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Newspaper
Garland Globe
Location
Garland, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1909
Page
2
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Ephraim reports scarlet fever with only one death so far amid Utah news. Ogden capitalists discuss a woolen mill. Park City pool hall roof collapses. Salt Lake prepares flowers for G A R encampment. Dairy bureau bill attracts eight Utahns. Willard Fruitgrowers' stock drive under way. Kansas soldiers to Salt Lake for the encampment. Logan murder case hearing delayed. Grand and Green rivers to be surveyed under river and harbor bill. Cache county poultry show draws 600–700 birds. Jack Lex stabbed in Salt Lake City, not fatally. Ephraim man loses two toes to ice slip. Ogden boy breaks leg. House clerk's son injured at home. Western wool growers storage news brings Utah cheer. Stratfords buried together in Ogden. Spring City man injured at sawmill. Mormon president and party sail for the Sandwich Islands. Grantville miner commits suicide. Scofield shooting incident leaves two injured. Ogden hotel worker Lorenzo Stroebel commits suicide over unrequited love. Oregon doctor Dr Henry Hopkins dies after bathe. Salt Lake horse trader Charles Castle faces tongue-tie charge. Mrs May Hedge Wood dies under suspicious circumstances, suicide third attempt.
A mass meeting in South Omaha spurred a mob of 500 to 1,000 toward Greek quarters seeking vengeance for Patrolman Lowery. Two youths, Frank Sweeney and Joseph Gamble, about 15, were shot, eight others injured by missiles, and at least 30 buildings partly wrecked as foreigners were treated and sent home.
An unidentified Navajo war chief, aided by four Sioux chiefs, sprang from a crowded Union station crowd in Cincinnati, fatally stabbing Mrs. Anna Devord of Huntington and Max Meyers of Cincinnati, and seriously wounding Joseph W. Gordon of Cambridge as passengers tried to subdue him.
A new powder manufacturing firm backed by William A. Clark led interests plans a 3 million dollar plant in a San Francisco bay area county to compete with the powder trust. Partners include John Bermingham J A Folger and former state Senator Charles M Belshaw with a proposed site near Ann hole.
Washington reports that a judiciary subcommittee vote 3 to 2 found the president was not authorized to permit the absorption of Tennessee Coal and Iron by United States Steel. Roosevelt also unauthorised to block or enforce laws, with Sherman anti trust violations cited. Five-member panel led by Clarke, Kittredge, Dillingham, Culberson, Overman, split along party lines.
In San Luis Obispo California an organized plan to smuggle Chinese into the United States is revealed after twenty two Chinese migrants are found in a bonded box car sealed with a government stamp. The car, from Algiers near New Orleans, was delayed on the coast by landslides. Conductor Page heard voices and the sheriff broke the seals finding the half starved group with drained canteens.
In Salem Oregon Edward Harriman faced a sharp Senate rebuke on Friday. Lawmakers adopted a resolution to amend the state constitution to permit state ownership and construction of railroads, already passed by the House. Senators accused Harriman of obstructing central Oregon development and opposing the Spokane Portland and Seattle line down the Columbia River, treating central Oregon as his private domain.
John Douglass a 24 year old hotel worker in San Francisco is named heir in Colonel G H Warfield's will. The NY law firm notes he inherits 52000 dollars after serving as a polo pony jockey for Warfield, who mentored him. Douglass plans to travel in Europe. his father C K Dougan attorney of Los Angeles confirms.
The Printing Investigation commission reports public printing expenses grew from 200000 in 1840 to over 7000000 in 1906. The panel cites annual savings of more than half a million dollars due to recommended legislation and supervision powers granted to the joint committee on printing.
Carson, Nevada. The Supreme Court reverses a lower court ruling in Burke & Co. of Goldfield versus Hamilton Buck. Buck had given Burke a check, burned by gambling losses, and Burke sued the bank after Buck ordered it dishonored. The court’s unanimous decision bars collection of such gambling debts in this state.
Leo Boxemer was found guilty of kidnapping for ransom after a 20 hour trial in Mount Vernon. In October he abducted Edward Pinelish, a millionaire logger, near Mount Vernon in Skagit County, forced him to drive to woods and bind him to a tree while coercing a $5,000 ransom note to his wife. The victim escaped before payment was made.
