Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-07-17
MINOR STATE ITEMS.

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O'Neal Of Chicago.
Clinton Shanks. while celebrating at
Cooksville. seriously shot Harold Hay
ward. aged II. with revolver, the
bullet taroming off a concrete side
walk
Edward Mount and Al Willard OF
Marshall were fined $4,000 and SEN
fenced to serve six months in jail for
selling liquor Illegally in social
club"
Near Centralia Glen Rupe. aged Is.
while hunting with several compan-
ions. accidentally discharged a gun.
shooting himself. He died almost In.
stantly.
Arthur r. Hamilton has taken the
office OF sheriff Of Whiteside County.
He Is 90 years old. and said to be the
youngest sheriff that ever held once
in Illinois.
Emil Oberg. an employee Of the Hess
Z Hopkins Leather Company, fell for
~ feet from the roof Of a building at
the plant In Rockford, and was In.
stantly killed.
The cornerstone OF st. Mary's Hos
pital OF Centralia was laid Monday
morning. The Rt. Rev. w. c. Luse.
vicar general Of the diocese Of Belle.
vile. offciated.
The 5.year.old son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clyde Denumbrom of Port Byron will
probably die Of lockjaw. The little one
took torpedo in It's mouth. when It
exploded and lacerated It's jaw In ter.
rible manner.
While reaching for a fish on his
hook at Cedar Lake. James SILK. Chi
cago, aged 30. fell into the water and
was drowned. He was with two city
companions. The body was recovered
and sent to Chicago.
Rev. ]. II. Gilland resigned as pastor
Of the Second Christian Church in
Bloomington to build a new church
there to be known as the Centennial.
He resigned from the First Christian
Church to build the Second.
A record breaking corn crop for II.
linois Ia predicted In the crop report
issued by the State Board Of Agricul.
ture. Northern Illinois reports an in.
crease Of I per cent and Central I'LL
nois will give an additional acreage Of
per cent.
Henry Wakeman's right leg was
crushed and nine other passengers
were injured less aeriously when two
street cars bringing excursionists
down town met In head.on collision
in Essex. witfpopen cars on the Kan.
kakee Electric Street Railway.
Charles Hutchins Mills. son Of Alb
bolt Lawrence Mills. member Of the
| Chicago Board OF Trade. and bank
director. shot and killed himselfin his
room at the Y. N. G. A. Building In
East Las Vegas. N. NJ. The young
man went to that city two weeks be-
fore to spend the summer. having been
q visitor there before. He appeared
In his usual good spirits. His body
was found In the morning when the
housekeeper went to straighten up his
room.
Charged with having passed forged
checks amounting to $500 on Rockford
merchants. DR.. George b. Hayes Ia un-
der arrest. Checks on the Warren
Savings Bank. Warren. Ind. and
the State Bank. Warsaw, Ind,
signed and payable to Hayes order.
were found In his possession and are
believed to be forgeries. Mrs. Alveno
Claremont. believed to be from War
saw. Ind. and said to have been liv-
Ing with Hayes. is detained as a wit.
ness
At meeting Of the business men Of
Fairfield and Burnt Prairie. plans
were formulated to construct an cleo
trio line from Carmi to Fairfield. by
way Of Burnt Prairie. George w.
Burn, president Of the bank at Burnt
Prairie. and number of capitalists
from Kansas City are back of the pro-
ject. II Is the intention later to build
an extension OF the proposed road
from Carmi to Mt. Vernon. Ind, where
connections will be made with the Ev-
ansville and Mt. Vernon traction line
The will Of william Elliot Smith.
former president of the Illinois Glass
Company, and one Of the richest men
In Illinois. was probated at Edwards
vile. the other day. The document
reveals that had not the members Of
Mr.. Smiths family escaped the dan
gers of the Messina earthquake Wash
ington University of st. Louis would
have been richer by 100000 and the
city Of Alton and number Of local
institutions would have divided 81
100000 more. He willed that In case
OF the death of his immediate family
the institutions were to receive this
money.
Heavy fines, amounting to more
than $1,000. for violation Of the local
option law In Annawan Township
were imposed by the Henry County
Circuit Court on Henry Bohart, Ed
Croegart and Charles Doubler.
Notice has been received at the Uni
ted States District Attorneys Office In
Springfield that Rev. James r. Kaye,
of Oak Park, former pastor OF tho
Wheaton Congregational Church. who
was convicted on charge of counter
feitinp, has filed his appeal In the