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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1905
Page
5
An arsonish advertorial lists pest control products and chemicals for insects and rodents. It touts insecticide powders and remedies including Paris Green, Quassia, and Disulphide of Carbon, claiming to cure bedbugs, lice, ants, rats, and roaches with a dramatic, period voice.
A rapid-fire Odessa dispatch notes eight thousand Cronstadt sailors and dock workers mutinied with one officer killed. Reports claim five hundred rioters killed in Odessa harbor fire from a battleship and a quiet city, while mutinous crews near Port Cronstadt surrender in a wooded area as the Black Sea fleet nears Odessa.
President Roosevelt plans to tackle immigration first during summer at Oyster Bay. He views the issue as one of the era's grave problems and will urge Congress to consider Berphigu reforms, after reviewing records showing near a million steerage passengers arriving last year.
Secretary of War William H Taft and a distinguished party including Miss Alice Roosevelt and several senators and representatives departed from Wasitinaron on a six thirty special train to Chicago for a brief layover, then on to San Francisco with stops in Omaha Ogden and other cities en route.
Adolph Weber, convicted months ago of killing his mother in Auburn California, was hanged today after extensive efforts to grant clemency failed. The case drew regional attention as officials and supporters pressed for mercy while the execution proceeded.
Hardy cloudy tonight and Saturday with probably showers in the south.
The Freeport Chautauqua opening featured Evangelist Billy Sunday and Jubilee singers with Father Vaughan to lecture on Shylock. The event showcased a modern park with water works, boating, emergency hospital and tents housing campers from Freeport and surrounding counties.
A City of Tents at Globe Park presents a festive appearance with careful care for cleanliness as large crowds gather for a two day program. Friday features Ferguson's Dixie Jubilee concerts and religious lectures by Rev. F. A. Hosmer and Father L. J. Vaughan. Saturday offers a morning lecture by Herbert L. Cope, afternoon concerts, and an evening lecture amid the park's decorative tents.
About a week ago little Willian Brokhausen, son of Alderman G W Brokhausen, fell from a high chair. At first no harm was suspected, but Tuesday it was found the collarbone was broken. A doctor was summoned to set the fracture.
County offices will close at six o'clock starting tomorrow after the legislature changed the hour at its last session. Umbrellas repaired and covered. T. S. Ryan, 87 Galena St. B-28dtE.
Baltimore on June 30 Cardinal Gibbons marked the nineteenth anniversary of his elevation to the cardinalate. He attended a pontifical high mass and received numerous telegrams and letters of congratulation from admirers and officials.
Washington dispatch says John F. Stevens of Chicago, former fourth vice president of the Rock Island railway, has been selected as chief engineer of the Panama Canal, with Taft announcing the appointment takes effect immediately.
New York June 30 Special. The General Education Board announced a gift of 10 million dollars from John D. Rockefeller. The fund is his endowment for higher education in the United States.
CHERBOURG June 30 Rear Admiral Sigsbee's squadron will convey back to America the body of John Paul Jones. The ship anchored in the roadstead at 0 o'clock this morning for the transport.
Closing board of trade quotations show July wheat and corn down and pork lard and vib prices listed. Union stockyards market reports steady cattle and sheep with varied hog prices. Keefe & Company provides Chicago board of trade ranges. Includes notes on wheat and a personal ad fragment about age and health.
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