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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1900
Page
2
Dispatches from London and abroad recount Mafeking’s siege status with quarter rations and home made gunfire while reports of Boer cruelty and native tensions surface. In London and Dublin Irish celebrations mark St Patrick's Day with loyalty displays despite protests and unrest in Ireland.
Field Marshal Roberts reports 1 800 Free Staters surrendered at Edenburg after junctions with Gatacre and Pole-Carew. Deserters arrive with Maxim and other guns. Cavalry deployed to Chaba Nehu. proclamations to spread among Free State residents. St Patrick’s Day honored across London with empirewide green displays as public morale rises.
A Cape Town cable reports St Patrick’s Day celebrated with great enthusiasm in South Africa and Canada while the United States shows mixed sentiment toward Britain. The Times recounts Boer positions near Ladysmith and lists casualties from the war.
Manila reports say insurgent leaders from Luzon meet to press Congress for favorable terms, while guerrilla actions and brigandage continue. General Otis notes Manila as a trouble center and tensions rise with Mabini's statements attracting press scrutiny.
Reports detail rebel reorganization in Zambales under Mascardo and atrocities in Nueva Ecija. Insurgents tax traders in Nueva Welga and burn and loot in Albay. Legaspi and Donzol towns return home as Major Allen governs Samar. Kobbe opens twenty ports to stimulate trade, though temporary. Treason among municipal presidents noted in MacArthur district. Travel between garrisoned towns grows dangerous with ambushes.
General Henry U Harnden, veteran of the Wisconsin Grand Army of the Republic and commander of its Wisconsin department, died of pneumonia after a lingering illness. Born in Massachusetts in 1824, he served in the Mexican and Civil Wars, helped capture Jeff Davis, and later held a revenue office post. He is survived by a widow and four children. Funeral arrangements set for 10 o clock Wednesday at the Congregational church with G A R posts urged to attend.
Vienna March 19 reports the betrothal of Princess Stephanie of Austria to Count Elemer Lonyay. The Wiener Zeitung says an official communique on the wedding will be published in a few days.
Eugene V. Brewster of Brooklyn, longtime Bryan ally and Chicago platform Democrat, writes to William J. Bryan saying he cannot support Bryan for president. He argues trust and machinery issues prove cooperation socialism the only practical remedy and declares support for Debs while criticizing existing parties.
William J. Bryan arrives in Lincoln Nebraska from a two month absence and plans to stay until tomorrow before heading on a tour of the northwest and Pacific coast. He says he does not expect to attend the Democratic national convention in Nassau City.
Webster Davis assistant secretary of the interior of the United States arrived in Naples on Saturday en route home after a visit to South Africa created considerable comment.
Bishop Potter returns from a Philippines church mission to the United States. William Cunningham, a woolen wholesale dealer in St. Yyul, files for bankruptcy. The Patent Office reports a rise of 30 patents in three months. A large Yokohama fire destroys about 500 houses in the mauve town. The Lackey horse sales at Cambridge City, Ind. end with total sales of 84,000 dollars. Lizzie Moore, 72, a paralytic, perishes in a midnight fire in Cincinnati. A new army automatic machine gun tests weigh twelve pounds and fire 600 rounds a minute. Justin Dewey, Massachusetts Superior Court judge and cousin of Admiral Dewey, dies in Springfield aged 66. Puerto Rico deficit grows to 50,000 dollars due to reduced city revenues. Milwaukee Populists renominate Theodore Brita for mayor. Rufus Parks, Yale student, believed missing after a fall. third such case there. Paris Petit Bleu ceases publication amid Dreyfus affair. Denver Post offers Sheldon 5,000 dollars yearly for editorial work. Yale receives 150,000 dollars and real estate to establish a forestry school. A son of Sir George White, Ladysmith commander, is a Cleveland letter carrier.
Reported Louisville visit by Kentucky Governors Taylor and Beckham described as personal with no political aims. Officials tied to a national administration stance, while topics include court battles over state office hold positions. Trials in Frankfort involve ex Governor Brown and J C Sims defending Powers, Davis, and Culton in Goebel murder case.
Maud S the celebrated trotter died at Schulta’s farm Port Chester New York Saturday morning at 26 years old She was imported from New York a week earlier to breed and had been under veterinary care Her record time of 208 1 4 seconds set in 1885 belonged to the Bonner estate The summary notes a string of other events from Chicago Topeka and Calcutta across racing boxing newspaper work union nominations and a British general’s death in India
A special from Marietta Georgia reports a mob of 125 men stormed a jail, forcing entry and firing about 500 shots at John Bailes, a Black man, who survived with few injuries as guards protect him. In Phoenix City Alabama a Black man, Charles Stumphreys, was killed after entering a white farmer’s daughter’s room. In Joplin Missouri a mob of nearly 2000 freed an arrested Black man accused of assaulting a 7 year old girl as police fought to contain the unrest, while plans to lynch him continued toward Carthage ten miles away.
The national executive committee raising funds for Rear Admiral Schley reported many favorable responses to solicitations. Navy personnel in Washington mostly refused, with one exception Rear Admiral Fleischborn. Miss Edna McClellan of New York said thousands of dollars are being subscribed to the fund.
The article reports a bizarre family mix up involving Dr W W Wryman seeking a divorce from Melonore Wryman after she married her late husband’s father. The tangled relations include a step daughter becoming her own grandfather and other paradoxes, with legal actions pursued to modify alimony and life insurance provisions. A separate case in Cleveland finds Ralph B Hawley found not guilty of murder in a streetcar riot. Other notes include a permit issued for a new bank in Gatesburg and a marriage of two sculptors in New York, plus tax and anti trust items and a mild weather update for the South.
The ad touts Boschee's German Syrup as a universal cure for coughs colds and severe lung troubles claiming it heals stimulates tissue to destroy germs relieves inflammation aids expectoration and improves sleep. It urges purchasing from Joseph Emmert and notes German postage values.
An advertisement extols a remedy for coughs colds croup whooping cough and influenza claiming broad cures supported by testimonials. It notes acceptance in New York for Hudson Palisades preservation and cites users from Michigan and other places praising immediate relief and digesting of food. It also mentions olive oil as mostly cottonseed oil refined as Mediterranean export.
A brief health blurb notes most serious diseases start with kidney issues. It urges trying Foley's Kidney Cure and mentions H. J. Moogk, Wm. F. Jungkunz and C. as endorsers or distributors. The item reads like a local ad or public health tip from an old newspaper.
Dr W J Rideout offers eye ear nose and throat glasses fitting at 110 Stephenson street with telephone contact 2 a 306 for appointments and fittings.
The text argues magnetism as a historic but perfected treatment, claiming it suppresses pain, restores functions, encourages secretion and excretion, and lets nature act as the healer with magnetic power. It frames magnetism as a premier medical method of modern times.
Charles Wallick of Freeport Illinois credits Prof J F Gregory with rapid health improvement after a severe winter breakdown and persistent cough. He began treatment, felt benefits within a month, and returned to work, reporting continued vitality after two months.
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