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The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
HIGHEST COURT DECIDES
MRS. MYERS MUST DIE
Intervention OF Governor Folk Only
Hope Left to Convicted Murderess,
Vet She Still Has Hope.

Kansas City.-A motion for writ
of error in the case of Mrs. Agnes
Myers. under sentence of death for
the murder of her husband, Charlie
Myers. "A printer, was denied Satur.
day by Justice Brewer, in the United
States Supreme court at Washington,
according to telegram received by
the woman's attorney here.
Governor Folk recently granted Mrs
Myers and Frank Hoffman, who also
Is under sentence of death for com
plicity in the murder, respite until
January TO- 1907 Their only hope now
lies with the governor. The fact that
her last hope in the courts was gone
was conveyed to Mrs. Myers In the
county jail at Liberty. near Kansas
City. She expressed no alarm over
the news and said she had faith that
Governor Folk would not permit her to
be hanged.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
CIVIL SERVICE REPORT.
Participation In Politics Goes on az
In the Oden Days.

Washington.-The annual report OF
the United States civil service COM
mission issued Wednesday states that
there is still too great disposition on
the part of persons in the classified
service to participate actively in poll.
tics, in spite of the executive orders
issued fro milne to time. The senti.
ment in favor of the merit system Is
steadily growing, the commission
says, not only in congress, but also
among the states. four of which have
adopted civil service laws
The commission held during the
year $50 examinations and a total OF
122,034 persons passed and 41,S77 were
appointed, decrease of 1886 exam.
ined and 1854 appointed. From 40 to
60 per cent Of the highest eligible de-
clined appointment on account OF the
low salaries offered by the govern
ment.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
TAFT UPHOlOS PRESIDENT
IN DISCHARGE OF SOLDIERS
Secretary Of War Thinks Roosevelt
Did Proper Thing In Dismissins
From Service Battalion OF
Negro Soldiers.

Washington.-An extract from the
annual report of Secretary of War
Taft relating to the Brownsville, Tex,
outrage by negro soldiers, was made
public on Wednesday. Secretary Taft
recites the crimes of the soldiers, as
already described in news dispatches;
the failure of the war department to
obtain the names of the offenders and
the discharge Of the battalion. Sec
rotary Taft justifes the discharge.
saying:
1T may be that in the battalion are
number of men wholly innocent,
who know neither who the guilty men
are, nor any circumstances which
will aid in their detection, though
this cannot be true of many. Because
there may be innocent men in the bat
talon, must the government continue
to use 1t to guard communities of men,
women and children when 1t contains
SO dangerous an element impossible OF
detection? Certainly not. The only
means Of Kidding the military service
OF band of would-be murderers OF
women and children, and actual muir
derers of one man, Is the discharge
of the entire battalion"
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
RIVER FILLING
SALTON SINK
II Water Can Not be Turned
Back Into Channel Millions
of Dollars Will be Lost.
A Thousand People in the Basin May
Lose Their Homes and a Quar-.
ter Of Millions OF Acres Of
Farming Land Laid Waste.

Yuma, Ariz.-Once more the en-
tire Colorado river is flowing into the
Salton Sink, and Imperial and Goa
chella valleys are menaced by rising
waters. The main line of the new
Southern Pacific must again be moved
to higher ground, unless the water
can be brought under control. A thou
sand people in Salton basin must lose
their homes. including quarter of a
million acres of farming lands, the
Southern Pacific musts build 200 miles
of new main line, and irrigation
about Yuma must be abandoned. The
government Laugana dam irrigation
project may become an impossibility.
At conservative estimate not less
than $25,000,0 900 of present values are
at stake upon the success of efforts
to close the break.
What Is known as the Hind dam
was thrown across the new channel,
and an earth dixie was built up paral.
iel W tue river loT Ten HllieS, mdinly
in Mexico. On the Arizona side of the
river is the government dixie. Three
days ago water found its way through
both bikes, flooding large areas. This
was thought to be serious. but was
not considered critical until Sunday
night, when the water developed a
distinct channel and Monday morning
disclosed the fact, that the entire
river had found its way around the
Hind dam into the channel from which
1t was just barred. The dam itself Is
uninjured.
When the water was turned into
the new channel Sunday night, the
ssteamer Searchlight on the Colorado
below the break was stranded two
miles from the water.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
EX-SENATOR BROWN SHOT.
Brilliant Utah Lawyer Probably Fa
tally Wounded by Anna M.
Bradley.

