Local Galveston Publisher Sam Thurston Appears
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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1901
Page
2
Events of Interest During the Past Week
A terse telegraph glimpse covers several notable stories from the week. It notes casualties, minor crimes, fires, and developments in politics and religion alongside short situational updates.
Bold Hold-Up in Elwood City Pa Paysmaster Robbed of 2100
An aged wealth holder Costen Burns was held at gunpoint near Elwood City while his quarries payroll of 2100 dollars was seized by three masked men in a rig. A pursuit led to a gunfight two miles away. one robber was wounded and the leader captured after expending ammunition. Jasper Texas suffered a total town fire destroying 17 houses and all businesses after safes were blown. no lives lost reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
New Castle
Elwood City
Costen Burns
Elwood
Burn
Burns
Jasper
Jasper County
Texas
Serious affray between international troops at Tien Tsin
British fusiliers acting as police clashed with French troops during house breaking. Firing in the air drew about two hundred Germans to the scene. Five fusiliers fired killing a Frenchman and wounding three others. Four fusiliers two Germans and one Japanese injured in later fighting. A German officer arrived with a guard to end the clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tien Tsin
Extra Session Likely Shelved Over Cuban and Philippine Issues
Local government advisors seek a path to avoid an extra Congress session after the Supreme Court decision. President McKinley and many national leaders oppose an extra session, though some belief a solution may be found to prevent one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States Supreme Cent
McKinley
Washington
Nationalists win Havana mayoralty and council seats
In Havana the nationalist candidate Senor Miguel Gener was elected mayor with 115 votes while Senor Mora republican and Senor Carlos Garcia democrat trailed with 7 583 and 3 211 votes respectively. The nationalists took eighteen municipal council seats, the republicans four and the democrats two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Senor Miguel Gener
Senor Mora
Senor Carlos Garcia
Democratic Party
Standard Oil Purchases Cleveland Firm in Major Deal
The Standard Oil Company disposed of a strong competitor by purchase. Schofield Shurmer Teagie of Cleveland Ohio sold all interests after years of conflict with Standard. The reported consideration was over a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Schofield, Shurmer &Teagie
Geveland
Ohio
Car and Train Collision Wounds Nine at McKeesport
A collision between a United Traction Company car and a Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad train at McKeesport Va left nine people seriously injured, with one possibly fatally hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Traction Company
McKeesport
Belle Vernon
Pittsburg and Lake Erie
Steel firm raises wages at Youngstown plant
The National Tube Company a unit of United States Steel raises wages at the Youngstown plant by an average of seventeen and a half cents per day for 425 workers. The increase takes effect immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Tube Company
United States Steel Corporation
Youngstown
Train collision kills two on Powatan West Virginia line
Two men were killed and about twenty injured in a rear end collision between two sections of a work train on the Pittsburg Ohio Valley and Cincinnati railway near Powatan West Virginia. The wreck caused two more fatalities and left numerous injuries among workers responding to the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg, Ohio Valley and Cincinnati Railway
Powatan
W. Va
Three Laborers Drown in Calumet River Scow Capsize
Three men drowned as their flat-bottomed scow capsized in the Calumet river near Chicago. Weighted by heavy clothing and rubber boots, they were returning from work with five others when a steamer passing by caused a swell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet River
Chicago
Towboat George S Ross Explodes Near Tarentum
A Pittsburg Plate Glass Company towboat George S Ross exploded off Tarentum Pennsylvania. Captain Kelly was killed and three crew members badly burned. The cause remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Ross
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Tarentum
Kelly
Steamer Hennepin Nip Fire Near Seul Choix Point
The Hennepin of the Soo line bound Buffalo to Gladstone caught fire in Lake Michigan and burned for eight hours. The Cuba steamer spotted the blaze off Seul Choix, towed the Hennepin toward Mackinaw, helped extinguish the blaze, then returned to aid. The Hennepin headed for Gladstone after the fire was out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin
Soo Line
Buffalo
Gladstone
Lake Michigan
Cuba
Seul Choix Point
