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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1908
Page
1
A well located farm is offered for rent near a thriving market. The property promises accessible transport routes, ample acreage, and potential for agricultural or market-related activities. Suitable for small to medium scale farming operations seeking convenient nearby commerce.
Twenty four House insurgents met and formed a permanent organization with Colonel W. P. Hepburn as chairman and Everett Hayes as secretary. They debated Townsends committee on committees plan and an alternative large committee plan before appointing a five member special committee to report next Tuesday. The group seeks rules changes to dethrone Speaker Cannon.
A man was ordered taken to the state asylum at Morris Plains where he will be detained pending further formal action.
New York reports a week long Jubilee at Metropolitan Temple for the McKinley memorial organ dedication. Event features President William Howard Taft and speakers Andrew Carnegie Colonel John James McCook Governor Hughes and Vice President Elect Sherman with Bishop Goodsell and J M Buckley keynote on Dec 20.
Chicago detective story shows William Pollard a 22 year old grocer wagon driver confessed to sending threats to clergymen and citizens as a joke. He claims he read Conan Doyle stories and created the Knights of the White Death to test police reaction with skulls and crossbones on letters. He admits no actual intent to collect money.
An armed man proclaiming himself John the Baptist terrorized Edgewater New Jersey for about an hour. He held up stores fired on by a posse, commandeered a horse and wagon, and was wounded when police and locals stopped him. He claimed to be Oscar S Pomeroy of Nebraska.
Minneapolis December 12 The condition of Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota who fell ill in Minneapolis on his way to Washington has worsened and he was moved from the Nicollet hotel to Asbury hospital for treatment.
New York December 12 The court frees John R Hegeman president of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company citing insufficient evidence of wilful perjury in a 1905 report to New York State Superintendent of Insurance. District Attorney Jerome plans to appeal to the Court of Appeals.
The congress unanimously endorses issuing 500 million dollars in government bonds for river and harbor projects. Vice President Fairbanks favors the idea, while Speaker Cannon says it will go to a committee. Delegates urge a permanent waterways commission and broader engineering efforts.
New York reports that George B Cortelyou secretary of the treasury has been offered the presidency of the Union Trust Company, a major New York bank with deposits about 53.4 million dollars and a 3.1 million dollar capital stock. Cortelyou would not confirm the offer as retirement under President Roosevelt's administration looms.
Washington dispatch reports the House of Representatives passed the 165 page legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill with little debate. The measure carries an $81,665,000 allocation and did not prompt extended discussion on the floor. A five member committee was appointed to review the reference to the secret service in the president’s message.
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