Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1913-07-12
ILLINOIS
HAPPENINGS

Of streator, has filed suit against
Carter Sproles and James Chris.
TOPPER, trustees Of that reli.
gious organization, for $500, which
he claims 10 due him for back salary.
Livingston. Defour, q %.
loonkeeper at Livingston, IL thor
oughly convinced that being q lawyer
10 q dimcult task. He also found Il
costly one. Defour and forty.five
other Madison county saloonkeepers
we're indicted for permitting the cp.
GRAFTON Of slot machines In their
places. The forty.four, on their pleas
Of guilty. were fined 500 and costs.
each. The Livingston defendant an.
nounced to the court he would stand
trial. He proposed to conduct his
own case. He did 80. examining wit.
nesses and bringing forward his evi.
dence. When the testimony was all
in the jury brought in q verdict fnd.
ing Defour guilty and fixing his fine
at $500 and costs, Just four times
what the others were assessed.
Peoria. - The hishwaymen who
held up and robbed the agent Of
the United States Express company
at Dunlap and also relieved . farmer
Of his gold watch and S7S In cash. 10
still at liberty. Sheriff Minor tele.
phoned to Springfield and had blood.
hounds sent to Dunlap.
Springfield, Ill.,. July s.-When their
hveyear.oid daughter told Fred I'm.
yart and his wife that she loved
mamma more than she loved papa,
Enyart shot his wife, seriously
wounding her. Enyart then escaped
and posse IN automobiles caught
him In the country near Athens. III.
Joliet. - Because his father be-
queathed him only $50 and left
$3.50 to his wife. Albert q. Welsh, Q
fireman, employed by the Rock Island
railway, committed suicide at his
home In Minooka, south Of here.
, Harrisburg. - Fire destroyed four
dwellings on East Church street, en-.
failing loss Of $4,000.
Staunton.-Dr. David L. Bley Of
staunton. on emerging from the
residence Of patient. whom he had
been attending. was attacked by two
bull dogs. He tried to night them OF
with his medicine case. George Frits,
q druggist: H. G. Smith Of st. Louis,
and the chauffeur Of Doctor Blsy's
car. rushed to his rescue. but Ill
were put to flight and compelled to
nee into the house. The dogs then
turned against each other and tore
huge gashes In their bodies. Doctor
Bley was hurried to his home. where
DR.. Van. Nettert attended him.
Harrisburg.-Lon Kelley. driver ct
No. II O'Gara mine. was kicked
of . car by . mule. He land.
cd 20 his head was caught between
the bumpers Of two loaded cars and
he was crushed to death.
Quincy.-A romance on tho river
was baflied when q brother stopped
Miss Ethel Norman and Paul
Rainey. residents Of the rural dis
trict, between Louisiana and Hanni.
bal. from boarding the steamer Black
Hawk prior to Q marriage at Keokuk.
Both are under age. Albert Norman.
brother Of the bride. rushed to the
landing Just as the two left an auto
mobile and started to walk down the
gang plank. william Sears. another
admirer of the near.bride. helped
thwart the clippers plans. and the dis.
appointed lovers were made 10 &C.
company the girls brother homo In
his automobile.
Bloomington Innis, eigh.
teen years old. died from the Of.
fects Of rough usage In efforts to re-
vive him after being nearly drowned
In Miller Park lake. His parents
will prosecute city onicials for neg
lect to provide proper facilities for
rescue work - provided by stats
laws.
Champaign.-Two persons are dead
and two others seriously wounded
% . result OF police raid on
the place Of Ray williams. . boot
logger suspect. The dead are: Thorn.
% Dodsworth. policeman. shot thres
times by Williams: Ray Williams,
shot by Chief Of Police Keller. Those
wounded are: Albert Keller. chief Of
police. His shoulder bone was bro
ken by one bullet. and another lodged
In his arm; severely beaten on the
head; oliver Harding. shot In the leo
during the light.
Northumberland Cloughy, aged
twenty-five years, was killed and
Leon Hart fatally injured when theiI
touring car struck Q culvert near
Creston. The men, who lived q
Dixon. were ON their way 10 AuhuEn
ind. when the tires blew up whila
the machine was going forty miles
an hour.
0elesbu1g.-Isaao Wslch. Q mee
chant OF Winchester, died ct thu
0alesburg hospital from injuries -
esivsd when he fell under passsn
ser train which he had attempted d
board - II was leaving the Chicago
Burlington 4 Quincy station.