Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-23
MINOR STATE ITEMS.

lie was out hunting and failed to return.
NeighbOrs instituted a search
The home Of Z. G. Haley. general at.
torney for the sanitary district of Chicago
In Joliet, was entered by burglars and
jewels valued at more than $1,000 were
stolen.
Frank Hayes Of East st. Louis was
appointed secretary and treasurer Of the
United Mine Workers of Illinois to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of James
Radford.
by the sudden death Of Mrs. Esther
Wheelock Of Mclean. Thomas Carr. q
naval officer. and Mrs. w. X. Wright,
both OF Chicago. will receive a bequest
of $4,000 or more.
A Racine young lady with the difficult
name Of Agnefe Karabjaklan came down
to Waukegan with her beau and changed
her name to the somewhat easier one Of
Mrs. Garabad Mihertadian.
Carl Tabor. ~ years old, Of Prophets
town, while driving cattle. was seized with
an epileptic fit and fell into depression
In the highway face downward and was
drowned In three inches Of water.
Lieut.. Gov. Sherman. fresh from his
honeymoon spent in Mexico. has assumed
charge at the executive office at the state
house and will remain In charge until
Gov. Dcnecn returns from Washington.
The Pioneer Oil Company of Carmi has
contracted with J. X. Bennett X Co. Of
Knightstown. lnd to drill test well on
their leased oil and gas lands two miles
from Mamie. Work is to begin within
thirty days.
Is the dog which has bitten several
persons in Waterloo mad? Herman Kuc.
hener. II years old. and his father were
two of the victims. The animals brain
was sent to the Pastcur institute at Chi
cago for examination.
Mrs. Louisa 4. Snapp, wife of +. J.
Snapp. superintendent of schools of Paw
Paw. committed suicide ut Maplewooi
sanitarium. where she had been under
treatment for a nervous disease. She tore
OF piece of sheet and hanged herself
from door hinge.
Twcnty.scven families were rendered
homeless by fire that wrecked the plant
OF the General EooAng Company in East
st. Louis and, driven by Il high wind,
communicated to and destroyed twenty
seven cottages in the vicinity. The loss
will aggregate $ijO.UOD.
Hugh \. McCune. farmer. residing
sixteen miles north Of Quincy, and his
1O-ycar-old son were killed by lightning.
their bodies not being found until the
next day. McCune and his son were
working In field and sought the shelter
OF tree. when stricken down by the
bolt.
Officers were elected by the Illinois
Ministerial Association of the Swedish
Evangelical Mission church In session at
Joliet, as follows: President. Rev. u. J.
lljerpe. Chicago vice president. Rev. +.
NJ. johnson. Chicago; secretary. Rev. 4.
Iohanscn, Molne financial secretary,
Rev. =. l.. Nystrom, Chicago.
a tornado which swept across north.
western Illinois and Iowa marked its path
by death and great damage TO property.
Mrs. Gottsch, mn elderly woman of Clcyc-
land, was taking nap when her house
was blown down and she was instantly
killed, In tina, town also school build
ing was wrecked and several pupils were
injured.
Charles Austin, II years old residing
northeast OF Shclbyvilc. had nm exciting
ride on n log in the Oknw river, and
narrowly escaped drowning, He GOT into
the whirlpool five miles above the city and
drlfted down until he reached the high
t. X T.. ]. bridge. Persons near the banks
henrl his shouts. and, almost unconscious,
he was rescued by means of a rope.
Forty years ago George T.. Watson of
Sterling asked his sweetheart 10 marry
nm. Then they quarreled and the sweet.
heart married another. Recently they
met ana the old courtslip was renewed
because the woman, who had in the mean.
time become Mrs. Harriet Miller of Sea-
tonville. was widow. The other day
they went TO the county clerk and OBJ.
tanned license to wed. Watson il rs
and his wife 90. The forty-year-old quar-
rel Is forgotten.
Judge Webb of Vandala was called to
Eilihgham by Judge NJ. ODonnclI to pre-
side over the County Court in the case of
n contest filed by the Saloonkecpors. who
claim the election held April u was ille-
gal and invalid because the Signers of the
petition failed TO place their house mum.
bcrs on same, The lawyers for the de.
Tense filed demurrer to the petition, and
the court handed down decision sus.
tanning the demurrer and diSmissing the
suit, leaving the city of Eningham anti
saloon territory.
A prisoner IN the county Jail in Sulli-
van divulgod the hiding place of saw
which has been hidden in the Jail for
several years, and used several times by
prisoners who sawed their way TO free
dom. A prisoner, for a reward of s.,
told the sheriff where to find IL. That
there was saw in the Jail has been
known for several years, but the prison.
crs had guarded the secret we'll. Thor
ough searches had been made many times,
but 1t could never be found.
Marshall Taylor, ~ years old, was
stabbed five times by Lulu Gibson, %
years old, and so severely wounded that
he died short time later at st. Joseph's
hospital in Joliet The stabbing occur
red shortly after q O'Clock at Chicago
street and Waller avenue and was wit
messed by many persons on the way to
heir homes. Jealousy, according to the
police was the cause of the stabbing.
Taylor was in company with Anna Gil
water, who, the police say, was rival
IF Miss Gibson. Taylor. it Is said, had
Tor some time been paying attention to
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