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J H " y J-' V jiTTi THI OHIOAQO EAGLE, tATURDAY, APRIL 25, It08. NEWS FROM ILLINOIS. Items from All Over the State of Matters of Interest to Our Readers. Happenings of the Week from Cairo to Chicago Carefully Compiled for Busy Men. ( The Bergman Express and Storage Co. WtMiMAUl AHB RITArL MALMS M COAL, WOOD AND COKB STORAGE Parnftura Packing and Shipping Furnltura and Piano Movar w ,' ftt I. ,iimn m Utwta Atmm OMm, hi TsWetoM, Ncrtfe 301 t fM0 4495 tip X QBRAQHTY A CO. Badges Mud Buttons, Ma&lla and 07cof Sf aa 6 Lm Salle Street, J. F. SMULSKI & CO. 565 NOBLE STREET PRINTERS IN BNOUMI. aMAN AN MUM "QAZETA KATOLrCKA," the Best Advertising Medium among the Polish residents of Chicago and America. Apply for Prices. TANNER & CONLEY Merchant Tailors Hrst-Class Wark at Moderate Prices REAPER BLOCK 99 Washington St. . CHICAGO TEL. CENTRAL 224 We Rent Tuxedet and FOR PICNICS, FESTIVALS, ETC. H. JAMES KOLZE'S FINE ELECTRIC PARK AND HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS Cor. Irving Park Boulevard and N. W. 64th Street CHICAGO HOHENADEL BROTHERS mkLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLk Masafacttfiriei POLICE WINTER CAPS 199-201 EAST MADISON STREET PURE - PUREST I&aflBjl jseyoui gmWM xsRH rot lIUIs NONE m J. C. Grant HI, 114 Waal 0HI0AG6. tlUHLl Chicago, III. Full Dress Suits 1 rrwrwwpwi ' BETTER. CWcal Coapaiy, v . EDWARD MUELHOEFER, Popular Former Alderman, Talked Of for County Co SUPREME COURT DEFIED Tb Beef Trust defies the Supreme Court of the United 8tates every day of Its existence. It defies and violates the permanent Injunction granted against It by the. highest court of the country January SO, 1005. And such Is Its power for bnrm, that no ofllclnl can be found who will stand up for what the United States Supremo Court decreed on behalf of the people. Tho Beef Trust continues Its exist once as n combination In restraint of trade and commerce. It continues to fix and to maintain throughout the country a uniform nnd exorbitant price for meat In deflanco of tho mandate of the highest court In the land. Tho temporary Injunction Issued by Judgo Peter 8. Grosscup May 20, 1002, against tho Beef Trust was made per manent by tho United' States Supremo Court In n decision announced .Tumi nry 30, 1005. Tlio decision establishes these points: Tralllc In llvo stock transported from Stnto to Stato Is Interstate commerce and persons engaged In buying nnd selling such llvo stock are engaged In Interstate commerce. Tho combination between dealers to suppress all competition in tho pur chaso of llvo stock Is nn unlawful re straint of trade. Tho combination between dealers to fix nnd maintain n uniform price In tho sale of meat throughout tho coun try Is nn unlawful restraint of trade. Tho combination of dealers to ob tain preferential railroad rates, is nn unlawful restraint of trade. All combinations suppressing compe tition between Independent dealers fall under the prohibition of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Arthur Meeker, treasurer and gen eral manager for Armour & Co., who was Indicted In the United States Court, together with other members of tho alleged Beef Trust for conspir acy, In 1005, and escaped on n techni cality, was on tho vcnlro of tho Cook County grand Jury for January, 1008, but on account of Innnto modesty caused by a sore foot was unable to servo this time. Ho certainly would bo n Good man to investigate Tho Milk Trust ; Gamblers' Trust; Ico Trust, or any other trust. Talk about gettiug tho man higher up I How Is Chicago ever going to be cleaned up with tho Beef Trust con trolling tho grand Jury ns fully as It docs the Health Department or the Hoard of Assessors? Why dees the Jury commission ploy favorites? If It Is selecting men fresh from tho defendant-)' dock In tho Federal Courts for positions on tho grond Jury, why not glvo tho other trusts n folr show? Why not draw Putsey King, James O'Lcnry nnd .Mont Tonnes? Tliey never raised the price of food on the people or conspired against them. Even If they are called gamb lers, tholr court records, If they hnvo any, aro no-worso than tho members of tho Beef Trust, who only es caped severe punishment In tho United States court becauso a Judge gavo them an immunity bath on tho ground that they furnished evidence against them selves I Why not draw Bowman, Borden oi Mix tp Investigate the milk cases? They are certainly the peers of Meker, Armour or Swift, because they have only been indicted. rCl .Jkm. Ssaaarlv. 