Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-06-11
Items from All Over the
State of Matters of lin.
tereSt to Our Readers.
Happenings of the Week from Cairo
to Chicago Carefully Com.
piled for Busy Men.
MINOR STATE ITEMS,

AuTee ITelBut cars were OurneO UP
In Nelson. They were filled with posts
and coke but the freight was saved.
Jules W. Hemenway. a prominent
merchant and Mason Of Duquoin, IL
dead. He was sick but a short time.
While swimming in the old slough
near the Relay Depot, in East st.
Louis. Calvin Craig. 8 years old. was
drowned.
Paul Thompson, q farmer. living
near Elvaston. was struck and instant.
ly killed by lightning while at work
In . field near his home.
The girls Of the Elgin high school
have formed an anti.rat society and
all the members are to forego wear.
Ing that article In their hair.
Johnny Gardner and August Meyer.
two Of the recent Chatsworth bank rob.
bers. have been taken to the Joliet
penitentiary to serve Ave years each.
Three men were killed when . rail.
road locomotive boiler exploded near
Collinsville Junction, on the tracks of
the st. Louis. Troy Z Eastern railroad.
A flock Of hundred or more Black
Terms have made their home at 10.
Gust creek below the dam In Sterling.
Birds Of this sort are unusual In that
locality.
A balloon found In q pasture near
Wataga was for time believed to
be q part Of the comet and caused
great excitement. Where II came
from Is unknown.
Mrs. James Dynes. wife Of a Kewa.
nee farmer. 10 dead from nervous shock
due to the belief her year old son
had been kidnapped. The boy was found
playing In the barn.
William p. Anderson. of Indianapo.
lis. was arrested there on charges Of
grand larceny and embezzlement grow.
Ing out Of the closing Of the West I'm.
ion Bank at Marshall.
DR.. Charles l.. Morgan. Of Elgin.
and DR.. c. G. Smith. Of Aurora. have
been named by Governor Deneen a.
delegates to the National Civic FEEDER
atoms annual conference.
A forty acre farm. valued at $1,000.
will be given away AZ prize at a
county fair to be held by the Streator
Lodge OF Elks. An automobile and
other prizes will also be awarded.
Joseph T. Fleming. a veteran re.
tired merchant OF Fairfield. died, aged
u years. He leaves two sons. Eldon
p. Fleming, merchant Of Fairfield. AMI
Joseph T. Fleming, merchant Of Rock
ford.
William Mathews, secretary OF the
Bedal Gold Cure Institute for Drunk.
enness In Sterling. will die as a result
Of an attempt at suicide by cutting the
arteries In his wrists while he was In.
toxicated.
The mystery OF the death OF Fire.
man Arthur Hampton, OF Aurora. who.
while In his cab was hit by brick,
still remains unsolved. Hampton died
from the wound. The c0r0ner's jury
was unable to fix the blame.
Rates on coal from Illinois and In.
diana mines to Chicago and to points
basing on Chicago. which were to be
effective the other day. have been post.
pOned until July %. The change pro.
posed was a fiat advance Of 10 cents y
ton.
Otto and Calvin Poister. brothers.
Of Gallon. Ohio. employed by the
Streator Decorating Company on In.
terror work In st. Joseph's Church In
La Sale, fell from a scaffold. as a re-
suit OF which the former Is dead and
the latter Is In st. Mary's Hospital
with badly injured back and possible
internal injuries.
Jesse Ray Edwards, who broke the
worlds record In firing big guns on
the battle ship South Carolina, was
born near RoodhOuse twenty-one years
ago. and lived there attending school
up to the time he enlisted In the navy.
two years ago. He went around the
world with the feet. His term of en-
listment will expire In August, 1911.
The citizens OF Bloomington have
completed a remarkable campaign to
'uiSc piVo,Voo ioi tuc puICuuSc VI iduu
necessary for the enlargement of the
Chicago and Alton shops there. Now
a committee will go to Chicago to no.
tify Vice President George Ross of the
acceptance of the proposition to ex-
pend 100000 there II the required
land Is donated.
The Mulberry Hill Coal Company,
near Freeburg. has almost completed
the task Of installing safety appliances
required under new State law. Con,
crete stables are being built and water
pipe Is being placed In the shaft. SO
that water will be available In the
main shaft. A telephone system has
been installed. The cost of the I'm.
provements Is about $1,000.
Albert ]. Smell, son OF the million
aire Amos ]. Smell, whose murder In
Chicago In 1888 created a widespread
sensation. was found dead In bed at
a cheap rOoming house In that city
the other day. He was 80 years Of age.
He inherited fortune from his father.
and Is said 10 have set fast pace
while the money lasted. He drifted
steadily downward of late years. and
for several years has made hand.to.
p,outh livinu runutuO arm ndc IN tina