Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-16
State News In Brief.

Isaac Beam of Chambcrsburg. I'n.. com.
mi,tcd suicide In Sterling by hanging.
Paul Boggcr. aged ~. of Dallas City.
was killed by u fall from an electric
crane.
As the result OF the work of n detective
employed by the Womnn's Christian Tent
perancc Union more than 100 boys aud
men of Sterling have been summoned to
appear before the Carroll county grand
jury and great sensations are expected.
J. V. Powdcrly. n member of the
bloomington city police force, was found
dead In m alley In the rear of the Hills
hotel with bullet through his heart H.
i supposed Powdcrly committed suicide.
rs his revolver, with one cartridge fired.
lay near by.
Miss Jennie Marie Garrett. daughter Of
Arthur &. Garrett OF Quincy, and Ernest
baltimore of dramatic company. playing
IN Bcllcvillc recently, were married IN
Quincy. The bride met baltimore ycYr
ago NJ Il local thcatcr. II was u case of
love NJ first sight,
An effort to secure an appropriation
Of $1,000 for the support of Vinccpt
Ward North. the baby boy born at the
Illinois eastern hospital for the insane
nj Eankakee last year. is being made.
Al the request of relatives IN Urbanu
of Katherine Ward. the mother, Repre-
sentative Schacvcr has introduced such u
bill.
Four hours late and running at hsli
speed. til" msi.bound passenger on the
Toledo. 81. Louis and Western crashed
into u local freight head on in the yards
ut Ncoga. The fremen on both engines
jumped and escaped injury. Engineer
Kennedy on the freight attempted I"
jump. but was caught in the crash aud
perhaps fatally hurt.
Harris Iugg, Il young man of Galatia,
was lodged in Jail In Harrisburg by u
deputy sheriff, charged with cracking the
safes OF the Galatin postotiicr and Wcbber
Lumber Company M that place. Blood
hounds were taken to the scene. ana twice
took trail To Iuggs home. When Xugg
saw the dogs coming he slipped out of the
house and got away, but was caught.
Jacob Young, n deputy sheriff employed
by the Thompson Lake Rod and Gun
Club, was shot while on duty near Lewis
town by William Cobb of Liverpool. one
bullet going through the hcshy part Of
his neck and the other going through his
hand. Young then secured shotgun and
returned the fire. lie shot cObb's right
hand nearly of and ovorpowercd hinf.
Young had arrested Cobb for poachng on
the Thompson lake grounds aud taken
Cobb into his boat 10 carry him before
justice.
Another radical change in the admins
Hon. ..E Uni. n.
filiations was made public the other day
when II was announced by the board of
trustees that the Morgan Park Academy,
after n continuous existence as the sec
ondary institution of the university since
the founding of the Midway school, will
he discontinued IN June. The academy
has been a drag on the university treas
ury and has failed to fulfill the educa-
tiona promise il held out when II was
established by the late President Harper
sixteen years ago.
Prof o. l.. Manchester of the State
Normal university faculty was elected
Mayor on the reform ticket in Normal.
The candidacy of Prof Manchester at
tracted much attention.
The executive committee of the Illinois
Firemcn's Association at Il meeting at Kc-
vance decided on July 10, II and Is MS
dates for the firemen's State tournament
to be held there this year.
In Sterling Mayor John u. Lewis is
sued proclamation forbidding lettering
around plate glass windows. lie has of
fered large reward for the arrest OF
persons who recently mutilated several
thousand dollars worth of windows.