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Newspaper
Garland Globe
Location
Garland, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1909
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text shows an editor and manager named A. Wixom with unclear subscription or advertisement context. No clear event or location is discernible.
A Willard group moves to organize a fruit growers association. The item notes local efforts, community figures and ongoing Utah state events including health and labor developments and minor crimes.
Madrid reports indicate communications with southern Spain and Barcelona remain uninterrupted. A slight tremor struck Totana in Murcia on January 29 causing minor wall cracks. Shocks were also felt in Ollas as residents fled to suburbs amid gray skies and walnut sized hail. No serious damage or tidal wave occurred.
Manila opens its assembly with Governor General James F. Smith delivering the annual message. He decries the widening gulf between Americans and Filipinos and urges unity, critiques Manila’s municipal police, praises the provincial government, and notes island revenues fell about one million pesos in 1908 from 1907.
In Belgrade Montana during typhoid delirium farmer Louis Seifert fired three rounds from a repeating firearm at his wife as she tried to escape. A baby in her arms was struck in the arm and face but not seriously hurt. Seifert is in critical condition and considered unlikely to recover. He had been ill for days and, in a delirious outburst, proclaimed I am God and I am in heaven.
An omnibus bill proposing separate statehood for New Mexico and Arizona was introduced in the House on January 20 by Rep. Hamilton. The bill grants New Mexico two representatives elected at large with Santa Fe as capital until 1920, while Phoenix serves as Arizona’s capital until 1920 and the territory receives one representative and land grants for a university.
The Cheyenne Wyoming event offers a partly arranged third annual program with notable speakers from the U S Department of Agriculture. Topics include Conservation of Moisture and Dry Farming Grains on Russian Steppes. Governor B B Brooks presides as congress president.
Ed Holzheimer, Bannock county representative, is a fugitive. A warrant for forgery cites signing D J Brennan’s name to a deed and forging Brennan’s signature to a 1300 check. He vanished after Boise exposure, possibly heading to Canada or Mexico, and faces multiple alleged irregularities including bogus mortgages and forged documents.
Cheyenne Wyoming reports the biennial session nearing halfway with about a dozen liquor laws introduced and various county division proposals. Hot Springs and Parry counties are named as potential new divisions, while other counties may be split, potentially reshaping the state map though many measures face committee or chamber setbacks.
San Diego authorities report a court of appeals ruling in the Frank Abbott case that a divorced wife remains legally Abbott's wife even after she remarries. The will left $50,000 from Jacob Grundike to Abbott, with one third to Abbott's wife and one third to his child, a provision Abbott contested claiming he had no wife.
General Mazza and officials state refugees cannot be allowed to return home to excavate houses due to lodging limits. About 500 refugees on a harbor steamer were barred from landing for the same reason. A housing program for 40 000 is planned. Professor Villar, a Garibaldian veteran born in Messina in 1891, died aboard the Admiral Makaroff after being rescued from the ruins. The aftershocks keep residents anxious.
In Sundance Wyoming M Paxton a Kara creek rancher opened fire on his wife Mrs Paxton and her son Cecil Davis after allegedly declaring they would all die together. Mrs Paxton was wounded in the chin and is expected to recover while her son Cecil Davis was hit in the groin and likely to die. Paxton was wounded in the head, overpowered by William Davis, jailed and believed to be insane. Deputy Sheriff Leeman arrived to take charge.
Pasadena based report states Guy C. Dunn cashier of a Eldorado Kansas bank traveled east to face forgery charges after waiving extradition rights and paying travel expenses for himself and accompanying officials Chief H. H. Favour and Constable Walter C. Austin.
Coroner in Wichita finds Car HL Prone of Pueblo Colorado died by self inflicted morphine overdose. He had three prior suicide attempts last month including a shooting, poisoning, and an attempted river drowning in Pueblo.
