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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1907
Page
2
Washington, Jan 10. In a heated committee of the whole vote, the house refused to strike a 1 million dollar item funding militia encampments for regular army training. Grosvenor delivered a sharp roast of military manoeuvres, recounting an Athens Ohio incident with a drunken regular and noting ongoing friction between locals and soldiers.
A heated speech recounts a night when 50 to 75 prisoners in a battery escaped camp, marched to town, and attacked a jail. A young infantry officer was killed after guards fired about 50 shots. The speaker alleges no one was punished or held accountable and accuses the war department of bias against local authorities. The discussion covers colored troops and target practice efficiency.
Washington July 10 The senate voted today on a bill to limit railway labor hours. Lafollette opened by citing national railway employee groups backing the measure and said opposition came from workers coerced by railroads. A long record of accidents showed trainmen worked from seventeen to forty three hours straight. Beveridge pressed for the road involved. Lafollette declined to name it, noting workers often bore responsibility for long hours.
Washington news reports Senator McCumber wins Senate right of way for his service pension bill. He expresses desire that the measure receive general discussion. NoCumber
In Enid discussions lawmakers questioned timing for a general service pension bill after the Civil War. Some argued for earlier enactment, noting greater obligation to Civil War survivors than later conflicts. McCumber criticized flat $12 for those age 30, winning unanimous consent to advance the bill and possibly hold a vote tomorrow.
In Washington on Jan 10 a tentative understanding emerged in the Senate for a vote on a general service pension bill. The House began Army appropriation debate under the five minute rule, deleting thirty one pages of the bill. The fortification appropriation bill was reported amid discussion of canteen control led by Kahn of California who asserted no desertions in the past year and asked about the canteen’s abolition.
A high official was killed by an assassin at General Pay Painoff’s home in St Petersburg on January 10. The shooter, in uniform, gained entry and fatally wounded the general before fleeing in a car, wounding a policeman. Police captured him later.
At Madison on January 10 the state senate opened with Sanborn introducing a resolution to exempt legislative employees from the civil service law. An attorney general ruling that such employees fall under the law has sparked concern among job seekers at the capitol.
Guthrie Oklahoma January 10 the national convention adopted a plank forbidding corporations or persons to employ independent armed action to defend property during domestic violence.
In Concord New Hampshire on January 10 the long fought contest ends with the renomination of United States Senator Henry J Burnham of Manchester by the Republican members of the legislature paving the way for his election.
Hummel Martin arrived from Winona Minnesota and, within an hour of starting as a brakeman for the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, was killed while coupling cars. The incident occurred five hours after his arrival in Chicago.
St Paul Jan 10 President Tit of the Great Northern railroad will not travel to Chicago to appear before the Interstate Commerce Commission. He says he has told all he knows in testimony given at Indianapolis.
A marriage license was issued by the clerk of thephans court in Philadelphia to Paul Stanford Pearsall of New York. He is to wed Martha Plaine, recently divorced from James G. Plaine Jr. The license was issued January 1.
Digestive aid Kodol performs work for tired stomachs and corrects digestive apparatus. It claims full conformity to the National Pure Food and Drug laws and is recommended and sold by all druggists.
An old medical fragment prescribes care for pimples using carbolic acid fifteen drops borax sixty grains glycerin four fluid drams tannin thirty grains alcohol one fluid ounce rose water two and a half fluid ounces. Mix and dissolve apply just after morning use recommended.
Amusements note a Neorama screening by Leinan H. Howe at the Grand on Sunday afternoon and night. It highlights the couple’s wedding announcements for Miss Mae McInnis of Cadillac and Archie Hahn of Milwaukee, with details on family backgrounds and future home at 125 Oak Street after January 14.
Knights of Columbus hall was packed for the installation ceremony of the order's officers for the upcoming year. District Deputy Grand Knight T. Il. McMahon led the work, assisted by Warden John O'Mara, with a social close and a light luncheon. The council, once in slight debt, has since grown and wiped out its last note, burned by Grand Knight Frank Roach.
A card and sewing party will be held at St Pius hall on Friday afternoon to raise funds for St Vincent's orphanage.
Waddams Grove correspondent reports a week of social visits with residents from Warren Nora Chicago Garner Rockford Chatsworth and Summer Indiana hosting relatives and friends. Local residents include Mr and Mrs P Row Mrs Fuller Mrs Dewey Mrs Gardner Mrs Shaw Mrs Lieby and Frank Lieby.
