Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-22
BRIEF STATE HAPPENINGS.

MIR. and Mrs. James Groves OF Obloug..
have celebrated thcir riftieth wedding au,.
niversary. They are the parents Of slcy-
en- children.
Mrs. l.. Matzenbachcr. ~ years old,
for more than sixty years II resident o.
Illinois. was found dead in bed at her
home in Waterloo.
The Chicago and Alton car shops ius
Bloomington have been shut down in,icti-
nitely. owing to light freight traffic Thresr
hundred men are affected.
james Cullen. during a deiirium. es-
capped from the county almshouse at To-
oria and the next morning his dead body
was found In wheat field near the city,
Death was from freezing.
The ball and chain and q stone Pile
were inaugurated Monday by the city os
Morrison for all convicted city prisoners
who are unable TO pay fines. It 10 sspc-
cially intended for hobos.
Mrs. Elizabeth Moncton Of Aurora.
writer for magazines and owner ef a.
Chicago publishing house. was married a.
IIidalgO. Texas. to Elbert c. Hendrix
United states immigration inspector at
llidalgo.
Former Sheriff Daniel r. Potter amt
former Jailcr W. L. Peters Of Peorirs
were placed on trial In that city, cliergetI
with conspiracy to dcfraud the county ia
presenting exorbitant bills for board o.
| prisoners.
DIR. Austin 4. Drake. who spent tho
greater portion Of his life In an effort to-
prove himself a direct descendant of Sir,
Francis Drake and establish u claim to,
n share In his estate. died In Springficltt..
lie was ~ years old.
In the death Of Theodore Duker, Il,
years old, Quincy lost one Of its pioneeN
citizens, and one who had amassed q,
large fortune. lie leaves eleven chiltircus
mostly sons. who reside in Chicago. de-
| troit. Decatur and Quincy.
George Adams. formerly city marshall
| Of Benton. has been sentenced to four.
teen years In the penitcntiary for the. kill
Ing Of John Malone last October. Adams.
| pleaded sclf.defensc. and II was general
~ expected he would be- acquitted.
Benjamin +. Kagay. - years old. dicsS
at his home In Etinghnm. lie was the
nestor Of the Efinghnm county bar. hav-
Ing practiccd law In that county for more
than forty years. lie has been police
magistrate Of EAinghnm for the past IT,.
teen years.
| A jury In the Circuit Court. after
forty minutes deliberation In Edwards.
vile. acquitted Charles u. Fowler II u D
charge Of having embczzicd x7,7lS3O 4,
from the Fowler Fuel Company Of Al
ton. Mr.. Fowler was president anil
treasurer Of the company.
Charles Il. White. secretary and treas.
urer Of the Illinois Straw Products Com.
pany, says the relations OF the compnny,
with Frank W. Gould who killed him.
self nt Moline. were always pleasant, unCii
that there IL no basis for q notion that:
losses In investment In the company's se-
curitics was one Of the causes OF Mt.
Gonld's suicide.
One thousand miners employed by the
Crernr Clinch Coal Company Of Chi.
cngo went on strike at DuQuoin. The
trouble originated over the price Of pow
der. which the operators have been sell.
Ing to the miners. The Equitable nnsR
Davis mines will temporarily suspend
operations pending q conference with che
Chicago representatives Of the company.
Miss Bella GIlmour. 20 years old, said
TO be worth $lOOO0O. was frozen to death
In her home In Kendall county, ucsr
Wheatland. The body was found by her
sister. Mrs. Ann Anderson. The ngtSa
woman lived alone In big and richly
furnished house. The recent deep shows
have prevented her sister from calling for
several days. and when she went to the.
house she found the place cold and tho
body OF Miss Gilmour lying on a bed.
Y. NJ. Quigley, farmer living near
Pontiac. owns herd Of cattle thai 80.
on on u spree every time he turns ,hrt,l
loose In corn field. The cows seem to
get drunk after eating the corn staiks,
and some of them get so dizzy rhcy avc
unable to walk. Many cows in the yiei,s-
ity have died, and their deaths have Deer,
attributed to cornstalk alcoholism. QuisI~y
frequently has TO drive drunken cows Uns
Of the field, and lock them In the barn To-
sober up. II is said thar the coolnc,ss os
the nights last summer prevented the sap
from drying up In the stalks, aud that ihe
absorption of this fcrmcntcd sap MAY be
the explanation of the cornstalk drunken
ness.
Eugene llullinger, IL years old, who
trampcd the entire distance frotn lhe
Glenwood Training School for Roys 20
his home In Rock Falls, nearly 100 makes,
says he ran away from the school 90 NO.
count of being severely beaten. lie show
ed bruises and great wells on his r.sis
arm, head and back, which he said bad
been inflicted for the slightest irrceuiaIi-
ties on his part. lie said he was ~. 10
work in the bakery and because ia Wlis
unable TO learn the trade fast euoucgl ne
was beaten, usually by the head OF tbe
baking department. The boy is resa,cl
to be truthful and crcdcnce is given Ca, sHss
stories. lie was taken back to ialrn-
wood by Sheriff Vail, who will make Gn
investigation of the bows charges.
The Mississippi Valley Railroad Core
pany was incorporated by the S5civiary
of State the other day. The pliucf,M2
office is in Monmouth and with nugni-
nal capital stock of $1,000 The ohjss
is to construct a railroad from Mon
mouth to Oquawka, on the Mississippi
river.
James McCuen, ~ years old, so,tio,
hand on the st. Louis, Iron Mountain
and Southern railroad committed suicide
at Mcclure by laying himself across tlss
track just as the south-bound passenger
train No. B was approaching. His head
! and arm were entirely severed from the