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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1907
Page
3
Mrs. Aunie Parkerson reports a three year battle with salt rheum on hands arms and face. after four doctors failed she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and saw rapid improvement. she states her hands are now well and endorses the remedies. Nashville Tennessee January February and March 1907.
A wandering sleight of hand man performs a shilling trick for loungers, marking coins and inviting spectators to test them. After showing a second coin, he asks if it is theirs, then proclaims they must all be his. The piece notes engagement rings are unknown in Japan, where lovers gift silken sashes instead.
The Charleston and Mattoon Interurban line collision near Charleston is blamed on a dispatching system. The state railroad and warehouse board orders lines to send their operation rules. Seventeen dead reported, including I. E. Enos and James Stevens. Also: Illinois names J. M. Wright state veterinarian for interstate sanitary boards, and prison made goods for Illinois National Guard uniforms next season. Four injured in Springfield streetcar crash. Illinois Federation of Labor to meet in Rockford October 15.
In East St. Louis Illinois a fatal shooting occurred at the Yellow Dog saloon after an altercation between two men, Dave Ross the saloon keeper wounded Case Murphy. Ross then returned and was shot by Abe Stanford, Murphy’s brother in law, dying two hours later as Murphy lay in hospital with serious injuries.
The report alleges two brothers sought personal aggrandizement, with fortunes in the millions, possibly able to cover Morocco’s debt. Earlier, the caid of Mechitiar nearly killed the Taga brothers witnessed by the sultan. The cald Driss Ben Alch, a Bujari descendant, ties to Morocco’s founding tribes. Ab delkrim Ten Sliman is described as a cunning, diplomatic Moor.
At the Quebec Bridge company annual meeting three investigations opened into the disaster that cost seventy five lives. Chief Engineer Hoare reported a rib deflection on the east truss anchor arm found Aug 27 by resident engineer McTavish, shown in a sketch. The defect was reported to the consulting engineer and Phoenix Bridge company the same day, but collapse followed.
Mairsville Pa Sept 4 Frank Clepinno a shoemaker who last Saturday night shot and killed one of three alleged Black Zand society members who entered his store demanding money has been exonerated by a coroner or jury on grounds of self defense Clepinno who was stabbed by the assailants one of whom was captured will recover
Acting Secretary Murray received a telegram from Agent Trembkey in charge of fur seal fisheries on the Pribilof islands. Fourteen thousand six hundred forty four seal skins were taken and shipped this summer, below the annual limit of fifteen thousand.
Indianapolis Sept 4 The federation approved several resolutions led by the demand that all post masters and first class assistants be placed in the classified service Edward J Goltra of Chicago was reelected president.
Sept 4 Constantine reports slight earthquakes in Melonga Kessabla and Beni Bimane causing damage to several houses and mosques. One man was killed.
In Hssen Germany on September 4 Emperor William will be godfather to the heir of Lieutenant Gustav and Frau Bertha Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach born August 15. The birth ties to the Krupp industrial family with strong imperial connections.
King Edward commissions Mrs Leslie Cotton a New York portrait painter to paint his portrait. Thomas J OBrien departs Grand Rapids for Seattle en route to Tokio as ambassador to Japan. The US produced 500000 in pearls in 1906. Union masons in Havana strike for wages in US money. Creek chief General Pleasant Porter dies in Vinita at 66. Theodore Burton accepts GOP mayor bid in Cleveland. Vice President Fairbanks visits San Francisco for Union League reception. Lane to lead ICC inquiry into western railroads under new rate law. French officers for international police force reach Tangier. Louvre reports another valued painting damaged by a young girl seeking arrest. Widow Mrs William Brayton shot by suitor William Walsh who then killed himself at Worthington. Burlington solicitor Joel W Deweese dies in Lincoln at 61.
In Alton Illinois on Labor Day Governor Deneen promised immediate state action to improve worker health. He said within a month an educational committee would study foreign factory conditions, especially Germany, to draft laws safeguarding workers in factories and to launch a vigorous campaign against facilities with unsafe sanitary conditions.
Detectives from Chicago avenue station seek a well-dressed man and woman who registered as Mr and Mrs A Carr Elgin and left a four week old baby at a Wells and Kitzie streets hotel. The note asked proprietor Oscar Stein to take the child to St Vincent's hospital.
