Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-05-21
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STATE NEWS in BRIEF.

STATE NEWS IN BN1G1.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Edwall. of Rock
Island. celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary.
The Livingston County Athletic.
Oratorical and Musical Association
meet will be held in Fairbury, May %
and 2S.
Four boys whose ages average less
than IL years were caught in the act of
trying to rob the store Of Fang Broth
ers. in Kewanee.
Miss Gertrude Bennett, eldest child
Of family of twenty-five children. and
Frank Migawa were married at Morri-
son the other day.
Search was made for robbers who
dynamited a safe in NJ. d. Leggs' poul.
try once In Lanark. securing Sill and
escaped. leaving no clew.
William P. Custer, q milk dealer in
Monmouth, was kicked by . COW sew.
eral days ago and this, with compllca.
tons, resulted In his death.
Miss Eva Wheeler. aged 81. Of Free.
port. was suiYocated while exploring .
sulphur mine at Thermopolis. Wyo.
Her uncle. Burd Martin. perished with
her.
Alex. Duorananorkes, OF Peoria. has
started damage suit for $1,000 against
the Acme Harvesting Company for the
loss Of foot while In the company's
employ.
Three thousand operatives returned
to work at the Elgin National Watch
Company on a FIVE and one-half days
schedule. The plant had been shut
down ten days.
George Meyers, who resides near Pee
atonica. captured mother wolf and
ten cubs. He delivered their sca,ps to-
the County Clerk ut Rockford and col.
lected S4S bounty money.
BY new agreement entered into by
the Tri.City Railway Company at Rock
Island with It's employees they are to-
receive advances in salaries ranging
from to 3 cents per hour.
Mrs. George Slusher. Of Xcnia. Is
dead AZ the result of being scratched
by setting hen. The hen few at her.
picked her In the face and blood poi.
soning set in, causing death.
State Senator John &. Mckenzie NJ
Elizabeth announces his candidacy for
the Republican nomination for men,
Der Of Congress In the Thirteenth dis
trict. to succeed Colonel +. O. Low.
den.
The village Of Viola has launched n
campaign to secure q satisfactory
bonus 80 that II will gain one OF tho
coveted places on the north line extern
sion Of the Rock Island Southern Rail-
road.
The Stephens.Adamso Manufacture
ing Company, OF Aurora, was started In
1901 with one building and ten hands.
II now has seven buildings with floor
space Of 10000 square feet and employs
900 men.
Mrs. Lavinia Baker, of Monmouth,
Ia In critical condition as a result OF
a fall she sustained. She opened q sec
ohd story window and losing her bal
ance fell to the ground. She Is 50
years Of age.
The new $4,000 Eagles home at Mo
line was dedicated with appropriate
ceremonies. Prominent members OF
the order from all parts OF the country
were present and the ceremonies were
highly impressive.
Mrs. Joseph Studior. wife Of physi-
clan In Peoria, has suddenly disappear
ed from her home, taking with her an
1S.mOnths'Old baby. She declared that
her husband treated her brutally and
had attempted TO kill her.
Mrs. Margaret Redding. Of Kewanee.
has a record of daily weather condi-
tiOns for more than twenty.three years.
The record for the week beginning
April 10 and ending April 20 has no
parallel for freak weather.
Reuben Il, Tiffany. of Freeport, has
announced his intention Of making the
race for Congress to nj the vacancy
caused by the announcement of the
retirement Of Congressman Frank o.
Lowden at the end Of his present term,
The casket factory which has been
run at Lena, has made arrangements
W uloNc tue PAM 10 FIt'pOlt ana VIII
operate under another name, a number
OF FrecpOrt men having taken stock in
the enterprise. The corporation has
been capitalized at 100000.
Cards have been issued announcing
the birth of twin daughters to Mr.. and
Mrs. Hiram L. Williamson, of Muir.
physboro. Mr. Williamson formerly
was editor of the Murphysboro Repub-
lican.Era and recently was appointed
State Printer Expert by Governor De-.
neen.
Inmates of the Elgin State Hospital,
together with those OF all State char,
liable institutions, face possible meat
famine, The purchasing committee Ot
the Elgin institution rejected all bids
for the supply of meat for the c3nirc
quarter. the prices asked by the pack
ers being too high.
The home missionary convention Of
the southern Illinois Methodist Epis-
cOpal conference held its first session
In Mount Vernon. Many prominent
Methodists, including Bishops Beusen
and Berry. were present. and 700 dele.
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