Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01
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.

Illinois Medical Association was held at
Rockford.
Harry Il. Cough. president of iieddipg
college. Abingdon. has resigned owing to
poor health.
The Thomas house. the leading hotel
IN Fairbury. burned TO the ground with
all the furnishings. making the loss over
$1,000.
Henry BcrthoIf. while seated at a writ
ing desk in his room in kewanPp. COM
posing q letter to relatives at Augusta,
fell dead.
u. n. Shonts. u Kankakee fisherman,
made n strange catch when in running
his night line he brought TO the surface
the body Of negro. II is thought the
man is Robert Mackln. who fell from q
bridge aud was drowned.
The fifth tricnnial State convention,
Maccnbccs Of the World. closed In Blooms
ingtOn with the election Of the following
officers Great commander. j. +. Dow
nor. Chicago :, great record keeper. Thos.
NJ. DOig. Chicago: great finance keeper,
Weldon Clark. Chicago: great medical
examiner. Dr. A. II. Gordon. Chicago.
| Bertha Walters. the 13.y;.ar.old daugh.
ter Of Mrs. Elizabeth Walters Of Full.
ton. has been lurcd away from her home
to Chicago. Il is believed. by q woman.
and friends fear she IL u victim Of the
white slave trade. The girl. although ~
years Of age. is large for her age. The
police Of Chicago have been asked 10
search for her.
Miss IInzel Case. daughter of the man.
ager Of the Hotel Bishop IN Aurora. WIS
married month ago to william J.. Del.
sci Of Lima. Ohio. but the announcement
was only made the other day. The bride
was u prominent member Of the famous
I. II. Il. Club Of Aurora. Many elopc.
mcnts have occurred among the members.
Miss Case formerly WIS an actress.
The freight handlers Of the Burlington
freight house NJ Aurora struck for an
increase OF ~ per cent In wages. The
men were getting IL cents an hour. Ono
of the men said ~, IL dead wrong for
us. born here In this country and Obcying
all injunct ions that go with our rights
as American citizens. to work for xt.O
a day when foreigners are being paid
xi.b5 by the Burlington"
According TO statements made by Gen.
erai Manager Grubcr and Chief Engineer
| UVetNluVWke W wv" '"
| Mayor y. &. Finch. city Attorney 4. y.
Ciyne and Alderman Fred Fau'h Of Au-
rora in Chicago. the burlington will
spend x2OWD.OOO on improvements In An.
rora before long. This includes u hand.
i some new passenger station, elevated
tracks. new freight yard. new locomotive
shop and new freight houses.
rlunging brayely into the waters Of
the Illinois river. Frank burg, aged II
years. saved Mrs. Minnie Is. Love, his
school teacher. from drowning in Peoria.
For his deed he will be- recommended for
a Carnegie medal. Mrs. Love. u teacher
at the Webster school. had taken her
pupils to Al Frcsco Park. and while en-
tcitainng them fell into the stream. She
had gone down the second time when
she was rescued by the brave boy.
llighwOod. the city on the outskirts Of
Fort Sheridan, narrowly escaped being
burned 10 the ground the other day. 4
two.story building occupied by a shoe
store and an Ice cream parlor was burn
cd There was no water with which to
fight the flames and the whole city turned
out, fearful that the fire would spread.
The wind. however. sent the sparks west
ward over the railroad tracks, where
there were few houses to be endangered.
Joseph Scagart is lying at the point Of
death in Cedar Point, aud dozen Lith-
uanians are under arrest for assault. On
a recent afternoon Scagart rode up TO
the only saloon In the little mining camp
and while seated on his bronchO went
through the door and into the middle Of
u gang of foreigners drinking at the bar.
They scattered and as soon as Seagart
came out attacked him with stones and
long bladcd knives. Physicians say his
recovery is doubtful
Seven patients in the epileptic ward ut
the Illinois eastern insane hospital in
Kankakec have been strangely affected
for several days with an illness that *
mystifyng the authorities and the mem
bors OF the medical stan, One of the
number died and two Others are in crit,
ical condition 4 post-mortem eXamina-
ton Of the dead man showed that he died
of cerehro meningitis, The symptoms
were those OF ptomanr poisoning, The
men have been removed TO the inirmary
and placed ON a milk diet as prccai-
ton.
The Illinois State Bar Association will
| hold its annual meeting at Galesburg
July 10, II and -, and during these
days the lawyers OF the State will have
an opportunity 10 discuss the topics Of
special interest to them. Edward Morse
Shepard of New York will deliver the
annual address. The subject of general
discussion this year will he railroad rate
legislation, James II, Wilkerson of Chi
cago will lead the argument for the af-
frmative and John NJ, Zane will take
the negative sides leadership. Others on
| the program fOl the session are Judge
Olson of the municipal court ON "Tha
Municipal Court of Chicago" 4, Handy
Jones on "'rhe Pure Food Law" and
Frank +. Reed Of Chicago on "A Gradu.
ated Inheritance Tax"
Miss Hilda Schonder, aged I'd, a high
school pupil. committed suicide in Belle
viller by taking carbolic acid. The POI
| lice are unable to discover any motive
for the girls act. Her family is proMi-
nent in Belleville and she was q member
| of the younger society element.
Mrs. James A. Clyne, wife of one Of
| the leading physicians of Joliet was fa-
| tally burned at her home In the Swinbank
| Terrace. Her husband, a brother Of
Postmaster John T., Clyne, was painfully
burned while attempting to save his wife.
Mrs. Clyne had gone to the kitchen to
CLAN anna Pibhon with Ras0line which