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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1906
Page
4
A spate of severe cyclones leaves eight dead across Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan with property damage reported in multiple counties. Officials urge evacuations and caution in warned zones as storms move east.
A pair of southern Minnesota and western Wisconsin storms plus a northern Minnesota cyclone cause eight deaths and widespread property loss. The June events ruin crops and blow down houses and barns across multiple counties, with Stoddard and Caledonia among hard hit areas.
A tornado five to six miles north of Plainwell carved a three mile path, killing William West, 54, and injuring several others while damaging stock, barns, and orchards. William Mae Gregor and his two sons survived with serious injuries. Nearby Mount Morris reports lightning death of farmer Alexander Ferguson, 70.
The Miracle Central mixed train left at 4 pm and wrecked two miles from Benton. The engine rolled down an embankment killing engineer T. Gent and injuring the fireman slightly. Passengers escaped unharmed.
The Knights of Columbus national delegates adjourned in New Haven after selecting Norfolk Virginia as next year’s convention site. Directors named for three year terms include Pelletier Buckley Lucey and Callahan with Leahy chosen for two years. Rev Father Doyle urged backing the Paulists with a hoped sum of 180000 dollars. Initiation fee raised from five to ten dollars.
News from Guatemala reports strong revolutionary activity with General Toledo commanding about 5,000 troops in the south and aid flowing in. General Leon Castillo coordinates with him while Nicaragua volunteers arrive. Northern forces prepare another assault on Ocos as American veterans are said to lead the revolution. General Barillas is expected to return to the city after Mexican officers briefly detained him.
The programme of ceremonies for the coronation has been completed. The royal couple will reach Trondhjem on June 19 and await foreign princes and ambassadors. The coronation is set for 11 o clock a m on June 22 at the cathedral.
Washington June 8 The senate spent the day debating the conference report on the railroad rate bill. Differences over trespasses interstate commerce salaries and penalties emerged but the trend favored upholding senate provisions. Foraker signaled plans on statehood bill timing while Niagara River waters control measure also passed.
Kansas City June 8 Arguments in the cases of Armour Swift Cuda and Nelson Morris packing companies on charges of accepting rebates from the Burlington railway on export shipments had not been concluded when the court adjourned in the afternoon.
John H. Dalton and Lewis A. Gourdain were sentenced in federal court to four and a half years in prison and a $1500 fines each for using the mails to defraud. They sold options on nonexistent oil lots in Louisiana. Judge Landis granted Gourdain’s request for the maximum term.
Philadelphia June 8 The interstate commerce commission heard James McCrea first vice president of the Pennsylvania company discuss freight rebates. He said the board had considered eliminating private cars and that rebating ended with the community of interests plan in 1889. He claimed shippers now receive fair rates with staple rates and fair competition. Other witnesses testified to coal and car distribution disputes and alleged discrimination by the Pennsylvania railway.
Albany reports that William N. Amory filed a complaint with Governor Higgins requesting removal of William Travers Jerome from office as district attorney of New York county. Secretary Frank E. Perley confirmed receipt but gave no details on the charges.
The westbound Pennsylvania Limited at 2 40 p m hit the Parkburg construction train on the Pennsylvania cut off a mile east of Lancaster. Three crew members injured and both engines and two cars of the construction train burned. No passengers injured beyond a severe jolting as trains continued.
Secretary of State Root will probably sail for Rio Janeiro on July 7. The eighth biennial convention of the Federation of Women's clubs ended at St. Paul Thursday. Andrew Carnegie has donated $200 to erect a library on the ground of the state college of Kentucky at Lexington. Thursday, the first anniversary of the dissolution of the union with Sweden, was celebrated as a general holiday throughout Norway. The National Wholesale Grocers association adjourned their convention at Buffalo to meet next year in Chicago. William Judson of Grand Rapids, Mich., was elected president. General M. Pope, public examiner under Governor John Lind during 1899-1901, is dead at Grand Marias, Minn., where he had an abstract office and also was engaged in a branch of the lumbering business.
National League results show St Louis 7 over Brooklyn 3 and Chicago 19 at New York 0. Philadelphia 7 Cincinnati 7 innings, with New York 6 over St Louis in the American Association and Detroit 7 Washington 1 in the AL. Toledo and Kansas City 11 in the American Association, plus Columbus 4 Milwaukee 2 and Indianapolis 1 Minneapolis 4. Second game Indianapolis 0 Minneapolis 3.
A promotional piece urges mothers to guide daughters through puberty using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It cites letters from young girls and mothers praising relief from dizziness headaches irregularities and fatigue and invites others to seek free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
A brief exchange centers on silence as Freddy explains it is what you do not hear when you listen, attributed to the Kansas City Independent.
Manila announces a police force reduction to 500 members within three months with 200 Americans and the rest Filipinos. One hundred American officers are slated for dismissal as part of the restructuring, citing economy as the reason and prompting discussion over the withdrawal of American personnel.
Fragmentary timetable lists trips among St Paul Minneapolis Cresco Peoria Mason Madison LaCrosse Chicago and Milwaukee with varying times and fare notes. The garbled OCR preserves route links and alight points without clear dates or context.
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