Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-09
All Over the state.

Muncie US he was boarding an interurbau
car. He was affected with heart disease.
Despondent over III health and the
death OF his sister.in-law. Alfred Hall
stron'. a watch factory employe. ended bis
Sfe by hanging in Elgin.
In Peoria the distillcrs' strike. inyolv.
ing 100 men. has been settled. The en-.
pioyers signed the schedule acccding TO all
demands except the recognition Of the
union.
Ernest Kennedy. Chillico,he. Is n M
lent In the insane asylum at Bartonville
upon mis- own petition. llc asked County
Judge W. !. Slcmmons to commit him. NJ
he believed that he was In the carly
stages of insanity. and. unless givev,
prompt attention by an alicnist. would
grow much worse. Ills request was
granted after an examination ~ ..e
Judge.
or annual battle between the freshmen
aud sophonor"s. was won by the second
year men IN five minutes. This il tho
first time In several years that the sophie
mores have lifted the freshmen colors.
More than 1.JD students participated In
the rush. which WAS followed by scattered
lighting between the Glasses. the uUiver-
sity police finally dispersed the crowd by
turning hose on II.
bishop Andrews Of New York address
81 the general executive committee Of tho
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Of
The Methodist Episcopal church OF Spring.
field. Reports were made showing good
progress In the various mission fields.
The Corn lsclt Traction Company,
which proposes to construct u trolley rOeL
between bloomington and Champaign,
held n meeting In bloomington and elect.
rd John Pitts Of bloomington president.
II. &. Billingslcy Of Chicago IL vice pres
idcnt.
steps are being taken toward straight
ming and deepening III. Kaskaskia river
which flows directly through F'aycitc
ounty from the northeast to the south
vest. Government engineers ARE ut work
,sccrtnining the probable cost of the I'M
iertaking.
The State meeting Of the Illinois rOs,-
masters Association. representing the
Grst. second aud third classes. will he
held IN Champaign Nov. ~ and Tito
held in Champaign Nov !, to IL. aud ut
least One.half Of the members Of the ~.
ganization will b" present.
While clearing out timber land on %
farm 10 Carroll county John Campbell I'M
rarthcd q jar of gold containing $500 IL
had been buried by the mother of Amos
Kreuger. who owned the tract. The find
rr turned the money over TO the son, the
mother having died many years ago. :
AIRS. Charles V. IIickox Of Springfield
was Endorsed for recollection rs regent for
Illinois by til" Daughters of the !\ncri.
tan Revolution IN their closing session
AZ Rock Island. Officers elected were
Secretary. Mrs. Robert Colvillc. GALES.
Chicago: historian. Mrs. Henry 4. Todd.
Oak Park. Jacksonville was selected ~
the place Of the next mccting. winning
ont over Chicago and Peoria.
In answer TO II death threat Cisy Mar.
shal George Adams Of Benton shot aud
killed John Malone. former city marshal
and well known M u pistol user. 4
number Of years ago Malone shot and kill
cd u man at llopkinsvillc, ny. Later
he Is said to have killed negro In Pope
county. Illinois. Just before removing
from Galatia. where he served NJ city
marshal, Malone SHOT man in the mouth,
and few years ago shot and killed John
Iloulehan in East ~, Louis.
:. ....... drney. who was sound
dead In her Chicago HON. by u physician
called to attend her. Is believed by the
police TO have been murdered. Her hNs-
band. John Carney. and William White.
u boardcr. are held. Carney and White
say the woman fell over trunk while
dancing In u partly intoxicated condition.
The police believe she died from kick In
the abdomen. basing this theory IN the
statement Of the eldest Carney child that
she saw her father slap her mother wLM
dancing with White.
\ tOwerman stationed NJ The Irving
Park boulevard crossing of tho Chicago.
Milwaukee and 81. Paul railroad in chi
cage VAS held up by masked robher
shortly before dawn til" other day aud nj
the pcip, OF revolver forced Ia take
OF his 0yorcoat and pari of his other
clothing. I'll" robb"r put on the clothes
and ovcrcoal and. still keeping The tower
man covered with his revolver, backed
through the trap door IN the floor, de-
scen,od the ladder and escaped.
\ bond of Sl.UO. given in the United
States Court as security Tor the appear
ancr of Earl chism OF bloomington. who
was accused of wholesale poS,oiIice roi,-
berries In Illinois, Missouri and Iowa, was
declared forfeited when the case was
called. His brother. Walter, pur up Tho
bond. lie mortgaged farm owned by
his father to secure the bond. The father
of the three boys is Merritt cbism, who
was a wrll-to-do farmer of Mclean com
ty. lie Is now serving u seventeen yeas
sentence for the murder of his wife.
Miss Grace Maidancr. Springfield ~.
cial leader, clopnd with Homer II, Pellet.
tier a travelling salesman. The coiipla
went TO Carlnvillc, where the marriage
was performed.
Edwin II. Spear, president of the
.,pcar.M Marshall Company OF Chicago, was
Killed by train near tho Dcmpsler stree,
station of the Chicago and Norl.wcs,crs
railroad in Evanston.
Fred Williams, section foreman for ina
Louisville and Nashville railway, va,
.:"uck BY steel rail which was beng
dnloaded at Thackery, and the top Of his
head was knncked OF, killing him instant