Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-11
MINOR STATE ITEMS.

their golden wedding.
The kiln sheds of +. n. vanderhydcn's
brckyards At lonia burned the other day.
Loss 5000. insurance $500
The body of &. u. Brooks was found in
well at the home Of his daughter eight
miles from Ceniralia. lie was 20 years
old.
Robert Welch. y years old. was injured
in Rockford by the discharge of blank
cartridge. The wadding embedded. itself
In his hand
The executors of the will of the late
Col Tom Smell of Clinton have unearthed
$4,000 worth of bank stock that was not
listed in the will.
Insurance companies and the owners Of
the Leland hotel in Springfield have set
tied on loss from the recent fire at S53,-
OOO A new hotel will be built.
The California Fire Insurance Com
pany Of San Francisco, CAL, has been
granted a license by +. w. Potter, super
intendcnt of Insurance, TO operate In ILL.,
nois.
John Iiorsick. n miner. was caught
under a fall Of slate In Harrisburg and
crushed to death. Jackscrews were re-
quired to lift the heavy slab In order 10
remove his body.
Two drownings were reported the other
day ms follows John Lahcy. aged Z. while
sailing n toy boat In Horseshoe lake near
Granite City. and George Fc,llidc. In Long
lake. near Mitchell. while fishing.
The Congregational church at Lyndon
celebrated its cnty-secOnd anniversary.
II is the oldest Congregations church In
northwestern Illinois. and Indians were
among the first Sunday school pupils.
Judge Mack uphohls the right of tho
Economy l.igh, and Power Company to
maintain its dam at Dresden Heights on
the Dcsplaines river and serious setback
to tho deep waterways project results.
Following n fight with another patient.
Marie klorber of Chicago. a patient at
the Illinois Eastern hospital in Kankakec.
dropped dead while four nurses were tnk-
ing her to her room. The cOrOncr's jury
returned verdict Of death caused by
heart disease.
Gov. Dcnecn, acting on the rc,Oanmci,-
dation Of the State board Of par,ions.
committed to expire July the sentence
Of life imprisonment Of John Gales. who
vas sent to the Joliet pcnitcntiary twenty.
six years ago for the murder of John
llasscl. n farmer near Evanston.
Mrs. II. J. Liggctt. wife OF merchant
of Canton. though, unable to swim. Ieapcd
from bridge into eleven feet of water
and rescued her 7.ycar-Old son. who had
fallen into a channel connecting two Ia
gOOns at Van Wrinkle lake. n pleasure ~.
sort near Canton. Rising to the surface
with the child she reached n snag project.
ing from the bank and hung there until
assistance reached her.
just MS John 4. Sparks, n prisoner at
the Rcllcville police station on the charge
OF larceny. was about to hang himself
with his suspcndcrs and nccktic. Anton
Roscoe. his ccllmatc. intcrfcrsl and cali
ed for help. Chief of Police llebgen was
40 pleased wild, ROscOc's prompt action
that he said "Roscoe. you're n hero; yOw
saved mans life. I won't send yOu
to court. Can you get out Of town In
thirty minutes?" Roscoe did II In ten.
Antonio Schiro was found guilty by \
jury in Judge Chetlain's room In the
Criminal Court In Chicago of black hand
threats to eXtOrt money. Under this lin.l-
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Two men were drowned IN shooting =
FOX river dam at forkVille. compan-
ion IN tue hazardous feat escaped. The
bodies OF the drowned, Israel bloom, aged
20 years. ANA Louis Spink, ~ years, were
washed ashore the next morning Cries
Tor help brought scores OF people on their
Smndny n,oh, ohont \ IN o,c,,,., I'm, ,hs
dorkncss hoa,ed rho rescners Josonh Rm'
henSt.in the man who osc,n,d sonyh, .,
dsvnoro,sIy n oscono he u,as toLa, ,,,,,,
a hcmor,iarc on rcocbins the shore and
nearly died lilo told tha crowd ,h,, hi,
omnanions had drowned and tben s,a.,
gered home. Fifteen persons have been
drowned shooting dams in Fox river in the
last forty DAYS.
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