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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1909
Page
2
Gleaned from OCR reads shows a fragmented newspaper masthead for Indiana weekly publications. Publisher THURSTON listed with unclear title text and mixed typography.
Samuel R. Van Sant of Minnesota is elected Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at Salt Lake City. William A. Ketcham of Indiana loses 687 to 180. Jennie T. Beary of Des Moines wins the national presidency of the Woman's Relief Corps after three ballots. Other officers named include View Commander William Postaph of Ogden Utah and Alfred Deers of Bristol Connecticut. A railway agent, J. A. Engleman, of King’s Mountain Kentucky, is assassinated at the Queen & Crescent office. thief seizes jewelry but leaves railroad funds. Engleman was found dead, shot through the head, with the scene resembling a prior similar killing.
Government officers say they solved missing registered mail mystery tied to Philip C. Smith postmaster of Chicago Kentucky a hamlet southeast of Louisville Two men reported to Chief Post Office Inspector Kolmes of Cincinnati district that many letters contained checks drafts and cash addressed to Chicago Illinois and that Smith detained registered mail charges were filed against him
Mrs Edward Day of near New Hope church five miles southeast of Boonville Indiana was fatally burned rekindling a fire with coal oil. Her 10 year old son Farold and Mr Day suffered serious burns. the house and all contents burned. Neighbors saved two other children trapped in bed. Mrs Day died from her injuries.
A dozen steers in a wild west parade charged the crowd at the St. Clair street bridge entrance in Port Huron Michigan. Dogs barked as the stampede reached the crowd injuring several people including Jessie Ingley of Grayling who sustained serious internal injuries.
Harry Wilson and Harry Hauk, both youths, were killed when a severe storm struck a barn at Wilson's home in Peru Indiana. The lightning ignited the barn and neighbors removed the bodies after the fatal strike.
The Puckeye rubber plant in Akron Ohio suffered partial destruction by fire. Hundreds of tons of raw material were lost and the damage is valued at $200000 with partial insurance coverage.
Col. Albert A. Pope pioneer bicycle maker and early advocate of the good roads system died at his summer home in Cohassett Massachusetts.
A large Morocco manufacturing plant of A. B. Hoffman & Co. incorporated located in West Lynn Massachusetts burned with an estimated loss of nearly 250000 dollars. Western Massachusetts fire crews fought the blaze and controlled it after extensive damage to the factory building.
Harry K Thaw was ruled insane by Justice Mills in White Plains in a Supreme Court decision ordering his return to Matteawan State Asylum for the Criminally Insane. The ruling states his paranoia since the Stanford White shooting remains unresolved and declares release would threaten public safety. Thaw, hearing the verdict in his White Plains jail, was to be transported back Friday as Westchester authorities received the order.
Thaw, confined in his cell, learned the court’s ruling and collapsed in grief. His mother Mrs. Mary Copley Thin and sister, the former Countess of Yarmouth, nearly fainted as Alice Thaw tried to comfort them. The prisoner staggered back to his cot and could not be aroused for a time.
The chronology covers the 1900 murder of Stanford White by Harry K. Thaw, noting key dates like the initial shooting at the Madison Square roof garden, the 1906 trials, verdicts of not guilty by reason of insanity, and Thaw’s commitment to Matteawan Asylum with a later order to return him to Matteawan.
Forter Judge Joseph L B Clarkson Jr of Wenosha Wisconsin reappeared Friday in Sabula Iowa working in a button factory under the name John Ieul. Detective John D Burns of Kenosha accompanied him to his home revealing a long strange memory lapse and past disappearances. He had earlier used the name Doolittle while wandering Iowa farms and towns eighteen years earlier. He was cutting buttons since July 30 when located and expressed relief at being told his true identity.
A blaze at the Tulsa driving park destroyed fifty five stalls. Toboggan rider Pat Ornus and Arvid Ladd were killed. Many crack horses were injured. American horses at Sandown Park did not win. Canadian meet in Winnipeg saw George Foulding of Toronto set near world mark in mile walk. Sizable fields but few new horses and many veteran names remain active.
A gasoline launch carrying Sun day School picnic attendees from Huntington Avenue Baptist Church overturned near Canton Hee station Baltimore. Mrs Narthine J Brown and Frank Tryor died. two children also perished. Engineer Preer was at the controls. Sixteen passengers were saved from the shallow river waters.
Captain Oscar Eastmond, longtime head of the Dayton National Soldiers' Home hotel, was slain by fellow veteran Edward Leonard amid jealousy over roost appointments and promotions. Leonard also wounded George W. Arnold and Warren Wright. Eastmond’s widow lives in New York City and the 69 year old former Civil War colonel leaves an adopted son.
A Bellingham dispatch reports massive salmon runs bypassing traps as canneries fill. Numerous boats are loaded with fish and towships drift by with long strings of salmon waiting unloading. Prices for sockeye have fallen to ten cents each.
Crowds gathered in Spokane Monday for homestead land drawings run by the federal land office. Applicants for Coeur d Alene lands faced a 1 in 383 chance, Spokane lands 1 in 400, and Flathead lands 1 in 15 for a portion of $7 000 allocations. Separately a Cleveland court case saw Harry Cohen claim his wife started the fight over dishwashing. judge released him after ruling he defended himself.
Robert Womack, discoverer of gold in the Pasolode of the Gold King property, dies in the Chppte Creek district. His spree ends as he sells his stake for 2500 and destroys his six shooter. After a drunken rampage he finds his mining hold claimed by others and returns to work for day wages.
A major Monticello New York fire destroyed 36 buildings along Main Street including three hotels the Rockwell House the Palatine Hotel and the Bolsum House. The Union National Bank and most town businesses burned while Monticello House survived. Dynamite helped stop further spread.
The Georgia Legislature re-elected United States Senator G H Clay of Georgia. Taft remains firm on the corporation tax measure and will not modify it. Colorado suffragists plan to back Mrs Sarah Etart Decker for Congress in two years. The Democratic committee maps strategy for the next House elections as Speaker Cannon reshapes assignments to curb insurgent leaders.
Commodities markets show mixed signals as tariff talks influence prices for farm products and industrial inputs. Labor scarcity appears after two slack years while raw material costs prompt cautious trading in corn, steel, and other finished goods during the early market week.
The report lists grain and livestock quotes from Chicago St Louis Milwaukee Detroit and New York. Prices cover wheat corn oats rye and barley with No 2 and standard classifications and ranges for cattle hogs sheep and butter eggs and cheese noting regional variations and weekly market activity.
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