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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1906
Page
2
Reports from Viborg Helsingsfors and Sveaborg describe a mutiny aboard a Russian fleet at Bango and Sveaborg. Surrender rumors swirl as battleships Slava and Czarevitch bombard mutineers, central magazine blown, 2000 loyal infantry encircle barracks. Delivron midshipman dies after lowering red flag.
Anxious St Petersburg awaits word on yesterday’s clash between mutineers and government forces at Sveaborg amid damaged wires and withheld wireless reports. Officials note fleet crews may still obey officers though some crews are confined below decks. Cronstadt’s guards tighten as Seventh equipage sailors are held.
An incomplete clipping notes alleged violent acts and a police inquiry. It mentions extreme threats and possible assassination context tied to a figure or group, with references to urgency and federal involvement. Further readable details point to a sensationalized wartime or political crime item.
Milwaukee August 2 The Daily News reports Governor Davidson will appoint a commission to investigate the Dietz case at Cameron dam. No plan to send troops now. later action depends on the commission report. Several posses have tried to serve legal papers on Dietz over two years but failed. He is accused of assault with intent to kill a sheriff's deputy.
Prince and Princess Michael Cantacuzene arrive in Chicago aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse for a summer stay in the east Their two children Prince Michael and Princess Bertha previously visited their maternal grandparents General and Mrs Frederick D Grant in the United States under the care of Aunt Mrs Potter Palmer
Washington August 2 It is stated by the navy department that there is no intention of increasing the legation guard at Peking The marines stationed there are to be relieved and the department thinks the rumor of reinforcements was a misunderstanding and the men going to Peking are for relief only
Indianapolis August 2. A letter from Andrew Carnegie states that library buildings he funds cannot be used for other purposes. The Grand Army plot meeting in the Columbus Carnegie library must relocate to different quarters.
The American Federation of Catholic societies announced plans for a meeting in Indianapolis next year. Other items note Secretary Wilson's eastward trip to inspect packing houses, Roosevelt declining a Chicago visit, and royalty arrivals at Cowes. Cholera worries rise in Madrid. smallpox in Colon. Registrierung for Shoshone lands totals 10,583. Edward Uhl of the New Yorker Brauts Zeitung dies at 63. U.S. and Canadian lithographers strike, affecting 40,000 workers.
An OCR fragment notes a price on oil labeled Perfection as cents per rhe at Burrell Grocers located at 119 Stepheneon Steb. The readable portion suggests a promotional listing or price note for a staple oil item.
Des Moines Aug 2 The Republican state convention in Des Moines gave Albert B Cummins decisive control by seating nearly all his contested delegations. Cummins led with 138 votes to Perkins 603 and Rathbun 104 amid a party platform adoption. Cummins and Perkins spoke to enthusiastic applause, reaffirming Republican unity and service to the party.
The platform adopted by the convention lauds President Roosevelt and Congress, endorses Governor Cummins, supports primary elections and senatorial preferences, denounces corporate political influence, and calls for tariff laws to promote domestic industry, maintain wages, and balance foreign competition with national welfare.
The Amherst professor declares a man can live without brains but not without a digestive system, stressing daily care of digestion. He urges using a digestive aid after overeating, endorsing Kodol For Dyspepsia as a product that digests what you eat and noting it is sold by all druggists.
The Daily Journal announces citywide delivery available for 10 cents a week.
Time to time in trade and progress remarks favor reciprocity advocated by Blaine and Roosevelt as part of the Republican platform. A tribute is paid to the late Representative Tenderson and greetings sent to Senator Aliso regretting his absence.
Poentello Aug 2 The Republican state convention nominated a ticket led by Governor Frank Gooding for governor Burton J French for congress and Ceo U Stewart for the supreme court The resolutions endorsed President Roosevelt and pledged Republican support for his policies The platform calls for protective tariff an anti trust law prohibit railway passes for state officers a primary election eight hour day for underground miners and an employer liability law
Patsy Dwyer, a Tonopah gambler, seeks O'Brien in a quarrel and shoots in a moonlit street, fatally wounding conductor Albert Williams of the N. GC railroad while wounding Dwyer’s rival. Dwyer later believes he killed O'Brien and collapses upon seeing Williams' remains.
A group of Cleveland bankers and traction men formed a syndicate to build and equip the Chicago Lake Shore and South Bend Railway company. They aim to have the line ready for operation by September 1, 1908, linking Chicago with New York as part of an expanding trolley network. The total investment is reported as about 3.5 million dollars with underwriting plans to follow.
Made a Papal Noble in St Louis on August 2 Pope Pius X notifies James C. Clio of his appointment as commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great. The honor grants him a rank in the papal nobility and reflects the church’s high recognition.
Western headquarters for the congressional campaign of the Democrats opened at the Palmer House in Chicago. Representative James I. Lloyd of Missouri assisted, and the campaign will begin immediately.
