Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-02
NEWS FROM ILLINOIS.
Items from All Over the State az
Matters Of Interest to Our
Readers.
Happenings Of the Week from Cairo .
Chicago Carefully Compiled for
Busy Men.
WITHIN OUR BoRDER&

Harm Terhark of Adcline has marriete
his stepdaughter. Minnie Terbayk,. who
Is thirty years his junior.
A. T.. Goodenough delivered eigiis woae
scalps to the county clerk in SterisrsG-
lie captured the animals in deus cn No
farm.
Edward Newell. who lived near New
Bedford. was killed while hunting. tgio
gun was discharged when he crawlca I'M
der a fence.
The tooth Of mastodon was found by
Lloyd Billig Of Forcston on his fnrn-
Prof. 1latchett Of the public schools 10
investigating.
Announcement Is made that Wa Ting
Fang, the Chinese ambassador, will b. The
University of Illinois commencement sra..
tor on June 10.
Frank Cramer Of Chillicoshc Saturste<k
his clothing with gasoline and sheo -
fire to them In an effort TO. commit s,,icidA
lie was severely injured.
The formal opening took place the sthsr
day Of the home for the aged women -
Carroll and adjoining counties. buik -
Mount Carroll by the late Caroline Msrh0,
at a cost Of 100000.
The pupils Of Central and T,incolen
school In Sterling have received 4y51o
packages Of garden seeds. which they WIN
plant In furtherance Of O scheme to- beam
tify the city. More than G.OOO pacazgss
already have been distributed auuGG
school children.
Charles +. Wizard. cashier Of the Firss'
National bank Of Waukegnn. drcpUesg
dead the other day a. he eptsv~i The
bank for the days work. Mr. w;srtk'
had been employed In the bank fer over
forty years. and was confidentiay assist.
ant to n. A. Steele. ys'esileut u tho iu~
stitution.
Mrs. Gcrtic Picrson and Eleazor ONcap
were held without bail by Judge. p6i8-
brick In Champaign after the grand jSsD
had returned indictments against .ts coss>
pie for murder. The indictments ailcge
that the pair poisoned james l.. pfssaaAs-
husband Of the woman. Feb g. by gipihe
him strychnine In his coffee.
Henry lIerold. who hus been emrlsvsn
In n Jcrscyville departmen store Zoe rwCs
months. was arrested OH charge os sur
bexxling $4,000 from william Cosss~ -
Plattsmouth. Neb. Coats Olesutcs Xtsns
at plattsmouth and Omaha. Ned: ~
Toulon. Wyo.. and Kewancr. III. lfsros1c
was superintendent Of the stores Cor ssbv..
en- months.
Josephine Grill. III years old. war ~.
rested ut Varna for horse stealing, atAl -
now In the county jail In I.ac0rs. 1tas~
day night she drove on with hesse Ns~.
longing to y. A. Hall Of varnn. hut wsnr
caught six miles away. She ciaim-sl sl;s
only wanted to take a ride aisi was NJ
lowed to 90. but later she tried 70 Stem
another horse and was arrested.
George ". Black, ~ years old. disxi IN
Springfield. Of apoplexy. Mr. Black WEI
a trustee Of the Illinois State ilistoSirui,
library and a director of the Ifiusis
Historical Society. which Ice assisted in,
organizing In 1900. Mr.. Black had bssxs,
connected with many manufacturing es-,
Establishments and was director End vice,
president OF the SangamOn Loan sns2
Trust Company until two years ago.
Waiting for his master. +. Ernest Nln-
liter, who is believed to have been lrVWn..
ed In Fox river at Elgin. u faithful fOx.
terrier refused to desert his position ~.
the foot Of tree on the river bank until.
carried away by searchcrs The dogs ysr-
sistence In remaining In one place 10 tlse
only clew to the whereabouts OF the uisaa-
ing German Lutheran school teacher wises.
mysteriously disappeared while huutiux.
Mr.. Militxer was ~ years old aud nj GSa.
time lived In Chicago.
An attempt was made by incsndiusie~,
to burn 4.:hW head Of cattle belougisx 10.
Nelson Morris Il 20. Of Chicago. Whii,,
fighting fire near the old Monarch das-
tillery cattle yards In Peoria. Chief Il.ss-
mis- O'COnnell discovered q man scteip,aw
fire to the hay stacks In the feed yasvl.
md when the fremen directed their rlEOrsn
to the new blaze fierce fight followed.
In which the incendiaries cut six lines er
hose. Three hundred tons Of hay wvrs.
destroyed and the cattle seriously ths~us-
ened.
James Z. Hopkins, q former salssu-
keeper Of Springfield, who disapIrsrs>s
last October and for whom a reward oil
5000 was offered, was located II the.
Mare Island navy yard In California.
where he was about to embark on ths hist
tleshop West Virginia az marine. Ilsss-
kins IL said TO be heir to a $JOOynN sss-
tate left to him by relative In EngiassD
and a search that extended across half
the United States has been made for lHsn.
At the close Of the State fair In Spring.
field last fall Hopkins closed his saloas
and deserted his wife. On this cl,arr~
Sheriff Werner will 10 to California aa,fX
at Fort Dodge, together with q large ausnH