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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1906
Page
3
Two safe blowers fought a revolver battle with Joseph Lenert & Co brokers in Division Street Chicago as they attempted to blow open a strong box. Lenert fired. robbers escaped through a rear window with $300 in currency feared gone. detectives searched without result.
Alton Illinois March 8 The relief of Lucknow was no match for Fosterburg joy when a four horse team arrived with tobacco fascine and oil after roads were blocked by mud. The town had run out of supplies and the mob cheered and fought for the narcotic as residents endured cold and gloom.
At a superintendent meeting for McKinley properties it was announced inter urban lines will be constructed this year. Routes include Tinton to Bloomington and Springfield to Jacksonville with Springfield to Lincoln. Decatur to Champaign depends on pending franchising. Five million dollars has been applied for Illinois interurbans this year.
Reports claim the Hinots Central company offered to pay a large sum to the state treasury to end the probe into dealings with Mlinots. The investigation, ordered by the governor, has been ongoing for months under Springfield TfL Marek S. oversight.
One of the Danville sub-districts best known miners, March St James Al, was killed by a rock fall at the Dering mine in Westville. He suffered a broken back and other injuries expected to prove fatal.
Virginia based Ibh Marek Ellen Simmons was accidentally shot by his brother Alderman Benjamin Simmons who displayed a revolver believed unloaded. The seriously injured man, husband and father of three, remains hospitalized with treatment ongoing.
Negro church attendants urge mayor to withhold permission for Dickson drama The Clansman here. The executive has taken the request under advisement.
Washington March 8 Citizens and soldiers paid reverent tribute to the memory of the late Lieutenant General John M Schofield United States Army retired at St Johns Protestant Episcopal church where the church service was read over the body of the distinguished soldier by Right Reverend Alexander Mackay-Smith bishop coadjutor of the diocese of Philadelphia a warm friend of the late general
The Rouveniers ministry faced a late evening debate in the chamber of deputies over Churel inventories and was defeated 267 to 284. The ministry met at the foreign office and decided to resign, offering resignation to President Fallieres.
A fire destroyed the Chicago and Alton railroad coaling station at Twenty-eighth Street and California Avenue in Chicago. Damage is estimated at fifty thousand dollars.
Chicago March 6 markets show mixed wheat quotes and active live stock trading. Wheat and corn futures listed with varied open, high and close prices while hogs, cattle, sheep and live poultry bring broad price ranges and estimated receipts in Chicago and East Buffalo.
An 1890s style advertisement touts Dr. Pierce medicines for women including the Favorite Prescription claimed to cure headaches backaches and pelvic symptoms. It offers free consultation, promises confidentiality and lists mail order options for People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser and Dr Pierce’s Pellets with mailing costs and formats. It urges readers to contact Dr R V Pierce Buffalo NY for a free book and further details.
Attorney J Levering Jones raced to catch a 10 oclock Broad Street flyer but missed it by 30 seconds. He persuaded a yardmaster to run a special freight mogul to Philadelphia, arriving at Broad Street at 9 58 70 minutes later, the 84 miles covered in that span. The journey cost 210 dollars. Philadelphia Ledger reports this odd scene from Atlantic City.
The United States railway system employs over 1.25 million workers including 52,451 engine men 55,000 firemen and 40,000 conductors. Active engines total 47,000 with 40,000 passenger cars and 1,700,000 freight cars. If lined up these cars and engines could encircle the globe.
The advertisement promotes DeWitts Little Early Risers as a safe laxative for headaches constipation and liver troubles. It advises keeping a vial at home and taking a dose at bedtime when cleansing is needed. It claims the pills do not gripe and they are sold by all druggists.
Captain Alexander Hutchins of Ellsworth Maine, a capable seaman, built a spare chamber and lathed it himself. He finally finished, called his wife to admire, and learned there was no door. She asked where it was, revealing he had forgotten to install one. Boston Herald. Also includes ad for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with testimonial from Hon Jake Moore of Atlanta.
Personal recollections and scattered items include Henry Campbell-Bannerman termed first prime minister of Celtic strain, Heine death mask acquired by Hans Meyer, Canadian financier Ro Merritt’s death, Emil Zerkowicz’s book on American commerce from Hungarian view, and 16 000 miles of data gathered. Also Brigadier General John Campbell’s death narrows army retired list, Henry C Payne’s life story on Irish linen leaves, and two Chinese students dying by drowning in Tokyo bay as perceived heroes under regressive rules.
Chicago March 8 No concessions will be made by the Winers Coat Operators association to United Shine Workers seeking higher pay for members. Operators adopt resolutions to face a threatened strike April 11 and to resist wage increases while proposing a second Indianapolis meeting to draft wares and labor terms. The plan includes maintaining uniformity across Illinois Indiana Ohio and western Pennsylvania and restoring interstate mining rates. If no contract provisions are secured, the operators pledge to stay out of any agreement.
Washington March 8 Associate Justice Henry Billings Brown of the United States supreme court intends to retire from the bench and has so notified President Roosevelt. The President offered to appoint Senator Philip C. Knox of Pennsylvania to the vacancy, but Knox declined. Justice Brown was 70 years old on March 2 and will serve through the present term and probably retire in the fall.
In a rear end collision on the Delaware and Hudson railroad near Saratoga, one person was killed and three others were fatally injured. Miss Gertrude Esmond of Gansevoort was killed. Mrs. Charles Esmond, Frank A. Lindecuse of Buffalo, a traveling salesman, and Frank terse of Albany were seriously hurt. Several others were hurt.
Seattle voters chose Marek S as judge in a municipal ownership contest by a small margin, in one of the city’s closest elections. Republican John Rip linger trailed in many wards amid a broader ticket underperforming in several districts. Bud Greenwell of Helena reports a shooting incident in Canon City where a Montana man was killed during an attempted hold up at a saloon.
An advertisement urges sufferers of piles to use Witch Hazel Salve made by C. DeWitt & Co of Chicago claiming it is the original. It warns against counterfeit versions and notes the product is sold by all druggists.
Loan offers for improved Freeport real estate with amounts of $500 or more. Terms at current rates. By TaYuor and Frick.
Luke E Wright, newly appointed ambassador to Japan, succeeds William H Taft as governor of the Philippines. A Tennessee Democrat, Wright has eight years of service as attorney general of Tennessee. His wife is a daughter of Confederate admiral Raphael Semmes.
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