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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1902
Page
4
The Brothers of Wood American Wayne lodge meet on Ind and 4th Saturdays each month in Woodstown. Adam Wayne serves as foreman with F Peck as correspondence. The note lists meeting cadence and officers.
AF and AM lodge meetings occur at the Masonic hall in Austin Minnesota on the first 3rd Wednesday evening each month. Officers listed include John H Anderson Worshipful Master and Parke Goodwin Secretary.
The Von Dusko Camp No 448 holds weekly Wednesday gatherings in Woodomac hall with Wm Cutter serving as clerk and V CO ke Sieriing noted in the records.
The Cedar Camp group meets at Woodman Hall with plans discussed for the month. Attendees include local organizers and residents from No. 8 and 8B.
Record notes show meetings set for the second and fourth Wednesdays with reference to Williams and Lady Leh Mag Ny Fy B Group as record keeper.
Court of Honor session listed for Tuesday at Tueeisie Hall with attendees including NJ Streaver WC and Faget EB Recorder. Details unclear but records show an organized gathering.
In San Francisco on December 13 the Pacific cable laying failed due to a strong tide as the Silverton tried to bring the shore end ashore. Minor accidents occurred with several men struck by a hawser, including Clarence Mackay and George Fraser, though no serious injuries were reported. The attempt paused for daylight and a new effort was planned for Sunday.
Op. 8.8. Ne meets 2 d and 4th Monday even of ae month in Masonic hall. Mre Biabesh Bo A. Nora Becker, Secretary.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a 1741 event labeled Model Camp and a line mentioning Mrs Beatrice Foster and others, with names Romel and Ett appearing in a scattered record.
St Bernard Commandery No it meets the lat Monday evening in Mason's hall. June 6. Parke Goodwin, Recorder.
The stated communications of this Chapter are held in Masonic hall Austin Minn on the second and fourth Friday evenings of each month R Geo Doehne dr ME HP Parke Goodwin Secretary.
Austin Conncr announces meetings on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 8 p m at Woodman Hall. Visiting neighbors and T H ridha, a Samaritan, are invited to attend.
Regular meetings are held at their police on the first and third Saturday evening each month. Visiting Comrades expected. John Robertson, Commander.
Austin Lodge No 8 of the AOUF holds meetings on the second and fourth Thursdays each month at the new Ellis ball on Main Street. C M Hall. M W OH Harris, Recorder.
The note outlines a recurring KoIP meeting on the second and fourth Wednesday evenings each month. Names J. -Jaan P Cook, Co rhaodh, and A Rearts appear as attendees or organizers. The text is fragmented but indicates a regular gathering cadence and participant mentions.
Austin Lodge No 1144 BPO Elks meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at the new hall on Ma St visiting members are invited to attend L D Baird exalted ruler O J Bimmens secretary
James Hanson aged eight aboard a cattle train was killed and William Friis sixteen fatally injured when two Northern Pacific trains collided near Fridley Minnesota. Two hundred hogs died in the wreck and six cattle cars derailed as crews could not stop in time on the curved double track.
In Washington a suburban fire destroyed a small Hillsdale house killing Edward Tompkine four and Olive Tompkine two. The children were alone and Rosa Prue, a cousin left in charge, was placed under arrest as the cause is unknown.
Reports from San Antonio state Right Reverend Monsignor Chase of St. Peter's Church Laredo Texas will be named by the Pope to head the Manila archdiocese or a vacant Philippine see. Chase is described as a convert.
Berlin reports fresh inquiries into the La Guayra sinking rumors. German and British commanders allegedly aimed to capture vessels before blockading. no sinking orders given. Six ships involved include Vineta Panther and English Resolution with four Venezuelan ships seized, one disabled. Official confirmation pending from German representatives.
London December 13 Foreign Secretary Lansdowne defended Britain's stance toward Venezuela at a formal banquet. He warned Venezuela to cease outrages on British subjects and property and to settle debts with courteous diplomacy. He urged Venezuela to limit revolutions to a moderate rate.
The Minnesota Supreme Court in a per curiam order holds that a husband may strike his wife in certain circumstances. Isadore Colahan sought a divorce from Thomas K. Colahan after cruel treatment and drunkenness. The court noted repeated quarrels and provocation by the wife and found one assault justified by believed infidelity, occurring Sept. 5, 1901, in Janesville, Minnesota.
Chicago authorities ordered a steam trip hammer halted near a girl’s home to ease her typhoid fever condition. Pearl Culver, fifteen, was gravely ill two weeks after exposure, and the physician urged action to protect her life. The move sets a new precedent for the health department in applying police powers.
Birmingham leaders report the United Mine Workers convention adjourned sine die after long debate over a scale for coal cutting machine operators. The color question sparked lengthy talks while the group also discussed a successor to the president. With the vice presidency held by a black member, a rule change was proposed. a vacancy would allow the district board to elect the president's successor.
In Marseilles the first clash between strikers and police left several injured on both sides, including a police commissary. The violence followed an attempt by strikers to destroy the coal train in front of a car bound for the port.
A daylight hold up of the private Hilleborn Bank in Hillsboro Sierra County yields a large haul. Cattlemen had just deposited about 36000 and robbers fled toward the Black Range as a sheriff’s posse pursues. Bank owned by Pennsylvania capital. Communication lines limited.
A new Panhandle line train will carry mail only from Philadelphia at 4 55 a m to Richmond and Chicago 1 20 a m to speed deliveries to Chicago and the Northwest. The change saves five hours on mail from Philadelphia Washington and Baltimore and Eastern Central Ohio, with mixed results for St Paul Minneapolis.
Three expert cracksmen tried to rob the State bank in Claremont Minnesota during the night but fled after a man sleeping upstairs awakened them. They had knocked off the safe dial and placed dynamite at the door before fleeing in a waiting horse and buggy.
Fargo North Dakota December 13 A large number of stone and mineral entries in the northwestern part of the state are delayed by the land department. No proofs on such entries can be made without a special examiner's report. In Ward county lands claimed for stone lack sufficient stone for a house foundation, while grazing or farming are the chief values. Many other mineral entries have made little progress.
Miles City Montana December 18 Judge Loud of the district court held Justice McRae of Rosebud County had authority to commit county officers to jail for contempt. McRae had prosecuted a faction accused of colonizing in Rosebud during the recent election. Commissioners sided with the colonizing faction and declared McRae's office vacant. McRae jailed the commissioners and county clerk. Habeas corpus proceedings followed and the decision sustains McRae.
Mrs. James Abernathy who had slept for six days in St. Louis gradually woke late at night and recognized friends and relatives though words remained incoherent. Her sleeping spells have shortened over time and her condition is closely watched by doctors.
Twenty laborers traveling from Chicago to Kansas City aboard a Rock Island train near Centerville Iowa got into a fight during the day. Three were seriously cut and one is expected to die. None of the men would give their names.
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