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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1908
Page
4
Senator Stephen B. Filkins asserted that his daughter Miss Katherine Elkins and the Duke of the Abruzzi of the Italian navy are not engaged. He said Miss Elkins wished the denial public and criticized ongoing rumors and press chatter.
Timothy Tdneham, serving a life sentence for the Detroit murder last July, hanged himself in his cell at the Jackson state penitentiary. He ripped a bed sheet into strips to form a rope and end his life.
Today launches a four day joint convention of the American Civic association and the National Municipal league at Carnegie Music hall. Notable speakers include James J. Hill on natural resources, Root and John Mitchell addressing resource concerns, with McCrea of the Pennsylvania railroad and G. R. Taylor discussing the smoke nuisance and railroads’ responses.
The U S circuit court ruling declaring the American Tobacco company a combination in restraint of trade draws broad notice in business and legal circles. An appeal to the Supreme Court is underway, and scholars see the decision as giving clearer scope to Sherman act interpretations and affecting interstate industrial combinations.
Peking reports Tsze Hsi An the dowager empress has died and Kwang Hsu the emperor is dead. Prince Pu Yi is placed on the throne with Prince Chun as regent. Foreign legations notified and troops prepared for possible disorder.
In a letter to the legislature, Mr Kline details the court case against Standard Oil and outlines Foraker's two year duties. He argues Foraker's legal duties did not affect his public duties. Foraker petitions the legislature to decide his successor and says he will focus on the contest without engaging in a squabble.
In Chicago on November 16 a major Catholic congress brings together over sixty archbishops bishops and abbots from the United States Mexico and Canada. Archbishop Quigley chairs the event with Rev Francis Clement Kelley assisting as president and vice chair. The meeting marks the new standing of the U S and Canada in the church and plans to send Pope Pius a congratulatory message on his fiftieth ordination anniversary.
A blaze devastated five buildings at the Indiana State Reformatory and almost the entire Indiana Manufacturing plant at Jeffersonville across the Ohio River. Total losses are around $250,000 with no fatalities reported.
Official returns from 1,260 of 1,498 polling places show General Jose Miguel Gomez winning 183,899 votes to Conservative Mario Menocal's 118,529. Liberals carried all provinces, with Havana City voting strongly for Gomez and majorities ranging from 7,500 to 26,059 in key provinces.
In South Bend on November 16 authorities report the largest robbery in the city’s history. Yeggmen stole 18653 dollars and 59 cents from the South Bend post office and vanished without a trace, leaving investigators with no leads.
Senator Joseph B. Foraker of Ohio releases a letter from Virgil P. Kline of Cleveland regarding Foraker’s employment by Standard Oil. Kline, the Standard Oil attorney, hired Foraker in December 1898 as an associate counsel to aid in cases before the Ohio Supreme Court.
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