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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1906
Page
2
John Hamilton, 20 year old farmer, was hanged in Houston Missouri for the murder of Barney Parsons, his wife, and their three children on October 15 after luring Parsons over a debt dispute. He dumped the bodies in a creek and confessed to the crime.
Curtis Jett was convicted of the 4 year old assassination of James Cockrell in Jackson Kentucky and received a life term. He testified he acted alone in the Cockrell murder and is already serving a life sentence for complicity in another murder, that of Attorney Marcum.
Henry Davis alias Henry Chambers, accused felonious actor in an assault on Mrs. John Reid near Annapolis, was seized from Annapolis jail by about sixty masked men and lynched. His body was strung and shot full of bullets. In Butler Pennsylvania Max Kaftle, a Russian, killed his wife with an iron blow and injured a daughter and a boarder, declaring I have a right to kill my wife.
Henry White, the Black suspect who killed Marshal Bashore at Franklin, Ohio, and later escaped from Lebanon jail, was convicted of first degree murder.
The five weeks old child of Mr and Mrs Frank M Jones of Indianapolis Indiana died after the bed clothing wrapped around the infant caught fire.
A Wells Fargo express box reported to hold $30,000 was stolen from the Wells Fargo office in Reno Nevada. The heist details prompt police investigation and search for suspects. Authorities urge witnesses to come forward.
Governor Higgins commuted the death sentence of Albert T Patrick to life imprisonment for the murder of William Marsh Rice. In a separate item a masked bandit in Leadville Colorado shot and killed Joe Dale a ticket agent at the Denver Rio Grande depot then robbed the cash drawer and fled.
General Negi, famed for capturing Port Arthur, was thrown from a horse near his Tokio home returning from the palace. He struck his head and lay unconscious, with his condition causing concern. Michigan Central Road Sold in Mexican finance talks at City of Mexico conference.
The metropolitan racing season closed in New York with record attendance and vast spending. Estimated gate receipts reach about $10,000,000 from $3 grandstand admissions, plus $20,000,000 in bettors’ expenses, and bookmakers reportedly losing around $500,000. Racing associations profited from multiple funds, including $480,000 from bookmakers. Attendance topped prior years, marking a historic gate money season.
Prospector Hughes reports a vast gold vein near Birling in the Battleford district Saskatchewan ten miles long and one mile wide with ore assayed at $55 per ton. The find lies ten feet beneath the surface in fissures showing yellow gold streaks, 42 miles west of North Battleford and 150 miles from the Montana frontier.
A summary of the year 1906 detailing multiple natural calamities worldwide. It cites earthquakes in Gonzano and Formosa, tsunamis on Colombia's coast, hurricanes in the Society Islands and Florida, cyclones in Mississippi and Spain, floods in China and Mexico, and Vesuvius eruptions, with thousands killed and extensive property loss.
A chronicle of notable deaths and calamities by date and location, including public figures such as Susan B. Anthony and James A. Bailey, disasters like rail and shipwrecks, earthquakes, and political upheavals from Florence to Havana and beyond.
The year’s labor struggles feature strikes among Chinese workers in Singapore and 20 percent idle skilled labor in Transvaal. Chicago unions push for eight hour work day while Maine teachers earn more than cotton mill workers. Reports cover global labor shifts, civic changes, and a wide range of notable deaths and world events.
Immigration at the southwestern border rose in November with 202 foreigners admitted at Laredo Eagle Pass Del Rio and Presidio. Thirty four passengers were debarred as unfit to become citizens. Mexicans Cubans Canadians and Newfoundlanders exempt from the $2 head tax. The tax rise from 50 cents in 1882 to $2 in 1903 did not curb arrivals. A Liverpool court plaintiff noted profit margins of about 85 percent on imitation jewelry sales.
The Senate did not meet while the House advanced 350 pension bills and approved an urgent deficiency appropriation of 581 500 dollars for government departments including 150 000 for army officer mileage and 250 000 to enforce the pure food law. Debates covered child labor, Indian affairs, and an inquiry into International Harvester. Adjournment set for Jan 3, 1907.
A wide survey of incidents across Indiana reports Zacharias Bell killed in an Indianapolis sewer cave in a sewer gang. A St Marys of the Woods branch will open at Evansville by the Sisters of Providence. Conductor Thomas Corbett killed in a Three I wreck at South Bend. Robbers blow safes at Decker store and New Buffalo post office, securing cash and papers. A 9-year-old dies after a streetcar accident in Indianapolis. a man jumps from a window at St Margarete's Hospital in Hammond. A county monument is dedicated in Crawfordsville. A Terre Haute engineer dies in a freight collision at Reelsville. Numerous fires, boiler explosions, and fatal accidents are reported across towns including Princeton Goshen Akron and Brownstown, with various losses and investigations ongoing.
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