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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1909
Page
1
The Associated Press reports fair conditions in Illinois tonight and Wednesday with rising temperatures. No significant precipitation expected as cold air moves through the state.
An explosion at the Lick Branch coal mines near Huntington West Virginia is reported to have killed between 60 and 100 miners with 280 to 300 at work at the time. A previous blast on December 23 left 50 dead, and the status of survivors remains unclear at noon.
Springfield Jan 12 both houses adopted resolutions outlining how to canvass the late election returns. The House calls for a joint session canvass while the Senate will attend as witnesses to the opening and declaration of results without a joint session.
In Hamilton Ohio January 12 Associated Press reports Frank Donnelly entered J D Marshall’s office with his throat slashed wrists cut and three pistol wounds in his head. He cannot live. Millie Donnelly, his wife, was found dead in Oxford today with her throat cut.
Mankato Minnesota report says James York a quarryman, cut the throats of four children aged 6 to 14 near Mankato and then killed himself. He was despondent over his wife’s death and apparently insane.
Constantinople January 12 The Turkish government accepts the Austria Hungary offer of two and a half million pounds Turkish ten million two hundred eighty thousand dollars indemnity for the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, thus removing every possibility of war.
Patrick McGrory a 35 year old Illinois Central pitman died at St Francis hospital after a locomotive wheel passed over his hips at the roundhouse. An inquest heard he crawled under the engine to rake the fire, the hustler then started it, and he was trapped before being removed. Details from witnesses describe the sequence and timing of events before his death.
Washington January 12 Senator Foraker renewed discussion of the Brownsville affair in the senate drawing a large audience that filled the galleries to overflowing. He received the strictest attention from colleagues.
The Associated Press reports that on January 12 in Chicago Judge Bali upheld the validity of the Illinois direct primary law in the Superior Court.
Wm. Schaper, formerly of this county but now residing in Garner Iowa, was visiting friends and relatives in this section.
A western judge granted a divorce on account of ill temper and bad breath. Dr King's New Life Pills would have prevented it. They cure constipation, cause bad breath and liver trouble, dispel colds, banish headaches, conquer chills. 25 cents at Joseph Emmert's.
Tax collection will take place every Saturday at Lilly and Foss clothing store on Galena Street. Flor ence taxes are to be collected. collector Painie Miouak is listed, location Itdwiw unclear.
The Gift Shop announces a January sale on fancy articles with a 20 percent reduction. The event runs through the 12th, inviting shoppers to enjoy reduced prices on selected items.
The recount of the Cramer Stevens election contest shows Stevens 118 to Cramer 87 in Rock Grove counts, with official tallies later yielding Stevens 181 to Cramer 150 in Oneco and 118 to 105 in Winslow. The countywide recount grants Cramer a 41 vote majority on admitted ballots. Nearly 100 disputed ballots remain to be resolved by the court, which could alter the outcome if Stevens gains three fourths.
Harold Henry, a leading Chicago pianist, appears under the Euterpean Society at the YMCA auditorium Friday evening January 22. The Freeport musical club sponsors this second artists recital of the season, promising a program spanning major schools. Tickets are 60 cents.
An old newspaper snippet promotes flour brands White Lily and Plymouth as housewife favorites. It urges readers to ask their dealer and notes patrons who receive the paper will be informed by mail about the offer.
In circuit court Steve Bering, a real estate agent, sued Henry Baier for 2000 as commission for arranging a purchaser for Baier and Ohldorf Brewery. The jury found in Bering's favor after three hours deliberation, with plans for a new trial by Baier's counsel.
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