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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1902
Page
1
Local retailer touts new fabrics and patterns from waxed belts to knit underwear as customers glimpse muslin lingerie and summer hosiery. To make room for spring stock the store slashes winter hosiery and undergarments by about one third for a week, with other new lines highlighted for the season.
A lengthy session adjourned without action on the pending shipping bill as senators reached a tentative agreement to vote at 3 p m on Monday March 17. Georgia's Bacon argued the bill invades state sovereignty and urged radical amendments while Colorado's Patterson supported general aims but opposed the current form.
Washington march 7 the third republican conference on Cuban reciprocity adjourned after 125 members attended. Rep dalzell defended payne plan arguing tawney bounty plan unconstitutional while urging practical distribution and noting president roosevelt favored reciprocity. Others pressed protectionist views before a session adjourned for further discussion next tuesday night.
Mr Hanna of Ohio delivered a notable senate speech on the pending shipping bill. He spoke as an American businessman and presented forceful, earnest, and at times eloquent arguments to a attentive senate and galleries receiving congratulations from colleagues.
The senate committee on commerce authorized Senator Nelson to report favorably on a bill prohibiting inclusion in bills of lading for U S to London shipments of a clause forcing consignees to pay London terminal charges.
Pretoria adviser Edgar Wallace of The Daily Mail predicts the war could extend another year or two. Boston hosts Prince Henry of Prussia with honors, gifts to Germania Museum, and a Harvard honorary degree. he later attends events in Albany and West Point. Minnesota Supreme Court ruling blocks state action against Northern Securities. congress may empower federal courts to hear merger cases, with state officials urging legislative amendments.
Sheriff reports murder suspected in the death of 20 year old Mrs William Klump after she ingested a mailed headache powder laced with strychnine. Autopsy confirms poison. envelope post marked Lowell. Neighbor Mrs. Miller also received a strychnine laced powder in a Savannah NY wrap.
In St Paul on March 7 the senate debated constitutional amendments on taxation with the Anderson bill, failing several amendments before passing the tax amendment measure. The house adopted the Roberts bill replacing the judiciary committee’s version and approved it 65 to 45, and, under suspension of the rules, enacted a bill extending gross earnings tax provisions to railway companies and other corporations under the public examiner act.
Washington reports from C F Taylor special agent in charge of beet sugar investigations show U S output 185000 tons for 1901 02 up 140 percent from 77000 tons in 1900 01 There were 81 factories operating in 1900 and 11 more started in 1901 Nine factories were under construction for 1902 active operation
In Peking on March 7 General Tung Fu Hsiang refuses to disband his considerable force. Dowager Empress through Yung Lu offered to support him if he would lay down his followers. Court fears impending pillage or rebellion if his resources wane. French legation protests blame on France for disorders linked to Marshal Su's troops and condemns the transfer.
The North Western Telephone Exchange extends long distance lines to over 1700 cities and towns across Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin and the Dakotas expanding dial scope and service reach for rural and urban customers.
A fragment notes the Marshal Su tonis old command follows a request from the French legation. The text hints at diplomatic steps affecting leadership but lacks full context or names.
Chicago reports the Licensed Tugmen's Protective Association may strike 2400 members from 28 harbors if the Great Lakes Towing Company pushes longer hours. Captains McCarroll and Sinclair are in talks with no agreement yet and the company holds off on hiring for next year.
A March northeast storm drove two fishing schooners to destruction near Portsmouth New Hampshire. The Kennebunk Maine schooner Charles W Parker and the Boston schooner Nellie Bly were wrecked but their crews escaped unharmed.
The White House released an authorized statement denying any change in the president's stance on Cuban reciprocity. The statement says there is no foundation to claims the president altered his attitude.
The Austrian minister Ladislaus Hengenmuller von Hengenvar confirms Austria-Hungary plans to elevate the mission in Washington to an embassy. He met with Secretary Hay at the State Department, who offered warm congratulations. Hengenmuller has served as minister in Washington since December 29, 1894.
In Peking officials fear that the bankers' commission will reject the February installment of 1,820,000 taels, hindering future payments. Sir Robert Hart urged viceroys to promptly contribute shares, warning that diversion of the Shanghai bank funds could complicate term negotiations and pressure on the indemnity.
Governor William H. Taft concludes his congressional testimony and travels to Cincinnati for an operation on an ailment that forced his return from the Philippines. He plans to return to Washington in a month for talks with the president and the secretary of war before resuming travel to Manila around May. His health is reported greatly improved.
About 1,500 travelers passed through Helena on homeseekers’ trains from Wisconsin Iowa Illinois Missouri and Eastern Kansas. The Northern Pacific and Burlington trains arrived in three sections each. Most passengers aim for Washington and Oregon.
A mortgage for 75 million dollars issued by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad was admitted for record in Clarksburg West Virginia. It is in favor of Union Trust Company of New York and funds the liquidation of all prior mortgages on B&O lines in Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia. Twenty million dollars in bonds have already been issued.
Dr Conena the new Colombian minister asks his government to publicly state its views on the canal negotiations with the United States. The Panama Canal Company in Paris also requests a formal declaration to clarify purposes in the Isthmian project.
Indianapolis records a baby named after Prince Henry of Prussia. Prince Henry Proeschell, son of George and Regitta Proeschell, was born Sunday as a special train arrived in the city, marking him as the first American born child named for the royal visitor.
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