ashington.-Arthur Brown, former
United States senator from Utah, and
one of Utah's most brilliant lawyers,
was shot, probably fatally, in his
rooms in the Raleigh hotel here on
Saturday by Mrs. Anna NJ. Bradley OF
Salt Lake, who avows herself to have
been his former mistress, and who
declares that he is the father OF two
children which she has borne within
the past few years. The killing, she
says, was precipitated by his refusal
to marry her.
Brown Is in a critical condition in
the Emergency hospital Two shots
were fired at him. One grazed his left
hand, and the other entered his abdo.
men, and lodged in the pelvic cavity.
The surgeons are fearful to operate
upon him for the present, but express
some hope that he may recover.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
Condition OF Army 10 Good.

Washington his annual report,
made public Tuesday, Brigadier Gener-
al Thomas II. Barry, acting chief OF
stan, calls to mind the fact that the
government is without water trans
portation facilities in cases Of emer-
gency in the movement of troops, He
cites the case OF army Of pacitication
in Cuba, and says that the lack OF
such transportation facilities was
severely felt. Had there been a
small feet OF transports in reserve on
the Atlantic coast the movement could
have been accomplished much
sooner"
Praise Is given to the army as a
whole for its adaptability and re-
sourcefulness when dealing with novel
and unprecedented conditions, Gen
eral Barry giving as an illustration
the work Of the army during the San
Francisco earthquake and fire.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
RUSH Of WATER
ENCULFS TOWN
Clifton, Arizona. Visited by a
Flood and Many Lives
Reported Lost
Frame Buildings in Which People
Were Living Were Destroyed by
the Raging Waters and Help
less Woman and Children
are Drowned.

Bisbee, AriZ.-One of the worst
foods in the history Of Clifton, Ariz.,
came down the San Francisco river
and Chase creek Tuesday night. The
principal business section of the town
was almost completely ruined. From
seven to twenty persons is the report
of the loss of life. Then name Of only
one victim, however, has been OBJ
tanned, Mrs. Joseph Throm, who with
her husband and children was caught
in a falling building and killed. The
other members of the family had mar
row escapes One of the saloons which
was washed away carried several men
into the torrent and all are believed
to have drowned A women and a
child were lost in a small restaurant
which was dashed to pieces in the
food. A number of small frame build
ings in which people were known to
be living also were destroyed and 1t
is feared that number Of families
perished.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
PRESIDENTS VIEWS.
Members OF Both Houses Of Congress
Listen to Annual Message.


Washington. President Roosevelt's
annual message to congress occupied
the attention of the senate for two
and one-half hours Tuesday, to the ex-
clusion OF nearly all other business.
The exception to this was the intro
duction Of a resolution on the Japan
csc situation by Senator Rayner OF
Maryland and the adoption OF appro-
pirate resolutions regarding those
members OF the house OF representa-
tives who have died since the last
session.
The reading of the presidents mes
sage consumed two hours and twenty
I'VE minutes In the house, and was fol-
lowed closely by large number OF
members, while the crowded galleries
gave close consideration.
While the house waited upon the
secretary to the president to appear
with the message, Speaker Cannon
appointed Robert G. Cousins, of Iowa,
chairman OF the committee on foreign
affairs to succeed the late Robert II.
Hit, OF Illinois. He also appointed
Representative Frank o. Lowden TO
place on the same committee to fill
the vacancy caused by the death OF
Mr.. Hit.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
RAILROAD CORPORATIONS
AND OFFICIALS INDICTED
Grand Jury Makes Report on Rate
Discrimination Cases and tho
Coal Land Frauds.

