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Newspaper
Garland Globe
Location
Garland, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1908
Page
2
The Garland Globe Warland edition announces subscription terms and advertising rates. It lists prices for one year and six months, and offers three months options with rates provided on application. Editor and manager A Wixom is noted.
In a Sunday school Infant class, the teacher asks for Bible verses for blue ribbons. Julia gives Walk in the Light, Charlie echoes the same line, others respond with Walk in the Light or misheard variants, and the room chants Walk in the West as the rest raise hands seeking ribbons.
A University of Pennsylvania expedition observing a solar eclipse in the south prompts a laborer to recall a year earlier when chickens had not yet hatched. The professor reveals the coincidence, earning the amused exclamation that the birds were not born a year ago.
In a reminiscence from Leaves from the Notebooks of Lady Dorothy Nevill Bishop Blomfield is cited in a debate on eastern versus western intellect. A learned rival fires a parting jab that the wise men came from the east, to which Blomfield dryly replies that surely that was the wisest move.
Zululand shows notable progress in farming with 3,000 acres now planted in sugar cane and 9,000 more acres slated for cultivation. India rubber farming expands while coal fields near Hiobane mountain will soon connect to Natal’s railways, transforming a formerly unprofitable domain into an active center of industrial growth in South Africa.
The exchange features Miss Prettygirl and Cholly in a charged moment with flirtatious dialogue. She asserts her self worth while testing his reaction and feelings. The scene centers on curiosity and potential tension between the two characters.
Secretary Root held a lengthy talk with Russian Ambassador Baron Rosen on the Manchurian issue. The Russian side urged support for Harbin officials to revive the city’s trade and its developed plans. The meeting ended with no further friction between the American consul and the Russian government over the incident.
President Roosevelt vetoed a dam bill and warned Congress of pending measures. He opposes granting free stream rights and urged a policy that would require compensation for bridge and dam privileges. He cited hopes to withhold signature on a three year extension for the Halny River improvement company to build a dam.
Washington senate judiciary committee reports a bill to limit federal courts from issuing temporary injunctions restraining state laws. It requires three judges to hear testimony with at least two circuit judges. Notice must be given to the state governor and attorney general unless time irreparably harms the state.
Shanghai reports disastrous floods in Hankow Hu Pu province following an unexpected freshet. About 2000 people were drowned after the waters rose in the night trapping residents with little chance of escape.
President Roosevelt submits a special message to Congress urging further laws on anarchists. He cites Attorney General Bonaparte on postmaster powers to bar publications promoting murder arson or treason and warns that anarchists threaten humanity and must be restricted from immigration and domestic press involvement.
Washington reports the bill on the liability of common carriers by railroad cleared the house on April 6 and the senate on Thursday without amendment. It supersedes the 1896 common law rule that barred recovery for injuries caused by a fellow servant and relaxes contributory negligence defenses, allowing an employee to recover for injuries caused by a co employee.
Mrs J Liberman wife of a Bronx shirtwaist factory owner was found murdered in her Courtlandt avenue apartment on Monday. Police say her throat was cut with a blood stained knife found in her hand by the janitor who heard a cry. Liberman was detained for questioning as details emerge of a Sunday summons he sought against his wife over alleged fidelity with a lawyer’s involvement.
Washington reports Great Britain invites the leading maritime nations to an informal London conference next fall to shape principles of international maritime law for an envisioned prize court. The United States will attend, and outcomes may influence ratification of The Hague’s prize court treaty.
Rioting erupted in Pensacola Florida after a carload of strikebreakers from St Louis arrived by the Pensacola Electric company. The clash between strikebreakers and union supporters lasted over an hour with fifteen imported workers wounded as bricks bottles and stones were thrown and gunfire rented the air.
Illinois and Nebraska results show 1,200 to 1,500 saloons closed or retained in local option elections. Twenty two counties in Illinois become dry. Bloomington defeat for anti saloon forces stands out. Lincoln Nebraska votes to keep saloons by 174 in 7,800 total.
Democratic candidate David S. Rose won Milwaukee mayoral race by about 3000 votes over Social Democrat Emil Seidel with Republican Thomas J. Pringle over 1000 behind Seidel. Rose achieves fifth mayoralty term after a prior defeat two years ago. The campaign was the city’s most exciting in its history.
The United States reiterates a hands off approach to Haitian upheaval, refusing asylum to revolutionary refugees while the State Department keeps Mr. Furniss informed. Officials insist on nonintervention despite ongoing chaos in Haiti.
Massachusetts Republicans elect four delegates at large who will go to the national convention in Chicago unpledged and uninstructed for any candidate. Before open ing, debates over instructions were settled with a plank favoring Taft endorsement by many delegates.
