Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-18
Items from All Over tho State Of
Matters of Interest to Our
Readers.
Happenings Of the Week from Cairo to
Chicago Carefully Compiled for
Busy Men.
All Over the state.

bloomington. committed SUICIDE Dy snOOt-
ing himself. lie was supposed to have
been insane.
George W. Sheppard. probably the
largest man in the c>ntral States, weigh
ing 535 pounds. died in Jacksonville, Of
paralysis. lie was II years old.
=. W. Connant. a Pana hardware mer-
chant. is dead as result Of fall from
a ladder in his store. lie was 81 years
old. lie leaves widow and two chill.
dren.
The first annual crow and hawk hunt
on the State game preserves In Funks
grove. near Bloomington, attracted several
hundred nmrods from various points In
central Illinois. A large number Of the
undesirable birds were killed.
Mayor John l.. jansen at the meeting
Of the Sterling council dismissed the head
Of every department Of the city. The
dismissals are not due to any lax duty
or TO any misbehavior, but simply to the
fact that to the victor belongs the spoils.
Frank Moon Of Ensley, Ala. commit
ted suicide In Belleville by swallowing
carbolic acid. A stranger, supposed to
be Edward Chapman Of Murdoch. com.
mittcd suicide ut Edwardsville Crossing
by throwing himself In front Of Wa
bash engine.
Perry Lee. chairman Of the Hamilton
county board Of supervisors. died at his
home In Flanagan township from blow
en- the head with a pick in the hands Of
his son during a quarrel. Mr.. Lee was
serving his second term rs supervisor,
having been reelected at the spring cleo
ton.
Driven to bay In the entranccway Of q
vacant store after revolver battle In
Chicago. two desperate holdup men were
captured and taken to the Stock Yards
station. where they were identified by the
victims of several rObbcrics that have
engrossed the attention Of the police for
weeks. They gave their names rs Thomas
Ryan and Peter Gentleman.
Howard Il. Nicholas has been sen.
fenced TO the Joliet penitentinry for tho
remainder Of his days by Judge Ball for
the murder Of Margaret Leslie. an
actress. In Chicago. The sentence was
In accordance with the verdict. which
also fixed the punishment for Leopold at
fourteen years. Nicholas declared he was
innocent Of the crime and said he was
"jobbed" by the police.
| Martin Schabcrris, n Porto Rican Of
Ethiopian color, and Miss Mary Kirch,
white girl Of French descent, were mar
ricd In Kcwanee by Rev. &. w. Lyman.
Relatives of the bride made unavailing
efforts TO have the authorities prevent the
wedding. The groom Is employed rs a
barber In local shop. lie came from
Porto Rico with the Sixth Illinois regi.
ment when the soldiers returned from tho
| Spanish.Am American war.
After n trivial quarrel over the pos.
session Of photograph, Michael Casey,
20 years old, killed his brother John, five
years his junior, at the home OF their
aged mother and In her presence. The
fratricide cut the young mans throat
with razor and death resulted almost
Immediately. The tragedy was enacted
at the home Of Mrs. Margaret Brennan
In Chicago, and occurred after several
hours Of merrymaking, In which II IL said
the elder man drank liquor.
The testimony Of the engineer and fire.
man OF the passenger train that ran down
harlow PickSrill at Chrisman. In that he
stood facing the locomotive as II intend
Ing to commit suicide, but the fact that
several hundred dollars he was known
to have had are missing leads to a belief
that perhaps he had been drugged and
robbed and was In dazed condition when
he was standing on the track. 1t Is also
suggested that finding his money gone he
committed suicide In desperation.
Mrs. John Allison Of Moline. whose
husband was convicted Of robbing the
Richland, Mich. bank and who has up.
pealed to Gov. Warner Of Michigan for
his pardon. will also ask clemency at
the hand Of President Roosevelt. ALI
son was convicted Of completely In the
Richland robbery and was sentenced to
jackson prison. lie made his escape aud
going to Moline married highly respec-
table young woman and when arrested
had been living an honorable life for sew
eral years.
When Edwin G. Rick Of Chicago dis.
covered Edward Geisler and Mrs. Rick
together In the Aurora, Elgin and Chi
cago waiting station at Elgin there was
trouble, and the police were called to
pacify the irate husband. As a result
Geisler is held at the police station,
charged with carrying concealed weapons,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Rieck's quarrel has
been patched up and they are now at
their home In Chicago. The trouble start
ed when Mrs. Rick is said to have left
home with Geisler.
The greatest mining activity In its
history Is being manifested this spring
at Galena and the country surrounding
it. 4 vast amount of prospecting was
done last year and the cuttings procured
by drilling showed many rich strikes.
The sinking of shafts and the following
up of these prospects during the last win
ter have uncovered some immense bodies
of lead and zinc ore. Machinery Is be-
ing installed at these different mines as
rapidly as possible and it is beyond a
doubt that within the next twelve months
Galena will have In operation number
OF wonderful producers.
Miss Harriet Newell Haskell, for thir.
ty-nine years principal of Monticello sem
mary at Godfrey, died at the seminary
from heart failure. Miss Haskell was
born in Marlborough, Me-. ian. If, 1898.
She was educated in Castlcton Collegiate
seminary, Vermont, and Mount Holyoke
seminary, Massachusetts,, graduating from
the latter in 1865. After several years
of experience MS teacher in eastern col
leges, Miss Haskell accepted the position
of principal of Monticello seminary in
1868. Under her administration the new