'w iHuaaW IBbbb aaw. aMttaaaaaaur w BBBBBBass. ..'fgHHKfiggggulllBBlgggggggg w4MwsaaaaaaaMkBaaaaaaaaaaaaaa HHHmm 'aBpiBaML fpHHMBaaaaaaaaBaV aaaaaaaaaaaaaaak a vvitfwcBBaaaaaaaaaaBk aaaaaBaaaaaaaaax ?BV jT v. mf lBaaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaaaaaBBBBBH ' ''Vfl Ipeaaaaaataaaaaawl? aaaa&. f i uh -T fe ' SiaBHE a y vPaaaWaaaF'" J 1. rf 7 'v TTp gaaas " I But It appears that men who have been accused of serious offenses by n Federal grand Jury aro looked upon ns superior citizens and competent Cook County grand Jurors by tho Jury com mission. Tho people will wake up to tho situa tion hereabouts somo day nnd then there will bo something doing. Tho following Individuals wero In dicted by tho Federal grand Jury In 1005 for conspiracy In conspiring to ro strum commerce and trndo by monopo lizing tho meat product and for vio lating tho Shcrmnn Anti-Trust Inw: Of Armour & Co. J. Ogdcn Armour, president, Chicago; Charles W. Ar mour, Kansas City, president of the Armour Packing Company; Thomas J. Connors, superintendent, Chicago; Samuel A. Mcltoberts, nsslstant treas urer, Chicago; Arthur Meeker, general manager, Chicago; 1'ntrlck A. Valen tine, treasurer, Chicago. Of Swift & Co. Lawrenco A. Car ton, treasurer,' Chicago; Arthur F. Evans, special counsel, Chicago; D. K. Hartwell, secretary, Chicago ; II. C. McMamis, sjicclnl counsel, Chicago; Louis F., Edward F., and Charles If. Swift, president, vice-president, nnd director, respectively, Chicago; A. II. Vccdcr, general counsel, Chicago. Of tho Fairbanks Canning Company IMwanl Morris, vice-president, Chi cago; Ira A. Morris, secretary, Chi cago. Of tho Cudahy l'arklng Company Edward A. Cudahy, vice-president nnd general manager, Omaha, Corporations Indicted : Armour & Co,, of Illinois; Armour racking Com puny, organized under tho laws of Now Jersey; Swift & Co., Fairbanks Can ning Company, and tho Cudahy Pack ing Company. Armour, Meeker nnd others Indicted with them nil escaiied trial and proba ble conviction by the ruling of n Judgo that they wero entitled to Immunity be causo they had furnished evidence against themselves under compulsion suinclcnt to convict, although ho held that tho conoratlons Indicted wero not entitled to immunity and must stand trial. Hut the opinion of tho peoplo with regard to these men has never changed, and tho Indignation of tho American public from President Hoosovelt down lias Iteen frequently voiced, nnd the feeling is growing stronger and strong er In tho matter. And tho Supremo Court of tho United States decided March 12, 10041, that trusts nnd olllccrs of trusts could bo compelled to furnish evidence against themselves nnd could bo fined and Im prisoned on such testimony. Notwithstanding theso facts tho Jury commission takes snmo of theso men In older to fill up Cook Count' grand Juries with "leading citizens." Here aio some facts to hear this statement out: Arthur Meeker, manager for Armour & Company, has been drawn as a mem ber of tho January body. Every grand Jury for months back has been well filled up with representa tives of tho stock yards Interests. James W. Smlthson, purchasing agent for Armour & Company, was on tho vcnlro for tho October grand Jury, Among tho Stockyards people drawn upon tho September Grnud Jury wero : Wilbur L. Irwin, superintendent, Union Stock Yards. J. J. Carey, manager for Nelson Mor ris & Company, Union Stock Yards. Armour & Company had no men tho July Grand Jury so far as can be ascertained. . Swift ft Company, however, ware ws,ll represented. mmlitloner. Among the Stock Yards peoplo serv ing as Grand Jurors on the July Grand Jury were the following: Thomas L. Smith, foreman for Swift & Company, Union 8tock Yards. James E. Turner, clerk, Swift & Company, Union Stock Yards. Everett L. Van Meter, live