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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1900
Page
1
The ad proclaims a strictly cash business in Austin Minnesota offering guaranteed lowest prices, no bad debts, price matching with state competitors, a full return policy with money back, and a focus on honest goods and customer trade.
A large Dress Goode flyer touts very low prices on fabrics including 32 inch serge and plaids, novelty skirting worsted, all wool cheviots, Jamestown worsteds, and 40 inch all wool French serge with a wide color range.
Black dress fabrics offered include Mohairs in 36 inch width full and fancy Crepon Skirting by the yard. Silk finish Mohair 42 inch at 49 cents, 49 inch all wool serge and French Serge at various prices. Henriettas in all wools from 85 cents to 1 dollar. Silks for waists priced 25 cents to 1.50. 36 inch silk black satin requires two yards for waist.
Dress linings Kid Cambrics per yard Gilbert Selica per yard 36 in. Taffeta skirt lining per yard Canvass at .55 per yard casual fabric prices listed with units and measurements for store orders.
Heavy and light sheeting priced low per yard. Torchons and Valenciennes lace in 2 and 4 inch widths offered with bargains on black and white twill and ticking fabrics. Includes heavy hickory sheeting and assorted lace stock.
The largest and most fashionable line ever shown in Austin features Ladies' Sailors and Walking Hats priced at 50, 75 cents and up, about half the price of regular millinery establishments.
Advertises white fine straw hats in Knox style and decorated hats with chiffon ribbons flowers and trimming. Mentions price comparisons with others selling for 2.50 to 3.50 and offers similar flowers ribbons and millinery goods at reduced rates.
Ladies' map tailored suits jackets lined with silk and appliqué trim marked at sale prices. Skirts from 1.00 to 1.25. House wrappers priced 69, 87, 98. Novelty skirt patterns reduced. percales and shirt waists stylish at 25 to 50 cents. Summer corsets on sale 25 cents to 50 cents per pair.
Unbleached damask sold by the yard at 25 29 35 and 39¢ with napkins 75c a dozen and higher. Twisted cotton crash at 4¢ per yard. Crochet bed spreads from 5c upward. Steven’s crash goods marked at 5 7 8 and 10 per yard.
Advertises a 1 lb can of 50 cent Baking Powder with premiums including egg case, berry set, glassware, soaps and groceries. Lists prices on baking essentials, tea, vinegar, syrup, dried fruits, coffee, and canned goods. Highlights low prices and wide selection in a single promotional sweep.
Seamed hose and children's hosiery offered at low rates with prices such as 3 for 26c and 10c per pair. Ladies underwear, muslin garments, corset covers gowns and drawers advertised with bargain pricing plus gloves mittens and handkerchiefs in multiple value ranges. Lace curtains and leather belts also noted among sale items with varied prices.
Catalog listing shows 28-inch Gloria parasol frames, 26-inch Serge silk parasols with red fancy handles, and 58-inch Turkey Red Damask fabrics. Prices noted include 1.25 dollars for a parasol and 29 cents for a damask fabric.
A dynamite blast heavily wrecked a house with the main part ruined and a bannister blown through three walls. Victims’ remains were blown to pieces beyond recognition. Boehm, a well driller by trade, was among those affected and described as well to do.
A Sentinel special from Brillon Wisconsin reports six killed by a dynamite blast in the William Broehm home at Forest Junction eight miles from Brillon. Victims include William Broehm and three Broehm children ages 2 to 7 plus H Stevens. The blast, possibly 13 pounds near a stove, left no survivors to explain what happened during breakfast in the back part of the house.
An explosion of glycerine at the Kelly farm near Manietta Ohio kills William O Watson H E Selton Frank Speers and Thomas Danast. Four others die or are fatally injured and three more are seriously hurt as fifty quarts of glycerine explode from a shot lowered into a deep well causing dramatic wreckage and panic among workers.