Salt Lake ty.-Indictments were
returned by the grand jury on Friday
against the Union Pacific Railroad
company, the Union Pacific Coal com.
pany, the Oregon Short Line Railroad
company, Superintendent Buckingham
Of the Oregon Short Line Railroad
company, and James NJ. Moore, sales
agent of the Union Pacific Coal com.
pany. The indictments charge undue
preferences and discrimination
against a coal shipper and consumer
in subjecting him to undue prejudice.
These cases grew out of the ID. J.
Sharp affair. Mr.. Sharp testified be.
fore the interstate commerce commits.
sion which met in Salt Lake in Sep
TENDER that he was denied coal and
cars by the Union Pacific Coal and
Railroad companies because he of.
fered coal at IA price below the Salt
Lake market price. AS a result he
was forced out of business, losing the
money he had invested in entering the
coal business. This act of the coal
and railroad companies is held in di.
rect violation of Sections 3 and 10 of
the amended interstate commerce act
of 1887.
A number of indictments were re.
turned against the officers and EN-.
ployes of the Utah Fuel and allied coal
companies. Indictments were re-
turned against the following: II. G..
Williams. general manager Of the Utah
Fuel company: Robert Forester, ge'
ologist of the Utah Fuel company;
William ID. Foster, secretary to Rob
ert Forester: George A. Moore, civil
engineer employed by the Utah Fuel
company; Elroy N. Clark, attorney for
the company In Denver, and Alexander
Cowie, chief clerk in the Denver Of
fees.
Participating in conspiracy to de-
fraud the government is the charge
contained in the bills returned against
these men. Indictments were also re-
turned against Theodore Schultz. now
employed by the II. b. Windsor lnsur'
ance company, and Thomas A. Moore,
clerk In the county recorders once.
The bills against these men scharge
them with perjury before the grand
Jury. It is understood they acted as
dummies" for the Utah Fuel com.
pany, and upon being questioned by
the Jury, refused to volunteer much
wanted information on this subject.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
MORGAN ROASTS
PANAMA ROAD
Most Reckless Agency That
Ever ASsailed Commercial
Interests of Country"
Says II Is Legal Fiction to Enable
This Country to Avoid Its Re-
sponsibility as a Com
mon Carrier.

Washington.-In the senate on
Thursday, Senator Morgan of Ala
bama devoted two hours to the dis
cussion of his resolution to secure the
control of the Panama railroad by the
Isthmian canal commission.
Mr.. Morgan spoke of the Panama
road as legal fiction or an artificial
entity to enable this country to avoid
its responsibility as a common car
rier."
If congress should enact a law re-
curing the tearing up of the Panama
railroad, Mr.. Morgan said no creditor
could enjoin suchc destruction.
Mr.. Morgan maintained that Mr..
Cromwell, whose several connections
with the Panama government and the
canal commission he enumerated, was
the only one who benefited by this
manner of managing the road.
1T gives Cromwell as absolute con-
troll of the road as Is he was its sole
owner" he declared.
Mr.. Morgan advocated putting the
railroad under the control of the canal
commission, although with the control
the president exercised over this COM
mission, he said ANY wild. arrogant
man who happens to be president
could infiict incalculable injury on the
country"
Mr.. Morgan finished with state.
ment that the Panama railway was the
most reckless agency that ever
assailed the treasury or the CONNER
cial interests of the United States.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
Town Was Wiped Out.

Solomonville, Ariz.-Additiona and
late details of the Clifton food disas.
ter indicate a most deplorable condi-
ton among the inhabitants and ire
mendous loss Of property. Practically
every building in the town is damaged,
and many were swept entirely away.
Numerous narrow escapes from death
are reported, as the first OF the food
came without warning. Two men were
swept through the street and saved
themselves by catching the awnings
OF store and breaking through the
plate glass front.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
Slight Earthquake Causes Panic.

Kingston, Island of st. Vincent.-A
prolonged earthquake was felt here
Wednesday night. It lasted fully
eight seconds. The vibrations were
slow. The people of Kingston were
thrown into a panic. The island of
Barbados, about 100 miles to the
east, and the island Of st. Lucia, about
ESQ miles to the northwest, also felt
the shock. 1t was most severe at st.
Lucia. There has been a continuation
of earthquake shocks here at irregu-
lar intervals OF varying severity since
last February.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
Los Angeles Starting a Boom.

