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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1907
Page
2
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Chicago reports reflect no change despite President Small’s general strike order for telegraphers. Most workers already out, brokers and brokers’ houses feeling the impact but not paralyzed. Union leaders push for mediation while carriers report improving news service and peacemaking efforts fail. Labor Commissioner Neill heads to Washington saying settlement must occur in New York.
New York Aug 16 no response from telegraphers to a general strike order at Western Union Post al Telegraph and Associated Press. Officials report no effect yet and note communications expanding to remote towns. AP resumes local service to minor points while main circuits function normally.
A Chicago conference with President J. Bmall of the Commercial Telegraphers Union, Secretary Russell, and AFL leader Samuel Gompers ends with a firm decision against a nationwide rail telegraphers strike. About 47,000 operators will be asked to contribute to a $60,000 strike fund. two general officers attended.
Washington August 17 government to sue International Harvester company for alleged Sherman antitrust violations. Department of Justice drafts papers and actions may begin soon likely in Chicago. Investigations have accumulated substantial evidence over the past year.
In OMtown Me August 15 Winfield Marson aged sixteen, once a Chicopee National Bank clerk in Springfield Mass, was arrested in Bradley two miles from here. He carried a suitcase containing new ten dollar gold certificates on new treasury notes totaling about 4700 dollars, tied to a $5000 bank theft.
Albert L. Pope named receiver by McManus Kelly of Toledo Ohio. Court order allows operation and sales of auto wires bicycles and related goods. Stock: 10 million common 2.39 million first preferred 8.63 million second preferred. First preferred 4.6 percent call at 110. Second preferred 6 percent. Voting trust through Feb 1 1908. No bonds.
A blaze at Old Orchard Me destroyed seventeen summer hotels sixty cottages and many stores with total loss estimated at 500000 to 750000 dollars. Two people died including Philip Partridge of Pittsburg and an unidentified man while five were injured, three seriously. Rev Rufus H Jones pastor of Trinity church Saco was seriously hurt by a soda tank explosion. The fire started in the Hotel Olympia annex after a lamp overturned in Horgans drug store. Insurance on the burned property is expected not to exceed 150000 dollars.
Five persons perished and eleven were injured when a two story frame boarding house at 55 Pry Street collapsed. Among the dead were owner Mrs Annie Nosal and her young family Kate Nosal six, John Nosal twenty months, and boarder Albert Stel. Annie Warwaranski, sister of Mrs Nosal, also died. Police and firemen crawled through rubble to reach victims.
Judge Landis in Chicago federal court postponed the grand jury investigation of rebat ing charges against the Chicago and Alton railroad to September 3. The delay follows Attorney General Bonaparte’s notification that the Chicago and Alton had been promised immunity, allowing records to be reviewed.
Berlin reports that Hottentot chief Morengo crossed the frontier of Cape Colony into German South West Africa with 400 followers. Officials fear a brutal reconnaissance campaign in the southern highlands and expect the German troop withdrawal from South Africa to pause that was ongoing for six months.
The Marine Hospital Service reports bubonic plague with three deaths in San Francisco. The first notification cited five cases and three deaths, with diagnoses confirmed clinically and by stained smears. Authorities disinfected infected buildings, planned rat-control campaigns, and prepared to enlarge medical inspection and bacteriologist support.
New York reports a sensational week with prices falling for many active issues, the decline surpassing May 1901 panic. Losses ranged from 15 to 30 percent for many speculative stocks amid fears of stricter legislation, tighter money, a manufacturing failure, and unsettled international markets. The telegraph operators strike added to unease as the week closed.
A Chicago report asserts about 160 special agents monitor corporate compliance for railroads and packing houses. Claims arise that officials and suspected workers are dismissed under suspicion with officials admitting possible government ties, while officials refuse to confirm.
Robert Pinkerton, head of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, died at sea aboard the Bremen on August 12 while traveling to Germany for health. Cause listed as fatty degeneration of the heart. The body to be shipped to New York aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II, leaving Bremen August 20.
The Internal Revenue Bureau released the annual report showing total receipts from all sources at 269,081,022.85 dollars, up 520,561,284.85 from last year. Minnesota collected 1,716,045.81 dollars and North and South Dakota 170,566.00 dollars.
John W. Reeves, a Colorado and Northwestern brakeman, confessed to causing the Colorado and Southern disaster by fire and dynamite. Frank Kiser also confessed. Five died and about 50 were injured as a caboose and yard fire sparked a larger explosion, wiping out property valued at $500,000. Reeves was taken from jail to Denver by authorities amid threats of lynching. Kiser's confession tale remains unconfirmed.
New York August 15 Postmaster General Meyers spoke on postal reforms including a parcels post likely limited to ten rounds a postal savings bank reduced international rates with direct steamship links and stamp slot machines under consideration by Congress and the service.
Clonmel Ireland August 14 Lord Ashtown narrowly escaped death when a bomb exploded at Glenabiry Lodge shattering a wall and wrecking furniture while he slept on the ground floor. The blast is blamed on poachers amid recent estate trouble and threatening political agitators.
New York city officials acknowledge a cash shortfall as the money market tightens. About 1,000,000 remains on hand to meet nearly 4,000,000 in pressing obligations, delaying debt payments and signaling broader fiscal strain.
At Sonman Shaft near Johnstown Pennsylvania an elevator cage overturned killing five miners and injuring six, with victims plunging four hundred feet to the shaft bottom. In Casa Blanca Moors besieging the town warned General Drude that surrender would lead to extermination and destruction, a demand he ignored.
Duluth and Minneapolis wheat futures rise with Sept. contracts around 80 to 98 percent. Flax mingles with Sept. 144 and Oct. 112 percent. Livestock at St Paul, Chicago yards shows cattle from 4.00 to 6.50, hogs 5.50 to 6.20, sheep 5.25 to 7.40, with beef and dairy product prices noted.
Legal advertisement shows Herman Nemitz and Amelia Nemitz mortgaged property to Jaks Gund Brewing Company and John Gund Brewing Company. Proceedings cite multiple defaults, dates, and a sale set for August 1 in Brown County at the courthouse front door to satisfy $1519.10 principal plus interest and taxes, with attorney fees and costs, under Minnesota statute.
Notice to contractors by the City Clerk of Lew Ulu Minnesota invites sealed bids for cement sidewalks including materials and labor. Bids due September 6 1907 at 1 pm with bid per yard specified. Performance bond five hundred dollars and warranty for five years. City reserves right to reject all bids. New Ulm Minnesota August 14 1907.
City of New UlmMinnesota invites sealed proposals for furnishing all materials and labor to construct concrete sewers on Franklin Street between 1th and 1th South streets per plans on file. Bid must include 250 certified check, guarantees, and bid bond. Bid deadline at 1 PM August 1907. City Council may reject any or all bids. Public notices and lengthy ads follow.
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