Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-12-05
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.


by fire. Loss il $4,000.
John Underwood. n miner 81 No. =. was
badly crashed by fall Of coal in l!ar-
risburg which nccessitatcd the amputation
of his left log
10 the polio" IN Decatur Lester Chand.
Ter. n o.yrar.cld son Of w. NJ. Chandler.
confessed having set two barns aire. The
damage was SI.l1j.
Gov D.ncen made the chief address at
the opening Of the Illinois corn exposi-
ton IN Springfield. The exhibition will
remain open all week.
At the Illinois corn exposition In
Springfield addresses were delivered by
Prof. T.. Davenport and Prof. Cyril q.
Hopkins. both of Champaign.
Fire damaged the Star block, IN the
heart Of the business district Of Rock
Island. to the extent Of SI5.OOO. The
fire In supposed to have been Of incen-
diary origin.
The corner stone Of a new Methodist
church was laid ut Wilmettc Sunday AZ
ternoon. The structure Ii being built at
the corner Of Lake and Wilmette ave-
nucs. at u cost Of S2O,OO.
!. n. Ahrrns Of Sterling. owner Of .
siO.WD stock Of merchandise, says hc has
r.ce'yu wireless message from Jesus
to sell his stock and become an evangelist
and will obey the command.
Offices Of the DR.. Pyle Company.
Brnkrrhoff n CO.'S insurance agency, the
United States Express Company and the
Rocker Printing Company IN Springfield
were damaged by fire TO the extent Of
Si5.WO.
A jury In the Peoria County Court
decided tina, an eye was worth xiO.OW
to George Martin. a bloomington ms.
chanic. who lost the optic while In the
employ of n boiler company. lie sued
for $l5.OW
because James Powers. a University
Of Illinois law student, aud his wife
went to a football game In Champaign
and loft their baby alone, neighbOrs caus-
ed the arrest Of tho couple. The neigh
bors say that the cries Of the baby be.
came so loud they had to interfere.
The Central Illinois Horticultural 10
cicty completed lis annual convention ut
llOopcston b. "lrc,ing the following Oili-
GERS President. \. NJ. Augustine, Nor.
NAL; vice president. \. Y. Schcrmerhorn.
Kinm,indy secretary. J. Is. Burrows. de-.
cn,ur treasurer, q. q. Vim, Griggs.
| willie.
Mrs. u. 4. CrOzicr, an inmate Of the
Illinois Masonic home in Sullivan. com.
mittcd suicide by burning herself TO death.
| She poured the contents Of an oil lamp
| over her clothes and applied n match. BE.
fore rcscucrs could reach her she was
burned beyond recognition. Her husband.
an ex-cyangclisl, Is also an inmate Of the
| home.
The list Of allowances for ammuni, ion
for the militia of the several States. given
out IN Washington. puts the Illinois M.
tional Guard In third place with mn al
lowance Of x37. 2.St, based on the State.
| enlisted strength Of 5.Si3. New York,
with i3,SOO guartsmcn. IL allowed $50.
13'i. and Pennsylvania, with 0.3t5 gets
| $tjO.o.Si.
The grand Jury In the Wabash county
Circuit Court. Judge +. A. Pearcc presid.
ing, has returned indictments against Lib
Lucas aud her son. Jesse. charging them
| with numbering Clyde ShOwaltcr, In DC.
tober. 1901 Jesse IL charged with doins
the deed and his mother ~ an accessory
before the fact. The law Of Illinois
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,er.hurr grand master. y. y. savior ot
| SnrlngIie,d. DENNY grand, master lanes
Ew;ny Dovis Of Chicago, grand warden
John n sizes ~ Snrinr,iclI grand SEES.
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.ranG treasurer and Owen Scott of Ia
catur, grand representative.
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racks, IT. Louis. left Peoria the other
day with George Ryan, whom he idenii
fled rs man who had deserted the army
from Fort Douglas post near Salt Lake
City, Utah, about two years ago. Ryan,
who was captured by the Peoria police.
takes his arrest contentcdly and says b.
| will serve his term and start anew.
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