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Newspaper
The Lemmon Herald
Location
Lemmon, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1913
Page
6
The readable fragments show concern about city interests and public choice. Citizens discuss potential moves before privilege, wondering who will be involved and how population points will direct decisions.
April 10 Buffalo mobilizes two thousand national guardsmen to quell street railway strike disorders. An additional 1,000 en route. Troops patrol downtown, a Seventy fourth regiment detail fired upon at Niagara and Tonawanda, but no injuries reported. Rail officials seek court protection. strike leaders protest to Governor Sulzer. Explosions stir city areas. track checks find no damage.
Chicago social workers urge 15000 State Street department store workers to press union plans despite dealer talks of a $1,000,000 Working Hotel project. Behind closed doors, merchants and the Illinois White Slave Commission discussed possible hotel funding. At a meeting led by Mrs Medill McCormick and Mary Mc Powell, workers reported threats of job loss for organizing. The Women's Trade League offered support for any discharged girl.
Not guilty was the verdict in the trial of Professor Oscar Olson for the murder of Clyde N. Darling, a former laundry driver, at the Olson home in St Paul on March ?. After two hours of deliberation and brief waits for Judge Grier M Orr, three ballots produced unanimous acquittal.
The steamer Illinois left Cairo under Adjutant General Dickson with supplies for about 800 refugees in the hills behind Shawneetown. More aid will be rushed to Mond Mill Ulini Hodges Park and Pulaski where several hundred are reported in need of food.
Li Huan Hang long rival of Yuan Shi Kai for China’s leadership was assassinated in Wuchang Hupei opposite Hankow. Dispatch from Peking confirms the political killing amid ongoing leadership struggles. In Chicago a mill fire at William Morris & Sons Co. injures none but burns one worker to death and forces a large escape.
Dr. Marchiafava, physician to the pope, confirms a deteriorating condition affecting Pontus. Vatican medical staff report ongoing treatment and watchful waiting as periods advance.
General Ra announces the suffrage army will resume campaigning in May with street parades and pageants in upstate cities from Yonkers to the Canadian border. She plans a three week canvass and a broad nationwide drive, organizing workers for summer actions in Buffalo Syracuse Monticello and other communities.
Washington April 10 President Wilson expresses serious concern over methods to prevent floods in the Middle West. He expects engineers to draft a detailed plan for Congress next December. The proposal envisions a general improvement program for the Mississippi and tributaries funded by state contributions and a government food bond issue.
Jefferson City Missouri April 10 Governor Major has vetoed the bill allowing the Standard Oil company to continue business in Missouri despite ouster proceedings initiated by the state supreme court.
Charles Baker, former Crocker National Bank cashier, indicted by federal grand jury on forty counts of embezzlement and released on $20,000 bonds, was rearrested at his Piedmont home and jailed in Alameda County under orders from U S District Attorney McNab. Bail to be raised. In Minnesota, following a farmer's daughter拒 denying marriage, Miller shot himself near the Dusha farm and was hospitalized.
Rome reports the pope’s fever eased but heart action weakened with grave signs. Cardinal Merry del Val released a bulletin stating a relapse from influenza as thousands of Catholic pilgrims pray in St. Peter’s Cathedral for the pontiff’s recovery.
Duluth reports Lake Superior ice remains heavy from head to horizon. Inside the harbor ice is solid with nightly freezes, while the ship canal is clear. Outside, heavy ice stretches to the horizon and Boo Ice predicts opening between April 20 and May 1. Lime Island area reports unusually heavy ice for the season.
Eight hundred pounds of cocaine in four trunks, valued at about $50,000, were seized by police in a downtown San Francisco hotel on April 10. Authorities suspect Mexican smuggling links involving Edward Arlington, who faced a separate charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. Bottles carry the mark of a Montreal chemist.
Memphis emergency report shows gas supply halted when levee protecting the gas plant failed during a storm. Firemen escaped danger in the pits, and east city streetcar service was disrupted for hours as storm water pumps broke down. St Francis line towns including Williams Wynnoke and Brhanville reported safe.
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