Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-06-05
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.

Suhudys
Count Zeppelin flew his new airship
for twenty-five hours in Germany with.
out landing.
Thirty.two persons killed and fifty
Injured In a tornado which swept
Zephyr, Texas.
Mrs. Annis. widow of slain man.
scored success when making debut on
the vaudeville stage in New York.
Booker T. Washington revealed fact
that II. II. Rogers secretly gave thou.
sands to aid schools in South.
Private John James Bartlett. before
his death at Fort Sheridan, ILL.,. be.
queathed his death benefit to Miss Hell.
en- Gould.
Mrs. Edith Cunningham, former Chi.
cago woman and wife Of noted consult.
Ing engineer. died from gas In New
York; coroner called 1t suicide, but
husband scouts theory.
Monday.
Count Zeppelin's airship struck q
tree and was wrecked after flying $50
miles In thirty.seven hours.
Robert T. Lincoln was overcome by
heat while at unwilling OF monument
to father at Hodgenville, Ky.
+. II. Hartman sees revival OF
American prosperity; thinks S29. 000..
600 oil fine caused 1907 panic.
Mrs. Russell Sage narrowly escaped
being trampled by a runaway horse
while watching the horse parade In
New York.
President Taft. defeating the monu.
ment to the soldiers Of the regular
army who fell at Gettysburg. declared
against reduction Of the army.
Tuesday.
Herbert Knox Smith will continue
his work Of investigating trusts as
head Of bureau Of corporations.
Berlin officials resent charge made
In Senate at Washington that Ger.
many Is interfering in tariff legisla.
| tion.
seattle's S1O.O00,OoO exposition open.
ed on the minute; practically every.
thing ready when President Taft
touched gold key at Washington.
Delavan Smith and Charles b. VIII.
Jams. publishers Of the Indianapolis
News, won first round In fight with
government In Panama libel case.
Insurance companies In United
States and Canada paid out s4S0,sll.'
900 during year; policy Of l.. d. Knee
land, 100000, largest In Illinois.
Wednesday.
Mobs OF men. women and children
wrecked street cars. and beat The dri'
vers when effort was made In Phila.
delphia to operate with strike.break'
| ers.
Following discharge OF. thirty.hve
drivers at Boston store In Chicago for
wearing buttons exposed. union threat.
ened general strike; merchants agreed
| to maintain "open shop"
DR.. John T. Binkley. SO years old,
Of Evansville. Ind. was found dead In
the Wellington Hotel In Chicago with
bullet wound In the head. The pc.
lice say he committed suicide, but his
son declares he was killed by robbers.
Thursday.
| President Taft showed disapproval
OF Rew play by leaving.
Gross business OF 1--WE big packing
companies In 1908 was $s00.000.OO0.
Presbyterian general assembly voted
that clergymen and laymen should not
use tobacco.
Friday.
Henry II. Rogers will, filed In New
York. leaves all to relatives except
100000 to the town OF Fairhaven.
Mass.
First violence came In the Georgia
railroad fremen's strike because a ne.
gro was seen In train crew and the
race issue grows In intensity.
Federal government. by strange
chance. unearthed underground rail,
road plot by which 1000 Cinnamon
have been struggled to United States;
eight men under arrest.
Saturday.
| Presbyterians at Denver voted to cut
representation.
Federal attorney will renew fight to
force Heinze to produce United Copper
books.
President Leguia OF Peru. escaping
after being captured. defeated rebel
forces.
Jersey couple ended ten years OF
trial marriage and will make 1t per-
manent.
| c.. II. and d. Railroad to be reorgan.
lied and taken from receiver; b. and
o. will be purchaser. |F
skinny" Madden and his lieuten.
ants were convicted of graft In labor
affairs In Chicago and fined $500
apiece.
Rich deposits Of gold have been
found In the Adirondack Mountains,
We hope this may not cause Mr.. Bull