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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1903
Page
1
The notice promises a second week of intensified efforts to reduce stock and make room for upcoming work. It mentions ongoing large efforts and adds that during the week special prices will reward customers who travel 20 miles to purchase one item, with a July timeframe indicated by an exclamation note.
Of skirts consisting of misses and child size dress and walking skirts in silk or wool over choice garments. Our entire line of tailor suits all sized all colors all prices. The greatest special of the times be on and early. Monday only. White or Arabian nets or lace ruffled or plain. Dress trimmings one day only. When you can almost pick up gold dollars. Attend this day sale for remarkable bargains.
A brief notice urges buyers not to delay and to consider on hand stock dates before making purchases. It emphasizes checking available quantities and timing to avoid shortages.
Columbus June 5 Ohio Republicans closed their convention naming Myron T Herrick for governor and Warren G Harding for lieutenant governor. The ticket includes Walter G Guilbert auditor W S McKinnon treasurer Wade Hampton Ellis attorney general Augustus M Summers supreme judge Edwin A Jones school commissioner and George H Watkins on the Board of Public Works. Hanna and Foraker endorsed Roosevelt and united in backing the slate.
President Roosevelt wraps up a long tour with a brief Danville stop near Congressman Cannon's town. Despite rain, a large crowd welcomed him as he departed at 6 40 for Indianapolis then Washington. He toured Lincoln Springfield Decatur Danville and spoke in the Danville armory.
Rome reports the pope suffers only fatigue from extensive private audiences since Easter with over 20 000 admitted. He met Cardinal Rampolla to discuss Manila bishop candidates Mer F Z Rooker Jaro rector Rev Father J J Harty and Rev Thomas A Hendrick. He will resume ordinary audiences. Separately in Knoxville a one cent dispute led to a murder as James Green killed James Harris with a shotgun.
Eleven people were killed and several injured in a head on crash between Santa Fe passenger trains on Missouri Pacific tracks at Stilwell Kansas amid flood disruptions. The wreck halted service as floods forced trains onto MP tracks. Dead include a 21 year old Porto Rican student at Kansas State University and two tramps. Wounded were transported to a Missouri Pacific hospital in Kansas City. A relief train was sent and traffic resumed after tracks were cleared.
June 6 Topeka flood toll rises as seven more bodies are found, bringing the known dead to seventy one with thirty unidentified. River levels hover, morgue at Union Pacific station fills with victims awaiting identification. North Topeka wrecked, water covers much of the city and debris coats interiors. Nearby towns report water receding and gradual recovery.
Firefronts stretch from Long Lake and Mount Marcy to Newcomb and North Creek as hundreds of volunteers battle spreading blazes. In Vermont fires cover 2000 acres at Danby while Manchester and Coos County in New Hampshire report weeks of destruction and Bangor Missouri notes 14 miles burned.
From St Louis to Jefferson City and Hannibal, officials warn the Missouri and adjacent rivers will continue rising. Forecasters predict St Louis rates to reach 33.5 feet Friday and 34.5 feet Saturday with a possible 35 foot crest. Wabash tracks near levees covered, water lapping foundations, wharf boats pulled in, and Eads bridge clearance reduced. Missouri at Jefferson City 29.3 feet and rising, while St Joseph and Hannibal report declines or stands near 21 feet 11 inches.
Indianapolis June 5 President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers said the strike commission award granted three representatives for the miners on the conciliation board. He noted Wyoming valley conditions and potential further action but expects no new strike unless no alternative remains. Wilkesbarre June 5 Officials say reelecting district presidents could remove strike danger, while coal companies resist recognizing their peace envoys amid delays and discontent.
June 5 report from Kansas City Missouri notes rivers rapidly fall, waterworks pump back water from the Kansas river unfit for drinking, danger from fire ended, electric street cars returning to service, telegraph and telephone connections to the other Kansas City to resume today. Railroad repair gangs repair tracks washed out and mud cleared at stockyards 2500 hogs and 300 cattle drowned, most missing accounted for, total dead not expected to exceed eight.
Word reaches St Johns that forest fires Wednesday and Thursday swept Musquash leaving three or four buildings standing. Loss exceeds 100000 and about 200 people are homeless. Fires threaten other villages across the province. Two men burned to death at Piccadilly in Kings county while attempting to free cattle.
Premier Silvela told the king that the rebel Moroccan force under Bu Hamara is nearly crushed. A Tangier dispatch reports the El Menehbi led expedition against the rebels achieved considerable success, with troops devastations and punishments of several districts.
Burlington Iowa June 6 flood breaks Hunt levee south of War-saw Illinois and floods the low lands along the Carthage branch of the Burlington cutting through service. No trains run to St. Louis. alternative travel via Galesburg. Mississippi river eight miles wide. residents seek refuge by boat. islands deserted. river packet offices submerged.
St Joseph Michigan June 5 Captain John D Bean of the schooner H M Avery was killed while attempting to rescue his wife after the steamer Puritan collided with and wrecked the Avery The Puritan struck the boat then hurled Captain Bean against the wharf Czar and Emperor to Meet Berlin June 5 The Morgen Post reports the German emperor and the Russian czar will visit Vienna together at the start of September.
In Lincoln on June 5 Mr. Bryan, writing in his Commoner, denounces the practice of accepting gifts from monopolists by churches and universities. He questions the propriety and states he is against it.
Pretoria June 6 Sir Arthur Lawley lieutenant governor of the Transvaal has remitted the remainder of the sentences of most former burghers convicted of military offenses during the late war.
Chicago June 5 reports a hotel and restaurant workers strike extending to the Chicago Beach and Grand Pacific. At the Beach every man and woman employed was ordered out and obeyed, prompting indignation among guests, many prominent Chicagoans. Guests helped clear tables and wash dishes while dressed in formal wear. The Grand Pacific strike was not as widespread.
Itsburg Pa June 5 For the first time in the history of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers all the annual wage scales for the coming year are signed nearly one month before the expiration of the old ones. The new scales take effect July 1. Workers do not gain wage increases but win some advantages and changes to footnotes that caused disputes this year.
Providence R I June 5 addresses mark the third and closing day of the Congregational Home Missionary society seventy seventh anniversary. It was voted to hold the next annual meeting in October 1904 at Des Moines Iowa in connection with the national council of Congregational churches. A move to unify the five Congregational home mission societies is noted. Officers elected include President Cyrus Northrop Minneapolis recording secretary Rev T C McClellan Rhode Island auditor G Bell New York.
The czar approved a committee decision prohibiting Jews from acquiring real estate or its income except in 110 towns within the Jewish pale until Jewish laws are revised. The measure restricts ownership and settlement outside the specified towns.
In St Francis Kansas on June 5 a Dewey cattle outfit attacked the Harry Berry ranch, killing E M Berry and two sons A J and G A Berry. The Berrys were unarmed. Chauncey Dewey and two men, McBride and Wilson, are reported to have done the shooting in self defense claims the Dewey side. Coroner’s jury says the Deweys killed one Berry and mortally wounded another. Berrys had been in long disputes with the Deweys over land. Sheriff McCulloch reports Dewey and men under arrest. The conflict stems from cattleman rancher tensions in the region.
In London a morning publication cites Sir William Vernon Harcourt Lord Spencer Lord Ripon and other Liberal figures denouncing Chamberlain's imperial policy as veiled protection. They warn such schemes provoke disputes between Britain and colonies and strain relations with foreign powers. Some papers suggest Premier Balfour may resign.
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