Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-27
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.
SHORT STATE ITEMS.

bathing in the Mississippi river at Sa-
wanna. was drowned.
Paul Glimpson of Gcnesco was drown.
ed by the upsctting of a boat. His com
panion, John Herbert. escaped.
Guy Webster of Colona was drowned
in the llcnnepin canal while bathing, be-
ing the first victim of the canal.
Prof. J. &. Duncan of Ohio State uni
versity has been appointed head Of the
accountancy department of the University
of Illinois.
Cecil Heller. aged II. living three miles
south of Palmyra, No.. was accidentally
shot and killed while squirrel hunting
near Quincy.
James II. Forgan Of Chicago. address
ing a meeting of bankers at Peoria. con-
demned the proposed plan to guarantee
bank deposits by law.
Steve johnson of Peru was drowned by
being carried from railroad culvert,
where he was working. by sudden rush
Of water. The body has not been found.
Announcement was made at Champaign
OF the marriage Of DR.. =. w. Shurtx Of
that city and Mrs. Lulu &. Barnes, a
daughter Of John Il. Tanner, late Gov
ernor of Illinois. The couple were mar.
ried secretly in the West a few weeks
ago.
Several days ago the Rev. Ezra Fiery.
a Dunkard pastor Of Sterling. In con-
ver.:;ion with several Of his parishioners.
made statement. the trnthfulncss Of
which he was not certain. The thing
preyed upon his mind day after day. The
fear that the sin Of an untruth was upon
his soul worried him. until he lost his
reason. lie has been taken TO an insane
asylum.
After her little sisicr Mary had jump
cd into u cistcrn to save Mary Courier.
n playmate. in Elgin. Margaret Hasten
fel. aged II. also lcapcd into the deep
water hole and pulled the little girls out.
The presence Of mind of Mary 1lastcnfel
in holding 10 a small pipe In the cistcrn.
and telling her companion to do likewise.
saved them until the older girl heard
their shricks for help.
Mr.. and Mrs. Georfc Elliott were shot
and dangerously wounded at their home
in Paris. Mrs. Elliott started to the
kitchen and was shot In the forehead
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wire Nr E,lio,t il a wc,,.,o.do r.,iroI
business man. II is believed a burglar
had entered the house and shot when sur.
prised. Mrs. Elliott will die.
The fifteenth head camp of the Modern
Woodmcp of America convened in Peoria
with over 1000 delegates present. uead
Consul A. -. Talbot presided. A hard
fipht was wngcd ON resolution giving
the delegates SO Der day and mileage of
10 ccn,s pcr mile one wny. The follow.
ing officers were elected BY the Statc
Dcputies' Association; President. George
y. Frink. Iowa vice president. ]. O. Da.
Wis California secretary, T. W. BARLEY.
idaho treasurer ~ u sherponrhe' ONO
The lcvcc at Wagncr's Landing on the
Mississippi river, about twenty miles
northwest of Murphysboro. broke the 9TH
or day, flooding more than 1000 acres
Of growing corn. The break was caused
by big steamboat which ran close to the
shore. sending the waves over the en-.
bankmcnt. The water was stopped from
flooding the entire bottom district Of
Jackson county by an embankment
thrown mp near Raddl". which shut the
Wv, u.s. 80 go, .h.,,S -
OTTO Allen. alias Charles Smith, who
claims South Bend. Ind as his home
was arrested In Peoria on the charge Of
cOunterfeiting. Allen entered saloon
and ordered drink and rendered what
the bartender called bum" dollar. lie
confessed. II Is said, 10 making sOme plas-
ter Of paris molds and manufactured dol
lars and half.dollars and threw the mOlds
into the sewer. The officers visited his
rooms and found some old spoons and ff-
teen dollars and forty-fve half-dollars,
which Allen had made from the metal.
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itentiary ut Joliet kiser has long Grim
inal record In Chicago, In 1884 he was
sentenced to the reformatory on a charge
OF larceny. June ], 1901, he was SEN
fenced to the penitentiary on burglary
charge. and on Jun" IL five years later
was releasd ON parole. Three months
later he broke the parole and was again
sentenced to the penitentiary. lie was
serving this last scntenc" AT the time of
his escape. Kiser Is about 30 years old,
Edward Tr,ntbam n lad NJ IA 10 no.