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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1902
Page
1
A fragment notes a line of Maslin Bennetts and wash hats for children. The readable text hints at a vendor or display item and consumer goods aimed at kids. Further details are unavailable in the fragment.
From our dress goods springs the grandest values of the season with special prices during our June clearing sale at our store. These values promise quality fabrics at reduced prices, inviting shoppers to take advantage of the event.
A blaze at the St. Luke's sanitarium in Chicago destroyed the Wa bash avenue building formerly known as Hotel Woodruff and Hotel Lancaster. Nine men and a woman died with about thirty injured as patients mostly seeking care for drink or drug addiction perished or were trapped, some strapped to beds during delirium tremens. Fire origin was in the basement. rapid spread via the elevator shaft trapped upper-floor patients, with alderman W Kent among the dead and others fighting for escape behind a barred window as flames closed in.
A desperate escape attempt at a Cedar Rapids institution saw inmates tear down a screen and bars, using improvised routes to flee four stories to safety as firemen arrived. Engineer William Lanahan and fireman Lee Seymour were among those arrested, with officials suspecting gasoline plant mismanagement as a possible cause. O. E. Miller and William Sterner were also taken into custody after going off duty.
Fire in Saratoga New York destroyed the Arcade and bank block and Shackelford building causing five deaths Mrs Elizabeth Mabee Mrs Sarah Owens David Howland Mrs David Howland and Miss Farrington Chief Engineer Elias J Shadwick was critically injured while rescuing victims Property loss estimated at 300000 with 225000 insured The Arcade property was to be sold in a partition sale June 12 Owners named Shoemaker estate Cincinnati and Benjamin J Goldsmith Saratoga origin of the fire unknown
William Wissing aged 36 and his two sons William aged 18 and Charles aged 11 drowned in the Ontonagon River. The bodies were recovered. the boys were naked, the father fully dressed. It is believed the children wandered into deep water while bathing and the father attempted to rescue them.
President Mitchell met United States labor commissioner Carroll Wright in New York to discuss the anthracite miners strike. Wright sought information for an official report with no settlement offered, while Mitchell explained miners’ causes and noted Roosevelt's views were not discussed. Mitchell planned to report to Wilkesbarre next.
A participant states he has the miners' facts and will present them to President Roosevelt after gathering details from the operators. The statement underscores planned mediation between labor and management in the mining debate.
In Kanawha, Montgomery and Handley fields all miners are out while the New River field remains tied up. Winifrede Cabin Creek and Carbon report workers active. Kanawha and Hocking syndicate fields Big Mountain Monarch and Kelleys Creek show large forces at work. Chesapeake Mining has a small crew and Marmamet area near here is active. Elk River reports unavailable.
Duluth June 10 Formal charges have been filed to revoke the licenses of striking licensed tugmen. The Great Lakes Towing Company labels the crew a hindrance to commerce. Four men are cited to answer questions from Buffalo, with their replies becoming part of the city investigation.
Princeton New Jersey June 10 Woodrow Wilson head of the department of jurisprudence and politics has been chosen as president to succeed Francis Laney Patton who has resigned from the post.
In Annapolis on June 10 the Star men for first, second and third classes of naval cadets were announced. First Class include Alexander H. Van Keuren, Michigan, William W. Smith, Iowa, Webb R. Raudenbush, Minnesota. Second Class list Carl W. Richter, Wisconsin, Fred C. Coburn, Minnesota. Third Class Roy C. Smith, Michigan. Indiana battleship and Chesapeake practice ship carry these cadets on the regular summer cruise to New England.
Captain C W King formerly quartermaster at Fort Morgan was arraigned in Mobile on two counts. He pled guilty to the first count of accepting a $30000 bribe connected with fort work and was sentenced to thirteen months in prison and a $3000 fine. The second count was nol pressed. King's home is Fort Dodge Iowa.
The piece highlights millions of dollars invested in toll lines across the Northwest by the Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company to meet growing demand. It notes supplementary facilities via connections with over one hundred independent companies, claiming an unequalled service regionwide.
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