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Newspaper
Garland Globe
Location
Garland, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1910
Page
2
Bluffton Indiana reports forty two killed when a southbound regular car and a northbound empty motor car collide on a curve near Kingsland eighteen miles south of Fort Wayne. The crowded local car held about fifty five to sixty passengers and the wreck packed the interior with seats and debris, leaving little witness to the cause.
The Spokane Chronicle reports a sweeping federal investigation into suspected Alaska land frauds, possibly larger than the Cunningham cases. It involves a new group of entrants and is steered by Interior Secretary Bal linger to cleanse the department’s image. Prominent Spokane and Inland Empire figures are listed among the entrants, with national names also mentioned.
Tokyo observers react to Hachi Shimbun story detailing alleged plot by Japanese subjects to kill Emperor Matsuhito. Plotters now under arrest face death sentences after trials before a special secret court, marking a historic threat to the sovereign's life.
Gilman of Boston and Rochester named locations for next meeting as national G A R encampment opens. Other officers elected include Charles Burrows Rutherford New Jersey senior vice commander and William James Jacksonville Florida junior vice commander surgeon general John L Smith Spokane Washington chaplain in chief Rev Thomas Harwood Albuquerque New Mexico.
Mrs Charles M Freehouse of Tacoma Washington committed death by own action by taking strychnine in a Seattle hotel Thursday. Patrolmen stood by as Ruel A Custer a private in company B first infantry now at Vancouver Barracks entered the room and admitted a shared suicide pact. The man said she beat him to it.
Peruvian George Chavez completed a daring crossing of the Alps in a heavier than air craft. On descent toward Domodossola he was badly injured when a gust toppled the monoplane. He is in Domodossola hospital with multiple fractures but expected to survive. The $20,000 prize from the Italian Aviation Society goes to another flyer.
A Rock Island passenger train was swept into a washout caused by a cloudburst two miles east of Clayton Kansas. Sixteen people died and eleven were injured as the west bound train plunged into water-filled track after washing out a 1000 foot fill. The engineer detected danger when the forward cars entered flooding. The engine baggage car and smoker fell into the low area despite emergency braking.
Marie Messer Schmidt, held in detinue after Eva Swan’s body was found under cement flooring, confesses she knew Dr James Grant’s operation on Swan and attended her afterward. She says Grant packed Swan’s body into a trunk after the procedure and discussed burial with the nurse. Paul Parker, a former Stanford athlete, is also detained.
Speaker Cannon denounced insurgents at the Illinois Republican state convention. He said they sought to sanctify their actions at the party’s expense and urged adherence to correct government principles for the prosperity of 40,000,000 people. He warned against fleeing the contest or apologizing.
Bogos Matsukian, 35, Armenian, fired four shots from a revolver on the Lowell steps at the post office wounding Mohammed Ahmed and Ahmed Noory, a fatal blow to Ahmed. Matsukian says he acted after his wife, left in Shakajin, Armenia six years ago, was maltreated and killed by the Turks. Noory is believed to survive.
The Milan aviation committee awarded $10,000 to Peruvian aviator George Chavez who was injured while covering the most dangerous Alps section. His condition was reported satisfactory.
East St. Louis resident Lee O Neill Browne, recently acquitted of bribery in Lorimer electoral case, was refused recognition on Friday at the Illinois Democratic state convention. Browne, a resolutions committee member, was instructed by Roger C Sullivan not to assert himself.
Mayor Gaynor stood by Sunday as his fine barn and crops in St. James on Long Island burned. Loss estimated at ten thousand dollars.
New York unions representing 308 000 railway workers vote to act on national and state politics. They will question candidates about universal safety appliances employer liability laws company pensions and hours of labor urging a focus beyond party lines.
In Longmont Colorado a revolver and a shoe protruding from a burned haystack led to the discovery of a skeleton believed to be A H Barker, the 16 year old stepson of ranchman William Martin who disappeared in December 1906. Authorities suspect suicide by the youth who sought shelter in the haystack. The blaze on the Martin place was set to clear the stack.
In Springfield Missouri William J. Bryan criticized Colonel Theodore Roosevelt for remarks about English rule in Egypt. He cited Roosevelt's Guild Hall London speech and called it un-American and wrong for the country.
Governor Had ley reports receiving Theodore Roosevelt's letter stating he did not deem it advisable to fly in an aeroplane while in St Louis. An aviation meet is planned for October 11 with promoters inviting Roosevelt to accompany an aviator on a flight.
Official notice confirms one case of Asiatic cholera in Naples. Those exposed have been isolated and stricter containment measures implemented to prevent spread in the region.
Dr Morris D Stepp of Cleveland drove his car directly before a speeding electric freight car on a Sunday. The collision hurled the car high and killed Mrs Stepp and their two small children.
Six bodies of wreck victims in Tipton Indiana were transported to homes for burial on Sunday. Officials said all the injured are expected to recover.
Jamalul Kiram II sultan of Sulu and five companions arrived in Washington from New York. He plans to seek a White House appointment within the coming week to discuss affairs with U S officials.
The body of 60 year old Winner Be. Bryson, a prominent Omaha figure, was found in a city park. Death is attributed to well administered poison.
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