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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1908
Page
1
The Associated Press reports fair conditions in Illinois tonight and Thursday with warmer temperatures in the north. Increasing cloudiness is expected Thursday. Wisconsin also sees fair and warmer weather tonight, followed by increasing cloudiness Thursday.
President-Elect Taft and Speaker Cannon held a morning conference on tariff revision. A formal statement is to be issued tomorrow after Taft meets Republican Ways and Means committee members. Secretary Wilson ruled flour bleached with nitrogen peroxide adulterated and not lawful for interstate transport. no prosecutions planned for six months due to large stock.
Washington on December 9 marked the fifth annual National Rivers and Harbors congress opening a historic meeting. The National Conservation Commission began talks with state governors to map out a concrete plan for conserving the nation's natural resources.
A bomb hurled into an airshaft of a Hast Sixty-Third Street tenement injures over twenty people, five seriously, causing a panic as the heavily damaged building, housing Italians, is set ablaze and wrecked in the blast.
Cape Haytien December 9. Revolutionary activity has erupted in several northern towns of the republic and authorities fear the movement may spread to other areas. Local forces mobilize to contain the unrest.
Washington December 9 With full military ceremonies the body of the late Rear Admiral Coghlan was interred at Arlington cemetery after a public service and honors led by naval and military officials as tributes to his long career.
Closing board quotes show May wheat 1075 to 1075. May corn 62. May oats 524. Jan pork 1587. Jan lard 9.17 to 9.20. Jan ribs 8.25. Union Stock Yards figures list cattle 23,000 steady to 10 lower, beeves 3.40 to 7.70, stocker feeder 2.60 to 4.80, cows 1.50 to 5.00, hogs 10,000 steady to higher, light 4.95 to 5.65, mixed 5.20 to 5.85, bulk 5.40 to 5.75, sheep 22,000 steady 2.40 to 1.75. Additional quotes from Chicago Board of Trade via C. D. Anderson at 76 Stephenson Street. Cut clover and alfalfa meal. 12-9. SERF & HAICHT.
William W. Brady, 57, janitor at the Cosmopolitan building, was killed when crushed between an elevator cage floor and the shaft frame, his body dropped into the pit. Miss Lucile Kelley discovered the scene, with investigators citing a peculiar accident likely involving the cage starting while Brady attempted to enter. Acting Coroner Smith held an inquest. the jury ruled death an accidental incident with no one held responsible.
J W Leavitt an Illinois Central agent at Blanchardville on the Dodgeville division was killed aiding a switch on train 253 at the stock yards He fell between cars and died from a fractured skull age 45 He is survived by his wife two daughters and is to be buried at Woodford tomorrow
Herman Miller of Rock Grove was discharged after a hearing before Justice Vincent on a charge preferred by Martha Wilke, the charge not being proven.
Brown and Dollmeyer will keep their store open in the evenings until after Christmas, extending shopping hours to accommodate holiday customers.
Grand jury today returned a large number of indictments as circuit court began a term. Judge Farrand announced a partial trial list with several cases scheduled this week including Teeter for Dec 14 and Maher for a beer robbery from an Illinois Central car.
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