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Newspaper
Garland Globe
Location
Garland, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1908
Page
2
The Garland Globe lists publication as a weekly Utah newspaper. Subscription terms include one year for 1.60 dollars, six months and three months options with rates available on application. Editor and Manager is J. A. Wixom.
Twin Falls Idaho two Democratic conventions met Wednesday to choose two sets of delegates for the Denver national convention. One group backed Judge Perky Ada County after a split led by temporary chair Glen P McKinley. Regular delegates favor Fred T Dubois and others while bolting delegates backed by McKinley pledged to support William J Bryan at the convention. Despite noise and confusion no physical clashes occurred as the factions claimed their rights to representation.
Severe flooding in Montana has railroad lines from Deer Lodge westward under water or washed out, halting most trains for at least a week. The Hell Gate and Missoula rivers flood, nine feet above normal, tearing at roadbeds. Two lives were lost Wednesday when a rancher and his wife drowned in a coulee.
New Orleans marked the 100th birth anniversary of Jefferson Davis on June 8 with exercises. The day was observed as a holiday or partial holiday in Kentucky Florida Georgia Alabama Mississippi Texas South Carolina Louisiana Virginia and other states with schools and businesses varying in closure. In Louisiana a legal holiday was declared and New Orleans dedicated a site for a monument to President Davis by southern citizens.
London announces the penny postage will take effect October 1 between America and Great Britain. The rate is 1 penny per ounce, matching the British colonial system. Postmaster General Buxton expressed optimism that the lower rate will boost trade and goodwill, and the Commons welcomed the news with cheers.
Chicago Chief Shipley rejects the golden rule for police work at the International Association of Police Chiefs convention. He argues offenders require firm approach and cites a shift from past practices in Chicago. Detroit police were reviewed in the afternoon session.
A Sunday tornado hit Charles City Iowa demolishing about 200 residences and barns. One man W R Heck was killed and four children reported missing. The path was about ten rods wide from three miles southwest to northeast of town, lifting water from the river bed and snapping trees and rocks from their roots.
In Eufaula fourteen Checotah men and local citizens clashed on Sunday as F M Woods deputy constable and Joseph Parmeter were shot. Woods likely fatally wounded. Parmeter lightly hurt. The fighting followed Woods attempting to disarm Parmeter during an effort to seize county records and move them to Checotah, despite a supreme court injunction.
Dr Joseph Posplatel a pension office employee held police at bay for hours then shot himself Sunday morning in Washington He believed an attempt was being made to murder him and fired at pedestrians and neighbors homes then reload and shot at officers preventing access He fired about fifty shots none hit a target
Max W. Zucker maan of Zuckerman & Co. died at St. Mary's hospital from a gunshot wound he said came from a divorced wife a week earlier at his apartments. A note to Dr. Almer F. Veal outlined the alleged facts of the case.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra arrived on the royal yacht Victorian and Albert to a large public reception on Sunday. Salutes fired, German sailors cheered, and a guard of honor stood on the quay as bands played the Brukkh anthem. Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia visited the majesty and stayed aboard for nearly an hour.
A man 29 named George Beott shot and killed his wife Planche 19 on the sidewalk at Golden Gate Avenue and Webster Street then killed himself. The couple, recently married, had frequent jealous quarrels and both bodies were moved to the morgue.
In New York, fire bells and smoke drove more than a hundred Hotel Albert guests from their rooms early yesterday. Guests, scantily dressed, rushed downstairs with clothing and luggage, only to learn the fire was in a neighboring building and posed no danger. The blaze, started in Carleheek ta, was extinguished with losses around $6,000.
A violent tornado crossed southern Nebraska and northern Kansas causing extensive destruction. At least twenty one dead and many injured as towns like Avron Neb and Courtland Kan report isolation. Heavy rains hampered relief efforts and left many homeless after the late evening strike.
In Laguaira Venezuela the port remains shut as the plague worsens with daily new cases. The May 24 decree to reopen the port has not been rescinded, and merchants funds are exhausted leaving the destitute without relief or help.
Preparations are complete in Salt Lake City for the fifteenth annual outing and grand council of the United Commercial Travelers on June 18 19 and 20. Delegates plus large regional crowds are expected with committees reporting progress on parade entertainment decorations and visitor programs.
In Silverton Colorado twenty three workers are missing and feared dead after a fire at the Gold King mine in Gladstone. A 34 man rescue team found bad air and gas on the fifth level while searching for the missing. fourteen escaped to the surface while twenty were overcome.
In a filed will Mrs. Mary Ryan leaves half her $50,000 estate to three sisters she forgot names and addresses for. Two located sisters are Mrs. Katherine Whitney and Mrs. Anna Doud, both of Brooklyn. Gridget Laddy the third sister’s whereabouts and married name are unknown.
Douglas C. Cordiner of Laramie Wyoming, a United States Naval Academy graduate, eloped with Miss Frances Lipscomb of Washington and married in Baltimore. Lipscomb’s parents opposed the marriage but allowed it now. Cordiner is assigned to the battleship Mississippi for the Mediterranean station this summer, after which he and his wife will part.
