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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1910
Page
7
The throne issued an edict refusing to form a national cabinet and rejected resignations of four councilors, while a resolution urged immediate cabinet creation. A debate in the national assembly is expected as famine worsens in Yangtze Kiang districts where many children, mostly girls, face starvation. relief efforts are sought abroad.
In a bid to avert a rail strike, Labor Commissioner Charles P Neill held two conferences on December 19 with railroad and engineer representatives. Henry F drawn to a fatal act reportedly over prostration, died by suicide from a tenth floor window at Mutual building.
Spokane reports preliminary surveys and construction will start early next spring on irrigation schemes over 1,000,000 acres in Eastern and Central Washington. Private capital funds a $55,000,000 program, excluding federal projects. key effort is the Quincy Valley plan near Kane 160 miles west of Spokane, to irrigate 500,000 acres at an estimated cost of $25,000,000.
Helena Montana Dec 19 F H Ray register of the state land office reports for the past fiscal year the state holds title to 3 870 165 acres with 2 449 144 under lease Ten counties conducted sales totaling 142 339 acres bringing in 2 733 172 dollars a record surpassing prior highs by 47 900 acres and 1 955 569 dollars in value.
In Hopewell near the Alabama line three brothers Will John and White Benefield quarrelled over a gray mule and fought with revolvers. All three were killed along with the mule. Each man left a widow and children.
Washington reported that Congress is set to adjourn on Wednesday for the holiday recess and will not reconvene until January 5. The House passed the resolution and the Senate is expected to consider it today, with several major supply bills likely resolved by Wednesday night.
Winnipeg December report states the Winnipeg Electric Railway company brought over 200 strikebreakers from Montreal and Toronto to its main sheds. Strikers demonstrated outside while some windows were broken but no interference with property occurred. Sixty cars were operated by the company under student supervision amid tensions.
The census reports 93 402 151 people in the United States with the Philippines excluded. If counted, totals would reach 101 100 000. Cities show heavy growth while agricultural states fall. Many notable increases are recorded.
A telegram from Enrique Creel to the Mexican ambassador in Washington states that General Navarro's troops defeated the revolutionists in the Guerrero district at Padernales. Elsewhere the republic remains in peace, according to the message.
London dispatch reports the birth of a child to King George and Queen Mary is anticipated in March. It would be the first royal birth at Buckingham Palace in 54 years, the last being Prince John Charles on July 12, 1903.
In Middle River Minnesota on December 19 a one year old boy the son of S Sorenson crawled into a wooden lard pail filled with water used as a bath and drowned after being left alone briefly with the container.
James A. Edgerton analyzes the 1910 census results, noting the U.S. population surpasses 90 million in the United States proper and over 101 million including possessions. Cities grow fastest, with New York heading a list of large cities and many Southern towns rising, while some rural areas decline. Consolidation and urban sprawl across states are highlighted, alongside California’s rapid gains and the impact of San Francisco’s 1906 disaster.
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