Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-27
State News In Brief.

Jesse Moore. a youth Of ID, shot and
killed Charles Fry In Mattoon. In . quar-.
rel.
The town Of Lena had another FIRE the
other day. The town hall. valued at s..
600. was burned. A $4,000 fire occur.
red there few weeks ago.
Il. q. Wigs was killed in runaway
accident near Benton. He was coming
to town In his buggy when his horse tool
fright at house being moved.
The Supreme Court has appointed
Charles l.. Bartlett Of Quincy q member
of the board of law examiners to succeed
y. w: Brhnson Of Petersburg, deceased
]. A. McCrecry. who pledged himself
that II elected Mayor he would serve for
20 cents year. was defeated In the cleo.
ton In Mason City. The candidates for
Aldermen who agreed u elected to serve
for 81 cents u year each were also de.
fcatcd.
Rev. A. l.. Smith. the newly elected
chairman of the jefferson county board
Of supervisors. established new prece-
dent In that body when, after the organ.
ization of the board. he opened the fur
thcr proceedings Of the meeting with
prayer.
"Tcd' Allen. Champaign resident.
was shot and killed by Charley Moore In
an election brawl at Pcsotum. The men
| quarrelcd over the license issue. Moore
was a saloon adhercnt. lie pulled re.
| volvcr. II IL alleged, and shot Allen. There
were threats Of lynching.
The annual meeting Of the Central I'LL.
nois Association Of Congregational
Churches held In bloomington voted to
instruct representatives to the national
| council next October to vote In favor OF
the proposed union Of the Congregational,
Methodist and United Brethren churches.
The will Of the nte George j. Schlenck
Of Bclvidcrc provides a bequcst for tho
establishment Of u perpetual trust fund,
part of the income OF which will 20 to the
Salvation army to aid It's work ''among
the lowiy and outcnst In places Of drunk.
enness and squalor." Mr.. Schlenck was
q brewer.
Morgan Park will not become part Of
Chicago. for tho present at lenst. BY a
vote of 4?i 10 2jS citizens Of the suburb
decided not to accept the proposition to
be annexed to Its big ncishbor to the
north. The decision was largely based on
the fear TINT Chicago would impose the
licensing OF saloons In it's southern suburb.
william u. Elliott was indicted by a
special grand jury In Peoria on two
counts for soliciting campaign subscrip.
tons from the United States civil SER
vice employees while on duty. The of.
Tense was committed In September. 1904.
and would have been outlawcd In Septem.
Der. Elliott pleaded guilty and was fined
$40. the minimum penalty for the Of
Tense.
An unidentified young man committed
suicide on n Burlington train near Mon
mouth by drinking carbolic acid. 4 note
on the body asked that the remains b.
taken to Chicago: That Identification was
In a vest pocket" The Identification sliT
gives the name of Paul Bouvia. q sketch
artist aud cartoonlst. No. 40 Robcy
street. Chicago. md asks that Alice FL
hot. No. AZ Jackson boulevard. be nOti
fed. The description Ii not that OF the
dead man.
Al a result Of the holly contested cleo
ton In Marion between the anti.saloor
and the citizens tickets. Mayor.elec,
James II. Mitchell. II. II. Gopher and
George II. G0Odall were arrested on war
rants charging electionecring within thu
1OO.foot limits. Mitchell IL cashier o.
} the First National bank and oil the 9th
ers are stockholders In the Williamson
County Savings bank. The anti-saloor
committee IL making invest igations ant
the election will In oil probability be con
tested.
Joseph Picrson and stephen King, who
were rafting logs with Albert Weiscmar
on the SangamOn river ut the time o.
} his mysterious disappearance, have beer
arrested and placed In the Jail ut Vir
ginia for safe keeping until the affair !,
cleared up. Weiseman was Inst seen OF
the night Of his supposed death g0inl
toward the cabin boat occupied by TIN
gang. lie had from $40 to 500 on hi
person. At dusk the boat was capsized
his two companions escaping by swim
ming ashore. Weiseman's father had thu
boat raised and blood stains were dis
covered on the floor and walls.
. Because he walked into his pulpi
armed with big gun and laid 1t besid'
, his Bible while he preached the gospe
/ to hungry souls, Rev. j. W. Dougherty
pastor of the Zion Baptist church, ,
. negro congregation of Springfield. IL II
, Jail on warrants sworn out by one of hi
brethren. who AYERS that his paste
threatened to shoot the daylights out o
/. anybody who interfered with his minis
trations. The Rev. DOugherty had beef
pastor for only short time when seriou
dissensions arose over the finances an,
spiritual welfare of the congregation. !
, church war developed, many warrant
, were sworn out and ut one time nearl.
all the membership was in jail. Dough
, erty determined to preach or know tn
: reason why. and so two weeks ago whel
! he stepped into his pulpit he pulled from
] his back pocket with considerable osten
tation a big revolver and quietly laid !
, beside the Bible. The services that da,
were not interrupted.
The Secretary of State has issued al
incorporation license TO the Carlyle am
st. Louis Railway Company. The com
pany will construct an electric railrOa
a from Carlyle to Fast st. Louis.
( Will Sweeney was probably fatally In
, jured and his brother, Tom, was wound
/ ed by Dan Weaver, a saloonkeeper, Il
: Yates City. They had demanded drinks
which he refused, and fight followed.
Gov. Deneen has issued a proclama
+ tion ordering special election to be hel
!. Saturday, June &. for Judge of the Su
! prelne Court In the third judicial distric
} to succeed Jacob w. wilkin Of Danvill'
deceased.