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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1908
Page
2
Fire swept the upper five floors of five story double tenement at 122-124 West 127th Street New York City trapping women and children on windows and roofs. Amid alarms and ambulance calls two women and two men were burned and hospitalized while the fate of others remains uncertain.
A mother named Mrs Earlhocke, unaware the revolver was loaded, picked up the firearm at home and pulled the trigger, killing her child instantly. The weapon had lain about the house for six months with a single loaded chamber.
Thomas F. Ryan of New York resigns from the boards of thirty-one corporations. He will still control Morton Trust Company the National Bank of Commerce and the American Tobacco Company.
Frank W. Cutting of Worcester Massachusetts a longtime official at Worcester Mechanics Savings Bank was found dead at his residence in what is believed to be a self inflicted death authorities say two examinations of his accounts prior to his death were found correct The Lima Ohio fire at Davis & Sons livery stable killed thirty horses and threatened the business district with losses estimated around 150000 dollars
Dr. Samuel R. Seawright respected Pioneer physician of Indiana dies at his Lafayette home at age 84 after nearly five decades of medical practice in the state.
Bank robbers dynamited the State Bank at Halls Summit Kansas, securing 3000 dollars before escaping. The blast wrecked the safe and left debris scattered at the scene. A veteran of the Civil War, Benedict Higdon, died from fatal scalding in a bath at the National Soldiers' Home hospital in Marton Indiana.
Cincinnati line No 30 collided with a Chicago and Alton switch engine in Springfield Illinois yards. Three people were seriously injured. A two year old girl from Goshen Indiana died after swallowing tablets believed to be strychnine poisoning. Her father Arthur Haines resided in Pittsburg while visiting relatives. Brakeman Charles Rowe, Fort Wayne Indiana, was killed when his foot was caught and he was run down by a locomotive at Hobart Indiana.
Frank Fehringer testifies under guard about the night rider gang that killed Captain Quentin Rankin at Reel Foot Lake on Oct 19. He identifies four defendants, describes 35 masked men, and recounts torture of a Tennessee divorce-seeking woman as part of the mob’s brutality.
Smoke pours from rear wall after curtain falls on The Three Twins. About 1 000 patrons flee as flames engulf the balcony and back of the stage, quickly spreading to the rear sections. No lives lost. damages around $40,000 including building and interior losses.
Former Columbus board of control member Fred Lied received a four year term in the Ohio penitentiary for taking a bribe from Nelson Cannon of the Trinidad Paying Company of Cleveland related to East Broad street paving. Another ex-board member, Fred Immel, is already serving a penitentiary term.
A 12 year old Cleveland boy Frank Voyshzill delayed Lake Shore railroad trains for eighteen hours by firing seven bullets at a block target. Several bullets lodged in electric equipment, shorting the system. He told the Juvenile Court he was shooting at birds and was sent to a detention home.
In Washington Justice Wright sentences Samuel Gompers head of the American Federation of Labor to twelve months in jail for contempt of court. John Mitchell receives nine months and Secretary Morrison six months. The case stemmed from an alleged boycott of Buck's Stove and Range Co and listing the firm on an unfair list.
A gang robbed the State Bank of Ceresco near Lincoln, securing 3000 after overpowering a worker and blowing vaults. Similar nighttime raids followed in Chase Keene and Gibbon, totaling at least 5500. Burlington detective chief James Malone suspects the same gang, likely traveling by car.
Milwaukee pursues next congress bid. Percy Houghton named Boston Harvard football coach for two years. James R. Keene tops American turf with 282075 dollars. Cornell to host Maroons indoors at Bartlett gym. New York to Washington relay sees nearly 1000 boys carrying a message for Roosevelt. Patsy Donovan expected to become Boston manager after leaving Brooklyn. Fred Bradley knocked out by Al Kubiak in Philadelphia. Bradley hospitalized. Mordecai Brown shifts to Chicago stockyards buyer. Three fingers pitcher foresees leaving baseball for another career. Mathewson to coach Harvard pitching staff next spring as talks near completion. Chicago boxing resumption in jeopardy after police disruption.
A new Postmaster General order ends fines for railroads missing mail train schedules and eliminates the need to file exhaustive monthly reports. The rule change aims to cut costs for U S rail carriers by removing penalties tied to delays and tardy on time performance.
Officials say March 15 is the date for an extraordinary session called by President Taft. The sixtieth Congress ends March 4 and the new session should convene after inauguration. Republicans expect a late summer sitting with lengthy tariff debate in the Senate after early April House passage.