Los Angeles.-The morning paper
publish a statement to the effect that
Il. II. Hartman has determined to set
aside the sum of $1O,OO0,OO0 for the
improvement Of the Los Angeles Pa
cifc railway system. which extends
from this city to Santa Monica, Ocean
Park and Venice, and that he will
unite with II. t. Huntington in the
venture. II Is stated that ii is the
intention of the Hartman agents to
arrange for the construction of a SER
les of subways to parallel Fourth
street and that ten-story building
will be erected as a terminal station.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
Ship Subsidy Compromise.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. on the
ship subsidy bill seems TO be in sight.
At the meeting of the house com.
mittee ON merchant marine and fish.
cries on Thursday, Chairman Gros-
venor suggested an amendment to the
Gallinger bill which will limit sub
sides to the South American and
Oriental trade. Inc amended bill will
be in harmony with Secretary Roots
policy for trade extension as outlined
In recent speeches In the west.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15

Kansas City.-Austin Francis, a
switchman, found guilty Of murder In
the first degree at Kansas City in No
vember, 1905, after n trial for the muir.
der of Winona Newton, his sweet
heart, aged 10 years, was freed by
the supreme court Of Missouri, which
reversed the verdict OF the trial court
Francis Is Fl years old. The girls
body weighted down with heavy
stone, was found in a dry creek upon
the southern outskirts of the city.
Francis was accused Of forcing her to
drink poison.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
Crowded Car Thrown over Embark.
ment.

East Liverpool, GA traction car
OF the East Liverpool Traction and
Light company, carrying full load OF
passengers, was derailed at the APP
proach To trestle on Saturday and
plunged over a 25.foot embankment,
James Vale OF Wellsville was instant
ly killed and all of its passengers We're
injured Several, II is thought, will die.
The car stood on it's end when II
struck the bottom OF the embank'
ment, then toppled on it's side.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
Failure as Author and Robber.

Great Bend, Kan.-After daring
attempt to rob the J. V. Brinkman
company bank, single-handed, a man
who gave his name as George A.
Lewis of Kansas City. was surrounded
and surrendered, Bud Westfall, a driy'
err for the Wells Fargo Express com
pany was killed by a shot fired by one
of the pursuers, Lewis said he had
made contributions to eastern maya.
zines and papers, but his matter had
been rejected, and he had become
respondent.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
Caught In Quicksands.

Los Angeles.-Only the timely ar.
rival Of rescue party at critical
moment saved Mayor owen McAleer
from death by suffocation In a bed
of qaicksand in the Los Angeles river.
The mayor was buried to his armpits
in the sand, and two horses he had
been driving almost submerged when
he succeeded in attracting attention
by his shout. Two men who were on
the bank procured ropes, and after an
hours effort extricated the mayor and
the horses.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
RUSSIA Is PROGRESSING.
Record Breaking Shipment Of Ameri.
can Made Machinery.

New York.-Record-brea exports
of agricultural machinery, 1t is said,
are about to be made to Russia ~
the International Harvester company.
Nine chartered steamships will be
dispatched to the Black and Baltic
seaports. British, Swedish and Nor
wegian vessels will be employed. The
first vessel is scheduled to sail next
week. In addition to these complete
shiploads, cargoes will be forwarded
by regular line boats, which will bring
up the total shipments to North and
South Russia to close to 100000 tons
this season. This will mean the load.
ing OF nearly 5000 cars of material,
representing value of fully $4,000, 900.
Six entire cargoes OF reapers, NOW.
PRS, harvesters. rakes, etc. will be for
warded to Odessa and Norvorassisk on
the Black sea.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
Stock Sharper Sent to Prison.

Toledo, o.-On a plea Of guilty to
the charge of using the United States
mails to promote a scheme to de-
fraud, Charles Whitney Norton was
sentenced to the Ohio penitentiary for
eighteen months and to pay fine OF
500 by Judge Taylor In the district
court on Wednesday. Norton was in
dicted by the present grand jury. He
had operated in various parts of the
country. His specially was mining
stocks, He turned the proceeds of
sales of patrons stock to his own
use.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
Denies Opposition to Governor.

Albuquerque, N. M.-Major LEV.
ellyn, district attorney for New Mex.
leo, mentioned in recent dispatches
sent out from Santa Fe as a partici.
pant in certain charges against Gov
ernor Haggerman, which, It is alleged.
have been filed with President Roose-
welt, fatty denies all knowledge OF
the charges In statement given out
Wednesday. 81 have made no charges
against Governor Haggerman," said
Major Llewellyn, "and ! know Of no
one who has"
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
Woman at the Bottom Of II.

