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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1909
Page
7
In ten months ending October 1909 India rubber imports including balata gutta percha and gutta joslatong totaled 62000000, exceeding the entire 1908 calendar year. October alone valued at over 8000000, with 1909 expected to top 75000000.
The mutilated body of Mrs Shelley was discovered at her home near a lumber camp south of Hannibal Wisconsin. Authorities believe murder occurred as the five month old baby lay unharmed nearby. The house was barricaded and Shelley children crawled in through a window. Police hunt for a suspected killer.
In Juneau Alaska a wind test by She Shen Jim an Indian medicine man and six others ended in drownings as they tried to reach Gambler bay in a canoe. The group included his mother wife two sons a daughter in law and a grandson.
Philadelphia December 17 Robert G Valentine United States commissioner of Indian affairs in an address before the Indian Rights association denounced the bulk of leasing Indian lands and said surplus lands should be sold for the red men's best interests.
In a brief session the senate adopted Senator Cullom s resolution calling on the secretary of the interior for information about mining disasters and the federal government facilities available to render aid in such cases.
John M. Wheeler, once clerk of the district and municipal courts, previously convicted in 1907 of embezzling about 28 000 dollars, has received a gubernatorial pardon and will spend Christmas with his family in Milwaukee.
Minneapolis market notice shows December wheat at 1.11 and May July contracts around 1.11 to 1.14 dollars. Grading prices list No. 1 hard, No. 1 Northern, No. 2 Northern and No. 3 Northern values with small variations. Market activity on track with minor shifts in prices.
Duluth and St Paul markets report grain futures with prices for No 1 hard No 2 Northern and Dec May terms. Cattle prices for good to choice steers heifers and veal are listed, along with hogs and lambs. Chicago oats and dairy notes appear with scattered commodity figures and prices.
Market notes show cow and heifer prices around 2.00 per unit with calves at 7.25. Hogs quoted light to heavy ranged from 7.90 to 8.55 with mixed lots. Sheep and lambs listed at 5.75 to 8.60, native and yearling values varied by quality.
St Paul Minnesota governor A O Eberhart will press for accurate strike briefing from the state railroad and warehouse commission and labor bureau. A switchmen delegation led by Robert J Martin met with the governor to discuss local strike conditions and possible mediation outside Erdman act terms.
Thomas L. Lewis, national president of the United Mine Workers of America, announced before departing for Indianapolis that he has been re elected. He cited figures from Pennsylvania No 2 district showing 42 locals giving him a 3000 vote lead and Ohio districts reporting a four to one ratio in his favor, with Tennessee nearly unanimous.
A rear end collision on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe near Winona Arizona killed Mrs. Alice D. Bennitt of Hartford Connecticut and injured eighteen others. Notable victims include Mrs. J Heflagell of Chleneo and EF Pur chase from Milwaukee plus Mrs. Walter Sel zer of Alischott Wisconsin among the seriously hurt.
Lena Olson a domestic about forty five years old hanged herself in Madeira Minnesota on December 17 in a duration of despondency.
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