Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-02-20
MINOR STATE ITEMS.

Fire did $1,000 damage to the implc-
ment house of John Bumcrots Of Bcason.
Postmaster Charles Lcutwcilcr. OF
Reno, was run down and killed by n
train.
Mrs. Ralph Woods Of Noble was burn
ed about the face and hands by an cx-
plosion caused by throwing coal oil in
a stove.
The University of Illinois has secured
a promise from Dean 4. a. Clarke that
he will not accept the offer OF PROBES.
sorship ut Stanford University.
Celia Milligan. a young woman Of Cen.
tralia. died after taking an overdose Of
headache tablets with the intent Of sc.
curing relief from excessive pain.
a seven-foot vein Of coal was struck
near Carm by drillcrs who are putting
down test oil WELL The coal was
struck at depth of $50 feet, and Is Of
fine quality.
The consolidation of practically all
Illinois mines within a radius Of fifty
miles Of st. Louis, involving $4,000
600. Is reported to be on the verge Of
consummation.
was held to the grand jury In La Sale
under $1,000 bond charged with shooting
bis brothcr-in-law, Joseph Sallers. Sal
lcrs will recover.
The United States War Department
has approved the project to build dam
across Rock River at Grand Tower for
power purposes, but has reserved the
right to install lock for navigation.
An attempt was made the other day
to assassinate Henry Stewart, promi-
nent farmer. living one-half mile north
Of Carmi. Two shots were fred into his
bedroom window and lodged In the wall.
vorced at II Is the remarkable record of
Iva Franklin Of Pana. She was granted
divorce on the plea that she was not
aware Of the import Of her act when she
welded.
Two miners were drowned In a scram.
BILE for safety In the Letter coal mine at
Ieigler, fourteen others escaping with
out injury. The panic was caused by
slight explosion In the workings, which
did comparatively little damage.
The Rev. w. A. Green. for four years
pastor of the Christian Church In Ke-
vance, resigned to enter evangelistic
work. He II known as the "Miner Min.
ister," his early life having been spent
In the Southern Illinois coal fields.
Clad In uniform of the United States
Regular Army, man was found at he.
vance unconscious from pneumonia. lie
revived sufficiently to say his name Is
James OConnor and he lives in Omaha.
lie is at st. Francis Hospital in he.
vance.
=. II. Seaton, owner of $1,000 cash
and fine farm, who wrote a letter to
Kewanee papers recently, telling of his
inability to find wife, wrote another
epistle the other say saying no had re-
ceived more than 100 applications and
intmating that he would soon make Il
selection.
Because Nettie Louise Smith, Of
Mount Vernon, violated the order of
Judge Butler by marrying A. A. Schat-
Ia, the court declared void both her de-
cree of divorce from Smith and her mar
rage to Schatta. She and Schatta were
married in Paducah, Ky, and she was
brought into court on an attachment.
David Meyers. Mount Vernon farmer,
who kept his money hidden about his
home, missed box containing between
$4,000 and $4,000 4 detective failed
to discover who had removed the money,
but son found $4,000 buried under
four feet of earth in the cellar. After
ward Meyers deposited the $4,000 in
bank. Search is going on for the money
missing.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
early the other day to force open the
safe in the money order department of
the Oak Park postoilice. After drilling
a hole in the vault door, supposedly to
insert an explosive and breaking the
door knob, the robber fed. When w.
Willing, clerk, entered the postoiiice at
a. m. he found window in the rear
wide open and discovered muddy foot
prints on the flooring. On further inves-
tigation he found the door knob of the
vault door on the floor and hole drilled
| through the door,