Chicago eagle., 1921-03-26
News Nuggets
From Illinois

Chicago.-An explosion of mill dust
destroyed the largest grain elevator
in the world here; caused the death of
several persons. injured dozen
more, broke windows within a radius
of five miles, started a score of
minor fires, and caused a total dam
age estimated by officials TO be in eX-
cess of S1O,0O0O0O. 1t was at the
Northwestern Terminal Grain eleva-
tor, under lease to the Armour Grain
company, that the blast occurred.
Twenty minutes before the explosion
the day force of more than 200 men
quit work
Urbana.-All states except Utah,
Nevada, South Carolina and Vermont
are represented by students at the
University of Illinois, according to a
. survey just published. Illinois leads
the list with 5,553 students. Nearly
% per cent of this number come from
Chicago and suburbs Indiana is sec
Ond in the number of students with
397, and Missouri third with 1S1. The
states distant from Illinois are well
represented, New York having At,
Colorado 80, California % and Texas 33.
Chicago.-COok county has a con-
struction program for this year of 311a
| miles of permanent highways, involv-
! ing an estimated expenditure of
| $1,699,OO0 This is in addition to the
! 10 SO miles for which contracts total
| in SS3I ,Os0 were awarded recently, and
other uncompleted contracts awarded
previously. A majority of the commits
sioners said that they propose to pro
ceed with the 311a miles, barring unex-
| pected handicapS, such as a cOmbina
ton of contractors to increase prices.
st. LOuis.-Thousands of gallons of
milk are being poured into sewers and
creeks daily by milk plants in south
ern Illinois because there is no de-
mand for it. d. A. Brooks, president
of the Southern Milk Producers as
sociation, with headquarters in East
| st. Louis, made this statement. The
plants extract the butter fat and throw
away the skim milk, he said. Thou
sands of gallons more are being fed
to hogs to fatten them.
Rockford.-Without having regained
consciousness long enough to tell her
story of the events leading up to the
| tragedy, Miss Helen Wilson died Of a
bullet wound inflicted by a rejected
suitor, who fatally wounded himself
after shooting the young woman as
she was leaving an interurban car
The man was Arthur Bauscher, a
wealthy Freeport florist. He died two
hours after the double shooting.
DiXOn.-Declaring the Dixon state
colony to be the cleaneSt and best ar.
ranged of any of the state charitable
institutions, Representative Ryan OF
Chicago, a member of the Legislative
visiting committee which inspected
the institution, said as rapidly as new
buildings can be erected patient:
would be removed from Dunning
which will eventually be closed.
Morrison.-Under the terms of the
will of Charles w. Baker, who dice
recently, the Illinois Humane society
will receive his entire estate, now
valued at 100000, after the death o.
Mrs. Baker and a daughter.
Chicago. = More than 100,0OO,OOt
tons of Illinois coal supply wa
wasted last year due to improper min
ing methods, according to w. L. Alb
bott of the Commonwealth EdisoI
company.
Springfield.-Miss Mary MacSwiney
sister of the martyred lord mayor o.
Cork is to be the official guest of II
linois March 81. She has been invited
to address the general assembly OF
that date.