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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1904
Page
1
Albany February 2 Governor Odell has refused to issue a warrant for the extradition of William E Zeigler of New York who is wanted in Missouri on a charge of bribery tied to leaking powder legislation during that state's legislative session the decision leaves Zeigler in New York.
Cincinnati February 2 Firemen and a policeman were injured in a blaze of unknown origin that partially destroyed the five story building housing Henry Nurre manufacturer of picture? frames at 412 Plum Street. Value of the damage listed as 76,000 dollars.
Joseph Meunier alias Miller surrendered to police and confessed fatally stabbing Mrs. J. S. Seville. In Detroit he appeared before Judge Phelan and was sentenced to Jackson prison for life. In Harbor Beach the snow blockade easing as first train in sixteen days arrives.
Washington February 2 Samuel A Groff inventor of the street letter box fastener testified at postal trials about conceiving the device and his efforts to enlist others beyond his brother. He said an order for the Washington post office was paid for in 1895 before Lorenz sought sentiment among postmasters and that he never spoke with Machen except to admit the fitting was tight. Diller F Groff, son of Diller B Groff, said the government might buy the fasteners and pay Lorenz his share of profits per the 1895 agreement.
McVicker's theater in Chicago reopened with safeguards and large attendance. An aldermanic committee Building Commissioner Williams and Fire Marshal Musham inspected the house and stage to meet the provisional ordinance. Seventeen exits were excellent and the steel curtain functioned properly.
New York February 2 Madame Nordica the prima donna born Lillian M. Doeme has been granted an interlocutory divorce decree by Justice Bischoff in the supreme court on the report of referee William M. Turner. All papers except the decree were sealed by court order. The referee found the defendant Zoltan Doeme a well known tenor guilty of adultery.
Washington February 2 Governor William H Taft took the oath of office as secretary of war in the War Department reception room. The retiring secretary Elihu Root transferred authority and Taft was congratulated by General Chaffee and others before a brief reception. President Roosevelt bid farewell to the Roots and the Yale Alumni Association hosted a dinner in Tafts honor.
Russia prepares for potential conflict with the Philippines, maintaining a steady military buildup while keeping pace with rivals. The report notes focused surveillance and strategic concentration of naval and land assets in the region as tensions rise.
Washington reports that the Philippine commission's annual study, including the auditor's figures on the $3,000,000 relief appropriation, notes famine pressure, expected tariff and navigation improvements, and calls out rice hoarding, friar land talks, and English church modernization under American influence. Taft sees gradual progress and urges policy shifts while detailing cholera deaths, schooling needs, and fiscal trends.
Washington Feb 2 The U S Supreme Court ruled for South Dakota in a dispute over a mortgage on North Carolina Railway stock to secure bonds aid to the road in 1957 The amount due to South Dakota is 27400 with no interest and failure to pay may lead to sale of 100 shares of North Carolina railway stock The ruling marks a new departure in ordering asset seizures in such judgments Dissenting justices defended the contrary view and adjournment announced to Feb 23 to hear more cases including Northern Securities
London reports an ordinance fixing war pay for Japanese soldiers and sailors. Nagasaki says Russian division has arrived on the Yalu. Seoul notes robberies by armed soldiers in Ping Yang and rising anti foreign sentiment among missionaries.
High winds across the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains caused extensive damage in Colorado and Wyoming. In Denver two men died after contacting a live electric wire blown loose by the gale. Reports of farm building and haystack destruction, fallen trees, and shattered windows come from district towns. A Colorado and Southern train near Idaho Springs was wrecked by the wind, four crew members and one passenger injured. Fort Collins recorded ninety mile per hour winds, causing fires and home destruction. Pierce Station and Cheyenne also reported wrecked buildings and window damage.
New York reports former secretary of the navy William C. Whitney underwent an appendicitis operation at his Fifth Avenue home. The illness began from a cold after aiding firefighters at a blaze near his South Carolina estate two weeks earlier. Doctors say his condition remained critical but may be improving slightly.
London reports conflict over Mrs Maybrick location with claims of Cornwall Holloway prison or at sea. The Daily Chronicle denies sailing to the United States and says she remains in England under discreet conditions and may soon be discharged on special license after rest, possibly returning to Woking or Holloway.
Walter Scott a longtime resident of Stafford Kansas and a former scout with General Custer before the Little Big Horn died at his home by his own action taking morphine. No causes assigned. He was among the oldest residents in the state.
