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Newspaper
Garland Globe
Location
Garland, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1909
Page
2
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Coal price cut to $5.00 per ton for Salt Lake residents. May daylight sightings as 7000 spectators attended opening of bicycle racing season in Salt Lake City. Ogden hosted a three day state skopal convention. Fires started by two boys destroyed a Beofeld hay barn. State funds show May receipts of $41,498.10 against expenditures of $198,499.28. Green River sees 23 new homes. demand outstrips supply. Latham jailed three years for firing on a policeman in Salt Lake City. Summit county reports 140 eighth grade graduates in Park City. Iron workers strike disrupts Salt Lake City, non-union workers filling roles. Two Eastern men constructing a boat to navigate Green and Grand rivers. Gasoline powered the present, Huston found dead in Salt Lake cafe. Cantalooupes to be planted near Green River. frost cut meat in valley slows fruit market. Ogden police suspect a convict arrested in Omaha for overruns. White Elephant gambling house incident near Ogden. accident injures hand. Whitney Rynders severely injured by streetcar in Salt Lake City. Hyrum to remodel electric plant. service to expand. Ogden gambling-house employee Clayton attempts self-harm near Layton. Salt Lake capitalists buy Utah Marble company near Logan. plan to reopen. Cedar Valley dry farming praised after three years. promising grain around Fairfield. Gustavus Perry, 20, Willis boy, injured when horse fell, breaking left leg. Salt Lake City to host old folks convention with free rail transport on June 2. Mrs Huston tragedy follow-up notes and funeral. Judge Henry Perry Henderydon, renowned East Lake City educator, dies at 65 from pneumonia.
National banks report strong 1909 deposits totaling over 4.8 billion dollars, aided by increases in loans and total resources. Since May 14, 1908, bank numbers rose by 106, with 71 Oklahoma banks withdrawing from the national system to reorganize under state law. Despite withdrawals, aggregate capital, surplus, and profits reached 1.729 billion dollars, up 68.1 million.
The French Aerial league plans a network of dirigibles from Paris to Nancy Lyons Pan and Rouen. Five airships, 60 to 80 meters long, will operate with capacities of 4,500 6,000 and 7,000 cubic meters. Average speed 31 mph. The dirgible Wille Nancy completed, serving Paris Nancy with daily stops at Meaux and Rheims.
Fred Bachman a paralyzed bricklayer in Butte Montana died from burns after a curtain ignited from a lit pipe while he lay on a couch. His equally paralyzed mother could not help. Firemen extinguished the flames. Bachman had been a longtime resident.
Topeka Kan United States District Attorney H J Bone says Cudahy Packing Company paid 82000 to the government under indictments for alleged internal revenue law violations. Indictment 605 counts remain pending. The firm was charged with affixing a one fourth cent revenue stamp on oleomargarine that required a ten cent stamp.
President Taft sent a special message to Congress on Saturday praising Charles B. Magoon former provisional Cuban governor and Major General Thomas H. Barry in command of U S forces. He expressed hope the new Cuban government would gain strength and self sufficiency under the constitution.
Denver report: a railroad torpedo exploded after striking claude hackney on the head during a south platte to denver Eagles picnic train. tom brennan struck hackney with a lantern. four torpedo devices attached to the lantern tore an eye and caused grave injuries with doubtful recovery prospects.
In Oregon City Oregon Bert Garrett blew up his home with dynamite in a fit of insanity killing his wife and daughter. A second daughter Villa 16 was injured and may die. Garrett and his wife died at the scene the blast also killed the youngest child Heulah. Neighbors recall no prior threat and say Garrett had recently spoken of self harm.
Citizens of two republics commemorated the reconstruction of a city after being nearly annihilated three years earlier. Jean Jules Jusserand presented Mayo E R Taylor with a gold medal from France while the mayor praised Lafayette and French allies of the American Revolution, marking a brilliant post earthquake gathering.
Paris report that Andrew Carnegie contributed 1,000,000 dollars to a hero fund. He notes the fund's success in Canada, America and Ireland and extends benefits to France. He foresees an era of peace among France, Great Britain and America and calls war among them inconceivable.
Washington reports six hundred thousand dollars will be spent in 1908 1909 and the same sum for 1909 1910 to build roads trails telephone lines and other permanent improvements on national forests. Rangers need a system of trails along routes that offer best control for patrolled areas.
Washington reports a North American health conference session highlighted dangers in shipping bodies of infectious disease victims across states. A committee criticized the current system and called for changes to the regulations adopted twelve years ago to protect the living.
Forty six indictments returned by a Nevada grand jury accuse officers of Pittsburg Silver Peak and Florence Goldfield Mining companies of false reports to the state mining tax collector over property output. Names withheld until served. Prominent officials tied to the firms include United States Senator Oliver of Pennsylvania and Senator William Flynn of Pittsburg, with A D Parker and Thomas Lockhart also linked to interests in Goldfield Florence.
South honors anniversary of birth of Jefferson Davis as Fairview hosts a day of oratory music and flowers. Kinship ties with Hodgenville and Glasgow frame a drive to raise funds for a memorial temple and a Confederate widows residence on the Davis farm. General Bennett H. Young led the address and emphasized honoring the South while praising Lincoln. Funds aim to reach 94000 more for the temple and widow housing.
