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Newspaper
Garland Globe
Location
Garland, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1909
Page
5
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A sweeping Utah brief reports Loran meeting dates and labor strikes in Salt Lake City. It notes drownings, injuries from runaways, a newspaper carrier collision, a pioneer woman’s death, and a Salt Lake City mining man’s suicide attempt. Also covered are capital debates, a city bond election, a new town band, a Chinese student mental health case, a bulldog attack, county vote totals, a train accident, a wagon crash, a bankers association formation, a railroad death, a child killed by a machine, and a Navajo youth sentenced to five years.
Havanna secretary of state Velez rejected Spain's plan for Cuba to assume part of the Spanish debt incurred during colonial rule. He said negotiations were amicable but Cuba cannot accept since it would violate the Cuban constitution. Spain had urged discussing debt responsibility tied to Cuba's former status as a colony.
In Idaho near Deary Philip Clemens killed his wife after she arrived with four men to collect belongings. Wanted by a posse, Clemens fortified a house and fired on approaching outsiders. He then shot himself to death during the ensuing confrontation.
San Francisco jury deadlocked after ten for acquittal and two for conviction in the United Railroads bribery case. Patrick Calhoun, declaring disappointment, vows to press charges against Assistant District Attorney Heney and financiers Spreckels and Phelan, claiming an unfair trial and hostile judge.
Washington report notes President Taft urges a 2 percent excise tax on net income of corporations, excluding national banks and certain savings entities, and seeks constitutional amendment to permit income taxes without court interference. He cites Pollock v Farmers Loan & Trust as restraint on taxation.
A Russian torpedo boat fired on the British steamer Woodburn near Birke Bay after signals were not answered. A crewman was wounded by a torpedo hit in the boiler, the engineer received leg injuries and was treated aboard the Russian cruiser Asia, then Woodburn returned to port. The Russian commander cited lack of signaling in explanation.
New York Governor Hughes appointed committee released findings after investigating speculation in securities and commodities. They reviewed the New York stock, Consolidated stock, Cotton, Produce, Coffee, Mercantile and Metal exchanges and the Curb market. A key conclusion states the Mercantile and Metal exchanges cause harm to producers and consumers and their charters should be repealed.
New York statistician W. W. Bule testified in the government suit against coal operators arguing the Roosevelt settlement of 1909 boosted prices. He noted miners gained about 17 million dollars in wages since 1902 while operators benefited equally, implying the public bore about 34 million dollars in higher coal costs.
A Missoulian special from Eddy Montana reports KE P Courtney deputy forest guard and his 1-year-old niece Imogene Wilde drowned while crossing the Clark Fork river in a sail skiff near the Eddy depot. Mrs Courtney survived after clinging to the overturned craft as the river ran flood high and swept the others away. Courtney was a noted former western newspaperman.
The state supreme court struck down the primary law passed by the Forty fifth general assembly. Critics cited cumbersome procedures and voter eligibility restrictions as flaws. The decision may spur a special legislative session this fall.
Mrs Phoebe Clayton of Freehold New Jersey died in Long Branch hospital from blood poisoning caused by dye from her stockings penetrating a wound. She was riding a light runabout when a turn toppled the wagon, throwing her and breaking her leg. A deep wound with the stocking embedded led to amputation but gangrene developed and she did not survive.
Washington residents expressing confidence in Commander Robert Peary believe he has planted the Stars and Stripes at the North Pole after departing Etah Greenland on August 17 1908. No news has arrived since then though a telegraph link is unlikely until August or September if successful.
Statistics from the bureau of statistics report total imports into the Philippines for 1908 reached 29,186,120 dollars. Exports to the islands from the United States amounted to 0,000,698 dollars while official U S imports excluding government supplies and free entries stood at 5,101,806 dollars amid ongoing railway construction.
New York report says Loon Ling the China man suspected of murdering Elizabeth Sigel may never be found. Police call the search hopeless though the mutilated body of the girl left in a trunk in his room will not be buried in the morgue. Paul Sigel, the father, claimed and denied that the victim was his daughter.
In the Nippu Jiji Sunday issue an appeal calls for Japanese government interference in the Honolulu strike. It claims Japanese workers have received special treatment from courts and territorial authorities. The Jiji has backed leaders of the higher base movement since the sugar plantation strike began.
