Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-09
SHORT STATE ITEMS.


died at Kewanee.
George Hammond. aged 10, of Chicago
was drowned in the 1t. Joe river, near
Colon, Mich, while fishing.
Despondent because of i'll health, Mrs.
valentine Thomas, living near MINER,
committed suicide by hanging.
In ~ explosion ut the Egyptian DOW.
Ger n,ills, five miles out Of Marion, John
Q. Nttclintock and stephen Upchurch
were killed.
Gideon Potter, twenty years postmas.
ter at Osceola, committed suicide by
shooting himself while respondent owing
to III health.
The fortieth anniversary Of the es.
tablishing of the University Of Illinois
was celebrated Thursday. Many old
trustees and students were present.
Jerry Milhoun Of Owaneco dropped
dead Of heart disease In Pana, while at.
tending the funeral Of his sister, Mrs.
Ida Stevens. Mrs. Stevens dropped dead
Of heart disease.
Charles Vaughan Of winslow was fined
s03 for keeping his saloon open on Sun
day. Ernest Apell. a Carroll county %.
loonkeeper, was fined SOS for selling
liquor without local license. having only
a government permit.
Central Illinois hunting clubs, which
planted wild rice along the Illinois river
and tributary hikes and streams to attract
the ducks, are well satisfied with the re-
suits. The vegetation has aourished and
the ducks cat It greedily.
Police at Bloomington are invcstigat.
Ing the death Of II. q. Bruner Of Stuff.
CART. Ark. whose dead body was found
beneath the window Of resort there.
Several women. inmates Of the house, are
being held pending the investigation.
State Auditor Mccullough has issued
a permit to organize the Farmers and
Mechanics bank Of Wootlriver, ut Wood.
river. Madison codnty. The capital stock
IL $4,000. The incorporators are J. 8.
Prosser, =. Il. Kneppcr and d. Il. Maxey.
John Cough. farmer. was thrown
from his buggy and killed NJ he was driv-
Ing out Of Shclbyville. The team became
unmanageable and Cough was thrown to
the brick pavement, his rig colliding with
another driven by Arthur Wilson. who
also was thrown out. Wilson escaped
serious injury.
Property divided In contemplation Of
death cannot escape the Inheritance tax,
IL the decision Of the Supreme Court In
the matter Of the estate Of the late George
G. Benton Of Chicago. Benton during
his last illness divided q considerable
amount Of property. 1t was taxed under
the inheritance tax law, and the heirs
appealed to the Supreme Court.
Mrs. Charles Rivard Of Bourbonnais
was greatly interested In the wedding Of
her sister In Kankakee. So great was
her desire to see that the ceremony and
departure Of the couple went without a
hitch she Is at her home seriously In
jured. As the bridal party entered an
automobile after the ceremony, Mrs. ri.
ward got In front Of the machine and was
run over. The wedding trip was post.
poned because Of the serious nature Of
Mrs. Rivard's injuries.
Carter Sypren was arrested In Mount
Vernon a. he alishted from train with
his bride OF one day, to whom he was
married In indianapolis. Sypren Is charg-
cd with breach Of promise by Miss Vergie
Mckinney, former sweetheart. He
waived preliminary hearing and his
bond was fixed at $500. Being unable to
make good" he was sent to jail In de-
fault Of bond. His bride thought the
arrest joke and would not consider It
anything else until she saw him behind
the bars.
After a trial lasting two weeks a Jury
In the Piatt county Circuit Court brought
In q verdict sustaining the will OF Thomas
u. Bondurant Of Monticello. who left over
half a million dollars to church institu.
tons, ignoring the contesting relatives.
The first trial resulted in victory for
the relatives, and the second verdict Ii
a surprise. by the will an annuity OF
$4,000 Is left for missionary purposes In
Chicago; one-fourth of the residue of
the estate goes to the American Christian
Missionary Society of Cincinnati. and
another fourth to the same society for
the church extension fund. Another
fourth goes to the Illinois Christian Mis-.
sionary Society, and still another to the
Foreign Christian Missionary Society of
Illinois.
The new manual arts, science and as
sembly hall building for the State Normal
university at Normal will be ready TO.
use Sept. I, this year, according to terms
Of the contract with J. l.. Simmons OF
Chicago for its construction. The build
ing Is to cost 100000 and will be a
model OF it's kind. In the west end Of
the building will be located the manual
training work in the east end will be the
domestic science department. The audi
torium will seat 1000. On the second
floor at the west end two rooms will DO
set aside for art purposes, and there will
be a room for class and exhibit purposes
Elementary manual training rooms will
be placed in the basement, which will also
furnish quarters for the bookbinding,
laundry, pottery, printing and other minor
departments. Fireproof construction IL
specified throughout the building.
The Rev. G. 7. Pledger, Billy Sundays
chief aid in revival work, was fined $40
and costs by jury at Warrensburg for
using unbecoming language and disturbing
the peace by statement from the pulpit
that he would not trust Charles Batchel.
der across the street. Batchelder had in
cured Pledger's ire by refusing to be
converted. The jury was out eight hours.
Mrs. ii. NJ. Rutger of Belvidere, widow
Of Lieut.. Rutger of the Twelfth Illinois.
was notified by the government that 10
cents was due her on the nav of her bus