Deputies from across Norway form a 630-signatory organization in Christiania to oppose the prohibition drive. It pledges liberty and health, vows nonpartisanship, and aims to shelter drunkards in asylums while promoting sound living principles. The press largely welcomes the plan.
Buena Vista Colorado March reports say W B McClure a 65 year old pioneer prospector in the Mount Princeton district was found frozen to death in his cabin at the mountain top. A neighbor who had missed him for days discovered the body after locating the ruined access and the cabin food supply was exhausted indicating starvation while the surrounding snow was reported ten feet deep and paths blocked by washed rails and heavy drifts.
In Havana Jose Miguel Gomez was sworn in as president of the reestablished Cuban republic in a ceremony on the palace balcony. The departure of former Governor Magoon marked the end of American control, and US warships left the harbor after the handover. Roosevelt sent a congratulatory message to Cuba's congress and president.
Helena Montana Governor Norris issues a proclamation offering four hundred dollars for the arrest and conviction of the murderer of John Hancock a miner lured to his death by a decoy note from a supposed sick friend at St Johns hospital Police have labored without result and the reward is aimed at spurring renewed effort in the case.
Italian societies in New York honor American consul Arthur E Cheney and Mrs Cheney killed in the Messina earthquake. Their bodies arrived on the Venezia and were escorted by thousands along Broadway as funeral music played.
Mrs. Chris Brown witnessed a horrific scene four miles from the Hotel Delmar as a mountain lion killed a two year old Balboa child inside a family tent. The beast devoured part of a log used to socket and then retreated as the mother screamed.
Seattle reporter Captain K. W. Johnston cites Nome miners seeking a $1 daily raise. About 1,200 laborers, working eight hours, have earned $3 daily plus board. mine owners reportedly plan to refuse the demand.
Cheyenne Wyoming hosts the third annual Dry Farming congress February 2 to 25. Delegates seek to rename the organization from dry farming to scientific farming or arid land culture, arguing the method reflects conservation of moisture by following nature's laws in autumn plowing burrowing mulching sowing.
Kansas City police seize Charles N. Nord's trunk containing hundreds of letters from women nationwide. The missives praise him as a fiancé and refer to supposed loans Nord allegedly borrowed but did not repay. Nord, a former Kansas City real estate dealer, is jailed on a passing worth lease check charge after being arrested on an Omaha warrant.
W B Goldsborough and George J Bancroft file water rights in Bummit Clear Creek and Jefferson counties. The plan irrigates 200000 acres in the South Platte valley with a 60 mile reclamation ditch linking to the Caller mountain tunnel. Five reservoirs will be constructed.
Washington report notes the House adopted a committee report to expunge Representative Willett of New York's speech critical of the president from the Congressional Record. Willett urged the record remain. the panel argues the house duty allows acta based criticism without personal attacks and abuse.
At the National Livestock association opening in Los Angeles about 250 delegates attended as some western stations were delayed by washouts. W A Harris of Kansas spoke on Our Foreign Markets while Joseph M Carey of Wyoming discussed Land Laws and administration. The executive slate calls for reelecting Jasio of Bakersfield and Murdo MacKengle of Trinidad Colo as officers with Carey to become vice president and Cowan of Fort Worth to be reappointed as attorney.
In Helena a man charged with breaking into a freight car claims his partner Charles McDonald and George Frankhauser were killed by a train near Moorehead last summer and buried by a railroad surfacing gang. Detective Martin Delaney will search Moorehead with Sheriff Whaley for the grave and seek a coroner’s inquiry if found.
A blaze at the Kendall residence in Bryson Hill, Dunbar, Pa destroyed the home. Mr and Mrs Kendall leaped from a second story window and were seriously hurt while trying to reach their four children who perished in the fire. The fire is believed to have started from a small generator stove left burning when the family retired.
Chicago headline recounts a near panic when Harry Powers detected smoke from a small fire in a neighboring area during a pantomime. He calmed the audience by announcing the blaze would be put out and urged patrons to stay seated, allowing the performance to continue.
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