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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1913
Page
2
Washington May 1. A plan to spend 3 billion dollars on good roads over fifty years was submitted to the joint congressional committee on federal aid in post road construction by former Senator Bourne of Oregon. It allocates 1 billion for construction and 2 billion for maintenance.
Natchez May 3 A steamer carrying 120 persons including relief workers struck an open railroad bridge at Clayton Louisiana and sank. Two white men and eleven negroes perished and a negro boy was mortally injured. The Concordia was returning with Hood relief supplies when struck a pier in flood conditions.
South St. Paul reports cattle and hog prices with totals for cows and heifers, hogs, and wethers. Duluth lists wheat and flax on track with various futures, while Chicago markets show wheat and corn futures, butter, eggs, poultry, and cattle prices across multiple categories.
Governor Eberhart vetoed seven appropriations totaling $218000 from the state general bills. He condemns excessive spending and urges fiscal retrenchment. Items stricken include $75000 for a criminal insane building at St Peter $845000 for an inebriate hospital cottage at Willmar and $30000 for a cell wing at St Cloud plus $10000 for land purchases for state institutions $25000 for the treasurer’s temporary loan interest and $13000 for water shed surveys and $20000 for timber and land purchases in Itasca state park.
Two Minnesota shipping disputes won partial wins for shippers. The lake and rail cases involve proposed rate increases from trunk line territory to Minneapolis by rail and lake and from Pennsylvania and New York to St Paul and other destinations. Complainants include the St Paul Association of Commerce the Minneapolis Civic and Commerce Association and the Duluth Commercial Club.
A $1,000,000 gift finances a lakeside parkway from Duluth to Two Harbors. The planned boulevard along Lake Superior shore, to cost about $3,100,000, will be built this summer and placed under city commission oversight led by Mayor W. Prince. It will run along London road through St. Louis and Lake counties for about thirty miles.
A buggy drive near the St Paul mine ended in tragedy when horses bolted after meeting an automobile. Mrs. John Bogan was instantly killed, Mary McGregor suffered a broken leg, and Mrs. B McGregor and her daughter were left badly injured. The incident occurred as the Bogan party and Mrs. McGregor and her daughter encountered the auto near the Bennett mine.
Clyde Portexter twelve years old died from a brain concussion hours after a baseball injury near Chandler. The incident occurred while he ran the bases and a ball thrown to third base struck him in the head causing fatal injuries.
Daniel J. Hill of Hill Gaye Gangress urged Congress adjournment for ten years at the Town Criers sixth annual home products dinner in the Masonic Temple St Paul. He claimed prolonged adjournment would bring unprecedented prosperity as business leaders would fear legislative setbacks less. About five hundred attendees joined a large family dinner showcasing St Paul manufactured goods and samples.
Railroad men in Twin Cities expect no enforcement of the new 2 cent per mile passenger rate until the federal supreme court decides the Minnesota rate case now before it. The law goes into effect January 1, 1914, but carriers will likely act based on court ruling. If the court upholds Judge Samborn's decision the rate is invalid. if not, the bill takes effect.
Minnesota Congressman Anderson denounces Democrats as murderers of the flax industry in his district and state. He ties the collapse to the Underwood tariff changes placing flax against Irish and French rivals on unequal terms. The House finished debates on multiple schedules as Democrats voted down GOP and Progressive amendments.
Three Minnesota lawmakers joined in the tariff debate in the house, with Representatives Stevens and Miller challenging provisions after statements by Representative Stanley of Kentucky. Anderson, a new Ways and Means member, warned many bill schedules trend upward rather than downward, despite Democratic claims.
In a Buhl shooting affray at the Whiteside mine Peter Serratore, 40, shift boss, was perhaps mortally wounded while Dominick Palatolo was wounded by Dominick Gilberti, a stripper. Gilberti, captured after a chase, regretted Serratore’s shooting but not Palatolo’s wounding despite a years long feud.
Thirteen year old Adolph Laine is jailed in Fergus Falls on a murder attempt charge after claiming the stepfather John Carl pursued him during a family quarrel in Paddock Otter Tail county. The youth says he fired with a shotgun, wounding Carl in the head and face as he fled. Mrs Wilhelmina Mercer aged fifty one burned to death in a Newport home fire that also threatened two grandchildren who were saved by neighbors.
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