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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
1
Tokyo reports a clash in Kantao Northern Korea as Chinese forces refuse a Japanese request to pursue brigands. Several soldiers were killed or wounded. the incident may prompt government action risking war between China and Japan.
Washington reports Dr. Angel Ugarte the Honduran minister to the United States has been relieved and will go to Mexico to represent Honduras there. Dr. Lazo Arriaga will succeed him. Ugarte denies any rift with Assistant Secretary Bacon and says the Mexico posting was offered over a month ago. An audience with the president is planned for credentials and recall letter.
Vancouver reports J B Harkin of the Dominion interior department has arranged to relocate the Hindu colony of more than 2,000 people from British Columbia to British Honduras. The plan advances with approval from Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Lord Strathcona and Honduras authorities. the imperial government will assist with transportation costs.
New York October 16 publication of contributors to the Democratic campaign fund caused no commotion at Republican headquarters. Chairman Hitchcock noted focus on his committee finances and cited encouraging reports from Maryland via W P Jackson. Former Governor W T Durbin spoke on Indiana conditions predicting a Republican win by 35 900 to 40 000 with state ticket not less than 15 000. Bliss met with Treasurer Sheldon. details were not disclosed.
Taft visited Lexington and other Kentucky towns as the first Republican candidate to campaign in the state. He urged Kentuckians to join the Republican column on the November 3 election while praising local reception and noting Kentucky’s political alignment with Republican leaders. He also planned to visit Tennessee North Carolina and Virginia in the coming days.
Hazard incident at Taft School in Watertown Connecticut leads to suspension of four younger students. Kenneth Monteagle of San Francisco Fred Andrews of New York Henry Fownes of Pittsburgh and John N Garfield of Washington all sons of prominent figures. Three get six week suspensions Garfield three weeks. Garfield was center on the second football team.
An explosion at the Ingleside limestone quarry, sixteen miles northwest of Fort Collins, Colorado, instantly killed six workers including two Japanese and four Mexicans and injured twenty one others. Five dynamite charges were planted. four exploded as planned, and a cap removal at an unexploded charge triggered another blast.
A Hernando dispatch says W. J. Jackson was found trying to steal a bale of cotton from another negro. He escaped briefly but was captured and hanged by a mob of colored men while being taken to jail. The incident occurred near Hernando, Mississippi, and was reported from Memphis, Tennessee.
Detroit reports thirteen year old Emmet Murphy climbed a 150-foot electric light tower with a playmate in mischief. He touched a live wire with his hand and received 2500 volts, dying from the shock.
Special trains with firefighting equipment rushed to Metz near Millersburg and Foster City as sawdust piles near Cheboygan burned. Across Presque Isle and the Upper Peninsula villages near Gladwin Standish and Menominee faced destruction while Alpena battled a brush fire threatening the city.
Scranton Pa October 16 The anthracite miners union convention closed by making public the scale approved by delegates It calls for recognizing the United Mine Workers of America as a party to Negotiate a wage contract to start April 1 1909 An eight hour day with no wage cut and a uniform wage scale All workers earning 150 or less per day get 10 percent raise and those earning over 150 but under 200 get 5 percent The contract would run one year President Lewis said a joint conference with operators will be arranged through the national and district presidents to fix a time for talks with operators and miners representatives.
In Lynn Massachusetts on October 16 the union voted 846 to 483 to call off a strike that halted shoe production for nearly two weeks. Police guarded the election as Italian immigrants tried to disrupt the balloting and tempers flared outside the hall while workers and friends packed Andrews Street.
Lexington Kentucky October 16 The Leading Lady trotted a mile in 2 07 to establish a new world record for two year old fillies at the trotting meeting lowering her prior mark of 2 11 5.
A Bryan club of about 600 was formed in Springfield by African American voters led by former Browns ville soldiers. They announce plans to bolt the Republican ticket.
The Democratic National Committee reports receipts and disbursements up to October 9 totaling 248 567.55 with 343 donors giving 100 or more. Notable contributors include J. D. Losekamp, Senator W. A Clark, Great Falls Tribune, and Governor John Burke among others across Minnesota Montana North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin Iowa.
William J. Bryan closes a three day tour of his home state with a large Plattsburg gathering. He predicts Nebraska will vote Democratic by a larger margin than in 1896 and cites loyal local Democrats and growing Republican defections as evidence. He spoke at more than twenty stops, often longer than planned.
A prairie blaze near Duquoin Perry county has burned for over a day, menacing hundreds of acres. Farmers struggle to stop it as barns and haystacks go up in flames, with losses running into thousands of dollars.
Killed in a head on crash between a passenger train and an ore train on the Duluth South Shore and Atlantic railroad at Greenwood, west of Marquette. Peter Balms, brakeman from Marquette, died. Engineer H J Rystrom was severely scalded. No passengers were hurt.
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