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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1910
Page
1
Horace Mack assistant treasurer at Cornel University dropped dead on the Ithaca campus from heart disease. He was seventy seven and an noted poet with several widely published works.
Fort Madison Louisiana December 31 A farmer Chris Schock shot and killed his wife during a quarrel. An inquiry into his sanity will be conducted by county officials before criminal proceedings are started.
Washington December 31 Willis Van Devanter of Wyoming will take the oath of office as associate justice of the United States Supreme Court next Tuesday. A letter from Justice Van Devanter to the court clerk confirms he will arrive in time to be sworn in on the specified day.
Ferdinand P Earle, an artist, is noted in a court record as his wife being granted a divorce. The brief item identifies the parties and outcome without additional details.
Julia Kuttner won an annulment of her marriage to Ferdinand Pinney Earle from the Venice ceremony of March 17, 1908. Earle had divorced Marie Emilie Fishbacker in Paris in 1908 for desertion. A late transcription of the decree delayed the divorce for three months, allowing the second wife to challenge the validity.
El Paso dispatch reports Luques relief column suffered 600 killed in four days of fierce fighting near Casa Colorado. Insurrecto losses are said to be slight, Navarro’s command bottled up near Mal Paso. Wild rumors of further engagements circulate with no confirmation. Telegraph lines reach only to San Antonio as federal wounded await transport through Mal Paso.
A gas explosion on the first floor of the Concord apartments sparked a blaze that burned for about twenty minutes. Two women died, a third remains in danger, and about a dozen others were seriously hurt with eleven taken to St Joseph's hospital. An unidentified woman was cremated. Jeanette Wilford is believed among the victims, and Anna Erd later died from burns and inhaled fumes.
Minneapolis December 31 The Northwestern National bank will establish a pension fund for employees and begin operations shortly after January 1 A three member committee was appointed to develop detailed retirement plans for long serving staff with an age limit to be set The committee reports to the annual meeting January 10 The bank plans to set aside a lump sum as a starting point with the final amount to be determined later The bank employed 47 people ten years ago and now has 194
The American Association for the Advancement of Science closed with a council session at the Radisson hotel. Dr Charles E Bessey dean of the University of Nebraska college was chosen president for the coming year. Washington D C was set as 1911 convention site with Indianapolis and Toronto to follow.
Water scarcity hits nearly all Iowa regions with some areas facing a famine. Railroads haul water for months as wells and supply wells run dry leaving towns short for emergencies and firefighting needs.
Fort Dodge Iowa December 31 Announcement was made of Father Saunders pastor of Corpus Christi church and vicar general of the Sioux City diocese being named monsignor by Pope Pius X. He will be invested within a month. Age sixty eight. Born in Ireland he came to America at ten and studied in Toronto. His ministry has been in Iowa at Osage Cherokee Boone and Fort Dodge.
Washington December 31 Henry S Graves chief forester outlines the annual forest fire report noting protection as the key. He cites 84 percent of 1909 fires from lack of preventive care by lumber operators and railroads urging spark arresters or oil burning and improved enforcement to curb arson and lightning causes.
St Louis reports Professor Walter F Willcox of Cornell told the American Statistical Association no U S children under five will be born after 2015 with 2020 as a final birth year. He predicted imports from France may bring babies after 2020 while noting higher self harm related deaths in the U S. An endowment for the stork was urged to honor motherhood.
Governor A O Eberhart of Minnesota spoke at Des Moines Coliseum and three addresses helped raise $2000 for a hospital building. He urged stem the tide from farms and make farm life attractive through consolidated schools farmers clubs exhibits and lectures to boost urban appeal.
Indianapolis December 31 The American Historical Association closed its annual convention by selecting Buffalo as next year’s site and electing officers William M Sloane president Theodore Roosevelt first vice president W A Dunning second vice president Waldo G Leland secretary and C W Bowen treasurer all from prominent colleges and institutions in New York and Columbia.
The steamer Crescent owned by Stone Yrdean Wells of Duluth rides two miles off Grand Marais Minnesota under distress signals. Local fishermen cannot assist due to rough seas as it stays headed into the swell.
Washington reports that an international railway commission with supervisory authority over railroads operating between the United States and Canada is assured. After months of negotiations, regulatory control over cross border lines is expected to begin within a few months. Chairman Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission and Judge Mable of Canada's railway commission submitted their joint report at the State Department. The diplomatic nature of the matter prevents public release of the report’s text at this time.
Washington December 31 Tafts Ohio allies move to organize a new renomination campaign led by Arthur Vorys former Taft Warwick with advisory input from Charles P Pere and aiming to avoid a noisy national committee reorganization while promising effective campaign management through a discreet structure.
In Bemidji Minnesota acting under agreement C C Houpt of St Paul for the Indian department and E B McDonald and Judge Spooner for liquor dealers Judge C W Stanton adjourned to February 1 the hearing on a petition by twelve Bemidji liquor dealers seeking an injunction to stop Interior Department special agents from interfering with saloon business. The temporary restraining order remains in force and the dealers likely may continue dispensing liquor until Feb 1.
Coroner Haugan reports farmer August Ladwig, found lying in snow a short distance from his home, died from exposure after becoming bewildered while returning from a neighbor's house. Ladwig had been in poor health.
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