In Glendive Montana a coroner's jury rules Alexander Atkinson's death a suicide but conflicting tales linger. Found dead in his rough ranch home eighteen miles from town, his body was decomposed after several days, and two boys report seeing smoke issuing from the chimney on Sunday. He had been shot in the head.
Sixteen Sunday school children near Martin Springs in Sparta Georgia were struck by lightning while taking shelter under a tree. Initially believed dead, doctors found all survived, though six children died later from injuries.
A grub stake mining suit in Goldfield Nevada involving about 230000 dollars was settled out of court. George B Mechem of New York and L L Patrick president of the First National Bank of Goldfield resolved their dispute over an option on the Combination mine without further litigation. Mechem had claimed the sum was due for an option sale and grub stake service.
In San Francisco a widow, Mrs Elizabeth Albert, offers her baby for sale to secure a ticket to Germany. She says her mother is dying there and she must reach her, claiming she is ill and unable to support the child since her husband died.
The Red Star steamer Zeeland from Antwerp to New York arrived at Southampton Sunday night badly damaged after a collision with an unknown vessel east of Dover. The vessel struck amidships in a dense fog and no wreckage or other boat was found. Lifeboats were lowered but no trace of the other ship was discovered. The Zeeland stayed nearby for some time before proceeding.
Charlea W. Morse the former king of law and influential banker in New York was freed on bail of $125,000 after leaving the Tombs. The United States government secured a substantial bond for his case, one of the largest for an individual crime conviction, totaling $126,000 and signed by twenty prominent New York figures.
Boston hospitals treated sixty five people for fireworks and pistol injuries during a Bunker Hill celebration. Many more were assisted at home by physicians as Charles Tong Grady concluded Thursday with an elaborate electrical pageant. The display symbolized the genius of the world with floats spotlighting brilliance and luxury of Athens.
A feud between local young men and a theatrical company ends in death and injuries. Dr. Charles L. Leninger is dead Frank McCullough is dying and Richard Blean is severely wounded. Herbert Orrin Pinnick 18 of French Lick Springs Indiana is jailed on alleged complicity. The clash followed jealousy over attention to young women.
Chicago report on W H Clark testimony in an alleged plot to bring Chinamen from Mexico. Clark, already pleading guilty, describes talks with dining car cooks on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and payments supplied by John Helbell, another conspirator.
Samuel Gompers reiterated Thursday night his resolve to defy court injunctions if needed to uphold what he calls constitutional rights. He heads to Europe as a labor envoy studying conditions affecting immigration and foreign competition with U.S. industries. The address was delivered at a bon voyage by the executive council of the American Federation of Labor.
Portland, Ore. John Braganza allegedly sold his wife to neighbor H. Ruddat for 150. Ruddat now faces alienation of affections charges, presenting the bill of sale as defense. The document lists Emma Braganza as purchaser and is dated March 4, 1909.
Senator Hughes of Colorado used his first senate speech during tariff debate on print paper and wood pulp. He responded to a Johnson clipping about a free lumber prank at the last Democratic convention and disputed Halley’s claim the party platform was drawn by one man. Hughes praised the Democratic presidential candidate and contrasted him with Roosevelt.
A bureau of Statistics statement warns that exports from the United States for the decal year will dip below 1900 and 1907 levels and likely underperform 1906. It cites domestic merchandise exports totaling 1.854 billion in 1907 and 1.718 billion in 1906 with an expected decline of about 200 million below 1900 and 1907, and around 60 million below 1906.
Great Britain has asked America not to preempt her claim for participation in the Hankow Sze Chuen railway loan of 27.5 million dollars. British, German and French bankers stand ready to take up the loan, with arrangements concluded after lengthy negotiations between all parties and the Chinese government. James Bryce, British ambassador in Washington, received the communication.
An angry mob of about 200 to 250 men in Ulysses forced the Right Rev. Bishop Bonacum and Fathers O'Brien and Kline to flee after they arrived to take formal possession of the local church. Father Murphy's supporters, both Catholic and non Catholic, joined the crowd and would have harmed the visitors without Father Murphy's intervention.
Nordstrom, convicted of murdering Jehn Peters son, a railroad construction foreman, was hanged in Silom Ore Adolph MN Nordstrom called for temperance in his final words and urged others to keep liquor down while expressing remorse.
New York Supreme Court Justice Proctor Clark urged Carnegie Institute graduates that women are often given to exaggeration on the witness stand. He advised caution in examinations of female witnesses and noted changes in public behavior, warning that oratory alone may die without discipline.
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