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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1902
Page
2
The readable fragments indicate a Galveston publication by Sam E and Thurston as publishers. No additional context or events are discernible from the OCR fragment.
Seventeen persons perished and about thirty injured as a fire swept the St Luke's society sanitar ium at Wabash avenue and Twenty first street Chicago. The building, once Hotel Woodruff and Hotel Lancaster, held patients addicted to drink and drugs with delirium tremens cases on the fifth floor, some strapped to beds and unable to be saved as flames spread quickly.
A heavy wind and thunder storm in Columbus Ohio killed J. J. Willis, a carpenter, and Louis McLain injured Cochran. Willis died near a peak tree on Upper First Avenue while conversing with Cochran who was struck and later reported in serious condition. McLain was in his Phoenix City yard holding a clothes wire when struck. Several homes in the city were unroofed by the storm.
London Daily Mail correspondent reports sixty arrests in Pretoria after a plot to blow up government buildings and Lord Kitchener's residence and to spike artillery guns. Lawyers chemists and Boer and Dutch prisoners on parole named among those involved.
London reports a lumberman named Alexander McDougal indicted for culpable homicide over the Bronx Park Glasgow football stand collapse of April 35. Twenty one killed and 250 injured as the stand fell during the disaster.
Advices from Viermosillo relay General Torres dispatches describing a severe clash in the Matzan mountains. Indian defenders retreated from their fortifications with heavy casualties and many taken prisoner. details remain scarce.
Two inmates, Harry Tracy serving twenty years and David Merrill aged thirteen for assault and robbery, escaped from Salem Oregon’s penitentiary after killing three guards including shop guard Frank Ferrell and fencers S. K. Jones and Ben Vilfany in Multnomah County pursuit underway.
President Palma signed an amnesty bill for Americans under sentence or awaiting trial in Cuba. Courts have begun proceedings to quash complaints and release those jailed.
A Saratoga New York fire left one person dead and another fatally injured. Two others were severely hurt and several residents are reported missing. The blaze destroyed property valued at about 300000 dollars with estimated insurance coverage around 179000 dollars.
A serious cave-in at Pittsburg Pennsylvania wrecked twelve houses and caused fifteen acres of ground to drop ten feet into the mines. There were numerous narrow escapes but no fatalities reported.
In Rome a deputy, Signor Franchetti, amid a lobby dispute over the Eritrean budget, has challenged Foreign Minister Signor Frinetti to a duel, escalating the chamber confrontation.
A Detroit and Mackinaw excursion train derailed at Jack River near Alpena Michigan. One man died, forty six injured, several fatally, and thirty sustained slight injuries in the crash.
A blaze engulfed the pavilion in Toronto's horticultural gardens, the city’s second largest auditorium. The adjoining conservatory suffered severe scorching and many rare plants were irreparably damaged. Losses are described as heavy.
In Beaumont Texas word circulates that the American Steel and Wire Company via an agent has secured title to one acre in the town's southern section for a planned five million dollar factory.
The mother of Chea Piies Chiturelid, 22a North Ninetowns Street, Masshet, asks Chicago police to locate his wife wife of Harry Churchill of Omaha. She fears her daughter is dead and presses for a check on whether she has been killed or evaded. The report recounts a past romance between Olea Pries and Harry Churchill, with timeframes from two years ago and a broken connection at 1705 Tudiana Avenue.
A clash at Granite City Illinois left three men shot as strikers confronted twenty five St Louis workers entering the steel plant. One wounded man died from his injuries while another sustained a gunshot wound to the belly and survived. A warrant for murder has been sworn against Beil, one of the attackers.
John W. Howry a former Michigan lumber dealer from Saginaw attempted suicide in a Kansas City rooming house by taking morphite. Police stopped the act as he struggled to recover. a family dispute over Verses reportedly sparked the deed. He and his sons are tied to New Mexico cattle ranch interests.
A group of seven desperate prisoners led by Andrew Piienspecdl overpowered jailers at Bluffs Detention. They forced Mrs Martin into a cell and fired a revolver as they seized keys and escaped while guards attempted to intervene.
Fire devastates Ruddock Louisiana a te urban center for the Hifeieng alveum of Chaimes and the Haddock Cypress Company. Widespread destruction halts operations and authorities estimate heavy losses across the entire mill town.
A vessel named Caigorta from Madras to Ragiscon with GOC purssensers has been located sunk at Baraque Plats in the Trrawaddy delta. The topmasts protrude above the water as the ship lies in a shipping lane. The report notes no sovereign claim by Britain. In Nebraska, Courland suffers a deadly cloudburst with seven inches of rain destroying fields and several buildings.
A Rome dispatch reports Monsignore Falcomio, papal delegate in Canada, has been chosen to succeed Cardinal Martinelli as papal delegate to the United States.
A Baltimore and Ohio locomotive blew up near Piedment Wo Viv. Fireman Robert Graham of Cumberland and E Smith of Rowlesburg WV were listed among those affected.
Former Baptist minister James Laurier Rogers admits an arson confession amid a scandal. He recently converted to Moohanmedanism and faces questions about motive and church ties.
A man in custody at Santa Cruz confessed to setting fire to several dairy buildings where he worked. He cited revenge against Chase who allegedly forced him into menial labor as his motive.
Orders trave beam issued to com mideders of the North and South Atlantic and European squadrons for assembling vessels for a meet in the Caribbean Sea. Names include Kearsarge, Miss Elsmerts, Iowa, Maine, Adalena, Brookfield, Olympia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, and more. Departures planned from Thaupten Rentds, with aims to improve ammunition handling and gunnery. Separate notes mention immigration case of a Nigerian landing man and theft from a Louisville bank involving ex-president J M McRuddght.
A cross ing accident near Prenutwood involving a Missouri Pacific train and a suburban bicycle train fatally injures and injures many passengers. Victims include a number of serious injuries and possible fatalities as responders assist at the scene.
A fragmented report outlines a Texas cattle shipment to Boer War era South Africa, mentioning Maude & Carrew stock traders, a breeding program contract, and a US-backed decision on cattle quality and possible duty-free movement to Natal and other regions. It references Walter D. Menyo and Richard Carrew among others.
Night of clashes and injuries during the Chicago teamsters strike ends with a peace negotiation led by the Illinois State Board of Arbitration. Concessions reach a peaceful settlement after a day of incidents and arrests.
A boat carrying eight Spanish artillery officers was struck by a steamer at Gijon, Spain, resulting in five drownings. The incident details remain sparse with no further casualties reported among the crew.
Mrs. Belle Smith and her two young children perished in a fire at their residence in Hardin Missouri. Authorities consider the blaze a possible triple murder as investigators review evidence and motive.
The Senate debated the Philippine bill and began anti anarchist measures while House action included a Hay memorial address tribute and approval of a conference report on military and civil appropriations. Speakers contested constitutionality and the sufficiency of existing laws as the term addressed presidential protection and war expenses.
President Roosevelt has sent Bone Leo copies of all literary works. Tyner sale in the capital is forbidden by House resistion. Delays in reporting the reorganization bill in the House upset many, with mentions of Chicago Springfield and Detroit. Postage and postal cards distributed by July 1. Extradition treaty with Chile finalized by Hay and Walker Martinez, aiding criminal fugitives. Supreme Court upholds national bankruptcy law and railroad charges for cattle deliveries. War Department proceeds with army reduction per reorganization plan.
Market notes list various grain bids and commodity prices including No 2 yellow corn No 2 white oats rye barley and mixed grains with prices such as $4.12 for clover seed and $17.30 for pork. The text reads as a dense, fragmented procurement and futures table from a historical market page.
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