Straits of Mackinaw
Waugoshinee
Straits
Young Heiress 18 in Peril in Davenport Extortion Plot
Mary Shaw heiress, granddaughter of George S. Shaw, faces extortion threats in Davenport Iowa. A letter demanded money with threats against her sister in Atlantic and a planned meeting led to police intervention as bystanders restrained the attacker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Shaw
Davenport
Iowa
George S. Shaw
Himberman
Cloquet
Wis
E. A. Shaw
Atlanta
Towa
G. W. Mullins
Atlantic
Bank Robbery at Bradner Ohio Routs Strong Box
Robbers blasted the Bradner Mechanics Bank branch near Fostoria with two charges of high explosives about 1:30 am. They blew open the outer vault door and the strong box, escaping on a Hocking Valley handcar. Night Watchman J H Denny fired at them. glass and walls were shattered. Only $2 in cash was kept in the branch due to clerical illness. loss is covered by burglary insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradner
Ohio
Mechanics’ Bank
Fostoria
J. H. Denny
Hocking Valley
Tramp Ambush Leaves Officer's Son Dead in Carrollton
Charles McKinney, son of Policeman McKinney, was shot and killed at 2 a.m. while aiding his father arrest a group of tramps in Carrollton. Three suspects were captured, several fled, a posse pursued them three miles south where a gunfight occurred. The sheriff’s horse was shot. two more tramps were later rounded up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrollton
Charles McKinney
McKinney
Jar
Carrailion
Toledo Woman Ends Forty Day Fast After Dramatic Weight Loss
Mrs Almeda Gerdonier of Toledo ends a forty day fast begun on April 17 weighing 250 pounds and reporting a drop to 170 pounds. She says she lived without consuming any solid food and feels better than ever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almeda Gerdonier
Toledo
Old Railroad to Be Offaced in Consolidation
July 1 consolidation of Kansas City Fort Scott and Memphis and the Frisco railways will erase the former line. The new property will be styled the St Louis and San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Fort Scort
Memphis
Frisco Railways
St. Louis
San Francisco
South Carolina Governor Rejects Senator Resignations
Gov. McSweeney refuses to accept the resignations of Senators Tillman and McLaurin, citing the need for serious consideration and asking the pair to take time to reflect on their action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McSweeney
South Carolina
Tillman
McLaurin
Mae Fleming Acquitted In Mansfield Jury Verdict
In Mansfield Ohio the jury returned a not guilty verdict for Mae Fleming after only seventeen minutes of deliberation. The verdict was met with applause from a large crowd gathered at the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Fleming
Mansfield
Ohio
Cuban Constitution Rejected by US Over Island Relations
The United States government rejected the Cuban constitution and said troops will not be withdrawn until future relations with Cuba are defined in clear language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Five Men Lynched in Lookout California
Five men suspected by neighbors of petty thievery were lynched at Lookout Cal. Victims named Calvin Hall age 70, his three half breed sons, and Dan Yantis. Also Agnes Long of Sycamore Indiana shot herself in a church pulpit while practicing organ. found by her brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lookout
Cal
Calvin Hall
Dan Yantis
Fulpit
Agnes Long
Sycamore
Ind
Population of Australasia Census Count
The new census returns place Australasia’s population at 4 600 651 an increase of 740 756 since the last enumeration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australasia
Leaps to Death from Bridge Anguished Shoemaker
Ted Lorberg a 32 year old shoemaker despondent over threats of consumption leapt from the east end of the bridge. He left a note and authorities investigated the circumstances surrounding the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Lorberg
Fatal fall from bridge near St Louis to box car
A man at the end of the Eads Bridge in St Louis slipped and fell eighty feet to a box car on a riverbank track. He suffered extensive injuries with nearly every bone broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eads Bridge
St. Louis
Preaches While In Prison Rev. Wade Spurs Jail Revivals
In Todianapolis jail Rev. William Wade a Baptist minister accused of counterfeiting runs nightly revival meetings and urges reform among inmates officials say he has done more good in weeks than local preachers. Secret Service found counterfeit coins buried in his Evansville home raising suspicion of his alleged crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wade
Todianapolis
Indianapolis
Flower
Wade
Pike County
Secret Service
Evansville
Train Run From Robbers on Burlington Limited
