Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-07-24
Items from All Parts Of the World
Carefully Selected from the
Press kilograms.
A Weekly Digest Of the Most important
Facts and Happenings for Busy
Readers.
sunday.


The owner Of big tenement house
in New York offers cash prizes for
babies born to his tenants.
The money order auditors report
shows that Europe got s66,Ooo,OOO Of
United States gold in 1908.
A clash with troops at Lyndon. Pa.
resulted In one striker being probably
fatally shot; dozen were injured.
Monday.
The selection OF Crane as minister
to China has found favor in Picking
circles.
Latham, French aviator. got half
way over the English channel when
bis machine failed.
Hudson and Manhattan Railway Off.
cials celebrated opening Of two big
bores under tho Hudson River.
A Chicago jury acquitted Ella Gin.
giles. but declared her charges against
Miss Barrette "unfounded and untrue"
Clayton T. Zimmerman. Jr.. an
Adams Express Company clerk in Chi.
cago. confessed he stole 10000 In cur.
rency and detectives recovered all but
one $40 bill
Nineteen.year.old Tony Baffa con.
fessed In Chicago that he killed Gui.
seppe Fillipelli. betrayed Black Hand
secrets and gave information resulting
in arrest Of conspirators.
y Tuesday.
Orville Wright established a new
record for aviation In America.
All diplomatic relations were sew.
cred between Argentina and Bolivia.
Black Hand exploded bomb 80" In
Chicago, wrecking an Erie street gro.
cery.x
The corner stone Of the new city
hall In Chicago was laid with formal
ceremonies while thousands Of people
crowded the surrounding streets.
The Clemenceau abinet fell after q
dramatic debate over the naval inves.
legations In the French chamber Of
deputies and the ministers resigned.
Damaging evidence was given before
the grand jury at Watseka, ILL.,. against
the four persons held In connection
with the killing OF Banker J. B. cay
Ter In Crescent City.
John A. Cooke OF Chicago was pa
rolled from Joliet prison, the State
board Of pardons expediting Its action
on the plea that delay might prove IA
tai to prisoners mother.
Wednesday.
A conference at White House ended
In victory for Taft In the tariff fight
Cornelius p. Shea, former president
Of the teamsters, was convicted OF al
attempt to murder woman.
A hurricane hit Galveston and killed
sixteen In pier on the bay, but .he
city was saved from destruction when
the sea wall held the gulf out.
The grand jury indicted DR.. Miller
Mrs. Lucy sayler and her father fol
first degree murder Of woman's hus
band at Watseka, ILL.,. holding hel
brother as accessory.
A booklet by Mrs. Mary c. Thaw
mother Of Harry X. Thaw. charges
that rich friends of Stanford Whit,
tried to prevent her sons trial becaus
they feared to be exposed.
Thursday.
Land registration rushes In Mon
tana. Idaho and Washington drew 200
900 homeseekers.
President Taft has selected Charlie
r. Crane of Chicago to be Unite.
States minister to China.
Private papers OF the slain banker
]. b. Sayler. were opened at Crescen
City, Ill.,, and are said to contain tn,
key to the murder and to be a blow Il
the defense.
Friday.
President Taft issued first fOrma
statement demanding tariff revision
! downward.
Colonel Smell declared by Jury Il
Clinton. ILL.,. to have been insane; so
won fight.
i National Assembly at Teheran pre-
| CidlNltu tuc CIOWu piiuCo oman VI Ici
STA. the former ruler having taken rel
uge In the Russian legation.
Evidence was discovered at Bosto
which shows the wool interests of tn
country in a private agreement reacl
ed In Chicago before election. to .kee
the tariff up and send the price q
clothing soaring.
Saturday.
Samuel Gompers amazed Paris
the style In which he travels.
Glenn H. Curtiss made a thirty mil
flight In an airship at Mineola. N. Y
remaining In the air fifty.two minutes
Charles ]. Magness. who married
daughter Of Senator German. ende
prison term for desertion from nav,
Some newspaper writer's believe
In better to make DeODl0 lauRh tina