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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1908
Page
4
News from Tokio reports the Taish Maru sinking after a storm off Etoro island. About 150 people perished, 29 saved from the 674 ton steamer crowded with fishermen and passengers near Hokkaido.
New York officials announce settlement of a taxicab strike after a conference between New York Taxicab Company directors and a chauffeurs committee. The existing wage scale remains, current drivers kept, and former drivers to be rehired as openings arise. Early protests included property damage and several deaths.
In Charlotte on November 7 William Graham a Black man pled guilty to criminal assault of 16 year old Miss Pearl Tucker and received a death sentence to be carried out December 18. He was moved to the penitentiary under guard to await the execution.
Minneapolis riders and officials mourn after W. L. Daniels aged 63 was instantly killed by an outgoing St. Paul train between Snelling and Minnehaha avenues. The fatality adds to a history of dangerous crossings in the city.
A woman’s dread of surgery is highlighted as hospitals perform numerous operations on women that are unnecessary. The text argues many procedures could be avoided, implying overuse of surgical interventions in medical care.
Letters from Mrs Barbara Base of Kingman Kansas and Mrs Arthur R House of Moorestown New Jersey praise Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound for curing severe female troubles and avoiding operations. The ad cites thirty years of use and invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
President elect William H. Taft Mrs Taft and Fred W Carpenter depart Cincinnati for Hot Springs Virginia where Taft plans rest until Thanksgiving Offices at Cincinnati will be dismantled and re established there Carpenter expected to be Tafts secretary with Wendall Mischler to return as assistant secretary after leave Mis chler to carry on in his post during Tafts absence
Mrs. Thomas Griffith of Hooper Wisconsin county lies in Winone general hospital after a bull attack gored her thigh and hip. Surgeons battle to stem blood flow as she remains the survivor of a terrifying rural accident in St. Charles Minnesota.
Minneapolis wheat quotations list December at 1.015 and May at 1.05 with on track prices for No 1 hard at 1.05 percent, No 1 Northern 1.0454, No 2 Northern 1.02 percent, No 3 Northern 0.995 or 1.01 dollars.
In Duluth on November 6 traders reported wheat to arrive and on track with bids for No 1 hard at 1.05 percent, No 1 Northern at 1.045, No 2 Northern at 1.025, Dec at 1.01 and May at 1.055 with Nov at 1.03. Flax to arrive and on track quoted at 1.26 for Nov, 1.86 for Nov, 1.3314 for Dec, and 31.3716 for May.
Cattle good to choice steers bring 6.00 to 6.75 dollars, fair to good 5.00 to 5.75, cows and heifers 4.00 to 5.00, veals 3.75 to 6.00. Hogs 5.00 to 6.00, sheep wethers 4.00 to 4.35, yearlings 4.10 to 4.50, spring lambs 5.00 to 5.50.
Chicago quotes show Wheat futures Dec 1.00 to 1.04, May 1.035, July 0.985. Corn futures Nov 0.62, Dec 0.61 61 0.61, May 0.61, July 0.61. Dates Dec 0.484, May 0.50 3, July 0.455. Pork futures Nov 14.60, Dec 14.70, Jan 16.00, May 15.92 to 15.95. Butter creamery 21.28c, dairy 19 25c. Eggs 27c. Poultry turkeys 18c, chickens 8 to 10c, springs 11c.
Chicago markets list cattle and hog classes with bid ranges and averages for cattle Reeves Western stockers and feeders cows and heifers calves hogs by class including light mixed heavy rough good to choice heavy and pigs plus sheep yearlings and lambs with price spread across varieties as of November 6.
Swan Lake Manitoba November 7 A farmer BE Carey his wife six children and a Miss Gillespie a guest school teacher died in a fast moving fire. Carey badly burned cannot recover. The fire started when Carey lit the kitchen fire with coal oil. The five girls and one boy aged under ten perished in their beds while the house burned. Her bert Carey pulled his father from the blaze but he died later. Authorities suspect inflammable accelerant.
Three people died from gas fumes in a kitchen at 1309 T street northwest Washington on November 7. Victims are Mrs Ilebe Cutta Brennerman, her mother in law, and Cutts Brennerman aged eighteen months. Clarence Brennerman, a congressional library stenographer, returned from work to find them dead.
Democratic state headquarters report Nevada favors Bryan by a little over 590 votes. Senator Francis G. Newlands leads Flanigan for the United States Senate by more than 2,000 votes.
Advertiser contemplates reorganizing an established company and offering subscription to a bond issue. First mortgage gold bonds come with equal common stock and half of bond subscription in preferred stock. Company expects to double sales in a year, boosting stock value and bond appeal. Readers urged to write to P O Box 234 Austin Mina for details.
Costa Rican student Rubena Herrera led a dramatic rescue at the Bliss electrical school fire in North Takoma. He woke 150 dormitory occupants and helped save his roommate Evan Mickle as flames and smoke forced an escape down ropes from the cupola. One instructor, Professor S T Cole, was badly burned. The blaze caused $130 in losses, with partial insurance.
Times correspondent reports a peaceful shift in Belgrade with no immediate war risk. Powers oppose territorial compensation schemes and Serbia’s crown prince returns from Russia as a peace messenger, signaling restraint and stability.
The German Conservative party, aligned with loyalists, published a formal critique of Emperor William IIs London Telegraph interview. They urged greater reserve to protect German foreign policy and the empire from harm, with Baron Manteuffel leading the formal notice. Maximilian Harden urged abdication, arguing the emperor’s grandfather considered such steps on less critical occasions.
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