Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-04-23
Items from All Over the
State of Matters of In.
tereSt to Our Readers.
Happenings of the Week from Cairo
to Chicago Carefully Com.
piled for Busy Men.
MINOR STATE ITEMS.
There is not vacant store room or
dwelling i'm Gilman.

There is not vacant store room or
dwelling in Gilman.
X. A. Anderson, farmer near
Bloomington. died from being kicked
by COW while trying to milk her.
Daniel Mcnamara Of Sterling, aged
~, was granted u divorce from his
wife, who Is 65 years old, the charge
being desertion.
Pietro Cuglo died in Rockford from
the effects of wounds inflicted by a
revolver in the hands Of Vito Riollo.
Riollo will claim self-defense.
A good rain has fallen In Central
and Southern Illinois. the first Of any
consequence in seven weeks. The
growing crops were badly In need Of
water.
The body Of an unidentified man, be.
lieved to be John Wolf Of Ottawa, with
gaping bullet wound in the head, was
found floating in the Illinois river at
Peoria.
Everett Baker and Grace Baker, who
were divorced ten years ago. eloped
to Equality and were remarked. Baker
is the eldest son OF the founder of tie
City National Bank OF Harrisburg.
A general epidemic among the In.
sane patients OF the Illinois southern
hospital located at Anna has caused
more than twenty deaths recently
from pneumonia. The institution has
an average OF 1900 patients at all
times.
Captain ID. c. Hanna, a veteran OF
the Ninety.first Illinois Infantry In
the Civil War and member Of the
Illinois General Assembly in 1892. died
at his home in Monmouth. He was
born in Warren County seventy.four
years ago.
Francis J. Liggett of Bradford has
announced his candidacy for renomi.
nation from the Thirty.seventh Dis.
trict on the Republican ticket. thus as.
| surfing a contest in Stark County.
where A. G. Hammond of Wyoming Ia
also a candidate.
Otto Reuter-. OF La Sale, died on
the operating table at the hospital in
that city from the effects Of chlorc.
form administered preliminary to an
operation. Death occurred before the
operation was begun. II is supposed
the patients heart was weak.
Lincoln johnson Is on trial in the
Jefferson County Circuit Court.
charged with the murder Of Roscoe
Morse. johnson has been twice con.
victed Of the killing. johnson was q
prison attache at Chester penitentiary
and Morse railroad agent The trou-
BILE arose over freight rates. Three
convicts will testify.
The other night burglars robbed the
coal Offices OF John Ward. A. NJ. Clavin.
the johnson Lumber Company and the
Weeks Coal Company and the meat
markets Of Fl. A. Atwood and c. H.
Barrett in Sterling. The total receipts
Of the six robberies were about $500
The men made no attempts to blow
the safes, but confined their energies
to the cash registers.
At conference held In Alton by
representatives Of half a dozen cities
In Madison County. petitions were
started out to be signed in every town.
ship. II possible. protesting against the
proposed county court house improve.
ment and asking the board Of super.
visors to rescind action taken Jan. 8
looking toward the practical recon.
struction Of the present court house.
Vito Riollo. an Italian merchant,
who killed Pietro Cuccio in revolver
duel. was released by the authorities
In Rockford. and will not be prose.
cuted. He was escorted from the Jail
to his home by large number of his
countrymen. Riollo charged Cuccio
with having broken up his home and
declared the latter began the revolver
battle. Mrs. Riollo Is said to have
disappeared.
The 4.year.old daughter Of Frank
Tackett. residing near Fairfield, was
burned to death when she followed her
father to field. She left the house
shortly after he had returned from
field for drink of water and, unseen
by him. attempted to follow him.
Tackett was burning stumps and when
the girl came near him her clothes
caught fire. She was burned to crisp
before he could reach her.
Permits for the organization OF two
new State banks were issued by the
State Auditor the other day. The
Wataga State Bank of Wataga, Knox
County, will be organized by T.. p. Rob
son, George Bohringer. T.. p. william.
son, James Gehring and 8. r. Parkin-
son with capital of $4,000. The sec
ond Is the Farmers First State Bank
Of Sadorus. Champaign County, capital
$4,000. The permit IL issued to r. q.
Cathcart. David Rice and Clifton
Chambers.
A bit Of primeval yew forest about
half mile square II carefully pre-
served In the Bavarian highlands Of