stock salesman, Union Stock Yards. Tlio following Stock Yards repre sentatives were on tho June Grand Jury: h. B. Crumbaugh, head cashier Ar mour & Company, Union Stock Yards. W. J. Uasscll, manager Swift & Com pany, Union Stock Yards. Nllcholas Kllburg. telegraph oper tor, Armour & Company, Union Stock Yards. Martin Buddy, live stock commis sion, Union Stock Yards. G. William Sperry, live stock com mission, Union Stock Yards. Arthur Meeker, manager for Armour & Company, was on tho vcnlro of tho January grand Jury, but through lu nate modesty caused by an nllegcd soro foot ho was unable to servo this time. Should he bo called on a grand Jury again, the other members of that body should tako advantage of tho cir cumstances to ttsk Mr. Meeker nil about Tho Beef Trust, und why It should not bo Indicted for violating tho trust laws of Illinois; Tllfl flxlna nf niuununta th.t Armour & Company and Swift & Com pany escape paying their Just share of iwrsonnl property taxes; The withdrawal of city Inspectors from tho stock yards, leaving the peo ple of Chicago without ndequato pro tection to their health; Tho relations of Armour & Company with tho Health Department of the Harrison nnd Dunne administrations. Mr. Meeker, who Is a nice gentleman, will undoubtedly tell his brother Jurors all that ho knows about theso subjects, or glvo them a tip as to who can glvo them better nnd more accurate Infor mation. So far as tho Beef Trust Is con cerned, tho grand Jury can get a lot of Information nlroady collected and relia ble, by applying at tho government building. Wo eon understand how tho Roof Trust controls local conditions In Chi eago. Everybody Is beginning to un dorstnml that. But how tho Beof Trust can continue to defy tho United States Supremo Court In view of Its jtermnnent lnJnncton against It. grant ed by that tribunal Jnnunry 30, 1005, Is hard to understand. Tho falluro of tho Government to proceed against tho Beef Trust crimi nally under tho Supremo Court deci sion of March 12, lOOO, tho open dofl nnco by tho Beef Trust of tho United States Supremo Court and tho perma nent Injunction grunted against this nwful trust by tho Supremo tribunal January 30, 1005; tho daring viola tions of tho Anti-Trust Law by tho Beof Trust all theso and more will 1h great questions discussed by tho peoplo In tho campaign of 1003, Tho Beef Trust must go, to Jail, Nothing loss will satisfy tho peoplo. Peoplo aro commencing to seo why so many Beef Trust men aro put on tho county grand Jury. Wo know of no man so woll equip ped to dlsposo of Armour's Dodgerlne, when placed on the market, as Samuel Mcltoberts. MARIOlf 3H3Y SENTENCED. itetm One Yrnr In .lull, lint In llr Irnaect I'rmtltiK Airnl. Before Judge Lnndlt In ClilenRO Miv rlon Orcy, the nlllulty nont of the "SearelillRlit Club" of Elgin, paid the penalty for conducting a nmrrlnsc broker nee huliipi. Judge LandK hi sentenc ing her to prlon for a jenr, declared that person who were lured by matrimo nial ngenclei xveic inferior mentally and pliylcally and thnt the vltne-cs who tev tilled In the Marlon Urey cao thnt they answered tho agencj's advertisement In the newspaper had inndu In tho court room n "procession of mental derelicts." After reviewing tho evidence at length nnd rending sonic of tho nllegcd tcstlmo- MIBBI999jBBBBBBaa7HiaAMHa jfjpaaaaaaprpjj asM MARION OBEY A.tD ROMK OF THE AFFINI TIES. nlnls sent out, which he branded ns false, Judge Lnndls continued: "While this matter hns boon before the court I have received n arent many letters from mis guided persons, most of whom indulged in mawkish sentiments such ns I wn forced to listen to during the conduct of the trial. The letters said thnt nnjbody who wns defrauded out of money In this tnnn nor deserves no sympnthy." After Miss Grey wns sentenced Judge Boker of the United Stntes Court of Appeals Issued nn order releasing .Marlon Grey on n cash bond of $7."0 pending her appeal to lbs higher court. ' . TEACHER OET8 "RAIL SIDE." Marriott Yrnr Ami, nnd Iteaiilt Ar TerrlOlnic When Secret l.enka tint. Seated nstrldo n rnll borne on the shoulders of a score of school boys, Prof. Orley Waters, a teacher In the Frnnklln