President Taft informed Senator Gigeonhelm of Colorado that due to Mrs. Taft’s illness he cannot visit the West as early as planned and must postpone the August itinerary. The trip would have included Salt Lake City encampment at August 10, Trans-Mississippi Congress at Denver August 16, Gunnison Irrigation opening August 19, and Alaska rail plans. He regrets disappointing friends and organizations who invited him.
Honolulu report shows ten of eleven lepers returned for reexamination free of disease. Ages range from six to seventy nine, with many having lived years in the Molokai settlement. Some may petition to return to the world, while a few were moved there before the bacteriological test era.
The decomposed body of Edward Finley, who killed James Rafferty in a Kalispell saloon on December 4, was found two miles southeast of the city. A Winchester rifle lay in his hands, the same weapon used to kill Rafferty after an alleged short change dispute with the bartender. The skull showed a brutal, fatal wound.
Nela Larsen used a ruse to lure a highwayman shadowing him then delivered a knockout punch under the chin. Policeman Dan Martin arrived after the assailant collapsed. The highwayman identified as Clyde Irvin after the Washington avenue incident.
In Bingham Utah at the Berkely Club saloon Pete Bogdan, a bartender, shot and killed George Donich at 2 am after Donich swore at him and drew a revolver. Bogdan fired in self defense striking Donich through a post as he prepared to shoot.
A Denver syndicate takes control of the Ar kenting Central railroad from Silver Plume to Mount McClellan, built to move ore from the Waldorf mine to Silver Prime. The 18 mile line may extend 3.5 miles to Gray's Peak summit for a summer hotel, reaching about 14 400 feet.
Ralph Rogers and his son Leslie Rogers were attacked by two Indian police from the Agua Caliente reservation near Palm Springs. After surrendering following gunfire they were handcuffed together and kept in the desert under 115 degree heat for eight hours over a land ownership dispute.
Spokane reports from Lewiston Idaho indicate the Clearwater river is a torrent nearing high water levels of 1894. The Commercial Trust company bridge at Lewiston is in danger. the Snake river stands seventeen feet above low water, one foot below the record high. Several low land houses flood. Kamiah pier for the new steel bridge washed away. Freer rail line at risk with another foot rise.
W H Smith of the city built a new dirigible balloon. M Seeler guided the craft from Edgemont Alabama nine miles toward Belleville Illinois then zigzagged and returned. Steering apparatus fouled a chimney and broke, yet the airship landed safely without mishap.
The St Petersburg empire council adopted the marine budget restoring 1.7 million rubles rejected by the Duma to fund four new battleships authorized in 1908. Construction has not begun, keel of the first two ships due July 18 and August 3. Vice Admiral Birllief, ex-minister of marine, called for selling all aging vessels.
Striking lumber men drop demand from 50 cents to 26 cents daily. McCloud Lumber Co refuses to concede and threatens permanent closure if replacement workers cannot be found. With the strike seen as lost, many workers prepare to quit. Company reportedly holds over $200,000 in the bank for employee benefits.
In Alpina Michigan a 12 year old, Joseph Jeskonsaki, climbed into a Detroit and Mackinac railroad locomotive, opened the throttle, and jumped free as the engine rolled toward a parked freight train. The locomotive and several freight cars were wrecked, $4,000 in damage recorded, the boy slightly injured and arrested.
In San Francisco, William Graham, married to Hannah E. Carroll the night before, killed himself by swallowing crude carbide acid after confessing to the bride that he had another wife. Overwhelmed by remorse and reproach, he chose death moments after the wedding celebrations.
Rioting erupted when Philadelphia Rapid Transit attempted to run non union crews at night. At least one hundred men were seriously hurt as mobs attacked motormen and conductors, vandalized cars, and forced cars back to barns across Kenningon and downtown districts. Police suffered injuries as crowds resisted efforts to control the unrest.
A three mile by 200 foot landslide along Mule creek near Roosevelt Idaho floods the town. The back waters push the creek out of its bed, most buildings float, Caswell Curran placer property and heavy machinery buried. no lives or injuries reported, chaotic conditions prevail.
Judge Anderson postponed the hearing to October 1 in the criminal libel case against Delavan Smith and Charles R. Williams owners of the Indianapolis News. Government witnesses are to be heard, delaying proceedings that involve prominent financiers politicians and government officials.
In McCloud California on Wednesday striking shingle mill workers overran the Sisson and Hechting plant, taking control from 25 deputies. About 200 to 400 armed strikers marched on the plant, forced workers to quit, and left no shots fired. Troops had been ordered to the scene.
Los Angeles report states Mrs. Eugene Bennett probably murdered. District Attorney's office reports the cause of death as unknown. Harper Bennett, real estate man and husband, is held for preliminary examination. He sued a grocery firm for damages over his wife's death, alleging poisoning from canned chili con carne.
Delaware River near Fort Mifflin yields an obstruction after a government boat study. Officials speculate the find could be a sunken English treasure ship from the 1812 era, believed to have carried gold and military gear. Evidence includes helmets once worn by English soldiers and other gear.
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