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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1908
Page
4
North bound departures from Chicago on Great Western Railway include stops toward St Paul Minneapolis Des Moines and several midwestern cities. The timetable shows a 8:35 PM and a 1:40 PM run with a 3:35 PM earlier leg noted, indicating multiple daily departures and connections across major hubs.
Rochford Land Co proprietors John H Rochford and Peter Capretz list several properties for sale or trade. A modern house with yard on St Paul St offered cheap, another lot on River St, 640 acres of A No 1 farming land for sale or trade in South Dakota, 280 acres of standing grass available in 20 40 60 or 100 acre pieces, a six room cottage bargain in 1st ward, a seven room house one block from Kenwood Ave for sale or rent, and a call for 20 carpenters by the day.
Reports from Puerto Cortez on July 13 describe an organized revolution around Gracias and Choluteca. Estrada Cabrera of Guatemala and Manuel Bonilla of Honduras are named as alleged leaders, with plans to seize control, topple governments, and push into Nicaragua. Partial arrests occurred before Honduran frontier incursions, and President Savila has declared a state of war to mobilize troops.
The Atlantic battleship fleet under Rear Admiral Sperry is approaching Honolulu with wireless contact established to the Nebraska which is in quarantine at San Francisco. The Nebraska will arrive soon after, and Honolulu gears up with grand preparations and shipboard excursions as the fleet nears Diamond Head and the harbor.
Miss Jennie Dillon was fatally burned when her clothing caught fire from spilled gasoline on a stove at 54 West Tenth Street in St Paul. She fled down three flights of stairs as flames enveloped her, screams alarmed neighbors, and by blankets and coats the blaze was smothered. Despite rapid response, recovery was not possible.
In Detroit on July 13 a man died of heat prostration and three boys drowned while bathing. The day’s high reached 94 degrees as intense heat swept the state. Thousands sought relief on rivers and lakes and several more drownings were reported from boat capsizings or sunstroke.
New York endured the hottest day of the period as temperatures peaked around 70 degrees. Only scattered reports of dewpoints and brief weather notes appeared amid the heat.
A stylish young woman visited a private lunatic asylum near Paris posing as a wife seeking her husband under care. She persuaded the doctor to admit him and, after diverting a jeweler to supply money for gems, fled with the valuables. The husband vanished with her, and she was never heard from again.
Chicago July 18. A Taft campaign statement from the industrial headquarters criticizes labor injunctions as unfair and says Taft opposes their present form. It asserts Taft would require both sides heard before granting any injunction and notes the shift when labor disputes are handled directly between employers. Hot Springs Va July 18. Taft says he knows nothing of the Chicago statement and has not spoken on the subject since the convention. He expects to address the general issue in his acceptance letter.
Tokio reports the Denver Democratic national convention endorsed a plank calling for exclusion of Asiatic laborers from the United States. The stance provokes shock and displeasure in Japan, with claims it infringes treaty rights and undermines humanity. Many in Japan view it as a political move to appease labor elements, not reflecting broad Democratic sentiment.
An army officer recalls a tale of General Scott facing discipline after a wet Washington day. A renowned officer, in full uniform, borrowed an umbrella and reached his hotel where an underofficer declared he was under arrest for eight days for carrying an umbrella while in full uniform.
Timber lands near Duluth and the Great Northern Soo and Arrow Line railroads offered at 4 to 12.50 per acre with easy terms. Also land in Dickinson North Dakota for trade with Austin property or Mower County farms. Gift mortgages on North Oak lands at 6 to 7 percent. Insurance and bonds offered, including surety services. Offers include prairie land near Napoleon Logan County North Dakota and various farmrelated contracts.
Great Falls Montana July 13 Sixteen arrests were made at Culberson in connection with the murder of John A Hayes and his eleven year old daughter over a squatter claim located by Walter Long and later assumed by Hayes after Long abandoned it Mrs Hayes identified Walter Long and his brother Milo among the attackers at the inquest
Panic erupted in a Catholic church in Biwabic during a Passion play film showing. Celluloid flames lit the darkened hall. about a dozen injured. One woman, Mrs. Joseph Attlich, is seriously hurt after leaping ten feet from a window to escape.
Two young men from seemingly good families drowned while swimming in the Milwaukee River on a hot day in July. The incident occurred near a popular river swimming spot, with bystanders reporting swift currents and sudden distress before help arrived.
Historic Quebec prepares a grand tercentenary celebration this July featuring a military naval pageant. The heir to the British throne will honor Samuel de Champlain, with his official landing turned into a brilliant, dramatic spectacle illustrating Canada’s founding era.
Ten thousand Elks convene in Dallas for the Grand Lodge session as delegates head to Columbus for the Prohibition convention next week. In Minneapolis a teamster, George Francis, dies of heat after collapse. Columbus baseball president Thomas J Bryce passes away. American consul pick C Thomas W Haskins in Swatow dies suddenly at Peltatho. Walter Stewart, 10, drowns at Wildwood near St Paul. body recovered. Grover Cleveland memorial service held in Chicago by the T roqguis club with Jacob M Dickinson as speaker. Karl Keisel, 20, drowns after cramps in Chippewa river near Montevideo.
Boston recorded a brutal July 13 with the temperature reaching 97 degrees. Officials reported one death and about six people treated for heat prostration as the city endured an exceptionally hot day.
Serious forest fires are reported in the Adirondacks and along the Mohawk and Malone railroad. The railroad authorities have two special fire trains out, but reports are not reassuring.
Sault Ste. Marie Michigan July 18 a fire caused by an explosion of unknown origin gutted Blum rosen s department store and Miller s block and damaged nearby buildings. Total loss estimated around 100 000.
In Cleveland on July 13 a drowning incident in the canal left Henry Rodku and August Hammer, both 22, and Frank Meese, 18, dead while bathing.
Scores from Louisville Indianapolis Minneapolis Kansas City St Paul Milwaukee Cincinnati Boston St Louis Brooklyn and Chicago Philadelphia games stage a busy slate with several doubleheaders including a six inning St Paul vs Milwaukee and a Chicago vs Philadelphia second game. Milwaukee falls to St Paul while Philadelphia shuts out Chicago in another.
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