Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-06-18
Items from All Over the
State of Matters of In.
terest to Our Readers.
Happenings of the Week from Cairo
to Chicago Carefully Com.
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SAfey STATE aAppHxrxos.

1Af9Y STATE HAPPENINGS.
Louis Plucker, an electrician. OF
Cleveland. O.. was drowned in the Fox
River near Algonquin while canoeing.
Travelling from st. Louis to Spring.
field, his native city, with that pur.
pose In view. Robert p. Johnston, Jr.,
killed himself in the Leland Hotel.
Driven to distraction by teasing Of
his schoolmates because he suffered.
Glen Lawrence, son Of wealthy
Geneva resident. committed suicide.
Charles Miller. Of Mount Vernon.
Ind. aged about 80 years, was run
over and killed by west.bound freight
on the Louisville and Nashville Rail.
road near Dahlgren.
Hosea Taylor. the negro who was
threatened with mob violence at Wen.
na last January when Governor De.
neen called out the militia, pleaded
guilty to granddaughter.
The total receipts Of the county fair
Just closed in Streator in aid Of the
Elks' home building fund aggregated
more than $4,000. Of which about g..
600 was clear Of expenses.
Henry Kos walked down to the river
bank In Rock Island and shot him.
self twice. once In the heart and once
In the head. He had $3.50 on his per.
son and apparently there was no rea.
son for the deed.
Mrs. Lawrence Y. Sherman. wife OF
the former lieutenant governor Of I'LL
nois. who Is at present president Of
the state board OF administration, died
at her residence In Springfield. She
had been III for several weeks. The
remains will be taken to the old home
In Montrose. Bingham County.
Charles c. Hassler. county clerk OF
Mclean County. dropped dead at his
homo In Bloomington. aged "a. Hs
was prominent In the Grand Army Of
the Republic. writer Of plays and was
a verse writer OF unusual talent, being
poet.laureate Of the Modern Woodmen
Of America for several years. He was
also q leader In the Republican party.
George Wilson OF Chicago, engineer
Of an excursion train OF ten coaches
loaded with people OF Rockford bound
Tor q picnic near Kenosha. Wis.,. avert.
ed disastrous wreck near Harlem on
the Chicago 4 Northwestern road by
quick work. Wilson halted the train
on the edge Of q bridge which had
been almost completely burned away.
John Hays. aged %. living at Mount
Vernon. ILL.,. tried to enlist In the Unit.
ed States navy In Evansville. ILL.,. and
was told he lacked just one pound OF
the necessary weight. He went out.
side and drank q gallon Of water.
Then he returned and proved to the re-
cruiting oficer that he had brought
himself up to the required weight He
was accepted. Hays felt no III effect
from the large quantity Of water he
drank.
Highway commissioners represent.
Ing more than score OF cities. each
OF which has population OF more
than $4,000. met In Aurora for the
purpose of forming a State organisa.
ton. The organization is to be form.
ed to enable the commissioners to OBJ
tain legislation which will be beneii.
cial to the interests Of farmers. There
were forty commissioners at the meet.
Ing, which was presided over By
George Hayward Of Joliet.
Hosea Tabor. negro charged with
the murder Of Allen Clark on a Big
Four train at Parker City January 4.
plead guilty to granddaughter In the
Johnson County Circuit Court at Wen.
ma and was sentenced to the peniten.
tiary by Judge Butler, The state en-.
tered nollies against Perry Tabor and
Alex. jenkins, two other negroes In.
dtcted with Tabor. II was to protect
these negroes that Gov. Deneen ordered
the militia to Vienna last January to
prevent mob violence.
Directly opposite the Chicago Board
OF Trade, and not stones throw dis.
tant, John Larsen, janitor of the Kent
building, was slain while In his Sleep
Ing apartment. His charred body was
found following fire which did con.
siderable damage to the structure. Cir
cumstances indicated Larsen was beat.
en- until helpless and that his assail.
ant then set fire to the room, leaving
his victim to perish In the flames.
From an adjoining building a short
time previous Larsen had been heard
In an angry colloquy with an unknown
man who had been refused In de-
mand for money.
A remarkable suit. asking $4,000
damages from Daniel Friedinger. vii.
liam Bishop, Joseph Bishop, Mrs. ]. C.
Bishop. Mrs. Ella Friedinger and Mrs.
Edna Bishop, has been fled In The
Tazewell County Circuit Court by
John Miller Of Groveland. Two months
ago Miller and Miss Lillian Bishop
eloped to Bloomington and were mar.
ried. Upon their return home the
bride informed her husband that she
had promised to marry Joseph Powell
Of Peoria. and she returned to her par
ents. The complainant alleges that
The defendants poisoned the mind OF
his wife toward him and persuaded
her to leave him. Powell. who expect.
ed to marry Miss Bishop. had prepared
home In Peoria for his bride and OK.
pected to marry her the day following
The one upon which she married Mil.