Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-23
LATE NEWS FROM YOUR OLD HOME STATE
ILLINOIS

oRBANA, ILL.,, Dec. 22.-The city
v orkers' institute will be held here
January 6 to 10 under the auspices of
the department of ceramics of the
University of Illinois Addresses ami
demonstrations will be made by Pro-
fessor A. v. Bleininger, r. T. Stull and
Herford Hope.
KEWANEE-Roy Hay. farmer, son
OF +. M Hay, Henry county pioneer.
was caught in a corn shredder here and
died from his injuries.
MOUNT vERNON-The home of John
Shelter one of the wealthiest men In
JeLerson county, was blown up by
what is thought to have been an infer
nal machine No motive is known.
Bloodhounds failed to locate trail.
KANKAKEE-Edwa Henderson of
Charleston. ILL.,, recently released from
th> penitentiary at Joliet after serving
ten years for the murder of his son.
died at'the Illinois Western Insane hos
pital, where he was committed Thanks
giving day.
MARIoN-The 11-months- -old child of
Mr and Mrs. Walter Chamness fell on
not stove Friday and died yesterday.
The mother was washing in the room
when the accident happened.
MOUNT vERNoN-Hugh Barker a
conductor on the Wabash, Chester &,
Western railroad, fell between the cars
ana Doth legs were crushed so badly
that they had to be amputated It is
said he cannot recover
VANDALIA-The funeral. of Mrs.
allce a Vanderston, wife of former United
States District Attorney J. p. yander-
son, was held. The. members of the
Womens Relief Corps. of which organ
lzation she was the first president. at
tended In body. She had almost COM
pieted a history of Illinois, which she
had been writing for several years,
STERLING-Hugh Gault mail car
rier, has disappeared All attempts to
locate him have revealed no clew to
his whereabouts.
NASHVILLE-Mrs Mary Lowrie. 90
years old. died here.
CHAMPAIGN-The Illinois state
Horticultural society concluded it's an
nual meeting here. The following of-
hcers were chosen: President r. o.
Graham, Bloomington: vice president.
J.. Mack Tanner, Springfield; secretary.
W. b. Lloyd. Kinmundy; treasurer. T.
W. Stanton, Richview.
DANVILLE-Ear S. Dillinger of
Dana, Ind, member Of the freshman
cIass at the Illinois state university in
urbana, died efter drinking two quarts
OF whisky. The coroner was called and
a. INQUEST held, with the result that
w; .. Reed, who was with Dillinger. is
heid under heavy temporary bond on a
charge of giving liquor to a minor.
The university authorities are thor
oughiy aroused over the affair
TAMAROA, ILL.,, Dec 22-An attempt
was made to rob the Tamaroa postoff1ce
at o'clock in the morning. The safe door
was blown open with dynamite. One man
STOOD guarding the outside while the safe
was being wrecked. People sleeping in
the vicinity heard the explosion and the
burglars were frightened away
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kANkAKEE-As result of free for
all fight between five night watches at
the Illinois Eastern insane hospital all
OF the men have been summarily dis
missed. E3rt1
One of the number, Thomas Donohue of
Chicago, is in the infirmary with a badly
cut face. The fight started when the men
We're on their way to breakfast The
next morning they met in a corridor while
coming from breakfast and, the quarrel
was renewed four of the men who come
from Southern Illinois attacking Donohue.
An investigation failed to reveal the cause
of the quarrel
MT. VERNON-ln race with death
Mrs. Hugh Barker was borne to the side
of her dying husband on special train
on the Wabash, Chester & Western rail-
road from Chester. ILL.,. arriving a short
time before her husband died. Barker
was conductor on one of the companys
trains and died from injuries received in
the yards here.