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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1906
Page
11
A Paris jury acquitted Mrs. William A Mings after only six minutes of deliberation. The case centered on a husband and wife pair who were linked to a shooting with a pretrial defense plea. The trial featured tense testimony and rapidly unfolding events, culminating in a quick verdict.
George FAY Madden of Menominee succeeds A D Barber of Hamilton as president of the Illinois State Board of Agriculture at the annual Springfield meeting. New board members include J J McComb, A J Lovejoy, and Charles M Woods. Madden, a 1894 board member and Notre Dame graduate, remains active in the banking firm of Adder & Goedtner.
Two American boys George E Hart and Lester R Croutz touring Ireland as special correspondents found the cottage where William McKinleys forebears lived and learned the owner planned to tear it down. They secured a three month delay to raise funds from the public in the United States.
Humols Convention names Mrs. Ella Stewart for president and elects an eight member officers slate including Dr. Anna Blount as first vice president, Mrs. Ja mir a Springer as second vice president, and Mrs. Alice Tracy as recording secretary. The slate lists Chicago and Evanston as residence bases with long roster of officers and executive committee members.
Heirs of Russell Sage prove heirship and sign agreements to accept double the legacy from the deceased millionaire. New York attorneys handle settlement with Taebaxiaie county relatives. Named heirs include Ola: Augustes Sage of Chanzahon, born 1871, his wife and five children. Tattie Z. Davis wife of W B Davis with four children. Alt Sage Martens a grandniece. Mrs M Schoonmaker a niece who runs a stock crete.
Mrs Christine Baumann, 69, was assaulted while walking near her Springfield residence. A Black man, William Hand, was arrested on suspicion after she was dragged into an alley and choked during a savage struggle.
Enoch Garrett and Minnie Johnson, residents of East Mount Carmel, sought a minister for two weeks to wed despite bias in the region. Elder John W. Lockett finally performed the marriage after they obtained a license from the Wabash County clerk on September 20 but could not find an officiant willing to wed them in Mount Carmel or Wabash County.
Hyrmal Jacobs alias Elsie Jacobs alias Florence Scott alias Emma Burns, a college girl, is bound over by Justice Hamilton to await the grand jury after a $1,000 forgery arrest in Galesburg. Officers dismiss her claim that Harry Lowe forced her to forge, noting letters showing companionship with Lowe but suggesting the forgery was her own act to pay debts, possibly prompted by another.
Coroner's inquest on Mary Wells, a black servant at B. Young's Upper Alton house, found exhaustion from carrying stolen goods caused her death by apoplexy. The incident alarms local Black residents who fear swift punishment for theft.
Fred Ludwig, an employee of the Chicago Telephone Company, was arrested on a warrant charging attempted murder of his wife Mrs. Clara Ludwig, 18, as she walked with a friend on Laurel Street in Elgin. He fired twice after she refused a ride. the revolver was found with blank cartridges.
The National Income credits tariff stability since 1896 for strong growth and argues against frequent policy shifts. It notes reforms are needed but warns that constant changes harm business by undermining contracts and confidence. The President’s Harrisburg speech advocates governing for plain people and warns against demagogues.
A fragment discusses economic protection, noting manufacturers investors and business men seek safeguards for themselves and workers. It cautions against a wandering Democratic figure bearing a “free energy hatchet” in the South, implying political resistance to free trade or reform.
The city logged its coldest October day on record with a 30 degree low and a 78 degree high in Los Angeles. Snow hit northern states with two inches in South Bend and four inches in Bivefield, Indiana, sparking early blizzard conditions and frost absence. Apples remain on trees, corn unharvested, and farming traffic is disrupted by chilly lakes and slowed grain movement.
Prof Deutsch of Hebrew Union College Cincinnati answers in New York Hebrew Standard to Prof Goldwin Miths accusation that persecutions of Jews stem from their nature as a parasitic race. He argues Jews are not only middlemen, cites sweatshops and tailors, notes historical exclusion from trades and land, and asserts assimilation is possible despite tribal spirit. He blames snobbery bigotry and mental inertia for hostility to Jews.
Gov Johnson backed a railroad commission move directing every Minnesota line to show cause on coal and farm rate exemptions while Erie Rails cuts fares to two and a half cents and Pennsylvania lines set two cent mile rates at the Ohio line. Northern Pacific adds a large paper hat storage bag for women travelers on sleeping cars.
A collage of brief items from various papers notes labor issues safety debates and political musings. Snippets reference meat inspection reform eight hour rules自动 parks Sunday auto use across cities and misused funds in famine relief while lampooning reform efforts and foreign affairs with random humorous asides from multiple papers.
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