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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1906
Page
2
Guatemalan forces invade Honduras and Salvador as Nicaragua remains neutral. Salvador defeats Guatemala at Plata Nueva and Santa Fe, with 2000 Guatemalan casualties. Honduras joins Salvador against Guatemala while diplomatic talks seek settlement. Bonilla denies Honduras war declaration. front reports span Me Tapain to Plata Nar.
From Leocadio Gramato, private secretary to Manuel Cabrera, president of Gunite mala, the AP reports Roosevelt may secure a peaceful settlement between Guatemala and Salvador soon. Salvadoris invade from the south near Jalipagua. Guatemala recruits forces in the center for possible invasion. Diaz of Mexico offers mediation with the United States. Guatemala accepts and awaits Salvador’s reply.
News from North Atlantic city reports rebels advancing toward Vic Janeiro with Elihu Root en route to participate in a Pan American congress aboard the Charleston. Government fears insult to diplomats as Matto Grosso rebels seize state buildings after a presidential assassination and jungle fighting.
Reports indicate rising fatalities and injuries as fighting intensifies along the coast. Federal forces under General Ribario contend with a challenging rebel tactic, while interior unrest drives families toward safer areas and food prices surge. Laborers join the ranks, swelling rebel numbers amid discontent with wages and landowner treatment. Both sides guard for a decisive clash, possible days away.
City of Mexico reports General Regalado of El Salvador died during a scouting expedition on the Guatemala border. He and his escort fought fiercely but were wiped out by a large Guatemalan regular force, with no quarter given. The official Guatemalan report claiming a pitched battle is contradicted. Toledo's revolutionary army defeated Guatemalan forces in the same day.
A lightning strike on July 16 near Oak Street and the Lake Shore drive killed Frank Matson, age 4, and seriously burned four others: William Hanpers, George Ho man, Charles Sleeting, and Joseph Sleating. The bolt likely hit a telephone company cable, triggering many bells in the North exchange.
Edward W Sentell, last survivor of the Sentell family of Brooklyn, died in Salisbury after the wreck of the Plymouth special. His wife, son Charles F E Sentell, and daughters Blanche and Gertrude also perished. The family had gone abroad for the summer.
Chicago hosts a meeting of midwest carriage manufacturers to form the National Carriage Manufacturers Association of the United States. A convention is proposed for July 23 to organize the national body.
A blaze in Nisin Novgorod on July 16 raged six hours, destroying 275 houses and leaving over 3,000 families homeless. The loss is estimated at 400000 dollars.
Saturday results across leagues show Pittsburgh and New York posting wins while Philadelphia and Chicago split in the American. Cincinnati and Brooklyn combined for high runs, and Western and Association games feature rain delays and close finishes.
The Daily Journal is delivered to any part of the city for 10 cents a week.
Mrs William Thaw will reportedly visit her son Harry Kendall Thaw at the Tombs in New York City this afternoon marking the first mother son meeting since the Madison Square roof garden tragedy. Harry Thaw has dismissed his defense firm amid battles over insanity as key defense strategy. Clifford W Hartridge, new counsel, says Thaw is safe and unlikely to be convicted, claiming strong support from the defense team and personal ties to the defendant.
Hartridge said he cannot discuss reasons for dropping Blick Olcott Gruber Bonynee and stressed a need for truth. He indicated Thaw and his wife may write statements for him to release, while avoiding premature defense details and insisting the trial likely won’t occur before November or December.
Amateur cracksmen blew open the safe of the Coshucton Fur company and seized several thousand dollars in notes and stock and a small amount of cash and jewelry. The crime occurred within 100 yards of the Coshucton police station.
The ad boasts that chronic troubles like constipation biliousness neuralgia headaches and stomach issues burden the poor but can be cured by Dr Caldwell's laxative Syrup Pepsin. It claims to drive away symptoms and restore health with a money back guarantee, sold by druggists at 50c and 1.00.
Mrs Fanny Burke Roche of New York and Newport has married Are Batonyi the riding master and whip now in Europe. Frank Work announced the marriage from his city home. Batonyi, in the United States about fifteen years, is known for coaching prominent New Yorkers and driving coaches in the era. The bride is a divorcee.
In St Louis on July 16 George Kern, divorced husband of Mrs Lillian Kern and father of two, shot and killed his wife 25 and her mother 56 on a porch in the northern city section. After a long chase detectives used a locomotive to pursue the fleeing suspect across Merchants’ bridge. Kern was later captured after returning near the scene. Both victims died instantly from gunfire. Kern was wounded in the breast and forehead.
Independence July 16 judge Flannelly ordered destruction of valuable bar fixtures from five Coffeyville and one Cherryvale saloon operators who had served jail terms for violating prohibition. Forty cases of beer and whisky were also destroyed in the action.
A former sailor named Sherenko, arrested today in Sebastopol, confessed to killing Vice Admiral Chouknin. Noted as a dramatic development in a high profile crime investigation.
Eugene G. Haskell of Detroit named to the international water ways commission by President Roosevelt. Senator Platt cautions youth against politics, calling it harmful. A Berlin dispatch says a meeting between the emperor and King Edward is premature. A gang of revolutionists attacked Sosnitsa, Russia, killed the guard and absconded with funds. Cronstadt sailors refuse a Choulnin requiem. Turkey mobilizes 17,000 for Yemen. Russia denies plans for a new loan abroad. Totowa tax collector Albert O'Brien commits suicide to avert arrest. Mrs. Edwund W. Pettus dies in Selma at 82. Taft leaves Washington for Oyster Bay to discuss military matters. Armstrong Whitworth to build three Brazilian battleships over $5,000,000 each. London Daily Express: US steamship fares via England last week total $5,000. Henry Phipps rents Glen Quaish, Scotland, a deer forest, at $500,000 yearly.
