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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1903
Page
1
Local shop promotes a quick sale with 15 dollar suits in extra large sizes and a fine assortment. All must be sold within 10 days. Other items priced at 10.87 or lower. Aday in Millinery advertises bargains to attract shoppers.
Marseilles June 8 reports a passenger steamer collision between Liban and Insulaire off Maire Island. Liban sank within minutes after the crash with about 200 aboard. at least half feared drowned. The Balkan and other vessels rescued some survivors as morgues, hospitals, and quays filled with onlookers.
Fifteen workers perish when a Madison Illinois levee fails. Rescue teams scramble as more men remain in peril. About one hundred fifty workers are reported involved in the flooding emergency amid rising concerns for survivors.
A St Louis report details a levee collapse near Madison trapping about 150 workers from the American Car and Foundry Works and risking many deaths. The Mississippi rises to 36.9 feet with forecasts of 38 feet, while rescue efforts strain against swift currents and downed wires. At Black Walnut and Clifton area, widespread ruin and missing persons mount, with thousands displaced and rail lines disrupted across the state.
The body of Forest Kutz, a school teacher, was recovered Sunday from flood debris in Topeka. Floods ruined several fertile farms near North Topeka as swift currents stripped soil and left a thick sand layer rendering ground useless. The rain fell rapidly Sunday.
Kansas has suffered more than any state from the recent floods with principal city damages estimated at 12.33 million dollars. Crops face losses around 5 million, and many farms may yield no profit this year. Kansas City, Kansas crews continue clearing debris as business restarts and packing plants aim to resume by week’s end.
Northern Idaho floods from rapid mountain snowmelt cause railroad damage along the Kootenai river with long embankments caving in. Regular traffic may be halted about two weeks. No casualties reported. Bonners Ferry is flooded and residents move about in row boats.
In San Jose on June 8 Edwin F. Goodrich was killed along with Alice Myers and William Baker in a runaway car wreck on the Alum Rock Park electric railway. Several others were badly injured in the late night incident.
Cincinnati June 8 John Fisgus aged fifteen was fatally injured by a kennel of twenty five hounds when they seized him near the kennel of Julius Ernest tearing him severely.
Brainerd Minnesota suffered a severe Sunday afternoon fire that started at the Armstrong hotel and swept through a full block of the business district. The blaze caused an estimated loss of 630 650, with several buildings destroyed and the area heavily threatened before control.
London June 8 The reassembling of parliament sparks keen interest as the Liberal opposition defends the Conservative free trade budget while the government’s two leading ministers abandon free trade policy. Chamberlain’s plans face criticism from Conservatives and trades union leaders, with rumors of telegrams from colonial premiers and a deliberate reply to a working man.
In Cradlebar near Salonica Yorkish troops destroyed a Bulgarian revolutionary band on Saturday, with fifteen killed. Another insurgent group was annihilated on the railway near Ristovatz after a six hour fight. Last Wednesday insurgents killed ten Greek villagers in a church at Selovo near Monastir.
Samuel Berg, a laborer, confessed to killing Marshal M J McLaughlin of Mountain Iron after an attempted arrest tied to a reported Italian robbery. Berg, wounded, is hospitalized under guard in Duluth and says accomplice Frank Emerson led the hold up.
Jackson Kentucky reports a night of gunfire with no arrests as town marshal is absent since the death of James Cockrill. Sheriff Callahan makes no arrests. Judge Redwine reversed an order allowing Curtis Jett and Thomas White to share a cell. The Marcum group vows no confidence in the trial. Elsor Jones arrives with sixty farmers from Magoffin County to help select a jury. Cockrill supporters urge Governor Backham to replace Redwine during this week’s trials.
Washington June 8 President Roosevelt and family attended the dedication of the Grace Memorial Reform Church newly built home. The ceremony featured a brief address by the President, with Rev J M Shick reading the consecration article and Rev EB Eschach delivering the sermon from Prelvick Maryland.
REPLIES TO MERRITT Washington June 8 Seymour W. Tulloch formerly cashier of the Washington city post office writes to Postmaster General Payne in response to Merritt and others regarding maladministration charges. He counters Merritt's charges about blank signatures and false vouchers. He asserts past practice and denials by Heath and maintains his charges are true and not disproved. Rome June 8 The pope maintains private audiences daily and remains in excellent health aside from heat–related indisposition.
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