school In .Mount Vernon, was treated to a trip about tho school grounds as a wed ding present. Prof. Waters wns married to Mis Lena Chancy of Hello Hle, in Belleville last April and the wedding wns kept n secret until tho other day, when tho bride's brother found ho had a brother-in-law nnd straightway mado tho fact known, When the profesor reached tho school building his usually respectful nnd decorous pupils treated him with scant courtesy. Ho was unceremoniously seized nnd hoisted to n seat on a rail borrowed for the occasion from n nearby fence. Threats, pleadings nnd coaxings were un availing, nnd the bridegroom was bustled around the building several times beforo he wns released. CENTER OF MONEY FIGHT DEAD. Mllllnnnlro Actor In Srnsntlonnl Nlrnuulo llsplrcs Hmlileiilr. Edward II. Jnck, the Peoria millionaire over whoso estate his heirs recently en gaged In n spectacular contest, dropped dead from heart failure In Peoria. He was 8Ti years old, Mr. Jack Is alleged to have been kldnnped by his children and held nt the Palmer House in Chicago for two weeks in 1000, nt which time, It wns charged, efforts wero mado to get posses sion of his property. Ills son, William S. 'Jack, who has stood by him through tho controversy, wns present when the aged cnpitnllst died. Mrs, Annie, E. How yer and Mrs. Llla E. Howe of Chicago, Mrs. lioso J, McGonlgle of New York and Mrs. Mnry II. Young of St. Louis aro tho surviving daughters. A hitter strug gle in tho division of tho estnta is ex pected. MEETS BROTHER HE MOURNS. 8urrlrt to Seo Kin Alive Had Urt't'tetl Monument fur llliu, John CiarrlgUH of Mount Auburn, In a street In Spiinglleld, met his brother, Jef ferson D. (Sari Inns, whom ho had mourned ns dead for tho last eighteen months and to whoso memory ho had elected a tomb stone. Eighteen months ago John Gnrrl gus read nn account of the killing of lila brother in a train wreck, Jefferson ex plains this inlstako by stating that a tramp stolo his pension papers and other effects nnd wan killed In tho wreck. Jef ferson Gnrrlgim rend the account of his own death and recovered his property. He did not think his relatives would hear of tho a fin I r and did not tako tho trou ble to inform them of his whereabouts. BARN FIRED; $1,000 STOLEN. Itobbera Stnrt Illnso to Keep Alton tlon (rum Lootlnv, A barn belonging to John Fox was destroyed by flro in Ilnrrisburg, and, whilo tho family was out fighting the flames, somo ono entered his house and stolo a purso containing $1,000, Mr. Fox Is treasurer of tho United Mlno Woikcrs' Union nnd tho money was turned over to him at a meeting of tho union tho pre vious night, It is bcllovcd that tho party who knew he had tho money sot Are to the barn in order to rob tho house, STATS NEWS IN BRIEF. Maurice Joyce, the first chnrter tnsyor of East St. Louis, died nftcr nn Illness of five weeks. Cbnrles Mcntzer, veteran editor of ths Bock Fall News, and n newspaper man for the past thirty-five years, died nt Sterling. Triplets, the third set, were born to Mr. and Mi. Wilbur Johnon of Ohio station Sunday morning. Mrs, Johnson Is .'ill jenis old. A boiler exploded nt the Paw Pnw tlio works, killing Arthur nnd Frank Holer nnd seriously Injuring Loul Burnett, Eail Marks nnd Leslie Elliott. A resolution was adopted by the Bloom Ington city council to prepare an ordi nance iucrenslng saloon licenses from ?!00 to $1,'J0U. There nro now eighty saloons In the city. Curtis H. Snvnge, a sewing mnchlne dealer, died in Itockford from a blow struck by Itemu Potts, a contractor. The men quarreled over damage done to bitch ing posts by Snvnge's horse. Prof. James P. Slade, for forty years n prominent educntor In Illinois, is dead in Enst St. Louis, following a paralytic stroke, aged 0." year. He wns once Stato superintendent of public Instruction. Lewis I). Harth, chnlrinnn of tho Wnno County Anti-Saloon League, has begun suit for $10,000 damages against Hob Jackson, a saloonkeeper of Mill Shoal, who, lie alleged, assaulted him. The city election In Olney resulted In a victory for antMlccnto, and from now on the "lid" will be on tight. The city coun cil rexoked all druggists' permits to sell alcoholic