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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1908
Page
1
In New York the joint trial of Charles Morse and Alfred H. Curtis for banking law violations connected to the National Bank North America suspension has been handed to a jury, with a verdict still undecided.
A blaze in Pembroke Ontario on November 5 caused about 500000 dollars in losses to the town’s business district. It started in the National Manufacturing company foundry and, aided by strong winds, raced along both sides of the main street to the river bank.
Early returns show Taft with about 309 electoral votes and a path to 327 if Missouri joins his column. Maryland Indiana West Virginia and Montana lean Taft. Colorado shifts to Bryan. Bryan totals around 174 with Nebraska and other states shaping the House and Senate majority.
Complete returns from forty counties in central and northern Oklahoma show William Jennings Bryan with a 12 000 vote plurality. Remaining counties may lift the total to about 18 000. The state legislature remains Democratic and will reelect United States Senator Gore.
Lincoln Neb Nov 6 Democrats claim a sweeping victory in Nebraska with solid leads across the state ticket and congressional races aligned with Bryan. Estimates put Bryan's plurality at about 10 000, while governor candidate Shalienberger trails closely. The legislature appears to lean Democratic with only a handful of Republicans likely to win.
Indianapolis reports a dramatic shift in Indiana politics as the latest returns show 11 Democrats and 2 Republicans in the delegation. Taft carried the state, Marshall and the Democratic ticket lead, and the legislature likely remains Democratic, signaling a new Senate successor and surprising defeats for incumbents Overstreet and Landis.
Denver reports Republican Chairman Vivian admits vote counts show a Democratic trend in Colorado. He still hopes Taft carries the state on full returns and that some state office candidates survive. He concedes Gov candidate John F. Shafroth will win and Democrats will control both houses, signaling Hughes as next U S Senator.
From rural New Castle county and Kent and Sussex counties returns are slow. Information indicates the entire Republican state ticket has won except for Davis who is likely to be elected attorney general with Gray, a Democrat, probably winning by about two thousand. Official count will decide party majority on joint ballot in the legislature.
Returns from fifty nine counties show Taft with 22 024 votes and Bryan 16 417 in Kansas. Late returns trim Taft and Stubbs governor estimates, with Stubbs at 20 000 to 25 000 and Taft about 3 000 higher, while Joseph L. Bristow’s election to the U S Senate is assured.
Complete returns show Governor Johnson with a substantial lead near 25,600, likely wider outside the Twin Cities. Minneapolis reports 8,509 for Johnson and Ramsey 6,190. St Louis County favors Johnson by about 1,000 while Duluth leans Jacobson. Net for the state places Johnson ahead in many counties, despite some city-vs-county shifts.
More complete returns from two thirds of Iowa counties indicate Taft will exceed a 70 000 plurality, 6 000 more than McKinley in 1896 and above normal for Republicans. In the Fifth district Jamieson Democratic defeats Hepburn Republican by 459 votes. Jamieson 35, a former newspaper editor and state senator. Hepburn first won Congress in 1880 with a long tenure except for a six year gap.
In New York a mother Rebecca Veit and her son Joe Veit die in a fall after a confrontation over the son’s secret marriage. Police say the mother was shot and the son then killed himself in the apartment, following insistence on reconciliation.
The article notes extended daylight while the Midnight Sun is fully visible above the horizon at North Cape from May 13 to June 20, with Hammerfest hosting events May 15 to July 27 and Tromsø from May 9 to June 22.
Light shades and modern styles appear at Mission Gethedeal and Holland. Shades for Johann ier, stand and drop lights offered. Everything in electrical supplies. Estimates gladly given on dense wiring. Wallacon Seieteiaiee aan 7 Opp Srct Mim Gt.
A long early 20th century Austin directory fragment lists businesses by category including bazaar and notions, cement works, drugs, clothing, furnishings, confectionery, dry goods, groceries, dentists, hardware, insurance, jewelers, doctors, printers, livery, lawyers, lumber, marri ages, musical instruments, meats, novelties, newspapers, plumbers, photographers, shoes, tailors, voice teachers, draymen, and real estate.
Fargo reports lingering speculation as returns shift. Johnson the Republican candidate leads at times while Burkestock gains ground. State HQ still claims a narrow Johnson victory though odds favor Burke. Marshall and Johnson contest senatorial endorsement. Taft beats Bryan by about 30,000 in North Dakota.
A Cincinnati dispatch reports a national Taft plurality around 59,000 in Ohio with the opposition head of the state ticket winning by about 20,000. Results come from over half the precincts as a slow count delays final judgments on the legislature and U S senators.
Detroit voters and Wayne county are estimated to favor Governor Warner by about 10 233 votes over Democratic challenger Lawton T Hemans with five other counties still uncounted out of eighty three.
Reno Nevada reporting early returns indicates Bryan will carry the state by less than 1,000 votes. United States Senator Newlands is expected to win by a small margin, while Bartlett is forecast to secure a heavy Democratic plurality for congressman.
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