Passengers arriving at St Paul from Chicago report an midnight robbery attempt on the Burlington limited near Savanna. Five track torpedoes detonated as the engine slowed. five men emerged from the roadside and tried to board. The engineer throttled open and then sped away, foiling the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Spots
St. Paul
Burlington Limited
Chicago
Savanna
Furniture Consolidation Plan for Grand Rapids Fails
The proposed consolidation of Grand Rapids furniture factories championed by Charles K. Flint has fallen through. Seven plants’ options expired as a new stock exchange based agreement was offered, but a majority of the manufacturers rejected it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, Mich
Charles K. Flint
New York
Combine
Pleasure Excursion Ends in Tragic Drowning
Dennis Cummings William Griffith of Fayetteville New York and Otto Adams of Oak Harbor Ohio started a lake crossing from Sandusky Ohio to Johnson Island in a small sailboat. A storm capsized the boat and in the morning they were lost presumed drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ende
Dennis Cummings
William Griffith
Fayetteville
N. Y
Otto Adams
Oak Harbor
Ohio
Johnson’s Island
Sandusky
King County Prosecutor Finds Death Penalty Law Defect
The King County Washington prosecutor says a defect in the new law passed by the last legislature may invalidate it for all inmates now under death sentence or those to be sentenced before June 14 when the law takes effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King County
Wash
Boat Blown to Atoms in Missouri River Blast
The Laurine, a 14 ton freight boat operating between Booneville and Rocheport on the Missouri River, has been blown to atoms by explosives stored aboard. The wreck is complete and two laborers are believed dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booneville
Rocheport
Missouri River
Fatal Rowboat Tragedy at Flat Rock Dam
A party of eight youths from Philadelphia was swept over Flat Rock dam on the Schuylkill river. Seven drowned, five girls and two boys, leaving one survivor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flat Rock
Schuylkill River
Land of Racine found wrecked in Lake Michigan near Milwaukee
A three masted schooner named Land of Racine lies bottom up ten miles northeast of Milwaukee with three men and a woman missing. Other items note a Memphis jail death of Alexander Peden after drunkenness arrest, Texas man N A Gillis held on related charges, a Kansas City fire at 413 Delaware street causing losses of 60000, and Vineland resident Ward Nelson Copp's suicide during a visit to his fiancée Miss Josephine Verrey, who calls the shooting accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Michigan
Milwaukee
Memphis
Alexander Peden
Pitaski
Tenn
N. A. Gillis
Cumby
Texas
Killa
Josephine Verrey
Ward Nelson Copp
Vineland
N. J
Miss Verrey
Cuban constitutional convention backs Platt amendment
The Cuban constitutional convention accepts the Platt amendment by a vote of four to one amid intense scenes of excitement as the final action is taken.
Regional Market Prices for Cattle Hogs and Grains Across Cities
Prices shown for Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York cattle hogs and sheep plus grains Wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and clover seed. Data lists buying ranges and grade distinctions by city reflecting late era commodity trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Cuba Accepts Platt Amendment in Constitutional Draft
In Havana the Cuban constitutional convention approves the committee report backing the Platt amendment. Radicals clash as a narrow majority votes for incorporation, pledging a reciprocity treaty while Cuba moves toward self rule with U.S. troops set to depart. Delegates Gromez Por tuondo Lacret Manduley Cisneros Ferrer Fortun Reoba E Tamayo Silva Castro Zayas Aleman vote against. Rivea and Bravo absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luced
Pormnonde Gormnez
Tamayo
Jomez
Jas
Castro
Reban
Mandeler
Plate
Gromez
Romez
Gener
Portuondo
Lacret
Manduley
Cisneros
Ferrer
Fortun
Reobau
E. Tamayo
Silva
Zayas
Aleman
Rivea
Bravo
Provisions of the Platt Amendment
Synopsis of the Platt amendment adopted by the Cuban Constitutional Convention outlines limits on Cuba including foreign treaties and debts, U S intervention rights, sanitation measures, and naval provisions. It notes the rider was proposed by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and authorizes U S military withdrawal upon Cuba’s acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
United States
Caltern States
Platt
Vengress
Rrville HE Blatt
Conneellcut
River boat Laurine destroyed by gas and dynamite blast
A steam boat named Laurine blew up after a gasoline explosion on board in Beaumont Texas. The blast damaged nearby property and two laborers were believed killed. The wreck contained 2100 pounds of dynamite and 1000 detonating caps, triggering a second explosion and total destruction of the vessel.
