Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-02-06
SHORT STATE ITEMS.

UnkNOWn Origin. LOSS ON STOCK, glow,
building. Sl.2OO.
The grand jury at Bellevilc indicted
Sidney Baker for the murder, Nov. u. of
Peter Waclz, retired farmer. but Miss
Nellie Morton. Bakers sweetheart. held
on the same charge. was released.
Caught Iider heavy fall of slate in
the mine of the Chicago and Cartervillc
Coal Company at lIerrin. J. Pointer. 30
years old. was instantly crushed to death.
lie leaves a wife and two children.
Discouraged over financial rcverses,
Lester Green. former alderman and lead
ing coal dealer Of Bloomington. shot him
self through the head One daughter,
Mrs. Ida Thurber. resides in Chicago.
The date for defeating the new town.
ship high school at Pana has been de-
cited upon. 1t Is February IL, 1incoln's
centennial anniversary, and efforts are
making to observe the occasion with much
ceremony.
George Wchrheim. aged Is years. and
Boss Siser. while skating on the Okaw
River near Evansville. ran into q hole
In the Ice and both were drowned. The
boys had told their parents they were TO-
ing to Bellevillc.
Suits for $4,000 damages have been
filed against liquor dealers In Kewancc.
by Mrs. Rowland, wife of Michael Row
land. whose legs were cut of by a train
while he was lying on the tracks In an
intoxicated condition.
Uncle Iacharia I.ycria. an Alto Pass
farmer. nearly ~ years old. led a twenty.
mile COX chase on foot. In which several
younger men were completely exhausted.
Uncle Zach came up At the finish fresh
as lark. but the fox got away.
Thadcus =. Simpson. for years Circuit
Clerk for Peoria County. and prominent
in State Republican politics, dropped
dead at his Peoria residence. lie had
been In good health. and the cause IL
mysterious. lie leaves Il family.
There IL CONSERVATION in the ranks OF
the dance loving teachers Of the Mount
Vernon public schools on account Of n
prohibitivc edict issued by the board
against dancing. The board believes the
teachers can not do justice to their school
work and attend dances.
4 unique suit asking $4,000 damages
was filed In the Tazewell County Court In
bloomington yesterday against Aha
O'Bricn. by Dwight Kopp. boy Of D
years. who 81 Inns that the defendant In
trying to lift him over a fence two years
ago allowed him TO fall. permanently Grip
pling him.
Grieving over the illness Of one Of his
five motherlcss children. Eugene Schocch
of Highland crcpt from the house where
his boys and girls were asleep and lay
down on the Pennsylvania railroad tracks.
Five minutes later u fast train, flying
through the night, ran over him, cutting
him In two.
Miss Lizzie Wilkc. 10 years old,
trained nurse. made an attempt to end
her life In Petersburg. The woman left
note saying she was tired Of life. Ply.
sicans were summoned and the woman
probably will recover. Financial re-
verses and illness In the family are as.
signed as the cause.
The Big Muddy Levee District has
been organized by Jackson County farm.
ers In the valley who will construct a two
mile levee TO protect 5000 acres Of farm
land now subject to inundation every
time the river gets out Of its banks. The
crops In this district were ruined by the
high water last year. and the river re-
NAMED up until It was too late to plant
other crops.
Albert Reece. ~ years old. q resident
OF Danvers, has been dcfrauding the gov
eminent for years In receiving a pension,
according to a confession which the aged
man Ia said to have given to the United
States pension agent In Bloomington.
Reece was never a soldier Of the war and
had been receiving the government allow
ance for the services Of william Reecr,
who served In an OHIO regiment. When
he arrived at the age specified by the gov
eminent to get an increase he made appli-
cation. This resulted In an inyestig ga ton
by the government.
In the Menard County Court in Pc
tersburg the suit of Fancy Prairie Cum
berland Presbyterian Church factions was
decided against the "lOyalists" In favor OF
the "unionists." The case has attracted
much attention In Fancy Prairie and vi
entity and 1t IL expected that the plain
tiffs will appeal the case to higher
court. Judge Williams gave his decision
on the ground that the general assembly
of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
had power to effect a union with other
branches of the church, and that a civil
court had no authority to set aside the
decision made regarding property rights.
lie ruled that the church property remain
In possession of the faction known as the
'unionists" or those who favored the UNI
ion OF the Presbyterian churches.
While leading COW to watering
trough, Charles Stegmayer, one of the
best known residents Of Shelbyyille, drop
ped dead. Deccdent was native of Ger
many but had resided In America for the
last fifty years. He served In the Civil
War. Besides his wife, Mr.. Stegmayer
Is survived by three children.
Cant the University Of Illinois retain
professors by paying them as much sal
airy az other institutional" This Is asked
when 1t became known Dean Clark would
more than likely accept an offer from
Leland Stanford University unless the
salary Ia raised. Recently Professor
Breckenridge accepted professorship.