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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
1
House Republicans approve tighter rules to limit filibuster leverage as Democrats mount opposition and protests. The move intensifies partisan clash over Senate procedure and minority pressure.
In Washington the house adopts rules to curb filibuster and passes two resolutions asking the Department of Justice and the Department of Commerce and Labor for information on the paper trust. The action centers on the International Paper Company and bureau investigations into wood pulp and print paper combinations.
Albert Heli ser, a New York baker, fired two shots at his wife during dinner on Lexington Avenue and then killed himself. Mrs Heiser was wounded twice and not expected to survive. Police say jealousy was suspected but no motive given.
Herbert Wright, a Canadian customs officer and son of Emerson's mayor, was arrested at Noyes by a U S secret service agent at gunpoint on a smuggling charge. He was taken to Crookston for trial after being denied entry by the U S immigration office two weeks earlier.
First Lieutenant David A. Lindsay of the U. S. Army Signal Corps shot himself in his quarters at the Presidio in San Francisco. He destroyed his personal papers and no motive is known. his death was instantaneous and the body was found shortly after the shot was heard.
Milwaukee April 9 Delegates at large for Wisconsin to back Robert M. La Follette for the Republican presidential nomination were elected by a large margin over Taft supporters. Nine of eleven districts report La Follette delegates. Eighth and Tenth districts unresolved with contesting Taft delegates in Tenth. Democratic delegates, chosen in February, were elected unopposed and pledged to Bryan.
A blaze struck the Colonial building in Richmond Indiana causing about 75000 dollars in damage. The fire damaged one of the town's principal office structures, with authorities reporting the loss.
Knute Ottestad aged forty died from starvation after a thirty nine day fast in St Paul. He pursued a forty day fast to prove his theory that the mind governs the body and is stronger than matter in a display of occult science.
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