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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1906
Page
3
Bomb hidden in a bouquet exploded near the royal carriage in Madrid as King Alfonso and Queen Victoria passed. Sixteen killed including a six year old girl and an elderly man. several soldiers and a royal groom died. One miscreant captured.
Eyewitness accounts describe a dramatic assassination attempt as a bomb targeted the king and queen. The royal coach halted by a shock. equerry and horses killed, yet the sovereigns escaped with minor injuries and were whisked to the palace. Police traced a boarding house connection to May 22, with a Catalonian suspect and a suspect renting a luxurious, flower-loving apartment.
An AP reporter described a grim scene near the explosion with improvised litter bearers and dense crowds. The Duke of Veragua and Colonel Rafael de Chague gave accounts as grandees in the cortege, while soldiers restricted access to the area.
The just married King Alfonso and Victoria Eugenie faced a dramatic day as a bomb threat nearly overshadowed their ceremony at San Jeronimo. A royal procession, attended by European royals and U.S. envoy, drew cheers as the couple arrived at the palace and later prayed together in the chapel. The incident echoed a Paris bombing a year earlier.
Chicago daily recap lists league games with Pittsburg 3 at St Louis 0, Cincinnati 8 Chicago 5 after rain, New York 7 Philadelphia 3 in New York, Detroit 4 Chicago 2 second game Chicago 4 Detroit 6, Cleveland 11 innings 4 Saint Louis, Minneapolis 5 St Paul 2, Columbus 2 Louisville 0 fourteen innings, Kansas City 6 Milwaukee 4 seven innings rain, Indianapolis Weather. Western: Sioux City 4 Omaha 3, Denver 6 Denver 5, Des Moines 9 Lincoln 2.
A fashionable boarding house run by Mrs. Barnes becomes the scene for a jewel robbery involving Miss Dorothy Delamar and bank clerk Tillman. The stenographer Miss Bierce suspects Tillman from his blush and physiognomy, while Tillman uses deduction to expose the actress as the thief. The diamonds are recovered when Tillman and Bierce confront Delamar.
The pepper plant, native to the East Indies and now grown across the tropical belt of the Americas, is a climbing shrub with a smooth stem and red berries. It is cultivated with poles or shade, propagated by cuttings, bears within three to four years, yields two crops yearly for about twelve years, and requires harvesting berries at the green to red stage before drying and cleaning for market, a practice dating back to ancient times when pepper was among the costliest spices.
An epicure in Washington State asserts crabs are safe when fresh but dangerous if hot or under stormy weather. He warns against milk after eating, notes nighttime dining, and endorses boiling as the humane kill method, comparing it to needle or chloroform methods.
E. B. Curtis in Serthner's argues that Apaches never took scalps though popular fiction says so. He cites long acquaintance with the people showing they avoided handling the dead, discarded bloodstained weapons, and left burial to women, challenging a widespread stereotype.
The London Daily Graphic reports that crimes against the person have diminished. habitual-criminal offenses have ceased to rise as rapidly. minor dishonest offenses have increased. serious frauds and breaches of trust have risen. drunkenness is stationary. and vagrancy offenses are growing rapidly in 1904.
Freeport testimonial claims Doan's Kidney Pills cure backache and kidney trouble. W W C Tenney of 194 Chicago Street says years of railroad strain worsened his condition, with pills from Emmett's drug store improving his symptoms. Foster Milburn Co. are the Buffalo agents selling Doan's for 50 cents.
Tickets on sale May 81 to June 9 for travel to Boston with favorable return limits. Rate offered on account of the American Medical Association meeting. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Railway.
Over a million acres of land will be opened to settlement on the Shoshone Indian Reservation on August 15, 1906. The lands are reachable via the Chicago North Western Bay line from Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Omaha and other Mississippi Valley points. Send 2 cents for pamphlets maps and full particulars to W Br Kniskern P I M CO & N W RY Co Chicago.
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers round trip tickets at nearly half tariff to Minnesota North Dakota Wisconsin Colorado Utah Southern Wyoming and Lower Michigan resorts. Tickets on sale June 1 to Sept 30 final return limit October 31. For information contact a C G W agent or J P Elmer G P A St Paul Minn.
Ex cursion tickets at greatly reduced rates are on sale to the territory indicated above. Standard and Tourist Sleeping Cars Free Reclining Chair Cars and The Best of Everything. For dates of sale and full particulars apply to agents Chicago and North Western Ry.
A clergyman rebukes his daughter for hair styling after preaching against women’s dress. He says God would have curled her hair if intended. She retorts that as a child God curled it, but now she must manage herself. A separate note mentions a Chinese suitor gifting geese as emblems of conjugal fidelity.
A strict injunction targets the dyspepsia problem with Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. The ad urges immediate use for digestive trouble and claims quick relief. Available from druggists at 50 cents or one dollar with a money back guarantee.
The Chicago and North Western Railway announces low rates from June 11 to 18 with liberal return limits for the Home coming of Kentuckians celebration in Louisville June 17 18 Ex Kentucky visitors are expected and Louisville preparations aim to warmly welcome them Tickets and full details available from agents.
The C M and St Paul will sell excursion tickets to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo for 24 40 round trip from July 10 to 15 with limit August 30 for attendance at the Elks annual meeting. Agent B Sweat handles tickets.
A compiled notice lists several individuals announcing candidacies for county treasurer and sheriff in Stephenson County. Names include Cooper, Shaffer, Wirling, Brubaker, Moann, Mason, and Everolson, all stating candidacy pending Republican primary decisions.
The notice lists several figures including W H Shons and William W Erapr as candidates for the Illinois General Assembly subject to Republican primary voters in the Twelfth Senatorial district. J J Shaffer also seeks nomination for the legislature. Henry Ritzman and M Malnix register as county officials seeking primary support.
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