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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1908
Page
3
Two passenger trains from Ballarat and Bendigo crashed at Baybrook Junction eight miles from Melbourne. Forty people died and many were injured as wreckage burned. Rescuers labored as doctors and nurses arrived, with hundreds of victims removed or trapped in the wreckage.
The U S House votes 341 to 200 to grant Minnesota the right to drain eight million acres of swamp land held by the United States. Debate touches payments to Gilt Edge Maid Mining and the Mary E Wilson estate. County officials and the attorney general face related legal concerns regarding state interests.
A federation of all union men in the shops of the Canadian Pacific and Canadian Northern railways was formed. They vow to resist the new pay schedule that pays according to competence, aiming to unify wage policy across railroads and possibly trigger a nationwide labor fight.
St Petersburg reports Russia to apply rights under the Anglo Russian accord to northern Persia. Frontline operations aim to deny marauding bands and are expected to end after floods recede. Moscow seeks British support and notes villagers fled to the mountains as detachments remain in Persian territory.
Russian forces report seven soldiers killed as they secure lines into Persian territory to protect communications. Tabriz reports Tehran orders hastening Persian troop dispatch while Governor General Mistehenko heads to Kare to oversee precautionary Turkish frontier measures amid mobilization. Civilians fear unrest but officials claim Turkish moves target no Russia.
Word came yesterday of a major ore strike at the Hercules Mining Co on the Cooper ground deep in Deadwood area. The 600 per ton gold ore lies in an eight foot wide vein with shale ore bodies capable of feeding a large mill for years, and plans include a new mill and Galena tram access.
In Los Angeles the business day is halted as officials explain a meet with auto parades dinners and banquets in San Pedro and the rest of the week. FF Johnson 21 a sailmaker on the battleship New Jersey was struck and killed by a freight train in Santa Fe yards after enlisting from Houston.
Omaha reports bold leaders plan to overturn the Democratic two-thirds precedent to nominate by majority. Nebraskan delegates, including Governor Johnson and Mayor Dahlman, push for change while Bryan remains favored to clinch the nomination. Supporters cite shifting delegates from New York Pennsylvania Delaware Michigan and Minnesota as pivotal. Nebraska steadfastly backs Bryan and vows to push for action before or after the convention adjourns.
D C Sullivan of Montreal believed adviser for Grand Trunk railroad was killed in a subway accident between Fifty-ninth and Sixteenth streets. Motorman McKee said Sullivan stepped before the northbound express as it approached. A postal card in his pocket showed a request to spend Easter with Miss Sadie Randall of Brooklyn, and coroner notes indicate death by own action.
Springfield April 22 The Sullivan faction of Illinois Democrats capitulated and conceded the Bryan camp would hold less than a third of the delegates at the national convention. Milliard Dunlap and Judge Thompson said at noon that Stevenson of Bloomington may be listed as a delegate, with Schuler and Roger Sullivan as delegates at large and a fourth still to be chosen.
New Yorks Metropolitan Life Insurance tower at Madison Avenue and Twenty Fourth Street will gain four stories. Original blueprints showed 658 feet above the sidewalk and 680 feet above the cellar. The revised plan adds two feet to sidewalk height and raises overall to 726 feet, allowing more than fifty stories above street level.
The senate committee on foreign relations debates how to handle Castro claims against Venezuela. The war department foresees possible hostilities and has ordered gunboats from Haitian waters to proceed to the area to maintain the proper attitude.
A first lien equipment mortgage for 10 million dollars was filed by the Illinois Central railroad in Belleville. The United States Trust Company of New York holds the mortgage secured by 4 percent gold bonds redeemable January 1, 1922 and covering all rolling stock including 67 locomotives 595 passenger cars and 47 874 freight cars. The mortgage will be filed for record in every county along the Minnesota Central line.
A dispatch to Lighthouse Keeper W. H. Hakin at Carmanah Point reports a large amount of wreckage ashore about six miles east of Carmanah. Indications point to a large unidentified sailing vessel having sunk off the Vancouver Island coast with probable loss of life.
New York April 21 Charles Robinson and his brother George one of the Briar Cliff auto race contestants J H Ryan of New York James Wood and Charles Murray mechanics were seriously injured today when their car flew over a bridge test at Tarrytown pinning the victim beneath the machine They were removed to a hospital where all were reported in serious condition.
April 2 Edward Merrill was arrested in Wheatfield and brought to Ollicago charged with kidnapping Lillian Waffle. The child was found after a cross state chase. Merrill reportedly led a kidnap ring and claimed past convictions. Ping Wang was declared innocent today.
The fleet departed San Diego at 6 05 this morning in a single column led by the Connecticut. Gun salutes echoed as ships moved into the Pacific while thousands cheered from the harbor. Los Angeles expects up to 200 000 people to greet the fleet in San Pedro this afternoon.
Hundreds of homeseekers from across the nation will descend on the Sun River Valley near Great Falls as 250 farms are opened May 7 under the homestead law. Water charges are 320 per acre with 2.5 dollars due at entry, and model rural villages are planned every six miles to keep farms within reach of post offices and schools.
The notice states that securing lands will be completed upon application to St Robbins an engineer with the U S Reclamation Service located in Fart Shaw Moantatia. The snippet outlines a government land utility process and contact point for the engineer in charge.
A Washington report says foreign laborers are better protected than Americans in workplace injuries. Special agent Lindley De Clack notes many countries recognize workers insured while employed by individuals or corporations deserve compensation fixed by law.
Miners, after a long executive session, will not attend the 2 o'clock joint meeting to decide signing the agreement or strike. A later hour is set, with belief that an amicable adjustment will be reached. It is understood the motion to pay shot firers from the State treasury, if operators’ proposition is accepted, has passed but not officially announced.
A rural disaster report from Huron dated April 18 describes Tuesday prairie fires inflicting widespread damage in Beadle Jerauld Sanburn Kingsbury Spink Meade Sully and other counties. Beadle partners report 40000 in buildings machinery and stock losses with many homes, furniture, and apparel destroyed. Railroad and wagon libraries, several schoolhouses, and a church burned. Elevator companies Van Dusen 8000 Atlas 20000 and railways Dakota Central 2000 Chicken Northwestern 500 suffered monetary losses. Several people were injured but no fatalities reported.
Warner of Missouri in the senate presented the administration's side on the Brownsville affair. He argued against claims the president ordered discharges due to color and condemned efforts to arouse African Americans against the president.
Twelve thousand Russian soldiers ordered to the Russo Persian frontier as Turkish and Persian tribes clash. The march will take days due to poor road and supply conditions.
Speaker Cannon announced a house committee to investigate wood pulp print paper prices. Members include Monn Illinois Miller Massachusetts Stafford Wisconsin Bannon Ohio Simms Tennessee Ryan New York. The appointment passed by a strict party vote.
President Roosevelt plans to nominate Milton Purdy for the United States district judge seat in Minnesota to succeed Judge William Lochrall who retires due to age. The nomination likely goes to the Senate for confirmation. Purdy is praised for prosecuting a number of bad trusts.
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