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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1906
Page
4
A Chicago strike reveals startling exposure methods used by Teamsters, detailing tactics and processes that drew attention from workers and authorities. The report outlines how these methods affected participants and the broader labor dispute environment.
Testimony before Judge Ball reveals Shea ordered pickets to maim strikebreakers and attack horses with eggs filled with acids to cause runaways. Schultz says six policemen could not stop a runaway on State Street amid a tense tear sters strike scene.
Great Lakes navigation will stay open until the last possible hour to move grain east amid rail congestion. Officially closed at midnight Wednesday after talks among vessel men and Minneapolis Duluth grain firms. Insurance rate from Duluth is 45 cents per $100 value. vessels clearing Duluth before midnight carry it. From December 5 to 12 car fees rise to 85 cents. from December 12 the 1 dollar rate applies. Despite forecasts, heat and weather will push vessels out.
Police believe a fortune teller Herman Billock poisoned most of the Vzral family and possibly caused Mrs Rose Vzral to take her own life at 1536 Fiftieth Street. Billock of 613 Blue Island Avenue was arrested by order of Inspector Shippy and held during the coroner inquest. He allegedly admitted involvement to officers and suggested a plot to kill insured relatives for insurance profits.
In Seeleyville Indiana a dust explosion followed a shot at the Rosebud mine near here. One miner dies W Benham Knightsville and fifteen others are seriously hurt. The blast trapped about 180 miners though most were at home or accounted for. No further fatalities are expected.
Chicago December 6 news confirms J. F. Lincoln and D. R. Caldwell, lost moose hunting above Lake Superior near Grand Marais Minnesota, are alive and have been rescued after a prolonged search.
In Rocklend Maine on December 6 the battleship Vermont faced unfavorable conditions as she completed screw standardization tests over a measured mile. The ship achieved a top speed of 18.52 knots with tidal corrections, meeting expectations.
The secretary of the treasury announced that interest maturing between January 1 and May 1 1907 will be prepaid without rebate starting December 15 1906. Checks for the January 1 1907 interest on registered bonds will be mailed by December 16. The total prepaid amount is nearly 12 million dollars.
Washington officials of the Southern railway launch a formal inquiry into the Thanksgiving morning wreck near Lynchburg Virginia that injured and claimed the life of President Samuel Spen. The investigation focuses on causa and safety practices as investigators gather evidence and shaft blame.
Robert D. Bradley president of the Canton Rubber Company and Edwin Davis vice president were sentenced by Judge Landis in U S district court to one year in the house of correction. Willisam J. Oby, a former officer, was allowed to await sentence until March due to his wife’s illness.
New York December 6, directors of the Southern railway elected W. W. Finley of Washington as president to succeed the late Samuel Spencer. Finley has served as second vice president since September 15, 1896, and was formerly second vice president of the Great Northern railway.
Truro Nova Scotia December 6 smallpox continues to spread from Spring Hill coal town with 600 cases now reported in Cumberland county and growing outbreak concerns across the region.
Houghton Michigan report from December 6 states a mine blast at the Quincy mine killed one miner and injured three others, with one of the injured dying. The victims are all miners.
The National Trotting Association board of review ruled the Memphis gold cup case was won on merits and dismissed charges against E. E. Smathers of New York. The matter concerned alleged drugging of Lou Dillon at Memphis on October 19, 1904, and Smathers’ ownership and drive of Major Delmar in the race.
In Chambersburg Pennsylvania on December 6 three men were killed and one more fatally wounded with five others seriously injured in a multiple casualty event. Police and emergency crews responded to the scene and investigation continues to determine cause and sequence of the injuries.
Eleven workers were on a lift when a cable parted, dropping them and heavy machinery into a pit. George Freeman John Torson and Larar Pappian died as a result, Nicholas Benson fatally injured. Remaining injured were taken to the hospital in Waynesboro.
Chicago December 6 officers elected at the annual meeting of the American Association of State Fairs and Expositions J J Faton from Sioux City Iowa secretary Charles Downing Indianapolis Plans for stat fairs on Western circuit set the dates Iowa first week in August Minnesota September South Dakota second week One Mah Fate etc John Wilcox Ravena Ohio fatally injured five others seriously and twenty one severely hurt on Monon train No 36 near Cincinnati left the track at Campbell six miles north of Cincinnati cause presumed defective rail line accident description
Joseph Mlaherty the engineer charged with conspiracy to bribe courtessmen surrendered and was released under bonds of 2000. A sewer rale rages on the British coast. Arthur C Harper Democrat elected mayor of Los Angeles by 2120 plurality over Lee Gates. Henry Murphy Civil War veteran killed by a Milwaukee train in Minneapolis. T S Outram of the U S Weather Bureau in Minneapolis dead at forty seven.
Minneapolis reports Chicago market activity showing Dec wheat at 76 3/4 cents, May at 79 1/2, and July at 80 1/2 cents. On track No 1 hard leads, with No 1 Northern around 79 4/5 cents and No 2 Northern near Ti 5?. No 3 Northern at 74 7/8 cents amid light volume.
At St Paul Union Stock Yards on December 5 cattle ranged from common to good at 3.25 to 4.40 for cows and heifers, good to choice steers from 5.50 to 6.25, veals 4.00 to 5.25. Hogs sold from 6.00 to 6.15. Sheep market showed wethers 4.50 to 5.15 and good to prime spring lambs 6.50 to 7.25.
Duluth and Chicago report a range of grain and livestock prices. Wheat quotes show No 1 hard and Northern futures and option prices, flax futures near $1.21, plus December and May deliveries. Chicago lists Wheat, Corn, Oats, Pork, Butter, Eggs, Poultry, and cattle and hog markets with session highs and contract months.
A reader details a remarkable insect that lives only four to six hours after emerging as a butterfly, with a worm stage preceding it. The creature forms near water, emerges from the worm, then flies away to die by late evening, often within days of first observation.
The piece describes Louis XIII as editor of his own articles for the Gazette de France. It details how Louis Alll produced faulty French, a secretary named Lucas rewrote and copied the manuscripts, and Richelieu then reviewed and inserted further corrections. It notes an episode at Corbie where the king briefly praised Richelieu but crossed out the lines and had them restored.
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