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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1905
Page
1
Portamouth New Hampshire hosts the first meeting of Russian Baron de Witte and Japanese Baron Komura with U S officials. Delegations present credentials and cheers from the public as envoys begin discussions aimed at ending the Far East war and pursuing a possible armistice.
The article describes a restrained naval shore landing with no public ceremonies. Envoys de Witte and Iamura were presented to Governor Mebane and New Hampshire officials, greeted by a small crowd, photographed by staff, and escorted through the Wentworth Hotel. Only select federal and state officials attended the courthouse ceremony.
A long dispatch describes Toth strolling after dinner at the hotel and outlines the Russian Imperial assembly’s first gathering since the seventeenth century. It notes the planned session and anticipated reforms, with warnings of new ministerial oversight and electoral changes beginning in October.
Yellow fever updates show 16 new cases bringing total to 610 with 3 deaths, 112 new deaths in the latest tally. Three new foci appear uptown and downtown, two victims found dead in a woods slum died after lacking care. State health board seeks quarantines under state law and asks the governor to deploy militia to enforce travel restrictions through affected parishes. Archbishop Chapelle recovers and is seen as nearing recovery.
Chicago authorities clash with federal and city officials after a tense pursuit of the City of Traverse by a fire boat. A cargo dispute arises over whether police aboard counted as passengers, delaying resolution as unions and operators call for emergency talks.
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The record lists numerous baseball scores with teams from New York Philadelphia Milwaukee Detroit St. Louis and others. Victors include Brookyn Los Angeles and Chicago while several games end in ties or multi inning affairs. Details are fragmented but indicate a busy baseball slate with eleven innings noted in at least one contest.
A large department store at North Poart street collapsed during morning hours, killing several and trapping many more. Victims included mostly shop workers and several women and children. Rescue work continued for hours as officials sought missing persons and assessed the wreckage.
A disaster at a city building collapse leaves about a hundred workers unaccounted for as a fire and rescue operation unfolds. Fire teams, volunteers, and doctors race to pull survivors from the wreckage while executives estimate the payroll and casualty figures. Missing include several young workers and a woman casualty, with names and exact counts still unclear as the scene remains active.
Fragmentary report describes injuries from a shopping district collapse near North Meesl Street. Names include Helen, Windom Dayehue, and Borst of Windom Minnesota. The building, a large structure, stood at the heart of the district and was under repairs when it collapsed injuring thirty six employees and shoppers. Debris and insurance details are noted alongside preliminary estimates of damages and responsibility.
A violent wind and electrical storm struck the Torage area causing extensive damage. Trees toppled onto streets, crops were damaged, and a Wisconsin River bridge about a mile west of the business district was carried away from its piers downstream, reportedly wrecked and spanning the stream for yards.
At Grosse Pointe track Dan Vargis of Lansing collided with Barney Oldfield in the first mile of a five mile open event. Oldfield’s car broke through the fence into the infield, suffering a badly bruised right limb. Vargis’ car left the track but did not capsize. both drivers uninjured. Juniper hospital reported injuries not necessarily dangerous.
Theodore P. Shonts chairman of the Panama canal commission has left for New York. Before his departure the commission decided that the bodies of employes dying on the isthmus should be sent to the United States at the government's expense. Fire damaged the grain elevator of Veter Juckem, with 44000 on building and partly insured. Artie Singston, fire company member and State bank cashier, was seriously hurt. Secretary Shary denied quitting Roosevelt's cabinet to run for president, calling such reports the merest vot.
Commercial clubs and merchants discuss interventions in a telegraphers strike while a major typhoid outbreak spreads from river water in Washington. The Locomotive Firemen meet in Norris, Canada as Texas fever hits 400 cattle near Cratul Summit, Kansas. An $8.3 million estate is left by Colonel Tantel S. Tannout at St Thomas Episcopal Church in New York, with a $210,000 loss from a fire. Bakers’ strike spreads from Hebrew quarter to Brooklyn. An unidentified man runs amok in Atlanta killing one and stabbing six. Frederick W. W. of New York pledges a $1 million Yale dormitory. Oregon anti seal and rail fare cases are upheld. Venezuela’s federal court rules against Bermudez Asphalt, straining Yanko relations. A California consolidation project aims to merge river interests into a single giant corporation. Count Cassius arrives in St Petersburg.
Wealthy Jacksonville financier Cohen was ordered jailed for contempt after failing to produce $55,058 tied to a bankruptcy receiver, with creditors urging jail for noncompliance as Cohen claimed inability to raise the money. Separately, Springfield state civil service commission organized under new law with W. Th. Moulton and J. A. Willoughby elected leaders. unknown woman attacks Bridget Lynch with acid at a residence.
A garbled Illinois marriage article notes the new law bans licenses to nonresident minors, even with parental consent. It mentions Terre Haute groom Hines Ronuts, age 20, seeking to wed Anne Reese of the county, and Alvin Cline claiming divorce for a different applicant, with two-year license wait rules. The piece also references unrelated local news on health, politics, and crop reports.
Phonins Sy O Gara of Chicago, president of the O Gara Coal company formed in New York, has nearly closed options on 10 one acres of coal land and fourteen wells in the Saline county coal district.
A power boat owned by Charles and Bates Terreshaft capsized while towed in a water rite about forty miles from Metdeeport, nearly costing the life of the navigator Peoderiol Bates. The vessel, during a high speed trial, saw a rudder screw break and toss the craft, but The Den righted and towed the boat ashore with minor damage.
A national fraternal meeting pressed for Bailey’s reprieve in Kansas City after Bailey was condemned for a murder during a spring theft. The brotherhood pledged funds and organized an investigation to save him, urging immediate action and universal support if needed.
The Chicago Board of Trade quotations show swings across wheat corn oats and soybeans with Sept and May contracts moving variably. Live stock receipts and prices reflect mixed demand for cattle hogs calves and sheep as Buffalo and other markets report steady to strong price ranges amid hefty daily receipts.
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