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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1905
Page
5
Freeport coal suppliers tout strong stock and prompt service with liberal summer discounts. Inspection of stock invited and customers urged to place orders for hard coal with delivery tailored to their needs.
Washington July 13 Special under Secretary Leslie Shaw orders 1000 marks in his department will receive bi monthly salaries Saturday by check instead of cash. The experiment aims to prevent defalcation by disbursing officers and may expand to all government clerks in Washington and eventually nationwide if successful.
Crowds hear La Follette as Wisconsin governor opens a Northern Chautauqua assembly in Man ri n s n e r e Wisconsin with his talk on Representative Government. The event draws attention due to reports of his forty lecture series and magazine writings funded to raise money after his campaign for good government.
A tornado swept a portion of the Rosebud reservation today, striking three small towns. Roy McFadden was killed near Stellanio. Eight people were injured at Hedrick and several buildings were destroyed. At Burke, six people were injured.
Edgar G Bailey was hanged today in Jeffurson City Missouri for aiding in the March 1904 killing of Albert Ferguson in Kansas City. The crime arose from a strike led by the back drivers union with Ferguson accused of breaking union rules by carrying passengers during the stoppage. Ferguson was lured to a desolate city quarter and executed for the alleged violation.
Special report from Oppasa states twenty four leaders of recent disturbances were hanged today in various prisons. A second batch of seventeen is slated for public execution. The battleship Georgio Pobiedonczetz arrived with a fresh crew to escort sixty seven mutineers to Sevastopol for court martial.
An explosion at a giant powder works mixing house ten miles from Oakland kills William Dwyer and seven Chinese workers. Fire follows the blast, wiping out parts of the facility and prompting emergency response.
Crroano and Curiao report closing board prices for commodities and Union stock yards figures for cattle hogs and sheep. Wheat corn oats pork ribs lard futures listed with ranges and steady to weak or strong tone. Also notices Winslow & Co promote a sale of up to date tan shoes with a Cuba on Wheels plug.
A contested city street matter centers on a 25 foot strip from Carroll to Liberty streets. Heirs of the Purinton estate claim private ownership, may fence off the land, and oppose municipal improvements. City officials say the area is private and not subject to public prescriptive rights, despite past public use. Property owners seek paving if the strip remains public, while heirs argue no open public easement exists.
Discussion centers on acquiring a twenty five foot strip along Carrolkstrest for public use. Residents argue city purchase would end disputes over access and prevent closures that would harm deliveries and local travel. Heirs reportedly declined a recent private offer, fearing higher future value.
July 18 report says the emperor signed M Witte as chief plenipotentiary to represent Russia in peace negotiations. Witte sails for the United States July something. Official notice of his appointment had not reached the president from St Petersburg. Unofficially, the designation is viewed as propitious and a potential step toward peacetime in the Far East. The Russian ambassador and peace plenipotentiary Rosen were presented to the president, with no formal exchanges yet.
Reports from Irvinevar and Sr. Petersenyre describe ongoing front movements by Japanese forces in Korea and Russia. Chinese sources claim decaying corpses from the Mukde battle buried in shallow graves spread plague and cholera among Japanese troops. Unconfirmed Moscow mutinies and Warsaw protests add to tense, rumor-filled updates.
Springfield July 13 The Citizens' Bank of Yellow Springs, a private institution, failed today. Special. The collapse follows a period of mounting financial stress and leaves creditors seeking recourse as authorities assess the bank's solvency and potential safeguards for depositors.
New York on July 18 reports five deaths attributed to extreme heat in a Special dispatch. Authorities note heatwaves and ongoing health risks.
Generally fair tonight and Friday with warmer conditions in the central area. Patchy warmth expected this evening as temperatures rise slightly across Curcaco with no precipitation reported.
City committee on streets awarded the contract to W. H. Shons for erecting the culvert on ink street between Blackhawk and Tutty streets. Shons bid 4.95 per lineal foot for concrete. compared with Richter bids 5.98 concrete or 6.18 stone, Carl Richter 0.04 stone per foot, and Voelter 3.00 concrete. Shons was deemed the lowest responsible bidder and contract awarded.
Col Frank Q Lowden on Monday purchased the Wo Althouse farm of 00 acres in Nashua township at 344 per acre totaling 24. The farm will be a valuable addition to the Lowden holdings in Nashua, the land among the best in the township. The Lowden estate in Nashua now comprises something over 2,000 acres.
Freeport Telephone Exchange announces improved long distance service to all points in Illinois Iowa Wisconsin Michigan and Indiana at greatly reduced rates. Service available via personal telephone or at the Y M C A building office.
A Journal correspondent chronicles a Pacific tour from Olympia to Portland in July 1905. The narrative covers visits with relatives in Seattle and Freemont area, stops at San Francisco landmarks, a description of Golden Gate views, Sutter Gardens, military camp, and San Francisco Bay ferries, plus a long inland journey through California grain country before tracing to Portland, with vivid notes on scenery, ostrich farm curiosities, and travel delays.
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