Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-27
Items from All Over the
State of Matters of In
tereSt to Our Readers.
Happenings of the Week from Cairo
to Chicago Carefully Com.
piled for Busy Men.
BRIEF STATE HAPPENINGS.


GAIA Metzler. thirteen years old, was
hurled to death by the shaft Of an en-
CINE operating a corn shredder at FL
gin.
Mrs. Harry W. Williams and Mrs.
Fred @. Shoudy, Rockford society
women, have secured licenses to hunt
ducks.
o. II. Page. age 20. died at his home
at Mount Vernon Of paralysis. He has
held most Of the county offices in Ma.
rion county.
Freda Kelle, aged II years, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Kelle Of
Quincy, took an overdose Of strychnine
and died from its effects.
Mrs. Laner Lorton. for more than
sixty.flve years resident Of that coun.
ty. died in vandalia on the eighty.
eighth anniversary Of her birth.
A large male deer was chased
through part Of the residence district
Of Mount Vernon. II Is believed to be.
long to herd located twenty miles
southeast Of Mount Vernon.
Miss Elizabeth King. aged twenty.
three, q school teacher, committed sui.
eide In Pana by drinking strychnine.
Dependency over her school work,
which, It Is said, was not pleasant. was
the cause.
The late Judge Lewis z. Payson, for.
mer representative In Congress from
Illinois. left an estate valued at nearly
100000. according to the petition for
the probate Of his will fled at Wash.
ington. DC.
Fire destroyed the large warehouse
Of the Roberts Cotton Oil Company in
the western part Of Cairo. The loss 10
heavy, as the building was worth $15,.
900 aud was full Of cotton seed worth
over $4,000.
A Jury In the Dewitt county court
found James Karr. aged IS. guilty Of
killing Remus Burton in 1907. and he
was sentenced to the penitentiary for
manslaughter. The boys quarreled and
Burton was stabbed
Richard Doer. twenty-five years old.
was shot and instantly killed by his
brother. Charles Doer. twelve years
old. In their home In Chicago. The
boy was playing with 22.calibre rife
when his sleeve caught In the trigger
and accidentally exploded the weapon.
william O'Neill. one OF Blooming.
tons wealthiest pioneer merchants,
died the other day. aged 70. In the
forty years he was In business there
he was never absent from his store q
single day or was ever away from
Bloomington. His children include
Mrs. Mary Condor and Philip and
william O'Ne!ll Of Chicago.
Henry Small shot and killed vii.
liam Pope In Cairo late Wednesday as
the outcome Of an argument over the
lynching OF VIII James, accused Of the
murder OF Miss Annie Pelley. Both
men are negroes. Pope Was one Of the
soldiers discharged from the United
States army after the shooting up" OF
Brownsville. Tex. He was we'll liked
by the negroes In Cairo and there Is
considerable feeling against Small, who
was Immediately arrested. w.
Waukegan citizens have voted
against issuing $4,000 OF bonds for the
payment Of the city's running ex.
penses up to May l and building two
new fire stations. As a result ofiicials
declare the city probably will have to
turn on Its electric lights and dis.
charge Its fire and police departments.
unless arrangements can be made to
tide over the next few months, a re-
cent change In the state law prevents
the city doing as formerly. which was
to retire its bonds from the sinking
fund and issue new ones.
Passing judgment on the verdict rem.
dered recently finding Arthur Keith.
ley, a disbarred attorney, guilty Of II.
beling the late Judge MCCULLOUGH,
Judge W. I. Slemmons In the county
court at Peoria ordered the former
lawyer to pay fine Of 5000 and costs
Of proceedings. Keithley declares he
will not pay the fine.
Randall Cossem, attorney, and Au-
rora's richest resident, died after an
illness Of six weeks He was 81 years
Old. According to friends, his health
was undermined as the result OF many