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Newspaper
Garland Globe
Location
Garland, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1908
Page
2
The Garland Globe notes Saturday publication, subscription prices for one year at 1.60, six months 0.76, and three months 0.60. Advertising rates are available on request. Editor and Manager is D. A. Wixom.
An American correspondent interviews General Stoessel, defender of Port Arthur, in prison at the Winter Palace. Stoessel describes the harsh conditions, his faded status, and the sense of loss from his once honored uniform. He speaks of living a degraded, vegetable existence and the dim regret of his former role.
The narrative recalls a retired officer in St Petersburg who, though confined, keeps routines and memories alive. He describes daily tea, bread shortages, walks in the garden, weekly visitor rights, and a rare daily reunion with his wife. He guides a visitor through his sparse room and the view of the Neva and the Winter Palace, before a guard interrupts.
Great Falls Montana four teenage boys confessed to holding up Great Northern train No. 240 near the stock yards north of Great Falls Saturday night about 10 20. Albert Hatch 16 Harry Rheams 15 William Randall 17 George Creswell 16 aided by a fifth youth in planning. They forced the conductor to collect money and wounded Dempsey and Conductor Hayes during the robbery.
Disturbing crime in Rue de Vaugirard reveals the brutal strangling of distinguished painter Adolphe Steinhell and his mother in law. The house was ransacked. Steinhell’s wife, gagged and bound, attributes the murder to two men and a woman, whom she believes included a model employed by her husband.
The Senate adopted the conferees' report on the Aldrich Vreeland emergency bill by 42 to 22, completing the last congressional step toward enacting emergency currency legislation after a strenuous session marked by a vigorous but small opposition.
Washington reports the Sixtieth Congress ends at midnight after a day of singing by Republicans honoring Speaker Cannon and Democrats in memory of W. J. Aryan. The Senate winds down with engrossing bill signing as currency measures pass amid cloture debates, with President Roosevelt and cabinet present.
A 14 year old aeronaut from New Haven Connecticut died near Padsale New Jersey after a parachute drop from a balloon at Hillside Park. He became entangled in a large American flag that wrapped around his legs and hindered his escape in the river Passage.
Paris prepares to publish instructions to General DAmade detailing a gradual French troop pullout from Morocco. Native Moorish forces would replace them as quickly as possible. The plan hinges on Tangier and Algeciras Act compliance, with concern over Mulai Hafid’s possible rise and German reaction.
The currency commission chosen by Vice-President Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon met to organize and discuss plans. Senator Aldrich was named chairman with Representative Vreeland as vice chairman, acknowledging the law under which the panel was formed.
An anonymous bloody letter warned Father Peter J. O Callaghan head of the Paulist order in Chicago and lawyer Francis Hinckley theyface death. The note claimed St Marys Church at Wa bash avenue and Hubbard court would be blown up with dynamite. The unsigned missive, dropped into the churchs poor box, depicted skulls and crossbones.
Laporte Indiana auction drew between four and five thousand people for the sale of Mrs Belle Gunness belongings. Many items fetch five to ten times cost with total receipts well above ordinary sale estimates. Vendors and lunch stands prospered as up to five hundred rigs gathered around the farm at peak.
Yellow flag signals on the battleship Kentucky at Bremerton navy yard as smallpox develops aboard. One sailor is confined and several show signs of the illness. The ship will be fumigated. an epidemic could delay its return to San Francisco to rejoin the Atlantic fleet next month.
A man about 33 was found murdered in a Butte lodging house Friday morning with his throat cut from ear to ear. The room and corpse were stripped of clues. A letter to Hol Smith from a sister, Castleton, was found, but the envelope was missing. The deceased bore a card of a labor lumerman from the Western Federation of Miners and was visited by The Potomac Lodge.
Washington reports the death of former United States Senator James Kimbrough Jones of Arkansas at his home at 6 40 PM after a brief illness. A Democrat leader, he chaired the Democratic National Committee and guided the Bryan campaigns of 1896 and 1900. Born in Mississippi in 1849, Jones served in the Confederate ranks and later held three Senate terms before retiring in 1903.
Treasury officials moved to implement the new currency law as printing of notes starts within ten days. Assistant Secretary Coolidge met with Director Rolph and W. Aldridge to authorize the process. The notes will match national bank issues except for the legend change to "or other securities" and about 203 million in old notes will be released as new notes are produced.
