Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-12-04
ALL OVER THE STATE.


neetown, owned and operated by Gale
Brothers Of Cincinnati. was destroyed
by fire.
Hiram E. CofYman. q prominent
farmer Of Stratford. suffered a stroke
Of a2oplexy In Dixon. and died in a
short time.
The council OF administration or
the Department OF Illinois @. A. H.
will meet In Freeport December Z,
ut which time dates will be fixed for
holding the state encampment in that
city next year.
Frank Bum, formerly resident OF
Melvin. and ut that time n poor man,
now holds valuable oil lands In South
ern Illinois and an interest in coal
lands In Pennsylvania for which $14.-
100000 has been refused.
Mrs. Frank Corley, Of Chicago. died
at the home Of her parents. Postmas.
ter and Mrs. II. s. Corwin, Of Peru.
Mrs. Corley was visiting there. She
took what she believed was a dose OF
medicine. but 1t proved to be carbolic
acid. and death followed In q short
time.
The postoflice Mt Antioch was robbed
Monday night. the safe In williams
Brothers general store, In which the
postofece IL located, was blown to
pieces and the robbers secured about
s35. small number Of postage stamps
and two packages OF registered mail.
the value OF which IL not known.
Mother Mary Celine. born in Mir-
wauktA July Is. 1854. died after n
short illness at st. Mary's Institute,
Order OF the Notre Dame. OF which
she was the mother superior. In
Quincy. She had been prominently
known as a teacher there and at st.
Louis for the past twenty-five years.
Sufferers from the mine disaster at
Cherry will receive half the contin-
gent fund placed at the disposal of
the governor by the general Assem-.
bly, for their relief. Governor De-
neen has drawn $4,000 from the fund
and made It payable to Orson Smith
Of Chicago. treasurer OF the Illinois
branch Of the Red Cross society.
The plant Of the Pullman Palace
Car company at l09th street. Chicago,
and Lake Calumet. was threatened
with destruction by fire when flames
were discovered In dry kiln. Lum.
Der valued at $4,000 was destroyed.
Tho Aev Ll1u In ,.,hich mn. .s~..a
100000 worth OF valuable lumber
used In the interior Of the cars wax
endangered. and part OF this stock
was destroyed.
Harve Gear and John Berger, farm
ers residing near Thebes. were run
over and killed by a Cotton Belt train
at the south junction OF the Thebes
bridge. The young men had been in
Thebes and were returning home ON
a freight train. When they jumped OK
at the junction another train on a par
allel track struck them. years body
was cut In twain at the waist. His
head was cut of. Gear
was about 80 years old and Berger 2S.
Deputy Coroner Sammons will conduct
m inquest.
Frank Giroux, whose injury while an
Inmate OF the asylum for feeble minded
children at Lincoln, caused a legisla-
i've Investigation two years ago, died
noon at the Sisters of ST.
Francis Institute. Jefferson, Wis, Death
'ame two hours before the youths par
'nts. Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin NJ. CT
'oux OF Chicago reached the Wisconsin
Frank Giroux was a few
lays over 10 years old at the time OF
ais death. A sufferer of epilepsy, he
vas sent to the Illinois asylum Dec.
u. 1907. During the holidays of the
same year 1t was reported to his faith
'r that the boy had been burned by
'alling against steam radiator. Since
hat time the boy had suffered more
severely, 1t is said, and hemorrhages
we're added to his other ills.
Three prisoners escaped from the
Ferry county jail early Sunday. They
awed out the bars In their cells anu
lug hole through the wall of the
'uilding. Fifteen other prisoners,
harged with bootlegging. refused to
aava tho ioil