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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1908
Page
5
A weather bulletin from the Associated Press reports showers tonight and Wednesday in Illinois with cooler air. South sections may see showers Wednesday, while northern areas turn cooler. Wisconsin outlook calls for partly cloudy skies and possible showers Wednesday, with cooler conditions in the south tonight.
Across Illinois Nebraska Wisconsin Missouri and parts of Kansas voters decide local races with liquor policy as a key issue. Wisconsin delegates to the Republican National Convention are elected amid La Follette versus party faction clashes. Chicago shows no direct issue while Bloomington and Higginson offer coffee and prayer events near polls. Rain dampens turnout in many places.
An express messenger reports Emma Goldman detained by United States Immigration Inspectors at Noyes on the border while returning from Winnipeg. Canadian authorities were instructed to escort her to the boundary. If she cannot cross, she would be sent to Russia despite her claim of U S citizenship.
The western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois miners and operators met in Indianapolis and adjourned without ordering a mine resumption. The next interstate talks are set for Toledo on April 14 to revive the agreement. In Kansas City the southwestern coal strike talks were paused as operators pressed demands miners rejected. The overall conference continues.
Voters in Freeport gather for a decisive local option election amid dry and wet campaigns. By 3 30 p m the tally neared 2470 with 3001 votes in JRCT, crowds mobilized by buses and autos as women join the polls and ministers urge turnout. May change methods loom if the city goes dry or wet with saloons facing possible closure tomorrow.
A south side elevated railroad motor car jumped the track near Indiana station in Chicago. Eight persons were seriously hurt with one likely fatally, and nearly twenty more suffered lesser injuries as the car crashed to the ground below. The car involved served as a smoker car.
New York reports an accord among Madame Anna Gould relatives to not object to her engagement to Prince DeSayan. The agreement clears future opposition and signals forthcoming nuptials.
Robbers dynamited the State bank in Huron Topeka Kas early today and escaped with 6500. The bank building was badly wrecked in the raid.
An early medical warning notes kidney disease can progress unnoticed and warns to start Foley's Kidney Cure at first signs. The piece cites H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkunz as endorsing the remedy to correct irregularities and prevent Bright's disease and diabetes.
On Monday the drys secured an 18 vote margin in a ballot count of 281 for and 249 against the saloons.
Martin Keister of Rock Grove was fined over 70 dollars by Justice Gerb for running a blind pig and gambling at his home. He also faced assault and battery charges from a February 25 incident, pleading guilty and paying a 30 dollar fine. Local interest grew as witnesses testified and the Keister home hosted late night beer and cards.
Deputy Marshal Mack went to Rockford to seize Lindstrom alias Barn yard Kid who is wanted on charges of securing an envelope containing money addressed to another person. Lindstrom is jailed in Rockford on another charge and linked to a Rochelle area case involving a mail swindle that used a forged identity.
Republican members of the House committee on elections withdraw from a meeting as a vote looms on the bill requiring publicity of campaign contributions. Democrats accuse them of cowardice for avoiding a record on the act.
The body of Emanuel Swedenborg, noted innatic and writer, was embalmed in London today and prepared for transport to Sweden for burial in his homeland.
The Freeport Woman's Club invites the public to an April 10 lecture on Birds by Bett E Olmstead of Iowa at the High School auditorium. A small admission fee is requested to cover messaging costs, with tickets set at 10 cents.
Judge Farrand presides in circuit court over the chancery matter C A Brokhausen v Caro line Niedemeier et al with Attorneys Viffany Eckert for the plaintiff and W N Cronk for the defendant. A Georgia man recounts pneumonia and a recovery after using Dr King’s New Discovery, sold with a trial bottle offer at Joseph Limmer’s drug store.
May wheat in Minneapolis St Louis and New York closed about one cent lower than Monday due to the Chicago Board of Trade session cancellation. C D Anderson 26 Rice Building WM Wright & Co advertise a 20 percent discount sale on broken lines of late style shoes, with a still ongoing sale of Women’s and Misses 500e shoes.
Fifty passengers crowded into car No 4 of the Freeport Railway when the motor caught fire. Women and children rushed to the back door as smoke filled the car and flames burst through. A bucket brigade, led by Charles F Franz, saved many, and the car was repaired after crossing wires caused the blaze.
An advertisement proclaims Foley's Kidney Cure can stop irritation from kidney and bladder issues. Mentions BH. J. Moogk and Win. F. Jungkuna as endorsers and promotes the medicine as a remedy within medical reach.
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