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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1907
Page
6
A crowd of 6000 Koreans clashed with Japanese police near the palace after the emperor agreed to abdicate. Firearms were used, several Japanese killed or wounded, casualties among Koreans unknown. Korean soldiers fired on Japanese police. Japanese artillery suppressed rioters. An extra Korean edition spread panic over an imagined move to Japan.
A mutinous Korean unit escaped its barracks and attacked a police station on the main street of Great Bell. Japanese and Koreans clashed as civilians joined in, with ten wounded reported and AP noting deaths among both sides. General Hasegawa ordered reinforcements as the emperor's abdication edict is translated.
The transfer of the imperial seal to the crown prince was staged yesterday while some shops closed in sympathy with the emperor behind a palace crowd. Marquis Ito and Viscount Yagashi said they would not speak on Japan’s Korea settlement plans and denied involvement before and during the emperor’s audience regarding abdication.
Marquis Ito states the abdication matter concerns the Korean emperor alone and not his role as Japan's empire representative. He adds the cabinet acted on its own initiative and rejects responsibility for the cabinet's factional course.
At The Hague delegates discuss Korea's future as a free hand for modernization. Ex premier Yi Sang Sul calls abdication Japanese infamy while observers question if the act ends imperial interference. In Tokyo the press shows sympathy for the individual but not the act.
The will of Theodore Titon was filed for probate. He left about $8,000 in personal property to be divided between his two daughters Florence Pelton of Brooklyn and Alice Cardin of Chicago.
Word from Highland Illinois that Adolph Juegger former Madison County treasurer shot himself under a tree, unable to sleep due to the intense heat. The death is attributed to heat and associated insomnia.
Mrs Fairbanks wife of the vice president and several companions escaped unharmed after their automobile crashed when a tire blew out twenty five miles west of Amsterdam. The party suffered no serious injuries and continued their journey.
Midshipman John T Cruse died from burns after the Georgia accident. The death toll rose to ten. Also noted were large bequests by Peter Larson and various political and economic items including tariff talk, Elks adjournment, and a Rock Island strike.
In Sangamon county circuit court Judge Shirley sustains a state's attorney power to file civil actions over freight discrimination against the Chicago and Alton Railway, with damages potentially up to three times the excess. Also notes state grain inspector appointment, heavy rain impacts, and a circular warning trustees on misused school funds with 1906 incidental expense totals.
Rochelle pupils led by Mrs. James C. Fesler urge Illinois schools to join a voting contest to pick the state tree and urge sending results to Mrs. Fesler by March 1, 1908 for possible inclusion in an Arbor Day circular.
The Bottle Post is an old institution on Ireland's south coast where letters are placed in corked bottles and swept by wind to the opposite coast. The letters contain no bribes or tricks to entice delivery to the finder.
Kodol will nourish and strengthen your digestive organs and furnish the natural digestive juices for your stomach. It will make you well. Kodol digests what you eat. Sold by Wm. FF. Jungkung, druggist, 5 Stephenson Street.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for nursing mothers and women with weak health. It claims to restore vigor, ease childbirth, and relieve various gynecological symptoms, inviting readers to request a free booklet for details and endorsing its composition as known and tested.
The tale recounts Rev. John Fawcett who died in 1817 after nearly sixty years of ministry. In 1772 he faced farewell to London duty as wagons waited to depart. He and his wife refused to leave, his supporters unloading the wagons, and he stayed on with a modest salary. He wrote Blest Be the Tie That Binds to mark the moment.
A New York Tribune excerpt cautions nervous anaemic people against fasting stunts. It argues insomnia, thinness, and debility stem from skipping meals and that eating before bed boosts digestion, tissue growth, blood, weight, and overall health. Sturdy individuals may try fasting.
An English clergyman newly settled in Perthshire meets a farmer's boy and learns a humorous family-language mix up. The boy explains his aunt stays with them, and the parson asks if the aunt is on the father's or mother's side, prompting the boy to answer with a homely Scots joke about feathers.
The grasshopper cited from Ecclesiastes is described by some commentators as a cicada-like insect whose shrill cry annoys nervous people. It is argued that the grasshopper shall be a burden to the elderly due to its singing, not because of physical weight.
A laxative cough syrup named Kennedy contains honey and tar and is marketed as opiate free. The vendor Wm. F. Jungkunz, a drug gist at 85 Stephenson Straat, sells the product to families with children.
Boise Idaho July The court limited the defense and barred jury consideration of any evidence linking mine owners and the Western Federation of Miners to a conspiracy. Judge Wood ruled no direct connection to the Mine Owners Association Citizens Alliance of Colorado or Pinkerton agency as basis for the defense case. Haywood’s counsel noted an exception. Judge Hawley then opened with a two hour argument after adjourning to finalize the ruling.
Philadelphia reports four heat related deaths after the Elks parade with about 1000 spectators treated overnight. Dozen serious cases remain under hospital care as authorities praise prompt relief measures that limited fatalities among local residents.
In Rome a pope's household member reports Pope Pius IX hesitated before ordering the publication of a syllabus on modernism but a miraculous Virgin apparition blessed his resolution, after which the pope rose and signed the decree. In Philadelphia the Elks discuss halting the slaughter of elk for emblem teeth and form a committee to report.
The supreme tent of the KRouights of the Maceshees of the World adopts a resolution to move its headquarters from Port Huron to Detroit and authorizes a $200000 fund for an office building if the move is completed.
Francis Kane a wealthy retired farmer and his cousin Mrs John Treaty both of Lincoln were drowned after the canoe they occupied capsized in the Sioux River at Sioux City Iowa.
Jimms Cauldner of Lowell Massachusetts defeats Clarence English of Omaha Nebraska by decision after ten fast rounds in Port Wayne Indiana. Both fighters remained fresh at the end of the bout.
In Evansville July 200 the chimney committee of the Flint Glass Workers convention unanimously approved extending last year’s Waves sliding scale and pledged to oppose non union shops.
Baseball scores from leagues and associations across cities. American League games include St Louis and Detroit showings, while National League results list Boston and Philadelphia amid other matches. Weather delays and darkness affected several games as listed.
The advertisement touts DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills as the best remedy for backache weak kidneys and bladder inflammation. A week’s treatment costs 25 cents and the product is sold by Wm F Jungkunz druggist at 85 Stephanson Street.
J Burdett piano tuner received an order for service at Brown and Dollmeyer in the local listings. The note includes a phone contact reference and appears in the classifieds.
The Daily Journal offers citywide delivery for 192 a week, detailing service access and coverage options for residents.
An old woman in ragged clothes stands before a burning pawnshop. Firemen work as flames cast eerie lights. She wails that her late husband’s Sunday suit is inside and he does not know it, pleading for aid.
The setting centers on Jack and his pale bride as waves roll and fear rises. She begs him to send her remains to the old home for burial and he promises. The dialogue hints at a grim fate with a final line about there being no funeral plans.
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