Garland Globe Editor and Manager Wixom
The Garland Globe announces J. A. Wixom as editor and manager. Wixom leads editorial and business operations at the Garland publication.
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Newspaper
Garland Globe
Location
Garland, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1907
Page
2
The Garland Globe announces J. A. Wixom as editor and manager. Wixom leads editorial and business operations at the Garland publication.
Baltimore Secretary of the Interior Garfield discusses irrigation progress promising fertile soil on arid lands. He cites 30,000,000 acres of lands, 1,000,000 acres irrigated, and a plan to repay the government through ten annual installments plus maintenance costs.
Forty nine lumber firms in Oregon Washington and Idaho sue twenty railroads including Northern Pacific Great Northern Union Pacific Burlington Southern Pacific Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Oregon Short Line alleging unlawful combination to raise freight rates from 3 cents to 12% cents per hundred pounds The Pot latch Lumber Company leads the complaint with the other major regional firms.
Washington reporting better business conditions the secretary of the treasury says subscriptions to the 8 percent certificates of indebtedness issued June 12 1808 are closed no further offers will be accepted after November 27 utilizing November 14 1907 circular guidance all treasurers were instructed to halt new offers and further allotments seem unlikely given the improved economy
In Idthonia Georgia, a bachelor named Bnoch Sanders living with his sister in law Mia Aliee Sanders rushed into a kitchen and slashed his niece Bertha’s throat. He then wounded her mother during a struggle, and fatally wounded himself with a knife. Local doctors say Sanders will likely die.
Charles Neer a prosperous farmer near Vienna shot his wife three times as she sat in a chair then shot himself in the head. He died instantly and fell to the floor as the tragedy unfolded in their home near Vienna roads.
Washington reports the Senate will be the largest in history at 92 members with Oklahoma adding two seats. New Senators include Borah Bourne Jr. Brigga Brown Davis Guggenheim Johnston Richardson Stephenson Taylor Bankhead Dixon Paynter Owen Gore and others. The House adds ninety nine new members, sixty one of them Democrats, as Republicans hold a strong majority in both houses.
Marabout Bouthich has proclaimed a holy war in Algeria and emissaries stir frontier tribes. Four thousand tribesmen attacked a French force of four hundred near Adjeroud on Saturday night but French guns mowed down the attackers, leaving the ground littered with corpses.
Secretary Taft arrives in Moscow after a November journey along the Siberian airway. He is greeted by American Consul Samuel, Captain Slocum, and Charles Curtia. A military demonstration marks the warm reception for the U S secretary of war.
In Norfolk Virginia the Jamestown exposition ended with formal exercises Saturday night as President Tucker spoke on the event’s hardships and successes. The exposition, running since April 26, leaves the company $2,000,000 in debt though officials expect the property value to cover the shortfall.
A Saturday night blast at the New Franklin bank in Howard county blew open the safe and vaults. Robbers escaped with about $4000 in coin and currency, with contents blocked by hay bales and grain stacks placed to muffle the explosion. No clues were found by Sunday morning surveyors.
In Jackson California eleven miners died when a manned cage carrying thirteen men sank into smoke at the Fremont Consolidated mine near Drytown. Two men escaped to the surface while the remaining eleven, including four Americans four Italians and three Austrians, perished in the blaze at the 1000 foot level.
Doctor Lacy Hagenow, about sixty, is found guilty of murder in Judge Chetlain's court and sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary. She faced charges over the death of Mrs. Anna Horovitch from an illegal operation and was linked to the death of Miss Madilison Bradley in a broader murder case narrative. The verdict coincides with the close of Mrs. Bradley's trial.
Cleveland reports industry leaders expect the current downturn to be shorter than past slumps. Iron Trade Review surveys show improved financial sentiment, though curtailments in pig iron steel and semi finished materials continue. Fewer plants close, but hours and staff are reduced.
Senator Thomas C. Platt will introduce in the senate a bill for national incorporation of clearing houses. The measure would create one clearing house per state with authority to issue currency to its members and require a reserve matching that of national banks. It aims to grant congressional sanction to the lasting clearing house certificates in use since the recent financial stringency.
Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois was nominated by Republican members of the house for a third term as speaker. The caucus in the house drew nearly all 226 Republican members as officers were chosen: McDowell clerk Lyon doorkeeper Casson sergeant at arms Langum postmaster.
In Opp Alabama a young Black man named Hugh Sanders was killed by a mob after being identified by Mrs Ellis as the assailant. About 300 shots were fired, his body was tied to a buggy and dragged through Opp, despite the sheriff arriving too late to intervene.
In Covington Louisiana a blaze engulfed St Josephs academy convent monastery and church causing extensive losses estimated over 100000. Reverend Joseph Buck assigned to the academy died trapped while a fireman is missing and presumed dead as flames trapped occupants in the combined complex near Covington.