The Trans Meade from Los Angeles carries Major General Otis but remains under quarantine in San Francisco due to three smallpox cases detected on board. General Otis will be kept isolated until cleared.
The report states General Otis and cabin passengers are expected to land next Sunday or Monday, with steerage passengers held longer. No change in landing plans unless Washington issues new orders.
At a Western executive meeting the Wisconsin Central decided to abandon sending St. Paul and Minneapolis a cent a mile rate to the encampment and to uphold the flat one fare rate for Grand Army of the Republic travelers.
In Minneapolis on June 1 Annie Peterson a domestic and an unknown woman suffocated in a boarding house at 204 Fourth Street Southeast. The fire started in a summer kitchen and spread through a thin partition to a adjoining room where the two girls were sleeping.
John F. Tuckson and John Ebert of Minneapolis drowned while fishing in Crystal bay. A third member of the party reached the shore safely.
A new pest, the green aphis, has appeared in wheat fields across portions of Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma as of June 1. The insect is typically seen on the tender shoots and buds of roses and now infests grain crops.
The H. O. Frick Coke company orders 10 percent of its ovens closed this week in the Connellsville area. With two thirds of regional ovens under Frick control, more than 1,000 ovens will be idle and daily coke production will drop by 700 to 800 tons.
Sheriff Pohlman plans a 1000 man posse to back police during a street railway strike in St. Louis. Captains will lead squads across the city and deputies will be sworn in as they respond. He favors arming with repeating shotguns and warns crowds to avoid disturbances.
Circuit Clerk Ford received Judge Cantrill’s order directing a bench warrant for former Governor W S Taylor on an indictment accusing him of being an accessory to William Goebel’s assassination. The warrant, placed with Deputy Sheriff John Sater, follows Taylor’s confirmation from Martinsville that a warrant exists and his plan to come to Indianapolis for possible service.
In Meipa, Pa, June 1, an 8 year old boy dragged his brother and sister from a burning truck farm house. He then tried to save his mother and infant sibling, but the mother’s weight proved too heavy and both perished as flames closed in.
The naval court martial found Captain John McGowan guilty of scandalous conduct and neglect of duty in the Monadanock Philippines case. He is sentenced to a two year suspension on half pay and to be reprimanded by the secretary of the navy, with a unanimous clemency recommendation pending Secretary Long's consideration.
Captain D Roberts of the Thirty-fifth United States volunteer infantry and two men are reported held by Filipino insurgents near San Miguel de Mayamon Luzon. Roberts, born in Dakota in 1873 and son of Lt Colonel Cyrus N Roberts, was appointed from Wyoming. The War Department believes captives may be ransomed while the army plans to recapture them.
The Rainy River district forest fires near Rat Portage, Ontario, threaten millions of feet of lumber and logs stored in the area. Officials report efforts to prevent spread failed as huge timber losses are confirmed.
A special train with 7 American officers and 56 men, 3 British officers and 72 men, 8 Italian officers and 30 men, 3 French officers and 72 men, 4 Russian officers and 71 men, and 2 Japanese officers and 24 men departs for Pekin along with five quick firing guns. The Tsungli Yamen agrees to withdraw opposition to marines guarding the legations. The Times reports railway damage at £80,000 and notes government support for the Boxers with no arrests and ongoing murders of native Christians.
In Trenton on June 1 the New Jersey Democratic state convention gathered about 400 delegates to select national convention delegates. Temporary chairman Colonel Zaalick lauded William J. Bryan as a safe tribune of the people while avoiding instruction to vote for him in Kansas City. The gathering showed strong Bryan sentiment with few negative votes against instruction.
From Admiral Kaniff Washington June 1 a cablegram from Admiral Kempff at Tong Ku Taku May 30 says one hundred men landed and sent Tien Tsin yesterday fifty proceed to Pekin today others from other nations also landed men
Tien Tsin reports Russians nearing forts on Wednesday while Chinese boats fired a salute for a mandarin aboard a Chinese warship, causing Russian retreat. The clashes appeared ceremonial rather than tactical, with the salute mistaken for hostile fire.
