30 Jul 1902
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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1902
Page
1
At Murphy's Defiance Sale scheduled to close August 7 1902 bargains are highlighted as the greatest ever in Austin. The shop warns against fake advertising and promotes genuine discounts on Silk Ginghams and hosiery, claiming out-of-date goods are dumped at lower prices.
The North Leeds by election toppled a Tory majority and shifted power to the Liberals. Analysts cite grain taxes and the education bill as key issues, while Conservatives fret over cabinet stability and defections like John Wason joining the Liberal side.
London reports the Rockefeller Rothschild Nobel trio forming a vast oil trust. The Daily Mail says the alliance, active without publicity, plans to set prices and absorb Russian exports, prompting invitations to an anti trust conference. Spokesmen warn it may be a fight to the death against independent exporters.
Paul Van Der Voort past commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic died at Puerto Principe Cuba of heart paralysis. Born in Ohio in 1846 he served in the Sixty eighth Illinois and Sixteenth Illinois cavalry and reached sergeant before mustering out in 1865. He joined the Grand Army in Illinois in 1866 and later served as assistant adjutant general to Department Com.
Former provisional Nebraska department commander Manner Hilliard resigned after moving to Omaha where he helped reorganize the Nebraska department. In Paris, July 30, Vice Admiral De Beaumont and Rear Admiral Servan were summarily dismissed by President Loubet amid controversies linked to a consultee’s death and a ministerial criticism.
Cedar Rapids reports Charles W. Perkins longtime cashier for Northwestern Mutual Life Association admitted over ten years of using company funds for speculation. Estimated loss from sources ranges from thirty thousand to seventy five thousand dollars. General agent H. A. Munger travels to Milwaukee to settle accounts. Perkins has handed all property to Munger including stocks, a second mortgage of seven thousand five hundred dollars, and a home mortgage of five thousand dollars.
Litchfield Illinois July 380 probably the biggest coal deal in Illinois history has been completed. AS Schneider of New York for an Eastern syndicate with 1 500 000 dollars secured option on 25 000 acres of coal land in one body and expects to secure 15 000 more.
Des Moines July 30 Lafayette Young withdraws as candidate for the seventh district committee on resolutions ending GOP opposition to reaffirmation of last year’s platform at the state convention. The Polk county caucus announced the move after objections to the trust plank pace that tariff protection may shelter monopoly. Senators Allison and Dolliver and the Iowa delegation attend the convention with no current opposition to Merrtin Gilbertson Mallen Jadd and Bishop renomination. Amos Brandt’s withdrawal clears room for B F Carroll for auditor. Contests loom for railroad commissioner clerk of the supreme court and supreme court port?
The Northwestern Telephone Company announces long distance lines and connections extend to more than two thousand sites and towns across Minnesota North and South Dakota Iowa and Wisconsin. Copy or metallic circuits first class service and levy rates. Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company.
London reports confirm Kime Edward's doctors fixed August 9 as the coronation date. Rumors of delay fade as the king is seen walking with a cane and diet restrictions ease. Two sailors stood by as he tested his strength on the royal yacht at Cowes.
A crowded crowd watching a wounded man be carried to a doctor’s office toppled a sidewalk at 349 Halsted Street. Fifty people fell ten feet. four seriously injured and about a dozen bruised. Enos Dailey, being carried, likely shot in a nearby brawl. Kansas tragedy follows, Mrs. Gideon McDowell dies in house fire. her husband burned trying to aid.
A mill boiler exploded at Salem injuring no one else, killing Engineer P. L. Lester and wrecking the mill. A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train just arrived at the station was badly damaged as passengers panicked.
London officials announced the commercial treaty between Great Britain and China was approved at a foreign office conference. It is expected the government will sanction the treaty’s conclusion.
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