Washington February 2 Attorney General Knox said the bill in the senate to amend interstate commerce and anti trust laws to relieve foreign commerce from their operation and to allow restraints on trade was introduced without administration knowledge or approval and that it would not be wise to amend the law.
During a high wind at Stockholm the Summit Ice company ice house collapsed. Andrew Pulis and Edgar Boyd were buried and killed while four other workers were injured, two of them probably fatally.
In Fairmont West Virginia on February 2 James Kennedy of Austin crawled four miles to Tunnelton to summon help for a deadly shootout at Austin. Three men, James Kennedy James Black and W C Mitchell, were dying from gunshot wounds and offered no statements to authorities. All were sober and declined to name outsiders.
New York Feb 2 W Rourke Cochran was nominated as Democratic candidate for congress in the Twelfth New York district by a Tammany convention to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr McClellan, now mayor of New York. Cochran accepted the nomination.
In Council Bluffs Iowa at 1 a m a residence on Sixteenth Avenue and Third Street burned killing five children aged from five months to eleven years Mrs Christianson suffered fatal burns and her husband was away Neighbors fought the blaze but the wooden house was consumed before firefighters arrived The five children Edna eleven Frank eight Lila four Jane two and the baby five months were cremated leaving only charred trunks.
A group of colored men at a Dearborn Street rooming house drank wood alcohol Sunday night. Cyrus Robinson J C McCarthy and Thomas Smith died. George Jenkins Edward Thompson are dying Richard Fletcher hospitalized with faint chance for life. Bottles reportedly unlabeled and misidentified as grain alcohol.
Berlin reports no word for weeks from Colonel Leutwein, governor of German South West Africa, leading 300 troops on a march from Warmbad toward beleaguered forts to the north. He and his force are feared to be in danger of annihilation by hostile natives.
Advices from Montevideo report 1,500 government troops opposed to insurgents suffered a reverse at San Ramon. The clash occurred as Uruguay battles continued while Buenos Aires and Montevideo monitor developments.
Colonel Edward Butler, noted millionaire politician, faces bribery charges in St Louis while other regional events unfold. Governor Luke E Wright and Vice Governor Henry C Ide were inaugurated in Manila.
Minneapolis market update shows Wheat May at 89 4s 89 1 4 cents, July at 88 5s 88 3 4 cents, Sept at 77 1 4 cents. On track No 1 hard at 92 1 9 cents, No 1 Northern at 90 cents, No 2 Northern at 7 cents, No 3 Northern at 82 8 4 cents.
St Paul market summary reports cattle prices by grade. Cattle good to choice steers 3.70 to 5.00 per hundredweight, common to fair 3.25 to 3.65, cows and heifers 2.70 to 3.25, yearlings 2.00 to 5.00. Hogs 4.25 to 4.75. Sheep yearling wethers 4.25 to 4.65, lambs 4.85 to 5.35.
In Duluth on February 1 wheat prices show in store No 1 hard at 90 3 4c No 1 Northern at 89 1 2c and No 2 Northern at 86 3 4c. To arrive No 1 hard 90 3 4c No 1 Northern 89 1 2c No 2 Northern 86 3 4c May 89c July 88 4c Sept 7 c Flax prices: in store on track and to arrive 1 18 4 c May 1 16 4 c July 1 17 c
Chicago Feb 1 cattle prices range good to prime steers 4.60 to 5.50, cows 1.50 to 3.85, calves 3.50 to 7.00. hogs mixed 4.65 to 4.95, heavy 4.90 to 5.00, light 4.45 to 4.89. sheep good to choice wethers 4.20 to 4.40, native lambs 4.25 to 5.90.
Chicago markets report mixed futures and cash prices for wheat corn oats and livestock. Wheat May 90 3/4 cents July 82 3/4 cents Sept 83 1/2 cents. Corn Feb 47 1/4 cents May 50 1/2 cents July 48 5/8 cents Sept 48 1/4 cents. Oats Feb 41 cents May 44 1/4 cents July 38 3/4 cents Sept 33 4/5 cents. Pork May 13.00 dollars. Flax Northwestern cash 1.16 dollars South 1.09 May 1.11. Dairies 15 22 cents 27 29 cents. Poultry turkeys 1 cent chickens 11 1/4 cents springs 11 3/4 cents.
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