Everts Jan G Mr and Mrs Fred Schrieber of Rinedeck visited last week with Mr and Mrs J J Molter John Schleich and family of Ridott Center spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs William Schleich Our village blacksmith carries Portland cutters and awaits snow Harbers of Iowa have returned home after a visit to relatives and friends Professor Hessinus returns for a short vacation and resumes work at the Picas a way ard in Rame Archbishop to report on Chicago church matters to the pope and deliver Peter's peace collection totaling $200000 for archdiocese
The Baptist ladies began their rummage sale this morning in the Huenkemeier building on the Y M C A block. A year of preparation yields a fine assortment including clothing, carpets, furniture, books, home baking and candies. The sale runs until Saturday night if goods last, with early buyers having wider choice and all items marked in plain figures.
On Saturday and Monday January 12 and 14 the store will sell 100 sacks of Marshall's Best Flour at one dollar per sack. Each family may buy two sacks only. The flour is marketed as the best Minnesota Flour in Freeport and every sack is fully guaranteed. Sere & Haight, 32 Stephenson St. Phones 141.
Do not fail to see the rinkage sale and bazaar of the Biepyint ladies in the Huenkemeier building in the YMCA block, scheduled for Wednesday Thursday Friday and Saturday.
Evangelist W A Sunday ended his campaign in Worthington Minnesota with a record meeting Two hundred converts reported yesterday afternoon total converts for the revival exceed LUZ ils Free will offering to Sunday amounted to 2120 Great day for Worthington as crowd filled the tabernacle hours before the sermon bankers lawyers ministers and merchants from many walks of life attended despite crowding the town population just over 2600.
A compact list of social gatherings, dances, card parties, balls, and stage shows scheduled across January February and March. Includes Germania society dance, masquerades, Joe Fifer social dancing school sessions at Lexington hall, various public installations and balls, Knights of Columbus dance, and upcoming theatre bills such as The Girl from Kansas Redemption of David Carson and The Clansman. Also notes Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup as a honey and tar product sold by druggists.
Archibishop Laud beheaded in 1644 and other 17th to 19th century items note historical milestones. Births include Jeremiah S Black in 1810 and Samuel Colt's death. Notable happenings feature Penny Post in England, Le Mans victory, and a Niagara Falls bridge windstorm.
Arthur Schweder petitions for discharge in the Northern District of Illinois Western Division. Hearing set for February 11, 1907 at Freeport, with creditors and interested parties notified. Notary public Charles E. Courtney swore the petition dated September 10, 1906. Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis presiding.
Raymond Schweeder of Silver Creek, Stephenson County, Illinois, petitions the United States District Court for discharge from all debts provable under bankruptcy acts after adjudication on July 10 last. He claims full compliance with acts and orders and asks the court to grant a full discharge, save debts excluded by law. Sworn Sept 16, 1908, before Notary Charles Courtney.
A 20 percent reduction on all pants offered with prices showing $5.00 pants for $4.00, $4.00 pants for $3.20, $3.00 for $2.40, $2.00 for $1.60 and so on. Sizes range waist 80 to 46 and length 380 to 86. Located at 78 Stephenson St.
Lola R Grabner of Freeport Stephenson Illinois petitions in the Northern District of Illinois Western Division for discharge from bankruptcy filed July 6 last. Court orders a hearing January 11 1907 at Freeport with notice to known creditors by mail, and directs publication in Freeport Journal.
Walter H Diffenbaugh of Freeport Stephenson County Illinois files for bankruptcy in the Northern District of Illinois Western Division. He states adjudication on July 23 and surrender of all property. Dated September 7 1906. Seal of the court.
A court order from January 1907 sets hearings for a petition in the Northern District of Tim ots Western Division. The filing requests court action and notices be published in Freeport with the clerk to mail witnesses and a deputy attorney listed.
New York dated January 10 special report notes Rev. Dr. Theodore L. L. Cuyler, famed Presbyterian divine, marked his 85th birthday at his Brooklyn home. Surrounded by family, he received an influx of congratulatory letters from across the country. native of New York and Princeton Theological Seminary graduate, he was ordained sixty years ago and long led Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church.
This item highlights Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a genuine cure for constipation indigestion liver complaints headaches and biliousness. Described as a pleasant tonic purifying syrup with mild action and no bad after effects. Sold by druggists at 50c and 1.00 with money back if it fails.
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