Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-07-16
Neus Brevities
of Illinois
Observation-Disclosures

JerSeyville.-The Supreme court of
the state of Illinois recently rendered
a decision regarding the will of the
late John r. Beatty of Jerseyville,
which is said to be the only decision
of its kind ever rendered in Illinois.
A similar decision was rendered in
the estate of Samuel ]. Tilden of New
York, who in 1876 ran for President
of the United States. In Mr.. Beatty's
will he requested that no lawyer have
anything to do with his estate, which
was valued at 100000, and he set forth
to whom the money should go. At
present there are nine lawyers en-
gagged by various heirs of Beatty to
settle the estate. Judge William NJ.
Farmer of the Illinois Supreme court
ruled that the whole will be disregard
ed and declared invalid, owing to the
ambiguity of the same, and also be-
cause the property could not be dis
posed of for 81 years, which violates
the rule against perpetuities.
Observation-Disclosures Governor
Sterling announced the appointment
of the senate committee to cooper
ate with the Chicago sanitary board
and Illinois congressman in presenting
to congress Illinois claim for the ne
cesSity of action authorizing diversion
of 10000 cubic feet of water per sec
Ond from Lake Michigan into the Illi-
nOis waterway when completed. The
senate members of the committee of
ten are: Frank o. Hanson, Blooming
ton, Andrew S. Cuthbertson, Bunker
Hill, and Daniel Herlihy, Chicago. The
resolution creating the commission re-
quires that four members shall be Sc
lected from the house of representa-
tives, in addition to the three senator's,
while Governor Small is authorized to
appoint the other three members.
ringfield.-GOvernor Small will
appoint Mrs. Winifred Mason Huck,
daughter of late Congressman William
e. Mason, to succeed her father in
Washington if a vacancy appointment
is constitutional. Assurance by the
governor that he is favorable to her
candidacy has been sent to Mrs. Huck.
In case she is successful in her plans,
she will not only be the first woman
to represent the state either in Spring
field or Washington, but she will be
the first mother in congress.
Carlinville-MrS. Katheryn Har-
mons plea in court that she be per-
mitted to keep her fOurteen-month-old
baby lust one week." proved unavail-
ing. Mrs. Harmon is charged with
killing her stepsOn with an AK, and
under the law the court could not al
low her to retain the child. But she
is to see it once a week. No friends
mon since her alleged confession of
the murder. The trial will probably
be in October.
pringfeld.-IllinOis will conduct
the sixth annual better babies con-
ference in connection with the state
fair, to be held August 1927, under the
direction of the state department Of
public health. Babies between the
ages of six months and six years may
be entered for examination and in the
contest between the ages of six months
and five years. A staff of physicians
and specialists will examine the young
sters and also judge those placed in
the contest
CharlestOn.-Three prisoners, held
in Coles county Jail awaiting action
of the grand jury on charges of steal
ing automobiles, assaulted and over
powered Jailer Dan Williams, locked
the jailer in a cell, stole the Jail keys
and escaped in a stolen automobile.
The men who escaped are Fred Weber,
twenty years old, Jackson, Mich. !;
Claude Wells, Twenty-Five, Fort
Wayne, Ind, and Alfred Nichols, twen-
ty-eight, Fort Wayne.
East st. LOuis.-On July 1, 1917.
East st. Louis danced the red dance
of death and destruction and has been
forced to pay the piper to the tune Of
S450,0OO The last act In the city's
race riot drama, which cost scores of
lives, was played when the holders of
valid riot claims were paid. The city
government has received S450,0OO from
sale of a bond issue for settlement of
judgments.
Fort Sheridan. Fort Sheridan
historic army post became a summer
resort when more than 400 men ar
rived from Michigan, Illinois and Wis
consin, all set for vacations of two
weeks. More than 5000 of them will
have fortnights of rest this summer
in the long, cooling stone barracks.
with dips in the lake. baseball games
and so on.
pringfeld.-Thirteen American Le-
gion members from Illinois will sail
for France on August 3rd, to attend
the dedication Of the Flirey monument
and to take part in series of cere-
monies arranged in their honor by the
French government. The Flirey mon.
ument was erected in tribute to the
valor Of the American troops.
ringfeld-GOvernor Small has
called a special session of the state
legislature to be held between Novem-
Der 10 and December 10. The object
Of the session is to enact tax and
transportation legislation.
Chicago-Chicago has sent 1888 pris-
oners to the state penitentiary and g.
342 to the house of correction since
January 1, according to reports made
to Chief of Police FitZmOrris. Core
spending figures for last year are g.
O95 to Joliet and LTD to the house of