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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1902
Page
1
Opens Wednesday August 20 sale offers about 200 packages valued 1 to 6 dollars each. Each buyer receives 25 sheets of linen paper and 25 envelopes. every package includes a free package, possibly a 5 or 6 dollar value. Packages feature Dress Goods Waists Flannelettes Percales and more with full patterns. Colored shirt waists half price and white waists 25 percent off.
Civil Governor Taft arrived in Manila from Singapore to a city decorated with arches and a Twenty thousand people from neighboring provinces joined in a popular demonstration. A large procession escorted Taft to the palace where he spoke on the Philippine friars and praised congressional acts, urging peace, soil cultivation, and mutual trust as a path to progress.
St Paul Aug 23 the Transmississippi congress adopted a resolution denouncing the trust system as a menace to republican institutions and urging President Roosevelt to enforce laws against combinations of capital restraining trade. The measure narrowly passed amid sharp debate from several delegates. Louis Boies favored as Democratic candidate in Iowa Third district with Des Moines convention pending.
Paul reports a call for adjournment while the congress plans to meet next year in Seattle. The notice signals a pause in current business as organizers prepare for the subsequent session location.
An order from Washington withdraws another million acres in the Great Falls district from entry as part of the push to advance the St. Marys canal irrigation project. With three million acres withdrawn already, further withdrawals are expected within thirty days.
A dispatch from Denver reports the Pacific Wireless Telegraph company has opened its Whites Point California office for commercial business. The line between Catalina Island and Whites Point, a distance of thirty six miles, is described as working perfectly with messages sent as rapidly as by wire.
The Oregon Pacific Colonization Company, a Minnesota corporation, closed a deal for 60,000 acres of land in Benton and Lincoln counties Oregon. A portion of the land is to be stocked immediately.
In Harlan Iowa on August 23 Cr W Knose shot his estranged wife and then killed himself. Knose’s head wound is fatal while his wife’s injuries are dangerous but not certain to prove fatal. A divorce suit was pending.
Henri Didlier, a sailor from the French ship Sacoa, was taken by a U S marshal and jailed for eight days without trial. His detention follows the 1853 French consular convention granting French consuls power to imprison offenses aboard French vessels. This marks the first use of that authority in San Francisco.
Washington reports that Minister Bowen in Caracas says two U S warships can be spared from Venezuelan waters. The cablegram implies improved Venezuelan conditions and reduced danger to American interests.
Five children playing on Filey sands were swept away by the incoming tide and drowned before their mothers on the beach noticed the danger. The incident occurred on the Filey coast as families enjoyed the summer day in August.
The North western Telephone Co announces its long distance lines and connections serve over 2,000 cities and towns across Minnesota North and South Dakota Iowa and Wisconsin. Copper metallic circuits offer first class service and low rates.
Manila reports General Chaffee returned from the Southern islands and sees Mindanao as uncertain but not critical. He hopes moral suasion can avert conflict and directs Captain Pershing to open talks with the sultan of Bacolod to explain Moro attacks on US troops. A friendly conference with Moro chiefs near Lake Lanao included a leading chief set to visit Pershing.
Rome reports Vatican authorities finished collecting documents on the Philippines question for the apostolic delegate in Manila. A history of friars lands negotiations plus Mer Chapelle’s report summary and Taft Vatican notes are included. Secrecy is stressed though Cardinal Rampolla hopes the instructions enable a solution satisfactory to both sides.
Dahome, arriving at Castries St Lucia, reports Mont Pelee eruption on Martinique at noon Thursday. Darkness fell five miles away. light returned after twenty minutes. The steamer was compelled to change course to avoid heavy volcanic dust on its deck.
Thomas City Oklahoma celebrated the birth of a new town in Custer county with about 3,009 attendees. Lot drawing began and over 200 parcels were sold. prices jumped from $20 to as high as $1,000 to $1,500.
Aug 23 reports Commodore Higginson’s three battleships and two torpedo boats anchored at Thatchers Island. Fog and rough seas hinder signaling while Pillsbury’s fleet remains unseen. Crews stay alert for word of the enemy before daylight.
Sir Robert Bond plans a Washington trip to revive the Bond Blaine convention. Canadian ministers in London protested the move, but the imperial government approved the course. The convention had been disallowed in 1890 while reciprocity efforts failed.
The state department received word from Minister Leishman in Constantinople that amicable relations have been re established between the legation and the porte. The sultan orders a portion of the agreement to be carried out after its annulment by the grand vizier. Leishman resumes negotiations with the secretary of foreign affairs on subjects not affected by the prior suspension.
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