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Newspaper
Garland Globe
Location
Garland, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1907
Page
2
The Garland Globe is published every Saturday in Garland Utah. This brief notice confirms regular weekly issues and the publication’s regional focus in Garland.
William B Preston Jr and Solon Barber, among Cache Valley's best known residents, drowned when a gasoline launch capsized under a railroad bridge on Bear River near the Benson district Tuesday night. Frank K Nebeker Horace Nebeker Dr Charles Gowans and Roy McAllister escaped. Preston son of MorMon bishop W B Preston. Barber brother of former state senator A G Barber.
Colorado & Southern strike ended following amicable talks with Grand Master Morriewey. A written agreement calls for a Denver meeting of general managers next Tuesday to discuss the two cent switchmen demand, with any settlement ratified by all roads. All workers to be restored and strike breakers discharged.
Beagan McCarthy regulars sweep all districts as Casey Uickets defeated. Ryan Republican League topples Postmaster Fisk and Herrin machine winning 142 of 149 delegates. Graft prosecutions to continue. Herrin Harriman royal faction remains tied to President Roosevelt. Dyington Mahoney vs McNab keeps McNab in control of Democrats.
W Reeves confessed to starting last Saturday morning fire at Boulder freight depot. A dynamite car exploded, killing three, causing half a million dollars in damage and injuring about twenty. Reeves, a brakeman on the Colorado & Northern railway, had denied before confessing on Tuesday afternoon.
The schooner Luke Olsen returns from a twelve day voyage near Laysan Island northwest of Hawaii reporting the island appears sunk by seismic disturbance. Max Schlemmer and family once inhabited Laysan along with Japanese laborers. The U S government tug Iroquois sent to search for the wreck site.
A New Orleans era commentary argues current Southern prohibition laws will backfire by driving African Americans toward cheap whiskey and defiance of law. The official warned migrants from Germany and other nations will avoid regions with liquor bans, altering social behavior and crime trends.
New York columnist Leaie M. Shaw former secretary of the treasury discusses current conditions and wealth sources. He notes high values in mining, forests, factories, railways, and wages while warning against panic and calls for confidence and courage to sustain industrial activity.
In Bingham Junction Utah Edward McDermit a telephone lineman was killed by 2300 volts while attempting to save an electric plane from burning. A Progress Power company wiren contacted a guy chain supporting an electric sign at the Leader store causing a fatal current surge. Several others were injured when lights were turned on, regarded as miraculous that more lives were not lost.
President Small issued a general strike order but Chicago saw little change as workers already striked. Telegraphers union shifted to arbitrate, accepting the American Federation of Labor general board with John Mitchell, Daniel Keefe, and Samuel Gompers guiding the settlement.
Trade data from Tahiti shows 1906 US imports of 265 045 dollars and exports of 316 807 dollars. U S share of imports 48 percent and exports 44 percent. Earthquake and fire in San Francisco partly reduced US trade.
Secretary Taft completes talks with representatives of the United States of Colombia and Panama to settle remedies arising from Panama's separation and the canal zone creation. Three treaties are prepared, one likely to go to the Senate next session. The pact would settle Colombia's claim on Panama.
Ming Pitra Laurata a 20 year old Portland woman who was mentally deranged killed herself on Saturday by taking strychnine. She had been engaged to be married for months but recently grew worse, and the prospect of an unhappy future drove her to commit suicide after failed medical treatment.
Five bib bonic plague cases were reported to the health department in the past week, four of them fatal. Most victims were poor foreigners in the old Chinatown area, except for one foreign sailor from a coastwise steamer. Prompt action by local, state, and federal authorities limited spread.
Careon Nevada HH Valentine, inventor of a telegraph device operable without a skilled operator, arrived from Lake Tahoe after meeting Foss from Chicago. The machine, shown in Los Angeles, types messages on a printing sheet at the receiver and duplicates at the sender, with plans for wired or wireless Nevada service.