Berlin reports The Daily News Berlin correspondent says the German government views the China crisis with seriousness and that the powers intend to take armed intervention steps.
In Congress the house, after a fierce session, opened debate on a judiciary committee backed constitutional amendment to grant power to define regulate control or dissolve trusts and monopolies. Democrats called it a political pretext and unnecessary while Republicans denied bad faith. A two thirds vote is required, but Republicans hold 186 seats, 50 short of the 236 needed.
The senate committee on privileges and elections settles the Clark of Montana matter by agreement to rest it as is with no further referral of Clark or Maginnis credentials and no further action on the original Clark election resolution.
A Washington dispatch says Major General Otis will likely be assigned to command the department of the Lakes with headquarters in Chicago within the next few months.
Indianapolis June 1 W S Taylor has signed a contract with an Eastern insurance company to be its executive manager He confirmed the agreement contingent on his remaining in Indiana and continues to operate locally.
The Senate passed the sundry civil appropriation bill after an eight hour session. It retains a $5,000,000 provision for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to be held in St. Louis in 1908 and includes an amendment for beginning work on a memorial bridge between Washington and Arlington cemetery. It also adds an adjustment for select state claims and leaves only two general appropriation bills for action.
Havana June 1 Acting Director of Posts Bristow accuses Inspectors Seibold and Neal of basing their April 28 report on Reeves data and taking the auditor as full value. Bristow argues Seibold and Neal were influenced by Neely and would not discharge them, claiming grave irregularities in Neely’s office.
At Cuyapo rifles are surrendered and more are expected. The fugitive Benguet governor, a wealthy friend of Aguinaldo, was captured at Allit yesterday. Generals Grant and Funston dispatched detachments to pursue insurgents who rushed San Miguel de Mayomo. On Tuesday five Americans were killed, seven wounded, and Captain Roberts of the Twenty Third Infantry plus two enlisted were captured.
General Maximo Gomez reached Santiago de Cuba from San Domingo and spent the day with black party leaders who welcomed his return. He refused interviews and spoke little on Cuban or Dominican politics, then departed for Havana in the evening.
Governor Beckham ordered the muster out of ten Kentucky state guard companies. Most are from mountain towns and were raised during political turmoil around the last fall election. The governor believes regiments already have more companies than needed and that several units will be disbanded.
The biennial convention in Milwaukee adjourned sine die after routine business. A resolution unanimously endorsed J. G. Miller of Two Harbors Minnesota as a candidate for Minnesota railroad warehouse commissioner.
London reports confirm Kruger and cabinet left Pretoria and a provisional city committee is to govern. Telegraph lines may be cut with Pretoria now in British hands or soon to be. Dispatches place Boer resistance in Lydenburg and Laings Nek as British forces advance with light casualties.
London dispatch reports Lord Roberts sending a patch roll of news from Johannesburg. British forces occupy government buildings and raise their flag as Pretoria rumors spread that President Kruger has been captured, though the War Office denies confirmation.
A London dispatch reports regular consignments to the Netherland bank from the Transvaal government, but volumes have fallen recently. Dr. Leyds has not had power to draw at will since the Boer peace delegates arrived.
June 1 report says railway traffic between here and the Transvaal has reopened with officials accepting goods for all Transvaal stations. LouRENZO Marques notes the resumed service after a pause on Wednesday.
A dispatch from Germiston near Johannesburg reports several hundred Boers sought refuge in a mine but British grenadiers cornered them and barred all escape. The confrontation occurred as tensions rose in the area.
British forces have occupied Heidelburg on the railway from Johannesburg to Volkern near Laings Nek on the Natal frontier, with the location described as part of the movement toward the Transvaal border.
General Rundi defeats Boer commandos at Seneskal with 45 killed or wounded. The engagement occurred on June 1 and involved heavy losses on both sides.
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