In Galesburg HL on September 4 Earl McDonald age 16 was instantly killed while out hunting by an acel. The accident occurred during a hunting trip leaving the community in shock and prompting a safety inquiry into the incident.
Reports from Casablanca say letters frame three assassinations involving the Razzi brothers, Adelkrim Ben Sliman the Moroccan foreign minister, and Ganam Tangier envoy. The Yazzi brothers allegedly wielded near total control of the sultan’s court, while partisans of Medi nar are blamed for the killings.
President Castro denounces a plan to create prize and arbitration tribunals by graduated representation as insulting to smaller nations and eroding sovereignty. He argues strength and equality lie in sovereign status, and questions impartiality and legitimacy of a court that could sponsor force rather than uphold peace.
The U S delegation suggests selecting fifteen to twenty five electors to choose judges for a permanent international high court of justice at The Hague, a plan not favored by Latin American nations. General Horace Porter’s debt arbitration proposal gains near unanimous committee approval, allowing armed force only if arbitration fails or is ignored, with Switzerland opposing on domestic legal grounds. The committee also approves Austrian Hungarian compulsory arbitration proposals by eight to one votes.
John Petersson, a structural workers union member, died at German hospital after being shot in Market street during the riot. Durbsen, the shooter named Motorman F J Durbsen, says the gunfire was in self defense.
Wilhelmshaven report says on September 4, after traveling all night, Emperor William inspected the fleet preparing for autumn maneuvers. The armada includes 112 vessels of all classes with 0,000 sailors and mounting 1,824 guns.
In New Orleans on September 4, reports note the packet steamer H. M. Carter sunk on Red River for the second time in a year. No lives were lost in either sinking.
Cascasweet is good for babies and children and helps with common summer ills. Look for the ingredients printed on the bottle. Contains no harmful drugs. Sold by Wm. F. Jungkunz at 86 Stephenson St.
Harriet M. Burbank listed as piano teacher operating at Studio 36 Grove, with daily availability from 9 to 4 after noon. Details indicate private instruction and studio location for lessons.
The Daily Journal announces door to door delivery across the city for ten cents weekly. Aimed at increasing readership, the offer highlights convenient access and broad coverage within urban areas.
National Irrigation Congress heard Gifford Pinchot warn that unless forests are protected the country's timber supply could exhaust in twenty years. A motion to remove almost all butten on the key was debated, Pinchot cautioning it would alienate lumber interests. Paris police detain a Rochester, New York woman claiming kinship to Secretary of State Mitchell Root amid lunacy signs.
In Birmingham, Alabama on September 4 a dead body identified as Jerry Johnson, a Black man, was found in an alley at Lewisburg with five bullet holes. Authorities believe his death is the lynching sequel to an attempted rape on Mrs. W. W. Ellard in North Birmingham.
Investigation into the death of John J. Phillips, a wealthy con operator, clubman and banker, is said to prove the killing was murder for revenge rather than robbery. The bullet was fired from behind.
Captain Henry Brown aged 80, veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars and inventor of the bell buoy now used at United States ports, has died in Charleston. He served under Farragut and Porter and was commended and promoted for gallant conduct.
Pottsville September 4. The Pine Hill Coal company a Pennsylvania Railroad subsidiary operating a mine near Minersville has granted its employees a five percent wage increase. About 750 men are affected.
Sacramento California September 4 Senator Newlands of Nevada urged national control of railway and other corporations before the National Irrigation Congress, arguing for centralized authority over key industries.
Chicago Board of Trade quotes top grain futures with varied open high and close levels for Wheat Corn and Oats along with pork lard and live stock quotations. Hogs cattle and sheep receipts and price ranges are listed for choice and common grades. East Buffalo agents report slow cattle and strong hogs with lambs and calves at mixed levels.
A boy in Malta hauls a large basket on his back and balances two round flat basins, one atop his head. As the weight lightens he tosses the empty basins into the basket and resumes his walk home, pausing to play along the way.
Nearly all cough cures cause constipation, especially opiate-based ones. Kennedy's Lagavive Cough Syrup contains no opiates and acts gently on the bowels. Pleasant to take and sold by Wm. F. Kungkunz at 85 Stephenson Street.
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