Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-02-26
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 ITEleA.

Joseph Bruner, 22 years old. was
killed by an Illinois Central train 1t
Freeport.
William J. Park, assessor at Hopes.
ton for many years. was Instantly kill.
ed by a train.
Mrs. Helen Clifford died in Contra.
liza, aged 81 years. She had resided
there since 1859.
p. A. Pearson. a furniture manufac.
turer Of Rockford, has given $1,000
to Carthage college. at Carthage.
The will Of Jacob Leeper. nled for
probate In the Dewitt County Court.
leaves a farm valued at $4,000 to the
Presbyterian Board Of Foreign Mis-.
siOns.
II. Eugene Chubbuck. general mana
ger Of the Illinois Traction system. mas
been put In absolute control Of all the
!nterurban and utilities properties Of
the Mckinley system.
Mrs. Susan Krieder Ia dead In Sterl.
Ing. aged 81 years. She Is survived
by four children. twenty-five grand.
children. forty.nve great.grandchildren
and one great.great grandchild.
Fireman q. X. Williams. Of Bloom
ingtOn. was crushed to death and
twenty persons were trampled by STAN.
peding cattle as the result Of head.
on collision between two Chicago and
Alton trains at Venice.
A strict enforcement Of the curfew
law. a campaign among parents and
war against disOrderly houses IL the
platform Of new organization formed
in Cairo. as a result Of call made ny
the Ministerial Association.
Ebert Storey was seriously injured
by the explosion Of a dynamite cap
which he attempted to open with
knife In Harrisburg. The upper p0r.
ton Of his body was terribly lacerated
and his clothes were torn to shreds.
Supervisor Jack Price. Of East Fork,
Is In a precarious condition at his
home In Boulder. lie used gasoline "
mistake to kindle FIRE. and the room
In the house was mass Of flames In
an instant. He was burned about the
hands. body and face 1t IL feared that
he will lose the sight Of one eye.
After selecting Chicago for the con.
vention OF 1911 and electing new Oh.
GERS. the Illinois Retail Hardware
Dealers Association adjourned In
Bloomington. New 0flicers are: Grant
W. Porter. President. Chicago: c. r.
Woodward, Vice President, Carlinviile;
II. +. Gnadt, Treasurer. Chicago; Leon
d. Nish, Secretary. Elgin.
Gifts aggregating $500 to the Illinois
Woman's College In Jacksonville were
announced at the midyear meeting OF
trustees. President Harker made the
statement that besides the $1,000 ne.
quest Of Mary Green and O similar
gift from Miss Mary Kellogg. q dona.
ton Of $1,000 has been made The
name OF the donor was not announced.
Smaller gifts. aggregating $4,000. have
also been rendered the college.
Three hours after the residents Of
Plainview had been awakened by the
blowing Of the safe In the post0flice.
John Snyder was arrested by Sheriff
Jones at Collinsville and the loot Of
/ NuO TVOOosy ScSVVVtOus 4uO 0AVlO6lOu
was heard at :45 q. N. Sheriff Jones
was notified that the burglar had made
OF in the direction Of Collinsville, and
he was arrested In the Chicago and Al.
ton depot. Forty dollars In money and
q quantity Of postage stamps we're
found on Snyder. He refused to tell
where he lived or anything Of his past.
Ben Goldberg Of Chicago 10 much.
taxed man. but he declares he Is una
BILE to get proper educational facilities
for his children In the public schools.
He complained to the School Board.
Mr. Goldberg says he pays eleven diff
ferent kinds Of taxes. yet one OF his
children Is allowed to 60 to school only
four half days In the week. Following
are the different kinds OF taxes MIR.
Goldberg says he pays: Saloon license,
government liquor. restaurant license.
cigarette. cigar, automobile. real e.
tate, personal property. water. wheel