llrpiors for mcdlcalond other purposes. State's Attorney John McNutt an nounced nt Mnttoon thnt he would ask tho April grnnd jury to reindict Judge Gross cup nnd other officials and employes of tho Central Illinois Traction Company for the wreck Inst August. Owing to the statements mndc by Mrs. Florence Kcllnr of Heardstown, just be fore her dentil, on March 27, her body wa exhumed. After nn exnmlnntlon Mrs. Hndle Gnrmnn wns plnced on trial befors Judge Camming, and she was found guilty of performing a criminal opera tion. The wotnnn wns Indicted for mur der and held to the October term of court. She plends Innocence of the chnrge. Fifty people narrowly escaped death In Freeport when a crowded street car wns burned because of a defect In the motor. When the llames burst from the forward ' section of the car into the mnin compart ment there wns a wild scramble for tho renr exit. Women and children wero trampled in the panic and but for tlio presence of mind of several men mnny lives undoubtedly would have been lost. Olllclals of the Toledo, St. Louis and New Orleans Hnllroad C'ompnny met in Carmi anil elected Nnlhnnlel M. Hums of St. Louis president; l)et Held of Marlon, vice president; Henry Semple Ames of St. Louis, treasurer, and Thomas W. Hall of Cnrml, secretary. The company will build n line from Elllnghnm to Itrookport, lapping fluorspar deposits in I lie southern part of the State. Tho Wabash Interests arc promoting the deal. A suit Involving ?:i".."0, which had been In the courts hccii years, and In which costs nnd attorneys' fees have amounted to several thousand dollars, was decided In tho Appellate Court of the southern Illinois dlstilet In llnrrlsbiirg. The Hnb crts, Johnson & Hand Company of St. Louln sued l. H. Yezner, a Ilnrrisburg merchant, for $.'I7.-I0. Yener won the ac tion. The St. Louis company levied on ftSOO worth of shoes, now damaged by age and out of stjle, It Is said. Yezner says he will bring action for several thousand dollars' damages. Her. J. M. Francis, chaplain of tho Illi nois House of Beprescntutlvcs and pastor of Graro Lutheran church of Springfield, has accepted a call to n church In Sun bury, Northumberland county, Pcnnsyl vnnla. His resignation will tako effect May 10. Lillian Belnler, ,1 years old, of Bart lctt, who had been left in the enro of her brother George, 8 years old, lu tho ab sence of their parents tho other night, wns shot nnd fatally wounded by tho boy ac cidentally discharging his father's revolv er, which he found In a dresser drawer. Tho bullet struck tho child In tho abdo men, cnuslng her death tho following dny. Mrs, Gertlo Plerson nnd Lensuro O'Neal, held under suspicion of murder ing tho woman's husband, James L, Pler son, by poison last February, wero Indict ed by tho grnnd jury in Chninpnlgu ac cording to gencinl report. An analyslr of tho contents of tho stomach by Dr. Hcktoen nnd Waller I Indies of Chicago Is haid to have bhowu strychnine in Inrge nunntitlcs. By n biavc act Miss era Hanson, 17 yeais old, daughter of Sheriff Sylvester Hanson, Interrupted a jail delivery in Murpbyhhorn. She wns awakened by a storm, and, glancing out tho window, was surprised to heo prisoners climbing down past her window as they escaped from jail. Hraely she selicd the foot of a in tin and held on while she scienineil lust ily to her pnicntH. Her mother went to her assistance and held to tho prisoner whilo Sheriff Hanson rushed Into tho cell room nnd prevented seven prisoners fiom leaving. Six piisoncrs escaped. During nn nltercntlon between Pollen Judgo Alfred Pendell nnd Chief of Police 11, S, Pnisoiis In Cnrml over tho relcnso of n prisoner, Judgo Pendell, It Is claimed, attempted to shoot tho chief nnd wni knocked down by him nnd plnced in Jail, 'i'horo has been 111 feeling between tho two ofllclnls for somo time. John It. Sandburg, T.'l years old, a Gnlesburg machinist, wni strangled to dentil by his false teeth. In going down to tho cellar stairs bo caught his heel on n step nnd fell. The fall caused his fnlso teeth to becmno dislodged, nnd diop lu his throat, Miangllng him to death bo fore help could reach him, 3 f ?,Atatik MHteM fHutiilH AjuabjlA .w, '