An advertisement extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a pure pleasant harmless remedy for bowel and stomach disorders claiming better results with absolute safety. It urges trying the laxative at once and notes it is sold widely.
At Chicago's Graham & Morton dock a dramatic rescue saved Mrs. Sela Floreen and her three children after she plunged from a ship amid a crowded return trip. Police and ship officials aided bystanders in forming a human chain to pull them from the water. Hundreds watched as Foley Curtin and Burk coordinated the risky operation to reach and lift the trio to safety.
East St. Louis July 16 pursuers from the stock yards chased a man who is said to be the twin brother of a horse thief shot Friday. He escaped after a quarter mile of firing. The fugitive used the same route as Friday and was aided by a buggy conspirator. Friday’s man, named Forrest, was killed after cornering and firing on a policeman.
The Central Railway company of Peoria with capital $1,050,000 is transferred to the Peoria Railway company a syndicate led by W B McKinley of Champaign. Chicago Title and Trust mortgages the property for $3,600,000 with funds to develop interurban properties in central Hingis.
Thirteen passengers were injured in a head-on collision on the Edwardsville division of the Interurban Electric railroad just outside East St. Louis. Five were seriously hurt and hospitalized. Injured residents hail from St. Louis East St. Louis and Edwardsville.
Rock Island July 16 Mayor G W McCashrin and six police officers bound over to the grand jury in connection with tearing up tracks of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy and Milwaukee roads June 20. All gave bonds.
Harrisburg report says Virgin Land and Harvey Dunning were killed when slate fell in O'Gara mine No 6. A large bowlder blocked the shaft and dynamite was required to free the victims.
An advertisement extols Kodal for Dyspepsia as the path to sweet breath and healthy digestion. It claims Kodal relieves sour stomach palpitations and other stomach related ailments, urging readers to take a little after meals and buy from druggists.
Washington July 16 Speaker Cannon and Samuels Gompers president of the AFL plan to campaign against each other in the coming congressional election. Uncle Toe as the Republican star will defend Republican congressmen including Maine’s Littlefield whom Gompers vows to defeat for opposing the anti injunction bill. Noon talks to factory workers may follow as Republicans seek a Maine victory to gauge national sentiment.
In Santa Barbara on July 14 the engagement of Miss Anne Ide eldest daughter of Governor General C Ide to W Bourke Cockran of New York is confirmed. The couple met aboard the Taft party’s voyage to the Orient last January and their romance, started on shipboard, culminates in the announced match.
In St Louis on July 16 Nicholls head of district No 1 greeted a two year old colored girl named Ruby Johnson with a crude nickname. The girl objected and Policeman Collins was arrested. Judge Bishop freed Ruby, lectured Collins, and fined him 13.75 for prosecution costs.
The third battalion of the fourth infantry under acting colonel John G. Tilson has arrived at Fort Benjamin Harrison after a 130 mile nine day march from Fort Thomas Kentucky. They are the first regulars from Ohio Illinois Kentucky and Michigan to reach the annual camp of instruction here.
In Rawlins Wyoming a deserted prairie schooner was found in a small draw with two emaciated horses nearby. The wagon box bears bullet holes and the interior shows blood stains. The wagon is eastern made and linked to a family of immense stature. foul play is feared.
Surgeons attending M. Sarraut report his condition improved after he was wounded Friday in a duel with M. Puguesd-Couth at Ville d Avray. The dangerous period has passed and a bulletin says his condition is considerably improved.
London dispatch reports General Kozlov of the headquarters staff was murdered in a park at Peterhof on Saturday. The assassin targeted Ioslov, expecting to kill Trepoff, though Kozlov died in place.
A quarrel between two families over door slamming ends in tragedy as Carlos Elinze shoots and kills rank Hekert in St Louis on July 16. The incident follows a disputed right to slam a door adjoining their properties.
Delegates to the twentieth annual reunion of the Wiks have poured into Denver for the past two days and the town is full of them.
San Francisco recovers from a devastating blaze as reconstruction races ahead. Builders work across the city, and streets begin to take shape again amid evident progress and renewed activity. The article notes rapid rebuilding and a hopeful outlook for the metropolis.
LaCrosse Wis July 16 ten of the Tralians sought in the murder of Prescott City Marshal John Isaacs have been arrested.
An old advertisement extols DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as the most pleasant and reliable pills of the day. It claims they never gripe and are sold by all druggists, presenting a promotional tone typical of period medicinal ads.
The Burlington and Wisconsin rail system announces excursion rates effective now for travel to Bent and return via connections through Kilbourne Madison Stoughton Elkhorn Delavan Fontana Walworth Waukesha and adjacent towns. Agent J B Sweat serves as the local contact.
By directive of the Stephenson County Republican Central Committee voters are urged to convene at The County Club rooms in Freeport on August 9, 1906 at 2 p m to nominate candidates for County Judge Clerk Treasurer Sheriff and County Superintendent of Schools. Delegates will be elected August 4 1906 by primary in all districts. delegates instructed for the leading candidate in each office with 244 total delegates. Also outlines delegation by township and voting district and delegate counts for future conventions.
Dorman and Co offers three quality used surveys at the corner of Exc change end Van Buren. Contact for details on condition and price.
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