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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1908
Page
1
A Budapest telegraph says Servians killed Austrian gendarmes on the Bosnian frontier and Austria-Hungary bombarded Serbia. The Balkans crisis grows with border troop alerts, diplomatic talks in London, and Turkish restraint as Great Britain monitors moves toward a wider conflict.
Ashkabad Turkmenistan Oct 10 General Mistchenko governor general of Turkestan wounded in a staged combat during Turkestan army corps maneuvers. An adjutant was slightly wounded and the exercise halted as officers inspected weapons amid suspected revolutionary plotting and gunfire traces.
Crowds fill Theater Square in Belgrade pressing the government to resign. The anti King Peter movement strengthens as organizers demand he declare war on Austria Hungary or abdicate to Crown Prince George. Members of the Skupshtina arrive for an extraordinary session amid rising interest.
The Malta based squadron including Prince of Wales Glory Diana Suffolk Angler and Banshee has sailed for the Aegean. They are to be followed later by Canopus and Minerva.
Placentia Spain October 10 King Alfonso uninjured two aides badly bruised when royal auto derailed after tire failure in the countryside near town.
William J. Bryan drew the largest Democratic demonstration in Hannibal history as his train arrived late. A torch bearing parade escorted his auto to City Park where he spoke on the panic of last fall and prospects of prosperity, with Missouri party leaders joining his Missouri tour to St Joseph Paris Moberly and Kansas City.
The National League of Postmasters of the Fourth Class, meeting in Des Moines, endorsed civil service for third and fourth class postmasters, postal savings banks, local parcels post, and higher pay for fourth class postmasters. Officers elected: President F. R. Hoag Orchard Park New York. Vice President W. C. Boeck New Albin Iowa. Second Vice President W. J. Dodd Corbin Kansas. Secretary C. C. Young Oakwood Illinois. Treasurer W. S. Bartholomew Avon Minnesota.
Cincinnati Oct 10 Judge Taft and President Roosevelt will consult in Washington where Taft will spend Sunday Oct 18. He plans three days in Ohio then three days in the South including Kentucky Tennessee North Carolina and Virginia as he resumes his speaking campaign.
New York, Oct. 10. Andrew Carnegie has contributed 20000 to the Republican national committee’s campaign fund, announced by State Chairman Timothy L. Woodruff. Mrs. Russell Sage added 1090, with no other large gifts reported. many small sums come in from various sources. George R. Sheldon, treasurer, declined to discuss details, promising a full contribution list after the election.
Treasurer Shel on issues an appeal to 16,000 business men to contribute 50 dollars each to the Republican national campaign fund. The effort seeks broad financial support and coordination for the party’s fundraising drive.
Governor Hughes of New York campaigned along the Kansas borders urging workers to oppose Bryan. He warned that Bryan's election would bring financial low mood and shut down industry, while the Republican platform pledged continued prosperity. Gunfire and cannon fire greeted the speaker in Pittsburg and other towns as factory whistles blared.
New York police arrest Lottie Carrol of Brooklyn on larceny charges and say she may link Theodore Whitman to the murder of his wife Lena Whitman in the Lampo swamp Harrison New Jersey last Christmas. Carrol identified Whitman and Lena leaving a home at 730 p m and said Lena told her of a quarrel. Whitman denies being with his wife that night and awaits a second trial.
Ora Lee a 20 year old factory girl was found murdered on a road between Wadsworth and Custer Hook. Guy Rasor, her would be husband, is detained by the sheriff as police explore motives and deny knowledge. no struggle shown and a horse and buggy track nearby.
Manila October 10. The sixteen battleships of the Atlantic fleet are now sailing toward Japan after orders issued by Rear Admiral. The voyage marks a significant shift in naval posture as the ships proceed in formation across the Pacific.
Sperry for the fleet to depart two hours earlier than announced as the flagship Connecticut leads the line of warships from the bay. The departure passes with few ceremonies while Manila authorities launch a new cholera campaign with daily house to house inspections and an expanded disinfection effort as new cases average ten daily.
The San Francisco meeting focused on broad addresses on diverse topics, committee resolutions discussions, and concluded with automobile and trolley tours of the city.
Three track repairers were killed and a fourth injured when a Lake Shore freight train backed into a group replacing ties in the South Chicago switch yards at Eighty Ninth Street. The victims were Kusa Millich Joseph Katzmarek and John Moleski all of South Chicago. Paul Zilles of South Chicago died from being crushed. Train crew were arrested amid claims no warning signals were shown.
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