Chicago reports Dr. L D Mason of the American Society for the Study of Inebriety notes water intoxication can occur from excessive water intake externally or internally. He cites a friend who spends hours in a bathtub and drinks large amounts of water, risking bodily harm. He warns many people may be victims of this condition as dangerous as overindulgence in alcohol.
The Panama presidential campaign aims for a July election with revolutionary tendencies raising concern. The American government plans to deploy 500 marines to election sites, assigning troops where needed to ensure a fair and honest vote.
Los Angeles federal grand jury returned many indictments including three against Southern Pacific for alleged Sherman act rebates. Twenty-nine counts cover rebating charges on citrus shipments from Riverside and on rice shipments from San Francisco to local Chinese merchants.
Downgale Michigan James Briving King stoln, arrested after his wife said he strangled David Huff, who lived with them, and tied to seven other killings, was released because his wife could not testify against him and no other evidence supported her statement.
General Stephen D. Lee, former lieutenant general and commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans, died Thursday at Captain W. T. Ridley’s residence. A West Point graduate and Civil War veteran, Lee led Vicksburg siege forces, was exchanged after capture, later led the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College, and served as UCV head during reunions. He was born in 1833 in South Carolina.
Washington reports that information is refused by responsible persons about a published statement that General Luke E. Wright of Tennessee has been selected to succeed Secretary Taft upon retirement. The denial does not dismiss the likelihood that the report has foundation.
In Ligonier Indiana William Patterson kidnapped Mrs Sargent on a Thursday afternoon. A posse pursued and shot Patterson dead after he was wounded by the abductor. The fatal shot was fired by Patterson’s brother in law. Patterson and wife had recently separated and Patterson blamed Mrs Sargent. The Pattersons resided near Lake Wawasee where Mrs Sargent was also staying as a friend of Mrs Patterson.
N D Ambrose, known as Dutch, rode into a Divid pig and fired on buildings injuring editor J A Lipphardt in the hand while pursuing an attack on Ik Todd, with 30 to 40 shots exchanged. A dozen armed citizens joined the confrontation and Dutch was fatally struck in the head.
Chicago report details nine coaches of an express on the Chicago and North Western line at forty five mph passing over Julia Welgie two years old at Mayfair without harming her. Engineer James Lewis leaped from the cab, halted the engine, and found the child alive and uninjured between the rails, saved by miraculous timing.
President Roosevelt approves a measure titled to foster coal deposit development in Alaska. It restricts holdings to 2 560 acres per person or group and imposes forfeiture of excess lands as a penalty to prevent monopolies.
Cruce former Oxford mayor reports Japan fortified Port Arthur as a Gibraltar in Manchuria with new batteries and military activity. Dalny also being fortified rapidly as the American fleet nears, signaling preparations for possible contingencies in coming years.
Washington reports total coal costs for the world cruise of the Atlantic battleship fleet. Coal to complete the voyage is estimated at about 6.0 million dollars, with 2.099 million dollars needed to move the fleet from San Francisco to Hampton Roads via Honolulu Manila and the Suez Canal. Australia offers free coal during its waters but the U.S. will supply American coal for the entire cruise.
Senator Gallinger expresses optimism that the ocean mail bill will pass next December after a narrow House defeat. He notes the measure already passed the Senate and was sustained in the wartime appropriation bill by 46 to 12. He dismisses foreign shipowners’ rejoicing as premature.
Dense fog along the English Channel caused several ship collisions Sunday night with the British steamer Queenswood sinking in harbor after damage from a collision with the Spanish steamer Bermeo. The Bermeo also leaked badly while the Loanda crew reported collision after landing.
During Methodist services in Oakfield Wisconsin Grant Poole 35 shot and killed Mrs E H Orvis a leading village resident as Rev Sabin Halsey finished services and greeted parishioners at the vestibule door Poole fired three shots after Mrs Orvis declined his attention to their daughter
Chicago Jugend David Jacobson, 19, arrested on knowledge of the Holmes murder, admits being present at the scene while denying participation. He names three other men in custody. Holmes, Edison Commonwealth purchasing agent, was found dead in an alley on May 21.
Chicago headlines reveal James A. Patton and partners closed a May corn play described as a corner scheme. Officials estimate profits near two million though Patten himself says he does not know the exact amount. The play centered on holdings of options between 65 and 60 cents.
Arizona Democrats met in Tucson and elected delegates to vote for William J. Bryan. The crowd gave Bryan a sustained cheer while Delegate Mark A. Smith, a twenty year Arizona congressman, received the day’s greatest ovation and strong support.
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