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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1908
Page
4
Henry Mewhorter was killed at Glen Flora when a stone dropped from a tub suspended rock crushing his skull and breaking his neck at the bottom of a thirty foot well in the parsonage walling project.
Minneapolis wheat quotes for May July and September show May at 1.04 percent and 1.03 dollars, September at 90 percent, with on track Grades listing No 1 hard at 1.08 1.08, No 1 Northern at 1.06 1.06, No 2 Northern at 1.04 1.04, and No 8 Northern at 97 percent 1.00%.
Livestock prices listed include steer and heifer ranges from $5.00 to $6.75 for fair to good stock. Cows and heifers bring $4.59 to $6.50, veals $38.75 to $5.26. Hogs sell at $5.20 to $6.25. Sheep show wethers at $5.25 and lambs from $6.25 to $8.60.
May 16 report shows wheat on track with No 1 hard at 1.07 and No 1 Northern at 1.05. No 2 Northern at 1.02, May at 1.08, July at 1.03, Sept 91 percent. Plax futures on track with May 1.22, July 1.23, Sept 1.24, Oct 1.22.
Chicago market figures list cattle and hogs with bid quotes across categories such as cattle beefs western cattle stockers and feeders cows and heifers calves and hogs including light mixed heavy rough pigs and good to choice heavy. Sheep yearlings and lambs are also shown with varying prices and ranges.
Wheat in May and July trades around 1.00 and 88 to 89 cents with summer and fall contracts quoted similar. Corn ranges from 66 to 74 percent, oats mixed between 45 and 65 cents, pork futures at 13.26 to 18.42 dollars, dairy products and eggs listed with minor variations, turkeys at 19 cents and chickens at 11 to 12 cents per pound, broilers at 2.25 dollars per dozen.
Chicago May 18 A German musician Henry Rudolph Amann forty three and his twelve year old foster son Waite Knobel allegedly planned to die together. Amann led the boy into the forest where Knobel reportedly consented to be killed. Amann stabbed himself and a letter by the boy urged burial together. The boy's mother said Amann had long pressed marriage and money from her and had threatened the boy. Amann claimed the boy welcomed the deed and called him father.
Secretary of War William H. Taft arrived from Panama aboard the Prairie and met with officials including Mayor Rhett. He spoke on canal progress, noting rapid excavation, early Gatun dam work, and optimism about a three year timeline, while avoiding discussion of Panamanian elections.
Dayton May 18 A long standing feud between two veterans led to murder at the soldiers home when John Samuel 67 threw James Bowlin 73 from a second story window Bowlin died from a fractured skull at the home hospital Samuel was jailed on murder charges and showed no remorse.
Mayfield Kentucky May 18 fire totally destroyed the electric light and water plant causing a loss of 40000 dollars. Three newspaper publishing plants and two large factories will be shut down indefinitely as a result of the fire.
Cardinal Logue, primate of all Ireland, travels from Montreal to Quebec. In Paris, Keene Francis Marie Henri, ninth Duke of Marcourt, dies. born in 1864. George Hade Jr., Lehigh Valley railroad general Western passenger agent, dies suddenly at home in Chicago from heart disease.
In the American Association games Toledo defeated Minneapolis 2 to 1 while Columbus routed St Paul 17 to 0. Milwaukee beat Louisville 2 to 0. Kansas City topped Indianapolis 9 to 4. In the National League Chicago lost to Brooklyn 5 to 9 and Cincinnati defeated New York 7 to 2. St Louis and Boston were halted by rain after 6 innings with Boston leading 0 to 1.
Washington May 18 The illness of Senators Elkins and Foraker, coupled with political maneuvering, has delayed the senate for several days on the Elkins resolution to suspend the commodities clause of the Hepburn railroad rate law. The measure is expected to pass once the two senators return to duty.
An official telegram from the Indian office reports twenty seven deaths from cholera in the Munster Fusiliers regiment. The unit had been sent into the cholera camp from Major General Willcocks' force operating against the Mohmands.
The American halibut steamer Francis Cutting was seized by the Canadian cruiser Kertel near Vancouver Island inside the three mile limit. Commander Newcomb turned the vessel over to the Collector of Customs Bowell and disposed of 47,000 pounds of halibut. The fish were sold at the Vancouver custom market.
Lisbon reports King Manuel remains set on marrying the daughter of a queen’s lady in waiting, rejecting a British princess match. Queen Amelie and the Duke of Oporto sought a European royal alliance, but Manuel declared he will marry his early love or none, prompting plans to send the lady and her daughter abroad to end the attachment.
Deputy Sheriff W. H. M. Farmer of Dawson was arrested here in connection with the Wells Fargo Express robbery of $25,000 at French last Thursday. Farmer had been assigned to guard the treasure from French to Dawson.
A Kansas buffalo hunt night scare turns into a staged assault feigning attack on Charles Osborn and General Custer. A painted table reveal shows the gag with the caption Osborn's Treat as beds of disguise and a dramatic scare culminates in a mock retreat and a lighted supper.
A cooking expert recalls a dinner where a guest dropped a two roast canvasback ducks platter. The host deflected blame onto the maid, joking she causes such accidents daily due to a supposed disease and a past as a dairy maid. Later, a travel note warns American smokers about French tobacco and tobacco laws.
Mrs. Constance Larymore recounts a visit to a Nigerian village where locals welcomed her and her husband after a first encounter with a white woman. Six weeks later the village goats and fowl disappeared, traced to their interpreter and companions who had killed them. The incident spurred the couple to study Hausa to avoid further injustice and gain independence from dishonest interpreters.
A quaint Maine judge earns a nickname for a case where two women claimed a pullet. The magistrate asks each in turn if the chicken belongs to Mrs. Jones or Mrs. Smith, then declares the pullet belongs to him and orders it delivered to his cook.
First Gentleman recalling a year-old challenge to duel. He notes recent marriage and reluctance to risk life. Second Gentleman asserts memory of the challenge and stance. The exchange ends with the first offering to fight anytime, revealing rising defiance and tension.
A Baltimore American remark has a wolf asking the fox about healthful exercise. The fox replies that he is improving rapidly through participation in an amateur country club fox hunt, framing sport as beneficial activity.
A brief quip from the Dallas News notes a strong drink’s reputed power to overpower any man who tackles it, reflecting a humorous or cautionary sentiment about alcohol.
Dr J H Johnson offers specialty care in women’s and children’s diseases from his BINSH BLOCK Austin Minnesota office. He operates also at M office over Wold’s Drug Store Main and Bridge Streets Aust ic Minnesota vicinity.
The town’s premier tailoring establishment in Austin impresses with cut fit finish and style. Noted for patterns material and sewing, the shop garners praise for overall workmanship and customer satisfaction.
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