Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-08
MINOR STATE ITEMS.

Father Candidus Mertens of Strcator
was drowned while attempting to ford q
creek near Odessa, Mo.
William Hoagland was drowned at
Rockford when his canoe capszed In Rock
river. lie was Is years old.
4. L. Dove. large land and property
owner, dropped dead at his home in Shell
byvillc. lie was q prominent attorney
and Democratic politician. worth $1,000
600. lie was " years of age.
Tony" Martin. said to be member Of
prominent family of Quincy. was ar
rested at Peoria. charged with stealing
diamonds and vnluables worth $1,000
from the home of J. T.. Murphy.
Hosmcr l.. Kellogg. for twenty-five
years cashier Of the Union National bank
of Kewanse. Is dead. lie was 20 years
old. DIR. James l.. Kellogg. professor Of
biology In Williams college, is a son.
Anton vogt and Anna Friedrich. promi-
nent society young people of Waterloo,
were married the other day. The rcccp.
ton after the ceremony was one Of the
biggest social events ever celebrated there.
The Galatin, Harrisburg and South.
eastern Railway Company was incorpo.
rated ut Springfield. to build line from
a point on the Illinois Central at Galatio
to a point on the Ohio river in Hardin
county.
AS a result of an encounter with
bathing house proprietor ut West Baden
Springs, Ind, whittier he had gone on an
excursion, Dick Paterson Of Fairfield 10
at the point of death with his skull.
crushed.
John Cramer, u harncssmaker Of St.
Louis, who obtained employment In Col.
fax two days ago, was found dead the
other day. 4 note was found asking that
a daughter, Minnie Cramer Of Dallas,
Texas. be notified.
While attempting to exchange seats In
skin floating n quarter of mile above
Virginia Beach, Peoria, Joe Roe plunged
overheard, his fall upsettlng the boat and
precipitatng Mrs. Ida Knoll into the
water with him. Roe was rescued but
Mrs. Knoll did not come to the surface.
Roe was arrested pending investigation
Of the affair.
George A. Haigh, 4-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. George iIaigh of Chicago was
drowned in White Bear lake, Minnesota.
George and his lO-year-old brother, Hen.
ry, went bathing In the lake, and after
splashing around in water for time
Henry missed his brother. and thinking
he had gone to the cottage went to find
him. But George was not there, and the
parents became alarmed. They ran to
the lake and found the body floating in
the water.
The remarkable case of second sight
which gave Merle Lake, II, startling
premonition of danger to her twin brother
Fred as he was being crushed to death
twelve miles away, has interested many
physicians at Granite. While reading the
other day the girl suddenly tainted When
revived she mOaned: Fired Is dying. I
can hear him calling me- Let me go to
him." Five minutes later telephone
call came from Long Lake announcing
Fred's death.
AS a result of "fooling" his friends,
while in bathing, Clarence Jensen of Io-
gan Square, Chicago, IS years old was
drowned in Bangs lake, near Wauconda.
lie had been in swimming with four young
men. The crowd was having good
time, and Jensen kept making believe he
was drowning by showing himself under
water and crying for help when he came
up. lie was seized with cramps and
sank. When he came up he cried for helm
in earnest, but his friends paid no atten-
tion to him until 1t was too late.
Loyal Gates, aged II, Carroll county
lad, is dying from sugsing he received
ON recent night after accompanying "A
young girl home. lie was found afte,
several hours in an unconscious condi-
ton. His ASSISTANTS have not been ar
rested. Jealousy is supposed to be the
cause.
Mrs. Wyllia lIulett, member of q
steamboat family of Beardstown, has OBJ.
tanned first class pilots license for pilot
Ing steamers of 100 tons burden or less
on the Illinois and Mississippi rivers.
The license was issued by Capt. Archie
Gordon, United States Inspector of steam
boats In ST I,nuis