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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1908
Page
1
A warm welcome awaits the president as he embarks on a much awaited international pleasure journey. The trip marks a rare break from duties with planned visits and cultural engagements to strengthen foreign ties and personal respite.
The Associated Press reports generally fair weather across Illinois with slightly cooler tonight and Tuesday. Iowa will see fair conditions tonight and Tuesday. Wisconsin also has fair skies tonight and Tuesday.
The body of Bertha Vanderbilt, a Princeton University library assistant, was found in the Raritan canal. Police were told by Mrs. William Robinson of a sighting in an automobile with a man and another young woman the night of the disappearance. No foul play signs. drowning suspected as she tried to ford the river under the canal.
In Cleveland on May 18, acts of lawlessness accompanied the street car strike from midnight to dawn. Trolley wires were cut crews driven from cars and non-union men attacked by strike sympathizers. A formal arbitration proposal was reported to be made to the traction company by the state board of arbitration.
May 18 reports indicate Indiana officials received death threats to halt the Gunness murder inquiry. The county grand jury opened its session to probe the deaths at Mrs Belle Gunness farm as Prosecutor Smith and Chief of Police Cochrane address the intimidation.
Washington May 18 The committee on ways and means served final notice of no tariff revision this session. Clark of Missouri moved in committee a favorable report on eighty old tariff reduction and removal bills but the motion was defeated by a solid Republican vote.
Rev S A Coffman aged 50 a prominent Methodist Episcopal clergyman killed his wife today by cutting her throat in Fairmont West Virginia. It is believed he is insane and a jail inquiry follows into the case.
Chicago May 18 appellate court affirms lower court ruling that the mayor cannot be compelled to close saloons on Sundays under the statute. Decision preserves existing policy and avoids broader enforcement measures.
The Allegheny National Bank suspended operations today and is placed in the hands of a national bank examiner in Pittsburg as of May 18. The AP reports the bank faces regulatory action and oversight pending further proceedings.
A poem invites readers to seven cent items and cake at a church event run by the Young Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the First M. E. Church. It calls the church door open and urges attendance for cake ice cream and strawberries, promising a sunlit outing on a specified day.
Mrs. Willard Bowers and Mrs. Otto departed this morning as delegates representing the Woman's Relief corps heading to Quineey to participate in organizational duties and activities.
Horatio C. Burchard was lauded as a public servant in a Sunday funeral at his Lincoln boulevard home. Rev H L Moore led a brief service, followed by Knights Templar rites at Oakland Cemetery. Messages of condolence came from Cannon Hopkins Lowden and Jane Addams.
A large group of property owners and voters plan to petition the city council tonight to appoint and fund a plumbing inspector. The move cites an ordinance passed over a year ago and asserts much local plumbing violates rules and endangers public health. The petition includes many names signed at random.
Richard Yates pursues the Republican governor nomination with a busy speaking schedule this week in Freeport and at multiple towns including Lincoln Beardstown Vandalia Alton Pinckneyville Benton and Stockton. He will also deliver the Memorial day address at Rock Island and plans further engagements in Daviess County.
Commencing today the car department of the Illinois Central will be operated nine hours a day six days a week. The change benefits seventy five men who have been affected, as since last October they had been working eight hours for five days weekly.
Mr. and Mrs. St. Ryan of 44 Bailey Avenue announce the engagement of their daughter Mabelle to Wallace N. Hall of Kentucky. The couple plans to wed around the middle of June.
B G Stewart of Cedar View Mississippi claims customers get the worth of gold in weight from a box of Dr King’s New Life Pills. The product is sold under guarantee at Joseph Emmert’s drug store for 25 cents.
Builders report considerable work and activity across Freeport as the summer season begins. Residential construction already tops $91,500 with 38 houses and flats planned, plus a new English Reformed church at $10,000. Factory work is hiring steadily, with William Ascher employing around 100 men and 20 teams to match orders.
Continuous rain dominates the day with heavy downpours dampening attendance for the circus and other nearby town visitors. Descriptions note overflowing cisterns, saturated terrain, and a wish for relief after weeks of wet weather.
The Chicago bound Northwestern Line train 204 now departs Freeport in the afternoon instead of 1 46 p m The Mystic Workers hold their regular meeting Wednesday evening with a large class to be instituted followed by a members only social Refreshments will be served.
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