Cuba Rejects Action On Constitution and Platt Amendment
President and Cabinet refuse to accept the Havana constitution as is. They urge Cuba to remove extraneous language and clarify future relations with the United States per the Platt Amendment before accepting the document and withdrawing U.S. troops.
Anxiety for Mrs McKinley in Washington
Reports from the White House say Mrs. McKinley remains seriously ill after her California collapse. While no crisis is claimed, observers note her condition shows little improvement and a rapid recovery seems unlikely at present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Washington
White House
California
Crisix
Boers Punish British At Viadfontein Battle
Lord Kitchener reports a severe clash at Viadfontein on the Durban Johannesburg line where Brig. Gen. Dixon’s garrison faced heavy Boer assault. The field left with thirty five Boer dead and British losses totaling 174 killed and wounded, including five officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Kitchener
London
Lord Roberts
Johannesburg
Viadfontein
Durban-Johannesburg
Clement
Magaliesburg
Hiram Sibley Jr Funds Cornell Building Project
Rochester businessman Hiram Sibley Jr donates 85000 for a new Cornell University building. Elsewhere friends of the late William L Wilson plan a 100000 endowment chair at Washington and Lee University in his memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Sibley, Jr
Rochester
N. Y
Cornell University
William L. Wilson
Washington and Lee University
Zipporah Marcella Joseph
Manua Training High School
Denver
Diversified Cropping and Moisture Management for Stable Yields
The article argues farmers should diversify crops to guard against drought or floods. It emphasizes soil moisture, drainage, and timing, citing English studies on soil, rainfall, and plant needs. Deep plowing, subsoiling, and controlled moisture improve resilience and yield stability.
Disposing of the Dry Cow and Replacing in Herd
The passage discusses selling a dry cow rather than keeping her, and preferring a fresh cow already proven profitable over introducing an unknown new member. It notes risks in buying a new animal and the small time saved versus duties of integrating a new herd member.
Small fruit cultivation in the home garden advice
The piece urges annual planting of new strawberry beds with two patches in rotation. It recommends including blackberries raspberries currants and gooseberries for lasting productive crops. It notes small fruit yields better per area in a well cared for garden and suggests compact dwarf pears and Duke cherry trees for space efficiency.
Broilers Capons Market Trends Across Year
The market for broilers and capons runs year round with peak prices in April and May. Demand rises for ducklings as asparagus comes in season and early supply brings 20 to 30 cents per pound, then declines after July 1. Perkin ducklings reach market at eight weeks, cost per pound similar due to faster growth. Ducklings are hardy with low loss when well cared for.
Sod horses for hens and their care in cold
F H Hartwell discusses sod houses used as hen coops, stressing need for thorough drainage and ventilation and regular cleaning. He warns damp conditions cause sickness, notes heat may be prioritized over ventilation, and suggests stone construction where possible for better cold protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Hartwell
American Aericulturist
Do Everything Well and Hope to Succeed
A truism from T E Richey argues that any task worth doing is worth doing well. Thorough preparation of fences, lands, and early plowing yields easier cultivation, larger yields, and better quality. The shrewd farmer uses suitable weather to prepare, plant, and then cultivate sparingly, proving that doing everything well pays in farming and all work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Richey
Crop decisions should not rely solely on market prices or distances
The statement asserts that farming choices must consider factors beyond commodity prices and shipment distances. It emphasizes Multidimensional assessment including climate, soil health, risk, and long term sustainability to guide crop selection decisions.
Suberent Land and Practical Hog Farming Adages
A rustic guide urges careful land use and humane stock management. It stresses proper feed, spacious stables, balanced rations, and timing in marketing to maximize profit, noting college trends and safety tips like lantern handling around barns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Colleges
Greatest banquet in history staged for French centenary
On August 18, 1899, about 40,000 French mayors gathered at the Palais de l Industrie in Paris for a historic banquet. Three relays of roughly 13,000 served by 75 chief cooks and 13,000 staff. The feast used 80,000 plates and 52,000 glasses with vast quantities of food and drink. Paper shingles from Japan claim to rival wooden ones in cost and satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Palais de l'Industrie
Paris
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