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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1908
Page
4
Chicago and surrounding areas faced hours of communication blackout as a snow and wind storm hit before dawn. Heavy, melting snow overloaded wires and poles, delaying fire alarms and slowing electric car service while transit remained uncertain. by evening, systems were restored with partial improvements in telegraph and telephone networks.
A heavy January blizzard disrupts trolley, train, and telegraph service across Michigan. Bay City reports eighteen inches of snow and churches cancel Sunday services due to blocked roads. In the Thumb district, extensive drifts mile railroad lines.
A brutal blizzard hits Milwaukee on January 13 causing telegraph and telephone lines to fail in all directions. Streetcar traffic is crippled while railroads report only minor train delays. The Weather Bureau notes sixteen inches of snow in under a day.
The Lasalle bank, six miles north of St James on the M and St L, was blown but robbers fled empty handed after noise. They stole a horse and buggy, rode toward the Omaha tracks, then two men were chased by Lake Crystal authorities and arrested five miles from town. no weapons found. Both men refuse to state names and claim innocence. they are jailed in Lake Crystal.
President Roosevelt plans to remove federal troops from Goldfield Nev after a special session begins. A White House letter to Governor Sparks states the troop withdrawal is to occur once the state assumes primary responsibility for order. The investigating report found no insurrection or necessity for federal help.
Testimony from operators mainly suggested future disturbances if troops are withdrawn, while the majority of the classes disagreed with this view.
A blaze leveled a block of five tenement buildings on First Avenue from Ninety-third to Ninety-fourth streets in New York City. The remodelled structures housed six enterprises including Adam Hoffels iron works and Grossman Shoe Manufacturing. Loss estimated around 500000. Firefighters battled the flames with extensive damage to L. Ebel man Iron works Hallender and Duscher machinists Krall Button company and American Rug company among the hardest hit.
A heavy north west gale drove high seas against the ocean front flooding the Malecon sea wall and inundating the Prado and adjacent streets to several feet. The Vedado suburb suffered as water reached low areas and a fireman drowned amid widespread damage.
Carson City Nev January 13 many state lawmakers have arrived for a special session called by Governor Sparks to craft measures to preserve order at Goldfield The Legislature is expected to be lively with radical labor supporters among members potential bills on a state militia or constabulary.
An eighteen year old identified as Parshenkoff, a noted terrorist and killer, was captured after a standoff by detectives along the canal front. He allegedly led attacks on police, may have killed Colonel Kalchak in December, and headed a gang that felled four officers in January 1907. He previously escaped arrest at Bazil Island, killing a police captain and four others.
The commission announces that the statement of rates must be affirmative and definite. Tariffs filed before May 1, 1907 contain long and short haul clauses and other rules creating uncertainty for intermediate stations. All such features must be removed or revised by supplement or reissue at the earliest practicable date.
An explosion of natural gas in the Olivia apartment hotel basement in Joplin Missouri killed Marvin Reynolds the night clerk and severely injured several others. The Stevens couple was in a wrecked five room suite. Mrs Stevens was rescued severely injured and in peril. Hotel owner F Bandalari and guests J C Barr and Harry Bishop suffered burns while rescuing Mrs Stevens.
Paynesville Minnesota January 13 Dr L C Gray veterinary surgeon who arrived from Kerkhoven about a month ago drank a large dose of carbolic acid in bed and died from the poison shortly after.
Public notice offers 50 000 acres of free home steads in Eastern Valley County Montana. Contact the office for information and requirements. This is an opportunity for interested applicants to acquire a farm at no cost.
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