Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-13
Items from All Over the State Of
Matters Of Interest to Our
Readers.
Happenings Of the Week from Cairo to
Chicago Carefully Compiled for
Busy Men.
State NeWs IN Brief.

Phillip Weber, aged ~, retired mer.
chant, fell from q ladder In Belleville and
was killed.
Mrs. Emma Roach Of Homer, an In.
mate Of the Kentucky penitentiary, com.
mitted suicide by taking carbolic acid.
Charles Carlson. 70 years old, Of Aus.
tin, died at st. AIMS sanitarium OF blood
poisoning from a cut inflicted upon him.
self while trimming corn.
The body Of Clementine Thomas, an
aged Frcnchwoman, was found by her
son In q cistern near Clifton. It 10
thought to have been suicide.
Three suits to recover policies amount
ing to several thousand dollars were be-
gun against the German Insurance Com
pany at Freeport by citizens OF San
Francisco.
Chicago may think that hot campaign
has been In progress, but 1t remained for
Cherry to show the American public how
community should interest itself Ia poll.
tics. Every male citizen over q years Of
age was either a candidate for public
Office, campaign manager or an election
official. One out Of every four voters In
the village was running for Office, and
nothing but politics was talked.
Mrs. Benjamin Dorm Of Chicago. who
has been visiting friends In Indianapolis,
has disappeared. and, though the entire
police force has engaged In the search,
no trace Of her eau be found. The other
afternoon she parted from friend on
n north side street. saying shc was 60
ing TO the Claypool hotel where she and
her husband had been stopping, to see IL
there were any mail. That was the last
seen of her.
In a rcar-cnd collision In the south
yards Of the Illinois Central ut Du-
Quoin between the Chicago passenger
train and coal train Fireman Walter
Kemp Of the passenger was killed. Tho
passenger engine rolled over an embank.
mcnt. carrying Fireman Kemp. who was
found some time later pinioned beneath
the tender. The passengers In tho Pull.
man car were badly shaken up, but no
one was seriously injured.
Preston Pigg. assistant oversccr at the
county farm ut Mount Vernon, became
heat. He attacked Overscer Rogan with
a knife, but was ovcrpowcred before In
dieting injury.
Asa Bcaslcy, aged a years. was drown.
ed In a pond near Norris City. He was
subject to epilcptic fits and It II thought
that he was carrying water from the pond
when he was stricken and drowned. An
Inquest was held.
Several judges Of Circuit Courts are
NJ - - Akn
late Justice Wilkin OF the Supreme Court.
Among them are Judge Colostin d. My.
crs Of bloomington. Judge w. ]. Johns
Of Decatur and Judge George w. Buck.
ingham Of Danvillc. The time Of the
election has not been decided.
A petition was circulated among mem.
bers Of the Macon county bar asking
Judge w. q. Johns Of the Circuit Court
to become a candidate for the place made
vacant on the Supreme bench Of Illinois
by the death Of Judge Jacob Wilkin, who
was first elected to that position while
occupying the bench In Decatur. Judge
Johns has not yet indicated his intention
In the matter.
A. o. Fox OF Madison, Wis.,, has pur.
chased for local trolley line interests the
Galena municipal lighting plant, with a
25.year contract for the lighting Of that
city. The lighting plant has been In
operation for several years, but has
proved such burden to the taxpayers
that II was decided to transfer It to the
trolley company In return for franchise
for an electric interurban line that will
eventually reach from Madison to Du-
buque, running through the lead and zinc
district Of Wisconsin and Illinois. Under
tho new contract the private company
will give Galena twice the number of
lights for a sum but 10 per cent more
than the lights operated by the city cost.
The Galena plant was built by bond
issue and 1t was expected that the profits
Of the plant would enable the city to pay
the bonds of long before maturity, but
instead of this only the interest has
been paid and the plant brings merely
the amount Of the bonded Indebtedness.
Eddie Tate, the gentleman burglar of
Chicago, who Is being held In Peoria for
the blowing up of the school board safe
aud theft of papers discriminating for
mer Superintendent of Schools ". G..
Dougherty, Is seriously III at st. Francis
worse and be unable to unravel the mys-
terry, the police and State officers have
induced him TO make partial confess
sion which Is said to incriminate infiu-
entail persons in the theft of the papers,
Chief Of Police Wilson and States At
torney SchOles have been working on the
case for several weeks and expect to be
able to secure damaging amount Of evi.
dence within short time. Tate has con.
fessed that no was given $1,000 by attor-
neys representing well-known persons, but
the officers want to get further evidence
before they cause any arrests to be made.
Former members of the school board and
associates of Dougherty are said to be
making desperate efforts to suppress the
investigation. 1t Is admitted they have
made frequent trips to Chicago aud Joliet
and have interviewed the former school
man on the subject.
Joseph p. Sullivan, aged 20. of Chicago,
and Tillie Spiegel, aged 20, of st. Louis
were refused marriage license at Belle
vile on account Of the brides youthful
appearance.
Louis Bale, farmer residing north OF
Plano, shot an eagle In his farm yard. The
bird measured seven feet from tip to tip
and weighed nineteen pounds. On Its
neck was seven-0unce bell.
Thomas Carroll, u former railroad engi.
nser, respondent because train on which
he was working was wrecked and sew.
eral persons were killed, returned to his