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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1908
Page
2
A sweeping survey outlines all sides and conditions of events and objects. The article promises complete coverage, leaving nothing overlooked in presenting what has been and what will be. It emphasizes thoroughness and a broad comparative view.
Police doubt murder in the Fort Wayne case of Emile Jabas and his wife found dead at home. They suspect accidental death or fatal complications from a fall. Officers noted possible throat injuries from handling or post mortem, while a separate auto crash outside Vanderbilt grounds claimed G Winthrop Sands.
A vehicle left the road at Wary high and struck a tree with great force. The car overturned and Mr. Sands and the chauffeur were pinned beneath the wreckage as the gasoline tank ignited.
Laban Pollock of Mansfield Ohio died after being stung forty to fifty times by a bumble bee nest disturbed in a hay mow. He was about 71 years old.
A vacant room fire in Jeffersonville Ohio caused by unknown causes swept the business section. Six adjacent buildings burned, threatening the town with a loss around 25000 dollars.
A lightning strike set fire to the Enterprise Foundry in Sackville North Carolina, destroying the buildings and damaging the Intercolonial Hotel next door. Total loss estimated at $100,000.
Ed Overlease of Vandalia Illinois was instantly killed when a freight train struck him as he failed to hear the whistle and was unable to see the approaching locomotive. The accident occurred near his home and details indicate he did not react in time.
A blaze destroyed the home of James Jarasky near Cleveland Ohio killing two children who burned to death.
A renewed agreement continues the present modus vivendi governing Newfoundland fisheries and American fishermen rights, reached through correspondence between the U S State Department and the British Foreign Office.
In a fierce engagement near the Immaculada ranch by Cerrocolo and a mining camp in Sonora’s Altar district, nineteen Papago Indians and two soldiers were killed while five soldiers were wounded. The battle underscores the deadly border violence between Mexican troops and indigenous fighters.
In Cincinnati Taft accepts the Republican nomination on a flag draped platform before Charles Taft’s colonial home. The crowd cheers as Taft pledges to carry Roosevelt policies forward if elected, signaling a clear continuation of the former president’s agenda.
The peach dominates the fruit market with Georgia leading with 8,000,000 bearing trees and a projected crop over 5,000 carloads. Southern states ship larger quantities north as North Jersey struggles with diseased trees. Delaware also reports an unprecedented crop exceeding 2,000,000 baskets, signaling a banner year.
A speech praising Theodore Roosevelt and outlining a Taft administration argues for stronger federal supervision of corporations to curb interstate restraints and trusts. It defends injunctive powers against unlawful trusts and contrasts Republican aims with Democratic proposals while noting labor concerns and party unity.
The independence party nominated Thomas L. Hisgen for president and John Tenge Graves for vice president at a Chicago session. A protest or riot nearly erupted when James I. Shepard attempted to force a Bryan nomination. Fuller sustained a brain concussion after a crash near Chartford City. William Wrycke, 65, of Vincennes, died by suicide in his home while his son witnessed the aftermath.
Remnants of a corduroy road dating over seventy years ago were discovered in Mishawaka by sewer workers. Logs eight feet below street level remained in excellent condition as investigators examine the site.
The Chicago Weekly Review says money use in investments remains extended and security markets show improved tone. Crop reports are favorable, profits sustain a brighter outlook, and factory demand, capacity, and employment rise. Construction plans grow, lumber and related materials gain, and bank clearings show a 9 percent rise over June while failures under 5000 dollars are reported lower than last week and a year ago.
Bradstreet's report notes moderate enlargement in future demand at select centers, with reduced re operatives and conservative industry curtailment. Retail trade holds fair with price relief, yet stock movement concerns persist. Best signals come from central West and Southwest as cotton yields boost prices. U.S. weekly business failures total 263, down from prior weeks. Canada reports 24 failures.
William R. George founder of the famous boys' republic at Freeville New York announces the next republic will be located in Pittsburg. He already organized similar institutions in various parts of the country and plans to expand further.
President Charles R. Van Hise of the University of Wisconsin is named by President Roosevelt to the Committee of Conservation of Natural Resources.
A District of Columbia examination of 1600 children under the new child labor law shows 75 boys rejected and only 2 girls aged 16 or under. A Census Bureau bulletin notes women and girls generally live healthier lives, but in mixed labor cases like Italy and Ireland female death rates rise. Overall death rates for both sexes are lower per thousand than in 1800.
The article notes Minnesota's strong box totaling 3,013,274, recalls fifteen year insurance premiums exceeding 72,000,000 and losses over 37,000,000. County Hed Take paid 10 cents per crow for 2,306 killed in two and a half months. George E. Roberts spoke at a state banks convention in Deadwood advocating central banking. Two Japanese architects visited the Minnesota capitol to study the new Tokio parliament building designs.
Freight and commodity quotes from Chicago and other hubs show hogs at various prices around 6.75 dollars, sheep mixed, wheat ranging near 6 to 8 dollars, oats and rye listed by grade, butter and eggs noted, and cattle prices in New York and Milwaukee. The report catalogs bids from Cincinnati Detroit St Louis and Toledo with commodity routings and grading details.
The first spring report from Nome gold workings puts the season total at 3.5 million dollars. Officials note Nome operations show 85.5 million in the year’s early cleanup efforts.
President Hubbell of the Consolidated Telephone Company confirms plans for the merger of all independent telephone companies into a single $100,000,000 concern. Rumor says Bell interests back the deal.
The Brotherhood of Operative Potters adopted resolutions condemning child labor at their convention in Atlantic City and urged setting the minimum working age at 16.
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