Chicago eagle., 1909-08-28
Sunday.

God.
Eight are killed and many wounded
In a battle between strikers and con.
stabulary near Pittsburg.
Fire sweeps Decatur, ILL.,, business
district, causing s1,oOO.OoO loss. Near.
BY towns called on for aid.
Mexico sends more troops to the vi.
cinity Of Galeana, where, It IL said,
Reyes sympathizers threaten trouble.
The United Daughters Of the Con.
federacy Is attacked my q speaker at
g. A. r. unveiling because Of the
monument erected to Commander
Wirz.
Monday.
A train hits an auto picnic party at
Kankakee. Ill.,. killing two women and
injuring Ave.
Martial law Is practically being en-.
forced at Schoenville, Pa. where six
were killed In strike riots.
Representative Fowler Of New Jer.
sey. In an open letter. assails Speaker
Cannon as a national menace.
Glenn II. CuYiss, the only American
entrant In the aeroplane contest In
France, breaks worlds speed record.
The first details Of the new none.
tary system plans will be told by Sen.
ator Aldrich In Chicago in November.
The modern housewife IL o veritable
4 n0rotto nnr,vto AaaftnD n,,x vntsnv
from Ice box. broiler. skillet and tin
cans, according to DR.. Wiley. head Of
United States chemistry bureau.
Tuesday.
Secretary Wilson defends action in
pure food crusade.
Bleriot breaks the track record set
by Glenn H. Curtiss at Rheims air.
ship races.
z. II. Hartman arrives in New
York weak and thinner, but confident
he will regain health.
One hundred and fifty to two hun.
dred excursionists perish in collis.
ion Of vessels In Montevideo harbor.
Chicago has population Of two and
one.half millions. the estimate being
vOuched for by compilers of the city
directory.
The famous Missouri River rate case
Is decided against the interstate com.
merce commission, the decision being
held victory for Chicago's and Iii.
nOis' commercial interests.
Wednesday,.
The editor of a Panama paper has
been slain by revolutionary leader.
The Spanish army is ready to begin
a general advance against the Moors.
President Taft asks interior depart.
ment to explain charges made by for.
ester.
Taft will urge In a message the ear.
ly establishment Of postal savings
banks.
A fight is on between Secretary vii.
son and Dr. II. W. Wiley, government
chemist, over food preservatives.
Justice Carpenter Of the Michigan
Supreme Court says lawyers often bore
judges SO badly they sleep in self-de.
tense.
Mrs. Nelson Morris, widow Of the
Chicago packer. gives $250,000 to build
an Institution for Medical Research as
q memorial to husband.
Thursday.
Grain In Chicago elevators is to be
taxed. regardless Of ownership.
President Taft afiirms order eXpell.
ing seven West Point cadets for haz.
ing Rolando Sutton.
Chicago milk distributors plan to ex
tend the territory supplying the city
as far west as South Dakota.
Driver Do,rque and his mechan.
ician. Holcombe, were killed In the
250.mlle auto race on the new Indian
apolis speedway.
Friday.
Forty-fye persons escape when a
steamer burns on Illinois River.
The Trans-Mississippi Commercial
Congress asks that agricultural, min
eral and forest lands be divided.
Railway presidents decide to in
crease the freight rates Of shippers
with tunnel. lighterage or switching
connections.
Saturday.
Some Of the postmasters in Toledo
convention score the civil service sys'
tenn.
The British House Of Commons
passed land tax clauses OF budget after
an all night session.
Walter Wellman's second air dash
for the north pole ends disastrously
when his balloon blows up.
Three more are killed at Indianap.
oils speedway when auto bursts a tire
and leaps into crowd. This second &C
cident closes race.
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