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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1906
Page
6
A satirical account describes a mock battle where Amazons capture forts on a hill, delay field officers with endless talk, plunder shops in the village of TL, and defy orders until a swift intervention by whisky and artillery eventually clears the area. The tone mixes absurdity with martial bravado as the Amazons parade their spoils.
Algeciras March 9 reports the Moroccan reforms talks making progress though two key issues remain unsettled the allocation of bank capital and police control. Hopes run high that these disputes will soon be resolved as French delegates push for agreement.
A hopeful note ran through the proceedings as conciliatory spirit emerged, with a key delegate predicting that neither side will dare break off before the conference. The discussion framed the process as a forward advance toward settlement, signaling reduced odds of a sudden halt.
Minneapolis reports Henry Morrissette, a Tribune driver, shot his wife inflicting a scalp wound and then fatally shot himself. The couple had been quarrelling frequently, leaving Mrs Morrissette wounded and others unhurt.
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, met with John Mitchell, leader of the United Mine Workers, in New York to discuss coal negotiations. Gompers pledged support to Mitchell in the labor talks.
March 9 report from Peking states the Chinese emperor Tsat-Then is seriously ill but not in immediate danger. Telegrams have gone to all vice roys asking for their best doctors to be sent to the palace. Palace physicians say the illness is serious yet not alarming.
Charles M. Schwab, en route east, dismisses rumors of serious illness as mere indisposition. He comments that reports of his condition are unfounded and that he feels only slightly unwell. He was in Topeka, Kansas, March 9, for a brief stop.
Miss Susan B. Anthony rests comfortably but remains extremely weak. Friends fear this weakness is the sole unfavorable symptom affecting her condition.
Chicago markets show grain quotes across wheat corn oats and fats with cash prices for various grades and live stock updates from East Buffalo. Hogs cattle sheep and hay values are listed with receipts and range figures alongside futures highlights for May July and Sept contracts.
A riot in Zelelor involving Negroes and Hungarians left several injured but no deaths reported amid labor tensions. Isaac Shelton, convicted of Lena Ramp’s murder in Galesburg, faces 15 years. Dr. John Cole and Mrs. Carroll face trial for involvement. Alderman Ackerman proposes a private detective bureau after a spike in robberies in Elgin. Truman Allen indicted for embezzlement of about 20,000. Herman Buhl Harry Martin and Marshall Kessler held on obscene letter charges in Minonk.
Walter Juntgen, ex bookkeeper of the Edgar County National Bank in Paris, faces embezzlement and false entries charges as his trial starts in federal court at Danville. Bank president Edward Parrish and accountant John Levings testified about identification with the bank and a prior examination, with twelve of twenty five counts nolled.
Springfield dispatch reports Cashian Elurich arrested for stealing vases from St. Joseph's church in Chicago. He closely resembled Frank J. Constantine, the man long sought for the Mrs Arthur Gentry slaying, leading police to believe they had captured the killer before proving Elurich's claim of innocence.
Moomington March 9 The Pe oria county grand jury will investigate next week charges of bribery of jurymen in the recent suits against the sanitary district of Chicago It is hinted that undue influence was exerted over three jurors The $750 verdict drew comment and sensational developments are anticipated.
Springtroll Alabama March 9 The state highway commission met at the state house. A delegation from Milneis State Farmers Institute protested the plan for stone roads, arguing dirt roads on Winds property would be satisfactory. Bloomington Illinois March 9 Miss Grace Nicholson of LaSalle county eloped with William Gillen a true follower of werlth and are on their honeymoon in the south.
Springfeld Alabama March 9 Governor Dencen tas issues proclamation designating Friday March 20 as Arbor and Bird Day throughout Unness and requests that appropriate exercises be held on that day.
The Marchioness of Corsini formerly Princess Barberini was killed when an automobile she rode in overturned on a bridge. Her husband, age 68, sat beside her as the vehicle attempted to yield to a cart path but rumble.
News says witnesses saw Miles beside a wrecked car at the scene. The crowd then moved the vehicle toward the market area and took Brice Ui Weerty of the marchtoness to the airinal for processing.
A new volume edited by Joseph Chamberlain chronicling forty years of imperial growth notes empire area expanding from 8.2 million to 12.2 million square miles and population rising from 250 million to 400 million since 1861. The work, based on the 1901 census, provides birth rates sex ratios and religious and social data across the empire.
Paris reports President alteres continues efforts to form a cabinet as talks with several statesmen yield no result. M. Samien refused premiership or a portfolio and suggested M. Bourgeois who declined due to lack of physical strength to perform duties.
London March 9 The Tribune correspondent reports Yuan Shikai commander in chief of Chinese forces has forwarded eighteen mountain guns from Nen-Tsin to Shuntefu 150 miles south of Peking in Chi Li province.
Richmond Va March 9 It is announced here by a family member that Mrs Robert Shaw nee Langhorne sister of Mrs Charles Dana Gibson is engaged to marry Waldorf Astor son of William Waldorf Astor of London
Minneapolis March 9 Governor Johnson as a member of the Tawson insurance committee consents to act with the Stuyvesant Fish committee in the reorganization of the New York Life and Mutual Insurance companies.
Major General Corbin, who recently commanded the army in the Philippines, arrives in San Francisco accompanied by his wife and personal staff after returning from Manila in March.
Mrs. Susan D. Crossman, who would be 103 on March 28, died in Janesville Wisconsin. She was the oldest resident of Rock County.
A House committee on post offices and post roads has finalized an appropriation bill totaling 191 858 818 for the postal service. Other brief items note a tragic mine disaster in Austria, a theft at a Wisconsin meeting, health updates for Senator Cullom, and various international and political developments. Robert J. Gregory seeks Kansas City mayoral nomination in Democratic primaries. A sunken saloon shooting near Lawton DC leaves two dead and one seriously wounded.
A fishing note compares trotting and still fishing for tarpon. Julian Dimock of Country Life in America notes trotting challenges as the tarpon’s mouth is hard and the hook may not seat firmly. An older fisherman favors still fishing, but the narrator prefers trotting for quicker release after the line is freed.
In a terse exchange Mr. Simpson Sarm denies taking neighbors' fowl. The statement is clarified by his assertion that he simply frightens and relocates birds rather than seizing them.
A brief maxim prompts that no man is discontented with the world when he fulfills his duty. The quotation attributes this sentiment to Samuel Taylor Coleridge via a variant, echoed by Southey. It presents as a reflective adage likely from a newspaper clipping or reader note.
During a Bat tle of Flowers performance in Hungary actors threw flowers into the audience who returned them. The fun turned sour as actors aimed at friends with potatoes, strangers retaliated by ripping seat backs and pelting the cast with debris. A soubrette and a chorus girl were injured and police intervened. Several actors and audience members face summons.
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