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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1906
Page
8
Railroad timetable snapshot listing eastbound and westbound departures from various cities including Dubuque Omaha Chicago and Madison. notes on sleeper and parlor car services. freight and passenger trains with connection details and agent contact John F. Daly.
The report lists Going East and Going West trains with arrival and departure times, routes, and connections. It notes No 10 from Rock Island to Milwaukee, No 9 connections to Kansas City Omaha Cedar Rapids and Dakota points, and agent J B Swarr handling operations.
The Chicago Great Western railway lists daily trains from South Freeport to major cities including Chicago, Dubuque, Minneapolis, St Paul, Des Moines, Kansas City, Omaha, and Fort Dodge. Train numbers No. 4 Chicago express and No. 6 Chicago Special run daily with various stop signals and baggage services, plus Brewster house stage connections at 4:12 pm and 8:00 pm.
Great Northern and allied routes offer reduced fares from February 14 to April 7 to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle and many West and Northwest points. Children half fare with liberal stopovers. Tickets valid in Tourist sleepers. Contact local agents or F A Miller General Passenger Agent for details.
Illinois State News reports a Chicago incident where a child’s cough saved fifteen men from suffocation in a North Clark Street rooming house. Policeman Frank Perlet dragged unconscious tenants to safety before a fire alarm was rung. The 38 year old mother also survived after being overcome by smoke.
The Illinois railroad and warehouse commission met with Governor Deneen to discuss reopening the freight rate case. A decision is expected next week as the panel finalizes classifications and reviews evidence from prior hearings. Ex Attorney General Hamlin urged immediate reduction in carload lots and broader application of past reductions to all classes.
Mrs. Marietta Chapin Pearsons died after months of illness in Hinsdale Illinois. Born in 1812 in Springfield Minnesota she married Dr D K Pearsons in 1847 and moved west ten years later. A devoted donor to foreign missions and partner to her husband who funded colleges, she will be laid to rest at the family residence in Hinsdale tomorrow afternoon.
State Superintendent Bayliss was informed not to travel to Rio township to speak for a school building. Opponents had rented the only available hall. The schoolhouse erection dominates the Joen campaign and public debate.
Andrew Carnegie proposed a 250 000 endowment fund to Carthage College with 175 000 already pledged and 250 000 anticipated to be established as the science endowment. The offer aims to support a science faculty and facilities.
Lake Forest University captured the annual intercollegiate debate at Jacksonville Illinois on March 31 defeating Illinois College. Jake Forest argued against a nation’s commission fixing railroad rates.
Southey, pastor of the Nizarene church in Peoria, has been expelled amid charges of lying embezzlement and elopement. The report notes suspension and removal from duties, with local parishioners reacting to the decision.
In Lens France March 1 thirteen miners were brought out alive from the Courrieres coal mine after enduring twenty days of entombment. Survivors tell of harrowing conditions and efforts to stay alive during the disaster sequel.
Washington report notes the House Judiciary Committee fixes April 18 to continue hearings on the anti injunction bill aimed at labor disputes. Elsewhere Earl Grey and Countess Grey arrive in New York as guests of ex ambassador Joseph Choate in town.
The provincial administration has decided to try Prince Paul Dolgoroukoff on charges of inciting peasants to riot and fostering revolutionary movement. His trial will be conducted by authorities in Mastoan on March 31.
In St Petersburg on March 31 the Constitutional Democrats push to the front in the secondary municipal elections, gaining ground as results unfold.
The municipal assembly elected seven Jews to the provincial congress in Iovnov Russia. Marek J. led the delegation and the vote confirmed their seats amid regional politics.
Chicago grain prices show mixed openings with wheat and corn futures fluctuating while oats and rye hold narrow ranges. Live cattle hogs and sheep move on varied receipts and demand as Buffalo market notes steady cattle and strong hogs with lambs and yearlings shaping a cautious tone for traders.
Jerome for the state and Cohen for the defense argued in the habeas corpus case of George W. Perkins ex vice president of New York Life Insurance charged with stealing 48702 from policyholders to fund Republican activities. Judge Greenbaum reserved decision as briefs are filed. Jerome contends the payments to influence elections were illegal and immoral and amount to felonious intent.
In a search for larceny definitions Judge Cohen contends payments by John A. McCall New York Life head may exceed authority but are not larceny and other officials at fault. Jerome defends policyholders funds as lawful corporate use, while Greenbaum questions legality of diverting company money, especially from large corporations. Nearby Portsmouth reports a Chesapeake and Ohio wreck near Quincy Kentucky killing two trainmen and injuring others.
An eastbound Nickel Plate train derailed near Routh Whitley Indiana as cars left the track and wrecked into a ditch. Twenty four people were injured including several with skull fractures, amputations, or broken bones. chaos followed with women and children trampled in the scramble for exits.
Frightful reports from St. Petersburg describe cannibalism and starvation among Chukchi and nearby tribes on the Arctic peninsula. Winter 1904-05 left reindeer herds dead, tribes starving, and some families choosing suicide rather than endure hunger. A Yukagir father reportedly killed his own nephew after consuming his daughter and nine grandchildren.
The best safeguard against head ache, constipation and liver troubles is DeWitt's Little Early Risers. Keep a vial of these famous pills in the house and take a dose at bedtime when you feel that the stomach and bowels need cleansing. They don't gripe. Sold by all druggists.
In North Mankato, Martin Status a brick mason and his wife died in a suspected murder suicide. A neighbor found Mrs Status dead in a kitchen chair while Mr Status lay on a bed with a revolver in his hand and a bullet wound. Authorities suspect jealousy and possible poisoning of the wife as the motive.
Washington March 81 Mann of Haineis accuses Standard Oil of retaliation against him as the appropriation bill moves. Berry leads Davis in Arkansas Democratic primary returns with 62 of 75 counties reporting, Davis ahead by 2,072. An unrelated health ad promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for indigestion.
F. J. Burdett, a piano tuner, accepts orders at Brown & Dollmeyers and also by telephone. The advertisement notes convenient service locations and contact methods for tuning requests.
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