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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1908
Page
1
The report highlights Easter hosiery trends featuring black hose with coin dots, blue pairs with small pin dots, and new plaids in varied color blends. Lace lisle in pale pink and light blue shown as delicate novelty options.
A display of fine gowns and skirts featuring undermuslin pieces well made with trimming. Gowns priced at 2.00 and 2.50 with full skirts starting at from a special line at 8.50 reduced to 3.00 for graduation use.
A short note touts parasols and umbrellas for Easter shopping. It emphasizes quality and appeals to customers seeking dependable rain protection.
President urges four new battleships in a naval appropriation plan. Congress debates timing and merits while antiwar critics cite cost. China and Britain cited as naval policy references amid arguments for rapid U S naval expansion.
The Delaware state convention officially placed Judge George Gray in nomination for president and instructed six delegates to support, advocate and vote for his nomination despite Gray’s letter declaring he would not consent to such instructions. The platform urged state rights, tariff revision and criticized the national administration. Bayard Heisel chaired. the convention adopted the unit rule and ratified national delegates, then adjourned.
Duluth on April 15 reports 17 year old Robert Johnson son of Mr and Mrs August Johnson of West Duluth was fatally burned after grabbing a live wire on a Great Northern Power transmission tower. He and a companion were climbing the tower when the accident occurred and he died at the hospital shortly after.
In Waterloo Iowa on April 15 Louis Weatley a farmer near Oelwein was found hanging from a wire clothes line fifteen feet above ground in a secluded spot by two school children. Officials suspect brooding over reverses as the cause of the tragedy.
At the New York state Democratic convention on April 15 the Bryan faction lost a bid to instruct delegates to back William J. Bryan. A subcommittee rejected an instructed plan 6 to 1, and the full resolutions committee adopted a noninstructed slate 28 to 4, with 19 absent. Bryan supporters pledged to push the fight to the convention floor.
The Hauser Lake dam on the Missouri River near Helena failed with about 250 feet of structure destroyed and an estimated 250000 dollars in property damage. No lives were lost and floods routed five worker dwellings, the office, and a stable as water rushed downstream.
Despondent over business troubles Charles F. Leland former president of the Commercial bank shot himself in his rooms at 1611 East Superior street Duluth. He fired two bullets from a revolver into his head and died almost instantly.
A bubonic plague outbreak is reported in Guaira Venezuela. Governor General and Lady Grey of Canada with Captain Newcomb arrive in Washington for meetings with the British Ambassador. Missouri Kansas Iowa and Nebraska superintendents meet in Kansas City to discuss a regional education organization.
Twenty two Bryanites in St Paul issue a call for caucuses and a county convention to produce contested delegations at the state convention. Caucuses tentatively set for May 6 at 7 30 p m while the county committee sets 6 to 6 p m for the same day. The Bryanites argue laboring men who would back Bryan could not attend if caucuses begin at 6.
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