10 May 1907
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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1907
Page
1
A May sale highlights a display by Firs. C. L. Haworth with skirt prices cut from 12.50 to 10.38 and 5.00 skirts to 5.93. Laces and trimmings are heavily discounted over three days. The event features millinery offers, larger carpet and rug selections, and doorstop carpet prices from 3 to 5 per yard in a well lit showroom.
We secured a sample lot of shirt waists some soiled some worth a dollar or two color of white or colored as they are. You can bank on this week being the greatest feast you have attended. Come early, it is all here now. Never better.
A passenger coach derailed on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy line in the southwest part of the city. Several occupants were injured including Mrs. Miller who died en route to hospital. Firemen quickly extinguished flames after the forward car wreckage burst into fire.
Plans detail dinners and receptions in Washington for General Kuroki of Japan Vice Admiral Ijuin and Duke Degli Abruzzi with Secretary and Mrs Taft hosting a dinner and a White House state dinner on Saturday. The Japanese naval party arrived from Norfolk to join the festivities and President Roosevelt seeks special attention to the officers.
The Burns O Brien bout is described as fixed by manager McCarey and O Brien in separate statements. O Brien accuses Burns and McCarey of arranged deception with betting plans and a false knockout, while Burns denied wrongdoing and claimed the fight was fixed. A missing man in the Minnehaha valley was last seen by the river bank near Beltline bridge.
May 10 Dover New Jersey report of a car crash near here that killed William H. Rickey proprietor of Rickey Machine Company East Orange. His assistant escaped with non serious injuries as the vehicle plunged over a twenty foot embankment.
Minneapolis report states that on May 10 the body of Frank Kablec was discovered with his faithful dog standing guard over it, details pending.
Charles Denby takes the oath of office as American consul general at Shanghai China. A rear end collision near Hamilton leaves one dead one fatally injured and two others seriously hurt. O Moustapha Rechid Bey named Turkish delegate to The Hague conference. Baltic of White Star Line grounded then floated undamaged near Sandy Hook. Marie H Ireland seriously injured in Minneapolis auto crash.
National League at Boston Cincinnati 3 4. Detroit 8 Boston 2. Cleveland 5 New York 2. Chicago 6 Philadelphia 0. St Louis 9 Washington 4. American Association St Paul 2 Toledo 8. Milwaukee 6 Louisville 1. Minneapolis 1 Columbus 0. Kansas City 2 Indianapolis 3. New York May 10 San Francisco conflagration of April 1906 wiped out profits of insurance underwriters since 1860 costing 78708174 dollars per president George W Burchell of the national board of underwriters.
May 10 Lahore reports siege preparations as Lt. Governor Ibbetson cracks down on seditious activity. Prominent lawyer Lajpatrai is arrested and deported, provoking Hindu alarm while troops patrol Lahore and bans on meetings are imposed. In San Francisco, strike-breakers ride unmolested through Oakland and Broderick streets amid a flower greeting from cheering civilians despite a hostile 1,900-strong mob.
New Orleans reports from Puerto Cortez Honduras allege Guatemalan government forces commit unspeakable outrages. A family of ten was massacred near Guatemala City, and a political opponent, Abitz Crecare, died in a cruel ant sting execution. Americans C L Lullen and Marshall F Stamms are jailed in Guatemala City amid alleged conspiracy to assassinate President Cabrera.
A riot in Kavkazskaia, a Cossack village near Yekaterinoslavy, leaves twenty one dead. Russian troops have been deployed to restore order.
In a Philadelphia Ledger item a speaker recalls a five dollar loan to Burroughs, insisting the loaner has not forgotten and urging repayment while signaling ongoing concern about the debt.
George Carrington testified in police court that George R. Scrugham instructed him and other International Policyholders committee employees to alter defective ballots for the New York Life directors election. He said Scrugham also kept administration ballots and joked about chloroform for them. Carrington, Scrugham, and Charles Stirrup faced conspiracy charges. all were bailed.
William D. Haywood sits through juror questioning in Boise as prosecutors and defense seek a fair panel for Haywood Moyer and Pettibone. Courtwork lasts five hours with no verdict yet and an expanded witness list to follow in the high-stakes conspiracy trial.
The Savannah line struck a compromise with 600 workers, setting 35 cents an hour for weekday work and 60 cents for Sunday and night shifts. Sunday work under half a day earns half pay, while more than half a day nets a full day. The strike disrupts freight, but ships sailed with lighter cargoes, and authorities report about 30,000 strikers.
Two men, suspected NP train robbers, were arrested at Arlee, 27 miles west of Missoula. Sheriff Neff and Bosse traveled there. Montana raised the reward to 1000 dollars for capture and conviction in the Welch's Spur murder of engineer Clow, bringing total rewards to 3000 dollars.
In Madison Wisconsin on May 10 five ballots were held in the Republican senatorial caucus. Stephenson drew a decisive 32 votes on the final ballot with Esch and Hatten tied at 20 each McGregor listed as 1F and 9 scattering.
In London on May 10 Pedlar Palmer the English pugilist was found guilty of murder for killing Robert Cheat on April 24 during a race return trip in a railroad car. Palmer fainted in the dock as the verdict was read, his wife and sister causing a scene. He was committed for trial at the Central communal court.
In Manhattan on Chambers Street a mercantile building fire left seven firemen overcome by smoke. John J Nichols fell through a skylight into a smoke filled room and was pulled out bleeding and unconscious. He and four others were treated at hospitals as flames consumed the area.
New York May 10 Senator Thomas C Platt announces he will not run again to succeed himself and will serve out his term He reflects on his career and says he may retire to see the world He also discusses his past influence on Theodore Roosevelt and his political stance.
In Calcutta on May 10 a riot swept through Eastern Bengal as about 2,000 dacoits looted the Dewanganj bazaar burned nearby villages and set Tarakanda ablaze. A large number of rioters were arrested.
Miss Aileen Clemow aged twenty six granddaughter of the late Senator Clemow and noted society figure was found dead in her Ottawa room with a bullet wound to the head. She had been in poor health.
Fernie dispatch reports striking miners at Michael have returned to work, concluding the Crow's Nest pass field strike in Victoria British Columbia.
New York May 10 capital issues aggregating 136 million dollars announced by the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific companies created a sensation in financial circles and caused a sharp decline in stock prices on the Exchange.
The account describes seismic events across Chittagong and Kamree with ground subsidence and water mud eruptions. It notes sixty square miles of coast sinking, entire Mug mountains vanishing, and a rise near Kamree, plus Sindree submerged and a long elevated mound formed near Outeh in 1818.
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