Marty Relber and John Young, former paying teller and auditor at Farmers' Deposit National Bank, were sentenced to ten years in prison for embezzling 1 105 000. Attorney Ferguson said the shortage began with the Lester wheat deal in Chicago in 1897. Young started the speculation and caused a loss of 10 000, the defalcation then grew.
At the Pantheon during Enile Zolas canonization ceremony in Paris a man, Louis Anthone Gregori, fired twice at Major Alfred Dreyfus. The shots caused panic but Dreyfus was only wounded in the forearm and not fatally harmed. Gregori was seized by soldiers and jailed amid a Paris-wide uproar over motives linked to royalist circles and the Dreyfus affair.
Mrs Madeline King of Olalla Washington was jailed for murder after admitting she learned cremation then built a funeral pyre to destroy her husband Edward King. She had visited West Seattle daughter Anna Marie Fisher when the neighbor’s cremation question sparked her plan.
Washington reports banks holding government deposits must pay interest under the new currency law. An exception applies to national depositories, used strictly for government expenses. About 72 million dollars of funds must accrue interest, with a similar amount in depositories not taxed.
The American Tuberculosis League, a national nonprofit of physicians and lay members, opened its first annual convention in St Louis to unite medical and legal efforts against the white plague. The group aims to develop eradication methods through medicine and legislation and owns no property.
In Butte Montana eight inches of snow melted into slush after daylight rain. Telegraphic service and power were cut. Mayor Corby refused to restart streetcars or power leaving the city in darkness. Mines closed and rail links east of Missoula damaged with weeks of repair ahead. Northern Pacific mobilizes pile drivers as floods push on. ten thousand men battle rising waters amid the continuing downpour.
A late Friday tornado near Geneva Nebraska kills four and injures several, destroying John H. Shively farm buildings. Shively, his wife and workers suffer severe injuries while the four year old daughter and a woman named Smith die instantly. The storm damages multiple structures including the industrial school engine house and farmhands face probable fatal injuries.
A steam pipe burst in the starboard engine room of the U S armored cruiser Tennessee off Point Hueneme California during a speed trial at nineteen knots. Four sailors were killed and ten injured all those in the compartment at the moment. The blast occurred minutes after Admiral Uriel Sebree Captain F J Howard and Chief Engineer Robertson had left the engine room.
A fatal auto mobile accident occurred near Brunswick Germany on Friday. Lieutenant Commanderman and First Lieutenant Johannes Fritzsche were killed. Vicet Liew tenant Elmanhorst and the chauffeur Elcke were severely injured. The old power machine veered to avoid a girl and lost power, causing the car to overturn.
In a head on crash on the Washington Baltimore and Annapolis electric railroad near Annapolis eight persons were killed instantly and many injured as the line ran extra cars for Naval Academy festivities. The wrecked cars were specials and the accident stemmed from order confusion.
With returns nearly complete from all counties, Joseph W. Brown leads with a 15000 plurality in the Thursday Georgia Democratic primary. Governor Smith loses Fulton and other large counties as Pardes march in Atlanta Friday celebrating Brown’s victory. Bread and bread‑type props echo the slogan Hrown and Hread Hoke and Hard Tack.
Oregon voters favor Democrat Governor Chamberlain as the next U S senator, with the legislature likely to lean Republican. The process hinges on the six to eight week plan of Statement No 1 legislators, who pledge to back the people's endorsement, while anti Statement No 1 members seek to elect by the old method.
A Tuesday fire at Mrs Mooney's boarding house on West Thirtieth Street trapped twenty boarders. A young woman jumped from the roof to the street and died, others burned, and Mrs Mary Haggerty suffered burns and smoke inhalation leaving her in critical condition as flames cut off escape.
Secretary Root selects the United States Tokio Exposition Commission for 1912 with Francs Loomis Frederick J W Skiff and Franela D Miller named as commissioners general The group to be formally appointed soon will elect a secretary and other clerical officers for the mission.
Hammond announces his bid for the Republican vice presidential nomination after western friends urge him to run. Born in California, he is now a resident of Gloucester Massachusetts and was once tied to the Giantvevelm Mining company with no current Smelting Trust links.
Lowell Mass Barney Oldfield announces he has quit auto racing after last Sunday night’s accident. He says he is serious and has taken a job as a chauffeur for H W Whipple an Andover banker whose car is only thirty horsepower and slow. Oldfield cancels all race engagements.
Washington reports that the 1092 convention against white slave traffic, signed by the United States and most European powers, will be proclaimed by President Roosevelt. Secretary Root coordinates with city police and immigration officers to curb importation and exportation of the targeted class of women.
Victoria B C reports from Australia that strong preparations are under way to greet the American battleship fleet at Sydney and Melbourne. Australian papers praise the visit for signaling sea power and note elaborate celebrations, banquets, balls, regattas, and sports in the cities to be visited.
Deputy wounded and assailants reported as seven Negroes opened fire near Hitchcock as Sheriff George W. Garrison attempted to arrest Alf Hunter also known as James Kingsbury. Hunter had killed Susie Pride in Oklahoma City on May 10, prompting the confrontation Friday night three miles east of Hitchcock.
Report from Manila states Harry Ickis, a government mining expert, and a guard were killed by Moros on April 1 in a remote mountain hut. Two Moros brothers carried out the murders, allegedly seeking revenge for their father killed years earlier by Spaniards.
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