closed carriage to avoid public
gaze and the cameras of newspaper men,
George Gill Roberts, convicted of the
murder of County Commissioner John
Kopf In ward club election riot in Chi.
cago, was put aboard train for Joliet