In Goldfield Nevada on Thursday morning nine robbers overpowered two watchmen and a depot operator at the Tonopah Goldfield and Bullfrog railroad freight depot. They dynamited the safe, taking about $1,200 cash and mining stocks worth $5,000 belonging to agent R. W. Brooks. Several suspects are in custody.
Dispatches from Oran, Algeria describe a Moroccan army incursion into Algeria on Wednesday. French forces suffered eleven killed and fifteen wounded before being reinforced and pushing Arabs back across the frontier. The incident highlights ongoing Moroccan tensions involving Abdul-Hafid and Benis Nassen, with renewed crossborder raids reaching Bab El Rasaa.
Secretly Taft asks the American envoy in Moscow to arrange an audience with Emperor Nicholas so he can leave St Petersburg on December 4 instead of December 6 to reach Hamburg by the President Grant’s December 7 sailing. Washington cabled for Taft to hasten his return.
Judge Thomas G. Jones of the United States District Court in Montgomery Alabama issued a restraining order on Wednesday. The order temporarily suspends railroad legislation recently enacted by the state as it applies to the Louisville and Nashville Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Nashville Central of Georgia and South and North Alabama railroads. The court's action halts the law temporarily to allow a full review of claims that the measures are confiscatory and unusual.
Dominion parliament opened on Thursday in Ottawa with Lord Grey delivering the throne speech. He noted a large increase in trade and revenue and cited the Ilaca period debt reduction of $3,000,000. Reference was made to Mr Lamloux's visit to Japan and Mr Oliver's land bill to grant settlers two homesteads totaling 920 acres from the government.
As the Sixtieth congress nears its opening, the financial question is seen as the priority. Senators and representatives have arrived in Washington and note the issue is still unsettled with few firm ideas. Informal conferences have begun and more are needed before a program is announced. Senator Aldrich, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, will discuss plans with leaders including Senator Allison and Speaker Cannon, who are not yet aligned.
Goldfield Nevada directors of the chamber of commerce plan a mass meeting to appoint a committee to seek a conference with President Roosevelt on smelter refusals to take Nevada ore. Tonopah Reno and Rhyolite groups may join as mining firms struggle to pay wages in currency and keep operations open.
Los Angeles reports a Mexican Secret Service officer, Trinidad Vasquez, the government chief witness in the Magon Villareal and Rivera cases, was poisoned at noon on Friday. He collapsed beside the central police station after dining with detective Thomas Furlong and is believed to recover.
Washington Senator J B Foraker declared on Friday he will contest the Ohio delegation to the Republican national convention with Taft. The decision comes in a letter to Conrad J Mattern, who forwarded league resolutions endorsing Foraker for senatorship and the presidential nomination.
Washington Senator Teller of Colorado and Curtis of Kansas urged the president Friday to prosecute on behalf of Kickapoo Indians in Oklahoma. An inquiry by the senators found that syndicates in Oklahoma have robbed the tribe of land valued at $260,000.
Two government experts testified Friday in Annie M. Bradley's trial for killing former Utah Senator Arthur M. Brown last December. Edward M. Brush of Baltimore and Dr. Jelliffe of New York said Bradley was sane and able to choose between right and wrong at the time of the shooting.
New Haven dedicates a marble fountain near the old pump on the green bearing the inscription Philo Sherman Bennett Gave This to the City. The gift stems from the will of New York merchant and lifelong resident Bennett, with the will witnessed by William Jennings Bryan. Bryan presented the fountain during Friday ceremonies.
Isaac Coffman of Hatton Pennsylvania explains he built a chestnut coffin 20 years ago to be cozy and homey. His wife insists on an up to date casket though he plans to sell the old one to avoid trouble. He notes the coffin is out of date but remains fond of its simple design.
Engineering Magazine urges salesmen abroad to master local customs and language. It argues that deliberate South American buyers respond to casual, polite conversation about weather, theater, and races, not hard selling. European rivals outperform Americans who push too hard.
A new invention uses a high power lens as large as all inches in diameter to bring entire objects under observation. A common house fly can be seen whole, enlarged to bird or larger size, in an open space within the field of the glass. This enables unprecedented study of microscopic life and promises immense discoveries for science.
The Lounger in Putnam's recalls Byron's first shoes given to the author’s father by the poet's nurse. She cut them down for a doll, and the narrator donated them to the Players. They rest under a glass case at 16 Gramercy Park.
A middle west graduate seeks work in New York and, via a friend, is offered a shipping clerk role. He responds that he cannot accept the position because he becomes ill whenever he is on the water.
Antiquity of knives and spoons long established while forks were uncommon at the start of the eighteenth century. The text notes forks only gradually gained general use, contrasting age-old utensils with modern tableware adoption.
A father reflects on overworked college life and signs another payment for his hardworking son. The line suggests parental concern and pride as the son endures intensive study or labor.
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