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Newspaper
Garland Globe
Location
Garland, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1906
Page
2
After three months of talks a strike commission award is extended for three more years to March 31, 1909. Miners who did not commit violence will be rehired and no one will be punished for strike actions. Operators hail the first general agreement as a step toward regular accords with employers.
Washington reports from consul J Jarvis Bowens in Guadaloupe say the mob controls the town and authorities cannot restrain it. Election troubles sparked several weeks of rioting culminating on election day. With few Americans present, shipments of American goods remain, and Admiral William H Sutherland orders a warship to safeguard American interests.
Salt Lake City Rowland Hall pupils held a May 4 field day on the school lawn with scores of friends attending. Miss Anna Isabel Brooks directed the physical work, starting with a student march and concluding with relay races and various games including tennis basketball and tether ball.
Seattle telegram reports Frank E. Creffield, leader of the Holy Rollers, was shot in the forehead and killed on First Avenue near Cherry Street. George Mitchell, who fired the fatal shot, says he avenged his family by wiping out the stain of his sisters’ seduction by Creffield.
In New York at a West 76th Street home Mrs Mary Waters shot her eldest daughter Agatha 26 then killed herself Ruth 17 was spared. Doctors say temporary insanity due to worry over Agatha’s ill health. Mrs Waters wife of John R Waters a wealthy insurance broker aged 62.
Pullan Pay finie, an Austrian, admitted shooting his wife seven times in the head as she slept in Newport News Virginia. He said she had been discharged from an insane asylum to February and asked to die rather than return, and that he bathed and shrouded the body before surrendering to police.
Durban dispatch reports Colonel Mansell's column pursuing Chief Bambaata's rebels near Ceitiwaya’s grave. About 200 Zulus attacked from a forest as Mansell, supported by fellow columns from Fort Yolland, sought to trap Bambanta's force of over 1000. Sixty of Mansell's men died and three were wounded amid furious fighting.
Byron L. Smith of Chicago was appointed receiver for Traders' Insurance Co by Judge Julian Mack amid San Francisco fire losses. The firm, once a leading Western fire insurer, faced about 3.748 million in claims with assets not exceeding 9 million and unpaid leases total 111,962. Fifteen stockholders including John A. King and Abram Poole backed the filing. Smith's bond stood at 2 million.
Secretary Taft allocates about 200000 dollars from a 2500000 dollar relief appropriation for San Francisco disaster relief. General Greely will pay for already purchased supplies and future needs including fresh meat. Rents from quartermaster stores and related charges will be returned to the army for future use.
In St. Petersburg the resignation of Count Witte as premier was accepted. Privy Councillor Goremykin, former interior minister, succeeds him amid speculation over his ability to handle the coming crisis. Witte leaves public life amid reactionary rejoicing.
A daring Armenian revolutionary plot to loot the Baku arsenal and seize a million rifle cartridges was uncovered as conspirators tunneled 700 feet from an Armenian house toward the Sallvansk guarded magazine. An accidental miscalculation led to entry into a store room instead, enabling swift discovery by troops and volunteers.
Washington reports Alabama plans an election to decide Pettus successor when his term ends in 1909 though supporters want him to serve as long as he lives. Pettus, age eighty eight, contests claims he will not survive another term and campaigns on the slogan a man is as young as he feels.
A major Ogden blaze in the warehouse district at Twenty third street gutted the Royle Furniture warehouse the Ogden Hide Pelt building and part of George A Lowe Co. losses near 40000 as investigators suspect a locomotive spark ignited flammable materials in the Boyle building.
Washington Perry Belmont argues the proposed amendments enhance the publicity bill by requiring publication of contributions and expenses before and after elections. He says the amendments preserve the bill’s principle of publicity and expect no objections from members of the organization.
Ivan Narodny told a Socialist gathering that Father Gapon is alive in Switzerland. Narodny, who came with Maxim Gorky, substituted for Gorky due to illness. The meeting, by the Industrial Workers of the World, protested the arrests of Haywood and Moyer tied to Governor Steunenberg’s Idaho assassination. Narodny cited a cablegram from Gapon received in Washington, D. C. last Monday.
Coroner Walsh estimates hundreds more bodies lie under ruins in the burnt district. He expects the death toll to reach around 1500, with many victims in collapsed lodging houses and the fish market area. Full recovery awaits authorized excavations.
The first accident from dynamiting dangerous walls by army engineers occurred Sunday in downtown San Francisco. Smaller explosive charges were used, requiring two or more detonations to achieve the result. A wall fell while a third charge was being inserted. three soldiers were buried, one seriously hurt though a mass of twisted debris shielded them.
News arrived aboard the Shinano Maru of a fire at Yaama hotel in Yyote Japan on April 18. Seventy six tourists were in the hotel, which burned in twenty minutes, and two American ladies were reported missing and later believed burned to death. Hotel servants confirmed the two Americans perished.
