Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-07-27
state News i'm Brief.

nus from small knife wound received
In Chicago July !.
Edward Bcrgan. aged %. fell from
boat while fishing in the Illinois river
at Peoria and was drowned
While fishing in tho Big Muddy river
at ilcrrin. Rockey Promo. aged ~ years,
fell out OF his boat and was drowned
Walter Humphrey and wife celebrated
their golden wedding at Moweaqua They
were married in Jacksonville, ILL.,. in 1851.
In Clinton Thornton Davis. 10 years
old, died from tctanus following Fourth
of July accident in which his hand was
burned.
| John Faulkner. aged 13 years. died In
Granite City as the result of a toy pis-
tol shot in the left hand on the Fourth
of July.
Mrs. George Rgdon of Knoxville found
| in cattle watering tank the body of
her little hoy. 1t is thought he acct.
dentally fell in.
Ilcrschel Poor. a young man living In
Jerscyville. died from the effects of lock-
jaw following a wound sustained while
celebrating the Fourth.
| 4 large pS,rl weighing forty.six grains
was found by Marshall Franks In the
Wabash river at Mamie. 1t was sold
for $3.50 and Is the first found there this
season.
Otto Ilartwig. IL years old. was drown.
cd In the swimming hole at q brickyard
near Springfield. The boy was unable to
swim and fell from a plank into twenty
| five feet of water.
William 4. Sundays cvangclistic meet.
ings in Gibson City have closed with
1,lOO conversions to his credit. The citi-
Gems presented Sunday with S3,G22 as an
appreciation Of his work.
Fred Weir, working for former Super
visor Brown Bray of Hawthorne town.
ship, was killed by lightning A valua.
bic team, belonging to Mr. Bray, which
young Weir was driving. also was killed.
| Wednesday was annual free fish day
In bloomington, the public being permit
ted once year to fish In the forty-acre
lake at Miller park. Five thousand per-
sons took advantage Of the occa sion aud
enjoyed the sport.
Judge Hiram Bgelow, for many years
on the bench In the Fourteenth judicial
circuit and for six years a Judge of the
Appellate Court, with headquarters ut
Mount Vernon. died In Kewanec. lie
was 10 years old.
| Declaring that he was tired Of being
kept prisoner In the Carmi city Gala
boOse, Charles Carroll. u vagrant, who
was arrested several days ago on a charge
Of drunkenness, asked permission of the
chief of police to be allowed to attend
church. lie was granted the unique re-
quest. and worshipcd at the Methodist
church. When the services were over he
returned to his cell.
A conference between Grand Master
John J. Hannahan and the vice grand
masters and grand lodge officers OF the
brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen was held In Peoria. Grand
Master Hannahan says that the matters
under discussion were merely routine.
Those who were present were Vice Grand
Masters c. A. Wilson, Timothy Shea, T..
A. Ball, A. r. Kelly and Asa Dillon.
A runaway horse, dragging the shafts
Of a buggy, Jumped over an open car.
riage containing W. II. Torticil without
injuring him. The remarkable incident
was witnessed by large crowd In the
business district of Kcwanee. The lines
were pulled from Mr.. Torticil's hands by
the dragging shafts, but otherwise moth
ing showed what had occurred, as the
running horse continued on his course.
The Rev. Warren GOif, member of the
Chicago Presbytery and pastor of the
Presbyterian church NJ MantenO, and DR..
NJ. Z. Brasler, a physician, engaged in
fist fight In the postoflice ut Manten0.
The combat was the elimination Of bitter
feeling which had existed between the
two since the doctor was dropped from
the church membership roll a short time
ago, after he had been mixed up in a
scandal.
Because she saw her husband, Charles
Williams, walking down the street with
another woman, Lulu Williams brought
suit in the Circuit Court In Cairo for a
divorce. but her plea was denied by
Judge Butler, who held that merely walk
ing with some woman other than ones
wife was not just cause for legal sep
aration. Since the court has held that
Charles was doing the proper thing after
all, friends of the couple say it will
probably result in reconciliation.
Relatives of three missing Cairo men
went to Brewster lake, n few miles be-
low there in Missouri, to see whether n
body found in the river there is that of
one OF those who disappeared. The de-
scription received tallies TO some extent
with each of those sought, The missing
men are Herman Mackncals, secretary of
the Cairo Cigarmakers' Union Otis Free
man and Henry Seabers, a carpenter.
Mackncal's father was murdered recent
ly, and it Is feared his mind has been
affected. The Brewster lake authorities
report that the man discovered there evil
IDENTIFY committed suicide.
Making clean sweep Of every ward
in the city, Roy r. Reecc, Republican,
was chosen Mayor of Springfield by n
majority of 1,74l at the special election
TO fill the vacancy caused by the drown
ing of the late David s. Grifliths. Mr.
Grinths had been in Office less than two
months at the time of the tragedy, SO
that his successor will have practically
q full term to serve. Reece was opposed
by John II. McCreery, Democratic AL
derman and hotel proprietor. Democrats
ascribs the landslide largely to sympathy
for the dead Mayor and his policies.
which would have been hindered by the
election OF Democrat.