A 3 am Lovelock fire due to an exploding gasoline light machine destroyed a $40,000 property and endangered thirty residents. The flames began at the Stag Inn and spread to the Franklin hotel, which housed sleeping guests, burning through half a block of business properties before volunteers contained the blaze.
Los Angeles and Los Angeles County prepare the first divorce court in the state and possibly the nation. Judge James will be the initial judge and begin May 1, dedicating nearly all his time to divorce matters for a one year term before a second judge assumes duties.
Governor Gillett signed the Walker Otis act banning track gambling in California. The law takes effect March 10 and carries penalties of not less than thirty days in jail up to one year. It closes Emeryville and Arcadia tracks and all pool selling at race venues statewide. The measure passed the assembly 67 to 10 and the senate 32 to 7.
President Roosevelt directed Secretary Bacon to extend a formal invitation to foreign powers for an annual conference on natural resource conservation to be held at The Hague next September. The invitation follows a luncheon for commissioners from the United States Canada and Mexico with Ambassador Bryce Senator Knox and others present. Knox, set to join Taft's cabinet, supports a world conference. All forty five nations at the Hague peace conference would be invited.
In Ely Nevada a gun battle erupted at a John Krompo home when Mike Rakisch and Nick Evanesvich Austrians opened fire on a crowd of about thirty revelers. Twenty two bullet holes marked the walls yet only two people were wounded. The attackers allegedly lashed out after being accused of Greek Catholic church membership.
R Mead Shumway, sentenced to die for the 1907 murder of Mrs. Sarah Martin, was granted a stay of execution by the supreme court on Friday, extending to March 5. The reprieve cites affidavits alleging juror remorse and a head injury impacting Shumway’s mind.
Topeka Kan The senate has concurred in the house amendments to the absolute prohibition bill It becomes law when signed by the governor and published It prohibits physicians from prescribing liquor and druggists from selling intoxicants for any purpose Governor Stubbs supports the measure
President Roosevelt opened the North American conservation conference at the White House urging a universal conservation congress inviting all nations to participate. Canadian and Mexican delegates echoed global cooperation while warnings of timber depletion underscored the need for immediate replanting and coordinated action across borders.
Mrs. Paul Meyer wife of a State School of Mines professor seeks Denver cremation to drive out evil spirits from her son James B Kemble. Kemble shot himself in the jail just as officers arrived on a warrant from W W Hughes secretary of the local Y M C A department.
Washington report states the enlarged homestead and dry farm bill has cleared both Senate and House and awaits presidential signature. The conferees’ report was adopted in the House on Thursday and the Senate action followed earlier. Senator Smoot will escort the bill to the White House for the president’s signature.
Sparka, Nev. Mrs. Tutts publicly horsewhipped Assistant Chief of Police Woes on Tuesday after claiming slander. She was found guilty of disturbing the peace and fined $75 after a three hour police court trial on Thursday evening. Wrangles dominated the comedy hearing with near clashes between constable and city attorney. A dog barked in the courtroom, adding to the scene.
Chicago police Captain O Brien concluded Ella Gingles 18, found bound in Wellington hotel bathroom, did not suffer kidnapping after physician reports indicated only minor injuries and no drugs. O Brien dismissed her account as untrue.
President Roosevelt shares that engineers’ report favors continuing the adopted rock canal design over a sea level alternative. He notes the Gatun dam remains safe, calls cost and time of sea level shift prohibitive, and cites the total project cost at 360 million dollars with sanitation and zone government costs excluded.
News from Tehran reports a violent January earthquake across western Persia in Luristan. Sixty villages were destroyed or damaged with 6000 to 10000 lives lost and 15,000 cattle perished. Survivors flee to Burnjurd as appeals for aid reach the government.
Dr Ricketts of the University of Chicago reports a success in identifying the germ that causes spotted fever in his Bitter Root valley camp. He has devoted his time to the disease and hopes to perfect an antitoxin for the fever microbe soon.
The naval bill carrying total appropriations around 144 million dollars was passed by the Senate on Wednesday after three days of consideration. The measure restored the house provision for two 26,000 ton battleships at about six million dollars each and an effort to defeat the marine corps allocation failed.
Washington reports an extra session of Congress will convene March 16. President Taft approved the announcement as Senator Frye of Maine predicts a lengthy stay in Washington all summer, though he has canceled his usual summer trip. The note highlights a likely protracted tariff discussion and ongoing congressional work.
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