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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1903
Page
1
The notice describes long distance telephone service as first class and covering towns within a radius of 600 to 800 miles. It touts reliability convenience and speed for business and social use. Northwestern TelEphone
Federal grand jury returns seven indictments involving nine persons in postal service bribery and conspiracy cases. August W. Machen heads charges with four indictments. co-defendants include William Gordon Crawford, Leopold J. Lorenz, George E. Lorenz, Lartha Lorenz, John T Cupper, William C. Long, Maurice Runkle, and Thomas W. McGregor.
A Yonkers Statesman reply explains that hens are female chickens belonging to neighbors, while poultry is the broad term for fowl owned by a person. The exchange clarifies ownership and classification in simple terms.
Milwaukee August 1 The Sentinel reports Insurance Commissioner Zeno M Host ruled that mutual life insurers doing business in Wisconsin must distribute surplus to policy holders at least once every five years This affects about 300 400 million held by Wisconsin insurers and may trigger court fights Heirs of deceased policyholders could claim surpluses and accumulated interest under tontine policies prompting extensive litigation The decision follows a Brunckhorst complaint against Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States represented by Senator J E Storher
In Madison Wisconsin Aug 1 Governor Lafollette delivered a Chautauqua address in Monona assembly charging attempted bribery in the 1901 legislature. He said bribery is a crime in the dark and that money was offered and refused though proof is difficult. He warned of pursuit by powerful corporations.
Chicago reports Robert M. Wilson editor of the Durand Clipper will start today and walk to Cape Tisburne on the Arctic Ocean 8060 miles distant. He will traverse Minnesota and Canada along the coast from Vancouver to Cape Nome then to his destination beyond the Arctic Circle. He expects to be absent about fifteen months.
Albert W. Skibbe his wife and child were struck and killed at the Ashland avenue crossing of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy line while in a buggy. They did not see the approaching train until it was too late.
In St Paul on August 1 six year old Robert L. Allen of St Anthony Park was accidentally shot and killed by Archie Gray who was testing a thirty eight calibre revolver to shoot sparrows. Allen stepped in front of the firearm and the bullet struck him over the heart. He died moments later.
General Gillespie chief of engineers awards the two jetty construction contract in the southwest pass of the Mississippi to Christie and Love of Chicago for 2 175 896 dollars, the lowest bid.
Bradstreet's review notes generally favorable weather crop and trade conditions. Irregularities in staple prices limit adjustments to expanded production. Copious corn belt and Western cotton harvests ease crop concerns while rail congestion reappears and iron and steel demand lags. Foreign demand for breadstuffs improves with new wheat and old corn sold, boosting cereal markets and the overall industrial outlook.
In McKeesport on August 1 a riot at the Port Vue tin mill left John Mount fatally wounded and John Cameron crippled after gunfire from nonunion workers H P D King and Elmer Doliff. The attackers were jailed as authorities deny bail.
A mob of about 200 men attacked a Chesapeake and Ohio express near Clifton Forge late last night aiming to seize two Black prisoners. Over 100 shots were fired. the smoking car suffered twenty bullet holes and shattered glass. The prisoners were taken aboard at Clifton Forge for transfer to Covington, Virginia.
Hall of Huntington crew stops train after lights signal danger near Clifton Forge. A mob traps and shoots at a guarded smoking car holding two enslaved passengers from Lynchburg. Conductor Hall orders passengers to lie flat as bullets rattle windows. No one injured. train reaches Covington and the two men are jailed. The incident follows a prior shooting of white brakeman Edward Hite during a different excursion.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra tour Galway and Limerick with warm welcomes from peasants and landlords. They travel by train to Senmare and Kenmare, visit a convent and Lord Lansdowne, then sail to Cobh aboard the Victoria and Albert amid crowds showing loyalty.
A Crystal Lake incident leaves three people dead after drowning on Friday. The eight year old daughter of Commissioner Pike and two visiting friends were among the victims near the commissioner’s cottage in [tasea, Mich.].
On the Morrison street bridge in Portland an armless swimmer drew a crowd as Clarence Lutz completed his crossing. A section of the foot walk collapsed, sending hundreds into the Willamette. Lottie E. Cameron and Edward Shark drowned. five missing. eighty injured. Rescue boats and the Portland Rowing Club aided victims. all city ambulances and police responded. The old bridge, unsafe for years, failed during the event.
A Santa Fe limited and an eastbound passenger train collided near Needles California on Friday killing three tramps and injuring several train crew. The locomotives were crippled and cars damaged in the wreck.
Hilary Higaido and Franciseco Renteria were executed by hanging in the Prescott Arizona jail yard on Friday for the February slayings of C. E. Goddard and Frank Cox at Goddard station. The pair were hanged from the same scaffold in a single sentence.
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