Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-15
state News In Brief.

Bede's Alumni ASSOCIATION OF OF. DeueS
college of Peru, was held with 100 mem.
bers present.
The Supreme Court met in Springfield
for the June term and elected Judge John
II. Hand of Cambridge Chief Justice for
the ensuing year.
While playing tag in Mount Sterling.
Carrie, the 5-year.old daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Ebbing. stepped on .
loose board which flew up. striking her on
the forehead. a nail penetrated her
skull. causing death.
Grace Dillon. an 1S-year-old Cham
paign high school student, was electro.
cuted by standing on register and touch
ing an incandescent lamp. She was killed
instantly. An investigation of the wiring
will be made by experts.
Dr. Charles T.. Martin of Seward went
violently insane and was taken to SAM
tarum at Rockford for treatment. Over.
work and worry are said to be the cause
of his collapse. lie was formerly an
Illinois State Representative.
At a special election held In Moline
the saloon high license question carried
with njority of $50. The election was
In the nature Of a referendum to instruct
the Council which has considered raising
the license from $500 to $1,000.
e. L. Pritchard, a pioneer resident OF
Aurora. dropped dead Of heart disease
at Ashland. Ohio. while returning from a
business trip to New York. Mr.. Pritch.
ard was the originator Of the 9. l..
Pritchard Company operation bank check
system.
=. G. Gordon. aged -. son Of wealthy
parents at Towanda and q senior at
Illinois Wesleyan university, was found
dead In a corn crib near Piper City. lie
had committed suicide by taking poison.
lie had been calling on young woman at
Piper City.
Rather than face an operation for can.
Ger. which the physicians declared "
be necessary In order to save bis lisA
William Allen, 20 years Of age. a proml-
nent resident Of Crbann. shot hlmssll
through the head at the Skin and Cancer
hospital In st. Louis.
Herbert Spring. a former resident Of
Milwaukee. but Of Frecport for the past
three years. Ii alleged to have murdered
Mrs. Charles Rummelhaden at Rockford
while intoxicated. lie had no motive
whatever for the crime. lie has been
held for trial without ball.
The State board Of education refused
to accept the resignation of It's chairman,
u. \. Eastman Of Decatur, and he was
reelected. The salary Of President la.
vid Felmlcy of the State Normal univer-
si,y was increased 20 $4,000. and slight
changes were made In the faculty.
Helen Dixon of bloomington will not
10 to the penitentiary. She was taken
into court just before adjournment and,
after n discussion of her case. States
Attorney W. Il. Bach requested the court
TO set aside the previous sentence to the
pcnitcn,inry for embczzlcmcnt Of the Sec.
ond Christian church organ funds.
The Virgins Perry Company and East
St. Louis Connecting Railroad Company
and the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Railroad Company each pleaded guilty In
the United States Circuit Court In
Springfield to two charges Of violating
the interstate commerce law by having
defective couplings on ears. ana were
each fined 500 and costs ON each count.
On a charge of conspiracy to restrain
trade. \. u. Vinegar, u bridge contrac.
tor of Madison, Wis, was found guilty
and fined In Freeport on three counts In
sums Of 500. 800 and $40. With him
In the combine were William II. Shines
and Homer Shines of Belyidere. The
first named was fined $1,000 on each Of
four counts on similar charge. Homer
Shins was convicted on three counts and
paid 5000 In the aggregate.
II Henry Bunch wishes to make up
with his wife and family he must follow
the instructions laid out by his father
in.law. John Holmes, according to the
courts decision. Bunch must attend
church every Sunday, work In first
class barber shop, that being his trade,
and must have a recommendation from
the minister that he Is trying to be a
man. Bunch was fined $500 and costs
by Judge Springstrun In Pana. and he
was released under the above conditions.
His wife commenced suit for divorce,
but proceedings have been stopped duss
ing Bunchs parole.
Attorney General Stead, in an opinion
received the other day, expresses the view
that the Western United Gas and Electric
Company, a combination formed in 1908
to take over the gas plants of Joliet. Au-
rora and number of other cities in
northern Illinois, is a combination in vio-
lation of trust laws of Illinois. In ac-
cordance with this advice and under in
structions of the Joliet city council,
States Attorney lleise Is preparing to
bring suit TO have the corporation dis
solved. The Attorney General holds that
the law of 1897 permits the consolida ion
of gas companies within one city only,
and not those of different cities. The
Western United Gas Company is capital
lied at S6,50O,0OO, with n bond Issue OF
like amount. Col. Copely of Aurora Is
the head of the concern. lie says the
best lawyers in the State have passed
upon the consolidation and that the
courts will hold that 1t is legal.
Louis Hurt aged ~ years, was caught
by a heavy fall of coal while undermin-
ing at Penwell coal mine in Pana, and
instantly killed. lie leaves a widow and
five children.
Thomas Williams of Patton. while on
the Indiana side of the Wabash river, was
dragged from his buggy, beaten into in
sensibility and robbed of $75. 1t is fear
ed he will die.
In fire which destroyed the office of
the Farmers Elevator Company at Fair
land. Frank II. Wright, manager of the
elevator, was burned to death. His home
was in Arthur. The cause Of the Gre y
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