Chicago.-Dr. Benjamin Harris. a
retired physician. who came to this
city year ago from Amigo, Wis, was
shot and fatally wounded by A. C..
Campbell, lumber dealer OF Amigo.
The shooting took place in the Stock
Exchange building. and FOR time ere
ated much excitement. Campbell made
no effort to escape and was placed I'M
der arrest. The tragedy was the out
come of domestic troubles involving
the families of both men.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
PLAN MRS. BRApLEY's DEFENSE.
Emotional Insanity viii be the De.
Tense Advanced by Her Attorneys.

Salt Lake City.-Emotional insan.
ity will be the defense advanced by
the attorneys OF Mrs. Anna Bradley
to prevent her being punished for
shooting Senator Arthur Brown in the
Raleigh hotel in Washington, ID. c.,
Saturday afternoon. Bartch & Bagley
Of Salt Lake, who have been retained
by friends of Mrs. Bradley to handle
the Salt Lake end of her case, have re-
tanned DR.. c. A. Hoover, superintend-
ent of the Idaho insane asylum at
Blackfoot, Idaho, as an alienist, and
have directed him to proceed at once
to Washington where, in company
with another alienist, he will make an
examination OF Mrs. Bradley to de-
termine the condition of her mind.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
Teller and Cash Are Missing.

Kansas City-William C. Anderson,
collection teller of the First National
bank of this city, is missing, and e.
+. Swinney, the president, admitted
Wednesday morning that he was short
$4,000 in his accounts. Mr. Anderson,
who had been in the employ of the
bank for nineteen years, left the city
on Monday last, supposedly on a
hunting trip. 1t has developed that
he had distracted $4,000 from the
banks funds, taking the money in
three lots during the past week.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
PEOPLE MUST PAY FOR IT.
Costs Government twenty Million Dol.
lars to Maintain the Navy.

Washington.-It cost $19,6O4,749 to
keep the ships of Uncle Sans navy
in commission during the past fiscal
year, according to the annual report
OF Paymaster General H. T. b. Harris.
The battleship LILO was the most ex
pensive craft, for 1t cost, to put her in
commission and keep her in service
for twelve months, $714,245. --.S ar
mored cruiser Colorado was also a
costly ship, so24,057 having been ex-
pended on her during the fiscal year.
Admiral Schley's old flagship, the
Brooklyn, cost $685., $50 to keep in com.
mission for one year. The cruiser
Baltimore, of Manila bay lame, re.
quired the expenditure of $326,691 to
keep her in active service, and the
cruiser Chicago, one Of the first ships
Of the new navy, cost $3S7,794 to keep
afoat and on active duty.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
Railroads OF North Dakota Are Forced
to Confiscate Their Coal.

Minot, n. D.-The fuel famine In
sumed serious proportions. The Trans
continental lines passing through
Minot are compelled to confiscate coal
held by local dealers In order to keep
trains running. The Great Northern
on Saturday confiscated several cars.
Under the law the common carriers
have a right to take the coal wherever
they can get IT by making proper com
pensation.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
sHEREMETIEFF GETS HIS.
Cruel Russian Police inspector Shot
Down by Workman.

st. Petersburg.-Police Inspector
Sheremetieff, who after the anti-Jew'
ish outbreak at Bialystok in June last,
for which he was said to be response
BILE, was transferred to st. Petersburg,
was shot and MORALLY wounded by
workman Wednesday morning near
the Fontanka canal. While the In.
spector was passing a house which
was searched Tuesday on the sus.
picion that terrorists were harbored
there, a man who was lurking in the
court yard entrance fired at him with
revolver. Though wounded in the
head, Sheremetieff drew his revolver
and Joined in the pursuit of the ter.
rorist, who fired again, fatally wound.
ing Sheremetieff.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-12-15
Would eliminate Sunday.

Guthrie, oklahoma,-By far the
most sensational feature OF the pres.
ent constitutional convention. was the
resolution presented by an Oklahoma
delegate on TUESDAY calling on the
convention to draft law maintaining
the individuality of the church and
state. The original resolution was a
practical embodiment of a similar
memorial from the Seventh Day Ad-
yentists. The latter Is signed by
8 900 voters and asks that no reference
be made in the constitution to any
day be set aside for public worship.