A federal seizure ends with Mor ria Richmond and six others fined totaling 32 200 after pleading guilty to conducting the Kentucky lottery. Arraigned in Covington on Thursday the defendants admitted guilt and pledged to quit the lottery business as federal agents had pressed weeks of activity in the region.
In Denver a furnace fire at Fleming school near Grant and Coloriio streets was halted by a prompt fire drill led by Miss Katherine Harris. Her quick actions while the pupils were evacuated prevented injury or loss of life shortly before noon on Thursday.
Detroit Free Press describes a wholesale smuggling scheme moving Chinese nationals illegally into the United States from Windsor Ontario across the border. Authorities say as many as twenty five Chinese per night were smuggled, with fortunes made by young men who operated from Windsor over the past two years.
A Chester Pennsylvania strike at the Chester Traction company led to clashes between strike supporters and police. The deployment of 15 strike-breakers and state constabulary followed. Police were stoned and several officers and civilians were injured, none seriously.
Wall Street discusses FE Harriman plans to acquire the Erie line after supplying 5.6 million for maturing notes. Associates reportedly ready to invest 20 to 40 million in terminal tunnels trackage and rolling stock to create a fully equipped transcontinental road with the Erie as the eastern outlet.
Dawn MacPherson died at the county hospital after a folding bed accident at 1244 Booth Hill. She lived nearly a year with a dislocated neck and spinal injury before death. Her mother and Mise MacPherson arrived from Salt Lake City two years ago.
Kansas City voters choose Thomas Crittenden Jr as mayor with all but two on the Democratic ticket successful. He pledges to enforce saloon laws while receiving support from liquor interests, and Mayor Heardsley gains backing from the ministerial alliance. The result marks a 2400 vote swing from 1906.
Great Northern Railway was convicted by a jury in the U.S. circuit court of granting rebates to the American Sugar Refining Co. The shipments were to Sioux City, Iowa in 1902, rebates paid in 2004. Judge Holt fined $5,000 and dismissed a case against the Northern Steamship Co.
Herman Ridder of the New York Staats Zeitung says after talks with President Roosevelt he expects congress to pass a measure reducing white paper prices. He claims written pledges from sixty eight Republican House members plus Democratic votes assure a large majority supporting the bill before adjournment.
Samuel A. Stodel of the Industrial Workers of the World told a convention of labor representatives that he prepared a state by state tally. He estimated the number of unemployed in the United States at present would be at least 4,750,000 across thirty seven states.
Lisbon residents defy occupation as crowds parade and jeer soldiers in outlying districts. Police report 200 arrests on Tuesday and more than 600 arrests over Sunday and Monday amid ongoing election riot aftermath.
The House committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, by an eight to seven vote, virtually tabled the ocean mail subsidy bill. The proposal would raise pay for second class vessels sailing to South America, the Philippines, Japan, China and Australasia from 2 to 4 dollars per mile, with the Senate version also lifting rates to 4 dollars. A move to substitute the House bill for the Senate bill failed, and no further action is planned.
Rumor spread that the Mack Hand Clackmailers blew up a big public school in Newark's Italian section as revenge for unpaid pupil tribute. A panic led to a two-child injury and school dismissal after a mob of exposed women surged, forced gates, and demanded the children be released before police arrived.
Four Philadelphia police officers arrested for robbing stores and warehouses in the wholesale district pleaded guilty before Judge Kingey and were sentenced to seven years in the eastern penitentiary after being indicted on charges of entering without breaking with intent to commit a felony receiving stolen goods and conspiracy.
Washington reports that Secretary Garfield and Secretary Wilean will lead a cooperative inquiry into future grazing policy on stream supplies. The decision affects irrigation water access, with stockmen seeking unrestricted grazing and forest officers supporting limited sheep and goat grazing under patrol observation.
Chicago governor Johnson travels to Minnesota and then Shiloh Tennessee where a Minnesota soldier monument will be unveiled. He states he is a candidate for the presidency if nominated, but will not run a personal campaign or seek delegates, calling the presidency a worthy ambition.
Washington adopted a strict party line rule under Mr Williams to empower the presiding officer to declare the house in recess daily at five o clock until the following morning and run the rule until Monday next. Democrats exhausted resources as Republicans appeared to secure advantage.
Edward Chambers assistant freight traffic manager of the Santa Fe Railroad admitted before the state railroad commission that the company issued refunds totaling almost 38000 dollars to the Associated Oil Company for oil shipments to 1900. The refund was cited in President Roosevelt's January message to Congress quoting Chambers' letter authorizing the refund.
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