Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-07-03
SHORT STATE ITEMS.

u. II. wheat, one OF the aDlest pnO-
tographers in the State and at one
time head of the State association,
died In Rockford.
The voters OF Elgin at a special cleo.
ton authorized the issuane Of $115,.
600 In bonds to complete the new
100000 high school building.
Henry Smith. 40 years old. Of VIII
Hanson County. Is dead from blood
poisoning caused by the bite Of pos.
sum he caught while hunting.
William Hill. conductor on the
Northwestern road who lives in Belvi.
dere. stepped from his train in front
Of another train at Sterling, and was
instantly killed.
Fire destroyed three stores and con.
tents In Portland. The loss Is close to
$4,000. When chemicals and water
supply were exhausted. beer was used
to extinguish the flames.
Former Vice President Adlai 4. Stew.
enson, who has been a patient at the
Presbyterian Hospital In Chicago. re.
almost completely recovered.
An eagle. infuriated over the death
Of its mate. attacked thirteen.year.old
Joseph Daley, Of Upper Alton. and
was battling with the boy when his
father dubbed It with his shotgun.
The post ONCE at Odell was robbed
and the burglars escaped with $1,000
in stamps and $500 in cash. after
blowing the safe with nitroglycerin.
The building was damaged by the ex.
| pl0sion.
One man dead and score Of per.
sons injured are the results Of blum.
der In train orders which caused two
night passenger trains on the South.
ern railroad I'd meet In head.on coils.
ion at Belmont.
Mrs. Henry Rose and her 8.year.old
son, Of Delwood, were injured badly
In q runaway in Harrisburg. Mrs.
Rose was thrown from the vehicle.
and. becoming entangled In the lines.
was dragged distance.
Walter Harloff. aged II years, who
was fishing In the lake at the foot Of
Hamilton street, In Evanston, attempt.
ed to recover his pole. which had
dropped In the water, and he fell from
the pier and was drowned.
Charles vanderventer. ~ years old.
from 81. Louis. was arrested In Har.
risburg on information from the chief
OF police Of st. Louis on a charge Of
having stolen $3.50 from n woman Of
that city. When arrested he had $84.
The Municipal Voters League. or.
ganized to clean up Rock Falls. was
given Its first setback when the City
Council refused to pass an ordinance
prohibiting wine rooms and prevent
Ing women from drinking In saloons.
George Edwards. a miner. was shot
and killed IN Peoria. by Frank Maher,
2S years old, In a quarrel over base.
ball game. The shooting followed
dispute over game played between
the Peoria Rivals and the Kramms
Station team.
Dreaming no was attacking q bur.
glar. Dana Tewkesberry. a telephone
lineman. almost choked his wife to
death In Kankakee. The woman strug-
gled desperately, awakening her hus.
band by screaming when he partly no.
moved his hand.
A man who keeps saloon open ON
Sunday Is not fit to be citizen of
the United States, ruled the Illinois
Supreme Court. In the case OF Louis
Hrasky. of East st. Louis. who failed
to obtain naturalization papers be.
cause he violated the Sunday closing
law.
Captain George w. O'Dell, of Peoria,
aged 81, died after weeks illness,
and his wife, his companion since
1861, expired within ten minutes after
his death Of heart failure produced by
the shock. Captain O'Dell command
ed company Of the Eleventh Illinois
Cavalry.
Miss May Slsson has been chosen to
represent Bath, Ill.,, at the historical
pageants at Bath, England, July 10
to "a, the English city having invited
the towns named after it throughout
the world to send their prettiest girls
for the celebration. Miss Sisson will
sail from New York on the Lusitania
on June 80.
The verdict of the corOner's inquest
on Frank and Russell Clark. the boys
who fell to death from an Illinois
Central train near Monee, censured
the railway because of the trapdoor
being open in the vestibule, as was
shown by evidence. The car next to
the one from which the boys fell
had no yestibule Mrs. Clark and her
children were en- route from Iroquois
to Grand Rapids, Mich
At the meeting of the board of su.
pervisors in Bloomington, it was de-
cided to build a concrete house with
solid concrete walls and floor and pro-
vided with metal beds for sleeping
apartments for wandering tramps be-
cause of the condition of these guests
at their arrival In the city. The stand
Is taken that the present custom of
allowing tramps to sleep in the city
prison and county jail is a menace to
the health of prisoners and building
attach