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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1909
Page
7
John F Daly, agent, outlines train schedules and connections for the Freeport Chicago line. Notes include departure and arrival times, car services on various trains, and connections at Rockford Belvidere Beloit and other points. Express and local services are listed with days of operation and equipment details.
The notice outlines east and west bound passenger departures and arrivals with Rock Island links, Chicago and Milwaukee connections, and transfers to Janesville Madison Kansas City Omaha Cedar Rapids and North and South Dakota. Agent J B Wheatt lists times for arrivals departures freights and passenger service details.
Transportation notes show weekday departures from Freeport starting at 5:00 am at five minute intervals after the hour until 0 45 pm with last car at 11:00 pm. From Rockford service begins 6:00 am on even hours with hourly runs to end including 12 300 m. Travel time between Freeport and Rockford is 1 hour 8 minutes. Monday schedules shift with first Freeport departure 4 3 am and Rockford at 9 08 am. Direct connections available in Rockford to Eloit Janesyilia Belviders Elgin Aurora Chicago. WM. NEKSE, Agent.
At Temple New Jersey March 3 a drunk valet Geo L. Marcotte seized a pistol at Brigadier General James Miller’s residence. Reverend Harvey Flastman attempted to persuade him to surrender. When Marcotte refused a shotgun was fired, killing him. An inquest was held.
A posse of county sheriffs and special police surrounded David Brenninger’s house in Youngstown Ohio as a lunatic suspect refused surrender. An attempt to smoke him out with a barn fire failed as Brenninger fired on deputies Deputy Sheriff Al Bell and Harry Hildebrand. One of Brenninger’s children is wounded, his son Lloyd helps, and three younger children remain in the fortified home.
San Francisco March 3 Battling Nelson and Dick Hyland will fight about forty five rounds in this city in May. J W Coffroth arranged the match with a 133 pounds ringside limit. If Nelson wins Hyland would be the light weight champion of the world, with Hyland holding an undisputed claim to the crown.
John B. Madden, noted turfman, offers to contribute a sum to Fayette county high school board for building a high school for colored pupils if the board raises an equal amount. Ground and buildings for the proposed new school will cost several thousand dollars.
In Jonesboro Ali on March 3 Earnest was shot and killed by his sixteen year old son during a whipping. The revolver was drawn and fired three times, death was instantaneous. The teen was tracked by bloodhounds for five miles before capture.
In Tonsbruck Australia on March 2 an avalanche near LeFranc killed six officers and thirty soldiers of the Imperial Austrian army. Rail lines and telegraph wires were swept away by the rock and earth.
Colorado Springs news reports the marriage of J W Ryder of Boston a traveling man and Fannie Rice long known on the stage in the city on March 3.
The Daily Journal announces delivery service covering all city areas for a full week. Aimed at boosting readership, the notice outlines widespread distribution and access for residents across neighborhoods.
In Nashville March 3 the defense in the Carmack case tested the trial of Colonel Duncan B Cooper Robin J Cooper and John D Sharp for the slaying of ex Senator E L Carmack Judge Anderson warned the state that cross examining new witnesses could lead to new witnesses from the defense The state sought adjournment for witnesses to arrive and the court excused spectators to return at 6 am Thursday with orders to be present.
The Reed mill at Carnegie Steel South Sharon works will restart next Monday with bar and billet mills opening tomorrow and open hearth departments operating today. After ten months idle, about 1,000 workers will gain employment.
Morgantown West Virginia March 3 A deal closes Alpha Portland Cement company to own the Manheim West Virginia plant of Buckhorn Portland Cement company for 500000 dollars. The plant has been sold for several years and will be started up at once.
Pages from the notebook of Artillery man William C. Howard, on trial for murdering his wife, include notes in Howard handwriting about compressing the carotid artery. Prosecution says the method killed the woman. Other pages list thirteen women Howard called his sweethearts, including Grace Sturtevant, the state contends, was the motive for the murder.
Madison Wis March 3. J A Van Cleve testifies to the Wisconsin legislative committee on the senatorial primary campaign expenditures in Marinette. A $200 payment to Tidtor F J Noyes of the Marinette Eagle Star for writeups sparks discussion, with other county newspapermen receiving smaller sums for writeups and various small payments to workers.
Washington March 3 Navy department to release a President Roosevelt letter praising the fleet to Admiral Sperry as he relinquishes command on March 8. Admiral Schroeder to assume command and the forecast suggests Admiral Wainwright may lead before summer ends.
Philadelphia March 3 The Rev David M Steel rector rushed into the burning St Luke’s Episcopal church and saved the altar ornaments. Ten firemen were overcome by smoke. Estimated loss to the chapel 30000 dollars with a new pipe organ worth 10000 dollars destroyed.
Washington March 3 anticipates favorable action by congress on a bill to pay expenses of the proposed Liberia commission to investigate and report on conditions there. Robert Queden, Jacob Hollander and Booker T. Washington have been asked to act and it is understood they will serve.
The senate approved the deficiency bill carrying over 19 million dollars in appropriations. An amendment authorizes 30 thousand dollars to buy a suitable memorial on the Lincoln farm in Kentucky.
A brief exchange jokes about a government weather forecaster nicknamed Myer-So with the line Gyer-There goes a man the weather seldom agrees with. The punchline confirms the forecaster’s official status.
President elect Taft and Mrs Taft will occupy the White House tonight for dinner with President and Mrs Roosevelt. A Taft family reunion is planned at the White House after the inauguration. Taft played golf at Chevy Chase defeating General Clarence R Edwards and later rode to the club in a four mile walk. He met Senator Elect Elihu Root for a conference before his game. Taft plans to stay at the Boardman residence in the morning to receive callers then drive out for air.
Weather bureau notes recurring patterns at inaugurations from 1869 to 1905. Varying conditions accompanied each ceremony: Grant’s second term was clear but cold, Hayes warm but partly cloudy, Garfield’s 1881 day cold with sun, Cleveland 1885 warm, Harrison 1889 unpleasant with drizzle, Cleveland 1893 freezing, McKinley 1901 mixed, Roosevelt 1905 bright and pleasant.
Eight hundred members of the New York Republican county committee plan a distinct escort of honor to President Roosevelt. After Taft speaks, Roosevelt will be driven to Delaware avenue where a hollow square will form around his carriage, followed by a fifty-piece band and a march to the railroad station. Prominent New York citizens will join, including Senator Elect Root and Senator Chauncey Depew.
March 3 Sherman, acting as chairman, was presented with a fine gold card case by the House Committee on Indian Affairs. The gift recognizes his leadership role and service on the panel.
Augusta Ga March 3 Camp 425 United Confederate Veterans the first veterans group formed left for the inauguration. They are forty five strong.
For Mayor of St Louis, William F. Woerner was nominated by the Democratic Party on March 3 in Saint Louis.
Nate Then You Just Consider My Refusal As Final. Christian Register notes a witty exchange about living together and likeness, reflecting social attitudes of the period.
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