St. Petersburg reports the Russian expedition to Mongolia led by Colonel Novitesky will depart in mid May. The group, not fewer than sixty officers, aims to survey the region between the Manchurian frontier and Urga. First tasks include surveys for a Kiakhta Kalgan railroad and a Urga Kirin route.
General Greely warned the San Francisco finance committee that only eleven days of rations remain and the army cannot supply more beyond what is already purchased or in sight. The relief committee will summarize resources and needs at a conference and may appeal to the country for food supplies.
El Paso police arrested the El Paso Aquila Triplet, wanted in Omaha on land fraud charges, after a U S secret service agent tracked him to Chihuahua and lured him to El Paso under the pretense of fixing mining papers. The capture occurred Sunday at his stopping place.
A Commerce Department bulletin shows U S trade with Brazil for fiscal year 1905 at 99,482,004 imports and 10,985,096 exports, totaling 110,000,000 surpassing any South American country. The Brazil bundle fell from 15,165,078 in 1899 to 10,085,006 in 1905, mainly due to a drop in provisions.
A bomb struck the carriage of Vice-Admiral Doubags off the governor general of Moscow as he rode to the palace on Sunday. The admiral was wounded in the foot, his aide de camp and a sentry were killed. The attacker, wearing an officer's uniform, is reported dead. The route change during the drive led to the peril he aimed to avoid.
Marvin Winters was shot dead and Thomas Stewart and his young daughter were severely wounded during an attack by a mob at Stewart home near Pleasant View Tennessee Sunday night. No reason for the attack is known.
Coroner Walsh findings rebut rumors of mass shooting by soldiers during the great fire. In all cases examined only one death followed gunfire, that of Heber Tilden who was felled by a civic guardsman misjudging the vehicle as looting.
The House completed the agricultural bill and passed the military academy bill. The agricultural appropriation totaled 7,491,440 dollars while the military academy bill carried 1,662,115 dollars. After completing the agricultural budget the military academy measure was debated, finalizing a paragraph for 1,600,000 dollars for further improvements, which was then stricken on a point of order.
The Novoe Vremya reports an authoritative Goremykin ministry statement and hints the official note may wait until parliament is convened. The ministry includes surprising names and faces possible friction with the liberal majority in the popular chamber, unlike the Witte cabinet.
George Drinkwater, who had caused the arrest of his wife and brother Edward over $14,000 alleged fled with, abandoned the prosecution after the San Francisco quake. He told police he would not press charges. The couple were released Wednesday as Drinkwater hurried back to Chicago.
Mrs Leah Wisemann reported to police that she was robbed of 150 in gold and jewelry valued at 100. She accused her brother in law G Robino of the crime after he allegedly brutalized her and tore away the valuables while Robino's wife stood by. Wisemann had sheltered the couple after they were burned out.
General Greely and Dr. Devine of the Red Cross emphasize the inadvisability of doctors nurses or relief workers coming to San Francisco. They say such presence would burden authorities and cannot be provided shelter transportation or food by the Red Cross or army.
A California quake report from Paraiso hot springs in Monterey County notes water temperatures rising from 100 to 122 degrees after the shock. The change makes bathing impossible and several new springs have opened with temperatures from 100 to the cold.
London reports the British ambassador in Constantinople delivered a note demanding Turkey withdraw all troops from Egyptian territory. The move, backed by France and Russia, threatens a naval demonstration by Britain's Mediterranean fleet if Turkey does not comply, to secure eviction of the Sinai incident area.
A head on crash between Pennsylvania Rail Road trains No 21 Chicago mall and No 18 Chicago and St Louis express near Springfield furnace on Petersburg cut off eighteen miles from Altoona at 11 o clock Friday killed eight to ten passengers. Misunderstood orders by the Springfield Junction operator blamed. Locomotives and coaches were demolished and one train ran in reverse with the coach next to the engine.
St. Petersburg Premier Goremykin via M Schwanebach sends a message to the United States and world confirming intent to pursue national representation and cooperation with parliament. He downplays dissolution, cites loyal MPs, and notes unforeseen events may arise but no anticipated conflict. The government plans to work with parliament.
Reports from Yellowstone National Park describe record disturbances rivaling Vesuvius and the San Francisco quake. Geysers including Old Faithful show near continuous activity with others reawakening after alleged long dormancy, keeping the park and surrounding area in constant tremor.
General Greely telegraphs the War Department from San Francisco noting 161,687 destitute fed that day and about 40,000 in Oakland and Berkeley. He calls the situation serious and says a solution without suffering seems impossible. the disaster's extent cannot be appreciated without personal observation.
Two deaths occur in Vancouver area from wood alcohol poisoning. Mrs. D. Jackson and N. Hurley died. T. R. Hunter fights for life. Dozens ill near North Bend BC after consuming tainted liquor sent from Vancouver, with a gallon of wood alcohol in the shipment.
Mrs David Logan wife of the lineman who helped recover Valencia wreck victims says an alleged survivor may be wandering near Darlin Creek. Indians brought in information and the report notes the discovery of the body of another victim a decomposed child.
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