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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1906
Page
3
While a student in London Rossetti and peers visit a wharfside inn. An innkeeper presents a large wall painting for three thousand pounds, Rossetti offers three pounds and buys the colossal daub. The tale ends with Rossetti as owner.
The piece opens with a simple arithmetic lesson on multiplying 58 by 54 and shows the long method with carries. It then shifts to a hunter’s remark about a tower, describing a 200 foot shot tower where molten lead is poured through a perforator into cold water to form shot, with timing of the descent and cooling details.
The London Express notes Spaniards rarely cut trees in early California, preferring stone houses and paths through forests. They avoided timber destruction, gathering dead limbs or using lariats rather than felling living trees, contrasting with other settlers in labor and expense.
Snow sells in the north of Stelly at about a halfpenny a pound under a government monopoly. The prince of Palermo earns most of his income from it. Snow is gathered on mountains in felt baskets and widely bought in cities for refrigerating purposes.
Washington March 1 Republicans in the House approve the statehood bill with a 126 to 1 vote. Mondell’s insurgent resolution failed 128 to 48 and called for a conference on minor amendments while Arizona and New Mexico remain in play. Speaker Cannon and Hamilton press for the bill amid party caucus binding claims.
The speech critiques the Senate and warns against inflated influence if four more senators are added. Discussion centers on the rate bill and statehood legislation while insurgents clash with Democrats over conference rules. Several senators hint at nonbinding caucus actions and potential adjournment.
Tillman reported on the rate bill noting a rare committee report with only two members agreeing on any bill. West spoke for eminent domain rights to build lines, while Newlhda argued for national railroad incorporation to curb over-capitalization and state control of property, amid debate on the president’s message.
The Senate debated railroad rate questions as Tilman’s report criticized railway owners as a veritable band of robbers. An executive session followed the House resolution to cure coal and oil investigation deficiencies. Many pension and private bills passed. Adjournment set for Monday. Roosevelt’s suggested power for the Interstate Commerce Commission in coal and oil probe was granted. The Mount Dajo Moro tragedy received harsh criticism.
Senator Lafollette introduced a bill to require the Interstate Commerce Commission to set a maximum work hour limit for common carriers. In Washington on March 14 President Roosevelt dined at the home of Representative and Mrs Longworth with other guests including Speaker and Miss Canon and Marjorie Mott.
The senate executive session confirmed Robert Celvert as the appointed surveyor of customs at the port of La Crosse Wisconsin.
A mob formed in Omaha at 1 am seeking to lynch alleged murder suspects confined in the county jail. Three accused murderers were found to be Black. The mob damaged the jail door with a telephone pole but was dispersed by about 40 police officers using clubs. no firearms were shown and no arrests were made.
A Republican county committee in New York City debated a resolution demanding resignations of Seatuers Platt and Pepew after the state Insurance Investigation. The measure was defeated when laid on the table, stirring committee members with the exposure it implied.
Columbus March 16 Senator Charles Dick writes the Ohio legislature that he agrees in principle with President Roosevelt on railroad rate regulation and will fully explain his position in a Senate speech.
Andrew Maton testified before the insurance investigating committee in Albany, revealing large sums paid over ten years for his legal and legislative work with New York Life and other firms. Judge Hamilton denounced trustees as traitors, lamenting Beers era graft while defending the insurer’s rights and demanding accountability for disbursements and vouchers.
Judge Whitnitton’s presence inflames the New York Life hearing as he denounces trustees and auditing committees for tolerating years of mispayments. He claims the faults lie with the board while defending his own actions and condemning unnamed “curs” who knew of the transactions. Board members Weeks Buckner Isingley McCall McIntosh sit nearby as tensions flare in the assembly chamber.
An imperfect fragment notes a judge's remark about trustees knowing his operations and asks, “Wy, ig there wae.” The text hints at legal scrutiny or a courtroom moment, but the readable portion is incomplete and lacks clear names or places to confirm specifics.
Indianapolis March 106 The international executive board of the United Mine Workers after adjournment of the national convention approved President Mitchells action to oust Patrick Dolan from the presidency of district No 5 Dolan attended and appealed in his own behalf but the appeal failed The national convention opened with Mitchell urging calm and noting a hopeful outlook He spoke of a New York conference with Robbins and of Roosevelt's letter prompting the convention call and described the morning and afternoon sessions including the scale committee appointment continuous coverage of the event followed.
Augusta dispatch notes Judge Alton B. Parker passed through Augusta on the way to Camden. He denied giving out an interview at Birmingham claiming Roosevelt would seek another nomination.
The session of the Presbyterian Federation conference in Charlotte, March 16, adopted with slight changes the seventeenth articles of agreement drafted at Pittsburg in 1904.
Articles of agreement insuring a fight in Los Angeles the first week in May have been signed by Jimmie Britt of San Francisco and Kid Herman of Chicago.
A roundup of distant headlines notes snow and wind across the nation. The Japanese railway nationalization bill passes the diet with certainty. A three day hurricane lashes the Black Sea causing great damage. The dowager empress of China donates $60,000 to the famine fund for Japan. The late Charles J. Yerkes will probate in Chicago indicates a $12 million estate. Susan B Anthony’s funeral draws hundreds refused church admittance in Rochester. Kentucky rivers rage, and new chief statistician Russell O Bean is named at the Government Printing Office. Typhoid head Toby Ingraham Punn leads New York Press ex editor at Ridgewood. Russian agrarian losses total $15.5 million. Mrs Margaret Tucker beaten during a robbery in Washington Indiana.
An advertisement extols ARTIFICIAL TEETH and natural teeth for daily cleansing with a specially prepared antiseptic. It promotes Pax tine Toilet Antiseptic as unequaled for cleansing and whitening the mouth, inviting customers to try Pry Paxtine with a guarantee from Jos. Emmert, Druggist, Freeport, Ill.
Excursion tickets offered March 16 to 31 at reduced fares to Louisville Kentucky on account of the American Bowling congress. Apply to Chicago and Northwestern Railway agents for details and tickets.
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