Arizona Lyle, a St Louis carpenter, and his brother William A Lyle a railway clerk, learned they are part heirs to an Wilmington Delaware estate valued at 80 million dollars. The estate of Christopher Springer, who died without a will, passed to descendants including a grandmother of the brothers sister. A candy store owner Mrs George M McCollum of Albia NL is also named as an heir.
The World Sun Sunday School plan outlines the sixth convention to be held in Washington in May or June 1910. Swiss President A Deucher was elected president of the Swiss republic for 1900 by the Federal Assembly. A train car fire caused about 40000 dollars in damage at Pellman Carsemim Station.
A blaze at Altoona High School caused about half a million dollars in damage. Students left safely as groups of clothing hung in closets were ruined by flames and smoke.
Vice President J Vicente Gomez has established a new Venezuelan government after General Cipriano Castro handed over power on his Europe trip. The ousting targets include foreign minister Dr Jose de Jesus Paul and minister Baldo, with a cabinet reshuffle signaling a purge of Castro loyalists amid a nationwide ferment and strict Caracas censorship.
Missouri voters supported Taft with a 1 026 plurality and Gov Folk pledged the state’s entire electoral vote for him. Ohio’s Theodore Burton considered joining Taft’s cabinet as treasury secretary and La Follette faced fundraising disclosure in Madison. Indiana and Kansas show Taft gains while South Carolina remains Democratic. Minnesota labor chief Williams seeks retention. Gov Johnson stands firm on McEwen appointment.
Fish Commissioner George M. Bowers warns that greed and state inattention threaten migratory species. He cites sturgeon shad striped bass and Pacific salmon declines, noting hatcheries produced 376 million more fish in 1908 and delivered 458 million eggs to hatcheries.
Judge Axel Chytraus of the Chicago Appellate Court ruled that no person may hold two salaries from the public treasury at the same time. The decision was issued in the Herman B. Meyer versus Joseph F. Haas case, a Cook County matter over two years involving Homer K. Gaspin, chief clerk of the Chi ums tome- ee.
The piece discusses Galpin's waning senate seat after election to chief clerk and the resulting legal disputes over vacancy notices and mandamus. It notes common law bars holding dual public offices and hints at recall of legislators linked to overlapping salaries across federal, state, city, and Sanitary District payrolls.
In Agosta Ohio a town hall performance of The Peddler's Farade ended the first act when the audience demanded admission refunds. The floor was cleared for a dance while actors watched from stage seats. Dancers wore placards reading Stung and shop windows displayed similar signs.
Elbert Hubbard, noted author and lecturer, was seriously injured while helping workmen in the woods near his East Aurora colony when a tree fell toward him and crushed him after a miscalculation of its direction.
Five highwaymen blew up the Hollo way Exchange bank of Gibbon Nebraska and stole 2500 dollars while fleeing in an automobile. A merchant Charlea Abbotts of Hamp ton Arkansas was killed and his brother Bunk Abbott wounded during a related shooting at the store. Posse pursuit continues as a separate state case notes extortion deemed unconstitutional by the Nebraska Supreme Court in an appeal involving attorney BR Greene.
New York reports mixed holiday buying with larger centers strong while smaller cities show lighter demand and shoppers shift to cheaper lines. Warm weather dampens regular retail, wholesale trade softens though some rush orders. inventories and year end activity slow after January first.
Dun's Review of Trade notes well sustained recovery in general trade though heavy industry demand arrives slowly. Defaults remain high but bank payments show progress. Christmas retailing could rise with better weather, early buying strong, stock depletion prompts rapid reorders, and spring summer orders increase. Base liabilities exceed 5000 dollars rise to 13.
A dense compilation lists multiple city markets with bid ranges for cattle hogs and sheep, plus grains and staples. Entries cover Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo with figures for wheat corn oats rye barley butter eggs potatoes and clover seed.
Bank Superintendent Schaefer seeks two examiners at 3600 dollars yearly. Southern States Association pushes uniform stock food laws with manufacturers and feed dealers. Klaw and Erlanger control theater syndicate covers 75 major theaters from Chicago to San Francisco. Marshalltown proposes gas price cut to one dollar per thousand feet after city council battle with the local light company. The Leonidas mine near Eve Wth begins ore shipments, 26 carts sent out, with 4396 283 toss ore in prospect per owners to state tax officials.
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