Baseball scores dated August 2 recap league results in New York Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Washington Detroit Cleveland Chicago Houston Milwaukee Minneapolis Louisville Indianapolis Columbus Toledo Kansas City St Paul Sioux City Omaha Des Moines Pueblo Des Moines Canton Omaha Sioux City with multiple inning notices and a range of victors and defeats across associations and western groups.
A brief ad asserts nearly all cough cures constipate, especially opiate formulas. Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar is promoted as moving the bowels with no opiates. Available at all drug stores.
North Western Railway offers low round trip weekend fares to Williams Bay and Fontana on Fridays Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets sold expire Monday after sale for return travel. Agents should apply via Chicago and North Western Railway.
Chicago August 2 The state attorney's office probes a possible link between a woman connected to the Cooke case and a bid to bribe jurors. Prosecutors accuse Stehety A Crowe, Revere House proprietor and brother of Pat Crowe, of offering juror Thomas B Carr a thousand dollars to hang the jury. Olson says the hotel served as jurors lodging and a hidden washroom passage to the jury room. Crowe on $10,000 bond awaits further developments.
In Rock Island Illinois August 2 a man believed to be J Henry Deckard of Havana Illinois killed his wife and then himself in a boarding house. The bodies were found in bed with the wife shot through heart and head and the man self-inflicted wound in the ear. No struggle noted. A Havana lodge circular addressed to Deckard was found with a small amount of money and trinkets in their possession. The man about 40 and the woman about 30.
In a long running crossing dispute between the Louisville and Nashville railway and the Wiineis Trac tion company workers used sledge hammers to tear up two of L N's tracks before daylight. Electric company crews also sought to cross the T and N tracks. No injuries were reported as rail workers rushed to protect the remaining third track.
The State of Illinois has judged against former State Treasurers Wolff and Moyd Whittemore, bondsman, for 6,240 dollars before Judge Creighton in the Sunganion circuit court. Defendants excepted, an appeal was taken to the state supreme court. The suit sought fees held by ex-Treasurer Wolff.
Springfield Indiana reports Ross Fullmer, arrested for burglaries over a year, escaped by posing as a trusty. When asked to assist with dinner, Fullmer stepped forward, and the jailer did not notice. He seized the chance to leave through the doorway and vanished.
Springfield report notes Anno Sangamon County Old Settlers’ association urges members and readers to avoid political activity at the annual reunion to be held at the assembly grounds Mechanicsburg on August 2. The advisory stresses politeness and firm abstention from campaigning during the gathering.
United States ambassador to France Robert McCormick and Mrs McCormick have arrived in Chicago for a few weeks of visiting. The pair were welcomed on their arrival and will tour local sites during their stay in August.
Tickets priced at 16.00 dollars cover Duluth Minnesota and Superior Wisconsin via Chicago Great Western. On sale July 28 and August 11 12 18 with return by July 81 and August 8. A second batch on August 11 12 18 offers 16.60. Inquiries to Great Western agents or publishers.
F. J. Burdett, noted piano tuner, places orders at Brown and Dollmeyer’s store by phone or in person, signaling ongoing service and supply activity for musical instruments in the town.
P R O N A G H O T O R Y A F A R E Alma Atig Lesser president of the Ge gration society of Alabama has returned from Lockhart Alabama where he had been for three days investigating charges of peonage in the Jackson Lumber camps. He reports no trace of peonage after interviewing nearly 400 laborers who all said they could leave if they wished. If peonage existed, all trace was removed before his arrival. The German vice consul at Pensacola confirms the Germans escaping from these camps did not report such complaints.
A massive blast at Warrior Run Coal mine kills John Shumaker the adminer and causes a secondary blast that kills Margaret Williams, 16, after gas escapes to overlying houses from surface crevices. The quake shifts earth, damaging homes and damaging the Williams residence and adjacent house.
The July 1906 comparative statement shows total receipts of 52,298,852 and expenditures of 65,812,721, leaving a monthly deficit of 13,514,869. The report from Washington notes the gap between income and outlay for the month.
Chicago Board of Trade quotations cover wheat corn oats soybeans and live stock. Prices show opening highs lows and closes with grain by sample and cash sales details for winter red red No 2 and No 3 hard, oats and hay, plus live stock and poultry bid ranges and estimated receipts for the day.
Dunning and Stevens of East Buffalo report cattle receipts of 15 cars with a slow market hog receipts of 20 cars at Brades FG95QG 700. Sheep and lambs receipts total 1 car with steady market top lambs 7.74, wethers 3.75, ewes 5.00, yearlings 6.50. Calves market lower with best at 6.75.
State law states no five days notice is required to evict a cold. The note urges using Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar syrup, non opiate, sold by all druggists.
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