The Record-Herald reports secret service agents of the U S Department of Justice, operating via the bureau of corporations, are said to be on the payroll of major railway firms. In Chicago some 160 special agents are alleged to monitor compliance with corporate laws.
Chicago firm Schwarzchild & Susberger plans a modern million dollar packing plant in Colorado with location to be decided between Denver and Pueblo within a week. Representatives will tour both cities to evaluate the site.
William Browse former cashier of a bank once valued at a $100000 inheritance hanged himself behind 241 West Second Street early Saturday. He used a ladder and noose, citing loss of money to 'false friends' and an inability to work. He drifted into drugs and ruin, aged 40.
Casablanca reports a French observer noting the Spanish contingent returned to the city after brief reconnaissances and planned another patrol. He says the Spaniards roam the streets while French guards endure constant duty, suggesting tension over guard attitudes.
Mrs Boxton wife of former Supervisor Dr Charles Hoxton testified for the prosecution. She said her husband brought home and counted $5000 in currency which he said was paid as a bribe by T V Halsey, agent of Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph. She left the stand without cross examination.
Berlin dispatches report Lieutenant Graetsz of the Prussian army left Dar es Salaam on Saturday aiming to cross Africa by automobile. He intends to travel through German East Africa Rhodesia and German Southwest Africa to Swakopmund, expecting about six weeks if progress is steady. His car is a specially built 45 horsepower vehicle with enormous four foot diameter wheels and heavy tires.
A special despatch from Valdes reports Alaska natives bitter toward a Japanese poacher party that raided an inland Indian village and threatened crew members on shore. Locals view the raid as part of broader Japanese hostility to the United States and fear it aims to strain U S Japan relations.
Senator William 4. Brown of Missouri, after a week in Korea, reports that Koreans live under a ruthless foreign rule. He notes the emperor and his father are effectively prisoners, with Marquis Ito guiding policy and access to the palace restricted. He warns Japan aims to use Korea as a gateway to China and criticizes American silence on the Philippines.
In Oyster Bay the president will not interfere personally with the telegraphers strike. Appeals from boards of trade across many cities reached the executive office and were sent to Labor Commissioner Charles P. Neill. Neill has pursued settlement efforts but has not reported to the president. no instructions have been issued.
Judge Landis postponed the grand jury probe into rebate charges against the Chicago and Alton railroad until September 4. The delay follows Attorney General Bonaparte’s assertion that prior to Standard Oil’s indictment the district attorney promised no action against Chicago and Alton if it aided the prosecution with evidence and witnesses in good faith.
In Clomel Ireland Lord Ashtown narrowly escaped a treacherous attack as a bomb shattered the apartment while he slept early Wednesday. The blast caused extensive damage to Gleobiry lodge his lordship’s residence but left him uninjured as authorities attribute the act to political agitators who have threatened him before.
Two masked highwaymen raided Hillman's saloon in Cobre Nevada killing bartender J B Gilliam and looting about 1 200 from the till and roulette wheel. An Indian hunter tracks the robbers after Gilliam, formerly Washington state prison turnkey, received threats from men with a grudge. One assailant boasted of killing the bartender.
Portland Oregon adopts a council measure aimed at suppressing trusts. The ordinance prohibits agreements to restrain trade, limit production, fix prices, stifle competition, or rebate prices. Penalties include fines from 5 to 500 dollars and up to six months imprisonment.
In Harlem New York George Washer a German 57 fired on his wife then exchanged shots with his daughter. Mrs Washer died from injuries and was pronounced dead a short time later. The daughter was arrested claiming the father had cruelly treated the family.
In Cripple Creek a large meeting of leasees and many mine owners is planned to discuss the open shop issue. Members will consider whether cards will be issued by the Western Federation of Mine Owners or the Mine Owners' Association, with the former era of open shop possibly returning and enabling many workers to return to the camp.
Thousands gather in Gloucester to unveil a large bronze tablet honoring the first settlement of Massachusetts Bay at Stage Fort park. The granite facing overlooks Gloucester harbor, near the original site, the 65 square foot plate hailed as one of the largest cast in the United States.
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