Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-20
All Over the state.

was 30 years Of age.
The Southern Illinois Teachers Assoc
citation closed its session of three days
with an enrolment of over 300 visiting
delegates.
David organs of Little York asks the
Cambridge (Alass.) police to find his
brother. lie states that he has not seen
hts relative for iifty-eight years.
The supervisors of Mcllenry county
have offered reward Of $1,000 for the
arrest and conviction of the murderer of
Deputy Game Warden Earle Eldredge.
who was found dead in the woods near
Richmond Feb. 20.
In III Paso Judge Patton gave George
Crumlcy a life sentence in the State pen.
itcntiary at hard labor. Crumlcy had
pleaded guilty of the murder of James
Gibbons near there last fall. lie Is to
his first week ut Joliet and on the 18th
Of leach August thereafter, that being
the anniversary Of his crime.
Mrs. George Wood publicly horsewhip.
ped Joseph Allen In Lamoillc on account
of his telling scandal ous stories about her
and one Of the local ministers. The
whipping was done at the Burlington
depot while the train was standing there.
Mr.. Allen II street commissioner Of the
town. Mrs. Wood Ii singer and has
travelled for several years with ladies'
| quartet.
Capt. Willard McCawlcy was shot and
killed at Brookport. McCawley had been
OF on trip. and. coming home. had trou.
bic with his wife. gave her whipping
and threatened to kill Daily Crouch, his
stcpson. lie went to Crouch's house and
broke In the door, when he was shot to
death. McCawlcy was for years pilot on
the steamer COwling and prominent
river man.
hay NARROW. q. was shot and instantly
killed by his 1l-ycar.old brother, Cleve.
while the boys were engaged In target
practice. near Mt. Vernon. Clevc wns
shooting ut n mark and just A. he pulled
the trigger Ray stepped IN range Of the
gun. which was discharged. the boy re-
ceiving the charge In his throat. A T.
ycar.old son Of Rollic Wells was also In.
jurcd by stray shot Of the discharge.
After having travelled 1900 miles to
sec her dying father. William Sage, Mrs.
Helen Browning Of the State Of WASH
ington has been denied admission to the
old homestead In Waukcgnn by her moth.
or. The mother refuses TO forgive her
daughter for having married against her
wishes. Mrs. Browning has consulted an
attorney and will attempt to compel her
mother to admit her to the side Of her
dying father. Mr.. Sage went to a funeral
last year and his horse ran away. lie
was paralyzed by the accident.
Now that Winnctka has worn the edge
of its famous problem. "a library or u
gas plant" It's residents have found a
new diversion In trying to figure out
whether John Busscher ought to pay
taxes on four cats or one. The basis
for the problem has been furnished by
the family cat ut the Busscher home.
On election day she gave birth to four
kittens. but tho quartet were joined to.
gethcr In the fashion popularized by the
siamesc twins. All Of the kittens are
normal In size, but they have pooled their
anatomies, 10 that they have formed u
veritablc cat octopus, with sixteen legs,
eight eyes. and thirty-six lives. Mrs.
Busscler hopes that when the voices de-
velop they will prove to be soprano, con-
tralto, tenor and bass.
Gen. Horace =. Clark died In NATION
after an illness extending over a period
of eighteen months Of stomach trouble.
Gen. Clark was one of the most prominent
figures In Republican politics In that
section. lie was candidate for the Re
publican nomination for Governor In
1892 and again In 1894. In 1900 he was
q candidate on the Republican ticket for
Congress In the old Seventeenth District
and was defeated by Joseph Crowley. liz
was department commander Of the Iii
nols Grand Army of the RepubSc in
1891 and 1902. lie IL survived by II
widow and two sons. Russell A. Clark Of
Chicago and Horace w. Clark of Mat
tOOn, and one daughter. Mrs. G. II. Til.
lOtsOn OF Nation. At the time of his
death no was judge Of the City Court.
Ills hope of freedom destroyed by the
news that the Supreme Court of the
State had denied him a new trial, George
Gill Roberts, sentenced to the peniten,
tiary for the murder Of County Commits
sioner John V. Kopf Of Chicago, fell to
the floor OF his cell In swOon when
no was told of the decision. The news
was brought to him In the Cook county
jail BY Attorney John Tyrrell, who, with
Attorney Kickham Seaman, conducted
his defense. Roberts had applied for q
rehearing, claiming defects In his convic,
ton by the Criminal Court of Cook
county. Nothing but pardon from the
Governor or death can now save him from
the penitentiary. Former political assO
GATES endeavOrcd to reassure him by
promises that they would attempt to oh
, tain his pardon. but the condemned mar
has little hope that they will accomplish
their purpose. Kopf was killed by Rob
elts In a fight ut primary election In
the Thirteenth Ward two years ago. Evi
dence ut the trial showed that Roberts
with others. attempted to seize the ballot
box. In the struggle which followed Kopi
was stabbed by Roberts, according to tn,
testimony on which he was convicted.
Simon Eseman. whose wife and daugh
ter Cora were killed In company Will
Mr.. and Mrs. Kednedy near Blooming
ton six weeks ago because they were In
strumental In prosecuting Thomas Bald
! win for criminal attack upon Cora
filed suit for $4,000 damages against tn,
prisoner.
Richard GoodbOdy, wealthy Lane
J owner Of Waukegan, Is In McAllister hos
pital with both legs cut off below tn,
knees as the result of being mysteriousl,
struck by q switch engine In the North
, western yards. His presence In the yard
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