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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1908
Page
4
H V Battey clerk of the district court in Pottawatomie county was found guilty of malfeasance and corruption in office. The verdict removes him from office for failing to account for fees and altering office records.
In Hot Springs South Dakota on May 20 W R Stockton shot coroner C R Cramer in the groin, severing an artery and causing death within half an hour. Both men were blacksmiths. The drunken quarrel had persisted for weeks and flared again. Cramer was a long time resident, Stockton surrendered to authorities.
Secretary Taft announced an arrangement with the Panama government to ensure the purity of the electors in July elections. The plan follows his Isthmus visit where concerns were raised about potential fraud that could cause riot and U.S. intervention under treaty stipulations.
Jud B. Vance, 45, of Des Moines, was found dead in his Savoy hotel room with a bullet wound behind his right ear and a revolver nearby after drinking. The note mentions the widow's dower, with a brief discussion of its origins in Saxon and Norman law tracing back to Emperor Frederick II.
Cleveland May 20 Rioting widens with the first death Yetta Wolkinski four years old run over by a car. In Lakewood a car crew fired on crowd of rioters and four wounded as a car burned. State arbitrators seek reconciliation while Du Pont demands new men for strikers and union resists. Police report dozen damaged cars from railroad torpedoes with no serious injuries known.
Miss Jennie Constance and Warren Heins, Hamline University juniors, were struck by a Comp-Harriet street car near Como Park. Both are in grave condition at Cobb Hospital. Constance has head wounds and possible internal injuries. Heins suffers a double left arm fracture, broken collarbone, and multiple facial injuries.
A red velvet carpet embroidered in gold is prepared over a year and then carried by Egyptian pilgrims to the tomb of the Prophet in Mecca. After a period it is replaced, returned to Cairo, and the right to bear it is passed along in the male line for generations.
In Toledo Louisville won 13 to 10. Indianapolis defeated Columbus 2 to 1. St Paul fell to Minneapolis 5 to 2. Kansas City lost to Milwaukee 9 to 1. In the American League Boston beat Cleveland 7 to 2. New York defeated Detroit 6 to 1. Washington lost to Chicago 2 to 0. Philadelphia defeated St Louis 5 to 2.
Minneapolis wheat prices for May quoted with futures: May $1.05 and half, July $1.04, September $0.914. On track grain values list No. 1 hard $1.09 1/8, No. 1 Northern $1.07 1/8, No. 2 Northern $1.05 1/16, No. 3 Northern $0.985 4. The report shows standard grade numbers and fractional quotes for regional wheat.
St Paul market: cattle good to choice steers six to six seventy five, fair to good five to five seventy. cows and heifers four fifty to five fifty. veals three seventy five to five twenty six. Hogs five twenty five to five forty. Sheep wethers four fifty nine to five dollars, good to choice lambs six seventy five to six dollars.
Wheat To arrive and on track No 1 hard 1.08% No 1 Northern 1.06% No 2 Northern 1.08% May 1.04 July 1.04 Sept 92c Flax To arrive and on track 1.2014 May 1.20 July 1.21 Sept 1.21% Oct 1.19%
Chicago market report lists cattle prices for Leves Texans Western cattle stockers and feeders cows and heifers calves and hogs with breakdowns by light mixed rough good to choice heavy and pigs. Sheep yearlings and lambs also shown with bid ranges.
Chicago markets report May wheat at 1.02 1 a bushel for May and 90 c for July with Sep and Dec at 87 c. Corn May 78 c July 66 c Sept 64 c Dec 57 c. Oats mixed with old May 54 c July 46 45 c Sept 37 37 c. Pork May 13.60 July 13.75 Sept 13.97. Butter and dairy creamery 16 21 c dairies 15 190. Hay and poultries with turkeys at 4 c, chickens 11 c and broilers per dozen 2.25 to 4.00.
California Democratic state convention in Fresno elected four delegates at large to the Denver national convention and adopted resolutions instructing the California delegation to vote for Bryan. The platform opposes monopolies supports direct election of federal officers and excludes Asiatic laborers while maintaining unity on national questions.
Latest returns from Alabama Democrats indicate Bryan supporters won the delegate votes for the Denver national convention by about a three to one margin. Birmingham’s John W. Tomlinson and E. W. Becker, along with Fifth district J. Thomas Honlin and Third district H. D. Clayton, are declared Bryan backers, though further counts are slow.
Washington May 20 The house pressed on with work before adjournment and approved the conference report on the legislative appropriation bill. Conference reports on the agricultural and fortifications appropriation bills were received and the Tokio exposition appropriation of 1 500 000 for representation in 1912 was passed. Two omnibus public lands and territories measures also advanced.
Senator Taylor of Tennessee delivered a Democratic prepared speech in the senate focusing on Republican tariff and currency policies and other upcoming campaign issues. The senate approved the conference report on the agricultural bill carrying an appropriation of 11,672,106 dollars.
Washington May 20 The house committee on wood pulp and print paper will resume taking evidence the committee had expected to close the inquiry. Independent manufacturers testified and extensive statistics were added to the record ahead of further consideration. George C Sherman St Regis Paper executive said before immunity assurances he admitted his link to the Parks Manila and fiber pool and accepted responsibility, claiming counsel advised the pool was legal.
An old four inch cannon used to salute the Atlantic fleet exploded at Centerville Beach, Fern Dale, killing one man and injuring three women and a boy critically while several others suffered lesser injuries. The crowd watched as the cannon misfired and wounded bystanders fled.
Chicago May 20 Frenzied trading on the board of trade sent corn price from 76 77 cents to 79 cents the year’s high and near historic highs with few exceptions. James A Patten watched from a corner as the deal potentially yields about 1 000 000 for him and similar gains from J Ogden Armour and followers. W H Bartlett participates with Patten in the deal.
Word from the Long Pine national forest reserve northwest of Belle Fourche reports the most destructive fire in years. It began Friday night at Plum creek head and spread quickly with high winds, burning until Monday and damaging over 10 000 acres of the reserve.
In Minneapolis on May 20 Mrs. Mamie Slocum was robbed of items valued at $2,000 including diamonds bank notes checks and a $1 000 mortgage while shopping in a Nicollet avenue department store. The handbag containing the property was taken as she was fitted for a waist, with the store crowded.
King Edward will spend a week with the Russian emperor and empress. Secretary Taft leaves Washington for Nashville to address the Tennessee Bar association. A man believed to be John Thorp of Duluth hanged himself in Ladysmith Wisconsin jail after being arrested for drunkenness. Arthur Anderson eleven son of August Anderson of Kennedy Minnesota drowned while swimming in a pond near that place.
Dr Homer J Pierson operates a medical office over Wold's Drugstore in Austin Minnesota. The practice focuses on diseases of women and children with special attention to pediatric and gynecologic care. Dr Johnson listed with office in Austin.
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