Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-08
ALL OF THE LATE NEWS FROM YOUR OLD HOME STATE
ILLINOIS

SPRINGFIELD, Nov. 7.--Judge Garter
of the Illinois supreme court issued
writ of supersedeas today permitting IN
appeal in the case of Herman BillilS, who
was under sentence to be hanged in Chi
cago tomorrow for murder.
Governor Deneen appointed the follow
ing delegates to the International con-
gress on tuberculosis, which will be held
in October, 1908, at Washington: DR.. j. A.
Egan Of Springfield. secretary of the
state board of health; DR.. w. L. Baum
of Chicago. president of the Illinois State
Medical society; DR.. A. e. Smith of Free
port, president of the Illinois Homeopa-
thic Medical association, and DR.. G. II.
Merritt of Alton, president of the Illinois
State Eclectic Medical association.
ROCK ISLAND, ILL.,, Nov. 7.--Modern
Woodmen officials state that the society
will not lose through the operations OF
Cashier Frank Crocker of the Charlton,
Iowa, First National bank, who commit
ted suicide. He was formerly head bank
er of the society and his bank held
$3.50, 900 of the Woodmen's funds, which
was secured by bonds of s1,20o,0Oo.
PANA-Ernest Sanders was found
guilty of the murder of John Lundak In
serve twenty-five years in the peniten-
tiary. Sanders killed Lundak with bill
liard cue in November, 1906.
ELGIN-During the absence Of the
night operator, Jay Voltz. robbers broke
open the cash drawer at the Chicago.
Milwaukee & st. Paul depot here. took
$17O in cash and an $50 check and escaped.
STERLING-Lugo Bondi and wife,
Italians, were adjudged guilty Of man
slaughter for killing Mrs. Isadore Gen.
netti. The killing took place July 10.
Bondi was given penitentiary term OF
twenty years. His wife got fourteen
AURORA-Dr. T. j. Allen, the peanut
advocate" though feeling well on his
| fifteenth day of "goobers," has been
driven into another fast by the haunting
fear of scurvy. A pimple on his right
ear has caused the professor so much
enxiety that he resolved to eat nothing
for two days. He has invented new
word-"monodiet"- fit those who sub
sist on one article of food only.
CHICAGO-The picture post card craze
reunited family which had been sepa-
rated for two years when Louis F. Nom
mast received an illuminated card from
his son Henry. "a years old, who disap-
peared from home two years ago.
| The post card was written from San
Francisco and simply said that the writer
was we'll and prosperous The father had
offered $4OO reward for a trace of the
boy.
STERLING-Lugo Bondi and his wife
were found guilty of numbering Mrs. Isa-
dore Gonefti. Bondi was given peni-
tentiary term of twenty years; his wife
got fourteen years.
PEoRIA-Frank w. Brooks, receiver
| for G. ". Chandler of Macomb, filed his
report showing assets of S409,317 and
| liabilities of $24S, S,7452S All creditors OF
| the two Chandler banks, one at Macomb
and the other at Colchester. will be paid
| in full.
| MARION-Peter Belford, "a years old,
| CT Metropolis. ILL.,, was struck by Mis-
| souri, Pacific train here and died. He
was captain of company #, Twenty-ninth
Illinois infantry, during the" Civil war
| KEWANEE-The Western Tube COM
pany, which employs 1000 men here. an
nounced that it will give $4,000 to the
Y. M. C. A. Thomas P. Pierce also
announced that he will give $1,000 for an
art collection for the public library.
| HOChf dHu MI o. IL -. 4-Ae@A-
| tin celebrated the fifty-eighth annl' sr-
sary of their wedding They were mar
ried in Mt. Morris and have since lived
| in northern Illinois.
STERLING-Maurice D. John, editor
and proprietor of the Sterling Evening
Gazette, was married to Miss Minnie
Tabbert of Racine, Wis.
CAIRO-Cairo banks organized a clear
ing house with Charles Feucher, Jr., as
manager and will begin the issuance of
clearing house certificates.